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cristed in the fslony of Houghing a fourt with Criminal- and Admiralty jurisdiction and- when it was directed, (I think by in founcil of which.
an ade
· Your Excelloney has a Copy)
that that fourt should be abolished and a- Supreme fourt-established_, it
was
suppored
to be in the contemplation of the Home
to the latter fourt
Government- to give more-extensive jurisdiction in every respect than the former. But strictly speaking ive || have doubtlese fallen into prrow - Excelleney however, was
a
Your furnished with
Book touching the practice and fees of the Vice- admiralty fourts abroad, which seemed to imply that the authority for constituting such a fourt had been granted. Fortunately I have exercised _ no Kee= Admiralty jurisdiction. Before establishment of the Supreme-fourt I
of salvage
certified
in two cases
the
but this
was
was as a
te arbitrator, not in
private
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my
judicial_ Capacity.
It is almost superfluous for
remark to
me
to
6 your Lordship that situated_ as
this folony is a Vice - Admiralty Commission.
in due
form
will be much needed..
Ninthly - Jurisdiction of the fourt British subjects in China.
over
It is remarked by the Chief Justice The substantial objection to the 28th Section_
23rd
of Ordinance No 15 seems to be the omission to recite the ruthority under which that lection was framed -- I do not perceive any objection to declaring the juriediction of the fourt, which was ome in the present instance solely for the benefit of suitors
and others.
Tenthly, The Practice of the fourt
The