Excerpt from Historical Records of Australia, Vol. 1: Governors' Despatches to and From England, Volume IV. 1803-June, 1804This proclamation can be classed only in the same category as panic legislation, but it illustrates the powers exercised by King, before he had received a full commission.The knowledge of the issue of his full commission could there fore make little actual difference to King, and appears to have received little prominence in the colony. On the 17th of October, 1802, the day after the entry of the Alexander and Bn¿alo, by which the despatches were received, King acquainted Lieutenant Colonel Paterson that he had not received from the guard that day the honor due to the commission he has the honor to hold, the King's Captain General. On the following day, in reply to Paterson's request for information as to the military honors desired, King stated the compliment due to a Captain General bearing a commission as such (according to the military authority I am possessed of) is presented arms, officers saluting, and a march. That authority may be wrong. I therefore, sir, request that the compliment due to the commission, I have the honour to hold, may not in the smallest instance exceed or fall short of it as the first is the reverse of a compliment and the last a neglect. Thus, King's accession to a full commissioned status in the colony was ushered in by petty friction with the military.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.