Period from the Administration of President Spooner in 1806 to the instahnent of Sir Jaines Leith as Goerner

Colonel Shipley, who commanded for a number of years the Royal Engineers, was about to leave Barbados on the 1st of July. A deputation fronl the inhabitants was appointed to express their regret at his departure, and to request him to accept a piece of plate of the value of two hundred guineas, as an acknowledgment of his unremitting and indefatigable attention to the colony, particularly whilst under martialla,v.