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Peter Mcguinness was transported on the Bangalore, departing 11th Apr 1848 and arriving 14th Jul 1848 with 205 passengers.
Built 1843 at Jersey. Wood barque of 877 Tons.
Bangalore (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/15, Page Number 294. -0- Edgar, W. (Bill). (2018). “The precarious voyage of her majesty’s convict ship ‘Nile’ to the Swan River colony, late 1857 – and the unexpected aftermath.” The Great Circle, 40(1), 20–43. -0- https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1693573029/view, image 84 |
| Source Description | This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Pro |
| Original Source | Great Britain. Home Office |
| Compiled By | State Library of Queensland |
| Database Source | British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database |
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CERTIFICATE OF FREEDOM From the Hobart Town Gazette, Vol XXXVI, Tuesday, Nov 18, 1851, No1864: “CONVICT DEPARTMENT. · ''Comptroller-General’s Office, 17th November, 1851. The periods for which the under-mentioned persons were transported having expired, Certificates to that effect have been issued to them accordingly: - ... Peter McGuinness, Bangalore...” (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/TGG, p965). --000--
OTHER: Described as: 5’8½”, fresh complexion, lanky hair, grey eyes; wide nostrils, arms and face freckled. (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON33-1-90/CON33-1-90p118). Only one offence on his record – drunk and fined, July 1848. 1851, 18 November: Certificate of Freedom granted (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON33-1-90/CON33-1-90p118). --0—
VDL CONVICT 1848, 14 July: On arrival in VDL, Peter McGuinness was listed as convict #20782, 25, farm labourer, single, “can read a little”, Roman Catholic; County Down, Ireland; court martial Corfu, 29 June, 1844, striking Sergeant Burns, 97th Regt, 7 years; previous court martial, drunk, 6 months’ hard labour none. In the 97th 4 years. Ticket of Leave on arrival. Other: Family – brother Thomas at Dublin. Earnings on Bermuda: “Don’t know.” (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON14-1-39/CON14-1-39P54). “Many convicts arrived in Australia with goods and cash. These were held in trust by the colonial state while the convict served their sentence. From 1829 on, cash sums were entered into a Convict Savings Bank managed by the directors of the Derwent Bank. Some of the money that convicts brought to Australia was earned between conviction and embarkation. While awaiting transportation male convicts were warehoused in hulks. There they were set to work at tasks such as dredging and constructing jetties and breakwaters. The value of the labour they performed was carefully calculated. As a reward for diligent service every convict was entitled to keep one penny out of each shilling’s worth of work they completed for the government. At the end of every week the prisoners received one third of their accumulated savings while the remainder was left in hand until they were discharged. Such practices were maintained in the British overseas hulk establishments in Bermuda and Gibraltar.” (https://www.digitalpanopticon.org/VDL_Founders_and_Survivors_Convicts_1802-1853) --0--
From: The Courier, 19 July, p2: “THE ‘BANGALORE.’ — This convict ship, Harvey Morris, Esq., Surgeon-Superintendent, J. A. Martyn, master, arrived here on Friday last, bringing upwards of two hundred prisoners from Bermuda, who are to receive tickets-of-leave, not conditional pardons [some men did receive Conditional Pardons – see individual convicts’ details]. These men, it is stated, have been selected by the Governor of Bermuda not only for their good behaviour during their detention at that island, but also for their mechanical acquirements. Favourable reports are said to have been forwarded to the Convict Department respecting their behaviour during the voyage. Lieutenants D'Oyley and Hague, of the 11th regiment, also arrived in this vessel, having command of small detachments on the way to join their respective regiments in these colonies. The Bangalore experienced a rather rough but good passage. A soldier of the 11th regiment and one prisoner [James Fitzsimones] died on the voyage. THE EXILES or ticket-of-leave men just arrived from Bermuda are reported, upon very good authority, to have brought upwards of a thousand pounds' worth of cash amongst them [see the Governor of Bermuda’s despatches above], the amount received by them as wages earned in that island. They are waiting engagement on board the vessel; but, after to-day, can only be obtained from the New Town Depot. Orders to go on board can be procured on application to the Comptroller-General. There are 93 farm labourers and 8 domestic servants; amongst them, 2 grooms, six carpenters, and 7 miners.” --00--
REACTION TO ARRIVAL “LONDON AGENCY PAPERS... we cannot but notice the shameful conduct of the British Government, or rather our Governor, Earl Grey, in sending another bad cargo of exiles which has arrived by the Bangalore from Bermuda. When this abomination is to terminate it is difficult to say, but not, we firmly believe, until we receive our full rights from the British Government:— London, March 10, 1848.” (Colonial Times, 18 July, p3, at https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/8763150) Note: According to Bateson (2004, p7), “exiles” specifically referred to “prisoners who had served a probationary period in England and had been pardoned on condition of deportation”. However, the men on the Bangalore had served the bulk of their sentences on Bermuda rather than in England. Most were sentenced to terms of 7 and 10 years. Others were serving 14 and 15 years. Only one man had a life sentence. Their records show they all held either Tickets of Leave or Conditional Pardons on their arrival during this period of the Probation System in VDL. --0--
VDL – ARRIVAL OF BANGALORE “July 14, 1848: — Arrived the barque Bangalore, [departed] from Bermuda 11th April last, with 202 male convicts [landed]. Passengers -- Dr. Morris, R.N., Surgeon Superintendent, Lieut. D'Oyley and Ensign Hague 11th Regt., 49 rank and file 11th, 96th, and 99th regiments, 4 women, and 4 children.” (Colonial Times, 18 July, p2, at https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/8763146) --0--
1848, 15 April: From despatches from Charles Elliot, Governor of Bermuda: Description: Reports the departure of the Bangalore [sailed 11 April, 1848] with 203 convicts bound for Australia. Comments on the £1071 they would receive for their reserve earnings. Notes that the £492, which was earned during their probation period, could be used to help purchase the passages of any female relatives who wished to join them. [Printed for Parliament September 1848.] Reference: CO 37/121/30; Convicts, No. 26, folios 207-219. Date: 1848, Apr 15 (National Archives, Kew, at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C10231720). --00--
FINAL MUSTER 1848, 9 April: Peter McGuinness, #1566, was sent from the Dromedary hulk to board the Bangalore. Surgeon’s report “healthy”, behaviour “good”. Behaviour for 12 preceding musters on Bermuda “good”. Two days later, with its complement of 203 male convicts, the Bangalore sailed for VDL (England, Criminal Lunatic Asylum Registers, 1820-1876; Quarterly Returns of Prisoners in Hulks; 1848; June; at https://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/9163/images/ho8_096_00109). --0--
FIRST MUSTER 1845, June quarter: First Muster on Bermuda, on Dromedary hulk – Peter McGuinness, #1566, 24, striking his superior officer, Corfu, 29 June 1844, 7 years. Surgeon’s report “healthy”; behaviour during quarter “good” (England, Criminal Lunatic Asylum Registers, 1820-1876; Quarterly Returns of Prisoners in Hulks; 1846; June; at https://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/9163/images/ho8_084_00099). --0--