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London, England, 1802-04-27 00:00:00

AFFAIRS OF SAINT DOMINGO.

XXXXX CT FROM TIM REGISTER OF TOR DRLIIIIRATIONS OF
MIL MINIMAL ADMINISTRATION OF TIC CAP", 111 TM&

SITTING or TVS 5711 riatuitar, lOTIS TSAI.

The Mayor opens the fitting.
The news of the figning of the preliminaries of
peace between France and the Maritime Powers
reached the colonies through the medium of the
American Papers. It was faid that a fqnadron
would be lent to St. Domingo from the mother-
country ; the minds were alarmed and uncafy re-
lative to the manner of the fquadt on being received
by the Chiefs. TOUSSAINT LOUVIRTUII, by a
proclamation, dated 28th December fall, endea-
voured to pacify the people, and to foothe their
apprehenfions. In aka, his proclamation was
expreffive of his fubmiffion and implicit obedience
to the firli authority, that of France, and it ap-
peared to recomrr.end that the Envoys of the
French Government should be received with all
refpea and filial affeaion.
The kit phrafes of the Proclamation, however,
teemed to be in contradiaion with what had been
previoufly exprefied, and manifelled Tome expref-
fions (particularly in the appeal to the foldiery)
calculated to excite Tome doubts relative to Toys.
SAINT'S fincerity s but the inhabitants, naturally
unfutheaing, could not fuppofc the exiftence of a
perfidious aa, of which they vac themfelves in-
capable, and being moreover interefled in believ-
ing the declaration, were indulging in the hope of
receiving their brethren and their friends. Cams-
TOPME bad the command of the Cape ditlria, and
partook of the general fatisfaaion. He even telii-
Sed a with to receive the French in a friendly man-
ner, and to entertain them with fetes.

On Monday, Feb. two merchantmen, one
from Guadaloupe and tie other from Bourdeaux,
anchored in the roads t they brought word they
bad failed through the fquadron ; that they had
left it in the Bay of Mancenille, and they added
it would arrive the next day at the Cape.
CH a isTor as was foon made acquainted with this
intelligence, which teemed to pleafe him much, and
he faicl it would be wrong not to receive the French
on their coming to a Colony which belongs to
them. The next morning, at break of day, the
fquadron hove in fight, and Ileered for the Cape ;
about twelve o'clock, the cutter, which had been
fent into the roads, experienced a difficulty the did
not expe& Fort Ecolet fired two pieces of can-
non at her, (one of which was loaded with ball)
which caufed her to tack about and (hew her pri-
vate fignals to the Admiral. When the entered
the road, the immediately placed herfelf among
the merchant !hips, Rill (hewing her private fig-
nals, that the Admiral might know her &nation.
A Port officer immediately went on board of her,
and, on his return, BAILD.I fent a
.guard, which
the French Officer would not admit ; the guard
was put into a merchantman, and ordered to in-
tercept all communication with the land. Smiler
orders were ifued at the Poti of Cak do P Etat.
At one o'clock ode of the Admiral's Aides de
Camp was fent on (bore, for the purpofe of deliver-
ing to CHILISTOPHE the Proclamation of the
French Government, and that of Gen. Lici.sac,
both in French and in the Creole dialeit.

Cua isvorii a received the Aide de Camp with
a eonfiderable degree of haughtinefs, and ►mme-
diately anfwered, that he would neither receive the
orders of France, nor ackuo•~•ledge her authority.
This anfwer on the part of Ctta►rroPna fpread
univerfal confternation through the Cape Town
and its vicinity; at night, however, he declared
publicly that he would not allow a French thip to
anchor in the roads r his language on the occafion
was haughty in the extreme, and expreffive of def-
potifm. He then went to the barrack, harangued
the troops of the line, told them that the French
came to deprive them of their liberty, and con-
cluded with laying, that it would not be aftonifh-
ing if he ordered the generale to be btaten--that
order was, in f.e t, itfued at night.
The Citizens flew to their arms, while the Pub.
lie FunCtionaries and the Municipality met at the
Town Hall ; where, after maturely weighing cir.
cumfiances, they rcfolved to memorial Coals-
vont s, t ft, to recal to his recolledion the Cervices
already performed by him, particularly when he
Lived the Cape in Brumaire ; adly, to explain to
I.:m the paternal intentions of France towards the
colony; idly, to call his attention to To ussatres
Proclamation ; and, 4thly, to prefent him a pit.

ture of the horrors which tuna enfue, Mould he
perfift in his intentions of oppoling refinance to the
French.

The Memorial, properly digefted, was prefent-
ed to CHassvorms at midnight, on the 3d, but
without any effea. CHRISTOtH t, deaf to the voice
of fupplication, Paid he was a foldier, and only ac-
knowledged one leader, TOUSSAINT Lot:mynas,
to whom he owed exclufive and blind obedience ;
he (did the Proclamation had been fabricated on
board ; and that France would have reforted to
different meafures for enfuring fubmiffion. He
concluded with flying, that if the Captain-General
infifted on coming in, the landfhould be mimed be-
fore the friadron entered the road.
It was in vain that TELEmegyE, the Mayor, and
Citizen DELAGARDE, the COMITIZOOCE of Govern-
ment at the Cape, endeavoured to work upon his
feelings : he proved inexorable : his heart was
itLeled agaitill every tender fentiment.
After this unfuccefsful attempt to foften
Cxats-
Tot Ha's inhumanity, the Municipal Officers re-
folved to remain fitting, and tent a deputation on
board General LECLERC'S fhip. On their return,
they again waited on Cnllls-rorna, who appeared
Rill more ferocious than before. When the Corn-
millioner of Government mentioned the word Re-
hellion, he looked at him with indignation, and Paid,
You (peak like a planter: I can place no confi-
dence in you."

The next day the Municipality, hoping to move
him to pity, ambled a great number of aged
men, of women, and children, who went in crowds
to the Campus Martins, and thence to Cum's-
Tor a's: they reprefented to him the extent of the
mifchiefs which, if he perfifted, he would draw
down upon them—the interefting fpeElacle had no
effeet on him, and he ordered them away.
All hope was now extind—the French were
preparing to land, while CHRISTOPHI made his
troops (wear that they would conquer or die.
He was particularly difpleafed with the Mayor
for having given fo much publicity to the Procla-
mation—the Mayor was Ready and refolved ; but
CH' 'sami it a declared that be would order the town
to be burnt : fuch a barbarous refolution compelled
moll of the inhabitants to feek faftty in flight.
CHRISTOPHI, and BARADA, who was Comman-
dant of the place, ordered the bottles to be (trip-
ped of their furniture, and the effeas to be taken
away ; in fine, the town was confumed by the or
der of CHRISTOPHR, who was Peen every where
giving his infernal directions. At length, at four
o'clock in the afternoon, the French troops began
to land ; but had a fair wind permitted them .to
arrive fooner, humanity would not have to weep
over fo many accumulated calamities.

C 0.5110112 DIINOTOR OF Till INSTITUTION OF Till
COLONIES, TO GENSR•L DECRSS, MINISTIR OF
Till MARIME AND OF THE COLONIES.
" The Cape, Fab. 19.
" Citizen Miniller—Honoured with your confi-
dence, and the confidence of the Fiat Conful, con-
firmed by a Million from the Captain-General to
Too's.% tar, I fhould have fent you fooner a de•
tailed account, if, on my return, I had not been
attacked by a ferious illnefs.
" On the 7th, the children of TOUSSAINT and
myfelf fet out from the Cape at eight o'clock at
night, in extremely bad weather, to proceed to
the habitation of Hericourt, where the Captain
General thought their culpable father was. Toys-
War was not at Hericourt when we arrived
there ; we only found about twenty armed ne-
groes, whom we endeavoured to bring back to
their duty by inviting them to refume their la-
bours, and by alluring them (after what they told
us), that the French neither wifhed to carry off
nor embark their General, as they had been per-
[traded to believe, and Rill lets to reduce them to
their former flavery ; that their freedom was
maintained, publithed, and confirmed by the French
Government, and the Captain General of St. Do-
mingo, the Firft Conful's brother-in-law, who was
come full of confidence with his contort and child
among the French of St. Domingo ; that they
ought, like good citizens, to take up thofe who
held fuch difcourfe to them, which only tended to
deceive and miflead them ; that we were the bear-
ers of letters from the Firf Conful, confirming all
we had Paid to them. The news appeared to give
them pleafure, and the orator of the band, who
was alrnoß naked, affured us that TOUSSAIN r was
to be at Marmelade. We immediately let out.
" In our whole route, we found different polls
in the Mornes occupied by a few Negroes. When
we arrived at Marmelade we were informed by
the inhabitants of that canton,confifting of whites,
' mulattoes, and negroes, that Tou r had tlept
there the night but one before, from whence,
without doubt, he had continued to give his orders
to Cazisrorms ; I have fince been certain of this.
It was eafy to difcover among all thefe perfons
that they had not the fame way of thinking. The
Negroes alone appeared to doubt all that I Paid to
them. We fet off immediately to proceed to En-
nery, the ufual place of TOUSSAINT'S refidenee,
and where the inhabitants of Marmelade fuppofed
him to be. About eleven at night we arrived at
Ennery, and found his wife there. At the fight
of her children, this good woman manifefted all
the fentiments of the molt feeling mother : the
fent off immediately, both to the Gonaives and
the other cantons, an exprefs to her hulband, with
the account of our arrival, and of our being the
bearers ofdifpatches from the Frit Conful, which
giving him the greateft pleafure, would do away
'entirely all the reports which might have (Erred
him up to rebellion. The day after our arrival at
Ennery, Citizen Gamivizza arrived with the
third fon of Toussainr, whom he had had to
board with him, and who came to fee and embrace
his brothers. In the afternoon they both returned
to Gonaives.

46 Toussztar came the following night—we
were awakened as loon as he arrived. I (hall dc
fcribe to you here shortly, Citizen Miniller, all
that palled when we delivered up his children to
him.

" The father and the two fons threw themfelves
into each others arms. I taw them fliqi tears, and
wilhing to take advantage ()fa period which I con-
ceived to be favourable, I flopped him at the rn n.
meat when he Aretched out his aims to me. , Is

this Toussatwr, (cried I) the friend of France,l
whom I am going to embrace?' He ri7pli,(l to me,
throwing his arms around my neck, ' Can you
doubt of it ?' Then coming to the point, 1'
Paid to him, you will hear your children, they are
the faithful interpreters of the defies of the Firtt
Conful, and of the Captain General of the colony.
Confide in their innocence, and the purity of their
fentiments, they still announce to you nothing but
truth. ISAAC fir II fpoke and gave to his father A htith•
fill account of what had been Paid to him at Paris
by the FIRST CONSUL, and at Brett and the Cape
by the Captain General. Toussstsr, during his
ton's narrative, obferved the nion profound filence.
I then prefcnted to him the box containing the
letter of the FIRST CONSUL; he took it, read the
letter, and appeared to be fatisfied. I requelled
him to repair to the Captain General to be his
Firfl Lieutenant, affuring him that he was defir-
ous to believe that he had no hand in the burning
of the Cape. To infpire him with more confi.'
dence, I even offered to remain as an hyllage to
guarantee the offers which I made to him in the
name of the French Government. He replied,
that having received letters from feveral of his mi-
litary Chiefs, who threatened to burn and plunder
wherever they went, he could not go. He begged
me to write to the Captain General to fulpend
any attack, affuring me, that on his part, he
would do the fame. I wrote in his prefence to
the Captain General, he undertook himfelf to
convey the letter to him, and at four in the morn-
ing he left us; our interview therefore failed only
two hours !

n the moment of his departure, not having
been able to prevail on him by the moll prefting
folicitations to go to the Cape, I perfuadca bim,
however, to write to the Captain General, and to
fend his letter by tome confidential perfon ; arid
being induced to think favourably of the fentiments
of Citizen GaaNvll.22,, and of his attachment to
France, I made ToussaiNT determine to entrnft
him with this important meffage. He pundually
obferved his word, and that manger joined me
at Ennery, in the night between the t ith and 12th
of February, charged with difpatches from Toys.
sattir for the Captain General. We then let out
with the Cons of Tou33AINT for the Cape, where
we arrived the fame day at eight at night.
" On the way, Citizen GRANVILLE confirmed
me in the opinion which I had formed of the con-
dud and charaeter of TouSSAINT. I Rill tremble
at the confidence which he placed in me, and
which, at our firft interview, he could not have
dared to Phew in the pretence of Tou scurfy., with-
out expofing himfelf to the lots of his life. He has
even at this moment the heart-rending furrow to
know that his family are in the power of that bar-
barian, and that he cannot fay what may be their
fate. On his return to the Cape, that old man,
accompanied by the funs of TOUSSAINT, delivered
his difpatches to the Captain General, who, after
having read them, and had an audience of the
meffenger, prepared an anfwer to Toussairr,
gave it in charge to his Eons, and defired them to
afture their father that he was Rill difpofed to for-
get the pall, and wifhed that he &mild come to
him, that they might concert together the means
of flopping all diforder, giving him his word of
honour that he fhould be his Firil Lieutenant, and
be treated with the high& diflinetion. He granted
him an armiftice for four days to enable him to
come to him.

" At ten o'clock at night the young Too ssez irrs
let out to execute the confidential miffion with
which the Conful General honoured them. You
will, however, pleafe to obferre, Citizen Minifler,
that notwith (landing the arm i ic c granted toTous-
SAINT, he has nct the leis continued to burn and
malfacrc. As to his children, their conduit until
the x3th, when their father detained them with
him, perfealy anfwers the kindnefs which they ex-
perienced from France. May the Supassts Bsisic
firengthen their hearts in virtue, and preferve them
from the perfidious influence of their too guilty
father ! The Captain General, after having em-
ployed all pacific and conciliatory rneans,is march-
ing at the head of the heroes whom he commands;
the brigands fly on every fide; they will be fbortly
overtaken, and their barbarous Chiefs punifhed.
I am lorry, Citizen Minifter, that I have not more
fatisfietory news to fend you. Be allured that I
have ufed every exertion to fucceed in the miflion
with which you have charged me, and afrure the
Firfi Conful fo, with my refpeds and devotion.—
I falute you relpeafuliy. (Signed) COISNON."