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Mexican general, Anaya, anum- 
ber of them were cut off, others 
joined the independents, and but 
a small number made good their 
retreat to Xalapa. The Mexican 
congress was to assemble, and a 
constitution had been drawn up 
for the province. 
On the whole it appears cer- 
tain, that the attempt from Old 
Spain to recover its authority in 
these parts has been unsuccesful ; 
and the more the character and 
proceedings of the Spanish go- 
vernment at home become known 
in the colonies, the less probabi- 
lity will there be of a re-union 
of the latter to the mother coun- 
try. 
The political storm by which 
France was agitated in this year « 
extended its effects to the West 
Indies. In Martinique, the troops 
in possession of the forts display- 
ed such a disposition to mount 
the tri-coloured cockade, and de- 
clare for Buonaparte, that the 
Count de Vaugirard, governor of 
the island, found it necessary to 
anticipate an open revolt by as- 
sembling the soldiery, and releas~ 
ing from their obligations such of 
the officers as desired it, at the 
_ same time informing them that 
they must quit Martinique, and 
that an attempt to raise the stand- 
ard of rebellion would be resisted 
by force. A revolutionary move- 
ment, however, in all probability, 
could not have been prevented, if 
Sir James Leith, commander of 
the British military force in the 
Leeward islands, had not sent 
over from St. Lucie an auxiliary 
body of troops, which, landing 
in the island on June 5th, occu- 
pied all the strong positions, 
and kept the disaffected under 
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control. The whole of the 
French troops, with the exception 
of part of a regiment, were after- 
wards permitted to depart from 
the island unarmed. The terms 
on which this succour was afford- 
ed by the British commander 
were perfectly liberal. The so- 
vereignty of the island was to re- 
main entirein the King of France; 
the British troops, which were to 
act as auxiliaries to the governor, 
were to be maintained at the ex- 
pense of the English government, 
and to preserve strict discipline, 
and the persons and properties of 
the inhabitants were to be fully 
respected by them. 
In the island of Guadaloupe 
the revolutionary cause obtained a 
temporary triumph. A vessel hav-~ 
ing arrived after a short passage 
from France, on June 18th, an 
insurrection broke out, in which 
both the military and citizens de- 
clared for Buonaparte. The go- 
vernor, Admiral Count de Linois, 
was placed under arrest, doubt- 
less by way of mere form, since, 
on the next day he was set at li- 
berty, and issued a proclamation, 
acquainting the soldiers and in- 
habitants that Napoleon had been 
received in France without resist- 
ance; that the tri-coloured flag 
was every where waving, and that 
the colonists were expected to con- 
cur in this change of government. 
He concluded with Vive I’ Empe- 
reur! On the same day Buona- 
parte was proclaimed in grand 
ceremony at Point-a-Petre, under 
the direction of the commandant 
Fromentin, acting for General 
Boyer, and with every display of 
enthusiastic joy. It was not, how- 
ever, by a sudden effervescence of 
this kind that a durable revolution 
