NOTICE: WHEREAS the number of dogs straying on the Queen's Road, having no ostensible owners, has fately increased to a great extent, notice is hereby given that, from and after the 15th day of Octa- her next, all dogs found straying without collars, or other marks of ownership will be destroyed by the Police.
By Order
BRUCE
Victoria, 30th September, 1841.
SHIPS FOR MADRAS.
THE FRIEND OF CHINA AND HONG-KONG GAZETTE.
seems was Eun | bet
From
indiscriminate abuse. The "gily respectable and in- telligent" Captain, that is Viril signee for his Cargo (He ca the view of chewing his unite and I have the means of know the north that there was no fall the Chiuaman to get off his the very reverse was the case prevailed for monilig past, tha *** Intelligent ** Captain for the hi!
ustice
of the repairs, which are eastward and unprove the old one in the centre building used as the Eufonial!
of the town. This measure is not only a good until further notice.
one, but it will also prove profitable, as a very VINCENT STANTON,
Colonial Chaplain, handsome sum will be realized by letting out
the stalls to marketmen.
Enchisive, from such persons us may be willing to | would sisu- have, served to enlighten the public, if he starved troops, who have the equivocal honour / Leriod when every other branch of the public
hear
Fact that Yesterday the Supreme Court was formally laving opened, and after rending various documents,
We hear that, Commissary General Coffin, by the all of which have already been before the pus will shortly return to Europe, where he will blic, it was adjourned to 10 o'clock to-day carry with him the good wishes, not alone of Had Vindex been " instigated by a love
mants when it will meet for the trial of criminal cases those who have the pleasure of his, personal as well as a desire to pes our cominer Ve he might have given us some ex parte evidence:
acquaintance, but we may say, of all Ins some information about the Catalogue of Complaints, We have before us a most melancholy ac countrymen in this colony, many of whom can and the one or two greatly exaggerated and unfounded count of the deplorable state of affairs in Ma-only judge of his character by the high estima- Tharges brought forward by this specimen of the Norton is hereby given that tenders will be re-national chests (by whom he compilane intsi cao. The Government are literally bankrupt, tion in which it is held by others. ceived at this office until Saturday the 5th October gent as he thinks himsel, of being done "Not a stiver to pay the few miserable hall
service was defective, when few who were undertake the conveyance from hence to Madtas had inserted some of the reasons which induced the of wearing the uniform of Portural
| brought into contact with the heads of depart of about 300 Invalids of the Honorable Compa Consul to concede-such injust allowances and to that since April the exchequer has been emply ments, had not cause to feel indignant at their ny's Troops, or of my portion of that number not decide against him, so much to his astonishment,
vulgar, superciliousness, that department, over less than 160 men,
I have the best authority for knowing, that the the troops threaten that they will stand it no
whose arduous duties Mr. Coffin presided, was The men will be ready to embark on or about Ning-po merchant in question is likewise highly longer and a riot is far from improbable. the 15th October, and will be furnisheit by the respectable and intelligent man, and that since the The custom house people are exceedingly in every respect complete, and we believe. opening of the Port, he has done business with Fo® industrious m then attempts to picks up odds there are none, who have just cause of com- Commissariat with Provisions, Medical Stores and reigners to the extent of several timesalie Value of the and ends from the luggage of strangers, plaint against the Commissarat. Cooking utensils, as well as water if requisite Cargo of Vindex, and he is prononnéed by the "oldest ;; The Tenders are to state the name and other re-resident in Ning-po to be honourable in a big deals Cigars, Beer, Brandy or lemonade are all As it was Mr. Coffins singular good fortune, quisite particulars of the ships offered, (which will unge. Moreover, it appears that the Copy of the acceptable even a few onnces of sugar is not to be almost the only head of a department, be subjected to a survey by Officers of the Royal contract held by the purchaser was altered by bis beneath their antice. They made rather against whom was have never heard even a Navy) and may be made either for Charter fat own Shroff, and not by the Ning-po merebant a serious mistake lately, in seizing a box of trea whisper of censure, so is he singular in being the voyage the ship being then at the entire Vindex insinuates,this fellow it seems having shared
inore of his master's intelligence than of his Textures, which is an articles free of duty. Before the only official whose departure will be disposal of the undersigned, or at a fixed sum per bead, for such number of men as the ship may be pectabilityAs to the attempt to defraud I have the owner could get it out of their clutches | generally regretted. His duties may not the authority quoted above, for stating that the mis four large pieces of Sycee were abstracted, have brought him prominently before the capable of conveying consistently with the Retake of delivering a Bale too many (lack of inte ce! What excuse the Q Procurador will be able to public, but there are very few people engaged gulations of the service; but in either case a proper some where? 1) was discovered before the Ning po make for this, we know not, or what he in business, who have not had transactions with table, as well as suitable berths, must be provided merchant knew anything at uit of the matter. Hy will term it we know not. In plain English the Commissariat, and it is their unanamous for the Commissioued and Warrant Officers on little more care then on the part of Vindex of his of
it is theft: but they may view these little delin- option that they were treated justly and li board, respectively, for which payment will he ficials, he would have avoided Throwing temptations in made at the Established Government rates, head the Goods, and have saved the inerchant from being those of a plain. John Bull We don't know. We have not heard precisely when Mr.
the way of the Clerks or Coolles cuployed in landing quencies in Macao through different optics to herally afterall money: In addition not being chargeable for them.« sufficiently known and execrated " by the ind giantly how the Procurador, relished our first chapter Coffin will take his departure, but we have no The Tenders are moreover to state whether water, virtuous local Mandarins for a crime of which he was of the history of the Portuguese in the cast doubt our readers will cordially join us in wish. as casks to contain it, will or will not be provided never guilty, or in other words have given these gentle whether he digested it, or whether he choked in ing him a prósperous voyage, and a happy re- by the party offering, and, in the former case, in men'uo ground or pretence for attempting to squecze,
China what proportions per head for the voyage. Further him. I would remind Vinilex that oven a
partienjara may be known on application at this man may obtain redress for defamation of character attempting to swallow it. We have really been union with old friends in lis native land.
office, or at that of the Assistant Quarter Master
General
EDW. PINE COFFIN, C. G. Commissariat, Victoria.
20th September 1844.
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ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE,
(To the Editor of the Friend of China.) Hear land o'cakes and brither Scots; Frae maiden kirk to Johnny Groat's
If there's a hole in a your coats,
I rode you tent it;
A chiel's amung you taking notes
Au faith he'll print
appears a letter signed Vindex, evidently the pro MR. Ebiron-Jo your issue of the 3 tub inst, there
His logic is rather amusing, and perhaps he will ex- plain to us how a charge admitted by Tim to be exags gerated, can at the same time be totally unfounded.
To those who have been log in Chifia, the well known obliging and attentive disposition of the Ning po Consul will be sufficient refutation of any charge.
to the contrary brought against him by this vein scribe But, the intelligent" Vindes has discovered that | most of the appointments in the Consulate are unne cessary, and moreover, that we have committed a breach of the Treaty in withdrawing our men of War! Will Vindes point out what article of the Treaty binds. Britaip to maintain a men of war at any one of the five ports
bler og
Let 11. M. Ministers also, fake it into consideration, whether a population of merely forty millions or so, namely, that, of Chekeang and Keane Provinces for both of which the intelligent Vindex would, if he had enquired, have discovered tant Ning po is the naturaland most convenient port
let them com sider, whether such a popùlution,- In one of the si chests parts of the Empire, be likely to induce a trade. of sufficient magnitule with Britain to justify the ex- péiditure of £4,000 or £5,000 for the support of a unshlar establishment. On this subject Mr. Editor
too busy of late to give him the second chapter, but it is all cut and dry, and if nothing comes in the way, perhaps, we will lay it before him on Saturday.
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Our Contemporary of the Register, mentions in his paper of yesterday, that he had heard that the home government, acting on the sug, gestions of Sir Henry Pottinger, have instructions to spare no necessary expence for, the bencɓt of the colony." With all becom- ing deference to the Register, we beg to ques tion the correctness of this statement. We have had some little experience of colonies, in more than one quarter of the Globe, and have read many Downing Street despatches, from Lord John Russel, and latterly from Lord Stanley, and we do not remember any one of them which contained instructions so liberal On the contrary, they were invariably to, curtail the expenditure as much as possible. In fact It appears to be well understood, that Govern- ors in this respect must take the responsibility upon themselves. If the works are really called for all is right; but if considered unne cessary they get over the knuckles in a rather unceremonius style. Her Majesty's governs ment know better than to give such indefinite instructions as stated by our conteinporary they prefer throwing the responsibility upon the Governor, as a check, should he be inclined to extravagance, and hence the necessity, espe- cially in a new colony, of having for Governor a man of good moral courage, who identifies himself with the interests of the place,and who will not hesitate, to overstep the very narrow boundaries marked out by the officials of the Colonial Office, It is in the firm belief that, no such instructions have been received, that we give the Lieutenant Governor so much credit, for the zeal and promptitude with wich he is carrying out plans of improvement, which have been so long neglected, both by Sir Henry Pottinger and Mr. Davis
you observe in your editorial of the same dure that buyers als appear to give a preference to the Chu sau market," laving as above stated, the means of obtaining every information on the subject, I beg leave to correct this no facts warrant any party in coining to such a conclusion, bt on the contrary, there has bren no transaction of any magnitude in legal goods made at Chusan for months past, except on condition of being delivered to the purchaser at Niig-po,"
Now! oh Ive northern Consuls, magistrates && ye, whom Vindex has found wanting. I beseechra you to open the eyes of discrimination, and when you find that you have highly respectable and intelligent men to deal with, bonour and treat them as such agree with them in ererything; and pay that deference to superior intelligence" which it ought every-where to command. And if any one of you should presume from your sense of justice and equity to decide any dispute against intelligent British Captains let me tell you, that this will be stigmatized as a naturalized Chinaman, and that as a corupt mercenary, I will little avail you to say that you have made great per sonal sacrifices to so the state some service or that there may not be a shadow of proof for such base as sert ons 1 tell you, little will all this avail you, when you come in contact with such Judges. A word to Vindex in conc'usion-It is to be feared that his li terary fame will not be much advanced by suol letters as that before as in fact, that it will be sufficiently extrrated by every one who does not expect to see the English language outraged in the columns of our Newspapers, and we would advise Vindex" to carry Lindley Murray under his arm, and to pay some little attention to his rules when he feels instigated" by the Cacoethies, scribendi ;" and further, I would inform him that although his previous effusions, how- ever erroneous as to what they stated, yet being com- paratively harmless, from the little reliance any party put upon them, passed quietly into oblivion, yet when he takes up the pen of abuse and tradues men's cha ractors he ought not escape with impunity. ---
Your obedient,
VERITAS.
The harbour of Hongkong is at present with- out a single vessel of war; a circumstance which has not not happened for years. For tunately there is no urgent necessity for their presence. The Iris went over to Macao on Monday, but her visit will be a very short one, indeed it is likely she will be laying gracefully at anchor opposite the town before our sheet issues from the press We have now been so long accustomed to the daily view of one or more of II. Majesty's ships, that in their absence there appears a blank, which we must confess we would wish to see filled, for though Macao, September 20th, 1141.
there is not the slightest prospect of their ser- vices being required to repel the aggression of NOTE-It was with some reluctance we gave publicity to Zindex's letter. At the time we had a hostile force, at the same time great doubts as to the correctness of his statements, nothing to prevent a few piratical Junks from but after the writer called personally and assured inspecting the interior of Hongkong harbour, us of its truth, we could no longer refuse. with with which they were well acquainted in out sacrificing our character for impartiality.olden times. The Castor is shortly expected Veritas is wrong in supposing the letter was from the coast, but we hear nothing of the written by the intelligent Captain. He may have return of Blue at the Mizen. In the event of the nominal author, and claims all the literary hosible the Rear Admiral may he appointed had a hand in it, but another party is at all events Chusan's being ceded to Great Britain it is pos-
Governor, as he has had a little experience in nours it can confer.-
that line.
SAKOLVASIS
MASLA
EDITOR OF C.
LATEST DATES. July Jane Aug Aug. 1 July 3 July 20 Aug 80
duction of one whose lucid ideas hare on several oc casions been published for the benefit of the world, but who now comes more particularly under our no tice, in the Character of the highly respectable and intelligent Captain This self styled intelligent "**|
ENGLAND worthy it seems, has discovered that the interests of
UNITED STATES Great Britain have been placed in imminent hazard in
CALCUITA Ning-po, from the lamentable neglect of the Go-
BOMBAY vernment in not appointing efficiently qualified Con- Synver suls, and being “instigated by a desire to see our cour" | MADRAS merce extended upon just and liberal principles, he BATAVIA would exclaim against such pui y management of sur interests. Now, it was generally thought that Gover- THE FRIEND OF CHINA, vessels being moured at some distance from
ment was inost, fortunate in its selection of Consuls for the Norther Ports, and that British Interests at Ning. po were intrusted to one eminently qualified by his long residence in China, knowledge of the language, and manners of the people, as well as by his laborious habits, and firmness on every requisite cocasion, for their proper management. Let us then, first give due. eredit to this pseudo philosophical Sailing Solon for the penetration and intelligence" which enabled him to make this discovey, and for the high sense of res- pectability" which ** instigated” him to publish such
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Supplementary Treaty, 10th Article.
TOR . of
If we ask for the causes of the extraordinary prosperity of Great Britain for the last fifty years for the causes which enabled her, after long, what were then considered the most valuable of her colonies, and when deeply m- volved in national debt, to contend successfully with the world in deadly strife, and to estend her dominions to every quarter of the Globe, we would find the principal one, for all her glory, and all her prosperity, in the wisdom of her Legislature, which represented the son- timents of her children. This is the moving principle, which has carried her on, from one stage of power and granduer to another, till she now occupies a position in the civilized world, which has never been equalled, not ever by Imperial Rome under the Caesars. Giving every credit to her army and her navy, for their courage intrepedity and loyalty, without which all her efforts would have proved unayoiling, we still remember, that they were the tools in the hands of cunning work- men, and that all the grand schemes, which they carried out; were formed within the walis of the British parliament-there too, was con- cocted those philanthropic measures for the suppression of slavery, the amelioration of the hard condition of the poorer classes, the ema- cipation of a million of bondsmen, and a thou- sand other measures, which have proved, that the affairs of a great people are best managed by themselves through representatives. Hail the hand of some talented usurper, or heredi- government tory despot, seized the reins of fifty years ago now England would be sunk into utter insignificance, and yanked among nations with Portugal or Naples. The spirit of the people broken down by oppression, education neglected, and bribery in every branch of the public service, the elements of a free constituency, and the men from whom to select their representatives would have been for ever lost to our country-our parliament would have been composed of il
the servile creatures of a corrupt Government-our army and fleet officered by the scions of a degenerate aristocracy and our Merchants, who pour annually millions into the state exchequer, little better than peddlers, and shopkeepers.
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The Government of Great Britain, is well aware of the truth of what we now state, and hence, in every colony, and in every settle. ment under their control, we see the principles of representation carried out. The liberated bondsman of Jamaica; the expatriated felon of New Holland, who by long years of servi- tude has expiated his oflence against the laws of his country and the hardy pioneer of civili. zation in the wilds of the Canadas, are alike”
put in possession of this inalienable privilege of British subjects. In small colonies, where the elements of a constituency are not to be found, the priciple of representation is still recognized, by the Governor's selecting, from the most influential and intelligent of the in- habitants independant Gentlemen to sit in Council with him, equal in number to the ser- vants of Government, who have seats there. But we are wrong in saying in every colony this principle is carried out there is one ex« ception that exception is Hongkong,
We notice a neat market in the course of a this colony, we have the head quarters of some of the largest commercial firms in the erection, at the west end of the town, oppo- site the new China bazaar, with a water fron- worlds, members of those firms are in the tage and entrance from the road. This will be British parliament, acting in concert with the a great convenience to the inhabitants in that master spirits of England; but none of those district, also to the shipping, many of the who remain in the colony, it would appear, are thought fit to sit in Council, with those the present market. The great benefit how sapient Gentlemen, whose wisdom has done soo ever-and it is one of no small magnitude much (?) for Hongkong. This singular state of will be in cleanliness, and consequently purity affairs, is so un-English, so different from all our of the atmosphere, by confining the stalls pre-conceived ideas of a Government that it is for the sale of minial food and vegeta somewhat difficult to give it credence. In bles to one place, which will be kept clean vain we search for an apology for such a de under the supervision of a government Supeparture front established customs. Is it that rintendent. We hear, it is also the intention the Government, as now formed, contains all of Government, to build a new market to the that are required to sit in Council, on matters