The Sun.
London, England, 1857-02-04 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S SUBJECTS IN CHINA.

At the Court at Windsor, the 2d day of February, 1857,
Present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council.
Whereas, by an Order of her Majesty in Council " for the
government of her Majesty's subjects, being within
the dominions of the Emperor of China, or being
within any ship or vessel at a distance of not more
than a hundred miles from the coast of China," bearing
date the thirteenth day of June, one thousand
eight hundred and fifty three, her Majesty was
pleased, amongst other things, to order that if any party
charged with an offence committed against the treaties, or
rules aad regulations therein referred to, should escape
or remove from the consular district within which such
offence was committed, aid should be found with-
in another consular district, it should be lawful for
the Consul within whose district the party should
be found to proceed against him in the same man-
ner as if the offence had been committed within
such district ; and whereas, in and by the said order
in Council, provision was made for the manner in which
British subjects, convicted of crimes and offences, com-
mitted within the dominions of the Emperor of China, or
being required and being unable, or wilfully omitting to
give sufficient security to keep the peace, or to find secu-
rity for their good behaviour, might be sent out of the do-
minions of the Emperor of China to the colbny of Hong
Kong, and also for the manner in which the expenses of so
sending such persons to the said colony of Hong Song
should be defrayed : And whereas, it is expedient to make
further provision in respect of the matters aforesaid :
I. Now, therefore, in pursuance of the several Acts of Par-
liament in the said Order in Council of the 13th day of
June, 1853, recited and referred to, and in execution of the
powers thereby in her Majesty in Council vested, her Ma-
jesty is pleased, with the advice of her Privy Council, to
order, and doth hereby order, that the Chief Superinten-
dent or Consul within whose j urisdiction any party charged
with committing any offence against such treaties, or such
rules or regulations as aforesaid, or who shall have escaped or
removed from the consular district within which such of-
fence was committed, shall he found, may lawfully, if such
Chief Superintendent or Consul shall think fit, cause such
party to be taken into custody, and sent back to the con-
sular district from which he shall so have escaped or re-
moved, to be there dealt with according to the provisions
of the said Order in Council of the 13th day of June, one
thousand eight hundred and fifty-three.
ll.—And it is further ordered, that all removalsawhat-
soever of prisoners or other parties from or to the said
colony of Hong Kong, or from or to any port or place in
China, under the authority of the said Order in Council of
the thirteenth day of Juno, one thousand eight hundred and
fifty-three, shall be effected, and the expenses of all such
removals shall be defrayed in like manner as by Articles
20, 21, 22, and 21, of the said Order in Council of the thir-
teenth thy of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-
three, is provided with respect to the embarking, convey-
ing, delivering, commitment, and expenses of
persons
deported under the authority of the said articles respec-
tively, so far as the provisions thereof respectively shall be
applicable to the circumstances of each particular case.
111. And it is further ordered, that this order shall be
read and construed with and as being a part of the said
Order in Council of the thirteenth day of June, one thou-
sand eight hundred and fifty-three.
IV And it is further ordered that this order shall take