226. 
The terms upon which we pro- 
pose to receive the colony, and 
the consequences which will re- 
sult from a refusal are briefly 
these :— 
As there is reason to believe 
that many officers and soldiers 
of the line, have only yielded to 
circumstances, and serve under 
the tri-coloured flag, merely with 
the hope of seizing the first fa- 
vourable opportunity to evince 
their loyalty; those who shall im- 
mediately so declare themselves 
shall be admitted to the protection 
of the British flag, and shall be 
recommended in the strongest 
manner to Count Vaugirard, 
Governor-General of the French 
Islands, and Representative of his 
Most Christian Majesty. 
All officers and soldiers of the 
line actually serving under the tri- 
coloured flag, who shall so de- 
clare and separate themselves 
from the partizans of Napoleon 
Buonaparte, and who shall sur- 
render with their arms to the 
British forces, shall be sent to 
France as prisoners of war, to be 
disposed of according to the or- 
ders of the Duke of Wellington. 
The officers and soldiers who shall 
thus surrender themselves, shall 
preserve their baggage. 
The militia and other inhabi- 
tants, in arms under the tri- 
coloured flag, who shall imme- 
diately separate themselves from 
the troops of the line serving un- 
der the revolutionary banner and 
lay down their arms, shall be 
permitted to return immediately 
to their respective homes, where 
they shall be protected as well as 
their property. 
Bvery officer or soldier of the 
line who after the publication of 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 1815. 
this notice shall continue to op- 
pose the arms of his Britannic 
Majesty shall he sent a prisoner of 
war to England. 
Every officer or soldier of mi- 
litia, and every other inhabitant, 
who after this proclamation shall 
be found in arms, shall be treat« 
ed as a prisoner of war, and sent 
immediately out of the colony to 
be placed in confinement. 
Provided Guadaloupe shall im- 
mediately submit to his Britan- 
nic Majesty’s forces, and its in- 
habitants shall take an oath of 
fidelity for the time the colony 
may remain under British do- 
minion, the inhabitants and their 
private property shall be protect- 
ed, and the commerce of the co- 
lony shall be placed upon a more 
advantageous footing than during 
the last war. 
The religion and laws of the 
country shall be respected 
No person who shall avail him- 
self of the advantages of this Pro- 
clamation shall be molested on 
account of his opinions or politi- 
cal conduct, previous to the day 
of its promulgation. 
Every person who shall not 
immediately avail him of this pro- 
clamation shall be treated, as well 
as his property, according to the 
laws of war, and theright of 
conquest. 
(Signed) James Leirn. 
P. C. DurHAM. 
(TRANSLATION. ) 
Capitulation between His Excel- 
lency Sir J. Leith, G. C. B. 
&c. &e. and the Count de Li- 
nois and Baron Boyer de Peyre- 
leau. 
Conditions demanded by His 
Excellency Reareadmiral Count 
