PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND.

mend to His Majesty to appoint an assistant minister to whom the whole salary will be di- rected to be paid by the Agent of the colony. I am, (Signed)

Five days later he wrote to Governor

Patterson:

The conduct of Mr. Cauliield in neglecting to repair to his beneflce is highly indecent and im- proper; it gives me the greatest concern as I find by the terms of His Majesty’s warrant for his admission he cannot be regularly superceded upon that ground. The allowance, however, of the sti- pend proposed tor him is certainly within the power of government and though Mr. Caulfleld cannot be removed yet I do not see any objection to the stipend being allowed to any other person appointed by the King to do the duty."

Dartmouth.

As all communication ceased during the winter months, the matter, so far as the Governor was concerned, remained in abey- ance until spring. Then under date of 24th May, 1774, he wrote to Lord Dartmouth:

“As we are still without a clergyman upon the Island and as it is your Lordship's opinion that the stipend proposed for Mr. Caulfleld is in the power of government to be given to any person appointed by the King to do the duty, likewise there not appearing any objection to your Lord- -ship why it should not be done, may I be permit- ted to mention Mr. Edward Patterson, a young clergyman who is at present officiating in that capacity in Ireland and to request the favour of your Lordship to name him to the King, in case there is no other person intended for the pur- pose. Mr. Smith will acquaint him with your Lordship’s answer, as he knows where to direct to him.

Unfortunately for his young relative, the Governor was three thousand miles away from His Majesty’s ministers, while others were close at hand, as may be gath- ered from the following extract from a dis- patch (Dartmouth to Patterson), dated January 7» 17753

“It would have been very agreeable to me to have accepted your recommendation of Mr. Ed- ward Patterson to be minister of St. Johns, in the room of Mr. Caulfleld, but I had before I re- ceived your letter yielded to the solicitations of

247 Mr. DesBrisay in behalf of his son, who has lately taken orders."

Colonel Thomas DesBrisay had been ap- pointed Lieutenant-Governor of the Island of St. John in 1769 and had been instructed to repair thither with Governor Patterson. In the latter’s first dispatch he mentions that he is hourly expecting the arrival of a ship from Ireland with Mr. DesBrisay and his family. He, however, did not set out-at that time or until eight years later. As there was no salary attached to the office of Lien- tenant-Govemor and as, had he come, all he would have had to depend upon was his salary as Secretary and Registrar (three hundred pounds per annum), with little prospects of that being paid, on obtaining more definite information of the condition of affairs, he deemed it advisable to remain in England and exert such influence as he possessed to obtain a share of the favours that were being granted to those who were considered to have claims upon His Maj- esty’s bounty.

Previous to this he had obtained grants of a large amount of land in the Island of St. John. On the 15th October, I771, Chief Justice Dupont writes, “Since my last nine families are arrived here sent by Lieutenant- Governor DesBrisay to settle on his lot near Charlottetown on the 20th May, I 773." Mr. DesBrisay writes to Lord Dartmouth from Litchfield, informing him that “Colonel Christie, who lodges at Mr. Wrinkles in Leiscester Square, some time ago informed me that he would sell Lot 49 for five hun- dred pounds,” and suggested a scheme for effecting its settlement. On the 9th No- vember, of the same year, John Pownal, under secretary of state for the colonies,. writes expressing to Mr. DesBrisay in the strongest terms the impropriety of his ac- tion in endeavoring to induce emigration