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 and families, as well as injury to the mortgagees in Europe; and at the ame time, leening the value of property in the iland in the opinion of people in general.

The French were atisfied with being able to keep the country from Great Britain during the war, firmly believing, that it would be ceded to them at the peace; they did, therefore, every thing in their power to render the tay of the Englih inhabitants uncomfortable and ditreing. Their diappointment, therefore, on finding the iland was to be retored, was matter of great concern to them; and they actually put off the delivering it up to the Englih, a coniderable time after the ratification of the definitive treaty of peace was concluded in Europe.

Some weeks before the actual retoration of Dominica, an Englih regiment from Saint Lucia arrived at Roeau, for the purpoe of taking