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London, England, 1815-01-04 00:00:00

REPUBLIC OF HATTI.

LIBERTY-mbEQUALITY.
DEcue,
REDUCING TO S PER CENT. THE IMPORT DUTY ON MER-

CRANDIZS OF EXGLISH MANUFACTURE.
Alexander ?vim, President of Hayti,
Considering that the trade with Great Britain has
been very advantageous to the Republic, and has
even aided it in the most critical circumstances in
which it has been placed, and wishing to encourage
the same more and more, has decreed and does decree
as follows :
Art.l. Reckoning from the Ist of January, 1813, merchan-
dise manufactured in countries under the dominion of his Britan-
nic Majesty, shall he subjected to a duty of only 5 per Stilt. ac-
cording to the tariff of the 22d May, 1810, upon their import
into the country.
2. An merchandize, other than the above described, shall con-
tinue, as before, to pay an import duty of 10 per cent. according
to the same tariff.
The present Decree 'halite printed, published,and transmitted
to the Admiiiiitrators and Directors ado (mos, registered
wherever necessary, and put bs execution by, the Administrator-
General of Fume& FiTIOn.
By the Presidettt, B. inntNAC,
Chief of Squadron and Secretary.
Given at Port an Prince, October 15, 1514.

11th year of Independence.

WEST INDIEtt

,

ST. JAGO DE LA VEGA, NOV. S.

A Petition was on Thursday presented from the
subscribers to the Presbyterian chapel in Kingston. to
the Honourable House of Assembly, praying that a
law might be enacted to legalize their proceedings,
and for such other assistance as to the House might
seem meet. The petition was received with unani-
mous approbaticn, and immediately referred to a
Committee, composed of Mr. Shand. the three King-
ston Members, and Mr. Stewart, of St. Andrew, who
have since nude a favourable report, and been ap-
pointed to bring in a Bill according to its prayer.
The same day Mr. Shand, in a speech of some
length, pointed out the fall-icy of two Acts of Parlia-
ment, which professed to oblige patentees of offices in
in this island to becenie residenters, but only tended
to place them more in the power of Ministers, by the
discretion they exercised in directing the governors of
colonies to grant them leave of absence. He pointed
oat, from reports on the journals, the growing abuses
in some of the public offices, and in the Chancery
office particularly, that the fees were ten times' more
than allowed by law. The legal ices were Bd. per
page ; then rose by degrees to 2s. and •is. 6d. and are
now 7s. 6d. The Honourable Gentleman justly
observed, that while the Parliament of Great Britain
itself saw the necessity of at least a seeming reform in
these abuses, the Assembly of Jamaica had shamefully
remained supine, and allowed them to arrive at the
present height. He had no reason whatever, he said,
to pass any censure on the gentlemen who at present
held those offices, for passing their time in England,
and executing their duty by deputies, for most gen-
tlemen would do so who were similarly situated.—
His principal object was reform, and he had no doubt
that, in enquiring into the present abuses, the house
would take into us consideration the difference of the
times of Queen Ann, when the fees were fixed, and
the present; but he hoped they would never think it
necessary to make such provision as would give lux-
urious support to both a principal and a deputy. He
ended by moving—A, That it be an instruction to the
Commiuee appointed to inspect into the state and
condition of the public offices, to proceed immediately
to inquire into the situation of the office of the Regi-
ster in Chancery and Clerk of the Patents, and whe-
ther the duties imposed by law have been per-
formed by the persons who have held the
said office. To ascertain the fees which have
been taken in the said office since Wm. Ramsay, Esq.
first took upon himself the name ; by what law or au-
thority such fees have been taken, and to whose use.
And if it shall appear the duties prescribed have not
been performed, or that other fees have been exacted
than those allowed by law, to repors their opinion as
to the best mode of enforcing the discharge of the
said duties) and of correcting the existing abuses, whe-
ther in exacting illegal fees or otherwise."
The Committee sat two hours yesterday, and cir-
cular letters have been issued to the different public
officers, directing them to furnish an account of their
fees as established by law, of those at present demand-
ed, and their authority for so doing. Several geode-
men have also been summoned to attend. the Com-
mittee on Tuesday next, to •be examined concerning
the, Chancery office. In the House of Assembly yes-
terday, most of the annual bills were read the first
time, and the Commissioners of Accounts and the
Board of Worlis Bills, the second time.
A resolution was come to, that no road grants
would be made on individual petitions but in a simi-
lar manner as last year.

KINGSTON, NOVEMBER T.
The remains of the Officers of the squadron who
v,ere killed in the boats attacking the American pri-
vateer General Armstrong, some months since, were
interred in the English burial ground at Fayal, at-
tended by the Commanders and Officers of his Ma.
jesty's vessels, the British Consul, and all the respecta.
ble inhabitants of the place, and every mark of re-
spect was evinced by the Governor, who had the gar.
risen paraded on the melancholy occasion. Far dif-
ferent was the conduct of the Americans, who evinced
their degeneracy, in assembling at a public-house op.
pablat'where the procession was to move from, and
indicated every low mark of exultation, by repeatedly
shquting and hissing, which they continued until the
To‘alass of the brave sufferers Were committed to the
:Their. conduct. was so highly repieliended,
thOido..Goeernor had the principals arrested,- and
plieeekin idungeon, where they remained when' the
,quadtgt► sailed. An order was also issued by the

Governor forbidding any foreigners being allowed to'
atsemble in the public-houses. without his permission,
Istich was repeatedly denied to Americans, in coast-
quanta of the outrageous conduct above described.
• His Majesty's ships Plantagenet, 74 guns, Captain
Lloyd ; rota, 86, Captain Somerville; and Carna-
tion brig, 18 guns, Captain Bentham, from a cruize
off Fayal ; and the Emulous brig, Captain Gore,
from Negril, noticed in our last to have anchored in
the offing, arrived at Port Royal on Saturday forenoon.
His Majesty's brigantine Edward, Capt. Williams,
proceeded to sea on Saturday evening, on a cruize.
His Majesty's ship Ister, of 38 guns, Capt. Cramer,
for the Windward Islands, and Meteor bomb, of 8,
Captain Robert, to join Admiral Malcolm at Negril,
sailed from Port Royal yesterday morning.
Tuesday last, about 10 o'clock, A. st. the Maria
was boarded close to Cow Bay, by a Carthagenian
privateer, which detained her a short time, and in-
tended sending her for Carthagena, but seeing the
Plantagenet to windward, and the Emulous to fee-
ward, and a breeze coming down, she liberatc,l the
Maria and stood out to the southwaid. She h.id Lei
fore-top-mast down, and was about GO tons burtlien.
Messrs. Paterson and Rogers came passengers in
the Elizabeth.
JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE JULY FLEET,

FROM THE TIME OF THEIR LEAVING THE HAVANNA,
UP TO THE 25T11 AUGUST :
August 7.—Sailed from the Havanna with 35 merchant sh!.w
in company, and the Plantagenet, Rota, Rhin, Sapphire, and
Carnation men of war, ender command of the Warrior, 74
lett two American schooners, and some brigs, lying at the Ha-
vanna, and a privateer schooner, under one of the forts.
August B.—Saw a strange sail, which was ebaced by the Car-
nation and Rhin, but from a calm coming on, the Chace was
given up, as she got away by her sweeps, and the men of war
could not pursue her without parting from the fleet ; she was an
American schooner, and supposed to be a privateer.
August 10.-1 M current has been in our favour about two
knots an hour. The Spanish ship Anna Louipa, for St. Andero,
and Spanish brig Deaminto, for Cadiz, parted Company. Calms
have constantly prevailed, and continued to do so until the ntb,
but the current carried us through the Gulf.
August 13.—We cleared the Gulf last evening—a Spanish ship
without in.tructions, parted company, supposed to be soma. to
Amelia Island. _ _

August 14 —Died Mr.W.Way, let Lieutenant of the Sapphire,
of the yellow fever; the ships have been very sickly, and many
have died during the voyage. Lord Torrington has appointed
Lieut. G. Green, of the Warrior, to the Sapphire; and Mr. Rich-
ardson, Midshipman, to be a Lieutenant of the Warrior. 'Mr.
Rogers, Midshipman of the Warrior, appointed Lieutenant of
the Plantagenet, vacant by the death of Mr.l-lawkins. Mr. Acott,
Master at the Plantagenet, has been invalided, and Mr. Claimer,
of the Sapphire, appointed to the vacancy.
August 1 S.—Mr. Pasden, Purser of the Rota, invalided to
day, and Mr. Dridgenian, Clerk of the Warrior, appointed to
'the vacancy.
August 17.—Fine, freds breezes from south, steering E.N.E.
it2.o miles a day; parted company In lat. 32, N. ship Five Sistcrs,
Beading, for Bermuda, and schooner Endymion, Shepherd, tur
Gibraltar.

August 18.—Parted company by permission, Macre Antonio
Rozo, Don Antonio Degul, fur Spain ; brigs Dromana, Don Ma -
tra, and Ernies Lenegal, M. de la Tarsa, the former for Gritz,
and the latter for Vigo.—Sent the Rota in elms of strange sa:l
which proved to be a frigate and five merchant ships under con-
steering S.W. but she did not communicate with them.
Au;. 10.—Died, Mr. A. Lowry, Surgeon of the Sappinre—
Mr. d, ;:eniur Assistant of the Warrior, was appoult;ol to
the vacancy : also died, Mr. Nicholls, passenger in the Sapphire,
forme: ly Acting Lieutenant of the North Star. The Rhin, Sap-
!Aire, aid Plantagenet, continue sickly, but the fever is no; re: y
fatal to those affected With it. Fine fresh breezes from S. and
S.S.R. which impel us on our course E.N.E. about 140 mile, a
day, lat. 34. 40. N. long. 68. 30. W.—Parted company, brig
Dasher, Nixon, for Quebec.
Aug. 20:—Parted company by permission, brig Hawk, Scot,
for Gibraltar.

Aug. '2l.—P4rted, brig Surprize, Roes, for Gibraltar.
Aug. 42.—Lieutenant Carrington of the Marines, was inva-
lided from the Rota, and ordered a passage to Britain in the
Rhin. the fever in the Rhin is checked in its progress, but a
man was buried to-day. The Surgeon and First and Second
Lieutenants, have been affected as well as the Marine Officers,
some Midshipmen, ik.c.; the Sapphire continues sickly.
Aug. 23.—The Plantagenet, Rota, and Carnation, are pre-
paring to part company to-morrow. The Warrior has been heal-
thy, and wehave not lost a man. Today we are hi the latitude
of sh. N. and long. 57. W.
Aug. 25.—The wind has been foul, and the ships have not
parted company, but part in a tew days.

GERMAN PAPERS.

NUREMBERG, DECEMBER 40.

The Journal of the Lower and Middle Rhine con-
tains the following, as it seems official, remarks upon
the declaration of the King of Saxony :—!4 We have
read this declaration in the French Mositeur, of De-
cember 1. It seems strange to us, that the present
French Government has admitted it in its official
paper. If all the European Monarchs had acted in
1815 like the King of Saxony, Louis XVIII. would
at this moment be most likely titular King of France.
But then France will protect all the oppressed. Whe-
ther they are oppressed justly or not is no matter,
provided only that Prussia (which has so crossed the
French in their plans, and is the more formidable to
them in proportion as it is great and powerful) be not
aggrandised. If France is resolved to take the part
ot all the oppressed, we are able to point out a few ;
as, for instance, Napoleon, Joseph, and Jerome Bona-
parte! The King of Saxony says in iris declaration,
that, after the battle ot Leipsic, he had the intention
to join the grand confederacy. After the battle of
Leipsic, inched ! who would not have joined then ?
But before that, he, persuaded by his French-minded.
counsellors, obstinately declined to accede, as his duty
required, notwithstanding die voice of his people, of
his army, and of all Europe, so loudly called upon
When lie left Dresden on February 23, 1813,
hesolemnly proclaimed that he remained faithful to'
the political system (that of Napoleon) which he had
followed for six years. He fled from the Allies to
Plapen and Ratisbon.. The greatest part of Saxony
was evacuated by the French, and occupied by the
Allies at the end of April. Frederick Augustus did
not return. Every private person guessed even then
what Austria would do, and bow things would turn
out • but the King of Saxony remained faithful to the
desolator of Europe, Napoleon. A letter Irons the I
Emperor Alexander and the King of Prussia it:viied
him to return : he staid away: but as soon as Napo-
leon sent for him to Dresden, he was there immedi-
ately." (12th May, 1813.)
6, The declaration says farther : s The great object,
of the war was the security of thrones, not the thirst
of conquest or aggrandisement.' Certainly. But.
probably it was also designed to make the obstinate.
adversaries of the good cause harmless for the future...
What a turn would the affair's of Europe and Ca-,
many have taken in-April, 1813, if Frederick Augus-
tus had then left Napoleon, and intimately united
himself with the deliverers.? wmo calk talailate bow
many thoosails wcruhil then hate survived, TN; thin?,
now fallen by buds, Wary, and pestilence ? Fre.,
•

. .
&rick Augustus was. for 45 years, a good Prince,
and justly loved by his people; but in latter years he
suffered himself to be misled by evil-minded persons,
and engaged in a conflict with that all-powerful fate
which had resolved to regenerate the world. In this
conflict he fell. This, history will say of him ; and
against this sentence no declaration can avail, whe-
ther printed in the Mot:liar, or elsewhere."

GHENT, DECEMBER su.
The day before yesterday the Constituted Audio-.
ritics of this city paid a visit, in a body, to the Eng-
lish and American Legations, to congratulate them
on the cessation of the differences between the two
nations, by the conclusion of an advantageous peace.
The American Ministers gave, yesterday, a diploma-
tic supper in their hotel ; the greatest cordiality pre-
vailed at it between them and the English Ministers,
who in a few days will give, in their turn, an enter-
tainment to the Ameri:an Legation. The departure
of tlle Ministers of the two nations will take place
shOrtly.•

FRENCH PAPERS.

PARIS, DECEMBER SI.

The King, in Council, had a report made to him
upon the affair of General Excelmans, and has or-
dered that he be tried in the 16th military division.
In const•quence, the documents have been sent to his
Excellency the Duke of Treviso, in order that in his
quality of Glvernor, be may send the Officer before
one of the permanent Councils of War of his diviiion.,

PROROGATION OF THE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.
In the sitting of the Chamber of yesterday, aft
slme routine business had been disposed of, the Pre%
sident addressed them as follows:

" Gentlemen—Before his Majesty's Minister ar-
rives to announce our separation, permit me, who
have been happily in a situation to collect your deli-
bnations, to present to you an abstract of their lead.
ing results.
64 If, confiding in the royal impartiality, you have
laid some restraints on the liberty of the Press, your
object was to enjoy in a short time more surely its
invaluable benefits, when those laws shall have been
prepared which are destined to give security to the
government, to morals, and the peace of families.
ss Like his Majesty, you would have wished that
the public burthens had been less heavy : but it was
necessary, on the one hand, to provib for the wants
of the army, for an immense public debt ; and, on
the other, to revive that public credit which gives the
means of tiischarging ir, and facility for new re-
sources. If A just confidence has this year led you
to vote various general appropriations, all Frenchmen
expect with you, that in the next Session, detailed
accounts, supported by documents for every receipt
and d:uhursetnent, will enable you to examine whe-
ther it is not possible to hasten the fulfilment of the
wishes cl our King for the relief of his people.
" You were deeply concerned at the necessity of
re-eitair!ishing Certain taxes against which a portion
of France protested ; but when those who pay them
reroct that i.ldirect imposts are the surest resource of
modern States, that it is under their shelter that agri.
culture, our first of manufactures, can best prosper ;
when they reflect that the law is only temporary,
'and that you are about to deliberate with your fellow
citizens for the purpose of discovering a system of
imposts appropriate to our territory, our productions,
our habits, and the beneficent wishes of his Majesty,
some will resign themselves to necessity, and others
to hope.
. ss if you have not yet been able to repair great
calamities, your justice has at least reserved the
power of seconding the noble voice which was beard
in the Chamber of Peers. You probably also regret,
Gentlemen, that you have not been occupied about
the fate of those men by whorl* the religious founda-
tions of society are strengthened ; you regret it now
that true philosophy and religion appear inclined to
unix in order to fortify morals, and give the public
mind a surer light.
" National spirit, in which we have been charged
with being deficient, animated all your deliberations.
It was conspicuous in the laws relative to industry ;
and we will reply to those who may be inclined to
accuse us of too much partiality, that error itself is
honoorable when it is patristic.
ss The national spirit has displayed itself on the
subject of the laws relative to commerce. Though
you enlarged, so to speak, the circle of representa-
tion, by summoning around you the intelligence of
the Chambers of Commerce, you have still only been
able to make some preparations for a better system. I
In a country to which the tides of the ocean had
been rendered almost useless, it was impossible to do
more for the present; but public opinion appreciating
the prudence of youfattempts, foresees that when the
state of Europe and that of your colonies shall have
been regulated, you will then be called upon to as-
sist in the enactment of laws truly national. •
" A national spirit, eminently French, manifested
itself among you in those laws which regard the per-
son of the Monarch : you were the true organs of all
whom you represent, when you voted that same civil
',list with which grief reminds us that Louis XVL en.'
dowed the Crown : and above all when you unani-
mously resolved that France was responsible for the
debts of her King.
" It is thus, Gentlemen, that you have reconciled
to a representative Government its greatest adversa-
ries. On again finding warriors equal to their an-
cestors, they perceive that that fine feeling, the soul
of monarchies, while diffused:l:rough the whole na-
tion, thereby acquires still more energy, and places
in the hinds of a King of France a more powerful en-
gine. The honour tithe country, to borrow the expres-
sions of a man of whom France feels proud, [M.
Ch ate:l662nd] —the know of the country, by uniting
ail Frenchmen, will continue the miracles which
1-Issven caused to break forth on the appearance of a
son of St. Louis.

“ Let us depart, then, in peace to our homes, tol
meditate on that law of re-election, about which se-
veral of us are already occupied, and which should
satisfy the noble emulation of all Frenchmen to
contribute with the Sovereign to the common pro-
pirity. Let ns return to our provinces with security.
.We leave in his capital, surrounded with the loge of
his people, and the devotedness of the army, a King
ilium we consider u the first guardian of the public
liberty.”
The Chamber ordrred the President's speech to be
printed. Us Abbe Niontssquiool Baron Looi.ond

Dandre, were then introduced in the accustomed
form. The Abbe Montesquitm approached the table,
and delivered to one of the Secretaries a proclamation.
of his Majesty. On being handed to the President.,
he read it as follows :
" Louis, by the grace of Gon, King of France and
Navarre, to all.to whom these presents come, greeting :

" The Session of the Chamber of Peers, and that of the Charl-
her of Deputies of Departntects, are prorogued, and their Sit •
tings adjourned to the lit of May, ISIS.
" Tr.e present Proclamation shall be carried to the Chamber
of Deputies by onr Miulater Secretary of State fur the li.tertor,
our Minister of Finance, andottr Direceor•General of Polite.
" Given at Vali. this 311th of Derember, 1114, and of our reign
the Cfith. (iigneA) 46 Loth!.
By the Kin', (Slnetl) "'nat. Abbe IVloKreso i4)S. •
The President then added—lt only remains 101 rr.P
to read the formula contained in the lat article an-
regulation of the King :
The Chamber immediately separates, if a pro-
el.mtation d;rect the closing of the Session, ate ad.
journment or dissolution of the Clamber."

'Vile Deputies itumediately rust, and the Chamhir
separated.
The arz.eite cle Frew.: cf the 30th, ;fter noticir.g
the signature of the Treaty of Ghent, adds, awe
are still ignorant of the precise conditions, but vari-
ous cireumgtanees lead us to believe that they are
equally satisfactory On both sides, and that the Ame-
ricans have reason to fulisitate ed,:ms,Aves on the re-
sults of their patriotism and perseverance. Mr.
Hughes arrived with a copy of the Treaty at Paris on
the 213th; andistimediately procecsded.to the house of
Craisfard6 the AntOtitan Moister. Mr: Hogbei
lam since:set .po' for Bowdeaux, w! ere he will em-
bark 011 board ao American vessel there waiting It,-
MOO

PARlsiAx Fasilioxs. --•••PA It is, D co. '3o.—Turban
of cassimin are worn, either with an aigrette or a Lind
of paradisl ; the latter is more fashionable. Whi!e
feathers are worn in preference to black ones in bor •
nets of black velvet. Bonnets of violet colour and
green velvet are very fashionable; narrow ham's if
gold or silver, with leathers, form the ornaments to
most of thew bonnets. Two 1; inds of roses are equally
fashionable, viz. the common_rose and the moss rose.

Caps and bonnets u( black velvet are always trimmed
with white tulle. The furs htely worn were all pale
grey; at present sabl: .

VIENNA, DECI 17.
It seems decided t!lat the K:ng of Wutternhzrx
will quit this capital on the '24 .1,, and the King (
13avaria on the (..P.'th. Nevertl.cless, persons who pos-
sess the best information affirm, that it is impo•,,ibie
the Congress can be over before the 15th of February.
It is now certain that the King of Saxony will .nct
come hither ; and Prussia seems not to relax in th:
least in her pretensions to Saxony. '
Dec. 19.—The orders of the Emperor of Russia
are, that his carriages shall be ready to set out at six
hours' notice. This Monarch will go to Stutgard,
Munich, and Carlsrulte, where he will make a short
stay. He will then proceed to Berlin, on his way to
Warsaw. His Majesty has given the Petersbur,gh
regiment of cuirassirrs to the King of Prussia, and the
Kexholm regiment of foot to the Emperor of Austria.
The King of Prussia is much better.
Doc. 20.—The committee entrusted with the affairs
of Germany has not yet resumed its Sittings. It is
supposed that Prince Metternich's new plan is de.
pendent on the fate of Saxony ; and whatever may
be said in public, nothing is yet decided with respect
to Saxony. The political barometer is not at settled
fair, but it is to be hoped that the clouds will disperse;
at least, to all appearance, perfect confidence and inti-
macy prevail in the social relations of the Sovel-eigns-
VITTORIA, DECEMBER If.
We have received the sentence upon the state pri-
toners published at Madrid. Twenty-one individuals
are sent to the gallies for two, six, and eight years,
or to strong castles for longer or shorter periods.—
Priests, military men, civil- administrators, literary
persons, and, above all, the journalists who figured
under the Cortes, and supported their system, are
included in this sentence. The two Editors of the
"Boa are adjudged to be hanged, and their property
confiscated; but if they appear (for they are absent)
their defence will be heard. Every copy of their
journal that can be lcund is to be burned by the com-
mon hangman. The two journalists, Villamarino and
Regato, the Editors of the Redactor General, M. Man-
rique, Professor of Rhetoric, and Garcia, Professor
of Mathematics, go to the gallies for ten years, under
pain of death if they move beyond the precincts of
Canhagena, to the galley establishment of which
they are ordered. Copies of their journal will also
be burned by the hands of the common hangman.
Fernandez de los Senderos, and J. J. Yriate, the con-
stitutional Akaldes of Cadiz, are likewise to be sent
to the gallies for eight years, and to be fined, the for-
mer in 5000, and the latter in 50,000 francs, besides
expenses of process, Sec.
Moscow, General of Brigade, and Chief Secre-
tary of the General Staff; Luis de Landabur, a Lieu-
tenant-Colonel; Juan and Joachim Escario, officers
of the same rank, are condemned to two, four, six,
and eight years imprisonment, perpettial banishment
from court, &c. •
The King has just issued a decree. granting an hor

norary decoration to those whose zeal and attlichment
to his person during. his arrest at the Escurial, “ ex-
posed them to imprisonment and exile, at the'instiga.'
Lion, and by the influence and despotism of Den Ma-
nuel Godoy." The decoration is to consist of a
golden cross, suspended from the button hole by a red
ribband ; in the middle of the cross is to be the rreepp
sentation of a gridiron. in allusion to the m om,
of St. Lawrence, the patron saint of the Escurial.
BOLOGNA, DECEMBER 17.
Our city is in the greatest fermentation. Tlie
transfer of the command of the Neapolitan troops
his Excellency General Bellegarde, excited an
easiness that' it would be difficult to express. Pro-
bably the object of that measure was to prevent the
alarming
.desertion among the Italian troops, who.
,the Austrians perhaps fear, may enter the service of
the King of Naples. The people here, however,
dream only of liberty and independence. Having
beard it reported that the domain of the city of
Bologna was to be transferred away, they assembled
in front of the hotel of the Governor, and from
thence proceeded to the prisons, where they let out
all the Italians detained for desertion, and committed
a good deal of disorder. There was, however, no
blood shed, and the judicious measures of the Go.
verpor restored tranquillity.

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VabblESpAt 3ANU4RY

OF STOCKS 1111i1 PAT AT TWELVE O'CLOCK:
iwiliced est .o.44lt—sist 4;51104,112.1-5 per Cent. .shut
etmsot, abut.—for &worn, 17417 401..,•Ohinium
sink Long Anns.lBll.lllols 4-110Iids Ws. pre.
Excbt.quer Bills Is. 44. pint
We stated yesterday that the accounts received by
Jamaica Mail, repeated the report of St. Domingo
Living once more placed itself under the protection
,1 Prance. This is not correct. It is true that M.
LAVATE, a French Commissary, who had
ureviously arrived from France, sailed from Jamaica
Port au Prince about the middle of October last,
btit we do not learn, that at the date of •the last ad•
aces, he had proceeded any further in his mission
that merely transmitting a letter
ito the President
PErrots, which, according to report, was couched in
obscure and mysterious language. Sortie turtiter
citations would probably have taked place. inst.fue
the circumstances of M. LAVAVE having bon MN;
ill on the day of his landing, which was thteilisti*
October. . •
On the Ist of November, the date of than*" ad.:
vices, he was still unable to hold any communication
with the President PKTION. In the mean thise the lat-
ter issued a Decree, which will be found in another
part of our Paper, and by which he conveys to the
English nation a marked testimony of his respect and
uteern. He gratuitously concedes to. the British
Ntrchant a commercial benefit of the highest im-
portance : he reduces the import duty on British '
goods from I 0 to 5 per cent. and continues the higher
duty on importations from all other countries.—
.The British Merchant will thus have a most de-
cided advantage in trading with St. Domingo t if
this act of generosity on the part of Pirrioit is in-
tended to conciliate the favour of Great Britain, in
t!:e event of any struggle with France, it is sound
policy, and this example will doubtless be followed
14y CHRISTOPtit.

l'roin the known character of Louts XVIII. we
eminot suppose for au instant that it ever mitered
inzo his Royal contemplation to subjugate St. Do'
unit() by force of arms : indeed, we sec no symptoms
wilacver of any preparations in France for such a
t.itbarous and impolitic measure.
It is impossible, we think, for any man in his senses
to recur to the history of St. DomingO, without im-
':Aing a conviction that the; miseries inflicted upon
tilt. inhabitants of that island by the French will never
tt obliterated. They have, in fact, conceived an
equal degree of abhorrence against the French chai
Deter with the natives of Old Spain ; and this is one
Li the many dreadful results of BozarAurz'e Go.
vernment...Cveaeral Mosasg most emphatically ob-
seNed, 'a few days previous to seething his meets)
wuuncli that the whole tenor of BONAPARTE'S conduct
vas to reader the French name execrated throughout
t;.e civilized world for ages to come. In illustration
et this opinion, we know it to be a fact, that there are
hendseds, nay thousaads, of BONAPARTR'S favourite
Officers, from the Marshal to the Sous-Lieutenant,
who consider themselves as prisoners at large in Paris
and its vicinity; so fearful are they of exposing them.
selves to popular indignation, even in the Depart-
ments of France.

But to return to the subject of St. Domingo : such
ci our Readers as will take the trouble to peruse the
lie of TOUSSAINT LOUVEKTUREp the lamented hero
ci that island, as re-published in the Number of that
excellent and useful repository of tracts, wbich would
rtherwise unfairly and prematurely be lost, The Pam-
t'sleteer for November last. The public will there
rind a most heart-rending picture of the too suc-
cessful results of the French. policy and arms in the
affairs of St. Domingo; and they will thus be ena-
bkd to decide upon the probability of France ever
regaining an ascendancy there. As well n:ay her
rulers renew the mad attempt of subjugating Slain
or R us4ia.

The French papers contain an account of the pro-
rogation of both ChaMbers, those of the Peers and of
the Deputies, until the 15th of May. The former,
however, did not break up without again testifying
their wish that the Government should take speedy.
measures to procure the information necessary to the
carrying into effect the.benourable propositio.is of Mar-
shal MACDONALD relative to the confiscated estates of
the Nobility, and to the !akar y Pensions. M. LAME
closed the Session of the Deputies with a very nut
review of their past labours; and alter having enu-
merated the public benefits to which those labours,
together with the paternal solicitude of the MONARCH.
nl.4c contributed, he thus impressively concluded his
;....ccis•-.46 Let us return to our Provinces in security.
We leave in this Capital, surrounded with the love
;Jt his people, and the devotedness of the army, a
lilxo whom we consider as the first guardian of the
public liberty."

Sunday being New Year's Day, the Duke and
Duchess of YORK had a party at Oatlands. Monday
.le DUKE arrived at York House from thence. Yes-
terday his ROYAL HIGHNESS held A Levee at his 01-
Ice in the Horse Guards, which was attended by
i;rigadier-General HENRY Fox, on his return from
11,e Bombay Establishment; Major-General Molest.
GoaDoN; Lieutenant-General sir GEORG& BRCRWITU;
Lieutenant-General Ste :J.peu ißrigatticr-Gencral
iiitowxiuGua Scc. >itG.

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