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  2. AN INITIAL MERIDIAN OF LONGITUDE FOR NEW ZEALAND.

    A VERY important series of observations have recently been made in Wellington and Dunedin, relative to the measurement of longitude between those two places, and a report on the subject by Mr. Henry Jackson, the chief surveyor of ...

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  3. PARLIAMENTARY PAPER.

    WE gave yesterday the first part of a series of papers upon the above subject, recently laid upon the table of the Legislative Assembly. The following concludes the published correspondence:— ...

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  4. (12.)—The Daphne.

    Some of the facts stated in Captain Palmer's letter of the 16th instant would go far to eastablish the case against the Daphne, and might satisfy the Judge; but the difficulty is that, in a court of justice, the facts must be established by ...

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  5. ([?].)—Commander Palmer to Governor the Earl of Belmore.

    My Lord,—In the absence of Commodore Lambert I have the honour to report, for your Lordship's information, that I detained the schooner Daphne, of Melbourne, John C. Daggett, master, while at Levuka, Ovalan, Fijis. ...

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  6. (10.)—The Daphne.

    The defendants having now put in their responsive allegation, and to-day being appointed for fixing the time for taking proofs, it is necessary that the Crown Solicitor should be at once advised on evidence. I propose to give ...

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  7. ([?].)—First minute of Sir William Manning, A.G., on perusal of commander's report of his seizure of the Daphne.

    There can be no doubt of the duty of the Crown Law Officers of this colony to act upon the instructions they have received for prosecuting this vessel to condemuation, unless they saw clearly that the facts demanded advice on ...

    Article : 522 words
  8. (6.)—Re Daphne.

    I was not aware until this day that Mr. Pritchard, the supercargo, is in the colony, or I should have instructed the Crown Solicitor to initiate proceedings against him as well as the captain. Finding him to be here, and believing ...

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  9. (13.)—Reply to a note from his Excellency the Earl of Belmore, dated 16th August, 1869, on the question whether the communications of Commander Palmer and Naval officers in gencral should be through the Governor only.

    Dear Lerd Belmore,—The papers on military correspondence, which you ware were enough to send me, may certainly be regarded as equally applicable to that of naval officers, but I cannot think that the rule laid down should ...

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  10. (15.)—Reply to a note from his Excellency the Earl of Belmore to Sir William Manning, A.G., dated 27th August, 1869, with reference to the case of the Daphne, and future prize cases and prosecutions instituted in this colony, and the costs which they might entail on the colony.

    Dear Lord Belmore,—The captain of a ship-of-war who may arrive in this port with a vessel which he has seized would of course report to his superior officer, if in port, and if not I presume he would as matter of information report ...

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  11. (7.)—The Queen v. Daggett—Schooner Daphne.

    I shall be glad if Mr. Solicitor-General will look over the depositions in this case, and let me know what he thinks of the decision of the Water Police Magistrate, and whether he considers that any further steps should be taken. Of ...

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  12. (8.)—The Queen v. Daggett—Schooner Daphne.

    I have read the depositions in this case very carefully, and think it was properly dismissed. All the evidence brought forward to support the charge in the information, that Captain Daggett knowingly, wilfully, feloniously, and ...

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  13. (11).—Commander Palmer to the Crown Solicitor.

    Sir.—I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 14th instant, and beg to inform you that owing to my inability to ascertain what is understood in these seas as to the meaning of the term "slave," as ...

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  14. (3.)—Second Minute of Sir William Manning, A.G., on perusal of Commander Palmer's report of the seizure of the Daphne.

    IF this vessel is liable to condemnation for slaving, the master and crew must also be liable to be prosecuted criminally. The master's offence would be piracy and felony under section 9 of Geo. IV., c. 113, and the crew ...

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  15. (14)—Reply to a note from his Excellency the Earl of Belmore to Sir William Manning, A.G., dated August 25th, 1869, having reference also to an earlier note from his Excellency, dated August 19th, as to the right of the Governor to command the services of the Law Officers of the colony in reference to the Daphne case and other like cases.

    Dear Lord Belmore,—The conclusion at which I have arrived is, that in point of law the Governor of the colony has not any duty or authority whatever, either as her Majesty's Representative, or as Vice-Admiral, in respect of ...

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  16. (9)—Re Daphne.

    It is perhaps desirable that I should put on record what has taken place since the date of my minute of July 19. Very shortly afterwards, and before I had time to write the observations I intended to have made upon' the ...

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  17. (4.)—Commander Palmer to the Queen's Proctor.

    Sir,—I request you will on receipt of this cause proceedings to be instituted on behalf of the officers and crew of H.M.S. Rosario against the schooner Daphne, captured on the 26th April, 1869, on the ground of being engaged in ...

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  18. (5.)—In the matter of the Daphne, seized as a slaver, and of the master and crew of that vessel.

    I have carefully considered the notes which the Crown Solicitor has made of his examination of some of the officers and crew of this vessel, and am of opinion that upon the evidence of some of the persons examined, and that of ...

    Article : 1,178 words
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