APPENDIX to the CHRONICLE. 537 
laws, customs, and usages, will be 
preserved, as they have hitherto 
been, by the French government. 
Agreed to. The colony will have 
the laws existing when under the 
British government previous to its 
last cession to the French republic. 
Vil. The captain-general, Cesar 
Berthier, shall immediately dispatch 
the national brig Souffleux, now at 
Scarborough, to apprize his govern- 
ment of this capitulation. ‘he ne- 
cessary passport for this purpose 
shall be given by the commander of 
the naval forces of his Britannic ma- 
jesty. Agreed to by me, but subject 
to the commodore’s opinion. An 
unarmed vessel may be sent ta 
France, and if the Souffleux is dis 
armed, she may be sent to France. 
VIII. The French merchant ves- 
sels now in Scarborough Roads, un- 
der the batteries of the fort, shall 
be allowed to sail for such port of 
Europe or America as they shall 
think proper. A. Requires to be 
referred to the commodore. Pro- 
vided the property does not belong 
to persons who have come to the 
island since its cession to the French 
republic. 
1X. None of the inhabitants 
shall be molested on account of the 
conduct they may have held, or 
opinions they may have professed, 
under the French government.— 
Agreed to. 
X. During the space of two years, 
to commence this day, it shall be 
permitted to such inhabitants as 
are desirous of quitting the island, 
to dispose of their properties, and 
remoye the amount to whatever 
place they please. Agreed to. 
{ Here follow the general orders 
of the commander in chief, in which 
he highly compliments the whole 
of the forces, and attributes their 
success principally to the steady co- 
operation of commodore Hood and 
captain Hallowell. He compliments 
the alertness of the artillery and ar- 
tificers, and attributes the speedy 
surrender of the colony to the ad- 
vance march of the first column, 
consisting of two companies of the 
64th regiment, and five companies 
of the 3d West India regiment, un- 
der brigadier-general Pi¢ton. | 
Return of the French troops and 
sailors in Fort Scarborough, in the 
island of Tobago, at the time of its 
surrender to the British forces, on 
the 1st of July, 1803.—3 captains, 
2 serjeant-majors, 8 serjeants, 16 
corporals, 73 grenadiers, 9 drum- 
mers, 120 sailors.—Total- 228. The 
general and staff officers not in- 
cluded. 
(Signed) C. Luxembourg, 
Capitaine commandant. 
[ Next is a return of the ordnance 
and stores found on the island, and 
amongst which are avast quantity of 
ammunition, and several pieces of 
artillery of different calibre, in very 
good order. | 
Dispatch from Commodore Hood, 
Commander in Chief of his Majes- 
ty’s Ships and Vessels at the Lee- 
ward Islands, to Sir Evan Nepean, 
Bart. dated the 1st of July. 
Centaur, Great Courland Bay, 
Tobago, July 1. 
Sir, 
Having sailed from St. Lucia on 
the evening of the 25th of last 
month, accompanied by his majesty’s 
ships Centaur, Argo, Ulysses, Chix © 
chester, and Hornet, with lieut. gen. 
Grinfield, and troops for the attack 
of Tobago, embarked on board, 
and several small ordnance and pro- 
vision vessels, we arrived off the 
island yesterday forenoon, and were 
joined 
