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THE FRIEND OF CHINA AND HONG KONG GAZETTE.
But whether the letter published bo, or be not, a forgery, it most insolently proclaims a falsehood.
W. NAPIER, Major General.
Guernsey, Jan. 12, 1844.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN,
The letter, from which was extracted the other day Lead Pig sume remarks on the oplem trade is worth an addition Quicksilver nolice on secount of the observations which the writer maker OPIUM, Patna, new, 636
on sex? an ort
1 75 1900
4.80
old. 689 0 *700 0 Benares, new, 000 old 0
"605
0620 30
00
10
0000 per pied
Malwa, new 610
Kodiyuni OPIUM, Turkey
THE NEW WORK ON CHINA. A Work, which we have before advertised, by
is the more entitled to consideration, as it is not Lient John Ouchterlony, F.G.S., of the Madras
communication to the editor of an Indian jour. Engineers, late acting engineer at Hongkong,
nal, but is addressed to Sir Robert Peel, and is evidently has just appeared and deserves a particular no-
SIR,Circumstances over which I had no con-written by one who has paid the subject under his com tice. It is a comprehensive narrative of all the operations of the British Force, and of all the trol have prevented me from seeing or noticing alderation a great deal of attention, In order that he may lay events of the war, from the commencement to the sooner the correspondence and remarks arising treaty of Nankin, with an introductory precis out of a jetter said to be written by Sir H. Potting historique on the causes which brought about ger, and published in the Morning Chronicle of this niost memorable and important event in the bis inst. The last mail brought mo two letters the annals of the British Empire, and the from Sir Henry, but there is nothing, either in work is embellished with numerous illustra them or my former latters, which enables me to tions » of towns, fights, and objects of into dony or adimit the authenticity of the letter so rest, and of the military operations and post-published, as they make no allusion to it whatever, tions. It is a most amusing and valuable volume, I must be permitted to add, with reference to the perusal of which will be found to repay am-
one letter published by you, that any one who can circumstances, Sir H. ply the time devoted to its careful examination, imagine that, under any Speaking from the hasty reading which we have Pottinger could proclaim a falsehood, proclaims as yet had the opportunity of giving to it, we lingolf utterly ignorant of the truth, honour, and should say that it is a correct and most impartial integrity of my brother, and has, in consequence, account of the policy adopted by 11. M. Plenipo-magined that which must prove destitute of four- tentiaries and of the generalship displayed by the dation. I have the honour to remain your most Commanders in Chel throughout the progress of obedient servant.
a complete onto before Government
The writer, reviewing the statistics of lan, and comparing the consumption of that article with the census of the popula
uber of consumers ut 16,000,000, and tion, ests down the
more that balb, por individual, but the porno Olient-An we mentioned some time
tore 991b, was more tha
twice a day are found to consume an
the war.
We cannos sutleiestly applaud the mo. dorty and sound judgment with which the author has referred to the proceedings of that humane and indefatigable, but perhaps over-careful anno, Capt. Elliot, which gave rise to „mpel animad, version, when the eagerness of the British com- munity that a decisive blow should be struck against the exclusive and arbitrary policy of the
Chinese, caused the exact position of the Flens
000
WILLIAM POTTINGER,
Major, 6th Royal Regiment, Stockport barracks, Cheshire, Jati, 35, 1844.
NAVAL" AND "MILITARY.
The now unvat
NAYAL
ally The writer makes the following statement to reconcile the apparent discrepanty →→
30,000,000
only sales making are on out for cash the market purely nominal. Popper Rice, cargo quality
550" 8 0
Rice,Suleable at quotation. On the cost, well as Canton, there is much demand. By the le isions from Balll, there was one difficulty in proce ing vargues at Smgapore prices were advancing 5,000,000 Rattans:
Sandalwood Malabar. 11 0 18-0
35,000,000
People who can afford to pay 200 pr. Ct. upon the out of the article they cons, ume 5,000,000lb at 61b. per year neah, Patple who daunol azury to pay what to them amounts to nearly a prohibitory duty
lb per your ench
Timor & & Isl 104 The prssout ammust consumption. By thin it would see that the main coneumers are the WOOLLENS, opulent, and that the poorer choses, hotwithstanding their huown proikilotion for tea, consume but little. This is atz ibuted to the heavy duty loved upon it and the writer now ve tabia on the supposition of a duty of la per pound ~5,000,000 at vannnjdere, ut 6lb. per year each 30,600,000 35,000,000 10,000,000 of consumers, 11 5 lb.
Spanish Stripes Long Ells, selet
1 351 35 per 0.80
awaorted. Comlets, Buglish, 280 ×
Dutch,
65,000 100
379025,196 A luin
9,250,000 AUCIENI,
Custome duty on 15,000,00016 at 90, 9ju. Customs duty po 65,000,000lb, al 1s To which must be added, inoronse of duty on sugar, at the rate any lalb, per evory 16, "of tea, equal to about 500,000 owl,, any Showing uni apparent deficiency to the revenus of some,
thing under bali u million sterling
other side is only apparent. Immenso sai pazients are
EXPORTB --ÖN BOARD.
00
19 0
Cassin
0
Buds
10,000 Camphor
now on
China Roots. Galangal
Rhubarb
RAW SILK.
Trader. Taysian. Canton
18 0 00
9.60
800
00 per
80 0
por
520 0 1 0 0
00 004
This headinita furnishes in argument for retaining the prevent duties, but he says, so great are the advantages held Musk their way to China, on pocount of the opening of the new ports, and the question is how they are to be paid for by our now customers? Dollars they will not pay, and tos as the only article in which a return can be obtained for mor or an article while he has taken at a disadvantage, and being chandize. The manufacturer, fading himself in posavarjou
Silk-The news by the March mail have caust unable, on account of the high duty, to get rid of more than a stir in the silk market. Of Tsatlee the market be a luned quanuty of it, obliged to stop the producing been swept during the week The purchases andur power, not all the evils and distresses of a violent commercialed to 201 Tubos at 8520, In Canton wilk there fam reaction are the remit. To prevent this muschief the water do doing proposal a mat liberat reduesian of duty, to extend the home consumption, and thus encourage our manufactures. the merengek the revenue from many indirect sources will, in his opinion, more this coupemente the deficiener in that derived dimrily from the single article of ten,
TEA.
Congan.
. H. Whitshed hus heen formally appointed of the Fleet, in the room of Sir C. E. Nugent, deceased. -Vive, Adm. Bir J. C. White toutiaries, with very huitoil moyens militaires to be has been appointed Cominnader-in-Chier at the in a greatmeasure overlooked. Since the satis Noro, Capt. W. F. Martin, son of Admiril Sir factory conclusion of our treaty of commerce B. Martin, boing the flag Captain. Adm. Sir with the Celestial Empire, we have been very Baldwin Walker is dismissed from the Ottoman much-in want of such a work as that now navy, owing to the resentiment of the Capitan Pull out by a reilupsion, that the validity of the reasonin on Ure. prosented to the public, which, while it details oha, whose infamous conduct, while crusing in the which clearness, accuracy, and very agreeable Archipelago, roused the indignation of our gallant thuency all the occurrences of the campaigns, countryman. Capt Sir T. Bourchier, denies that Fires also much valuable information respecting he is the author of a published letter upon the dis the habits and history of the Chinese, their retribution of the medal for service in China.-Ligjit. | settrees, mode of warlare, institutions and gover. W. Horton, has been promoted to the rank of ment. The illustrations are a very great assistant commander, for his gallant contact in the buds of to the general reader and while such important II. 1. S. Dido ugast pirates on the coast of Bor objebts as the Porcelain Tower at Nankin, the monuments of audient dynasties discovered near
regulations make the following that place, the Great Wall, the grand Canal, alterations --Captains The pay of captains serving &o, are carefully and clearly represented, several afloat formerly was according to six grades or very amusing sketches of the scenes which tool classes. By the new regulations they are reduced place between the Chinese and our soldiery at diffe.to four guides; the pay of the largest rate boing rout places bee upied by the latter, are given, and less and the lowest more, viz, explains command humormedy described. There is an account, for
ing first-rates (not being fag ships) for norly re instance, of a baraar established by our soldiers at corved 611, 78. 4d, per mensen; they are now to Shang-bar, for the sale to the Chinese rubble, receive 631, 14s, being the highna påy now given, before the evacuation of that town, of the plunder Captains commanding sixth-rates brinerly received which could not be removed, graphic and divert 562. 178 per mengem; they are now to receive ing in the extroine: the illustration of this curious 304, 138. 8., the lowest class of pay to captains seene is very appropriate. The repulse of the night attack of the Tartars at Ningpo is told in a acers are now to be appointed by commissioners, serving afloat. Commissioned allicers--All of stirring and spitdod manner; and the fourful havoc including mastors, surgeous, puraers, mates, and caused by Capt. Moore's howitzer in the narrow street of the suburbs is will exhibited by a nicely warrant officers in the aary will be gunners, boals assistant-masturs, Warrant officers--The only excented drawing. The celibrated adhie at the Jose-honso, nour Chapoo, also derives additional Wains, carpenters, and engineers-Pirters-The interest from the correct and fluent style of its nut and paymastors." First Class Volunteers-Vo from an increased consumption of sugar, of which quả silvices of the state of the tea market in Europe, al
designation of pursers in future to be "pursers hunteers of the first class are in future to be known
its Anaval cadeta,"! →Globe.
the Caledonia, 120. at Cork; the latter has arrived The Albion, 20, Capt. N. Lockyer, has relieved
Brisbane is at Cork. The Ductus, freight ship, at Plymouth The Lateng, 18, Com, J. W. D.
The election of the duty on ton, as proposed by the writer to India, whose remajka were quoted some dayu ago, bas
LONDON TIMER, Nov. 9th, 1843.
Tis. 14.0 # 21 0 Läule doinur: 320 cheps interior Congwu vethainig Caper Souchong
12
:**
15 0
Orange Pelor, plain 25
Chuolly bud
0 4 20 0
આull 80 0 30 0
18 0 434 0
A low Tutakaye offering at 22 66.23 Hyson
Young Byson Hyson Skin, Gunpowder. Imperial
84 0
30 0
15
48 0 30 70 0
40 04 87 0
attracted the nuention of several parites who are well se uned with the witbject, and who think that the project se ang reduce in the duty on forego sugar. However, a practicable one, įovided it be attended by a corittpond. before proceeding to the observations which have been made to illustento this opinion, it is necessary to correct an inceuracy which crept into the Indian letter, or rather to g
duty from 2. d. Je, would increase the quanbly to over the statement again, auming the consumption of iba to bu at prožení 35,000,000lb, and thatʼn reduction of the 65,000,000lb, we have the figure 3828, 1981, to expres Tena A few purchases of inferior quality. Deducting the latter from the former, the depronun in the to es but we hear of no purchasers. The re the present sundal smount of duty, and 3,950,000, for that chiefly in exchange for goods. Of Congous the moc which would be received under the proposed alteration- ja estimate at 190 chops. Twankay is offered e
venus derived from leu alone is shown to be 678,185) Against this in to be sot off the additional revenge derived large shipments alreally made, and the antiafacing considered this consumed for every pound of tono inducement for further purchases. The shipment According to this supposition, the commumption including the cargo of the Gontoller amount to u
would yaid to the revenue (ni 34s. per end por 45,000,000, extra of sugar (about 401,794 out), and 30,000,000, xtra of ton would bring with it that of warts of forty four millions of lbs.
EXPORT OF TEAS TO DATE. and not merely to half a million, a the linen w cont.)516,360. The decremen thus reduned to $1,806)
Sinco Jet July,
ration, and from the Dlustration given of it by the ready pencil of the author. We have not space for a more lengthened notion of this valuable and well-timed publication, the merits of which are bern but feebly shown. There is much to into- rest the mercantile reader in the course of the
arrative, and we cannot but express our adminus sailed for Bombay; the Helena, 16, Com. S said, who erroneously set down the additional mavenús tiem, tion of the varied kouwlags displayed by Mr. Ricketts, for Jamaica; the Vestal, 26, 0 Talbot, Ouchterlony in the presentation of so much for New York, and Satellite, 18, Com. Rowley, formation in so compact a form, and in so fluent for the Brazils. The Cure, 10. Lt. Sprigg, has and popular a manner. His work leaves at 20 arrived from Rio, The Iris, 20, Capt. G. R. Mundy, by himself. He contended that the decrease might be made ↑ Gondolter's eargo included..
immearumble distance behind it all previous naris ordered from Cork to Hongkong, zatives which have appeared in England on this deeply interesting subject. A Postscript recapi tulates the principal occurrences since the treaty.
SCINDE
The Chronicle says, "Our Indian correspon dent, O. P. Q. has sent us the following
extract from a letter writion by Sir A. Pois tinger, to a friend in Bombay. Independent of Sir Henry's high character for talent and upright noas, no officer of the empire is better qualified, from experience and long residence, to give a can- elusive judgment on the affairs of Sciule. The following is Sir Henry's Hitori
PROMOTIONS,
Com.-D. Shewon, to the retired list, F. Horton,
W.
Lieuts, -C. G. Glinu, Hon. P. F. Pellew,
on
F. Curzon.
Surg J. Douglas,
Mastors--H. Dormer.
and those who have commented on his remarks is mily murat at 10,000l. However, the difference between him one of figures, and the results which they have drawn mit is re favourable to his view of the Phase than those had to
Breen, Black,
8,070,004 30,021,001
Total, #4,700,093
good by indimet nources, but the attomijt le now muda to dow that sugar alone, properly managed, would supply all |
COTTON REPORT that is required. At present wo yan nil the sugar tai banes from our own coloms, and therefor if we mean to necom. pay the proposed increase in the consumption of tea brin
Cariton, April 1st to 30th, 1844.
Deliveries. corresponding consumption of sugar, we must look for it
Twist bales.. 1,146 elsewhere. The proposition is this --Lot the duty on foreign sugar to reduced to 30s and 5 per cent. This would yield on the additional 30,000,000th. na uch as American, bales 2,320 13,317 Bombay. Bengal,
632,635), which is considerably more thin the decrease occasioned by the reduction of the duty on tea.—– London TIRES, Nov 11th, 1843.
CANTON PRICES CURRENT.
15TH MAY, 1844.
IMPORTS-DUTY PAID.
Ale (best brands) Betol Nat Amber
Stock.
0.021
544
82,142
3,080
7,716
Madras,
2.203
20,811
Total 20019
111,212
Ship William Hyde included.
PRICES OF BULLION.
Very scarce
EXCHANGE.
Bills on London at 6 months sight, is d HM. Plenipotentiary on the Bengal Govt., Treasu
The Adjutancy of the Blues is now vacant, Lieut. Murno having been superseded by the Duke" for continued absence without leave. It may be inferred from this that Lieut. Murio has no intsation of undergoing the chances of a trial “Your letter brought our happy and merry for shooting Col. Fawcett his brother-in-law. It days in Seinde rividly to my mind, and I latent. is most likely be will enter the Prussian Army. el, on reading it, if possible more deeply than I Capt John Howard Kyan, of the East India
30 0 835 0 per hhd. Sycee Silver, large, 3 per cent, promium had done overtlie fallen estate of any old friends Company's service, was lately found dead in a
small, 1 to 2 ditto 10 0110 per catty 6000 per picul
Spanish Dollars, Ferdinand.
par the Ameers, whose case I have all along said, and wretched abode near Lisson-grove He had a Betelnut. A moderate shipment would com
Carolus, & per cont. for selected ever shall say, under all circunstance, and in all pension from the Company, and 12,0007, was due and the price quoted. A further rise is pot upro Republican dito, 3 to 4 per cunt, disconut. society and places where I may hear it alluded to, him by the late firm of Alexander & Co. Calcutta, bable, at Singapore on the 11th April there was hote is the most unprincipled and disgraceful that has Mr. W. Hollis, formerly of the 30th Madras in the market, and considerable demand for the ever stamped the annals of our Empile in India. N. 1, has submitted his case to the consideration Chinese junks about returning with the change of the No explanation or reasoning can, in my opinion, of the proprietors of India Steck, in the hope that monston remove the foul stain it has left on our good it may be brought before a quarterly meeting at Cauruss-Eng, and faith and honour and as I know more than any the India Flouse. He was dismissed the service other man living of previous events and measures by sentence of a court martial held at Bombay connected with that devoted country, I feel that I in June, 1840, under a warrant fom Sir T have a full right to exercise my judgment und express my sentiment on the subjects I was in hopes that some influential voice would have been raised in England, against the tyranny and spo. liation that had taken place, but the intelligence by the boat mail that of July-holds forth no such prospect, and all that I can now hope is, as the author of all this cruelty and misery my meat with his deserts hereafter, shall only add, that I shall eteen it a favour if you will let my oni nions be known wherever you hear the affair motioned, and that you cannot me too strong lungunge in expressing my disgust and sorrow on
the accusion.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE BUN.
Sin. —L have just read a letter, published in the Morning Chronicle, and said to be written by Sir
Pottinger upon to events in Seindo. With you, Sing I hold this letter to be a forgery
shameles one-put forth to abuse the mi provion to the expected illate ment on Soindian alus, which must take
I to him.
Endd this reQUE
Scotch Cochment Copper, sheathing Cordage, European COTTON Bombay,
ships. Ts.
For bent Madras No murket Bengal
McMahon,wblob,in the opinion of Major-Gen. Vane Kennedy, formerly Judge Advento General, was illegal, Sir Thomas belag Commander-in-Chiet at Bombay only, and the consed to vilicer of the Madras Presidency. Mr. Hollis has appended a testimonial ng to character from Major Gen. Wilson, and a letter from the shine officer in the President of the India Board, in which he says that "though the occurrence for which Mr. Hollis was dismissed was no doubt a serious violation of military dot pline, be over hand of an officer being subjected to such oppression, and each a system of irritation purposely kept up, apparently by a commanding. officer and others under ma influenergo calculaton White Blurtings, 40 | to dive a man to cominit himself
Cor bust
90 per bolt 00 per picul
8
130 0 $5 12 09
20 0
0
0
0
10
quotation. For Mauraa toure in no me ket quo
Cylon Bombay be told in wall parcels at on upeal Brusal oor are sales at to eat for best
OTTON GOODS.
closed
Court of Directors accepted on ditto, 60 days,l
been offered at 225 par 100 D) fæcultóf 81 Private Billa on Bengal at 60 days
FREIGHTS
T'o London or Liverpool, £8 yerton of 50 1 To Out ports, 108, per ton additional
Freight Duting the past have been extremely low proba phipped exceeds all past yeares above user ton of 40 it. The pliin having landail, lead to Gr
October. The availabilit al for corvinnaremval of edly large; many of the 1:30 “ – 3:00 per ploon Interest, more weekly gabip Chey lo ditto: 2.50 4 8 15
Pha Globe says, that a discovery has been mado of a neobination of chemical substanges so publie,
brn, No 1810:39, 2 0 940 per pious intention it into action, so Imens inge, with a languid anarkal
Jurns va för a very superior quality. Stooke bad plan
Chiuiz Farmuro 20" 40 por picca
and yet, whion their explosivo 1 bile satanen by app
employ Pro,