THE FRIEND OF CHINA AND HONGKONG GAZETTE,
of
I send this answer with the return of the steamer to Kwangtung, for the consideration of you the Honorable Envoy and Great Minister, and wish you abiding happiness.
This important document is addressed to
His Excellency Ifer Britannic Majesty's Plenipotentiary DAVIS &c. &c. &c.
with two proclamations.
Taoukwang, 25th year, 7th month. (August, 1845) Received 21st instant.
True Translation,
(signed) CHARLES GUTZLAFF, True Copies,
Chinese Secretary. ADAM W. ELMSLIE.
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first merchantman, an American vessel arrived diplomatic evasions with the same ease that af talkce, It is really ridiculous, after fifteen last year, I ordered Treasurer Sew to issue a pro- lusty bull would burst through a net for snar- months of wrong and insult, to hear of a threat clamation, ordering the native merchants to keeping birds. It is Sir Henry Pottinger's sincerity to complain at Peking. It is like the nursery their goods in readiness, and be just in their deal and perfect openness of character, coupled to maids with children, if they are not good, a ings. At the arrival of a ship of your Honorable experience and an extraordinary degree of complaint is made to mamma The truth is, Country at this port, I have in conjunction with firmness (obstinacy?) which has so well qualified that the Emperor will rejoice to hear of the in the acting Lieutenant Governor Sew promulgated him for eastern negotiations. As a colonial sults which his Deputy has passed upon bar- on exhortatory address, to the richer shops and
he is in all respects anbarians official, from the Governor of Hongkong governor, however, merchants to procure suitable goods for the trade, unsuitable person. Every rule has its excep downwards, and though he may publicly that both parties may reap the benefit. A copy this I forwarded for the perusal of Consul Alcock. tion, and we lay it down as a rule, admitting censure the insolent Tartar, privately he will Thus the trade will perhaps increase from small to of at least one exception, that men who have applaud his conduct. It is not at Peking we greater importace and extend far and wide. As passed their youth and manhood in India, or are to seek for redress. We have a large fleet the merchants will derive essential advantages, the in China, under the old daspotic sway of in China, ostensibly for the protection of British duties will also be gradually increased, which is the East India Company, are forever dis subjects, and had that fleet been employed for what you the Honorable Envoy and Great Mi qualified for high offices in colonies, where this purpose, and H. B. M. Plenipotentiary nister as well as myself fervently hope.
the inhabitants injoy the privileges of Eng acted energeticly, we would not nowy require lishmen. It is not that there is anything into complain of aggressions and insults-we horently despotic in their nature, but a long would not now hear of complaints to Peking. residence in despotic countries, and a participa- How would Sir Henry Pottinger have acted, tion in the measures of a despotic government, under similar circumstances? In the first place, gradually offaces all recollection of the princi- had he remained in China, these things would ples which are instilled into the mind of boy-not have occurred-the Chinese knew the man hood; and the youth who goes to India well ac- too well to trifle with him. Were he now- quainted with the privileges and immunities to assume his old appointment, Sir Henry which are inalienable to a free people, returns would probably order a sloop of war to be to his native country in twenty or thirty years anchored at Pagoda Island, 15 miles below in many respects a different person. He has Foo-chow foo; he would order one of the been so long habituated to a despotic govern- small steamers to Be anchored off the town; ment and a servile people, that he cannot re- he would order that a frigate be stationed at cognise the beauty of those privileges which the entrance of the river Min; ho would say are the boast of Englishmen. In the state he to Rear Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane Knight, sees but too parties--the small one to rule disobey these instructions at your peril; he would To obey blindly and write to the Governor of Foo-chow-foo, saying the large one to obey after the eastern fashion. Opposition to the
as you cannot protect my countrymen in terms Executive becomes in his eyes a species of of the treaty, I have thought fit to send a force treason, and those who dare assert the natural to assist you in carrying out that part of the rights of man are radicals, demagogues and treaty, and if that force is inadequate, I well revolutionists. Since the days of Clive or grant you another auxiliary force of a couple Warren Hastings, until now, such has been the of regiments and a company or two of Artillery.. effect of a long residence in the cast upon the We much fear that, the Gentleman of the yel- minds of Europeans, and men thus changed, low house, will give as little heed to our advice however amiable and estimablé they may be in on diplomatic affairs as, unfortunately for THE FRIEND OF CHINA other respects, are quite disqualified for colonial | himself, he has done to our profound (1) views
appointments,
on colonial policy; we are not a whit discourag On the reputation which Mr. Davis has aced by this, and with all becoming respect, wo quired for himself as a Governor, in little more would ask him to take into his most serious than a year, we do not make any observations; consideration, whether the course
we have is simply of the Envoythe Diplomatist--we pointed out, as that which would have been would now speak. When His Excellency ar- taken by the iron nerved Sir Henry Pottinger, rived, and took charge of the diplomatic is not that which would be most conducivo bureau he found our relations with China in to the interests of British commerce, and a most satisfactory state. His predecessor best vindicate and uphold the dignity of the had dictated the terms of an honourable British crown. This is a grave subject, though treaty from the quarter deck of a British ship we may appear to treat it lightly, but men of war, and under the guns of a British fleet and jest at their own ruin, and it may be that at army, who in China had proved themselves in times a feeling of this kind is raised in the vencible. With great reluctance, China had breasts of those who have marked the sacrifice agreed to throw open five of her ports to fo- of British interests in China, since the arrival reign commerce, and of the five, four were in of our present Governor. full operation, the representatives of Britain honoured, and her subjects free from insult. The fifth port had not been opened, though the most sanguine expectations were entertained of its success as an outlet for goods. Sir Henry Pottinger left to his successor the honor of opening the port of Foo-chow-foo, and of fos- We have had quite a chapter of accidents tering British commercial interests in that rich lately. On Saturday, we mentioned the death, district of China. And how has His Excellency of one man, by the falling in of a bank underperformed this important duty? Some fifteen which he was working, at the foot of the Hai- months ago, Mr. Lay, the British Consul, and his establishment, were landed at the entrance bour Master's hill.
On Saturday night a new building belonging of the Min river and permitted to find their to Mr. W. H, Franklyn, which was intended way to Foo-chow-foo in a China boat, as if they for a sale room, fell, without any apparent had been a party of travelling pedlers or itine- cause. Roof, floors, beams, and bricks form rant missionaries. As could have been for told- one mass of ruins,
The house was prostrated by any person practically versed in the charac-SEPTEMBER. like the fragile tenements children form with ter of the ostentatious officials of China, the un- cards. Life, we regret to say, was also lost. dignified manner in which Mr. Lay found his One Chinaman has been dug out; he died al- way to Fuo-chow-foo, proved a serious obstacle most immediately, and it is doubted whether to his recognition by the Authorities--they as others may not be still under the rains. There serted that he was an impostor, and this asser must have been something radically defection appeared to have substantial ground to rest tive in the construction of the house, and we upon, in the shape of a letter from the Chinese would respectfully suggest to His Excellency, Secretary, Mr. Gutzlaff, a copy of which was. the Governor in Council, whether a building sent to Mr. Lay by the Governor of Foo-chow-Howqua (Aim.). Palmer, Shanghai, to-morrow,
foo. There is some thing to us inexplicable in Victory, tall, Whampoa. act may not be a measure worthy of the con- sideration of the legislature. Hitherto, acts of this affair. It appears, as if it was the wish of Lady Sale, Castor, Singapore. council, have been documents tending either to the British Envoy, that Foo-chow-foo should Spy. Wooden, Amoy and Hobart Town. injure the colony or to outrage the feelings of not be opened to trade. A Consul was sent to Albion, (Sw.), Ligiclakt, Shanghai. the inhabitants. Even sweets will cloy, and the port, but he was left there isolated-unre Younge Quene, Hart, Borneo. the pampered palate requires a change, should|cognised by the Chinese-unsupported by his it even be bitter to the natural taste. It may be that the Hongkong Executive are surfcited with their own peculiar class of ordinances. If so, we again humbly suggest, that they swallow that bitter draught public utility, and see whether it will not operate beneficially for this unfortunate colony.
The Lady Mary Wood," with the first of the outward monthly mails by steam, started at daylight on Monday. She had a heavy mail and a good many passengers, and with all sincerity, we, with the other oreign residents of China, wish prosperity to the enterprise, which has brought us within less than two months regular communication with our native land, which in time, has placed Hongkong in 1845 is near the parent country as Jamaica was in 1835.
We regret to record in this issue the death of Mr Ryan, Agent for the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. Mr Ryan's death is not at all ascribable to climate. He arrived a few months ago in the last stage of consumption, and his life could not have been preserved in any climate,
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On the morning of Sunday the military gyard at Chuck-Chew, in going their rounds, came upon a gang of about thirty robbers at- tempting to break into a shop kept by a native. The inmates were resisting the robbers; the latter were armed with swords and spears, having with them combustibles to throw into the house. The guard, when they perceived the state of affairs, fired and killed two of the robbers, the others escaped, it is supposed, in boats.
Public attention has been so much engaged with the pernicious measures of this Executive, of which Mr Davis is the leading member, that they have neglected to mark his conduct in his other character that ofa Diplomatist - We need not remind our readers that a man may be eminently qualified for diplomacy, and at the same time be a very unfit person to be placed at the head of a colonial government For the first of these duties-diplomacy-that is eastern diplomacy our late Envoy, Sir Hen- ry Pottinger, has no superior. To cunning duphaity, and trickery, he opposes the bold straight forward front of an honorable mind, determined, at all hazards, to carry such points as he believes to be fair and reasonable. For the wiles of the Chinese, Sir Henry did not care a straw. He broke through the meshes of their
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AUGUST.
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SAILED: AUGUST.
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31, Alligator, Cook, Chusan and Shanghai.
1, Lady Mary Wood (Steamer), Cooper,
pore, Penang and Cylon.
1, Zephyr, Mann, East Coast. 1, Ariel, Macfarlane, East Coast.
1, Patna, Ponsonby. Whampoa,
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FOR SINGAPORE AND CALCUTTA.
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will be despatched for the above sports, about the 10th inst. For freight of passage apply to
RUSSELL & Co. Canton. ór BUSH & Co. Hongkong. Victorin, 2nd September, 1845.
FOR LONDON.
THE
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BUSH & Co.
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Victoria, 2nd September, 1915.
NOTICE. GENERAL MEETING of the Shareholders of the "Canton Insurance Office, will be held at the Office of the undersigned on Wednesday the 10th September 1845 at eleven o'clock in the forenoon. A full attendance is requested. 5-
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co. General Agents, "Canton Insurance Office."
East Point
Hongkong, ist September, 1845.
NOTICE. for the India Insurance Company" of Cal- THE Undersigned having been appointed Agents
London, Liverpool, Calcutta, Madras, Bombay, catta are prepared to grant Policies payable in Singapore and China..
DIROM, GRAY & Co. Canton, 28th August, 1945. NOTICE.
ALL claims against the late firm of HENRY & Co. are requested to be sent in to the undersigned. for immediate payinent.
WILLIAM HENRY
17 Queen's Road, Victoria, 1st September, 1845.
NOTICE
being necessary to dispose of the undermen- tioned goods ex“ MAURITIUS." without delay, in order to close an account, they will be sold on very moderate terms AN INVOICE of Catler's Claret No. 1. Growik.
. . Champagne
多掌
"
37
35
11
#
of
"
No. 2
"
of Sherry Wine in Casks, shipped
by G. Nicholas.
of Saunder's, Pale Ale in Hbds, and
Butts (of the October brew.)
of Carpeting of the lowest patterns. of Nails of all sizes.
of Hardware &c. consisting of door.
locks, hinges, screws, bolts, &c.
of Iron Chests, Book safes, arid 3
sets of Treasury Doors.
of Iron Railings.
of Roman Cement.
13
23
of Muskets and Carbines.
of Table Linen.
1.
of Plated Ware.
+2
"
of Metallic Plated Ware.
Apply to
WILLAM HENRY.
J.
17 Queen's Road,
Hongkong, 1st September, 2845.
PUBLIC NOTICE.
C. POWER, Wine Merchant and Commission Agent, bega to inform his friends and the Singa-public that he is removed his business for the pre- sent to his residence, next door to Captain Brap's where he is prepared to attend to all orders with the strictest puucinality.
VESSELS IN VICTORIA HAnnora. own government-and unprotected by the pre-II. M. S. Castor, Captain Grabam. sence of a national vessel of war, although H. M. Steam Ship, Driver, Commander Hayes. many of then were idle in this harbour.
H. C. St. Mcdust, Commander Hewitt. H. M. Tr. S. Alligator, King H. XI. S. Minden, Master Comding. Wellington,
Hospital and Store Ship Adventure, Repairing, Albion (Sw.), Schioir,. B. Hormasjee, Coatos,
After an infinitude of trouble and annoyance, Mr. Lay was admitted within the walls of the provincial city, but every obstacle continued to be throw in the way of free intercourse. He was succeeded in his Consular duties by Mr. Alcock, and that Gentleman it will be observed from the correspondence we now publish, complains that British subjects are still insulted by the populace of Foo-chow-foo, the local authorities not taking adequate measures to protect them. Fifteen months after the port was nominally opened, Englishmen are sulted with impunity in Foo-chow-foo, and what step have been taken to obtain redress? H. B. M. Plenipotentiary has written an ex- ceedingly silly letter to His Excellency Lew Yunko, Governor General of Fokien and Che- keang, holding out certain obscure threats, that if he does behave better, a vessel of war will be sent to the Peiho with a letter of complaint to the Minister at Peking. We believe thatsuch an impotent threat will have very little effect on the Tartar Governor, who is nearly related to the Emperor he will quietly fight his pipe with it, and smile at the bombastic allusion to the late war, made by the Gentleman with the open and straight forward disposition who does not act without first declaring his views and intentions"-who like the snake rattles his tail before he uses his fangs--or the royal Bengal tiger, roars before he springs on his victim. We can fancy the grim Tartar reading this diplomatic effusion, and than uttering a long drawu, Heigza, how that small a man
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A small bich of very superior Pale Cognac now
on sale.
Me-ses supplied on the most modorate terms. Victoria, 3rd September, 1945.
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LOST OR STOLEN.
Superintendants Ollice Police,
2nd September, 1845.
Liver Colored Spaniel Dog, with white head and neck, legs a little spolted, a few white spots on the lip of tail, about five months old, answers to Dish",
It is requested that the dog be brought to the above odice, and if required a roward will be given.
C. MAY. Superintendent,
C. MARKWICK.
TILL sell by Public Auction at his auction rooms Pottinger Street, on Thursday John Lamont
4th September 1845. (On recount of the un- J. Matheson and Coderwriters,)
Murrow and Co
Russell and Co | Lindsay and Co Boustead and Co Dent and Co
J. Matheson and Co Rossell and Co Dent and Co
A few Bales of white and Groy Shirtings. damage by sea water & sundry other articles. Terms of Sale Cash, before Delirery.. Victoria, 3rd September, 1845.
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TO PASSENGERS AND Sutteenä ver "EMBE Mary Wood" STEAMER,
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G. Livingston and Co PASSENGERS are requested to pay their pas Rypley and Co sage money on or before Tuesday the 20th W. H. Franklyn inst. After this month the Companys regulations at Einery & Frazer all their other stations will be strictly observed. Dent and Co-bero-viz. " No berth or cabin will be secured for J. A. Durran aay passenger until it is paid for. And all paenge Biring and Co money must be paid a fortnight before embarcation. J. Matheson and Co Passengers not proceeding after engaging passage, Wezmore and Co to forfeit one half the amount of passage money.. Holliday, Wise and Co D. & M. R. and Ca Hastings and Co
The 31st instant falling on Sunday Whippers are informed that cargo cannot be received on board after 12 at noon on Saturday, the 20th instant Diron, Gray and Co | Cargo will not be received without an order from Captain the office. Small parcels to he delivered at the J. Hawkingoffsee as or before 7th instant.
Madeas, Dearie and Co G. Livingston and Co J. Matheson and Co
Spy Wooden, Syria Stroyan, Sri Singepera, Farman, Sylph, McDoral, From Jha, (Dutch) ruim Parker, Stratta, Fathicon, (As.) Welber, Fridge Quene, Hart,
Neorying,
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Order
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C. W. Bowra
The Mails for this ponsel will be made up (900 post office notice) on Saturday evening Sho will therefore wil on Monday, the 1st instant at daylight.
JOHN RYAN, P. & O. Steum N. Compunty's Agent. Victoria, 22nd August, 1943