eII

may

be the object of this Enactment. Yet I cannot but observe

that Her Majesty does not bear the title of Queen of England but that of Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain Ireland,

and that

an erroneous

description of one kind in a formal Act such as transmitted for

Her Confirmation

is not an

error

of

unimportant

The Same Clause has another promise occasioning the Court

uneasiness

in

the

Case

of Offenders to furnish them according to the Laws of Hong Kong. There is

very

serious

objection to the adoption

in terms thus

general

of the penal laws of any Foreign Country, (and especially of a Country the laws, Institutions, and Government of which

derive their character

from the principles

of Christianity and are

recognised throughout the Christian world.

The Seventh Clause

gives to the Chief Justice the patronage of all the subordinate Officers of the Court. But it leaves the word "subordinate"...

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