HE undersigned have on Sale, a quantity of English and Holland's Gin Liquentes, Su perior Scotch Whisky, light Cognac, Reer, and Porter in Boule, Preserved Fruits, Smoked Sat
mon in tins, &
various Bizos.
I of this Office, Office Friend of China, 28th Deo, 1844
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THE FRIEND OF CHINA AND HONGKONG GAZETTE.
tanvas-Eng, and
than a cable from
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Scotch Cochinen! Copper, sheathing
rather ing on feet over it. GA 43 W. 1 cable from the point has 9 feet upon it at low water.
S.Am Cordage, European COTTON Bombay,
sh.ps, s.
now
The eyes of the public'
ning to it
real There are threa shoals off the bay, bearing from ly the missionaries the upper Font as character. The war-how rat
kelet at Leeds and
The tist ora the Fort Hall, will ass storical device of efacing warlike appea
2nd by pro Also, just received a quantity of Letter Clipe fessions ofe love for peace were resorted to but
war was the undisguised alternative of all the spee 3rd. N. 30 W 2 cables from the same point MOEWEN & Co. kers an ormed intervention between France and when upon this Brig I land summi bears N. 40
Otaheite war 10 ar Victoria December 20th, 1841. –
the progress of Roman Wand Fort Island summit S. 75 W it has 11 feet Catholic missionaries in the Pacific. at low water, INGUISTS REFORrs and Navy BILLS for sale These rivelations of the real character of the Baring the Northern monsoon the Opium Ves.**
trailers upon religious professions ought to encou-sele anchor off this bay remaining here from Oc rage Government, as its experience of the danger tuber to May. In the other monsoon they lay of giving way to them ought to justigate it to shake mile further to the East as the swell getting round off their yoke. Within his proper sphere, there the point renders this anchorage inconvenient. cannot be a inore amiible or useful character than the missionary. It may not be possible for him to make Christians of savages, to the extent his en- thusiasm persuades him but, by babituating them to the observatice of forms, and by familiarising them with doctrines and histories in which there is a pure and elevating sentiment, which will dawn more and more upon every succeeding generation. he is sowing the seds of a civilisation the full fruition of winch is reserved for a distautura, and
R. JOHN SMITH, of Macho, will rocived advertisements and subscriptions for the Friend of China and Hongkong Gazelle; he is also authorised to collect outstanding accounts due by the Macao subscribers. In future Mr. Smith will hate, a fey extra numbers of each paper for sale. Price to subscribers 25 cents esoft, non subscribers rupee
Victoria, 5th June, 1834,--
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From Bayles bay a bank commences which ex feuds 2 miles along the NW coast of Namoa, the greatest distance from the shore is 4eables which is opposite to Stewart's house off which is the
summer augliorage: the fead gives no warning and there is only 9fect on the edge of the bank.
The tide at springs runs at the rate of 1 knots the cab coming from the Eastward. It is High water on full and change daysat 11 o'clock. Risu 7 feet. These two anchorages inust be considered moro safe Roidsteads than Harbours, as from the ve lucity of the tide and the totch for the sea, boats laten would frequently have much difficulty in passing to and fro
at the same time he is taming the savage and makas ing hit a safe enmpanion While the missionary Confines himself to his surit offfee be he thy mostilliterate mechanic over selected for the task it is Christianity that speaks in and through him and its influence is for good. But when he takes him to supersede the coluit, and to affect the state-ininister of some barbarian chief, or tu conduct negotiations with foreign states, he is GENTS for the "Friend of China and Hongkong abandoned by the Power whose tar he has lesert
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ed, to his own rude and ignorant impulses; and his meddling is pregnant with mischief The British Government is bound to watch over and protect its missionaries with a jealous care so long as they remain within the sphere of their proper duty but it is equally bound sternly to check und restrain them whenever they are discovered tampering with secular affairs,
Sailing Directions for the toast of China, FROM THE CAPE or Goon turn TO CHAPEL ISLAND.
The secularising influence of property and or ganisation for despatch of business is not confined o Estabished Churches. The purest Voluntary Church cannot escape it the Missions to le
Cope of Good Hope The Cape o Good Hope Heathen beur witness to its influence. Wherever is in Latitude 230 11 N, and Longitude 1160 47 there is permanent organisation-an annual reve E. forming the Western extremity of the bay of nue and annual-expenditure-a sporite class of Namon it is about 700 feet above the level of the secular agents grown up and they, and someti-se-the highest part haping the appeara ice of a mes others of ostensibly spiritual actions, com
Doine. bino to justil a worldly spirit into the whole body, or at least to make the spiritually-minded uncops ciously more or less subservient to their selfish objects,
The Eastern tice of it is steep to, and in the hay to the North of it is a green Istet with i patch of rocks between it and the Cape.
Water may be procured with great facility, and here was no difficulty in obtaining fresh provisions. Folkstone Rock. The Folkstong rock has only vo feet ufan it at Low water. The bearings from it are The Briz rock in line with the NW. head of Fort Laland 13.02 W.-
Coffin Island the largest of a cluster of Islets 3 niles North of Brig Island N. 44 W and the flag staff of Stewart's house in line with a white washed rock at the back of it bearing S. 11 E.
The leading werk Brig rock in line with Fort island will keep a vessel clear of the shoal which extends nearly all ufe way from Brig Island to Breaker. The latter bears from the former N. 63 E-4,9 miles and is peaked rock with several others about it which must not be approached nearer than 2 cables upon their western side.
Opposite to Breaker, the coast line of Namoa trends to the SE forming a deep indentation which sshual with two Isters and several rocks in it. The land at the bottom of the bay is low, and it is only one mile across to the southern side of the island
Breaker To the Eastward of
Shoat East extends from the Northern Breaker the shoal
shore, the Southern edge of the shoal in 3 futhoins bears East 3 miles from it.
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30
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Pagida Bay -The Pagoda bay is seven tuiles to Eastward of Breaker, there is u walled town-at From it the West Point of Namon bears NE the bottom of the bay which is the residence of the by N. 14 miles and the SW. part of the Lmclovernor of the district.
Vessels drawing Iss than 9 fms, may bring the Islands S. 83 H. 24 miles.
Cone Islet North from the Cape 2) miles is | agoda to liear 1 by N., but during the Northerly Cena Islet which is distant from the mainland 5 monsoon, Challum my will be found a more eligible cables; and S. by E 4 cables, from Come Islet is nchorage as with a NEly breeze there is a Lon-Pre a square rock having a reef which shows at low-stlerable swell into the former and from Challam water 2 cables to the Westward of it. Rocksay you are able to avail yourself of the land extend from the points ou the main opposite to which usually draws to the Northward in the these two Istets and in the channel there is 3 morning. fathoms at low witer. -
Sugar lonf-From Cose Islet the coast trends NW by N. 3 miles to Sugar loaf Islan-from the NE point of which there is a reef extending River Han-From the Sugar loaf the coast trends to the Westward, being the entrance to the River
er Han which has 24 tms, over the bar at low water.
The difficulty which the Missionary Societies have had to struggle against the land-sharking propensities of their ministers and catechists in the Colonies, and the occasional demission of the spiritual character by missionaries rather than part with the lands they had purchased from the natives at a nominal price, prove our position to a certain extent. But the readiness with which missionary agents exchange their pastoral for diplomatic functions affords a still mure striking Illustration of it. At this moment we have no fewer than three Government officials abroad to whom the missionary character has been a step pingstone to political employment. The missione cable nary Gutzlaff has been converted into a Govern ment interpreter, and quase Superintendent of Po- lice, at Hongkong; the missionary Pritchard has been converted into a British consul at Cahelte;. constituted and the missionary Claske has been Protector of the Aborigines, Minister of State for The Native Department, in New Zealand. The elevation of a foreign adventurer and a couple of mechanics to official ran's, and high salaries is enough to attract a whole host of mercenaries into the employment of the Missions, They will look forward to the same opportunities of cutting out work for themselves, and the same zealous patro- page from the managers at home, and regard the appointment of catechist as a better introduction to a snug place under Government than eyen a clerkship in a Government office.
Intending to enter it: Sucer so as to pass two cables to the East of Double Island (which bears NW. by N. of a mile from Sugar loaf) having passed it the course is West for the town of Shantan which is upon the North bank of the Ri. ver and 4 miles from Double Island: half a mile to the SE. of the town, there is a depth of 8 fins and at low water, the water is fresh.
The channel between Double Islet and the main to the Northward is 5 cables wide, the inud exten. ding 6 cables from that shore which is low,
St. Joachims Bank-St. Joachims ban is an extension of this flat S, Easterly, The Southern It leaves an unfavourable impression of Mis elite in fins: bears East from Double Islan I two șious as a school of diplomacy, that all the appu- miles, and it turns to the Northward when the Pa- intments above enumerated have been productive goda bears N. 17. E. A good guide to keep clear of, or at least mixed up wih, transactions which of it in a vessel of 14 feet draught is to keep Brig have occasioned much annoyance to individuals Islam 1 open of the East End of Fort Island... and serious embarrassment to the country Gutzlaff Pagoda.-The Pagoda bears N. 8 E. 103 mi. has been more or less identified with almost every | les from the Cape of Gond Hape. The land in its step that awakened the jealousy of the Chinese neighbourhood is so low that when first made, it Government, and led eventually to the spium war;
appears like an Island. Clarke has been mainly instrumental in producing that state of affairs in New Zealand which occasio ned the Wairao massacre; and it will not be the fault of the orators of the London Missionary So- riety if Pritchard do not become the cause of war between France and Great Pritain.
For the political influence and misdirected a tivity of the Missionary bodies Government is greatly to blame. The meddling of missionaries abroad in matters leyond their sphere has been encouraged to supply the deficiencies of Govern- ment. - The power of afiliated bodies spread through every province of the empire, continually appealing to the prepossessions of an estimable portion of the community by the press or pubic meetings, collecting and dispensing annually reve Dues to the amount of hundreds of thousands, bas made the Legislature and die Executive quail befo- re it. Missionary zeal has been affected as a pass. portints Parliament; and the Government offices Inyo been crammed with the offspring of the agents of Missionary Societies. Government-all our Ministers for many years boekt have been little better than tools to the reculauty of Missions.
The influence of the traders on the Missionary sentiment is not confined to the departments already Specified, or rather, they are naturally caguee with all the traders, whatever their designation, on the religious sentiment of the country. These are art and parcel of that fraternity which has been allowed almost to ruin our Tropical Colonies by their rash and blundering plan el negro emancipation, and which only last year caused the rejection of the education clauses in the Factory Bill. They are, in fact on intrigning worth minded hierarchy, as higoted and domineering in their sectarian The Romish hierarchy in its paliest days,
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Fort Island lies NE. by E. 2 miles from the Pagoda. The furt is on the Table land at its West extremne
Knolls at the Western Entrance to Namoa S. 69 E. from the Pagodi 43 miles and with the West point of Namoa in line with Breaker Eskind bearing N. 36 E. there was formerly a shoal with only eleven feet at low water, at present August 1844 there are several shoals, none of which howe ver have less than 13 fest
The following are their hearings The West point of Namoa in line with Breaker Island is the mark for three.
The western upon that line bears from the Pagoda S. bu E. and his a depth of 15 feet at low waters
Another bears S. 66 E. from the Paroda with 17 feet
A third bears East from the Pagode with 18 ft And with the Pagoda bearing N 79 W, and the West point of Namoa N. 21. E. there is a patch with 18 feet
Also with the Pagoda bearing West and the W. Point of Namos A, 23 W, is aboal which has only 11 fetall these are and suI will probably be found to shift in consequence of the fresets from the mouths of the Hiver Han,
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"Buts. China Roots Galangal Musk Rhubarb
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Challien By-To enter it: pass within a mile to the Westwind of middle Islet (which is a harren SILK. rock bearing N. 69 E. 5,3 miles from breaker, or do not shut back hay Island in with Entraure Is- land which will prevent your standing into less
than 24 ms, upon the Western shore.
Entrance Istan bears W. 24 miles from mid- die Isle. The anchorage is between the two in from 3 to 6 fms. The bay North of Entrance Is land is shoal and there is a reef extending 3 cables from the SW. Point of Challum Island, the latter lays North 1 miles from middle Islet
Should you pass to the Eastward of middle Islet it must be within 5 cables as there is an 11 feet patch between it and the fort Head, bearing from the former N. 48 E
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Hyson Young Hyson Hyson Skin Under Fort Head is a rock nearly level with the Gunpowder, water's edge at high water, and also one in the bay Imperial. between it and Point Difficult- otherwise the coast EXPORT OF
ind here is sleep to.
Point Difficult. Point Difficult has a square fort upon the highest part of the hills over it and an Islet to the Eastward of it |-- Ternate Rock The Ternate Ruck with one foot upon it hys N. 78 E. 1.3 mile from the sume mit of this Islet; on which bearing it is in liu- with the third and last sandy bill on the Northern part of the range extending from Fort Head, The Pagoda Island in line willr Namga high Peak will place you to the Eastward of it.
The North point of Namda has a double Peak over it, and forms the Eastern bound try of the Pas goda lay, tocks extend from its NE Fice 3 cables. The land then trends mediately to the Southward
South Coast of Namoa The Southern Coast of Namon runs from the West point nearly due East
miles, where there is a small bay with a Pagoda upon its Eastern point. This portion of the la land corresponds with the bay opposite to Breaker un the Northern shore. hdse
South Bay-Senth bay Lays 4 miles to the East ward of the Pagoda huy and will afford good shel- ter in the NE. monsoon. Rucks extens 17 cable Southerly from the point. ›
Vessels of 18 feet draught may ruir in this bay until the engbof the point bears St.
Fire and a half cables to the S12 of the Point, is a low fat Islet called Crab Islet by the Chinese The channel betwee it and Namon has foull ground.
One and three truths of a mile to the Easware of South bay poim is a bull Bluff with three tall chimneys on it which is the Southern extremity of the Island Honghong Register, 11th Feby,
(To be continued, )
CANTON PRICES CURRENT. Ten Fesuvalt, 1545.
Big Island-Brig Island (so called from n rock at its Southern extremny which spears hrig when seen in au East or West direction sys NE VEJE 4 miles from Fort Island, the depth of water varying from 5 to 2) fins, between the two, the most mater being towards the farmer
Baylis Bay Baylis Bay is the first Iny on the Ale (best brands)
North side of Namoa to the Bestward of the West paint and has a thinese fort on the ridge to the Amber Westward of it and an outwork on the leach.”
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IMPORTS.—Cure Pud.
Teas To Gugat ButaiN PROM 30TH-
JUNE TO TH (STANTS
Green, 5,116,344 1s
Black ** 22,593,030-
Tout 27,708,374 lbs.
Several chups of middling Congiu, sound Tea
bought at 10 Taels-the compention in Green Teas, still keeps up.
Bombay, Bengal Madras,
COTTON REPORT Canton, for December, 1844:
Sinek.
12,571
61.393
2.470
8,331
38,602
121,470 Bales
Total 23,972
PRICES OF BULLION. Sycee Silver, large, 3 per cent premium Spraish Dollars, Ferdinand, par
Carolus, 10 per cent for selected Republican ditto, 3 to 4 per cent, discount
EXCHANGES. Bills on London at & months sight, 45, 5d. to 4s 6d. Commissariat Bills 390 Hays, 4s. Od. pur Spanish Dollars.
Money being in demand for the purchase of Tea at American account, exelange on Todes for advanced to 4. 59, of which rate it. He firor in Canter Navy Bills 4.24 to 4s at per Mexican dollars Court of Directors secuted or dito, 60 day
ban offered at 220 Ba Sale. Unaccepted,
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