Barbados, Jul-Dec 1845, Despatches : Charles Edward Grey, governor of Barbados : Index; Report; Indenture; Financial document; Returns; Acts and Legislation; List; Legal document; Correspondence Jul-Dec 1845.

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Despatches from Charles Edward Grey, governor of Barbados. Details are given at item level. CO 28/162/1. Forwards the usual certificate in support of his salary. General No. 20, folios 2-3A. 03/07/1845. CO 28/162/2. Reports that nine months' leave of absence has been granted to James Walker, colonial secretary and clerk of the Council, on grounds of ill health. Recommends Mr Spencer to fill the temporary vacancy. Barbados No. 39, folios 4-11. 08/07/1845. CO 28/162/3. Forwards correspondence from the Bishop of Barbados and list of clergy receiving stipends from the Treasury. General No. 21, folios 12-16. 09/07/1845. CO 28/162/4. Acknowledges receipt of certain despatches. General No. 22, folios 17-17A. 10/07/1845. CO 28/162/5. Encloses duplicate certificate in support of his salary. General No. 23, folios 18-19A. 16/07/1845. CO 28/162/6. Acknowledges receipt of despatch referring to complaints about the mail service to St Vincent, and gives his views on the matter. General No. 24, folios 20-27. 19/07/1845. CO 28/162/7. Reports further on the grant of leave to Mr Walker, the colonial secretary, and encloses a copy of the commission appointing George Hallam Spencer to the temporary vacancy. Barbados No. 40, folios 28-32. 11/07/1845. CO 28/162/8. Submits for consideration a printed copy of Act No. 843, An Act to amend an Act, entitled,'An Act to amend the Representation of the people of this Island, and to declare who shall be liable to serve on Juries'. Barbados No. 41, folios 33-35. 19/07/1845. CO 28/162/9. Forwards copies of correspondence and other documents from the lieutenant governor and Legislature of Nova Scotia relating to their grant of $4000 to aid sufferers from the Bridgetown fire. Barbados No. 42, folios 36-42. 23/07/1845. CO 28/162/10. Forwards return of the stipendiary and police magistrates serving during the quarter ending 30 June 1845. Barbados No. 43, folios 43-44. 23/07/1845. CO 28/162/11. Forwards copy of a letter from the Bishop of Barbados referring to the grant of leave to the Reverend Richard Johnson Rock and the Reverend William Walrond Jackson, and to arrangements made for covering their duties. Barbados No. 44, folios 45-48. 23/07/1845. CO 28/162/12. Acknowledges receipt of certain despatches. General No. 25, folios 49-49A. 24/07/1845. CO 28/162/13. Further to previous correspondence reports that the authorities in St Vincent and St Lucia have no objection to the recent appointments of United States consular agents there. Reports further that the US consul in Barbados wishes to appoint Mr W J Trowbridge as acting consul during his absence from the island. General No. 26, folios 50-58. 04/08/1845. CO 28/162/14. Reports that four months' leave of absence has been granted to Captain Cuppage, the senior stipendiary magistrate and judge of the Court of Appeal. Mr Edward H Moore, the senior police magistrate at Bridgetown, has been appointed to cover the post. Barbados No. 45, folios 59-65. 04/08/1845. CO 28/162/15. Forwards duplicate copy of the Act concerning representation of the people and jury service [not in item]. Barbados No. 46, folios 66-67. 07/08/1845. CO 28/162/16. Encloses a statement of the assets and liabilities of the West India Bank for the half year ending 31 December 1844, together with an explanatory letter from the secretary. Barbados No. 47, folios 68-76. 07/08/1845. CO 28/162/17. Forwards for consideration a printed copy of Act No. 844, 'An Act for granting a certain sum of money towards the support of the General Hospital of this Island'. Barbados No. 48, folios 77-79. 07/08/1845. CO 28/162/18. Forwards for consideration printed copies of three Acts: No. 845, 'An Act to authorise Thomas Phillips Gittens to erect a Bathing House in the sea opposite his Property called Cane Vale situate in the Parish of Christ Church'; No. 846, 'An Act to authorise John Henry Foderingham to erect a Bathing House in the sea adjoining his premises in Lower Bay Street in the City of Bridgetown in this Island'; No. 847, 'An Act to authorise George Francis Benskin to erect a Bathing House in the sea adjoining his premises in Lower Bay Street in the City of Bridgetown in this Island'. Barbados No. 49, folios 80-84. 07/08/1845. CO 28/162/19. Acknowledges receipt of certain despatches. General No. 27, folios 85-85A. 08/08/1845. CO 28/162/20. Forwards duplicate copies of three Acts authorising the construction of bathing houses [not in item]. Barbados No. 50, folios 86-87. 20/08/1845. CO 28/162/21. Forwards duplicate copy of Act granting money towards support of the hospital [not in item]. Barbados No. 51, folios 88-89. 20/08/1845. CO 28/162/22. Forwards for consideration a printed copy of Act No. 848, 'An Act for granting a further sum of money to complete the Buildings and enclosure of the Lunatic Asylum, and for furnishing the same'. Barbados No. 52, folios 90-92. 22/08/1845. CO 28/162/23. Acknowledges receipt of despatch of 30 June and explains his reasons for not insisting on the re-printing of Act No. 840, 'to amend the laws relating to jurors and juries' despite various errors. Forwards another copy corrected and initialled by himself. Barbados No. 53, folios 93-100. 24/08/1845. CO 28/162/24. Acknowledges receipt of certain despatches. General No. 28, folios 101-101A. 24/08/1845. CO 28/162/25. Acknowledges receipt of despatch of 11 July and forwards copies of previous correspondence relating to the escheated property of Georgiana Adamson. Barbados No. 54, folios 102-110. 28/08/1845. CO 28/162/26. Forwards duplicate copy of Act No. 848 relating to the building of the Lunatic Asylum [not in item]. Barbados No. 55, folios 111-112. 29/08/1845. CO 28/162/27. Forwards manuscript and printed reports of the police magistrates together with the tabular summary prepared by the three stipendiary magistrates who are judges of the Assistant Court of Appeal. Notes that the reports are generally favourable, and that the island is 'more generally prosperous than it ever was before'. Is concerned, however, that there are 'elements of discord amongst the middle and upper classes'. Barbados No. 56, folios 113-176. 04/09/1845. CO 28/162/28. Forwards for consideration printed copy of Act No. 849, 'An Act to afford increased accommodation to Jurors, Witnesses, and others, attending the Courts of Common Pleas, Grand Sessions, and other Courts'. Barbados No. 57, folios 177-179. 04/09/1845. CO 28/162/29. Further to previous correspondence forwards another letter from the secretary of the West India Bank explaining the reasons for the whole of the capital not being paid up. Barbados No. 58, folios 180-193. 06/09/1845. CO 28/162/30. Forwards for consideration printed copy of Act No. 850, 'An Act for granting a further Sum of Money for the relief of gthe more Indigent Sufferers by the disastrous fire in the City of Bridge Town'. With return showing value of losses sustained. Barbados No. 59, folios 195-199. 06/09/1845. CO 28/162/31. Forwards for consideration printed copies of three Acts: No. 851, 'An Act to remit to Messrs Henry Moore, Charles Moore, John Donnelly, Robert George Barrow, and James Henry Donnelly, Merchants, the Colonial Duties paid by them on certain goods consumed by the late Fire in the City of Bridge Town'; No. 852, 'An Act to remit to Messrs Thomas Hardy, John Peter Hardy, and Henry Hardy, Merchants, the Duties paid by them on certain goods consumed by the late Fire in the City of Bridge Town'; No. 853, 'An Act to authorise the return of certain Tonnage and Colonial duties, to Samuel Poynter Musson, of the City of Bridgetown, Merchant'. Barbados No. 60, folios 200-204. 08/09/1845. CO 28/162/32. Forwards for consideration a printed copy of Act No. 854, 'An Act for granting a Loan to the Vestry of the Parish of Saint Michael'. Barbados No. 61, folios 205-207. 08/09/1845. CO 28/162/33. Acknowledges receipt of certain despatches. General No. 29, folios 208-208A. 08/09/1845. CO 28/162/34. Forwards duplicate copies of the seven Acts, nos. 840, 849, 850, 851, 852, 853 and 854 [not in item]. Barbados No. 62, folios 209-210. 13/09/1845. CO 28/162/35. Forwards for consideration a printed copy of Act No. 855, 'An Act to authorise the sale of a piece or parcel of Land with the Buildings thereon, commonly called the Lock Up House, situate in the Town of Speights, in the Parish of St Peter'. Barbados No. 63, folios 211-213. 15/09/1845. CO 28/162/36.

Further to a despatch of 29 July, forwards a letter from the bishop concerning the rights of ecclesiastical patronage held by the bishop and the crown. With various relevant papers. General No. 30, folios 214-225. 15/09/1845. CO 28/162/37. Forwards for consideration a printed copy of Act No. 856, 'An Act to authorise the Treasurer to draw for the Interest on the Public monies deposited in the Banks, and immediately to reinvest the same'. Barbados No. 64, folios 226-228. 19/09/1845. CO 28/162/38. Forwards correspondence relating to the dismissal of Mr Pairman, deputy postmaster

general at Barbados. Barbados No. 65, folios 229-238. 22/09/1845. CO 28/162/39. Acknowledges receipt of certain despatches. General No. 31, folios 239-239A. 24/09/1845. CO 28/162/40. Forwards the usual certificate in support of his salary. General No. 32, folios 240-241A. 01/10/1845. CO 28/162/41. Forwards memorial from Isaac John Tinling, stipendiary magistrate, seeking promotion. States that should the post of colonial secretary become vacant he would recommend his personal secretary Thomas Forster Pilgrim. Barbados No. 66, folios 242-246. 30/09/1845. CO 28/162/42. Forwards memorial from Lieutenant Colonel Anton (retired) for the post of deputy postmaster. [Petition not in item, forwarded to Postmaster General.] Barbados No. 67, folios 247-250. 30/09/1845. CO 28/162/43. In reply to a despatch of 8 July submits a report on the case of Mrs Elizabeth Lalley, formerly Mrs Shorey, who has claimed certain land. Barbados No. 68, folios 251-257. 04/10/1845. CO 28/162/44. Forwards a printed copy of Act No. 857, 'An Act to explain an Act to provide for the due transaction of the Public business during the dissolution of the General Assembly of this Island, and to extend the provisions thereof to other causes'. Barbados No. 69, folios 258-260. 07/10/1845. CO 28/162/45. Forwards duplicate copies of two Acts previously submitted [not in item]. Barbados No. 70, folios 261-262. 08/10/1845. CO 28/162/46. Forwards a copy of the minutes of the proceedings of the General Assembly for the session in 1844-5 [not in item]. Barbados No. 71, folios 263-263A. 08/10/1845. CO 28/162/47. Acknowledges receipt of certain despatches. General No. 33, folios 264-264A. 09/10/1845. CO 28/162/48. Forwards a duplicate copy of the certificate in support of his salary. General No. 34, folios 265-266A. 22/10/1845. CO 28/162/49. Forwards a return of stipendiary and police magistrates serving during the quarter ending 30 September 1845. Barbados No. 72, folios 267-268. 16/10/1845. CO 28/162/50. Forwards a duplicate copy of Act No. 857 [not in item]. Barbados No. 73, folios 269-270. 22/10/1845. CO 28/162/51. Forwards a printed copy of Act No. 858, 'An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to the Highways', and comments on the importance of introducing such legislation. Barbados No. 74, folios 271-281. 22/10/1845. CO 28/162/52. Forwards the Bishop's return of clergy and catechists in the diocese who are in receipt of stipends from the Treasury. Barbados No. 75, folios 282-287. 24/10/1845. CO 28/162/53. Acknowledges receipt of certain despatches. General No. 35, folios 288-288A. 25/10/1845. CO 28/162/54. Forwards a printed copy of Act No. 859, 'An Act for the improvement of the City of Bridge Town in this Island, and for vesting certain Lands, Buildings and Hereditaments in the said City in her Majesty; and for paying and securing to the Owners of such Lands, Buildings, and Hereditaments, the value thereof and for other purposes'. Reports that he has appointed Messrs Sealy, Bascom and Eversley as commissioners in accordance with the provisions of the Act. Barbados No. 76, folios 289-300. 03/11/1845. CO 28/162/55. Forwards a duplicate copy of Act No. 858 [not in item]. Barbados No. 77, foliow 301-302. 03/11/1845. CO 28/162/56. Forwards a printed copy of Act No. 860, 'An Act to enable the Barbados Mutual Life Assurance Society to sue and be sued in the name of the Secretary, or in the name or names of one or more of the Directors of the said Society, and to facilitate the carrying out the objects and transacting the Business of the said Society'. With copies of two printed pamphlets concerning the work of the society. Barbados No. 78, folios 303-349. 06/11/1845. CO 28/162/57. Acknowledges receipt of certain despatches. General No. 36, folios 350-350A. 08/11/1845. CO 28/162/58. Forwards duplicate copies of Acts Nos. 859 and 860 [not in item]. Barbados No. 79, folios 351-352. 19/11/1845. CO 28/162/59. Forwards the blue book for 1844 [not in item], and a lengthy summary of the results of an enquiry into the state of the common gaol. Barbados No. 80, folios 353-402. 20/11/1845. CO 28/162/60. Acknowledges the receipt of certain despatches. General No. 37, folios 403-404. 24/11/1845. CO 28/162/61. Forwards two copies of a publication containing Acts passed in the eighth year of Queen Victoria's reign [1844-5], and still in force [not in item]. Barbados No. 81, folios 405-406. 24/11/1845. CO 28/162/62. Forwards a copy of the minutes of the proceedings of the Legislation Council during the 1844-5 session [not in item]. Barbados No. 82, folios 407-407A. 04/12/1845. CO 28/162/63. Refers to previous correspondence concerning the position of the Reverend J Gittens in the Council, and forwards a copy of the last letter sent by him to Gittens. Reports the sudden death of another Council member, Henry Thornhill. Barbados No. 83, folios 408-412. 06/12/1845. CO 28/162/64. Forwards a printed copy of his speech to the Council and Assembly on the opening of the current session together with the addresses of the Council and Assembly and his replies. Barbados No. 84, folios 413-425. 08/12/1845. CO 28/162/65. Forwards £25 as payment for the copy of the 6th volume of Hertslet's Commercial and Slave Trade Treaties recently received. Barbados No. 85, folios 426-426A. 09/12/1845. CO 28/162/66. Reports that a company formed in England which proposes the construction of a railway in Barbados has sent a delegation to the island. Requires instructions as to the propriety of granting a local Act for that purpose. Barbados No. 86, folios 427-431. 09/12/1845. CO 28/162/67. Acknowledges receipt of certain despatches. General No. 38, folios 433-433A. 10/12/1845. CO 28/162/68. States that he has broken his leg but hopes to be on crutches within three weeks. Reports briefly on the following: 'brilliant promise' of a sugar crop in Barbados; expects export and import duties bill to pass the Council and Assembly; Captain Dodgin has taken up the post of inspector general of police and has visited the rural stations; a duty on rum has been imposed in Grenada in order to raise an immigration fund - he has assented but does not approve; the fifth importation of labourers from Madeira has reached St Vincent; a tax ordinance has been passed in St Lucia; Mr Patrick Brenan, inspector of police in St Lucia, has died; a difference of opinion concerning a conviction between the lieutenant governor and chief justice of Tobago; death of the Reverend Mr Warner, Tobago. General No. 39, folios 434-437. 24/12/1845. CO 28/162/69. Acknowledges receipt of certain despatches. General No. 40, folios 438-438A. 26/12/1845.

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