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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1794. 



as filse as it is malicious^ against the 

 acknowledged fidelity of the inhabi- 

 tants ot" this island. The states take 

 this opportunity to assure the com- 

 mander-in-chief of tiieii zeal and 

 their inviolable attachnnent to the 

 best ofl^ings, and to the Eritifh go- 

 vernment, under ^'hich this island 

 has enjoyed, ior scver.il centuries, 

 inestimable privileges and advan- 

 tages. — They declare to him, that 

 he wi'l always tind them ready to 

 second his eliorts for the safety of 

 the country ; ai,d knouiiig, from 

 happy experience, the sentiments of 

 the people whom they represent, 

 the states dare assure the comman- 

 der-in-chief of the devotion ot this 

 loyal pe pie, and of th:ir eagerness 

 to defend their country, and to re- 

 pulbC the attacks of a cruel and 

 >inrbarous enemy, who trample un- 

 der fo -.t all laws human and divine, 

 and \\ ho have no other aim br.t the 

 plunder and the destruction of their 

 fellow-creatures. W ishing, at the 

 sam.e time, that the advice coiVimu- 

 iiicatcd bv the C(jirimander-in-cliicf 

 to the states, relative to the medi- 

 tated invasion, and the atrocious 

 calumny thrownout against the most 

 faithful people, and which cannot 

 fail to excite the most lively indig- 

 nation in the hearts of the inhabi- 

 tantSflje publicly made known, the 

 stales have ordered that tlii.s present 

 act, unanimously voted, be printe(^, 

 publisKcd and put up in all the 

 parishes ot this island} and the nii- 

 nistcrs are requested to have the 

 goodness to read the same next 

 Sunday from the pulpit. 



Philip de Cakteret, Clerk. 



General order at Si. lliltna. 



I7NGLAND being at war with 

 _j France, thij is not a time for 



disputes between British subjects : 

 none of them can quarrel now but 

 lascals. I make it public thfrefore, 

 that I am determined to see the 

 laws put in execution, as every 

 good man would wish, and to have 

 every bad man, who disturbs llie 

 prace here, brought before a court 

 or ju!y, let him wear whatever coat 

 he mayj und if anv farther disturb- 

 ances arise between soldiers and 

 saiiofs, I must, contrary to niy in- 

 clinations, put a stop to all inter- 

 course between them, and keep the 

 latter frooi coming inside the gates. 

 British subjects, whereverthey meet, 

 should shew that love and affection 

 to each other, that ood and nature 

 directs. At all events they shall 

 not quarrel here with impunity. 

 (Signed) 



Robert Brook, Governor. 

 St. Helena, Ivlay z, l/Q-i. 



Duke of York's general orders, 

 June 7, 1794. 



HIS royal highness the Duke of 

 York thinks it incumbent on 

 him to announce to the British and 

 Hanoverian troops under his com- 

 mand, that tii>: national co'ivention 

 of France, pursuing that gradation 

 of crimes and liorrors wiiich has 

 distinguished the periods of its go- 

 vernment, as the most c "lamitous 

 of any that has yet occurred in (ho 

 history of the world, has just passed 

 a decree, that their soldiers shall 

 give no quarters to the British or 

 Tianovetion troops. His royal 

 liighness anticipates the indignation 

 and horror w hiehhasnattirally arisen 

 in the minds of the brave troops 

 whom liL' addresses upon receiving 

 this information. His royal high- 

 ness de.-ires, however, to remind 

 thera, that mercy to the vanquished 



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