250 A. D. 1745. 



Cape-Breton ; inlomuch that, without force of arms, in a very few years 

 that colony would fall, and the whole trade of turs carried on with the 

 Indians there come into Englifli hands. And a happier confequence 

 flill is, that hereby the French in Canada may not only be kept from 

 fupplying the Indians, but alfo from encouraging them to annoy our 

 frontiers ; fo that thofe Indians mufl become dependent on us. By this 

 acquifition, likewife, we have fecured to the nation the garrifon of An- 

 napolis-Royal, and the colony of Nova-Scotia ; which country being a 

 very rich and fertile foil, and its coafts and rivers abounding with fifh, 

 and fettled with French catholics, that nation has much regretted the 

 lofs of, and wanted to recover. Our holding Cape-Breton will alfo keep 

 thofe French inhabitants of Nova-Scotia in ftrid allegiance to his ma- 

 jefly, or elle oblige them to quit their polTeffions, which are all farms 

 brought to perfediion, and fit for any fervice immediately. Had we not 

 taken Cape-Breton this year, and the French had taken Annapolis, the 

 confequence then would have been, that all the inhabitants of Nova- 

 Scotia would have declared for France immediately, and the colony 

 would have been at once the French king's; whereby all the Cape-fable 

 and St. John's Indians, who alFifled France laft year at the fiege of An- 

 napolis, together with thofe of Canada, would have been let loofe upon 

 our frontiers. 



This account of the vaft value of Cape-Breton, written by one living 

 in its neighbourhood, and who was knighted for the fuccefsful part he 

 acted in reducing it to his Britannic majefty's obedience, is in the main 

 jufdy to be depended on, as not being the vague and romantic report 

 of an unfiiilful writer, but the faithful narration of one who was every 

 way equal to the tafk *. 



1-746 To balance the great lofs of the French in Cape-Breton, they 



next year took fromo ur EngUlh taft-India company their mofl import- 

 ant fort and town of Fort St. George, on the Co;omandel coart, with 

 the adjacent black town of Madras, being the capital of all our com- 

 pany's places in Eaft-India ; wherein they found no fmall quantity of 

 merchandize and treaiure : they alfo took one of that company's cap- 

 ital fliips. 



• Notwitlidanding Mr. Anderfon's encomium long. An infinitely more effeftual, as well as moic 



on Sir WilL'am Pepperell's flattering account of honourable, means of relief, was adminiftered by a 



his own conquell, it is now known that it ought meeting of merchants, bankers, and traders, on the 



to be read with at leall fome grains of allowance. 26th day of that month. Thofe gentlemen drew 



The richntfs of the foil of Nova-Scotia has been up a paper, wlicrein they declared their refolution 



often cried up, but it has never yet been very pro- to fupport the credit of the bank by receiving 



duftive. M. their notes in all payments, and ufing their utmod 



In confequence of the alarm raifed in the me- endeavours to pay them away to all perfons receiv- 



tropolis by the progrefs of the pretender's fon, ing payments from them. Tlie refolution was foon 



there was a great rua upon the bank in the month figned by above eleven liundrcd perfons, and had 



of September. The directors endeavoured to make the happy effect of quieting apprehenfion, reftor- 



their ca(h hold out as long as pofllble by making ing contidence, and putting an ioimediate end to 



their pa\menls in filvcr, and cin'efly in iixpences; the run upon the baiik. M.. 

 an expedient which could not have availed them 



