The Sun.
London, England, 1820-12-09 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

tiArn.—DEA'Cii OF CHttJSTOPHE,
• " CAPE HENRY, OCT. 13, 182.0.
" The- cruelty of the tyrant CIIRIsToriIE to
7Ward s his subjects has lately exceeded all bounds,
and the pitch of misery 'to which this unfortunate
People had arrived cannot easily be conceived._
Continued murmurs and discontent have for a
I(xig time prevailed, and a body of high-minded
officers at last came to the determination of re-
-I;"ing their unhappy country. At the head of
tnese was General Romain, ,a man of distinguish-
talent, and. highly beloved by the people. lle
concerted 'a plan to rid his countrymen of their
tyrant, and certain motions on the part of the
tr°ops at Port-au-Prince was highly fay.onrable•
to the execution of it. By the treachery of some
Persons partly in the confidence of Romain,
Christophe was inforMed of his intention,:and he
accordingly gave orderS for 'hitnto proCeed to
St. Marc at the head ot some troops, with a pre-
tended view to the security of the place. This
gave additional cause for discontent among.
tnern, which Romain encouraged, and by se--
cret manoeuvres at last drove them to open
rP'olt. During this time Christophe remained at
,
atis Sonci, and endeavoured by conciliatory con-
duct to appease the army and people immediately
under his controhi, but without effect ; Romain
xvishing-, if possible, to avoid the spilling of
blood, represented to him the injustice of his
conduct and the disaffection of:- his people, and
recorntheridtd,. either by immediate abdication,
or some other measure., to endeavour to .restore
tranquillity. Christophe was dumb, and Romain
Iliad Only one course to pursue. lie satisfied• him-
Efelf of the _strength of his party, and finding. that
of Christophe very superior, he resolved torednee
it by stratagem. The army from St. Marc "were
• marching upon them, and Romain. was singled
out to me-et and. repulse them ; he complained of
the insufii:cienCy of the troops under his command,
and General Touisaint was ordered to support
him- This, therefore, reduced 'Christophe's
forces, as expected by Romain, and they accord-
ingly walked out, met the army from St. Marc's,
and joined them.
" This occurred on the evening of. Friday, the
6.th, the inhabitants having received the first no-
tice of it by the firing of cannon; the drums beat
to arms, and the people and troops assembled.

General-. Richards, Due de la Marmalade, Go-
vernor of :the. town, surrounded by
.other officers
of rank, proclaimed Liberty-and the overthroW
of the throne. The' joy and -acelatnation were
inexpressible. The next day all persons arrested
by the cruelty of Christophe were"- set at liberty;
arms were distributed to the people and support-
ed by Ahem ; the garrison, with six pieces of
cannon, advanced to Haut du Cap, about one
German mile from hence, and took a.strong
po-
sition near the bridge on the road leading to
Sans Souci. As soon as Christophe heard
what had occurred, he.fell into the most vio,
lent paroxysms of passion, and gave orders to.
burn the Cape to the ground;and to destroy all
tile inhabitants without exception, not sparing
either women or children. To the eternal dis-'
grace of human nature be it spoken, that a villain,
hardy enough to undertake this horrible massa-
cre was found in the person of t;eneral-Noel,
who plaCed hiMself at the head of the Life
Guards of the Tyrant, and -proceeded to the
bridge of Haut du Cap, inspiring the soldiers to
the Attack with the cry of " Vi've le Roi !"
which Was
,immediately "answered on the other
side 'by ‘‘ Vive la Liberty'." The cries conti-
nued fora short time, and one gun-shot only was
fired, which was followed by additional cries of
Five lc4 Liberte !and the Guards under the cot-o-
-r-nand of General Noel joined the opposite party.
The Chief returned to Sans Souci to inform his
Royal. Master of the occurrences which had taken
place, and that every thing was over with him,
Ms rage and revenge were raised to the highest
pitch, and he ordered himself to be taken to the
Citadel, intending to blow himself up with all the
treasures it contained, and which were to a consi-
derable extent ; but Duliny, one of his Officers
who was with him, prevented it, under sundry
pretexts. Finding himself foiled in this respect,
he vented his rage on his wife.and children, and
about ten o'clock; exasperated with Vengeance
and,despair, he put an end to his existence by a
pistol shot, •

.•
" The cry was now general, and the people
and- the troops. plundered the Palace, where
effects and jewels were found, amounting to two
millions. On the following day the Crown Prince
surrendered-. himself, and he, as well, as all the
Generals, who for so many years had been the
tools of his cruelty, expect, in irons, the deserved
punishment due.to.their acts.
The manner of executing this Revolution in
all its ways is remarkable, only one man, and
that the tyrant himself,.has lost his life. The
Generals ride ..patroles- themselves, and send
away all unnecessary: people to. Haut du Cap,
where; ,among the :poor classes; They cannot com-
mit any excesses. To-morrow Gen. Paul Romain
is expected here with the rest of the army. Li-
berty has already been proclaimed, as also that
Hayti is ,constituted into a Republic, of which
Romain is the President. BOyer has sent a let-
ter of congratulation from Port-hu43rince, re-
questing that the Chiets of the former Govern-
ment might be kept in good custody, and offer-
ing the -assistance, of his whole power, if neces-
sary; to the PatriotS. %% e. are,•free,landJooking
for better tithes." -