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STATE PAP E RS. 
-bason and locked sluices will termi- 
nate the harbour of Havre, and will 
~ form an excellent port for the com- 
_ merce of La Manche. A company 
_ of pilots is formed to secure the safe 
navigation of L’Escaut, and to free 
foreign pilots from the danger to 
_ which an unknown navigation must 
expose them. 
At Antwerp labours are begun, 
_ which will have the effect of restor- 
ing to iis commerce its ancient ce- 
lebrity, and the government has in 
contemplation a plan for forming 
canals to unite the navigation of the 
Escaut, the Meuse, and the Rhine, 
| to give to our docks those materials 
- of wood which grows in our own 
| Soil, and to our manufactures a per- 
fection which the manufacturers of 
_ other countries dispute with us on 
~ Our own territory. 
The islands of Martinique, Toba- 
go, and St. Lucie, have beén re- 
stored to us, with all the elements of 
prosperity. Guadaloupe, re-con- 
quered and pacified, returns to cul- 
tivation. Guiana rises from a long 
_ protracted infancy, and assumes a 
- flourishing appearance. 
_$t. Domingo had submitted, and 
e author of its troubles was in 
France. Every thing announced 
the return of prosperity, but a cruel 
malady delivered it up to new mise- 
ries. At length, the scourge which 
desolated. our army, has ceased its 
ravages. The forces which now are 
on the island, and those which will 
speedily arrive from our different 
‘ports, guarantee the prospect of its 
“Speedy return to peace and to com- 
mercial pursuits. 
_ Vessels are setting sail for the isles 
of France and Re-union, and. for 
India. 
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to form new rélations ; and by these - 
efforts it gains new strength. Al. 
ready, happy experience and wise 
encouragements have re-animated a 
spirit for engaging in the fishery, , 
which was long the patrimony of 
France. Commercial expeditions, 
still more important, are formed or 
projected fer the West India colo- 
nies, the Isle of France, and the 
East Indies. 
Marseilles resumes, in the Medi- 
terranean, its ancient ascendancy. - 
Chambers of commerce have been 
restored in the cities where they for- 
merly existed. New ones have been. 
established in those places, which, 
by the extent of their operations, 
and the importance of their manu- 
factares, have appeared to deserve. 
them. In these associations, form- 
ed by persons whose situation enti- 
tles them to the honour of choosing 
the members, the spirit, as well as 
the science of commerce, will revive. 
There its interests will be develop- 
ed, inseparable from the interests of 
the state. The merchant will there 
learn to place, in preference to 
riches, the consideration which ho- 
nours them, and before the enjoy- 
ments of a vain luxury, that wise 
economy which fixes the esteem of 
his fellow-citizens, and the confi- 
dence of strangers. 
Deputies, chosen from the diffe- 
rent chambers, will discuss, in the 
presence of government, the interests 
of commerce and manufactures, and 
the laws and regulations which cir< 
cumstances may require. 
In our forces, by sea and land, 
instruction and the love of discipline 
are sedulously inculcated. Respon- 
sibility becomes more rigid in our 
military corps. An economical ad- 
ministration has succeeded to the di- 
Japidating system of contracts: The 
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