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where C HRUTOP W E WAS entrenched on his right. t he same day DASFOURNEAUX'S Division took a Position before Euer . y, where General HARDY also aSSClllbled his Division. " Ott the 4th, Despotritierettx's Division ad_ Danced to t h e Coupe-a-Pintade, where it met the ne illY• I had supported that Division by Des- PLAN QIIR ., Division, and that of General H ARDY . Gtnerai DESFOURNEAUX Enemy, attacked the and drove them to Gonni.ve r , which had been burnt two days before. pie En emy , w h o were v i gorous l y pushed, could not sustain the shock : they returned t° t he river E st h er, a f ter having left 200 Men on . field of b att l e. Seeet's Brigade, belonging to 4l tDY's si te Divisi on , on t h e same d ay too k a posi on at Poteau befor e La Coupe-a-Pintade. The same iIayRoCHAMBEAU'S Division enter- Ced the Ravine a,Couleuvre. It was there that pneral T o usse NT, with his guard, forming a d e r t' s of 15 00 Grenadiers, drawn from different i 'e tit '-brigad es , and about zoo chosen from among hest B attalions of his Army, with the addition of four hundred Dragoons attempted to defend th e plac e , . 1:: 11 The R av i ne a _C o uleuvre is extremely Proteoed ; it is flanked by lofty mountains, tivered with woods, in which were placed more T la° zOOO Cultivators, who are to be added, to the h a d f ps I have already enumerated. The Enemy tl a ; 4° Nled considerable abbatis, which obstrueted w i tnP ls sage; they occupied the, entrenched positions vi - 2 e°mmanded the ravine. A position so strong th c) .:' in t "!eessarily have retarded any other General *`°CIIAMB EAU, but he executed his disposi tbe the rapidity of lightning, and attacked cc ' ne 'ne's entrenchments. Battle ensued, in which man was opp ose d to The Troops of Tousset err fought well, but s ve rY thi n e. yielded to French i n t re pidi t y. T oys _ evat%ated his positi ons , an d ret i re d i n dis .(ier towards the Little River, leaving Soo men G 4 °le field of battle. On the sth I repaired to ee'eives„ I was extremely uneasy with regard to etais DEBELLE and BOUDET, from whom Lhad °t heard any tidings. nett On the 6th 1 learnt. by Emissaries, that Gee M r n al I pEeeeet had not been able to force General te -1181 )As. I ordered DESFOURNEAUX'S Division 13 0 : 114 r eh to t h e pr i nc i pa l f astness, b y the way of ltp -t nn de Pate ; and I also ordered General ROCHAM fOt t „?.PrOCeed to the Bridge of Ester, and p us h G e w , 4,- ` 4 1 6 4 his right and left to gain the news of :".(..a1.:6 1.,) ET, ithd the retreat of the Enemy. Mas te ' n e be 'eth 1 learnt that General BOUDET was to oldster 11:ael. I then saw no other Enemy lie e ° , verc ulne but IVlAuerxes. I ordered General ce inn — Y to march to . the principal fastness, with five iVnies of grenadiers, and 800 men belonging to el 17 , ; I added to this Corps a company enys:;feua.rds, consisting of too men. I marched the th with that body, and on the night of took a position two miles from the tvi t h t\ P`O fastness. My intention was to proceed ofC t 'stou RN E - AUX'S Divi s i on , an d t h e too men 1 7 „ ene rei EAR t' DY, )- occupy on the Bth a positio n e,'" mil es di stance f rom i t , i n t h e rear o f G eneral In ; uit Eees, to attack him o n th e 9t h at day-break, fo r - n "eert with General Dr BELLE, whom I had in_ tie 7o " k ri of this moveme nt . B ut G enera l M AUREPAS, q'e nt 44 l 110 pr OS p C ii o f a retreat, sent D eput i es to lete - r tal bEBEL LE , w h o h a d not yet rece i ve d my ale 1 - ) s i and desired to submit to the conditions in to n ',"ciam at i on, i n w hi c h I proth i sed to cont i nue ' e " Ofii,ers as surrendered their rank. akle i ao G eneeal Den e Lee consented, and however 'lin e : a geoes my position was, I thought it my be t : n ZaPprove w h at h e h a d d one . I or d ere d Ge t, rAtjatrAs to join me . kte, h g a ve this day, the Bth, sent the Corps from !Ai r niVi S i OD to G oNa i, ves , w hi t h er I s h a ll re _ of ', lll s evenin g to proceed tomorrow in pursui t Pay:e 'era l Toussei!er. . - "T'ett the 4111, the Inhabitants of the Country ‘'at er %rtied ToussAiser as ruined. The Culti sts re turn to th e i r h a bi tat i ons , t h e S o ldiers d esert &ire nl ' in dard, an d i t i s t h e general op i n i on t h at we ,ntsters of t h e C olony. it e "eral Desroueeeeeux particularly praised lie en t t, the Chief of Brigade, and General rtan t l a n gives due encomium to the Adjutant Com- D eseeAteoues. I have a pp o inted him ap p -a ! of Brigade. They also praise General SALM. CONGEAT Chief of Brigade of the I ith to ij e ,nt, on the field of battle. That brave Offi. hie is dead of the wounds by which he merited r.,.011106011 C eri c vjett erel noel-rem T 3 EAU particularly praises the too e tnand. ' Brigade, BRUNET; the Adjutant Com_ Ze e i!tts LAVALLETTR and ANDRIEU, and rChief o f B r i ga d e o f t h e st h R eg i ment, 1. 14, -- de-Camp o f t h at G enera l , C it i zen LACHA ;I7,I w as killed i n the ate} of scaling Fort D a uphi n . °f S e Pert ealy well satisfied with B RUVER Es, Chi e f S E t i' toti4dron, and a l so w i t h my Aide-de-Camp, and ta AIa. `PITIIT, Chief of S qua d ron , a dd e d to t h e jor. t he g am satisfied w i t h every C or p s b e l ong i ng to 1 Dt1; -11 - , but parti cu l ar l y w i t h the sth, tth, and Ilnelie, infantry, and the 31st and 68th of the tt e le„ Ciceeral Bon DET orticulArly praises the stele„ ` L iv and • Aeton. muninuants i AMPH ILE, A l c •••i. 1/4b 500 nas th e reports of the different Corps aic ; all ave reached t h e G eneral in C hief of the Staff, leollll`tof_the A rtily, you shall receive a det a il e d ni • will inf orm you of the names of the brave % tre at t° '" I hav e t h ought it my dory to reward. I w het 7 , 3 ° 11 to re quest the First Consul to confirm "are don e . , ° F a e d . us the Army of St. Domingo, in.the course a -ni Nign of five days, has dispersed the prin e;i sse mblies of their rics—obtained elo,ses !„ °I . thei r b i „ ' t e en . }-• Len ba n., anti a portion of their am.- .-tetvn Ls)-etion f . rennent in the Rebels' camp. LE'r.tIVF, Meueeees, and many illittee7,,,,,Chiels end Men of Colour, have sub_ Pte .rv,d of oftile South are entirely 31 41 d 111 and the whole of :he Spanish part of the ,s surredred. eitalth and ReTetli LECLEILC." Pk tl the o,t_i!e,r letter from the Commander in Chief to tat i:(y.itster , of Marine, dated Headquarters, the ° en, is as Follows: 41), ct"_ Pa tc c'onlttl h orlicated to you, Citizen Minister, in of the day before Yesterday, the success. which we had obtained. We are now in pursuit of TOUSSAINT, who has retired into the Mirebe/ais.— General ROCHAME EAU, who has passed the Esteil General BotiDET, who has set out from Pol a Prince, and the columns of the Spanish Army, which are marching in that diredion, induce me to hope that he cannot long escape us. Of the soo horse.guards which he had, 3ocyhave already desert ed him. DESSALINES, the most feroCious of them all, has massacred some Whites. Fortunately we have some time yet before us, ere the great rains, and heats commence. All the Coasts and the Ports of the Island are in our possession. Nothing can equal the fatigues of our Troops-.-nothing can eqUal their indignation against this ferocious Banditti. - (Signed) 2 c LecLEttb." ADMIRAL VILLARET JOi•EIJsE, TO THE h~2NIS"TEI2 OF THE MARINE AND OF THE COLONIEt, Al' FAR Is. " On hoard the Ainiiral's Ship the Yentappe, in the Road of Cape Francis March 4, " Since my last Dispatch, events have happened which appear to me to ensure the conquest of Si. Domingo. every thing presages that very soon the Troops of the Republic, instead of having to Corn bat a general and organized Revolt, will have only to destroy a partial brigandage, exercised by wandering hordes, under Chiefs without authority, without asylum, and without design. I cannot separate in my account, the operations of the Army and Navy, which have both been directed to the same objet. I begin with the Details which ap. pertain to Santo Domingo. " Captain BERNARD, commanding the Frigates la Fraternite and la Preeieuse, having on board a body of troops under the order of General KERV ES E AUX, presented himself on the zd of February before the Capital of the Spanish part of St. Domingo. PAUL LOUYERTURE, the brother of TOUSSAINT, COM manded in this place, as well as in the whole De_ partment oft'Ozama. When he was summoned to surrender the Town to the troops of the Republic, he answered, conformably to the system of dissimu. lation prescribed to him, that he waited the orders of the Governor-General. You will learn without being astonished, that he still waited them on the 14. th of February (the date of the last dispatch from Captain BERNARD.) The force of General Kett v est Avx would not permit him to attack the place, he waited therefore the effe& of the known dispo sition of the inhabitants. " In the night of the 9th of February, those to whom the yoke of TOVSSAI NT had become intole rable, carried one of the Forts swora in hand, and opened to us the gates of the Town. This effort of courage was, however, useless, from the difficulty of combining the movements which were necessary to support them. The greatest efforts were made to disembark the Troops on a rocky coast, which presented no facility for landing, but the Chaloupes were upset and filled with water, without a single man being enabled to gain the shore. Happily no person perished, and the brave Insurgents seeing the whole garrison likely :0 fail upon them, eva cuated the Fort withoto loss, and quitting the town, retired into the adjoining fields. They returned to the charge on the itth and carried one of the Outer posts ; on the r 3th all hope of submission having vanished, the Frigates quitted the anchorage commanded by the Forts, since which they have blocked up the harbour of Ozama, where they have seized two American Vessels laden with Provisions Nevertheless the part of the Island which formerly belonged to the Spaniards has submitted to the Republic. The People of the Country have armed in our favour, and the Commander in Chief has ordered a body of Troops to join General KE R VES EAU X, for the purpose of reducing - the only po s t that remains in the kinds of the Rebels. I have every reason to think that it has at present submit ted, and that the Partisans of TOUSSAINT do not at present possess one perch of ground in tl►e East ern part of the Island. • . _ " I have this moment received information that General KERVESEAVX entered Santo - Domingo on the ztst of February. He had besieged the place for several days, both by laud and sea. The De partment of the South, in which the black General _LAP LUME, commanded, surrendered without re sistance. " The ships the Union, the Argonaut and the the Dugay-Tyouin, detached by Rear. Admiral LA_ Too CHE, have rendered the most essential service. Thus, from Petit Gua•ves to -,Tionet, almcss the .whole circumference of the Island, every thing is preserved ; but it is not owing to TOUSSAINT and to DESSAY INES that every thing was not destroyed ; their intercepted Correspondence and their Aids-de-Camp, ct ho and prisoners, prove, that the orders of these sanguinary Chiefs, were to murder all the Whites, and to • burn every thing on the appearance of our Squadron. "During the retreat of DEssAL! NES, the Argonaut had succeeded in reducing the Fort of Leogan e ; and the Adjutant, DARBots, having disembarked at this Point, had defeated 2000 Blacks who were en trenched-near it. The Eagle and some light vessels carried 900 men to Arcahiv-ve. General BOUDET, having secured the tranquillity of the Department of the South and Port Republicaine, diSembarked himself 'at - Mont Roui with the rest of his Troops, to march against St. Mark; and the Hero, together with several other ships of war, have been cruizing off Go/Jai:yes, to furnish supplies to our Army, and to intercept all communication between the different bodies of the Blacks. " in the North, the march of the General in Chief, combined wi t h th e movements o f G enera l B OUDE T , will, no doubt, put a speedy period to the hThbdy devastations which have ruined the Departmettiedie West. The Army left the Cape on the 29th Pliiiibsp (18th Feb.), and on the same day forced the po u sWOf Do and St. R a phael. To o SSAINT an d C n , TOP un were not able to maintain these formidable , positions against the Division of General Rocn AM EAU, which likewise drove them from St. iJlichel de l'Attalaye. At the same time General HARDY got possession of Marmelade and Ennety, the head_ quarters of the Rebels; and General DF.SFOUR- NrAux penetrated to these places by the way : of -Plaisance. These three Divisions were, op the 3d Ventose, at the distance of 9 leagues from Gonai'ves, which was to be attacked on the sth or 6th. The ktillels will Alen be confined on the .1-Lights, or to the / it kilt of Artibonite, between the Army of the 6enerai in Chief, anti the - Corps led by Qener:l. 0 1.7 ET. I evid to hear decisive neWs.of their fate befo:e the dosing of these Dispatches. " Gen. Lac Latte, eager to gain the grand objen Of his Expedition, vii. the complete destruction of the two Brigands; whom by his Proclamation of the 28th Pluviose he had put Out of the proteCtion of the law, in his rapid march, had overlooked some small bo dies of Rebel Negroes, who might, harass his rear, and Who daily set fire to the houses in the. neigh bourhood of the Capes General Bovaa, who com mands in this City, ordered them.to be attacked by 4.00 men in the post of St. Suzanne, ant! the Fort of Lesec. They Were • driven our at the point of the bayonet, the works being first blown up, ttie cannon tolled to the bottom of the hill, and theam mtinitiOn; gun-carriages, &c. burned. They left behiod them 28 killed, and 50 wounded, On his part; Rear-Admiral Kati GON advanced from Fort Liberte to Caracole; at the head of a small de tachment: Being attacked by the Rebels, he killed 68, and made 4 5 prisoners, among whom was the Head of this Division of the Rebels : he was . in stantly shot: These two Expeditions secure the tranquillity of the neighbouring distrias, facilitate convoys and •conimumeations, and preserve build ings, which are the hope of commerce, and the pledge of future prosperity. " " It remains to me, Citizen Minister, to say a few words of Port-di.-Paix, where the Navy, shar ing jn all the dangers 9f the Land Forces, rivalled them in courage, and signalized its devotion with equal splendour and Usefulness. On the 26th Pluviose I dispatched from Port-de-Paix the Jean Bar: with ,a reinforcement of 400 men, which, allowed the Furituse Frigate to come to the Mole, and to secure this important Post. A hundred Marine Artillery men were sufficient to occupy Jean Rebel, where tro Blacks, who had for three years • wandered in e-woods under the command of a person of the name of Goeatto, that they might escape from rh yoke of TottsSAINT, came to join us. At the Mole the Captain of the Fariettse was received as a Deliverer, with salutes of Artillery from the city and all the fortifications, and abo men who have been sent thither since, now secure the place from insult. Letters were found from To uss INT to the Commander, in which he: earnestly requests the printing press, all the fusees and pistols in the magazine, four 24-pounders, - and two mortars. (' On the 27th Pluviose, General Lica ERC, de- . siring to go up the countr'Y, judged it proper to dis patch coo men to Port de Paix, with an ulterior destination confided to General DEBELLE. Rear_ Admiral Lt Sots had the charge of this Expedition s with the Ship L'intrepide, and the Frigates which were in the Roads. In all the different occasions where they have had an opportunity to act, the Ma rines and Naval Cadets have merited the warmest praise from the Land Officers. " You will set with me; Citizen Minister, how just it is to encourage the zeal and emulation of these young men who constitute the fairest hopes of the Navy, by the promotion they have so well de served. I have no doubt that you will confirm all the promOtions I have made. MAuttep As, the Black General, who had made head against General DE BELLE, apprized of the vidorious'march of the Commander, in Chief, and of - his arrival in his rear, as well as of the precipitate flight of TOUSSA I NT, did not judge it prudent to run the risque of farther resistance, and entered into a ca pirulation. On the Bth, after discharging 8000 Ne gro cultivators serving under his command, he entered Port de Paix with 2000 regular troops and 17 pieces of cannon, which he placed at the disposal of the Generals of the Republic. A few hours after he set out with - General DEB EL L F., to join the Com mander in Chief; and the Division of Rear_Admiral LlNols arrived on the 9th in the Road of the Cape, leaving at Port de Paix only the Fr igate La Muiron. Apprised of these decisive events, I have dispatched the Corvette La Mignoar trait* La Cigogne in the • Bay of Acul, where this last .vessel lay, aith 70,000 rations of biscuit ready to be. placed at the disposal of the Commander in Chief. They are to be convey ed to Gonaives. I have sent - off the Ambuscade to Rear_Admiral LAToUCHE, and I have stationed the Cutter L'Acquille, to cruize on the neighbouring Coasts, for the purpose of intercepting the coirunu nicAtions of the Rebel Negroes who are dispersed over various points, and who form bodies of an in considerable number. Such is, Citizen Minister, a faithful piaure of our operations, .and of the events which have occurred up to thi s d a y. (Signed) " VILLARET." 1 ' P. S. This Dispatch was intended to have been sent off in two days with the Division of Admiral GANTHEAUME ; but the General in Chief having this day addressed to me some Dispatches, with a request to forward them without delay by the swiftest sailing vessel of. the Squadron, I have se leded La Cisal,eine for this service. " The General in Chief, LECLERC, expressing at the same time his desire that his Dispatches should be entrusted to an alive, intelligent Officer, capa ble of, accompanying the Dispatches of which he is the hearer, with such details as may have escaped us, I have chosen Citizen JEROME BONAPARTE, whom I have. thought proper to raise to the rank of Ensign, in consequence of the chew of talent which' he has displayed since he has been under my inspec tion. Ferrand, a private in the 3d West York, was on Thursday committed to York Castle, charged with having forced Ann Ainley, a girl, 14 years of age, into the River Cherwold,, where she was suf. focated and, drowned., T l.e hpdy of the unfortunate girl was found on Wednesday morning, and Fel.., rand having been seen in company with her late the preceding evening, he was interrogated; he atiirst 'denied all knowledge of her, bur afterwards said," that he had been with her in the churchyard ; that she had thrown herself info, the river, at which he, 'was so much alarmed as to be deprived of the power to render her any assistance. The Coroner's Jury, however, believed .him to be guilty of the m'a'de;, and found their verdid accordingly. A young woman named Hall, was 1 - a3t week burnt to death at Cambridge, in consequence of falling asleep while sitting before a fire, _which by some accident caught her clothes, CORN .E,Y.CHANCE,, I THIS day *e had a Bill supply of Wheat ; s ;lei rather dull, and somewhat tower. Barley and Kilc plenty, from the late heavy InipnrtS, but little way ;old. .Oats keep their prices ; tine for seed meta dtnr. Flour, little or r Wheat Os a 58s a 63s od Fine do. - t9s a 7 os cd Fine Esiek ditto '2s a 7 3 s od - - Malt - ps a 4os aOs od Fine ditto - 43 s a 44 s hd Barley - 3 as a 3 4 5 od Rye .- ps a 39s od White Pease ps a 33 s Od variation. I;cans . 2.1. s a 52s od Tick ditto -2.6 s a 305 c.j, Oats - 14.5 a 20s of Poland do. z:s a 22s CA Rape Seed 331 a 361 per 13:it ilos 1. lour co, a sq.; per saLii. Sot:4nd do. 4ss a sc:s pea do. The Right Hoe. HENRY TENiPLE; . Lord count PALraEttsforr, of the Kingdom of Ireland, died ort Friday evening, 'at his house in Hanover_ square. This Nobleman is descended from the family of, the great Sir WILLiAm TrmPLE, a name well knoVily, and deservedly esteemed in tie political and literary history of Great Britain. The celebrated Sir JOHN BARNAR D , wils the maternal. grandfather of Lord PALMERSTON, and the name 61 -- Sir JOHN . BARNAR o, thOlit_rh nor adorned by literary distinc tion, %All not he held in less estimation by the People of this Country, and particularly the Citi-• zens of London, in which, as its Representative ; his probity and honest eloquence rendered an elevated and very popular charmer, Lord PAL MERSTON may he said to have inherited, in a great degree, the estimable qualities of these great men. His taste and love of literature have been displayed in many poetical jiyuduftions of acknowledged merit. In his prlvafe'and - domestic Charaeler; he was distinguished for eieganr, unifFe6.ed manners, a composed tcmper,''and. a benevolent heart. His Lordship was 0n,.. of the Representatives for the city of Wincllestei. rthe Proprietors of !le Bank of Trel;!nd have pur chased the . l'A - liatuctlt fbr a I\l4tional Bank, so chat Irclan: will haye, if not the richest, certain ly .one of the most tuagnticent Banas in. Europe— . is rather singular, that the two wing , : of that B.tilding are of different orders of Architeture. An Irish Baronet soon after it was compleated, express.. ed. his regret that it-was not - uniform, and added, " I am only astoni s hed t ha t t h e y did not ma k e half the thine a flat roof." A Letter from the Carnatic, dated Dce. 29, men tions an Engagement to have been fought in the neighbourhood of Wyadoo, in the Tinnevclly Coun try, between the Army under the orders of Colonel AGNEW, and a large body of the Rebel Troops under the command of a Chieftain of high charater, named HUSSEIM CUNDIR. • The Enemy had fin.rned his Troops behind a vil lage, and in front of a thick jungle, intersefted with narrow and intricate passes and rocky defiles, and placed his artillery in the most advantageous posi. tions ; after a heavy cannonade-on each side, during which Hussy TM made several -movements which in dicated an intention to charge the British Troops, advanced within musket-shot, when the Enemy; encumbered by the spoils of the adjacent Distrils, were thrown into disorder, and abandoning great part of their heavy baggage, and several field-pieces, retreated into.. the. jungles, whither- it was not deemed prudent to pursue them. From the numerous depredations which art con stantly committed at the New Docks, in the Isle of Dogs, the several Proprietors have applied to Go vernment for a guard to be . stationed Xt that place to protea their property there. A man was last week fitted 208, at Bath, for wheel,. ing an empty barrow on the fodt pavement. The Importation of Provlsibns continues to be abundant : large supplies of bacon were received during the last week from I re l an d ; H o ll an d, Bre men, - Portugal, and New. York tic tons of pork from Itcland ; 466 . tons of cheese from Holland. 42 from Leghorn, and 8 from li'rance tons of butter from Ireland, and 69 from Holland ; besides large quantities of beef and hams. Upwards of zo,poo quarters of Cats ware re_ ceived during the last week, from Hdfand, the Elbe, and Ems. The average Price of Sugar, computed from the returns made for the week ending the i4th day of April i bo2, is Thirty-nine Shillings and Two Pence per - . hundred weight. At the Inverary Circuit, an Appeal was tried before Lord Dunsinnan, against the sentence of the Sheriff - of Buw, who had awarded 251. damages; and zsl. fine, against Capt. J. Hamilton, of the Prince William hired cutter, on the prosecution of Mr. J. Stoddart, surgeon, of Arran, for an assault, when the sentence was confirmed, with all the additional expences.—There was not any criminal business at Inverary,'which terminated the Western Circuit. On Monday afternoon last, during' a violent storm of thunder and hail, a ball of fire fell upon a house at Hempton, near Fakenham, which struck down a woman in the kitchen, and deprived a man who had taken shelter from the storm, of the use of his legs and feet ; two children in the same room escaped without injury. The following distressing occurrences lately took 'place at Utica, in the county of Chenango, in Arne. rica. The wife ofMr.• Herrick, a respedable farmer, far advanced in pregnancy, was employed in giving medicine to a sick cow, when the animal by a sud den motion of her head, struck one of her horns into the body Of Mrs. Herrick ; the wound was of such a nature, that the bowels fell from it, and the • poor woman, after languishing for five days, ex, hired, leaving five young children. A short time after,'- business took Mr Herrick across the river which fronted his house, and returning in the even ing„.his course had been, by some accident removed, and the stream being deep and rapid, he was unable to regain his habitation ;. and it was therefore ne cessary. that he, should wait upun the bank till morn. about ten o'clock, however, he saw a volume of smoarise.from his house, which presentlyafter became involved in flamea: he heard his children's Shrieks ; when, regardless of the peril of the an, he plunged into the current, and reached the bank ; but, alas ! nature Was exhausted in the struggle, and he lived only to hear that his house and ail his little wealth b►ad been_ redpc-cd tQ ashes, and th;xt three of his infants iladinzi4lied in the flames.