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London, England, 1811-04-26 00:00:00

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WEAL IIVITLLICINC.

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PLYMOUTH, APRii, 24.
Put back the ROYAL Geoftoz wan of war.—Sailed
the LIMA gun•btig for Basque Roads.
FoßTsmottrii, APRIL tR.
Arrived his Majesty's ship LINNYT from a croize.

Sailed the RIFLEMAN for Leith, Artarnern Kith the
East India fleet—the DOLPHIN has sailed with them
to go as far as the Cape.--The Tartranus with the
fleet fi r America have been under weigh, but are
brought to again.—The THAIS, with the ships for
the Coast of Africa, arc under weigh ; several West
Indiamen are going with them ; many of the latter
have been here for upwards of a month. The MER-
MAID also goes with them as tar as Cadiz..
DEAL, APRIL S.
Sailed the VIPER cutter for Portsmouth, witk
convey.—Arrived the M ARLB:AtOUGH from Plymouth,
Pu.cira no schooner from off Flushing, and the Cows.
TESS OF ELGIN frOTII a cruize.
YARMOU APRIL 23.
Yesterday a vessel arrived from Holland, and
brought dispatches, which she landed at Southwold.
—The SNIPE gun.brig has put back to Yarmotft. h
—she sailed about a fortnight .ago with a trans..
port for the Baltic, and parted from her by stress of
'weather. On Saturday last the SNIPE saw a timber
loaded vessel in the North Sea, a complete wreck, On
which was a man apparently dead ; owing to the
state of the weather could not render any assistance,
or ascertain any other circumstances.

We have repeatedly of late had occasion to allude
to the present state of St. Domingo. Every fresh
arrival from the West Indies furnishes us with new

grounds of apprehension for the safety of British
property in that quarter of the globe. CHRISTOPIIE
the black Emperor• of Hayti, having previously
boldly declared all the ports of his enemies in a state
of blockade, issued orders to his Admirals and Cap-
'tains to take, burn, sink, and destroy all ships attempt-
ing to enter the interdicted ports ; and under this au-
thority, his cruizers commit the most unbounded
piracies on the ships of all nations.
The inhabitants of Jamaica are peculiarly indig.
nant at the atrocities thus committed, +and are OA
the eve of making a spirited remonstrance on the
subject to our Government at home. rETIGNI the
rival of CH EUSTQPiIE, conducts himself with more mo-

deration : at the request of Admiral RowLEY, he lira
dismantled his navy, and seems anxious to pay every
respect to the British flag. The following Letter
from an intelligent naval Officer in the West Indies.
exhibits CHRISTOPHE in his true character : ..
" Hyperion, Port Royal, Jamaica, March 5.
~ The unfeeling and barbarous conduct of Cams-
roeue towards a poor French surgeon, about two
months ago, at the Cape, is enough to excite:*
indignatimi and horror of every feeling and humane
man, and brand such a monster with eternal infamy.
She: tly after the Mole fell into his possession, he re-
turned to his capital, Cape Francois (now called, by
kis proclamation, Cape Henry), and visiting the hos-
pital one morning, whele on the previous night, this
surgeon had been watching with the sick, (as all the
sick and wounded at the Mole were scut thither) and
had gone out on that morning to get a little cof:se,
and refreshment, but had not returned till a few; mi-
nutes after Ctuttmens had arrived—He addressed
lura in a most imperious tone, and demanded what
, business lie had to be absent from the Hospital, and
! what was the reason of so many men having died
lately ? The surgeon answered, he had done his best ,
to save them, and told the reason of being out at that
time. He first beat the pout fellow with the flat side .
of his sabre till he was tired, and then ordered MS
guards to beat him—they did so till he was insensible,
and bruzied to a mummy, He then sent, and de.
manded, (when the man could not speak) to ask par-
don—" Will not the d— s--.. ask pardon yet ?
Cut his head off." Upon this they took him away,
and, without ceremony, laid his head over an 44
log, and severed it from the body, the head dropping
into a ditch ! This man was a Frenchman by birth,
and, in the general massacre, had been saved merely
on the score of bis professional abilities.
" CHRISTOPHE owed the life of his own son, and an-
other relative, to this man, when other medical men
had given them up—watched with them day and
night. In this way he repaid the obligation ; for ail
his medical attendance, as ,well as others, not any
pay or salary is evil given : to spare their lives lie
thinks sufficient compensation.
, id The official Gazette contains the most fu'slme
Land abominable lies, which I believe wereever told
both of the country, his tour, and the affections of

the people, I shiill not at all wonder to heart f
his being assassinated, in the course of another
year. He calls Port-au-Prince the Port of Crimes ;
which place we have twice visited this last cruize ;
and cur reception has been not only gratifying, but
they have shewn us attention. We were introdoced
to PETION at his palace, and he received us with great
' politeness and respect. I was present at a review
whilst there, of four thousand men, and the most of
these were well disciplined, and fine looking soldiers.
Spme months ago the inhabitants of the South peti-
tioned Partox to put the well-known Ittomm, lately
arrived from France, at the head of the troops in that
quarter, but he refused to sanction it; since that pe.
riod they have invested him with the command of ad
the troops in their district, which comprises one half
of Prrton'a territories. They were on friendly terms
for some time, but about three weeks since Perim: de.
clared war against this brave chief, and I much fear
he (Itinatin) will get the better of his opponent ; for
RtGAUD is beloved and idolized by the great bulk of
the people in that quarter. RIQAUD, from what we
have every reason to believe, js a Frenchman at heart,
and could the Emperor of France get a fleet and
troops out.safe to this island,-I am confident it would
not remain in the present owner's hands six months.
Whatever chief's hands this country falls into, DODO
of the present have so good a claim as RICIAUD. He
was a General, and signalized himself often against
the English, before CHIUSTOPHE or Person were
known ; as such, added to this, he is brave to an ex-
cess, but too much tinctured with cruelty,
" 'What the British Government thinks of this
growing state I cannot say, but the many sequestra•
tions of British property, and detention of several
English ships lately, with the late wanton and unpro-
'eked murder of British subjects, in the ease of the
HYPERION'S boat's crew, every feeling mind must think
'call levdly fot justice Q its authors,'?