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present office.
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It
Was a
pregnant_ remark of the late Lord
the late Lord Derby, when Secretary of State for the Colonies, in
addressing the first Governor of this Colony, that to the Chinese in Houghing, the laws and customs of England would be a rule of
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action and a
measure
of right
equally unintelligible and __
vexations. The Chinese residente in:
this island ap
appear
to be well
satisfied with the present
administration
"Lord Stanley to Sir B. Pottinger, H. 8 of June 3, 1843.
administration of affairs. Looking
to this fact, and to the exciting events which have of late stirred profoundly the entire Chinese nation, I am inclined to the
opinion that it would be better, (at all events, for the present), to
rest content with the strict execution.
of the existing laws, rather than to risk the disturbances which might follow from any
mistake, accidental
or otherwise, in the exercise of such
novel and inquisitorial powers as those which would be conferred
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