Correspondence from the War Office and from various individuals. Many of the latter...

CO 37/181

1861

Correspondence from the War Office and from various individuals. Many of the latter are Convict Department employees and their relatives. Correspondents and subjects are as follows. Names of another 30 individuals are listed in the index to the volume, but their letters are not included.

War Office (approves Governor's request to purchase forage, approves grant of a free discharge to Sergeant Adams of the Royal Engineers to take up the post of foreman of carpenters in the Convict Establishment, asks when Sergeant Adams' appointment will be made, does not approve that Lieutenant Pye of the 53rd Regiment should retain his military half-pay if he takes up the appointment of Deputy Comptroller of the Convict Establishment, have directed immediate supply of medicines and medical equipment requried [2 items], requests opinion on complaint of the Commanding Royal Engineer that the duties of his department are delayed by the requirement that he also serve as president of the Convict Finance Committee, efficient performance by Deputy Commissary General Routh of his duties, request of Governor of Bermuda that he be allowed to receive rations of bread and meat from the Commissariat for his family and personal staff, proposed abolition of the Convict Establishment at Bermuda [2 items], asks when Colonel Freeman Murray ceased to receive salary as Governor of Bermuda and what civil pension has been awarded, superintendence by Royal Engineers of convict works, occupation of two cottages on Boaz Island by Commissariat officers, supply of guns, another company of Royal Engineers to be sent to Bermuda to meet urgent demands for artificers and labourers to assist in placing works in an efficient state);

Individuals:

• Michael Adams (requests advance of pay following his discharge from the Royal Engineers as his civil appointment is not yet to commence);
• E Brown (requests news of Thomas Brown, a warder in the Convict Establishment);
• Cox and Company (forwards salary certificate for the Governor [5 items]);
• Mary Clark (seeks assistance in recovering cash belonging to her late father);
• W H Dickey, Assistant Surgeon (reports his return from Bermuda in medical charge of 108 returned convicts, requests escort allowance and travel expenses within UK);
• Mr Douglas, Assistant Overseer (reports his return from Bermuda in charge of a party overseeing the conveyance of 108 convicts,gives details of pay and expenses incurred and encloses copy of instructions issued by the Governor; requests pay due to him, requests passage allowance);
• P Dempsey, Warder (requests pay, expenses and instructions as to his return to Bermuda);
• Dr C F Edwards, Chief Medical Officer (requests extension of his leave on full pay in view of his daughter's continuing ill-health);
• C W Fryer (asks if Principal Warder Henry Rance has left Bermuda or is likely to do so this summer);
• J B Foggo, Assistant Surgeon (requests leave and a return passage to Bermuda [2 items]);
• James A Farquhar, Overseer (requests refund of passage expenses [2 items]);
• Thomas Gabe (requests news of J D Buckley);
• Messrs C & W Gray (request payment of Mr Brownlow Gay's salary);
• Seth Harvey, Solicitor General (requests a salary, seeks appointment to the post of Attorney General);
• William Henshall (petition in favour of his son Moses Henshall who he considers innocent of a charge of rape for which he is now imprisoned at Bermuda [petition counter-signed by 24 residents of Hanley, Staffordshire]);
• J Hatfield (payment of money due to him [2 items]);
• Joseph Kemp (his resignation from the Convict Establishment);
• Robert Kennedy, Member of Council and former Colonial Secretary (supports application of Seth Harvey for post of Attorney General);
• Cyrus King, Assistant Warder (requests escort allowance, expenses and leave [3 items]);
• Lieutenant James R R Lilburn, Deputy Comptroller of Convict Establishment (appeals against charges of inefficiency and requests that enquiries be made of the Governor);
• Samuel Lee, Assistant Warder (requests his pay for June and July, requests an improvement in his position);
• Colonel Freeman Murray, former Governor of Bermuda (reports his arrival in London and requests his travelling expenses);
• Henry Malone, Second Class Clerk (requests lodging allowance and leave in connection with escort duty, seeks alternative employment perhaps in Western Australia);
• John Mahon (his return to Bermuda);
• John Newbury, former warder (claims lodging allowance [4 items], states that his rank in the Crimea was sub-superintendent in Land Transport Corps Turkish Contingent);
• Colonial Harry St George Ord, Governor of Bermuda (states that his personal expenses incurred in visiting prisons at Portland and Portsmouth amounted to £10);
• Lieutenant Charles Pye (his appointment to post of Deputy Comptroller [3 items];
• George Platt, former Assistant Warden (claims payment of arrears owed to him),;
• M Palmer (asks for news of Dr Burton);
• H Rance, Principal Warden (his return to Bermuda and request for current month's pay);
• Miss Russell daughter of Henry Heathcote Russell, Clerk of Works (requests assistance to return to Bermuda);
• William Richardson, Assistant Warder (requests advance of pay [2 items], applies for leave);
• Duncan Stewart (states that the memorial obelisk to the late Governor of Bermuda Sir William Reid is now ready and asks if it can be transported free of charge);
• Mrs E C Smith (arrangements for joining her husband in Bermuda);
• R W Smith, Assistant Warder (requests a passage for his wife);
• George Spurling, Warder, and Assistant Warders John Mahon, William Richardson, and James McKeenan (request payment of escort allowances and one month's pay);
• Reverend Dr Tucker, Rector of St George's, Bermuda (requests an extension of leave);
• Henry Trotter (applies for the post of Deputy Comptroller of the Convict Establishment [3 items]);
• James Thomson (requests freight payment in respect of the ship Danubio, chartered to convey convicts from Bermuda to the UK [2 items]);
• John Wellman, Assistant Warder (his return to Bermuda [3 items]);
• Bridget Williams (requests news of her brother Michael Burke);
• George Woollington (requests information about Richard Annis and William Roach, both claiming to have been appointed to posts in Bermuda and requesting assistance with travelling expenses);
• Joseph Yarnold, convict at Bermuda (reports antagonism and acts of violence between Irish and English convicts and requests protection);
• N Young, Assistant Overseer (reports arrival of the Danubio from Bermuda with 255 convicts; requests return passage and railway fare, states that captain and owners of the Danubio fulfilled their part of the contract to the satisfaction of everyone on board).

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