Star. — 1822-03-22 (London, England)

ORDER OF THE DAY.  "JEAN PIERRE BOYER, PRESIDENT OF HAYTI. " Our compatriots in the territory formerly subject to Spain, having percJved their true interests, have addressed to me that adhesion to the laws of the Republic, and claiming the sacred rights of proxclon, upon which tiny may count with confidence ; men %%Ise and experienced are placed at the head of a force wl ich may be necessary to maintain order, and ebout to enter that territory. " Dining the march of these troops, should any of those evil disposed persons, who, under an affected zeal for the public service, be guilty of depredations or traher acts injurious to the military character, it is declared here that the said individual who shall be guilty of any acts of pillage, shall be delivered for trial ea the field to a Military Commission, and tried, and if condeuund, punished with death as a traitor. (Signed) " BOYER, President."  The late advices from China state, that the reigning Emperor has issued several Edicts, restraining and forbidding the admission of Missionaries from Europe, who have arrived in that Empire with a view to propagate the Christian religion.  It will be seen from our daily Police Reports that the Parish Committee are very active in endeavouring to discover the perpetrators of the atrocious murder of Mrs. Dotrarry ; but, while we give them every credit for their zeal and honest intentions, we cannot but question their discretion, and even doubt that the means they resort to are calculated to further the ends of justice. Since the murder was committed, there has scarcely a day passed in which persons have not been taken up on suspicion.— The whole of them have, indeed, been readily discharged, with the exception of those examined yesterday; but this is a very poor atonement for the reproach they must endure with their censorious neighbours, of having for a moment been suspected capable of such a crime as murder. Another objection we have to the proceedings of this Committee is, that the Gentlemen are not content with seeking to discover the murderers by the most rigorous examination, but resort to those silly superstitions which we hoped were only left to figure in a romance, or to be mentioned as 'hewing the ignorance of former ages. It will be recollected that previous to the funeral of Mts. Domorre, some of the members of her family were asked to touch the body, and we were told that they did so without exhibiting any signs of emotion. Whether the Gentlemen supposed that the touch of the murderer would cause the mortal wound to bleed afresh or that they only sought evidence of guilt iu the expression of the countenance, we know not. Yesterday we find the prisoners examined were subjected to a new ordeal. One of the Gentlemen of the Committee shewed the finger of Mrs. Donatty, preserved in spirits, to the prisoners, and watched their countenances very closely to see what effect it had on them. We repeat that every praise is due to the Committee for their zeal and exertions; and we hope that they will be crowned with success—that of bringing to justice the authors of a most atrocious crime ; but we cannot but think that two or three active and skilful police officers would have been better calculated to manage the business than a Committee of Gentlemen or tradesmen.  Accounts from Norfolk and Suffolk state, that the refractory disposition of the labourers In these two caunties has been considerably subdued by the proceedings of the Magistracy, aided by the Yeomanry. Saturday last, at Framllngbam, several persons who had been active in breaking and burning threshing-machines, &c. were convicted under a new Act, the first of the King," fur the summary purisbment, in certain cases, of persons wilfully sr maliciously damaging or committing trespasses on public or private property ;" and being unable to pay the penalties, costs, and charges, they were severally committed to the jail of Ipswicl. for three months bard labour; besides twelve persons scut to the Jail Its take their trials at the ensuing Assizes.