A few years ago I co-ordinated the transcription of all letters of application to join the Government emigration scheme to the Cape of Good Hope in 1819 (held at the National Archives in Kew), icluding letters from those who applied to go but were not accepted as "1820 settlers". At the time letters were transcribed from a "James Hanislans Bell" and his father William

http://www.genealogyworld.net/settlers/correspondence/Settle...

I have been reviewing the transcriptions to try and fill in missing words, and I now think that the middle name on his signature is Stanislaus. There may be something of interest in these letters for descendants.