<persName ref="prs:grey_g"><surname>Grey</surname>, <forename>George</forename></persName> to <persName ref="prs:douglas_j"><surname>Douglas</surname>, <forename>James</forename></persName> 20 August 1854, LAC RG7:G8C/1, 180. Grey, Sir George addressee Douglas

Published by Jim Hendrickson and the University of Victoria.

Grey, George to Douglas, James 20 August 1854, LAC RG7:G8C/1, 180.The Colonial Despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871, Edition 2.6, ed. James Hendrickson and the Colonial Despatches project. Victoria, B.C.: University of Victoria. https://bcgenesis.uvic.ca/V547103.html. LAC RG7:G8C/1 LAC RG7 G8C/1 180 3 V.I. 1854 received 6 December 1854 rg7_g8c_01_00103r.jpg Transcribed from microfilm archives, marked up in Waterloo Script, then transformed into TEI P5 XML.

The project glossary items have xml:id attributes beginning with trm_, and we use a trm: prefix to refer to them when linking from term elements.

We link to orgs in orgs/organizations.xml using the org: prefix.

We link to places in places.xml using the plc: prefix.

We link to people in bios/*.xml using the prs: prefix.

We link to vessels in vessels/*.xml using the vsl: prefix.

We link to other documents in the collection using the cdc: prefix.

The cdt (ColDesp Document Type) prefix used on catRef/target points to a central taxonomy in the includes file.

We link to other documents in the collection using the cdc: prefix.

Despatch from London. Enclosures (untranscribed) (2).

Grey writes to Douglas to transmit copies of a petition to the the Queen and a Memorial, both by certain Inhabitants of Vancouver Island who have complaints about the government of the Settlement.

The file includes two petitions: one to the Queen and one to Newcastle; both deprecate Cameron’s appointment as judge of the Supreme Court.

 Grey, George
Downing Street
Douglas, James Inserted revisionDesc with @status="unproofed". Changed idno @type="received" into a date element. Gave existing date an @type="sent" and reordered bibl contents.
No. 3 LAC, RG7, G8C/1, p. 180; received 6 December 1854
Downing Street
20th August 1854 Sir,

I have to transmit to you the copy of a Petition to the Queen, together with the copy of a Memorial addressed to the Duke of Newcastle by certain Inhabitants of Van Couver's Island complaining of the composition of the recentlyestablished established "Supreme Court of Civil Justice," and of other matters affecting the good government of the Settlement, and I have to desire you to furnish me with your early report upon these complaints.

I have the honor to be Sir, Your most obedient humble servant G. Grey Governor Douglas &c &c &c
1. Petition to the Queen, 1 March 1854, signed by James Cooper and 69 others, requesting an inquiry into the Supreme Court and appointment of David Cameron as judge.
2. Petition to Newcastle, 1 March 1854, signed by Cooper and 69 others, making a lengthy case against Cameron, which Staines has been commissioned to bring before Newcastle.