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and as to the Competency of the Court to take Cognizance
of any cases arising within
It is time to
Hong Kong itself however needless to agitate those questions now.
by a
They will be best set at rest by new Exercise of the Powers
are now, beyond a Controversy, vested in
which
you.
all
I assume indeed, that before this Despatch reaches you, you will probably, have already had recourse to this mode of proceeding, in pursuance of the Instructions
Conveyed
by Lord Stanley
Conveyed to and by myself
I therefore,
think it needless and inconvenient
to advise The Queen to call
into Exercise Her Majesty's Authority for imparting validity
to the acts
you
have done Under
The Order in Council of January
1843
I am very desirous to avoid the risk of Creating
Confusion by simultaneous Legislation
on the same subject
by the Royal Authority and
Until I shall
hear from you, as to the
Course which
you may
have actually
adopted