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their dispersion in that neighbour- 

 hood soon after their commence- 

 ment, but in eifecting which se- 

 veral of the insurgents were 

 shot. 



Tliose troops from the garrison, 

 as well as the militia, were, upon 

 approaching the thicket (one of 

 the estates princi})ally concerned 

 in this ovitrage), sent in divisions 

 in different directions, with the 

 hope of discovering, before night, 

 those places to wliicli the rebel- 

 lious had retreated upon perceiv- 

 ing them advance. In the per- 

 formance of thix duty, the troops 

 surprised many parties of them, 

 and some of whom lost their liv^s 

 in attempting to escape. 



Besides those that were killed 

 on the following day, many were 

 taken prisoners, and upwards of 

 400 liave been sent on board of 

 the vessels in the Lay, to await the 

 result of their trial, agreeably to 

 a proclamation issued by Presi- 

 dent Spooner. 



Many have been condenmed in 

 the parishes that revolted, upon 

 full evidence of their guilt, before 

 a coiu't martial ; and a court of 

 inquiry is sitting in town, before 

 whom several liave been con- 

 victed, and tlieir sentence of deatl\ 

 has been carried into effect on 

 those plantations to which the 

 offenders belonged. 



It liaving been deemed advisa- 

 ble to acquaint his excellency. 

 Governor Sir James Leith,G.C.B. 

 of the state of the counti'y, an ex- 

 press was sent to Guadaloupe on 

 the 16th inst., and his excellency 

 lost no time in proceeding lii- 

 ther, having arrived on the 24th 

 in a French school' er of war that 

 happened to be at tiiat island. 

 The Governor lias since thought 



fit to circulate an address to the 

 slave population. 



SO. The Swiss Chronicle for the 

 month of April gives the follow- 

 ing details respecting Madame 

 Krudener, a new female religion- 

 ist : — " Early in the year she was 

 witli Mr. Empeytas, a Genevese 

 ecclesiastic, at an inn at Basle, 

 where she set on foot daily reli- 

 gious exercises, for a circle chiefly 

 composed of persons who had a 

 reputation for piety. These exer- 

 cises at hrst took place in her 

 chamlDcr ; but the number of 

 her audience increasing, Madame 

 Kiudener was obliged to receive 

 them in the largest room of the 

 inn. The sittings commenced 

 with mental prayer. Mr. Em- 

 peytas then repeated a prayer 

 aloud, and pi'onounced a well- 

 arranged discourse, which closed 

 with prayer, in which all present 

 joined on their knees. After this 

 act of worship, some select per- 

 sons obtained a private audience 

 of Madame Krudener : she was 

 seen frequently on her knees in 

 the innermost part of a dark 

 chamber, in manner resembling a 

 priestess. During these exercises 

 she remainotl in silence and me- 

 ditation ; but she was employed 

 in distinguishing the persons who 

 appeared to her most touched, or 

 to have the greatest need of change 

 in tlieir conduct or dispositions. 

 It was to such that she addressed 

 jjrirate instructions in her cham- 

 ber with so nmch unction, that she 

 pi-oduced the most striking change 

 in the conduct of some young la- 

 dies of the first families, who 

 placed at her disposal their jiocket- 

 money, which she distributed 

 among the poor. But the fathers 

 of tliese young women did not all 



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