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I have the honour to be, &c. ADAM WILLIAMSON. Right Hon. Hen. Dundas, &c. &c. Terms of Capitulation propofed by the inhabitants of La Grande Anfe (including the Quarter at Jeremie) reprefent ed by Monf. de Charmilly, poffeffed of full powers by a Commiffion from the Council of Public Safety of the afore faid Place, dated the 18th of Auguft,

1794

Art. I. That the proprietors of St Domingo, deprived of all refource to their lawful Sovereign to deliver them from the tyranny under which they now groan, implore the protection of his Britannic Majefty, and take the oath of allegiance to him; and fupplicate him to take their colony under his protection, and to treat them as good and faithful fubjects till a general peace; at which period they fhall be finally. fubjected to the terms then agreed upon between his Britar.nic Majefty, the Government of France, and the Allied Powers, with refpect to the fovereignty of St Domingo. Anfwer. Granted.

II. That, till order and tranquillity are reftored at St Domingo, the Government appointed by his Britannic Majefty, fhall have full power to regulate and direct whatever measures of fafety and police he fhall judge proper. Anfwer. Granted.

III. That no one fhall be molefted on account of any anterior difturbances, except thofe who are legally accufed, in fome Court of Juftice, of having committed murder, or of having deftroyed property by fire, or of having inftigated others to commit thofe crimes. Anfwer. Granted.

IV. That the mulattoes fhall have all the privileges enjoyed by that clafs of Inhabitants in the British Islands.

Anfwer. Granted.

V., That if, at the conclufion of the war,

the colony remains under the Sovereignty of his Britannic Majefty, and order is eablifhed therein; in fuch cafe, the laws refpecting property and all civil rights, which were in force in the faid colony before the Revolution in France, fhall be preferved: Nevertheless, until a colonial Affembly can be formed, his Britannic Majefty fhall have the right of determining provifionally upon any measures which the general good and the tranquillity of the colony may require; but that no Affembly fhall be called till order is eftablished in every part of the colony; and, till that period, his Britannic Majefty's Government fhall be affitted in all the details of adminiftration and police by a committee of fix perfons, which he fhall have the power of chufing from among the proprietors of the three provinces of which the colony cohfifts. Anfwer. Granted.

VI. In confequence of the devastations which have taken place in the colony by infurrections, fire, and pillage, the Goverfeflion of the colony, to fatisfy the demand nor appointed by his Majeity, taking pof of the inhabitants in this refpect, shall be authorized to grant, for the payment of debts, a fufpenfion of ten years, which fhalf be computed from the date of the furrender; and the fufpenfion of all interests upon the fame fhall begin from the period of the Ift of Auguft, 1791, and terminate at the expiration of the ten years above-mentioned granted for the payment of debts; but all fums due to minors by their guardians, or to abfent planters by thofe who have the management of their property, or from one planter to another, for the transfer of property, are not to be included in the above fufpenfion. Anfwer.-Granted.

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VII. That the duties of importation and exportation upon all European commodities fhall be the fame as in the English colonies. Anfever.-Granted. In confequence the tariff fhall be made public and affixed, that every one may be made acquainted therewith.

VIII. That the manufacturers of white fugar fhall preferve the right of exporting their clayed fugars fubject to fuch regulations as it may be neceflary to make with refpect to them. Anfier-Granted. In confequence, the duties upon white fugars fhall be the fame as were taken in the colony of St Domingo in 1789.

IX. That the Catholic religion fhall be preferved and maintained, but that no mode of Evangelical worfhip fhall be excluded.----Anfwer. Granted; on condition that fuch priests as have taken the oath prefcribed by the perfons exerciting the powers of Government in France fhall be fent away, and replaced by others.

X. The local taxes destined to acquit the expences

expences of garrifons, and of the adminiftration of the colony, fhall be affeffed in the fame manner as in 1789, except the alle. viations and remittances which fhall be granted to the inhabitants whofe property has fuffered by fire, till their poffeflions are repaired. An account fhall be kept by the colony of all the fums advanced on the part of Great Britain for fupplying the deficiency of the faid taxes; which deficiency, as well as all the public expences of the colony, (except thofe of his Majefty's naval forces deftined for is protection) shall always be defrayed by the faid colony.

Anfwer. Granted.

XI. His Britannic Majefty's Governor of St Domingo fhall apply to the Spanish Government to obtain reftitution of the negroes and cattle fold upon the Spanish territory by the revolted flaves.

Anfwer. Granted.

XII. The importation, in American bottoms, of provifions, cattle, grain, and wood of every kind, from the United States of America, fhall be allowed at St Domingo. -Anfwer. Granted, on condition that the American fhips, which fhall be employed in this trade, fhall have only one deck; and this importation fhall be allowed only as long as it fhall appear neceflary for the reestablishment or fubfiftence of the colony, or until measures have taken place for putting it in this refpect upon the fame footing as other English colonies; and an exact account fhall be kept of all the faid veffels, with the defcription of their cargoes, and fhall be tranfmitted every three months to the Right Honourable the Lords Commiffioners of his Majefty's Treafury, as well as to one of the principal Secretaries of State; and on no account whatsoever fhall any of the faid veffels be allowed to take in return any production of the colony, except molaffes and rum.

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ly, one of our countrymen, who came to this part of the world with orders from your Majefty's Ministers, of the deep concern your Majefly had felt at our misfortunes, from which we have been delivered by the goodness of your Majefty, to whom we owe our present happiness.

Governor William fon, Commodore Ford, and Colonel Whitelocke, animated by the fame fentiments as your Majefty, have already made us fenfible of the great advantage of belonging to your Majesty.

We humbly fupplicate your Majefty to be perfuaded, that our gratitude will be equal to the kindness we have experienced, and that your new fubjects will emulate thofe who have long lived under your laws in obedience, fubmiffion, and refpe&t.

We are, SIRE, your Majefty's
Very humble, and very faithful fubjects,
The Members of the Council of Safety.

(Signed) LACOMBE, Prefident, &c. Extra of a letter from Lieutenant-Colonel William Danfey to Major-General Williamfon, dated Cape Ncola Mole, October 18, 1793.

In confequence of the commiffion you honoured me with, I took the command of found every thing properly arranged by this town and garrison on the 12th inft. I Major Robertfon, and I had then nothing to do but to confirm his orders and regulations. I have fince been menaced with an

attack by Mr Santhonax, who is come into the neighbourhood, and continues his threats. No exertions of mine fhall be wanting on that head.

You have already heard, from Commodore Ford, the fituation and importance of this poft, which nothing can more manifeft than his remaining here to protect us.

Admiralty Office, Dec. 9.

Letters were this day received from Commodore Ford, Commander in Chief of his Majefty's fhips and veffels at Jamaica, to Mr Stephens; of which the following are extracts, together with copies of papers therein referred to.

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by the inhabitants with the greatest demon ftration of joy and fidelity, and the British colours hoifted under a royal falute, with the ufual ceremonies on fuch occafions. No time was loft in landing the artillery and ftores, and, as the weather was fufpicious, the anchorage bad, and a heavy fea fetting in, I judged it beft to quit the Bay in the evening, there being no danger to be apprehended from the naval force of the enemy; and, in order to give Colonel WhiteJocke an opportunity to fecure himfelf as foon as poffible, I directed Captain Rowley, of his Majefty's fhip Penelope, to take the Iphigenia, Hermione, and Spitfire fchooner, under his command, and proceed to Bay des Flamands, near St. Louis, on the fouth fide of the island, and endeavour, by way of a diverfion, to take or destroy fome merchant ships that were to remain there during the hurricane months, and I proceeded myfelf, with the Europa, Goelan brig, and Flying Fish schooner, towards the Mole, with Major Carles, a French officer belonging to the town of the Mole of Cape St. Nicholas, who had been captured, and carried finto Naffau by a Providence privateer, and afterwards fent by Lord Dunmore to Jamaica, where he arrived the day before the fquadron failed, with letters to the Governor and myself: upon examination of the Major, it appeared, that the garrifon and inhabitants would furrender themfelves to the arms of Great Britain, provided a certain number of troops could be fent to fupport them; and it was agreed that I fhould carry him in the Europa to Jeremie, and, when the troops were landed, to feed him in a flag of truce to the Mole to found their difpofitions, and then for him to return to Jamaica and fix on the plan; but, as I found at Jeremie that a speedy attack on the Mole was meditated by the Civil Commiffaries, I thought it would be moft conducive to his Majefty's fervice to proceed there myfelf, in order to give all poffible countenance to the miffion; and, in confequence, I fent Major Carles, on the evening of the 21ft, on board the Flying Fifh fchooner, to be landed in the night at a certain fpot, and directed the Goelan to keep between the Flying Fish and Europa, to give him fupport, if neceffary. Soon after day-light, a fignal that an enemy was in fight was difcovered on board the Flying Fish, and, upon the Europa opening the fouth point of the Mole, feveral armed veffels were feen in chace of her, but which returned to town immediately, by which circumstances Lieutenant Prevost was enabled to join me, and from whom I was informed, that the Major, with three other French gentlemen, a midshipman and boat's crew, had been taken, in landing, by an armed fchooner, and carried to the town, from which I drew conclufion not very favourable to our

views, and the day paffed in filent apprehenfion for the Major's fafety; but, about five P. M. a gun was fired from Frefqu'ile, and, with joy I difcovered a private fignal, which I had previously concerted with the French officer; on which I approached the battery as near as poffible, under the neceffary precautions, and, about nine o'clock, a boat came off with feveral officers belonging to Dillon's regiment, with profeflions of friendfhip and fidelity to the King of Great Britain; at the fame time affuring me, that, unless they received immediate fupport, all would be loft: that the Blacks and Mulattoes at Jean Rabel, amounting to eight or ten thoufand, were expected every hour to attack them; that the inhabitants, from fevere duty and extreme mifery, were divided and relaxed into defpondency, and in contemplation to fly to America, and that their goods were embarked in the veffels in the port for that purpofe; that the troops of the line (thro' the intrigues of the civil commiffaries) manifefted ftrong symptoms to a general mutiny, and that they had fent fifty-five mu❤ tincers of Dillon's regiment to Charlestown the day before. From thefe circumstances I evidently faw that no time was to be loft, and I determined, from that moment, to try what could be done with the force of the fquadron; to which end I fent the officers on fhore to get the capitulation figned (it being exactly the fame as that of Jeremie, with the addition of the last article refpecting the officers and troops of the garrifon) with which they returned foon after day-light in the morning; and hav ing publicly accepted it on the quarter deck, with Vive le Roi d'Angleterre, and three cheers on each fide, I proceeded to the anchorage without hefitation, hoifted the Brtiish flag on feveral batteries, and took poffeffion of the town and its dependencies (the parish of Bombarde and Plat form included) in the name of his Britannic Majefty, with the marines of the Europa, commanded by Captain Robinson, an officer of diftinguifhed merit and abilities in his profeffion, and whom I have directed to act as Brevet-Major, for the prefent, in order to give him fuperior rank to the late commandant, till General Williamson can make the neceffary arrangemeuts; holding 200 feamen in readiness to land, if neceffary, at a moment's warning: and I have the fatiffaction of informing their Lordships, that we are in full poffeffion of the finest harbour in the Weft Indies guarded by batteries incredibly ftrong. An account of the ordnance, ammunition, and military ftores in the magazines, you will receive herewith.

I cannot conclude my letter without expreffing my approbation of the firm and regular conduct of the officers, feamen, and marines of the squadron under my command, particularly

particularly Captains Gregory and Wolley, whofe zeal and attention have been unufually confpicuous on this occafion: and I fhould be wanting in juftice to the officers and troops of the garrifon if I did not flate their merit in having fo long refifted the dangerous principles of the civil commiffaries, and maintained, with firmness and energy, thofe of a Monarchical Government, which no perfuafion could shake, or intrigue conI am, &c.

found.

JOHN FORD. ART. XIV. Being the last of the Capitulation referred to in the preceding let

ter.

The Staff, the datachment of the corps of Royal Artillery, and the second battalion of Dillon, compofing the garrifon of Cape Nicholas Mole, accept the above conditions, requeft to continue upon their eftablishments, and to be taken into the pay of Great Britain; and if, at the general peace, the colony of St. Domingo fhall remain in poffeffion of his Britannic Majefty, and that the above mentioned French officers cannot, by the laws of England, continue in nis fervice, they fhall, in fuch cafe, be intitled to half pay for life.

We, the commanders and ftaff officers, of Cape Nicholas Mole, commanders, officers, and foldiers of the fecond batta lion of Dillon; officers, and foldiers of the corps of Royal Artillery, inhabitants and proprietors of the town of the Mole, accept, as far as we are individually concerned, and for all other inhabitants of the fame, the fourteen articles of the a

bove capitulation, promifing faithfully to adhere to every part of them.

Done at Cape Nicholas Mole, the 22d of September 1793. Signed by the Staff Officer, the Of ficers of the Royal Artillery and thofe of Dillon, and feveral Inha bitants of Cape Nicholas Mole, and accepted by Commodore Ford. Return of Ordnance, Ammunition and Artillery Stores, in the Magazines upon the Batteries, and in tho different pofts ef tablished in the Mole Town and its dependencies, September 25, 1793. Nature of the Guns, Ammunition, &c. and Quantity. Powder-307 barrels, containing each 200 lbs.; 822 barrels and boxes, containing each 100 lbs. ; total 143,600 lbs.-101 barrels of fine powder, confaining each 24 lbs.; total 2,134 lbs.

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Cannon-Iron, 24 pounders, 107; pounders, 4; 12 pounders, 10; 9 pounders 4; 8 pounders, 2; Brafs, 4 pounders, 6: 2 pounders, 3.

Carriages-Garrifon, 24 pounders, 45. Sea Service, 24 pounders, 96; 12 pounders, 5; 8 pounders, 4. Travelling, 4 pounders, 6; 2 pounders, 3. Iron Mortars, 12 inch, 23. Iron Beds, for 12 iuch mortars, 23. Shells, for 12 inch mortars, 1,434. Round Shot, 24 pounders, 6882; 18 pounders, 372; 12 pounders; 733; 8 pounders, 386; 4 pounders, 886; 2 pounders, 2,1co. Grape Shot, 24 pounders, 703; 12 pounders, 202; 8 pounders, 612; 4 pounders, 200. Cartridges, for infantry, 40,000. Sheet Lead, in In rolis, weighing 5,0co. Pig Lead, 82 pigs, each weighing 60 lbs. 5,420. Cartridges, Langrege, for 12 pounders, 600; Ditto, for 4 pounders, 00; Ditto, for 2 ditto, 1,200. Mufquets, new, 50; re. pairable, 500. Slow matches, 200 lbs. Wad Hooks, 600. Ladies, 4 pounders, 100; 2 pounders, 150. Tompions, 1,000. Port Fires. 125.

Given at Mole, the 25th of Sept. 1793.
(Signed) Dumas, Principal Storekeeper.
Certified as a true return,
Deneux, Commanding the Artillery,
September 20, 1793.

Europa, Mole of Cape St Nicholas, October 27, 1793,

In addition to my letter of the 26th ult. you will be pleased to inform their Lordfhips, that the Flying Fifh Schooner, which I fent to Col. Whitelocke at Jeremie with a requifition for a fmall force for the prefent, returned on the 28th ult. with the grenadier company of the 13th regiment; and his Majefiy's ships Penelope and Iphigenia arrived on the 11th and 12th inftant from Jamaica with five companies of the 49th regiment, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Daníey, whom Governor-Williamfon has appointed commandant of this diftrict. On the arrival of thefe fhips I was informed of the fuccefs of the frigates which I had ordered to make a diverfion at Flamand's Bay near St Louis, and have inclosed an account of the captures they made, though their merchant fhips, to a confiderable amount, had ef. aped to Aux Cayes, upon their receiving intelligence of the British troops being landed at Jeremie.

You will alfo acquaint their Lordships, that 1 fized, upon my arrival here, a large fchooner in the fervice of the Republic, commanded by Monf. Arquetin, formerly a lieutenant of the Ju piter ;

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and as the is a very fine veffel, mounting ten fix and four pounders, I have taken her into his Majefty's fervice.

The fchooner was, at that time, called the National Convention, but formerly the Marie Antoinette, which laft name I have thought proper to continue, and have given the cominand of her to Lieutenant Perkins, an officer of zeal, vigilance, and activity.

I have alfo to acquaint their LordThips, that we have hitherto remained in fecurity; but the civil commiffaries, upon receiving accounts that the Mole was in our poffeffion, had prepared an expedition to attack it, and had actually proceeded as far as Port au Poix, with the Hyæna and feveral other armed transports and small craft, with all the troops that could be collected, amount ing to 5000 or upwards; but the frigates arriving very opportunely from Jamaica, I was enabled to block them up in that port, where they ftill remain; and, as Mr Santhonax has in confequence gone by land to Port au Prince, I am in great hopes that, by this means, the expedi tion will be entirely fruftrated. I am, &c.

JOHN FORD.

An account of reprisals made by his Majefty's bips at L'Iflet on the 23d, and at Flamande Bay the 19th of September, 1793.

At L'Iflet-Ship Ceres, 300 tons, laden with lugar, coffee, cotton and cocoa; a Spanish brig, 180 tons, laden with Malaga wines, Spanish brandy, and raifins; a floop, 80 tons, laden with fuftic; a fchooner, 80 tons, laden with fugar, coffee and cotton.

Flamande Bay-Ship L'Eule, 800 tons, laden with fugar, cotton, indigo, cafh about 3ocol. currency.--Only half laden, Ship Patriot, 350 tons, laden with fugar, coffee, cotton and indigo. Brig Le Julian, 220 tons, nearly the fame cargo. Sloop Mary, laden with fugar, cotton and molaffes.-Under American colours; Schooner Juan Briton, 80 tons, laden with cotton, &c. Schooner Egalite, 50 tons in ballaft. Armed fchooner Dauphin, 40 tons, ditto.

paffed that river about one o'clock in the afternoon, at Comines and Boufhbecke, where they had conftructed bridges; that at Boufhbecke under the protec tion of four pieces of cannon.

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At the latter place they had paffed over with about 200 men, when Majog Linfingen, with 14 men of the 9th regiment of Hanoverian light cavalry, and the ft battalion of grenadiers of the fame nation, with which he had advanced upon the first alarm, attacked them without hesitation, though he was expo fed to a fevere fire of grape hot from the oppofite fide of the river.

The enemy's detachment was entirely defeated and deftroyed, five officers and 48 men being taken, and the reft killed. The conduct and bravery of Major Linfingen, and the behaviour of the troops. under his command, are spoken of by General Walmoden in terms of the higheft commendation. The Hanoverians had two officers, Lieutenant Aly and Mar tin, wounded, four men killed, and eight wounded.

That body of the enemy, which paffed the Lys at Comines, drove back the pofts of Ten Briel and Sandtforde, which were occupied by a company and a half dohn. A party of about two or three of the Imperial free corps of Grun Lanhundred men penetrated between these and the other pofts, fo that this detachment was almoft entirely cut off, and upwards of 100 men have either been killed or fallen into their hands. Upon the arrival of a reinforcement, which had been fent by General Welmoden to the support of Sandiforde and Ten Briel, the enemy fell back, and the different corps have taken up their former pofitions.

From the London Gazette, Dec. 14.
Manheim, Dec. 2.

On the 29th ult. the French troops, to the number of 30,000 men, attacked the Duke of Brunfwick in the retrenchments of Landau, but were repulfed with great Jofs. A fecond attack was made by them on the 30th, when they were again compelled to retreat; and the Duke of Bruntwick having learnt, the following day, that a body of the French was again formed at Reinftein, his Serene Highness immediately marched to attack them, and fucceeded in driving them beyond Hombourg, after taking from them their baggage, artillery, and ammunition. On the fame day a general attack was made on the whole line of General Wurmfer's army, and, after an engagement

Whitehall, December 9. Extract of a Letter from Colonel Sir James Murray, to Mr Secretary Dundas, dated Tournay, December 3, 1793. The enemy made an attack the 30th of laft month upon General Walmoden's advanced pofts upon the Lys. They 3 S

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