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List of British Authorities in China.
FEB.
ART. VI. List of British authorities in China; details of the various regiments and corps now in service; and number of H. M.'s vessels, corrected to February, 1842.
We are under obligations to several gentlemen in her majesty's em- ploy for the the following lists of officers and others engaged in the expedition, to whom our best thanks are here given. Every care has been taken to make the whole as correct as possible, although we can hardly hope, from the constant changes going on, that it will be found altogether free from errors.
British authorities in China.—Some confusion having arisen from at- tempting, in the list of British authorities given on page 54 of the number for last month, to commingle all in one list,-and some omissions having also been made,-we take occasion now to insert a new and more correct list, with amendments to the present date.
1. The Special Mission to China.
Colonel sir Henry Pottinger, bart.
Major G. A. Malcolm, 3d It. Drag.
G. Tradescant Lay, esq.
Envoy extraordinary, and minister ple-
nipotentiary.
Secretary of legation.
Interpreter.
W. Woosnam, esq. Bombay medi-Surgeon attached to the mission.
cal service,
For conducting the detail business of the mission, the superintendent's establish. ment is placed at the disposal of the plenipotentiary.
2. The Superintendents of Trade.
Colonel sir Henry Pottinger, bart. Alexander R. Johnston, esq. Edward Elmslie, esq. (absent) J. Robt. Morrison, esq.
Mr. L. d'Alinada e Castro, Mr. A. W. Elsmlie,
Mr. J. M. d'Almada e Castro,
J. Robt. Morrison, esq. Rev. Charles Gutzlaff, Robert Thom, esq.
Mr. S. Fearon (attached to the Mr. J. B. Rodriguez,
Mr. W. H Medhurst, junior, Kazigachi Kiukitchi, John Rickett, esq.
Mr. J. Palmer,
Christopher Fearon, esq.
Chief superintendent. Deputy superintendent. Secretary and treasurer. Acting secretary and treasurer.
Clerks in the secretary's office.
Chinese secretary and interpreter. Joint interpreters, at present attached to the naval and military forces. Hongkong gov
Clerks in the Chincsc
secretary's office.
Agent for the superintendents, Macao.* Clerk in charge of letters, Macao. Authorized notary public, Macao.
3. Government of Hongkong.
Pending the pleasure of H. M.'s government, the chief superintendent, and in his absence the deputy superintendent, of trade is charged with the government of the island; and the entire establishment of the superintendents is therefore at the disposal of the government. The absence of the chief superintendent with the expedition has ordinarily left-
Appointed on the removal of the superintendents' establishment from Ma cao to Hongkong, 26th February, 1842.