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his fellow-citizens the proclamation of 
the Chief Conful, and explain to them the 
perfidious intentions of their Chiefs :— 
Cefar. Telemachus, a Negro, performed 
that duty with the moft heroic courage. 
From that moment if was neceflary to 
give up all hopes of faving the city. 
While the debarkation was going on {from 
the frigates, two thips were ordeied to pre- 
fent themfelves at the entrance of the har- 
bour, to draw upon them the attention of 
the enemy. A fire of cannon and bombs 
was iminediately opened on thefe vetfels. 
‘The approach of night obliged the fleet 
to retire from the coat, when the reflection 
from the horizon annousced ‘that the city 
was on fire, and the French troops were 
obliged the whole night ¢o witnefs this 
{cene, without being able to Iend any af 
fiftance. On the following day, the French 
Admiral, taking advantage of the firtt 
breeze, made for the harbour, ordering all 
the fhips to follow him.. The forfs were 
abandoned, and the {quadron anchored at 
the. Mole without damage. ‘The ships’ 
crews were immediately:-difembarked. The 
French troops arrived in time to fave the 
lower parts of the city, other corps of them 
having taken pofleffion of all the country 
between the Cape and Fort Dauphin. 
At three in the afternoon of the 4th the 
General reached Port Margot. , The dif- 
embarkation was effected near that of 
Limbe.. .The enemy had one battery, 
which played upon the French, but they 
landed without lof. The advanced guard 
reached the.river about twoo’clock. Ge. 
neral Chriftophe was pofted within half a 
league of them, at Morne-Englith; Ge- 
neral Hardy, with his divifion, moved to 
that point: at half a league on the road 
to the Cape, he met the incendiaries, who 
had come to fet fire to the fettlements. Ge- 
neral Leclerc arrived with the advanced 
guard at the Cape, to put an end to the 
firing kept up between the troops difem- 
barked -and the blacks. . The rebels, how- 
éver, had fet fire to the Cape Town by - 
Two. expe- 
Genera] Chriftophe’s orders. 
ditions were on their march for Port-de- 
Paix and the’ Mole. 
The Proclamation of the Chief Conful 
to the inhabitants of St. Domingo, aflures 
them of their freedom being fecured, what- 
ever be their origin, or whatever their co- 
four ;, flates, that all nations have refpected 
the French, that facticn had ceafed at 
home ; and recommends to them to receive 
the French as friends and brothers. ‘* The 
Government (proceeds this document) 
fends you the Captain General Leclerc: 
he has brought with him a firong force 
fer. protefting you againft your enemies 
State of Public Affairs in March, 1802. 
[April 1, 
and theenemies of.the Republic. . If you 
are told thefe forces are deftined to wreft 
from you your liberty, anfwer,the Reppblic 
will not peimit it to be taken from us.’? 
Fn the ridiculous letter of Bonaparte to 
‘Touffaint, written in the REGAL STILE, 
he announces. the appointment of his. 
Wis our*y brother-in-law, Leclerc, as Cap- 
tain General and’Chief Mapiftrate of tne 
Colony, and affures Touflaint of his 
(<< our") efteem and fenfe of the eminent 
fervices rendered by him to the’ French 
people. General Leclerc, notwithfland- 
ing the oppofition of Touflaint, fnt him 
his children, whom he ‘carried out from 
France, alone with the Chief Conful’s 
letter, and at the fame time made‘ known 
to him that he would take on himfelf jto 
receive his fabmiffion. @ 5° ¢ fees? 
The Definitive Treaty, which may be 
‘expeéted foon to arrive at the Court of 
St. James’s, is faid, in the offtial French 
paper, the Moniteur, to have been acceded 
to by all parties for more than'a fortnight, 
and the delay of the ratification is thrown 
upon the Britifh Minifter. ‘This, with 
the exception of a’ few points, may ‘pro? 
bably have been the cafe; but we believ 
that both the French and Englith Govern- 
ments have been alike difpofed to pro- 
craftination ; the former, thatit may take 
advantage of the Hanoverian difpute con- 
cerning the German indemnities; and the 
latter, becaufe fo great is-the Hein in 
the power of France fince the commence~ 
ment of the difcufhion penta a yy 
that it would feem but equitable-that the 
bafis of the Pretiminaries fhould, in fome 
meafure, vary alfo, and in favour of 
Great Britain. We have afferted, that 
France has gained a large acceffion of im- 
portant territory during the negotiation 
itfelf, and has confequently added, in a 
greater degree, to the danger arifing from 
her gigantic and enormous bulk, than fhe 
has ever attained from the conquefts of 
the moft fplendid campaign of which fhe 
can boatt. ie 7 
The Vice-préfident of the Italian Re- 
public has publifhed a decree, by which 
the French Calendar is abolifhed, and the. 
old, or Gregorian, Calendar is reftored, 
«© out of refpect to the habits of the peo-~ 
ple, and efpecially for religious worthip.™ 
SWITZERLAND. 
Authentic intelligence is arrived. from 
Berne, dated the 1ft of March, which 
ftates, that this Republic has at length 
another Conftitution affigned to it, by 
which it would appear, ¢hearetically, to 
be more independent of France than here-- 
tofore; but its pradfice yet remains to be 
proved, Its chief officers art not yet ap- 
de peinted ; 
