CHAP. n. ] WEST INDIES. 
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CHAPTER II. 
GRENADA 
AND ITS DEPENDENCIES. 
First discovery, name, and inhabitants.—French invasion 
and establishment in 1650 .—War with, and extermina¬ 
tion of the natives.—The island and its dependencies 
conveyed to the Count de Ceriliac.—Misconduct and 
punishment of the deputy-governor.—The colony re¬ 
verts to the crown of France.—State of the island in 
1700 .—And again in 1762, when captured by the Eng¬ 
lish.—Stipulations in favour of the French inhabitants. 
—First measures of the British government.—Claim 
of the crown to levy a duty of four and a half per cent, 
on produce exported.—Arguments for and objections 
against the measure.—Decision of the court of King's 
Bench on this important question.—Strictures on some 
positions advanced by the lord chief justice on this occa¬ 
sion.—Transactions within the colony.—Royal instruc¬ 
tions in favour of the Roman Catholic capitulants. — In¬ 
ternal dissentions.—Defenceless state.—French invasion 
in 1779 .—Brave defence of the garrison. — Uncondi¬ 
tional surrender. — Hardships exercised towards the 
English planters and their creditors.-—-Redress given by 
the court of France. — Grenada, kc. restored to Great 
Britain by the peace of 1783 .—Present stale of the co¬ 
lony in respect to cultivation, productions, and exports; 
government and population. Postcript. Appendix. 
G renada was discovered by, and received 
its name from, Christopher Columbus, in his 
third voyage, in the year 1498. He found it pos- 
