is required of
the Letters Patent
The
11) January 186'), and in what manner,
partial revocation or
otherwise,
such alteration if necessary
should
if so
whether the
is vested in
the necessary
be effected; and
consent
the Bishop
for such alteration?
Secondly, whether the Charter ... Order in Council is legally sufficient
to carry
into effect the
Graces
In obedience to the command of Your Excellency,
we have the honour
to Report
that in the existing state of things, Bishop Alford appears to
have
had conferred upon
him the same powers as Bishop Smith had by
the Letters Patent
granted to him on 11th May 1843.
Bishop Smith had a legal claim
assigned to him,
granted to her, and the
Crown granted to him powers
over
Clergy within the Diocese, and all places in the Empire of
China. The Bishop therefore apparently is assumed to derive his power, partly from the Order in Council,
the 1th May 1843, and partly from the Letters Patent, over Clergy out of the Diocese, but within the Empire of
China.