APPENDIX to the CHRONICLE. 
Letter from Admiral Duckworth, 
detailing the Particulars of a Ne- 
gotiation with General Rocham- 
beau, for the Surrender of the 
French Force in St. Domingo. 
Dated Sloop Shark, Port Royal, 
November 30. 
Sir, 
_ I transmit you inclosures, for the 
information of the lords commission- 
ers of the admiralty, stating an at- 
tempt at capitulation made by gen. 
Rochambeau on the 19th instant, 
from which I hope the period is not 
far distant, when it will be brought 
to a proper issue fer the whole of 
$t. Domingo. 
J. T. Duckworth. 
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Army or St. Domryeo. 
Head-quarters at the Cape, 27th 
Brumaire, 12th Year of the 
French Republic. 
The General in Chief to Commodore 
Loring, commanding the Naval 
Forces of his Britannic Majesty, 
before the Cape, §c. 
Sir, 
In order to prevent the effusion 
of blood, and to preserve the scat- 
tered remnant of the army of St. 
Domingo, I have the honour to send 
to you two officers, charged with in- 
structions from me to enter into an 
accommodation with you. The ge- 
neral of brigade, Boyer, chief of the 
staff, and captain Barré, are charged 
to transmit my letter to you; and 
they are also the officers whom I 
haye chosen to treat with you. 
I have the honour to be, &c. 
D. Rochambeau. 
Copy of the Propositions made by 
the General Rochambeau, to eva- 
cuate Cape Francois, St, Domingo. 
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i. The general Rochambeau pro- 
poses to evacuate the Cape ; himself 
and his guards, consisting of about 
4 or 500 men, to be conveyed to 
France without being considered 
prisoners of war.-—Not granted. 
Il. The Serveillant and Cerf to 
be allowed to carry him and suite to 
France.—Not granted. 
(Signed) John Loring. 
Bellerophon, off Cape Frangois, 
November 19. 
Sir, 
I have to acquaint you, on the 
subject communicated to me by ge- 
neral Boyer and.commodore Barré, 
of your desire to negotiate for the 
surrender of Cape Frangois to his 
Britannic majesty, that I send for 
the purpose, and to know your final 
determination, capt. Moss, of his 
majesty’s ship Le Desirée, in order 
to agree with your wishes, insomuch 
as is consistent with the just rights 
of his Britannic majesty on that 
point. I have also to inform you, 
my instructions confine me to the 
French officers and troops in health 
being sent to Jamaica, and the sick 
to go to France or America, the 
transports to convey them being 
first valued, and security given by 
the commander in chief, for the due 
payment of the valuation by the 
French republic. The white inha- 
bitants of the Cape will not be per- 
mitted to go to Jamaica. Such are 
the parts of my instructions, with 
which I am bound to comply in any 
agreement for the surrender of Cape 
Francois. 
I have the honour to be, &c. 
(Signed) J. Loring. 
Gen. Rochambeau, Commander 
in Chief. 
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