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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-

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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."

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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.
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