The Sun.
London, England, 1802-05-26 00:00:00

LONDON, MAY 26, 18oz;

OUR Readers will recollect that, a few days ago,
we gave it as our decided opinion, that nothing
hostile towards us was intended by the refusal, on
the part of France, to admit the produce of this
Country into her Ports. This is confirmed by a
Report which, has gained general credit, that the
French Government has aaually proposed to ours
an Arrangement for a Commercial Treaty. If this
is true, as we are strongly inclined to believe that
it is, it cannot fail to remove, (especially when
coupled with other Public Documents), all possible
anxiety with respeft to the pacific intentions of
France towards this Country.

WE this morning received the Paris journals
of the 23d instant. They contain nothing of im-
portance. The Moniteur is filled with the Speeches
in the Legislative Body' on the Definitive Treaty,
and the Columns of the other Papers are occupied
with the Letters from St. Dem;nge, which appeared
in the Official Journal of the preceding Day.
The French Funds on The 22-1 were at g 6 4.

We yesterday gave the Official Dispatches re_
ceived at Paris from St. D.,,lingo, the length of
which precluded us from Offering any comments at
the time upon their nature and tendency.
General LF.CLETtC, in his two Letters, gives
a derail of the 'movements of dill; rent Divisions
of his Army, and of their successes against .cer-
tain posts which had been attacked ; but these
prove little with respea to the probability of
speedy and complete success in the object of the
Expedition, viz. the complete conquest .and esto.
ration to order and subordination of that extensive
and valuable Colony. On the contra'y, we can
perceive, through all the artful colouring of the
French General, that ToossAINT is strong enough
even to aet offensively, when he finds it his interest
to do so. After having been defeated at Contrives
in the latter end of February (if he really did sus-
tain such a defeat), he was soon in a condition to
think of throwing the whOle Department of the
North into a state of InsurreEtion. General La_
CLERC tells us, " that after that defeat he retired
into the woods with only Soo men, but that he had
'soon after been joined by another body of 500, and
by CI-IRISTOPHE with 300," which enabled him to
form the above offensive projen. But this occa.
sional dispersion and rejunlion of his 'force is a
part of the System of Warfare which TOUSSAINT
means to pursue, and which will enable him to
carry on with success indeterminable' hostility
against the greatest number of European Troops
that France can send against him. It is not his
interest to oppose a large body together to the
superior taaies of the French. When he means to
take a detachment of the Enemy by surprize, he
can coiled a force sufficient for the purpose, but his
general .sys.tern is different. It -is by attacking- in
small parties.upon different points at the same time,
by rapid movements, by continual changes of the
mode and places of attack, that ToussAttit will
succeed ; for by such means must the French force
be daily 'diminished either by fatigue, by sick-
ness, or the sword. But their means, even by
the account of .the Fren&lt General, seem in no
degree wanting for amore regular warfare, if such
it were the interest of the Blacks to carry on.—ln
Fort Ceite d-Pierrot, taken on the 24th of March,
after a blockade and bombardment of .several days, '
were found- a Magazine of Powder, and Fifteen

PieCe6 of Cannon, besides r
stores. In other places, perhaps. not so easily ac-
cessible to European TreKl)s, it is reasonable t°
suppose they have Magazi:ies still more coosidea-
able.
At PLisance, ToryssAterr is stated to have
been repulsed; but this by no means dis!legrten"
ed him, for proceeding to Danidott and La gar'
malade, he excited an Insurreaion in his favour
amongst a part of the inhabitants, and presented
,%hwith
againhimself before the Cape. It - easy to perceive
from the French General's account, that the
e
was in a condition to melee so- bold an attempt, and
in a great measure to succeed in it, the representa,
tions of his force made by General LECLERC must
difc ul been ravaged, and that the
; saved. If TovssAlN.r
i,oowl,en Pain‘ilis had h
be erroneous indeed, and which we have no ciouhf
of their being. He must either himself be deceilear
or is making the weak attempt to delude the French
Government and People. Flow easily, indeed, [nor
he suppoae either or both to be deceived, when
says, " That his Troops had been eoptint!al/Y
marching for forty days, but he was determine
a
they should march on, and not leasie the Encra
time to breathe." What more could :his L'lacj-
Enemies wish for, than that the European Troops
should be kept constantly in motion ? It
rassing them, and wearing them out with fatigue,
1
which in that Country invariably induces 'ata
disease, that the cause of the Blacks is served, 35
it is precisely the'ohjed of the incursive and re.
datory warfare which they themselves mean to °l'll
on. Those who know the effea of a West-Indian
expose 4
Climate upon an European Constitution,
to its vicissitudes in the midst of exertion 011 f3'
tigue, can alone estimate the probable joss of th:
French Army in the six weeks of their cootin°3
uirmarches. We never entertained very sang.
hopes of the immediate success of the French, in
the
great work they had undertaken of conquerin of
Domit,go. Ey these accounts, our hopes, even
their ultimate success,- are very materially —I

nihhed.
The loss of the Blacks, in the different
described by General LE CL E RC, is stated to 001
to 3000, while that of the French in Killed ibctl
Wounded, is no more than, Soo. This Mai his
true, but the French General "says nothing of
loss by sickness, a more fatal Enemy than 1.°:(j11
SA INT and all the Blacks he can muster.
f 'tQtf"f
The Account given of the cruelties the
sAtxT we can readily believe, though l'c'43°PsLE
number of his vinims, as stated by_Genera‘. .of
bP, f re roci Edi
•°
ac:dac, mvay
blond, few
exaggerated. of the
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conception.llof;teur of_the. 22d, is gi/ent
-he P the
of G At—Cots, the Orator of . the Tribunate'
Legislative Body, on the Treaty -of 11.7411/s. jot,.
Speech we consider as highk interesting an
li)rta fit; 'as • eooey to• evik,,44.llii.' red* le Of
ments of the -FrenCh Government on every p4rt ur
that Treaty, and: therefore we have givell
Paper of- this day a:portion of that Speech, it'te-.6f
Ing to give the remainder to-morrow,- it is les
tinguished by great moderation,. and to usposOess.
fls ifies
some very strong recommendations. It
the late Ministers for their rejettio' o of the het
tuns made by BONAPARTE when he.firstcatne'l''l
power, because the French Orator admits that there
ci ‘it
was. no Security for the stability of peat,
proves that the Negotiation was conduaca inhe
manner honourable to the British Name/ that, :re
Treaty is favourable to our interests, and that
are as strong pledges for its. permanency as C
stiPns
rea
well be given or received. For these various
we recommend the Speech of GALLO'S to the attetv
tive perusal of our Readers.

Tilts morning the Ilam.bu,gli Maa arrllred
ptt
intends to introduce a new
course. We learn from Fienna, that the EmPgizhis
to
Armies, similar to that adopted by France' 3
not of such an extent ; it is to be recruited fOrna he
certain number of the enrolled inhabitants, O
Plan of recruiting bat

term of service is to be six years.
Beclesi°s
Muctoic,
h uneasiness prevails among the 1
Princes of Germany, as, it appears the Plan 01. th,
demnification is to be carried into execution