Bermuda, Jun-Sep 1848, Despatches : Charles Elliot, governor of Bermuda : Index; Newspaper clipping; Minutes; Financial document; Commission; List; Returns; Report; Correspondence Jun-Sep 1848.

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Despatches from Charles Elliot, governor of Bermuda. Described at item level. CO 37/122/1. Reports that that the Tenedos had been converted into a hospital hulk. Notes it was moored off of Boaz Island and had 147 patients on board. Explains arrangements made with the Admiral for stores supplied from the naval hospital. States the expense of the Tenedos. Convicts, No. 41, folios 5-10. 05/06/1848. CO 37/122/2. Forwards correspondence with the Admiral concerning the proposition to build a timber bridge between Ireland Island and Boaz Island at an estimated cost of £580. Explains that a temporary ferry service was about to be established. Convicts, No. 42, folios 11-26. 05/06/1848. CO 37/122/3. Reports that Mr Belam, who had commanded the Medway on its voyage to Bermuda, was returning to England on the steam ship Jay. Recommends him for a passage allowance. Separate, folios 27-29. 05/06/1848. CO 37/122/4. Forwards the convict labour returns for May. Convicts, No. 43, folios 30-40. 09/06/1848. CO 37/122/5. Forwards and comments on a list of 74 convicts recommended for pardons [not included in volume; sent to the Home Office]. Convicts, No. 44, folios 41-43. 19/06/1848. CO 37/122/6. Explains conditions under which the Reverend McLeod was employed to attend to the Roman Catholic convicts. Convicts, No. 45, folios 44-47. 19/06/1848. CO 37/122/7. Reports the arrangements made for the moorings of the various hulks at their respective stations. Convicts, No. 46, folios 48-50. 22/06/1848. CO 37/122/8. Reports the arrival of the convict John Mitchell in H M S Scourge. States measures adopted to receive him. Further reports on 704 recently arrived Irish convicts, many of whom were convicted of stealing food. Recommends selecting some of them for removal to Australia on tickets of leave. [Printed for Parliament April 1849.] Convicts, No. 47, folios 51-54. 22/06/1848. CO 37/122/9. Reports that Robert Kennedy had paid £1033 for the land he purchased in 1845. Encloses correspondence relative to the controversy concerning the form of conveyance. Executive, No. 48, folios 55-72. 23/06/1848. CO 37/122/10. Reports that it would cost £1400 to build a stone prison on Boaz Island. Requests permission to build two houses and a 1000-ton water tank on Boaz Island using convict labour. Convicts, No. 51, folios 73-86. 27/06/1848. CO 37/122/11. Reports that arrangements had been made for the half yearly transmission of convict Henry Nutley's pension. Convicts, No. 53, folios 87-89. 03/07/1848. CO 37/122/12. Reports having inspected the hospital hulk which housed 161 patients. Notes that convict John Mitchell was in the hospital. Encloses a medical certificate on Mitchell's health. Convicts, No. 54, folios 90-92. 04/07/1848. CO 37/122/13. Recommends that 68 Irish convicts under the age of 19 be removed from the hulks. Explains that all the teenagers had recently arrived in the Medway and Bangalore. Adds that twelve of the boys were under 16 years of age and that one was only 13 years old. Encloses a list of the boys [not included in volume; sent to the Home Office]. [Printed for Parliament April 1849.] Private and Confidential, folios 93-95. 03/07/1848. CO 37/122/14. States reasons for urging the construction of the houses on Boaz Island. Reports the misconduct of the Reverend McLeod who had introduced an 'inflammatory' newspaper on board the hulks. Also reports dismissing a convict guard for 'expressing strong feelings of sympathy for Mitchell'. Private, folios 96-100. 05/07/1848. CO 37/122/15. Requests permission to get bread for his family from the Commissary by paying for it at the regulated price. Unnumbered, folios 101-104. 07/07/1848. CO 37/122/16. Replies to enquiries regarding Herbert C Fletcher, discharged guard on the Coromandel. Convicts, No. 57, folios 105-106. 12/07/1848. CO 37/122/17. Reports giving £30 compensation to some of the inhabitants of Boaz Island to encourage them to leave the island immediately. Convicts, No. 58, folios 107-109. 13/07/1848. CO 37/122/18. Forwards the convict labour returns for June. Convicts, No. 59, folios 110-118. 14/07/1848. CO 37/122/19. Forwards a memorial from A M Lloyd, mate, asking to be transferred to the Convict Service in England. Notes that Lloyd had been in the service for 21 years. Convicts, No. 60, folios 119-121. 15/07/1848. CO 37/122/20. Reports arrangement made for the Reverend McLeod's salary for attending to Roman Catholic convicts. Convicts, No. 61, folios 122-123. 20/07/1848. CO 37/122/21. Forwards a list of 28 convicts who were unfit for labour on Public Works. Recommends them for pardons with passages to England or elsewhere. Notes that two of them were blind and recommends them for an annual allowance. Convicts, No. 63, folios 124-131. 24/07/1848. CO 37/122/22. Recommends that all contracts for convict supplies should be forwarded to England directly by the Commissary. Convicts, No. 64, folios 132-134. 25/07/1848. CO 37/122/23. Replies to enquiries regarding a convict named George Boxster Grundy. Convicts, No. 65, folios 135-137. 25/07/1848. CO 37/122/24. Forwards the names of two convicts recommend for pardons, as their names were mistakenly omitted from despatch No. 44 of 19 June. Convicts, No. 67, folios 139-143. 03/08/1848. CO 37/122/25. Forwards the attested lists of the four convict hulks for the quarter ending 30 June [not included in volume]. Convicts, No. 68, folio 144. 04/08/1848. CO 37/122/26. Forwards correspondence with the Reverend Morrison who complained of existing regulations concerning Presbyterian burials. Ecclesiastical, No. 69, folios 145-150. 15/08/1848. CO 37/122/27. Forwards and recommends an application for a retiring allowance from Guard Augustus Pearman, who had been in the service for 21 years. Convicts, No. 70, folios 151-156. 15/08/1848. CO 37/122/28. Requests instructions respecting the removal of pardoned convicts in response to Colonial Office despatch No. 198 which requested that they not be sent to Honduras or any other place that objected to receiving them. Encloses an extract of the Bermuda Act on the subject. Convicts, No. 71, folios 157-166. 21/08/1848. CO 37/122/29. Forwards the convict labour returns for July. Convicts, No. 72, folios 167-177. 24/08/1848. CO 37/122/30. Forwards an application for a retiring allowance from Quarter Master J B Cooper, who had served for 20 years. Convicts, No. 73, folios 178-182. 28/08/1848. CO 37/122/31. Forwards a copy of a clause proposed by the attorney general to be introduced in the Pilots Acts, but which was thrown out in the Assembly by twenty one to three votes. Executive, No. 74, folios 183-187. 28/08/1848. CO 37/122/32. Replies to enquiries respecting a deceased convict named James Young. Convicts, No. 75, folio 188. 28/08/1848. CO 37/122/33. Reports views on the defective state of representation in the Assembly, noting that the constituency consisted of 660 out of a population of 11,000. Notes that the pay of each Assembly member was eight shillings per day while sitting. Encloses a return of the registered freeholders 'distinguishing white from coloured persons'. Also encloses a return of the amount paid for legislation between 1844 an 1848, specifying the pay of the Privy Council, the Legislative Council and the Assembly. Private and Confidential, folios 189-200. 30/08/1848. CO 37/122/34. Reports that the conveyance of the land purchase by Robert Kennedy had been tendered to him but he still refused to accept it in its present form. Encloses correspondence concerning the matter. Executive, No. 76, folios 201-211. 04/09/1848. CO 37/122/35. Forwards a corrected requisition for the supply of convict stores for the year. Convicts, No. 77, folios 212-214. 04/09/1848. CO 37/122/36. Recommends that an extra member should be added to the Council. Submits the names of Joseph Wood, Samuel Saltus, and Dr T W Hunt as candidates. Executive, No. 78, folios 215-218. 05/09/1848. CO 37/122/37. Forwards two letters from R Baird that had accompanied a Bible sent as a present to Irish convict John Mitchell [Mitchel] from a lady in America who described herself as 'a daughter of one of the Patriots of 1798'. Notes that the bible, but not the letters, had been given to Mitchell. Private, folios 219-227. 05/09/1848. CO 37/122/38. Reports the case of a convict named Charles James converting to Catholicism.

Explains that the Reverend McLeod's desire to conduct a public ceremony on the occasion was prohibited by the governor as being 'highly improper' on board a hulk. Encloses a copy of a letter from James as well as his conviction list. Convicts, No. 79, folios 228-236. 09/09/1848. CO 37/122/39. Forwards the convict labour returns for August. Convicts, No. 80, folios 237-249. 19/09/1848. CO 37/122/40. Gives a detailed report on the convict John Mitchell [Mitchel] due to reports circulated in English newspapers. Reports on the state of his health, the kind of treatment he had received from the time of his arrival in Bermuda, and the

precautions taken to prevent him mixing with other Irish prisoners. Encloses report on his health by Medical Superintendent James Hall. Convicts, No. 81, folios 250-260. 21/09/1848. CO 37/122/41. Reports appointing George Cockburn Harvey as Receiver at St Georges. Recommend that he be allowed to hold that office in addition to his office in Customs. Executive, No. 82, folios 261-267. 25/09/1848. CO 37/122/42. States views on the treatment of convicts transported for political offences, with reference to J Mitchell [Mitchel]. Private, folios 268-273. 26/09/1848. CO 37/122/43. Forwards a copy of the governor's speech given at the closing of the Legislature on 28 September. Executive, No. 83, folios 274-277. 28/09/1848.

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AMDigital Reference:CO 37/122.

CO 37.