Gazette Of The United States, & Philadelphia Daily Advertiser

We were last evening favoured with the following decree of the French government of Aux-Cayes, in the case of an American vessel captured on her passage to a British port. It may convey some interesting information to many of our commercial readers.

General Liberty.
French Republic.

Extract from the registry of deliberations of the delegation sent into the south and south-east parts of St. Domingo, by the commissary of the French government of the windward islands.

AUX-CAYES--Session of 9th Thermidor, 4th year of the French republic, one and indivisible
Presidency of citizen Kerverseau.

CONSIDERING that the ports and towns of St. Domingo, in which the English flag is flying, have been delivered up by rebellious Frenchmen--and that the said ports and towns are in a state of rebellion and siege:

Considering that it is an infringement of the laws of neutrality, to carry succors, provisions and war-like stores, into the said ports and towns, in a state of siege and revolt :

Considering that the United States acted in the same manner in the war they supported for their honourable independence, and that they did not see French vessels carry succors to the enemies of the United States, and into places which belonged to them ; and that it is contrary to the intention of the American government, that provisions and supplies should be carried into the enemy's ports in St. Domingo :

Seeing that the fact is proved, and that it results as well from the declaration of captain Willis Whitfield, as from papers found on board, that the brig Eliza and her cargo were destined to supply Port-au-Prince, occupied by the English, & French rebels, armed against the republic :

Seeing that no proof has been furnished that the vessel Eliza and cargo were not consigned to an Englishman at Port au-Prince---

THE DELEGATION DECREES,

Article I. The brig Eliza and her cargo, destined for Port-au Prince, are declared good prize, for the benefit of the captors.

Art. II, The French privateers, the Seaflower, captain Barthelemy Aubert ; the Victory, captain Sabin : and the Flying-Fish, captain John Taylor. shall divide among them, the officers and crews of the said three privateers. agreeably to their convention, the price of the sale of the brig Eliza and her cargo.

Art. III. The officer of administration at Leogane is charged to hold himself accountable to the three privateers, for the amount of flour purchased for administration, he reserving to himself the power of making such terms as he can conveniently comply with,

Conformably to the decree of the commission of government, of the 29th Prairial last, nothing shall be retained, nor any expenses paid, on the amount of sales of the Eliza and cargo.

The ordonnateur is charged with the execution of the present decree.

Signed,
KERVERSEAU,
LE BORGNE, and
REY.