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Of whom may be had, compleat Sets from the Beginning to this Time, neatly Bound, or Stitch'd, or any fingle Month to complete Sers. THE LONDON MAGAZINE. APRIL, 1749. As we gave fome Advices in our laft, p. 143, of the French beginning to fettle in Tobago, and as this Affair has fince made a great deal of Noife, we shall lay before our Readers fome Papers relating to it; and fball begin with the following fuccin& Account of that Ifland." T A HE island of Tobago lies in 11° 15′ N. lat. and is the moft to the east of all the islands called Antilles : It is about 12 leagues in length, 4 in breadth, and 30 in Circumference. It originally belonged to us, for in 1628, we find that K. Charles I. granted it, together B with Trinity-Ifland, Barbuda, and St. Bernard, to Philip earl of Pembroke and Montgomery; but it does not appear, that ever any fettlement was made thereon, in confequence of this grant. In 1642, or thereabouts, the Dutch from Flushing fent a confiderable colony thither, who fixed themselves very commodiously; and tho' at first they found the climate fickly and unwholfome, yet, by degrees, as they cleared it, the air agreed with them better, and they began to extend their fettlements. The Spaniards however, from the island of Trinity, in Conjunction with the favages from St. Vincent, fell upon the Dutch, murdered them to a man, and deftroyed their plantations: After which the island lay for feveral years defert. new colony, from the fubjects of that Upon these encouragements the two C About the year 1664, M. Adrian Lampfin, a Dutch Eaft-India director, and his brother M. Cornelius Lampfin, burgomaster of Flufbing, one of the deputies to the ftates-general from the province of Zealand, formed a defign of re-fettling this inland entirely at their own expence. M. E Cornelius Lampfin, after obtaining a license for that purpose from the states, applied himself to the crown of France, in order to prevent, if poffible, any danger to his April, 1749. They raifed befides, all forts of grain and provifions, in quantities fufficient for their own ufe, and for exportation to the other islands. But in 1678, marthal d'Eftrees, by the exprefs command of his mafter, Lewis XIV, failed with a great fleet to deftroy this very fettlement, notwithstand. ing it had been made under his protection, and by his encouragement; for, it seems, it is one of the privileges of the barons of France, to be beggared and deftroyed whenever their grand monarch pleases; which U 2 with with fome difficulty was accomplished, for the Durch defended themiclves obitinately, but after two hard-fought general engagements they were defeated, or rather overpowered by numbers, and the colony totally ruined. By the treaty of Nimeguen this ifland was reftored to the Dutch, and fome, tho' but A faint, efforts were made for repairing a few of their fettlements; but lying as it did in the neighbourhood of St. Vincent, ftill in the poffeffion of the natives, who are favages, they gave them fo much difturbance, that the Dutch were forced to quit it, and it has fince remained defert; and by reafon of its fituation feldom visited B by Europeans. It is easy to perceive from hence, that the Dutch may plead a title to it against France, and that under the authority of treaties; but if one may venture to speak truth, it would be a difficult task for either nation to make title to it, Ince it was firit claimed, and possession taken for the crown of England. Afterwards the duke of Courland, at a very great ex- C pence, made a fettlement upon it, and that he might have a clear title, procured a grant of it from K. Charles II. He was difpoffeffed of it by the Dutch in the first war, in favour of the Zealanders beforementioned, who, for the fake of being better fupported, put themselves likewise under the protection of the crown of. D France; and this was the fource of the pretensions of that crown, which, if juftified by any thing, it must be by the fubfequent conqueft; and yet nothing is clearer, than that this deftroys all claim of right, as again the title by conqueft is deftroyed by the treaty beforementioned ; and confequently, the right to the island of Tobago remains in the fame fituation with E respect to all other powers, fave France and Holland only, as before the Zealanders attempted to settle it, that is, it belongs to the dukes of Courland, as a fief held by them from the crown of Great Britain. Copy of a Letter from Barbadoes, dated Feb. 8, 1748. S Dear Sir, F INCE my laft to you of the 23d of Jan. capt. Tyrrell has returned with the hips under his command. On his arrival, his excellency called the council, which fat yesterday, and capt. Tyrrell made his report to them, That he had with the fquadron been round the island of Tobago; in one of the bays called Great Bockley Bay, G he difcovered two fhips, which he took to be French men of war, ftanding into it ; the Chesterfield run upon a rock, however foon got off, and ftood further in; but finding it very fhoal water, and not one pilot knowing the way into it, he could not venture into it that night. In the mean time, the French commodore fent a boat on board, with his fecond captain, with compliments, and to know if he wanted any affistance. He told him he did not, but defired to know what business thofe hips had there. The officer told him, they were fettling the inland, as it belonged to them, and they were fent from Breft for that purpose. Upon which capt. Tyrell told him, he would foon be in, and drive him away from thence for attempting it. Night coming on, the English tips kept their wind, to be ready to go into the bay the next morning, but they fell to leeward, and fo were obliged to go into, and anchor in the next bay to leeward; but the French, fufpecting he was come to attack them, kept a watch upon our ships, that when they got under fail, they had notice, fo that they got under fail in the night, and ran away, it is thought, to Martinique, to acquaint their general, and get further orders, and more forces. They have two batteries with 8 cannon each, which, Tyrrell fays, have 100 and odd foldiers in them, but don't think they have any great number of inhabitants as yet in the island; and therefore at that time, had he power to act according to his inclinations, he could have drove them off, and taken away their guns; but he believes they will foon bring on much larger forces, and more families to fettle. Capt. Tyrrell brought with him from Tobago M. Caylus's infolent proclamation publifhed there, afferting their incontestable right not only to that ifland, but to St. Vincent's, St. Lucia, Dominico, and almoft all the Caribbee iflands, and forbidding any Englishman and others from those islands, which he will defend and protect against all powers whatever; a copy of which proclamation goes to the board of trade, and duke of Bedford, with an address from the legislative of this inland, by a veffel taken up and fent exprefs, praying his majefty's interpofition, and faving his fugar colonies. Capt. Tyrrell fails in a week with the other ships (except the Richmond) for Antigua; fo the French will have nothing to hinder their progrefs, and fettling that ifland, till directions come from England. |