Commissioners for administering the government (1803 Dec). Offices and Individuals,...

Commissioners for administering the government (1803 Dec).

Offices and Individuals, part 1.

Colonel Fullarton to Lord Hobart; Fullarton submits three additional cases of crimes committed under General Picton; the case of the 60th Regiment and of the Hompesch Corps; the case of the execution of Jean Baptiste Richard; the case of various Mulattoes, free coloured persons and slaves; draft to Colonel Fullarton from?; Fullarton to Sullivan.

Trinidad 1803 Miscellaneous (request for a passport for Monsieur Honore Felia Layet; reports that Monsieur Honore Felia Layet is currently out of London; Mr Perceval discusses Colonel Fullarton; Mr Dawson discusses the geographical features of Trinidad; Henry Addington to ?; Charles York to Henry Addington; Alexander Macdonell to Charles York; Mr Macdonell discusses a bill to be introduced by Mr Wilberforce on behalf of the Highlanders; Mr Macdonell discusses emigration from the Highlands; Lands to be sold in the County of Inverness; proposals for establishing a Colony of Highlanders in the Island of Trinidad; recommending letter in favour of John Waters; Alexander Walker to John Sullivan; Mr Colquhoun to John Sullivan; a plan for encouraging young women to become free settlers in the Island of Trinidad; Mr Colquhoun to John Sullivan; the memorial of Andrew Mackenzie of the Island of Tortola; George Adderly describes the situation in Trinidad; Mr Ross to John Sullivan; suggestion that the Glengarry Regiment be sent to Trinidad; Alexander Macdonell discusses the Highlanders' emigration to Trinidad; Charles Reilly applies to go to Trinidad; George Adderly proposes that Governor Picton should be removed from office; Adderly encloses a list of resolutions proposed in the Cabildo the day before; John Mell to John Sullivan; John Burke reports that Colonel Fullarton has partially withdrawn from office; William Moody requests a passage to Trinidad; reference for William Moody; John Mell to John Sullivan; the Attorney General encloses documents concerning the dispute between Commissioners Picton and Fullarton; John Shaw and Thomas Higham enclose a memorial which they have presented to General Grinfield and Colonel Fullarton; the memorial reports that Shaw and Higham have been dismissed by Picton from seditious conduct; notice to meet at Mr Wharton's tavern; address to the King celebrating peace with France; request to forward the address to the King; notice that the address requires signatures; George Adderly describes the faulty administration of justice on the Island; a General Statement of the population, agriculture, stock employed in Husbandry, and of the Manufactories of the Island of Trinidad, according to the Returns; George Baillie encloses two letters for John Sullivan and Lord Hobart; extract of a letter from James Rigby; memorial presented to the Commissioners stating the necessity for a small Colonial Copper Coinage; James Rigby to George Baillie; extract of letter from John Paterson; McKinzie and Rigby to John Paterson; James Rigby to George Baillie; Charles Hayes points out the lack of regular and efficient laws in Trinidad; Lord Sheffield encloses a memorial for Lord Hobart; memorial by Samuel Span applying for a grant of crown lands adjacent to his own; Samuel Span to Lord Sheffield; Kenneth MacQueen outlines plans for a Chinese colony in the West Indies; Downing Street to MacQueen; memorandum relating to the introduction of Chinese Settlers into the West India Islands; George Baillie, relative to the Commissioners of Trinidad; James Rigby to George Baillie; Major General Clapham to Lord Hobart; Sir Evan Neveau encloses report for Lord Hobart by Captain Columbine of the shipUlysses; copy of above report; Sir Evan Neveau encloses letter from Commodore Hood for the information of Lord Hobart; copy of above letter; Captain Columbine to Commodore Hood; Colonel Shipley to General Grinfield; instructions to families proceeding to settle in Trinidad; a plan proposed to Government by Mr Turner to encourage Highlanders to settle in Trinidad instead of America; John Mell to John Sullivan; W Adam to John Sullivan; Petition by William Russell Minchin stating that he has been sent off the Island of Trinidad by Governor Picton; George Baillie to John Sullivan; James Rigby to George Baillie; H Perceval to Sir John Field; extract of Messrs McKenzie, Rigby and Co's letter to George Baillie; George Baillie with enclosures; James Rigby reports disorder in the Colony; Governors Picton and Hood proclaim that Colonel Fullarton is no longer officiating in Trinidad; Memorial by Merchants and Planters; John Sargeant reports that Mathematical Instruments have been completed for the Department of Surveyor General; George Adderly states that he hopes to be reimbursed for the journey from Trinidad; George Adderly states that he has had his affairs unsettled by having to come to England; Archibald Gloster to Lord Hobart; copy of Mr Gloster's Commission as Attorney General of St Vincent; James Robertson's application for the post of Surveyor General; Offering to His Majesty of a Great Seal to be made use of within the Government of the Island of Trinidad; Mr Woodyear to Lord Hobart; Mr Woodyear's application to resign his post; Archibald Gloster to Lord Hobart; Colonel Fullarton annonces the suspension of Archibald Gloster; Archibald Gloster gives his answers to the charges; resolution of the Council sent to Mr Fullarton; charges against Mr Joseph Timbrell, Surgeon of His Majesty's Ordnance; extract of Mr Alcala's deposition before the Council; Members of the Council to Lord Hobart; Members of the Council decline the summons of Colonel Fullarton; Mr Woodyear to Lord Hobart; letter from Antonio Andila (in Spanish); statement from Antonio Andila (in Spanish); The Commission in Council orders the suspension of Don Francisco De Castro; Order to the Alcaldes that the Public Records taken by Mr De Castro must be recovered; Fullarton to George Adderly; Colonel Fullarton to the Commissioners; letter from Manuel de Garmendia (in Spanish); as above; J King to John Sullivan; Earl of Moina to Lord Pelham; request by Thomas Brown to relinquish his lands in the Bahamas in return for lands in Trinidad; Inventory and appraisement of the real and personal property belonging to Thomas Brown; Cornwallis to Thomas Brown; testimonial about Thomas Brown by the Earl of Moina; Archibald Gloster to John Sullivan; affidavit by Thomas Kenny; statement by Archibald Gloster; HRH the Duke of York to Lord Hobart; Picton to the Duke of York; the Duke of York to Mr Brownigg; Thomas Picton to Lord Hobart; reply from Lord Hobart; Thomas Picton requests certain Officers to give evidence on his behalf; Thomas Picton requests that certain Official correspondence be laid before the Privy Council; extract of a letter from Henry Dundas to Colonel Picton; as above; Lord Hobart to Colonel Picton; as above; letter from the principle inhabitants of Trinidad to the Duke of Portland and to Henry Dundas; address of the principle Proprietors and Inhabitants of the said Island to Brigadier Picton; letter from the Cabildo to Brigadier Picton; report by John Black of a meeting of the British Inhabitants of Trinidad; W H Clinton to John Sullivan; Mrs Fullarton to Commodore Hood respecting Mrs Timbrell; Commodore Hood to Mrs Fullarton; Mrs Fullarton's response; Commodore Hood to Mrs Fullarton; Mrs Fullarton's letter to Commodore Hood and his answer; the address of the principal Proprietors of the Island to Brigadier Picton; Commodore Hood to Mrs Fullarton; General & Brigade Orders; Militia Orders; note to Commodore Hood)

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