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The following picture of the present condition of the once beautiful and fourishing island of St. Do- mingo, is furnished in a letter om French naval officer

 "We embarked on board the frigate Nereide, on the 24th December. On the 2Stli arrived at fo t Royal, to receive orders from the Admiral who des- patched us on the 18th to St. Domingo, where we were to take on board the five million of francs which the Consul General had informed ready.- republic, and all that say to you of the misery of the people, will suffice to give you any idea of it.

 sI have been every where and every where have seen nothing but degradation and corruption. Men in rags compose the army and exhibit the most ludi- crous masquerade. Cavalry on foot, man9uvre like horses at the word of command, trot, galop, &c., Both officers and soldiers without shoes; ore has spurs tied by cord to his naked feet, another has made himself spurs with piece of iron drove into wooden sole tied to his foot and one whole company which inspected minutely, had not single musket which would go off. The officers in rags ask charity

 sSlothfulness, poverty in it's most hldeous form, and in the negro it is most hdeous-alOne meet your eye at the town of Port au Prince. The fields are overrun by brambles, haywood trees, and the rapa- the plantations. With the exceptions of few gar- dens which are here and there cultivated by the ne- groes-gardens far inferior to those of worst slayes-there is no cultivation whatever.

 'lhe only product of the island is coffee, and that every year dihinishes materially, that the time is not far distant when it will produce none at all. No more is planted and the old coffee plantations are not even taken care of The owners gather the crops from their own fields, in the midst of briars and weeds-no aberers being to be had, the one not be- ing willing to work for the other"