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 to be preent, or indignantly driving them out; circumtances of uch mean cruelty to a conquered people, that one hould think, none but the dregs of mankind would ever be guilty of.

This too was the behaviour of ome of the French inhabitants; from whom it was, in a particular manner, ditreing to the Englih, who had heretofore treated them with every degree of kindnes, as being a et of people, who, though not of the ame nation by birth, were members of the ame community, ubject to the ame government, and as uch, entitled to the ame privileges and repect with themelves. Of thee in particular, a Frenchman of colour, of the name of Blanchdelablong, and a white man, named Etienne Vring, deerve to be mentioned. The firt had the audacity to trike the Englih Chief Jutice, and the other inolently drew his word on a re-