The Sun.
London, England, 1801-05-02 00:00:00

CORK, APRIL 25.

On Monday the t 3th instant, the Rev. Mr. Fox,
Parish Priest of Muilinahone, -in the County of Tip-
perary, while sitting in his own parlour, at the hour
of one o'clock on said day, was barbarously shot
dead by some villain as yet undiscovered.--Mr.
Fox was distinguished for humanity and loyalty,
and his murder his suspeaed to have been 'separated
by some rebel whom he had cautioned against trea-
sonable praWces.
On Sunday morning last, William Curiii, farmer,
was found murdered in a shocking manner, at Bal_
linaeurra-bridge, near Limerick. He had been in
company the night before with three of his neigh-
bours, of the name of Lynch and Irwins, by whom
it is thought the bloody deed was perpetrated.
Lynch and one of the Irwins have been committed
to the City► gaol, by the Worshipful Ralph West_
rope, jun. Esq. Mayor ; the other Irtrin has fled.

The Spaniards are considerably distressed by two
Enemies, who are contending for superiority in their
capital, by intrigue of every kind, the French, and
the Ex_ Jesuits. The latter, whom while his Ca-
tholic Majesty was at War with France, he per-
mitted to return, have proved violently hostile to
his new Allies, and the latter are not patient under
the constant abuse which the Jesuits fulminate against
them. It is thought, however, that the Republi.
cans will be successful : several of the Brethren have
been arrested, and the greater part will, it is said,
be transported to Italy.
Citizen HeMBLOT, a Member of the National
Institute, who has been sent to New Barcelona, for
what came we cannot sat, has written a Letter to
another Member of the Institute, in which he gives
an account of his perils and hair_breadth esespes,
that we have seldom seen equalled.—" For three
months," says the Astronomer, for that we find is
the profession of this Scavan, " have I slept in the
woods, with tigers,and serpents for my bed-fellows,
and during that period I have had at my dinner a
crocodile fbr my messmate." He then proceeds to
a narrative of the marvellous, which Sir joins
Mana'c'ville might envy, but which we are con-
vinced he could not equal. " Among what a va-
riety of the Indian race have I been!—all of them
free—all of them governing themselves, and all eat-
ing their neighbours. I have 'seen a pigmy race,
the Guiacas of Gehetta, among whom the tallest
man was four feet two incites : I have visited the
Otomacos, every man of whom eats a pound and a
half of clay per day ; and I have spent some time
among the Marivitanos and IVlarguentares, who
feed on pismires and resin."
The French Journals make mention of a horse
without hair, which is stated to have been bought
at Vienna ten years ago. He is- about twenty
years old, eats the same food, and in the same quan.
dry, as ordinary horses ; is lean, and very sensible
to cold. Over his whole body he has no other hair
than one at the lower eye-lid. The skin is black,
approaching to grey, with some white spots about
the groin, soft to touch, shining, and rather unau-
cus. The skin of the nose, of all the nostrils, and
of the lips, is like that of the rest of the body. The
hones of the nose are deptessed, which embarrasses
his respiration, and makes him utter a noise when-
ever he takes or respires breath. Citizen L.UTEY-
RI E, by whom this notice is given,. is of opinion,
tha‘t this horse forms a variety in the species, and
that its state is neither the elle& of art, nor of dis.
ease.

The HiStorical Painting ilovb ethibititig at the
Lyceum, displays mare of
.the pitturesque in its
design than the former stibjedi the Storming of
Seringapatatn, Was capable of; the situation df St.
Jean d'Acre, and the variety of objects -embraced
by the sea and lafid operations combined in its de-
fence, Were advantages which Mr. Porter has cm.
ployed on the canvas With the happiest died;
On Tuesday the . i ust of April was married,
lit PAY E ft T jArtitirr, Esq. Of Freernantle,
Hants, to Miss STE cF.NS, only daughter of JAMES
Sttv r 14s, Escp of Cametton, near Bath;
Cnthef4ne Fortes was on Thursday fully commit.
ted by the Imo MAyorii charged with haVing.
robbed Mr. Richard Dixon, an. eminent
in Fenchurch_strcet, of sloes to x considerable
amount. Mr; Dixon told Ins LordshiPi that the
prisoner and her husband had worked_ for him for
sortie years, and having reason to sus et she had pil-
fered slops from him, he ordered her to b€ Witch-
ed, ands in going out, she was deteded with five
shirts about her, And
.seventy-twO pawnbrokers'
duplicates; all of Which, bit: four; were for. Mr.
Dixon's goods Whith the confessed. Mr. Dixon
likewise said, he paid the PtiSoner and her htisband
from 31. to 41.: a oeek foi work clones A number
of Pawnbtokeris who kid the &kids in pledge, *etc
summoned; but not ittettding, the Lord Mayor told
Mr. Dixon he would Make therti deliver up the
property without paying,- which amounts to above
401.

• ;
.:COUR'i' OF KING's itAy, MAy t.
COUSINS.
Tut!: .vas a Cisetipon a Policy of In.§nrance; and
,etse( ed for arglttnenti And for the opinion of the.
Court, upon which the lue.;titin was shortly this,
(‘, Whether -the profits of a i:•oyage, goodi Saying
been_put adually board;, are or are not 'Apbica
matter of losurance was ilbly argued by
Mr. WARREN for the laintitT; ;Ind Mr. GitEs
for the Delendatit. ' "
Mr. WARREN contended that as 110 trad6 could
exist unless there ivas that probeility which
amounts almost to a.certaintv, of profit in it; the
profits of a voyage were such as gave' the
owner of the goods being,- put on board -a reason-
able expedation of gain; and that reaJmable
peaation created an insurable interest, therefore,
the Plaintiff was entitled to recover in this Ac-
tion. He relied on the authority of A Case tried
at Guildhall,' before Lord MANSFIELD, (Grant,
and Parkinson), reported in Mr. PAak's Book upOn
Insurance, which was, indeed, in point. 'l'hat,Case
was argued before the' Conn. both by Mr. DUN-
NING and Mr. WAL LAC E, who contended, that the
e:vedation of profits of a Voyage, was not an In-
surable Interest; but the Court held; thiit reasonable
profits of a Voyage did create an insurable interest,
and, therefore, in that case; there was judgthent for
the Plaintiff. •
Mr. GII.Es, on the contrary, contended, that
Profits being in their nature uncertain, could not
give to any one WhO expeded them an insurable in-
terest—That a Policy of AsStirance was a Contrad
of Indemnity - against loss ; noW; before any man
could be said to lose a thing; lie Must ante have
had it. He contended, that the mere expedation of
gain, however reasonable, Could net be insured, be- .
cause it being dependent on chance, it might happen.
that not any profits shoUld attend a voyage at all—
the goods-might Come to a level; or they might come
to a falling market, or they might not come to it at
all. In a word, Profits, although they generally
,did. attend Trade, yet they were not sure of attend.
ing it ; and as they were dependent on hazard,
the. Policy of Insurance on them was ahalogou to
.a
Gaming Policy, Sec. &c. ' He said there were au-
thorities in the books. to this effed, some of which
lymuoted ; and he said also there were very high
Authorities not published, who held that the Case
of:Giant and Parkinson was not Law.
Lord KENYON..••••••• 44 1 will just say a word or two
on this subjed now, not for the purpose of giving
Judgment, for as I see Gentlemen taking notes, and as ;
it has been repeatedly pressed upon us to day, that
there are greht and high authorities who entertain
' doubts, or rather no doubt upon this case; that
this is not an insurable interest, it is fit for us to
hear these great authorities, that if we err, we may
be enlightened, by them, and therefore I wish there
should be a further argument in this case. Although
I am not going to touch the Law of the case now, I
can hardly forbear saying a word or twoon it ; one's
tongue almost itches for a sentence or two upon it.
In the 22d year of the reign of Geo. 111. a case was
tried (Ceani and Parkinson) before my Lord MANS-
F I ELD, who reserved it 'for further consideration,
and it came under the consideration of this Court as
it was then filled ; and LoTa. MANSFI ELD, who.had
inclined at the trial, to non-snit,the Plaintiff, had,
upon reflation,. considered his opioion .at Nisi
Prius erroneous, and theretl;re:had, altered it, and
the Court Mel with that alteredjoPinion. On that
case it appears also that Mr. 'Dunning and- Mr.
Wallace (Gentlemen nor remarkable for giving up
any point that could be 'at all' supported) bath ar-
gued the same side; as Mr. Gt L Es, did to-day, and.
they did not prevail, for the Ctiurt decided against
them in that case. That is now twenty. years ago,
or thereabout. The Defendant in this. Cause, whose
charader Mr. G ti.Es consigned to the reproach which
beloogs to that character, by saying he has nothing,
to urge .upon the morality of the Case, has taken
from the Plaintiff 75 Guineas (the premium of - In-
surance). He .has subscribed to this. Policy of In-
surance with this objeEtion to .its legality in his
pocket; ready to pull it-out on the day of trial.—
He, I dare say, never would have urged this objec-
tion to the legality of the risk, if he had not been
called upon to indemnify the Party from a loss which
has happened, and which loss, he by subscribing the
Policy, solemnly. .promised to make good. In that
case he would have kept the 75. Guineas, and his
objection to the legality of the Contratt, in his poc-
ket together, and his chardier would have remained
entire.—When • I was a Student in this Court,
which is now a good many Years ago, it was
understood that _Policies of Insurance shoUld be
construed Werrime fide. i—An Under-writer was
another name for Sir Andrew Freeport; and it will
nor be wrested out of my mind that that is still
the general charaaer of the true English Merchant ;
they arc, in the mass, honourable men—They are;
I believe, all over .the world,..so considered and
understood to be;As to this Gentlerrian, I do 'not
know whether his character has in it an insurable
intertst or not, but this I knoW; that ;reason,
justice, and good faith, stem to me to be pretty
clearly on one side in this ease—lt is-now near
.20
years since the Rule was laid down to. govern these
cases ;, if they are all of there to be- set afloat
again, I can only say, that at present society' seems
likely to suffer 'ma from doubt.--I have dOne
now; the ease must be argued agaiii:ll
Case ordered to stand tor farther argurrient:

Mr. Etsg t 141 mni7edifor a Writ .of Habeas Car.
pus, to be direEted Curtis, George Cur_
tis; and Samuel Curtis; commanding them to bring
up the bckly,tif William Curtis; the younger, He
moved thit.upein diiclOsingfaets which; if
true; are highly -unWarta'ntai)le;• for they charge
the Parties with 'Conspiring to take away by forets
and iletdin"from his Ivitb; William Curtis, a young
Man near t*entk.orte, lately-married; and; merely
because the Father did not approve Ai( .thematch,
&c.---We abstain front details in this; as we al ways
do in all Casts that rest uptio rx ptirte.. Etidence;—
The Court granted the Writ , •

The gamuel,' Clark, from Yarmouth to New-
castle, was raptured the 2 Ist April; near Shields,
and is carried into Dunkirk,

YO:IDEMf:

i 74. rfom P'r ywoL6:

WE have often seen Mer,* ZotintoPrints fromthis.
Attist,. kit Ida not rec.:Alen' to have noticed any
PiOure frdm his luind before: This is a very cx.:
eellcut Woijc. ict the style of t!o:o.arinz;
insoMuch that.. if it 41);:eirej in rtny other ylscc: is
woOlt! by no Means be e.onsideri:d as:a protiudijn.oi
the pre.e,entdaY;fitn4flioti;rit exhibits a fahaitiiir
;716 1• 1 vested with a.piOuctqueair.
We kco‘if ttothir,g of tl.is but what idve have
seen Works,l' and frwa • the !I/cult/lea lie has
shev.'n of leis taientS as a Painter this year; , w't re
induced ti_i wish that lie would renuunce the drudger-,
of e;igrrivil-ig,: aria de‘snle his "poweis
'compoSition:

80l ton Briagc.—T. Grit t

There seems to bea.-sort of ornpetitiori loetwetzi
this Ariist and Mr: Tt/ fi 14 Eit. The 7 -;ire bOth
Artists of uni..ormnon and sorprizint nierit; con,
sidering their time tir life, for we Understand; that
they are bath very-fount. In Heir tipitiion, how-
ever, Mr. C=rx iN EFelll5 to tread with a: fifm step
irk the pi-1t Which leads to T the higher excellencies
of the art. tie, is not ieos bold inhis porihtits of
Nature; and he: is more distina than his 4enii'les
`lhis Landscape AS. one of the t ery beSt
workf,,,which- the present Exhibition contains: I:
is cencei yea in a siyle of impressive grandeur,; very
much in, the manner of ',eV t.sO:sr, and strongly indi-
cites a.gcnius_ of:the sa:ne coMpiehensive charaacr.:

No. 2g2.--The Rev. Dr. Valpy, Misttr of Reading School,
painted for flisTupilt:. by Stibscriplion. j. O'rx, R. A.
'i lie fatidAble purpose for whPi this Portrait %Yds
interdecl; is orLls degree of pleasure to the libcrai
spc,'.iator, far beyond-what the Work: itself is cal.
culated td produce; as the gratitUde of-the Pupil;
icnplics the virtues of the is taster: The Artist
seems to have. partaken in the generous, impulse
wliit.h led to the eitiployment of his n t4lents upon*
this occasion; and has exerted these talents with
peculiar success. this is, indeed; the very, hes:
Portrait Which we vci seen from the Artist;
and should not have been thrfist into th aimpa:
native obscurity of the Anti-room. •

No. 3t. The Teggat's Daughter of ,13etTital Crecn.—W:
Owzrr.

There is much greater merit i i the cooUring than
the design of this YiCtitre.' As 0. Beggar's chtugh:er
is intended by the Artist to be the. chi;:i. figure, she
(wet to have been rendered Much more interesting..
There nothing innocence rind .simp!icity iii
her katures, fiut rathcr an exv.-ession of mcretriciciii
fortintrfe. -. The Beggar's
.her:.d s&nti to be Sir
josut7A's Ugili4o. profile:, The shadow is too
strong in tlieforetround7.• Upbn the 'whole, h6w-
ever, this is a good Piaure, and marts a di3tinguidt_
el figure in the

.SO. land DOWNr.: A IC; A.

These are two Pictures on the suble6t br
Quixctie; and the Artist seems tb bile had SiIiRKE
in his eye, though the :fiiltfret are rather_ .larger
than we usually see in the works..of the latter..__.
Mr. Driw:atAri seems to have a better conception
of the figure of the Knitht of - the Sorrowful
Countenance thin Ofhii .whunsieal,Squire. -'These.
,Pielutes are much too light; find 'dip Aitiat has
committed a strange bluadef,.bi.introdueing .Eng.;
lisle characters, with modern dresses, in st scene.sup-
posed to hare passed in Spain, and-at. a, remote
riad: .

No. I i 3. rortraits of a Lady:arid

. .
This Artist is such a dpler.in el/oply and..ffly.r.:
ory, that We 'ate surprized to see deicendihg W
this " visible diurnal sphere.". ,kle..lAs. here shewri•
that.he :can represent mere fresh and tio6d
He stems td hai,e adopted the stile ofd Bitice.F y in
point of colouring. The mother. and are placed
in an easy state o doiriestie - The back
ground is too flat •aid formal:, .

The attraaion of such Pieces as the 'fine Sinaaele
cif the Iron T6wer (so ere,:irable the taste of tins
Manager, the Artist, and the composer?, the ex.
cellent Bailer of the Cotintry 'Wake; the splendi4
Pantomime of iliirlegitin Victor, and the late bri.
liant Engagetheiit at, COpenliagei, have tended to
ank • the Roy. f Arapitheatre, :Want-tinker-bridge,
as a place of amusement that,. for sterling Merit,
may vie with any Theitte.in
Among all the representations of Naval Ccimbats.
ever exhibited:On any stake; none ever Came'so- neat
to reality a 3 that Of the Northern s7lecC bi'ought
out at the Royal CirCus,, Sr. George's Fields—A
real 74 proudly sailing with tit: -intrepid Nelson,
his Officers and Crew on.deek, subduing the Ship
and VOrii of the hardy Danl.'s, is a Most aiilinating
sight
.to every. Eriton ;, and, 'joined to the charming
Speetacle or Kinaldini, the splendid Pittornime of the
)lagie t:ltitei and the Ijucstrian Feats Of 'the Infant,
Phenomenon, Master "Siunders, which , are indeed
trulk'aitonishing, bid defiance to all rivalship.

At the lite Assizes of Carrickfergus, William
John Magee and Patrick Marrarzi were
/Lica before the Solicitor-General, for a. very atro-
dons murder, and were all ennvitled on the testi.
Mony of Patrick-NPOWerts, a bov of fourteen, and
son rti the prisoner William. The Court seemed.
shocked At sb strange and unnatural a speClacte, as
that of a child giving evidence against lri fathees
life ; but the boy's story bore such,strong marks of
veracity, and was to corroborated by other evi-.
dente, that it vas impossiblt nut to find_.the pd.
sorters Guilty..
_t'reviously to passing sentence, the
Solicitor-General' remarked On the striking eireutu.,
stances Which distinguished this case, and which re.
sembled an awful, interposition of l'rovidentei The
Nisoner MEOwens, instead. of training up his son
in the path of virtue, had tmbrued his :hands in.
Mood; and, at the age of foci teen, had Made him
his agent and accamplice in committing er:rder :
this very. son Heaven had chosen for: its instrument
in bunging the guilt to light,* Lildluid, iriAlfteel on
the, unhappy father a se'vere'r punishment than the
Toss'of life, by making his own child the person
who should bring him to an ignominious death.--
They were executed pursuant to their veneenct
on Wednesday the Bth inst,

ADDRESS

TO THE COLONISTS OF yfIE ISLAND OF

[The followini ankle is, suffkient Answer to a Paragraph
witictt appi:amt in Eh:: :17.;;I*Nr a short timeago, aiid which
itiitittated that the fulling chat they would have
to give up Mirt:iiico to the French, baddetermined-previ.:
au*ly to ruin the Col Jay, by inciting insurrations among
the Negrots.l

" March is, 180.

" GENTLENitt.t,

" GoVernment hors learnt with indignation the
: guilty conduft of the Negro
_let lt K;na. It ha..with.,
out delay applied itself to the—invotigation of the
Papers which have come io its hands, and of those
which I was entrusted to submit to it. Considering
the point to which this—affair had proceeded, it was
no longerpossibleto put an end-to the amnesty grant
ed tc; this Rebel, without occasioning the same incon_
aveniences as• Your superior Officers had tudeavoured
to prevent. There remained, therefore, but ono
means of punishing him, and that has, been•adopted.
leattKina and his son, the leading man among his
aecomplkes, have been seized at the Port where.
they disembarked. The Government Messengers,
authOrizedby His Majesty's orders, under the sig-
nature of. the Duke of PoaTLANn, led these guilty:
wretches to Newgate, where they are.now detained
under the Alien

" This measurehas not preirented the circulation
of injurious runintirs. It has been stated, that Jean.
Yina was a secret Agent in a Plan for ruining Mar-
tinico, before it„slinuld he restored to France.
(6 Whether Martinico be or be .not' restored to
France, never was
_there a caluniny
.more. absurd,
not more easily to be ‘lostroyed, as the. arrival of
Jean Kina at St.-Pierre took' place at a. period when.
no idea was in agitatioit. •respeOing a -Maritime
Peace. Besides,. what chance had a foreign Negro,
.withinft: relations, witboot friends, and wi thou'.
fortuni; in• attempting an Insurretaion.. amid your
brave Militia ?

" On the other hand,, how is it to be supposed
tbat4ny one would have ventured to have proposed
.to that Man to have become deliberately the enemy
of the Whites, who had volunteered in their service
during all the continuance of the Revolution at St.
Doming() ? No one can. be ignorant that he had the
power of marching thither, equal at least .to that of
Toussaint Loueerture. Yet ho always preferred, to
thii guilty advantage, the honour' of saving the
Jives of the Royalists; in the quarter of Jeremic.
Jn rhiS all agree, and all are ready to admit, that
his Negro is entitled to the greatest gratitude, for
having shewn himself equAlly respeetful,towards the
Whites, in whose favour he hal fought, and equally
brave Ind intelligent at the head of the Thack Corps,
to which, tiom principle, he had attached himself.
"- How.then are .we to, explain his-having raised
the Standard of Revolt. in Martinico ?:•-•l3y vanity.

(‘' As ton; cruslean Kina 'fought in the cause of
.thastets,, every thing combined to elevate his
out, by the consideration of the rower which he
iicreised; the reeotWlinn of the state of. Slavery
from which he had ernancipated,. joined to the ap-
pearance of the deplorable situation of the Whites,
served also asfoorito his self-love: After having,
bow6rer, filled such a part in Martinieo, after hav-
ing:met in London with a reception, and with
attentions -fat-beyond his hOpes, to see himself re-
duad in Martinico to the situation of rt Free Negro,

was a trial to which it would have been better that

. lie should not . have been exposed, and which...was
• unhappily Treater than his resignation could endure.
In.prvportion as his heart was 'humiliated,
menus of loyalty gave way to the criminal plans of
blind revenge. The most certain proof that this
Revolt has been wholly the work of his offensive
vanity, is the _ridiculous manner in which he has
taken the field, the speeches which he has delivered,
and•the dispatch with which a detachment of the
King's troops were sent against him, as soon as in.
formation was received of hiS march.
44 It is, however, needless, Gentlemen, to seek
for any other means of doing away suspicions,.which
you are incapable' of admitting, and still less of
forming. If-any one can attest your noble eon&
'clence in our Governthent, it must be the Represen.
lative who was honoured with powers from you in
:1792, to solicit its high protection against the fac.
tiOas men who had sworn yotir ruin ;-,the Represerr-
lgive, who having sacrificed all 'his personal inte-,
'rests 'to your cause, has since that period been the
depositary of your sentiments and of your wishes
for the Monarch of whmn . you have become the
.Subjeas. I have therefore had no hesitation at dis. •
. avowing, in your nattier every thing thatsmight
shevVthe slightest uneasiness on your part with re..
pea to, the intentions ofour Administrxtion. I have
repeated What you have- so often desired me.to re_
peat,.that whatever migpt.be the result-otthis-War;
and Whatever the arrangements that !night take
place on a Peace,' y&1 should never forget that you
ovred toEngland your escape from the horrors of-
Revelution, -and'rhe fUry Of Robespierre. How
indeed could you: forget, that when` Emigrants, and'
pcoscribed in 17g3 for the .cruse of the k ing of
France, it Was the King‘of.England who stretched
'forth .to you' his 4pi•otthing hantt? Martinico had
been-surrendered without capitulation, and this
eumstanee might haVe been
.taken advantage of, in
...oraer tO have re9uired from you extraordinary con.
tributiOns : bill the King expressly forbid any taxes
to be raised, excepting those.which were commonly,
',raised in the hitter years of the French Monarchy.
, Hepreserved your Laws, your tribunals, the free
exercise of the Religion of your forefathers, and, to
make his, kindness complete,:- he ordered his Refire.
-sentatives to ilts- all in their power 'to• make you

. .„
'" Fight --mccessive.years have elapsed since the
period of ydur (100-rance. Every year has
_been
'inapd by inutuaasofe aCts ofGovernment. It Has en-
.
deavoured to ziveyOU • leNicrs in whorl you .have
ack.tr.,wledged tl d greatest merit ; it ho put aim's
in ;our hands, in'orckr to ensure you with respcl
to your ioterna.l tranquillity, it has granted you'
ileen commissioned- to snlici;,as ad_

vantigeout to die prosivrity of,, cultivation, to the
.execution of ti-e Laws, and to the respea due to
worthy Magistrates. Tlius, bx the eo.ncturrenee. of
all the means h paternal-t oivernindnt-could
aa-ord, you have 'pciceably etched yourselves in
the bosom of
,your families, at a .time ~vhen,,thp
volution vas devouring,evcry thing in, all the other
"parts of the FrenelvEmpire. ,
.(Signed) • 1)r, CURT,
" Deputy of the goverelgn Council .''

HISTORICAL NOTE WITH REIPECTTO -THE
REeTION OF•THE'NEGIttO JEA;,; K
"In the tetinning of last-year, Is it't: Kt nA..left Leindon
. for Martinique; 'lt was•theintention of: Administration to
give him the command of -Company of People of Colour,
and to send him tO Sorinain, 'There to' pryted the Inhabi-
tants of the quarter, removed-frorn the centre of Covert-Intent,
against 'hie incursions of the Maroons. He arrived' at Mar-
tiniqUe -in the uniform of a Colonel, accompatiiid by 'an
Aide-de-Comp, and a Secretary, a -Man of Quality. Tie
soon perceived-that this was not -.in- unison with the Colo-
mal Syste'm he therefore changed his conduct, and be-
came submissive to the Whites, though austere to MCC, •;
in his manneis towards the Blacks. fle was externally devont
For six:montlis nothing was heard of but his viriues, when
on a sudden, the generale
,was beat., This was'a-signal to
• 'oppose this, same J t.:Ait Kt NA, who at the head of twenty-
' 'people'of Colour, was beginning an insurretion, I-le had
left Fort Royal on the evening of the 4th December,. tßoo, to
establish himself at Le Morne.le Maitre, a well-known and
advantageous post. He passed with his miserable troop
through a village where he endeavoured to raise recruits, de ..
Glaring that he came on the part. of God, .the ISing, and a
Standard whiCh he displayed on winch Was written" The.
Britirh Law." He gave Out that he name echo jSsioned to
put an end to the cruelties of the Planters,and that he
was . determined that in future' no punishments :should.
be infiielcd, excepting in a way lie- pr;scribcd,,
On the news of his insurreaion reaching Eon-Royal, Colonel
NIA' IL A Z 1,6, who conuminded ad illicrim, ordered, a strong'
detachment to march, and arrived at Morne.le'llaitre,altuost
as soon as the Insurgents. icA N K.l N A consented to lay
down his arms on a general Amnesty being grantFd. -eneral
MAI Tr. A xi), not retleding tlat the prine.iples of merey pur-
sued in England in the case of; a revolt • cotild not apply to
the more dangerous case,of,the,revolt,ot Negrois, protilLe.l
all that it was in his 'power to promise; •and brought
JEAN Kiri:TA io•Fort Royal, and disspckscd his Troop.
" Mr. 'Farces, by an. error, which, with the greatest,
candour he hastened to repair, thought-himself- ern Pn4ered
to coufirin the Amnesty, :tad did so. _ 11$: gven stisliended rare
execution of an order of.the Sovereign Council, with respect
to usurped liberties. d A few-coliferegiAes were-only n&etisary
to put an end to this cort:Bidt of authority,- add to ardent the..
gooA undFrstanding which had ever prevailed betWeeit'-the'
King's, Represiiitative-S; and the Menibers of. hiS -SoVreign
Court. The Xmnisty Was.; however, CollfaMed ht -tlitY.e to
whom it belonged tOton6rin it ; and Jr- A N Kr t A It axing
embarked for London, Made his apt.-!atattee there, only to be
confined in the prison of Newt-ate."