Star. — London, England, 1821-04-25 00:00:00

Z.l REPUBLIC OF HA I'll We have received an official Proclamation, by President BOYER, respecting the late insurrectionary movements in Hayti. It does not bring down events so late as the accounts with which we were yesterday furnished by the American Papers. To this Procla mation we add an extract from a Private Letter, con taining some interesting particulars of what occurred at Gonaives: PROCLAMATION. JILAW maim sorra, eaasamorr Or HAUL HAYTIANS!—The reign of terror is just extin guished; the dominion of Justice diffuses peace and joy in the North, and, with the exception of a few perverse individuali, throughout the whole mass of the People of Hayti; henceforth forming one family, united by the bonds of sweet fraternity. Ambition, which could not behold without vex ation the Republic advancing with rapid strides in the career which must have led to the highest degree of prosperity, became agitated in every way ; and, in its rage, seizing the firebrand of discord, endeavoured to kindle civil war in the bosom of our country. " The slaves of Christophe, men who consoled themselves for the degrading humiliation in which they were themselves held, by crushing their too un fortunate fellow-citizens under the weight of the most shameful oppression—thee men beheld with a sort of horror the happy change which was to annihilate their titles and privileges, and put a period to their feudal despotism. They regarded with repugnance and disdain that benevolent system of equality which placed them , in the eye of the law , on a. level w i th those whom they had been accustomed to look upon as their inferiors. " In vain did the liberal and equitable Government of the Republic overwhelm them with benefits ; in vain did it assure to them the enjoyment of every ad vantage not inconsistent with the Constitution of the State; personal interest and vanity prevailed in their hearts over every sentiment of duty and gratitude. " From the very first moments which succeeded the union of the North to the Republic, they inces santly plotted to overthrow the new order of things. Their criminal machinations succeeded in misleading a few feeble minds ; and when they thought them selves in a situation to act, they attempted the execu tion of their execrable project. " Their plan was extensive; the movement agreed upon by the conspirators was to set tire to the Cape Haytien, the Gonaives, Saint Marc, and the quarter of the Artabonite. • " To create an apparent motive for the insurrection which they wished to excite, the conspirators adroitly circulated reports, tending to alarm the citizens, re specting the intentions of the Government, and to di minish the confidence it was calculated to inspire. " But the fate of Hayti was irrevocably fixed !—A protecting Genius watched over her, and warned the Government of the dark deeds of those who meditated her ruin !—Their plots have vanished before the pru dent measures which were adopted to frustrate them. " At St. Marc, the courage and presence of mini of General Marc, and Adjutant-General Constant Paul, have stifled the rebellion in its birth. The per fidious Colonel Paulin, of the Bth Regiment, part of which he had seduced, abandoned almost immedi ately by his troops, has been mortally wounded, and given up to General Marc. The General of Division, Bonnet, who during these events proceeded by order of the Government to this place, has greatly contri buted, by the precision of his operations, to tranquillize the minds of the Citizens, and to quell the factious. " At Cape Haytien, General Mag. nay gave brilliant proofs of his patriotism, foresight, and energy.— Through his efforts, General Richard, one of the principal leaders of the conspiracy, and several Offi cers, his accomplices, were seized on the 25th of Fe bruary, and sent to Port-au-Prince, where they fell beneath the sword of the law. " Finally, at Gonaives, the only place where the insurrection had made any progress, it was quelled in a few days • the greater part of the insurgents are dispersed; General Dossons, one of their Chiefs, has been taken ; it will probably not be long ere General Joseph Jerome falls into the hands of the troops who are dispatched to pursue him. " Like the rock against which the howling waves break, the Republic, ever firm and steady, has re sisted the shock of the factious. On every point the sacred cause which we defend has triumphed; every where the efforts of malevolence have been rendered unavailing, and have served only to unmask and expose the perturbators andenemies of order. 4 4 Haytians! You have witnessed the generosity and moderation of the Government; you shall also witness its justice and its firmness. It is time to cast from us and to banisb all the elements of anarchy and disorder which have threatened our tranquillity. The wish not to confound the misled man with his instigator has hitherto withheld the arm of the Go vernment; but indulgence further prolonged would be imprudence. When Revolution dares openly to shew her hideous head, we must hasten to strike and to crush her! The conduct of Generals Magny, Bonnet, Marc, and Constant Paul, is worthy of praise. They have ful filled the duty which honour imposed on them ; they have justified the confidence of the Government, and acquired titles to the esteem of the nation. 4. Harlan.; ! Be more than ever united! Rally round the tree of Liberty ! Repel the. perfidious insi nuations of those who seek to divide you, in order to deprive you of your independence, which you have purchased by so many sacrifices.' .. Ever repose the greatest confidence in the Chief of the State, the sole object of whose solicitude is to consolidAte the bulwark of your happiness;— Niue la Republique! " Given at the National Palace of Port-au-Prince, on the Bth of March, 1821, the 18th year of Independence. " BOYER. By the President. " The B. INQINAC." EXTRACT OF A LETTER, RECEIVED AT BALTIMORE, DATED OONAIVES, MARCH 5, 18'21 : Friday, the 25th February, it was privately ru moured that the town would be attacked by the coun try people, and straggling soldiers, who had declared for General Rarcy, under the command of General Jerome (formerly a Count under the old King, and retained by the President as a General). Saturday, the '2sth, goods of every description were seen moving to the what f, and going on board the different vessels is the harbour. Suuday, the 27th, the wharf be- • came so crowded with goods, it was dif f icult to land., ' At this time every man in the town was armed with his brace of pistols, sword, and dagger, moving through all parts of the . town,_which you may sup pose was in the greatest consternation and disorder. The women became alarmed, and went on board ;I their fears and apprehensions made it really distress. ing. At nine o'clock on Sunday night, the attack commenced; after a few exchanges of shot, the sol diers in the town joined their comrades, and the Offi cers fled. Capt. and myself had just then reached the wharf with a trunk, and had found our boat, when with difficulty we could keep it from sinking, from the great number of trunks thrown into it. Such screaming, hallooing, and confusion, I never before witnessed. After much scuffling and confusion the most of the'people got off, and in ten minutes after every vessel left the harbour, crowded wiih women, children, and officers. At ten o'clock the soldiers were dismissed to pillage the town, and on Monday morning, a place that - had improved beyond expec tations, looked like a heap of deserted ruins; not a person was to be seen, save the straggling villains, conveying off the plunder through the streets, which were strewed with pieces of furniture, crates, straw, and a thousand remnants of destruction. At ten o'clock on Monday, the army of SOO rag gamuffins were reviewed on the Place d'Armes : the ,General spoke to them an hour and then was ripe for plunder himself—atter taking up an unfortunate Frenchman, they plundered his house and store of all he possessed, among which was 60,0001b5. coffee, which was irnmediatefy offered for sale. This con fusion continued until yesterday, when 1500 Repub lican troops entered the town from St. Marc's with- , out meeting with one person to oppose them. We expect the President here in a few days, and now look for the best. From the great destruction among the shops and stores, in which their entire contents were destrOyed or borne away, great loss must accrue to those Ame rican merchants having claims or property in the town—and it is feared that the time will not soon arrive when a cargo of American produce can be disposed of at this place. FOREIGN PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE. PARIS, APRIL 20. With respect to the state of political parties in this country, the first thing . that strikes a foreigner on being admitted into intimate conversation with the leaders of either party, is the utter want of candour in appreciating the character of their opponents. Of the right side, every man, however distinguished, is considered by the left (the LIBERAL left) as not only a scoundrel', but a fool; the right is not backward in returning the compliment, and does not hesitate to call the left, orators, fools, knaves, and traitors into the bargain. Both parties join in calling the Minis ters ignorant and incapable; while the Ministers, with mixed contempt and satisfaction, are almost si lent spectators of the furious strife which serves to keep themselves in power. The mutual hatred, which is at once the cause and consequence of the want of candour between the two great parties, makes it ut terly impossible that any important question should be fairly and soundly discussed. A Frenchman's ex treme impatience (which, by the way, he calls viva city, and complacently piques himself upon it) ren ders him at all times a bad listener, and consequently a bad debater; add to this natural vivacity, a hatred, amounting to loathing, of his opponents, and then guess how far the cause of truth is likely to be pro moted by discussion between such disputants. But this is not all: a French politician (doubtless from self-knowledge) takes it for granted that every pub lic man is actuated by self-interest, and by self-in terest alone. If, therefore, that mutual hatred (which perhaps is to be ascribed chiefly to temporary and peculiar circumstances—for I cannot persuade my self that a Frenchman is naturally malignant)—if that mutual liatred were totally removed, yet that utter disbelief in political honesty, which is absolutely rooted in a Frenchman's constitution, must destroy all confidence and mutual respect, and seems to pre. dude the remotest possibility of anything like a quiet establishment of any system of rational liberty. But take away both these causes, another still remains which would alone defer the establishment of a Con stitution like that of England to a period indefinitely distant. A Frenchman, like a child, as soon as he sees anything desirable, wishes to have it imme diately : the French politician begins to have suffi cient acquaintance with English institutions, to see that they are at once the strength and ornament of our country; and forthwith, per into the French sys tem, forgetting that our institutions are the growth of ages, and have acquired all their force by their congeniality with our national tastes, and even our national prejudices. It is true that they might flourish in another country ; but then it must be by a gra dual and almost insensible accommodation to the habits of the people. One people can no more be persuaded by royal ordinance or legislative decree to be happy and free at a moment's notice, and after the precise fashion of another people, than the olive tree of Marseilles, or the vine of Burgundy can be ordered to increase and multiply in the frozen deserts of Siberia; and yet the French Liberals are unrea sonable enough to expect such a miraculous perver sion of the natural order of things! APRIL 21.—Longchamps ended yesterday : there was a great crowd of carriages, but nothing very splendid. The French are far behind us in the beauty of their equipages ; the handsomest set-out was that of the English Ambassador. The weather was fine, and the clouds of dust made the promenade quite as fashionably disagreeable as Hyde Park on a July Sunday. GENOA, APRIL 12. Since we kddressed you on the 9th instant, a sud den and total change of things has taken place in Piedmont, which has restored this city to obedience and loyalty towards the King. This effect was produced by the news that the Austrians had crossed the Po and the Tesino at sun dry points, and hadjoined that part of the Piedmon tese army at Novara, under the orders of General La tour; and of an engagement which took place on the Bth instant, between the Loyalists, with the Austrian troops, against about four regiments of Constitutional soldiers, as they styled themselves, ou the road from Vercelli to Novara, in which the Utter were dispersed after fighting obstinately, not being supported by other corps, who turned against them. In consequence of this event, and of the Provi sional Junta at Turin having dissolved itself on the 9th instant, this Administrative Commission of Go vernment resolved to beg the Governor, Count Des Geneys, who had been arrested since the 23d tilt. that he would be pleased to re-assume the reins of Go vernment. We annex the Proclamation of Count Des Geneys, issuedon this occasion, and we are glad to be able to add, that the tranquillity of this place con tinues to be undisturbed. We just learn, that a great number of the Chiefs of the revolt in Piedmont are arrived, fugitives, in the environs and suburbs of this city, into which the Government has prudently refused to let them enter, but allows them to take shipping for wherever they please. It is said that a considerable number are embarking for Spain. COUNT DES GENETS TO THE INHABITANTS OF THE CITY AND DUCHY OF GENOA. . 1 How fortunate for me is the moment in which, surrounded by the same individuals of your fellow-citizens whom I nomi nated at your suggestion to the administration of the Govern ment, and the maintenance of public tranquillity, I can freely express the sentiments of gratitude which I MSC truly feel to wards the generous National Guard, to whom we are all in debted for the preservation of public order, and I in particular of that of my life. " For a long time past I have received the clearest proofs of your attachment to my person; and if certain unhappy circum stances, or evil dispositions, have excited the discontent of a few, I have not on that account undervalued, even on the most critical occasions, the distinguished claim which you have ac quired, and particularly in the late perilous crisis, to my warm K Bury then, as I will do, in profound oblivion, our past disasters. " I return to full and entire confidence in you all, without exception ; do you also return to your attachment ; and I hope to prove to you, by the most effectual means in my power, that I have never ceased to deserve it. " I declare, in the meantime, that the Administrative Com mission of Government, appointed by me under the Decree of the 251 March, shall continue, composed of the individuals which that Administration has selected as the associates of its labours. The direction of the Police shall, however, continue under Signor Antonio 13into. " In compliance with the request made to me by the Citi zens, some Deputations are about to set out, who are charged with instructions, in the present circumstances, for pleading the cause and protecting the rights of the City and Duchy, with his Majesty King Victor Emmanuel, with his Royal Highness the Duke of Genevois, and General La Torre, Commander in-Chief of the army, and who now represents the Sovereign in the Capital. - - " I send by these Deputies letters to implore that no foreign troops may enter the Duchy. ` l4 Let us accompany them with our wishes, and adopt the firm resolution to maintain public tranquillity. " Finally, let us hope everything from the paternal and affectionate hearts of our august Sovereigns. " Genoa, April 11. " G. DES GENETS." NAMES OF TIIE DEPUTIES SENT TO Mei—Count Pasqua, Marquis Ginn Carlo Jcrra, Advocate Azdiziene. • Monaisa—The Archbishop of Genoa, Count Carbanaca (Pre sident of the Senate), Chevalier John Zuartara. Tuatx—Marquis Gerolaino Jerra, Marquis Gerolaimo taneo, Advocate Perasso. INSPRUCK, APRIL 11. The second battalion of the regiment of kaunitz arrived yesterday, on their way to Italy. According to private letters, the battalions of the regiment of chasseurs of the Emperor, which form a part of the division Lederer, after having passed the Garigliano, were stationed in the camp at Capna. Since the conclusion of the Convention, they were destined to the attack of Gaeta ; but it was prevented by the vo luntary surrender of the fortress. The news respect ing the condition of the army is most satisfactory. STUTGARD, APRIL 12. In the Sitting of the day before yesterday, the Se cond Chamber of this State approved a Project of an Address to the King, which is remarkable for being opposed to the principles of our modern philanthro pists, who constantly uphold the necessity of miti gating punishments. It is stated in this Project— .. That his Majesty having given to the Chamber an assurance that a new Penal Code shall be drawn up which will afterwards acquire authority from him, according to the forms of the Constitution, 'the ac complishment of this undertaking will anticipate the wishes of the Chamber, and satis fy a want which has long existed. But a work of this extent anti import ance necessarily requires much time in order to be carried to the desired point of perfection. The Cham ber, therefore, begs his Majesty to cause one branch of the Penal Code, which seems to call for a prompt correction, to be treated separately. The law of Charles V. relative to thefts, is no longer in force.— The punishments inflicted by that law are not of a nature to deter hardened men, who hold labour in horror, from committing new thefts, after they have once given themselves up to vagabondage and have, violated that respect which ought to be felt for the property of others. Men of this description easily accommodate themselves to a temporary confine ment : their class is very numerous, aad it appears to be always increasing ; and this places the property of the Public in very great hazard, especially in places which do not possess the advantages of walled towns. In consequence, the Chamber entreats his Majesty to cause to be presented, as soon as possible, and even before the introduction of the pew Penal Code, a Projet of law which shall fix punishment appropriate to the crime of theft in general ; which shall aggravate the punishments in cases of repetition, and against habitual thieves; and which shall con tain regulations of a nature calculated to render the incorrigible, incapable of doing further mischief, and in particular to deprive them of the means of cor rupting others." MUNICH, APRIL 13. ' A letter from Paris states, that the Ultras charge Don Bardazi D'Azara, formerly Spanish Minister at Turin, latterly at Paris, and now Minister for Fo reign Affairs, with having fomented the Piedmontese Revolution ; with having, in his Hotel in,Paris, fa- I bricated accounts of the military operations of the Abruzzi favourable to the Neapolitans, and with having brought Prince Cisterna to Paris. They also insinuate that Bardazi, Prince Cariati, and several other persons, appear to be deeply implicated' by Papers which Cisterna had concealed in a secret drawer of his carriage, and which were seized on his return to Piedmont. GERMAN CONFEDSRATION. FRANKFORT, APRIL 17. In conformity with the resolution adopted in the 15. h Sitting, held on the 9th inst. the Diet assembled this day in a full sitting, and unanimously agreed to 24 Articles of the plan for a Military Constitution which were converted into an Organic Law of V.v... Cermet Confederation. " Art. I. The Armynf the Confederation eonsiats of contingon s from all the Confederate States, which are placed on foot Ac cording to the formation of the respective matrkub. "S. The proportion of the different descriptions of force is regulated according to the principles of modern military tactics. " 3. The Army of the Confederation is formed even in time of peace, in order to be prepared, if it should be necessity to march. Its strength and its internal division are reguLued by particular Resolutions of the Diet. " 4. The Army of the Confederation consists of complete army-corps, partly unmixed, partly composed, divided int o divi sions, brigades, &c. " 5. No State of the Confederation whose contingent forms one single or several army-corps can unite the cuntingtnt i of other States with its own in one divisien. " 6. With regard to the mired army-corps and divisions, th e States of the Confederation which that object concerns .ball ar range among themselves the manner of forming the nece ssary divisions, and giving them a complete organization. If they d o not agree, the Diet will decide. " 7. In organizing the military force, regard shall be had so the interests resulting from the particular relations of the dm_ (scent States, in so far as the same shall appear recoarlitable with general objects. " 8. Pursuant to the legal and fundamental equality aright. and duties, all supremacy, even in appearance, of one State of the Confederation over another, shall be avoided. " 9. In each State of the Confederation, the contingent must always be maintained in such a state as to be within the aba te* delay after the summons of the Confederation, comp:e:cly na p . pcd in all respects, ready to march and to take the lid& " 10. The force and the asiembling of the Army to be pet* foot, are regulated by particular licwolatlons of the Diet. " 11. Measures are to be adopted for keeping the Army ce the Confederation complete, and for reinforcing it if secular!: For this purpose there must be a special reserve. " 12. The military contingents of the Confederadon form an Army, under the command of a General-in-ChitE " 13. The General-in-Chief shall be elected by the Canis& ration, on every occasion on which the assembling of the Army shall be decided. a 14. The General-in-Chief shall take an oath to the C. deration before the Diet, which is the sole authority. " 15. The formation and execution of the plan of operations are left entirely to the Generai.in-Chief. He is personally rt elmnsible to the Confederation, and may be tried by a Comb. " 16. The General-in-Chief must treat all parts of the Army with the most perfect equality, in as far as depends on him. Ha cannot change established divisions. He is, however, at Ratty to make detachments for a certain time. _ " 17. The Conjunanders of particular divisions are appoinisi by the States to Whom the troops belong. When divisions in composed of the troops of several States, the Commanded in chosen by the respective Governments conjointly. " 18. The rights and dudes of these Commanders, in their relations with the Confederation, are analogous to those of tin Commander-in-Chief. They must exact implicit obedience from the inferior Officers, and must themselves obey their superiors 19. Jurisdiction belongs to the Commanders of Divisions, lceording to the limits prescribed to them by the States of ths Confederation. ..... " 20. Provision shall be made for the subsistence of the army of the Confederation by Commissaries for all the Army-corps under the direction of the Commander-in-Chief. and in the in terior of States of the Confederation, in concert with the Cow missaries of the respective countries. " 21. That there shall be formed, by a special resolution d the Diet, a particular war chest, to receive the contributinnsd all the Members of the Confederation, according to the nue& culation. " 22. The indemnification for expense of passage, cantonal", and all other general allowances in the States of the Confelen• tion, shall be fixed according to a reasonable rate, and the id* bitants must be paid in money as speedily as possible. " 23. The principle of an equal ►epartition of burdens, ad benefits, as well for the divisions of the Army as for the Stets of the Confederation, shall be ad invariable rule of conduct." THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. . WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 1821. Sr. Kam—Holiday at the Bank. A Hamburgh Mail has brought us, this forenma, Papers to the 21st of April. They contain a variety of interesting particulars respecting the progress d the Greek insurrection, which we hasten to extract. WARSAW, APRIL 5. Our Gazette contains the following from Moldavia and Wallachia : Near Galacz the Greeks have taken from the Tarts thirteen merchantmen, and killed part of the Turks on board, and made the rest prisoners : the booty is estimated at 100,000 piastres. The new Greek way possesses, at present, only two cannon. Ypsilanti, according to a letter from Bucharest i the 13th March, was expected there in six days * the farthest. The Turks had retired into the far tresses of Rudsrhuk and Ibrailow. TOCRSCHANCY, MARCH 24. It is not only fully confirmed that the Twill fortress of Galacz has fallen into the hands of the Greeks, but we also learn that they have taken above thirty Turkish vessels on the Danube, and killed all the people on board, except eighty-six. ODESSA, MARCH so. Captain Nicolo Cocoli arrived here yesterday, aft& a voyage of seventy hours, from Constantinople (bearing the Russian flag), and gives the followiq account of the state of things there: " The events in. Moldavia and Wallachia were as well known to the people and the Turkish Goya' ment, as the arming of the Greeks. The confusion was very great. The houses of the Anibassahorst especially of the Russian, were filled with fagitios Prince Callimachi had already fallen a victim. Or ders were given for the Turkish fleet to be mO O s ail by the 21st April ; but this seemed imposFible ,ls sailors were wanting. An embargo was laid Turkish vessels bound to the Black Sea, and twirl have been given to visit even the Russian vesselsdisi came in or sailed ; but the Russian Ambassador cr posed this so successfully, that it had been Pog ibig for many distinguished Greek families to escape 10 . the Black Sea. The Sultan had had a contemned' five hours with the Greek Patriarch. The ill soca!' of the Turkish arms in Albania was likewise kanoll to the people, though the Government tried to coorti l it. 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