The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1807-09-04 00:00:00

ST. DOMINGO.

The following article relative to the new com-
mercial and•other regulations in St. Domingo, will
prove not unacceptable to our Readers :
The Council of State, °von the proposttioo .4 the rres:lei:t
and Gesteraliisioto of tire Land and Sea Forest of the I.:And

of Hayti, enaSe the following law
:
Art. I From the let of July next, the duly of ten per cent.
lai.l by the let 'taxis of tile decree 01 the td september, 1806,
rr and shall be sulpflatieir upon the exportation ofaugar,
and cocoa. It shall only be retained upon Tidier:.
Y. lt %hall hereafter be lawful for r .wsrlt of every doictip.
hot:, :urliciseis or idiom+, firstly ten export sugir, odturt, and
c‘rtst; upon which article it is forbidden to exa:l any duty
whatr.vor.

3. The duty el etteaotirth, imposed upon the province .ai,e.l
by dte farmers tithe karate, by the 3th stuck: of the d,ctee le-
'amid to the mode of rentmg the national domains of the ftd
Doom!. r, 1794, shall be Irentalter aboti.hed.
4 "fhe farmers us the State shall ba >ubjefted to no other
charges than lbs toyment of the rent of their farms.
3. The Suisednt.-•:dant-tier-ral of the Finances is strialy
enjoined to carry the above into execution.
Done at the Cape, the fOth Julie, 1507.
4th real of Independence.
A. Vernet. Tou,sint Brave, Martial anise,
Jean ipl Daus. It Wm.' hlaiitiel, Jean Baptiste,
Jugs Flcary, Peet Remain, Chairman,
Marv:, crctnry.
We, the President and Generalissimo of the Land
and Sea FirCES of the St4te of Hayti, have sanCtion-
ed and do haehy sandioa the present law, and di-
let. that the Seal of the Sate shall be thereunto
a%xed, and that the same be published and carried
into executiun throughout the territory of Hayti.
Given at the ratace at the Cape,
21st June, 11107, 4th year of Independenea,....________

FIFP KY .CHRISTOPI:E.

NA FAL /NI 0 I.I.IULIVCII.

PURTSMIIUTI4, srrr t.

Arrived His Majesty's abi,as Ilatper, tram et utie ;
and the Laura. with a convoy tram the Dow, s ;
also a Russian f, igate from the Northward ; dlii .a
fur, Grainier; All the Gerais/4.a, CAMS°, frurn
London, for the Cape of Gorki Hope.
Sailed His falajesty'a ship Rolla, with a convoy
for Cork. TORBAY SEPT. I.

Sailed last night, after datk, under command of
Admiral Lord Gardner, to resume th 4 station off
UJiant, Frier de P,ris. 120 guns; Hibernia, ;
Lond29, 9d; To. S 0; Conqueror. 74; .llu-
hut., h, 74 ; 74 ; Cs/erre/4 74 ; Ann,
Ere,' ; Aud Ivimr,s.i. hirdd cutter. Also the
ship Lurv..'ice, Captain Compton, for Surinam.—
Wind S.W. DIAL, SEPT. 2.

Artivrl the S..:rst/ and Tickler from a cruise;
and the ti,sa'Are Rut.-brig from Cork. with a convoy.
which are salvd for tilt: River.

TNC FRLACH zdtGLE.

There .as been some time in the Garden of Plants,
at Paris, an EAg:e, sent thither by Madame Bona-
parte, and which is as much distinguished by his
brauty, as by a silver ring which he carties in one of
his talons. It is the same that has been talked of some
time, and that was originally domesticated with an
English game cock, which has at last served him for
food. It is not known whether the death of the game
cock was provoked by his own fierceness, by some
movement of anger, or, indeed, by the hunger of the
Eagle. The Public will not be averse to know the
history of the latter bird since he lost his liberty. He
was taken in the f orests of Fontaiabloaus in a trap set
for foxes, and of which the spring broke his claw.
But under the care of Dr. Paulet,-his cure has been
long, and attended with a painful operaticn. This
the Eagle has supported with a patience which it
would be difficult to find in man. During the ope-
ration his head only was at liberty, and of this he
did not avail himself to oppose the dressing of his
wound, from which al splinters were taken,
nor to the apparatus which the fraffure required.
Swathed in a napkin, and laid on one side, he has
passed the whole night upon straw, without the
least motion. The next day, whets all the ban-
dages were unwrapped. he lodged himself tipoa a
screen, where he passed twelve whole bouts, with-
out resting upon the unsound foot. During all that
time he made no attempt to escape, though the
windows were open ; and he refused all nourish-
ment. ft was not till the 15th day that lie tried his
appetite upon a rabbit, which was given to him.—
He scizedit with his claw that was not injured, and
killed it with a stroke of his beak, between the first
vertebra of the neck and the head. After having
devoured it, he resumed his place upon the screen,
from whence he stirred no more till the 2lst
day after his accident. Then he began to try
the wounded limb, and without deranging in the
least the ligature by which it was bound, be has
regained the use of it by moderate and reasonable
exercise. This interesting creature has passed three
months in the room of a servant who attended to him.
As soon as the fire was lighted, he came up to it,
and suffered himself to be caressed ; at bed time be
mounted his screen, as close as possible to his attend.
ant's bed, and temoved to the opposite extremity as
scan as the lamp went out. The confidence is his
own power appeared to exempt him from every kind
of distract. It is impossible to thew more resignation,
more courage, and one might almost be tempted to
say, more reason, during the long continuance of his
illness. He is of the most beautiful kind, and does
not feel the lean weakness trout the accident which
I rebbed him ef Ms liberty.