Star. — 1821-05-02 (London, England)

REPUBLIC OF HAYTI.  A printed account has been received of the Insurrection of St. Marc and of Gonaives, dated Port-auPrince, the 4th of March, 1821, and the Haytian Official Gazette of the 11th of March, containing the proceedings of the Military Commission appointed to try General Jean Pierre Richard, and of the Permanent Military Commission which tried Colonel. Henry Cimeticre, the Commandant Belzunce, and Captain Dominique, for the part they took in that insurrection.  The account of the insurrection opens with a statement of the various reasons for publishing it, one of which is, " that those who nourish the guilty hope of rekindling the flames of discord, that they may be able to regain their ridiculous privileges of Noblesse, may feel that their expectation is vain, and their wishes impotent."—lt then proceeds as fellows : " Before the fall of the Despot, Jean Pierre Richard, it is said, General of Division, bearing the title of Duke de la Marmalade, Commandant of the Cape, had conceived the project of driving his Master from the Throne, in order to place himself on it. The account then goes on to state the intrigues of Richard, the unexpected arrest of Colonel Paulin, and the insurrection at St. Marc of the 2d of October, which would have been suddenly put down, but for the defection of Richard. The latter, after the death of the Tyrant, induced the Generals assembled at the Cape to do their utmost to oppose the union of the North with the Republic. The rapid march, however, of the Republican troops, and the wisdom of the measures of the intrepid Chief who commanded them, disconcerted the plans of Richard and his adherents. The magnanimity of the President,.and the generous pardon which he granted to these wretched men, served only to restore to them the audacity which his presence had xt first depriied them of.— Richard, a: the moment of the suicide of Christophe, had taken possession of part of his treasures, and, as it is believed, of one of his Crowns ; and by way .of better securing the troops, tolerated the pillage and excesses in which they indulged, and made besides large promises of reward to them, which, however, on the unexpected appearance of the President, he failed to perform. This signal want of faith would have cost him dear, if the Government, for its own dignity, had not repressed a meeting of the soldiers, who claimed their promised reward. However, his pretensions were still extravagant ; he aspired to the command of the arrondissement of the Cap-Haitier : but even if the President had not been informed of the intrigues of Richard, the long services and devotion to his country of Gt!neral Magny entitled him to this important post, in preference to the former. Wishing, however, to gain him over by favours, the President confirmed him in his rank of General of Divisiorepand maintained hint in the command of the Cap-Haitien, and granted him, besides, all that he demanded.— Far from being satisfied, Richard, chagrined at failing in his attempt toobtain the arrondissement of the Cape, endeavoured to assemble all the elements of revolt, and took so little precaution, that the Government was more than once informed of his intrigues. But the President contented himself with watching him, and those who were pointed out as' his accomplices, and continued to load them with favours, so that if their hearts had not been insensible to gratitude and virtue, they would have returned to the path of honour. The President had hardly returned to Port-au-Prince, when the discoptents assumed a more decided character, and regretting the titles and prerogatives to pillage and destroy their unfortunate fellow-citizens, which had been granted by Christophe, they at last threw off the mask.— Colonel Paulin endeavoured, with the money he had gained at play or otherwise, to gain the regiment he,, commanded, and succeeded in part. On the 23d of February, he endeavoured to seize the place of Saint Marc, but was repelled. The Bth Regiment returning to a sense of duty, and ashamed of its stain, abandoned and delivered up to the General its unworthy Chief, Colonel Paulin, who died of the wounds he had received. Lieutenant-Colonel Belzunce, ExAide-decamp of Christophe, who had also taken part in the insurrection, was seized, and conveyed to Port-au-Prince, to be tried by a Military Commission. Whilst these events took place at St. Marc, Generals Joseph Jerome and Dossous, by their perfidious suggestions, and holding out pillage, corrupted the fidelity of the 25th Regiment, No: 2, stationed at Gonaives, and attacked the General of Division, Francisque, and forced him to embark. The Commune of Gonaives was pillager: end devastated by the rebels, who at length finchlig themselves deceived in their hopes, and becoming aware of the danger of their position, dispersed for the most part, leaving the guilty instigators of their disorders to their punishment. The designs of General Richard, whose conduct had been long watched, having been discovered, the moment he was preparing to display the standard of revolt, he was arrested at Cape Haytien, on the 25th of February last. Four of his accomplices, Colonels Cimetiere, Pierre Paul, Captain Dominique, and Lieutenant Lamisere, were seized at the same time, and embarked on board a vessel for Port-auPrince, where they arrived the Ist. March ; they were immediately conducted to prison, and their trial was . commenced without delay. On account of his rank; Jean Pierre Richard was tried by a Special Military Commission, which sentenced him to death. The others are about to be tried by an ordinary Council of War."  The Gazette gives a brief account of the various trials. General Richard, as has been already stated, was condemned to death on the Sd March. Colonel Henry Cimetiere, Commandant Belzunce, and Capt. Dominique, were condemned to death next day.  Alt/