Star.
London, England, 1803-03-09 00:00:00

JANu r c.

" The nomination, by Governor LECL F RC, Of
ROCH A 1‘111E•U, to fucceed him, certified by his
Aid-de-Camp, is now explained by the complete
and entire dete&ion of a curious fpecim,:n of French
Loyalty, Interity, and Policy.
"General Duo us was fecond in command to
LECLERC, and was in truth the real Commander
in Chief, being high in the confidence of BON A.
FARTS, who was much attached to him in Egypt,
and fent him out as Adjutant-General to St. Do-
mingo. This man had, from the similarity of Ja.
cobin Principles, attached to hi m fell General Hest •
RT, who commanded in 1799, the troops landed
in Ireland, and a few days betoreLFCLEac's death,
it was difcovered that thefc two hanour•abl.• men had
received very large firms of money from CHRIS-
T() pH E and DEssatimrs (the Black Generals who
had deferred from the Cape to their brethren in
the mountains) for confiderable inpplies of powder,
mufquets,lead,and clothing, which Duo Ira had un-
der different pretences, ordered forward to polls in
the mountains, which Hu sr at ar and he abandoned
to the Blacks. They were paid in money and plate
plundered from the planters ; and it was through
Tome intelligent perfons of that defcription, that
this treachery was difcovered. LEC L tac's nomitia
Lion of Rocwastssau (hewed to DUGUA and
Hymnal-, that they were deteeted. They both
took opium, and deftroyed themfelves. The fum
is Rated to be 14.,000 livres, and the condition,
that they should be placed at the head of the
Black Republic.
ag The diftrefs of the planters, now all enrolled as
militia, is beyond all imagination. All property, in
money and Flores, as well French as American, is
put int- zquifition, and the ports, which had been
filled with American veffels, loaded with provi.
lions, on (peculation, are now quite empty. Bills
drawn by LECLERC'S Commiffaries for fupplies, are
now returned from Jamaica and New York, pro-
teßed to an immenfe amount, which, of course, has
clofed all the Jamaica (tore houfex againft them.
M. Da NOAILLES, a Chef de Brigade, much in the
confidence of ROCHAMSEAU, came to Port Royal
the lafk week in December, to open a loan, or in
other words, toborrow money from our merchants
to the amount of a million of livres, by bills, which
he propofed to negotiate for dollars at the Ha-
vannah. He offered the profit of 22 per cent. but
was not able to raife (=Aiding.
ROCHAMBEAV had received 3700 men from
France, but *was Rill on the defensive. The fol.
diers were chiefly Italians and Germans of the
worn fort; and it was announced, that the foe-
cours that would be fent were to be recruits for
the regiments at St. Domingo ; but no entire
corps, Pave a Polifh Legion from Italy, and a
Belgic Legion from Holland, the old French corps
&vat; refifid to embark"
If this raft affection Ise true-end, from the very rtfpcdtable
fource we have received it, there is no caufe to challenge ksve-
racity—all tbe garconade in the Moniteur about the 60,c00 Vtlarn.
two who offered their Cervices to St.Domingo.is idle and falla-
cious. It would be madnefs, indeed, for men. who formerly dif-
dnguiftied themfdves on the molt trying occatigos, and now
enjoy the reward of domeftic collision. in the bafom of their
friends, to precipitate thengelves in their grars.

Yefterday a Court of Directors or the Eaft In-
dia Company was held at the India Houle, when
Lieutenant Colonel WILLIAM LANE was introdue-
eel, and took the ufual oaths on being appoir.tei
Lieutenant Governor of the ifland of St. Helena.
The Court adjourned to this day.
Mrs. Errs N lets out from Edinburgh nest week.
for the purpofe of refuming her fituation in Co.
vent Garden Theatre. where the is engaged for
the remainder of the feafon on very libefal terms.

There was a Grand Concert ai Rochelter on
Monday evening. Mils TEMNANT and Mr. Et-
tior were engaged from. London. After the
concert there was a ball, at which about one hun-
dred couple danced, and they tripped on the light
fantaftic toe till a late hour yefierday morning,
THY COUNT/SS or CORK'S THIALTKICALLIIIII
sight, at her houfe in New Burlington-ftreet, were
very fafhionabty attended. The Theatre was formed
in the large Ball-room on the .ground floor. All
round the flage was ornamented with Tefloons of
rotes, interfperfed with variegated lamps very
taflefully placed. There were neither boxes nor
gallery, but benches riling gradually above each
other. The ceiling was ornamented with wreaths
of laurel, roles, and lamps, with different fquares
of glafs, that refleled admirably, and had a moll
delightful effeet. The windows, which looked
into the garden (the lattice in the Gothic flyle)
flood open ; and the Garden had a moll grand
appearance from the great number of lamps with
which it was illuminated. Mr. La MIER had
the chief part of the management of the Theatre.
After feveral entertaining French Proverbs, the
Play commenced, (which was The Friar) at ten
o'clock. There were three rooms elegantly lighted
up for the reception of the Company.one of which
was the Supper-room, in which a Cold Supper
was laid for eighty perfons. They fat down at
two o'clock in the morning.—Mrs. Rioar enter-
tained the company with a Fong.
THE Duna OF BRIDGLWATER.—YeIIerday morn-
ing departed this life,. his Grace the Duke of
BRIDGYWATER, after a Hunt illnefs. He was born
May al, 1726, and fueeeeded the late Duke Jones
his brother. in the year t 74 and remained nn
married. He was the third Duke of BRIDGE wars It.
Of thofe illufirions charafters that have done ho.
nour to the Britills Peerage, the Duke of BRIDG a-
waria deferves to be placed in the firft rank.
That time and fortune which too many others
have devoted to purpnfes, if not injurious to ft:wk-
ly. at (tall ufclefs, his Grace fpent in purfuits that
entitle him to be called the Benefaam of his
Country. By his alive fpirit, and his 'Whalen
perfeverance, he amaffed immenfe wealth. But
the public grew rich with him, and his labours
were not more profitable to hi mfelf that they were
to his country.—The Dukedom is vain& but the
Earldom Of BtACIILSY goes to General Ec salon,
Member for Brackley.
The return of the late Duke of BRIDGEWATER
on the income Tag was t so,oool. per annum, the
greater part acquired by his own exertions, and
derived from circtuullances of the hishett benefit
'Do his comity.

Yeflerdav we received New YJek Fame up to
the loth of Fein ex: y. They hi iti,4 nothing hi.in
St. Domingo. The affair of L milim.t hill excites
much lineation. Mr. Mostini., who is to negotiate
the affair with the French Government, was to fail
from New York in the beginning of re,ruary. He
is authorificl riot only to adjust any p?e:',nt nano.
derftanding, but to conclude forme arrangement
to prevent any future difpute. Hopes arc enter-
tained of a eatisfatflory adjullment, though fome
of the violent fpirits propufe nothirg leis than
feizing upon Honduras and Louitiana, and then
negotiating with France.
In the anfwer of the Senate to the fpeech of the
Prefidcnt, is the follossing paffage

" We arc happy to find, tvitwithflanditz the unwarrantable
co• dad of the sparifh Intendant at N w Orleans, to prevent
the f of the Mi1.f11;„•i. that „Alt:auk of complaint
iU proh.bly he ranoeLd by wile and temperate meafun s on
tlie p.rt sr the Executive if the bat it we lhouel
be tliNpiniided in tia.,t refpeet, we la w 4. bighcit con6d•.nce
with your Excellency that every ry r• ;oil will be oat! by our
Citizens to vindicate our national rights againit any power by
which they may be invaded."

According to letters from Tenneffee, the eon.
dua of the Spanish Government, in (hutting up
the port of New Orleans, mull make the merchants
of that part of the country bankrupts, and the far-
mers get nothing for their crops. Although
threatened with the heaviell loffes by this violation
of treaty, the people feemecirdifpored to remain
quiet until they fee what the Government of the
United States will do. And (hould Government
not refolve to ad promptly and decinvely, the peo-
ple are determined to arm themfelves, to defcend
the river in their boats, and to force all oppoation.
In this projed there will be an union of the people
of Kentucky, the north weftern and Mifflinppi ter-
ritorics : it is hoped the States will immediately
declare war againa Spain : if they do not, they
will necelTarily have an inteaine commotion.—The
Commercial eldvertifer.
NEW YORK, FEB. O.—The brig Jefferfon, Capt.
DEAN, has arrived at Wilmington (N. C.) in 14,
days from Point Petre, Guadaloupe, where a
contagious fever raged, which carried off a great
number of American feamen. Capt. DEAN loft
all Isis crew except two men and his mate, mho
WAS confined by (evere ficknefs during the paf-
lige. Captain GARDNER, of the Hoop
of Briars', R. I. having loft all his crew but one
man, failed on the toth ult. to leeward, in order
to procure feamen.

On Wednefday, Jan. 26, Ala z. ADDISON, Efq.
was found guilty by the Senate of• the State of
Pennfylvania, of the charge prefented againft him
by the Houfe of Reprefentatives. Twenty votes
were given for declaring him guilty, and foul not
guilty.

The following is the Sentence prnnonnced
again!!him by the Speaker of the Houfc of Re-
prefentatives on the fucceeding day, viz.

A,

" That Alexander Addlfon, Prefident of tke kveral Courts
of Common Pleas in the fifth Diftridt of this State, than be,
and be hereby is removed from his office of Prefidait afore-
faid, and alto is difinalified to bold and execife the case of
Judge in any Court of Law within the Commoosrunith of
Peonfylvanla."
•
Nsw ORLEANS.—The following is a copy of a .
Letter from the Prefident of the United States to
the Governor of Kentnekey

Sit—Your favour, of Nov. 30, has bent duly received,
The occulfion of the port of New Orleans, by the Spaniards,
which is the fubjeß of it, was cakulated to give great alarm
throughout the United States, and dpocially the wedeln parts.
Information of it was re mired here from New Orleans on the
6th loft. and meafures were taken to bare the proceeding rec-
tified. We think the evidence tolerably coneitifire that it was
not the confequence of soy order from Europe, but aterdy an
irregularity of the Intendant. Meafures were immediately put
in motion for duly impeding him with the confeguence• of
perfeverance ; and the *pandit UMW: here, twang ids
entire enoviebon, that the prohibition was nnautliorized, un-
dertook immediately to ranooftrate to him alpha it, and
all* to thfpatch a Letter to the Oovernor-Goneral who it.
fides at the Havanaab, to interpok efficacioully and with•
out dela . We truti, thefefore, that it will be as promptly
re as the diftanee permits. it has furniffiod, bows
ever a proper aeration of urging on Spain the danger or
leaving the peace of the two (nannies =reefed to the arks
of any officer, and the importance of fume arrangement, which
than leave us independent of that caprice, and free to maintain
this treaty-right, without moiling the Atlantic to feet redrefew.
For the prelate it is the intemil of every part of our Republic
to chcrllb peace,and await a friendly ratification of the Injury;
and I have no obe, that feting our prefent &nation in a true
point of view, you will concur in inculcating a reliance that the
government will not be wanting in a juR interference to Ke-
le:rye the rights of the nation. The uncertainty with what
Power we may have to fettle this matter, adds to its difficulties.
I tile the liberty of encieffing you a copy of my communication
to Cuogrefs, and of tendering you adurances of my mearrefpeet
and cosfideration. Ta•m•s J a.

- - -
Extract of a Letter from a Gentleman at New
Orleans, dated Dec. rB, 1802.—" Being prefent
this morning at the Intendant's Office, when the
original of the following Royal Order was tran-
fcribed, I feized the opportunity of procuring a
Copy, and have tranflated it in a hurry, under the
hope that it will be acceptable to you :
" The kaillter of War has corms:skated to me the fol.
lowing—" In a letter of the tsth in& Don Pedro Cevallos in-
forms me as follows : Whereas his MOAT ►aa ceded to the
French Republic the Cokey or Province of Lottifsana, in all
its prefent extent, and as it was held by the French when ceded
to his Majefty, I advife yea thereof by his Royal Order, that
you make the neectrafy arrangements for the delivery of it to
the French Commiffioner or Commiffioncrs, who bring duly
authorifed by the Governing:et, may prefent themfeives for
the potpie. Whkh royal determination J have made
known to the Captain General of Lou:Liana, infmning him at
the fame time that it Is his Majeßy's pleafure, with rdped to
the Regiment of the place, and the military that gartifon the
pros inee, that individuals who voluntarily widi to remain under
his Majcity's dominion, lbaU, after delivering up the colours
proceed to the Havanna, where other pods will be allotted
theta. Of this I Oldie you by Royal Order, that you may
comply with that part of his Royal Determination which re-
lam to you. Gel) prderve you saeny yeas. So Le a,
kiloliter of Foreign Mar►
" To the Intendant of Lensillank
" Madrid, July 30, doz.-

In addition to the above we can Rate, tee the
authority of a Gentleman who left Paris on the
9th of Oanber, that the celTion was nniverfelly
there known to have taken place ; thatCompiontes
formed fir the purpofe had porchafed large tracks
of land in the territory, of the Trench Govern.
ment, and had opened fuhfcription boors at various
places in Paris to obtain pnrchafer•. who were to
embark for, and become kolas is tbe territory.

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L Ali/ INTELLIGENCE.

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COURT OF KING'S BENCH, 'P.'S. 26.
CARTER. V. 11,,NP.

Mr. 1 RSKlNtHated,thatthisa iionwasbro:t-..1:t
to recover the amount ht 821. tes. under the
circurnltances :—The Defendan: was a
Publican at Woodbridge, in Strifoilh, and a I‘l.tr:
time Friendly Society met at hi; houfe. They !•ta.t
a box, into which they put a !mail fum every
month, according to the rules of the Inciety ; and
in confideratitm of the different flints they
contribt‘zed, they were, if in chard, intitled to te•
fir much according to the re,:„B-tilatill, of the
club. it was CSlTellldy 1114111 and beneficial to a
:116n in the frtuation Of the Defendant, to have
l'a.h a fociety at his becattl.:
there
would
1.-• tiequent;y meetings V :I,:te money was (pent.
T:.-re little treat-toe was ‘lepolitc.l iti this box,
iv!;:eii Ix:rib:pc in this houfe; at,' the Land-
lo.d entered into a b aid, that he would cireliilly
keep thi• box in whiLh the money of the fitciety
was depotit ed. The box had three locks.and three
keys, which were kep: by the three Stewards. At
one of there meetings the box was brought in, and
it was found the locks had been picked. and all the
little treafure gone. The money, which was in a
bag in an inner drawer in the box, had been taken
out. He did not mean to fty the Defendant him.
felf had robbed the box; but he had not kept it
with that care which it Was his duty to do. Whin
the box was produced in this fotlorn Hate, an ac-
ciliation was made on a uitnels, which he flinuld
call; a man who was perfeelly well known, and the
Parifh Clerk. 'Piny had thought fit to fallen on'
him, and had him taken before a Magilirate ; but
there was not the leall colour for the charge ; h:
was one of the three Stewards. It was enough
that the Defendant had entered into a bond to keep
this box with the treafure fate for the ufe of the
fociety.
The fiat witnefs called was JamesDevereux, who
Paid that he was Parifh Clerk of Woodbridge, and
proved the fignature of the fubfcribing witnefs to
the bond, who was dead, and alto the fignature of
the Defendant. He laid, that on the sth of Au-
Soo, there was a meeting of the fociery at
the Defendant's houfe. He was then one of the
Stewards, and had a key. Bond was there. Af-
ter the bufinefs was done, the box was locked.,
There was in it Set. tos. 6d. witch they called the
Rock bag, and about t ii. betides, that was taken
at the common monthly contributions. The box
was given to Bond, and locked in his pretence, and
Bond had two keys, one for one of the outfide
locks, and another for locking the inner drawer,
in which the bag containing the money was depo-
fited. It was delivered to him locked. The wit-
nets locked one end, Swain, who is now dead, lock.
ed another, and they'gave him the keys ; betides
the three locks, there was an inner drawer lacked,
of which there was a key, and Mr. Bond had that
key. Swain was Clerk to the fociety. The box
was carried up to Mr. Bond's bed-room, and there
they left it. The next club night was on the gth
of September, and he attended that night. The
box was produced. The witnefs firli attempted to
nelock his lock, and was prevented; there was a
bit of iron found in the infide of it. Swain next
attempted to unlock his, and his lock was unlock-
ed. Mr. Bond immediately unlocked his, and then
the box opened. The drawer in the infide was
unlocked. Bond had the key of that alone. There
was about i It. in two other bags, and the t 11. was
there, but the SA tos. was gone. Bond gave
very little account of it indeed. His wife Paid
Tome few evenings before, that (be heard tome
perfons breaking into the !mule. Nothing was
mentioned before they began to open the box that
might. He was afterwards taken before the Ma-
gillrate, and slilS:itarged•
. On crofs-examination by Mr. GAAROW, he laid
he was apprehended again, and was three and
twenty weeks in jail, on a charge that he had put
this money into his own pocket: There were three
dillinO locks, and three keys to this box. He had
the cuflody of one, Bond of another, and Swain of
the third. During the meeting of the fociety, on
the sth of Anglia, Bond was nut erndlantly pre-
fent. but was uccafionally attending his cuiiumers.
Thewituefs was there the whole timeond heknew
the 821. too was in the•private drawer. He law it
then, but did not count it. Mr. !load law hint put
it its, and he locked the in ivate drawer. When the
locks were taken off, a piece of iron dropped out
of his lock. The fmith at Woroltoidge laid, the
locks had not been forced, and that the piece of
iron could not have opened the lock.
When the learned Counfel was alking the wit-
nefs ClUalons which might criminate hinifeli, Laid
ELL LN BORINVG 14 toid him, lie was not bound to
aniwer filch queilions. He might aufwer them or
nor, as he pleated. •
The witnels Laid his conicience was clear, and
that lie was ready to anfwer any queltions that
trott'd be pia to hint. lie ftid, that on the It th of
Oeobee, 13:o. he was not ni, till eiAht o'clock,and
AA he 1:-..vcr fiw or e,:iv.:rlLd %lib Seaman, who
is a hair.do.h..r at W.A., Ibridge, on that day.
Ott tit: ::d (.1° :7, the Defendant Bond
had erret ca iat.. mit-et:mein to pay to thetiiicie.
id. ever:- 1:101,111 li) iiiitalnient:, till lie liadpaid
this bal. ir.s. and lie !lad actually pat.l 1.
Mr:Gay:row, leadingConnfd for the def:ndant,
ftid, Iris cafe W.l, that ijcvercu., had tal„m this
Inethey on time 5,1, of° Anglia, a:id Ilia: when the
Lox was dslivcted that :tight to &rid, his client,
the mcocy a a.; diets g.•re ; and, it that was fo, the
Defendabt had n t hr. ken his IxaiJ, lot he had de
livered this box on the 9:1) of Septernbia., the next
el tb night, in the Lillie slate in hitch he had re-
ccived it on the eth of Anttafl.
The tintith at Wiatil;s: tag: he examined
thetc locks in the crarpar of a area of
peorO., att.! they had not bcen lot coi (h :n. Thies
%%co: ealAl•al got.d iht ;Ai ; there WAS 11,1 key iu
: Aj::e WIJUji hasr (p, :d than except
tit i .7
own .O'S. The irt ti that was plst TIP.° di.
1. ck had nothing to (slat:leg it. It wat
eao rl:cre as There was no it.ra•c.
o! 11-.: °- 1. Of t:... : . wl : h there w0..1
La „e ct„ a any p:. 1 I !.r ten 'd.

jrmCa Lip.; i.Oll %% .t. ; ue fail h.

was a Titivate in the Horfe Atli;]pry. He faw
Deverenx, on the t Ith of Oetobt:', between,
litc told feren ir. the mot ning, at the limp of one,
Seaman, a 11:111--4.1t.!ir.:r. 11C laid to Stalllall (whom
Mt. Gan ow fuppoled was an accomplice of his), I
ani afraid Mr. Bond will have a fc:11C11 warrant to
..arch my Itcule ; Ido not )znow what to do with
tile money. SC.ITTM:I replied, there is a nice place
iu ynar Art den, where the tl.wer pots ltoid, whert.
it tright l)e concealed very lafely. Mr. Devereux's
anikvcr I with I had never been concerned
with the money. The witnel. laid, he was per-
-1,-ely litre lie heard this ; they did not fce him ; lie
wai nit the otitii.l.c of the door. _

.....
raowo liid, he knew Deverenx and Sea-
mln p,..ilcoiy He went into the flop of
%% ern tix and ieven in the morning, on
the tWI of (Moho, 18c3, and faw Deveretix
than. ; the 1-oldier u. there before him ; he laid
lie that'll call again ; he went away ditealy ; he
faid he wa., a Coil-meter. .

Mr. ERSKINP, in a moll eloquent reply, vindi-1
Bated the character of the Parith Clerk of Wonel•
bridge; after which Lnfd ELLFNBOROUGH add
dreffed the Jury on this cal:, obferving, it was an!
anion which certainly involved an illite extremely
important in point of propel ry to the Plaintiff and
Defendant, and it was alto extremely material in
point of chats ter to the witnets Devereux. The
Jury, he had doubt, would pay particular at• !
tentinn to it. This was an aeion on a bond, onl
which the Defendant had under taken to keep the
box carefully, and in the fame Rate as it was de-
livered to him. The queflinn was, whether, on
the sth of Align, the Defendant had received
this box, containing the bag of money in it ? If
they diibffieved Devereux, they had nu other evi- ,
dente on the fubjee.
His Lordthip fummed up the evidence, and ob-
ferved how Devereux was contradicted by the wit-
neftes for the tietendant, Egerton and Brown. The
cafe depended entirely on the teftimuoy of Dere-
reux on the one hand, and of Egerton and Brown
on the other. If Devereux took this money nut of
the bra, it mull have been in the pretence, and in
face of the Society. He had no other opportunity
of doing it, and one would think that %as a nice
and difficult operation to perform, unobierv,:d by
any of thole who were fitting around him.—
Devereux laid, that on the t ith of October, tSoo,
he was not up till eight in the morning, and that
he did not fee or converfe with Seaman on that
day. Egetton lays, that between fix and feven;
in the morning of that day, he hew Devereux
and Seaman in let ions converfation together, and
which he defcrabed. He was confirmed by
Brown, as to Devereux's being in Seaman's (hop
that morning. If the Jury were of opinion,
that on the sth of Augull, when the box was de-
livered to Bond, the treafure was gone, be was
clearly entitled to their verdie : if they thought
otberwife, the Plaintiff was entitled to their verdiel.
There was no imputation on the chars her of any
of there parties, prior to this tranfaeion : and, ac-
cording
as they believed Devereux, or Egerton and
Brown, the,y would find a verdia for the Plaintiff
or the Defendant.—Verdi ti for the Plaintiff for
621. los. The Defendant has already paid. 201.