48 ST. HELENA 



At this time a Mr. Benjamin Hawkes, an officer in the civil 

 and military services, and Mrs. Margaret Tovey were sen- 

 tenced by Governor John Smith to stand in the pillory to- 

 gether " from the hour of eleven till twelve at noon." 

 Governor Pike again was appointed Governor, and was even 

 more disliked than at first. In 1736 " Old Will," who had 

 arrived as a slave at the first settlement under Governor 

 Button, 1657, died at the age of 104 years. 



After Pike's death Mr. Goodwin, who was senior member 

 of Council, was made Governor, but he died in about a year, 

 when Duke Crisp, who had been the second in Council, took 

 office. He managed to rob the Government to the amount 

 of 6,284, When the Company got to hear of his evil doings, 

 they sent out Mr. Robert Jenkins, a commander in one of 

 their vessels, to investigate. On the way out his ship was 

 boarded by Spaniards, who tortured him by tearing off 

 one of his ears. Duke Crisp not only had to give up the 

 Governorship, but the whole of the Council, excepting 

 Powell, were dismissed out of the Company's service for 

 malversation. Their estates were seized, and Mr. Jenkins 

 administered the Government until 1741, when the new 

 Governor, Major Thomas Lambert, arrived on March 22. 



On the return of Jenkins to England he exhibited his torn 

 ear before the House of Commons. Being asked by a mem- 

 ber what he thought and did when they mangled him, he 

 made the memorable reply, " I committed my soul to God, 

 and my cause to my country." 



Lambert erected a hospital on its present site, but he died 

 only four months after his arrival, and the senior member of 

 Council, Mr. George Powell, succeeded. 



Evidently he had not benefited from, or he did not remem- 

 ber, the punishment meted out to Crisp and his fellow- 

 members of Council, for he exhibited a very unprincipled 

 character. Following him came Governor Dunbar, who, 

 although he only held the reins of Government for three 

 years, did a great deal for the island. 



Rats were a great scourge at this time, and the oats, 

 barley and wheat were devoured by them. In 1756 they 

 also barked the trees at Longwood for food; but in 1700 

 they must have been worse, for it is written in the records of 

 the island that they devoured their own species, and that 



