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ovt vriedge .or, t ,spArtt, and love of Itherq which "Int!' s 44' our ceunteyeneri t we asserted that it..oeis the only memo of detaching this country for . ever from France. All was useless.—eCoeirced then thee no toeans of conciliation existed, andithat iteleal ne cessary to choose between slavery and an honourable death, we gave infoirnithei of the state of thine to our fellow. citizens who load.theie eyes fixed upeii us ; and we all unanimoesly took up arms, resolved to die onto expel for evre the tyrants from oereied. Gene ral Leclerc,wbo had already 'announced the submis sion of the island, and had even. received letters of cengratulation on the supposed conquest of Hayti, from the netritjtue towns di Foltice where the rho cipal ~ folteivers of the Slave Trade onided, ashamed of having !geld 'out illueory hopes, vexed at net hay ing been able to consummate this detestable enter prize, fearing the approach of a terrible. war, despair shortened his deys e aud hertied him es his grave. Among other crimes whith distinguished the admi nistration of General Leclerc, that practised against • the Haytian General Nlaurepas will excite the indig nation of any heart susceptible of pity. Maurepas, of gentle manners, honest and respected by his country men, who became one of the first among Frenchmen, and who hid rendered them the most signal services, was suddenly carried away to Port de Pax, and put en board the Admiral's ship in the road of the Cape, where, after having been tasteeed to the mast, two old epaulets were placed i n derision upon his s houl. ders, arid an old Generals hat put upen his head, *ith nails; such as arc used in the budding of ships : in this .frightful situatien, after having satiated the sayage joy. of those canathals, he was precioireted with - his wife and children into the waves. Such was the punishment of this virtuous and unfOrtdnate soldier! To the Goveinment of Leckie succeeded that of Rochambeati. This monster, the agent of Bonaparte,. was polluted by every species of crimes ; he spared neither sex, infancy, eor old age ; he surpassed in cruelty'the most refined villains in ancient or modern times; the gibbet was raised every where, the drown ing and burning machines, and all kinds of punish :tend. were put in practice by his orders. He in vented a kind of machine where victittis of both • Sexes; heaped ono upon another, were suffocated by the vapour of sulphur. = In his senseless rage, he event to the expense 'of brining a peck of blood hounds from Culla to this island ; they were brought by a Frenchmen =need Noailles, of an illustrious family, who, during the Revolution, was the first who betrayed his benefactors ; and thus was the hu man race giver up to be . devoured by dogs ; and these atem tls partook of the horrible propensities of their masters. What then was our crime ? • What did we do to deserve such a proscriptien? Is this African origin teen to be a cause of . eternal oppro bin ni to U 5 ? Is the colour of our skin to be for ever ' the seal of our 'reerobotion ? In the spec of one nq twenty months, daring which the Freioli ter:seinen:l our island, mese than 16,000 of our . country meet eerished by the toteures just descr:hed. The hareatitiessemnmitted upon the J-Lytians by these modern conquerors have exceeded e the crimes of Pizarre; of Come , or ossiviiiir, the first devastators • orthe new world.. A:tet eh their efforts, we have effected the expuletort of there oppressorcet our territory. To secure us for ever against the rettien of such barbarities and uatieatel-of tri:bes, as well as against perfidy and injustice, we resolved for ever to rid our selves of every kind of 4rireign dominion; and at emdingly, on the Ist of January, 1804, in a General Assembly of the Representatives :4 the nation, the independenceof Heyti was solemnly proclaimed ; and • we scolt an oath to die free and independent, and ...never submit to any foreign Power. Like other pearly, our first yeers were chequered with errors and troubles ; like them we petook of the ticiisitudminsepareble :rum revoltitiots. On our ad . iinewmeat to the'Threnre our firs; care was, to raise ehe name and eignity of the Haytian people, con • viaced that goed faith, fiankeess, and probity in all transactions, respect for property and the rights of men, could alone effect this object. Convinced that laws constitute the happiness of men united in society', our first objcct was to form a code of lases cnnallrni able to our usages, our chruatee and our manners.-- After a leboriOus attention, and with the assistance of •the Austosery, we beet: been enlbled to put the finishing stroke to this basis of social edifice. - Wir have constantly encouraged . agrieulture and come 3Derce, which are the channels of publit prosperity.—. Abundant harvests have been the result of the labour and efforts Of our cultivators. Great quantities of provisions have been carried away from our ports since We proclaimed our independence ; and particu larly during the years 1812, 1813, and 1814, by fo reign nations, which have carried on a lucrative com merce with us. • Solicitous to adopt every means for reviving our internal prosperity, at all times attentively observing' the events that passed in Europe during the bloody struggle supp ited there, we never for a single in stant lost sight of our military system of defence. In that attitude we expected that Bonaparte, the enemy of the world, would attack us, either by force of aims or by eerridy, his accustomed means. We have not forgot that after the Face of Amiens, his first object was to enter on that farnous expedition for our exterminethee ' But the Gin of armies, who reises and overturnsl thrones according to his will, did not in his justice consent that this oppre . sor of netiens sitould accom plish his horril)le design. We hope that his fall will give repose to the world—we hope that the return of those liberal and reenirn ding sentiments which in floeace the Elroptan Powers, will induce tliernto ac knowledge the independence of a people who requite only the enjoyment of peace and commerce, the ob ject of all civilized nations. • It will be in vain to attempt again, by means of force or seduction, to red ice us uneer a foreign die minion. The absurd maxim of deceiving men, in order to govern them, is hit longer dange ous r to us. Taught by exper ience, we liave acqiiired the aid of truth, of reason, antrof t 1 roe. eVe shell no longer be the victieas of credulity ; we cannot forget that at tempts have already be. n Made to take away our li betty. The paiaul recoils-term of the horrible pu nishments, which peecipiteted into the grave our to the's, our mothers, and eltiedeen, will never be effaced from our milolse We cari never again be deceived : we know the pelVersenefs'of our . enemies : we have before our eyes the projects of those men named Maio:met, Barri de Saint ,Venant, Pages and Bruiley, and other Coln. nisei.. The political religion of those traffickers in, it httitsnn flesh—of those cotinsAlor s of misfortunes—A weilltnown to us :—it is rlarocro . and Astricriox. W firOtot ignotant of the criminal plots, or the shaitse I - u'l measures of those apostles of criminality and false'. Nod ; they are even more distinguished by theirwri tings than by the torture:: they inflicted on us. We. call upon all the Sovereigns of the wOrld--we ' call upon the brave and loyal British nation, which was the first in its august Senate to proclaim The abolition of the infamous-trade in blacks ; and which, snaking a • noble use of the ascendatscy'of vict6ry, notified its resoltption to tl.e other States with which it ecricluded Treaties: we call upon all philanthro pists, upon all Inca, and upon the whole world, and ask what people;alter twentv.five years of conflicts, and after having conquered their liberty and their in. deirer ticoce, would consent tr• lay down their arms for the purpose of again I);:ciinring the sport and the victims of their cruel oppressors ? The last *of the Haytians well then yield up his last sigh. sooner than renounce his independence. We will not do any Power the injustice of Supposing that it entertains the chimerical project of establishing its sway in Hayti by fore of arms. The Power that would undertake such an ester prize, would haveto march for a long time over ru in and dead bodies . and after, having wasted n ll its means, if it could attain its object, what advantage would-it &rive from the loss of so much blond and treasure ? It is not presumptuous to suppose that his ijesty, Louis VIII. following the impulse of that philanthropic spirit that reigns in his family, that a f ter t..e example of his . nnfortunate brother, Louis XVI. in his political conduct towards the United States of America, will MK imitate that Monarch in acknow ledging the independence of Hayti. This would not only be an actofjustice, but a reparation of the evils I which we have suffered from the French Government. It is in vain that our calumniators shall dare again to allege that werhadd not bi considered as a people as-. hiring to independence, and collectively employed in the means of attaining it. This absurd assertion, invented by perfidy, wickedness, and the sordid interests of slave traders, deserves the profoundest contempt and indig nation olmen of property in all countries. This as sertion has been sufficiently falsified, during eleven years of independence: andits happy results. Free in point of right, and independent, in fact, we will never renounce these blessings i we will never con sent to behind the destruction of that edifice which we have cemented with our blood, until we are bu ried tinder its ruins. We offer to coinmcr,:ial Powers, who shall enter into telations with us, our friendship security to their proPerty, and cur Royal protection to their peat e.ible subjects, who shall come to our tountrY with th e , intention of carrying on their comnierciil affairs, and who shall conform to cur laws and usages. The King of a free people, a soldier by habit, we fcar no v.'ar or enemy. We have already 4iguified (air deterinination net to intertcre by any means in the intcroalgovernmera of our neigteiours. We with to enjoy peace and tranquillity among ourselves, and tta cep t ase same prerogatives which other people lave, of making laws for themselves. F . , after the free exposition of our sentiments; arid the justice of our cause, any Power should, contrary to the laws of nations, place a hostile fort in our territory, then our first ditty will be to repel such an act of aggression by every means in our power. We solemnly declar; that we will never consent to any treaty, or any condition, that shall compromise the honour, the litierty, and independence of this Hay. aian people. Faithful to our oath, we will• rather bury ourselves under the ruins of our vountry, than suffer t•au political rights to sustain the slightest injury. Givt.o in our Palace of Sans Souci, the 18th of September, 1811, Eleventh Year of Indepen. deuce. and the fourth of our Reign. (Signed) HRNRY. By the -King, the Secretary of State, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Count de Liatonane. • See Won't's Metnars respecdog St. Domingo. THE EVENING STAR. 1.0 N DON.' TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1814. PRICE OF :sTOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE U•e'l.ooK; Reduced 6SO-4 Ter Cent. et II -5 per Cent. Navy shut Lent -1m account 661—Ommum Bank Anna. t63-Itiihs Bowls 16s. Os. pre. Etchequer BEE par, us U. prem. The above Manifesto, issued by the King of II on the '2d of October, is highly interesting. We can add, from good infurmation, that the preparations for defence have been incessant, and that the troops are numerous and well.disciplined. At the Cape there are about 5000 infantry, and 1500 cavalty, with a very good pal kof artillery. The whole of the regular mi litary esta!).ishmetit is calculated at 2 4 2,000 . men,and the Militia is said to COC4IAt of $3,000. or Henry. or the citadel (1 Clitunorile, ii a stupendont wtvlci and appears impregnable. It is scented-by iti extra ordinary elevation from any sudden attack its.for vficatioas are con.,tructed with great skill. and it is amply provided with water within ; it is supplied with provisions and ammunition for 6000 men for 9 years. The failure of LECLERC will be a bagaielle to the losses and miseries the French must endive, in now endeavouring to ::cover #essession of St. Domingo. The population is, "to ;a single man, united against them, The emantipt;on of thelaans of Africa from the chains• of their white, but' cruel brethren, was be gun by England. May it never be retarded ! It never will ; to the v. ice of 'humanity and jus Lice needs but. to be flu rely prnclaimed by a groat vople to he p•ndered • ultimately triumphant.— By letters from the Wintiw.ird Coast of Africa , dated October last, we have received the pleasing in telligente that great exertim:s Dave been made to sup press the slave trade. In particular, two vaisels have been lately captured, containing 600 slaves, and carried Into bic:ra Leon:. A number of the fag. tories for the inhuman traffic of purchasing slaves, have been demolished, and the proprietors driven akiway : some of whom have been apprehended, con demned, and, at the date of the letter, were to be sent ti' 'Britain, for the purpose of being transported to M an y Bay. A Native Chief has been most active in giving his assistance on every occasion to root out a system CO revoking to every humane mind. Will the. French Government persist in attempting to regain the sovereignty of St. Domingo ? The Sovereignty." did we say ? The expedition Ain have a more diabolical, object—the degradation oi . free men to the state of slaves ! May lisAvEs blast i every such project' We have received Paris Papers of Friday last. It now appears as if the wishes of the Saxons were about to be gratified, and that the present family will retain the Sovereignty, and the nation its independence.— The following are the only articles of consequence which they contain : VIENNA, NOVEMBER 41 . • Our Emperor still keeps his room, although his indisposition is not alarming. Th.., Em:)rror Alex• ander, who has received an injury in the leg, will be obliged to keep his bed far a few days. It is now said, and ssi;!! every ai , peartn7e of pro. hibility, that Prussia consents to ter.riunce on condition that Poland shall be given to him a; far as the Vistula; but Russia opposes every •Aisr:rin berment of this kingdom, and seams to vish to incor porate it with her vast domains, always prewrving the appearance of her inderndence. NURF.MLIERG, NOVEMBER 25. All the intelligence from Saxony states that the' new Prussian Authorities act with the greatest wis dom and circumspection. Baron de Its:ck, who is charged with the civil administration, has not per mitted the slightest change of persons under him, and all the SAxon en2/1/09hr remain in office. A reform in the Judicial)! Department hAd been spoken of, but even this is postponed until Saxony is placed defini tively under the dominion of Prussia; and this is at present more problematical than it was three weeks since. Letters from Vienna, Berlin, and Saxony, state, that doubts have arisen on the subject, And that the negotiations will take a different turn. It is said that the King of Saxony, who still continues at the Castle of Frederiesfeldt, near Berlin, has recive.l from his brother, Prince Anthony, some very satisfactory let ters. Prince Anthony is *brother-in-law to the Em peror of Austria : he is now at Schaenbrunn, sees the AlLed :Suvereigns frequently, and is treated with much consideration. PARIS, DECEMBER I. Recent letters announce that that the colonies of Martinique and Guadeloupe, the giving up of which had at first been attended with some demur, has been at length finally delivered up by the English to the French Authoritcs, after an amicable explanation.— The French troops have, therefore, landed and taken possession the Islands are in the best poss;hle con dition, and the inhabitants. are animated with the best spirit. The King, who is best pleased when he does good in silence, has ordered the distribution of 180,000 francs per month, to those of his faithful subjects who never abandoned him in adversity, and who have been left without fortune. A Dutch Mid arrived this morning, it has brought the following : VIENNA, NOVEIVILER is. The Note presented by Mr. Noailles has given (n -casion for a very remarkable answer. It is affirmed that several plans of aggrandisement are deferred.— To judge by the sudden falling of our course cf Ex. change, one would believe that the Congresi is not welt agreed on some points.—Hague Courant, Die. 2. NOVEMBER 20. There is now a CoMmittee formed for the affairs of Italy ; it consists of the Ministers of Austria, Eng land, 'Russia, France, and Spain. One of the first and most important questions is the restitution of the three Legations, still occupied by the Austrian troops. It seems that ali the voices are not agreed about ac knowledging Murat as King of Naples. We are sorry to learn that the fever at Gibraltar, contrary' o expectation, still continual. , A letter,•dated Nov. 16, states, that it has taken a new direction, and 2 few cases had continued for some days to twee-in-the 'south, which before was pretty free. No hew cases bad been discovered in the town for several days. Ge neral Dom was making regal itiuns, and establishing a strict police, that, it the malady should he lcc:4l, it might be removed. From the 4th to the Ilth sive, therewere 14 new cases and two deaths. The main body oft eat my under S;r G. Piths - or:1 4 was going, at the date of the last accounts, ;nto winter quarters at Montreal. The 27th regiment was on its march to Quebec, to embark for 'Halifax, in his Ma jesty's ship Zealous, of 74 guns, Captain ANDERSON. The desertions from this regiment, it is said, had been very numerous. It was remarked, tbauthis fection in the army was Aiwa ) s f nod among sub MA a as were of mechanical trades ; and they did not enter into the American service, hut proceeded for the in inerior of the S. ate, to obtwn ern:llw merit in their several trades. The gi eat wages given in America to stets characters, Is the swing temptation that seduces them from mei, native KEstrr was to have come home in the IA •y, b u t he had not ar. rived at Quebec when she sailed.— Gen. P.;weit was embarked in the ZEALOUs, fpr o li.dif.l7.. The Zr.A- Lops had safely landed, at Qheboc, all the volunteer shipwrights and other sittisami front Port.nsonth and the Eastern ducklardi s With her lowct-deck guns, for the fortifications v o l , the Likes • • THE ARMY. A.S Thursday a draft of 350 fine looking young m's, from the 2d battalion of the 71st, or Glasgcw Light Intantry Regitaect, marched into Greenock trim Glasgow, to embark for Ireland to join th.: Ist bat talion. It is understood that the regiment will soon proceed to America. By a return from the AJjutant-Gencral's Offire, it appears that the following regiments or battalion , . 'nave been disbanded since the Ist t.f . May, viz. ist Royal Veteran 'lactation ; 21.1 ditto, one company ; ad, 4th, and sth d :to; 6tk ditto, eight ctai t pan:‘ , ..; 7th; Sth, thi on panics ; 9th, eight eompank ; 11th, seven coteparites; awl the itnh ; abo the 9.4 battalions ot.the iEth, tetb,• 4 29d, 23d, 241:i, t:Ctli, 28th, Slit/ ate, 36th, 3Stb, 41st, 49d, 45th 47th, tid), 4Stk, 50th, 60th, Ilet, 63d, 80th, 93:1, 4ad 9itb Wit : Chas stars Britanniques, and three Foridgu I ad.:pole= CetnpaoLs. • The w1:01e of the men of these battal rho weh fit'for service, were transferred to the Ist battalions, • bltureas.—By an account presented t9„Parliarzent it appears that all the regiments of Militia of the.. United Kingdom have been disembodied, except the f lu Great Britaio-th-1 . Belford, parks, Buckingham," Cambridge, GaFroarthen 4 , Ctiniberltutd, Derby, Dorset, irss e i lEass itt,a Lanc4slnire (lit, 2d, and Id), South I.4lAC s ola...Eam Middlesex, Monmouth anal Brecon, .oiford,; Salop. Somerset, (Ist and 2cl), Eot Sublks.W.iitsbire, 24 West York, North York, Ayr, Edinunrgli, Forfar and Kincardine, .0.04 Renfrew. In Ireland—the Ar. magh, North Cork, Donegal, Londonderry, North: Mayo, koscommon, :11,2engz. Tyrone; awd Water ford. - • LIPAL INTIsafGENCR. THE OUTWARD-BOUND WEST-INDIA FLEET. TORBAY, DECEMBER 4. Arrived last evening, the West-India fleet, under convoy of his Majesty'; ship Saturrsetz, schooner, bound to Madeira, supposed t' be the ,Ellen, BELLMAIi s was rua foul of by 1 .top in coming . into the Bay, and carried away her , sprit, nod other damage, ANOTHER LEVIER, SAME DATE. Arrived last night about 9 o'clock, his Majestri shie SWIFTSURZ, With part ot irer convoy, about sail; many of • the fleet remained at sa.a until this morning. From the darkness cf the night, and the wind strong from the S W. several of the ships drove on board each coCiet, and a few received dasszge, The schooner Ann, Futscx, frcm London far Ma, deira, lost her foremast and bowsprit. The ship Trusty, CIIArbIAN, from St. K t's, spi ung her bowsprit, part of her ter 1 st..re bows injured, and other dam a ge. The ship Cya.i., BRISON, for Jamaica, lost an anchor and c, ble, het quarter stove in. The above vessels are repainng damages, and it is hoped will be able to proceed with the convoy when the wind and weather will permit. FALMOUTH, DECEMBER S. Arrived the Ajax bound to Jamaica. Tres Amiens hound to Bilboa, Avon foe Morlair, la Duncade tut Havre, the Commerce and the Four Friends Eros London. Sailed the Mary, Fox, for Dublia, poicrsmouni, DECEMBER S. Arrived the Ostritsus from Plymouth. Pat brick by contrary winds the Nionarch..tionstm., bound taw Plymouth. Sailed the Grtowtaut on *.incise. • DEAL, VECEMBER S. Sailed the Barrodi and Wl4OO East:And:am/a for the River. • Came &Awn from the River the Dedalus fGr Bermuda, - the Retreat and the Nile for Ametica, and temain.—Wind N. GREENOCK, DECEMBER a. Arrived last night at Quarantine Steion, Loch, the Jane, ANDERSON, from Palurnto.—Yeser• day afternOtni, a boat returning from Portinstock to Greenock upset off the Bay et. Quick. It was.notieed the PRESIDENT frigate, from which a boat was ins• mediately manned mid dispatche:l to afford assiu• ance: they only arrived in time to pick up the b dy of a young man, named DUNCAN NtILLEK :Hder young than of the halve of DANtr.t. tiatt., Aas kniitra to have been in the boat, and win.: women are Ety• posed also to have been passenvi s. KINGSTON, OCrOBER s; His Majesty's ship Anaor.tda, of 18 guns, Capt. Westpliall, in days from Camverteby, srecie, came to anchor at Pert Royal yesterday. 'lh Ame rican schooner Dolores, from St. Jagn to Cuba, hound to New Orleans, with an assorted cart; captured on the Ist instant, near the Grand Cayrn.inas, by the Anaconda, after a chace of eight hours and .1 half, followed her into the port the same day. Mr. It. N. Smart, and eight Spanish gentlemen, cause pawn gers in the Anacond:;. The schooner privateer, under Carthaginian cto lours, which fired into the Moselle's boats . sorne time since, was wrecked, tv.o days after, on a reef near Vera Cruz, where most of her crew were drowned. NIONTEGO BAY, OCTOBER I. The sloop Dasher, Robertson, arrived here on Tuesday from Kingston ; and on Thursday the brig Shannon left Lucca. FROM A BOSTON PAPER OF OCT. 8. As.the tritish frigate Leander, and the United States !! tate Constitution, are-sow lying so sight of each other, it may not be an unfit occasion to give the fi)liowing statement, which we believe to be correct, of their comparative force : LLANDIR. Thirty 24. pounders on the Guii-drelr4- 'l*,..cntreught 4:1-pound carronaties on the Spar-deck. Itvc Hundred and Twenty her complement of Meu. 60,1 btITLITION. Thirty 24-pounders on the con deck. Twenty-six az-pound carronad,es as the Spar deck. Four Hundred and Eighty her complement ot Ales. The size ot the two ships is about the same. Leander is new, but is built of fir, and is not coo* dared so strong and durable as the British B erviceib 4 s..ips. Her weight of metal was designed it) mata! the President and the United States, which carry lIP pounders on the spar deck. Brian.—This day the LORD MAYOR, having ;IP spected the Mea!weighers' Returns, 4.rdt red the pr re of Eread to be raised halt au Assize, or Une Fruity ig the Peck 1,..tt. A. few days since Mr. 3. a Purser in the RoP I NAvy, eloped with Mrs. 1 . a flurried lady in e nrighbouthood of Caltngtou. Tbe palm acre 4 c W sAiu.ar's Hotel on Dim bday night. and too. ,) •'` for Exeter the following moruing. The Uu►uAadlz gone in pursuit of the fugitives. I