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PARIS, APRIL 28.

ADMIRAL VILLARET JOYEITSE TO THE MINISTER
OF MARINE AND COLONIES.
Harbour of Cafe Francois on board the Admiral's
Ship, the
.7entappe, March 6, 1862.

" At the moment when the division of Contre
Admiral Gantheaume was about to set sail, the Fri.
gate La Corneille, from Jamaica, entered the Road.
I hasten to acquaint you with the news received by
her.

" The English Admiral, Sir Jon Iv Duct:. woßri-t,
behaved with the most distinguished politeness to
Captain VILLEMAUDRIN, and Ensign de Vaisseau
CLOUET, who carried to him my Dispatches. He
seized the opportunity of celebrating the, return of
Peace between the two Nations :, :the Frigate sa-
luted the Admiral and the Town,with a discharge
of thirteen pieces of cannon, which were returned
in the same manner by the Admiral and the Forts.
All the Captains of the English Squadron hastened
to make preparations for the visit of Captain
VILLEMAUDRIN, and many received him to the
sound of warlike music. Our Officers remarked,
that the Portrait of the First Consul was very ge-
neral amongst the English Squadron.
(Signed) " VILLARET."

COPY OF A LETTER FROM ADMIRAL SIR jOHN
THOMAS DUCKWORTH, COMMANDING ON THE
JAMAICA STATION, TO ADMIRAL VILLARET
JOYEUSE, AT THE CAPE.
On bard His Britannic Majesty's Ship the Leviathan,
at Port Rcial, yamaica, I'l'6. 19, iSoz.
c‘ SIR,

" I received the letter which your Excellency
did me the honour to write to me, communicating
the arrival at the Cape of the French Forces under
your command, and I am flattered by the confidence
with which you have honoured me in informing me
of the stare of those forces and their destination.
This information is perfedly conformable to that
which I received from His Majesty's Ministers,
who transmitted to me at the same time orders from
the King, my master, to treat the French Nation
with all possible respeEl. v.o1)
" So far however as relates to- Provisions, which
your Excellency seems to fear you may be in want
of, I sincerely regret that our present situation in
consequence of the arrival of a great naval and mili.
tary force, renders it impossible for me to give you
any hope of assistance. Our own resources are J o
limited too, I have been obliged to detach Frigates
to different points, in order to seek the means of
preserving us from entire distress, and I have, as
well as your Excellency, sought to draw succours
from the American Continent.

" It is with sentiments of grief that I have
learned the hostile reception your Excellency has met
with, and the direct violation of all the duties of co-
lonies towards the mother country.
" I perfedly agree with you as to the conse-
quences of such condud, and I think it is of the
greatest importance to all the Powers of-Europe:
But with the considerable force under the orders of
your Excellency this revolt cannot be of long dura-
tion, and the devastations committed by the rebels
can only produce a temporary evil.
" I have the honour to 14, with high conside-
ration for your Excellency,
" Your Excellency's obedient servant,
" JOHN THOMAS DUCKWORTH."
" Rear-Admiral of the Red,
" Commander in Chief."
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EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM ADMIRAL LACROSSE,
CAPTAIN-GENERAL OF GUADALOIIPE AND ITS
DEPENDENCIES, TO THE MINISTER OF THE
MARINE AND COLONIES, DATED DOMINICA,
FEL'. 16.

" In a dispatch of the syst ult which you must
have received by the way of St. Domingo and of
England I announced to you the sailing from Point
a Petre of the frigate La Cocarde, and its arrival at
Dominica. It is to be attributed to the zeal and
fidelity of Citizen Henry, and the officers employed
under him, that they escaped from the tyranny of the
Rebels. He had been, dispatched by the
,usurped au-
thority of that Island, to convey,..to France three
citizens under the title of Coniuirss,a,rics,,,for the
purpose, as they called it, of enligbgArtglk;
gion of the First Consul."
[The Letter then goes on to state, that the Com-
missaries only undertook that charge to escape
more surely the tyranny of the rebels, and that
Captain Henry had confirmed the reports of the
amelioration of public opinion in that Colony, and
the disunion which appeared to exist among the
Chiefs of the insurreffion.]
" Having determined to take possession of the
Isle of Marie Galante, General SE RIZ I AT, at the
head of a small detachment, entered the Island
amidst the universal acclamation of the inhabitants,
who expressed the greatest satisfaction at being
delivared from the yoke of the rebels."

AFRIL 29.

The Consuls hare, by an Arrete, decreed that

the Sittings of the Councils-General of the Depart_
meats, which had been fixed for the jth of May,
shall not take place for the present year, nor till
the 7.lst of April next.

The Sittings of the Councils of bistrias is also
prorogued in the same manner:.
HAGUE) APRIL zz.—On the 18th inst. a so-
lemn Tr Yerm was celebrated in the It onirin Catho-
!.,.
lie Chapel belonging to the Fren'cb
.:Leggtrnn, bn
account of the conclusion of the Derinitiye'Treaty
of Amiens, and the re-establishment of, Religious
Worship. The Agents of France, as well as the
French Officers of the Garrison, assisted at the Ce-
remony.

We learn, that the English Government has sent
orders to the Moluccas, to transport before the
British Troops evacuate the Island, all the Seeds
and Plants of Spices to 3arnaica and Trinidad.
Thus the Commerce of Spices, which we have hi.
tberto enjoyed exclusirtly, and which las so ma-

terially contributed to enrich Our Meranntsy we

must now divide with another Nation.

VIENNA, APRIL 15.--The greatest preparations
are m 'king for the Diet at Presburg : the Deputa_
tion of the Kingdom, to invite His IMPERIAL
MAJESTY in the accustomed form, is hourly ex-
peded.

A Convention, dated the id of March, has been
concluded with the Sublime Porte, by Which the
Ottoman Government engages to proted against the
attacks of the Barbary States, all vessels belonging
to Subjects of HiS IMPERIAL MAJESTY, which shall
be provided with a Turkish fkrman.
AMSTERDAM, APRIL I 9 General Direc-
tion of the Posts in England, has concluded an ar-
rangement with ours, by which all the ancient re-
lations are re-established as before the war.
BERNE, APRIL zo.—Travellers from the Western
part of Switzerland, assure us that the people are full
of joy at the new political changes, and that they
have conceived the hest hopes at seeing the reins of
Government in the hands of enlightened men, whose
views are direded to the happiness of their Fellow_
Citizens, who are known to be devoid of all ambi-
aon and self-interest, and who will not substitute
their will for that of the People.