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"THAT fort St George, and the town of Madrafs, and their dependencies, that 21st day of September, at two o'clock in the "afternoon, should be delivered up to Monfieur de la Bourdonnais, with the whole garrifon, officers, foldiers, and council; and all"the English in general, that were in the fort and town, fhould remain prisoners of war.

"THAT all the council, officers, fervants, "and other English gentlemen of the better "fort, fhould have liberty to go and come "wherever it should feem good to them, even to "Europe, on condition that they should not

bear arms against France, offenfively or de"fenfively, till they were exchanged, according to the terms prefcribed to the French by "Mr Barnet.

"THAT to facilitate the English gentlemen "the ransome of the place, and to render valid

the acts which fhould in confequence pafs, the "governor and council fhould ceafe to be prifo"ners of war, the moment they should enter "into negotiation, and Monfieur de la Bour"donnais obliged himself to give them an au"thentic act twenty-four hours before the first fitting.

"THAT the articles of the capitulation being "figned, thofe of the ransome should be regu"lated amicably between Monfieur de la Bour

donnais, and the English governor, or his de"puties, who fhould engage to give up, in good

faith, all the effects, merchandize already re"ceived from the merchants, or to be received, "the books of accounts, magazines, arfenals,

veffels, ammunition, and provifion, and all

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other goods belonging to the company, with- CHAP out being permitted to referve any thing, I whether in matters of gold or filver, merchandize, moveables, or other effects what 1746. "ever, contained in the fort, the town, or "fuburbs, to whomfoever they belonged, with"out excepting any thing, in fuch manner as "was the right of war.

"THAT the garrifon fhould be conducted to fort St David, as prifoners of war; and if, by ranfome, the town of Madrafs fhould "be re-delivered, the English fhould be at liberty to repoffefs, their garrifon to defend themfelves against the country people, for which there fhould be returned to the French, "by the English, an equal number of prifoners, "and if they had not, at prefent, a fufficient "number of them, the firt Frenchmen that "fhould be made prifoners after the capitula"tion, fhould be free to the complete number "of their garrifon.

THAT the failors fhould be fent to Cuddalore, and the exchange of them should begin "with thofe who were actually then at Pondi"cherry, and the others fhould pafs in their "own fhips to England; but they could not "bear arms againft France until an exchange "had been made of a like number of failors in "India or Europe, but in India by preference.

"THAT, on thefe conditions, the water-gate "fhould be delivered up to Monfieur de la Bourdonnais; at two o'clock in the afternoon, the gates of the town fhould be relieved by his troops; and they fhould make a declaration, to Monfieur de la Bourdonnais, of all mines, "countermines, and other fubterraneous works charged with powder."

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lowed, of course, he had in his power only this' 1746. alternative, either to deftroy fuch as he fhould become master of, or treat for a ranfome: the latter was the more adapted to his intereft; and, as he had only agreed that it fhould be regulated in a friendly manner, the British deputies demanded of him a further explanation; when he made them this anfwer: "Gentlemen, I do not "fell honour: the flag of my king fhall fly over "Madrass, or I will die at the foot of the walls: in regard to the ranfome of the town, and in every thing that is interefting, you fhall be fatisñed with me; (and, taking "the hat of one of the deputies, he faid) here

is nearly the manner how we will regulate "matters; this hat is worth fix rupees, you "fhall give me three or four for it, and fo of "the relt."

MR HALLYBURTON returned about noon, to the governor, with thefe conditions, figned by the French commodore; and Mr Monfon was detained in the camp till an anfwer was received from the governor: but Mr Hallyburton returned to the camp, in the afternoon, with the articles of furrender accepted and figned by the governor; upon which Monfieur de la Bourdonnais entered the town, with part of his men, the reft remaining in the camp. The magazines, warehouses, and other places, were delivered over to the French officers and commiffaries, and the English foldiers and failors were carried on board the French fhips in the road while the governor and council fettled, with the French commodore, the price of the ranfome, at 1,100,000 pagodas, or 421,666 7. 13 s. 4 d.

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in an affair of this importance, was totally "void; that they annulled it, and regarded it as "if no fuch thing had happened; and that affairs "at Madrafs fhould reft upon the foot they were "the moment that the capitulation was figned." To this Governor Morfe, on the 25th of September, returned them a counter inftrument, in the name of his Britannic Majefty and the EaftIndia-Company, "Protefting against all those "who might oppofe the full and entire executi"on of the capitulation, and the conditions "agreed upon; rendering them refponsible for "all that might happen thereupon: he com

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plained farther of the injurious fufpicions that "had been scattered in public, that the English "would not fulfil their engagements; and re"prefented that if the British hoftages, if the "parole of honour of all Madrals, were not

fufficient to fatisfy the French gentlemen of "Pondicherry; the refpect which was due to a "nation like his, ought, at least to have fufVOL. IV. "pended

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1746. COMMODORE DE LA BOUR DONNA IS was inclinable to perfect the treaty of ranfome; but, though he had put Monfieur de Paradis, who had been appointed by the governor of Pondicherry to command the city of Madrass, andfeveral of his officers, under an arreft, the commodore was obliged to revoke the terms of the ranfome, and re-demand the parole he had given to the British governor, and council; who, on the 13th of November, were carried prifoners to Pondicherry, while the rest of the English inhabitants were ordered to quit Madrafs: upon which they difperfed to different places, leaving the French in poffeffion of all their effects. The promife of a ranfome was the principal inducement, that prevailed on Governor Morse, to make fo fpeedy a furrender; and if the French had not fo perfidioufly broke their engagement, the price of the ranfome would have been a very favourable circumftance to the English company for the French obtained a booty of filver, woollen goods, velvets, copper, iron, lead, and' fiores for ufe and fale, to the value of 73,000/; in-plate, furniture, mint neceffaries, and other fmall articles, 12,000/; 1,600 bales of callicoes, 7,000 bags of falt petre, and 800 landies of redwood, valued at 72,800l. prime coft, in all, 157,800/; they alfo took the Princess Mary, with the Mermaid and Advice, fnows employed in the fervice of the company; to which might be added a much more confiderable fum," from the deprivation of fo important a branch of commerce, and the lofs of revenues; befides the expence of the public buildings, which coft upwards