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TRINIDAD : THEN AND NOW. 



upon and send to England the brigands and mischie- 

 vous people who have made that island their home." 



The island, as already described, was taken, the 

 Articles of Capitulation signed and Trinidad became 

 a British colony. In order to remove some erroneous 

 statements which I have heard made relative to the 

 terms of the Capitulation as signed by Abercromby, 

 Harvey and Chacon, I reproduce it in full, as copied 

 from " Joseph's History of Trinidad/' as follows :— 



Articles of Capitulation for the surrender of the Island of 

 Trinidad, betiueen His Excellency Sir Ralph Aher- 

 cromby, K.B., Commander-in-Chief of His Britannic 

 Majesty's Land Forces, Henry Harvey, Esquire, 

 Bear- Admiral of the Bed and Commander-in-Chief 

 of His Britannic Majesty's Ships and Vessels of 

 War, and His Excellency Bon Jose Maria Chacon, 

 Knight of the Order of Calatrava, Brigadier of the 

 Boyal Navy, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of 

 the Island} of Trinidad and its Dependencies, In- 

 spector-General of the Troops of the Garrison, &c, &c. 



" Article 1. — The officers and troops of His 

 Catholic Majesty and his allies in the island of Trini- 

 dad are to surrender themselves prisoners of war, 

 and are to deliver up the territory, forts, buildings, 

 arms, ammunition, money, effects, plans and stores, 

 with exact inventories thereof, belonging to His 

 Catholic Majesty, and they are thereby transferred 

 to His Britannic Majesty in the same manner and 

 possession as has been held heretofore by his said 

 Catholic Majesty. 



