The Sun.
London, England, 1821-01-01 00:00:00

trill" in his acknowledgment of American freedom; yet
the British Constitution, and that of France, nay of Spain,
though yet in swaddling clothes, and the anti•monarchical
Federation of .the United States, are all aelcnoWledged and
openly respected by these propounders of the high and imOly
" monarchical principle," which wduld sweep the poor Nea-
politans from the face of the. earth for acquiring liberty
through the only means—namely, that of superior power—
hy which any one human right or privilege ever was, or ever
can be, arrested from those who have wrongfully usurped it.
We are sorry that •a doctrine so iniquitous has any disciples;
hut being entertained, we rejoice that it is avowed so clearly,
since those—viz. the whole civilized world—who are exposed
to its oppressive and disastrous consequences, have timely
warning of the magnitude ofthe danger which awaits them.

[Tice Public Ledger.]

Letters from Vienna, of the ISt I) tiltT nirittiOn that tlie Me-
diation of the Pope had been offered to heal the differences
with Aostri.t, and the other NleMbrrs of the Holy
and that Cardinal Gonsalti would probably he present at the
Congress for that purpose. The commencement of the deli-
berations at Laybach is not likely to take place very early, as
the Emperor was certainly expeeteil at Vienna on the iSth
la. and would remain there till the beginning of February.

. .
[Morning Chronicle.]
If the pretence for interference with Naples a regard for
the peace of Europe, it would be easy to spew that nothing
is more calculated to involve all Europe in all the calamities
of war than such au interference. The King of Sardinia, for
one, would he placed in a most perilous situation by any at-
tempt on Naples. His army is well known to be friendly
to liberal principles, and would never look tamely on
while an Austrian Army was acting against Naples.—
Span., which has long been connected With Naples, and
wnich is now in, preciszly the same situation, would feel
itself gunned to, interfere. The Government of France
most pay some deference to the feelings aut.! inielluations
•of the nation; and that nation will never sanction any
hostile proceedings against Naples. The French will not-look
tamely on while Any foreign power assumes the dominion of
and least of all If that power is .knstria. The Govern-
ments the free and more 'part of-Europe, from
a regard for the general peace, which is threatened by the
pretensions of Russia, Austria, and Prussia, are called on to
take such measures as are best 'calculated to ward off that
calainity. It is certain that the peace of Europe cannot be
considered secure, till the rights the people are every
where secured by Constitutional Governments; fur arbitrary
Governments are never willingly submitted to by any people,
and the state of things under them is to be considered violent
and tin nut oral, and therefore containing in it se lit he seeds of
Revolution, The Constitutional Governments ought to de-
clare, that the ‘. Monarchial principle"- advanced by the
three Sovereigns in question, is altogether irreconcilable with
Eitropeattciviliz dim,: that the general peace. and tranquil-
lity can only be preserved by the admission of the people to
Constitutional rights; and that those Sovereigns who refuse
to admit their people to the enjoyment of these rights, are
nrit.only enemies to mankind, -hut enemies to the tranquil-
lity of Europe. It is nut enuo4ll that the Constitutional Go-
vernments resist the particular claim of Austria with regard
to Naples ; thew ought to join in reprobating the abominable
principles in which that claim originated, and sit long as these
principles are persisted in, to stigmatize the Sovereigns of
Russia, Austria, and Prussia, as. unworthy Members of the
European Social Union•

MEMOIRS OF HENRY THE FIRST,
LATE KING OF HAYTI.

(From the British Monitor of yestmlay.)

DEDICATED TO WM. wiLnEttroftcr, ESQ. bI. P.

" C.:naive°Plie, alias HENIUI 1., late King of Havti„ was
born in 1787. The place of his birth is not exactly known ;
some imagine it to be the Island of St. Christopher's, whence
be was conveyed to Cape Francois, and sold to an English
merchant, •whose name was Badeehe ; others, that he was
horn at St. Domingo, on the plantation of Limonaite, which
then belonged to the celebrated translator, Durean de In
Millie. However this may he, Henry Christophe began to
render himself remarkable at the very . beginning of the
trouhles of • St. Domingo, for his great stature, his harsh and
fierce disposition, and a certain strength of character, which
has since been the cause of his elevation. Being at first ap-
pointed as snperintendant over the negro slaves, he employ-
ed in this office a rigorous severity; but when the revolution
broke out Christophe changed his character, and from a per-
secutor of negroes, became a persecutor of the whites. He
was, nevertheless, hut little known before the arrival of Gen.
Lech rc, its 1802. In the insurrections of the blacks, he fol-
lowed their troops, pillaged, massacred the whites, and
bought at a low price, the booty of his comrades. He thus
acquired a considerable fortune, and was enabled to become
the chief of the band. Having assembled a small troop he
over-ran the country, encouraging the rising of the blacks,
and supporting them with bis arms; he thus acquired a
species of t enowts. _ _

Touissaint Lonverture,. who was then General-in-Chief
of the Negroes, made him General of Brigade, and cent him
to fight against his nephew, General Moiso, a young officer
not destitute of courage, but who aimed at supplanting him.
Christophe had recourse to stratagem. He went over to
Moise, pretended to enter into his resentment, and succeeded
by this atrocious dissimulation. in obtaining his confidence,•
of which he took advantage, arrested him in the tnid:t of his
at my, and sent him- to Tonissaint. Moise was massacred by
his uncle's orders, and Christophe obtained the command of
the northern province in his stead.
" .Moise had a great number of partizans. who only aspired
to avenge his death. In the evening of the e 1 st October,
there was an insurrection at the Cape, and the insurgents he-
gan to massacre all those who were noted fur their attach-
went to Toussaint. Chri,tophe immediately mounted his
horse, attacked the insurgents in person, killed two with his
own hand, dispersed the Multitude, and got the chiefs arrest-
ed. The plan entered into by Christophe on this day was
executed with such' precision and prudence, that on the next
day a great number of the inhabitants were ignorant of what
had passed, and the warehouses were opened as usual. The
following. days news was successively brought of the rising of
the qua) tcrs of Actil, Lintt►e, Port Margot, Marmelade, Plai
saner, and Dondon. Christophe, at the head of a detachment
of infantry, and some dragoons, rushed forward to all the
places where the insurgents had risen, alarmed the mutineers,
a►nd made them-lay down their arms, while he ordered the
chiefs to be shot.

" In the beginning of IBM be was still commander of the
Cape. Being compelled, after a vigorous resistance, to yield
to the troops of General Leclerc, he set fire to the town be-
fore be left it, and went to rejoin Toussaint Louveritne,
with three thoirsand men. Soon after this ha negoci-
ated with the' French, gave them apparent prods of sub-
th;ssion, and succeeded in -disarming the insurrectionary dis-
tricts. Hut perceiving the army of Leclerc weakened, he
again went over to the blacks, after the carrying off of Tous-
saint, lragned himself with Dessalines, powerfolly contribut-
ed to his successes, and oblii,,ed the French to evacuate the
colony. Dessalines remaining now the tranquiipossessorof St.
Domingo, took the title of Emperor of Hayti, under the name
of.larnes I.; and Christophe, hose services had been so useful
to hint, became one of his Generals, arid one of the first Men
of his Court. But this new Empire, established by force and
violence,
.over an ignorant and barbarous people, was to ex-
perience no less vicissitudes than governments established
among nations more enlightened. by philosophers.
"As it has happened all ages and in all countries, the
Lieutenants of tike black Emperor, soon became jealous of his
power ; and ttiose who had contributed the most to establish
him, Christophe and Paion, were not long before they de-
clared themselves- his enemies; they exclaimed against 'des-
potism and tyranny, excited the negroes to rebellion against
Dessali, under a pretence of a tax that the latter had es-
tablished on the expOrtation of sugar arid cotton ; led him into
a snare laid for him, and murdered him in the midst of his
troops, on the t7th October 1806. _ _ _

.
" Christophe was immediately proclaimed President and
GeneralissiMo of Mei State! of
.Hayti, and, Petion was his
Lieutenant and Governor in the south. A national assembly
was convoked at Cape Francois to form a Constitution. This
was the period of the first divisions between two men who,
until then, bad appeared to have the same aim in view.
Petion put himself at the head of a party who wished for a
Senate and a Representative Syitetn of Government. Chris-
tophe wished that no authority should counterbalance with
his own ; and seeing- himself at the head of a more numerous
party, be declared, in a• Proclamation which he issued as
Sovereign against the rebel Petion, that authority belongs to
the strongest. In order to •prove the truth of so incontesta-
ble an axiom, the President - Chriitoplie asgenibled all his
troops, made active prepaiations against his rival, who on his
part bad assembled considexable forces, and had taken his
station at 'Port-an-Prince. Petion being attacked several
times very severely, be was at last beaten in several rencotin-
teis, lint was never entirely defeated; and it:happened that
at'the moment when be was outlawed, and m7m when' the
report of his death was spread throngnouvtheTsiand, that he
rr-appeate.d,.. with. new- strength. Christ9phci:neeer reigned
'over the whole island of
" ebristophe at last assumed the title of King, and was•
crowned in the month of April tall. A capuchin friar, cam-