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APPENDIX to the CHRONICLE, 
From the London Gazette, 
Letter from Major General Whyte 
to Sir R- Abercromby, 
Sir, Demerary. 
yi Fa obedience to your excellency’s 
‘commands, I left Barbadoes on 
the 15th instant, with a detache 
ment of the artillery, and part of 
the 39th, 93d, and 99ih regiments, 
amounting to 1200 men, escorted 
by.the Malabar, Undaunted, la 
Picque, and Babet frigates, with 
the Granada transport, and fiye 
schooners and sloops, and on the 
2ist made the land, when the 
Scipio joined the fleet, That eyen- 
ing, when the tide made, the 
Babet and la Picque frigates, with 
the Granada transport, passed the 
‘bar, with the schooners and boats 
of the fleet, and came to anchor, 
within random shot of the fort, at 
the entrance of the river ; and hav- 
ing, during the night, prepared> 
every thing for attack, at day-light 
appeared in force, when I sent a 
flag of truce by lieutenant-colonel 
Hislop of the 39th regiment, sum- 
moning the governor to surrender 
the colony aud its dependencies to 
his Britannic majesty’s forces, 
agreeable to the terms which J have 
the hunour to inclose, and which 
the governor and council accepted, 
The tnanimity with which the ser- 
viee was carried on between the 
fleet and army was pleasing to all 
concerned, and Mr. Higgins ac- 
quitted himself with much proprie- | 
ty andutility. Captain Parr, who © 
commanded the ficet, has assisted 
and supplied us from the fleet li- 
berally: and] have the satisfaction 
to inform your excellency, that 
from every information I have re- 
ceived, and from above seventy 
ships being actually loaded with 
the produce of the country, now 
in the river, (most of which will 
be sent to England) and from every 
account of the fertility of the soil, 
if js a most important acquisition 
to Great Britain. Cy 
The colony of Bernice, adjoining 
to this, being a separate govern 
ment, I shell direct my attention 
to it without delay: and I shall 
leave lientenant-colonel Hislop in 
the command here, agreeable to 
your excellency’s directions, 
The Thetis, a Dutch frigate of 
24 guns, and a cutter of 12 guns, 
are added to the fleet; and captain 
Parr has given directions for de- 
stroying or bringing down the river 
a French brig privateer of force, 
I have the honour to be, &c. 
(Signed) Joun Wuyre, maj. gen. 
’ Sir Ralph Abercromby, K. B. 
te. Se. Fe. te 
By major-general John Whyte, 
commander of his Britannic ma- 
jesty’s land forces, &e. &c. &e. 
and 
