४.
8.
The proposed new Ordinance,
which is about to be paped in
accordance with the Earl of Clarendon's suggestion, will enable this Government
to
carry
out this Lordship's views in
respect of all Chinese, ermigrating from here whether they be British subjects
not, and will relieve this Gover ment of the difficully, which in the absence of Legislative Powers might. arise from making distinctions
The
seem
scn v
on
of nationality. Such distinctions
opposed to the spirit of English Law, for to use the words of Lord Justice Turner in a recent case -
"Every alien
coming
into a British
"Colary becomes temporarily a subject
Low v. Routled
2 Bar Rep.
426
400
" of the Crawn band by, subject to, and " entitled to the benefit of the Laws, "which affect all British Subject!"
9.
As the Law, however, stands
at present, this Government is liable
to be placed in
a situation of much
perplexity when rummoro
are
current of
abuses in foreign combine for which
vepels
ed to
are engaged.
convey Pinigrants, and it will be essential that ther Majesty's Government should bear in mind that the responsibility of obtaining
in such
early information in
cases,
and
ipning conformable instructions to the Governor, will in future devolve
10.
Previarly to the Chimese
Passengers Act, the only ground
an
it