1851-1854

This period in the island's history can be viewed as a sort of interregnum.
As Governor Sir Brougham Sleight, it appeared, was the agent of the British Government and the representative Queen Victoria, notionally holding the prerogative powers of the monarch.
The true seat of power on Tamba- Tamba was The Council, under the leadership of Leading Citizen John Cox.
Cox believed that any attempt to overthrow Sir Brougham would bring the English back in force.
On the other hand, if the islanders indulged Sir Brougham in his grandiloquent fantasies , occasionally allowing him to enjoy some folly that would re-enforce his regal delusion , they could, in effect, be self governing in much the same fashion as their forefathers had been.