The Sun.
London, England, 1801-10-09 00:00:00

EDINBURGH, OCTOBER 5.

THE moment the post arrived this morning, the
joyful and welcome news of Peace were spread over
the whole city and suburbs ; and the chearful-coon-
tcniulee of every individual expressed the glad tid-
ings. Mutual congratulat ions were indeed the order
of the day ; and what heightens the general joy is,
that Peace comes hand in hand with her lovely
sister Plenty our. ab►rndant harvest being now
crowned with the certain intelligence of an honour-
able Peace.

A very extensive shoal of herrings were lately
observed between Fraserburgh and Peterhead,mov-
img to the westward:

A small take of herrings was in the Frith of
Forth, above the Ferries, on Friday last. A few
have been got off Bruntisland ; but there are only
two bred fishermen in that town, so that few trials
have been made. A great number of pilchards are
in the Frith, of a good quality.
Within this fortnight past vast numbers of dog-
fish have been seen in the river Tay. Small boats
have been in danger of oversetting by them. They
are of a large size, many upward of ,to feet in
length.

A Mr. VACHER, of Heckford Farm, near Poole,
last year planted one potatoe, which produced him
335' in number, and there would have been still
more,'had not a boy loft one of the eyes after the
potatoe • was cut in pieces. The Farmer having
saved the whole of them, had them planted, which
he has now dug up, and finds that they have multi-
plied to the number of 9236, and weighs 13 cwt.
3 qrs. which certainly is a very great increase from
one single root in two years.
On Tuesday evening, about half past six o'clock,
as Mr. Brown was passing through Twickenham
in a one-horse chair, on his road to Chertsey; a
man threw a serpent at him, which burst in his
mare's face. She instantly ran away, and knocked
clown a buy in the street. The wheel passed over
his ribs and bruised him, but broke no bones. She
was stopped on Twickenham Bridge, on th 4 Brut.
ford road, without doing further damage.

PUBLIc-OFFICE,HATTON-GAP4EN.—Wednes-
, day night, a young man of the nat*.9lßint‘m un-
derwent an examination, on a charge-Whaling, on
Friday night, during the rejoicing on account of the
Peace, discharged a loaded pistol, the egntents of
which strut]: the temple of Mrs. Bowden, as she
stood at her cellar-door, in Eagle.streer, Red Lion
; Square, whereby her eye was knocked out, and ber
skull fraftured. She was immediately taken to St.
Bartholomew's Hospital, without any 'hopes of re.
...covery. Yesterday the prisoner sva taken to the
Hospital to be identified by the woman; Mr. 'Fur.
ton the' Magistrate, attended to take her deposi.
.tion, after svliklihe was condotted to prison,

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VERTISERI BY i*BiONITEfIi;-

THi Deputies of the Departmento of the
of St. Domingo, assembled in a General M
have decreed and fixed-the Constitutional Ba
System for the French Colony of St. Doming,

1.--TERR TOttr#

Awe: i. St: Domingo, in all itidyrentl. at
as Salaams, Turtle Island, Griasia, Elie Cairn'
Heifer Island, La Saone, and the other astile'
Islands, form the Territory of a sinoie C010.,_
which makes a part of the French- iLtnyre, but
goireined by particular laws.
a. The territory of this Colony' it divided into
Departments, Circles, or Distrita,, and P.rishcs.

I 1.-1 N14.%1J ITANTS.

3. Slaves are not permitted in this terri:ory.—.
Slavery is abolished ter ever; all mcn, born in this
Country; live and die freemen and Frenchmen.
4.. Eveiy man, of whatsoever colour he may be, \
is eligible to all places.
There is no distinaion but that of virtue and
talents, and no superiority but what the law con-
fers by the exercise of some pubic funaion. The .
law is the same to all, whether it ptotds, or
punishes.

111.- I ELI G7O .

6. The catholic, Apostolic, and Roman Religiotr
is the only one pu.!!liciy professed.
7. Every Parish must pay the expences of its
Worship and its Ministers: The Rem:ties attached
to the Churches are destined. to defray these expetices,
and the Presbyteries, or Clehe.house, to lodge
°Matting Clergy.
S. The Government of the Colony asigr'i to each
Parish the limits of its Spiritual Administration;
and the Ministers of Religion shall not, on any
prc:ext, or at any time, form a body in the Colony.

IV.-MORALS.

9. Marriage, by its political and religious inst 4
tution,. tends to purify the public morals. Thom
who pradisc the virtues which it enjoins, will be at
all times distinguished, and particularly protekted,
by.the Government.

zo. Divorce is not Fermitted in this Colony.

i I. The condition, and the rights of children
born out of marriage, will be determined by laws
made to extend and preserve the social virtues, as
well as to encourage and strengthen the union of

V.--MEN IN SOCIETY.

z. The Constitution guarantees the liberty
safety of every individual. No person can be at.
rested without orde►s issued by the Constituted Au*
'thorities, and put in execution by an Ogcet,
whom the law gives such power. Nor can any pet.
son so arrested be detained in any place, other tlu►n
those publicly appointed for such purposes.
13. Property is sacred and inviolable. Every
individual, whether by himself or his represents.
tives, has the free disposition and management of
every thing that is acknowledged to belong to him\
Whoever shall interfere with the exercise of chit
personal right, will be held criminal in society, and
shall be answerable to the person with whost rights
he shall have interfered.

VI.--~AORICV LTV RE AistD COMMERCE.

14.. The Country being essentially agricultural,
cannot suffer the smallest interruption in the labours
of its cultivators.

15. Every habitation. is a manufacture, which
obtains the union of the proprietor and the cultiva
tor ; it is the tranquil asylum of an industrious
and well regulated tinnily, of which the proprietor
of the soil, or his representative, is necessarily the
father.

z 6. EVery cultivator is a member of this' family,
and is entitled to a share in its revenues. Evety
change that is made in a habitation on the part of
the cultivator tends to its ruin. In order to re..
preSs a' vice equally fatal to the Colo►y, and opposite
to the public good, the Governor has made all the
regulations or Police whiCh circumstances require,
and which are founded on the regulations of the
tzth 06-tober, 9th year, and on the Proclamation of
Bth February, published by General ToussArNt
1.91/VI.RTURE.

• 17. The introduaion of cultivators being indiS.
pensible to the• re-establishment and extension of
aariculture shall be allowed at St. Domingo. The
Constitution charges thq Governor to take the most
efficacious =lnures to encourage this increase of
hands ; to stipulate and to balance the interests of
the different parties, and to guarantee the execu,
Lion of the reciprocal engagements which may thus
arise. •--

IS. The Commerce of the Colony consists solely
in the exchange of the goods and produce of its own
territory, consequently the importation of the same:
articles is and remains prohibited.

VII.--LEGISLATION, AND TIIE LEGISLATIVr

AUTHORITY.
19. The system of the Colony is established by
Laws proposed by ane Government, and accepted by
an Assembly of the inhabitants; meeting at stated
periods in the centre of the Colony, under the title
of the Central Assembly- of Sr. Domingo.

ao. No Law relative to
_the interior edministra-
tion of the Colony can be ptomulgatO, except it
be accompanied by the foll Owing formtila. The
Central Assembly of St. Domingo, 6n the
.proposi-
tion of the Government, decre the-following Law,.
21. No law will be binding on the citizens, but
from the day of the promulgation, tht principal
places of the cleparantot i all laws shad bt promo!.
gated in the followint *manner : In the ,fiarne ef
the French colony of St. Domingo 4 the 019verrrer
decrees tat the abolic-metti.Vcd l.iw ,shall be re.,
gisterel, published, and ttittioned throughout the
colony.

22. The Central Astembiy of Saint I?omirtgo
composed of two deputies' from each departlx.ent,

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