Britain. He had, moreover, been treated with a degree of indulgence in his office, more than his behaviour entitled him to, and which he repaid, by taking every ſtep in his power to do injury to the Engliſh inhabitants of the iſland after its ſurrender to the French.
The fate of theſe three men is worth remarking, as the recital may ſerve to deter others from being guilty of the like treacherous and miſchievous doings. The Baker, whoſe infamous character ſoon came to the knowledge of the French government, was diſcharged from that office for fraud in his weights, and again obliged to fly the country. The Receiver-general, after having exerciſed his new office with every ſpecies of impoſition and inſolence in a degree peculiar to himſelf, very prudently took a ſilent departure from the iſland, a few days before its evacuation by the French, as being conſcious
