and Boucaffin, on the north, and Leogane on the fouth-fide of the Bight, are in our poffeffion, by capitulation, and the Britifh flag flying therein; and, as our pofts at Boucaffin is within twelve or fourteen miles of Port-au-Prince, I proceeded, without lofs of time, with the fquadron under my command, to the neighbourhood thereof, in order to give counte nance and protection, according to the exigency of the cafe; and finding on my arrival there, that the Spaniards had ta ken poffeffion of Borgne, Gonahives, Petite Riviere, and Verette, I proceeded off Port-au-Prince, in order to induce a capitulation to the King my mafter; and accordingly fent Capt. Rowley of the Penelope, on the 3d inftant, with a flag of truce, to the Civil Commiffary Santho nax, offering the fame capitulation which the inhabitants of St Marc had voluntarily accepted, but which he refufed in toto. As I found that intreaty had no effect, I determined to eftablifh a blockade, which has continued ever fince, and not a vessel of any description entered. [This Gazette contains the dispatches From Corfica, the fubftance of which is ftated in the Gazette of March 11th.] SCOTLAND. Edinburgh, March 10. This day came on, before the High Court of Jufticiary, the trial of Mr Jofeph Gerald for Sedition, an account of which is begun in our Magazine, page 167, and to be continued. The diet against Charles Sinclair, likewife indicted for Sedition, was deferted pro loco et tempore. bes and Company 4481. which has been fubfcribed in Edinburgh. William Nifbet, Efq; of Dirleton attended the meeting at London, with a donation of 2001. from the county of Haddington alone. A decreet of divorce has been given out from the Commiffary (or Ecclefiaflical). Court in Scotland, at the inftance of her Grace the Duchefs of Hamilton, against the Duke of Hamilton, for crim. con. by which the marriage is diffolved, and either of the parties may marry again, with certain reftrictions as to the after marriage of the Duke laid down in the laws of Scotland, following the Roman law in this refpect, which is different by the laws of England. DEATHS. Guillotined at Paris, Madame du Bar ry, the favourite but extravagant mistress of Louis XV. and fuppofed to have been one of the richest women in the universe. While in this kingdom, jewels to a great amount were ftolen from her houfe. She was accufed before the Revolutionary Tribunal with having entered into a confpiracy against the unity and indivifibility of the French Republic; with ha ving favoured the arms of the enemies of France, by furnishing them with immense fums in the journeys which the undertook to Great Britain, whence the did not return till after the month of March laft; with having kept up a correfpondence and intimacy with the emigrants; with having lived on terms of familiarity with the English Minifter, whofe por-trait the preferved with great care; with having made a collection of counter-revolutionary works: with having preferved her letters of nobility by burying them, as well as the bufts of the Royal Family; finally, the act of accufation charged her with having created great 77 dilapidations in the finances by her unbounded extravagance. Of thefe charges fhe was found guilty by the Jury of the Revolutionary Tribunal, and condemned to die. The execution of the fentence was fufpended on account of Madame du Barre having declared that fhe could difL.19,054 14 0 clofe important fecrets. It was difcovered, however, that the declaration had been made merely for the purpose of deJay. The fentence was therefore order. ed to be put into execution. In the evening he was conveyed in a cart to the Place de la Revolution. Her behaviour` was by no means firm. The executioner It must afford fatisfaction when the public are informed of the very liberal donations which have been made towards the relief of the widows and children of foldiers who may fall in battle during the prefent war. The following is the flate inent of the funds: Invested in India Bonds, L.17,471 ren, Balance in the Treasurer's hands, Subfcriptions received L.18,554 14 0 Intereft on In dia Bonds, 498 0 o 1296 18 3 283 18 2 19,052 14 0 In addition to this there is alfo lying at intereft in the hands of Sir William For was was under the neceffity of fupporting her in his arms during the whole way. When the arrived at the foot of the fcaffold, the two affiftants of the executioner were obliged to lift her upon it. When they were on the point of faftening her to the plank, the exerted all her ftrength, and ran to the other fide of the fcaffold. She was, however, foon brought back, and tied, and her head immediately ftruck off. At the fame time and place, Noel, the Deputy. He was found guilty of having confpired againft the unity and indivifibility of the French Republic. After have ing pronounced the fentence of death upon him, the Prefident ordered him to be carried from the bar. Noel immediately uttered feveral imprecations against the Judge and Jury, and particularly against Amar, the public accufer. He endeav. oured to feize the fword of a gendarmie, for the purpose of ftabbing Amar, but the armed force prevented him, and carried him to the Conciergerie. His behaviour at the place of execution was extremely firm. Guillotined in France, Armand LouisGontaud, ci-devant Duke de Biron, nephew of the late Marfhal Biron, ci-devant General of the Republic, in Italy and La Vendee. He was better known in England by the title of Duke de Lauzun. He inherited the title of Biron from his uncle, the venerable veteran who fo nobly accommodated the late Lord Rodney with 4000l. to enable him to quit Paris, and to return to his own country to procure employment in the line of his profeffion during the late war. The Duke de Lauzun lived quite in the English ftyle; his dress, his horfes, his fervants, were English; and, in perfon, he had very much the appearance of an Englishman. It was by English influence his anceftor was raifed to the rank of Duke. It was to the then Count de Lauzun that King James II. committed the care of his Queen and infant fon, when he fent them off to France. The Count's conduct on the occafion was fo pleafing so the King, that he requested Louis XIV. would reward him for it, by conferring upon him the ducal dignity, which that Monarch readily confented to do. As we respect the old maxim, “de mortuis nil nifi bonum," we fhall fay no more of the late Duke than that, unfortunate ly for himself, he was but too much in the habits of intimacy with the late Duke of Orleans. Had they never been #riends, the Duke de Lauzun would not [Births, Marriages, and the remainder have died on a fcaffold; he would have fupported the throne of his lawful Sovereign; or, like a brave man, and a loyal fubject, buried himself under its ruins. Alfo, aged 25, Armand-Louis Philip Cuftine, jun. fon of the late General Cultine, born at Paris, formerly minifter pienipotentiary of Louis XVI. at Berlin, adjutant general of the army on the Rhine, convicted of manœuvres, confpiracies, &c. During the whole of his trial he exhibited an uncommon coolness. At the conclufion he avowed having been charged with fecret commiffions. Being preffed to explain himfelf, he faid that he was the bearer of that offer which had been made to the Duke of Brunfwick of the command in chief of the armies of France; a negociation to which he did not perfonally give any credit, but which he thought it his duty to fulfil in fubordination to the commands of his fuperior officer, and that the Duke of Brunfwick refufed the propofal, except on the condition that three French provinces were previously deliveredup to him. At her houfe at Peterfham, aged 77, Carolina Campbell, Baronefs Greenwich. This lady, who was the eldest of the five daughters of the celebrated John Duke of Argyle and Greenwich, by his fecond wife, was firft married, 1742, to Francis late Earl of Dalkeith, by whom fhe was the mother of the prefent Duke of Buccleugh; and afterwards, 1755, to the late Hon. Charles Townsend, who died 1767, to whom the bore two sons, who both died fome years ago. Of courfe her title, which ftands limited to her iffue male of the laft marriage, becomes extinct. August 28, 1767, im confideration of her Ladyfhip's noble defcent, and the extraordinary merits of her confort, the king granted to her the dignity of Baronefs of Greenwich. The Duke her father died 1743. Her Ladyfhip was remarkable for activity and fprightlinets. She took great delight in hortulary improvements, and used to work in her gardens with her own hands, had a complete fet of tools for herself, and, on the occafions, was always attended by one of her gardeners, to whom fhe gave directions, which, in point of fcientific fkill, would have done no difcredit to a difciple of Linæus. has left a daughter, who is married to a Mr Wilfon, an Irish gentleman. By her Ladyfhip's death the immenfe fortune of the Duke of Buccleugh will receive a confiderable addition. of Deaths, will be given in our next.】 She |