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NA AND HONGKONG GAZETTE,
of necessity better informed than we can be, to what is passing around) express the most
st perfect confidence in the permanent | maintenance of tlu ponce, WOM
are
trade to Foreign bottoms. We adhere to of experience this opinion, although persons of and who understand the subject differ with whether in the diffident | us, und say that c
opium, or any
other contraband trade, will uniformly after running their goods proceed to Hong-Kong, lay an information agamist themselves, and pay the penalty, (which
ing to this Order in Council, i must exceed £100) take in a fresh cargo and proceed to carry on the same traffic; as the fine is so utterl
cant in comparison inture. ***
tion of the groundlessness of such an expectation yet, we are fortfied by the best native authorities accessible to us
The question involves so marly considerations.
shall be
to resume its discussion on auot
and then laying, down
the various facts and circumst which (after a pains-taking exami have forced us to arrive at this truly conclusion.
Meantime we would remark, although we hold the indication to be of very minor significance to wh
what we may hereafter as evidence of the ultimate inten- Bills of Lading, and Exchange, per 100
of the Chinese Government that the Opium Orders
do, do. Auction, and Quarto size Hand-Bills
severest measures are now being taken by And $1 each additional hundred.
the Emperor against all the Functionaries, The above Scale of Charges will take effect who may have come any way into collision with the barbarians, and been baffled or worsted. Naval, Military,
ary, or Civil officers, none are exempted from condign pumnshment, although, some of them are of the highest rank and station in the empire. d
frqin this date.
June 8th, 1843.
THE FRIEND OF CHINA,
AND HONG-KONG GAZETTE.
HONG-KONG, THURSDAY, JUNE 15TH, 1843.
At this time the Feking Gazettes assume a more than common interest, as it is very desirable that we should, as accurately as possible, ascertain the true opinions of the Imperial Cabinet, It cannot be denied that the professions of the Chinese Govern - ment are all that can be wished, and the conduct of the officials is strongly indica- tive of the strong desire of the Authorities, to create the impression in our finds of
Yik-shan, and Yikking are condemned -to death, and if we may judge from the fate of Yu-poo-yun who has been recently decap- itated, we should say no doubt can exist that the capital punishment will be inflict ed. M
The execution of Yu poo-yun is a lament- able event, seeing
weing that when he was Com- mander-in-Chief of Che-keang province, he defended to the best of his ability the positions he had taken up at Chin-hae and Ningpo from an eye witness we have learned that he evinded great personal gallantry at our capture of the former town.
their sincere wish to
the most amicable relations between the two Coun- tries. This cannot be controverted, at the It is an affecting incident in the fate of same time it must not be disguised that the this officer, not a rare one in. Chinese tone of many of the Peking Gazettes, would || history that his son petitioned the Empe indicat the existence, in the highest quarror to die instead of as father. This vicarious "ters, of unmitigated hatred of the English; atonement, or rather this offering to appe
and an undying horror of our late invasion, and which it is endeavoured most sedulously to instil into the whole population.
This vast Empire, throughout its length and its breadth, resounds with the din of preparation for the possible, and it is hinted, the probable and not remote contigency of another conflict with the obtrusive barbar jans. The Peking Gazettes are full of warlike recommendations, and orders to give them effect. In our last we gave a translation of one, and we now find no less than three Peking Gazettes within one month speaking of the necessity of increas- ing the strength of the Gunpowder on the 5th instant. The Secretary of Lega.
one
an ex-functionary describes a new method of manipulation, in another, we find
new composition, recommended, order to substitute bullock for hand labou This latter document is so curious that intended to have now given a trai
hat we have not space, and must defer till next week.
Again, we have several official the casting of great guns after the model In one Gazette we find that several officers are disgraced the fact of the Cannon, which b cast, under their supervision, being tested, proved defective In that instance considerable mcted to the bye-standers, which the commendable wrath Emperor.
the par
Further, it is well known that large num bers of Muskets, and heavy Guns have been bought up by the Chinese, and there is an on dit current (the truth or falseho which, a few days will show) that a very large order for both Muskets and heav Guns has been taken by an eminent Ameri- can firm.
the sangumary vengeance of the law, has on some occasions been granted, was in this instance denied. The Empe declares the crime to be too heavy to per mit any mitigation of the sentence, and admonishes the son to retrieve the disgrace of his name and family by striving with his kindred too, in repelling the "cun- ping, barbarian slaves should they agam invade the father-land.
and
The profits of
1 not
The Govern iment at home seems not to
be aware of the
t' importance of the and it would appear unconscious of the mighty changes
step it has now tal
which have taken place in the commerce nce the abolition of the tonopul
Con
By the above notification, the Home Government has adopted the exceptional policy we dreaded and which must event- ually be abandoned, although not without forfeiting the national honour in the eyes both of the people of England and of China.
When it was reported in the Indian Papers that Major Malcolm openly avowed that Sir Henry Pottinger had promised that English ships should be prohibited under a penalty of confiscation, from pro- ceeding to other than and Opium vessels from proceeding to the five Ports named in the Treaty we were incredulous and passed it by as an idle rumour, (Well
wing that some of our Oriental contem- poraries can from a gossamer's web b spin a yarn of a cable's consistence).- Again, when a very able article appeared on this subject in the EXAMINER* attributed to the alle historian of the Eastern Seas, we stills thought the premises were meorrect, and hence, much labour wasted to prove the folly of a mere figment of the imagina- tion.
In our high estimate of the practical sagacity of the administrators of affairs at home, we have been wholly wrong, for
England is now in the Coast Guard service of China, and the Queen of Eng land, is in effect Chief Custom House Officer Extraordinary to the Emperor of China. Jot
The presence of a man-of-wage
a
We are very glad to see by the PENANG GA- ZETTE Of the 13th that H. M. S. Dulo com Singapore for Borges, laying the e prising and public spired Mr passenger.
will have a very salutary infúence in that quarter. supineness hitherto verniced has been very
ntal to British jo
and British com- merce in the Eastern Archipelago
t
detri We learn from Canton, that the Impe- rial Commissioner KeyING, arrived there
tion, and Mr Morn
day into
ollowing if
from
ce, that
tract from a letter just
has been handed to us. make enquiries for con- cohlente. It seems that the orse than ever. They have
Lestabushing
bee
said that
Seeing that the Authorities here (who are would be, so transfer a large and valuable
Singa
1 the reputed Author.
000
and
some of late we have only
20th April,,
the
Bombay
Captain
had pre-
compelled to abridge
overnor