The Sun.
London, England, 1841-09-08 00:00:00

MORNING SUN

Heaton, coal merchants, near Cherley, Lancashire (so far as
regards T. and G. Heaton)—H. AI. Griffiths and E. Gilpin,
atturneys-at-law, Birmingham—C. and M. A. Field, school-
mistresses, Camberwell—R. Barber and J. P. Clarke, cotton
winders, Leicester—N. Batten and W. Pettit, cheesemongers,
Ship Tarern-passage, Leadenhall-market—J. and S. Shaun,
cloth finishers, Leeds—J. G. and Langman, linendrapers,
Launceston, Cornwall—H. James, S. Hardwick, and C. Tom-
linson, warehousemen, Friday-street—J. Deek, D. Frost, and
W. T. Jackson, booksellers, Bury St. Edmund's, Suffolk—J.
and J. Watson, tailors, Kingston-upon-Hull—H. Sidney and
11. Sherwood, engine-makers, Middlesbrough, North Riding of
Yolkshire—E. and D. Turner, drapers, Wymondham, Norfolk
—G. Bannister, T. Banks, and W. Bannister, coal masters
Sedgley, Staffordshire.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
HUGH SKINNER, saddler, Tain, Sept. 10 and Oct. 1, at
one, at the Balnagoun Arms Inn, Tain.

WILLIAM GATENBY, hair dresser, Greenock, Sept. 1
and Oct. 2, at twelve, atthe Tontine Hotel, Greenock.

SUPPLEMENT TO LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
ST. JAMES'S PALACE, SEPT. 7, 1841.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Lord Ernest Bruce
Vice-Chamberlain of her Majesty's Household.

The Queen has been pleated to appoint Captain Henry
Meynell, of the Royal Navy, one of her Majesty's Grooms in
Waiting.

CHINA.

CAPTAIN ELLIOT AND THE GOVERNMENT
OF THE ISLAND OF HONGKONG.
PUBLIC NOTICE.

Captain William Caine, of her Majesty's 26th (or
Cameronian) regiment of infantry, is appointed Chief
Magistrate of the island of Hongkong, pending her
Majesty's further pleasure, and all persons repairing
thither are required to respect the authority in him
vested, agreeably to the annexed warrant.
(Signed) CHARLES ELLIOT,
Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary, charged with the
government of the island of Hong-kong.
WARRANT.

By Charles Elliot, Esq.,• her Majesty's -Plenipotentiary,
&c. &c., charged with the government of the island of
Hongkong.
Pending her Majesty's further pleasure, I do hereby
constitute and appoint you, William Caine, Esquire,
Captain in her Majesty's 26th (or Cameronion) regi-
ment of Infantry to be Chief Magistrate of the island o f
Hongkong ; and I do further authorise and require you,
to exercise authority, according to the laws, customs,
and usages of China, as near as may be (every descrip-
tion of torture. excepted) for the preservation of the
peace, and the protection of life and property, over all
the native inhabitants in the said island, and the har-
bours thereof. _

And I do further authorise and require you, in any
case where the crime, according to Chinese law, shall
involve punishments and penalties exceeding the follow-
ing scale in severity, to remit the case for the judgment
of the head of the Government for the time being.
. .

Scale :—lmprisonment, with or without, hard labour,
for more than three months ; or penalties
exceeding 400 dollars.
Corporal ptznishment exceeding 100 lashes.
Capital punishment.
And 1. do further require you, in all cases followed by
sentence or infliction of punishment, to keep a record,
containing a brief statement of the case, and copy of the
sentence. _ •

And I further authorise and require you, to exercise
Magisterial and police authority over all persons what-
ever (other than natives of the island, or persons subject
to the Mutiny. Act, or to the general law for the govern-
ment of the fleet), who shall be found committing
breaches of the peace, on shore or in the harbours of this
island, or breaches of any regulation to be issued from
time to time by this Government, according to the cus-
toms End usages of British police law.
And I do hereby authorize you, for the police pur-
poses herein before specified, to arrest, detain, discharge,
and punish such offender, according to the principles and
practice of general British police law.
And all persons, subject to the Mutiny Act, or the
general law for the government of the fleet, found com-
mitting police or other offences, shall be handed over to
their proper military superiors for punishment.
And I do further authorize and require -.you, to de-
tain in safe custody any person whatever, found com-
mitting crimes and offences within the Government of
Hongkong, amounting to felony, according to the law of
England; forthwith reporting your proceedings herein,
and the grounds thereof, to the head.of the Government
for the time being. And for all your lawful proceedings
in the premises, this warrant shall be your sufficient pro-
tection and authority.
Given under my hand and seal, office at Macao, this
thirtieth day. of April, in the year 1841.
(Signed) CHARLES ELLIOT.