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A CORRECT TRANSLATION FROM THE ORIGINAL,

THE FORMATIONOFTHE NEW DYNASTYOF

THE KINGDOM OF HAYTI,FORMERLY

THE ISLANB OF SAINT BOMINGO,By a near relation to Bonaparte,HENRY CHRISTOPHE.

To be Sold at the different Book-stores,

Printed a*. Philadelphia.1811.

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CONSTITUTIONAL LAWOP

THE COUNCIL OF STATE,Which establishes the kingdom of Hayti.

The State Council, assembled forthe purpose of deliberating on thenecessary changes to be made in theConstitution of the state of Hayti,for the better regulation of govern-ment.

Considering, when the Constitu-tion, formed the 1 7xh of February,1807, was proclaimed to the world,the state, literally speaking, waswithout a social compact, and thethreatening storm of aviolent civilwar arising, made it impossible forthe representatives of the people tofix, irrevocably, upon a mode of go-vernment, suitable to the people'swishes. ^And such a constitution, imper-fect as it was, and the representa-tives themselves did not dissimulatewith regard to its imperfection, an-swered the crisis, in which it sprungup, its cradle surrounded by storms.

But the small number of sublimeprinciples it contained, was, never-theless, sufficient for the people, asit fixed all the rights of the people,in those lamentable times.

Considering that now, thanks tothe genius of the supreme Magis-trate who holds the reins of state, thehigh conceptions and the bright va-lor whereof caused to restore order,happiness and prosperity.The flourishing state of cultiva-tion, of commerce and navigation,the re-establishment of customs, ofmorals and religion, the high estab-lished discipline both in the army and

navy, seem to promise an eternalcontinuance to the state.That it is expedient to day more

so than ever to establish an order ofsolid and lasting things, the modeof government which must for evergovern the country who gave us theexistence.

Considering that it is urgent toconfer the sovereign authority withan august grand qualification thatmay render the idea of the majestyof the power.

That the erection of a hereditarythrone is the necessary consequenceof that powerful consideration.

That the rights of inheritance ofpower to the only male and legiti-mate children (to the perpetual ex-^elusion of women). In an illustri-ous family, constantly devoted tothe glory and to the happiness of thecountry which owes him its politicalexistence, is as much a duty as it isa noble mark of national gjratitude.That the nation who at this instant,

is, by our means using her will andsovereignty, by trusting them tohim who has raised her from theabyss and from the precipicewhere his most inveterate enemieswould have destroyed her, to himwho now governs her with so muchglory, that this nation has nothingto fear from its liberty, its indepen-dence and its happiness.

That it is likewise convenient toestablish grand dignities, as much toelevate the splendor of the throne,

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( 4 )as to reward signalised services ren-dered to the country, by officerswhoare devoted to the happiness, theglory and the prosperity of the state.The Council of State pass in con-sequence the following organic law

TITLE THE FIRST.OF THE FIRST AUTHORITY.

Art. 1. The President HenryChristophe is declared King ofHayti, by the name of HENRY.This title, his prerogatives, his im-munities, will be hereditary in hisfamily, in the males and legitimatesoffsprings in direct line, by the rightof primogeniture, to the exclusionof women.

2. All acts of (he Kingdom be inthe name of the King, promulgatedand published under royal seal.

3. For want of male children indirect line, the heirship will pass tothe family of a Prince the nearestkin to the King or the most ancientin dignity.

4. However it will be lawful forthe King to adopt the children ofsuch a Prince of the kingdom as heshall think fit for want of heir.

5. If it should come unexpectedto him, after the adoption, of malechildren, their rights of heir shallprevail upon the adoptive children.

6. At the decease of the Kingand until his successor be acknoAV-ledged, tRe affairs of the kingdomwill be governed by the Ministersand the King's Council, which shallbe formed in general Council andwho shall deliberate to the majorityof votes. The Secretary of Stateholds the register of deliberation.

TITLE II.OF THE ROYAL FAMILY. .

y. The Spouse of the King is de-clared Queen of Hayti.

8. The members ofthe Royal Fa-mily will bear the title of Princesand Princesses. They are styled

Most Serene Highness. The heirapparent is denominated PrinceRoyal.9. Those Princes are membres of

the State Council as soon as theyhave attained their majority.10. The royal Princes and Prin-

cesses cannot be married withoutthe authorisation of the King.

11. The King makes the organi-sation of his Palace himself in sucha manner accordin g to the dignityof his crown.

12. There shall be established, bythe King's orders, Palaces and Cas-tles in the parts of the kingdom heshall think fit to design.

TITLE m.OF THE REGENCY.

13. The King is minor to the ageof full 15 years ; during his minori-ty, he shall be named a Regent ofthe kingdom.14. The Regent shall be at leastfull 25 37ears old, and be chosen a-mong the Princes the nearest in kinto the King (to the exclusion of wo-man) and for their v/ant, among theGreat Dignitaries of the kingdom.

15. For want of a Regent's de-signation by the King the GrandCouncil will design one in the man-'ner which is prescribed in the pre^ceeding article.

16. The Regent exercise u^tilthe full age of the King, all attribu-tions of the Royal Dignity.

17. The Regent cannot concludeany treaty of peace, of alliance, orcommerce, nor cause any declara-tion of war, but after serious delibe-ration, and by the advice of theGrand Council, the opinion shall beput to the majority of votes, and incase of equality of suffrage, the onethat shall be found suitable to theadvice of the Regent shall turn thescale.

IS. The Regent can neither ap^

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( 5 )point to the Grand Dignities of thekingdom nor to the offices of Gene-ral officers of the army both by landand sea.

19. All acts of the Regency arein the name of the Minor King.

20. The Minor King's guard isentrusted to his Mother, and forwant of it, to the Prince designedby the deceased King, cannot be e-lected for the Minor King's guard,either the Regent and his posterity.

TITLE IV.OF THE GRAND AND PRIVATECOUNCIL.21. The Grand Council is com-

posed ofthe Princes of the blood, ofthe appointed Princes, Dukes andCounts, and at the choice of his Ma-jesty, who himself fixes the numberof it.

22. The Council is presided bythe King, and when it is not presidedby himself, he designs one of thegrandees of the kingdom to fill thatfunction.

23. The Private Council is cho-sen by the King among the GrandDignitaries of the kingdom.

TITLE V.OP THE GRAND OFFICERS OP THEKINGDOM.24. The Grand Officers of the

kingdom are the Grand MarshalsofHayti; they are chosen amgngthe generals of all grades, accordingt6 their merits.

25. Their number is not fixed :the King determines at every pro-motion.

26. The places of the Grand Of-ficers of the kingdom are unremova-ble.

27. When by an order of theKing or for reason of invalidity, oneof the great officers of the kingdomshould come to cease his functions.

he shall preserve his titles, his rangs,and the halfof his treatment.

TITLE VI.OF THE MINISTERS.

28. There will be in the kingdomfour Ministers by the choice and bythe appointment of the King.The Minister of War and of Ma-

rine.The Minister of Finances and ofthe Interior.The Minister of Foreign affairs,And that of Justice.29. The Ministers are Members of

Council and have deliberative votes.30. The Ministers give in their

accounts directly to his Majesty,and take his orders.

TITLE Vn.OF OATHS.

31. At his accession or at his ma-jority, the King takes an oath uponthe Gospel, in the presence of thegrand authorities of the kingdom.

32. The Regent, before commen-cing the exercise of his functionstakes oath also, accompanied by thesame authorities.

33. The tutelars of the grand of-fices, the grand officers, the minis-ters and the secretary of state takelikewise their oath of fidelity intothe hands of the King.

TITLE VIII.OF THE PROMULGATION.

34. The promulgation of all actsof the kingdom is thus expressed :We by the grace of God and theConstitutional Law of the state,King of Hayti to all that are andshall be, Greeting.

Those acts terminates thus as fol-lows:We send and order that the pre-

sent, drawn up with our seal, be ad-

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C 6 )dressed to all administrative courts Hayti to all|that areLieutenant generals.ROUANEZ, J 'PETER TOUSSAINT, "^RAPHAEL,LOUIS ACHILLE,CHARLES CHARLOT,COTTEREAU,JASMIN, IxT u APRFVOST -' Marechaux de camp.DUPONT,'CHARLES PIERRE,GUERRIER,SIMON,PLACIDE LEBRUN, J ^EASTIEN JEAN-BAPTISTE, l ^ ,PETER SAINT-JEAN, ' )>Contre amiraux.DUPUY, Interpreter of government

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( 5^ )ALMANJOR, jun. "^HENRY PROIX, 1CHEVALIER, jPAPALIER, IRAIMOMD ^.Brigadiers of the armies.SICARD, -FERRIER,DOSSOU,CAZE, J

BASTIEN FABIEN,CADET ANTOINE, J. Chiefs of division of the marine.BERNARDINE SPREW,STANISLAS LATORTUEn intendantsJOSEPH LATORTUE, J intenaants.DELON, Comptroller.JOHN-BAPTISTE PETIT, Treasui-er,P. A. CHARRIER, Director of domaines.L. RAPHAEL, Director of Customs.BOYER, Keeper of the central magazine.JUSTE HUGONIN, Comissary general of government nearthe tribunals.ISAAC, Justice of the PeacctLAGROUE, -> Notaires '^JUSTE CHANLATTeJ ^o^aires.

THE COUNCIL OF STATE,To the People and to the Army of Hayti, both byLand and Sea.

FELLOW-CITIZENS,Your proxies have again assem- never lost sight of your happiness,

bled for the purpose of revising the to which theirs depends ; they pre-constitution of Hayti, of February sent you with the fruit of their ap-17, 1807, 4th year. Having to de- plication.cide with authority upon your dear- When the state, threatened by con-est interests, they have effected it spirations that were forming in herwith all the zeal, the patriotism they bosom, and moreover excited by ourare susceptible. In order to answer most cruel and exasperated enemies,your trust, they have sent for the presented the image ofjolt and of amost enlightened Haytians to join general confusion, the Great Manthem ; they have brought to matu- who governs us felt the necessity ofrity, in the quietness of a cabinet a social compact, around whom thecouncil, the form of government Haytians could unite, for whom thesuitable to the country who has name of the country Patria is not abrought us into the world j they have vain title ; he called us together : we

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C 8 )met with eagerness to favour hisviews, and to offer you with thecode of laws we had determined up-on. We did not at the time dissimu-late that this work was not entirelyfinished ; we thr ught that the princi-ples we had proclaimed could atleast answer for the times of crisis inwhich we found ourselves ;. and see-ing the storms roaring around thevessel of state, we stayed then to ex-ercise the revisal of our work, toperfect it and to adapt it the betteryet to our usages, to our laws, to ourmorals. In this flattering hope, wewere waiting, that the roaring ofstorms should be at an end, the hea-vens being more clear should per-mit us to resume our work.Thanks to the tutelary genius of

Hayti, thanks to the Supreme iVla-gistrate, thanks to his high coiicep-tions, to his brilliant valor, to hiscourage, to his activity, victory,faithful to his military exploits, hasunder his standards, calm revived,order is restored, discipline is reco-vered in the army and navy, conspi-rations are smothered, conspiratorspunished, justice has resumed itscourse, moral and public instructionare improving, cultivation and com-merce have been meliorated; atlast happiness and prosperity havemade their appearance again, andpromise the state perpetuity ; v/ehave thought the happy opportunityouc^red to improve institutions wehad' but the first draught made, andwe have exclaiine

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( 9 )granted in every part of the earth,to those superior beings, evidentlyborn to command his equals, andholding in this world (here below)a portion of the Divinity's dominionto whom they are accountable forall the goods and evils which resultfrom their administration, and bythe application which we have madeof those which have beien succeededin the government of our island,since we have taken up arms to main-tain our rights, and finally since theexpulsion of our enemies and theproclamation of our independence,we have acknowledged that the titleof gov. gen. given to the pious, to thevirtuous general in chief ToussaintLouverture of glorious memory, andthen primitively to the immortalfounder ofindependence, could bynomeans become the dignity of the su-preme magistrate, as it would appearthat such a denomination was onlygood at the most for an officer in thepay of some power or other ; on theother side, the magnificent title ofemperor given to general in chiefDessalines, although worthy of be-ing offered to him, for the eminentservices which he had rendered tothe state, to his fellow-citizens, waswanting for accuracy in his applica-tion. An emperor is understoodcommanding to other sovereigns, orat least so elevated on qualification,supposes to him who possesses it notonly the same powers and the sameauthority, but yet the real and effec-tive dominion of the territory, of thepopulation, &c. &c. &c. and finallythe momentary title of Presidentgiven to his successor the GreatHENRY, our august chief, does notgive the idea of the sovereign power,and cannot be appUed but to an ag-gregation of men gathered togetherfor such functions, or to a judiciarybody, &c. That the example of theUnited Statesy -which are governed

by a President^ cannot change ouropinion -with respect to the insiiffici-ency of that title; that the Americanshaving adopted the federal govern-ment^ can find themselves well, as anew people^ with their actualgovern-ment; we have moreover consideredthat however we appear to be in thesame hypothesis as the Americans, asa new people, we had the needs, themanners, the virtues, and even, wewill tell it, the vices of the ancientpeoples. From all the imitations ofgovernments, the one who has ap-peared to us to deserve with moreaccuracythe preference,is that whichholds the intermediary between thosewho have been put in practice tillnow in Hayti ; we have acknowledg-ed, with the great Montesquieu*,the excellency of the paternal mo-narchical government preferable toother governments. The extent ofthe territory of Hayti is more thansufficient for the forming of a king-dom; many states in Europe, ac-knowledged by all established poten-tates, have not even the same extentnor the same resources, nor the sameriches, nor the same population. Asfor the same warlike ardor and forthe martial character of the people ofHayti, we abstain from speaking ofit, his glory is knov/n all over theworld ; and very hard of belief wouldbe those who should doubt of it!The erection of an hereditarythrone in the family of a great manwho has governed this state with somuch glory, has then appeared to usa sacred and imperious duty as much 'as a striking mark of national grati-tude. The soundness of his inten-tions, the loyalty of his soul, aresure warrants that the people ofHayti will have nothing to fear forits liberty, its independence and its

* Montesquieu, Spirit of the Lavs, {Espritdes Lois) chup.' xi,

B

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10felicity. The natural consequenceof the erection'bf a throne was thefoundation of an order o hereditary-nobility, in which should be admis-sible all distinguished citizens whohave rendered important services tothe state, either in the military ca-reer, in. the magistracy, in that ofsciences and Belles Lettres. Wehave then raised the splendor of thethrone by that illustrious institution,which is going to excite a generousemulation, a blind devotedness tothe service of the prince and thekingdom.

If it was required to justify ourchoice, relate examples,we would findmany ii) history. How many greatmen, mechanics of theirown fortune,by the only help of their genius, by thevigor of their enerj^y, have foundedempires, at a great distance formedlimits, have given to their nation,with the taste of knowledges and thearts, the precious advantages of asociety wisely organised. Withoutgoing any further, we will relate thestriking model of that sort, whichjust offered to his contemporaries,the extraordinary man, our implaca-ble enemy ; that which all thoughtshave for objects our destruction, andwho is now so entirely reigning inEurope; what was he before thecommencement of that famous revo-lution, by the result ofwhich he owesHis rapid elevation. Nothing but afrail reed, the fragil and precariousexistence of which was far fromforeseeing so high a degree of gloryand power. As those who haveraised him to the supreme power^we make use of the quality of men,we hold from nature ; after havingconquered over again our rights, ourliberty and our independence,we willestablish, in this new world, an here-ditary monarchy, and we hasten to fixat last the destinies until now uncer-tain in this country, by declaring that

HENRY is elevated to the sovereignpower J that the throne is hereditaryin his family, and that the happinessof the Haytians dates from the eraof the foundation of the sovereignpower in those places.Fellow-citizens, by placing thefundamental basis of the kingdomwe have just erected, we believe tohave answered to the high trust youhad placed in us. If any envious orpussilanimous detractors should riseagainst the new Institutions whichwe have adopted ; we would answerthem that it is time to break for everto the' semblance of a foolish hopewhat our enemies may yet entertain.That if those very enemies were notdisgusted from the terrible experi-ence they have had ; and if in thedelirium of their rage, they shouldbring on our territory, their batta-lions made thirsty of our blood, letthem find at their approach a wholepeople, who has already made theessay of his force, trained up yet byeffect of his divisions and grown fa-miliar with the danger of battles, inarms, ready to dispute them thecountry they will invade; let themsee a famed monarch, the 19th cen-tury of which will be honored, sooften crowned with laurels of victo-ry, united, surrounded with his faith-ful nobility, dare dangers, to expireeven for the welfare of his people,and bury himself under the ruins ofhis throne rather than curb under theshameful yoke. Let the fortunatepeople of the handsome Hayti,*sofavored by nature, unite around theconstitutional law, which the onlyend of his happiness has inspired uslet him swear to defend it, and thenwe will be able to dare all the tyrantsof the universe.

Fellow-citizens, we will be toowell paid for our labours, if, in theWarranty of our rights, you find, withall the happiness we have been wil-

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I ( 11 )ling to make you enjoy, new reasons to love the government of our com-munity. Done at Cape Henry, April 4th 1811, eight year ofindependence

Signed, PAUL' ROMAIN, president.ANDREW VERNET,TOUSSAINT BRAVE,JOHN PHILIP DAUX,MARTIAL BESSE,JOHN PETER RICHARD,JOHN FLEURYJOHN BAPTISTE JUGE,STEPHEN MAGNY, secretary

EDICT OF THE KING,Which erects an Archbishop see within the capital

of Hayti, and bishop sees in various cities ofthe Kingdom.

HENRY, by the grace of God and the Constitutional Latu of the State, King of Hayti,to all that are and shall be. Greeting. ARTICLE FIRST.A Bishoprick shall be erected

within the three secondary cities ofthe kingdom ; to wit : Gonaives,Port-au-Prince and Cayes. EveryBishoprick shall have a chapter, a

Desirous of the faithful Haytiansenjoying all the advantages of theCatholic Religion, both Apostolicand Roman and to give to the churchof our kingdom a splendor capableto attract to it veneration and respect seminary, and likewise their estaband preserve worship in all its puri- li-^hment, we shall assign a fixed in-ty ; wishing to procure also to ourfaithful subjects, a perpetual admi-nistration of the holy church's sacra-ments. We have resolved to erectan Archbishoprick see in the capi-tal, and Bishop's sees within theprincipal cities of the kingdom, andto establish thereto Prelates capableof nfiaintaining Ecclesiastical disci-pline and to work to the propagationof the faith. For those reasons, wehave created and erected by thesepresents, we create and erect theArchiepiscopal see and Bishop seeswhich are hereafter designed.

comericks.

to each of the said Bishop-ARTICLE SECOND.

The Episcopal see of our city ofCape Henry, is erected into an arch-bishopric the other Episcopal sees ofthe kingdom whereof are holdingand shall be suffragans.

ARTICLE THIRD.We shall assign immediately Pa-laces and incomes to the Archbisop-rick ofCape Henry, and the domainson which the said incomes shall besettled.

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( 12 )ARTICLE FOURTH. shall have presented himself to the

' It is our pleasure that the Arch- Archbishop, and to have from himbishop of Cape Henry, take the title obtamed a permit m writmg.oi Archbishop of Hayti and Grand ARTICLE SEVENl^H.Almojier to the King. i^ ^.^ge ^j^^ ^^-^ Priest be judged

ARTICLE FIFTH. by the Archbishop capable of beingAs soon after his appointment his employed in the kingdom, he willMajesty shall solicit from the Pope, "^^^^ it known to us, and obtam ourthe necessary bulls for the exercise Pleasure, before they are put intoof his high functions, and of the o- ^i^nctions. , , , , ,ther Prelates who shall be called to ^e command and order that thefulfill the Bishop's functions within presents, be clothed with our seal,the erected sees as by Article first be addressed to all the courts, tnbu^of the presents. " ' ^ administrative authorities,

in order that they be transcribed inARTICLE SIXTH. their registers be observed andWe forbid all foreign Priests from caused to be observed throughoutexercising any ecclesiastical function the kingdom, and the minister ofjus- ^nor even to celebrate mass, in any tice is directed with the present'sof the kingdom's parishes, before he promulgation.

Given in our Palace at the Cape Henry April 7, eight year ofindependence.Signed, HENRY.By The King,The Minister Secretary of State, .DUKE OF MORIN. . ^

EDICT OF THE KINO,JPor the creating ofPrinces, Dukes, Counts, Ba-

rons and Knights of the Kingdom.HENRY, by the grace of God and the State Constitutional Law, Kingof Hayti to all that are and shall be, Greeting,As a consequence of our Edict of FKUNCilb.

April fifth, which creates an heredi- Prince Noel, colonel general oftary Nobility. We have conferred the King's house, arch butler,the following titles and dignities, to Prince John, master of the pantry,the here under named officers Lieutenant general Andrew Ver-

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( 10 )net, prince of Gonaives, grand mar-shal of Hayti, minister of finance andof the interior.

Lieutenant general Paul Romain,prince of Limbe, grand marshal ofHayti, minister of war and Marine.

DUKES.The apostolical Prefet Corneille

Breile, archbishop of Hayti, dukeof Anse, grand almoner of the King.f^ Lieutenant general Rouanez, dukeof Morin, grand marshal of Hayti,minister of state and of foreign af-fairs .

Lieutenant general ToussaintBrave, duke of Great River, grandmarshal of Hayti, great huntaman,inspector general of the King's ar-mies' musters.

Lieutenant general Noel Joachim,duke of Fort-Royal, grand marshalof Hayti, and grand marshal of thepalace, commanding the first divisionof the north.Lieut, gen. Stephen Magny, dukeof Plaisance, grand marshal of Hay-ti, grand chamberlain of the King,commanding the second division ofthe north.

Lieutenant general John PhilipDaux, duke of Artibonite, grandmarshal of Hayti, commanding theprovince of the west.General Bernardine Sprew, dukeof Port-Margot, grand admiral ofHayti, governor of the Prince Roy-al. COUNTS.

Counsellor of State Juge, countof Terre-Neuve, minister of Justice.Major general Martial Bessecount of St. Suzan, commanding thefirst district of the first division ofthe north.Major general Peter Toussaint,count of Marmelade.Major general John Peter Rich-ard, count of the Bande du Nord,governor of the capital.Major general Lewis Achille,

count of Laxavon, commanding thesecond district of the first divisionof the north.

Major general Joseph Raphael,count of Ennery, commanding thesecond district of the province ofthe west.Major general Charles Chariot,count of Acul, commanding the firstdistrict of the second division of thenorth. ,Major general Peter Cottereau,count of Cahos, governor of Dessa-lines.Major general Maximin Jessemin

count of Dondon, governor of Fort-Henry.Major general Toussaint Dupont,

count of Trou, inspector general ofthe cultivations of the kingdom. Major general Charles Peter^count of Terrier Rouge, governorof the King's Pages, aid de campof his majesty and master of ceremo-nies.Major general Guerrier, count ofMirebalais aid de camp of his ma-jesty, commanding the first districtof the province of the west.Major general Simon, count of

St. Louis, aid de camp of his majes-ty and master of ceremonies.

Major general Placide Lebrun,count of Gros-Morne, aid de campof his majesty, and commandingthe second district of the 2d divisionof the north.

Rear admiral Bastien Jean Bap-tiste, count of Leogane.

Rear admiral Peter St. Jean,count of Presqu' Isle.M. Bernard Juste Hugonin, countof Richeplain, attorney general to

the King.M. Juste Chanlatte, count of Ro-

ziers, knight of honor to the Queen,Intendant general of the King'spalace.The lieutenant colonel Yacinthe,

count of Borgne colonel of the life

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( 14 )guard and governor of the Queen'spages.

Lieutenant colonel Toussaint,count of Ouanaminthe, grand mas-ter of the horse.

The under-namedofficers have been appointedBARONS.

BRIGADIER GENERALS.Thabares, Almanjor, jun. Hen-

ry Proix, Chevalier, aids de campof his majesty.

^ Papalier, employed near the Mi-nister at war.Raymond, employed near the dukeof Fort Royal.

Dessalines, adjutant of arms ofthe place of Cape Henry.

Sicard, grand master of ceremo-nies.

^ Dossou, commanding the 14thregiment of infantry.Ferrier, aid de camp to his majesty.Caze, junior.Louis Pierrot, commanding the

1st regiment of infantry.CHIEFS OF DIVISION OF THE MA-RINE.Bastien Fabien, Cadet Antoine.

COLONELSPeter Rouge, Celestin Cap, JohnCb&rles Chariot, Theodore Galbois.B , ex, Leo, aids de camp of his

IV ''est]^..r.point, commanding the King's

K. ; .; ^^uards.srph Gerome, commanding the

' '\;j;:xent of infantry..huiomew Choisy, comraand-

ii . oth infantry regiment.- L director of fortifications.

use, director of artillery,commanding the 2d ar-tii: .;v :.;:. :ment.

Pescay, commanding the 2d in-fantry regiment.

Lagroue, secretary and notary ofthe King.

Dupuy, secretary interpreter tothe King.The justice of peace Isaac, baronSeneschal of Cape Henry.Beliard, the King's head garden-

er, chief over the rivers and forestsof the King's palaces.

Stanislas Latortue, comptroller offinances ofthe province ofthe North.

Joseph Latortue, comptroller of fi-nances of the province of the West.

Charrier, director of the domainsof the province of the North, Secre-tary of the injunctions of the Queen.

L'Eveille, lieutenant colonel ofthe pt- squadron of the King'shorse guard, first horseman to theQueen.John Baptiste Petit, central Trea-

surer.Dominique Bazin, Preceptor to

the Prince Royal.

KNIGHTS.Lacroix, colonel of Fortification.Blaise, Cincinnatus^ Celestin Pe-

tigny, Bocher, John Baptist Dezor-me, lieutenant colonels and aidsde camp of H. M.

Prezeau, secretary to the King.Vilton, Gentleman of the King's

horse.Giles Creon idem, lieutenant co-

lonel of the 3*isquadron ofthe king'shorse guard.

Dupin, assistant preceptor to theRoyal Prince.Beaubert, judge to the civil tribu-nal.Boyer, keeper of the central maga-

zine.We command and order that the

presents drawn up with our seal, beaddressed to ^11 couits, tribunals and

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( 15 )administrative authorities, that they served within the whole kingdom ;may be transcribed in their regis- and the minister of justice is charg-ters observed and caused to be ob- ed with the promulgation.

Given in our palace at Cape Henry the 8th April 1811 the eight yearof independence.

Signed, HENRY.BY THE KING,The Minister Secretary of iStafe, DUKE OF MORIN.

The title of Royal Highness isgiven to Princes and Princesses ofthe royal family.The heir apparent of the crown iscalled the Prince Royal,The eldest daughter of the Kingis called Madame the first^ theyoungest Madame.The title of Most Serene Highnessis given to the Princes of the king-dom and to the titularies of the granddignities.The title of My Lord (Monsei-gneurj is given likewise to thePrinces and titularies of the granddignities of the kingdom.

A grand Marshal of Hayti is cal-led Monsieur le Marechal^ whenspeaking with or writing to the titleof Monseigneur. Dukes and grandMarshals of Hayti have the title ofGrace.The Ministers preserve the titleof Excellence. The functionaries oftheir departments and the personswriting give them the title of Mon-seigneur,The Counts, Barons and Knightsof the kingdom are called Monsieurle Comte^ Mo?isieur Iq Barqn^ &c.The title of Excellency is given toCounts. '/

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THE KING'S ORDINANCEWhich is determining the Grand Costume of the

JVobility*His majesty commands that theGrand Costume of the NobiUty be

as followsFOR THE PRINCES ANDDUKES.White tunic, to descend under

the knee, black mantle, the lengthwhereof shall descend to the calf ofthe leg, embroidered in gold, threeinches wide, lined with red taflfety.tied round the neck with a gold tas-sel, white silk stockings, square goldbuckles, red morocco shoes, entirelycovering the instep, sword with goldhandle on the side, round hat, cock-ed before, gold laced, with five redand white feathers wavering.

FOR THE COUNTS.White tunic, sky blue mantle,embroidered also with gold, twoinches wide, lined white, the samelength as the Dukes and Princes,white silk stockings, gold squarebuckles, red mOrocco shoes, entirelycovering the instep, sword gold han-dle on the side, round hat, cockedbefore, gold laced, with three redwavering feathers.

FOR THE BARONS.Red coat, long and wide, embroi-

dered or gold laced, 18 lines wide,the lappets whereof be joined al-most under the knee, lined withwhite taffety, waistcoat and breechesof blue taffety, white stockings, goldsquare buckles, green morocco shoes,entirely covering the instep, swordgold hand mounted on the side,green shoulder belt, embroideredround hat, cocked before, gold lacedtwo white wavering feathers.

FOR THE KNIGHTS-Blue coat, long and large, embroi-

dered or gold laced, twelve lineswide, the lappets whereof to join al-most below the knee, lined withwhite taffety, waistcoat and breech-es of red taffety, white stockings,square gold buckles, green moroccoshoes, entirely covering the instep,gold handle sword on the side, greenbelt, embroidered round hat, cock-ed before, gold laced, two greenwavering feathers.When there are no grand ceremo-

nies, each one of the Princes, of thegrand dignitaries, and of the otherNobles of the kingdom will wearthe ordinary costume belongingto his rang, to his grade or to his of-fice.

Done at Cape Henry, April 12th, 1811, eighth year of independence.

SY THE KING, Signed, HENRY,The Minister Sesretwy of State,DUKE OF MORIN.