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CHAPTER III. 



Proceedings of the English in Jamaica after its capture.* 

 Col. D'Oyley declared President. Discontents and mor- 

 tality among the army, Vigorous exertions of the Pro- 

 tector.~-Col. Brayne appointed commander in chief. -His 

 death. -~I?Oy ley re-assumes the government. ^Defeats the 

 Spanish forces, which had invaded the island from Cuba. 

 His wise and steady administration. Bucaniers. Con- 

 ciliating conduct of Charles II. on his restoration.' First 

 establishment of a regular government in Jamaica. Lord 

 Windsors appointment. Royal proclamation. American 

 treaty in 1670. Change of measures on the part of the 

 crown. New constitution devised for Jamaica.-^* Earl of 

 Carlisle appointed chief governor for the purpose of en- 

 forcing the new system. Successful opposition of the as- 

 sembly. Subsequent disputes respecting the confirmation 

 of their laws. Terminated by the revenue act 0/1728. 



AFTER the capture of the island, until the re- 

 storation of Charles II. the English in Jamaica 

 remained under military jurisdiction. Cromwell had 

 nominated Winslow, Serle and Butler, to act as com- 

 missioners, with Penn and Venables, intending, I 

 presume, to constitute by this arrangement, a council 

 of state, whose authority might mitigate the rigour of 

 the law-martial; but the two generals, with commis- 

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