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.7%.4 4 1+ 4 ./7 1 ‘' This Day is publOtod, 3 Yob *am, pries 11. 38. beards, HE HISTORY of the ANGLO-SAXONS; I from their FIRST APPEARANCE above the Alb to the NORMAN CONQUEST. By SH. TURNER, F.A.S. Vol.l. Crintaining th-ir History, previous to the Ineagion sif Britain; its Conquest, their Transaerionb during the :Saxon Oaarclty, to the Loth of Ebert. Vol. U. Cootainaig au Account of the State of the North, in the Eighth .Ceietrry. "*The &ell:tieing of 'the mid of Respell 14altp%, and the Lite of Alfred the 'Crest. Vol. 111. Cent Anlng die Reigns of the Successors of hlfrot, to the Norinan Conquest. , Tublithed by Lorignian.and Re 11, Par-rn , ver 1%)17. The 'S.Jeonfi anal Third Volumes nay be had sepamte, rev fig . The 'Fourth and last Volume, oil the Nl:Aeneas, Liv• itrimiunent, I.iterntoir,„ 'l.-iigion, and Languige of the Isixons, br preparing tar the ..re-$. I PlPrirl . iSfERARY INTh.:I.LIIpENt'L lr .ACKIN(TON. ALLIN, and Co. TIOOK- A 4 SELLERS, TEmet.k. ov NivsFs, nN`RURN RE, onrott tamarthaly inform the Petoic, t! at thew ATAI,O( WE for the Cuing t n .w r.• IteLvery, T ri:.t. 7 5..41. ( bully pig 41,1 in ;wiereh9 at Vs PA.". ti.le; and, 44 tile convenience of C.nitlmiten reitdiel .n the West nt the Town, at Sir. C. Lackuigtoies, Merchant, No Hi, Quren-street, ••• Litoarom purch.rect, re exchanged, on a Plan which in sures:he 1.141 Value to the Seller. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FROM THE FRENCH PAPERS. PARIS, rk.B. 9. MINISTRY OF MARINE. COLONY Gi St'. DOMINGO. ISINEHAL BOYER, CHIEF OF THE ST AVT-Sf AJOR OF THE ARMY Or SAINT DOMINGO, TO TIIE MINI 'ATEA OF !RAVINE AND THE COLONIES. Ilead-Quarter , at the Cape, (15tIt Frimairt , (Litc. 6).11th Yrar. "The General in Chief, Citizen Mini-ler, charges me with the honor of rendering you an account of the events whi...11 have taken place since the November. " At day-break the Brigand: attacked la Place du Mnie, in Erect numbers. Brunet, General of Division, who cam tnanded it, inffered thim to approach as far e. the entran e f the town, and when he fetind them engige,l in the ambus cade he II d I ...t1 fur them, he iminediat-Iv chirp' I them They were br•tween the fire from the city, and that of an out side line, which Go•ntral 87112 et ILA masked. The eornhat commenced, with the utmost a ; in a few hnuni the fled of battle wa , rover,,d with dead Brigands, arno:ig whom here six of than . principal Chief:. Of their Cavalry, only a tingle man was saved. la t'i:s affair we only lost eight men ; General Bruntlprdis .5 the valour of all the troops who and particularly his Aid de-ramp Poon, who received several swor.l wound: after hAvit.g kilted many Brigauda with whom he fought Irani: to hand. " Th;: Gnneral In Chief demands of the First Consul a sword of hon,ur flrC.t:tz n " G.T.NTR•L cittEr T:IE STAFF-MAJOR OP THE ARMY, 10 1 ►IiNiSTE& OF MARINI. AND THE COLONIL:. " Cimas Mum/ r I. Itoehambeau has thought it his duty net to lose a moment in occupying Fort I)aupliin. Scarce had the 2.:th (14. mi-br igade disembarked, than he ernitulcil to Guneral CiAttSei the two first battalions, united with a body of the hAtioual #t•luol of tile country. The ship of the line I'.lanibal, the filt.:at• > I.a Cuerriere and l'Embuteade, awl the earvette Li Sa:;e se, ap peared before Fort Dauphin, in the afternoon of the Ittil of this month. The debarkation ass inwasitly eff, eI, a:A the enemy were every whlrc cut to pieces, and p ri ivfd with such athvity, t i at th y abandoned the wholeot their artillery, ail the cannon of Fort St..l.ropli, and evicoatc<l ,h, town, without baring had time to burn it. The loss of tie Brigands was rely considerable. We are fortunate enough to hare no 1(6) to re4ret. " The Gtneril in Chief 4trrranis if the First C"nini Pvord , .If honour for Citizen (.ril "t, C tail of Mow` nl ; and for Captain Jouette, Camp of G-iteral Lamtette. " Health ai.d mpect, (5•g11 , 4 ) " BOYEl." SECTOR DAI. COT ONiAL PREFFCT. INSPFETOR IN CHIEF OF THY ARMY, TO THE MINISTER OF MARINE AND THE COLONIES. "CITIZEN MINISTER, 2(1 Deremb^r. " General Wittig ha , : jnzt (lied at Fort nbiictn. France, in him, bac log one c.f tier inoltt dktingli6hed afrwe.l*; and the Colony one of it% principal !•apports. " The Amtr feel tltt4 " IL:alai and RoyertL. (S;pw(1) " H. DAURE." 1-I.md Quar te.s, Ist Compri•nentary-rLiy, Sept. 10th Year, The General in Chief, Captain General, orders us follow : Art. I As soon as li)surv.rtini shall be manifested in any ..zz, this Ploprrthrs, :Lad li , iiirekeapers, who ia hahit tt, shall repalr totter rleart Military Commander, to offer their servo e , , either as Gno:tes or Soldiers. 1 hey shall be at the e1.,:0,a1 ..f the General:. Tr.e G eralc shall semi in the rear Grose Tro,,rietors, klousekzeperi, or FarineN who from their age or i,iArniii]es shall be unable to perform any active iwirvice. The i.urre shall he done with regard to the women. ill. The Citieens who conform to the dispositions above mentioned, be employed, and shall nseeive the same al lowances as th'e Troop'. IV. Tho+e who do not conform to them, shall have no right to the protertson of Government ; they shall be mated as enemies, and their property shall be confisched. V. The Mtlitaey Commaedant of the places where invurrec itions may happen, shall draw up a U$ of the Citizens who shall have ;terformed the obligation imposed by the Ist Article, ei order that the punishment pronounced by the sth Anicie, sigainst those who shall not have fulfilled it, may be apidird, es scan as the luso/refl . /on shall have been appeased. VI. In Saturn, eery proprietor, hou.ekeelier, and Earner, whale place of aboci.a an insurreetion sitaq ta,:c place, and Isle) stall Aid afterwards ipair to *s Cianiniantlanto Snell be kintishei giCh +leaf's. The present Decree slat' be printed, pahlisliei, and affixed. 4.shall be inserted among the larders of the Army—The Gene. rals of Divtvioii shall be responsible for its execution. The General in Chief, Ca:A-tin-General, ('Signed) LECLERC. For an exact Copy, The Geneva' of Division, Chief of the - StaffMJjor, DUL:1111 PROCLAMATION. Mad-Quarters, Cape, 6th Oct. An insnrrettlion has burst forth in the North of St. Domingo. The Commandants of that quarter, regretting the authority and the power which they have only employed to commit injustice, have excit ed inquietude among the cultivators, as tu their fu ture destiny. They have profited by the period in which a cruel malady made ravages among the French arinies, and they have rencwed the conflagrations and assas sinati,:ns which signalized our entrances into St. Domingo. Senseless wretches ! they do not know the power of Frame. They have, doubtless, forgot in what manner the French torrent overwhelmed St. Domingo within this fear! They do not know that the cruel rnalaiy on which they have founded their hopes, has ceased its rays• ges ; and that those brave men, before whom they have so often tied; will soon be in a condition to seek new laurels ! f hey do not know that a fresh army, eral to that which has already arrived at St. Domingo, is on its march to crush them, if they are rebellious, or prom& them if tilt) , are submissive. What do they expert from their audacity ? Do they sappose, that fir a few habitations burnt in tilt? Pla;i: of the North, we will abandon the whole coun try to their fury ? Do they suppose we will suffer them to burn the Cape, which has 014 been re-bui!t by the confidence the inhabitants have Ltd in the French Govern- ment ? Do they tl:ink we will abandon to their rage the Proprietors and t!:e Merchants who have devoted themselvt.'s to their specuiztions under the faith of Our promises. Have they for a moment imagined that the army of St. Domingo, which has hitherto shewn itself superior to evTry calamity, will infamously aban don a country on which reposes the hope of French commerce, art.! the happiness of so many families who for years have langui , :hel in niis. , ry ? ' Do they think there exists in that army, whore ser vices will he for ever memorable, a single soldier • who wail dare to set his foot on the soil of France, if the artily of St. Domingo does not answer the ex pedatiuns of Frenchmen ? 0 yon, who sacrifice a numerous imptilation to your ambition—Calculate your means ? What can you hope for ? Can you flatter yourselves, after your experience of us, that ave shall not reach you in your mast secret retreats ? If you per.is: in your criminal proj , aqs, dread the national venjeance. You will meet the fate of Charl.'s is and his milinrou; paaiT. Colonial Troops—l know there arc wretches who seek to seduce you. h . I did not know your devo tkii to France, I would say to you, What will you gain among 'Brigands, who endeavour to conned eon with themselves ? Infamy and death. You are about to have a military organization similar to ours, and you will become au integral part of the French army. If there are among• you men so contemptible, as to pref , :r a state of Brigandage to the glory of serv ing in our ranks, drive them from you ; they are infamous w rti Jtes wluan we must destroy. Soldiers of tite Army, Sailors of the Squadron, you will soon arrive at the period of your tabours. The cruel raala.ly which has mowed down your companions in arms, has ceased its ravages. An army from the Ports of France will unite with you. The season will permit you to amt ; and woe to those who shall refuse to submit ! Proprietors, Merchants, and you citizens of Saint Domingo, whd find in your industry the means of existence, employ with courage the arms with which I have entrusted you, to defend your families and property. Do not forget, that this war is a war of the idle against the laborious. With resped to myself; I shall justify the confi dence of the French Government ; and, with the as sistance of the brave army, I have the honour to command, I will fulfil the expectations of the French nation. he present 'Proclamation shall be published, affixed, and inserted among the orders of the army by sea and land. The General in Chief, Captain General, {Signed) LECLLIC. The General of Division, Chief of the Staff-Major of the Army, DUCCA. Judgment was pronounced on the sth oElober against CHARLES BELALS and SANITTE, his wife. The Military Commission, assemblcd the sth 011ober, to try CHARLES BELAIS, General of Bri gade, and SANT r• his wife, decided, after hear- t:.:~, is ing the evidence against, and the official defender of ' the accused, "that CHARLES BELAU % General of Brigade, accused of being principal in the revolt which took plact., at Verrettes, was guilty; and that Citoyenne SANITTI, of CIIARLE4 BELAIs, was also guilty of having been cuncerne4 in the revolt of her husband." .... i It This Commission, at the head of which was Ge neral DUOUA, considering the military rack of CHARES BELAIS, and the sex of SANITTE his wife, condemned the. said &tails to be shot, and the said" S 4 N ITTE, his wife, to be decapitated. Tliii sentence was ordered to be carried into exe cution before sun-set. Hcati-Qvarters, Cape, O&. 16. The army will learn, with the most profound grief, the death of the respectable General Duouw . No one was more sincerely attached tan he wee, to the prosperity of his country, and the glory of the French army, of which be performed a part. The General orders that his body may be interred in the Battery of Fort Picolet, and that it shall hi future bear the name of Fort Dugua. The General of Brigade, Boy ER, is named Chief of the Staff, Major of the Army. 11-a4-Q•oarters, Cape, Nnv. 18 General ROCHAMBEAV arrived yesterday at the Cape, in the frigate I' ihnlibrade. He assumed the fundions of Cattain-General of the Colony, and General in Chief of the Ay my, in the room of General LacL Lac. The Army is informed, that the 'General in Chief has ordered the incorporatiun of the 15th light demi brigade t the 10:11 demi-brigade of this army. The General of Brigade, THOUVLSOT, is named Commandant of the Army of Artillery. Heafi-Qiarteri, Cape, Nov. 22. The General in Chief expresses his utmost satis faFtion, with regard to QuaNriN, the General of Division, for the good and brave dispositions he adopted against the hordes of the Brigand DMA LINES, which have been forced to evacuate the envi rons of St. Marc. He equally expressed to FaLs si NET., General of Division, his thanks for the ser vice; he rendered on this occasion. LYONS, 713. $. The Prefect of the Department of the Rhone, in conformity to the answer of the Archbishop, and to the wishes of all the Citizens of Lyons, that a proper tribute of respect be paid to the remains of General Leclerc, in return for the services which he hns rendered to the republic, has notified the follow ing arran3ements Aar. 1. A .I , ,tach.n e:t of cavalry, commanded by an off). cer, is to be 4tationed at tilt pvit nears. to Lyons, on the road by wh;c:i tlv. funeral pr.,•!eci.), of General Le;:lerc will pro cee t, ui 1 stiAll erie.ort the b:Kly to the gate of La Guillo- 2. The Prefect, and all e:c A,,thorities, Civil and Judicial, shAll a;re tr carriages, At the aforesaid gate, to receive the convoy : ti, e military corps to form a part of the procession , tha cala that shall be ci,:tziaiined by the G:neral of Di- rition S. A car , %il four wh....:14, shall be prepared, surmounted by a sase , ,,,bitis, with lour columns, painted black; in the midst ot which is to placed the corpse; the columns of the sarecpts:gui; are to be surrounded with burning lamps. 4. The ors: is to clvered with a funeral pall, bord:red witii silver lace, Sze au 1 the is to be held by four G. a oral Offi,ers. 5. Th: cir is to 5e drawn by six black horses, which are to be led by gloom on foot, dressed in mourning, with round h and crape hat-hands. 6. The horses, the box, and the outside of the carriages of the Prefect, the Commissary General of Police, the three Mayon, and the other public functionaries shall, if pceisible, be coverda with black; all the public functionaries are to wear the usual external sign of mourning on their hats, arms, and on their swords, if the latter form a part of their corium'. 7. If the number of troops stationed at Lyons will admit of it, a doable tine of soldiers shall be formed from the Bridge of La Oilillotiere to St. John's Church, wherein the rem:tins of G:•nerai Le..lere are to he deposited, and through which the proc,,ssion isle I ass. 8. A detachment of cavalry and grenadiers will begin the procession ; the car, bearing the body of the General, will im mediat:ly follow ;,and afterwards the Prefect and all the civil officers, and Or Tribunals, according to their respective ranks. On arriving at the %Ate of La Guileicre, th. bo.ly t be saluted I►y a ali,cb:ag: of artillery. 'Pie rreat pa; sh.ll continue to fire every nve minutes ► tiering the Fioiage of tile procei,iun. Lyuus, Feb. 1803. (Sidi d) Bu um Au pc PUST BATAVLAN REPUN2C. A letter from the Hague, of the fkl of February, assures us that their government has just sent fresh troops into their possessions in the East and West Indies, in order to put them out of danger of a snrprize. A new armament is also forming for the East Indies and Cape of Good Hope, in lieu of that wrecked on the English coast in the frigate Vreede. The rigour of the season has caused a suspension of the works begwi at 1-lelvcetsl ys. There is a talk of fortifying, in the , the different points of our coasts tha most accessible and exposed to a landing. In the budget published yesterday, by the Legis lative Body, the expencxs r the service of the year are rated at about nineteen &lions of florins. There is no decision as yet, with zespeft to the BataTian rescriptions. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROMFRANKEOP.T, DATED JAN. 31. a We are informed, that it is in agitation, among the principal States of Germany, in virtue of the dispositions of the plan of indemnities, and other re gulations decreed by the deputation in the course of the last three months, to determine a new ecclesi astical organization for the German empiro—a mea sure rendered necessary in consequence of the changes that have taken place. This abject is look ed upon to be of considerable importance. We are assured, that it is agreed upon as a principle, that the bishops and other ecclesiastical dignitaries shall be named in future by the princes and sovereigns of the territory to which their sees shall telong, and to which their jurisdiEtion (which is to be purely eccle siastical) shall extend, and that they be responsible to those princes for every act relative to their funEtions; that no Bull nor Papal Ordonnance shall be. pub fished or put in execution, but with the consent and confirmation of the Princes exercising the territorial superiority : in fine, that the confirmation given by the Pope to the Ecclesiastical nominations, shall be exempted from the pecuniary tributes with which that formality has been encumbered hitherto. These dispositions supposed, give reason to conclude that the clauses of the Concordat of the French Go vernment, have fixed the attention of people in Ger many ; and we may from this day look upon it as a certainty, that the German Bishops are entirety di vested of the independence they have till this mo ment enjoyed, and that they will be placed, with re gard to their several governments, in the same si tuation as the Bishops of France and Austria wi:l4 regard to theirs. " Another important question, which is likewise on the carpet at this moment, is the diocesan circurn sciption of the German bishoprics. It would be too contrary to the new order of things established in Germany, to preserve that which has existed un till now, only conformably to its conneetidn with the secular power, which has disappeared by the adoption of the principle of general secularization. In consequence, it has been proposed to attach to each great Catholic state a bishopric, to whose ju risdidion the little neighbouring states shall be sub mitted. The states of the first order, such as Ba varia and Prussia, (for the Catholic part of that monarchy) may name an archbishop, whose juris didion shall extend to the bishoprics existing in the country. In fine, a regular orginization is be come urgent, considering the dissolution of the an cient constitution of the German Catholic church. The ecclesiastical eleflors, the archbishops and bi bishops, with the exception of one alone, have-not only irrevocably lost their secular power, to be no more than simple pensioners of the Hereditary Princes, who have divided their possessions, but many of them have entirely lost all jurisdidion whatever ; such as the Bishops of BASLE, LIEGE., COIRE, STEASBOEGH, WORMS, OSNABUILOH and Luatcx, (the two last, Protestants), and the Arch bishops and Elelors of MENTZ, TILEVES and Co- LooNe. The Bishops of WORTZBUEGN. BAMBERG, EICHSTETT, MUNSTER, PADERBORN, HILDESIIEIM, SALZBUSGH, PAIsAU, RATISBON, AUGSBURGII, SINGEN, FUL D A,CONST ANCE,CORVEY,TIENT, and BILIXEN, preserve their sees and jurisdiftion." BASLE, FEB. 3. There is a considerable ferment in several of the cantons stilt In the country parts of the canton of Bern, and in Oberland, there have been tumultous scenes, as well between the different parties as be tween the country people and the French soldiery. Several individuals have been killed in the riots tha t have occurred. General NEY has ordered the au thors of these disturbances to be brought before the tribunals. Several of them have been already ap prehended. The General has just sent off some troops to Oberland. We have received the important news, that the Helvetic Diet, formed according to the principles L►id down in the general constitution, is to assemble immediately after the return of oar deputies from Paris, and that the Er,t sittings will be held in the city of Friburgh. BRUSSELS, FEB. 4. Letters from Treres mention, that several large detachments of horse chassseurs and infantry, that had set out on the march, last month, from the 46th military division, to proceed to the frontiers of the Helvetic Republic, have received orders to halt, and that they will shortly return to their respective gar:. It appears from these accounts that the camp which is to be formed in the four new De partments on the Left Bank of the Rhine will be fixed in the plain of Andernack. It is added, that the FIRST CoNsut, will, himself, visit the emplace ments of the new fortresses about to be construeted between Mentz and Holland, to give France a re speEtable military line on that point : it is then that a decision will be made among the various plans presented by General ANDaxossr, now Ambassa dor at London, and the Committees of Artillery and Engineer Officers, who have been sent succes sively to the Banks of the Rhine, for some years past. risons. 1