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GOVERNMENT PROCLAMATION.
Norton is hereby given to all persons in this Colony holding property under the Crown, and who have been required by Notice in writing to pay up the arrears of Rent due by them for the same, that, if the above requisi- tion is not immediately complied with, the ne- cessary legal steps will be taken against them by the Attorney General to compel payment.
By order,
FREDERICK W. A. BRUCE.
Colonial Secretary,
Victoria, Hongkong, 24th October, 1844.
GOVERNMENT PROCLAMATION.
His Excellency the Governor having re- ceived Her Most Gracions Majesty's command. conveyed through the Right Honorable Lord Stanley, Secretary of State for the Colonial Department, to give publicity to the annexed Treaty of Commerce and Navigation, con cluded between Her Majesty and the Grand Duke of Oldenburg, the same is hereby pu- blished accordingly.
By order. FREDERICK W. A. BRUCE.
Colonial Secretary
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THE FRIEND OF CHINA AND HONG-KONG GAZETTE.
Come to mention on THE FRIEND OF CHINA.
be entitled to the same bounties, drawbacks, and allowances, whether such articles be imported in vessels of the one or of the other country.
HARTICLE IV.
All articles whatsoever which can legally be ex- ported from the ports of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or of Her Britannic Majesty's possessions abroad, in vessels of Olden- burg, or from the ports of Oldenburg, in British vessels, shall, on their exportation, be subject to the same duties of exportation. dues, and charges, and be entitled to the same bounties, drawbacks, and allowances. whether such articles be exported in vessels of the one or of the other country.
ARTICLE VA
In consideration of British vessels, together with their cargoes, being by the laws of Uldenburg ad mitted to entry in the ports of Oldenburg, when coming from the ports of all countries ; and in con- sideration of British trado and navigation with Oldenburg being placed upon the footing of the most favoured nation; having regard also to the facility which the application of steam power to inland navigation affords for the conveyance of produce and merchandize of all kinds up and down rivers, and to the new opening which may by these means be given to the trade and navigation between the United Kingkom and Her Britannic Majesty's possessions abroad, on the one hand, and the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg on the other; it is agreed that vessels of Oldenburg, together with their cargoes, consisting of all such goods as for the time being may or can be legally imported into the United Kingdom and Her Britannic Majesty's possessions abroad by the said vessels, from any port of Oldenburg, shall, when coming from the ports of the Elbe, the Ems, the Weser, or the Meuse, or any other navigable river between the TREATY OF COMMERCE AND NAVIGA- Elbe and the Meuse, be admitted to the ports of United Kingdom and of Her Britannic Majesty's possessions abroad, on the same terms as if the ports from which such vessels may come as afore said, were within the dominions of the Grand Duke of Oldenburg; and such vessels shall he per- mitted to import such goods as aforesaid upon the same terms on which such goods might be im- ported if coming from the ports of Oldenburg; and also, that such vessels proceeding from the United Kingdom, or Her Britannic Majesty's possessions abroad, to the ports aforesaid, shall be treated as if returning to a port of Oldenburg.
Victoria, Hongkong, 24th October, 1844.
TION BETWEEN HER MAJESTY AND THE GRAND DUKE OF
OLDENBURG.
Signed at London, April 4, 1844. (Ratifications exchanged al London, April 30, 1844, Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, on the one part, and His Royal Hibgness the Grand Duke of Olden- barg, on the other part, being equally animated by the defire of extending the commercial relations between their respective dominions, have agreed for this purpose to conclude a Treaty of Commerce and Navigation, and have named as their respec- tive Plenipotentiaries, that is to say:
And it is hereby agreed, that the privileges granted by the Vth Article of this Treaty, shall continue only so long as British vessels and British Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom trade and navigation shall continue to enjoy the of Great Britain and Ireland, the Right Houour advantages, in consideration of which the said pri- able George Earl of Aberdeen, Viscount Gordon,vileges are hereinbefore mentioned to have been Viscount Formartine, Lord Haddo, Methlick, conceded. Turvis, and Kellie, a Peer of the United Kingdom, And further, that the said privileges shall extend a Member of Her Majesty's Most Honourable and be continued to the vessels of Oldenburg, in Privy Council, Kaight of the Most Ancient and respect to the ports referred to in this Article, only Most Noble Order of the Thistle, and Her Majes o long as British vessels and their cargoes shall, ty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Af-upon their arrival thereat, during their remaining fairs; and the Right Honourable William Ewart therein, and upon their departure therefrom, bo Gladstone, a Member of Her Majesty's Most Ho- placed upon the same footing as vessels of Olden- nourable Privy Council, a Member of Parliament, burg, and President of the Committee of Privy Council for Affairs of Trade and Foreign Plantations:
And His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Oldenburg, the Sieur Henry Frederick Tiarks, Knight of the Oldenburg Order of the House and of Merit, Chargé d'Affairs of His Royal Highness; Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full power, found in good and due form, have agreed upou and concluded the follow.
ing Articles ARTICLE 1.
ARTICLE VI
From and after the date of the exchange of the ratifications of the present Treaty, British vessels arriving at, remaining in, or departing from, the ports of the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg, and yes. sels of the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg arriving at, remaining in, or departing from the ports of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or of Her Britannic Majesty's possessions abroad. shall be subject to no other or higher dues or charges of whatsoever nature they may be, than those which are now, or shall hereafter be imposed upon national vessels. on their arrival at, during their remaining in, or on their departure from such ports. The present Convention shall be ratified, and
ARTICLE II.
the ratifications thereof shall be exchanged at 1. All articles of the growth, produce, or ma- London at the expiration of two months, or sooner nufacture of the dominions of His Royal Highness if possible. the Grand Duke of Oldenburg, which are or shall In witness whereof, the respective Plenipoten be permitted to be exported from the ports of Oltiaries have signed the same, and have affixed denburg in vessels of Oldengurg, shall likewise be thereto the Seals of their Arms.N permitted to be exported from those ports in British Done at London, the fourth day of April, in the vessels, either to the ports of the United Kingdom year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and or of Her Britauonio Majesty's possessions abroad, forty-four. or to the ports of any other foreign country.
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20. All articles of the growth, produce, or ma nufacture of the dominions of Her Britannic Ma- jesty, which are or shall be permitted to be export ed from the ports of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or of Her Britannic Majesty's possessions abroad, in British vessels, shall like. wise be permitted to be exported from those ports in vessels of Oldenburg, either to the ports of Ol denburg, or the ports of any other foreign country 30 All articles of the growth, produce, or ma- nufacture of the dominions of His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Oldenburg, which are or shall be permitted to be imported in British vessels, from the ports of Oldenburg, or from the ports of any other foreign country, into the ports of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or from the ports of Oldenburg into the ports of Her Briton nio Majesty's possessions abroad, shall likewise be permitted to be imported in vessels of Oldenburg.
4. All articles of the growth, produce, or ma- nufacture of the dominions of Her Britannic Ma- jesty, which are or shall be permitted to be import- ed into the ports of Oldenburg in vessels, of Older burg, shall likewise be permitted to be imported into those ports in Britsh vessels, either from the ports of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or Her Britannic Majesty's possessions abroad, or from the ports of any other foreign country.
ARTICLE HIL
All articles whatsoever which can be legally im- ported into the F ports of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or of Her Britannic Majesty's possessions abroad, in vessels of Olden- burg, or into the ports of Oldenburg în British ves. sels, shall, on their importation, be subject to the
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(LS.). ABERDEEN. (LMS.) W. E. GLADSTONE.
H. F. TIARKS. (LS.)
AND HONGKONG GAZETTE.
VICTORIA,SATURDAY OCTOBER 26ru, 1814.
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NOTICE. –In consequence of the repairs, which are being carried forward on the building used as the Colonial Church, there will be no Service until farther notice. *
VINCENT STANTON,
Colonial Chaplain
We merely notice Sir Henry Pottinger's answer to the address from the Bombay mer- chants, so say, that it is gratifying to hear, he lias so decidedly expressed his opinion on the Opium question. We intended to have made a few remarks upon the subject, which we must defer until our next issue.
We are happy to see that, the Hon. Colo- nial Secretary, has recovered from fever so far as to resume his evening rides. We are not much given to flattery, and we only speak the truth, when we state, that his indisposition was a matter of general regret, and that his recovery gives general gratification. From the disorganised state of the colonial office, when Mr. Bruce arrived, his duties have been unusually arduous, and may in some degree have been the cause of his indisposi- tion, but we believe he has used every exertion to put the establishment in a proper and efficient condition. From the urbanity of his manners, and attention to the duties of his important office, Mr. Brace pleases all who are brought into contact with him, and it will be known with satisfaction, that his sickness has not been so severe, as to call for a voyage to Europe, thought it may be necessary to visit Macao, for that change of air, which every where is so much required after an attack of fever.
MACAO.
Keying was to leave Macao for Canton on the 23rd. The result of his negotiations with the French Plenipotentiary is not known, it is rumoured that there are some obstacles, which may be difficult to surmount, unless His Excel lency M. Lagrenge is more moderate in his exactions. The French Steam frigate, it is said, sails for the north immediately.
CANTON.
comrades, as flag after flag was struck or hauled down.
For thirty years France has brooded ever her defeats. She has slowly but steadily re- built a fleet, superior in every respect to those she had taken from her. Confident in her own strength, and knowing that, in the event of a war with England, she will be backed by at least one, of not both of the two other maritime powers (Russia and America) she is again an- xious to enter the arena of deadly strife with perfidious England. The flimsy veil which at present attempts to cover the inward working of the mind (if we can so express it) of the French nation will soon be torn aside, and war, bitter and fierce, will again disturb the tranquility of the civilized world,
ap-
That England wishes for peace, no man who studies her history since the brilliant termination of her last great war can for a moment doubt. She does not wish for war, but she is prepared for it. She knows, that the knell which pro- claims the death, of the feeble old man, now on the throne of France, will also proclaim that the long pent up feelings of Gallic hatred are at length untrammelled and that France will again measure herself with her old
Same "untoward event' may tagonist. cause a war even during the life time of Louis Phillippe. It was lately announced in the reach ministerial papers, that his Majesty, was highly displeased with his second son on ac count of his silly pamphlet; and as a mark of that displeasure, in a few days he was pro- moted to the command of a fleet, sent on very delicate service. This appears to be ra- ther a curious way of showing displeasure. It is bribing the spoiled child to behave better in future. An English fleet has been sent to watch the movement of this Royal Admiral, whose strong Buccaneering propensities, as ex- hibited in his pamphlet, have so recently amus ed Europe and delighted that part of it which claims the 'respectable name of France. A collision between those fleets is not impossible, nor considering who commands one of them is it even improbable. Should such an event occur immediate warfare is inevitable. France will be in a state of excitement, which even Louis Phillippe cannot quiet-and John Bull, though he may take the matter apparently more coolly will "peel" for the fight, and enter the ring with the firm determination to punish his an tagonist at any price.
We cannot forsee-taking it for granted that Keying is well disposed toward the Portu- we must have war with France--where the field guese of Macao; we hear they well be allowed for military operations will be; but when we to hoist their flag in the Typa immediately, and remember that, the legitimate heir to the That Macao will be made a free port, so far as throne, is as bold young man, anxions to be to permit foreign vessels into the inner harbour.restored to his country and kingdom,--and when we remember that, after the death of the present King (who strictly speaking is a usur- : per) the crown will fall to a child, and France power-re be ruled by a Regent with limited may almost state with certainty that, the white flag of the house of Bourbon will again be raised in the South of France, and the Princeof Bourdoux be proclaimed Heary the 5th. In the south his family have always been beloved hy the people, who would rally round his standard, and backed by thirty thous and British troops, with a powerful British- fleet on the coast, be might in a short time find. himself on the throne of his ancestors:
In a letter of Oct, 23rd from a Canton friend, we hear that a large fire which broke out at half past four upon that day, about five streets behind the Factories, destroyed thirty to forty houses in the neighbourhood of Curiosity street and Phisic street. It was luckily got under soon after daylight, but was sufficient to create considerable alarm amongst the fo- reign community; packing up and obtaining fast boats for refuge was the order of the day, The damage is estimated at about $100,000.
The present Convention shall be in force until the 1st of January. 1848, and further for the term of six years, provided that neither of the High Contracting Parties shall have given to the other six months' notice that the same shall cease to be in force on the said 1st of January, 1843; and if neither Party shall have given to the other six months' previous notice that the present Conven- tion shall cease on the 1st of January, 1848, then the present Convention shall further remain in foree until the 1st of January, 1854; and further,
It is on the ocean, however, where the wor until
Contracting Parties shall have given notice. It did not require the publication of the will be fiercest and most deadly. There will High Co end of twelve months after either of the to the other of its intention to terminate the same, pamphelet with which the Prince de Joinville be a bold attempt to destroy the naval supre- each of the High Contracting Parties reserving to has recently delighted his countrymen, to con- mecy, of England, and when that attempt is itself the right of giving such notice to the other. vince us, that to Frenchmen of all classes, the unsuccessful--and it will be unsuccessful-the And it is hereby agreed between them, that at the expiration of twelve months after such notice shall very name of England is an abhorrence. They Navy of France will be again annihilated, and have been received by either Party from the other, rejoice to hear of our distress, and they grieve the 50 Ships of the line and 25 frigates owned at our prosperity. The Prince is no doubt a by Russia, will either find their way to British this Convention, and all the provisions thereof, shall altogether cease and determine, very clever fellow in his way, and probably ports as captives, or be destroyed in the Baltic can handle a ship about as well as he has and Black seas. This is not the mere language proved he can handle a pen, and of unopposed he of idle boasting, or national conceit. We turn would burn, sink and destroy in the most to facts in suppport of our assertion that, Great approved style. It is not our intention criti-Britain single handed, on the Ocean, is a match cally to review his pamphlet--but we would for the world, and that if there should be a notice one extraordinary miscalculation. When combination of the maritime powers to destroy speaking of a fleet of armed Steam Ships her Navy they will be foiled. We will first being able to steal out of a French port, view our Navy numerically, as compared with under the cover of night, unperceived by the those of France and Russia united. We will British squadron, and when gloating over the then enquire into the resources which the three imaginary devastation and havoc they would countries have for manning their navies, and commit on the shores of England before the amount of their commercial shipping, which morning, the gallant Frenchman forgets, that is the true nursery for seamen, and without his fleet of Steamers would have to get back again. which, it is impossible after the destruction Where does he suppose, the hundred and odd of one fleet to man another for many years. Steam frigates of England would be, when The Navy of Great Britain, consists of 120 their hereditary foes were sacking the towns sail of the line and 140 frigates. In addition and burning the hamlets of their native land to this she has about 250 Sloops of war, Brigs, We think we could tell where they (the French) and Schooners, many of them not to be ex would soon be--they would be quietly moored celled by any vessels of their class afloat. The Seperate Tenders are to be made for each in one of our sea ports with the Union Jack new Sloops are more than equal to the old 28 range, and no tender will be entertained except flying where lately had flaunted the tri color-guns frigates, and the new Bigs, more than from a Builder of known experience, or capable of and the second son of the King of the French, equal to the old Sloops; the Schooners are producing respectable testimonials from Euro- would find himself a prisoner in that country, unsurpassed for fleetness, and on the coast of peans, either of Croton, Macao, or Singapore, were so many of his family have found a refuge Africa they are found to beat the fastest Slavers. shewing that they are duly qualified as Builders. in their distress.
Of Steam Ships-of-war there are 41 in com Security will also be required for the performance It is a fact galling to the pride of the French mission, 44 in ordinary and building, and 25 of the work according to the plans and specifica- that, in all their wars with England, they have in the packet service-this does not include the tions, which may be seen at the Office of the been beaten. From the battles of the Edwards Steam Ships in the Hon. Company's service, Commanding Royal and Superintending Engineer, to those of the Georges, from Cressy to Waterloo some of which are of the first class, and all of on and after the 28th Instant.
-in France, in Germany, in Egypt, in Spain, in them, in the event of war, would be available. India and in Canada, the troops of England have England has another source from which she invariably vanquished those of France, On the can at once draw a powerful fleet of Steam Ocean,though they hadat onetime an immensely frigates of the first class. It is well know, superior forec,they cannot boast of a singlenaval that the West India Steam packets-con- victory, obtained by a French over a British sisting of 14 vessels of 1700 tons, capable fleet. Their nearest approach to victories have each in an emergency of transporting 1,000 been escapes from the foe they dared not en troops are at the disposal of Government. counter. The many splendid victories which They were built in every particular as first class Nelson obtained over the Navy of France were frigates, ports and all complete. In a few days concluded at Trafalgar; there France was as they could have theirguns put on board ; the nihilated as a maritime power-and there, the Engineers and part of the crew are already man who had so often bumbled her pride, fell attached to the Ship, so that in a very short line in the hour of triumph, the last sounds of which they would be all ready for service. The samn he was sensible, being the cheers of his gallant regulation is made with the North American
BUILDING CONTRACT.
TOTICE is hereby given, that tenders will be NOT
received at this Office until the 12th Novem. ber at noon, from, such persons as may be willing to contract for Building two ranges of Barracks near the East Battery at this place.
EDWARD PINE COFFIN, C. G. Commissariat. Victoria, 25th October, 1844.
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