A.D.I 795' 355" 



ceffive Biitifh commanding officers, and great numbers of men, loft 

 their lives in this petty domeftic war, before the maroons were reduced. 

 In June 1796 the remainder of thofe unfortunate people, with their 

 families, were tranfported to Lower Canada, where, by the treaty of 

 their furrender, they were promifed the enjoyment of lands and lib- 

 erty *. 



A treaty between Great Britain and Ruffia, figned at Peterfburg 

 18"' February, relates merely to the propofed operations of the war 

 againft France, and contains not one word of conihiercial affairs. 



There were alfo two treaties with the emperor of Germany (4"* and 

 20"^ of May), which had no connexion with commerce, the firfl being 

 for the negotiation of a loan, which was foon after faniUoned by parlia- 

 ment, and the other iTierely offenfive and defenfive. 



The emperor about the fame time preiented to the diet of the em- 

 pire alfembled at Ratifbon a refcript, declaring his readmels to enter 

 into negotiations for peace. 



March i" — ^The grand duke of Tufcany published a proclamation, 

 notifying, that, as it was neither jufi; nor convenient for Tufcany to take 

 any a<ftive part in the tranfaclions, which at this time convulfed Europe, 

 he had feceded from the coalition againft the. French republic ; in con- 

 fequence of which the neutrality of his dominions was re-eftablidied, 

 and his fubjefts, profiting by the trade and commerce of other nations, 

 without hurting any of them, would be relieved from the alarms and 

 troubles of war. 



April 5'" — The French concluded a treaty of peace and friendfliip 

 with the king of Pruffia in which the commercial communications and 

 relations between France and Pruffia were re-eftabliflied on the fame 

 footing as before the commencement of the war. 



July 2 2d — The French alfo concluded a treaty of peace with Spain, 

 whereby 



Articles 4, 5) France ]-eftored to Spain all the conquefts made in the 

 prefent war. 



9) Spain ceded to France the Spanifli part of the ifland of S'. Domingo, 

 or Hifpaniola, in the Weft-Indies, with all the fortifications, guns, and 

 warlike ftores, in it, the Spanifh inhabitants being allowed twelve months 

 for removing with their property to the Spanilh dommions. 

 11) All correfpondence and commercial relations between the two coun- 

 tries w^ere re-eftablifhed on the fime footing, on which they ftood before 



in their communit)- ; and their number at the pa- * It may be remembered, that a communivy of 



cification in the year i 738 \vr.s reduced from 1,500, free negroes had been but four years befoie tranf- 



the eftimated number in 1655, ^° ^^^^ '1'^" ^°°> planted from Nova Scotia to Africa, becaufe it 



ahnoft all men. In 1770 they were under 900, was found that their conflitution could not endure 



and the females were confiderably more than the the rigour of the winters in the northern parts of 



nia'es. At this time their number wf s reckoned America. 

 to Le afeout 1,400. 



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