JUDGE REEVES . 173 ment in 1802. His administration was mild, and he appears to have been anxious to promote the interests of the colony, and to encourage the education of children born or brought up on the island. Before the peace of Amiens, a regiment of volun¬ teers was raised in the colony, and then disbanded. On the commencement of hostilities another regiment was raised, and afterwards attached to the regulars, under the name of " The Newfoundland Regiment of Light Infantry," under the command of Colonel Skinner . The trade of the island was not in the least inter¬ rupted by the war, the vessels employed in the fisheries being fully protected by the ships of war on the station; and the admirals appointed from time to time to the command of the Newfoundland squadron, administered the government as formerly. The first newspaper published in the colony, " appeared in 1807, under the title of "The Royal Gazette and Advertiser ;" and in 1809, a post-office was established at John's. Surrogate Courts were extended to the coast of Labrador in 1811 ; and those lands known by the appellation of " Ship's Rooms," were ordered to be leased to the highest bidder. Those situated in some of the most convenient places for business along the harbour of John's, were always considered a great nuisance, and an impediment in the way of trade. During the war, Newfoundland prospered, and riches flowed in among the inhabitants ; but the peace of 1814 was attended by a sudden transition