Series consists of letter of Major-General Henry Bayly, Lieutenant-Governor of the Garrison at Guernsey, to His Royal Highness Frederick, Duke of York, Commander-in-Chief of His Majesty's Forces, 13 August 1819, requesting that the Commander-in-Chief consider him for the position of Lieutenant-Governor of the Garrison at either Plymouth or Portsmouth, vacated by Major-Generals Gore Brown and Lord Howard of Effinham, respectively. The series also includes an envelope with an unidentified seal. The envelope is addressed to Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Bayly, C.G.H., Colonel of the 8th King's Regiment, apparently received from Major Charles St. Lo Malet, 23 September 1839.
The series also consists of letter to Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Bayly G.C.H., Colonel of the 8th King's Regiment, from Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Gerrard Ball, commanding the service companies at Halifax, Nova Scotia, 23 December 1839. The letter describes the climate, and as a result of the severe winter, suggests modifications to the rotation policies for troops. A request is made for tirelocks, and the letter ends with a plea that the regiment be returned home and that the service companies be completed to 600 rank and file.
There is also a letter of Major Charles St. Lo Malet, commanding the depot companies of the 8th Regiment at Guernsey, to Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Bayly, Colonel of the 8th Regiment, 24 February 1840, enclosing copies of the letters exchanged concerning the regiment's conduct and assistance to the civil powers in extinguishing a fire. The letter makes the plea that the regiment receive percussion lock weapons.
The series also includes copies of correspondence exchanged between Daniel de Lisle Brock, Bailiff of Guernsey, Major-General Sir James Douglas, Lieutenant-Governor of the Garrison at Guernsey, Major John Hankey Bainbrigge, Fort Major and Adjutant at Guernsey, and Major Charles St. Lo Malet, commanding the depot companies of the 8th Regiment at Guernsey, 8 February 1840 to 18 February 1840, concerning the conduct of the 8th Regiment and their assistance to the civil power in extinguishing a fire.
The series consists of letter of Lieutenant-General Sir John Macdonald, Adjutant-General to the Forces, to Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Bayly, Colonel of the 8th Regiment, 29 February 1840, reporting that the testimonials from the Bailiff and Royal Court of Guernsey had been submitted to the Commander-in-Chief.
