FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE of JANUARY 6, 1843. At the Court at Windsor, the 4th day of January 1843, PRESENT, The QUEEN's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. WHEREAS by an Act of Parliament, made and passed in the session of Parliament holden in the third and fourth years of the reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled "An Act to regulate the trade to China and "India," it was, amongst other things, enacted, that it should and might be lawful for His said Majesty, by any such Order or Orders as to His said Majesty in Council should appear expedient and salutary, to create a court of justice, with criminal and Admiralty jurisdiction, for the trial of offences committed by His said Majesty's subjects within the dominions of the Emperor of China and the ports and havens thereof, and on the high seas within one hundred miles of the coast of China; and to appoint one of the superintendents, in the said Act mentioned, to be the officer to hold such court, and other officers for executing the process thereof: And whereas, in pursuance of the said Act, and in execution of the powers thereby in His said late Majesty in Council in that behalf vested, it was by an Order, dated the ninth day of December one thousand eight hundred and thirtythree, ordered by His said late Majesty, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, that there should be a court of justice, with criminal and Admiralty jurisdiction, for the purposes aforesaid; which court should be holden at Canton, in the said dominions, or on board any British ship or vessel in the port or harbour of Canton; and that the said court should be holden by the chief superintendent, for the time being, appointed, or to be appointed, by His said late Majesty under and in pursuance of the said Act of Parliament: And whereas it is expedient, that the said court of justice should henceforth be holden in the island of Hong Kong; now, therefore, in further pursuance of the said Act, and of the powers thereby in Her Majesty in Council in that behalf vested, and of all other powers to Her Majesty belonging or in any wise appertaining, it is hereby ordered by Her Majesty, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, that the said court shall henceforth be holden in the island of Hong Kong; and that the same shall have and exercise jurisdiction for the trial of offences committed by Her Majesty's subjects within the said island and within the dominions of the Emperor of China, and the ports and havens thereof, and on the high seas within one hundred miles of the coast of China and it is hereby further ordered, that the said court shall be holden by the chief superintendent, for the time being, appointed, or to be appointed, by Her Majesty under and in pursuance of the said Act: And Her Majesty, by and with the advice of Her said Council, doth hereby confirm, in all other respects, the said Order of His said late Majesty in Council, dated the ninth December one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three: And the Right Honourable the Earl of Aberdeen, one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, is to give the necessary directions herein accordingly. C. C. Greville. St. James's-Palace, January 5, 1843. The Queen has been pleased, on the nomination of Lord Forester, to appoint Charles Winter, Esq. one of Her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, vice Robinson, retired. Downing-Street, January 6, 1843. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Lieutenant R. J. Le Mesurier M'Clure to be Superintendent of Africans captured by Her Majesty's ships of war, and liberated at the Havanna. The Queen has also been pleased to appoint William Walker, Esq. to be Provost Marshal of the Island of Antigua. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE of JANUARY 10, 1843. India Board, January 9, 1843. THE following General Orders, published by the Governor-General of India, have been received at the East India House this day: GENERAL ORDERS. By the Right Honourable the Governor-General of India. Simla, October 20, 1842. THE Governor-General has much satisfaction in announcing the successful termination of the arduous and difficult operation confided to MajorGeneral England, of withdrawing, through the Kojuck and Bolan Passes, into the valley of the Indus, a portion of the force lately stationed at Candahar, and all the scattered garrisons of the intermediate places between the eastern face of the Kojuck mountains and the plains of Cutchee. This operation, less brilliant in its circumstances than that entrusted to Major-General Pollock and Major-General Nott, was yet one which demanded the greatest prudence in the making of every previous arrangement for securing the safe descent of the several columns, and which called into exercise many of the higher qualities which must con tribute to form the character of an accomplished General. The Governor-General could not but regard with some anxiety the progress of this movement, requiring so much of delicate management in its execution; and it is a subject of extreme satisfaction to him, that the same complete success should have attended this, which has, during the present campaign, attended every other part of the combined operations of the armies beyond the Indus. The Governor-General requests that MajorGeneral Sir Charles Napier will express to MajorGeneral England, and to all the Officers and troops which were under his command, the entire satisfaction with which their whole conduct has been viewed on this occasion. The Governor-General also requests that MajorGeneral Sir Charles Napier will communicate to Major Outram, and the other Political Officers, his thanks for the zeal and ability they have manifested in the collection of the means of carriage and supply, and in their various transactions with the native chiefs and tribes, tending to facilitate and secure the descent of the several columns of the army. By order of the Right Honourable the Governor- T. H. MADDOCK, Secretary to the Government of India, with the Governor-General. |