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HISTORY OF MAURITIUS. 
The orders of M. Dupleix were signified to the English on the 15th of Novem¬ 
ber, and published in Madras at the head of the troops, with a declaration, explain¬ 
ing the new conditions which it pleased the Council of Pondicherry to impose on 
them. 
The declaration was to the following effect. 
4< ist. That the town of Madras stood in the same relation to the King and Com¬ 
pany as on the day when it was surrendered. 
44 2d. That the English should be bound to give up all the keys of the magazines, 
that the French might take possession of the effects contained in them. 
44 3d. That the English should have liberty to take away their furniture and clothes, 
as also the wardrobes and jewels of the women: but with respect to merchandize, 
plate, horses, &c. they shall remain at Madras, as the property of the French East 
India Company. 
44 4th. That the English might retire wherever they thought proper, on their parole 
not to serve against France till an exchange of prisoners should take place. 
" 5th. That such as preferred to remain at Madras should take the oath of fidelity 
to the King, in the person of M. Paradis. 
“ 6th. That the Governor and Council should bind themselves not to serve against 
France; and in case they should refuse to give their parole to that effect, they should 
be conducted prisoners to Pondicherry.” 
It is not possible to express the indignation which the publication of this act ex¬ 
cited, nor the trouble and disorder which the execution of it produced. The greater 
part of the English officers escaped, during the night, with their wives and their 
families, and abandoned the greater part of their effects. Those who remained with 
the Governor, were conducted with him in triumph to Pondicherry, and presented 
as a spectacle to the people; at the head of whom appeared M. Dupleix, with the 
state of a sovereign and the eclat of a conqueror. The Jews and Arminians had the 
choice to see the pillage of their property, or to go and reside at Pondicherry : with 
respect to the natives of the country, they were compelled to fly, by the destruction of 
the Black Town which they inhabited, and was the centre of their commerce. In 
short, the politics of M. Dupleix were incomprehensible : for after having destroyed 
the Black Town, which was of the first importance on account of its trade, he engaged 
in an enormous expence to fortify the White Town, which was altogether an useless 
place, and not worth preserving when the Black Town was destroyed. 
