The Sun.
London, England, 1807-09-03 00:00:00

ET. DoMINGd.

Three Ships, which left St. Domingo in the course
of the month of -July, arrived last 'week, and have
brought us much important informatibn.on the real
state of things in that Island. General Petion having,
on u sudden, in the month of, May, pain requisi-
'Lion all the shipping which were at Port-au-Prince,
embarked 1200 men on board sixteen vessels Of
every description, from one, thousand. tops doWn to
pilot-boats, and landed unexpectedly at Gonaives,
where there was only at that time -a garrison of sixty
men under the , orders of General .111aguy. That
small garrison, though taken by 'surprise, made a
very spirited resistance; but evacuated the town,
which remained for eight days, from the 31st of
May to the 7th of June, in the hands of Petion. Iu
the interval several houses and plantations . were
burnt, among which were those of the widow Des-
salines, a much-resp&led woman, together with
some property belonging to a British. Merchant. Ge-
neral Christophe, whom that time was busy quelling
some insurretlioos which the ageqts of Petion had
stirred in some 'clistritts, came up with his guards
and some battalions of the division of General
Raphael, and retook the town by storm.. Petiop's
troops fled to theirships, which suffered much irom
the cannonade; after haiiin& lost a great iiu of
deal and wounded,. they returned to Port-au4kince
on the inth.

. At the same time an armed force, commanded by
Petton in person, had marched from Port-au-Prince,
' the 26th of May, in *tinier to attack the fort Of
Boucassin, where. General Touissaint cornmanded for
Christophe.--Three times that - fort was stormed,
and three times Petion's troops were repulsd. At
last General Tduissaint made good his retreat to St.
Mare, where he was followed by Petion, but havintr
onthe 6th of June made a brilliant sally, routed
Petion's army, and General Christophe being then- in
the neighbourhood, Petion did not judge 'proper to
wait for him, and measured his steps back to Port-
au-Prince. IhuS was terminated that short cam-
paign of thirty days, by the disgrace of Petion. The.
whole of the month of May had been marked by in-
surreMions, conflagrations, and murder, excited by
Potion's Agents in the North, owing to, some trifling
discontents which were afterwards removed. When
Petion was momentarily 'master of Cape nebula'
Mole, the State Schooner of Christophe., mounting
six guns, and IS.IO men, ,commanded by Admiral
Jaques, pmt into that harbour, and the Admiral and
part of i he crew were most inhumanly hanged. At the
,aisle time a,French privateerof Samana, mounting 14
guns and 70 men, pursulug the ship Numa, Capt.
Worthington, on the coast, ran on some shoals near
elt4 Franvise 5 the crew was made personers, and
.brOught before the President. Christophe, expeeting
ro be put to'. instant death. by way of retaliation,.as
theygive no mercy, instead of which they received
only a severe reprimand, from that humane Chief,
%Oro supplied them with money, cloaths, victuals,
and a sloop, to go lo Jamaica on their parole'of
nut serving against him ; fifteen bl4eks, v. ho
made part of the crew of the privateer, volunteered
in the service of Christophe, swearing. to live and
die by him. . ,
The export duty, of sugar, cotton,
,and cocoa,
amounting to ten per cent, has been abolished in the
territory of, liayti submitted to Christophe. It has
been maintained' upon coffee. Trade was reviving
very fast in both parts, in the month of July; as an
instance of the immense value of this trade, it is
sufficient to say that one of the vessels Wet), arrived,
has brought home a cargo 0f,14.000 cwt. of coffee.
more than 'six millions weight , of the same produce
-are expeaed in the course of the year. Tbirty-five
British ships have been. Cleared .out for this new
Stagin the last twelve months. Such an improve,
ment has been made since the evacuation by. Itocit
ambeau in the internal means of .defence of the
Island, that its, capture by any force which Bona-
parte might send is con,Adered as impossible.- . The
,number )t fighting:men, armed and accotitred,'Js
reckoned no less than 70,000. 'They 'have built,
and are still building, impregnable fortresses in the
inuantaitii. - , . . .

THE COUNCIL or STATk, UN/4 THE
THE,P,RUSIDENT IQII? GENERALISSIMO ofi THE
LAND, AND SEA FORCES 01-" THE ISLAND OF HAY-

Tl, ENACTS THE FOLLOWING LAW:

Atm I. From' the first of July next, the duty of
ten per cent. laid by the ist Article of the Decree of
the .2d -September, • i 800, is, and shall be, suspended
upon- the exportation of sugar, cotton, mid cocoa.:
It shall onlybe retained upon cotfee. • •
11. It shall hereafter be lawful Cir Vessels of.
every description, fOreigners, or oth.:rs, freeir to
export sugar, eutconi, and cqcol ; upon pinch •arti-
cle it is forbidden to exact any duty whatever. •
111. The duty of one-tburth -imposed upon the
produce
.raised by they of the State, by the
sth Article of the Decree relating to the mode of
renting the national domains of the 22d December,
_ 1794, shall be hereafter abolished..

IV. The farmers of the State, shall be. subjected
to no other charges than the payment of the rent of
their firms. ~
V. The Superintendant.General of the Finances
is.strictly enjoined to tarry the above into execution.
Done at the Cape the 00th June, 1807, 4th year
of Independent* . ,
A. Vernet, Toussaint Brave-, Martial Breese,
.. can PliilliPiePaux, Raphael Manuel, lean Baptiste,
1
uge Fleury,
I.lguy, Simetary. Paul. Romani, Chairman,

We, the President and Generalisaitno of the Land
and Sea I.4:orces'af the State of Hayti, have saticlipn-
edah4 du hereby satietiun the pre&ent law, and di-
yea,
,that-. the Seal of die State shall be. thereunto
,attixe:l,.and that the same be .published and carried
into (•:.ecution throuihOut the-teintory of 'Elaytii
Uivett ,at the Palace at the Cape, 2 Ist of Juba,
tB°7, 4th year of independenee...

H$NnY CHEI3TONH~t

•
'Last week Is a persen_of the name of Hooper was
raising Hand on Dartmoor, .a largo rock..fell:on him
and killed him onibe spot. He has lefta wits and
three iinali children.

Saturday last the heuse of Mr. Wallop, in Wes-
ton-place, St. Pancras, was broke into by means of
pick-lock keys, and robbed of wearing apparel.