Star.
London, England, 1802-11-29 00:00:00

FRANCE.

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PARIS, NOVEMBER 24.
Martinico has been given up to the troops of Cis
lterob.lL. A number of merchant lhips from
sli tre! ent parts of France were taking in lading in
th.it Wand. The port of Marleilles has hitherto
fent the greateit
.number_ of Ibips. Saint Lucia
has alfo been given up to our troops. The Na-
timitl Guard of Martinico is compofcd -of 1900
men, well armed and diCciplined.
An armed st;ffel has alfo arrivelfrom Cayenne,
which brings the moll fatisfaaory intelligence.
EXTRACT or A. LETTER IRON REAR ADMILAL
LARET TO THE MINISTER OF MARINE, DATED 23D
SEPTEMBER. •
" Citizen fslinifter—The divifion deftined to
take-poffefilin of Martinico, anchored in the Road
of Furz de France, after a .paffage of forty days.:
our troops began to dilembark on the 3th Sep-
tember, and on the t3thwe took poffeffion of the
city.lid the forts, and at the fame time General
CASTELLA took poffellion of Saint Pierre with :00
men. The inhabitants difplayed the moll lively
joy. The Fort de France and Saint Pierre were
Ipontlneoufty illuminated by the inhabitants.—
Eight
_years of fubmiffion to a foreign power have
not made them forget their Mother Country, nor
the wisdom of the Colonial Syftem which the
French Government have adopted to bind Mar-
tinico for ever to Fiance. The Minifters of the
Catholic Religion exerted all their influence for
the attainmont of this ohjea. On Sunday laft
Father ARCHANGEL took the oaths of fidelity pre.
II" the Conftitution. On Sunday next I
shall go to Saint Pierre to receive the oaths of Fa.
ther Tex? SAC, formerly a Dominican Friar. After
the. infiallation of the new Tribunals, the fubjoin-
ed 'proclamation was publiflied, and alfo one re-
fpeaing the fituation of the Blacks. A crowd of
-Negroes accompanied the officers when they were
making this proclamation ; they made the air re-
found with cries of Long live the Republic.'—
'Allis is the manner in which they received the law
for the contiunation of flavery. If the reception I
met with upon this occafion is corhpared with that
which I received at Saint Domingo, when I pro-
claimed liberty to the fPlacks of that Colony, it
will not be difficult to let s lttte lAN upon the
theories and the •eloquent declamations of their
friends.
" This Colony is now in the higheft (late of
profperity. The-magazines are filled with C.olp-
Dial produaions. Thirty merchant velrels.which
failed from different ports of the Mother Country
have arri eel here. Be anted that I will neglea
r.-3 means of increafing a profperity which depends
fo much upon the wifdom and firmnefs of the Ad.
miniitirarion. Government may depend upon the
fpirirwith which the troops animated, upon the
unanimity which prevails among the inhabitants,
upon the vigilance of the Magiftrates, and upon
the fidelity" with which I ihall execute its withes.
Health and Ltd-pea, VILLAILET.PS
• PROCL,ATATION.
iN THE NAME OF THE FRENCH RETVISC.
ADmtaita vit.LAKET JOYEUSL, CAPTAIN-OILNERAL of MAR•
TINIVE, 05 ST. LUCIL 4WD lel DEPENDENCIES, TO VIZ
.*SWEARATANTS OF MARTINIQUE AND OF ST. LUCIR.
" Frenehmeni—War and diffentions had feparated you Bain
tbe Dingier country :''lace reporter you again to her bofom.
. "Abe Freech Government maintains chore ancient laws un-
do. which your Colonies pr.olliered ; it protetts the Religion of
v ifor forefathers--guarantees rcfpeCtive properties in all their in-
tegrity—and countenances Bayer', which .makes part of the
folonial property. After havidg ram:piled and pacified the
world, it wills the prufperity and tranquillity of all people—it
unites all parties, and fupp-eires every degree of hatred : after
lighting with its arms, it rcitores the Altar, and eftablihes, as
Well as exhorts, to peace and concord.
" Woe to thole who prcfume to difturb the focial order eita-
bliihed in theft: cel•inies. Who endeavour to diffetninate the
teedsinf nrd, or to weaken tfinfe ties which bind theirs to
tee mother country. The sword of Jolliet can Rion overtake
and puniL them. • But we with not fete this alternative. Our
fiat care 1101 be to prevent offences and crimes by the molt
ferup(ilous vigilance, and to fecure the• profperity of the Colo-
nies, by revere, as well as by equitable laws. Let your hearts
tieloyfnt, and again become Frenchmen! Ten years of gory
litre obliterated the Misfortiturrof the Revolution. The 9th
of Noven.ber, and the Treaty of Amkns, have fixed the deal-
tieg aid the glory of France. The Hero seho governs her, and
iihb eftablithed her happinefs, will do as much for the colonic*,
by reviving and caufing her commerce to Bourifh; and alto-
slibeti pofterity, sndecidfd with refpeet to the preponderance
brhls merits as a Hero and Statehrian, will doubt in which
&ander be inolt.exce!s. (Signed)
14 VILLARTI jOTRUSE, CapEslD-GEINTAL"
REAR-ADMIRAL VILLEVIEDHE,COMMANDRI IN CHIEF or THR
NATAL tORCIS STATIO)IFO AT tut WINDWARD ISLANDS,
AND AT CATILEINE, TO TIM MINISTER OP MARINI AND
Tat cutout es. •
On board lc jemmappes, in the Road of Fort de
France. September is, iBO2.
" Citizen Minifter—The expedition deitined forlVlartinique
quitted Bait the 14th Thermidni, it arrived In this road the 1
lath of September. The Captain General, Villaret, landed
the 14th. the colony was delivered up. and the following day
be appointed me to the Chief Command of the naval force in
• glide Itas. The tag of the Republic was clifplayed on all the
!nets, and [alums were given, as well by the lipping, al front
the artillery on lore, and the Commanders of the Englifh di-
'Mon. In !tort, all the proceedings &arena on &tine occa-
lions. duly look Mace on the part of the refpcdtive nations.
" The reception given, by the inhabitants of the colony, to
the Reprefeutatives of the French Government, was fuck as we
could wi(h. Sad:Aaiun was general, and the people appeared
inspreffed with gratitude for the condudt of the Government
towards thde colonies, in Cawing, by Wife and ftriet laws.
their lives and properties. They already fecnedto feel the advan-
tages% hich French conn edion would fecure to them, and to keep
in remembrance the efforts made by the mother eountry.and,the
blood (bed by her ions, in endeavour!. g to re-unite them. We
have found hue 24 French trading veffels, come from the prin-
epal ports of the Republic, slid laden with all forts of provi-
Boas, and articles of niaoulaure, which has reduced the prices
to a rate equally advantageous to the colonift, and to the mer-
chant.
• " The ufuat diforders have made Tome ravages in there emu-
tries, but their force is now nearly exhaulted, and it Is univer-
filly that no traccsof them will remain after the win-
Ur ram. which will hire terminate about the 15th of Oa.—
II have loft but five men, of whom three periled in confequence
ofdrinking rum to caeca. I have, in all twenty-four men at the
bofpital.
" Until this period, the neceflity of being near the town, in
order to difeudiark the trovs, (tore% and provifions, has de-
caiued me in the Road. By the 24th December I expect to de-
part fur the Truis proceeding adopted by the Engin,
who, during the winter (ea:on, repaired to that varter, for
Ilse three days preceding and following the full MOODS. In pur-
loatice of yuur ((ball (ea to you a plan, accom-
panied with
soVerviAinus upon thole anchoring places.
• !' *lhe Captain Gunn), wifhilig tomake knowntoffie cover.
nets 'of the Mantis, ins arrival In theft parts old to

•
have difpatehea rineortuptlble frigate tobothillatrapc%ll-
tigua, and ordered her to deliver, as Ott gaffed
your difpateher to the Captain-General. leaped intalkeoee
from that Colony every moment rtcpeding the state of.ohr
s Naval and MilitAry absSa in that quarter.— I have the honour
tokfalute you, " .
VICTOR NVOURS. eemattssAay Of THlt covvanturt,
TRENCH GUIANA' TO nil alumna OF MARIBOR, AND TIC
COLONIta.

Dated Cayenne, Oftober in, dos.
" CITIZRN MINIsT2I-4 have the honour to forward to
you Accounts of the Exports and Imports of Guiana ; the
former amounting to 1,461.!43 fr. 35 cent. and the latter to
3,011,684 fr. so cent.; the balance is therefore in favour of the
Colony to an amount of 1,560,449 fr. 75 cent. This Com-
merce employs fifty fix veifels' of which twenty.two Frei*
veffels are deftined for the, Mother Country, and fully laden ;
eight are failed for the other Colonies, after difpofing of a part
of their cargoes; and twenty-fix foreign !hips, for the molt part
Anglo-Americans. . If you compare there Statements with
thofe which were made previoufly to the Revolution, you will
fee the capabilities *of this Colony, with the means of culture
and improvement. The advantages poffeffed by the Colony
will farther conduce to thofe of the Mother Country, when the
Government than have given the ardent peeeffary fpr our en-
couragement, and fupprefs a few 'montlxlfiaing honks here,
which hold the reit of the inhabitants in dependence on them,
by means of their ability to raife or lower the prices of com-
Xoodities at their pleifure.
..!-4 When a Bop comes here to difpofe of her eargO;thofe per-
tons arrange meters lo well, that the mutt have recourfe to
them to tranfaCt her bufinefs. This is one of the numerous ahufes
which it is neer:Wary to deftroy ; but I think I have, fucceedcd
in obviating it. Beiides, feveral French Commercial Houfp
of refpedability appear determined to make Commercial and
Agricultural Eftablilhmenr, in this Colony. I hireit In conic-
quence made certain cono Mons, which f doubt not will be at-
tended with the ntnuaft fuecefs.--Hzdth and refpnit,
" 'VICTOI 1111017118."

NOVEMBER 25.

Louis Boa AT a 'Ts, whom the German journals
have fent to Vienna, is about to depart for Italy,
for the benefit of his health.
The National Inflitute at the laft meeting elea-
ed Mr. Fox an Honorary Member of the Oafs
of Moral and Political Sciences. His competi-
tors were MelTrs. GAETANO, MARINI, and HERDER.
At the fame time M. PALLAS was chofen an Ho-
norary Member of the Mathematical and Phyfical
Clafs. The Member appointed for the. Clafs of
Literature and the Fine Arts is not yet known.—
;The Candidates iYete Male CESAROTTI, HORNE
TOOKE' and.CALDERARI.
In a Treaty kigned -at. Paris on the t9th Anguft,
'1798, between Citizen TALLEYRAND, on the part
iiof the French Government, and Meffts. if LT Pisa
land Jima za,- on the part of the Helvetic Govern-
I.ment; there is the following article :
' Art. 3. The French Republic guarantees the Independence
of the Helvetic Republic, and the unity of its Government.-
•W in cafc that the Oligarchy mould attempt to overturn tile
adtual Government of Helvetia, the Frets& Republic engages,
on the rcquitifion of the Helvetic Reptblie, to give it every
;kind of affiftance, and to rash the midi of ha internal and
external gamin.
The long protraded war which we have had
with England, has cooled in our manufaftures the
efforts of indultry which has been literally para-
lyfed, on account of the fupetiority which the
public opinion attributed to the manufaftures of
England. Among thefe are, printed callicoes,
baize, feveral article* of hardware, plated ware,
white Wm, and .efpecially cryftals. The Britifh
glafs inaitufadory had attained, at the period of
the Revolution, to fuch a degree of perfeftion, that
our rival manufaaories, particularly that of Mount
Cenis, known under the name, in the ancient fyf-
tern, of the Qi2een's cryftal manufaftory, in fpite of
the patronage of the Government, the enormous
expence of the proprietors, and the attention of
the directors, was overcome by the *rivalfhip of
England; that it could fcarce get rid of its produc-
tion. Ten years _war canted great alteration.—
The manufaftures of France, and particularly
that of Mount Cenis, have carried the clearnefs of
the cryftal, and the elegance of the forms to fuch
a pitch of . perfation, that the luxury of glafs is
introduced into every circle ; in fhort, the weight
of cry ftal, its hike, which ftrikes the eye, its foli•
dity, compenfates for the trifling difference which
is found between it and comiiiOn glafs.
" Strangers, who are the fevere judgesof French
indultry, prove, from the frequent orders; more
than from their praifes, the point to which our ma.
nufaftures have •attained. It is worthy of remark,
that the French cryftalis 15 per cent. cheaper than
the Englifh."—Mouittur.
Frefli troubles have broken out in the Grifons,
and the Swifs Senate have requefted General NEY
to fend troops thither. The fyftem of difarming is
carrying on, and occafions, as it was natural to
eves% great difcontent. The French force in the
lima!' Cantons has been augmented.
The new plan of Civil Code has at length been
fubmitted to the Tribunate, which has referred it
• to the Sedion of Legiflation.
FRANKFORT, Nov. is.—We are affured that
the Deputation of the Empire before it terminates
its Sittings, will be occupied with'a new divifion
of Germany, and fome changes in the organiza-
tion of the Diet. The number of Circles will be
reduced to eight, namely, Auftria, Franconia,
Viellphalia, Bavaria, and Lower and
; Higher Saxony. The direftion of the Circle of
IBavaria is to be confided to the Dedor of Bava-
ria exclufively, in the fame manner as that of
Auftria to the Emperor. Each of the other Cir-
cles is to have two Direftors, namely, Suabia,
the Duke of Wirtemberg and the Margiave of
Baden—Franconia, the King of Pruffia and the
Eleftor of Bavaria—the Circle of the Rhine, the
Eleftor Arch-Chancellor, and the Landgrave of
Heffe Caffel—Weftphalia, the King of Pruffia and
the Prince of Orange—Lower Saxony, the King
of Priillia and Eleftor of Hanover—and Higher
Saxony, the King of Pruffia and the Eleftor of
Saxony. It will-be Peen by this arrangement of
the Direftorates, what fupenior influence, above
all others, the King of Pruffia will in future enjoy
in the Empire. .
With retina to the future organization of the
Diet, the three Colleges will be preferved, but in
taking from the College of Princes all the Ecclefi-
-I.aftical States, the Votes which the latter enjoyed
will be transferred to the Secular Princes to whom
.their Countries have devolved, as well as thole of
the States ceded to France either before or fuse
the late- War. The College of Imperial Cities
will only be compofed of fix cities, whofe Sove-
reignty hat Inca preferved. The direftion of the
lak edibn of the Diet will be confided tq the city