The Sun.
London, England, 1804-02-06 00:00:00

EVeICUATION OF ST. DOMINGO.

IT
aPpears thlt DESSALINES, the Commander of
the Negro Army, gave the French a summons to
evacuate the place in ten days, and it was not until
She bst day that the Capitulation took place. DES_
SALINES WaS in possession of Fort Picolet, and was
aftu3lly heating the balls with which to exterminate
gthe French- force, when the English came into the
oad, and signed the Convention which saved them.
i'he Negro Chief entered with the French General
into a Negotiation for preventing all excesses in the
of the Evacuation. -DESSALINES 'prepared
Pri,clirnation, which ROCHAMBEAU published,
With a Notke from his Council to the Inhabitants
of the Cape.

NOTICE OF THE COUNCIL OF NOTABLES OF THE

TOWN OF THE CAPE.
In virtue of orders this day transmitted to the
Council by the Commander in Chief Roc: tiAM B EAU,
the Council informs the Inhabitant; of the Town of the Cape, that they have received from DES_
SALltstEs, the Commander in Chief of the Native
rlidigine) Army, the following Letter, dated Head-
quarters Haut_du-Cap, Nov. 19, 1803. The Coun-
cil therefore loses no time in informing the Inhabi-
tants of the pacific dispositions of the new Govern-
ment, and of the proteaion and security granted to
every individual who shall continue to reside in
Colony.
At the Cape, the zoth Nov. zth year of the
Republic

President of the Council, REYNOARD.

1-k:id-quarters.. Haut-dze-Cap
tBa3, Ore 27th Brumalre),
THE Nov . 19, COMMANDER IN CHIEF Op
ARMY', TO THE CITIZENS THE
INHABITANTSNATIV OF THE
E

TOWN OF THE CAPE.
C Trz EN s--1-1
the aving entered this day into a Negotiation with
COmmander in Chief, k och AMB E A u, respeding the eva-
cuation by his Troops of the Town of the Cape, that opportu-
nity enables me, Citizens Inhabitants, to tranquilize the tears
by which you may be alarmed on such an event. The War
which we have
continuedco to wage up to this day, has no re.
lation whatever
I have the inhabitants of this unhappy Colony.
uniforinly held out protection and security to the in-
habitants of every complexion ; and on the present occasion
you shall find me adhere to the same line of conduct. The
manner in which the inhabitants of every description of (e-
Italie, Cayes, and of Port-an-Prince haN;e been received and
treated, afford a certain pledge of my good faith and honour :
Let those among you, Citizens, who feel repugnant to leave
their Country, remain : You shall experience under my Go-
vernmnt protedion and security, both for your persons and
ProPerty Those who may be disposed to follow the•Prench
Army, are free to do so. .
-
I have the Honour to be, &c. &c.
(Signed) DESSALINtS.
The President of the Council, REYNOARD.

The following is the Convention which took
place
CR between the English Commodore and Ro-
ANIBEAti, at the moment he was leaving the har-
boor,
CAPITULATION FOR TETE EVACUATION OF
THE CAPE,
Between join+ Betei,t, Captain of His Majesty's Ship.
Theseus, invested with the powers of j. Lo It I NG, Esq. of
Theseus, it
Shin 13ellerophon, and the Senior Officer
of the Squadron ernizing berate Cape Franco on the one
band ;and on the other, "'forret Bove, General of Bri-
gade, Chief of the Stffed' the French Army, and fittlitY
ARL, Captain of a Ship, Commander of the Naval
Forces at St.. DoMingo, authorized, conjointly by the
Commander in Chief, Ito cRA MR EA U, Captain-General of
'the ColonY. The following Articles were agreed to :
Aar. I. The French Ships of War and Merchantmen
Which now lie at anchor in this port, shall be delivered up
to the English.—Answer. Granted.
11. The Garrison of Cape Francois embarked on board the
Ships, as likewise their Crews, shall be prisoners of war,
and shall be sent to Europe, on condition not to serve until
they shall have been exchanged, and that as soon as possible,
in order that the exchange may take lace without delay.—
Answer. Granted.
111. All the Generals and other Officers are comprised in
the preceding Article, and shall retain their are IV. The sick who are embarked on board the Nouvelle
Sophie, and of the Julienne, shall be sent (tiredly to France,
and the English shall engage to give them every possible as-
sistance to that cited, and also to furnish theni with provi.
Aions and medicines. Answer—The crews of the Nouvelle
ophi and the julienne, being insufficient to navigate
these vessels to France, the number requisite for that purpose
shall be filled up from sailors out of the crews of the other
ships, and all the provisions and medicines which may be
furnished without inconvenience, shall be furnished from
iiis Majesty's Ships. V. The property of individuals shall be rigorously respea-
ecl, The Papers helonging to the Army shall be given into
the hands of the Chief of the Stalf.--Answer. Grnted.
VI. The American, Spanish, and Swedish Ships, on board
of which are embarked such of the Inhabitants of St. Do-
Iningo who shall he inclined to follow the Army, and who
'consequently shall constitute a part of the. Evacuation, shall
'beat Itherty toproceed to their respedive destinations, with-
out being rnolested.—Answer Ga t d ..(1-d it he,
prow:
, provi L. I 1
that these Ships belong to .thorse-n ('ranted
anc an inquiry
shall be instituted to mai effed.
VII. The Frigates shall sail out und-r Francis Colours,
and shall discharge their guns before thy
-•
st tike: —Answer.
Granted.
VIII. The servants of the Officers shall he considered as
belonging to the Army, and individuals who shall volunta-
rily embark in order to follow the French Army shall be pig
on shore on the tetri tory of St. Domingo,.--Answer. Granted.
Agreed to and signed on board the Surveillaate, at Cape
Fran and
the 3,-,th Nov. 1103.
(Signed) 1. li LICH, Captain of the Theseus.
• }l. BARRE, Captain ofd Ship.
J. Bo y f., General of Brigade, Chief of the '
_ :ft :

-- is stattd that an officil account of the late un-
Ceylo'n "will in a short time he
t Ire the Public In the mean time it is said
the rei'orts whit.:ll been circulated have
been exag!;erated,
Irle__ans have and that only thirty-five Euro_
and
their lives in this' lamentable occur_
lu 1.
in<, Officers
s 6'Ph Regiment, irom Ireland, have marched
ntai or oti
ing. The 6th Battalion of Reserve have
'lark for trcm Ayr to Greenock, where they em- serve succt• Liverpool. The 14. th Battalion of Re-
ed them in Ayr Barracks.
he first Regiment of North Devon Volunteer
'nlantrY, amounting to 6co rank and file, and coin.
Q
‘l4andrd by Lieut. Co!. Dow having offered to
embo e Placed on permanent duty, were on Wednesday
died ior 2r days.
On Monday last the Ness Troop of LineolosLire
Cavalry marched into Stamf
ten days ord, to remain on duty
.
The Royal Purtpatrick Riflemen, commanded by
the Hon.' Captain ADAM rdes, ers to GORDON,G have received
171 march to Edinburgh, a distance of 150
march, il and are probably by this time on their
This is one of the best Corps in the
North.
A beautifully einbroidered Standard, the g.. •
at Of
the Rev. Dr. WADDINGTON. was presented to the
I3tiEly-Layal-Volunteers, on the 25th ,the Rev.
tur Yoßxa, Prebendary of Ely, accompanied
by a neat and elegant Address.

CORRESPONDENCE

BETWEEN „
THE LORD CHANCELLOR OF IRELAND

AND
THE EARL OF FINGALL.

' LETTER I. '

LORD REDESDALE TO THE EARL OF FINdALL.
" E.ly-Place, Dublin, tlitb Aug. 18a3.

cc MY tottn,

" According to your Lordship's request, I have
I signed, with great pleasure,a Warrant for your Lord-
ship's appointment to be Justice of the Peace for the
I County of Meath. At this moment, my Lord, it is
I peculiarly important that every person entrusted
specially with the preservation of the public peace,
should knoweand conscientiously pursue the stria
line of his duty. Your Lordship's distinguished
loyalty, at all times and on all occasions, leaves me
no room to doubt that you will exert yourself to
the best of your judgment for this important pus-
pose and the same distinguished loyalty that probably
marked your Lordship, as one to whom nothing could
be safely. uttered tending to demonstrate any dis-
position towards the rebellious outrages which have
of late produced such dreadful etTeas, and excited
so much alarm. But, I tear there have been too
many in whose presence and hearing demonstrations
haVe been made and uttered, which ought to have
alarmed the minds of loyal men,- and induced them
to communicate the ground of that alarm to those
in authority under the Government, and especially
to the Justices of the Peace in their several distrias,
but who have thought fit to retain the impression
made on their minds within their own breasts, and to
leave the chance of discovery to other mean.. The
persons to whom I allude, have principally been per-
sons professing to hold the same religious faith
with your Lordship, and over whom I most sincere-
ly hope your Lordship's high charaaer may give that
influence which justly belongs to it. It would be
highly important, therefore, that your Loroship,in the
discharge of your duty as a Magistrate, should take
every opportunity of clearly stating, and mostly
'strongly inculcating and enforcing t 1 c: great duty ot
allegiance, and that, that duty is not confined to
forbearance from open rebellion, or even from. aas
rending towards rebellion; that true tliegiance is an
active duly, requiring every man not only to suppress
rebellion when it shall sheass itself in violeoce, but to
disclose to that Government wider which he lives,
whether he be a natural porn suojaaA of that Govern-
ment or Sojourner only under its protection, every
thing which can raise ground for suspicion (4- dis.
loyalty in others ; and it is particularly important
that your Lordship should as a Magistrate, state and
enforce, that persons knowing of a treasonable pur-
pose who do not disclose it, are guilty in the eye of
the law of that crime which has been denominated
Misprision of Treason, and if they yield any kind of
assent to the intended treason, they become traitors
themselves. Your Lordship's enlarged and liberal
mind, distinguishing clearly between spiritual 'and
temporal concerns, must feel that there can be
no duty of religion contrary to the duty of allegiance,
and indeed no man, however ignorant or preju.
diced, can read the Holy Scriptures without find_
ing that the duty of allegiance to a Pagan Govern_
talent, was strongly and repeatedly enforced by
Christ and his Aposles, and especially by the latter,
who found the Christians of their time too much
disposed to consider their faith in Christ, as ab.
solving them from their allegiance to the Country
in which they lived. I' am truly sorry to ray, that
fear in this Country all who profess to he Mini_
sters of the Gospel of Christ, do not teach Christ's
don-trine of allegiance to their flocks ; and I particu-
larly lament to find in the minds of men who
assume the highest rank amongst the Ministers
of the Roman Persuasion, the frequent use of lan-
guage tending to raise in the minds of the ignorant I
an opinion that none are to be considered a's Members
of the Catholic Church ofChrist, that none are there.
fore to be esteemed as brethren in Christ, but those
who profess adherence to the See of Rome. Until
the minds of men are brought to a different temper—
until the Priests of the Roman Persuasion shall
cease to inculcate to those under their instruaion,
doftrines so repugnant to their temporal allegiance
—until they shall cease to inculcatC that all who
differ from them in religious opinions, are to be con.
sidered as guilty of deteaion from the See of Rome,
that is, as guilty of rebellion (including His Ma-
jesty's sacred person in that description), it cannot
he expeatoi that vulgar men should think themselves
bound by any tie of allegiance to a King thus repre-
sented to them, as himself guilty of a breach of what
is termed a higher duty of allegiance. That liberty
of conscience which those of the Roman Persuasion
desire for themselves, they ought to allow to
others, and they do not allow that liberty of
conscience, but on the contrary sanaion the worst
of persecutions wherever they treat any man sincere-
ly believing in Christ the Redeemer of Mankind, as
not a member of the Catholic or Universal Church
founded by Christ and his Apostles, because that
man does not believe all that they believe of the See
of Rome and of the doarines taught by it. I can
consider no man ((whatever his profession of loyalty
may be) as truly the loyal subjed of a King whom
he thus holds up to his People as the objcof dis-
affection, nay, of hatred, because that King holds a
different opinion in matters of religion from those'
who adhere to the See of Rome, and because he
refuses any obedience- in matters temporal to that
See. It will be your duty, my Lord, as a Justice of
.the Peace, with the most anxious attention, to re_
spec} no man whose condua shall tend to disturb it ;
to exhort all men by patience and forbearance, as
well as by exertion, to use their utmost endeavour
to preserve it, and however anxiously they may wish '
for a change in the establishment provided for by the
Law of the Land for the maintenance of religion,
however conscientiously they may think that the ends
of religion would be better answered by putting
those of the Romish Persuasion in place of those of I
the Catholic Faith, they cannot, consistently' with
the duty. of their allegiance, pursue that purpose I
by abetting, or even by declining to resist and sup. I
press the rebellious conspiracy formed for that
purpose.

I have no doubt that the firm and distinguished
loyalty which has marked your Lordship's charatter
in every other situation of life, will guide your steps
in the discharge of your duties as a Magistrate.

. .
" May God, to whom all our errors and imper.
reaions are knowniproten and guard you,.and lead
you to that end which will most accord with the
beneficent intrpn-ses for whii..4ll the office of Magi-
stracy were intended, and for which alone, I am
persuaded, you prevail
,on
.yourself to undertake so
arduous a charge, under circumstances cf so much
difficulty.
" I have the Honour to be, with the most sin-
cere respel and esteem' My Lord,
" Your Lordship's faithful hutnble Servant,
" REDESDA LE."

ANSWER TO LETTER 1.-FROM EARL FINCALL.

MY LORD,

" I have the honour io•receive your Lordship's
letter, and am much obliged to you for appointing
me a Magistrate of the Cotin67 of Meath, at a time
when the task is so arduous. I must beg leave to
- assure you, that nothing but my fitost anxious desire
to be useful by every means in my power, would
have induced me to solicit the Commission of the
Peace. Permit me ro return your Lordship my best
thanks for the very able and excellent instructions
contained in your let ter—it shall be my unceasing
endeavour to prove myself not unworthy the post of
trust confided to me, for which I should feel myself
very ill qualified, if I did not understand the duties
of active loyalty to be t•tich as are laid down by
your Li,rdship. I have always been taught that
that man was a traitor, and violated his allegiance,
who concealed any Plot against the State—to this
opinion all those who pruf.-ss the same religious faith
that I do, are bound by the most solemn pledge. I
am sorry any have deviated from it ; they cannot be,
I im persuaded, those remarkable for their religious
and good condua.

" It gives me much concern, and I should be very
sorry it were generally conceived, that your Lord-
ship, the person to Whom the Catholics of another
part of the lioited Kingdom never cease expressing
their obligations; with your superior talents, en.
lightened aod liberal rriin.l ; holding the high situ-
ation you du in this country, with so much credit
to yourself and advantage to the public, should have
:my opinion in any degree unfavourable of the Irish
Catholics. My Lord, the Cathotic religion is the
aarne every where ; I very rcludantly enter upon
the subject. Religious disputes I have always con-
sidered the greatest misfortune any country could
experience. I must, however, beg leave to state to
your Lordship, what I have always found to be the
cotoloCt and faith of the Catholic. I need not speak
of his attachment to and respea for an oath ; were
he less delicate, why should he htb.oir under any ex-
clusion now, or have suffered many years of penal
restridion ? I must say, I yev,r beard a Catholic
,zvish for the overthrow of the Protestant Establish-
mem', and setting np ire its place one of his owy reli-
gion—this war not, as is weli ascertained, the ob_
jeCOr 'if the promoter of the. Rebellion in 1798 ; nor
do I believe it was of the rullians aid murderers who
disgraced this country On a late occasion.—The Ca-
tholic is ready at this moment to sacrifice his life,
his proprty, every thing dear to him in support of
the present Constitution, in defence of that beloved
Sovereign to cubonz Jour Lc•rarsbip does not see= to
th;nk we look up with that veneration and gratitude
which I assure you we do.
" The Catholic wishes no other family' on the
throne, no other Constitution, but certainly wishes
to be admitted, whenever it shell be deemed expe-
dient, to a lull share in the benefits and blessings of
that happy Constituticm under which we lii e—a
participation which, 1 trust, we have and shall con-
tinoe to prove ourselves not undeserving of. Ca-
tholic loyalty and allegiance, I need not tell your
Lordship, would oblige every one of that persuasion
to resist or repel even the head of the See of Bours,
were it possible to suppose that the usurper who
now distutlis the peace of the. world would send him
here with his invading army. My Lord, the doe.
trine of allegiaoce is perfetaly understood, and un-
ceasife2ly preached by the Catholic Clergy. I have
just seen tin address in the Newspapers, from Dr.
Coppinger to his flock at Coyne, in which Catho-
lic loiocioles and allegiance are much mote fully
explained :;nil inculcated than Y could attempt .doing,.
The late exliortatioo:of the. Rev. Dr. Troy in Dub.
lin, your Lordship has probably seen, and his cha-
ratter for distinguished loy;tity is known to every
one. In 1796,. when Hoche's Fleet were in Bantry
Bay, the Rev. Dr. iVloylan published an Address to
his People in Cork, for which, had the French land.
ed, he would undoubtedly 11,ve lost his head. Sure-
ly, my Lord, solemn pledges and distinguished ;tits
of loyalty are the best proofs that can be given.
I have, my Lord, taken the liberty of stating to
your Lordship what I consider Catholic principles
and Catholic conduit. Standing in the situation I
do, I feel it my duty to vindicate the Catholics from
any unfav:onable opinion entertained. That your
Lordship should know and properly appreciate their
sentiments and conduit, is my only aim, and would
be, I am sure, highly gratifying to them.
" I beg pardon for trespassing so long on your
Lordship; but when there is a question of the con_
duff and opinions of so large a portion of his Ma-
jesty's subjeCts, at a time that every man is want_
ing to defend the E,npire, you wilt, I trust, excuse
me; and I think I could not give ydur Lordship a
better proof that I shall endeavour to merit the
good Opinion you are so kind as to entertain of me,
which I hope I shall never forfeit.
Bcc. &c. &c.

Great Denmark-street,
Aug. 19, iso3.
[To be co,ltiwtei.]

" FINGALL."

CORN
.EXCHANGE, FEB. 6.

THERE is to-day Wheat in loletable good supply,
samples of first quality are readiy taken of at is.
per quarter advance; and fine Darn zic 595. ; Barley
is very plentiful, and hardly fetches last prices ;
Malt still heavy ; Pease at little variation, gond
old Beans rather dearer ;. Oats not in plenty, but
many cargoes pearly at lidnd, they are not dearer
Flour is in very good supply, and about last week's
price.
Wheat 35s a 42s a 54s od
Fine ditto - sss a sus od
Rye - - ZS a 31s od
i\Biaarilety
stBess a425.635s ootdt
White Pease 325 a 395 od
Beans _ hasa
37a
.d

Tick Beans - 27$ a •33s od
Oats -18 s a 2,$ ass od
Poland ditto • .23s a 24s 6,1
Rape Seed - - 351 a 3SI
Fine Flour - • 4os a 45$ c;ci
Seconds • 35,3 a 4as od