Star.
London, England, 1803-05-31 00:00:00

AMERICAN PAPERS.

Yeßerday we receivel American Papers to the soth
ult. The United Stags begin to fwarm with French
CoMmercial Con.:l,llfarim. The Eldtions run, this
year, much mot- in favour of the Federalift party,
than they hav,, :or the Taft two or three years, done.
A letter of the ad of April, from Cape Francois,
Rates, that the bloodhounds lately imported into St.
Domingo from Cuba, have fpread great tenor among
the Negroes. Several Black prifoners who would
have expiated their guilt on the gallows have been
turned naked and defencelefs into the plains, and torn
to pieces by thole dogs. A number of the Chief Of-
ficers of the Brigands lately held a conference by a
flag of truce with the Commanding Officers of Cape
Francois. The refult was not known, but the report
prevailed that they offered to lay down
they might
be treated as hirelings, and not Haves.
Letters from Fort Republicain, by the fchooner
Lyon, reprefent the political condition of that place
as confiderably ameliorated. The arrival of 4000
troops, and the eftabliffiment of General Rocn•st-
BEAU'S head quarters there, together with the arrival
of a large fum in fpecie, greatly relieved the depref
fion previonfly experienced. It was apprehended,
however,tbat unlefs additional reinforcement sa rrived,
the whole of the prefent crop of coffee woold be loft
in the plantation, in confequence of the want of hands
to take it in.
There are lime articles relative to the thutting of
the port of New Orleans, which, now that we know
of the aftual ceflion of Louifiana to America, arc not
at all interefting. It appeared that the whole of the
proceedings of the Intendant were difavowed by the
Court of Spain, and the greatift anxiety was expref-
fed to give reparation for the injury futtained.
The eleftions are going on in America with their
ufual violence and party fpirit. The Federalills are
fuccefsful in the greater number of diarifts. In alma
every cafe, the Gentlemen returned to the Senate are
of that party.
Jamaica, MARCH 16.—The French are Rill
avail-
themfelves of every pretence for fending Officers
to our Admiral and Governor. Their real objet is
that of negotiating fiipplies of money or limes from
the merchants at Kingllon ; but though they have
offered the moll ufurious terms, yet our traders have
wifely profited by the let Ton taught by the American
merchants, many of whom are wholly ruined by the
proteß of the French Government bills, many of
which were taken at a difcount of 6o per cent. Such
is the diarefs of that wretched ifland of St. Domingo,
that the Planters have utterly abandoned all hopes
of reaming its cultivation, and the few who have
furvived the yellow fever and the (word of the Bri-
gands are doing duty, or rather perilhing from mifery
in the towns: you will judge of their diftrefs when I
inform you, that notwithftanding the jealoufies which
the French Government entertain both of the Jamaica
and American merchants, they have by public pro-
clamation opened the ports of Santo Domingo, Cape
Francois, and Port au Prince to foreign velfels, not
only for provifions, and of European neceffary goods,
but even for the import of fugar and coffee for their
own confumption I Extraor.tinary as this fat is, you
may depend upon it. It is reported that BONAPARTR
increafes his force to 40,000 conferipts, and by the
lilts tranfmitted this number appears to have been
levied of men under 25 years old, every one of whom
will be in their graves in the centric of four months,
as the climate is fo fatal to raw foldiers of that age.

The money already fubfcrihed for Mr. Pyres
flatue (excepting the necetfary expences of advertife-
ments,&c.) amount. to 65971. three per Cent. Contill..
The following Officers were appointed yefterday
to the command of armed cutters :
Litut. I Tal or. Minerra. Lieut. Betfworth. Nymph.
--- W. Price, Britilb Fair. .--- Delafons, Venus.
' --- J Sybrille, Duchefs of -- M. Ball, Swift.
Cumberland. -- Syriac!, Hind.
Hawker, Swift. -- Wilmot, Lord Neff."
-- Bird, Fox -- J. Walker, tit, Afftive.
-- J.Drew,gaeen Charlotte. Yritton, Adive. .
Shirley, Phenix. —... Stewart, Griffin.
--
Leaver, Champion. . Gibbons, Jofeph.
--- Lake. Duke of York. --- Wells, Rofe.
-- Garret!, Favourite. -- Scott, Princes Augufta.
.—..... Wright, Albion. .--- Browne, King George.
-- Nicbuifoa. Fox. lump. Nimrod.
lie:mith. 3d, Britanrda. Norton, Dart.
-- kenfon, Countch of .--. L. Davits, Fog.

Elgin.
Fast. PACKIT.—Our Readers, who preferve their
papers, will find in the STAR of July 9, tfloz, a
complete flatement of the feizure of the Fasts packet
by the French in a manner abfolutely unprecedented
in the hiftory of civilized nations. Some of our fel-
low-journalifts, who fubltitute audacious aiertion to
authentic information, denied the fad ; for at that
time all party papers affeeted to believe that France
was all faith and conciliat,on. Of the fuperior ac-
curacy of our intelligence we love not to boaft ; but
we cannot refrain from appealing to the recolleCtion
of the public, for the unimpeachable veracity of our
gatemen. The papers on the Negotiation, and the
Parliamentary Debates, have laid great fires nn the
!cafe of that veffel. By an Adminiltration poffeffed
of left forbearance and moderation, that cafe would
have been confidered as a la cattle of war. But that
forbearance and that moderation have plunged 80.
fo deep into an abyfs of wanton proveca-
' tions, that his warmeft friends cannot hold out a
friendly hand to extricate him.
ROYAL Maatets.—As the Royal Marinechave on
all occafions, both at fea and at land, dittinguifhed
themielves by their firmnefs, bravery, and good dif-
cipline, and by nobly relifking every attempt made
to debauch their minds. and to make them abandon
their duty.in the times of mutiny, it gives us parti-
cular pleafure to learn that the detachment of this
excellent and ufeful corps, who to glorioully contri-
buted to the recovery of Egypt from the hands of the
French, have flared in the honourable marks of
diflinaion conferred by the Gleams Sams:toe on the
Britifh forces. Owing, however, to unavoidable cir-
cumflances, the medalsdellined for the Officersot that
detachment by the Chief of the Turkith Empire, did
not reach England till a few days ago. They were
tranfmitted to that meritorious officer, Lieutenant-
Colonel SMITH, who commanded the detachment of
Royal Marines during the memorable expedition to
Egypt, and we undertiand that tuch Officers of the
IMarines as ferved on that occafion, may receive their
medals on applying to the Commanding Officers of
the divilums to which they Woos.