E +474...) [May, 
THE GOVERNMENT OF WELLINGTONIA, A NEWLY-DISCOVERED . 
EMPIRE AT THE ANTIPODES. 
Our readers are already acquainted with the enterprizing attempts 
of some active and daring individuals, to found establishments in the 
newly discovéred islands of the great Southern Pacific. But the arrival 
of the Wellesley Whaler in the river, on the 16th instant, puts us in 
possession of intelligence of the most curious nature, relative to a new 
power which has started up in those seas, and which threatens soon to 
produce very formidable consequences to the neighbouring empires of 
China, New Holland, and Owhyhee. 
We shall probably in our next number be enabled to give some de- | 
tails of the progress of this extraordinary government, which is alto- 
gether formed on the military principle. For the present we must 
restrict ourselves to giving the code, which, as well as the settlement, 
is named from our favorite field-marshal. 
General Orders. 
The following rules and regulations having been enacted by his high- 
ness the sovereign in his highness’s supreme council of general officers, 
are hereby declared to be law.—From the Grand Parade, April 1828. 
The great question which hath hitherto divided this realm, creating 
divers opinions on matters of exceeding weight, and thereby disturbing 
the government thereof, having been happily settled by the wisdom and 
decision of his highness ; it is commanded, that henceforth there shall be | 
no divisions of opinion whatever. The offenders to be shot. 
The tranquillity of the state having been insured by this salutary 
regulation ; it is further ordered, that there shall be no Public Questions . 
for the time to come. The offenders to be shot. a 
It being well known to us that, by long speeches and specious argu- 
ments in the legislature, much time is wasted, and the business of go- 
vernment thereby much delayed ; it is ordered, that in future no speech 
shall exceed five minutes in duration, and that no argument whatever. 
shall be used. The offender to be shot. 
The term Loyalist having been long assumed as the designation of the 
friends of the former system, now happily abolished ; it is ordered, that 
there shall in future be no loyalists. The offenders to be shot. 
The term Liberal having been for some time understood to mean an 
enemy to the system for the time being, whatever that might be; it is 
ordered, that there shall be no more liberals. The offenders to be shot. 
The factious opposers of government being obviously criminals — 
against the state; it is ordered, that all opposition shall henceforth be. 
considered factious. The offenders to be shot. 
Riots and other movements tending to the injury of the public peace, _ 
being much promoted by late hours ; it is hereby ordered, that no indi- | 
vidual, out of uniform, sha!l appear in any street of the metropolis after _ 
the hours of seven in winter, and nine in summer. The offenders to be shot. | 
Theatres and other places of public tesort, being capable of affording 
to turbulent and disaffected individuals the means of venting opinion: 
offensive to the government, it is ordered, that the audience shall pr 
serve strict silence during the representation. That no passage in the’ 
performance shall be noticed with either applause or censure, and that 
God save the King shall not be called for on any pretext, it being a 
notorious rallying cry and signal of disaffection to government. The 
offenders to be shot. 
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