Refers to trials of individuals from the Fedon Revolution; states 'The satisfaction...

Refers to trials of individuals from the Fedon Revolution; states 'The satisfaction His Majesty felt at the prospect of the transquility which he trusts will be restored in the Island of Grenada, has been much impaired by the very extraordinary & unparallelled proceeding of the Court appointed to try the Rebels. That the wanton, and almost unheard of acts of Barbarity and Cruelty which have been committed by them should have inflamed, to the highest degree, the minds of the Inhabitants of every description, is not to be wondered at, and the several acts of retaliation might have desired some excuse from the provocations which have given rise to them. But when the enemy was subdued, when the Traitors were disarmed, & in our power, and subject to the Justice of the Country, I should never have thought it possible that the Spirit of Revenge could have possessed itself of British Minds, and I should have been more apprehensive of the Lenity than of the Severity of my Countrymen. When I find then that a Court of Justice composed, as I take for granted of every thing in Grenada, that Character, that ability, that property can render fit for the Choice, and in which there are Names to which have been always used to look with respect & confidence, can so far deviate from the feelings natural to their Countrymen, as to be capable of entertaining sentiments of so sanguinary a cast, as to transport them beyond the bounds of Duty to their Sovereign, and respect for the National Character, for the purpose of remonstrating against any indication of Mercy, after fourteen miserable Wretches had suffered the punishment due to their crimes; I am really at a loss for terms to express my indignation and astonishment ...'

Duke of Portland, Secretary of State, Whitehall, Folios 238 - 242.