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who receive a monthly subsistence, 
shall coniinue.to receive it accord- 
ing to the list which shall be given 
in. 
Ans. Granted while they remain 
in Ceylon. 
Art. 22. All notarial papers, 
such as wills, bills of purchase 
and sales, obligations, securities, 
bonds, &c. shall continue in force, 
and the registers of them be pre- 
sented by commissaries appointed 
on both sides for that purpose. 
Ans. Granted. 
Art. 23. All civil suits depend- 
ing in the council of justice, shall 
be decided by the same council, 
according to our laws. 
Ans. Granted ; but they must be 
decided in twelve months from 
this date. 
Art. 24. The deserters who are 
here shall be pardoned. 
Ans. All deserters from the Eng- 
lish service must be anconditionally 
given up. 
Art. 25. The above articles of 
capitulation shall be faithfully ful- 
filled and confirmed by the signa- 
tures of the officers commanding 
his majesty’s sea and land forces, 
Colonel James Stuart, and Captain 
Alan Hyde Gardner ; and in case 
of any thing appearing obscure, it 
shali be faithfully cleared up ; and 
if any doubts shall arise, it shal! be 
construed for the benefit of the 
besieged. 
Ans. Granted. 
Art. The garrison shall mareh 
out, agreeably to the 9th article, at 
ten o’clock tosmorrow morning, 
when the gate of Delft shall be de- 
livered to a detachment of the 
British troops. The governor Van 
Angelbeck will order an officer to 
point out the public magazines, 
posts, and public stores, that 
guards may be placed for their se- 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 
1796. 
curity, and the preservation of 
order in the garrison. 
Done in Colombo, this 15th 
day of February, 1796. 
(Signed) J. Gran. ANGELBECK; 
(Signed) P. A. AGNEw, adj. gens 
Approved and confirined, 
(Signed) J. Sruarr. 
A. H. Garpner. 
Articles of Capitulation which 
licutenantegeneral sir Ralph 
Abercromby, K. B, commander 
in chief of his majesty’s forces 
in the West Indies, grants to 
the French government in St; 
Vincent’s, the 11th of June; 1796. 
Art. l. The garrison of the Vigie 
and its dependencies to march out 
thisday at twelve o'clock, and lay 
down their arms. 
2. The negroes, &c. are to return 
to their respective proprietors. 
3 The rest of the garrison be- 
come prisoners of war. The offi- 
cers are allowed to retain their 
swords, and all are allowed to 
keep their private effects. 
4. Such persons as have been 
guilty of murders, or of buroing 
houses or estates, must be subjeét to 
the judgment of the laws of the 
island. 
5. The commanda@mt of the 
French troops shall cause to be 
given up, as soon as. possible, all 
the posts which the French troops 
are.in possession of in this island ; 
and the said troops are to become 
prisoners, upon the conditions 
granted to the garrison of the Vigie. 
6. The commandant of the 
French troops shall be responsible 
that all artillery, ammunition; 
and stores, of every kind, shall 
be delivered up to the British 
troops in the order they are now 
in, and any injury or waste com-~ 
mitted on them from this time will 
be considered as @ breach of faith. 
7. By 
