Star.
London, England, 1803-02-03 00:00:00

LONDON.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3.
PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK,
3 pet Cent. Conf. money, 7c —for Feb. a= 701.
Omnium 5.

It appears from the American Papers, which
have arrived to the 25th December, that the cellion
of Louifiana has occafioned a very general alarm.'.
The (late of Kentucky in particular has prefented
to the Congrefs an addrefs of very (trong remon.
(trance againft the meafiires lately taken by the
Government of Louifiana, in violation of the faith
of treaties, to Phut out the fubjeEts of the United
States from the navigation of the Miffiffippi.
The meafure principally ailuded to was a Procl.t•
mation ilfued by the Intendant of New Orleans,
depriving the Americans of the right they held by
the Treaty of I 795, to depofit there the merchan-
diae which comes down the rivers Ohio and Miffif-
fippi, until fold or exported to the Weft Indies or
elsewhere. The river Miffitlippi receives the whole
of the navigable rivers which fkirt the Wettern
Boundary of the United States, and at its out-
let into the Gulph of Mexico Rands New Orleans.
The river has a very quick defeent, and confe•
quently a very rapid current, which obliges the
Americans to fell the rads or rafts in they
bring their goods down to New Orleans, and to
depofit the goods for fate or exportation at a cer-
tain per centum. As this river is the only outlet
of the %velem parts of America to the Atlantic
ocean, and it is utterly impoffible for the inhabi-
tants of thole parts to bring their pi odnee to mar-
ket by any other channel, the Kentucky Legit].
cure have prayed th. Government to take prompt
and decifive measures to redrefs the grievance;
upon which, it is raid, the American Government
has made a very fpirited remonftrance to that of
Spain.
When it is recolleeted, that Louifiana runs from
thei point oppofite to New Orleans, up towards
the Come of the Miinffippi, until it meets the
American territory, it will ferve to explain the
jealoufy which the Americans appear to entertain
of the French acquiring poireffion of Louifiana,
and even of New Orleans. This latter event, the
following extra& of a letter from New Orleans,
taken from a New York
.Paper, thews to be in
contemplation :
" There is no doubt whativer but that the
French are to pads this country (New Orleans);
this event will, in all probability: take place in
the courfe of the Spring."

Thus Spain, at the very moment the rem:pines
her territory, draws upon herfelf all the odium of
a difpute with America ; in which the can have
no intereft, and of which France will reap all the
advantage.
Thee papers contain alto intelligence from St.
Domingo fo late as the a9th of November, near
a month after the death of General Ltet.sac.—
By the reports of American Captains it appears,
that the warfare between the French and the Ne-
groes continues with unabated fury ; and great
cruelties are laid to be conftantly committed on
both fides.

Every account from St. Domingo Rates expli-
citly, that the grief occafioned by the death of
LEC !ARC was of very Oxon duration, and that
ROCNAMBEAV'S arrival to take the chief command
had infpired the troops, as well as the colonills,
with the greateft confidence, and had revived a
hope of ultimate fuccefs, which the impolitic
meafures of his predecerfor had extingualted.—
nut, though his pretence has relieved the courage
of the troops, nothing but large reinforcements can
enable him to make head agaioa the negroes, with
a view of reducing them to obedience. He may
fucceed in routing and deftroying particular bands
of the brigands, but he can effea nothing towards
the reftoration of the permanent tranquillity of
the Colony. Every account which appears in
there Papers, indeed, fully demonarates, that the
work of refloring tranquillity mua be a work of
infinite labour. What line of policy be may think
it proper to adopt remains yet to be teen ; but
complete and abfolute extermination was clearly
the fyftem of his predeceffor, and a total change
cannot in the &ft inftance be adopted.

A letter from Cape Filncois, of the 29th of
November, cuter, that about three weeks before,
the Brigands were nearly in po(fehion of the town,
but an engagement had fubfequently taken place
which terminated'to the advantage of the French
troops. N.) lea than 2,000 of the Blacks were
taken prifoners, who after being tied hands and
legs together, were thrown into the fea at a frnall
aiiiance from the town. Another letter, d.tted
about the i ith N 3 ;ember, fpeaks of a fcene much
more atrocious, and attended with circumflances
of (lilt more barbarous cruelty. On one day no
left than 6,0c0 Flacks are defcribed as having been
hitt bayoneted, And then thrown overboard with-
out ceremony. A garrifon, confilling of goo
Blacks, are reprefented to have been carried off by
poifon, admintac red by the agents of the French
Centrals.—Some letters go even fo far as to
alentlonithat the French have employed particular

ven'els, called Syn.:, into uhielr mithitudzs of
the Blacks are throwil indifcriminately, and dc-
ftroyed by means of burning blimilime.
We mention dick reports not as entitled to im-
plicit credit, for they are evidently greatly exalt.
gerated ; but with every fort of allowance for this
exaggeration, it is impotlible not to fee that the
fyftem purfued on the part of the French is no.
thing fhort of total extermination ; and alting as
they have hitherto dune, on principles of mete
force,they cannot hope for fuccefs from any thing
but adherence to the fame condu&. The Blacks
are indeed driven to that Rate of exafperation that
no overtures of conciliation will now be linened to,
and it no longer appears incredible that the Whites
fhould in the market place ere& a gallows for t 1.2
execution of the Negroes, whilft they, on the op.
polite hill, exhibit to the Whites the mangled vie.
tims whom they have facrificed to the manes of
their flaughtered companions.
The Journal of Captain SLOCUM, who left Port
Republicain about the end of November, exhibits
details of the audacity and fuccefs of the Blacks,
which clearly announce what have been the effeo:
of their refinance. At that place he defcribes the
fentinels as being daily fhot by the brigands, and
even within piflol fhot of the town they were guilty
of every excels with impunity.
Letters of the 27th of November, from Cape
Francois, mention the arrival of twelve or fifteen
velels from France with reinforcements. The
number of troops on board was, however, inconli-
derable, and totally inadequate to any purpofe of
a general attack on the Blacks. Their number is
not Rated to be above ;Soo; and on their anis al
they were immediately difpatched to Port Liberty,
which the Brigands then occupied, but which it
was hoped might be recovered without much op,
polltioq. •

THe Kiwn's Levaa.—His Majefty yeflerday
held a Levee at St. James's Palace, which WAS
numeroully attended. The company prefentmere,
his Grace the Archbithop of CANTSASWILY, Si;
Chops of LONIVII, BATH and WPLLS, ELT, RO-
CHESTER, HFRETOAD, ST. Asapu, LITCII,ItI..)
and COVEKTILY, WlwCHesTet, the Dean of Warr.
ISISISTER, the Rev. C. Moots, the Right Hon.
the CHANCELLOR of the Excx Kyle, the Sacas-
Tail IS of STATE, the Imperial, French, Ansericag,
Porttiguefe, Swedifh, Neapolitan, and Dutch hfp
nißers, and—

Dukaa—Poolaad and ilezbargli.
Idarguliks—Sakibary, Larne. aod Douglas.
Earla—Moira, Wertmarcland, Sandwich, Cluninno, Hit.
dorm, Dartmouth (Steward of the Hanfahaid), Filre,grouteri
Quito.field, Selkirk, and Galloway.
Wecninto-nAgkrien, Sydney, &lades, Andover, sad M.
mouth.

lads Pyre. Cathcart, Wedekoora, Mountworris, &Ma,
Calthreasb, Cravat, Gardner. Gwydir, Graa,stowe
&merle% Arden. Sadicy, G. L. Gower, P. . -
worth, sod Stoprord.
General..—Sir E. Corte, Harcourt, Leland, Phinu,Drindas,
Hertoff, Mahon'', Pawns, Eliot, and Murray.
Admiral Sir H. Parker._

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Ooloisehi--Oalvest, De Grey. Stank?, and M 01,06
Sirs—F. Wilke, T. Trigge, T. Ciro*, S. Coaled, C. Kd
lowly. andJ. Orde.
Robinfon, Rigby. Elliot, Welt. Williams,
Broadhead, Walla, Hon. De Grey, Hon. W. Broderick, Bev.
C. Moore, Manning, Catdfield, G. Pitt, Stratton, N. Bar+
Penn, Wynne, W. Stanton. and Fitzgerald.
Qeiatiernep introduced to ails Majestic
were--

General Herren, by the Pruffian Envoy;
General M , by hb Excellency tie Neapolitan An.
bander;
The Hon. Major Mtreastyoarn, by Lord Molefroorth;
The Rev. Dr. Go , by the Chancellor of the Huhn.
Per:
Mr. Rostmon, by the Marquis of Lorne ;
Captain Foarraan, by the Earl of Moira;
Mr. C. Moots, fon of the Arckbilhop of Canterbury, cc
his return from France. _ _

It being the Purification of the Virgin Mary,
the Noblemen, who were Knights of the Garter,
&c. appeared in the infignia of their rcfpeaiste
Orders.

His Grace the Archbi(hop of CAMTIRIVITi at-
tended by the Bi(hops, prefented the Addrefs of
Convocation, on the afTembling of Parliament.
Lord WILLIAM BANTINCII killed the King's
hand on being appointed Governor General of
Madras.

The Rev. Mr. TATTERSALL, killed the King's
hand on being appointed one of his Majefty's
Chaplains.
General Si4,4T. Taloa' took leave. on going
ont to Gibraltar.
The Bithop of WIRITOILD 14d homage before
his MAigsry. on being sprinted to that See.
Mr. Ectaor took leave on going to Naples.
The KING, after holding a Council, gave an•
dience.

The Levee clofed Coon after three o'clock. His
?Laic:Tv then gave_ private audience to the Svre-
difli Minihr, Lord HAWILIIIIIVILY, Lord ?sums,
Lord CHATHAM, and Lord Fara.

At five o'clock the King returned to the (been',
Houk.
In the evening their MAJISTILS and three of
the Panto sits went to the Concert of AnciG%
Murk. • _ _

Yetlerday, at three o'clock, Mr. Hours', Nit
MA) ssr v's Mellinger, left town with Governme4:
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Difpatchei for Sir . BORAIII WAIRRIN, Rear.
Admiral of the White, and Arnbaffadoe At St.
Peter (burgh.
Bacon's admirable flame of the Marquis Colts-
WALLIS is executed in Carrara marble; the height
of the pedeßal is (even feet, aad the perpendicultr
measurement from the ground to the extremity
fifteen, making the Ratue itfeif eight feet high.
The (porting bets are now Soo to rto arid
Lot d Ca ar's colt for the next Derby Rakes; 9q
againd Sir H. Ws LLIASISON't colt, for the fame;
7 to 2 again(! Daxlmtry for the (Wands; Soo to f
that Pipylia, Gallrmr, and Waken, do not win the
three claffes of Oatlands ; and coo to 5 again*
.tyis, and Wakes, for the Lune.

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