170 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1794. 



Proclamation nfhh excellency briga- 

 dier-genera'! IVIiijte, comiiianding 

 his Britannic majcstijs forces in 

 St. Domingo. 



THE commissioners and their 

 agents, in order to carry into 

 execution tho-e perfidious designs, 

 •which have proved so fatal to the 

 lives, the laws, the liberty, and the 

 happiness, of this once flourishing; 

 colony, have eveiv where cahin> 

 niate.l the British Government. 



General Whyte, who has the ho- 

 nour to represent his Britannic ma- 

 jesty, assures the inhabitants of Port 

 an Prince, and its vicinity, that the 

 object of his majesty and of his go- 

 vernment is to restore peace among 

 every class of inhabitants. 



Those parts of the colony, which 

 have already placed themselves un- 

 der his majesty's protection, can 

 bear a faithful testimony that there 

 Js nothing oppressive in the beha- 

 viour and laws of the English. 



A considerable part of the people 

 of St. Domingo has been seduced 

 from its duty ; these persons are 

 hereby invited to return to their oc- 

 cupations, to lay down their arms, 

 and to forget every cause of resent- 

 ment. 



The English government de- 

 mands, and will obtain, by force 

 if necessary, that peaceful obedi- 

 ence which is due to its mild and 

 just laws. 



The mnlattoes wil) find in the 

 general and the government every 

 disposition to favour tlieir interest- ; 

 they are considered by the Engliib, 

 •who are and will continue tobe their 

 friends. 



The negroes who have been so 

 long the dupes of the vile artifices 

 of the commiH.-ioners, will soon be 



convinced that tlie English disdain 

 falshood and deceit. 



Let them, relying with confi- 

 dence on the generosity of the 

 British people, return to their mas- 

 ters, lay down their arms, and en- 

 joy the advantages of a life de- oted 

 to industry; their present snfis' iiigs 

 will soon be relieved, and the laws 

 will protect them against cruelty 

 and oppression. 



The f Tces, which are now in this 

 colony to support the happiness of 

 the inhabitants, and the glory of 

 the English nation, are but a part, 

 even a small part, of the army des- 

 tined for its service; it being his 

 majesty's resolution to punish in a 

 manner as certain as severe, those 

 who will not accept the offers of 

 this and of the preceding procla- 

 mations. 



All persons who shall repair to 

 Port an Prince, and to the English 

 general, v\ithin the delay of eight 

 days from the date of this procla- 

 mation, except those who have been 

 guilty of murder, or of taking a part 

 in the insurrection, will be received 

 and p.-irdcncd; but all those who 

 are taken in arms after the above- 

 mentioned period, will be put to 

 death as traitors. 



Done at Port an Prince, the 

 8th of June, 1794. 

 (Signed) John Whyte, 



Brigadier-general commandant. 



Instructions to the commavders nf all 

 sK'ps of ivar and privateers, that 

 have, or may have, httersof marque 

 against France. August\%, 1/94. 



George Pi. 

 ^T7HEREAS. by an article of 

 VV our instructions to the com- 

 manders of our ships of war and 



privateers. 



