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THE FRIEND OF CHINA AND HONG-KONG GAZETTE.
TRA: Considerable djemppointment was manifested last month at the non-arrival of the mail; rud the trade bava purchaäod staringly. With the exception of the sales "on" the 20th Bopt, at which Hysons went id cheaper, the business has been confined to private contract, without any change in prices. Stock ou 30th Sept.: 1849, 27,056,000 Im; 1842, 31,285,200 1bw.
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Mentings have boon held at Manchoster, "Liverpul, Bristol, Hull, Edinburgh, and Glasgow, and memorials have been adopted in furtherined of an accoloration of the Indian mails.
EXTRAORDINARY SALES OF Corros.-The sales of cotton on Monday amounted to not less than 25,000 bales, and an advance of Id. per lb. was established This is one of the largest daily sales that has ever- taken place in Liverpool.
LATTEST ARRIVALS.-Oct 3 Marchioness of Douro. China, Gravesend; Diadem, China, Falmouth ; Pilot, Batavia Salcombe.
Rockliffe, Oct. 5, Singapore St. Mawes; Welcome, Oct. 5, Batavia, Falmouth; John Panter, Oct. 5, Sin- gapore, Cowes.
LATEST DEPARTURES.-Sept. 29. Dalmamock,Clyde, Singapore,
SUMMARY OF CHINA SHIPPING.
ARRIVALS
St. Laurence Bapt. 8-Chins, Plymouth; Tapley Sept. 9 China, Penzace: Siam Sept. 12 China Pertamth; Edinburgh Sept. 13 China, Portland H. M. S. Belleista Sept, 13 China, Plymouth Liverpool Sept. 14 Chinn, Castletow; Frances Burn Sept. 15 China, Crkhaven; St. da Sept, 16 China, Plymouth; Bella Marina Sept. 20 China, Falmouth; Monarch Sept. 20 China, Falmouth Grecian Sept. 21 China, Penzance; Athena Sept. 30 China, Downs; II. M. S. Pylades Oct. 3 China, Plymouth.
DEPARTURES,
NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS,
In Ireland, the first act of the farce so long enact- Owing to pross of matter we are reluctantly compeled by O'Connell and his myrmidons is drawing to a closo; it rests not now with him to say whether the led to defer the communication on the subject of the late next will be a bloody one or not. No longer able attempt at burglary until next issue.
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In our 98th number in an extract from a Correspondon's let, for un the subject of Ioo, Foo-crow-Poo was mentioned as the ||-soat of Chinom luxury, it should have been Bebouw-ron."
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THE FRIEND OF CHINA, AND HONG KÔNG GAZETTE.
VICTORIA, TUESDAY, JANUARY, 23tu 1841.
to guide the immense force which he has organised, whose impatience of inaction is daily on the in- crease, he is compelled to implore and supplicate for delay, endeavouring on the one hand by gross abuse to provoke the Government to com- mence hostilities, and on the other to compose the excited minds of the populace by mendacious pro- villainous misos, hectoring speeches about the Saxon " the "bloody Sassenach, and indistinct hints that the time will come when he will lead them to the fight. His exasperation at the calm attitude displayed by the Government, ready aye ready" for the struggle, but at the same time determined to allow the people their constitutional privilege of assembling to talk over their real or imagined grievances, is displayed on every o3- casion, —and he is evidently driven to his wits end to find an excuse for foregoing the "Repeat agita- tion”—an agitation which he knows will never succeed save by force of arms, and to which decision he dares not appeal. By his precipitation O'Connell has lost all; had he been content to go on as fur- merly, prochising but not performing, he might have gone down in peace to the grave and left behind him the reputation of having intended well-to his country-but now the Rubicon is passed, and there appears to be only remaining for him the alterna- tive of sufferring a traitor's death (should his- fol- lowers compel him to resort to arms) or an in- glorious retirement from the active scenes of life, followed by the curses of the millions whom he has so grossly deceived.
We are enabled through the kindness of a friend who was present at the Land Sale yesterday, to give a list of the prices which the lots fetched, and the names of the purchasers. We are only able in our presont issue to give the general conditions of sale, reserving comment for our next. The lots were put up at a yearly ground rent to be paid for seventy-five years, at the end of which period, the Bangalore Sept. 8 China, Portsmth; Canopus Sept. 8 Chine,ound with all buildings thereon are to revert to Liverpool: Magnolia Sept. 8 China, Liverpool; Old England the Crown absolutely and for ever. The prices Sept. 26 China, Liverpool; Royal Albert Sept. 13 China, Clyde. paid however are to be understood not as so much
per lot, but per quarter acre-lots larger or small Her Majesty after returning from her trip to er to pay in proportion. Six months rent payable-France took an excursion to Belgium, where she in advance, on all lots except the bazar lots; as was received by the people with the most un possession of the latter is not to be given for six bounded enthusiam. Her Majesty visited An months the rent is not to commence until that time; twerp, Ghent, and Bruges and returned to Eng- land highly delighted with her excursion. The Royal steam yacht is now laid up for the winter in the Medway.
SHIPS LOADING FOR CHINA, AND THEIR PROBABLE TIME OF BAILING.
Ar London-Anne Jage, to sail from Portemouth, 8th Octobot William Hyde, from London, 7th-October; almira, from Porta
AT Liverpool.-Thomas Lowry 100 10th; James Matheson, 10th; Liverpool, 15.
mouth, 8th November
Ar Glasgow Christina and Countess of Durham,
IN the Press, will be published on the 15th January THE HONG KONG ALMANAC FOR 1844;
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Fixed and Moveable Feasts,
Chinese. Kalendar,
English Kalendar,
Moon's Age,
Sun's Declination Table,
Equation Table,
Her Majesty's Government Hongkong, Consular Establishments.
Her Majesty's Fleet in China with a list of Officers on board cach Ship, date of appointment, pay &c. Her Majesty's Forces in China. H. E. I. Co's,
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Dangers in the China Seas,
Post Office Regulations, Port and Harbour do.
do.
Table of dates of arrival of the Overland Mail in
China,
other lots uninediate possession may be tak en. Parties are required to expend a sum equal in amount to ten years ground rent, in building upon their property within twelve months from the day on which possession is given,
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An Order in Council has been passed (the subs- tance of which we give in another column) en- Mr. Brame on the part of Messrs. Dent & Co. Harging the powers already prossessed by H. M's. and Mr. Oswald, protested against the sale of pro-Superintendant of Trade in China, by rendering perty which had previously been granted to them and registered in their names; the property was however sold.
legal any acts passed by him in Council, even tho they be contrary to preceding Orders of H. M's. Privy Council.
The Overland Mail with dates up to the 6th The Government Education scheme having b en October arrived here on Saturday evening last. withdrawn, an appeal has been made to the public No events of stirring interest have occurred since for subscriptions, and upwards of the Free Epis- € 100,000 has the despatch of the preceding mail, but still the been raised. The contributions to news received is not devoid of interest. First in copal Church Fund have fallen far short of the ex- interest is the movement having for its object the pectations entertained, and the first quarterly stip- acceleration of the Overland communication with end paid to the Ministers from the endowmerit India and China, and the extension of the benefits fund amounts to only five pounds one shilling per of a regular Steam communication to the latter head: so much for the voluntary system. Puseyism Empire. Simultaneous meetings have been held remains stationary, but the Catholics are making in the chief cities of England and Scotland, and vast and increasingly successful exertions to ob- from the united efforts of all classes to effect so tain proselytes to their faith. We hear of nunneries desirable an object we do not expect that the year being erected in various parts of the kingdom, and 1844 will close without seeing the project car-numbers of ladies of high families have devoted ried into effect. We have received a circular their lives to the service of their fellow creatures from the London Committee which we reprint; by joining the religious order of "Sisters of Mercy." Foreign Residents in Hongkong and and we would urge upon the community the pro. Dr. Wolff was to start on his expedition in the priety of memorialising the Colonial and home hope of releasing Colonels Stoddart and Conolly Governments on the subject,
on the 14th January. The public had displayed great apathy on the subject, the sum contributed being under £300. (We are most happy to learn from the last intelligence from Bombay that there is more probability than was hoped for of the cap- tives being still alive, the story of the Jew, upon which so much reliance had been placed having been proved a fabr cation.)
Do. Do. in Calcutta. List of Houses of Agency in China, Do. Do, Do. in London connected with
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China.
China. The Chinese Tariff,
The Duties levied in England on Chinese Exports. The report of the Assay of various coins at Canton.
Do.
Do. 'The new act of Parliament relative to the govern-
ment of British subjects of China.
Also, at the same time will be published,
THE HONG-KONG SHEET ALMANAC FOR 1844;
The publication is unavoidably delayed until the 15th instant, owing to the desire to make the work as complete as possible.
NOTICE.
Most satisfactory and encouraging are the ac- counts from the manufacturing districts, the im- Shanghai.provement in trade has steadily progressed and there are now but few operatives unemployed. An abundant harvest has also gladdened the hearts of the people, and the desponding fears which had prevailed with regard to the events of the ensuing winter are dispelled, True it is, that the disturbances in Wales have rather increased than diminished, but the rioters have no longer the sym- pathies of the upper and middle classes on their side. As is the case in all outbreaks, not satisfied with contending for the redress of real griev From this date the Charges for Printing at the ances, the mob have proceeded to the most extra- Hongkong Gazette Office will be as followay
vagant demands as the price of the cessation of disturbance. The manifestation of this disposition has aroused the well-disposed inhabitants, and a large meeting has been held at which lutions condemnatory of the ricters were passed and a de. termination to support the Government in the main tenance of order manifested. The dangerons ago of the insurrection having thus disappeared, the supremacy of the law will speedily be enforced. while the real grievances of the people will be at the same time redressed.
Boat Notes
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Opium Orders
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Bills of Exchange in sets
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Cheques
Ship's Articles
Powers of Attorney
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Auction Bills
Auction Catalogues
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longer period,, 4. General Advertisements under 10 lines first inser tion & 1 and 10 cents additional for every line ex weeding ten.
Repetitions, one fourth of the original chargo. Contracts may be entered into for long or short per riods. Terme may be known on application at the Office.
TERMS CASH Victoria, 8th January, 1844.
In Scotland there appears a prospect of much turmoil consequent upon the division of the Church. The spirit of the old Covenanters is not dead, and it is much to be feared that if a collision should Jake place between the military (who are being called upon to protect the new incumbents of livings) and the people, and blood be spi will be kindled from one end of the other the consequences of which cannot l It will require all the ene clergy to preve
pitch, and a firm but cont of the Ministry me event
Bombay to either Masulipatam or Calcutta, and A proposition has been made for a railroad from
meets with much favour-Father Mathew return- ed to Ireland after a rather successful visit to va- rious parts of England.
Among the deaths are those of Alderman Wood M. P. Joseph Bell Esq. Professor Scots Law. Edinburgh; Dr Prior, late Vice Provost Thinay College, Dublin, the Rt. Hon, J, S, Mackenzie ; Gen. Sir T., Browne K. C. I.
The arrival of the Akbar af Suez was not known in London at the time of the departure of the Overland Mail,
65th Ft.-C. M. Read, gent, to be Ens., b. p., v. Marshall ap. to the 16th Ft.
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