Cliap. III. of the ENGLISH in A M E R 
until his Grace had v/holly laia afide the Thoughts of gives us a fair Demand to have this Right of ours ac- 
any new Settlement ; and had given him Orders to de- knowledged by the next Treaty of Peaccj that can, 
liver up every thing belonging to him, into the Hands never be concluded on good Tefms for this Nation, if 
of the Lieutenant General, to whom his Grace had given while we ftruggle to m 2 k^ Fraice do Juftice to others^ 
Direftion to difcharge all, and pay them their Salaries to we fuffer her to perfift in Ads of Injuftice to ourfeives. 
that Time, with an Allowance for ^heir Paffages for We fee very clearly that the general Expreffions con- 
England. A-fter Mr. Uring had delivered up all Stores, tained in former Treaties avails nothing againft France in 
Anns, Cannon, fffr. to the Agent of laeutenant General aTime of fuliPeace, and therefore common Senfe teaches 
Matthews, he went up to Antigua, to finilli his Affairs us, and a due Concern for the Good of our Country re- 
with him, and from thence to Barbadoes, where he was quires, that we fhould have Juftice done us on this Head 
received very kindly by Mr. Worjley. He ftaid a Week before the Condufion of the prefent War, becaufe unlefs 
at that Illand, and then returned to Antigua, and from it be done now, paft Experience ftiews us that we can 
thence to St. Chrifiophers, where he took a ITftage for never expeft it for the future ; That we may very ra- 
England, and ariived at F)over the 28th oh JSAay 1^24- tionally hope for it now, appears to every IVlan of tole-* 
Thus we have given a large and circumftantial Ac- rable Underftanding, who refleds , that in this 
count of this Expedition, from the Beginning to the Refped, gives us nothing of which fhe is in Poffeftion, 
End of it, from the authentic Papers of the two Gentle- or to which, in her own Opinion, fhe has any juft Title ; 
men chiefly concerned in it, and very frequently in their fo that to i-efufe it when Ibe pretends to be in a pacific 
own Words. From whence it appears, that it was in all Temper, muft be a plain Proof that fhe diffembles, and 
refpedls the greateft and moft expenfive Scheme that then it would be Madnefs to truft her. 
was ever undertaken by a Subjedt of this Crown, or of 
any other ; for befides the Ships, naval and military 
Stores, Cannon, final! Arms, iFc. he maintained four 
hundred and twenty-five Servants for a Year and a Half, 
befides eighty-five Tradefmen and Artificers of feveral 
forts, who had from twenty to thirty Pounds a Year 
Wages; and upwards of fifty Officers, with Salaries from 
fifty to four hundred Pounds a Year, all duly paid, and 
themfdves vidtualed in a very dear Part of the World, 
during the greateft Part of the Time. The computing 
therefore of the Duke of Montague's Expence at forty 
thoufand Pounds is rather under than over doing the 
Bufinefs ; and nothing can induce us to fufpedi; theLarge- 
nefs of the Sum but the very fingularCircumftance that at- 
tends it, of its coming out of a private Purfe for the public 
Service. Thisindeed, and theTime at which thisExpedition 
was undertaken, renders it almoft incredible ; but whoever 
confiders that in Sealons of the greateft Corruption (as 
furelythat of tht South-Sea, and the Bubbles that attended 
it, was here) Providence ufually raifes up fome extraor- 
dinary Inftances of a contrary Spirit, fuch as Fhocion in 
the Decline of the Athenian Commonwealth, and the 
younger Cato when the Roman Republic was on the Point 
of Ruin, will the more readily credit this, and admire it 
the more. I ftiould inflft farther upon this noble and me- 
morable Example but for two Reafons ; the firft is, that 
as the illuftrious Perfon to whom it relates is living, 
amongft the many Inftances of Freedom of Speech that 
may be met with in this W ork, I ftiould be alliamed to 
mix any thing that might be fufpeded of Flattery. 
The fecond Reafon is, that the Virtues of the Duke are 
fo well known, and fo univerfally confeffed, that I could 
do no Honour to any but mylelf, by endeavouring to 
celebrate them. ' , 
But though I am willing to decline a Talk to which 
I corifefs mylelf unequal, I fhall not be afraid of obferv- 
ing that this is the only proper time of reviving our 
Claim to thofe Wands, at leaft to that of St. Lucia, to 
which our Title is unqueftionable. If we were not the 
firft Difcoverers, we were at leaft the firft Planters of 
that Wand, and befides the Title which this gives us, 
we have another, and perhaps a better, Ax. that of Pur- 
chafe from the Natives, and original Inhabitants of it. 
The French, it is true, have alfo fettled upon that Wand, 
but as Intruders only, and as fuch were obliged to quit 
it in the Reign of King Charles II. fince which our 
Rights to that Wand have been confirmed by Treaties. 
But their laft quitting it, in 1719, is the ftrongeft and 
cleareft Proof of all. For had they not been fenfible of 
their having no juft Pretenfions to St. Lucia, it is impolfi- 
ble to fuppofe that Men who fo vigoroufly exerted them- 
lelves to prevent our Eftablifnment, would fo tamely 
have given up their own. What their Motives might be to 
T m ^ Conduct, in the Compafs of fo fhort a time, 
1 Ihdl not pretend to guefs, but this I may fafely and 
HoMitly fay, that no Change in their Conduft could 
poflibly create a Change in their Title or ours : If our 
. 1719 was certain, it muft have been as certain 
in 1722, and it certain then, it muft be fo ftill ; which 
There is, however, one Particular in relation to this 
Affair that ought to be difcufied before we leave it, which 
is, what Proceedings have fince happened between the 
two Crowns in relation to this Wand, after the Expe- 
dition before-mentioned ; and as to thefe, I have received 
two remarkable Papers while this was printing, which I 
fhall give the Reader immediately. In the mean time it is 
requifite to obferve, that his prefent Majefty King GeorgelL 
having conftituted and appointed Henry Worjley, Efq; 
Governor and Commander in chief of this Wand, as all 
his Predeceffors had been, who were Governors of Bar- 
hadoes, he was gracioufiy pleafed to fend him the follow- 
ing Inftruftion, in reference to the Difputes that had 
happened about it. 
G EO RG ER. 
“ Trufty and well beloved, we greet you well : 
“ Whereas the French for fome Years have claimed 
“ the Wand of St. Lucia, and do infill that’ the Right 
“ to the Wands of St. Vincent and St. Dominic 0, under 
“ your Government, is in the Carihbeeans, now inhabit- 
“ ing the fame, although we have an undoubted Right 
“ to all the faid Wands ; yet we have thought fit to agree 
“ with the French Court, that until our Right be deter- 
“ mined the faid Wands fhall be entirely evacuated by 
“ both Nations. It is therefore our Will and Pleafure, 
“ and you are accordingly to fignify the fame to fuch 
of our Subjedls as fhall be found inhabiting any of 
“ our faid Iflands, that they do forthwith quit the fame 
“ until the Right fhall be determined, as atorefaid ; and 
“ that they do comply with this our Order within thirty 
“ Days from the Publication hereof in each of the faid 
“ Wands refpedively, under Pain of our higlieft Dif- 
“ pleafure ; and you are to ufe your bell Endeavours 
“ that no Ships of our Subjedts, or of any other Nation, 
“ do frequent the faid Wands during the time aforefaid 
“ except coming for Wood or Water. But it is our Will 
“ and Pleafure, that you do not execute this our Order 
“ until tht French CSoYtxciot of Martinico fhall have re- 
“ ceived the like Diredlion from the French Court, and 
“ fhall, jointly with you, put the fame in Execution 
“ without any Exception. Aind you are hereby further 
ordered to tranfmit to us, by the firft Opportunity, a 
“ full Account of your Proceedings, as likewife of thofe 
“ of the^ French in this Behalf, taking Care by all Op- 
“ portunities to inform ourfelf whether our Subjedls, and 
“ thofe of the Erf King, do complypundfually with the 
“ true Intent and Meaning of this Agreement, until fuch 
“ time as the Right to the faid Wands fhall be abfolutely 
“ determined as aforefaid. And for your fb doino- this 
“ fhall be your Warrant. And fo we bid you farewel. 
“ Given at our Court at St. James's the 30th Day of 
“ November, in the fourth Year of our Reign, by his 
“ Majefty’s Command. 
Holies Newcajlko 
It appears plainly from this Inftruaion, and it will 
appear ftill more clearly from tht French King’s Letter 
upon this Head, that the two Courts had come to an 
Agree- 
