Letters from various offices (government departments and other organisations) and...

Letters from various offices (government departments and other organisations) and individuals on matters related to Bermuda. Correspondents and subjects are as follows:

Offices:

• Admiralty (alleged illegal trial of Mr Lawson for forgery in the Piracy Court);
• Council Office (transportation of felons to New South Wales and Bermuda);
• Board of Trade (tonnage duty on American ships trading with Bermuda);
• Law Officers (dispute between Sir W Lumley and certain inhabitants, G Hunt's petition regarding the seizure of his ship off Guadeloupe);
• James Stephen, Legal Adviser (Churchwardens Barsham and Till case, charges against Sir William Lumley, Mr Holland's case);
• War Office (Lieutenant McGoldrick's income as Deputy Secretary);
• Navy Office (shipment of Attorney General Holland's books, payment of the freight for Sir William Lumley's baggage);
• Treasury (payment of signal man by colony, governor's allowance for a private secretary).

Individuals:

• Adlington Gregory & Faulkner (terms for copying Sir William Lumley's petition);
• Anonymous (newspaper copy of charges against Sir William Lumley);
• Charles M Burrell (sends petition [not included]);
• Thomas Butterfield (asks reason for his recall);
• Edward Cole (refutes charges against Mr Holland);
• Frederick Collins (settlement of claim against Mr Holland);
• S Cock (sends petition of Bermuda Assembly against Sir William Lumley);
• William Everett (Mr Holland's case);
• Edward Ellice (sends letters regarding charges against Sir William Lumley, intent to bring Sir Lumley's administration before the House);
• Fownes & White (sends minute of proceedings in actions against Sir William Lumley);
• William Fahie, Rear Admiral (requests governorship of Berbice);
• Greenwood & Cox (cost of freighting Sir W Lumley's baggage);
• W Holt (alleged obstruction of his duty by Haley and others, danger posed to himself and property);
• G Hodgson (Chief Justice Esten's pension);
• James Holland (charges against him: Privy Council proceedings, estate of Reverend Richard Webb; his passage, occurrence of smuggling, thanks for appointment, salary, accusation against navy for carrying goods from Halifax to Bermuda, importation of tar and rosin, case of forgery tried in the Piracy Court, insults and libels against the governor by John Till and others, retiring of petit jury before giving a verdict, requests interview in England, appointment of local coroner in St Georges, claim of Assembly to audit accounts);
• J R Judge (law respecting the clergy);
• Robert Kennedy (charges brought against Sir William Lumley by the Assembly, support for his application for appointment as superintendent of convicts);
• Robert Payne (Mr Holland's case);
• William Smith (Custom's appointment for his son Samuel, removal of the 'alien' printer);
• William Tucker and Joseph S Hunter, Justices of the Peace (newspaper copy of protest to which their names are attached).

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