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The Hongkong Government Gazette.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

[DECEMBER 5, 1857,

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All Parties having Claims upon the Colonial Treasury, are requested to forward a Statement of the same to this Oflice, on or before Monday, the 21st instant, that all Arrears, if any, may be liquidated on or before the 31st instant.

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GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

Diplomatic Department.

In consequence of a Communication received from The Right Reverend The Lord Bishop of Victoria, stating that uneasiness had been caused to Parties whose Marriages in China had not been celebrated at British Consulates, His Excellency Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary, for the purpose of removing such uneasiness, and for the information of all concerned, publishes the following, Despatch from the Earl of Clarendon, dated March 17th, 1853, addressed to By Order,

SIR GEORGE BONHAM.

No. 5.

Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d December, 1857.

GEO. S. MORRISON.

FOREIGN OFFICE, 17th March, 1853.

SIR, I have referred to the Law Advisers of the Crown the question as to the Validity of Marriages between British Subjects at Shanghae, solemnised otherwise than according to the Provisions of the Act of the 12th and 13th Victoria, c. 68, which formed the subject of Dr Bowring's Despatch No. 167, of the 30th of November; and I have now to acquaint you that, even if no such Act as that of the 12th and 13th Victoria, c. 68, were in existence, Marriages between British Subjects performed by any Minister of the Church of England, in any British Chapel or elsewhere at Shanghae, would be good.

The grounds on which this conclusion is arrived at are, that on principle and on authority such Marriages would have been good at Common Law; and inasmuch as the English Marriage Acts do not extend to China, and as it is a country which has no local Law of Marriage, they will be good in that country. The 21st Section of the Article of 12th and 18th Victoria, c. 68, prevents their validity from being in anywise affected by that Statute.

The object of that Statute was to facilitate and not to impede the Marriages of British Subjects abroad; and, in order thereto, to provide for the celebration of such Marriages by the Consul where there might be no Minister of the Church of England, or where the Parties might not choose to have recourse to such a Minister. The Legislature did not thereby intend to invalidate, nor has it thereby invalidated, Marriages which would have been valid independently of that Statute.-I am, &c.,

SIR GEORGE BONHAM, Bart.,

&C. &C., &c.

(Signed)

CLARENDON.

True Copy,

Steam for

SINGAPORE, PENANG, POINT DE GALLE, THE

ADEN, SUEZ, MALTA, MARSEILLES, & SOUTHAMPTON;

Also,

BOMBAY, MADRAS, & CALCUTTA.

THE

HE PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGA- TION COMPANY's Steam-ship" SINGAPORE, Captain G. A. GRAINGER, with Iler Majesty's Mails, Passengers, Specie, and Cargo, will leave this for the above Places, or TUESDAY, the 15th December, at 2 P.M.

CARGO will be received on board until 5 P.M., on the 13th; SPECIE until Noon on the 14th, and PARCELS until 2 P.M. on the 14th.

For Particulars regarding FREIGHT and PASSAGE, apply at the Peninsular & Oriental Gteam Navigation Company's Office, Hongkong.

CONTENTS AND VALUR OF PACKAGES ARE

REQUIRED.

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A Written Declaration of the Contents and Value of the Packages for the Overland Route is required by the Egyptian Government, and must be delivered by the Shipper to the Company's Agents with the Bills of Lading or with Parcels; and the Company do not hold themselves responsible for any Detention or Prejudice which may happen from incorrectness on such declaration.

ROBT. S. WALKER, Superintendent.

Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Office,

Hongkong, 30th November, 1857.

H. F. HANCE.

POST-OFFICE NOTIFICATION. THE Next GENERAL MAILS per Steamer *SINGAPORE,” will close on MONDAY, the 14th instant, at 6 o'clock P.M.

A SUPPLEMENTARY MAIL. will be made up on the following morning. LETTERs received from 9 to 11 A.M., and 11 to Half-past 12 o'clock P.M.

WM. CHAPMAN, Post-Master.

Post Office, Hongkong, 3d December, 1857.

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NOTICE.

R ROBERT MUIRHEAD REDDIE, is authorized to sign the name of our Firm in

China.

HOLLIDAY, WISE & Co.

Hongkong, 1st December, 1857.

In re ROBERT STEWART, Engineer to the

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́OTICE,—All Claims against the above Estates must be proved before the OFFICIAL ADMI- NISTRATOR, before the 19th day of May, A.D. 1858, otherwise they will not be included in the Scheme of Division.

In re JOHN ABBOTT, Police Constable, deceased.

FRANK ATTRILL,

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OTICE is hereby given to the NEXT OF KIN, and all other Persons, to produce any WILLS or CODICILS of the above Parties that may be in their possession, before the Supreme Court, on FRIDAY, the 11th day of December, 1857; or if none, that the Next of Kin do accept or refuse LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION; failing which, Ad- ministration will be granted to the Registrar of the said Court.

By the Court,

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NORMAN RAMSAY MASSON,

Acting Registrar.

In re Estate of late Lieut.-Colone]}LUGARD, x.x

NY Parties having1Claims on, or being indebted to, the Estate of the late Lieut.-Colonel LUGARD, Royal Engineers, are requested to com- municate with the undersigned without delay.

J. W. GOSSET, Captain, Royal Engineers.

Royal Engineers' Office, Hongkong, 3d December, 1857.

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In the Estate of the late CHARLES EDWIN BATESON, Esquire, deceased, OTICE All Persons having Claims against the said Estate, will please send them in for liquidation; and all Parties indebted thereto, are All Persons indebted to the above Estates, are re-requested to make immediate payment to quested to make immediate Payment to

JOHN WISE,

Executors

NORMAN RAMSAY, MASSON, Acting Registrar-Official Administrator.

Hongkong, 17th September, 185,2