PROCLAMATION.
flis Excellency WILLIAM JERVOIS, Knight of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphie Order, Major-General Commanding Her Majesty's Forces in China, Acting Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice- Admiral of the same, on the occasion of the Birthday of Her Most Gracious Majesty, and in virtue of the Powers delegated to him under the Royal Signet and Sign Manual, is pleased, in the Name and on the Behalf of THE QUEEN, to grant a Free Pardon to the Prisoners "Leong Atang" and "Lee-yun-yow," (the latter a female,) at present confined in the Gaol of this Colony.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.
WM. JERVOIS.
Given at Victoria, Hongkong,
this 24th Day of May, 1853.
By His Excellency's Command,
W. CAINE.
Colonial Secretary.
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