The Sun.
London, England, 1826-04-25 00:00:00

TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL '2

PURSUANT to a DECREE of the HIGH COURT .f
CHANCERY, made inn Calm DAWKINS against The'
E A I, of POIVI'MtiR c,
THE CREDITORS of the Right Honourable
, WILLIAM CHARLES, late Earl of PORTMOEE,
(who died in, or about the month of November,•lB23), are, by
their Solicitors,' forih with to come in and prove their Debts
before WILLIAM WI NG I BEAD, Esq. .one of the Masters
of the said Court at his chambers in Southampton-bidldings,
Chancery-lane, London ; or, in default thereof, they will be
excluded the benefit of the said Decree.
PLADU ATE, , YOUNG and JACKSON,

E.ttexAtrect.

Plaintiff's galicitarL

H'A-Y

PROCLAMATION OF PRESIDENT BOYER.'
LINVI,TY--4CQUALITIL".
•
Harrtans ! The power with which I have been invested hi
the Constitution, and the confidence of which you have given We
the proofs in the Most difficult circumstance; have laid me under
an honourable obligation, at 'till to infirm you what I have
undertaken us- insure your happitiae, and to consecrate the tights
which you have so gloriously gained by conquest. •
"My Proclamation of the 11th July, 1825, informed you of the
negotiation concluded in this Capital with the Euvoya of his
Christian Majesty. In accepting the act which recognizes the
independence of Hayti, we did not conceal front ourselves the
vagueness of its dispositions. We sa* at once the diversity of
interpretation that might be given to it; but we should have
thought it injurious to the French Government to +suppose it ac-
tuated by any other thoughts or intentions than such as, in a de-
claration of that nature, can alone honour and immortalise the
Sovereign who proclaimed it. Interists, however, and rights
so dear as those of our country, could not be abandoned to
arbitrary interpretation. My duty roqiiired of me to ask precise
explanations. I have asked them. 'The Colnntiaaioners chosen
fur that purpose, wham I invested with full powers, and who were
moreover charged to regulate in France the basis of our commer-
cial relations, have returned. They have done every thing in
their power- worthily to fulfil their mission, but they hare not
obtained that which they were especially charged to require....
The essential clauses of the Convention they have handed to me,
not being conformable precisely with the interests of Hayti, pru-
dence require; that nothing shall be concluded in the business, in
the well-founded hope that ulterior explauation'may produce the
desired result: lam far from prejudging any thing, against the
loyalty of the views of the French Ministry time, doubtless, will
cleanup, to the satisfaction of both parties, the important points
as to which it is our duty to exercise the most scrupulous vigilance.
-.Nevertheless, I shall always tiel bound by my engagement, be-
cause good faith should be the first rule of conduct for those who
govern States. Still, in the existing condition of things, I owe
it to myself, to my country, and to the World, to declare the,
sense iu which the Government of Hayti accepted the ordonuance
of the 17th April.
Free and independent for 213 years, Hayti only saw in that
ordonnance the application with respect to her of a formality, to
legitimatise, in the eyes of. other nations, the government of a
people who had-constituted themselves sovereign. It'is this for-
mality from which results the renunciation by the King of France
for himself and his successors„ of all sovereignty over the territory
of the Republic, which we have obtained for an indemnity, of
which the first instalment has been paid, as Will the others be,
punctually. The present legislature, in declaring this indemnity
a national debt, have given a new guarantee of the good faith
of their Government. Thus there cannot exist, in the opinion
of the world, the least doubt that such is the only reasonable in
of the ordonnance recognizing the independence of
Hayti---an interpretation, moreover, in strict accordance with the
preceding manifestoes of this Government.
Citizens !—The declaration of yont Chief Magistrate is it; har-
mony with your unalterable determination, .which has long been
known—preserve the attitude to which you owe the rank you
hold.. Let loyalty constantly characterize your transactions, and
your relations with foreign commerce. Redouble your ardour in
fertilizing your fields ; labour will afford you the means of multi-
plying your exchanges, and teach you to appreciate more the hap-
piness of a what. liberty. Preserve the profoundest respect for the
law, and for the functionario; who are its organs, the confidence
and obedience which fire their due. Forget not that union and
concord will ever make your greatest strength. Cherish the
purest love for the country ; and let your thankful hearts daily
offer to the Supreme Being the tribute of hornage demanded by the
wonderful protection he has granted you.
Soldiers !—ln charging you with the particular care of
watching for its defence, the country does not dispense with the
obligations I have enumerated. You have already given the mea-
sure of whit valour can do, guided by patriotism. Show your-
selves, in all circumstances, faithful to honour and your duty. I
will confide my glory to your devotedness, as I trust my happi-
ness in the glory of my country.
Given at the National I'alace of Port-au-Prince, Merch sth,
1826, *34 year of Independence. BOYER.

VOLCANIC APPEARANCE IN THE MOON

(HY CAPTAIN 111INRY NAVIN, r.R.S.)
On Sunday evening, the 4th February, I observed a luminous
spot in the dark part of the moon, which I was inclined to as-
cribe to the eruption of a volcano.
The telescope used was an excellent Newtonian of 6} inches
aperture, with a power of 74. The moon was exactly two days
old, and the evening so cle.or that 1 was able to discern- the ge-
neral outlines in the dark part of her disc. Her Western azi-
muth was about 70 degrees, and her altitude about 10 degrees.
In this position, at 6 hours and SO min. the volcano (estimating
by the eye) smeared distant from the northern limb of the moon
about 1-10th of her diameter. Its appearance was that of a
small nebula, subtending an angle of about three or four se-
conds. Its brightness very variable; a luminous point, like a
small star of the sixth or seventh magnitude, would suddenly
appear in its centre, and as suddenly disappear, and these
changes would sometimes take place in the course of a few seconds.
. On the evening of the bth, having an engagement which prevent-
ed me from observing it myself, I arranged the telescope fur two
friends, who remarked the same phenomena as the night before,
but in an inferior degree, partly, perhaps, in consequence of the
evening not being so favourable. On the 6th I again observed it;
it had certainly become more faint, and the star-like appearance
lets frequent. I could see it very distinctly with a power of 40 :
as the moon approached the horizon, it was visible only at ihter.
vats, when the star-like appearance took place. On the same
evening I had the pleasure of showing it to Mr. Henry Browne,
F.R. S. I regret that I had no inicrometer adapted to my telescope,
but I have reason to believe the distance of the volcano from, the
edge of the moon was about one-tenth of her diameter ; and the
angle it formed this evening with the line joining the cusps, was
about 60 degrees. I remarked near the edge of the moon, a well-
known dark spot, from which the volcano was distant, as nearly as
I could estimate, three tunes its distance from the edge of the
moon. In a map of the moon, published by Dr. Kitchener
(which is the beat small snap with Which I ant acquainted),
there is a mountain sufficiently near the situation of the vol-
cano, to authorise the supposition that they may be identical....
On the 7th, I could still see the volcano, and the occasional
star-like appearance, but I do not think it was sufficiently
perceptible to hare been discovered by a person ignorant
of its precise situation. I am inclined, however, to think,
that the difficulty of seeing it is rather to be attributed to the
increased light of the moon, than to the diminished action of
the volcano. The spot in which I observed the volcanic
appearance is that named Aristarelurs. This spot was particu-
larly examined by Ilevelius, who calls it Mons .Parphirites, and
who considers it to be volcanic. If his drawings are to be relied
upon, it has undergone it considerable change in its appearance
sing his time. Sir William Herschel" has recorded in hie Philo-
sophical Transactions, an ohaervation of three volcanoes weruhicpittiohne
perceived in the moon, April 19th, 1787, at 10h. Stitu. sidereal
of fire oreirumoifnotushtleme, wttehri,c'hwhase "daiisdtalhittifrwoe(ml ,
the northern limb of
the moon Sh, 67sn. 38., the diameter of the .burning part being
not less than Sm. I find that this observation was made about
nine o'clock in the evening, when the moon- was not quite two
Air old; end from the situation of the spot described by Sir
Ww. 'brioche% I have no doubt of its losing .the. same ;hat I
have noticed.