waited for a few minutes, which gave them time to observe the outward and inposing signs of inward, consequetice and wer Every bore the mark of wealth and greatness: no part showing that flimey and a betantial character which many imagine belong to, und ere inseparable from the Chinese character. The maseve gates were opened and they entered at once into the presence of the great man, who received them with the
utmos cordiality and politeness.
This is a point gained. Mr. Lay has been ad- mittelt within the walls of the city has visited. on terms of equality, the highest authoritice, with out any unpleasant circumstance, occurring the populace during the whole journey to and from the consular resulence, a distance of several miles, being quiet and orderly - no booting,no, insulting language being made use of. We trust that, My, Lay has established the reputation of his countrymen in Foo-chow.fog, but we cannot help thinking that the leaving him for aux months in a perfe hol pless state, with a powerful aristocracy every means to frustrate and oppo censure of no light degree upon a par not altogether unknown.
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THE FRIEND OF CHINA AND) HONGKONG GAZETTE.
and ho was the means of boring into the Church his father his only brother, and as in tirato friend. He died peacefully in October last, saying he had no fears, for he relied upon the Lord Jesus,
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Our friends at a distance who do not often have access to the Chinese papers may be in- terested with the following list HONGKONG Ex. John Francis Davis, Governor,
Hon. Major Gen. D'Aguilar, C. B., Tagut. Govertor, Com-- manding all the Forces in China; Rev, Mr. Staunton, Colonial Chiplain; Rev. Mr. Hall, M D., and haily, and Rov. Dr. Bridgeman, of the Amer. Boant Cont. ; Rey. Mr. Brown, Morrison: Ed. So 4 Rng. De. Devair and farally, and Rev. Me, Shuck and family of ila A metiera
& family, and Rev. Mr. Gillespie, of hou. Mis. So. Rev. Dr. Happer, of the Amer. Presbyter, Board,
The commercial prospects of the port are more there is a fair prospect of an ultimate trade of some with that improvements of the town, The now pital The subscription was further increase! | CANTON ---F. C. Macgregor, Esq., Britial Gonmil; R. favorable and were all restrictions thrown asido,
Importance. The paper money, which is the chier circulating medium, and which has heretofore been looked upon as a more fictitions currency, is said to be perfectly good. The notes are the re presentatives of monies deposited within the city for greater security and from their convenience they are perferaed by the people to bullion-nor are they at the slightest discount. Should such be the case, and foreign commerce find its way to the port, there will be but little difcally in con- the notes into specie. There was some verting enquiry for British fabrics at this date of our letter Two lonks which make an annual voyage from Lou choo, were in the harbour with ten thousand taels of gold; large portion of which they in. vestin manufactured goods, je na
B. Jackson, Esq., Brit. Vico Consul Paul S Forbes,
Esq., United States Consul; Rev. Dr. Parker and family,
of Amor, Board Com; Rev. Mr. Rahoris, of the Amer. Baptist Board
AMOYIL, Afcock, Esq, Brit. Consol; G. G. Sullivan,
ing him to join our Mission at Hongkong during|fore tax your time with many details. Hong the present year. Dr. and Mrs. Devan have kong continues to advance rapidly in buildings started an interesting little Sabbath School for and population, both native and foreign. The European children. In the midst of their native population, so often mentioned as of the varied occupations, Dr. and Mrs. D. make lowest possible grade, really possess a fair We have thirteen Native Preachers daily at the study of the language their primary object share of respectability. There has been much work at Hongkong and the neighboring towns All our native converts observe the monthly less sickness in the colony during the past year unprovements, and villages on this and other islands, and also concert, and are regular monthly contributors than during 1849, and many
such as drams, rodrls, &zo., are in progress, and on the mainland, preaching the Gospel, and to mojesionary objects,
Dr. and Mrs, Macgowan arrived from which are calculated greatly to benefit the scattering far and near tens of thousands of Christian books and tracts. The truths of the Calchur in August last, having been united health of the place. A treaty of amity and gospel ard exidently spreading and taking held in marriage there in June previous. They commerce was signed by the Ministers of the of the minds of multitudes all around us. One have boon unavoidably detained in Hongkong United States and Chma, at Macao, in July of our most active native Preachers came to until the present, but are now on the eve of last, and one also by the Plenipotentiaries from the Pastor a few days ago and saith, Teacher, returning to Niggpo, where Dr. M. will re-open the Courts of France and Pekin, in September, during this year upon which we have entered, the Hospital he established there in 1843. great numbers of the Chinese are going to turn The institution will hereafter be under the to the Lord." Our Chinese Sabbath Congrega pattonnige of the Medical Missionary Society tions at the Chapels are remarkably attentive, While in Calcutta De. Mangowan received and sometimes crowded to excess, We are upwards of two thousand rupees from the li now about to appeal once more to the foreign beral English community in the Presidency of community for pecuniary aid, to oomble us to Bengal, for anatomical models, engravings, enlarge aml improve the Queen's Road Chapel, &c. from Paris, to aid in instructing Chinese so as more comfortably to accommodate the practitioners and students in the first principles increasing congregations, and alas to keep pace of the healing art in connexion with the Hos Baptist Board; Rev. Dr. Legge & family, and Dr. Hoban Bazaar Chapel is just completed, and is every at Singapore. Dr. M. has been mainly em- way a larger, better, and more convenient played in the study of the Innguage. He will building than the old one. It is located just in be accompanied to Ningpo by a native Chris- the midst of the new bazaar, is forty-three feettian Colporteur, supported by the Teo Chew square, built of brick two stories high, and was church at Hongkong, as a Home Missionary, erected through the liberality of the foreign Mr. Roberts is at present at Canton, and meets community. The auditory and vestry are on with no hindrance in his work of teaching and the upper floor; while the dispensary, book preaching, and extensive tract distribution, depository, and seven rooms for native preachers publicly and from house to house, ninong that are on the lower floor. It is designed to hold people, generally regarded as the most fore Divine Service there, entirely in Chinese, threejudiced against foreigners. times on the Sabbath, and every evening during For some time previous to the arrival of Dr. the week. Two substantial School-houses have Devan and lady, Kowloon and its vicinity which been erected during the year-one for boys, are said to contain some ten thousand inhabi- fifty-five feet by twenty-five, two stories high; tants, had been one of the mainland outstations Altogether the intelligence from this wealthy, the other for girls thirty-five feet by twenty of this mission. The insufficiency of foreign bat lule known district of China is of an agreeablo five, one story-chiefly through contributions missionaries had, however, compelled the mission nature. There has been much opposition on the from kind and disinterested friends in China. to entrust the work of preaching the Gospel at part of the Chinese to opening up the trade of the In the Boarding School are twenty Chinese that place chiefly to the labors of the native port much negligence, and a lack of firmness and boys, and six Chinese girls, who are under the assistants. But as some attention to the subject energy, on the part of our local Authorities, who daily superintendence and instruction of Mrs. of true religion had been manisfetc. on the part have been passive during the storms which appent Devau. On the 23rd of October we had the of a number of the inhabitants, and as it had To have beset 1 M. Consul nt Fod-chow-foo
pleasure of welcoming to the bosom of our been determined that Dr.Devan and Indy should We trust, however, that both these particulars mission, the Rev. T. T. Devän, M. and devote themselves to the Canton dialect of the there will be important changes that the local nu Lady, from New York city. They came from language, it was thought on the arrival of those thorities
rities of Foo-chow-foo will find that the bir
the Baptist board as the first fruits of our ap missionaries that the time had arrived for a more hartan.
za trade wil not injure them but on thepeal to the six cities. The arrival of these systematic and zealous cultivation of that field, contrary that it will benefit the district. We trust, fissionaries was most timely and providential more especially as by opening a dispensary for also, that our own rulers, as they obtain expe- In the demise of Mr. Shuck her husband and gratuitous medical aid to the sick, it was thought rience, will also oblain that necessary degree of decision and firmness, which is so indispensable in five little children have been called to grieve a more general attention would be given to the dealing with the Chinese--that they will not fret over a loss to them extremely distressing; we laborers and their doctrinos. Hence, carly in themselves with idle fears of insurrections in their individually mourn the final absence of a cheer. November, Messrs. Shuck and Devan proceed. little government, nor occupy their time in devis" ful, pious, and intelligent friend and efficiented to the mainland, and waited on the Manda ing measures to quell seditions, which only exist fellow labourer; while the Mission has been rins of Kowloon, to procure their assent to the in their own iungination. We trust that, they deprived of its brightest ornament, and most undertaking. These raters immediately granted will give a large share of their attention not to the active member. Our numbers already few and the missionaries the undisturbed use of either of putting greater restrictions upon this unfortunate feeble, are being still further reduced by our the two temples of idolatry! in the town, for a colony, hut to the removing thosenlically pressing Father's mysterious hand. While our hearts dispensary, rent free, and at the same time heavily upon it, and to our protection from the de- bleed over the tomb of one so well qualified granted full privilege to preach the Gospel and predations of pirates in our very harbour, and by her knowledge of this difficult language, so distribute tracts to their heart's desire, provided within hail of our ships leaving the disaffected devoted and so useful, we would bow with pro- they would not undertake to pass the night to be dealt with by the police, who will have found submission to the will of Him who in all within the precincts of the district they govern little dificulty in suppressing all the seditions dispensations is as wise and as good as he is ed. To this the missionaries agreed. From riots we will ever have in Hongkong.
mysterious. She had enjoyed excellent health that day to the present these brethren have made for several months previous to the 27th Novem- a weekly visit to this place, accompanied by four bor, when, having given birth to a healthy son, or five
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Notices of the American Baptist Mission in China for 1844.
the Hongkong, January, 184. The year eighteen hundred and forty four has been an eventful year to our Mission in China. We believe that Jehovah has had special regard unto us individually, and as a mission and we have been enabled to confide in Hun while passing through dark and mysterious, as well as bright and encouraging, scenes.
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q, Brit. Vico Consul; Dhe, Cumming, Ainor. Missionary: Dr. Hepburn and family, and Rev Mr. Lloyd, of the Amer, Fres, Mission, Rev. Mr Poly and family, and Rev. Mr: Pothosan and family, of the Amer Board Com » Rov. Mr Stronachi and family, and Rev. Mr. Young and family, of the Lon. Misi so. I NINGPO-R, Thorn, Est, Brit Consul; T H. Layton
Esq., Brit Vice Consul; Henry Wolcott, Esq., United States Consul; Dr. Macgowan and family, of the Amer, Baptiar Board Rev. Mr. Culbertson and family, und Rev. Mr. Way, and family, and Rev. Mr. Loomis and family, and Rov. Mr. Lowrie and Dr. Macorice, all of the Amer. Pres Board; Miss Aldersey, English Missionary} SHANGHIAL-G. Balfour, Esq., British Consul D. B. Robertson, Esq., Brit, Vico Consul; Rev. Dr. Medhuts. and family, and Dr. Lockhart and family, ofthe Lont Mis, So.
FOO-CHOW-F00-B. T. Lay, Esq., Brit. Consul; No
Missionary !!!
In addition, to the above, the Rev. Messrs. Smith and M Kintchie, of the Church Miss. So., and Mr. Cole, Printer, and family, from the Amer. Pres. Board, have arrived in China, but are not yet located. T. W. Waldron, Esq., United States Consul for Hongkong, and a friend to our Mission, died suddenly of cholera, at Macao, in September last.
In behalf of the American Baptist Mission in China,
AVERAGE PRICES OF ARTICLES SOLD IN THE HONGKONG MARKETS. 16th January, 1845, Beef, 12 cents per catty; Mutton, 42 do. do Pork, 134 do. do.; Pork Tat, 10 da. do.; Capons. 16do. do.; Fowl's, 13 do. do; Eggs, 18 p 178, Ducks, 13. ds. do Cosso, 12 Ho do : Pigeons. 30; Wild Duck, 1 do. p. 4; Teel, 1 do. p. 7 ; Large- 18 por 8: Partridges, lado. p. 4, Quail's, 1 do. p. fresh-Fish, 11 cents p. catty: Middling de. O do. do: Small de 6 do, do.; Large Salt, do. 10 do do. Middling, do 7 do. do. Small, do, 5 do. do. Pom- fret, 10 do, do; Large-Soles, 9 do, do,; Middling, 8 do. do.; Lobsters, 6 do, do,; Crab's, 10) do, dog; Oysters, 8 do, do,; Prawn's, 11 do do; Shrimps, Polatoes, 5 do. do; Yams, 2 do. do,; Sugar Candy, 10 dodo: Fine Sugar, 9 do, do, Brown, do, 5. do, do,; Fine Rice, 34 do. do.; Coarse, 3 do, do. ; Bread, (not sellin the Market) 10 do, per 1 lb. loaf Milk, do 25 cents per quart bottle; Butter, Fresh, do. 1 por 1 lb.
she sank from exhaustion one hour and a half own alive assistants. Before leaving their 9 do. do.; Fruit, 3 do, do; Vegetables, 3 do. do;
afterwards. For months previous her mindhad been in a specially interesting religious state, and such was the case to the last, and she died peacefully, without scarcely an apparent pain, literally falling asleep in Jesus, in the 27th yem of her age, and the tenth of her successful missionary career. Her missionary cares and Inbors are now cheerfully borne by her endcared friend Mrs. Devan. See Obituary Notices in the Chinese Repository for January, 1815.
sufficient to defray half of the expenses of the building. It stands, with its terraced roof and pretty balustrades, as one of the many monu. ments of ber unquenchable missionary zeal. M. Shuck is now making arrangements to send his two eldest children, who are boys, to the United States, in the ship Loo Choo, Cap tain Crocker.
In our last annual letter we inentioned that
One of the last of Mrs. Shuck's many bo- we were encouraged to believe that the Spirit of the Lord was at work with a number of hearts nevolent efforts was the erection of the Girls' among this great heathen people, who had been School house, sufficient for the dormitories of for some time under the regular preaching of the twelve girls, which was under her entire direc Gospel in their own language. Our hopes have tion; and when she was, in the very midst of been more than realized, and eighteen Chinese her labors, called to her bright reward above, have been baptized during the year, upon a she had secured, by her own exertions, funds profession of their faith in Christ. All these were received into the Church after repeated and careful xaminations, both private and public, Some of them are men of high attainments in their own literature, and have already proved of great usefulness to the Mission. Of these eighteen only one, and he the least promising, has been excluded from the church, while all the others give evidence of holding on to their
English Preaching has been regularly kept profession.. We now have between twenty and
wenty and up at the Queen's Road Chapel every Lord's thirty cases of interesting inquiry, affording more Day evening throughout the year. Good con- or less encouragement,,- One of the native gregations have been in attendance, and there converts has finished his short career of dis- are several cases of encouraging inquiry. cipleship He had been a Priest of the Budha
Several Christian tracts and books, in the sect for nine years, He was overwhelmed Chinese language have been printed by our mis with unhappiness by the loss of his wife whension during the year. In November we sent a a youth, and entered the Priesthood in hopes of supply of Chinese tracts to the Christian Tract finding consolation by constant devotions at and Book Society of Calcutta, for distribution Budha's altars. He was punctual inall his duties, among the Chinese population of that city, said yet all failed to afford hun comfort, and he still to amount to upwards of five thousand. gighed for peace. Beng at Hokong on a
Mr. Dean has had charge of the Teo Chew Sabbath, his attention was attracted by the department of the Mission, and has labored Chinese name upon the Chapel, and he im with much encouragement during the year, mediately entered. He listened with anxious Large congregations speaking this dialect have attention, and when he heard Christianity an attended the Queen's RoadChapel, at 1, p. m., nounced as a system of glad tidings, offering to on Lord's days. This department of the Mission all who heartily embraced it, solid joy in the has been seriously interfered with by the failure life that now is, and eternal bliss in the world of Mr. Dean's health, which has rendered it to come, he felt that that was just what he had necessary for him to leave for the United States. been in vain searching for ten long and sorrow- He sailed with his little daughter for New ing year. He came to Mr. Shuck after the York in the Swedish ship Zenobia, Captain service had ended, and said that if he would Beckman, on the 17th December. Two of the teach him such joyful doctrines," he would eighteen baptized, and three of the thirteen be willing to become ins shoe-cleaner and yard. native preachers are connected d with the Teo sweeper. After more than a whole year's close Chew department. The Rev. Mr. Goddard, Christian instruction, he was baptized, and prov-now Pastor of a Chinese church of about ed a worthy, happy, and useful disciple. His twenty members, at Bangkok, Siam, is familiar Christian course was a short but an useful one, with the Teo Chew dialect, and we are expect,
W. CAINE,
Chief Magistrate of Police,
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the brethren, together with the assistants, invariably engage in united prayer to the Master of the vineyard, that he will smile on the efforts of the day. On arriving at the temple selected for dispensary operations, and which is about eight or ten miles from Hong. kong, a few prefatory remarks are made to the crowd of people who congregate about the missionaries, and prayer is offered to the true God for a blessing upon the work. They then prescribe for the sick, giving to each patient a card containing two or more appropriate pas sages of Scripture. To those his attention is particularly directed, while at the same time a Christian tract is given, and he is exhorted by a native assistant to turn from worshipping idols to the true Jehovah. The crowd whom curiosity has brought around the dispensary table, hear the remarks made, and at the same time a tract is given to each one. If sufficient time yet remains after closing the dispensary, the assistants disperse throughout the town, distributing tracts and scriptures, accompanied by exhortations to all they meet. This employ- ment absorbs one whole day of every week. At this moment arrangements are being made to open two dispensaries, to be similarly con ducted at different places on the island of Hongkong, Even now, before any prepara-
VESSELS IN VICTORIA HARRONIE. tions are made, patients are applying every day at the house for medical aid, and none become II. M. §. Custor, Capt. Graham. the recipients of such aid without Christian H. C. Str. Proserpine, Com. Hough. exhortations, either printed or spoken, accom H. M. Str. Vixen, Clifford, panying it. The diseases for which help is H. M.F. S. (French) Alemens, Capt. Dupline, chiefly sought are those of the eye, ulcers, H. M. T. S. Sapphire, Fettock. rheumatism, and injuries; and the readiness Minden, Master Commanding Wellington, (lospital
and Store Ship. with which the foreign medicines are taken, and the patience with which the people submit Gazelle (A),1 15, Chase. Jardine Matheson & Co. to surgical operations, are strong indications of Teazer, Budd. the confidence felt by them towards the mis Mamatie 2010, Jones. sinaries. Some of the Chinese are already Julin, 400, Herring. giving evidence that they see an inseparable Sarah, Espinasse. connection between the Christian exhortation Challenger, Archibald,
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