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Monthly Chronicle.

' I begun the 23 d ultimo to embark the heavy stores of every description ; stating my full determination to all the parties concerne . d , and sending at the same time a flag of truce to General Toussaint I'Ouverture , at Gojiaives , to acquaint him with my resolution , and leaving to his option , either to . obtain the possessions we evacuated in a state of ruin , or in a state of perfect order , provided he would guarantee , in a solemn manner , the lives and properties of such persons as chose to remain . . General Toussaint immediately agreed to the last

proposition , and sent to Port-au-Prince ; , on the 28 th instant , a confidential officer , who , having met Lieutenant Colonel Nightingall , Deputy Adjutant General , on my part , on the 30 th of April , an agreement to that effect was mutually exchanged and ratified by both parties . ' : ' The stipulation in favour of the inhabitants and planters afforded them the only security in my power to obtain , and with which they were so entirely satis , tied , that although at first they had actually resolved to follow the King's forces ; yet hearing of this agreement in their favourmany of them who had

actu-, upon , ally embarked , relandcd ; and I think I may safely assure you , there are not ten rich proprietors who have , ultimately , upon this occasion , quitted their properties . ' By the 6 th instant , the whole of the heavy British stores of every description being embarked , and all the French brass guns and mortars , with such of the inhabitants as voluntarily wished to go , atid all the merchandize belonging to British merchants , I ordered the parish of L'Arcahave to be evacuated , which was ac- cordingly done the 7 U 1 at noon . The 8 th , at two o ' clock in the morning , I withdrew the whole of the force from Pdrt-an-Princeand embarked it at Fort

, JSizotbti ; mid on the gth , in the morning , the whole fleet sailed to its different destinations . ' I have not heard from Colonel Grant , who commanded at St . Marc ' s , but I have every reason to believe he evacuated that place on tiie 6 th or 7 th of this mouth ; atid I entertain ho doubt bin that he is now at the Mole , where I ordered him to proceed with his garrison . '

REVOLUTION IN HOLLAND . . . . Hague , June 13 . On the i till , in the evening , there was a grand supper in the Ottden Doole ( a tavern ) wherewost of the officers in the garrison were present , with General Daendels at their head . There were also some Commissaries , belonging to the former government and the ancient corporations . A paper was here produced for the signature of those present , of which the principal purport was , that the Legislative Assemblies should leave their post . Several arrests

took place oil the same night . ' On the following morning , the Legislative Assembly declared their sitting permanent , and procured the assistance of five companies of infantry and a detachment of cavalry . ' In the afternoon , at five , o ' clock , General Daendels , at the head of three companies of infantry , went to tlis department of war , and afterwards to the Hotel ' of Amsterdam , " with intent to ' arrest the Executive Directors , who were sunnosed to be sitting there . -Heonly took citizen VanLangen , who Was sent into ' confinement at Woerden . Several other persons made their escape , theirdismission

and are supposed to be gone to Paris . Two Directors accepted . . . ' At this moment the French minister De La Croix , who , it is supposed , had been invited to dine there , arrived , who expressed great displeasure against General Daendels , who answered him in a few words , and then ordered ' one of his soldiers , for the safety of the ambassador , to conduct'him , with a drawn sabre , to his hotel . General Daendels , thereupon , at the headof a large detachment of cavalry and infantry , marched to the iiinnen Hof , where be took post at the Grenadier ' s Gate , anil sent Commissioner Drury with a message to the respective said to that should dissolve

executive departments , which message is purport they themselves . Five companies next inarched from the Binuen Hof to the Plain , and drew up under the orders of General Daendels . .... ' home persons who were arrested in the first instance have been liberated ; but several people , who were in office , are still under a guard at their houses . It is said , that those will remain in office provisionally , who did not approve of some of the la ' e measures , particularly of what happened on the 4 th of May last' ; and that M . Pymann and Koge ! will have the direction of affair ' s . '

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LONDON: Article 2
TO CORRESPONDENTS, &c. Article 3
THE LIFE OF BISHOP WARBURTON. Article 4
CURIOUS ACCOUNT OF A DUMB PHILOPHER . Article 6
AN HISTORICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL ACCOUNT OF IRELAND. Article 9
THE LIFE OF XIMENES, ARCHBISHOP OF TOLEDO. Article 18
THE LIFE OF CONFUCIUS. Article 23
ON DREAMS. Article 27
DESCRIPTION OF M1DDLETON DALE, Article 30
DESCRIPTION OF THE SOURCE OF THE RHINE, Article 32
ON THE PRESERVATION OF DEAD BODIES. Article 33
THE COLLECTOR. Article 34
THE FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY. Article 38
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 41
REVIEW OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. Article 42
POETRY. Article 50
REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT. Article 54
IRlSH PARLIAMENT. Article 60
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 62
INDEX TO THE TENTH VOLUME. Article 74
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Monthly Chronicle.

' I begun the 23 d ultimo to embark the heavy stores of every description ; stating my full determination to all the parties concerne . d , and sending at the same time a flag of truce to General Toussaint I'Ouverture , at Gojiaives , to acquaint him with my resolution , and leaving to his option , either to . obtain the possessions we evacuated in a state of ruin , or in a state of perfect order , provided he would guarantee , in a solemn manner , the lives and properties of such persons as chose to remain . . General Toussaint immediately agreed to the last

proposition , and sent to Port-au-Prince ; , on the 28 th instant , a confidential officer , who , having met Lieutenant Colonel Nightingall , Deputy Adjutant General , on my part , on the 30 th of April , an agreement to that effect was mutually exchanged and ratified by both parties . ' : ' The stipulation in favour of the inhabitants and planters afforded them the only security in my power to obtain , and with which they were so entirely satis , tied , that although at first they had actually resolved to follow the King's forces ; yet hearing of this agreement in their favourmany of them who had

actu-, upon , ally embarked , relandcd ; and I think I may safely assure you , there are not ten rich proprietors who have , ultimately , upon this occasion , quitted their properties . ' By the 6 th instant , the whole of the heavy British stores of every description being embarked , and all the French brass guns and mortars , with such of the inhabitants as voluntarily wished to go , atid all the merchandize belonging to British merchants , I ordered the parish of L'Arcahave to be evacuated , which was ac- cordingly done the 7 U 1 at noon . The 8 th , at two o ' clock in the morning , I withdrew the whole of the force from Pdrt-an-Princeand embarked it at Fort

, JSizotbti ; mid on the gth , in the morning , the whole fleet sailed to its different destinations . ' I have not heard from Colonel Grant , who commanded at St . Marc ' s , but I have every reason to believe he evacuated that place on tiie 6 th or 7 th of this mouth ; atid I entertain ho doubt bin that he is now at the Mole , where I ordered him to proceed with his garrison . '

REVOLUTION IN HOLLAND . . . . Hague , June 13 . On the i till , in the evening , there was a grand supper in the Ottden Doole ( a tavern ) wherewost of the officers in the garrison were present , with General Daendels at their head . There were also some Commissaries , belonging to the former government and the ancient corporations . A paper was here produced for the signature of those present , of which the principal purport was , that the Legislative Assemblies should leave their post . Several arrests

took place oil the same night . ' On the following morning , the Legislative Assembly declared their sitting permanent , and procured the assistance of five companies of infantry and a detachment of cavalry . ' In the afternoon , at five , o ' clock , General Daendels , at the head of three companies of infantry , went to tlis department of war , and afterwards to the Hotel ' of Amsterdam , " with intent to ' arrest the Executive Directors , who were sunnosed to be sitting there . -Heonly took citizen VanLangen , who Was sent into ' confinement at Woerden . Several other persons made their escape , theirdismission

and are supposed to be gone to Paris . Two Directors accepted . . . ' At this moment the French minister De La Croix , who , it is supposed , had been invited to dine there , arrived , who expressed great displeasure against General Daendels , who answered him in a few words , and then ordered ' one of his soldiers , for the safety of the ambassador , to conduct'him , with a drawn sabre , to his hotel . General Daendels , thereupon , at the headof a large detachment of cavalry and infantry , marched to the iiinnen Hof , where be took post at the Grenadier ' s Gate , anil sent Commissioner Drury with a message to the respective said to that should dissolve

executive departments , which message is purport they themselves . Five companies next inarched from the Binuen Hof to the Plain , and drew up under the orders of General Daendels . .... ' home persons who were arrested in the first instance have been liberated ; but several people , who were in office , are still under a guard at their houses . It is said , that those will remain in office provisionally , who did not approve of some of the la ' e measures , particularly of what happened on the 4 th of May last' ; and that M . Pymann and Koge ! will have the direction of affair ' s . '

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