French to quit poſſeſſion of the country; but which would have little availed them, had the Engliſh Commander been diſpoſed to force his landing. This, however, would have been productive of fatal conſequences to the defenceleſs Engliſh inhabitants, who would, there is no doubt, have fallen victims to the fury of the French in the firſt inſtance, and it would have anſwered no other end, than to facilitate the return of the iſland to its former government a few weeks ſooner.
The Engliſh inhabitants ſoon after made themſelves amends, for having been prevented from ſaluting their countrymen on their arrival; for on the ſame evening there was ſcarcely a man, woman, or child, in the town and ſuburbs of Roſeau, that did not either ride or walk to the quarters of the Engliſh troops at point Michael, for the purpoſe of rejoicing at the proſpect of a ſpeedy return of their own government.
