Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Correspondence (private letter)
Pearson, Charles S. to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 5 July 1858, CO 305:9, no. 6529, 647.
Abstract
Correspondence (private letter).
Minutes (2), Enclosures (untranscribed) (6).
Pearson writes on behalf of Captain William Allen in order to secure an appointment on Vancouver Island for Louisa Johns’ son.
The minutes agree to consider Mr. Johns' qualifications “when the time arrives for settling the est[ablishment] of the new
Colony.”
Enclosed is a letter from Allen to Pearson asking that letters supporting Louisa Johns’ request; a memorial of Mrs. Johns describing the deaths of her husband and eldest son in the service of the Queen, and asking that a position in the public service be found for another son; a letter
from S.C. Sulivan to Captain Johns thanking him for a suggested alteration in the Mutiny Act; and three letters of reference
for Tremenheere Johns.
Pearson to Lytton
9 Sussex Gardens
Hyde Park
July 5, 1858
Hyde Park
My Dear Sir Edward
I am very reluctant to add another to the applications wh no
doubt [hit?] you on all sides, but I cannot refuse the request of
my friend Captn Allen that I will lay the enclosed papers
before
you, especially as the parties concerned appear to deserve
your consideration on account of public [service?] & possibly
an appointment in Vancouver's Island [would] not be a very common
object of ambition.
you, especially as the parties concerned appear to deserve
your consideration on account of public [service?] & possibly
an appointment in Vancouver's Island [would] not be a very common
object of ambition.
Anyhow, you will, I feel sure, kindly pardon my troubling you
so far [as] to transmit the papers
for your perusal.
for your perusal.
P.S. Captain Allen was formerly Commander of the Niger
exploring expedition.
Minutes by CO staff
Mr Merivale
Ansr that a note will be made of this application & Mr John's qualifications considered when the time arrives for settling the Estt of the new Colony.
Ansr that a note will be made of this application & Mr John's qualifications considered when the time arrives for settling the Estt of the new Colony.
Annex draft.
C
July 10
Documents enclosed with the main document (not transcribed)
William Allen to Pearson, 2 July 1858, asking that
the enclosed papers be laid before the colonial secretary.
Memorial of Louisa Johns, no date, describing the deaths of her husband
and eldest son in the service of the Queen, and asking that a
position in the public service be found for another son.
S.C. Sulivan, War Office, to Captain Johns, R.N., 9 June 1845,
thanking him for a suggested alteration in the Mutiny Act.
Henry Bulen, Admiralty, 31 March 1857, reporting the
satisfactory performance of Mr. Johns as a temporary clerk.
G.H. Hebden, Admiralty, 23 February 1857, reporting the satisfactory performance of Mr. Johns as a temporary clerk from
19 March 1855 to 23 February 1857.