<persName ref="prs:moncreiff"><surname>Moncreiff</surname>, <forename>J.</forename></persName> to <persName ref="prs:newcastle"><surname>Pelham-Clinton</surname>, <forename>Henry</forename> <forename>Pelham</forename> <forename>Fiennes</forename></persName> 22 October 1861, CO 305:18, no. 9549, 420. Moncreiff addressee Newcastle

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Moncreiff, J. to Pelham-Clinton, Henry Pelham Fiennes 22 October 1861, CO 305:18, no. 9549, 420.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/V616M01.html. CO 305:18 CO 305 18 9549 420 V.I. 1861 received 28 October co_305_18_00421r.jpg Transcribed from microfilm archives, marked up in Waterloo Script, then transformed into TEI P5 XML.

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Correspondence (private letter). Minutes (3), Enclosures (untranscribed) (3), Other documents (2).

J. Moncreiff forwards Newcastle a letter from Copland requesting an order of admission to be an Attorney and Solicitor in the colony of Vancouver Island. The minutes indicate that this is Copland's second request and that Douglas has not yet responded to his first.

Moncreiff, J.
Edinburgh
Pelham-Clinton, Henry Pelham Fiennes Inserted revisionDesc. added, edited, or reviewed abstract
Moncreiff to Newcastle 9549, CO 305/18, p. 420; received 28 October
Edinburgh
22d October 1861 My Lord Duke,

I have the honor to transmit the accompanying Petition of John Copland of the Town of Victoria in the Colony of Vancouvers' Island, praying for an order of admission to be an Attorney and Solicitor of the court of Civil Justice of that Island; and to request Your Grace's favorable Consideration of the Petition.

I have the honor to be My Lord Duke Your most obedient Servant J. Moncreiff The Duke of Newcastle Colonial Office London
Mr Elliot This is a second application on behalf of Mr John Copland—See 2742. Inform the writer that a reference was made to the GovrGovernor of V. Couver Island last March on the subject of Mr Copland's admission to practice as an Attorney in the Supreme Court of that Colony, and that the GovrGovernor has not yet communicated his opinion thereupon to the Duke of Newcastle. Add that without the report of that Officer it is impossible for His Grace to state whether it will be proper or not to comply with Mr Copland's application.

N.B. I think that if we do not hear from the GovrGovernor on this matter in the course of the next month or so he might be reminded of it.

ABd 30 Octr
I quite agree. If we do not hear before end of November, remind. And in writing to the applicant as proposed, add a sentence saying that unless an early report shdshould arrive, the GovrGovernor will be reminded. Draft. TFE 30 Oct
Draft reply, Newcastle to Douglas, No. 78, 30 November 1861, asking for a response to Copland's request to be admitted as an Attorney and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Vancouver Island.
This despatch is to be sent by the Mail of the 1st of December unless we previously hear from the GovrGovernor on the subject.

Draft to the Lord Advocate.

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Elliot to The Lord Advocate, 4 November 1861, advising that if an answer was not soon received from the governor to a previous application in favour of Copland, the matter would be further looked into.
Petition to Queen Victoria asking for permission to practice law in the Colony, dated 24 July 1861, signed by John Copland.
Certificate from James Duncan, Solicitor, Supreme Court of Scotland, testifying that Copland served as his clerk for five years and recommending that he be admitted to the bar of Vancouver Island, 21 March 1861, signed by Duncan and H.B. Dewar, Solicitor, Supreme Court of Scotland, and endorsed by approximately twenty-one individuals in the legal profession in Edinburgh.
Petition from the colony endorsing Copland's application to be admitted to the bar, July 1861, approximately 100 signatures.