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" Dear Comrades and Fellow-Citizens,

" This epoch, wherein the People of Hayti were
raised to those rights possessed by the other Nations
of the world, will be memorable to the end of time !
In again proclaiming your independence, let me call
to your minds the homage, the attachment, and the
gratitude, which we owe to our Lord, the President I
of Hayti, Henry the well-beloved ! Without him—
without
his courage, which he has preserved, and
even increased, amidst the greatest dangers, the inde- !
pendence of Hayti would not now exist ! These gal-
lant veterans, the Legions of the North and of the
West, who, since the days of Toussaint Louverture, '
have so freely shed their blood for their country, and
have unceasingly fought for their independence and
their legitimate chiefs—without him, these brave war-
riors would now be bending under the yoke to the
very ground, and vent the eternal opprobrium of
their sighs, at being subjugated by those agents of in-
famy, who so justly merit the execration of their fel-
low-citizens ! Oh ! my countrymen, if these ideas
bring to your minds that abyss of horror into which
you were nearly plunged, you might feel what bound-
less gratitude you owe to our common benefactor,
the saviour of our independence !
" Thanks to that Divinity who protects the cause
of justice, those days of fear, of grief, and of mourn-
' ing, are passed—we have now nothing w fear ; on
the contrary, we have every thing to hope. Our
forces by land and by sea are equally victorious and
formidabk... Our finances are flourishing, and I. a
wise administration, which acts with justice and ezo-
nomy. The reign of morals is restored, and the
principles of true honour and religion are propagat
and professed. All these blessed effects, which teal
to insure the permanent felicity of all, are the work
of our great Henry, through whom you have, even
in periods of war, peril, and calamity, in moments
of danger and disaster, I say, you have always en-
joyed these blessings. We have therefore to expect
with certainty a continuance of the most perfect
felicity—that we shall enjoy that enlarged share of
prospel it y and happiness in which the most favoured
nations have heretofore indulged, under the immortal
reigns of the Trajans, the Aurelii, and the Henries.
All those great men, the true representatives of the
Divinity upon the earth, confer the greatest benefits
upon posterity by their illustrious examples.
" You see, my fellow-citizens, you see the work
of happiness, which in the interval of two years our
Illustrious Chief has wrought. But turn your eyes
to the situation of our unhappy Brethren so cruelly
deceived and led astray by Petion, that monster of
iniquity! You see the most atrocious robbery re-
duced to system—the finances annihilated—the peo-
ple demoralized through the principles inculcated by
a usurping and criminal government ! No security
for persons or property exists—the vessels of foreign
trade flying from their ports, in order to seek in ours
that security and beneficial traffic, which a legitimate
II and established Government only can afford.

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}XTRACT OF A LETTER, DATED STOCKirnLM, MARC!' 17.

" You will probably have heard before now of the
Revolution here. Tl,e King arrived in the city from
Vs country seat at Hata, at seven o'clock in the
evening of the 12th—he slept in town. In the morn-
ing of the 12th, the guards marched out of town,
and the King and the Royal Family were to join
them on the 13th, in order to proceed towards the
insurgents. On the 13th, at twelve o'clock, the time
appointed for the carriages to he at the Palace, Major
General Adlercreutz, Colonel Jagerhorn, and others,
went up to the King's apartment, and Adlercreutz
told the King that he must not depart. The King
d:cw his sword, and on their laying hold of his per-
son, he defended himself bravely, and was on the
point of killing Adlercreutz. No soldiers were in
the Palace, because it was reported the King
had in the night yeti:riled to Haga. In the next
room to that where the King was, was a servant,
called a chamber hazard of the King, whose name
is Selleng. On hearing the noise in the room, he
wished to open the door, but it was locked ; he then
broke open the door, and, with his sabre in hand,
was going to cut Adlercreutz down, but the sabre
was wrested from his hand. In the mean time,
the unfortunate Monarch, without hat or sword,
ran down the so called Queen's Stairs ; there
they followed him, and he took away the sword
from Colonel Melin, and cut the hand of one
Count Snoiisky. He defended himself a long
time ; but at List, almost fainting, they carried him
up to his room. He expressed, at first, his asto-
ni-Innent at their conduct, and still kept saying that
his principles are and will ever remain the same.— •
In the night he was carried out to Drotnengholm.
On the 13th, a great force of the cuirassiers and ar-
tillery was sent to Haga, where the Queen and her
children were and still are. Adlercreutz was imme-
diately appninted the Commander, Adjutant- C eneral,
and Field-Marshal—Count Klingspor, Lord Gover-
nor of Stockholm—Baron Lagerbjelke, Chancellor
of the Court. The former Lord Governor of Stock.
holm, Count Ugglas, has lost his place—every thing
is quiet here. A publication was issued on the 13th,
that all taverns and public houses should be shut up
precisely at nine o'clock in the evening ; and thl
duty laid on by the King for carrying on the war,
was taken off. The regiment of the King's body
guard, which was disgraced in Firland, has received
their colours, and are reinstated in their rank. The
Queen and her children are not allowed to see the
King ; and, in a word, no one is all, wed to ctme near
the Carale, where a great number of g nos are placed.
A Diet is appointed for the Ist of May. The Duke
cf Sudermania, it is said, will keep on friendly terms
v.ith England ; but I hardly thief< linnaparte will
suffer it. Major Delagrange is sent to Denmark,
and from thence to Paris ; Major Arfvedson to St.
Petershurgh ; and a Messenger horn the Secretary el
State'.. Oilice to England. I have spoken to one of
the persons who attended one day on the King at
Drotnengholm ; he told me that the King eat but
little, and that he often went backward and kmisard,
and clasped his hands tooether, and lifted up his eyes
as it he were praying. this Monarch, adored n
prosperity, is abandoned by all—Gob help him !"

" This is the exact contrast !:—Let us look at the
military exploits of Petion and see what fate betides
his adherents. See, on the plains of St Marc, you
will see his wounded and his artillery abandoned in
order to secure his own personal safety by flight, and
his excessive timidity fir a while before made him
secrete himself among the females of his camp ! He
deserted all his followers, infirm old men, and help-
less children, and abandoned them to the mercy of
his pursuers. Neither the opprokrium which would
eternally stigmatize his name, nor the cries of those
unfortunates could stay him an instant.
" We arc now happily approaching to the end of
this internal warfare. The voice of the Minister of
the Gon of Peace and of Truth is at length heard,
and the wandering lambs are now rernrning to the
sheepfold. The clemency of the virtuous Henry is
extended them. 'I hus it is, that, in the bosom of
Victory, in the hour of Triumph, he extends his arms
to save his wandering children. Our generous Father
forgets the past, and offers the kiss of peace and re-
conciliation. All the Haytians once re-united, the
banners of Henry the well-beloved would unfurl
throughout the land, the independence of all would
be consolidated, and our misfortunes for ever for-
ge tam.
" Long live the Mighty Henry ! Let Independence
flourish !

" Done at Gonaives, the Ist January, 1809, the
16th Year of our Indepcndence.
(Signed) « VERNET,
" Superintendant-Chneral of the Finances."

INTERESTING EXTRACTS

FROM LETTERS ADDRESSED TO HIS HIGHNESS THE PRESI-
DENT OF HAYTI, BY THE GOVERNOR OF PORTO RICO
AND TILE COMMANDER OF THE SPANISH TROOPS EASN•

PLOYED IN 171 E SIEGE OF ST. D,OMINGO.

'• I learn with pleasure that your General of Bri•
gade, Don Josef Thabarre, has been presented in the
Assembly, with the Ensigns of Ferdinand VII. at the
City of Jago, where that Prince is acknowledged as
the reigning Sovereign, 4nd his flag hoista accord-
ingly.

" Since my direct correspondence with the inhabi-
tants of the Spanish part of the Island, I have offered
them that aid and assistance which they stood so

much in need of, which they have gratefully signified
their pleasure toaccept, and also these arms and stores
THE CAPE, JANUARY it, which the generosity of your Highness had offered to
The first day of this month was the Anniversary of them, for the purpose of expelling and destroying the
our Independence. The accustomed ceremonies were French, by whom they are grievously oppressed.
observed at its celebration in this capital. In the nra- ! "My Brother Commissioners, D. Antonio Sar-
tion delivered on this interesting occasion, by Field miento and D. Juan Carahabas, cordially agree with
Marshal Richard, governing the Cape, are the fol. me, that the greatest harmony should reign between
lowing passages : the Spanish inhabitants and the States of your High- '
The countless benefits we enjoy demand out. ness ; but that this cannot be fully effected if the
warmest gratitude ; and who but the illustrious French are suffered to remain in possession of any
Henry could have achieved such wonders ? He has part of this island, in consequence of the restless am-
restored the reign of tranquillity and peace. He has bition of that Nation, and the atrocious perfidy of its
organised a most formidable army, and a marine, ca- (Signed)
Emperor !
pable of effectuating any project. The rebels van- " JUAN SANCHEZ RAMIREZ."
quished in the West, as well as in the North, have The remaining part of this letter extols the Spa-
now no refuge but in his clemency ! To perpetuate nish national character ; assures the Haytian Ruler
our glorious advantages, the principles of unanimity, that it is determined to adhere to the true Catholic
and obedience to the laws and our Chiefs, should be Faith ; and informs him, that the Spaniards have
the rule of our conduct. Chase from your minds beaten and repulsed an army of 200,000 Frenchmen.
every perverse and disorderly feeling, and public pro- It appears these officers were unacquainted with the rubse-
sperity will flourish to the utmost." I quent events in the Peninsula.
A second letter from this officer informs the Pre-
sident that he is proceeding, at the head of an army
of 5000 Spaniards, to the siege of St. Domingo, in
order to oblige it to submit to its lawful Sovereign,
Ferdinand VII.
To this letter is subjoined the details of an action
between the Spanish troops, under Don Juan, and the
flower of the French army, under General Ferrand,
on the 7th of November. He describes it to have
taken place in the pass de Palo Hincarlos, where he
posted his little army (ill-supplied, and ill-furnished
with arms, Stc.) to the best advantage. The attack
was commenced by the French ; but sustained by
the Spaniards with such skill and intrepidity, that
the enemy were repulsed with considerable loss in less
than ten minutes. The loss on the side of the Spaniards
was one officer and three foot soldiers killed, and 45
wounded ; that of the French, upwards of 300 killed
on the spot, and more than 100 prisoners.
In the Order of the Day of the 28th November,
18(8, igned by Lieut.-Gen. Romain, Chief of the
Staff, the successes of the Haytian armies of the
North and West, under Romain and Daux, are ad-
verted to in general terms. An action near Port de
Paix on the 3d of November, is particularly noticed,
wherein the revolted insurgents, under Lamarre, were
defeated with considerable loss. Among the priso-
.ners taken, is stated to be the famous Jaques Colas,
Colonel of the National Guards,

THE EVENING STAR.

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SATURDAY. APRIL 1.
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Accounts from Gijon to the 24th ult. confirm the
statement we rote yesterday respecting the patriotism
and energy of the people in Asturia and Galicia. The
Asturians have lately received a supply of arms from
this country, and are active in increasing the number
and perfecting the discipline of their defenders. The
Marquis de RONIANA'S army is stated at 30,000 men.
He occupies Villafranca, his head-quarters, with
18,000 men, and the remaining 12,000, are at Lugo :
but some of the letters state his whole force at not
more than 20,000 men. About the 15th ult. he fell
in with a French corps of about 3000, which he de-
feated, taking 1.500 prisoners.
On the 21st ult. a flag of truce was sent into Co-
runa by Captain WYNTER, of the CADMUS, for the
purpose of making inquiries respecting Lieut.-Cdonel
NAPIER, of the 9td regiment. The messenger was
politely received by Marshal Nh.Y, who commanded
th 2 garrison, and Coloxel NAPIPR was allowed to re-
turn in the CADMUS on his parole. According to the
intelligence brought by the CADMUS, Marshal SOULT,
the Duke of DALMATIA, had commenced operations
against Portugal.
If we may credit the latest accounts from Portu-
gal, a more decided spirit of resistance to the common
enemy has begun to manifest itself, than was before
discernible. They have organized their means of de-
fence, and many of their Nobility are at this moment
on the frontiers with the army. The following is a
correct list of the Portuguese Generals and their head
quarters :

General FRANCISCO DE SILVAIRA commands at
Tras os Montes, and has his head quarters at Chaves.

General BERNARDINO FREIRE commands on the
Minho ; his head-quarters at Valena.

General BACELLA commands at Beira : head-quar-
ters at Guarda.

General ANTONIO JOSE DE MIRANDA commands in
Estremadura ; head-quarters at Tomez.

General Jose LOPEZ commands at St. Alentejo ;
head-quarters at Elvas.
Sir ROBERT WlLsos and Colonel LECOR were at the
head of the Loyal Legion of Lusitania ; partly at
Oporto and on the frontiers.
A body of 400 Priests had enrolled themselves at
Braganza, and were in daily training.
At Lisbon there are two regiments of Militia called
Royal Volunteers, and another was to be ready for
the field in a few days, composed from the five classes
of Commerce, called the Royal Commercial Volun-
teers ; it consists of infantry and cavalry. The people
at Lisbon are armed en masse, and form 16 Legions,
each of which has a company of Artillery, and one
of Sharp-shooters attached to it.
Among other rumours mentioned in private let-
ters to be current on the Continent, it is said that a
Treaty of Amity has been concluded between France
and Persia, one of the stipulations of which is, that
Persia is to cede to France an island in the Persian
Gulph. On the other.hand, #ccounts recently re-

ceived from the western coast of India state, that 54
HARFORD JONES, our Ambassador to the Sovereign
of PERSIA, had been most cordially received at that
Court ; and that nothing had since occurred to war.
rant a suspicion of the sincerity of FATALI SCHAIec
friendly professions.

A Cabinet Council, composed of nearly the whole
of the Members, was held yesterday at Burlington
House. Their deliberations lasted from three till
near five o'clock•.

Yesterday being Good-Friday, in the morning his
MAJESTY, the Duke of CANIBRIDGE, Princesses At,-
GUSTA and MARY, accompanied by Ladies ALBINA
CUMBERLAND, and TfiliNNE, Generals GwvNtsr:,
MANNERS and FITzaoY, rode to St. George's Chapel,
and heard a Sermon by the Rev. Mr. COOKSON, front
St. Paul's Ist Epistle to the Corinthians, I Ith chapter
and 24th verse, " This is my body which is broken
for you ; this do in remembrance of me." After.
wards they returned to the Palace.
The QUEEN, Princesses SOPHIA and AMELIA are i::
a fair way of recovery of the violent cold with which
they have been afflicted, but are not able to go out yet.
Yesterday the Duke of CUSIBERLAND'S corps ot
sharp-shooters marched to Hyde Park, and were in
spected by Lieutenant Colonel ADDENBROOKE, befor.
whom they went through all the manoeuvres of a bat.
talion, as well as those of four companies of sharp-
shooters, in a way that did them great credit. They
arc in constant practice under able instructors.
On Tuesday last was married, at Dover, Robcrt
Dalgleish, Esq. Middle Scotland-yard, London,
Miss Collett, daughter of Samuel Collett, Ecq.
Sir DAVID DUNDAS) who has been appointed to
act as Commander in Chief of the Army, until the
Board of Military Commissioners shall be regularly
constituted, is far from being one of our oldest Ge-
nerals in the service. Sir DAVID is known as the
digester of an uniform Code of Military Tactics,
founded chiefly on the system of the late King of
PRUSSIA, which was adopted by the British Army, at
the commencement of the present war, and still con.
tinues to be practised. Sir DAVID is distinguished in
the army by the remarkable mildness and pleasing
affability of his manner—qualities which will be very
becoming in his present elevated situation. He is
Governor of Chelsea Hospital, and Colonel of the
2d ii.egiment of Dragoons, or Scotch Greys.

Several naturalists and artists are about to sail for
the Brazils, under the patronage of Sir JaSEPIi BANKS,
with a view to some important researches in the mi-
neral and vegetable kingdoms. A frigate, it is said,
will be appointed to carry them out.
Early this morning a dreadful explosion was heard
at Twyford on the Paddington canal. On proceed.
ing to the spot, it was discovered that a cask of gun-
powder on board a barge had exploded : two meu
were found dead on the ground at some distance, and
one of them had a gimblet in his hand, front which
circumstance it is conjectured that he had been boring
the cask, thinking it contained liquor. The explosion
set fire to several hay-stacks on the premises of Mr.
WILLAN, three of which were entirely con.,umed, and
others much damaged,
Thursday morning a fire broke out at the Crooked
Billet public-house, Johnson's Change, Rosemary-
lane, which was destroyed, with four other small '
houses. The landlord and family narrowly escaped i
with their lives.

The venerable mansion of Lanherne, in Cornwall,
the ancient seat of the Noble family of ARUNDEL, and
interesting from its having become the asylum of a
number of secluded females, who escaped, during the
horrors of the French Revolution, from the convents
of France, has narrowly escaped destruction by ti
The wcrkmen e nployed in repairing the slating, had
thrown their wads of straw, it appears, under the
dome, which contained the great clock, on the top of
the house. A fire having caught in a foul chimney,
the sparks fell among this straw, and set fire to the
cupola, which it destroyed, together with the clock ;
but, by timely assistance, it prevented spreading fur-
Vier. The number of Nuns who continue to reside
there, in voluntary seclusion, amounts to IS, includ.
ing the Lay Sisters.
A very serious accident happened a few days ago,
on the River Thames. The Britannia, Captain
LAMB, with a valuable cargo OR board, for Halifliv,
came to anchor opposite Woolwich Warren, at tha
time the people in the Ordnance department were
proving some guns, when a shot from one of them
passed so near to the Steward of the Britannia, that
he was knocked down by the percussion of the air
produce 4 by the velocity of the ball. Another shot
unfortunately struck a seaman in the rigging, and
completely divided the body, so that the head and
shoulders fell down upon the deck, whilst the trunk
was entangled amongst the ropes. When this shock,
ing affair took place, the wife of the deceased was on
board, in order to take her leave of him for the voy-
age, and to receive a month's pay for her mainte-
nance, and that of her two children. Gen, BLOOM-
FIELD, the superintendant of the Warren, being made
acquainted with the accident, proposed to bury the
unfortunate sufferer at his own expence, and to re-
commend the widow to Government as a proper ob-
ject for a pension ; and we trust the case will be at-
tended to.

An extraordinary instance of longevity lately oc
curred in the Island of Jamaica, in the person of
JOSE:11 RAM, a black man, belonging to Morrice- •
Hall Estate, and who died in December• last, at
the advanced age of 140 years ; he perfectly re-
membered the Duke of Albemarle, ‘vlto succeeded
to the Government of that Island in 1687. His
daughter, Grace Martin, an inhabitant of Span;sh-
Town, and upwards of 85 years of age, says he had
a complete set of new teeth about twenty years
ago, which remained sound to the day of his death-
-His hair had turi:ed quite grey : he retained his
sight and memory well, and had all his sons:i per-
fect, except that of smelling. He was stout, and
inclined to corpulence—was never sick but once.
and all the physic he ever took in his life wa.s one
dose of nut-oil. He had 26 children by different
women. His appetite was always good, and t few
days previous to his death, he walked a distance
four miles. His dissolution was gradual, and unat-
tended by pain or sicknesi : it seemed, indeed, to Le
the mere clecay of nature.

NAVAL ATELLIGENCE.

FALMOUTH, MARCH 29.

Arrived the Spanish schooner Constancia, from
rijon, in five days ; the Captain reports, that the
NArqui, do la Romana's troops have had an engage-
ren: with the French, and taken 1500 prisoners.—
s;,!;,.,lhis Majesty's ship COSSACK for Plymouth, and
the Duke of Kent packet for the Mediterranean.

PLYMOUTH, MARCH 30.

Came in the Caledonia, Captain JAMES RtAn, from
Greenock, bound to Malta, laden with coffee, cocoa,
and sugar; she was captured by the Nouvelle Gironde
French privateer, of 14 guns, and 84 men, and recap-
tured, the oath inst. by the MINERVA, of 38 guns.—
Alco came in the Commerce, Capt. COLE, from Malta
with currants, cotton, silk, and anchoVies, last from
Dartmouth ; and the SPRIGHTLY cutter from the east-
ward. Sailed the IMPERIEUSE, of 38 guns, Lord
cocHRANE, to the westward ; Harriet, Capt. BEAG..
truotc, for Waterford ; John and Elizabeth, Capt.
liuttrttx, for Alderney ; Friendship, Capt. Coon,
H. Madeira. Passed by a fleet to the westward, said
to be fo: Newfoundland. Wind E.