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London, England, 1809-04-07 00:00:00

EMPIRE OF

REPORT •
IlrigaOier General, acting as Chief Officer of the Staff
Army of the West, under the Command of his Excel-
Lieutenant General I)aux, to his Serene Highness the
President and Generalissimo of the Armies by Sea and
respecting the Operations of the said Army, against the
gent forces at Port-Aux-Crimes (Prince).
'cyan contains a long detail of operations from the 6th of
!miser last. 'l'hey arc comparatively uninteresting, and we
fore confine ourselves to those which took place from the
if No+ember to the 25th of that month.]
ie night between the 17th and 18th, the enemy
ted their positions at Charrette. These were
lately- taken poissession of by Field Marshal
)t, even those nearest to the enemy's lines, by
if the Lieutenant General.
enemy having advanced in great force on the
Mary Plantation, which Was in font of Field
a 1 P. Toussaint's position, it was supposed they
have attempted to force a passage. They
however, in that single day, a rampart of
a hundred toises in length, crossing the great
and taking every possible advantage of the
Nev ..n- was there known a person more fond
care of himself than Petion !
On the Pith, the Lieutenant General dispatched an
additional eighteen pounder to the army, with orders
to fire it continually upon the enemy. He afterwards
came himself, and assisted a good part of the day in
directing the cannonade, while the Foudroyant, sta-
tioned oppmite the landing place of Fressineau,
launched forth lightning from her sides. No line
of operation against an army could be more de-
structive.

According to the report of a Chef de Battalion and
a Captain, ho are among our prisoners, the insur-
gents have near three hundred wounded, the greater
part of whom must suffer amputation, as their limbs
were entitled by the cannon shot ; but those wretches
have not among them one Surgeon, nor have they
any rum in the camp, or any means of procuring
those necessaries.

The 18th of November wac a day memorable for
the baseness of Petion. It is hardly credible ! but I
defy him to contradict it with truth. There were in
his camp a number of women who had come from
Port-aux-Crimes in order to sell different articles, be-
fore the arrival of our squadron. These unfortunates
were kept crowded together in a particular part of the
camp. About eight o'clock in the morning, he gave
orders to a part of his troops to attempt to force a
passage. While this operation was going forward,
Ise actually quitted the camp among the women, disguised
as one of thcm ! He afterwards climbed up a craggy
and almost inlcCessible hill, where' none but goats
before had ventured ; but fear lent wings to the fu-
gitive. What a contrast between the respective Com-
manders !—P. Toussaint leads his troops to battle
against men Petion escapes in the disguise of a wo-
man ! !

He left it to his Generals to effect the evacuation
as they could.
In the night between the ISth and 19th they eva-
cuated the works of Pre:-sincan. These were no sooner
quitted then taken possession of by our troops, who
immediately after continued the pursuit of the fu-
giti •
ets.
There was a particular route from Mary Planta-
tion, near which was the camp of Petion, to the land-
ing-place of Bu!sneuf. This route had been totally
abandoned since the Revolution—it was covered with
underwood and thickets, which had grown to an im-
mense height. Neither the General nor any other
person could have thought that such a route would
now be attempted by an army. Notwithstanding, it
was by this route alone that they effected their escape,
though with such difficulty, that their clothes were
tour in forcing through the thickets, parts of which
were found hanging on the logwood branches. Their
artillery—their wounded—even their musical instru-
ments were left behind ! At six in the morning this
extraordin.try intelligence was communicated to the
General, who forthwith
.prepared for the pursuit of
the fugitives in that direction. When his advanced-
guard arrived at Palmentier, they perceived that five
(4t the enemy's ships of war were stationed off the
landing place, which greatly favoured and protected
th..! escape of the fugitives at that time, a calm hav-
ing unfortunately detained our squadron at St. Marc,
which would otherwise have soon obliged them to
quit their station ; and which soon afterwards took
place, when they learned that the squadron of Parisian
was approaching them.
The General divided a part of the army into seve-
ral columns, whom he ordered to penetrate the woods
ja different directions, a manctuvre which produced
us a great number of prisoners. I cannot particula-
rise the aggregate amount, for all our parties have
not yet returned. When they are collected, that point
can be easily ascertained.
All the piT•ces which were occupied by the insur-
gents, appear like so many cemeteries.
We cannot close this Report without offering some
remarks, which invariably suggest themselves, on
the condint of the Coryphe (horn) of the insurgents.
The first idea that strikes, is, to inquire what was the
object of Petion in his late operations ? Was it, or
not, to lay siege to St. Mare's ; or rather, was it not
a diversion in favour of the force under Larnarre,'
•‘.ho, he well knew, was reduced to the greatest
L lilies in the mountains near Port-de-P.ux ? In either
v.ew, was not the line of operations he adopted, dic.

tated by madness ? We have never heard Petion ac-
cused
of being addicted to inebriety, therefore on that
score he must always have been master of himself.—
How then could all his movements be so absurdly, so
wretchedly conceived or conducted, as uniformly to
end in disaster and disgrace ? Such conduct eau
only be attributed to the most deplorable ignorance !
Defeated in all quarters, he can no longer sustain his
faction, or keep together his adherents, but by a host
of lies and calumny. The assertion of the most glar-
ing falsehoods costs nothing! At one time, he caused
it to be officially published that the city of Gonaives
was captured and in ruins ; at another, that Port-de-
Paix was in the possession of his troops. Wretched
expedients, and worthy alone of their author ! In his
present circumstances, the daily apprehension of the
total destruction of Lamarre's army—his own shame-
ful defeat—the capture of a part of his squadron, and
the expedient to which he resorted to insure his own
personal safety—can alone, in truth, afford him mat-
ter for his next official publication. (Signed)

ALM ANJOR, jun.
Brigadier in the Western Army.
Saint Marc, 25th Nov. 1808, the sth year of Independence.
I certify the above Report to be true and correct.
( Signed) DAUX,
Lieutenant General Commanding in tile Western Province.
I certify the same, as sar as it speaks of occurrences
since my arrival, to be true and correct.

(Signed VERNET,
Lieutenant General and Superintendent of the Finances.
Seen and approved for publication.
(Signed) HENRY CIIRISTOPIIE.

Last week- a field, part of the Rottington-hall estate;l
near Whitehaven, was ploughed, which has not been
turned up since the year 1760. It is further remark-
able, that a person assisted in the ploughing of it this
year, who was employed on the same work at the pe-
riod above mentioned, when he discovered a number
of large vessels entering the channel, and anchoring
in Ramsay-bay, which proved to be Commodore EL-
LIOT'S squadron, with the captured fleet of 'mere r.
Between one and two o'clock, last Tuesday after-
noon, the town of Horsham was visited by a storm
more alarming than any.that had before occurred
there, within the memory of the oldest inhabitant.—
The tempest appeared to run in a south-west direc-
tion, with a thick and gloomy atmosphere, and after
many awful flashes of lightning, and tremendous ele-
mentary explosions, produced hail with a degree of
violence that dealt destruction to the windows and to
the cucumber glasses in the different gardens, which
have likewise suffered exceedingly ; as in many, the
trees and shrubs exhibit more the appearance of hav-
ing been stripped of their blossoms and buds, by the
hand of intention, than by the casual effect of an un-
controulable cause. The hail-stones were from two
to three inches in circumference, and from their un-
even formation, appeared like detached and rugged
pieces of ice, covering the street nearly shoe-deep ;
and, on their yielding to the influence of the warmth
that succeeded, many houses, for a short time, were
flooded. The storm, though so heavy and violent,
was limited chiefly to the town...
FlRE.—Tue,day night, at ten o'clock, the family
being about to retire to rest, an alarm of lire was
given at the house of the Rev. Mr. Maulde, at the
village of Hachly, Oxon, which consumed the same,
with stabling, &c. and four other houses adjoining.
The flames burst forth from the brewhouse, where a
fire had been left, and with such impetuosity, that
although the fire was discovered in an early stage, it
could not be subdued. Two horses were burnt ; and
it is supposed that damage to the amount of A:5000
was sustained, and the premises altogether were un-
insured. Mr. Maulde was at an hotel in Jermyn-
street at the time of the fire.

Yesterday, as a son of Mr. Helkins, of Duke-street,
St. James's, five years old, was playing with some
other children, he received such a violent kick on the
head, from a led horse, as killed him on the spot.
Thursday last a Coroner's Inquest was held at
Seaton Iron-works, Whitehaven, on the body of Wm.
Little, a mechanic in the employ of the Seaton Com-
pany, who was killed the preceding evening, whilst in
the act of turning a bevil-wheel pattern, in a lathe
carried by water.—Verdict accidental death.—lt may
not be improper to state, as a caution to all employed
in a similar way, that this industrious and valuable
member of society lost his life by imprudently suffer-
ing the end of his neck-cloth to come in contact with
the revolving spindle of the lathe, by which it was
caught, and instantaneous suffocation was the melan-
choly consequence.

Monday night a portmanteau trunk, containing
wearing apparel, deeds, policies of insurance, &c.
the property of Mr. FARLOW, of Gray's-Inn, was cut
from before a post-chaise 'going into Holborn from
the end of Fleet-market.

The Honourable Commissioners of the Lottery at-
tended this morning at the Cashier's Office, Bank of
England, to seal up and deposit the 1000 Tickets,
to be given next Wednesday morning, and the 500
Tickets given on the second day of drawing.
Every Ticket or Share purchased before the Wheel
pes round next Wednesday Morning, will have a
Thousand Chances, as the First-drawn Ticket above
£l5 will be entitled to 1000 Whole Tickets. This
superior advantage never was.before offered ; and
HORNSBY and Co. entreat their Friends and the Public
to take advantage of this opportunity, and apply at
their Old Established Offices, 26, Cornhill, mid St.
Margaret's Hill, Borough ; and no where else on
their account.

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has been Fortune's Emporium for nearly a century,
and the oldest looth in the fair is CARTER'S, No. 8,
where the public are respectfully invited to share in
the " good the Gods provide" for Wednesday next.

DIVIDr.NDS.
April 18. John Christopher Sander, of Manchester, merchant,
at two, at the Bridgewater Arms, Manchester.
April 11. John Beach, of Birmingham, button-ma.
at the Bull's Head Inn, Birmingham.
April 11. John Magee and Daniel M‘Nulty, of Oxford-street, •
Middlesex, linendrapt rs and hosiers, at eleven, at Guildhall. I
April 11. Samuel Lucas Payne, of 'Change-alley, London, hatter,

^, at eleven,

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at eleven, at GuildhalL -
April 11. Daniel Price, of Whltcombe-street, Charing-Cross,
Middlesex, carpenter, at eleven, at Guildhall.
April 11. Hannah Storey, late of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, linen-
draper, at eleven, at the Shakespear Tavern, Newcastle.
April 11. John Hall and Wm. Dunlop, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
merchants, at twelve, at the Shakespear Tavern, Newcastle.
April 1 1. George Scott, of Upper Thames-street, London, grocer
and tea dealer, at eleven, at Guildhall.
April 12. Richard Garland Braint, of the Minories, London,
butcher, at eleven, at Guildhall.
April 12. Wm. Croston, of Liverpool, ship-chandler and painter,
at one, at the Globe Tavern, John-street, Liverpool.
April 12. Robert Marr, of Lancaster, merchant, at eleven, at the
Commercial Inn, Lancaster.
April 12. John Morris Bennett, of Broseley, Salop, maltster,
twelve; at the Tontine Inn, parish of Madcley, Salop.
April 12. Samuel Cooke, of Trowbridge, Wilts, clothier, at two,
at the George Inn, Trowbridge.
April 13. Thomas Allday Kerrlson, of Norwich, banker, at ten,
at the King's Head-Inn, Market-place, Norwich.
April 13. John Gill, late of Naburn, Yorkshire, draper and tay-
lor, at eleven, at the Wheat Sheaf Inn, Castlegate, York.

Aptill4. Ralph Culshaw, late of M'ri ghtlington, Lancashire,
coal-merchant, at twelve, at the Bear's Paw, Wigan.
April 15. John Somerville, of Chancery-lane, Loadun, cabinet-
maker, at ten, at Guildhall.
April 15. William Rickman, late of Northampton, linen-eraper,
at one, at Guildhall, London.
April 15. James Burgess, now or Late of Coventry-street, Hay-
market, Middlesex, military hatter, at twelve, at Guildhall.
April 15. He.iry Names, of Warnford-court;Throgmorton-street,
London, merchant, at ten, at Guildhall.
April 15. John Tyrrell, of Maidstone, Kent, ironmonger, at one,
at Guildhall, London.
April 15. John Timmings, of Steward-street, Spitalfields, Mid-

dlesex, silk-broker, at ten, at Guildhall.
April 15. Thomas Smith, late of Mawdesley, Lancashire, tanner,
at twelve, at the Bear's Paw, Wigan.

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