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they will attest ene.trittli.otviltat I leave thiw
said. ' .

" Getcral; if Btuniapate with a• et cut pai't of
the forces of France sunk, under the mass of the
forces of the Allies, who now can resist Franca
united to. all Europe,;---Prance heroine:the Ally
of England ?, And who doubts that litionaparte
must have rapidly coustunthated the infernal work
of destrnction which he began in 'lBo'2, if in ISO 3
England had not declared war at France, and
thus broken, by its immense fleeti, the communi-
cation between France and St. Domingo
" Every thing has been foreseen in the treaty
of peace between the Sovereigns of Europe. Nut
aware of the prudence and the principles of your
Excellency, it Was suppoSell that you might hesi-
tate as to the course which you ought to pursue ;
and it was ag'reed, that in order to replace the po-
pulation of Hayti, which,. in such event, would
be totally annihilated by the masses of , force
brought against it, it was necessary that France
should continue for several years the African Slave
'Trade, with the double view of replacing the hands
employed in cultivation, and forming soldiers, in
imitation of the-English.
" It -would doubtless be useless to enter into
details with a man of so superior an understand-
ing as your Excellency ; but it is proper, perhaps,
that those great considerations should be prescat-
ed to the persons whom your Excellency honours
with yo,,r confidence.

If the alliance of the Powers of Europe has
had for its object the restcration'of order, and
the fall of the Usurper who incessantly disturbed
it, the augut Monarchs, who are • parties to that
alliance, did not on that ground-display less esteem•
forth e-'meritorions supporters of.t he glory and in-
dependence of France ; for those illustrious war-
riors who, during 25 years .of calamities, never
deserted the post of danger, and who saved their
country both from the horrors of civil war, and
the disgrace of dismemberment. The most wise
and generous of Kings, the virtuous'Louis XVIII.
has feit inure sensibly than any of his great Allies
the clainu which these brave men had to the royal.
munificence, as' well as the public gratitude : they
are now loaded with honours ; they enjoy lin-
.mense fortunes, and they bless the events which
have given to their superb .establishments that
stability which an, usurper could never have con-
ferred. •
" Follow their- example, General ; proclaim
Lonis XVIII. in Hayti, as they have proclaimed
him in -France, and not. only. honour and rewards
await you, but those whom you designate shall
receive marks of the satisfaction of our Sovereign,
and. of the gratitude of our country ; and the can-
pire of prejudices, which is destroyed with the
late regime, shall prove no obstacle to these re-
wards being made equal. to the greatness o; -tilt
services performed to the King,
• " Doubtless, if Bubnaparte, froth the height Of.
the French Throne, addressed to you the worck
..of which I am now the bearer, I should lament
your confiding in them. hlis success in
.policy
Was due to his deceitful arts, his• perfirlyequalled
. the power of his arms, and General Toussaint'
was not the only one who fOund out this ky cruel
and-fatal experience : but the legitimate King of
France, the august successor of so many illus-
trious sovereigns, the descendant of Saint Louis
and Henry IV., has doubtless no need of the vile
resorts of an usurper ; his royal word is as sacred
as his race is ancient and venerable; mid Louis
XVIII. haS said, like one of his magn'ailituous
ancestors,_ " that if good faith was banished the
earth, it. should still- be found. in the heart of
Kings."
".ThuS, then, what he promises you, General,
will he firm and stable—you cannot doaht, it..
But perhaps there are among your Generals
. persons who fear lest the Chiefs sent by thee King,
forgetting the .instructions which they shall have
received, and permitting themselves to be influ-
enced by Creoles and Emigrants, may re-establish
gradually theregime of prejudices. But believe me,
General, the reign of prejudices is terminated for
ever, It will as little revive in the French colt);
nies as in France ; and who can suppose that they
still exist in the latter country, when, by the side
of the •Montmoreneys, the Roltans, the Peri-
gords, &c. are seated the Sights, the Sachets,
. the Dessolles, &c.--when men of such- different
origin, thouglf equally illtiStrious, the one class'
for their own high exploits, and the other for
those of their ancestors, sit as• equals in the
Chamber of Peers, and equally participate in the
high dignities of the-State ? The Kin, ho
wishes that benefits be everywhere equally w dis:
peused, will. doubtless act in this instance like the
Monarchs of Spain and Portugal, who,
,by letters
of white, give an individual, whatever be his co-
lour, the privileges of a white. llis royal power,
which has equalized the Neys, the Soults, the
Sachets, with the Mohtmoreneys and the Rohans,
by an act of muniffcenee and equity which all
France applauded, can in like manner make a negro
or a mulatto equal before the throne and the law,
and in theintercourse of social life, to the fairest
man in Picardy.
" 'You willuot force us, General, to convert into
soldiers the negroes whom we are at this moment
pnrchasingon the coas,i.of Africa; you will not finee
us to employ all possible means of destruction ; you
will not -expose yottrselves to witaiess the desertion
of your battalions, who will soon be informed
that the French discipline', the most PQrfcct in the
world, does not enforce that exces,iivi4-severiCY
which you have so )ten exercised : we know. all
your means of defence.
" When I say y9u, I mean the persons who are
tinder you orders; for i believe you !lave too
wand a head, too enlightened and noble de all un-
rstanding, not to he satisfied with becoming it
great Lord or a General Officer under that ancient
dynasty of the Bourbons, which Providence, in
despite of all human calculations, seems to take a
pleasure in perpetuatiog On the Throne of our dear
France ; you will prefer becoming . an illustrious
servant of the great Sovereign of the French, to
the fate, more than precarious, of a chief of- re-
volted slaves. And if examples are necessary to
lead von to imitation, /behold the Generals Mnrat
and flunadotte, who had been for several years.
Chiefs or Kings of Nations whom their arins have
illustrated, nobly descending from the Thrones to
which the effects of the. French Revolution had raised them. Behold them, I say, nobly and vo--1
lnutarily (descending from these Thrones, la order

, .
to Lac-line great :rind illo•sirroit Lords, tadpi-e7
Ic'Ering legitimate and durable titles for themselves
and thi:ir potcrit y to the 'odious and precarious
title or usopers. •
" For, do not deceixe vourseir, (iieneral--Lthe
Sovereigns of Europe, although tltey have made
peace,, have not returned the•s word into the scab-
bard ; doubtless you arc not ignorant of what
everybody in Europe knows, although, a thing not
yet diplomatically poldished—that the principal
articles of the compact, which all the European
Sovereigns have just signed, on their royal ho•
nom', is ,to unite their armies, it need he, and to
lenul: each other all necessary aid in order to de-
stroy.all the thivernnients which have been the
offspring of the French Revolution,- whether in
Europe,. or in the New World.. Know, also, that.
it is Great Britain who is the centre of and prin-
cipal party to this Convention ; to which, a_ few
months sooner -or • later, every :Government will
find it necessary to submit : very Government
and every Potentate who shall refuse so to subunit,
must expect to be treated as traitors' and brigaird,s-';
whilst those who voluntarily and! cheerfully shall
prove tlteMselvt3 honest and reasonable enough to
adhere to these principles,. in contributing to in-
duce the. people whom they govern to reknit
under the' sway of legitimate 'Sovereigns; x'vill'ob-
tain from those Sovereigns a provision and an
establishment not less honourable than perma-:
neat. ,

" The last consideration which I shall submit
fo your Excellency is that of the morality and
loyalty which characterise the present Minister
of the 11. brine.• It is universally known, that
during the rule of the Constituent Assembly,
where he constantly appeared as. one of the most
zealous defenders of the Royal cause, he ever in-
sisted upon the necessity as well as j•ustice of ame-
liorating the condition both of the blacks and the
men of colour. To pronounce the name of Ma-
toilet, is at once to reed the memory of the most.
exalted virtue, and of intcgrity.the most inflexible.
Whatever may be promised by such a man will be
as certain and as sacred as if (and I ask pardon.
for the expression), the Deity had pledged him-
self to. the enmement.
"Me pleased to accept, General, the sentiments
of high- consideration with which I 114 e the ho-
nour to be, &c.
"DXUXION LAVAYSSE, General.
" P. S. Colonel Medina, Who is associated. to
my commission, will convey this dispitcb to your
ExCellency, and gill be found deserving of all
your confidence. • •

"• As-a pthof of the sincere loyalty hy• which I
am animated, I have .subjoincd a copy of the let,
ter which I have .addressed to General Petion.
It was scarcely written When I was seized with
an indisposition, which deprived. me of the ho-
nour of addre.ssing your 1-_'..xc.ulkmcy at the same

OLD BAILEY, JAS. 12.

CUTTING AND 31.11111NG.

John Smith was 'capitally indicted. for cutting
James Lloyd, with intent to oi• du him
some grievous bodily-hariu:
. , The Prosecutor deposed, that he !ivied in. Shore
ditch-road, and is a-broker And auctioneer. On
the pith of December last he went to a house in
"Witham's-row, which was near to
and which he was informed had been- broken
open. On coming to the door he foutul it bolted
inside ; by a candle which he- lout in his
band, he saw marks of a crow-bar (til the
side of the door and door-post.—On • applying
his ear to the kev-hole, lie heard foot-steps
running fast on the stairs. lle then desired
In'l ‘eho was passing, to go toa p„thli,....bo"e in
the neighbourhood. • for assistance ;. hilt ihe boy
not obeying his directions, 11 was going himself,
when he beard the door unbolted. • Lie then turn-
ed back, and met the two men rosining out of the.
house; he held the lantern which be carried, tip
to their faces, and asked them what business they
had there lie then seized one of. them (uot the
prisoner) by the collar. The prisoner then drew
otT about two yards,- atul took au iron crow from
tourer his coat, covered with green baize, and
struck witness on the right aria and hand with it,
the consequence of which blow was a: slight
wound and heavy contusion on witness's hand
and wrest.

KNAPP, for the prisoner, submitted., that
the as•qtult-imputed to the prisoner did not amount
to the crime contemplated by the Act under Avhich
the indictment had been framed, inasmuch as the,
instrument with which the blow had been, given
was not what might be termed a cutting instru-
ment.

Baron Woor having submitted this point to
the decision of the Jury,,,,they iicquitted the pri-
soner. Ile was detained to answer for the com-
mon assault.

STEALING I\ A DIVELLING-HOUSE.
John Taylor and Elizabeth Ringruse %Verc capi-
tally indicted fur privately stealing in the dwelling-
house (.1 Henry Price Martin, two handkerchiefs;
a gOld ring, and a 501. Bank of England. note.
Mr. Ayres, a liosier, deposed, that on the 13th
of De'centher, Itingrose came to his shop, and
Purchased a quantity ot Angola stockings „in py-
uncut lot. Which she tendered a 30/. note • sus-
pecting it to he a forgery, he, sent his ratan to the
Bank to get it changed. lie soon retnrned with
one of the Insi-)ectors,, antra Police Officer, who
took the Woman into custody,.
Taylor Was going to say Something in his 'de-
fence, but Mr. Justice 1.),1t.L.As observed; theie
was no evidence to affect- Lin) -

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Ringrose said, that she met Tay!or, or, the "Tn.
ing before the robbery; he desired her to wait,
and he ‘vould give her some suet-. He returned,
and told her he could not get it then ; bat, if she
,wotild.‘vitit till twelve o'clock, he •wcittld let her
into his master's horse; she (lid so, awl she re-
tbe.ined there'hhtil six the neAt morning,
lie gave her a bundle, which, he said,-contained
a note, and which she was to get changed by imr-,
'chasing for him a .few articles.- He then let her
out.

The Jury rt2tired Coen short time, and 'then re-
turned a verdict, ii:l(ling Taylor Not GuCtty ; and
Ringrose Guilty—Death; but she was recolu-
metided n)ercli.

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