The Sun.
London, England, 1824-06-22 00:00:00

H A Y T I.

The following is an extract of a letter, dated
Port-au-Prince, May 1

" Business of every description is at a stand in consequence
of the increasing rumours of an intended invasion from France.
This impression prevails throughout Hayti from the President
to the peasant, nor will any thing short of solemn assurance
from the threatening quarter allay the ferment excited. The
forts of the interior are strengthened ; ammunition and arms
are rapidly collecting. Combustibles, for the destruction of
this town in the event of a landing of French troops, are pre-
pared, and every day produces fresh instances of determined
preparation. The following Proclamation has been issued by
the President :

" 'II.OCLAIVIATION
" TO THE PEOPLE AND T:LE ARMY.

" Jean Pierre Boyer, President of Hayti.
" • When a people by efforts as glorious as honourable, have
achieved their independence, their most important duty, after
the establishment of a constitution, is to form institutions which
may assure their political existence. Such has been the spirit
which has never ceased to preside over the councils of Hayti
since its memorable emancipation. Enlightened by the les-
sons of experience, they now know that the true guarantee of
social order and of public prosperity can only be found under
the supremacy of the law.
"4 'There are circumstances however, in which the ma-
cbiavelism' of our enemies, seeking to foment troubles and di-
visions in the interior, may interrupt in some measure the
course of events, in which, for the safety of the people, which
is the supreme law, extraordinary pleasures ought to be promptly
and vigorously adopted. The history of the world offers 60
many examples in support of this truth, that there is no person.
of good faith who is not thoroughly convinced of it.
The Government is therefore under the imperious obliga
tion, considering the political situation of 11,.yti with regard to
its foreign relations, to prevent, by a prudent and firm solici-
tude, events which tend to compromise the general safety ; and
to order beforehand all that is needful to attain this end.
" 4 It is in consequence ordered as follows :
" 1. It is most expressly forbidden, in the name of the
public safety, to any authority whatever, whether civil or mill-
they, to correspond under any circumstances, with the Govern-
ments which may be at war with this republic, or with their
agents, of whatever denomination they may be.
4" This right is reserved, according to the meaning of the
Constitution, to the President of Hayti alone.
" 2. In the event of war, any public authority or private
individual, no matter under what pretext, who shall be convict-
ed of having infringed this order, shall be considered a traitor
to his country, and punished accordingly.
" 4 Given at the National Palace of Port.au-Prince, the 14th
of April, 1824, in the 21st year of independence.
" By the President, BO YER.
" • The Secretary-General, B. INGINAC.'

INDIA.

THE HONOURABLE JOHN ADAM.
To the Hon. JonN ADAM.

Sin,—We the undersigned British inhabitants of the prcv
vince of Benares, are desirous of publicly expressing our salsa
of your lute able administration of the exalted office of Goner.
nor-General of British India.

In appointing you to a seat in the Supreme Council the
authorities in England anticipated the wishes of all classes 112
this country. We gratefully recognised in it the adherence to
that principle of selection which is ever so advantageous to the
public interests.
NVlien by the departure of the late Governor-General, the
exercises of his important functions devolved upon you, ques-
tions of great delicacy and moment awaited your determination-
In contemplating the manner in which they have been disposed
of, we desire distinctly to record the high opinion we entertain
of the purity of your motives, the wisdom of your counsels,
and the decision of your conduct. In all the measures of your
administration we have marked the unshrinking energy with
which you have met the responsibility of your station, and your
disregard of the misconception and misrepresentation to which
you stood exposed—we recognise throughout, that high sense
of public duty which, to the exclusion of all personal consi-
derations, had been at once the rule and ornament of your life.
The influence of this conduct is co-extensive with the limits
of this vast Empire; and we think the expression of the feel-
ing it has excited should not be more confined. Under this
impression, we have desired to offer our sentiments on that
which we have viewed with so much interest.
It only remains that we express our anxious hope for the re,
establishment of your health; that we assure you of the grati-
fication with which we have hailed the recent intelligence of
your re-appointment to the Council of the Government; aria
that we tender to you our warmest wishes for your long cort.7
tinuance in the execution of the important trusts confided t 3
you.—Vigned by Major General Loveday, and many others.

Bombay, December 7.1323. -
GENTLEMEN—TiIe very flattering testimony of T. ur appro-
bation, conveyed to me by the Addresi which I h:;ve had the
honour to receive from you, demands my warmest thanks. The
favourable opinion of so respectable a body of my countrymen-,
whose ability to appreciate the effect of public measures gives
weight to their judgment, and whose independence of character
is a pledge for the.sincerity of their professions, must ever pos",
sess a high value in my estimation, and constitute- a Poli"
ground of satisfaction, in reviewing the transactions of the
short period during which the charge of the Government was
vested in my hands.
In entering on the duties of the station to which I was 0
unexpectedly called, I derived confidence and support fr0,,0.,
my experience of the talents and public spirit of the great WY
of the service in all its branches, and the conviction that the
measures I might pursue, if honestly directed to the promotion
of the public interests, would, be candidly and fairly judged'
when their objects and results were known. The sentiment"
you are pleased to express assure me that the expectation val.
well founded and must, while they will always be a source °
grateful recollection and pride, be an incentive to the prose:
cution of the same line of conduct, which has been honour&
with your good opinion, during the remaining term of my con-
nection with the administration of this country.
With the most grateful sense of your kindness, 1 have the
konour to be, Gentlemen, your most faithful and oblige"
humble servant, (Signed) J.
To Major-General LoVeday, &c. British Inhabitants
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of the Province of Benares.

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