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MARGATE, AUGUST Mont raven o'clock yellerday evening, we per ceived a very black and heavy clout: riling from the worth ; in a few moments the horizon All round be came of the fame appearance, the water was almoft as foroo.:;:ls a looking glafs, and fcarcely a breath of wind blew, wlrtn, Indelenly, we heard loud peals of thander, at about a mile diflacce, accompanied by r i tiel Rattles of lightri:rg ; in a (bort tittle, the noile approached much nearer, and the thunder rolled with one continued yell through the whole atjtmcphere. prom:trader:on the pier were now teen .flying fin +cher ; but before any could be honied, the lain ca dre down in torrents. In an inflant the greets woe deferted, and exhibited nothing but a rapid ti ;,,J, wiling every thing before it. Ibis continued rlt ,:ear an hour, when again the clouds began to fe y u.tte. and the evening became clear. Several Rh ine!. tmacks, which went nut with the evening's tide, the threatening danger, endeavoured to put but were overtaken by it, within about a mile o f the fine. . Yellerday being eit.ereire eVening, the Margate V.N. hinteer Artillery pradifcel for form time at the fon .Ipoint of land on the *diem fide of the pier, where two 2: pounders were placed. They fired feveral round; From the guns at the 410, and on the point of land, at a (mall boat, with a flag. (lationed at about two miles diaance from (bore to the northward. A number of very., gond (hots were made, but none riached her. This is a very fine body of, Men, and appear Well difciplined t their uniform is blue jackets a nd pantaloons. faced with red ; round hats, white leathers at the fide ; each. bean armed with a fabte. About eleven o'clock la& night it began to blew a fir breete from the N.N.E. and in lets than an hour I h t . gale became Co brilk, and the fea ran fo high, ft vt ra! (Tacks, which failed with the evening's tide, were obliged to tack about and come again into port; the gale : is not now to frelk, and Come of them are getting under weigh. The morning and evening plo:kets from Lraitdon, are jufl come in, with fewerat v.lrc s iglrs, who had A very hard night, and all lick. The Prince of Orange packet, for London, wiLta a number of pallingers, in tacking round the point of the Pier head, was in the ntmedi danger of rah tti'lg right iceoft the rmall Pier to the North of the great one, which is only vifibte at low water, in which cafe the vette' mug inevitably have gone to pieces. The greateß conrurion aPpeared on board for a few feconds ; the women, of whom there appeared a great cumber - , (creamed violently ; every one ran down to the Pk: in the greateß apprehenfinn and terror ima. enable ; but fortunately, after rubbing binngfide the pier for a few yards, (he righted, and got fairly off, to the fatisfaCtion of the byetiander:. An article in a Coif: paper received ycilerday, com 7 rmaicates the following intelligence. It Rates— ,' that at this moment the Spanitit Monarchy {hakes to its foundation. The feria of circumfbinces which immediately routed all thole fymptcans indicative of the appreiching decadence of this ancient Monarchy. we cannot now develope for feveral reafons-,-but we can aver that the utmoll connernation,pVevails in the Place of Madrid; as well as in the Cabinet and Coun cils of the State. The arrogance and tyranny of the Prince of Peace, has retread the indignation of the higher orders, as well as lime of the molt ancient PAU.: in Pitutions, a cknowledged by the law, of Spain. He has had the temerity to interfere with the public juilice. of die country, by preiailink upon ebb King to fu(pcnd the funainns of the Supreme Cotincil of that he bad confirmed an appeal frOm a Pro vtocial Tribunal, adverfe in its of to °fleet( his favourites, who vas a party in the cask. The Coon, a have addreifed the King in terms becoming the ancient Spanifh charafter ; they have admonifhed him of the contequences of,fuch an untoward media tion ; they have reminded him in bold and tnanly language, of the dependency of his predeceftors upon the laws of Spain, and upon the detertnination of the Supreme Council of Cali& in forirter times ;—and they ha v e fuggefled the temerity of putting a daring favourite above the laWs, and intimated the prObable cnnfequences in times fn fpecially marked by fucli vi.iffitudes in human authority. The Court is in dilute'', (lays Mar Correfpondent)—but fullen and difirenful—their meafures are obitinate in lime re fpeds, and wavering id others. The Prince cf Peace breathes Vengeance; and the Supreme Council of eaffile aVows refinance, and feems to be the Popitlar party. The provinces are in diforder ; and the large cities are turbulent. gONArAiTE has offered the King a large army to crufh the fpirit of rebellion, as it is called ; and if the impotency of the Court accept the offer—Spain s ill he engulphed in his obvious project of extending the French Empire:" A duel lately took place at Wurtzbnurg, between the young Baron Da Haar, Canon of the Cathe dral, and a Bavarian Officer of the name of ZAN nr, attended by very fingular circumilances. Young .Da HARP was playing at the Hotel of Bavaria with Lieutenant Prince Ds LOWENSTEIN, Lieutenant of Light Horfe &MDT, and M. KLEINEMSERG, a nm tive of Courland, and a Student at Law. In the midltof the game M. Da H ART r e minded Lieute nantZMlDT, that be owed him thirteen crowns; the other anfwered, that he had difcharged the debt— Ds Hsu per fi ßing inhis.afrertion , Prince Da Low- MUM'S interfered, and Paid that a bullet alone would terminate the difference. They agreed to fight, and a Mire was choral to decide the quarrel. duel took place in the apartment of Prince Low. eNstsik, Who had provoked it. The two adverfa rizs %Isle fifteen thrulls ; Zi.MDT received two flight 'mounds the Prince etclaimed that it would be a b ane l et an Officer to (top there. They then re bolved to continue the cornbat t and, as the fabres were blunted, they fent for a cutlet to renew the edge. In the interval D. Hair and Zaxnt afrailed each other with fo many invectives and opprobrious ex preffions, that it was clear they mull fight until one cf them was killed. At 0... e firit thrult Zartlr was again wounded, but tieing animated with the Prince's voice, he fell to with redoubled vigour. At length, .a the thirty-fire affault, the young Aaron Ds HARP received a cut from the fabre, which pierced the bread and penetrated into the lungs. lie died the nest day, after fuffering the greaten agonies. ZatitlT has abfeonded, as well as his fecond, the Prince Ds LowpsaralN, and KLEINEMBERO, the fe cond to the unfortunate Hair. The latter is re lated to an illuftrious and rcfpeaablc family on the left bank of the Rhine. tl.Jp 7117ELLI'GENCEs • .; • BEAUMONT V. TUTTLE*.• d There Vat a material inaccuracy is Mir account of ti•is caufe, heard at Lincoln's Inn Han, on the 841' intlant.—By our Rep srt, the Mailer was made to flue. that Mr. Bonhbee, as Leffee of the colliery in queflion, had in a term of 21 years eiceeded the quan tity of tomoo loads a year, which he was allowed to get, by an excefs nr furpius of 282,08 loads.— Whereas, the who. g e quantity reported by the Mailer to have been gotten during the !cafe, was 259,8881 loads, and the excefs only 49,188 loads. COURT OF CHANCERY, AUGUST w. RZ PARTE MORTON, IN THE MATTER OF ANDERSON, It BANKRUPT. Mr. ROMILLY Rated, that this was the petition of Mango Morton; and prays that the Commiffioners may be diretted to allow him to prove a debt of vol. due to him, by the Bankrupt, and that he may re ceive thi , amount of the dividends that have been al ready. paid• to the creditors, antler that commillinn. The bankrupt was a linen-tnerehant, and tranfalted bufinefs with the houfc of Baxter and Son, fail-cloth manufaaurerg, living in Dundee. In the latter end of the year 18ot, a bill for Soot. was drawn on the bankrupt by Baxter and Son, and accepted by him; this bill was paired to Mr. Chrillie, but was not paid by the bankrupt when due; it was therefore proteited, and in a thort time afterwards was taken up by Mr. Morton the petitioner, for the honour of Batter and Son, Cluitiie being about to commence an i6tion againft them. On the 28th of January, t Sox, a commiffion was taken out againfi Anderfon, and the Petitioner was feveral times before the Corn miffioners, but would not be allowed to prove his debt, on the ground, that he paid the bill for Baxter and Son, and that the bankrupt had not received a valuable confideration from them. The Learned Gentleman fubmitted, that whatever was the Rate of accounts between the houfe of Baxter and the Bank rupt, that was no reafon why the Petitioner, who gave a valuabli confideration, Ihould not be allowed to prove his debt e he therefore hoped the prayer of the petition would be granted. Mr. PICOT, on the other fide, urged that three ap plications had been made to the Commitlioners, and that they, who were all experienced men, bad refuted them. •It was 'now a confidemble time fence the Cornmiffion had been taken ot:t, and no applica tion had been made to 'the Court before. He was convinced the Court would confider the peti tioner, who had raken up the Bill • month after , the Bankrupt had !lopped payment, merely as the agent of the. houfc of Baxter and Son ; and it' his Lordlhip did not adopt this opinion, he fubmitted the petitioner mull Rand in the (hoes of Chriftie, who owed a fum of sbBl. to the clime of the bank rupt ; fo that at all events it could be confidered no thing but a contrivance between 'the drawer, who lived in Dundee, the acceptor, who lived in Dundee, and the payer, who lived hi the fame place, for the ptirloofe of taking fo much out of the fund, Which was to fatisfy the real creditors, • and alfo to take the burden 'off the (boulders of Baxter and Son. The Learned Gentleman concluded by faying, that is the Petition mull either hand in the Awes of Baxter or of Chrißie, the Petition mutt be diliniffed. ThE LORD CHANCELLOR fail, that M-. Praor did not item to think a Dundee man thould have two pair of (hots. • Mr. PIGOT laid; a Dundee man fhould not bt al• lowed to do what any oilier man would tie alhanted of &sing . . The LORD CHANCELLOR 'laid, he could not prevent Morton from going again before the Commiirumers, is. his claim was tittered ; if, in the liriel repro, the bill was paid for Baxter and Soh, there mull be an end of the claim; but, if he paid it on his own ac count, and (lands in The lhoesofChrickie, it mull then be confidered,What lituation Chrillie was in, towards the Bankrupt. At indent, his Lordfhip laid, the petition mull be difmifled without prejudice ; and, if Mr. Morton chufes, the affa!r mull be further invel tigated by the Commillioners. et PARTE Ivnrem. The petitioner is the affignee under a conlinillion of bankrupt, awarded againtt a perfon of the name of Eurwood, and the petition prayed, that a claim for 30c1. made on the bankrupt's elate, by Chriflo pher Gardner, thould be tipcnged on the bead of Ufury. The Asrotate Gestettit. and tin COOK Hated the petitioner's cafe, as ippeating on the face of the affidavits of the creditor himfelf, and of Mr. M2fon, an attorney. The bankrupt having occafion for a loan of 3001. applied to a perfun of the name of Corn, who being himfelf unable to advance the money, re commended him to Mr. Gardner. He, at an old acquaintance of the bankrupt, eipreffed his readi• nets to ferve him, but objeEled, that not having fuch a fum at his command, in calk, he would be obliged to fell out Rock, and therefote flipulated, that the bankrupt Ihould enter into a bond; to replace fo much flock at the diflance of three years; being the period rot which the money was required to be lent; Ind Mould, in the mean times pay the half yearly dividends on that fum accordingly. In confequence of this underltanding, a bond was drawn np by. Mr. Mafon, on the employment of the bankrupt, after previous confultation with Mr. Gardner, by which the bankrupt, on the narrative that Mr. Gardner had fold out Rock, obliged himfelf, at the difisnce of three years ] to replace 6501. Three per Cents. in the name of Mr. Gardner, and in the mean time to pay the dividends on that fum, as they ftll due.— This, the learned Counfcl contended, was clearly an ufu riot] s tranfaElion,inafinuch as the lender t.fthe money pulated for interett to the amount of upwardsof 191. intlead of rsl. which was the legal intereil of the fum advanced by him to the bankrupt. Even had he fold out flock to the whole extent of the advance, it could not have amounted to any thing like the fum Ripulated in the bond, Stocks being then at 5S. — The fad, however, as admitted by Mr. Gardner him felf, was that he fold nut only to the amount of 4001. Rock, which produced 2;21. and for the remainder 751. advanced by him in call', he had taken the bond for the additional zsol. Rock, which would have been the value of 781. not as Stocks then (WA, at 55, but had they been In low as 30. It was indeed Rated by Mr. Gardner, in his affidavit, that within a few days after he got the bond, being alarmed left it Mould be deemed ufitrions, lie had ex. preffed his dilfatisfaaion with it, and had got from the bankrupt a promiffory note for the 3001. advanced. . • • =- P! .1 r In doing fo, boTever, the Learned Connie! contend ed, that not having at tke fame time cancelled the bond, or returned it, it 'continued a fukfilling inent, of which the lender of the money might, and intended to, avail himfelf, had the tsanfattion not been made public by the bankruptcy of garwood. Mr. RICHARD! and Mr. Coxtva, for, the Refpon eznt, contended, that, it being impoPile to fay at what rate Rocks might have flood at the diflance of three years from the date of the tranfaFlion, there could be no uftiey in taking a bond from the bankrupt, to replace a lean of 3001. principally railed by the fate of flock, by any given amount of Itoek, at fo great a cUßance of time: That Mr. Ga rdnerdid not with to take anyadvantage of the bankrupt, or to receive more than legal intereß for his 4001. flock, which he had fold to accommodate the bankrupt, and for the 781. in each, advanced to complete. the 3001. they lbbmitted, was evident from the circum fiance of his having etpreffed his diffatisfaition with the terms of the bond, the moment he faw it carried .more: than the intereft of the different rums fo advanced, and his then infifling i on a promiffory note for the 3001. ' I -The. LORD CHANCELLOR laid he could eafily figure the propriety and inflict of a perfon, when he was accommodating another by a loan of money, by means of a Pale of vol. of Rock, flipulating that flock to be replaced at a given period,. and that inftead of the intereft of the each the Rock produced, he fhould in the mean time draw the dividends falling due on the amount of flock which he had fold. lf, however, be fides the 4001. (lock, that perfon made an additional advance of 781. in call), and, inaead of Ripulating for his 4001. Rock being replaced, and the dividends on it being paid, and for repaynicnt at the 781. and intereft, thould take a bond far 6501. thereby turning :be 781. into Rock, not at :he rate of 55, bring tyre teal value at the time, but at the rate of 3c, and thould alto flipu. late for the dividends on this 2501. of tlock, inaead of the interett of 781. he could not think there was a jury in this kingdom who would not find fuch a tran faetion ufurious. The only queßion then was, if fuch had been the mind of the lletiolndent, or if he had taken the bond under a mittahe ? From the whole cir cutnittnces of the tranfaelion, and particularly from th e ar,ijavit of Mr. Macon, who had ftvorn to Mr. Gardner's being previoufly confulted, his Lordfhip thought ignorance of the contents of the bond could hardly be urged in his favour. It was quite unnatu ral to fuppole, if Mr. Mafon had b'een acquainted with the actual nature and er.tent of the advance made by Gardner, that ftc would have drawn the bond in the terms.in which it was conceived. Gard• ner's alto applying for, and obtaining the promiffory note for the 3001. could not alter the nature of the trantaaion, which. was unqueftionably tlipulated to be a baigain for a replacing of flock. Had the pro miffory note been meant to italid in pl ice of the bond, the bond would have been. given up, cr otherwife cancelled. That not being the cafe, it miff be luppo. fed that the lender of the money intended to avail himfelf of the promiffory note, only in an event like the prefent, if the tranfaetion fhoold fee the light, otherwife to hold by his bond and warrant of attor ney. His Lordthip, therefore, in the whole circuits fiances of the cafe, could not ['misty himfelf that there was not ufury in the tranfaaion. The claim of Mr. Gardner was accordingly order ed to be expunged. . . Mr. L.toc.tsTEß, whofe benevolent exeriinns to promote an efficient plan for the education of the children of the poor, we have before had occafion to notice, was lately honoured with commands from the Kixo ' to wait upon the Royal Family at Wey- Mouth. On Monday he was admitted to the Royal pretence. The KING, the Qyrsa, the Dukes of KENT and CUMBERLAND, and the Pr:nceffes, were prefent. lii, MAJESTY alked many pertinent gout tions refpetrling Mr. LANCASTER'S method of teach ing, and was fo much pleated with the progrefs that has already been made in this laudable undertaking, that, as a mark of his appiohation, he defied that his fubfctiption for tool. nitglit be put down. Her MAlesrt gave so!. the Royal Dukes and the Prin ceifes fui)fcribed tol. each. All there fubfcriptions to be annual, far the purpnfe of etablifhing village fchools for ten thotflurd chilgrerr. - Such an eiample, voluntary, and without any fo licitation whatever, while it thews the high opinion entertained by the Royal Family of the effentiat be nefits likely to refult from this great undertaking, cannot fail to be followed by . the liberal fupport of all the nobility and people of ptoperty in the em pire—of all who value the morals and welfare of the poor. Toro Rama, in the ferviee of Mr. Green, of Spitalfields, having had a difpute, the one firuck the other on the head with a Ipade, which Manned him fo much, that he was taken to the Hofpital, without hopes of recovery. The offender has abfconded. FORG SD Not a s.—Yelterday an interetling queltion relative to a forged Bank Note was decided by the Commiffioners at the Court of Requelts, Guildhall. Mr. Parnell, of King.fireet, Covent arden, rum. moned Mr. Gibbons, an AuLlioneer, refiding in Buck lers-Bury, to recover 21. depofited with the latter, to obtain a fight of a forged Bank Note, which had been traced to Mr. P. The tranfaftion was as fol lows.—At a fele Mr. P. purchafed goods to the amount of tot. and paid with feveral Notes, the whole of which were marked with his initials. A Boy, the fervatit of Mr. G. received theta notes, and paid them with others to the Bankers, when une of them, a 251. note, was flopped at the Bank as a for. gery. The nute fo flopped was indorted with Mr. P.'s name, and after a written notice had been fent from the Bank to Mr. G. the former was informed' that the note was his ; he requefted to fee it, but was told by Mr. G. that if he would pay the al. the notice thould be placed in his hands, and he would then have an opportunity of examining the Note at the Bank. Mr. P. did fo, and on feeing the Note, knew it was not that which he had formerly paid intu the hands of Mr. G.'s Boy, as it did not bear his initials. The Bay in the fervice of Mr. G. Paid he received the Note in queltion from Mr. P. and that he put the name of Parnell on it, but not until a eonfiderable time after he had taken it, and it had been placed among other Notes. The Commiaioners, from the uncertainty of the Boy's evidence. and other circumftances in the cafe, were of opinion the note had not been given by Mr. P. and they ordered Mr. G. to pay the al. • ST. DOWYCO" CONSTITUTION of HAIM. • We, H. Chridophe. Clervaux, Vernet, Gabtl: Petion, Gerfrad, Total:lint Brave, Rnitiain, Capnix, Magily; Daur, Conge, MiasLoire Ain broife, Yayou, Jean Lotii s , F ra n co i s , Ge:,n, MOreau, Bavelais; tial• As well in out own name as in that of the people of Hayti, who have legally conOiluted us 'faithful, organs and interpreters of their will, in pretence of the Sur:tune litiNd, before whom all mankind . are equal, and who has fcattered fo many fpecies of crea tures on the furface of the earth for the purpote of manifelling his glory and his power by the diverlity' of his workr, in the pretence of all nature by whom we have been fo unjuflly, and for fo long a time, confidered as outcaft childrzn : C . - Do declare, that the tenour of the prefent Con(li union is the free, fpontaneous, and invariable ex - preffion of our hearts, and the general will of our Conflituents ; and we fubmit it to the fandion f His Majetly, Emperor, JaosES TSEssaLtir Es, our deliverer, to receive its fpeedy and entire execution. PRELIMINARY DECLARATION. The people inhabiting the 'Sand fAmerly called St. Domingo, hereby agree to form themfelvet into a free !tate, forereign and Independtnt of any other power in the unlverfe, under the name or Empire of Hayti. Slavery is for ever aboliihed. The Citisens et Hayti are brothers at home ; equality In the eye of the law is inconteftably acknowledged, and there cannot exalt any titles, advantai,cs, or privileges, other than thole neeelfarily refulting from the confitieration and reward of fervices rendered to liberty anti independence The quality of Citizen of Hayti ii loft by emigration and natr • rzlization in foreign Countries and condemnation to corporal or difgraceful puniflnents. The Ern cafe carries with it the puniih mot of death and confifcation of property. No perfon is worthy of being a Haytian who is not a gootira ther, a good fon, a good hufnand, and cfpecially a good fo/dier. Every Citizen mutt With a mechanic art. No white man, of whatever nation he may be, Still put bh foot on this territory with the title of matter or proprietor,neither la* be in feture acquire any property therein. The preceding article cannot in the fmalleft degree affedt white women who have been nateraliztd Haytiacs by Government s nor does it istend to children already born, or that nhy be born of the laid women. The Germans and Pohttders naturalized by Government arc silo compiled In the difpotitions of tb: prefect article. All acception of colour among the children of one and the fame family, of whom the thief Magiftrate is the father, being neat. • fully to ceafc, the Haitians Mall henceforward be known only by the generic appellation of Black,. ' OF THE EMPIRE. The Empire of Hari is one and indiiiftble. Its territory II diftributed into fix military divifionit. The following lfiands ate integral patty of the Empire,viz. Ss+ mane, La Tortae, La Gonave, Les Cayenshes, La Sacne, A Vaehe, and other adjacent Ulan& OP THE GOVERNMENT. The Government of Hayti is catrafted to a firft Maglittate t who ifkumes the title of Emperor, and Commander in thief of the Army. The people acknowledge for Emperor and Commander in Chief of the Army, Jaques Deiralines, the avenger and deliverer of Ms Fellow Citizens. The title of Majefty is conferred upon him, as well as upon his auguft Spoufe the Emprefs. The perfons of their Majetties. are faered and inviolable. Statf will appropriate a fixed annual allowance to her Ma jetty the Emprefs, which she will continue to enjoy even after the deccafe of the Emperor, as Princefs Dowager. The Crown is eledtive, not hereditary. There (hall be aligned by the State an Cannel income to the children acknowledged by his Majefty the Emperor. The male children acknowledged by the Emperor mall be obli ged, in the fame manner as other citizens, to pais facceffively from grade to grade,.with this only differene, that their entrance into fervice mall begin at the fourth demi-brigade, from the period of their birth. The Emperor makes, foals, and promulgates the laws✓ appoints and revokes at will the Mioifters, the General in Chief of the Army, the Couocillors of State, the Generals and other Agents of the Empire, the Sea OEuers, the Members of the Local Admi. niftrations, the Commiitiries of Government near the Tribunals, the Judges, and other Public Fundtionaries. To the Emperor clone is referred the power of making peace or war, to maintain political intereoarfe, and to form treaties. ' He provides for Abe interior flfety and for the defence of the State, and diftributes at pleafure the tea and land forces. lu cafe of confpiracies manifefting thenafelves againft the fafety of the State, agaud the Conftitution, or agalnft his perfon, the Eihperor malt caste the authors or accomplices to be atufted and tried before a fpecial Council. His Majefty has alone the right to abfolre a criminal, or com mute his punifhtnent. The Emperor mail never form any enterprise with the view of making coaquelts, nor to difturb the peace and the interior edged. niftration of forage colonies. Every public-ark mail be made in thefe terms:-' The Eases. ror I. of Hayti, and Commander In Chief of the Army, hg the grace of Goo, aid the Cooftitutional Law of the State.' OF WORSHIP. The law admits of no predominant religion. The freedom of worihip is tolerated. The State does not provide for the maintain inflitudon, nor of any minifter. GENERAL DISPOSITIONS. The crimes of high treafon, the dllapidatlons of the Wainer* and generals, nun be judged by a fpecial council called acid pro vided by the Entrant. Tqe houfe of every cithen Is an inviolable afylum. All property which ftemerly belonged to any white Frenchman is Incontaftibly and of right cocifeated to the ufe of the State. Every Harlan, who, having paraded property from a white Frenchman, may hare paid part of the purchate-money ftipulated in the amt of bale, than be refrantible to the domains of the State for the remainder of the funs due. my ragions Marriage iiu - a . diii; " reileivil, and authorifed by the Govan. Meat. The law authorizes divorce in all cafes which Dail have been pre.viontly provided for and determined. Good faith and integrity in commercial operations (ball be reli giouffy maintained. There Dull be national feftivah for celebrating independence, the birth-day of the Emperor and his anvil fpoufe, that of art. culture and of the Conftitution. At the firft Cling of the alarm gun s the cities will difaprear,and the nation rife. We, the underligned, place under the fafegnard of the magiftrates, fathers and mothers of families, the citizens, and the army, the explicit and folemrt covenant of the facred rights of man and the duties of the citizen. We recommend it to our fuccefrors, and prefent it to the friends of liirerty,to philanthropias of all coun tries, as a signal pledge of the Divine Bounty, who in the courfe of his immortal decrees, has given us an opportunity of breaking our fetters, and of contli. toting ourfelves a people, free, civilized, and hide -11 pendent. (Signed) H. CHRIsTOPHIt, &c. (as before) Having feen the prefent constitution : We factures DSSSALINES, Emperor I. of Hayti. and Commander and Chief of the Army, by the grace of Gov, and conffitational law of the State, Accept it wholly, and fanilion it, that it may rt• ceive, with the least poffible delay, its full and entire execution throughout the whole of our Empire. Ant we fwear to maintain it and to cattle it to be obferved in its integrity to the laft breath of our life. At the Imperial Palace of Dergines, the Goth May, dos, fecond year of the independence of Hayti, and of one reign the fit ft. By the Emperor, DIASSALINIII. JUSTI CHANILATTS, SCC.