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long passages to India, it is of great consequence to have steam communication, and too often to Chine when these opportunities offer, they are in a great degree lost from parties hot receiving intimation of the intended departure, until a few hours before sailing.
movements.
this
trife--now, there is no change in the nature of French exports which would enable their mer chauts to enter into competition with England or America-neither, as far as we are aware, is there an increased demand for Tea in France. Silk, the other article of China export, France does not require, her own manufactures are superior to those of China, and she would not ruin them by bringing foreign silks into competition.
siderable armament to chastise the murderers Our contemporary, with unseemly and unwar rantable haste, denied the statement in to and called upon the papers in China, in which the extract appeared, to expose the person who had palmed off a fable as truth; he denounced the writer of the letter in question as an impostor, who, for Bone sinister motive a fraud upon the public. We was practising
were onjunt towards the writer of the letter from Batavia as a report to the effect and actual
reach Batavia and was not ojily credited by the muthor of the letter, but had also such weight with the Dutch Government, as to induce them to despatch a fores down to Balli,"
There was much disappointment last week, at the suddon departure of the clipper Mor for Bombay. An intimation from the Post-office
are in no hurry replying to such malicious was sent round about two o'clock, stating that a mail would close if we remember right--at We are not surprised that a great nation and uncalled for accusations; those who five o'clock. Many who were disappointed like France-jealous of British success in the indulge too much in them are upt to injure themselves more than the party against whom blamed the Postmaster for not giving earlier east-should send out a splendid mission, were
every faith intimation. We have not hesitated to censure it moruly to convince the Celestials that other their arrows are pointed. Wo had the Postmaster for many irregulanties in his European powers have fleets and soldiers, in the party from whom our information was department, and also for a degree of incivility apart from this, and possibly the honour of obtained, and felt assured that in a few weeks LATEST DATES, to the public, which was quite unjustifiable being received at Pekin, without the humiliation the truth would be known, without our volun- We would submit, however, that in the case of of the Plampotentiary appearing before the teering to break a lance in a cause which clippers being despatched for India, he has not Emperor upon his kneos- we can see no profit required no champion. The result is as we means of knowing, unless their owner or agents or honour to bo derived from the mission. I anticipated; our contemporary of the val send an intimation to the Post-office. They is conjectural, whether either the French or May writes. are not advertised, and as much mystey at American Ministers will be allowed to visit **It has been suggested to us that the tong wook in noticing the incon A Mail for Calcata will close at the Post Office, at half possible, in some instance thrown over their Pekin. Such a visit will, no doubt, be opposed of our remarks
rente reported disturbances at Balli, roctress of the We refer not alone to the Mor, to the wishes of Chinu-but, if insisted upon, but all our mercantile readers will recollect the backed by the strong argument of thirty-two way in which the Andar manwuvred betweeks pounders, it will doubtless be conceded.
port and Macao, until it was impossible to Celestials have but too lately had rather tell when she would sail, or from which port sovere proof of their own impotency in warfare she would take her final departure. Mails with Europeans, and grant with tolerable grace, were closed in the greatest hurry, and sent on what would formerly have been refused with board; ettors were forwarded by despatch to arrogant pride, Macao, in order to catch her before sailing, this more than once, while she kept running out Keying has arrived at Canton. He goes to and in the harbour like a pilot-boat. In such MACAO to nogoriate with His Excellency Mr. instances the Postmaster is not the person to Cushing, the American Minister, Sir Henry blame, and those who appear so anxious to Pottinger will also meet his old friend at disappoint their neighbours, would be the first Macao, we trust the interview will result in 13 cry out were any irregularity to take place an arrangement by which some of the oh in the delivering their own letters, or in receiv-noxious clauses in the Supplementary treaty The commissions which have boon issueding due intimation of the departure of a vesset can be altered. authorising persons to act as Justices of the for any particular port where they had corres- Should the French Minister arrive woon, Peace within the dominions of the Emperor of pondents,
Keying will have three European deplomatists. Cina, have been reculled." Hor Majesty's
We would recal to the Harbour-master's to negociate with at the same time-he pro Government having restricted such powers recollection, that clause of the Port Regulations,bably is quite a match for them all. the Consule at the five ports, and under them whereby every vessel leaving the port must qu the Vice-Consuls,
give the Harbour-inister twenty four hours: The late fracas at Ningpo continues to be written notice of the intention to do so. Were the engrossing subject at the north. There is Divine Service commences at the Colonial this regulation rigidly enforced, without respect much difference of opinion as to the merits of Church, on Sundays, at 6 p.m.
to persons, the public would at least have one the case. The following letter from a source day to prepare their letters.
which we can rely, we believe, embraces upon the whole aflair in a few
Chusan, May 20, 1644. ~~~Thom's affair in Ningpo lins. My dear* onused great sensation here, with
many
Charles B. Hillier, Esq., has been appointed Assistant Police Magistrate at Chickchew, pending Her Majesty's pleasure.
Samuel Ferron, Esq., has been appointed assistant and clerk of the Court to the Chief Magistrate of Police, pending Her Majesty's pleasure.
Rear Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane return?” ed from the North by the Driner on Monday. We are not aware whether he continues of the some mind as to withdrawing the fleet from the Northern Ports; we trust he will see cause to come to a different determination ou
this point. There is evidently a degree of ex- citement among the Chinese in consequence af the visit of the French frigate Almere 10 Chusan and Shanghai, and until that is allayed we consider, Sir Thomas Cochrane's con- duct, if he removes the vessels of war will be bighly reprehensible, and should there be my, outbreak among the Chinese, by which British afe or property is destroyed, he will find himself ma vory uneviable position,
We are not aware what control His Excel ney the Governor may have over the fert; if he cannot absolutely dictate to the Admiral, he can advise with him, and we are satisfied whatever that advise may be, it will be for the good of the British inhabitants of China.
We would enution the Free Press to be more circumspect, for the future, and to weigh well the proof of guilt before they accuse respectable Merchants of writing letters with the intention of circulating false reports, In the present instance, he is put in the humiliat- ing position of having to cat his own words, and it is not too much to say that he has un, justly slandored people of the highest respect ability, upon no other grounds than because their letters conveyed information of which he was ignorant. If our contemporary is not aware of the fact, we now inform him, that en first bearing the rumour, the Dutch govorů. mont despatched a fast sailing vessel to Balk to obtain the, particulars. The vessel had an usually tedious passage of thirty days, and not returning to Batavia when expected, the belief was that she had been cut off, and the fleet with a considerable body of troops had actually left for Balli, when they fortunately, fell in with a vessel from the island, who
Inder these circumstances, is it extraordinary they were informed the report was nise
Her Majesty's steam ship Driver from Chu- idle reports, the same no doubt at your plan: I that Merchants writing their correspondent san bring advices to the 20th ultimo Our shnost four to say anything about it. What should mention the rumour, or that it should correspondent expresses himself much gratified clieve to be the most likely and the most authen. obtain some degree of credence in Chin, by the Impartial manner in which justice is to report is, that the Chinese authorities of Ning, who it was known to have induced the administered, and property protected from po demanded oficially from the Chusan, the man government of Batavia to fit-out an expensive robbery, by the military and marine magistrates,
Looming," under the plea of his being a thief armament? We are sorry to see, that although Some degree of uneasiness continues to be felt sad harbourer of bad id, he was delivered up our contemporary so far makes the cromul among the Chinese by the visit of the French (erroneously) and lakon 10-Ningpo, winere he was honorable, he is still haunted by the bugbear of Ship Alemente. A Among the lower orders there in prison: Mr. Kanzia, of Ningpo, wrote auspicion; though bound to acknowleilgo
officially to Mr. Thom, requesting his interference the report had been believed, not only by the being more portable than copper in the eyqut Mr. M Kenzie some 6,000 dollars fat rice sold via-she says. was a strong desire to purchase up dollars as
in the removal of Looming, as he owed the said I inhabitants, but by the government of Bata. 1,000 cash may be had in exchange for one who saw the mistake of the Chosan authorities in of a disturbance. It is said that as much as him i Thom, who is Looming's brother-in-law, and dollar, the usual mens had sailed for Shanghai, after visiting being proved against him, according, I think, to price being 1100. The Ale delivering the pond up without the accusation which port, also Ningpo, she would return to the 12th article of the Tranty, and 9th of the Sup Chuan-on the 27th she was tear Woosung, plementary Treaty, was but too glad of the cir-
Chusun there was a limited deviant cinstance of the debt owed to a British erljeet,
We will shortly offer a few suggestions on this subject, which may be worth the attention of the Legislative Council.
false and
Chinaman got frightened, at the end of three or four days the man was set free; Thom arrived here yesterday in the steamer from Ningpo. This I believe to be the real account.—Yours faithfully,
afnir which we should like
*There seems to be some mystery about the like to see cleared up, and if the party or parties who originated the done so wilfully we hope they will be punished, Conniderable injury we are juformed is likely report are discovered, and proved to have Coumiderable ivju paited from that report of Vessols no doubt have been prevented from proceeding to Balli for Cargoos of Rice, and in all probability it will have had the snipe effect in China, *
We have numerous complaints from Canton for goods. The Arun from Singapore sold to claim the mon Looming whose real crime was of the non-delivery of our paper. One subs, part of her cargo of straits produce at good assisting the English in the time of war; the criber informs us that for six weeks he has prices-attans at from 84,50 10 85: also Chinese authorities relbed to give the mat up, only received one copy. The cause of this some grey shirting at from 83,50 to 88,60 and even on Thom's offering to become security for regularity is perfectly inexplicable: all the American Drills at 82,00 to $3. She had his appearance when required. Thoth hearing that She had he was to be removed and strangled, got two men papers are put up in one parcel and addressed sailed for Shanghai with part of her cargo from the Manlius to guard against the man's boing cary to dispel all visions of mystery from his We would advise our respected contempo to the Consulate, one puper is received there? There was still a demand for Load. Mal removed, and placed the Flag over the prison; all are received. We cannot suppose that any opium, good, quite saleable at 9720 to $7253
exist; such rumours are common everywhere, brain, where alone the mystery appears to of the assistants in the Consular office would but buyers very suspicious of the quality of the
without any sinister or malicious cause being be mean enough to purloin our subscribers drug. Patna and Benares in request -
assigned for thent. So far as the trade of the papers, we must therefore conclude, that the prices not stated.
island is concerned, we do not believe that tho Beglect to deliver proceeds from carelessness. All was quite; nothing being said of the late The dates from Shanghai are to the 27th. We trust that under the new consular arrange slight disturbances. The Arun from Singa-
rumour has in the slightest degree influenced ments there will be fewer causes of complaint.
it, either one way or the other; within the last We are favored by a mercantile friend with ten days, eighteen hamired tons of Rice have Possibly the young gentlemen in the Consluar pore, last Chusan, was ashore on a mud bank office may be of opinion that ance Sir Henry near Woosung, but was not supposed to be in the following digest of his advices from the north arrived in this harbour from Bulli, and, the ad Pottinger struck the Consular subscriptions of any danger. Her Majesty's ship Wolf had by the Driver. It corroborates our corres-jacent land of Lombock. our list they are no longer required to deliver also got ashore, without sustaining any damage, pondent's letter and contains some additional From our contemporary we turn to his intelligent, correct, and liberal correspondent, our publication Shoulil such be their view of She was compelled however to lighten by particulars regarding the markets, dze.
"The Driver brought letters from Niugno to 224 who modestly subscribes himself J. W., from the matter, we respectfully entreat of them to transferring her guns and shot to the Firen consult Mr. MacGregor, it is possible he mar (Query Driver) before she got off. A few May, and from Chusan 10 20th Shirtings were the London. Who this bright occidental underer be more favorable disposed to the Friend of sales of white und gray shirting had been made only British Goods saleable Chinty and Woollens from the seat of all that is great, learned, and China and Hongkong --not Government Gazerte 84 and 83,00. Lend was also saleable hension of an American War Jind operated much the present he deigns to communicate hits epi- were super-abundant and insable. The appre wise may be, wo known not suffice it that for Which we perceive our respected contempo a fair quality, for shipment to Hongkong at advance in the price of Bullion. The Mandarins through the medium of a colonial paper
A low purchases are mentioned of raw silk, of against trade in the North and hod caused a great nions of the British inhabitants of China, nary the Hongkong Register has added to his ohl cognomen.
8460 to $180. The Schooner Petru would were duing all in their power to allay these absurd fore taking notice of a few of J. Wi IL M. Ship Dido, Hon: Captain Koppel / for this port about the 1st instant. Ship Tears. Grey Shirtings 3, 60 duly paid at Shang London's, allusions to such an humble indivimal Drought from Calcutta on Government account. Petrel and Hellen Stewart, at Woosung on the business had been done 100 chess had lalely that, in stating there, is neither honesty, hot,
ping at Shanghai on the 28th Day Airtigas, hue. Good Malwa Omam, &735 he winea muchi | *-**- Que million of Rupees. The Dide sailed (ran 27th Walian, Sre Singapore Ternate and ben seized it was said at Shatigue.
as the Editor of this paper, we would romak this port in February with a large amount of Hellas; at Ningpa the Manhus, Sycee, being an instalment of the Chines indemnity money also having on board General Lord Saltoun, the former coin.
THERE is a report in town, that Keying the mander of that forces. During her passage Imperial Commissioner, has arrived in Canton, and from ludia she has maintained her deputed to treat with the American and character for smiling, and may be looked French Ministers. We are not aware that upon as a proof of the great benefits the country here can be any difficulter in the das received from the serviced of that onument negotiations between France or Amer naval architect Bir William Symonds,
China By the Supplementary from whom she was drafted and built.
are already entitled to all the com privileges of the most favored nation not suppose they will ask more, u
America will
A Mail for England will be made up for Her Majesty's Stown-ship Driver We hear The Druer will leave about the middle of giontic, but we do not give thans authenti Milorication. Her departure will probab unpend upon The Ercolloney the ua.Grov
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We give the following extract from another munity of China, J. W. from London, hier- this is a strong word, but the English language letter from the north dated,
Chusan, 28th May This base and infamolle assertion could an
contains no other applicable to the offence. "Considerable excitement is prevalent here at:
proceed from one who has an utter digo: Mingpo and Shanghai, and it in bulieved the Frobeli and Americon dese are going to drive for truth, which many other passinger a
letter distingly prove, The British force out of China and then plun der the Country Tl
J. Wron London, who writes in what
med the Byron has called the
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