This iſland was reſtored to England in the month of January, 1783. The day of its reſtoration was a joyful day for the Engliſh inhabitants, eſpecially for thoſe who had undergone a long and painful captivity, and had been treated with a degree of cruelty hardly to be paralleled.
In the morning of the day of the evacuation the Engliſh troops marched from point Michael; and between eleven and twelve o'clock they came near the town of Roſeau, where, waiting till the French began to embark, it was near two o'clock before they finally evacuated the iſland; and then the Engliſh troops came into the town, with colours flying, drums beating, and a band of muſic playing as they marched, eſcorted by moſt of the Engliſh inhabitants, who, with multitudes of negros, lined both ſides of the way as they entered the town.
