The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-10-04 00:00:00

IIA!'T 1.

Some days ago we state7lll7aconspiracy had been de-
tected in Hayti, having for its object to overturn the Go-
vernment of Boyer, who has rendered himself justly unpo.
pular by the strange bargain he has made with France.
It appears from the latest intelligence frorn llayti, that
the conspiracy Was of a very fortniclabla and desperate
character, having for its object the massacre of all the Mu-
latto Chiefs, of whom the black' population is extrcmc:y
jealous.

Accounts from Port-au-Prince to the 14th of August,.
recelied yesterday at the North and South American
Coffee-house state, that, the principal authors of the conspi-
racY had been arrested, and that several Officers who had
been in the service •of Christophe were of the number;
several shots are said to have been eachavged between the,
conspirators and the troops of Boyer, who, as soon as be
heard of the insurrection, hastened to the spot. A letter
of the 13th of August says, tranquillity was entirely re.
stored in the north, but a number of arrests had taken
place, and several superior Officers had arrived, under an
escort, at Port-au-Prince.

The most circumstantial account of this conspiracy is
contained in a letter which appeared in the G`argow Covrier
of Saturday. It had been rtceiVed by a rtspcctable incr.
cantile house in that city, from Ilayti, brought by the
Augusta, which arrived in the Clyde on Friday. The
extract from the letter, which we subjoin, is prefaced Ly
the following observations by the editor of the Glasgow
Courier:— •

" We consider it unnecessary td re.stato ottr opinions regarding
the recent events in St. Domingo. We considered, and we still
consider, the arrangements concluded between France and Boyer
to have for their ultimate object the retention of St. Domingo as
part of the dominions of France, but to be retained as such under
the Government of Boyer, and the present constitution and state of
society there established. `ire ere, moreover, of opinion, that
Boyer, besides being ltd to the steps he has taken by the flattering
promises held out to him by France, has been compelled to resort
to the measttres he has adopted b• the knowledge of the discontent
which reigns amongst the black military population, who, so greatly
outnumbering the mulattoes, would not long suffer them to retain
the reins of Government. Every arrival from St. Domingo has,
since the event, confirmed the fact, that the Blacks looked upon the
negotiations with France in the same light as we have done. They
loudly proclaim that they have been sold, and, under this feeling, it
was to be expected that they would seek the opportunity for
revenge."

Extract of a letter, dated Cape Hayden, Aug. 7, 1825,
received per Augusta, from Porto Plate
In our letter of the 28th ult. I spoke of discontent amongst the
old black Generals of Christophe; and you may imagine our alarm,
when on the night of the 28th ult, a call to arms was heard through
the streets, which were on the instant deserted, every one securing
himself in his dwelling ; a few individuals only on horseback were
endeavouring to induce the citizens in the houses to join their parry
and cane. These soldiers were the guides of various black Gene.
rals, who, notwithstanding all their efforts, could not succeed in
obtaining any partisans.
" The conspiracy, it is said, was judiciously planned, and em-
braced the whole of the northern arrondissements : upwards of GO
Officers were implicated ; their object was to establish a Government
independent of the ancient Republic, and to that effect it was agreed
on, that all the Al ulatto Chiefs should be massacred at a public
dinner, given in celebration of the Independence, at which every
inhabitant of note was ptesent, including the foreign merchants.
The writer was placed at table between two Mulatto Colonels of
the regiments forming part of the troops of the garrison, on the
other side of whom were stationed two black officers, their destined
executioners. From some unknown circumstances the execution of
the project was deferred till the night above alluded to, of the 28:h,
whic't failed, from the want of co-operation of the privates of the
parr son, who, tired of civil war, denounced their revolutionary
dile vs. These were all arrested, and sent prisoners to the capital.
" The public mind is now in comparatively a tranquil state. A
Len.rai *Aram prevails in this place."

•
flu Royal Itighness the Duke of Gloucester is on a visit
at the hospitable n ansion of J. Bethel', Esq. of Meriy
Home, near Wimborne, Dorset, where his Royal Highness
intem's spending several (lays with a select shooting party.
On Saturday morning the Duchess of Kent, accompanied
by her daughter, the Princess Victoria, left Claremont,
where the Royal Duchess had been staving on a visit to
her Royal brother, Prince Leopold, and proceeded to her
apartments at the King's Palace, Kensington.
The Archbishop of Canterbury is still seriously ill at
Dover, and has not been able to shake off the effects of his
late alarming attack. His Grace is attended by most of
his family, and we trust the tine air and sea-bitbing of
Dover will speedily restore him to health.
Yesterday the Right Hon. W. Huskisson transacted bu-
siness with Mr. Secretary Canning, previous to the Right
Hon. Gentleman's leaving town.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has lift town for
Yorkshire.

The Right Hon. Stratford Canning, his Lady, and suite,
are expected to embark to-morrow, at Portsmouth, in she
Thetis frigate, Sir John PhiUimore, Knt. C.B. for Con-
stantinople.
M. Feick, the Ambassador from the Nttherlands, trans-
et,A business with Mr. Secretary Canning yesterday after-
no m at the Foreign-office, Downing•street.
On Thursday Lord Cochrane arrived in Edinburgh from
Castle Craig, where lie and Lady Cochrane had ken on a
fait to S:r Thomas and Lady Carmichael.
The report that Lord Clanricarde is to be made Under
Sec etary of State gains credit every where ; and it has
I een said that he has already begun to break up his esta•
bl hment at Portunina Castle.—Dublin Freeman s Journal.
The Dublin Papers state, that Lord Glengall does not
intend to offa himself as a candidate for the vacant repro-
sentative Peerage, as his relative the Marquis of West-
meath has announced his intention of standing for it.
Lord Cloncurry, in a letter to some newspapers in Ire-
hod, where combinations prevail to a ruinous extent, re-
commends, with some ingenuity, the appointment of a
friendly Court of Arbitration, for deciding all differences
between the employers and employed in the various
brandies of trade.

The Catholic Archbishop of Tuam and six of his
,plerizy have joined the new Cstbolic Association.
The Romgn Catholics of Dungarvon hare subscribed
2,000/. to support Mr. Stewart in his contest for the repre-
sentation of the county of Waterford.—lrish Paper.
Another separation in high life has recsintly taken place,
which will be severely felt by the musical world in the
winter, the town mansion of these distinguished persons
having hitherto been the resort of the most eminent pro-
fessors, and nearly every distinguished patron in the
fashionable world. The noble person himself is gone to
Italy. The lady remains either in London or in the neigh-
bourbood.—Mornitsc Paper.
Two merchant vessels laden with stores for the Greeks
cleared out at the Custom-house on Saturday ; they were
hurried off in consequence of the apprehensions entertained
that our Government would issue a proclamation prohibit-
ing all export of warlike stores for that quarter.