The Sun.
London, England, 1804-04-28 00:00:00

ST. DOMINGO.

THE follnty;..g Address has been published by
General DessA-. NA:4 to the Inhabitants of St. Do.
rningo... Its pi_: tribal features are eternal hatred to
Frenchmen and the French name, and a solemn ie_
nunciation of all ideas of Conquest and Aggrandise-
ment.

LIBERTY OR DEATH!--NATIVE ARMY.

THE GENERAL IN CHIEF TO THE PEOPLE OF

nAYTI.

" CITIZENS,

" It is not enough 'to have expelled from your
Country the barbarians whO have for two ages
stained it with blood ; it is not enough to have
curbed the fattions which, succeeding one another,
by turns sported with a phantom of Liberty which
France exposed to their eyes. It is become neces.
sary, by _a last as of National Authority, to ensure
for ever the Empire of Liberty in a Country which
has given us birth. It is necessary to deprive an
inhuman Government, which has hitherto held our
minds in a state of the most humiliated torpitude, of
every hope of being enabled again to enslave us.—
Finally, it is necessary to live independent or die.
Independence or Death! Let these sacred words
serve to rally us, let them be signals of battle and

of our re-union.
Citizens, Countrymen, I have assembled on
this solemn day, those courageous Chiefs who, on
the eve of receiving the last breath of expiring Li.
betty, have lavished their blood to preserve it.—
These Generals who have condu&ed your effnts
against tyranny, have not yet done enough. The
French name still darkens our plains ; every thing
recalls the remembrance of the cruelties of that bar-
barous people. Our laws, our customs, our cities,
every thing bears the mark of the French. What
do I say the French still have a footing in our
islind, and you believe yourselves free and inde-
pendent of that Republic,which has fought all nations
it is true, but which never conquered those who
would be free What, vklims for fourteen yetis of
our credulity and forbearance ! conquered not by
French Armies, btit by the Canting eloquence of the
Proclamations of their Agents ! When shall we be
wearied with breathing the same air with them ?
What have we in common with that bloody-minded,
people ? Their cruelties, compared to our modera.
tion, their colour to ours, the extension of seas
which separate us, our avenging climate, all plainly
tell us they are not our brethren ; that they never
Will become such; and if they find an asylum among
us, they will still be the instigators of our troubles
and of our divisions. Citizens, men;women; young
and old, cast round your eyes on all parts of this
island ; seek there your wives, your husbands,
your brothers, your sisters—What do I say ?
Seek your children—your children at the breast,
what is become of them ? I shudder to tell it
•--the prey of (vultures. Instead of these interesting
victims, the affrighted eye sees only their assassins—
tigers still covered with their blood, and whose
terrifying presence reproaches you for your insen-
sibility and your guilty tardiness to avenge them
—what du you wait for to appease their manes ?
Remember that you have wished your remains to
be laid by the side of your fathers—When you
have driven out tyranny, will you descend into their
tombs, without having avenged them ? No, their
bones would tcpulse yours ; and ye invaluatio men,
intrepid Generals, who, insensible to private suffer-
ings, have given new life to liberty, by lavishing
your blood, know that you hive done nothing if you
do not give to the nations a terrible, though just
example, of the vengeance that ought tube exercised,
by a people proud of having recovered its liberty,
and zealous of maintaining it. Let us intimidate
those whct might dare to attempt depriving us of it
again :—let us begin with the French ; let them
shudder at approaching our shores, if not on account
of the cruelties they have committed; at least at the
terrible resolution we are going to make, to devote
to death, whatsoever native of France should soil
with his sacrilegious footstep this territory .of Lis

the bappines3 of our Country : the day is artived,
the d,y which is to' perpetuate our glory and our
independence. •
" If there exist am )ng you a lukewarm heart, let
him retire, and shudder to pronounce the 04th which.
is to unite us. Let ua swear to the wh:)le world, to
posterity, to ourselves, to renounce France for ever,
and to die rather than live under its dominion—
to fight till the last breath fur the Independence of
our Country.
" And ye, People, too long unfortunate, witness
the oath we now pronounce : recolied that it is
urn your constancy courage that I depended
when first entered the career of Liberty to fight
Despotism •and Tyranny, against which you have
been struggling these last fourteen years ; remember
that I have sacrificed every thing to fly to your de-
fence—Parents, Children, Fortune, and am now
only rich in your Liberty. That my name' has be-
come .a horror to all people, the friends of Slavery
and Despots, and Tyrants, only pronounce it, curs-
ing the day that gave me birth ; and if ever you re-
Rise` or leCeive in murmuring the Laws, which
the protecting angel that watches over your desti-
nies, shall •diClate to me for your happiness, you
will merit the fate of an ungrateful People. But tar
from me this frightful idea : you will be the guar-
dians of the Liberty you cherish, the support of
Chief who commands you.
" Swear then to live free and independent,
to prefer death to every thing that would kat', tore-
place you under the yoke ; swear then to pursue
everlasting Traitors, and the Enemies of your In-
dependence.

" J. J. DESSALINES."
" -Ilead-Quarters, Gonaives, llt Jan. 1804,
" iJtYear-of Independence."

From the LONDON GAZETTE, April z 4, 1804.

Wzr-Offce, April 24,1804.
Christchurch, Middlesex, Volunteers.

Ensign James Saunders to be Lieutenant, vice Townsend,
resigned. lereinian Le Socuf, Gent. to be Ensign, vice
Saunders. Rev. Charles Del‘Carthy to be Chaplain.
George Thomas Kent, Gent. to be Surgeoß.

Crewkerne and Petherton Volunteer Infantg.
Lietitenant Robert Perham to be Captain. Ensign John
Phelps to he Lieutenant, vice Perham. Samuel Wills,
jun. Gent. to be Ensign, vice Phelps.
3d Battalion of IY2r.w Volunteer Infantry. '
_

Lieutenant Wilharh Neyle, of the Middleton Company, to
be Surgeon.
Exmouth Volunteer Infantry.

John Simpson, Gent. to be Ensign.
Fatway Volunteers.
Sir William Prideaux, Bart. to be Captain, vice Wheaton,
deceased.
Loyd Flint Ftrzilters.
•
Henry Price,, Gent. tobe Second Lieutenant.
Ist, or Western Regiment of Glamorganshire Volunteers.
William Parry, Gent. to be Second Lieutenant, vice Mor-

gar, promoted.
Hampstead Volunteers.
Captain Charles Cartwright to be Lieutenant-Coltnel.
Lieutenant lames Wortham to be Captain, vice Cart-
wright. Ensign Stephen Mattard to be Lieutenant, vice
Wortham. Charles Bestland, Gent. to be Ensign. vice
Nlattard. Adjutant -- M'Nair to have the Brevet
Rank. of Captain.

Halifax Volunteer Infant
Ensign
tage, resigned. Richard Panter, Gent. to be Ensign, vice
Binns
Ilapidge Regiment.
John Wyatt, tsq. to be Captain. Nicholas Vieford, Gent.
to be Lieutenant. Edward Brice, Gent. to be Ensign.

lioniton Volunker Infantry.
ames Tucker, Gent. to be Lieutenant. Thomas Robins,
Gent. to be Ensign.

Ilungerford Volunteer Infantry.
Captain Charles Fowle to be Major-Command'ant. john
Richard Seymour, Esq. to be Captain. Richard Town-
send, jun. Esq. to be Captain. Ensign fames Jelfs to be
Lieutenant.
zd Regiment of R.37a1 East' India Volunteers.
Ensign George Owen to be Lieutenant, vice Whitehead, re-
signed. Joseph Allen, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Owen.
A.'itiderminster Volunteer Infantry.
Captain John letterys to be Major-Commandant, vice Tur-
ner, resigned. Lieutenant William Lea to be Captain,
vice jetlerys. Ensign Henry Crane to be Lieutenant, vice
Lea. William Hopkins, Gent. to be Ensign, vice-Crane.
Knaresbor,ugh raunteer Infantry.
Robert Richardson, Gent. to he Lieutenant. Samuel Powell,
Gent. to be ditto. Richard Dewes, Gent. to be Ensign.
William Fawdington, Gent. to be Quarter-master.
Thomas Ingle, Gent. to be Surgeon.
Lancaster Volunteer Infantry.
Lieutenant Anthony Eidstorth to he Captain, vice Lodge, re-
signed.- Ensign Thomas Blackburn to be Lieutenant, vlce
Bond, resigned. Ensign Thomas Inman to be ditto, vice
Eidstorth. Ephraim Atkinson, Gent. to be Ensign, vice
Blackburn. Richard Edmondson, Gent. to be Ensign,
vice Inman.
ad Regiment of Mid-Lothian Volunteer Infantry.
Robert Stephenson, Gent. to be Lieutenant. Ensign Alex-
ander Raid to be ditto, vice Fullarton, resigned. Alexander
Bowie, Gent. to be Ensign, vice. Johnston, appointed to the
Edinburgh Militia.
Nest Leicestershire Volunteers.
Richard Arkwright, Esq. to be Captain, vice King, resigned.

• Loyal Leicester Volunteer Battalion.
Ensign lohn Sarson to be Lieutenant, vice Rickards, deceas-
ed. John Liptrap Greaves, Cent. to be Ensign, vice Sac..
son. Rev. Thomas Burnaby to be Chaplain. Thomas
Bishop, Gent. to be Surgeon. john Bridges, Cent. to be
Assistant Surgeon.
Bilk Company of the 3d Regiment of Loyal London Volunteer:.
,Robert Webber, Gent. to be First Lieutenant, vice Whin-
field, resigned.
Loyal Macclesfield Volunteer Infantry.
Ensign James Mason to be Lieutenant, vice Wright,* resign.
ed. Ensign lames Entwisle to be ditto, vice Baily, resign-
ed. Samuel Pearson, Gent. to be Enssign, 'vice Mason.
lames Swaine, Gent. to be ditto, vice Entwisle.
sot Regiment of Mountsbay Volunteeerr.
Lieutenant Henry Botterell to be quarter-master.
Norwich Regiment of Volunteers.
Major Sigismund Traffbrd to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice
plutnptree, resigned. Captain William Firth to be Major,
vice Trallbrd. Lieutenant Jonathan Matchett, to be Cap-
tain', vice Morphew, resigned. Ensign john Thompson
to be Lieutenant, vice Matchett. Thomas Taylor, Gent.
to be ditto.

PeNicji•aß Vo:umteers

lames Berry to be Lieutenant. Ens zb Mus-
crott to be ditto. William B.shworth, 6,;a. to
sign.

2d Battalion of the Queen's RoJal,Volanteerr.

Adjutant Robert Gardner to, be Secontl lieutenant, Nice'
Harris, resigned. Robert Gardner, Gent. to be Quarter-
master.
Rather eyn Volunteer Infrnoy. -
Thomas Butler, Esq. to be Captain. Ensign Robert Beat-
son to be Lieutenant. Ensign .George Halley to be ditto.
To be Ensigns:=larnes Barker, Gent. John Lambert, Gent.

William Steel, Gent.
To be Quarter-rn:Aster--William Dyson, jun. Gent.

St. George, Middlesex, Volunteers..

Major Christian Splidt to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Captain
A ndrew
,Paton,to be Major, vice Splidt. Lieutenant I Min
Robinson to be Captain, vice Paton. Lieutenant Denis
Nl:Carthy to be ditto, vice Reed, resigned-. Ensign toseph
B. Hutchinson to be Lieutenant, vice Robinson. Ensign
Thomas Burford to b.:ditto, vice M.Cart by.
St. Helen's Fclunteers.

fames Woodward, Gent._ to be Quarter-master. Richard
Bridge, Gent. to Assistant-Surgeon.
Severn Rifemen.

Captain Samuel Wathen to be Captain-Commandant. First
Lieutenant Nathaniel Wathen to be Captain. Second
Lieutenant john Snowdon to be. First Lieutenant. Charles
Vizard, Gent. to be Second Lieutenant.. john Holbrow,
Gent. to be ditto.

, Stockbridge, Samborne, and illatisfont 17,17:nteer Battalion.
Lieutenant Joseph Foster Parham to be Captain, vice Por-
ter, promoted. Major
.john Sutton to be Adjutant.
Swinton Volunteers.

John Harrison, Gent. to be. Ensign, vice White, resigned.

Torridge Regiment of Volunteer Infinpy.
Rev. David Horndon to he Chaplain, vice Glubb, resigned.
• • Westbury on Severn 17,1uhteers.
Ensign T. Cadle to be Lieutenant, vice Nichols, resigned.
John Gowding, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Ladle.
Loyal United Westbroy and Clifion Vclunaers. • .

Lieutenant Thomas Frampton to be Captain, vice Fowler,
resigned. Ensign Richard Ed hilt to be Lieutenant, vice
Frampton. Robert 11:inouse, Gent. to be. Ensign,
vice
• Edghill.
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M 0 R A ND U M.

The Appointment of Captain John Christie to be Adju-
tant of the Eastern Battalion of Stirlingshire Volunteers, as
stated in the Gazette of Ili,: 3d inst. has not taken place.

ERRATA, in Gazette of 25th Odcber, 1803.
Fuzliters

For Thomas Pennant, Esq. to be Captain, !obit Smd?.;v,
Cent. to be Lieutenant, read I ohn Sniailey, Esq. to be
- Captain,: Thomas •Pennant, Gent. to be Lieutenant.

Commiulans ,signed oy the Lcrcil.,ieutenant for the Csunty of York.
Frat West York,lllllitia.
To be Lieutenants—Peter Riley. Dated lan. 5, 1804. Ensign
Lucas Bennett.. Dated Feb. 12, 1804. Ensign Richard
Maim. Date' Feb, 13, 1804.
To be Ensign—Michael Brannan. Dated March 15, 1804.
Second West York Regiment.
Tobe Captain— Francis Vichaei Trapps. Dated N0v,26, 1303.
To be Lieutenants— lobri Gray. Dated Nov. 23. tBO3. Peter
Snowden. Dated Nov. 24, rBO3. john Hanirson. Dated
Nov. 25e 1803. .Ensign Leonard Ash Key. Dated Nov. 26,•
1803.
To be Ensigns—Gabriel Scholfield. Dated Dec. 24. IFO3.
Robert Hildyard, Dated Feb. 2.8, 1804. Thomas Walker.
Dated Aprii-i, i 804..

ird Ms: Yak Regimcnt.
To be Captains—John Macpherson Brackenhury. Dated
Nov. '25, 1804. Francis William Barlow. Dated March
;3, 1804.
To be Lieutenants—james Ernmf.b.rson. Dated Dec. 31, 1803.
Ensign Christopher Tallon. Dazed lan. i 6, 1304.
To be Ensigns—John Lambert. Dated Jan. t 6, 1304. Wil-
liam Fisher. Dated Feb, 8, 1304.

The following Gentlemen have been called to the
degree of Barristers at Law, by the Honourable So-
ciety of Lincoln's Inn, viz. THOMAS PONTON, jun.
Esq. and CHARLES FREDERICK WILLI Ams, Esq.