Star.
London, England, 1804-12-17 00:00:00

AMERICA AND lasr liana

American Papers from Philadelphia to the 15th,
from New Yoi k to the 18th, and from Bolton to the
23d ult. have been received. The intelligence which
they contain chiefly relates to St. Domingo, where
DESIA LIN s, or as he now fines hirufelf, Jarvis, is
as abfolute as his brother Emperor, Bo , is
in France. The following Decrees of the new Go-
vernment of Hayti, are translated front the ori-
ginals :

JAQUES, EMPEROR OF HAVTL
LIIURTY OK DIATII.
DECREE.
Eking Informed that the Captains of American veffeh that ar-
rive in the different ports of Our Empire make a predict of felling
their cargoes, wholefale and retail, to ibtall dealers. Colifidering
CIA the above praEtice is prejudicial to commerce, and favour.
the exportation of all the [pixie from the Man.!, We determine to
put a flop to it. We thereftwe decree and ordain the fotowing
to he executed in the utnioß extent :

Art. I We forbid aridly every Captain of a foreign Tenet. sr-
rivirg in 'the Ports of Uor Empire, to fell t►dr eargoa by an
tad to final desks, or private perfons.
11. The merchants eftablUbed by virtue of oar Letters Patent
CIO ►ave the foie power to tam for the argots, aka feparately
or jointly.
111. Unmanning.
IV. The Merchants eflab,dhed by oar Letters Patent Hall not
treat wit► the Castigate of torsign Teeth until the AdminUtrw
tion matt ►ave made choice of tub attain so are modimay for
the Army.

V. Any pedal orperfats a tames* the precut Decree Stall
be Geed the hundred dollen far the tirit rime., rod eve luta-
tired be t►c brood

Dem at oar Imperial Palace at the Cqe, the mit of Weber,
1804, Bet year el air imiepiamiame, sad the fat doer (trigs.
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DEcarz.
JAQUES THE. FIRST, EMPEROR OP KATIL

Talking Into view the protection and good well tat welder to
Foreigners who traded cenunercial COMMA lift 111. 11011 who.
indeed of occupying thanfeives with their COMMlCll,Oldsollped-
ing the Weed* the country with which they dal, deptadlos do
molt extraordinary could in fa/Andre sae ikW of IMO and
women of colour, natives of the country : Ws ink:
and decree.—
Mt. L Every Captain of a foreign weird, armed or ant aided,
on board of whom one or more paled, slather, deli be feud to
be curled to a foreign country, than be airefted and thrown into
prifom there to lie ten months, and after that time to be fern to
hie own country, with eared orders not to anon to the empire
of Hayti. at hie peril. The irdel and cargo bail be confided
for the benefit of the empire.
11. Every native taken as board kat foreign Teed dial imme-
diately be dot in the mtblie (game.
The Omerala of Divided and Driddea, and the different Com-
manders, are charged with the execution of the prefent decree.
Done at our Imperial Palace at the Cape. ssd Odder, doe,
id year of our independence, and of our Reiga the het.
(611ned) Jaques TN/ FIRST.
by the Emperor. A.lOlll/11.
The atrocious cruelty of the Emperor of Hayti
and his banditti continues to rage without remorfe.
A letter from Bolton fay.. " The Haytians lately
captured a Spanifit veffel laden with folks and mut
tins, bound to Vera Crux. The crew were imme-
diately brought on (bore and murdered. A day or
two after the captdre, the Emperor tad bin
pal Officers appeared in new fait. of filk."
A French frigate, with ago troops, strived. at
Martiniqiie in the Weaning of lalt swath. Two more
frigates, with (totes mad the fame number of troops.
tad failed with her boo Femme. bat be parted
compsmy with them is a gale of wind, andfuceecdad
in mein the port of Trinity, which Sternly atm
r
tvamt was blockaderi* shame our frigate&
Trons owe articles in theft aUletieall Para we
Collett the igeafin); inteUigates, that the Belt& sips
bad gained materially on the fugitive French frigates.
At five o'clock on Saturday evening, the day a/fail-
ing, the Frenchmen were Peen off the N.E. end of
Block Bland, with their cooties hauled up. it being
at the time a perfea calm, and contiouedfo for (even
hot" when a breeze (prong up from the N. N. E.
The Leander and Cambrian which failed from Sandy
Hook early that storming, had, at eleven o'clock,
run a alliance of p miles, being then fptiken three
leagues to the eafivrard of Hog Hand. and likewife
to the eaftward, or ahead of the French Comma-

dare.
It was confidently Rated in the New York and
il altintore papers, that a third French frigate had
arrived off Montug, where the Didon and Sybelle
were to rendezvous, and whither, it is added, that
Captain BiIttSVOILD. the Britifh Commodore, inform-
ed of the circamflance, propofed to join them.

Saturday we received a letter from Barbadoes,
dated November to, by the Diana, arrived off Portf-
mouth. The :d of September, or tit of Oftober
mail had arrived there, as alto the Penelope and Ce-
res of London, and Thetis of Lancaller, letters of
marques, after having funained, to windward of the
bland, a (mart anion with the Bonaparte privateer,
of ao guns and :so men, which they beat off. The
Barbadoes frigate, of :8 gum, on being apprife of d
the eircumflance, immediately failed from Carlifle
Bay in purfuit of the enemy, and hopes were enter-
tamed that the would come up with him.
A confiderable number of letters have been re-
ceived from Antigua, by the Beaver, Csar re an, ar
rived at Liverpool. By one of teethwe lean,
that
and
le Grand Decide French privateer, of 2,
138 men, lately captured the Prised. Royal brig
privateer, of to guns, and having manned her on
the :ad of September, fell in with the Be lida* Ihip
Salamander, from Africa, with 336 flars for De.
merara ; after a fmart .Rion, the Salamander was
coinpelled to Arike, and had been fent with two other
britifh Guineamen into Balteterre, Guadaloupe.
Letters from Martinique to the 7th of Oltober
mention, that the markets were glutted with Ameri.
can produce—Clayed (agars are in great plenty, and
the new coffee in abundance and of good quality.
Saturday we retie ved the Bermuda G
of azettwares t,
the s7th OZtober. The DRIVIII (loop was
then lying there, having arrived on the 13th from
cruise. The Camilla failed lonic timeber bef
lays, ore on
cruize.—The paper of the aad Septem
was whilpered in England, when the IA account
'Arne away, that fume diflinguifhed perfon was to be
impeached."
The Colonial parliament had been f
urtherurer prom
rued to the tat. of November, and pmiffioi
for the iniportation of provifions was confined to the
3c.ih of the fame mouth.
fehnoners are building it
Some (tout fa B.failing
-he merchant's ygin.la A Ectmada for his Majelly'
-!trice.