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Oct. 1.
Windsor. |
481. Order of Queen in Council. Referring enclosed to
the Council of Trade and Plantations for their report. Signed,
John Povey. Endorsed, Recd. 22nd Oct., Read 4th Nov. 1713.
1 p. Enclosed, |
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481. i. Petition of Godart and Johanna Kupius, widow, and
others to the Queen. Petitioners are the surviving
brother and sister of William Kupius, decd. On behalf of
themselves and the children and widow of other brothers
decd., they petition for the estate left by William Kupius
in Jamaica, of which several persons have taken possession on pretence that it is escheated to H.M., William's
two children having died intestate and without issue. |
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Kupius was induced to go to Jamaica by the Act for
encouraging the settling Jamaica and was naturalized
there. By the strict laws of your Majesty's Kingdom
petitioners, who are all Protestants and subjects of the
States General, may not have any method to recover the
aforesaid estate, but pray for H.M. relief, the rather
since by the laws of the Island great numbers of aliens
born, and most of them Jews, are possessed of plantations
and other freeholds there, etc. Copy. 3¼ pp. [C.O.
137, 10. Nos. 28, 28 i.; and 138, 14. pp. 43–48.] |
| Oct. 6. |
482. Mr. Heysham to the Council of Trade and Plantations.
I am directed from Barbadoes to lay before your Lordships, that
of late rumm, suger, and mollasses hath been imported to New
England and other northern Collonies from Surranam, which if
not timely prevented may prove fatall to H.M. suger Plantations
in America and greatly discourage the trade and navigation of
Great Brittain, Surranam being a large Collony and the land
new and fertile, they can make and vend sugers much cheaper
then any of H.M. Plantations. This humbly craves your Lordships' speediest assistance to prevent the growing evill. Signed,
Wm. Heysham. Endorsed, Recd. Read Oct. 6, 1713. ¾ p.
[C.O. 28, 14. No. 7; and 29, 13. pp. 76, 77.] |
Oct. 10.
St. Johns. |
483. Archibald Cumings to the Council of Trade and
Plantations. The fishery this year has proved very indifferent,
not above 150 quintals per boat, etc. Fish proved dear being
sold at 17s. per quintal. It lays under many disadvantages for
want of a Comodore earlier to distribute justice, several rocks
were pillaged in July when the fishery not above half over to the
intire ruine of such planter, the fishery and discouragement to
trade in generall being practised by the Comders. of ships and
most of the Admirals of the harbours. Trade in generall has
lyen under severall difficulties this year and in all likelihood
to grow worse if not speedily prevented by having this country
colonized and made a Plantation as the others are with a regular
Government. The Acts of Trade are very much broke here and
a great deall of illegall trade carried on from Europe hither and
from hence to the other Plantations, etc. Signed, Archd. Cumings.
Endorsed, Recd. 6th, Read 17th March, 1713/14. Addressed. ¾ p.
[C.O. 194, 5. No. 34; and 195, 5. pp. 335, 336.] |
| Oct. 13. |
484. Jeremy Dummer to the Council of Trade and Plantations. Elaborates memorial of Sept. 24th relating to Tertudas.
Near 100 English sail go there yearly. The Spaniards have no
occupancy there at all, and even if they have a title to the Island,
we have a right to go there for trade by the Treaties of 1667, and
1670, etc. Signed, Jer. Dummer. Endorsed, Recd. Read Oct.
13, 1713. 3 pp. Enclosed, |
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484. i. Declaration of James Atchison, Oct. 1713. I was at
Tartudas 24 years ago. There was no inhabitants,
fort or warehouse there. Signed, James Atchison. 1 p. |
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484. ii. Declaration of Daniel Updicke, London, Oct. 7, 1713.
I was at the Island of Tortugas commonly called by the
English Saltertudos about 37 years agoe to load salt,
and saw no fort, warehouse or inhabitants there, nor
do I think there ever was. Signed, Danl. Updicke.
1 p. |
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484 iii. Declaration of Henry Sherburne, London, Oct. 6,
1713. Confirms preceding on voyages 17 and 10 years
ago. Signed, Henry Sherburne. ½ p. |
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484. iv. Declaration of John Sunderland, London, Oct. 6,
1713. Confirms preceding on 6 voyages from 22 years
to 12 months ago. Signed, John Sunderland. ½ p. |
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484. v. Declaration of Saml. Payn, London, Oct. 6, 1713.
Confirms preceding on 6 voyages from 18 years ago.
Signed, Saml. Payn. ¾ p. |
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484. vi. Declaration of Thomas Temple, London, Oct. 7,
1713. Confirms preceding on a voyage 26 years ago.
Signed, Tho. Temple. ½ p. |
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484. vii. Declaration of William Keech, Oct. 1713. Confirms preceding on voyage about 50 years ago. Signed,
Wm. Keech. ½ p. [C.O. 5, 866. Nos. 7, 7 i.–vii.] |
Oct. 16.
Whitehal. |
485. Council of Trade and Plantations to the Queen.
Recommend for H.M. confirmation Act of Barbados enabling the
executor of Mrs. Parris etc. (v. Aug. 19). [C.O. 29, 13. pp. 79,
80.] |
Oct. 16.
Whitehal. |
486. Council of Trade and Plantations to the Queen. It
having been found very prejudicial to the Government in your
Majesty's Plantations, that Councillors shou'd absent themselves
from the Councils, thereby frequently hindering the dispatch of
public business for want of a quorum; quote H.M. Instruction
thereupon, and recommend Thomas Bernard for the Council of
Jamaica in the room of Charles Long (v. Sept. 24). [C.O. 138,
14. pp. 41, 42.] |
Oct. 19.
Whitehall. |
487. Mr. Secretary, Lord Bolingbroke to Governor Lowther.
Since the promotion of the Earl of Dartmouth to the office of
Lord Privy Seal, I have been directed by H.M. to take care of the
affairs of the Southern Province, and am therefore to desire you
will please to correspond with me in whatever relates to the
Island under your Government. I am sorry upon my entrance
into the business of this Department to find complaints from some
of the patent officers concerning hardships put upon them,
whereas I observe by the 50th article of your Instructions that
you are directed by the Queen to countenance them and to give
them all due encouragement. But I am more particularly
surprized to understand that an Act has been offered you by the
Assembly, which is highly prejudicial to several of the patent
officers in their legal and accustomed fees, priviledges and emoluments and tends to subject their places to the disposal of the
Governor in case of any misbehaviour. This is a proceeding so
plainly contrary to the true meaning of your Instruction which
I mentioned before, that I perswade myself you will not give the
least countenance to it. You will easily imagine that the Queen
cannot but disapprove with resentment any act of her subjects
which shall pretend to displace officers appointed under her Great
Seal without H.M. knowledge or consent, and I therefore hope to
hear soon from you, that you have taken due care to discourage
any such attempts upon the Queen's honour and authority.
Upon this head of patent officers, I must recommend to you in
a particular manner Mr. Lewis who has the Queen's commission
to be Provost Marshal General of Barbados; I need not mention
to you H.M. letters of leave dispensing with his residence in the
Island etc., since I understand that they are registed there.
Wherefore I do not doubt but that you will both in obedience
to H.M. commands and in justice to a gentleman who is employed
in a post of trust here, take effectual care that he receive no
prejudice in his office under your Government. Signed, Bolingbroke. Copy. 1½ pp. [C.O. 28, 43. No. 88; and 324, 33. pp.
15, 17.] |
Oct. 19.
Windsor. |
488. H.M. Warrant to Governor Lowther for granting
Alexander Skeene, Secretary of Barbados, leave of absence for
six months. Countersigned, Bolingbroke. [C.O. 324, 33. pp. 13,
14.] |
Oct. 19.
Windsor Castle. |
489. Lord Bolingbroke to Governor Lord A. Hamilton.
Upon the promotion of the Earl of Dartmouth to the office of
Privy Seal, and of Mr. Bromley to that of Secry. of State, H.M. has
thought fit that I should take upon me the care of the Southern
Province with the West Indies, you will therefore please for the
future to transmit to me accounts of what may occurr in your
parts relating to H.M. service, and the benefit of the Governmt.
under your care, that I may lay the same before the Queen in
order to receive her directions thereupon. Signed, Bolingbroke.
The like letter to the other Governors of Plantations. [C.O.
324, 33. pp. 17, 18.] |
Oct. 25.
Windsor. |
490. Order of Queen in Council. Approving representation
of 16th inst. and appointing Thomas Bernard to the Council of
Jamaica in the room of Charles Long who has been many years
in this Kingdome without H.M. licence for his absence. Signed,
Ja. Vernon. Endorsed, Recd. Read June 24, 1715. 1¼pp.
[C.O. 137, 10. No. 76; and 138, 14. pp. 334, 335.] |
Oct. 26.
Windsor Castle. |
491. H.M. Warrant appointing Thomas Bernard to the
Council of Jamaica. Signed, W. Bromley. [C.O. 324, 33.
pp. 18, 19.] |
Oct. 27.
Jamaica. |
492. Governor Lord A. Hamilton to the Council of Trade
and Plantations. I have not received any commands from your
Lopps. since yours of May 8th, etc. What I have now most
material to trouble your Lopps. with, is to give some account
of our last short but very unsuccessfull session of Assembly. The
Assembly stood prorogued to Sept. 24th when it was intended
they should meet the supplys for ye support of the Government
expireing ye last day of October. But an unforseen accident
falling in ye way by a remonstrance of one David Pughs, lately
a member of Assembly and expell'd not being duly qualify'd,
being presented to myself and ye Council importing a charge
against Mr. Brodrick H.M. Attorney General and Speaker of ye
Assembly, I did thereupon with ye unanimous advice of the
Council prorogue ye Assembly to Oct. 1st, in order to Mr. Pughes
having time to make good his said charge, in each article of which
he having intirely fail'd (v. Minutes of Council) the Assembly
mett accordingly Oct. 1st. Your Lopps. will observe in ye
Minutts of the Assembly ye Speech I made to them at ye opening
of ye Session. Their first proceedings began with divisions, ye
factious party in ye House, with ye gentlemen at their head of
whom I have given your Lopps. formerly a character indeavouring
to postpone the consideration of the Speech and indeed to obstruct
all bussiness. The popular arguments and clamour was made
against a standing army in time of peace being imposed on them
(as some of them were pleased to term H.M. Regiment as it now
stands reduced to 300 men) when in fact nothing more was
proposed then the usual quartering and subsistance from the
country they have allways had, till H.M. pleasure concerning
them should be known, which they were given to understand I
dayly expected. However on these unreasonable pretences, on
reading ye Bill for that purpose ye first time they fell into ye
greatest heats, when in truth ye real ground of difference was
personall picques and animositys, and the partys present in ye
House being so equall, that several questions were carried by the
Speaker's vote only, after which so many members absenting
themselves from the service of the House there could not be a
quorum of well disposed members to make a House, and it having
been represented to me by the Speaker and several members,
that they apprehended violence and the greatest disorders, should
the absent members again return to ye House, or if they did not,
not having a quorum without them to adjourn, without a prorogation the House fell; under this delemma I immediatly call'd a
Council, and upon mature deliberation of the present temper of
the House, and of the little probability of their comming to a
better, by the unanimous advice of ye Council I thought it best
to dissolve them immediatly by Proclamation; and it was
likewise resolved that writts should forthwith issue for calling a
new Assembly the 26th of November nixt which was accordingly
ordered. I have no reason to belive that these violent proceedings
are agreeable to ye general sence of the country, and I am very
hopefull a new Assembly will show more duty and gratitude to
H.M. for ye protection their country has had, and particularly
by this Regiment obtain'd at their own request. In ye mean time
I waite with ye most longing expectations imaginable the honour
of receiving by your Lopps. before the time of ye meeting of ye
new Assembly H.M. pleasure relateing to ye Regiment; for I'm
perswaded when that is known all due obedience and submission
will be pay'd thereto. I took ye liberty in my letter, Oct. 10,
1712, humbly to offer my thoughts and apprehentions of the
dangers and inconveniencys of leaving this Island, even in time
of peace, altogether unprovided of a regular standing force, to
garison the fortifications, etc. If any thing like what I had ye
honour to hint should be resolved on, I'm perswaded the country
will cheerfully go into it, notwithstanding ye factious indeavours
of a few, who have never been satisfy'd with any Government;
a seed brought here with ye first settlers that has never been
intirely rooted out. I must pray your Lopps.' indulgence writt
in some hurry, etc. I shall conclude only mentioning two particulars which were industriously made use of to foment and
increase the heats in ye Assembly, one was their not having any
accots. of the bills past here and remitted home for H.M. confirmation, and particularly the bill for quieting possessions, which
they have so much at heart. The other handle that was made use
of on this occasion, was ye calamity that at that time was fallen
on the country by a strong south wind which indamaged their
caines and corn, and allmost intirely reuined ye planting walkes,
especially on ye north side and leward parts of ye Island which
had sufferd least by ye last years hurrican. These things were
aggravated and indeed contributed something to ye disorders
that have happened. P.S.—Just as I had ended my letter, by a
London ship arrived, I receiv'd your Lopps.' of July 15th etc.
Nothing can be a greater satisfaction and incouragement to me in
ye discharge of my duty then to find your Lopps. are pleased to
honour me with your approbation, etc. I hope you will excuse
me in not answering it now as I ought the ship by which this
comes being just upon sailling, I was not willing to stop her. I
shall punctually comply with what your Lopps. require in relation to ye Act for quieting possessions as soon as ye Assembly
meets. Signed, A. Hamilton. Endorsed, Recd. 28th Dec. 1713,
Read 19th Jan. 1713/14. 7 pp. [C.O. 137, 10. No. 35; and 138,
14. pp. 56–62.] |
Oct. 28.
Treary. Chambers. |
493. Mr. Lowndes to the Council of Trade and Plantations.
The persons who have obtained debentures from you towards
repairing their losses in Nevis and St. Christophers having
petitioned my Lord Treasurer that their said debentures, which
amount to 97,936l. 17s. 2d. may be admitted to be subscribed into
the South Sea Stock according to the direccons of the Acts of
Parliament in that behalfe, his Lordship desires that the several
requisites to be performed by those Acts before the peticoners
could entitle themselves to debentures may be layd before him,
and that you will let him know by what sort of evidence it
appeared to you that all the said requisites were well and truely
performed and comply'd with. Signed, Wm. Lowndes. Endorsed, Recd. Read 29th Oct. 1713. Addressed. 1 p. [C.O.
152, 10. No. 7; and 153, 12. p. 107.] |
Oct. 28.
Treary. Chambers. |
494. Mr. Lowndes to Mr. Popple. Encloses following. My
Lord Treasurer desires that the Council of Trade and Plantations
will give such direccons therein as may prevent any the like
complaints for the future. Signed, Wm. Lowndes. Endorsed,
Recd. 29th, Read 30th Oct. 1713. Addressed. ¾ p. Enclosed, |
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494. i. Commissioners of Customs to the Lord High Treasurer.
Customehouse, London, Oct. 21, 1713. Enclose following. Pray that directions may be given to Dep. Governor
Marshal not to obstruct the officers of the Customs, etc.
Signed, Rob. Wm.son, J. Bridges, Jo. Werden, J. Gibbon.
1 p. |
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494. ii. Extract of letter from William Gerrish (Collector of
Customs at Montserrat) to Edward Perrie (Surveyor
Generall of Barbados and the Leeward Islands). Montserrat, July 25, 1713. Since your departure nothing of
moment hath offer'd in our Island save the appointing
Capt. Marshall our Governor, who with his company
doth govern as absolute as the Grand Senr., about 10
days past a vessell in her way to Jamaica touched here
with slaves. Govr. Marshal agreed for some, the master
would not take anything but bills, and such as I would
indorze, the Governor asked if I would endorse his bills,
I told him modestly I would not, immediately he call'd
me all the ill names he could and said he would cane
me very well, in a day or two after I was obliged to goe
to his Honour to prove my quarter's accts. of Customs,
he swore he would not do it, so am obliged to send it
to the Commrs. without proving or swearing to it,
besides he clears vessells without having ever been near
the Custom House, and if I give a permit he'll not
signe it, this may be very prejudicial to H.M. interest,
etc. Signed, Wm. Gerrish. Copy. 1 p. [C.O. 152,
10. Nos. 8, 8 i., ii.; and (without enclosure ii.) 153,
12. pp. 110–113.] |
Oct. 30.
Whitehall. |
495. Council of Trade and Plantations to the Lord High
Treasurer. Reply to Oct. 28. State requisites appointed by
the Act, and enclose copies of oaths and debentures, "wherein
we consulted H.M. Attorney General," etc. [C.O. 153, 12. pp.
108–110.] |
