BAILIE, John, 1820 Settler

National Archives, Kew CO48/41, 249

44 Parliament Street

27 July 1819

Mr. BAILIE presents his compliments to Mr. HUSKISSON and takes the liberty of transmitting to him a memorandum he has drawn up on the late Circular for colonizing the Cape  - Much more might be said on this subject – Mr. BAILIE begs to remind Mr. HUSKISSON of his kind promise to introduce him to Mr. GOULBURN's notice

251-255 (Memorandum)

Government formerly allowed tonnage to persons who would take out at least ten Settlers to the Cape of Good Hope, and one hundred acres of land per head, but this land was granted to the speculator and not each individual settler.  These poor creatures were completely his victims, for he indented them, and on their arrival at the Cape sold them for different periods according to their ability, to the Cape Boors – so true is this, that at the present day, if any one ask the history of such or such a man, the answer is “he is (or was) one of such “a mans guineamen” and during this period of their servitude they are here nominated “White Negroes”

It would be highly improper, by enforcing the second paragraph of the Circular to openly countenance this white slave trade, for it is neither more nor less. No man of property in his senses would think of taking out ten or more people at his own risk unless he indented them before he left England, and could turn them to the best account, for the moment the settlers reached the Colony they would there hear the high price of labour and would not then sign so bad a bargain. To prevent all idea of this disgraceful traffic I beseech Government in the name of humanity to withdraw this condition and to receive individual offers whether from fathers of families or single men. The superintendent and surveyor at the Colony have only to locate the settlers in such situations as will admit of their forming villages, and point out to them to them where they are to build so as to be near enough to assist one another or work together in joint stock if they thought proper. Such superintendent should also take care that each village might contain artisans of different trades. Much advantage would be derived to the Colony and to the Colonists by making Government the Landowner and Director of the whole machine, and giving confidence to the Settlers by ensuring the stability of the enterprize which then be placed out of the dominance or the caprice of any individual, and prevent all fears and heart burnings.  Should Parishes send out Paupers it seems to me to be the duty of Government to furnish them with a list of the necessaries with which they are to provide these poor people, and to enforce with great rigour the payment of the deposit and a small sum besides for stock, I should think equal to the deposit and allow the Parish superintendent to accompany the Paupers only till they were embarked, when having placed them in the hands of Government his task would be completed.  I cannot conceive of a greater scene of  confusion and uproar than would ensue on board a Vessel which might by any chance carry four or five draughts from different Parishes each headed by a different superintendent, and all of them going to sea for the first time in their lives.

The last Paragraph seems to have been drawn up by some person who was perfectly aware of the abominable system of indenture, or else why not survey and apportion out the land to each settler as soon as he arrives?  Why wait three years unless with a view to give time for the period of indented servitude to expire?  They hold out in terrorem the forfeiture of the land unless brought into cultivation within a given number of years?  This can only have been written with a view to drive the speculator into the utmost rigour in his power to enforce, for the purpose of grinding all the labour possible from his white slaves, in order to complete a certain cultivation within a given time. –

            As this emigration is to be purely voluntary, and indeed a favor, I may say to many a blessing, I would entreat Government to enforce forfeiture only for gross misconduct, on abandonment of the land.  Government will find every one anxious bring to their land into cultivation in as short a time as possible.

            If I might be allowed to advise, I should recommend Government to make known immediately what are the articles that will not be allowed to be cultivated or to be traded in, and tables of all the duty imposed or likely to be so and leave the rest to evaluation and spirit of enterprise. It would be well also to make known to the public to what extent the emigration to the Cape will be allowed. The nation is at this moment bent on emigrating and the more respectable people that are allowed to go to the Cape in the outset, the better in the first place to be enabled to commence operations with people easy to be governed, and whose example will lead the lower orders, and in the second place because the paupers will always easily be found in any quantity Government may think proper to send out.  Another reason why it would be well to begin with respectable people is, that more or less they all posses some capital, and that being once prepared for quitting the Country or as is commonly said, “having make their minds up to it” rather than not leave it, they will emigrate to the United States of America and ridiculous as the attempt may at present appear, many will go with their family to the Venezuelan provinces, particularly from Ireland, and many certainly will go to the river of Plate. There never was a period in our history when the mania for emigration was at so great a height.  I can assure Government that I have many proofs before me that it is not from a mere “truant disposition” and that the lower orders are not perhaps the most unfortunate not the most to be pitied.

 

 

National Archives, Kew CO48/41, 349/350

11 August 1819

7 Manchester Buildings

Westminster

My Lord,

I have the honour to beg your Lordship's attention to a numerous class of individuals who generally do not possess the means of complying with the circular issued by your Lordship, by taking upon themselves the charge and maintenance of ten or more people, but whose capital, though in many instances small, is quite adequate to insure to His Majesty's Government the certainty of their not becoming a burthen to the Colony at the Cape of Good Hope.

From a mass of about six hundred persons of the above description who have applied to me I have been careful in selecting such only whose general character was good, whose habits were likely to render them useful in an infant Colony and whose capital was such as to guard against the possibilities of their families, in the event of the head's dying, becoming a charge upon the Colonists.

The compact we have made, binding us to a certain period of mutual assistance, the mass of mechanical skill and industry, as well as knowledge of agriculture, centred in our body, hold out to us, individually, hopes of speedy comfort and, collectively, an early prospect of promoting the prosperity of our native country, which will ever be the object dearest to an Englishman.

We are 115 men, our collective number in family is 390 and the aggregate amount of our capital is near as can be ascertained £18,610.

I hope your Lordship will favourably consider the proposal. I have the honour to submit to be allowed to colonize at the Cape of Good Hope in whatever district His Majesty's Government may have selected, under the advantages held out in the different official circulars.

Should this proposal have the good fortune to be approved by your Lordship I would beg to be favoured with as early an answer as may be convenient, that we may be enabled to commence our preparations with as little delay as possible.

I have the honour to be with great respect

Your Lordship's most obedient humble servant

John BAILIE

 

 

National Archives, Kew CO48/41, 352

Name	Age	Total in Family	Trade
CLEMENT, Charles	30	6	Farmer
MASKRILL, W.E.	21	1	Whitesmith
SALMON, Robert Jones	19	1	Carpenter
EDMONDS, Peter Rich'd	19	1	Seaman
KIMBLE, Jos'h	40	4	Farmer
BUSH	30	4	Grazier
FORBES, William	28	6	Shoemaker
ROWLES, John	29	4	Farmer
YOUNG, Stephen	52	5	Tanner Currier
IZARD	40	5	Farmer
BAILIE, John	31	10

 

 

National Archives, Kew CO48/41, 353-358

No.	Names	Ages	Total No. in Family
1	BISHOP, John	50
	Maria, his wife	32
	John	17
	James	16
	Caroline	2
	Jane THOMAS, servant	19	6
2	THOMAS, James	28
	Elizabeth, his wife	31
	Mary	1	3
3	THOMAS, John	21
	Mary, his wife	20
	Mary	1	3
4	BAKER, John Martin	26
	Ann, his wife	21
	Charles	1	3
5	ADAMS, Thos. Price	39
	Mary, his wife	30
	Mary Price	4
	Fanny	1	4
6	HUMPHREYS, David	29
	Sarah, his wife	32
	James	3
	Henry	1	4
7	STONE, Robert	27
	Elizabeth, his wife	24
	James	3
	Charles	1	4
8	ROWLES, John	29
	Sarah, his wife	27
	Amelia	3
	John	1	4
9	HOCKLY, Daniel	32
	Elizabeth, his wife	29
	Daniel	6
	Elizabeth	4
	Harriet	3	5
10	KILBY, Thomas	28
	Emma, his wife	29
	Samuel	7
	Sarah	5
	Christophine	4
	Emma	2	6
11	CHACE, John Centlivre	24
	Arabella, his wife	20
	Louisa	1	3
12	CLIFFORD, William	24
	Martha, his wife	22	2
13	JUBBER, James Adams	33
	Eliza, his wife	24
	James	2	3
14	GOODWIN, John	46
	Mary Ann, his wife	40
	Mary Ann	14
	John Francis	12
	Henry Samuel	10	5
15	FORD, James Edward	50
	Frances, his wife	40
	Frances Jane	14
	James Samuel	13
	George Henry	11
	Edward	9
	Adelaide Elizabeth	7
	Jean Murray	5
	John Henry	3
	Sarah STLLWELL	23	10
16	Henry CRAUSE	29
	Helen, his wife	28
	Charles	5	3
17	SIMS, John	23
	Sarah, his wife	23
	Charles	5
	John	3	4
18	IZARD, Joseph	38
	Catherine, his wife	40
	Jane	17
	Henry	12	4
19	BURGIE, Andrew	25
	Elizabeth, his wife	23	2
20	FORBES, William	28
	Charlotte, his wife	24
	Ann	6
	Charlotte	5
	Mary	2
	Ann NIXON	45	6
21	MEESON, Edward	43
	Eliza, his wife	38
	Edward	13
	Alfred	11
	Richard	9
	John	7
	Henry	5
	Eliza	1	8
22	YOUNG, Stephen	50
	Mary, his wife	47
	Mary	18
	Stephen	14
	Elizabeth	11	5
23	FRANZ, Christopher	29
	Ann, his wife	25
	Ann	7
	Helen	4	4
24	HOWELL, Samuel	33
	Ann, his wife	32
	Ann Lake	7
	Catherine	5
	Owen	3
	Josephine	2	6
25	FLANNEGAN, Timothy	39
	Mary, his wife	41
	Mary Ann	14
	James Frederick	9
	Arthur Stephen	7
	Elizabeth	2	6
26	STRINGFELLOW, Thomas	30
	Ann, his wife	30
	Ann	5
	Mary Ann	3
	Sarah	1	5
27	WORLEDGE, Thomas	23
	Jane, his wife	21
	Sarah	1
	Ann WOOD, his mother	42	4
28	LOVEMORE, Henry	35
	Ann, his wife	29
	Eliza	14
	Robert	6
	Henry	5
	Ann	3
	Maria	2
	Ann REMNANT	45	8
29	O'FLINN, Daniel	27
	Margaret, his wife	28	2
30	HEATH, John	26
	Maria, his wife	23
	John	2	3
31	ANDERSON, George	48
	Isabella, his wife	45
	Benjamin	14
	Isabella	8	4
32	JEFFRIES, Joseph	28
	Elizabeth, his wife	30
	Eliza	7
	James	2	4
33	HARDEN, William	25
	Maria, his wife	24
	Jane	3
	Maria	2	4
34	LEE, Henry	30
	Charlotte, his wife	29
	Alfred	7
	Matilda	5
	George	2	5
35	GOSHAM, Mathew	34
	Harriet, his wife	38
	Thomas	13
	Alfred	5
	Harriet	4	5
36	HUNTER, John	27
	Elizabeth, his wife	23
	Anna	2	3
37	SMITH, James	43
	Jane, his wife	39
	John James	15
	William Sydney	13
	Harriet	11
	Frederic	8
	William Zachary	6
	Charles	5
	Mary Jane	3
	Rosina	2
	Alfred	1	11
38	HARRISON, William	30
	Ann, his wife	30
	Thomas	13
	George	2	4
39	HART, William	46
	Jane, his wife	36
	Elizabeth	17
	William	15
	Henry	12
	Samuel	8
	Charles	7
	Emily	1	8
40	COWPER, William Devereux	21
	Henry	13
	James	10	3
41	REED, William	40
	Eliza, his wife	38
	Eliza	20
	Charles	11
	Louisa	9
	James	7
	George	1	7
42	GODLONTON, Robert	25
	Mary Ann, his wife	27
	William HEX	17
	Mary Ann	3	4
43	MUNRO, Alexander	44
	Margaret, his wife	43
	William	18
	James	16
	Margaret	14
	Hugh	12
	Jane	10
	Charles	6
	John	4
	Mary Ann	2	10
44	REYNOLDS, James	55
	Mary Ann, his wife	31
	William	8
	Joshua	3	4
45	KITE, Joseph	33
	Sarah, his wife	31
	Mary	14
	James	13	4
46	MARILLIER, Philip Richard	27	1
47	PORTER, Edward	21	1
48	KING, George	32	1
49	BIDDULPH, Simon	50
	Anne, his wife	48
	Charlotte	26
	William	13
50	HASSELL, Frederic	36
	Louisa, his wife	26	2
51	MACFARLANE, James	40	1
52	MACFARLANE, James	21	1
53	PALMER, William	22	1
54	MACDONOUGH, John	35	1
55	KING, Richard	29	1
56	ANDERSON, Robert	26	1
57	ANDERSON, George	24	1
58	ANDERSON, William	21	1
59	MATTHEWS, Benjamin	25	1
60	TAYLOR, John	28	1
61	RANDALL, Chas.	40	1
62	RANDALL, James	20	1
63	REED, William	23	1
64	REED, Edward	21	1
65	REED, Henry	20	1
66	GARLAND, Joseph	44	1
67	MESNARD, Alexander	30	1
68	SARTINE, John	45	1
69	LEWIS, Lawrence	20	1
70	MACKRELL, William Edward	21	1
71	SALMON, Robert Jones	20	1
72	CRAWFORD, William	34	1
73	BUCHANAN, William	22	1
74	BIDDULPH, George	22	1
75	BIDDULPH, John	21	1
76	BIDDULPH, Henry	20	1
77	ROWLANDSON, John	30	1
78	WILKINSON, George	20	1
79	NELSON, Matthew	28
	Elizabeth, his wife	32
	Harriett	11
	William	6
	Elizabeth	2	5
80	LAW, James	28	1
81	TIBBS, Hawkins	22	1
82	WEST, John	30
	Mary, his wife	30
	Elizabeth	6
	Mary	3	4
83	HAYWOOD, William	27
	Mary, his wife	26
	William	7
	Mary	3
	John	2	5
84	WIFFEN, William	29	1
85	GAYWOOD, William	25	1
86	WEBB, William	27	1
87	HUFFEY, John	28	1
88	HOW, John	27
	Eliza, his wife	26
	John	4	3
89	ORAM, Henry	26
	Hannah, his wife	26
	Sarah	8
	Henry	6
	Mary	4
	Fanny	2	6
90	WILSON, John	29
	Harriett, his wife	25
	Harriett	1	3
91	MILES, Richard	20	1
92	FIGHT, Michael	19	1
93	SMITH, Edward	24	1
94	SMITH, John	31
	Mary, his wife	29
	John	13
	Jane	10	4
95	SMITH, Thomas	18	1
96	BAILIE, John	31
	Amelia, his wife	27
	Anne, his mother	52
	Charles Theodore	9
	Archibald Hope	7
	Thomas Cockburn	6
	John	4
	Maurice	3
	Rose KING, servant	25	9
		TOTAL	302

 

 

National Archives, Kew CO48/41, 359/360

Name	Age	Total No. in Family	Trade
BAKER, John Martin	26	3	Stone Mason & Brickmaker
ROSE, John	27	1	Salesman
FARRANT, Joseph	42	6	Corn Dealer
GOSHAM, Matthew	24	5	Distiller
PORTER, Edward	21	1	Shoemaker
CRAUSE, Henry	29	3	Captain on Half Pay
MUNRO, Alexander	44	10	Retired Officer
ROWE, Thos.	36	4	Linen Draper
KING, George	32	1	Half Pay Officer
KNOX, John	48	3	Watchmaker
CRAWFORD, William	34	1	Surgical Instr. Maker
THOMPSON, Thos.	42	6	Gardener
ADAMS, Thos. Price	39	5	Wine Merchant
HOLDITCH, Robert	30	4	Surgeon
BUCHANAN, William	22	1	Engineer
MACFARLANE, James	40	1	Smith & Brazier
CAUSDALE, William	34	6	Malster
READ, Thomas	25	2	Farmer
KITE, Joseph	33	4	Farmer
EVANS, John	40	2	Smith & Brazier
ROBERTS, John	44	5	Wheelwright
MACFARLANE, James	20	1	Smith & Brazier
PALMER, William	22	1	Smith &c
HART, William	46	4	Half Pay Officer
WORLERIDGE, Thomas	23	4	Tailor
SPERRY, George	33	6	Carpenter General
CAHILL, Thomas	30	2	Sail Maker
KINGHAM, Joseph	30	3	Farmer
BISHOP, John	50	6	Ship Builder
TATHAM, William	21	2	Tin Plate Worker
FRITH, John	28	3	Carpenter
SHEWRING, Ambrose	52	5	Gardener
HAYES, George	35	8	Wine & Spirit Merchant
LOVEMORE, Henry	35	8	Wine & Spirit Merchant
CLARKE, William	25	2	Surgeon
HEWSON, Thomas	42	6	Gunmaker
BEDWICK, William	20	2	Gardener
MACDONOUGH, John	35	1	Grazier
KING, Richard	29	1	Gardener
FRANTZ, Christopher	29	5	Vine Dresser
STRINGFELLOW, Thomas	35	5	Printer
GODLONTON, Robert	25	3	Printer
PAINTER, Richard	37	6	Gardener
WARD, Benjamin	38	4	Farmer
LEWIS, Lawrence	20	1	Bookbinder
BANKS, Richard	42	4	Gardener
HOWELL, William	28	3	Farmer
KILBY, Thomas	27	6	Gardener
ANDERSON, George	45	4	Cabinet Maker
ANDERSON, Robert	26	1	Cabinet Maker
ANDERSON, George	24	1	Cabinet Maker
ANDERSON, William	20	1	Cabinet Maker
HEATH, John	26	3	Gardener
LEE, Henry	28	5	Farmer and Butcher
DARIEN, Henry Joseph	24	3	Carpenter
TAYLOR, John	45	2	Butcher
TAYLOR, John	28	1	Butcher
SMITH, James	45	11	Farmer
MATTHEWS, Benjamin	25	1	Farmer
CAMBRAGE, Mark	24	1	Farmer
SALTER, John	27	3	Carpenter
HUNTER, John	27	3	Baker and Mealman
RAVEN, Henry	42	7	Brewer and Malster
CHASTNEY, Thomas	34	2	Farmer
GARLAND, Joseph	44	1	Ship Carpenter, Pensioner of Govt.
REYNOLDS, James	55	4	Farmer
ROWLANDSON, John	30	1	Farmer
HARDING, John	39	3	Farmer
JEFFRIES, Joseph	28	4	Chairmaker
EAST, Philip	32	3	Shoemaker
HARDEN, William	25	4	Cabinet Maker
HOGG, George	38	5	Plumber
CHARLTON, Thomas	28	2	Carpenter and Joiner
HARRISON, William	28	3	Farmer & Miller
HOWELL, Samuel	33	7	Farmer and Schoolmaster
FLANNAGAN, Timothy	38	6	Gunsmith
CLIFFORD, William	24	2	Gardener
HOARE, George	24	1	Carpenter
HARRISON, William No.2	28	3	Land Surveyor
MESNARD, Alexander	30	1	Gardener
SARTINE, John	45	1	Cabinet Maker
MACLEOD, William	29	2	Carpenter
MEESON, Edward	43	8	Farmer
CHURCH, James	25	1	Seaman
COWPER, Wm. Devereux	21	3	Farmer & Corn Dealer
CONELLY, Andrew	29	2	Linen Draper
GREEN, William	36	2	Bookseller
REED, William Jun	41	8	Farmer
CHACE, John C.	24	3	General Merchant
GOODMAN, John	47	5	Grazier
MITCHELL, William	50	2	Farmer
PORTER, Nelson	19	1	Gardener
WALKER, John	20	1	Apothecary
ORAM, Benjamin	60	1	Brazier
HERBERT, Henry	24	1	Gunmaker
HASSEL, J.H.F.	39	3	Surgeon
FORD, James Edward	50	10	Woolstapler
MARELLIER, Philip (an Englishman)	24	1	Grazier
ROBERTS, ___	23	1	Surgeon
SIMS, John	23	5	Farmer
HOCKLY, Daniel	32	5	General Merchant
HOWE, Robert	29	4	Carpenter and Joiner
JONES, Thomas	20	2	Farmer
HUMPHREYS, David	29	4	Carpenter and Joiner
THOMAS, James	28	4	Carpenter & Cabinetmaker
THOMAS, John	21	3	Carpenter & Cabinetmaker
JUBBER, James	33	3	Rigger
BURGIE, Andrew	25	2	Seaman
BIGGAR, Alexander	38	10	Farmer
RANDALL, Charles	40	1	Farmer & Grazier
RANDALL, James	18	1	Farmer & Grazier
REED, William	22	1	Farmer
REED, Henry	19	1	Farmer
REED, Edward	20	1	Farmer
GUNNING, Burton	42	2	Hatter
LITTLETON, Edward	40	5	Tailor

 

 

National Archives, Kew CO48/41, 361/362

Committee Room

Globe Tavern

Fleet Street

11^th August 1819

Sir,

We have the honour to acquaint you that at a meeting which took place at the Crown and Anchor on the 9^th inst we were selected to form a committee for the purpose of collecting and distributing such information on the subject of the projected colonization to the Cape of Good Hope as might tend generally to satisfy the minds of those persons who are eager to avail themselves of the benevolent intentions of the Government.

To be enabled to fulfil the trust reposed in us we shall be under the necessity of troubling you with queries. It will be our duty to intrude as little as possible on your valuable time.

In order to facilitate our labours we request you will do us the favor to transmit to us a series of those circulars which have been issued from the Colonial Department relative to this Colonization.

We take the liberty of submitting to you that, from the confidence that has been placed in us by a very numerous and respectable meeting, which no one of us was instrumental in calling together, we may be the means of relieving your Department from a very laborious and irksome duty by acting as a medium between you and the persons in this metropolis desirous of information.

It is unnecessary at present to obtrude farther on your attention. We shall therefore conclude by bespeaking your future kind consideration of any enquiries which we may feel it necessary to make and which may not be satisfactorily answered by the documents for which we have applied.

We have the honour to be with great respect

Sir, your most obedient humble servants

John BAILIE

Dan'l BARUK MD

Jn. Fdk. ELLIOTT

John MANDY

John BEACALL

 

 

National Archives, Kew CO48/41, 397

7 Manchester Buildings

Westminster

17^th August 1819

My Lord

I have the honour to transmit for your Lordship's information a list of the persons comprised in the proposals I submitted to you on the 11^th instant. My letter mentioned only 115 men, the accompanying list contains 126. I take the liberty of leaving it to your Lordship to remove from the list such persons as you may deem objectionable on any grounds. I have the honour to be with great respect

My Lord

Your Lordship's most obed't humble servant

John BAILIE

 

 

National Archives, Kew CO48/41, 435

7 Manchester Buildings

Westminster

25^th August 1819

My Lord,

I have the honour to transmit to your Lordship an amended list of my party made out in conformity to the directions conveyed to me by Mr. GOULBURN's letter of the 18^th inst.

I beg to assure your Lordship that we are ready to conform ourselves to all the conditions upon which His Majesty's Government have offered to grant lands in the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope.

It may be proper that I should state to your Lordship that seventeen of the persons in the list (no.79 to 95 inclusive) are labourers who are intended and are willing to be taken out at the joint expense of the others.

I have the honour to be with great respect My Lord

Your Lordship's most obedient humble servant

John BAILIE

 

 

National Archives, Kew CO48/41, 594

7 Manchester Buildings

Westminster

7^th October 1819

Sir,

I have been honoured with your letter of the 30^th ult conveying to me Earl BATHURST's permission to proceed to the Cape of Good Hope with one hundred able bodied settlers and their families. From the despatch with which I thought it was necessary to return my list with the details required in your letter of 18^th August last I was not enabled to collect the statements of the whole party, thirty of whom were consequently left out in the second list which I had the honour to transmit to you on the 25^th August, on which you have grounded the acceptance of my proposal.

I therefore intrude on your goodness in behalf of the persons thus omitted, not from any fault of their own, and request to be allowed to add their names, thirty in number, to the list for which you have already done me the favour to accept of my proposals.

I have the honour to be Sir

Your most obedient humble servant

John BAILIE

638

7 Manchester Buildings

Westminster

16^th October 1819

Sir,

I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 14^th instant conveying to me Earl Bathurst's opinion that I should provide adequate medical attendance for the large proportion of individuals composing my party during the voyage and directing me to state to you the measures which I might adopt for that purpose. Fully impressed with the importance of Earl Bathurst's suggestion I have the honour to acquaint you that I have engaged Daniel O'FLINN, Physician and Surgeon, and Edward ROBERTS, Surgeon, to accompany my party in their professional capacity, should it meet your approbation. From my personal acquaintance with Mr. O'FLINN I am enabled to bear testimony to his humanity, and the testimonials which he can produce will I trust be found unexceptionable. Mr. ROBERTS is a pupil of Mr. HAY of Leeds and is a member of the Royal College of Surgeons.

In reference to the concluding paragraph of your letter I beg leave to state that the delay in transmitting my return is occasioned by the distance of the residences of my numerous country settlers but I trust I shall be enabled to complete them on the 18^th instant.

I have the honour to be Sir, your most ob't humble servant

John BAILIE

 

 

National Archives, Kew CO48/41, 654

7 Manchester Buildings

Westminster

21^st October 1819

My Lord

I have the honour to transmit to your Lordship the return of my party as required by Mr. GOULBURN's letter of the 30^th ultimo.

The deposit money amounting to £1230 is ready to be paid whenever your Lordship may honour me with your commands to that effect.

In the selection of my settlers I have been particularly attentive to character as well as ability and have assembled artisans of nearly every description besides thirty farmers.

I have also the honour to transmit for your Lordship's information copies of the articles of agreement between myself and the persons comprising my party, which I hope will meet your approbation.

I have the honour to be with great respect My Lord

Your Lordship's most obedient humble servant

John BAILIE

 

 

National Archives, Kew CO48/41, 746

Chapman Transport

Downs

9 Dec 1819

Sir,

I have the honour to transmit for your information a list of persons who have requested to be allowed to land. They have suffered so severely from seasickness that I did not think it adviseable to detain them. I have been enabled to land with them only a part of their baggage; the remainder will be returned to England from the Cape of Good Hope at their own expense, with their deposit money.

I have the honour to be with great respect Sir

Your most obedient humble servant

John BAILIE

1 John SIMS, wife and two children

2 Thos. MEAD

3 Mathew ADAMS

4 Wm. HOGARTH

Joseph GOODES has been obliged to join us at the Cape with Mr. LOVEMORE's family in the Northampton

 

 

BAILIE, John - Articles of Agreement

Articles of Agreement made this 6th day of October, 1819, between John BAILIE, of Manchester Buildings, Westminster, in the County of Middlesex, Esq., of the one part and the several other Persons who names are hereunder written of the other part.

Whereas the said John BAILIE hath proposed to the Government of Great Britain, to take a party of One Hundred able-bodied Settlers with their Families to the Cape of Good Hope. And whereas, His Majesty's Government have accepted of such proposal of the said John BAILIE, and propose and intend to make to the said John BAILIE, a Grant of Land, to be assigned to him on his arrival at the said Colony of the Cape of Good Hope, in conformity with the regulations laid down by his Majesty's Government. And, whereas, the several Persons whose hands and names are hereunder written, have severally and respectively agreed to and with the said John BAILIE, to proceed with him to the said intended Settlement in the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope, upon the terms, conditions, and stipulations, hereinafter expressed and contained:

I.

That he, the said John BAILIE, his Heirs, Executors, or Administrators, shall and will distribute to each of the undersigned Persons, parties hereto of the second part, their Wives or Children, an allotment of Land of the measurements of Fifty Acres, & being part of the grant or grants of land which he the said John BAILIE shall or may receive from His Majesty's Government, such several allotments to be subject to a proportional shares of the Quitrent, Taxes, and other charges to be imposed or to be imposed thereon by His Majesty's Government for the time being of the said Colony. And it is hereby mutually agreed between on the said Parties hereto, that the said several allotments of Land so to be made by the said John BAILIE, to the several other Persons parties hereto, shall be laid out by him the said John BAILIE, in one or more Towns or Villages as the position or form of the Land so to be granted to him the said John BAILIE, by His Majesty's Government may require, or admit of, for the more convenient location, and for the benefit and safety of all the parties hereto.

II.

That such Town or Towns, Village or Villages (should it be so found necessary), shall each contain a Church, or place of Public Worship, a Hall to be subdivided into whatever Rooms or Compartments the circumstances of such Town or Village may require, and a space of Ground not less than Ten Acres as a place for Recreation and for a Market.

III.

That the Ground required to be employed for the above-mentioned public purposes, and for such Streets and Roads as may be required for the convenience of such Towns or Villages as may be laid out, shall be in deduction from the allotment of Land to be made by the said John Bailie to the said undersigned Persons and in proportion to their several allotments.

IV.

That the undersigned Persons bind themselves each for himself, his Wife, Children, Family, and Dependents, unto the said John BAILIE, his Heirs, Executors or Administrators, to guarantee and indemnify him the said John BAILIE, for all and every expense he, the said John BAILIE, shall incur, sustain, or be put into, on account of, or for the Maintenance, Clothing, or Transport of the said undersigned Persons, their Wives, Children, Families, and Dependents; and generally for their Armament and Equipment, whenever or wheresoever; the respective allotment of Land which may have been made to the said undersigned Parties, hereto of the second part, by the said John Bailie, being chargeable with all such expenses, and revertible to the said John BAILIE in case of failure of such Guarantee and Indemnity.

V.

That the undersigned Persons do hereby bind themselves several and respectively to assist each other, and all the Party, in labour in whatever way they can severally and respectively be rendered most serviceable and available until the Public Work hereinbefore mentioned, shall be fully completed, a House or Hut be erected and built for each and every one of the Parties hereto, the said House or Huts to be erected and built of equal dimensions, and four Acres of Land to be cleared and fenced for each of the Parties hereto, and a Fold therein made, calculated to shelter the Cattle of each of the undersigned, and shall and will also assist each other in digging such Wells as may be found requisite for supplying sufficient quantities of Water for the use of all the Parties hereto.

VI.

It is hereby further mutually agreed, by and between the several (?) parties hereto, of the second part, and the said John BAILIE, that if they, or any or either of them, shall, or do neglect, or refuse to comply with the stipulations and conditions contained in the above recited Fifth Article, be or they so refusing to comply therewith shall forfeit and pay the sum of 20£ British sterling, or such sum in the currency of the Colony as may be of equal value, and also that he or they so offending shall be deprived of the gratuitous services of the other and other of the Parties hereto, in building, clearing and fencing his, her, or their allotments, and shall also be deprived of the use of the common stock of Tools, Implements, and Library. And further, that should the Parties or Party so offending not be possessed of such pecuniary means as well enable them to pay such forfeiture of 20? British sterling, then, he or they so offending, shall respectively forfeit in lieu thereof a certain portion of their allotment of Land, not more than Twenty Acres nor less than Ten Acres, to be taken from his or their respective Allotments, such forfeiture, to be adjudged by the finding and aware of a Jury, to be composed of twelve of the undersigned Parties hereto of the second part, to be selected and appointed by lot.

VII.

And whereas, it is necessary for the preservation of good order, and moral and industrious habits, that Shops, or Stores, or Houses, or Booths, of whatsoever description, whether errant or stationary, be totally prohibited from selling, retailing or serving out, in any shape or quantity whatsoever, Spirituous Liquors, of all and every denomination with the Precincts, Boundaries, Limits, and Premises, of the Grant of Land, which may be made by His Majesty's Government to the said John BAILIE, for himself, or for the use and benefit of the aforesaid undersigned Parties hereto of the second party, such prohibition to be enforced by the forfeiture of the Stock or quantity of Spirituous Liquors which shall or may be found in the possession of either of the said Parties, which Spirits so to be found in the possession of either of the said Parties for the purposes of sale, shall be poured out and scattered on the Earth, and a forfeiture of 100£ colonial currency (if such currency shall exist) of 50£ British sterling, shall be incurred and levied for every such offence, or failing, the pecuniary means of the Party or Parties so offending, such other forfeiture of Land shall be incurred as may be ordered by the find and away of a Jury of twelve of the Parties here of the second part, to be selected and appointed by lot.

VIII.

And whereas, it is repugnant to the feeling of humanity, and contrary to the principles in which all Englishmen have been reared, to tolerate or admit of slavery, therefore it is hereby mutually and respectively agreed between all the Parties hereto, that any, of either of them, shall not nor will either, directly or indirectly, be concerned in the purchase or employment of Slaves within the Precincts, Boundaries, and limited of the Premises of all and every the Grant or Grants of Land, which may be made by His Majesty's Government to the aforesaid John BAILIE, for himself, or for the use and benefit of the other Parties hereto, under the penalty of the restoration to Liberty of the Slaves or Slaves so to be found in the possession of any or either of the Parties hereto, their Heirs, Executors, Administrators, or Assigns. And further, a penalty shall be paid by the Party or Parties so offending, of a sum of Money equal to the value of the Slave or Slaves so to be found in his, her or their possession.

IX.

That all forfeitures and Penalties hereby imposed, whether in Money, Land or otherwise, shall be paid and received for the benefit of the Fund of the Town or Village where the offence or offences may have been committed, or which may have occasioned the infliction of such forfeiture.

X.

And it is hereby further agreed by and between all the Parties to these presents, that in consideration of the great trouble which he, the said John BAILIE, had been at in the formation of this Society, and in consequence of the reliance which the Parties hereto of the second part, have and repose in his judgment for the regulation and formation of such Settlement as may be formed for their mutual benefit and advantage, it is hereby agreed that the said John BAILIE shall reserve to himself the

sole direction of the intended Settlement, and the nomination of such Committee or Committees of the intended Settlement, and the nomination of such Committee of Committees of Management as he may deem necessary to assist him in the superintendance of the same, and also the nomination to such vacancies as shall or may occur from time to time in such Committee or Committees, and generally every thing appertaining thereto.

XI.

It is hereby further fully understood and agreed that these Articles can only be of force and available, inasmuch as they may be found in conformity with the existing Laws in the Colony or Settlement, or with such Laws as may in future be established and enacted in the Colony or Settlement in which it may please His Majesty's Government to locate the undersigned Parties hereto, and in as far as these Articles of Agreement may meet the approbation of His Majesty's Government.