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agreed to by the commissioners.— 
The French general is to make what 
changes in the government, and levy 
what contributions he may think pro- 
per: the authority of the regency is 
suspended ; the French cavalry is to 
be remounted, and the army to be 
paid and clothed at the expence of 
the electorate ; the artillery, to the 
amount of 1000 pieces, the arms, to 
the number of 100,000 stands, with 
the whole of the magazines, are to be 
delivered wp to the enemy ; all funds 
have been sequestrated, and the ef- 
fects belonging to the king of Eng- 
land are placed entirely at the dispo- 
sal of the invaders; the Hanoverian 
troops are to retire behind the Elbe, 
and not to bear arms against France 
during the present war. 
His majesty had just repaired his 
palace at Hanover, and sumptuously 
furnished it for the residence of the 
duke of Cambridge, to the amount 
of 50,000]. General Mortier now 
resides there. 
6th. A vessel from Jamaicaarrived 
off Dover this day, and brought the 
following particulars relative to St. 
Domingo: she left Jamaica the be- 
ginning of April, at which time the 
accounts were very unfavourable to 
the French: the blacks were very 
strong, well supplied with arms 
and ammunition, and kept the 
French troops from advancing. The 
French men of war are coming 
home, singly, with part of their 
guns dismounted, in order to stow 
cargoes. Since the treacherous con- 
duct of the French to Toussaint, 
the blacks have refused all offers of 
settling the dispute, and are deter- 
mined to perish rather than submit. 
They are reported to be between 80 
and 90 thousand strong. French 
frigates are kept continually cruizing 
off the cape, to intercept the supplies 
ef arms and ammunition, which, 
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however, they are constantly recciv- 
ing. 
“rth. Letters from the Hague state 
the departure of Mr. Liston, the 
English ambassador, to the United 
States. On the 24th ult. he notified 
to the Dutch secretary of state for 
foreign affairs, that if France would 
consent to withdraw, immediately, 
her troops from the Batavian repub- 
lic, his majesty would engage to ad- 
here to a reciprocal neutrality.— 
This the poor Hollanders were com- 
pelled to reject. 
Inconsequence of the departure of 
Mr. Liston from the Hague, an order 
bas been issued to arrest all the Eng- 
lish in the Batavian territories. 
A French brig, called le Vigilant, 
from Port-au-Prince, has been cap- 
tured, and sent into Falmouth, by 
the Resolution. She is laden with 
sugar and coffee, being the whole 
produce of the island, and had been 
55 days on her passage. The captain 
reports, that, just before he sailed, 
the French ship la Virginie, capt. le 
Noir, arrived there from Havre, hav- 
ing on board several ladies, as pas- 
sengers, when she was boarded by 
the blacks, who murdered the cap- 
tain and crew, and sent the women 
into the country; and after every 
thing had been taken out of the ves- 
sel, it was burnt. The French ships 
of war were waiting for instructions 
from France at the time the Vigilant 
sailed, and about twelve sail were 
lying at Port-au-Prince. The island 
was very healthy; the blacks were 
supposed to be 80,000 strong, and 
scarcely a night passed without the 
commission of some outrage. 
The thunder-storm which occurred 
this afternoon did considerable da- 
mage. Several houses were greatly 
injured, and many persons struck 
down while walking in the streets.— 
A public-house, at the corner of 
Abingdon. 
