Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Correspondence (private letter)
Hills, George to Pelham-Clinton, Henry Pelham Fiennes 4 October 1859, CO 60:6, no. 9938, 419.
Abstract
Correspondence (private letter).
Minutes (7), Other documents (2).
Hills, the Bishop of Columbia, applies for a
Government Orderfor himself and
two Servants,husband and wife
Samuel & Jane Bridgman,for passage aboard a
W. India Mail Steamerto British Columbia.
Bishop of Columbia to Secretary of State
23 Upper Berkeley St Portman Sqre
Oct: 4 1859
My Lord,
I beg leave to apply for a
Government Order for myself & party proceeding to B. Columbia by
the W. India Mail Steamer on the
17th of November next.
My party consists of three persons myself & two Servants. The
latter a man & wife are named Samuel & Jane Bridgman.
The Rt Hon The Sec: of State
for the Colonies
for the Colonies
Minutes by CO staff
Mr Elliot
Request the Admiralty to comply with this application. The Bishop means, I conclude, a "contract" passage—he paying the difference.
Request the Admiralty to comply with this application. The Bishop means, I conclude, a "contract" passage—he paying the difference.
ABd
5 Oct
Mr Blackwood
Does the correspondence with the Bishop or with the founder of the Bishoprick shew whether any question may have been raised of his receiving a free passage to B. Columbia.
Does the correspondence with the Bishop or with the founder of the Bishoprick shew whether any question may have been raised of his receiving a free passage to B. Columbia.
TFE
6 Oct
Mr Blackwood
The correspondences does not show.
The correspondences does not show.
Mr Elliot
The Bishop finds his own way to B. Columbia. We contribute nothing to that object, or to his support. But he is an Official & as such he thinks himself, I suppose, entitled to ask for the advantage—which other officials get on certain lines—of a Contract passage. My own opinion is that he may properly ask for this indulgence.
The Bishop finds his own way to B. Columbia. We contribute nothing to that object, or to his support. But he is an Official & as such he thinks himself, I suppose, entitled to ask for the advantage—which other officials get on certain lines—of a Contract passage. My own opinion is that he may properly ask for this indulgence.
ABd
7 Oct
Order the passage at the Contract rate, and inform the Bishop,
but acquaint him that it will be necessary that he should pay the
cost of the passages of this reduced rate to the West
India Mail Company before his departure? Say in the letter to the
Admiralty that the Bishop has been requested to make the payment to
the Company.
Other documents included in the file
Draft, Merivale to Bishop of Columbia, 25 October 1859, advising
that his contract passage had been arranged, and that he should
remit the reduced rate to the steam company before departure.
Minutes by CO staff
I observe that while in this letter the D. of Newcastle is made to
address the Bishop direct, in another which has passed to day (to the
Bishop of Jamaica) the form "I am directed" is used.
The truth is, no Secy of State has ever laid down the rule,
so far as I remember,
which course is to be followed, as to Colonial bishops when
in this country. If to be regarded as Peers in all respects, then
the direct address is proper. But as Governors themselves, when
absent from their governments, are only addressed indirectly, I
should think, on the whole, this was the more correct line as to
Bishops also.
I think that a greater degree of consideration should not be
shewn to a Coll Bishop when absent from his Diocese than to a
Governor when absent from his governt & therefore the same form of
address should be adopted. They cannot be regarded as Peers.
