The Sun.
London, England, 1802-02-12 00:00:00

From the FRENCH PAPERS.

NARRATIVE OF EVENTS IN ST. DOMINGO, CON-

CLUDED FROM OUR PAPER OF YESTERDAY.

" Reflefting afterwards, as I had such strong
grounds of suspicion, that I ought to allow MuysE
no room for evasion, I sent fresh orders after him
to bring all the guilty alive to me, and put none u
death. Notwithstanding this, he shot thirteen, and
sent me only eleven. The same night I received
a Letter from General of Brigade, HENRY CHRIS-
TOPHE, informing me of the measures he had taken
to preserve Cape Town, to restore order to the
souring Country, and to arrest the Rebel
Chiefs.

Hitherto, I held received only imperled in-
formation with regard to the revolt, the focus of
which was in Cape Town, and which burst on the
night between the zoth and z Ist of Odober.
In the evening of the zoth, General of Brigade
HENRY CHRISTOPHE, being informed by some re_
ports, and by a Letter from the Commandant of the
National Guard, at the Cape, of some symptoms,
which seemed to threaten the public tranquillity,
mounted his horse, accompanied by his Guides, and
proceeded to a place called La Carenage, where he
had learned that some insurgents were assembled.
He found there, indeed, a great number of men
and women collected, and whom he 'endeavoured to
disperse ; one of them seeming more insolent than
the rest, he rushed towards him, pushed him against
the wall, by means of his horse, and threw him
down. He then drew his sabre, and immediately
ordered his Guides to arrest him. He caused him
to be instantly concluded to the Arsenal, and re-
commended him to the care of the Chef de Battail-
lon AURANGE. The latter sent him to prison, and
Brigadier-General CHRIsToPHE returned to la Ca.
renage, to watch and disperse the Insurgents.
" On returning•to the Arsenal, he learned, that
the man who had been arrested was named Trois
Balks, and that he was known to be -one of the
most audacious disturbers of the public tranquillity
at the Cape. On being interrogated, he disclosed,
without compulsion, the whole plot—mentioned the
names of the conspirators, and in particular one
SAINTONGE, who, he said, was the Chief of the
Revolt at- the Cape, who ought to be immediately
secured, otherwise, he said, the plot would be still
carried into execution. He mentioned also as
Chiefs,' JOHN BAPTIST LEBON, and Bo isrHommE.
" General CHRISTOPHE immediately hastened
to Head-quarters, and dispatched twelve Patroles
of the Troops of the Line, to watch the movements
in the town ; and, with the Commandant of the
National Guard, went to the habitation of SAINT...
TONGS, LEBON, and BONHOMME, whom he arrest-
ed, and these four Chiefs having named their ac-
complices, they were also arrested ; that night more
than 3o were seized.
" About midnight General Cmusrorldr, with
the Commandant of the National Guard, patroling
at the head of his guides, fell in with an assemblage
of forty men, and orders having been given to ar-
rest those who were alined, such of them as had arms
were seized, and conveyed to the guard-house.
The rest were dispersed. Gen. CHRISTOPHE had
scarcely returned home, when he was again alarmed
by the firing of muskets : he again mounted his
horse,-and proceeded towards the place where the
firing was heard. By the way he met C. GABART,
Commandant of the Gendarmerie, who informed
him, that he had been fired at, and that one of his
nrn had been killed. The General then made dis-
positions for blockading the street where this event
had taken place ; but on approaching it, the insur-
gents having heard the noise, escaped to the Monies,
throwing away their arms : one of them was killed
with the bayonet ; another, after being wounded
in the face with a sabre, was concluded to the mili-
tary hospital.
" The dispositions made during the night were
executed with so much precision, order, and pru-
dence, that next morning, the zed of Odober, a
great number of the inhabitants were ignorant of
what had taken place, and the stores were open as
usual. _

66 During the whole of the 2-2 d every thing was
tranquil at the Cape and in the neighbourhood.
" O. 23.—Reports arrived from all quarters,
of a sudden insurredion in Acul, Lembe, Marine_
lade, Plaisance, and Dondon, and the unfortunate peo-
ple who escaped from the massacre said, that the cry
of the rebels was 66 Death to all the Whites." Ge_
neral CIIKISTOPHE, after taking proper precautions
at the Cape, marched with two demi_brigades to-
wards Acul.