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tasked-it is not surprising that his health should suffer. Every thing has devolved on him. Knowing this, and the difficulties of H. E.'s position, we have throughout, forborne from adopting a tone of animad- version, in our horror of invidious and captious criticism.
at the quarterly examinations, many who have long striven and earnestly desired to look up on the Imperial Face may thus attain their wish. But pond
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can hope to attain this without effort.
Respect this
On these grounds alone, we curtail our strictures on the present occasion. We || et Coloniales," by Mr C. A. Challaye, must, however, add, that the Act in ques- tion does not at all affect the I
bulk of the population the Chinese-and that it gives His Excellency the powers which we be- lieve
andere applied for by Captain Elliot,
had they been despatched from England prior to the news of the Peace, we should not have been so much surprised and disappointed. Still, we anticipatively (on the 5th January last, vide No. 42) ventured to point out the utter inapplica- bility of reverting to the laws, customs, and usages of an effete and worn-out system, And $1 each additional hundred.
nor will they be less obnoxious, although hasty The above Scale of Charges will take effect confirmed by an ill-advised and
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HONG-KONG, THURSDAY, JUNE 8TH, 1843,
WE much mistake if our readers will not share our surprise and disappointment on perusing the Proclamation, and other Official Notifications which we this day publish in a Supplement.
For some time past, we have been anxi- ously awaiting the authorization from home, of the establishment of Courts of Civil, Criminal, and Admiralty jurisdiction.
We do not dissemble our regret at the resurrection of such a notable speci- men, (for we have long considered it dead and buried) of Lord Palmerston's abortive legislation, as the Act of the 3rd and 4th Will. 4, Cap. 93. g
When this Avas passed in 1833, it had the condemnation of the Tories, the indifference of the Whigs, the contempt of the Radicals, and the calm and temperate remonstrance of the advocates of Free Trade, and those most interested
in China.
It was then held to be quite pitiable, that the New System, on its first advent in China, should wear such a motley garb, be patched and disfigured with the fag ends and musty remnants of the old regime.
It is, however, right to say, this Act was
legislative enactment.
ALTHOUGH WE SHOULD deplore as an evil, any permanent governmental connec- tion with India so long as it is ruled by the East India Company, yet we deeply regret that the arrangements for the future conduct of affairs here, have not been made under the control or advice of Lord Ellen- borough. He is so thoroughly informed on all matters affecting our mercantile inter- ests, so well aware of the important con- siderations involved, and more than all, his Lordship is deeply imbued with the spirit of the times, and a zoal for social advancement, that quite convinces us hao our future regulations emanated from him, we should have had only to express feelings of the liveliest satisfaction, in lieu of heart- felt disappointment.
port has been made by the Treasurer of the Privy By a late Peking Gazette, we notice that a Re-
gate arrears of Taxes, up to the fifteenth year Council, wherein he states that whilst the aggre- of the Emperor's reign, had only amounted to 25,003,000 taels of silver (about £8,000,000 Ster- ling), yet, during the last two years alone, the
arrears had amounted to 19,906,500 taels.
Owing to the necessity of keeping the Army and Navy i in
a state of discipline, and the expenses of the War, it is recommended that increased ex- ertions be made by the Viceroys and Provincial Governors to collect the outstanding taxes. Gazette, we referred to, but could not find space The following translation from the Peking for it in our last number :----
TRANSLATION.
Obey the Emperor's words,
We are favoured with the loan of some late numbers of the “Annales Maritimes
the French Consul. Among many sub- jects of much interest, some of which we hope to translate and present to our readers, we note the following account by CAPTAIN DE ROSAMEL, of the Danaide, Corvette, of his visit to Hong-Kong, in 1841.
It is addressed to the Minister of Marine, of France.
Danaide, Oct, 8, 1841. After quitting Macao, in order to proceed to the North Coast of
in the Port of Cast anchor for three days English possession.
Hong Kong, now entirely an
Maritimely considered, it is impossible to meet with a finer harbour. All the fleets of the world. might lie there in safety. Two entrances equally easy, opening one to the East and the other to the West, render the approach convenient during both monsoons. Unfortunately, it is situated too much out of the direct route to Canton. Despite this inconvenience, already the bay of Hong-Kong is covered with Ships. The difference of the English colonial system all liberty; and that of the Portuguese all restriction, has already attracted a numerous Chinese population to the new Colony. There, at least, there is no Mandarin as at Macao, to make them feel th
weight of his
authority. At Hong-Kong, the Chinese people, naturally vicious in their search ofe
of enjoyments, can give loose to their propensities and passions, so that the cafés, eating and drinking shops, gambling houses, opium booths, &c., have already fully occupied the space allotted by the authorities. the Chinese raise their bamboo houses, and above One is astonished at seeing the rapidity with which
all, the perseverance with which they repair all damages from fires or typhoons.
Without exaggeration, one can rate the number of Chinese at the present time established at Hong- number I do not count the floating population, Kong, at fourteen to fifteen thousand. In this
living in boats, who go to seek their subsistence on the opposite coast, north of the Island, or in the neighbouring bays. Barely five or six hundred English form the garrison of this anthill, not an inhabitant of which appears to be idle. *
Mr Johnston, Governor of Hong-Kong, ex-sous- intendant commercial with Captain Elliot, employs some hundreds of Chinese in making roads across warehouses for the most eminent English com- this mountainous and scarped Island. Some mercial houses at Canton, have been already built, foot, as that realizable for the most valuable upon ground which was sold as dear per square situations in Paris. The firm Malhison, & Co. (Matheson, & Co.) pay, they assure me £400 per corner of ground, on which is built their godowns. The chiefs of the powerful and rich mercantile houses, wait till the China affair is terminated, when they will all establish themselves at this new commercial entrepôt. But supposing the English Government retains Hong Kong, it will become Amoy, Chusan, and Ningpo, are open to foreign perhaps of little importance, if, as is supposed trade, then the purchases of land at such exorbitant real value, rates, will be exposed to rude deceptions, as to its
avowedly provisional, the order in Council of others report that is expedient hereas Keying and annum, annual rent, for the purchase of a little
the 9th December 1833, says-
to make
Military and Naval discipline, the Military Board at a change in "Provided also, and it is further declared, that the regulations Peking, will take measures that an immediate inspec. herein contained are, and shall be considered as provisional only, and as continued in force only until His Majesty shall be pleased
tion of all Fire Arms tal
takes
place, and it will issue to make auch further, or other Order in the provisions; in pursu
conformable directions to every subordinate Board in ance of the said Act of Parliament, as to His Majesty, with the
the Provinces. advice of His Privy Council, may hereafter seem salutary or expedient, in reference to such further information as may here: after bo derived from the future course of the said trade.
This is explicit enough, and yet, after
an interval of nearly ten years, and after the momentous changes and great events which have lately come to pass, we very quietly revert to the provisional and wholly inadequate legislation of the year 1833. So little are the wants and requirements of one of the largest trades in the world, or the condition of this rising Colony known or heeded at home.
We are told that Captain Elliot,,in Vain endeavoured to render this statute operative, and whilst we admit the expediency having a Court for the trial of British Subjects for offences amenable to Criminal and Admiralty Jurisdiction, we would very respectfully inquire whether one tithe of the inconvenience has been experienced in the Colony from the non-existence of such Courts, as has been felt from the want a Court of Civil Jurisdiction.
yet
It is unnecessary for us to tell our read-- ers that H. Es labours have been inces. sant with uncommon energies yet so
Officers (who are named) into the Provinces, to The Military Board will despateh certain high
exercise a proper supervision.
Every Soldier und Sailor although accustomed to "the use of muskets and cannon, must still learn and
practice the new exercise.
the Viceroy or Provincial Governor shall attend. The
Every year there shlvie
shall be four inspections, at which, months, when they shall take place, are the 2nd, 5th, 8th, and 11th; the days will hereafter be named by the Military Board,
reported as worthy to be (sent up
Whoever excels in firing all the target, 'to be
and see the Empe rewarded,
The pattern or model of the Cannon" to "be" an the Cities, for exercising--and those officers eighteen. Let a broad open space be chosen, not acquire a perfect knowledge, will go back to
former positions.
The High Officers deputed from the Military Board to the Viceroys and Provincial Governors, will consult arrange with them, clearly distinguishing, what is rig and what is wrong.
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Although eight days before may arrival at Hong- Kong, the Expedition had sailed for the North, yet the anchorage was crowded with Shipping, three transports, and these pretty opium clippers, (ces men-of-war, many large country vessels, besides jolis klippers marchands d'opran) which gave such an air of animation to the scene, that we could hardly help' thinking we were at some old and long established resort of commerce,
I easily procured water af 1 dollar a butt, delivered on board, and fine bullocks at 14 dollars each, about half the price paid at Macao.
**Professor Liebig) in M. ANTHAL CHEMISTRY, has well remarked
cover how men certain leaf Tex
Theso who excel in firing at the mark, shall bo rewarded, whereby is shown how proper it is diligently seed—COFFER. "But some
which has induced whole practice a necessary of life...
to learn
regulated by the difference of the service, the officers The musket and cannon practice for Sailors, will be ill have a target fixed on a boat for the purpose. Send this to Keangsu, Che-keang, Ganton, Shantung Provinces, to every Viceroy and Pro diligently teach and learn, so that it p
Governor and
Commander
may arrive.
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the globe the boldest