Star. — London, England, 1810-12-13 00:00:00

IP' AiIfi.R;ACA ON THE PI Frern the National Intelligeneer, November a. TL e Proclamation of the President must relieve the mind from:much of the solicitude which it has time past felt. It announces the important offici,illy ascertained, that" the Edicts of France, : i n g the neutral commerce of the United States been revoked, as to cease to have effect," and in the unqualified directions of an Act of Con- Jczlares all existing restriction on the com. and vessels of France and he; dependencies, ' As, however, no restrictions exists with to France, except the exclusion of her armed ,Is from our ports, the principal effect produced be in our favour, by the revocation of her decrees, to carry on our trade, which we shall he permitted ut any other annoyance from her than is autho by the established lawsand usages of nations. is scarcely necessary to remark, that the Presi in this p r oclamation has strictly and literally pur he track marked out by Congress, having merely , ed a ministerial trust. A feeble stand has in imade by a few warm partisans,who havecon ,,, that so long as the French Government re the sequestrated property of our merchants, she a n indisposition " to cease to violate the neu. commerce of the United States." But, admitting and concurring fully in the sentiment, that chd does retain that property she continues to it a flagrant injustice, does it prove in the very a. solemn, official declaration, that she will not: change her course, , when she explicitly saps she will ? The seizure and sequestration of our although it. is highly reprehensible, and wilf 51y present a solemn point of discussion part, were long anterior to the declaration re ; her Edicts, and these very acts, so flagrantly cation of our neutral commerce, are those among which by her declaration, she pledges herself ccrnmitting. If, after her declaration, she tinned to seize and sequester our property, a , suspicion would have been excited, and it .t well have carried her promise into effect. But is not charged with any such conduct. It has been seen that the terms of the Act of Con are broad and imperative, looking entirely to future, and not clogging any arrangements cal ' to secure a respect for our rights hereafter, by past conduct, however atrocious. On this head, the President being vested with no discus could exercise none. is another question, one perfectly distinct, it may remain hereafter to settle with the French At. By her rescinding her Edicts, and our 'mg our restrictions, the questiOn of set-pies. property is not put to rest. It will still remain full force, and our claims on her justice and will be unabated. May they not indeed be Circular of the Secretary of the Treasury dis , next step taken in this interesting concern.— , the state of things which will three months exist with regard to Great Britain, in case shall not have revoked or modified in like man het Edicts violating the neutral commerce of the .tee," according to the same Act of Con which prohibits " both the entrance of British of every description into the harbours and of the United States, and the importation into ited States of any article% the growth, produce lfacture of the dominions, colonies, and de iei of Great Britain, and of any articles what ight from the said dominions, colonies and was a result too important to be passed over :e by a Government instituted for the prow , its citizens in all their lawful pursuits. As so a portioa of our ordinary trade is carried on Great Britain and her dependencies, it was pro ►at whatever went to suspend it should be clearly that every doubt on this head might be re. Prompt as this notice ils, it will barely afford for the merchants to give requisite instructions • agents in England, and to the merchants in id to avoid the penalty attached to an infrac our laws, in case she shall not revoke her or. i:ti' This official notification was further impor as.it announced to Great Britain and France the aion of the Executive to carry the Act of with scrupulous good faith, iuto effect.— former it carries a serious appeal, claiming same respect for our neutral rights as we had ex ' from our enemy, while to die latter it is a our rigid impartiality and purpose to act to as we did to her enemy under circurnstan measure analogous. has the present Chief Magistrate, in the short of eighteen months, had an oppoillunity by the -iic and striking displays of impartiality, its unbiassed and inflexible regard to justice the two Colossal powers, whose deadly feuds deeply disturb th e re p ose o f ! the world. Is the - a With Mr. Erskine, this disposition was towards Great Britain • it is now similarly ex - towards F rance . The same measure that dealt out to one is now extended to the other. who are aot the veryest slaves of party, must in this last instance, what they so warmly • in the former. England follow the example thus happily set France ? If she has a regard to her character, to Word, or for her interest, she must. Her character upon her to defend, instead of opposing, neutral '; her word has been repeatedly pledged to re, or revoke her edicts violating our neutral rights,' soon as France revoked her's ; and her interest re , her to maintain a good understanding with her customers. These considerations ought to her. We cherish the hope that they will. they may not. She may mistake her interests, in her ill-founded hopes and calculations, too lit her character and word, which may be again on the altar Of a False !gawky.— the uncertainty which hangs on the future, our is fortunately obvious. Let us value her good and by all proper means cultivate it ; but let us justice still more, and be prepared with alacrity igour to assert our rights against tall aggres upon them, l et th e m some from what quarter tap '• . f POW N W 4 ,474 • I .1 We hasv neeited. by the last arrivals recalled* West Indira, a veryitttertsting account of•thi:coMmit state of the warfare carrying on between t murrotuz and Pante:, in the devoted Island of S. Domingo. The following are extracts from some of the commu nications we have received; they are from the pen of a very intelligent Naval OiScer. " Hit 'Majesty's frigate Hyperion, off Cape Nicbola• Mole, September 14, 1810. 4 1 Potion's squadron (excepting two ships) made their escape from the Mole about four weeks since, and having eluded the vigilance of that belonging to Christophe, arrived safe at Port-au-Prince. The Mole has not yet fallen, and though the besiegers have taken possession of all that part towards the sea, from which it takes its name, and so closely invested the town, that they can fire shot and heave shells into it whenever they please, still it holds out an obstinate and determined resistance. There are seven thousand troops before it, and Christophe himself is there in person, to inspect and order the different movements, with the Commander in Chief, General Romain. " The Commander in Chief of the besieged, Ge neral Le Mar, was killed some time since, by a chance shot from one of Christophe's batteries, while viewing the works. 44 Yesterday'morning and evening we saw them cannonading the town, and but very few shot return ed ; it is said they are nearly out of ammunition, and if it be certain that Christophe intends storming, the place, they will not be able to make a powerful opposition. General Rigaud, of whom I made mention in a former letter, lately quelled an insurrection at Je remie, without firing a single shot. A report was in circulation not long since, that he was killed in a riot "not far from Port-au-Prince, but this does not appear to be correct. This is the man who formerly had a consider4ble command in the island a brave, ,but cruel. He was a planter before the insurrection. —lt is astonishing how so many French emissaries find their way into these islands, and almost ever y part of Spanish America. Christophe has the names of five, in the Spanish part of this island, and has sent to demand them ; he has threatened to make war against them in the alternative of their refusing to give them up. 44 Lately at the Havanna (which place is supposed to have a powerful French party) was executed, a young man, convicted of being an emissary from the Government of France. The name of this man was Manuel Rodriguez Aleman y Pena, a native of the kingdom of Mexico, and of a very good family —a fine young man, and only 29 years of age. He left his country for Europe not long since, in com pany with Seignior Aranza, late Viceroy of Mexico, who, it is supposed, had poisoned the young man's mind. He came to Norfolk, in America, and from thence took passage for Cuba. The Governor of the Island, the Marquis Someruelis, had intelligence of him, and caused him to be arrested at the moment he was landing at the Havanna. His trunks, which were made in France or Spain, on being examined, did not seem calculated for concealing papers or any thing else ; but, on being bored through, papers were found, proving him to be an emissary of Joseph Bo naparte, empowering this man, if he could effect an' insurrection, to grant commissions for any thing un— der a General Officer, to arm the country, and put it in a state of defence. The carte-blanche found in his possession, signed by Joseph, as well as blank com missions, and the authority for naming and appoint ing a new Viceroy (to the kingdom of Mexico), and other Chiefs, were burnt by the public hangman, un der the gallows, whilst the unfortunate young man was suspended there, as as atonement for his crime. The seizure of this deluded young man, and his pa pers, has completely 'developed the plans of the trai tors in South America, as in all the other pro vinces of Siiain, and pui. Government in possession of a list of all their names, their emissaries, their places of residence, to what port or city bound. Se veral of his associates were in the United States, and three or four expected hourly at the Havannah. The youth and appearance of the prisoner, his solemn ac knowledgment at the prison-door of his guilt, and his great contrition, made all ranks of people pity his fate, whilst they abhorred and shuddered at the crime. 44 Yon may recollect my mentioning in a former account, the circumstance of the ship Crown, de tained by Christophe's squadron ; she was sent to Port-Paix, where her Captain died. Not only the property of Petion, destined for the relief of the Mole, but that belonging to the English merchants of Port-au-Prince, was sequestrated. In consequence of this proceeding, they wrote to the Commander in Chief at Jamaica, putting in a claim for a remunera tion of 60,000 dollars. The Admiral accordingly sent the Dispatch brig to inquire into the business; a correspondence was entered into ; Christophe hay ing refused to refund the property previously, is la verbal manner, which caused tbe Captain of the above-mentioned brig to solicit a positive refusal is.; writing. As yet he has not received any decided answer, and Christophe having set off a few days ago for the Mole, prevents the correspondence being brought to a speedy conclusion. We went into Cape Francois about a fortnight since, and Christophe departed for the Mole the day after, so that we inter changed not any civilities, but hegave directions to Corneille Breulle, who is at the head of the clerical profession here, and styled the Prefect, to entertain us ; he dist so in a sumptuous manner, with several Mulatto Generalsc" ture the after sa11• thei► fixed army were amou from ing vest la.. very Some emi the 11 Cape Francois, September 24. " Intelligence having reached us off Tortuda Island that his Majesty's sloop Brazen had run aground in going into this place, we immediately made sail for it, and anchored here on the 22d instant. She has sustained so much damage, that it is found necessary for us to convoy her down to Jamaica, whi ther we shall proceed in a few days. Christophe is still at the Mole; he got posses sion of the town about four days since ; and the be sieged, with-the remaining inhabitants, have retreated into the fort called St. GeOrge, on the water's edge, bomb-proof, where they have plenty of salt provi sions, but, it is said, no water ; however, this last circumstance is told by the opposite party. One of the two ships left (of Petioles squadron) has been sunk also. sucesates!* -o eacroll IASI= -wek - killed con, mri cruizin :5 4 rain u rror ! Orle time pa c fr, officially asi the nei ~•;. been revoke • to of the unq • Litzlares J o, and Tess' ,1 As .0 or 1 „6 • ,rd to Franc( ,sets from our 11 be in our tal which we sha h o g any otht d by the esta I t is scarcely in this prod d the track nu ,lorged a min a been made b ,ded, that so tied t l:e segues :need an indisi 1 commerce of fact, and col ile (he does r mit a Ilagrar of a solemn, after change , she will ? . rty, abhor)f tiestionably our part, wet ing her Edict violation of au ers, which by cease commit continued to ect suspicior ,ht well have is not chaq reover been si ss are broad fpture, and • ted to secure past conduct fore, the P could exerci ere is anot hit may ren emment. ] drawing our d property is is full force, , our will be gthened ? ie Circular the next st , ec•ares the si • exist wit ' , e shall not h her Edicts 'tea States," which prc is of every rs of the Ut nited State anufacture lencies of G , brought fn endenctes." his was a re lence by a C of its citize e a portioa i Great Brit that whatev, ed, that eve ved. Promr e for the me their agents land to av< of our law This off as.it anno, • ermination ngress, with the former same respe< . • enced from of our rip rds her as w • in some me • Thus has thi tiod of eight ist emphatic slaw his unl s the tw deeply dish ngement s • wn towards , iced towari s dealt ont en who are prove in thi planded in 1 f Will Engla France word, or ft lls upon het e hts ; her ss i. and or revol< r • soon as Fr: • sires her to a t customer knee her. 'ut they m al d in her ill. regard hi 1- rificed ag• nder the un is ' rse is fort i n , and by • tie justize • ' 44. lgotte R ins upon ill Y 'nab - " ,- ...N.W.." . . . ---- , .. abor a fottnigicineej. I.llllllaha 11 t Ileolveii ni e s l :4l/111Xes thgt setviees t v 11 1211 Into Colonel w he Ociiv• hat liiii Ilstst. d bike , ' Thtietophe's squadron ire befire 'the Mnle : suppoet, are often a sontwaattei***. , -;i:a s ! ''. - _,' std they ;o 211 far into thelittlbottrithat now it ied' uld-,. " Christopheris a fiery inp looking OAK, filk3 ' . in my opinion, be nett thing to impossible ("or the years St arealwas • formerly i mai* . - -111; ii. J- squadron of Petion to throw in supplies, or take awn' room at . the Cape, and is•now, I anntold , proud or a the people, unless bi the aid of a superior forte, which relating it. He is a man of ability, seri knows. writ i • it is not probable they will be able to collect." • hoer to govern this people. Its at - miners ere enema manly easy aid courteous. The non*. of Mr. WIL. , ( " firperion, Port Royal, /amide Oct . es, 1515. berform is well known here; his health is always ! 44 My dear Friend—Not a single oppo tuaityhay. enthusiasm, drinkthafirst ing presented since I 'began , the preceding sheet ; I at the Presidency table, pith much.. • avail myself of the present by the ship John, bound . ,- . ._,. tbarthe .-- - . ____*_ -. IL it astcausning MUM:MTh ettlitOßlS, Mir r ' ; direct to London. We arrived here on the 12th laws of the Haytians are formed on the model of tau t , instant, after a tedious passage of twelve days, with Be- • French — even in their dress they irritate them ; anal , the sloop Brazen in tow, from Cape Franco*. tnat too of a people from whom they have etperienced I . fore we left the place, we had accounts of the the cap- . greatest cruelties* and to 'whom they have sworn, - • ture of the Mole by Christophe, which took place on eternal enmity." the 24th September. ---..----- i... 1, -* , i , ~ ..eke. .r:ar .- .sr''' i' *.'J le The circumstances were as follow : the besieged, ~ , . WEST FIPRIDAY - - ' . . • ~ - after being two days in Fort Saint George, made a ....—.l.—. -- sally in the middle of the night, and by that and • • their own bravery, or desperation, cut their way with NEW ORLEANS, OCTOSER a. fixed bayonets through the whole of Christophe's Last Sunday the inhabitants of BAYOU Satab, army, under Colonel Toussaint, their Commander- headed by General Philernon,Thomas, attacked and ' • in-Chief , leaving behind about two hundred, who took the fort and town of Baton Ronge, and toisfiti ' were unavoidably made prisoners. Their number the American flag. Seven Spaniards were wounded 4 in the engagement, one, the son of 'Mr. Grants:lore:: amounted to about twelve hundred, so that not far from a thousand must have escaped. mortally. The „late Governor, Colonel Lossus [name 7 . By the best accounts, it was the most brave and not written very legibly), is no* under an arrest.. " determined push that was ever made, to avoid hay- The revolutionists have sent a party of 60 men to irst , I ing their throats cut. The best disciplined and bra - Ba i ouManchac, to o pp ose the lading ding of some tteesft • l' vest troops in Europe could not have done more. It sent by Governor Folch, of Pensacola, for the . is generally supposed, that notwithstanding the pur - p ose of q uelli ng the revolution in Felicia r aa. A •11,,,° suit of Christophe's superior force, they will arrive tleman, who arrived here lart evening from Mot* informed me that he met in Lake Pontchavtith t'' safe in their own territory. They had one post yet unsubdued, in the mountains above the Mole. The Spanish armed schooner with a Captaih and Part en 1 last accounts from thence says that Christophe was company on board, bound to Bayou Manchac, hand 1; very busy in cutting off the heads of his prisoners.— whence they were to , math by land to Baton R e OZiP... Some time before the capture of the Mole, Petion had It is ver y p robable that there has been an, eiagag -`.: , between them and the 50 niso sent to oppose them. ...! employed with great success a number of barges , for I expect that the flame of the revolution *ill extend the purpose of carrying of the women and children at Port-au-Prince. lam told they were very fine to every part of Floridas. constructed boats, and rowed by 86 oars : and, not- It is generally said this day, that there - was a plan • withstanding the vigilance of Christophe's squadon, laid to set fire to this city last night, which was disco. cruizing close in, they -were impelled through the vered by a black man belonging to Mr. B. M—. I ' believe it not to be true ; fora Gentlemanhas lust no* 1 water with such inapetuosity, that few were injured by the shot from the ships. informed me that he saw a black man in custody oithit r One night, Christophe's Admiral ordered a constables, accused of being one of the eonspirators. 44 chace of boats, comprising all in the squadron, to be --..-- .0, placed from the Mcle-head to the opposite side of A singular accident occurred to his Majesty's sl ..i . the harbour, to intercept them, as they were inform: PODARGUS, on the 2d instant :—While on her 'tat' '''' ed that was the night pitched upon for their leaving in Boulogne B a y , a lar g e Dutch boat was dis'cov • 7 the harbour; when the barges proceeded as far as the swamped near her, which on being towed altkigsicle4" harbour's mouthy they were unexpectedly arrested in upset, and was ultimately hoisted in bottom upward* their escape by the sight of this chace of boats ;how. To the astonishment of every one on board the Pd.. • , ever, being determined to proceed, they attacked DARCIUS, thirteen guineas, four half-guineas, some': these boats, captured some, sunk others, and the rest French crowns , an d other silver pieces, were found id, . were glad to make off. her ; and there can be doubt much more would heed'' 64 'The Government of Christophe is a perfect Mi- been saved had she not unfortunately capsized. ` 4 i - ss litary Despotism. He is at the head of the Army, lashings, which had been cut, were in her, and Navy, and Civil Departments—Can rescind or dis. thing else indicated her having been got off . .. I avow any order or award in any Court, whether civil vessel's deck in a great hurry.. Th ree of the halt ."' is or military, in any part of his dominions ; and no one guineas were quite new. , • , . 4 • of his subjects dare say, why do you so ?or enquire EtopassanT.—A young Lady , about 22 years q into the merits or demerits of the cause. The estab- age, in possession of considerable property, resi lished religion is Roman Catholic, to which Chris - with her parents in the neighbourhood of Claphare o b j tophe pays a great outward appearance of respect. eloped on Monday last with a yentig Gentleman;,. h... whipi i :• °, 44 When you ask the question, is the present condi- for three weeks previous to the elopement, had 4 Lion of the Blacks in St. Domingo ameliorad by (on a visit to-the tamily. On the day they wen - t - 44 , their present Government ? it scarcely admiff of a ' the young couple went out, as was their usual custom doubt, of their situation being made worse than before to s take their morning walk, and it was not till the revolt, especially to those under mild and humane dinner hour that their Eight was diseaviinad. 6 - .. Masters ; but, as in France, the sound or the name were dispatched in every direction, to discover, if of Liberty operated or spread like a devouring flame, sible, the route they bad taken, but without effect, --'- tit whilst in the enormities and massacres that followed, yesterday morning, when the coachman, through , s • the innocent sutiered with the guilty, The appear- information of a post-boy, traced them to a house I . i ante of every part of the country which I have seen, 4 the neighbourhood of Covent Garden, where it aPi N ,; (and I have seen much) exhibits poverty and depo- peared they slept the night before, and from which'', • potation in the extreme. Plantations, laid out by they departed at an early hour in the morning in n the French in the most elegant matinee, and buildings post-chaise and four ; and no further trace d• the. - • , to corresporld, now present scenes of desolation ; and has yet bees discovered. immense tracks of the richest soil lie uncultivated. Sunday last a wolf and a racoon, belonging to IS The city of the Cape was once the most elegant in the itinerant showman of the name of Perkins, who well West Indies, but now nearly one-half of its superb - du his road from Stamford to Leicester, broke out of edifices are totally unoccupied and in ruins. his caravan at Eppingham, in Rutlandshire, where 44 There is a castle about five leagues from the he had put up for the night. It is supposed they pa* Mole, called Fort Ferrier, whither Christophe sends pad through - a door that wa s not properly secured.-• 0 , • all the government money, and intends as a retreat in The racoon has not yet been heard ef,but the waif , case of an invasion. It is almost impregnable—has has been seen in Burley Wood I all the endeavotstit barracks for accommodating five thousand troops, to take him have as yet been ineffectual. Severe and provisions for seven years—is situated on the sheep have been missing since the escape of these *a. . pinnacle of a high mountain, and inaccessible on every racious an i ma l s . . side but one, which it commands by another ridge of Tuesday the 20th ult. a rare and 'very handful. -• mountains, well fortified with mortars and cannon. ' bitd, of the gallinaceous tribe, was shot by Mr. C.s On the other side is a perpendicular cliff, many bun- Witherden, of Biddenden, in a field between that town • . dyed feet high. This place mounts three hundred and Tenterden. The description which has reash. pieces of cannon, and the only access is nearly per. is very imperfect butfrom what is stated ofthe AtreMha ' pendicular. All people suspected, or those guilty of b ' eautyof its p lumage, its size and lenge (three fa* - crimes, not worthy of death, are sent here to labour at four inches from the tip of the bill to theatrremitylev the works. It is a second °Bastile, the tail) there seems' little doubt, but drat hit ails.' 64 Some time before we arrived at Cape Francois, - riety of the painted pheasant of China. an American brig had come into that port, for the purposes of trade. After she had discharged her A beautiful bird, called Picas Ma'or, or the Great elio . cargo, Christophe took her into requisition, in oppo., Spotted , Wn° 4 : l Peck 4 t* a rhtij, - • ' II2 IV Ff : sition to the remonstrance and wishes of her master, "entleman in the p € 4 2 ,: it.:4. . 4 , ii • ' loaded her with provisions, &c. for the use of the ' 'il ' species has the wings finely spot . lan • fleet off the Mole.. She was sent a second time, and with black and white. The hind-head is a • I no compensation either offered- or made, while her crinnon, tbe belly pure solt;te, the upper fkatheteg " lF 1 cargo was waiting for her. . What may the the ...: the tail jet black, the under tawny wi th blickrethiefk, cans not expect, when he does not scruple to condemn the vent feathers a bright vermilion, and di - we'd thfi. ° ' English property i throat black and white ; the feet an. loveatedAtet• 44 A merchant's clerk at the Cape, for saying phi- climbing trees, and ewe two centre hat !rattles ii • i vately that an American frigate would soon be in the rigid and sharp:palate s 11, serve fora support to bird in the exercise of climbing. 1 port to plotect their trade, was hurried off to Fort t Ferrier, and put to hard labour for six weeks. Fiat.—Yesterday. morning a fire broke out in doe house of a cabinet-maker, near the turnpike, Bi;;; 1 " About siaweeks since, a schooner arrived at the Cape bearing American colours ; several guns were George's in the East, which destroyed' the preeliasi to ther with the valuable stock in trade. found in her hold. They said they were hoe New ge - a Orleans, where all the French privateers in this quer. A curious circumseattce happened at areat honk a ' ter fit out ; one Frenchman was found on board, and in St. James's-etreet,,Aast Monday night, .Sir Johta another person, w h o, on examination, was recognized y --..-i-, having lost a•cotisiclerable son at haunt. . to have been an Ai de-de-camp to General Le Clerc set my last stake ?" " i t sein,'" rePhed a nnbleA. o o.% threw doom his purse, ; and. exclaimed, .. Who awe d at the Cape, and, when in that situation, had reduced • i. the present Governor, Rigaud, to the condition of ion which Sir John took the bovand threw in, till ho . scavenger. He, as you may suppose, was soon put' had won five hundred ea;ct twelve stakes. OP i _ in close confinement, and before this, I dare say, has the purse, he produced 4 a Lottery Ticket, and lasi .i. been made shorter by the head. d .. Petion's Government pretends to aim at liberty on being paid m kind at the neat mating 11 fore., the Noble Lord must parasite five hundreda Da e, and equality, but in fact isequally arbitrary with that twelve Tickets, w b atevar the• price mw be,* e i- of Christophe. What the future state of this divided I State Lottery, to be,drewn all in One Nr, 15th pro st country may be, it is impossible to determine ; but a bruary next. A this much I can safely say, its present one is miserable ' °, ~....,.I"ism•-1411141".,..ibui1"ta.C5at4612 ei......_ll6.6.l"lllo•olmok•aritoters4P mi and wretched. All its comforts and wealth are con- I Inl n --; --" t0t57.41 --1 " ---- bwirl -- • a11 i.,.. * ' fi ned to a few individuals. The soldiers of Chris. It Lts . : l tis Hato a at:iorlbas, Cilta 2, 4,..2_4f!ites , td Sophe's army are regularly paid, but his ganeols at. matharzich II rleidsk 0144114 selmilkillki , e. 4 - • • . ...•• va•;.areki, 04 . - • ' . 1