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PHILADELT MTA, driver 17.
By C^pt. Strong, in a short piffage from St Eu
flatia we have received the Showing important in
teP^enre." viz.
ARTICLES 6f CAPITULATION between
"the Marquis De Bouille, General of the French
Windward Islands belonging to his mast Chrif
tau Majesty and Governor Stewart, Commander
in Chef, and the inhabitants cf the JHand of Do
mini; a, Wonting to his Britannic Maefty.
Article / "T° l HAT we the governor, flaff officers
1 I officers of the townsand soldiers, will
march cc^witE one-martyr; two field pieces, and ten
rounds for each piece, our arms, baggage, and all
thel onors of war. Granted: That the garrifen do
march out with all the honors of war and mult Jay.
down their arms then, efficers excepted.
Art. 2. That the regular troops, confining' ofJix
officers and ninety four men, including warrant -offi
cers, soldiers a»d canncn e~s fh&ll be tr^nfported to
England by the fiioreit tout, im a good vcffel, with
fufficient provisions for the Voyage, or may remain
here on their parole. Granted :O - condition they
shall not feve apaißft the King or Fiance until ex
changed; but< fleers only may remain on their parole,
and not the foldiersr
At. 3. That the officers and others shall have li
berty to fend their wives and children to the En
glish Islands, by the shortest rout, and they shall be
£ bribed with a good veffeb and fufficient provisi
ons for the raffa^e. Granted.
Art. 4 The inhabitants cf the Island shall evacu
ate their polls with all the honors cf war, that is to
fay, two field pieces their arms, baggage and co
loyrs drums beating andma+ches lighted. - Granted.
Ari 5. Ti e inhabitants shall have their civil go
vernments, their laws, cnfioms and ordinances, jus
tice frill be Administered by the fame perlons who
are how aAnahy in office; and vhat refpeds the in
terior pc're of the Island will be,arrauged between
his mofl C. riibar, Majesty's Governor and the inha
bitants. A^d in case the blind should be ceded to
the King of France et the peace the inhabitants will
then have it in ther choice, to keep their political
government, or to accept that which is eflablifhed
in Mtrtin'qne and the French Inlands, -Granted:
Until pe r ce takes place.
Art. 6. The inhabitants, also the relgionSf shall
be maintained in the possession of their property and
the enioymert of their poffeffious, moveable or im
moveable, noble and ignoble, of what nature or
kind foefer they may be and they shall be preserv
ed arid maintained in their privileges, rights, ho
nets and exemptions; and the free molattoes and
ne; rises in their liberty. Granted.
Art. 7.. They fhJl not pay any other duties to
his most Chriftiar? Majesty, than those which have
been paid to his Britannic Majesty, without other
duty or impo% the charge of the administration of
justice, the friaries of minivers and other ordinary
ex^er^es, shall be paid out of the revenues of his
mod ChrMi?- M wAy, in the fam, manner as under
the government of lit Britannie Majefty,-- Granted.
Ad that the i habitants of Dominica shall export
freely their produce to all parte, paying to the K ng's
cleft the fame duties which are paid in the French
Islands, by the inhabitants thereof or in Europe, but
the exper ces of adminirfring jufiice must be paid by
the colony.
At. '€. Ail slaves baggages and merchandizes,
and ail other things, which IhJI have been taken
during the attack of the Island. are to lie redored. --
Granted : They shall faithfully be restored.
A. 9. Such inhabitants as are absent, or in the
ferv : ce of his Britannic Majesty, shall be maintained
in the oofh ffion and erjoyment of their property,
wire!- shall be managed by their legal attornies.---
Granted.
A '. 10. The inhabitants shall not be obliged to
fuinifh lodging, or any ether thing to the troops or
fives to work on the fortifications. Answer :
1 heeae cases of necessity where no exception can
be; but in all ordinary cases, the troops shall be
lodged at the expence, of the King, and in buildings
belonging to him.
Art. 11. The ships, vessels, and droughers, be
longing to the inhabitants of the Island, shall remain
to them as they were. Granted : But the Engl sh
vessels from Europe shall be faithfully delivered to
the King's navy,
Art. 12.- Widows and other inhabitants,'who
tbrGu,h sickness abferce, or other obfiacle; cannot
irrn^diately f£n the capitulation, fhrii have a 1L
minted time to coDferm to F.- Chuted.
At. 13. Inhabitant ^d merchants of the island,
con prelended in the present capitulation, shall en
joy all the privileges of trade, and on the f:me con
ditions as are allowed to the fabje&s of his most
CuriAian Majesty, in the whole <:xlent ci ins domi
nions.--Granted.
Art. 14. The inhabitants shall enjoy their religi
on, and the ministers shall enjoy their livings. —
Granted.
Art. 15. The inhabitants shall oLfetve an exalt
neutrality ; and they shall not be bound to take up
arms against his Britannic Majesty, or against any
other power whatsoever.-—Granted; But the fub
jeAs bom French, may freely serve the King of
France, without being mofeftgd on that account, in
case that Dominica should return under the power
of England; and those who shall refufe to serve,
shall not be molested by the French government..
Art. 16. All pei sons taken during the attack ®f
the Island, to be reftored,---Granted.
Art. 17. The merchants of the Island may receive
vessels to their address from all parts of the world,
without being confiscated; and may fell their mer
chandize, tranfa& their trade, and the port be en
tirely free to them for this purpose, paying the usu
al duties paid in the French Islands. --Granted :
Until the peace, with exceptions to English vessels;
Art. 18. The inhabitants shall keep their arms. --
Granted: On condition not to serve against the
King of France.
Art, 19, No other persons, except those actually
residing in the Island, shall possess houses or Lads by
acquisition, concession or otherwise, until the peace,
in case the Island is ceded to the King of France.
Then the inhabitants that shall not choose 0 liye
Under French government, shall have pnmiffian to
fell their property and goods, moveable and m
moveable, to whom they shall choefe and rpay re
tire where they shall judge proper, for wnich per
pose a reasonable time shall be allowed them, —
Granted.
Art. 20. The inhabitants of the Island shall be al
lowed to tend heir children to England, to receive
ther education, and bring them back here and
make remittances to them, during their flay in
England.---Granted.
Art. 21. The inhabitants may fell their property
and goods to whom they shall think fit.-- Granted.
Art. 22. That the Court of Chancery be held by
the Members of the Council, and in the fame man
ner as heretofore, and the appeals from this C ^
shall be in confluence to England as hezetefore.---
Granted.
Art. 23. The wives of officers and others who
are absent from the Island may retire with their ef
fc&s and a number of their domeftics s agreeable to
their rank.-- Granted.
Art. 24. Persons belonging to privateers, or others,
who are not possessed of property in the Island, arid
choose to quit it, shall have vessels to transport them
to the E.iglifh Islands, &c. and shall have provisions
fdrmifhed them for the passage. Granted : For fix weeks.
Art. 25. Required by the French General all thear
tillery, dores, and effects of the colony of Domnica
belonging to the King of England shall be delivered
ta the General of the French troops; the batteries a
long the coaH shall be delivered up in the fame state,
excepting those of officers and of the militia; no pow
der shall be withdrawn from the magazines or fto es,
and a state of the magazine, and powder flores shall
be delivered to the Governor whom Monsieur le
Marquis de Bouille shall name. Granted: By Go
vernor Stewart.
Art. 26 Required by the French General the ma
gazines of provisions, and the effeAs appertaining to
the royal navy of England, shall be delivered to the
Commissary employed in the colony : Granted: By
Governor Stewart.
Art. 27. Required by the French General Gover
nor Stewart shall to-morrow, the Bth of September,
1778, deliver up the forts at prince Rupert's Bay, as
ter the capitulation shall be signed. Fort Young to
be immediately given up to the firft company of gre
nadiers and the forts and batteries to be delivered up
at the fame time, and all the fortreffes of the colony,
as soon as may be. Granted.
We the Governor General, of the French Windward
islands in America, on the part of his Most Chri
flian Majesty the King of France, a^d the Lieute
nant Governor and Commander in Chief of Domi
nica, on the part of his Britannic Maefly the King
of England, agree upon the articles of capitulation,
in twenty-seven articles fcregoing, to which we
reciprocally oblige ouifelves to adhere. Done in
two parts at Roseau, Dominica, and signed and
sealed under the leal of ouraarr,m r , and the co^n
terfign of out Secretaries, the seventh day of Sep
tember. 1778.
(Signed.) BOUILLE. (Seal.)
Par Monsieur le General DOUBLER. (Seal.)
) WILLIAM STEWART. (Seal,)
(%ned.) BENONI HAWKES. Sec. (Seal.)
Freni particular CGr f fhrr;or for C-vetnor WT^m"
Stewart, on account oi his u portion, as wed as
the antlent friendship which nis perfen inspired
me with, and from our acquaintance he is at li
berty to go where he shall jud^e fit' ,and to conti
nuein the service of hi: Kin^
(Signed.) LE MARQUIS DE BOUILLE.
In CONGRESS, September 28 1778,
The President laid before Congress a letter, dated
“ New-York, 19th September, 17,8, signed H.
Clinton, and directed to his Excellency Henry Lau
rens, Esq, President, and others the Members of the
American Congress, at Philadelphia;" enclosing a
paper, purporting to "he an extract of a letter from
the Right Hen. Lord George Germain, one cfhis
MajeAy's Principal Secretaries ofState, to h:s excel-,
lency General Sir Henry Clinton, K. B. &c. &c. &c.
dated Whitehall June 12, 1778 ;" which were
read, whereupon
Ordered, That the Secretary return the follow
ing answer : Sir, I am directed to inform you, that
the gongrefs of the United Spates of America make
no answer to insolent letters. I am, &c.
Si r, New York 19 h Sept. 1778.
NOTHING but his Majefty' positive inriruc
tions, of which I fend you an extract, Quid have
induced nie to trouble you, or the American Con
gress, a,in : 00 the inb^a cf the troops detained in
New-England, in direct contravention of the treaty
entered into at Saratoga. The negle& of the requi
fiaons already made on this fubjeA^ is altogether
unprecedented amonr parties at war. I now, how
ever, repeat the demand, that the Convention of
Saratoga be fulfilled; and offer, by expref; and re
cent authority from the King, received Ji ce the
date of tie late requisition made by his M.jelly's
Commissioners to re ew, in h sMa efty's name, all
the conditions stipulated by Leu. Gen. Birroyne,
in refpeA to the troops serving under bis ccino^d.
In rhis I mean to dlbarge my d^y, not 0 ly<o
the King, whole order* I obey ; bu. o the mb pry
pep&hk^w fe, whose ass -rate committed to oaf
and w , I hope will have the candour to act t
me of the coTequences that muff follow from the
neW fyherr cf /Ts f you are Ur/ed to introduce.
I have & e honour to be, Sir,
You; most obedient and most humb'e fervt.
H. CLINTON.
His Excellency Henry Lagrens, Esq;
the Prefidruc aid 0 hers the Mem
be^ of the American Con B reis, at
PhiUdelphia.
Exrati of a letter from the Right Hon. Lord George
German, one of hit Maiefty's Principal Secreta
ries of State to hi s Excellency Sir H nry Clin
ton K B. &c &c. &c dated Whitehall, June
12, 1,78
" ¥ AM to fignify to you his Maiefty's p ! eafure n
" that you do take evey ,eceff^y fiep tor
*• te f bi& observance of what is ffipulated in the
" Convention of $2, ^ga on the part of Lent.
" Ch Burgoyne, arr that you do giva the fulleft
" a Durance that tie oops when embarked shall
" be immediately fe^t to Great Britain and every
'' condition agreed upon between Lieut. Gen.
6 Burgoyne and M jor General Gates, reipecting
" ftehi be faithfully observed,"
A true exuaft
JOHN SMITH, Secretary.
Ordered That the letter from General Sir Henry
Clinton- of the 19th cfSeptember, 1778, wuh the
extraA of a letter from Lord George Germain, be
published, together with the resolution of Congress
thereupon.
HENRY LAURENS, President.
Extrall of a letter from Lord Stirling, commanding
the Continental Troops in New-Jfrfey dated Oc
tofrer 13, 1778. to the Frefidext of Cor.g/efs.
" By all the intelligence I have been able to cob
le& a grand embarkation will immediately take place
at New York, they five out it is for South-Carolina;
fomefay it is for Boston. But from the feafun, and
a variety of other circurnftances, I conclude it is for
the Well Indies.
" Your most obedient }rmbk servant,
STIRLING
P S. " It is thismommt reported that Fort Inde
pendence and Kingsbridge are evacuated, if true,
further symptoms of the embarkation at Nt ^ York."
Ordered by Cor.g f to be published.
HENRY L ? IT R ENS. Pefident
WANTED IMMEDIATELY ajour eyman
CLOTHIER, for five or fix month- to
whem steady employ and punctual payment will be
made, by Samuel L sk.
Betblem, (in Woodbury) October 24, 17,8.