The Sun.
London, England, 1802-08-27 00:00:00

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" In the French part of St. Domingo, the Administration
of the Quarters and Communes is confided to Military. Com-
mandants and Councils of Notables. The Commandants to
have tiw jtirisdiCtioit of Police in their respedivef distrie.ts, afid
the chief command of the- Gendarmerie. The Councils of
Notables to be composed of Proprietors or Merchants, and
to consist of five Members, in the towns of Port Republic:ain,
the Cape, and Des Cayes, and of three Members in other
Communes. The Members to be appointed by the Colonial
Prefect ; and every one 60 • appointed to be compelled to ac,
cept 'the Office. The Military, Commandants: are charged
with the delivery (gratis) of Passports for travlling-in the
Colony; the suppression of vagabordage, the care iif the Po-
lice, the maintenance of cleanliness and health, the care of
Citizens newly arrived, the Police of the Prisons, and the•
veriticat*kon of Weights and Measures, in concurrence with
the Council of. Notables. Except in the case of flagrant
crimes, the Military Commandants cannot arrest any Citiz,:it
without an after from the Commandant of the Quarter, The
Communes to provide tin their own expences ; the swim to be
regulated by a decree of the General in Chief, with the advice
of the Colonial Preteet. No Military Commandant can put in
req.usition the labourers or the cattle of any plantation; the
General in Chief reserves that power to himself, The Coun-
cils of Notables to provide for the expeuces of the Com-
munes and for the Imposts adopted by the Commander in
Chief, with the advice of the Colonial 'Prefed. Those
Councils alone toUeliberate upon the Communal interests;
all other Assemblies of Citizens are prohibited, and shall',
if attempted, be considered as seditious, and dispersed by
force. The Conacils to correspond immediately with the
Sub-Prefect.:, by whom their Meinhers may be'suspended,
and finally dismissed by the Colonial Prefect. • There
shall be in each Parish a Commissary to register Public Ads.
(Signed) " LECLERC."

An account is given of the vessels, French, Eng-
lish, and Spanish, which had entered the Road of
the Cape between► the t4th and the 27th of June,'
in number 22, and of those which had quitted the
port in the same time, in number 29.

COMMERCE OF ST. DOMINGO.

By another Decree of the General in Chief,

" French merchant vessels are to he admitted only in the
Ports of the Cape, Port itepublicain, des Caves and de Jae-
mel Merchandize or Pro11:1,:c of tile Nlanufilciures or Soil

o: France. not to be subject .to any duty on importation.
produce, exported by French vessels, to be subjeet
duty on exportation.
'• yoreign Vessels of the burden of ;re Tons, and upwards,
are pe,,nitted to enter the above four Ports. t.irencli or Fo-
l•N-eirandize imported in them to be subject to a ,duty
dron, cootOrinable to TaritF. The produce of the
C-01c;,?. exported. try them to be -subject to a duty on ex-
rort:ltlon.
E v;r,' Captain of a Trench or Forcign Vessel, must, on
his am in Port, before any Person on board lands, pre-
seut heron: the Capta;n General and the Colonial
Frete:.:l, at, the ?lace of their residence, and in other Ports to
t be -C; tiner.4l. CoamonJant and the Chief of Administration,
:Or ptup,st, of giving an account of his Voyage. The
C-totaln on the same day, to the CommandaM

of tile Place, a Declaration, written rna. signed, esidairtin4
an account of the Passengers he has on board : no Passenger
to disembark without the authority of the Commandant.
"' The Captain must on the day of his arrival, remit the
letters and packets in his charge, to the Direetor of the
Post at the Port, and shall receive a discharge.
" The Captains of French and Foreign vessels'. must,
within a day aftertheir arrival, transmit to the Directors of
the Harbours, the Bill of Lading of their Cargoes. Ali
Merchandize found on board which is not included in the
Bill of Lading, will be confiscated. • '
".Every Captain of a Foreign vessel must consign. his
Cargo to a dorniciliated Merchant, who shall he personally,
responsible for the payment of the duties on Importation
and Exportation, and for the frauds which may be committed •
by the Captains of the Vessels consigned to
" No French or Foreign Vesset shall be:Offered to quit
the Ports, but on producing' to the Caprain of the Port
the Certificee of the Director of the Custorns, stating that
all the Duties haVe been paid.
." Every French or Foreign Vesse'L which shalfte found
in any of the Ports, not designated in the Decree, or sailing
within two Leagues of the Coast, shall be taken possession
of by the Guard-Vessels, and condticied into one of the de
' signated Ports, in order that the Confiscation of the Vessel
and Cargo may be adjudged by the Captain-General, an the: '
Report of the Colonial Prefect. The Vessel making such
capture, to be entitled to one-third of the val.= of the Ves-
sel and Cargaconfiscated."

TARIFF OF CUSTOMS IN THE FRENCH PART O,F ST.,

DOMINGO.

IMPORTATION.
" French Merchandize and Produce ip Foreign Vessels,.
to per Cent. on the value
" Meal, Biscuits, Salt, Provisions, Wood for Carpenters
and Buildings, Cattle and Sheep, Horses, Mules, Poultry,
'ece. ditto, 6 per Cent. ditto..
" Foreign Merehandize, ditto,
.2o per Cent. ditto."

EXPORTATION.
The following are the most material Articles:
" Coffee in Foreign Vessels, 13 Francs, 33 Cents. per
quintal.
White Sugar, ditto, ditto, .ditto. '
4. Brown ditto, 6 f. 67 c. ditto. -
" Cotton ditt0,..30 f. ditto:
" indigo ditto, So c. per lb..
" Produce not enumerated, 20 trrCent. on the value.
" French Manufadures ift Foretgn Vessels, exempt from
Duty." .

BRUSSELS, AUGUST I7.—We have received cer-
tain intelligence that the division of auxiliary
French Troops in the pay of the Batav ian Republic,
will entirely quit Holland on the 23d of Septeniber
next.

SCHAFFRA.UsEN, AUGUST I 12—The Cantons of
Appenze/ and Glaris yet 11,-.-,irate to follow the ex-
ample of the primitive Cantons ; but they will not
fail to be carried away by the torrent. - The latter
has sent Deputies to the Laugemein at Schwitz.
BERNE, AUGUST I2:--L. dices not appear that
tranquillity will be readily .re-established in the
Smaller Cantons, although the division which pre-
vails among them affords some hope of their sub-
mission. REDING has circulated a Report that
he is authorized by France in the conduct which .he
pursues, and employs all his influence co accredit
this opinion.

JAMAICA.