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9. In succession to Mr. Glenie at Trincomalie, I would then propose to appoint the Rev. Mr. Simons, who is now Colonial Chaplain of the Kandyan districts. His present salary is 200l., and by assigning from his future salary of 700l. at Trincomalie a sum of 234l., to make up the income of the Archdeacon on his retirement to 500l. per annum, Mr. Simons would have an immediate income of 466l., which on the death of the Archdeacon might be made up to 500l., at which sum I would propose that it should be fixed for Mr. Simon's and his successors in that chaplaincy.
10. To the vacancy occasioned by Mr. Simons' removal from the Kandyan districts, I would beg to recommend the appointment of the Rev. E. Mooyaart. He is the son of one of the oldest civil servants, a gentleman of Dutch extraction, and has been educated in England. He is now acting temporarily as Colonial Chaplain of Trincomalie, and his appointment to the Kandyan districts would imply his permanent attachment to the Ecclesiastical Establishment; and in a sphere in which by birth and local experience he is well calculated to be useful.
11. I have received, and beg to enclose to your Lordship a Memorial from Mr. Mooyaart, transmitted to me by the Bishop of Colombo, who strongly recommends his appointment to the vacant chaplaincy.
12. Should your Lordship sanction these arrangements, I shall be prepared to carry them into effect on receiving the signification of your approval.
Sir,
I have, &c.
(signed)
Enclosure 1, in No. 1.
Torrington.
Colombo, 6 December 1849. I HAVE the honour to communicate, for the information of his Excellency the Governor, my wish to retire from the office of Senior Colonial Chaplain, if Her Majesty's Government will grant me such a retiring income as my long service and my rank seem to require.
My services are as follows: My official appointment to the office of Senior Colonial Chaplain is dated in April 1831; since which, in April 1850, it will be 19 years. The letter of appointment is signed by Earl Grey, then Lord Howick and Under Secretary of State for the Colonies. I left England on the 24th of August in the same year, 1831. But from a protracted voyage, and subsequent detention at Cochin on the Malabar coast for one month, I did not arrive in Ceylon until the beginning of February 1832. I received half-pay from the date of embarkation.
From February 1832—18 years in February 1850—I have been in the island of Ceylon, without once leaving its shores. It is true that I am now on 18 months leave of absence from my duties of Senior Chaplain, though in this island. But it is likewise known that I am not, and have never been, wholly without clerical employment. I have a small congregation at Ratnapoora, where a small church has been built by my son-in-law, Mr. Mitford, the Assistant Government Agent at that station. And I am endeavouring to lay the foundation of a mission in a district where the Church had not yet been in operation.
My exact age at this date is 58 years and six months. And though my health, which has been impaired during the last few years, is greatly improved by my present comparative rest, I cannot expect, at my time of life, to be capable for any length of time of the permanent resumption of my duties in a tropical climate, and after so long service as Senior Colonial Chaplain, which is the most laborious and important clerical charge in the colony. My wish, therefore, is now to retire from that office.
But as the pension which I can claim under the existing Pension List for my long service will be utterly inadequate to my moderate wants, nor suitable to the rank I hold in the Church, I respectfully request that his Excellency the Governor, in consideration of the long period of my past service, will have the goodness to recommend to the Right honourable the Secretary of State for the Colonies, that my retiring pension be augmented, from the salary or salaries of the chaplain or chaplains benefited by my retirement, to the amount of 500l. per annum during my life, the augmentation thus derived to revert to the Church at my decease.
I may perhaps be admitted to state, as a precedent for this provision, that the late Archdeacon Glenie, on retiring from office on the expected arrival of the Bishop, in 1845, received during his life 400l. per annum in addition to his pension, which was paid out of the income of the present Bishop, and has now, since the death of the Archdeacon, reverted to the Episcopal revenue.
I must be allowed distinctly to state, in conclusion, that it will not be in my power to retire on a less income than 500l.
The Honourable Sir J. E. Tennent, Colonial Secretary.
I have, &c. (signed) B. Bailey.
My Lord,
ON COLONIAL CHURCH LEGISLATION, &c.
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Colombo, Ceylon, 11 December 1849. It is but due to an estimable clergyman, who has served the church in this diocese for six years, wherever his services were most needed, and everywhere effectively as well as diligently, in the absence of different Colonial Chaplains, to state that his claim for any vacancy that may occur deserves, in the estimate of his Diocesan, all the kind consideration which your Lordship may be willing to show towards one whose character and conduct are exemplary.
I have, &c. (signed) J. Colombo.
The Right Honourable Earl Grey,
&c. &c. &c.
To the Right Honourable the Earl Grey, Secretary of State for the Colonies, &c. &c. &c.
The humble Memorial of the Reverend Edward Mooyaart, B.A., of Trinity College, Cambridge, and Acting Colonial Chaplain of Trincomalie,
Respectfully showeth,
That your memorialist, understanding a vacancy is likely to be occasioned in the ecclesiastical establishment of this colony, by the contemplated retirement of the Venerable B. Bailey, D.D., Archdeacon of Colombo, and Senior Colonial Chaplain, begs to solicit confirmation to the Chaplaincy of Trincomalie, which he now holds ad interim, and which he understands will in all probability be vacated by the promotion of the present incumbent, the Reverend S. Owen Glenie, thereby leaving it at your Lordship's disposal.
Your memorialist respectfully submits for favourable consideration in support of this request, that he has been acting Colonial Chaplain, on half salary, for the last six years, with the full concurrence and sanction of the Bishops of Madras and Colombo, and begs to refer to those his respective diocesans for testimony as to the manner in which he has, during that period, discharged his duties at Kandy, Galle, and his present post. In addition to which, he anticipates that testimonials in his favour may be furnished your Lordship by the Bishop of London, and the Venerable Thomas Thorp, Archdeacon of Bristol.
That your memorialist has transmitted two applications to be regarded as a candidate for a Colonial Chaplaincy; first, to Lord Stanley, in March 1844, and afterwards to Mr. Gladstone, in June 1846, both of which received the support of his Excellency the Governor the late Sir Colin Campbell, who also recommended him for the Chaplaincy of Kandy, when vacated by the secession of the Reverend Mr. Wenham, junior, and subsequently for the Chaplaincy proposed to be instituted at Nuwera Ellia, in the same year.
Your memorialist would further respectfully submit, in addition to the above circumstances, which he humbly trusts may be admitted to give him a personal claim, in preference to other applicants, on the favourable consideration of Her Majesty's Government, that he is a native of this island, the eldest son of an old civil servant and member of Council on this Establishment, now retired on pension, after 30 years' service, and the next representative of a family settled in the colony for the last two centuries, during which period his ancestors held the highest post under the Government of Holland. That your memorialist was sent to England in early childhood, where he had the benefit of a liberal and expensive education, with a view to qualify himself for a Chaplaincy in this colony, in firm reliance on the gracious and enlightened encouragement held out by Her Majesty's Government to British colonists to aspire after local appointments; and that since his return to the island, he has been anxiously hoping for the fulfilment of his long-cherished wish, which he earnestly years ago, he trusts to your Lordship's well-known sense of justice may now at length be realized.
And your Memorialist, as in duty bound, shall ever pray.
Trincomalie, 6 December 1849.
(No. 494.)
No. 2.
(signed) E. Mooyaart, Acting Colonial Chaplain of Trincomalie.
Copy of a DESPATCH from Earl Grey to Governor the Viscount Torrington,
My Lord,
Downing-street, 15 February 1850. I HAVE received your Lordship's despatch No. 182,* of the 12th December, transmitting a communication from the Senior Colonial Chaplain, Dr. Bailey, Archdeacon of Colombo, tendering the resignation of his chaplaincy, provided an adequate allowance can be assured to him on his retirement, and reporting the arrangements which your Lordship would propose for filling up the vacancy.
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CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE COLONIAL DEPARTMENT
9. In succession to Mr. Glenie at Trincomalie, I would then propose to appoint the Rev. Mr. Simons, who is now Colnial Chaplain of the Kandyan districts. His present salary is 2007, and by assigning from his future salary of 7001. at Trincomalie a sum of 2341., to make up the income of the Archdeacon on his retirement to 500% per annum, Mr. Simons would have an immediate income of 4661., which on the death of the Archdeacon might be made up to 5001, at which sum I would propose that it should be fixed for Mr. Simon's and his successors in that chaplaincy.
10. To the vacancy occasioned by Mr. Simons' removal from the Kandyan districts, I would beg to recommend the appointment of the Rev. E. Mooyaart. He is the son of one of the oldest civil servants, a gentleman of Dutch extraction, and has been educated England. He is now acting temporarily as Colonial Chaplain of Trincomalie, and his appointment to the Kandyan districts would imply his permanent attachment to the Ecclesiastical Establishment; and in a sphere in which by birth and local experience he is well calculated to be useful.
11. I have received, and beg to enclose to your Lordship a Memorial from Mr. Mooyaart, transmitted to me by the Bishop of Colombo, who strongly recommends his appointment to the vacant chaplaincy.
12. Should your Lordship sanction these arrangements, I shall be prepared to carry them into effect on receiving the signification of your approval.
Sir,
I have, &c.
(signed)
Enclosure 1, in No. 1.
Torrington.
Colombo, 6 December 1849. I HAVE the honour to communicate, for the information of his Excellency the Governor, my wish to retire from the office of Senior Colonial Chaplain, if Her Majesty's Government will grant me such a retiring income as my long service and my rank seem to require.
My services are as follows: My official appointment to the office of Senior Colonial Chaplain is dated in April 1831; since which, in April 1850, it will be 19 years. The letter of appointment is signed by Earl Grey, then Lord Howick and Under Secretary of State for the Colonies. I left England on the 24th of August in the same year, 1831. But from a protracted voyage, and subsequent detention at Cochin on the Malabar coast for one month, I did not arrive in Ceylon until the beginning of February 1832. I received half-pay from the date of embarkation.
From February 1832-18 years in February 1850--I have been in the island of Ceylon, without once leaving its shores. It is true that I am now on 18 months leave of absence from my duties of Senior Chaplain, though in this island. But it is likewise known that I am not, and have never been, wholly without clerical employment. I have a small con- gregation at Ratnapoora, where a small church has been built by my son-in-law, Mr. Mitford, the Assistant Government Agent at that station. And I am endeavouring to lay the foun- dation of a mission in a district where the Church had not yet been in operation.
My exact age at this date is 58 years and six months. And though my health, which has been impaired during the last few years, is greatly improved by my present comparative rest, I cannot expect, at my time of life, to be capable for any length of time of the permanent resumption of my duties in a tropical climate, and after so long service as Senior Colonial Chaplain, which is the most laborious and important clerical charge in the colony. My wish, therefore, is now to retire from that office.
But as the pension which I can claim under the existing Pension List for my long service will be utterly inadequate to my moderate wants, nor suitable to the rank I hold in the Church, I respectfully request that his Excellency the Governor, in consideration of the long period of iny past service, will have the goodness to recommend to the Right honourable the Secretary of State for the Colonies, that my retiring pension be augmented, from the salary or salaries of the chaplain or chaplains benefited by my retirement, to the amount of 500 per annum during my life, the augmentation thus derived to revert to the Church at my decease.
I may perhaps be admitted to state, as a precedent for this provision, that the late Arch- deacon Glenie, on retiring from office on the expected arrival of the Bishop, in 1845, received during his life 4001. per annum in addition to his pension, which was paid out of the income of the present Bishop, and has now, since the death of the Archdeacon, reverted to the Episcopal revenue.
1 must be allowed distinctly to state, in conclusion, that it will not be in my power to retire on a less income than 500 l.
The Honourable Sir J. E. Teunent, Colonial Secretary.
I have, &c. (signed) B. Bailey.
My Lord,
ON COLONIAL CHURCH LEGISLATION, &c.
Enclosure 2, in No. 1.
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Colombo, Ceylon, 11 December 1849. It is but due to an estimable clergyman, who has served the church in this diocese for six years, wherever his services were most needed, and everywhere effectively as well as diligently, in the absence of different Colonial Chaplains, to state that his claim for any vacancy that may occur deserves, in the estimate of his Diocesan, all the kind consideration which your Lordship may be willing to show towards one whose character and conduct are exemplary.
I have, &c. (signed) J. Colombo.
The Right Honourable Earl Grey,
&c. &c. &c.
To the Right Honourable the Earl Grey, Secretary of State for the Colonies, &c. &c. &c.
The humble Memorial of the Reverend Edward Mooyaart, B. A., of Trinity College, Cam- bridge, and Acting Colonial Chaplain of Trincomalie,
Respectfully showeth,
That your memorialist, understanding a vacancy is likely to be occasioned in the ecclesias- tical establishment of this colony, by the contemplated retirement of the Venerable B. Bailey, D.D., Archdeacon of Colombo, and Senior Colonial Chaplain, begs to solicit confir- mation to the Chaplaincy of Trimcomalie, which he now holds ad interim, and which he understands will in all probability be vacated by the promotion of the present incumbent, the Reverend S. Owen Glenie, thereby leaving it at your Lordship's disposal.
Your memorialist respectfully submits for favourable consideration in support of this request, that he has been acting Colonial Chaplain, on half salary, for the last six years, with the full concurrence and sanction of the Bishops of Madras and Colombo, and begs to refer to those his respective diocesans for testimony as to the manner in which he has, during that period, discharged his duties at Kandy, Galle, and his present post. In addition to which, he anticipates that testimonials in his favour may be furnished your Lordship by the Bishop of London, and the Venerable Thomas Thorp, Archdeacon of Bristol.
That your memorialist has transmitted two applications to be regarded as a candidate for a Colonial Chaplaincy; first, to Lord Stanley, in March 1844, and afterwards to Mr. Gladstone, in June 1846, both of which received the support of his Excellency the Governor the late Sir Colin Campbell, who also recommended him for the Chaplaincy of Kandy, when vacated by the secession of the Reverend Mr. Wenham, junior, and subsequently for the Chaplaincy proposed to be instituted at Nuwera Ellia, in the same year.
Your memorialist would further respectfully submit, in addition to the above circumstances, which he humbly trusts may be admitted to give him a personal claim, in preference to other applicants, on the favourable consideration of Her Majesty's Government, that he is a native of this island, the eldest son of an old civil servant and member of Council on this Establishment, now retired on pension, after 30 years' service, and the next representative of a family settled in the colony for the last two centuries, during which period his ancesters held the highest post under the Government of Holland. That your memorialist was sent to England in early childhood, where he had the benefit of a liberal and expensive education, with a view to qualify himself for a Chaplaincy in this colony, in firm reliance on the gracious and enlightened encouragement held out by Her Majesty's Government to British colonists to aspire after local appointments; and that since his return to the island, 10 has been anxiously hoping for the fulfilment of his long-cherished wish, which he earnestly years ago, he trusts to your Lordship's well known sense of justice may now at length be realized.
And your Memorialist, as in duty bound, shall ever pray.
Trincomalie, 6 December 1849.
(No. 494.)
- No. 2.
(signed) E. Mooyaart, Acting Colonial Chaplain of Trincomalie.
Copy of a DESPATCH from Earl Grey to Governor the Viscount Torrington,
My Lord,
Downing-street, 15 February 1850. I HAVE received your Lordship's despatch No. 182,* of the 12th December, transmitting a communication from the Senior Colonial Chaplain, Dr. Bailey, Archdeacon of Colombo, tendering the resignation of his chaplaincy, provided an adequate allowance can be assured to him on his retirement, and reporting the arrangements which your Lordship would propose for filling up the vacancy.
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