The Sun.
London, England, 1802-02-24 00:00:00

DEAL, FEB.

ARRIVED the Ship Hindt, Ciptain ‘ViLLiAM
Gr s'oN; , from Bengal.--Sailed froth' St. Helena the
6th' ult. in company with the UP1;471, Ganges, Suf-
i-di and Lord thus-low (regulai Ships), Medrivay
(Country Ship), Georgiana (Packet); Rose, Thames,
Bellma and Ceres (Rice Ships) : parted viropany
with tht Fleet on the passagei

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A , .
M board Court-Martial was held on on ay on
His Majesty's' ship j'amnica, lying in Sheerness
Harbour, Rear:Achtital Rove LEY; President, to
try Benjamin Iftecki2ngi a Marine; belonging to
l' Unite, lying at the Note, on a charge Of robbery;
after a number of witnesses had been examined for
the rosecation, the charges alledged against the
prisoner were death-proved, and the Court; after'
mature deliberation, found the prisoner guilty. He
was sentenced to receive 2oa lashes; and to bi im-
prisoned two year's in solitary confinement in the
Marsbilsea.:

Oft LS; PE It Y •

SI% DOMINGO. .
CAPE 44air.26, Igol

LIBERTY. : • - EQUALITY.
• PkocLAMATIor

OF TOUSSAINT LOLIEKTURE, GOVE.ItNoii. or sr
DOMINGO.

" Since the Reinalution I have dOn6 every. thing. in niy
power to restore prosperity to my Country; and to secure the
liberty of my Fellow-Citizens. -.Forced. to. corribat both the
internal -and the external enemies of the French Republie;
I have carried on the War with Courage, honour and
loyalty. Evert With regard to my greatest enemies, I ha'i,e
never deviated from the rules .of lust-lee ; and if I have
employed all the ineati in'inY.power to overcome therit; I
have likewise done-myttanost:teofnitigate the horrors ofWar,
and to spare the effusion of human blood. My first prineiple
has been to pardon offences,. my first sentiment humanity
and ,often alter vietory.; jleiVe enteitained as friends and
brothers those who were remedy under hostile banners;' liy
burying faults and errorsin,oblivion,,l endeavoured to render
, the sacred cause of Liberty beloved, even by its-most inveterate "
enemies: I have always reminded my brethren in arms, both
Generals and Officers, that the rank- to which they were
raised outhronly to be the recompente a honour, valour,
and irreproachable conduct; that in proportion to their ele-
vation above their fellow-citizens, the more guarded and
blameless their words and actions ought to be ; that the
blemishes in public charaderS had a much ,more banefUl effed
on society than those of simple chi-tens that their rank and
honours were not designed only to gratify their ambition, but
that these institutions-were necessary for the general good;
that these imposed duties Which Were to be considered before
any selfish views; that their whole decisions.shotild be re-
gulated by equity and. impartiality . and their activity con-
tinually employed in repressing vice, and promoting the
good order, and prosperity •of the Colony. I have Always
forcibly rCcetenitetulecl to all the soldiery, that subordi-
nation and discipline' without which the army could not
exist. It is intended to protect the liberty and security of
.persons and property ; and all those who compose it ought
never to 10-Se sight of their honourable destination. It belongs
to the Officers to set a good example to the soldiers. Every
Captain ought to be inspired with the noble emulation to have
his Company the best disciplined, appointed, and exercised.
He ought to look upon the fault's of his Soldiers as retleding
dishonour on hiniSelf. The same sentiments ought to inspire
in a still higher degree, the Chiefs ofßattaliens, fortheir Bat-
talions, and the Chiefs of Brigades, for their Brigades. They
ought to look upon them as their own faMily, when they do
their duty, but to ad the part of rigid commanders when they
transgress it.
" Such was-the language which I held to General MoY ST,
ten years ago, in all our private conversations, which I repeated
to him a thousand times, in the presence of his.comrades, and
the Generals ; I renewed the subjeel in our correspondence,
' and repeated hese sentiments to hint in a thousand letters.—
On all occasions I took an opportunity of explaining to him
the holy maxims of. our. Religion, of proving to him, that
man is nothing without the power and. will of t.10c1.; that the:
duties of a•Christian,.-Wholas received baptisrri, ought *never.,
to be neglected ; t liet,v;!heita man'ilares to brave Providence,'
he ought to look forward to a -Dreadful end. What .have.,,l
not done to recall him to virtue, equity, and benevolence ?-
to make him change his ylcioll§ inclinations, and preVent him
from plunging head-long into an abyss doci knows The
truth of what I say. But instead of hearink heie fatherly.:
counsels, instead of obeyin4ihe orders of .a.-,-thief devoted,
to the welfare of the Colony, 'he would follow no guide tut
his passions, his fatal propensities and he has perished:
miserably !—Such is the lot reserved for all such as, would
imitate him. The justice of heaven is sidw, hot it is 'cer-
tain.; and sooner or, later it strikes the guilty with the vio-
lence of the thunderbolt. ._

" This cruel experience shall not be lost on me ; and after
the misconduct of Gcneral Moysr, no -General of
shall be appointed, till new orders arrive from the Vreneh
Government. ,

" General Des sae ix es nevertheless, on account , of his
distinguished service's, shah- retain his rank its Gehtiral of
Division. • In one of my Proclamations, during the• War of
the South; I.' had pointed out thechities of parents to :their.
children, the obligation they lay
,under to train them up in
the fear of God, always regarding Religion as the basis of
all the virtues, and the foundation of social. happiness. - rot
who, since the Revolution; have causcal the greatest salami-
ties to the Colony, ? Are they not all men without Religion,
without Morality ? kle who despises God and the Divine
Preaepts,- Who-doe's
,not reverence his Parents; will he love
his equals ?-•-e.Hunoie sley. agiVity nz.9;hcr, that thou
. .
miyertliva is.onaot the nrst of God's eanunantimen 7
A child Who (fees not reverence his father and Mother, will
he listen to the good advice of strangers ? Will he whO train-
pleS,under foot then ost .sacred and endearing Law:of Nature;
obey the Laws of Society ? And vet • how negligent') 'du fa-
thers and mothers rear their especially in the
Instead of instructing them in religion, teaching.
them obedience and industry, they leave 'them. iii ignorance
of their first DeTIES., They seem -themselves to •despisee.
and to teach their children to despise husbandry, the most
honourable and titelul of all employments: Scarce are the
children born, when 'they are' decked with jewels and
ot:ear-
rings, while their. lothsare
moral filth.allrragspartlincicipieol-:p1. o
I.. 1)
sasr
iri arrive
awtittthica'atgaestoefirreiuxlveu' withoutry, and a disrelish fOr education ; and 'as'
bad impressions are difficult to be correoted, here see have the
nursery,adyto f
of ' bad Citizens, vagabonds,' and robbers. It' they
are
daughters,ollere , thetheybecome prostitutes ; arid all are alike
re standard of the first Conspirator who
preaches up disth'xier, assassination, and pillage. It 'is over
such wicked parents and dangerous youth, that the Magi-
strates and Military CoMmanderS ought to -keep , a constant
and strict watch; The Plantert'themselves are notiree twin
these imputations.: After tail nßevolution, seditious Men.
endeavoured to excite the
,indoterit end' turbulent, by per-
suading them, that Iht. 414 qf ;being idle, of doing
ill With impun;y, of tr4,4ling do the. Late: and lid/owing
only their own caprices. Such doctrine was necessarily listen-
ed to by all had Subjeefs, .Robbers; and Assassins. It is
time to repress such ideas; and to stiew the only method of
living, in peace and respectability, is assidueelS indfiStry.
Such is the lesson which parents ought to teach their chit-.
dren during their whole life. ,
" Almost as soon as a child is able to Walk, he ought to
be employed in some utesul work proportionate to his
strength, instead of being sent to town tinder preteit of an
education, where he. learns nothing but vices, associating
with bad Men and women; 'disturbing the publiC tra:nquil-
lity, and at length terminating his career by an ignominious
death. .Such a class of men, the Magistrates and Com-
manders ought to repress with inexorable .severity, as the
scourge& of society, unlds's constrained to betorrie useful to
•
" Since the Revolution; it is evident More Men havepe-
rithed by the War than women ; And in consequence; ainttl-
titude of the latter are found in the towers; subsisting entirely
by prostitution. Constantly employed with endeaveurs to
set theintelves Who advantage, tneseewornin are never erne. ,
played in any useful kihd of work. ' These are 'the common
receipts of those bad Subjetti who five by rapine,; they ex-
cite them to new,ads of depredation, with a view to share
the fruits of their crimes, It is to the honour of all Magi-
strates and Conimandanis not to leave one of theieworrien in
the towns; the least negligence in this respect deter Vet to
draw down pn theM the public indignation. ..
" Ivloyst was indeed the soul and the direetor of the last
Conspiracy; but he could never have adeornprished his de-
signs without partizans like hirds'elf,
" With regard to DOmestias,' each Citiien ought to have
no snore than are indispensibly requisite. The Masters
ought.to.witch over their conduct', and take Care that they
do nothing contrary to good manners, submission; and order.
If they are they Ought ts' be Cured of that Vice ; if
thieVes, to be denounced to the ExeCutionetS of the Law.,
One .good Dornestif4 well treated, but at the same time
obliged- to fulfil hist:tidy; will do ,more work than four had
ones ,•" and at b the new regulations; every piece of Work re-
quires a reviard; every reward. should receive its due.propot-
tion of work. This, is the determination of Go-
venni-lent.
" To observe strangers who arrive in the Colon,' i's also
an object Worthy of, attention. Some of them,' informed of
the events whiCh have taken places' only 3y the enemies of
the new order of things, entertain designs so much the, More
dangerous,' as they are greedily laid had oh by such as rest'
their hopes on the public confusion. Such attempts ought
to. be sevetery puntshed, as any failhre in' this respemit de-
prives the Public Fundionaries of public .confidence,' and
makes theni be justly regardetras the accoinplices'Of the ene.
-mica of Liberty. - • ,
" The most sacred of all institutions' of men' in i state of`
society,, and. the, most produCtive of good consequences, is
Marriage.' A good father of a family; a good husband,..ezi,
tiiely occupied vhth the welfare of his' wife and Children;
ought Alnol4 them' to be regarded as the living image. of the.
Divinity.. Hence a' Wise cioVerprnexit ought to ei.own. good With' honon't, and respect ; if ought never
'desist till it has extirpated the last roots of irtimerality: The.
Military Cominandants and the Public Funetionaries.above
alt are inxceusable when tlici give occ.asiml~o iublic 04404

• . .
Tfio.te tiailti'tives of tile,. own, yif retaining ;out,
Ohms in their houses ; or even such as,:bring unmarried, liv4,
publicly with a Variety- bf, worried; are unWorilly to colic
rnanci—theyshall
"In fine; every luau living,in the Colcht c4ei
Citizens a t oda cr.arqle; every CominanVer and Public
Functibnary,Olight exaely to fultit his duty ; they shall be
judged bY.their good,adions; by the prosperity and tralquil-
iity. of ,the places committed to,tlipir eare: .
" No one; under any pretwft whatever; ought to be ex, •
cused. from any labour of which he is capable.. Crick pi,
rent:, having property; ought to reside ,t here; to
~work; to
make their children work-, and, in the-intervals Of repose; to
instruel them themselves, or employ a teacher to instruel
them in the precepts of • Religion, to inspire thein with an 1
abhorren& of vice, to explain to thern the. Commandments of •
God, to engrave their principles on their hearts, in a manner
never to he elfaccd, and to hypriot: on them also this truth,
That as idleness is the nailer of so labour is the !father of
alt virtues.

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" .Suclt are the proper means to tdrtr: useful and- resped-
able Citizens, to render this Colony th,.! In.p,:ie.tt Country in
the world; and to banish for ever such hernWe2 events as re-
main, never to be eiticed, in our ir.traory ."
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To this, Proclamation is subjoined s Decree; in
which severe punishments are ocl-161:need against.
ever Officer conViEted of. a derelktion or neg4ed
of his duty; against both natives and strangers
convicted of seditious attempts. Every inhabitant
is required. to ,be furnished with a,. Certificate of
Security, containing their navies. and description,
and. signed by the Officers of the Nike. These
Certificates -are' only to
_be given to such as can
prove gOod conduEt, arid proper means Of sub-
sistCl/Ce.

SPRING CIRCUII'S.