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112 measure restored to that island, he hopes to recover. He described with great sensibility his feelings on seeing the coast of France, from the deck of the vessel which brought him to Europe, after an absence of sixteen years. He had suffered much from the revolution both in the West-Indies and in France, where his patrimonial fortune was sequestrated; but still he loved his country with unabated fervour, and was most deeply interested in its welfare. This gentleman is promised by Bonaparte a high appointment in Saint Domingo, whenever the French government shall turn its attention to that island, and this he intimated was now in contemplation.