The Statesman. — London, England, 1820-04-21 00:00:00

Mg GACk.kQ ,IMA jttAStktr-a No• 4697. ('error-sot' R. LONIDON, ISth Aram, 1520. FoIL SALE. pier r fete !lon. the Commissioner+ of hit lialesty's T om os:. on IV EIINESDAY the 166, Til CHSDAY the •fita,ntki Fitll/1Y the teal iostam, at One (.'elnek in the %versrun precisely. at too Commercial Sale Rooms, Tar, f.ii!owing (1110115 fur Exportat i on. East inuia, sod °tiler FrlrciAn prohibited (.144A15, Pictures. p r igs, Boots, Drugl, 1011 KOMI! CONSIVNIPTION: Rego sp!rits, rhina, p..reetale. earthenw.tre. /filtered. ter. coffre. cigar, anti other grocery. saccades, *us, sites, plate-glass, pietures, print% books. borate, sethsz.a' - Peort sheds. hor4e-hair, e.otee seed, it , achilii Sias. canvass. ensile. shawls, lace. watches and other ?seamy. a etch amethyst weighing ISllh., rough amethysts. ? meg seie marine and er) Anis. slit-worm gut, th-ti‘. wood MOWS. boats, stone. gunpowder, and sundry .4her Goods. as mentioned is the Catalogue—rtaga or A hi. )!TICS. To be viewed at the Tobacco-ground. Rotheriiithe filatles's Magazine Harking; Lund( n Docks: the King's si e rrho , l9e, CW4iOlO-Ihours mad at Ulotre-yard Warehouses, !.ewer Thautes-strt!rt ; ow Priday the fiat. Iferveday tharld. Nei rowdyy th•litrilt ioftaist, from ten &dee& is the mors- Mr hi three in PI.. iftertt..ou. Ooode bought at this mato malt he paid for at the Lassiter of Flees and Forfeitures 011 tee. Custoin I I tivao, on or before Tuesday. the 16th May, legit, or the Deposits aisle therNes will absolutely become forfeited. t'llate•gi:ea to be had at the King's Waretionse. Cush-m -il lie. on Thursday, the 20th instant—rates ONE ‘nti.tiso DOCTOR SYNTAX. THE Publishers of the trump, ry imposed upon the world. under the name of Dn. SYNTAX, have curled their shameless deceptions beyond all bounds. Not content with having stolen that mune, (key have had the effrontery to attempt in their advertisements, to g:ve to their impositions the unction of the Artist anti Publisher of the genuine work. 111 r. RowLassoson (transformed to suit their pur poses into RO%linion) and Mr. Aciiiklll•lot. whose names 'niched to the Title and Engravings, distinguish the true 'yetis from the mutations impostor. Mo. V. Vol. 2, will be publised Ms) , I, price 2s. lid. PIANOFORTES AND PED %I. HARPS; GOOD Ali NEW. ACABINET PIANfiFORTE. shop-price 60 qui seas, for 38 ittineas t Pedal Harp, cost 73 guineas, for 13 sinews; three Square Pianfortes, at 12 guineas, 16 vul vas. and 14 guineas, Also may be 'soothe Patent Oblique Pianoforte: upwards of 20U have been sold and approved sf. Those who wish to hate a Brat-rate Pianoforte should see this before the) determine, at Mr. Watlen's, 13, Leicester place. N.B. Barrel Organ for Church. Chapel, or Drawisfproots. CARROLL, the Contractor, hega to remind the Public. that the TWO FIRST - PRIZES DRAWN NEXT TOURS() tV, must hare TWO ......or 21.1.061 , /. In addition ; and also on that Day more than Twenty other Capitals will be Drawn. Every Ticket and Share bought before NEXT THURS DAY, will hare a chance thronsrhwut the Lottery for the Four.... Prises of ..../10,000 Tw0.... Prise of .... 20,01.19 Two.... Prizes of .... 10,000. at. Ake. 7 wartempelat fever se Carerits. Tickets sail Shares are ',Ulna by Cuaoci., Contractor, No. 19. Cornhill, Sad 16, Osford-street ; London, and b) ail his Agents in the Country. Canitot.t. Shared and .41d. in the last fen Months. 9,3&7 30,01101. 7.003. .....3,000/. 706 91,0001. 1,996 1,001.11. 1,316 90,0019. &e. &e. BRITISH PAINT MANUFACTORY, et, Qt. tes-rrastr. LO!CDOS UPTON and Co.'s Chew. Durable, and lm. pesetrable PAINTS. per cwt. per ewt. Stone Colour - -48 s. Black - - -36 a. White - - 48.. Yellow - - . Slate and Lead Colours 4tia. Invisible Green -40 s. 011ie Olken - - lac. Fine deep (Ireen - I Itthi. Dirk Red - - 40%. Bright Red - - 30.. Chocolate - -40 s. Prepared Oil to thin for ate. per gallon. 4s. Od. Linseed Oil. Turpentine, rind Colours of eeery description. Tinge Paints are very ornamental, and may he applied with great advantage to all the purposes of useful Painting, inside and out, where a handsome appearance. durability, and economy Are considerations. For park-palings. out bffilklings, stucco and plaster fronts, iron unit wood railing. and shipping purposes, they are peculiarly adapted. as they resist the effects of weather in en unusual degree, and are a cure for the worm and dry rot. They also cover a surface nearly twice as great as other Paints. and may be applied with little trouble, requiring only to be thinned with Linseed or Prepared Oil. •.• Reined Coil Tar Brown. 6 10 s. per cwt. Varnishes, &c. te. TILE ORIGINAL AND GENUINE. P.tronited by TIER MAJESTY, their Rosal Highnesses the DUCHESS of YORK, and DUKE of SUSSEX, his • Imp .rial Majesty the EMPEROR of RUSSIA, by their Ppeeial Authority, and by most of the Nobility and Gentry throughout Europe, OWLAN WS MACASSAR OIL, the Original it. and Genuine, werrant.sd to afford the greatest nourish ment to the Ilutunn Hnir, presents its being Injured by elvige of climate. illness. traveillng. &e.; removes the scurf. hut •hness and dryness, pn•vents the hair falling or turning g.ey, and prodoces a thick grourh on bald places, makes ;h. oair soft. curly, and glossy, preserves the eurl In damp slier. produces whiskers and eyebrows.—Price 3a. ed., • Iths. &1., and els. per bottle. also ROWLAND'S ESSENCE of TYRE.—By merely wetting the hair with this prepnration, the Proprietors war rant to produce immediately a perfect chosen in RED or GREY HAIR, WHISKERS, EYE-BROWS. ec. to a glossy and pennant. :t BROWN or BLACK, latt icing the exact natural colour. Washing makes this dye more darable.—Ladies or Gentlemen may dye their hair with ease and WCTPST.—Price. 45., 7s.dd., and lea. 6d. Sold wholesale, retail, and for exportation, by the sole Proprietors, A. Rowland and Son. corner of Kirby-street. the first turning on the right in Hatton-garden. Holborn, London; ancl.ll appointment, by Messrs. Hendries, Titch h ono-street • Smyth, lIL Gas'. and Peirce, 67, Overton, and D. Rigge;e3. N •sv Bond-street; Bayley and Blew, Cositspur-street ; S. Be - ry , 17, and Johnstone, 16. Greek skeet ; J. and C. Butter. 4. Cheopside ; Rigge , 66. Cheap side; Newberry and Sons, 44. and Et!wards. 60, St. Paul's "nrtb-yard; Burgess. OP. ; Barclay and lions. Ficet-nuirket ; Pratt, We. and Low. end, Strand ; Row ney, 1 0 6, Hatton-garden Pte. 2d, King-street ; Sutton. War Chttrel-surd ; TO. 41, and Johnston. Coruhill ; Bol ton and Tett.. Roved Eschange ; Whyte, Easteheep; and by ail Perfumers and Medicine Vendera. A. ROWLAND and SON respectfully CAUTION the Eahlle against spnriou. imits...ions, composed of deleterious r!txredients, injurious to the hair. To prevent the impost t' au, ask for ROWLAND'S OIL, or ROWTAND'S DYE. and observe that each, genuine bottle is signed on the ow stde lab e l. i n re d i n k . '" A. ROWLAND rind SON."—AII with opt that signature are counterfeits. ••-•-•••-•mr•ww.mmffogiagigmeiffiwiwaiNNIPIWW....1111MM w WWWWIMIr /- -: .-11 1 0 1 TrY7 ". . A , - -., --- . • • ‘ „ • : vx t,.. ; -.-.."-....- • , :.. • ~ • ..,... . . • ....._ - • , tli , . . . t . e nal ate iti f . II 1111 l l• k; • _ . .....__L:_:::. .. - •-:.-,;-•: .: • -----:--• -. :-: - -- 3. . I J. !LONDON, FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1820. ........... . , PRICE SEVEN PENCE. by what had happened at Ouirdalou; e to the an( , rtu nate Pelage, to the immortal Pelgresse, and to those unfortunate imligenal inhabitant s of that isle, who even now groan in slavery, after having enjoyed the sweets of liberty, we might judge, if we should have the misfortune to yield through weaknesv, what would be the injustice, the cruel and barbarous treatment we should have experienced. _ The General-in-Chief, Toussaint Louverture, had put the whole of St. Domingo under the banners o; France, and he had expelled the great planters spa the foreigners they had about them. The Republic wr , triumphant. General Toussaint was incessantly c pitied in effacing the evils of the war, re-establishing good order, and causing agriculture to prosper. He afforded special protection to the ex-colonists, who en joyed still their ci-devant property as under the an• cleat regime, with the exception that they no longer pousuud the power if life and des& over the black., nor was it lawful for them to inflict blows at their price and pleasure. But slavery no longer reigned, and General Toe.- saint wu all-powerful. This order of things was m•: agreeable in Frai:re, nor to the ex-colonists. To re establish slavery, they set themselves to work to weaf:• en his power. And with this view, Gen. Heclouvi"g was sent to Saint Domingo by the French Oovernmeo - .. with secret instructions to kindle the flame of el% war between the blacks and the people of colour. " The Cause for which HAMPDEN fell in the Flea, end SYDNEY died on the Seattle!'" ESSAYS cos rats CAUSES or rim REVOLUTION AND THE CIVIL WARS or 11.4371: DONNING A ONRINII Of POLITICAL SIVILSCTIONS ON CDR. 'PAIN FRENCH JOURNALS AND Panrulars, coNctaliT.4l HAYTI, PT SioNt.INVII LE DAKOPI DE VASTLY. TRANSLATED rams 1171 OIININ•L ►RINCR, visa TIM PAEIR txcLuslyiLv, By ALEXANDER JAMIESON, E►at. XSSAY FIRST. ON TOE PRINCIPAL CAUSES WHICII II IIYIL LLD THE PIIO PLE UP tiTI TO ASSERT TfICIR LIBERTY AND IN DEPENDENCE. 11..yti has hitherto been deficient in a general •14s tory. written by an indigene! inhabitant; the greeter part of the historians, who have given some fragments, were Europeans. They have occupied themselstes principally with the histor.cal part, which of coarse concerned them most; and when they ha►e been low pelted, by their subject, to wok of the isdigenal habiteuts, they have done so with the spirit of preju dice and partiality, which they could not shake of when it was roused by the competition of 61ack$ and whit( s. Relates it is necessary to consider that these histo rians have had, as their guides, but materials fabri cated by the whites. Events and facts have been twisted in a sir:owe manner; triah has been shown) in a false light ; the halance has always inclined more to one side than the other ; ami moreover, since it is absolutely necessary that they who write the history' of any country should have a perfect knowledge of every cirrnmstance concerning it, is it strange or asto nishing that writers, even men of great talents, should: have erred in what they have written of Hayti, and have given very defective historical notices of that island ? The want of a general, exact, and true history, oc casions great difficulties to the politi•Al writer, who is shackled and stopped at • very step in his march ; and to be able well to refute his adversaries, and render his subject clear and intelligible to his readers, he is oblized to ascend to the sources of events, if lie would develope truth, and expose the mi.repn•sentations of his adversaries. We have been compelled to follow this path, in giving a succinct exposition of the principal events of the Revolution of Ilayti, and of the causes which led to that Revolution. We have placed them as land marks for our guide with the reader in this labyrinth, without, however, going ourselves from the strict bounds which we have prescribed, lest we should fall into prolixity, and lose sight of the essenti,ll objcct for which we write. Without further preamble we proceed with our subject. _Ol &Awe 1 don of Hayti was divided into three distinct casta.l which were again subdivided according to the esta,- Wi s h e d p re kolii e. of the colonial spstew, via.- 40,000 Whitt:, who divided themselves into great planters and 1 ,. r;tA. , ,lanrs. 30.009 Pcupl.. of colour and blacks, formerly free men, who were divided into as many classes as there were gradations of eidour, more or less approaching the whites. 501 1 ,4410 Itliici< slaves, natives and Afri' ans, subject also to the colonial pr , juilires. The rreoles were dis tinguished fioin the Africans; and in these two classes, the domestics, the coati in, drivers, ennituanderrs, every one who was attached to the w hites, all who were then culled l ewd aphjcete, were distinguished from the unfortunate slaves who cultivated the soil. A spirit of egotism, of pride and vanity, reigned In all these classes; the great planters despised the petits-blames, the petits-blames contemned the men of co lour and the enfranchised blacks; and these, in their turn, looked down on the unfortunate slaves. Such were the basis of the colonial system ; they were founded on slavery and the prejudices of colony, with the view of preserving to the whites the pre eminence of which the ex-colonists are so jealous. We speak not of a prohibited commerce : that branch of the system concerned only the ex-col , inists with the mother-country—France. At that period we were neither merchants Mir planters ; we were only the instruments with which both aggrandized themselves. A population so considerable, rotnposed of elements an dillerent, and of principles so hetero geneous, would certainly feel the effects of a revolu tion such as broke out in France, and needed but a faint spark to kindle into a blaze all the bustibie materit al , s which had been gathered in its bosom. The Revolution commenced by consecrating in France the eternal and indistinctihle principles of the rights of man, in a social state ; liberty and equality, prod:timed in the hearing of so many men who groaned wider :he oppr. ssion ill a colonial des potism and barbarous slavery, could not fail to pro duce tem hle effects, which have, in their explosion, overturned and destroyed, root and brand:, the colo nial system of Saint Domingo. There were but two tic thoils by which this system, deep rooted by time and prejudices, could be destroyed. One was, by the will of the oppress irs aided by time, or, in default of this, by those violent checks which become ne essary to remose an excess of crime, by blood and destruct' , during many years, -between the oppressed and their oppressors. And it is this which has actually happened in Hayti. The inflexi bility of character, the ittjusti e, and the tyranny of the ex-colourists, have produced this terrible struggle, which has been prolonged even to the present time ; and the colonial hydra, in his agony, dares to pro voke it still by his vain murmurings. When the Royalists and the Repuldirane b e gan quarrelling; in France, and the Revolution marched with gigantic strides, Saint Domingo followed the example of the ntother-country. '1 he great planters and the petita, quarrelled among themselves, and from disputes came to blows. (Inc party ?mounted the white cockade, the other the tr,-cvlurt . . In all their assemblies" in their societies, at table, or in public, the only questions discussed were the rights of man, liberty, and equality. The domestics and other confident, who approached the whites lent an attentive ear to these discussions, which attracted them by their novelty, and interested them by their consequences. The Revolution, the rights of man, liberty, and equality, became now the discourse of the domestic., who reported to their friends and comrades in the plantations and the stores, what they heard at the table of their masters. The whites heeded not their discourse, but allowed all li cense to speech in our° presence, believing that our senses were so dull and stapid that we could under stand nothing of political discussions. So far they were blinded by the prejudices which they bad so long entertained against the blacks; prejudices which they cannot abandon even at the present time. We hero said that the spirit of egsotiam end pride, inherent In the colonial system, reigned ht all classes. Alm great planters did not wish to make any cession of their rights to the petits-414'es, who, on their part, wished to have the same rights as the first, but refused them to the men of colour ; and these last, who wished to he on an equality of rights with the petits-61asses, refused to make any cession of rights to the blacks. It was thus that the unfortunate flee, suing for the civil and political rights of the men of colour only, refused to follow the counsels of the brave and gene rous Chavanne, who had pledged himself that the blacks would enjoy the same advantages ; and by thus , depriving himself voluntarily of the strength of an immense force, he became the fatal victim of his er ror ; the whites would no longer place any confidence in him, and he expired under the wheel with his family! It was thus that in the different agreements which took place between the whites and the men of colour, the blacks were always sacrificed by the two parties. Nevertheless, the blood of these martyrs, the blond of Oge and Chavanne, shed gloriously on the scatt.ld, cried aloud for vengeance, and contributed to give motion to the Revolution. The white population divided itself into two die- 'tine! parties : The great planters, whom we now call the I:ltra- Colonists, for they have not changed the system formed by the Royalist party, who have made common cause with the emigrants, the Spaniards and the English. The whites, attached to revolutionary principles, whom we now call Liberals or Constitutionalists, formed the republican party. The black and olive population became the tools of both parties ; the great planters stirred up to insurre. tins tba black*, is the name of the Kills of France and loSpalirlb oppose the Republicans; and the Repnblieami, on their part, were violent to proclaim general liberty, that they might he able to oppose the blacks to the planters, the Spaniards, and the English. The Generals Jean Francois, Masson,' !longue mand, Candi, be. combatted, in the name of the Kings of France and Spain, against the French Republic: and the Generals Ti;ns.aint Louverture, Vilatte, Le veille, and many other Ilaytian warriors, fought in the name of the French Republic, against the emigrants, the Spaniards, and the English. Roth parties became the unhappy victims of their credulity and attachment to the whites. Jean Francois, Biassou, Candi, and many others who have shed your blood for the Kings of France and Spain, what has become of you ? Jean Francois has terminated his days in exile, Masson and Candi have 'bean inhumanly replunged into slavery, and buried alive in the mines of Mexico! And you, Toossaint Lonverture, Vilatte, and many other Ilaytian warrior . , what has been the recompense of the eminent services you have performed, and of the blood you have shed for these ungrateful Republicans? . Toussaint died in the horrors of a dungeon, in tortures, in cold, and famine, and misery ; Vilatte, before he xpired, felt his entrails racked by poison ; thousands of our bre thren have been the victims of their credulity. It, cruel ingratitude : detestable crime It, my com panions, when will you cease to he the instruments and the victims of these monsters ? A part of the men of colour and the blacks, ancient freemen, threw them selves among the Republicans, and a part among the Royalists. The mass of the black population folluvvcil the impulse which had been given it, and it was thus divided into two parties. The white cockade distin guished the one party, the tri-colonr the other: and ender the specious names of King, Liberty, Re, uidic, we fought, and we shed our blood, without knowing why, without even suspecting that we ;ere mere tools, employed fur own ruin, by the white Royalists and the Republicans: for we were far (ro:n thinking that the whiter, divided among themselves by political opinions, were perfectly indifferent as to our fate, htit marched by different roads to the Caine end. The IMP party wished to annihilate the other, and then reduce to slavery the party which had served as the instrument to gain the victory. It was thus that the blacks were served by General Rigaud, in his attempt to annihilate Toussaint, and that afterwards the Republicans wished to plunge the victorious party, General Toussaint and his friends, into slavery. But the reader cannot be deceived on this point; General Rigand was conquered, and he has been well received by the French ; in consequence, General Toussaint became their victim, and he has been so. If, on the contrary, Rigawl had hen vie ! torious, Toussaint would have been welcomed by them; in fine, both became their victims. As the one or the other might be conqueror, the French expedition would not have had less effect ; this civil war was but the prelude, the victorious had been in t!,e necessity of combatting, or of submitting to slavery. Truly, from what had taken place in France, and • The translator preserves.this style throughout: it is the bineusge of "' • ten-- ' - t•or,•• :~ ~ ~- / I q. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. The Grind Jury hate been sitting on the nnugually large number of indictments which have come before them, ever since the morning of Tuesday, the 1 Ith in stant. Soon after two o'clock, yesterday, about 19 or 20 of the Gentlemen of the Grand Jury, with J. S. Haw kins, Esq. at their head, came into Court, and deli vered the last of the bills on which they had derided; which hills having been severally proclaimed in the usually way, one of the Grand Jurors stepped forward, and addressing F. Const, Esq. the Chairman of the Sessions, said, " Mr. Chairman, as one of the Grand 1 beg to make this presentment to the Court ;" at the same time handing up a paper. Immediately after which, J. S. Ilawnixs, Esq. the POMO,. of the Greed Jury, after calling the attention of the Chairman to paper which he held in his hand, read therefrom as follows :—" 1 am authorised by all the Gentleman of the Grand Jury, now present (with the exception f Mr. Farey), to say, that they totally dissent from :t : I that is contained in Mr. Parry's inemoria/, nJw deli vered in.' Mr. Faazy---`• Mr. Chairman. 1 have mesie4se 'Pt "wrist, that is me presentment," pointing Pt the saute time to the paper which Mr. Uonst hi Id in hi• hand, and from which paper he proceeded to read as fol lows, viz.— " I, John Parry, of Howland-street, Fitzrov•square, one of the Jurors of our Sovereign Lord the King as sembled at the Oeneral Quarter Sessions of the Pelee, holden on Tuesday, the I Ith day of April, IMtlt, ..t Hicks's-Hall, in and for the county of Middlesex, and duly sworn and charged to make presentments, do think it my duty to present as follows, viz.—That the examination of witnesses who appeared before t'. is Gram! Jury to support indictments against ceitai:i persons (about forty in number), severally chargi .1 either with littering or attempting to utter (or pass). 'or else with having in their possession certain nuts which were produced (about to the number of 120). the same were, by the Bank Inspector, sworn to be fore. imitations of 'Bank of England lodes; betiause (as 5...• states!), such notes were not printed a from any ut '!:e plates belonging to the Bank of England, or ca tte paper used by the said !lank for the printing toi their notes. 11 hereupon, in answer to further qiiessions put to such Inspector, he repeatedly and distinctly stated to this Brand Jury to the frilluwing eheet, vie. that cart, and every one of she nutea which In had (so as aforesaid) sworn to be forgeries o cere impressions (t: copies) printed off from plates, with the existence et which plates he was previously and well acquainted, from having, in the course of his official inspection., 'often before examined itupressious frbom these sa,i.e forged plates; and all of which plates and notes he (the I rispectur) understood, and wily believed to haw been en.. raven and forged, iu ur near to the town of Birmingham, in Warwickshire. On more than tine occasion, the same witness stated to this timid Jurj, that some particular person (or persons), residing in or near to Birmingham, was very strongly suspected v f being the engraver and forger of such plates and whores; yet the further questions put to this and another witness, on the part of the Bank of England, failed tit producing evidence or information to this Grand J shy, whether attempts had :triunity been made to search for, and seize the tools and implements and the stock, of the engravers and forgers of the many notes whi h have lately been found in the possession of utterer' in the county of Middlesex, and brought before this Orand Jury, as aforesaid. " Under these tircurnotauces I have deemed it my indispensable duty, and do, in consequence, hereby humbly pray the Court, that the Justices therein a s sembled will, wi!hout delay, ,a far as in their power lies, caw the most energetic and efficient mead% which are kaown, and the laws will by any means allow, to be Weed and put in force tor fully detecting, punishing, and altogether stopping the highly Meg I practices of any Snell wholesale forgerwand first ut terera of forged Bank of England nut. s ; whereby the strong and almost irresistible temptation which su: first utterer, (and more especially so dot ends series dispersed throushourthe country) daily hold out to distressed and ignorant 'croons, fur ileihrin, them to engage in the highly Mega) and mischlevous • traffic of buying and uttering forged notes, would, it believed, in a great - e, if nut altogether. which 1 from at _ had taken place in France, and "a" to engligw I•. •„• .•• e-v ...,- -- • Truly, The transisiter preserves-this Kyle throughout: it is the intruage ot the teS2--- Croyaleat yle c og tout tri,p i.h- tr.itric of baying anti altering forged notes, would, it I s f.7"ly believed, in a great wen use, if nut altogether. ,11,,.. 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