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From: Lloyd Rowsell <>
Subject: "(from the files of lghr)"......PART III of ....1938 & 1968 NL Textbook excerpts....
Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 17:46:22 -0700 (PDT)

"(from the files of lghr)"......
PART III of ....1938 & 1968 NL Textbook excerpts.....



[lghr notes in these brackets]

1728****page 65..."At last in 1728, a very important man, Lord
VERE BEAUCLERK, was made commodore.

"The first man to be appointed governor was Captain Henry OSBORNE.
He divided the island into six districts and named justices of
the peace as well as constables."

page 66-67..."Some of the governors, however, were very able men.
There was Captain John BYNG, for example, and also Captain GEORGE
BRIDGES RODNEY, who later became one of Britain's greatest
admirals. Under men like these, the island was peaceful, the
justices did their duty, and the merchants and fishing admirals
did not harm the settlers."
Some governors were as cruel as the fishing admirals themselves.
Governor DORRILL, [see Durrells Arm -
http://www.ucs.mun.ca/~g43cbb/maptwill.html] for example, tried to
prevent Roman Catholics from owning property in Newfoundland. He
ordered many houses to be torn down or burned and tried to force
all Irishmen who were Roman Catholics to return to Ireland. At
this time many Roman Catholics refused to swear loyalty to King
GEORGE because they believed that Prince CHARLES Edward, usually
called Bonnie Prince Charlie, should be king. Some of the
governors, such as Governor DORRILL, feared that the Irish in
Newfoundland would join with the French and try to take over
Newfoundland."

1775-1815...****page 76 "PALLISER's Act was not carried out
because Britian was at war during the forty years after the act
was passed.
http://www.heritage.nf.ca/law/gov_1815.html#pallisers

1791...****page 79 .."in 1791, a Supreme Court was established in
St. John's."

1815...****page 76..."Thousands of settlers from England and
Ireland flocked to Newfoundland, and when the wars ended in 1815,
there were perhaps 40,000 people on the island.

1818-1847...**** page 82 ..."The winter of 1818 was the worst of
all and was called "the winter of the rals" or, as we would say,
the winter of the rowdies. The merchants, who were very worried
that the "rals" would destroy their property, advised the British
government that at least 5,000 settlers should be forced to leave
Newfoundland. When this advice was refused, some merchants,
helped by the governors, decided to do something themselves.
Thousands of unfortunates were shipped back to Ireland. Some were
sent to Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island until these colonies
protested that they would not take any more.

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