1789. 6400 hhds. of sugar were exported from Do

minica.

1791. A vote of thanks was passed by the Assembly

to Sir John Ord, for suppressing a dangerous revolt of the slaves.

1793. Sir J. Ord was recalled from Dominica to answer some charges brought against him by the Assembly.

1795. Victor Hughes sent a detachment of troops to assist the French and runaway slaves against the English at Dominica: they were defeated, and 600 French inhabitants sent to England.

1796. The Methodists in Dominica had nearly 80 in class, when their minister, being deemed a suspicious person, was ordered into the militia to learn the use of arms, and his petition to the contrary rejected.

1797. The fine for the ill-treatment of a slave in Dominica was £100 currency.

The Legislature of Dominica received, through the Governor, a proposition from parliament "to adopt such measures as shall appear to them best calculated to obviate the causes which have hitherto impeded the natural increase of the negroes, gradually to diminish the necessity of the slave trade, and ultimately to lead to its complete termination."

March 8th, the honorable A. C. Johnstone was appointed Captain General and Governor in Chief of the island of Dominica.

1798. The slaves in Dominica were 14,967 in number, valued at £578,680.

1799. Amelioration Slave Act passed respecting the attendance of the negroes at divine service.

Dominica exported 5200 hhds. of sugar.

1800. The Methodists increased in numbers, and bought a piece of land, on which they began to build a new chapel.

1802. On the 27th September Colonel Provost was appointed Governor of Dominica.

An act was passed by the Legislature for building a church.

The Secretary and Register's Office destroyed by fire.

The 8th West India Regiment mutinied.

1803. April, The Methodists amounted to 700; the country negroes built places of worship at their own expense.

June, Methodists increased to 900; an acre of Crown land was granted them by the Governor to build a chapel on at Prince Rupert's.

Slaves imported this year 550, exported 34. 1805. Dominica attacked by the French. Roseau burnt. The Governor obliged to retreat to, and defend Prince Ruperts'. A contribution of £7000 levied by the enemy on the inhabitants; many atrocities committed; town and commissariat stores plundered by the enemy, who departed on the 27th February, five days from the period of their first appearance off Roseau.

May 10th, Brigadier General Dalrymple arrived at Roseau to supersede General Provost in the command, who had leave of absence.

1805. Dominica exported this year 4,600 hhds. sugar. Population reported 1594 whites, 2822 people of color, 22,083 negroes.

1806. The Napoleon privateer captured off this island by the Wasp, Captain Bluett. :

An attack on Dominica projected, but discovered and baffled by the active measures of General Dalrymple. zon) bab sofas

9th September, A dreadful hurricane committed terrible devastation in the island; the towns, garrisons, and estates, sustained the greatest injury ; Roseau river overflowed and inundated the capital; a number of houses were carried away, and 131 persons killed.

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1808. The importation of slaves ceased to be legal on the 1st January.

May 27th, Brigadier General Montgomery appointed Governor of Dominica... nos) 1810. The second division of the British

army,'

des

tined for the capture of Guadaloupe, sailed from Dominica on the morning of the 26th February; the first division sailed in the afternoon; Prince Rupert's had been their head-quarterslo i beb 1811. February 19th, Population of Dominica 1525 whites, 2988 free people of color, 21,728 slaves. No church in Dominica. Governor Barnes dissolved two houses of assembly for refusing to vote the necessary supplies. used in

1812. June 1st, Colonel Ainslie appointed Governor of Dominica.all91) 959.reqremes off in

and de toare djed oda dap

1813. January 30th, Lieutenant General Frederick Maitland appointed Governor.

Dominica experienced two hurricanes; several houses blown down.

Five hundred runaway slaves made nightly incursions from the mountains, and threatened the destruction of the colony.

1814. Governor Ainslie recalled to give some explanation relative to the operations carried on against the Maroons; two addresses, from the white and colored inhabitants, presented on his departure.

July 12th, Jacko, the runaway chief, surprised and shot by a party of Rangers, after a desperate resistance: he had lived in the woods upwards of forty years.

CHAPTER VII.

CHRONOLOGY OF ANTIGUA, FROM ITS DISCOVERY TO A. D. 1810.

1493. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS discovered Antigua. 1521. The Licentiate, Antonio Serrano, was endowed with the power of Governor; Antigua till this period had belonged to the Charaibs.

1629. M. D'Enambul lands with 150 men; but finding the island worse than he expected, deserts it immediately.

1632. Sir Thomas Warner sends his son with a

number of followers from St. Kitts, to establish a settlement in Antigua.

1640. English attacked by Charaibs, 50 killed; Governor's wife taken.

Population about 30 families.

1650. Inhabitants acknowledge the authority of the crown; rade prohibited in consequence.

1663. Lord Willoughby obtains the island by a grant from King Charles II. Mr. H. Willoughby ap