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| AP_46(2nd)_1 |
5.4.1825
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R.Steuart to Duke. General. Revunue is coming on well, all import Licences having been taken up except one. |
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-.3.1825
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Report on the weather for March 1825. |
| AP_46(2nd)_3 |
12.4.1825
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R.Steuart to Duke. It is rumoured that you have agreed to sell all your rights and have already ceased to be Governor,and that you are to be succeeded by Sir Giles Nigntingale. "We hope you will let us know about these strange rumours" |
| AP_46(2nd)_4 |
15.4.1825
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R.Steuart to Duke. Unconnected with I.O.M. |
| AP_46(2nd)_5 |
21.4.1825
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R.Steuart to Duke. future prospects for the Revenue. |
| AP_46(2nd)_6 |
11.5.1825
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Bishop to Duke. Trivial |
| AP_46(2nd)_7 |
11.5.1825
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R.Steuart to Duke. General. Suggested improvements in the details of Customs work. There has been a large importation of Port Wine direct from Oporto. The "Glasgow" and "Majestic" are running regularly,the former,with her new boilers,quite as fast as the "Majestic" The salary of the Chief Constable of Douglas is to be increased from £10 to £25 per annum. |
| AP_46(2nd)_8 |
20.5.1825
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R.Steuart to Duke. Enclosing a Statement of Harbour Dues, Herring Customs and Bay Fisheries for ten years. Average Revenue for the years 1823/5 is £20,732. A steam engine to cost £1,500 has arrived for the Foxdale mines. |
| AP_46(2nd)_9 | Statement as above. | |
| AP_46(2nd)_10 |
26.5.1825
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R.Steuart to Duke. General - mostly about Bills before Parliament. |
| AP_46(2nd)_11 |
8.6.1825
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R.Steuart to Duke. Re a letter enclosed (not here N.M.)from a Capt.Wilson in which he unfairly disparages the efforts of the Revenue Cruisers watching the Island in order to draw attention to his own activities. |
| AP_46(2nd)_12 |
8.6.1825
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R.Steuart to Duke. re the suggested posting of a Revenue Cutter and a tender to be based upon the Island. The writer is doubtful of the need for this as he has information of only two luggers hovering regularly off the Manx coast. |
| AP_46(2nd)_13 |
6.7.1825
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R.Steuart to Duke. refers with astonishment to Mr.Roper's dismissal from the Manx Bar and encloses a minute of how this came about(not here N.M.) Visitors are coming daily and "will afford very benificial effects in the distribution of money in the Island". |
| AP_46(2nd)_14 |
10.7.1825
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Bishop to Duke. saying he has arrived after a good passage of eight hours from Liverpool. The arbitrary dismissal of Mr Roper by the Lt.Gov.has been done without any grounds whatever and "I have written to him to know why he has thus cast a stigma on one of my Vicars General and deprived your Grace and myself of our only confidential Adviser in legal questions". |
| AP_46(2nd)_15 |
22.7.1825
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R.Steuart to Duke. General. - "The Bishop and Lady came to the Musical Festival for the next week".(This Festival is also ref. to in AP_46(2nd)_13 above. N.M,) |
| AP_46(2nd)_16 |
3.8.1825
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W.Roper to Bishop. asking that he may be recommend to Govt. for an appointment as one of the Commissioners about to be sent to enquire into the state of Sierra Leone. |
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4.8.1825
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Bishop to Duke. forwarding the above [AP_46(2nd)_16] . |
| AP_46(2nd)_18 |
27.8.1825
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Reprimand (copy of) issued by Lt.Gov. Smelt to the Capts. of Jurby, Ballaugh and Michael respecting their attendance at meetings called in their Parishes to prevent the inhabitants making such agreements as they wished regarding the payment of Tithes.(On reverse) Copy of the Bond circulatedfor signature at the above meetings. |
| AP_46(2nd)_19 |
29.8.1825
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R.Steuart to Duke. Trivial. |
| AP_46(2nd)_20 | R.Steuart to Duke. re the wreck of the "City of Glasgow" at Douglas. | |
| AP_46(2nd)_21 |
31.8.1825
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Bishop to Duke. "The potatoe coupe (?) has roused all the latent energies of the Manx,and I have had to encounter much insolence and menaces of various descriptions.....We are rather at their mercy as we have neither Magistrate or Police of any description near us.But although the Manx are great Bullies as far as threats go I have not any apprehension of more serious consequences...... I give out that you are certain to be here this winter as I find it keeps all the Rats in order,and I believe there never was a place better stocked with such vermin." |
| AP_46(2nd)_22 |
8.9.1825
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Bishop to Duke. enclosing draft of a letter which he wishes the Duke to send to Mr.Peel with regard to the case of Mr.Roper. Foxdale mines are producing 76 oz. of silver to the ton and additional machinery is being erected every week. |
| AP_46(2nd)_23 | Draft letter,as above [AP_46(2nd)_22]. | |
| AP_46(2nd)_24 |
13.9.1825
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Bishop to Duke. Mr.Robins (the valuer from London) "has been here for the last three days." |
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14.9.1825
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Bishop to Duke. expressing his satisfaction with the work of Mr.Robins. The mining rights should prove valuable. 14 tons of lead a week is being got at Foxdale,and is producing 80 oz.of silver per ton. |
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23.9.1825
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Bishop to Duke. re the valuation being made by Robins. |
| AP_46(2nd)_27 |
16.10.1825
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J.C.Curwen to Bishop (copy) offering his assistance to solve the tithe disputes. |
| AP_46(2nd)_28 |
20.10.1825
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R. Steuart to Duke. relates the sad tale of the misadventures of a haunch of venison sent from Blair. General. |
| AP_46(2nd)_29 |
29.10.1825
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R. Steuart to Duke.General. The collection of the Potatoe tithe is begun. The wrecked "City of Glasgow" has been towed up the harbour, and is less damaged than expected. |
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30.10.1825
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Bishop to Duke. News has just been received of a riot at Rushen in which Mr.Lambie has been hurt. We shall now see how the Lt.Gov. will act." "I enclose a letter from Curwen (see 27 above N.M.) but the time is passed for any commutation." |
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4.11.1825
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Bishop to Duke. "The mob have prevailed here and I have this moment returned from Castle Rushen having been obliged to capitulate on terms to the Rioters sssembled from all the Southern Parishes.The Lt.Gov.had force to defend the Castle,but more for the safety of my family at Bishopscourt,being seperated from them and threatened with their destruction I had nothing for it but to give way for the present year to a certain extent. Two of your houses have been destroyed and in short all law of Property is at an end". |
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-.11.1825
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R. Steuart to Duke. "We have just got the whole of the Bishop's family safely housed in this house and Castle Mona - they have been in a state of siege from a determined mob since Friday last....Sir John Reid arrived yesterday and we have garrisoned Castle Mona with his men and the Veterans ... Owing to the bad weather we have had no steamers for ten days....we are in the state of a disturbed district in Ireland and look anxiously for military assistance from England." |
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7.11.1825
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R. Steuart to Duke. how the rioting progresses. |
| AP_46(2nd)_34 |
4.11.1825
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Lt. Gov to Duke. (Extract) he will at once write to Liverpool for troops. (8.11.1825 Extract) He will use every means in his power,consistent with the safety of the Customs House and other places which may at any moment become the objects of popular fury,to protect Bishopscourt from the outrages of a highly excited mob. |
| AP_46(2nd)_35 |
12.11.1825
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Bishop to Duke. Apologising ror having had to take possession of Castle Mona ,he gives a long and full account of recent events. (he says they came frrom Bishopscourt to Castle Mona "by way of Ramsey" ) and makes proposals for what should be done. He blames the farmers tor instigating the riots,and particularly the Gawnes, while the supineness of the Civil authority who are nearly all parties concerned has been lamentable. |
| AP_46(2nd)_36 |
13.11.1825
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R.Steuart to Duke. A special Commission should be sent by the Sec, of State to enquire into the riots and the government of the Island, and thie must have with it a force adequate to put the Law into effect. He has asked Sir John Reid to remain with his Cutter to afford protection to the Revenue Establishments. He considers the Magistracy largely to blame because they did not check the mob,and points out that as things are it is impossible to obtain evidence against the rioters, Braddan,Onchan and Lonan appear to not to have taken part in the disturbances.. A Deemster's warrant could not be served or a smuggler arrested,for until assistance arrives the Government is entirely paralyzed. |
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17.11.1825
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R.Steuart to Duke. General. |
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22.11.1825
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Bishop to Duke. "The troops - if troops they can be called - have arrived,but no arrests have as yet been made. Warrants have been put into the hands of Llewellyn, in order,I suppose,that he may give notice to the parties concerned to run away,for he was the legal adviser of the ring-leaders of the mob." The towns have remained quiet and the cost of maintaining the troops should fall on the landowners and farmers who excited the mobs. He feels that his promise,through extracted by threat, should be kept, though steps should be taken to ensure that he does not lose financially and that a decree of the King in Council is not disregarded. He is convinced that the Gawnes were behind the riots and T.Gawnes troop of Yeomanry, who were drinking in the inn with the mob instead or doing their duty,should be disbanded. |
| AP_46(2nd)_39 |
27.11.1825
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Bishop to Duke. "The combination against the Tithes is such that nothing but military force will put it down. The whole country is concerned and any who favour us are threatened and excommunicated". The Secretary of State obviously does not appreciate the gravity of the situation. |
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28.11.1825
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R.Steuart to Duke. he also thinks that the Sec.of State is being misled by the Lt.Gov.who is shielding the local authorities. |
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28.11.1825
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Bishop to Duke. denying in detail allegations that the potatoe tithe had been imposed in a harsh manner. |
| AP_46(2nd)_42 |
28.11.1825
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Bishop to Duke. expanding views already expressed. "From the moment it was known that you intended to dispose of your rights every Manksman turned against us.The only tie which before bound them was the expectation of future favours,and when that was at an end,like all low persons they were glad of an opportunity to insult their former benefactors". |
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3.12.1825
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Bishop to Duke. "The Lt.Gov. is now congratulating the Island on the restoration of peace...purchased at the expense of our property. The country is absolutely in the hands the lower classes, who rule everything by the system of combination established amongst themselves... The Government,as it is called,is in fact an old man who is now unable to stir from his house and two Manx attornies...who just give him what information they please...If Govt.refuse me relief I will again force the law into play and they must either admit that they are unable to support their own judgements,or finally do me justice. At the present time it is of importance that the value of the property you are selling should not be lowered by its being thought that the estimated revenue cannot be collected." As anyone convicted of arson can only be transported who is going to compensate the victims for their loss ? If some of the instigators who are men of property could be fined the necessary funds might be forthcoming. |
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8.12.1825
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Bishop to Duke. The jury - on a quibble - have refused to convict the men responsible for firing the stacks at Mr.Kennedy's farm. The Lt.Gov. is putting out a petition in Kennedy's name for a collection to be made for him in the Churches "The old man told me he had been persuaded to sign it,but thought it a great insult to be obliged to beg from those who had destroyed his property". |
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10.12.1825
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R.Steuart to Duke.The two men who the Jury refused to convict on the capital charge - see above [AP_46(2nd)_44] - have been convicted and sentenced to transportation for life,on a lesser charge. |
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14.12.1825
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Bishop to Duke. He is not satisfied with the trials,which are not bringing the real instigators to punishment but merely "a set of poor, deluded wretches" and so will do no good. He suggests that Gawne's Yeomanry should be disbanded and a troop raised from the English people in the Island. About 150 half-pay officers in Douglas would willingly have given their services and are enraged that they were not given the opportunity to do so. He finds that unsupported by Government and with a vile Press disemminating the most abominable falsehoods against both him and the Duke he cannot stand against the popular outcry,so proposes to send his family to England and come to the Island himself only when absolutely necessary in the discharge of his Episcopal duties. |
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22.12.1825
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Bishop to Duke. The two convicted men [John Kermode & William Hudgeon] are being escorted to the Hulks by Cleator (Constable,Douglas N.M.) who,on the way,will try and get from them information as to who set them on,as it is thought they are being hurried away so that this may not become known. |
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28.12.1825
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Bishop to Duke.The Manks Patriot has again made its appearance and contains a most infamous libel on you as Governor and Chancellor of the Island. Unless you direct otherwise it will be seized and proceedings taken against it by the Att.Gen. (The paragraph said to be enclosed,is missing. N.M.) |
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30.12.1825
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Bishop to Duke.General. |
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5.1.1826
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Duke to Bishop. General. (Copy) |
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8.1.1826
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Bishop to Duke. The Keys,assembled to pass a Riot Act and Compensation Bill,have failed to do so. |
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8.1.1826
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R.Steuart to Duke. An embargo on the export of potatoes has been ordered. ‘The real reason for this. |
| AP_46(2nd)_53 |
13.1.1826
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R.Steuart to Duke. with regard to Licences - their reported sale etc. |
| AP_46(2nd)_54 |
14.1.1826
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Bishop to Duke. "If the conduct of the Lt.Gov.in the Farrant business and in his speech to the Keys... do not sufficiently evince his imbecility it is in vain to lay anything to his charge." "McHutchin and Quirk will swear in his favour to any extent that may be required."The farmers whose names are mentioned .by the convicts are all men of good Property." |
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14.1.1826
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Duke to Bishop. (Copy) Trivial. |
| AP_46(2nd)_56 |
14.1.1826
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Duke to R.Steuart (Copy) Trivial. |
| AP_46(2nd)_57 |
17.1.1826
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Bishop to Duke."The old map of Bishopscourt,executed in Bishop Hildersley's time,turns out to be incorrect,there being only 653 acres instead of 684 as stated in the old survey." |
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20.1.1826
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Bishop to Duke.A new vein has been discovered at Foxdale. It is between four and five ft.wide and yields six tons per fathom. A new mine has been opened between Port Erin and Spanish Head. |
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23.1.1826
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Bishop to Duke. Mostly about the value of the Herring Tithe and other tithes. (The six papers said to be enclosed are missing. N.M.) |
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24.1.1826
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R.Steuart to Duke. "We are now receiving mails two to three times a week." |
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