The French prieſts in Dominica are appointed by ſuperiors in the iſland of Martinique; to the government of which iſland, and to the laws of their own nation, they conſider themſelves to be reſponſible.
The Spaniſh inhabitants of this iſland are not very numerous, being only compoſed of renegados from their own ſettlements, and are no great credit to this; but are ſuffered to remain there, by frequently taking the oaths of allegiance to his Britannic Majeſty, on their paying a certain ſum each time. This they ſadly complain of; but they do not mind the oath, as was evident on the day of attack by the French; for on that day ſeveral of them joined their countryrnen arrived from Martinique, and with large knives and piſtols ſtuck in their belts, were ready to aſſiſt to plunder and murder the Engliſh inhabitants, had the invaſion been made in the night.
