Chronological History of the West Indies, Band 2

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Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, & Green, 1827
 

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Seite 548 - Majesty, and bring away their effects, as well as their persons, without being restrained in their emigration, under any pretence whatsoever except that of debts or of criminal...
Seite 370 - Ryswick, of 1697; those of Peace and of Commerce of Utrecht, of 1713; that of Baden, of 1714 ; the Treaty of the Triple Alliance of the Hague, of 1717; that of the Quadruple Alliance of London, of 1718; the Treaty of Peace of Vienna, of 1738; the Definitive Treaty of...
Seite 370 - ... general, which subsisted between the high contracting parties before the war, as if they were inserted here word for word, so that they are to be exactly observed, for the future, in their whole tenor, and religiously executed on all sides, in all their points, which shall not be derogated from by the present treaty, notwithstanding all that may have been stipulated to the contrary by any of the...
Seite 370 - ... recover their debts, and to bring away their effects, as well as their persons, on board vessels which they shall be permitted to send to the said island restored as above, and which shall serve for that use only, without being restrained on account of their religion, or under any other pretence whatsoever, except that of debts, or of criminal prosecutions : And for this purpose, the term of eighteen months is allowed to his...
Seite 550 - Britannic Majesty : and on that of His Catholic Majesty, his governors shall be ordered to grant to the English, dispersed, every convenience possible for their removing to the settlement agreed upon by the present article, or for their retiring wherever they shall think proper. It is likewise stipulated, that if any fortifications should actually have been heretofore erected within the limits marked out, His Britannic Majesty shall cause them all to be demolished, and he will order his subjects...
Seite 500 - At ten o'clock I thought to get a little sleep ; came to look into my cot ; it was full of water ; for every seam, by the straining of the ship, had begun to leak. Stretched myself, therefore, upon deck between two chests, and left orders to be called, should the least...
Seite 371 - Grenada, and the Grenadines, with the same stipulations in favour of the inhabitants of this colony, inserted in the IVth article for those of Canada : And the partition of the islands called neutral, is agreed and fixed, so that those of St.
Seite 500 - I found there was some water between decks, but nothing to be alarmed at : scuttled the deck, and let it run into the well; found she made a good deal of water through the sides and decks ; turned the watch below to the pumps, though only two feet of water in the well ; but expected to be kept constantly at work now, as the ship labored much, with scarcely a part of her above water but the quarter-deck, and that but seldom.
Seite 499 - tis only a touch of the times, we shall have an observation at twelve o'clock ; the clouds are beginning to break ; it will clear Up at noon, or else — blow very hard afterwards.
Seite 501 - Hold fast ! that was an ugly sea. We must lower the yards, I believe, Archer; the ship is much pressed.

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