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Description Of The Island Of Trinidad,
Aranjuez , the 17 th of May , of the same year , was transmitted to Don Joseph Maria Chacon , the Governor of Trinidad , enjoining him to put a stop to such abuses , and to promise to return all such , fugitive Negroes as should be reclaimed , upon their property being regularly proved . Another and a very pleasing advantage will result , from our possession of Trinidadto his Majesty ' s other Islandsnamelfrom that
, , y , asylum which Trinidad afforded to fraudulent mortgagers , and other debtors , who sheltered themselves there , and by carrying off their slaves , deprived their creditors of the moveable part of their security , without which the remaining immoveable estate becomes com-r paratively of no value . . - From the enterprising spirit of our merchantsand from the
posi-, tion of the Island itself , adjoining to so rich a part of the Spanish Continent as the Caraccas , it may be foreseen that certain advantages are likely to result from their speculations , concurring at the same time with the inclination of the Spaniards themselves to traffic with 11 s . For this reason it were to be wished , that in carrying on the present war with Spainprotection should be offered to such of the
, inhabitants of the coasts as would join in liberating their com- ' merce , and to all Spanish vessels willing to engage in a direct trade with our Colonies . All depredations for the sake of plunder should therefore be avoided , and such measures encouraged as may tend to facilitate to the inhabitants of South America any disposition on their
part to shake off those onerous restrictions to which their Commons has so long been subjugated . Perhaps such measures would also contribute soon to relieve us from the present want of specie . But to revert to the state of the Island , it will be evident , that , in the first instance , Great Britain will reap very essential benefits from this capture , even in raw materials . At the same time , when the second point of view openswith a direct certainty of its affording a
, new market to all our manufactured goods , for so great an extent of Continent , where they will most infallibly find their way , and be sought after , surely this circumstance must convey to every mind another considerable benefit ; and a third advantage , if we mistake nor , . will occur by outward-bound ships from England having an opportunity of carrying out large assortments of dry goods from this
intercourse , so that their cargoes will in future produce all the profits of full freight instead of half frei g ht , with which they sail at present . In tins Island there are several English Planters , who went there to settle from many of the nei g hbouring British Islands , advantageous offers having been held-out to them by the Spanish Government . On taking the oath of allegiance to the Crown of Spaineach
, settler received a considerable grant of land near the coast , and in the most fertile parts of the country . This plan was adopted about six years ago ; and between that period and tlie commencement of the war with Spain , a considerable number of English have established themselves in the Island , which , although remarkable for its fertility , was but little cultivated by the Spanish inhabitants , whose .
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Description Of The Island Of Trinidad,
Aranjuez , the 17 th of May , of the same year , was transmitted to Don Joseph Maria Chacon , the Governor of Trinidad , enjoining him to put a stop to such abuses , and to promise to return all such , fugitive Negroes as should be reclaimed , upon their property being regularly proved . Another and a very pleasing advantage will result , from our possession of Trinidadto his Majesty ' s other Islandsnamelfrom that
, , y , asylum which Trinidad afforded to fraudulent mortgagers , and other debtors , who sheltered themselves there , and by carrying off their slaves , deprived their creditors of the moveable part of their security , without which the remaining immoveable estate becomes com-r paratively of no value . . - From the enterprising spirit of our merchantsand from the
posi-, tion of the Island itself , adjoining to so rich a part of the Spanish Continent as the Caraccas , it may be foreseen that certain advantages are likely to result from their speculations , concurring at the same time with the inclination of the Spaniards themselves to traffic with 11 s . For this reason it were to be wished , that in carrying on the present war with Spainprotection should be offered to such of the
, inhabitants of the coasts as would join in liberating their com- ' merce , and to all Spanish vessels willing to engage in a direct trade with our Colonies . All depredations for the sake of plunder should therefore be avoided , and such measures encouraged as may tend to facilitate to the inhabitants of South America any disposition on their
part to shake off those onerous restrictions to which their Commons has so long been subjugated . Perhaps such measures would also contribute soon to relieve us from the present want of specie . But to revert to the state of the Island , it will be evident , that , in the first instance , Great Britain will reap very essential benefits from this capture , even in raw materials . At the same time , when the second point of view openswith a direct certainty of its affording a
, new market to all our manufactured goods , for so great an extent of Continent , where they will most infallibly find their way , and be sought after , surely this circumstance must convey to every mind another considerable benefit ; and a third advantage , if we mistake nor , . will occur by outward-bound ships from England having an opportunity of carrying out large assortments of dry goods from this
intercourse , so that their cargoes will in future produce all the profits of full freight instead of half frei g ht , with which they sail at present . In tins Island there are several English Planters , who went there to settle from many of the nei g hbouring British Islands , advantageous offers having been held-out to them by the Spanish Government . On taking the oath of allegiance to the Crown of Spaineach
, settler received a considerable grant of land near the coast , and in the most fertile parts of the country . This plan was adopted about six years ago ; and between that period and tlie commencement of the war with Spain , a considerable number of English have established themselves in the Island , which , although remarkable for its fertility , was but little cultivated by the Spanish inhabitants , whose .