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UNITED STATES.
THE FRIEND OF CHINA AND HONG KONG GAZETTE.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION,
Power of Attorney.
By order
PHILADELPHIA, Fro, 1.-Although but a single day has elapsed since the last mail was despatched All Parties or Persons holding Powers of by the Boston steamer, yet several matters of in- Attorney to act for others having purchased terest have transpired. Chief among these may Lots of Crown Lands in Hongkongan bo quoteil à confirmation of the anti tax more directed to forward, to the Land Office with mont in Harford country, Maryland, The par ticulars are as follows: -For a long time past there out delay every particular in wilting noces- has been a party is that country who have refused sary for the preparation of Leases för he pay taxie, and their organ, the Bel Air Repub-accompanied with a certified copy of that lican, adopted for its motto, "No Taxes!" One day last week the collector proceeded to levy and sall property to meet the demanda of the rate government, tu seizing the property of » Mr. Flops, & mob assembled and threatened to beat any one who dared to bid. Two persons bid and were almefully maltreated, and the collector was fol- lowed witherion of •• Kill him, kill him ?”. Ono maan altempling to dush his brains out with a stone, and another striking him with a heavy club. He caped with his lits but not without dificulty: Application has been made to the Governor of Maryland for an armed force, to compel obedienes to the laws. The Baltimore American truly de scribes a portion of Harford county is being in ope
slocks very unfavorably, and much anxiety and excitement prevails among holders leat the odd example should spread They say upon Change that if one county can eendy payment, the rest of the state will not be willing to coulribate.
The difficulty between Mr. Weller, Member of the United States House of Representatives, and, Mr. Shriver the Reporter, whom Weller assaulted in the Capitol, has thus far resulted in a very su gular manner. Shriver challenged Weller, who netbed to fight: Shriver's friends then proposed 30 informal testing'' (in the streets, with howie. anives and pistols, as the newspapers imagine); but still Mr. Weller refused. Upon this, Mr. Shriver wrote an articlo in the Baltimore Patrioty in which he takes lange publicly to hint that Mr. Weller's conduct was that of a coward, &a.
The authorities at the Boston Custom-house have at length settled the Oregon question. A few days sce a large quantity of salmon was brought to that part from the Columbia River. It was ad anised duty free, as American produce.
President Houston, in the souras of a recent spacch he made in Texas, has disclosed a horrible
Bair. He says that some white ("
(Texan) traders, a 1838, went into the Cumanche country, invited The Comanche warriors to a faust, and poisoned 350 of them! The remaining Comanches s afterwards, overcame, svized, and burnt these trea- cherous fiends.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICACION.
To obviate, as far as may be practicable, the great inconvenience felt by the public from the want of proper communication between Hung-
PREDERICK WA BRUCE Colonial Secretary. Government House, Victoria,
Hongkong, 1st July, 1844,
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
vernment, the ruled have but little direct contro over their ruler turd that with the exception of
to the fluctuating and distant autho rities in England it as government of the aris of rante, wrath, and talent in the Colony lo bpwaver from thy infer Hat & gorom- u constituted is unsuited to some of our colonies-1 merely point out its combined legis lative and rectitive power, as one of those early and precarious states a society, which require the most vigilant care, prudence, and manage-
ment
valiget arombl
The third form of government convins solely of n clitet apointed in Erland or council, and subject to little Colonial Secretary of State
bu seen at p. 20) is contr ments the hot, hav
overnment
in colonial pars, wort concontrarat, it m which of iterETTI third
or no check but the This form (as may: very low selle-
mestory tage
METALS, Tin, Banca
Plates Iron, Nail
4 Ноор —
Bar
16.
5
a 17 0 por pical
6:25 per box
00 per pient
Steel Lead Ply Quicksilver OPIUM, Prins, new. 735 8400
Pepper
1200
old, 730
Bengres, new. d30 0
old.
1
#
per chest
Malwa, new 600 0 1710 04
0.0 00 per plcul
2004 20
old.
Turkey
980 0
5:00
4
Rice, cargo quality
180
M2 10
moinen uum
Rattans
restring what
Sandalwood Malabur
11 0 330
second stage. } Timor,&3, 8 lal
R 80
125 per yard
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His Excellency the Governor in Council directs that the following order, addressed to the Land Office, be published for general in formation, and he expects that the course
The erang saterment will convey a sulf therein indicated by the Government will molently distinct view of the nature of our colonial
with duo respect by the Christian population throughout the Colony,
By order.
FREDERICK WA BRUCIC
Colonial Secrotary. Government House, Victoria,
Hongkong, 28th June, 1844.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Colonial Department
Government House, Victorin,
Hongkong 29th June, 1911. Sir, I am directed by His Excellency the Governor in Council to inform you, that with a view to a better absorvance of Sunday throughout the Colony, he directs that Go vernment works be not proceed with on that day, and that all Europeans in the Service of your Department be thereby afforded an op portunity of attending Divine service,
In all contracta made in fature you will take care that Sunday is omitted in calculating the me necessary for the completion of the work
contracted for.
I have co (Signed) FREDERICK W. A. BRUCK.
Colonial Secretary.
| Charles St, G. Ginventy, Esq. Acting Surveyor General.
True Copy-
kong, and Parts beyond India, His Excellenes, COLONIAL the Governor, in Council, is pleased to notify,
That on, and after the 1st day of July next, and pending a reference to Her Majesty's Govern rucnk Mails will be unde up for transmission, us opportunities any offer, to places beyond Lada, via Madras, and via Calcutta, by Dawk to Bom hay upon prepayment, af Hongkong, of the Bates of Postage on Letters, and papers nccording to the following scales, as respectively applicable to the destination of the correspondence
SHIP POSTAGE, Applicable to all letters intended for this pojde, Inward letters not exceeding # tolas, 3 ans. Outward letters not exceeding 3 olas, nas Increasing onu anda be every additional iola in
weight.
Newspapers not exceeding Rs.
Stolas in weight
*
P's. Ax.
A
FRUDERICK W. A. BRUCE
Colonial Secretary.
POLICY OF THE BRITISH
EMPIRE
Er R. Montgomery Martin, Baa (Contmued from No. 145.)
are acts of parliament, and in others, royal char tera, under the authority of which the govern. ment is carried on it, for details of such, and| for the variations that occur in the power dos- cribadiz British dayana, at the Ionian Is. lands, Co., 1 must refer to the history of tuch
of those settlonvents. –
The executive power by Bagland over the groat er part of her arduamerino possessions, embroing all the settlements not sending representatives te The Imperial Parlament, is vested in the Coloumn Office, awning-stroot, which is under the man nagement of one of the principal secretaries of stato, an under-secretary, who chatiges with the administration, and another under-secretary, who is permanent.
The possessions not under the winsgemont of the Colonial moc, are -Bengal, Mudras, Bombay, Penang, Malacca, and Kinonpore, which have their affaire directed by the East Indin Company and the Board of Contral for Commissioners Air เกย Affairs of Indla). The Norman Isles and the lale of Man are under the superintendence of the Home
Office.
It will be necessary now to show that the power of the Colonial Office is very great, its patronage vast, alid its responsibility imperfect.
The secretary of state for the colonies as a ch binet minister of the highest rank, and in time of war ho represents the military department of the government in the cabinet. He has the no- mination of the under seuretary of state for tho colonies, who retires with him on any change of administration. Ile ueta always fa thu King's name, and is supposed to consid! His Majest pleasure previous to undertaking any emportant step; he is so hound to submit to his polleagues in the cabinet penyurug of importance, previous to the final arrangement. He patronage consists The council cou assemble only on silm (TORS
in the nomination of the rovernors, heutment- from the governor, and cannot sit as such without governors, commander in chief, judges bishops, and church dignitarion, Jaw officers, civil funge his being present, It may and frequently due sit in committue to consider matters red to itionaries of every description, from members of by the governor, and those committees go through council down to tide waiters, for the various cos almost all the labore of the financial and landonies, and in filling up the inciduntil vaca poles business of the cofinoii; but their proceedings ra quire to be confirmed by a regular meeting, with the governor present, before they can to acted oa The members of constil have not the right of ros cording their opinions Individually, or of emering protests on then minutes, and they pro sworn in secrecy without any exception on reservation. 2
This will nord a subhoient idea of the naturo Increasing I anda for every additional 6 tolas in of the colonial assembly governments: for details
weight.
and deviations from the above, I must refer the INLAND POSTAGE,
reader to my History of the British Colonies, Applicable to all letters intended for this route. In some of the West India coloutes there is only Letters not exceeding & toln in weight,
a lieutenant governor, with a governor over seve Via Calentin Via Madras, ral islamts and settlements; thus the governor of Rs. As. Ps. Rs. As. Ps. Barbadoes has under him the lentenant governs
7
of St. Vincent, Grenada, Tobago, and British Guyana, The authority of the lieutenant-gover nor is almost equal to that of the governor, the great diference being in the salary and emolu
Exceeding tola
but not exceed ing 1 tola,
14
5
10,
And so on. 7 or 5 as., according to to the routements of offices Antended, being added for every additional half tola in weight.
Newspapers not exceeding 3 tolas, 6 annas. Increasing 3 us for every additional 3 tolas in weight.
The English Postage Rates on lotters assessable under this scale, only, will be collected in the United Kingdom; and therefore all letters destined for delivery in the United Kingdon will be
uppaidat Hongkong.
In nblition to the above rates, and in addition to the English Rates upon Letters to be transmit ted to any other place for delivery than within the United Kingdom. the Steamer Postage according to the following scale will have to be prepaid at Hongkong,
STEAMER POSTAGE, Applicable to letters not destined for delivery
in the United Kingdom.
Letters not exceling 1] tola
Above 13 tola but not exceeding
tolas
Above 24-tolas but not excceiling
5 telan Note --- The maxi-
mum weight allowed by the
Indian Post Office Regulat
tions to be sont by Dawk is
12 1olas oruz.
The second class of colonies are those watch have no representative assembly, but whose shuts are presided over by a larisative wounej, and To vernor, This is a subordinate step in enlomal government --
the principal
chief sertiary of the c the chief yo
or atendenco
To these are. dipal merchants the whore are an
bone gessering, in the
that may occur in his own offjes in Dawning airbel, when the principle of seniority does not interloro. His responsibility reste soluly with parlamen whose deplorable want of information generally, ou colonial affairs, I have before demonstrated.
Saltpatre WOOLLENSE
Spanuh Striper
0.70
BU per pisca
pr 141 in
Caplets, English, 34 0.480 0 A large male of Louenshire at PL.
Dutch 26 097 0 L
Alum Anniseal Camphor Cassia
EXPORTS-Os Boann,
81 75 to 20 per picul
Buds China Roots Galangul Musk
hubarb RAW SILK Tsative. ____ Taysaan. Canton
TEA
17 0 4 20 0
8.80
13 0 4 14 0
350
3
i
0 K
20
90 0 80.0
tc
th 0
per catty 600 por parte
0 4535 0 61
0 [{
Congou.
350
Ts. 12 0
#350
O +i
18 0
Nu stock
Caper Sonchong
11
D
#13 [
0
4 20 0
{}
423 00
scented.
Li
0 4
11
D
6.24
ki
73
0
0
50
38 0
"
0
+
70
40 0 # 07 0
Orange Pekoe,plain 20
Twankay Hrson Young Flyson Hyson Skin. Gunpowder, Imperial
EXPORT OF TEAS TO DATE.
1st July, 1819 to 31st May, 1814,
* Eløven months.
Congou
Caper,
Souchong.
Pakoe,
Hung Muey,
30,761,016
491,037
1,551,409
973.627
453,227
Orange Pekor, 1,048.228
Sorts,
58,830
40,030,512
1,948,050
Young Byson, 1,403,520
Byson Skin, $28,865 Twankay,
Imporia,
Gunpowder, - 1,281,746
3,681,039
388.219
4,603.707
370,822
Countess of Durham, Black, 300,202
That such power, blitronage, and irresponsibility should be visted, under a free government, in mi single intliyidual, mey wall, excite surprise, but it Grecian, is perhaps 16 be explained from the fcumstance, that when the Colonial Office was formed, no ex pootation was entertained that our transmarine dominion would have attained its present meg- nitude and importance.
In considering this subject, and as bouring on the remarks which will subsequently be made,, it should be stated that from the colunit secretary downwards, no gentleman in the Colonial Office has visited our colonios, none of them have a local knowledge of their worlli, and they are therefore, however great their talents, necessari, unacquaint- ed with many circumstances essential to a due understanding of the entonnil
The sellement. Tenang, Malacca, and
achment of the
adras, Boiboy, are under the mpany and
of the crown, the former represented to the Court of Dict ors, who hold t bakis gbutt at the East Jolin House, had the later by the Board of Control or Commasoners for the Affairs pl India
1,000 Birch, 364,088
Green, 237,504 602,570
Total, 50,213.088
Ten---Since var last notice of the New Orango Pekoon, we regret to say that we were wrong in sppe posing that foreigners would hold back from purchasing until the rates Hernandad by the voi me here wer more modurate, and offered some prospect of at luna enting an exchange. - We were wrong them lona, which are inferior to last your, have been weighed at from 31 to 34, whereas the finest chops of last season were bought at 28 an unrd, It is said that an absurd contract for scented, at an extravagant priev, has drnien up the plain ones, the contractor being The first to open the market for plain, The stock of sennted orange pēkon at home was very much reduced; as, however, we have sont considerably above a million bathe average consumption being abom 7 to 800,000lbs., and with a curtainty of a. Intge quantity being made ander The impression of obtaining ratoa similar to 11. P. Morr's contract we think this penson that both here and as home, this tea is likely to be cheaper than it has bom for some years puste
COTTON REPORT, Cariton, May 1st to 31st, 1844,
Deliveries
Stook.
76,021
settlement The court consist of twenty four directors,
thosen for life by the proprietor of East India Twist, bins, stock, and with these the home government of Indip is vested unter the Charter Aut of 1953) American, bales
Bombay, until the year 1846, rabject, however, to thủ vớil.
ority it the Board of Commissioners Bengal, in the revient of old law in
king of new Madras,
functionaries, su long as they retain their officia appointments,
This council prpaded over by thunt ande in some inklanger, 1833
on with open doors face
New South Wales-
Rs. As s
of the crown wh
Vermont
not repre
in gevurde
vo presidendim
Nude Letters and Newspaper intended for or in
theae routes must be indorsed by Duck and via of the
„Southampton" or "via Marseilles," according to
the routes dositol.
2) Tolna are oqual to 1 oz.
Rupea in equal to 28. or 48 conts,
1 Auna is equal to 1jd, or 9 cants, or A8 ensit,
The Post Office Authorities, in India wil hagency not
furnished with a copy of this Notification, and will reasons for ab
be requested to noqulesco so and to facilitate the abject
by both the
By Order
REDERICK WA BRUCE The baboy Colonial Secretary.
preme cofaoll Government House Victoriu
either of the oth
Hosclong, Pdu Jung Yer
IMPORT
Ale (best brands)
per puer
4 perpis
4.146
4GS 10.083
70
77,007
8,500
3671
Total 15 526
103,808
Ship Berine included.
TRICES OF BULLION.
Syce Silver, large, 3 per cent, premium
9
mall, 145 2 dino
Spanish Dollars, Werdinand, par
Carolus, & per cent for selected. Republican dido 3 to 4 per cent discount,
Very Herron
DXCHANGE.
Bill on London at vi
M.M Plenipotentiary on the Bengal Govi,, Treasury
clased
Court of Director accepted on dilo, BO daya, hays - been offered at 235 per 100, Leiflerit of Bale
To London or Livoin 0.14 per lon of 30 h.
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