Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Despatch from London
Cardwell, Edward to Kennedy, Arthur 22 August 1865, NAC RG7:G8C/5, 183.
Abstract
Cardwell, Edward to Kennedy, Arthur 22 August 1865, NAC RG7:G8C/5, 183.
Despatch from London.
No. 41
22nd August 1865
Sir,
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch No. 39
of the 15th of June in which you report that Mr. William Culverwell,
Official Assignee of the Court of Bankruptcy, has absconded from
Vancouver Island, leaving many debts unprovided for.
It
It does not appear from your despatch, who is responsible for Mr.
Culverwell's appointment, but I perceive that by an Act of 1st February
1862, the appointment is vested in the Chief Justice, and I cannot but
view with great regret this scandal following upon a similar event in
another Department under the control of the Supreme Court.