FRIEND OF CHINA AND HONGKONG GAZETTE
OVERLAND MAIZ.
(LONDON JULY 24.)
The Bragança arrived on Sunday morning at ten o'clock with the overland mail of the 24th ly and four passengers, Vessrs Dunlop, Wills. Hogg and Mouncy. But for some unusual de lention at Suez, she would have been two days earlier being a much more powerful and swift vens than the Lady Mary Wood,
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resign the offices held by Ordnance, as Secretar Hursey, the Mayor the 9th of July, while
fatality, one of the persi for the body, was drown John Holt Stanway, one of the Manchester Diach absconded; and, it is
misappropriated moneze lodged character of Diaal Aantworp
Of matters peculiarly Chinese, thereis very slight notice. The market for will is firm: Teatlee, from fair to rood quality having changed hauls at 1.209, par lhr. At the last public sale 3,000 bales of
Bengal and Chiba raw silk were sold at, for Bennica. There is no ressort to “à gal dites, and Chinese an advance. The Tea marut is heavy, and prices on the decline in consequence of large arrivals of the herb In Manchester, and the manufacturing districts, the Vines steady and prices firm, though not much animation among buyers of goods. For yarns, the demand exceeds pro- duction, and coute numbera have an upward ten- dency
Mr. Davis has been created a Baronet Sir Heory Pattinger been presented with the freedom or London; and General Jackson, the venerable ex.president of the United States and the hero of New Orleans, is no more. Mr. Davis' claims to the honour that has been conferred upon him we are Ignorant of. We have heard, however, that before he nccepted of his present office, the Baronetcy was stipulated for, and ministers have of course kept faith with him. It will be remembered that eighteen months ago appointments in Hongkong were literally abegging in London. The prejudice was strong against the place, and it was with dif only that suitablo parties could be prevailed upon to accept of offices that would now be eager Jy sought after. This, and his supposed qualifica tions from a long residence in China, probably in- duced Her Majesty's advisers to promise the honger they have conferred open Mr. Davis, now Sir John Francis Davis Baronet.
Che subject of Indian appointments, we ob serve a curious fact stated by Lord Campbell in the House of Lords. The office of Advocate General for Bengal, worth from £10,000 to £11,000 a your,cant by the death of Mr. Lyall, has been refused by from eight to ten individuals as not being consistent with their professional views. It has since been accepted by a Mr. Colvile of about ten years standing at the bar.
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render an account of soms amount of 0,0002,--A woma in her thirtieth year, has been well for a week, from the for attempting to kill her. pritoner tried to throw stie lehit old, into the Thames, dier25 friars Bridge, and when she endeavoured to thrustion s of waggons which said, was that she could dro Meetings are being held towns in the kingdom, for the sufferers by the late fire verpool subscription amounted a meeting in Manchester in meeting, ad even in Pari
10th September, 1845.
EXTRA.
At a quarter past 4, the Royal yacht hove in sight, on her return to Spithead, followed by the Princess Alice and Fairy tender, which came up to Spithead about 5, when the Hibernie manned yards, saluted, and her crew cheered. Thoir Ma- jesties then proceeded to Osborne house.
We should not omit to state, that the Agincourt merchant ship, belonging to Mr. Green, of Black- wall, went to windward of all the squadron in a very short space of time...
On 16th July, the fleet was off Brixham, about twenty miles to leeward, werking down Channel, in two divisions, as on starting, the Admiral in the St. Vincent, 120, leading the starboard line, and Capt. Wills, in Vanguard, 80, the port line. In the former line St. Vincent, Queen, 110, and Albion, 90, were sailing well, but Trafalgar, 120, had o great press of sail to keep her station as the second ship. In the other line. Vanguard, 80 and Canopis, 84, were sailing well, but Canopus had carried away her toretopsail yard in reefing topsails. Rodney. 92, not sailing quite so well as the others, aid Superb, 90, considerably astern.
had been captured, were die-box and appearing to watch the result of the They resolved to mur- | giant race with the greatest interest. At a quarter- and, seizing an unguarded past 2 the squadron had rounded the Nab, and though not without receiv. hauled up to the southward. At half past 2 signal mselves; and they threw the was made to form the order of sailing-in two co- They then fired upon the lumus and the ships which from their more rapid vis in company, and sailed away, sailing were in advance, had to shorten sail to take owever, the vessel was captor their proper stationn. At 3 o'clock they all made and the prisoners were sent sail to the starboard fack, and in a quarter of an
They have been fully com- hour afterwards were invisible from Spithead
mber of this paper, some particu tive to the upsetting of a slave. mie, ou board which the reassacre had been perpetrated. That vessel the Star, and sent to Sierra Leone, Wilson and nine men. Whilst gerduring a heavy squall, the schooner filed and sank, so as only to leave part her bowrail above water. When the squali pas- hole of the crew were found clinging wait Some expert divers attempted to malfrom the vessel, but without suc. ing but death stared them in the face, asgradually sinking. Lieutenant ined that there were three coMMON the party, and it was resolved to the main boom and gaff, and such aterials as remained above water, by such ropas as could be cut ve from the rigging, and a small quantity wag retained to make good any defects a by the working of the spara; a odding aul was obtained for a Africa, distant 200 miles, with to be opened. An alarming on Liver out, rudder, oar, compass, provisions or water. pool on the 13th of July. Arist langan Being almost naked, and washed by every wave, men attended a funeral in processi with orange their sufferings were very great. Fumishe for ribbons attached to black sashes. their reters food and drink, scorched by a burning sun during a mob of Irish Roman Catholics i Fed them and the day, and chilled with cold during the night, some policemen who accompanied the precison they has remained 20 days. Delirium and death A general combat with stones and ickbait ensues; free kevent the raft of part of its load of misery; two and the Orangemen were ut ht, “geren of blacks were the first to sink under their sufferings the Catholics uud one Ori ilhan, who weretur, Showers of rain occasionally fell; they caught rested for the riot, have been committed for trial at some water in their little sail, which they drank, the Sessions. One of thetection to the Lotion and put some into a small keg that had floated out and York Group of Railwayar be
of the vessel. That sea was almost always break- unset over the spare of the raft, which was surround- Rose ed by voracious sharks. The famishing sailors myvictually might with a bowling kno a shark 8 fret jeeted in teninth with their bare hands, and hauled it upon ng Li, the rail - "they"Killed it, drank the blood, and ate art of the desh, husbanding the remainder. In ay, the eas lais way three other sharks were taken, and s been faths upon those sharks the poor fellows managed to. in the prolong their lives till picked up (in sight of the Tanu) in what may be termed the very Zero of living; misery. · · Lient. Wilson and four seamen braucht-issurvived and recovered their strength. Order and Town discipline were maintained upon the raft; fortitude,
forethoug 1. à relance upon divine Providence, and | ood conduct, enable these Englishmen to sur mount such horrible sufferings, whilst the Kroomen and Portuguese sank under them.
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of the inquiry to the vario schemes were submitted to dispensi amounted to about 3000aldaysof bridge across the Sovern for the verpool Junction Ra Iwify wolild on in length, and that across a tulal. E timated cost, 800,000. A project
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In the abituary are the names of Earl Grey; Sir WS. Wiseman Bart; Lady Louisa Forbes,ed for uniting the Great Wester daughter of the Earl of Wemyss and March; the Earl of Dunmore; Major General Ready; Hon. E. A. Lambert, son of the late Earl of Cavan ; Mr. John Adolphus the celebrated Barrister; Dwa gor Lady Darrant, relict of Sir Thoma Durrant Bronet, Sir J. E. Honeywood Bart; Viscount Canterbury; Lord Bateman; Mr. Alex. Murray M. P. for the Stewarty of Kirkcudbright; Mr. E. B. Clive M. P. for Hereford.
Chain Berkeley's motion to address the crown in favor of giving increased remuneration to the soldiers and sailors employed in China, has been ls, on the ground that as there was no declaration of war in China, the seizures were the nature of reprisals, not prizes, and to such the troops had no right..
The General Orders of Major General D'Aguilar
in the case of Lieutenant J. A. Macdonald have given rise to a good many remarks. The Gene ral's condemnation of duelling is highly cominend- ed, but the terms of his order are severely criticis. ed. (So writes the correspondent of the Straits Times.)
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to Shoreditch, under the New Square, and then turning off. By tunnels, Tottenham Court Road, Somers King's Cross, Islington and the thrnie's are to be benefited: A few works and a 'sche pounded for superseding, omnibus,
angling London in the line of tegent Stree haring Cross, the Strand, and ho on to the tions at the principal Ponite The Bad many of the nobility and pant illustration of this occuruh at the Warwickshire Quarter Sessions, wheema yrohero on cam mitment had made a pamlesion to: Lồnd Lift (which was taken down by his favdět D), was quited in consequence of no person in court being able to decipher his lordshuset mang, ont drag Prof-ssor Buckland has his for some time in his possession the bones of ha Vifirda!" disc red in a cave. He believes them to be those of the hybua; but not being quite certain on the point, he be poke the skeleton of an old hyena, now in the Sur. rey Zoological Gardens, and which bone the
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The Experimental Squadron was passed on 19th July, in lat. 491 lon. 5 43 off the Land's end, under a heavy press of canvas, making all sail to the westward; a schooner-rigged yacht, supposed to be the Kestrel, Commodore the Earl of Yar- brough, a long way ahead of all, and a three- decker a long way a-head of the fleet; the part- cular vessels could not be picked out, from the dis tance, but they appeared to be trying their sailing qualities.
ATPOINTMENTS.
Commander-J. Cawley, to Resistance.
* Lieutenants-T, Cochrane, to Collingwood; I. Percival, W. W. South, and J. Brown, to be Agents for Mails; A. P. F. Wilmot to be Flag-Licut, to Vice Adm. Sir W. Parker, R. Phillips, to com- mand the Bloodhound.
Muster-E. J. P. Pern, of Royal Sovereign, yacht, to command Athol, troop-ship, **/. Mate-W. W. Addington, to Hibernia. Surgeon-R..D.. Pritchard, to Calliope. Assistant Surgeons-D. Synie, to Hibernia
Douglas, to Vernon
MILITARY.
At Winchester Assizes, n trus bill, for the wil- ful murder of Mr. Seton was found against Lisate- nanis Hawkey and Pym. The accused did not surrender, --The advantage of the now muskets over the old ones formerly in use, is most fally demonstrated. Out of a thousand of the new muskets recently tried for four days, the oaps hav ing been proviously steeped in water over night, not one missed firo.-Lieut. Butler, 55th, Capr. | Walker, 62th, Lient. Addison, 70th, and Lieut. Crawford, 934, have become students at the Mili tary College.
srimentál Squadron left Partsmouth on At 25 minutes to 12 o'clock the Royal special train, conveying Her Majesty and Prince Albert, and their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians, arrived at Gosport terminus. The *Royal standard was immediately Roisted, the guard "SIVA." OR THE DESTROYING POWER-Under presented arias, and then Her Majesty and suite, this title has been exhibited, in King street, West accompanied by the Lieutenant-Governor and Staff,minster, an electric gun, the invention of a gentle- and the Lords of the Admiralty, drove to the Claman named Boningfield, and its extraordinary once Victuilling yard. Her Majesty, leaning an powers has caused so great a sensation among ini- the arid of the King of the Belgians, and followed litary men, as an engine of warfare, that the Duke by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, who gave of Wellington a few days since personally inspect. his arm to the Queen of the of the Belgians, om-ed it, and his Grace not only expressed his admi- barked in the new State barge, accompanied by ration of the inventive faculties of Mr. Beningfield, their suites, and were steered by Lord Adolphus bat his astonishment at the rapidity and precision
Her Majesty and family are at Osborne house - Isle of Wight, wher they continue till after the property of Mr. Cross gym than thirtysnimiycare Faszeluruhce to the Victoria and Albert, which lay with which so great a number of bullets could ba prorogation of parliament. It is said that the go, in order that he may compare his bottes with out a short fistance in the harbour. As soon as | discharged in a minate, observing at the sang
Queen dowager intends visiting Scotland. The King and Queen of the Belgiaus have gone back to their own country. On the 9th July, John Kent Egerton Holmes, Esq was married to the Hon. Matilda Mary Annesley, third daughter of Viscount - Valentia. On the same day Edward Lord Bishop of Salisbury was united to the rion. Clementina Baillie Hamilton, youngest daughter ofthe late Achdeacon Baillie Hamilton. On the 17th Viscount Lascelles, oldest son of the Earl of Harwood, was married to Lady Elizabeth Joanne De Burgh, eldest daughter of the Marquis of Cla- incarde. Lord Macdonald is to be united to Miss Wyndham, Lord A. Hervey to Miss Chestes; Sir Thomas Hesketh Bart to a sister of the Earl of Pomfret; and the sister of Sir Thomas Hesketh
to the eldest son Sir Lawrence Palk Bart.
The inteligence from America is unimportant.
if we except the death of General Jacks in, which took place at his residence, the Hermitage at 6 o'clock on the evening of the 8th of June. The General through life was a stern and consistent republican, and though a Sollier, he was the leader of the democratic party. The Hon. Le Maclean of Baltimore has been appointed Minister to Evg. land. Afe Maclean's sentiments accord with those of the Administration at Washington on the Texas and Oregon questions. The aspect of annexation has undergone no nhange. Captain Elliot bad us-- rived at New Orleans from Texas, and Mr. Shan- pon, late U. 5. Minister to Mexico had arrived from Vera Cruz. An American squadron was at asehor of Galveston, binds firesence may have some influence on the decision of Mexico for peace
et war.
PRECIS OF MISCELLANEOUS EVENTS.
The following is a list of all pensions granted between the 20th of June, 1814, and the 20th day of June, 1945, and charged upon the Civil List Patrick Frazer Tytler, Esq., as an historien, 2001 Mrs Jane Hood, wife of Thomas Hood, Esq. 1007 Sasan Robertson, Alary Robertson, Eleanor Ro- bertson, and Elizabeth Robertson, daughters of Lest Col. Robertson Macdonald, and grand-daugh- ters of the late Principal Robertson, in considera- fun of the eminent literary merits of their grand. wither as an historian, 50%. each; Jane Caroline Bodden, and Frances Agnes Stoddart, sisters of te Lieut-Col Stoddart, murdered at Bokhara, inconsideration of the services of their brother, Th, each; Mademoiselle Augusta Emma D'Este, la consideration of her just claims on the Royal
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those found in the cave. The old hyena isazion ever, perverse, and will not die to gratify Professor Backland. The Professor called as the Gardens some short time since to inquire after his säiheet vi he found him alive and healthy rtHeimaylsurvive. myself" said the Professor; and thus inayoba that a great geological theory is kept in suspense by the perverse vitality of an old hyena,
NAVAL AND MILITARY
NAVAL
The Hibernia, 100. Capt. P flag of Vico-Admiral Big W. Paul for the Mediterrane Polar Danish frigate, Capt. Steen Hille-s vonport on the 11th Jul for the
Chinn.-The Heroine & Lent,
10, Lieut. Earle, from the cost
Biltra, 16, Com. Peel from the Cage paid off —The Siren, ToyCost Edgel, for the Mediterranean.
The Royal standart was transferred from the bow time, that the Government ought not to lasa sight of the barge to the main of the yacht, a salute of such a destructive power description of it thundered out from the old Victory, which was may not be uninteresting to our redésre: It is6 kaken up by the Excellent and some of the yach small carriage, running upon a pair wheels, and When the yacht rounded the Spit-buoy, the St. may be drawn by one horse at ten miles per hour. Finein led off with a Royal salute, which was When in position, it has a third wheel attached. taken up and continued by the other ships of the by which it traverses with ense and steadiness. It squadron. » The men-of-war were drawn up in the is light, and, we may say, elegant in appearance; usual order, grim and silent-ports open, guns run the barrel for discharging the bullets is over the out--sparcels a living sauf to be seen on board body of the machine, so that the engineer who The Royal yacht was slowly proceeding between works it is supplied with balls by two chambare, the starboard and farboard divisions. Three little one of which is fixed, the other a moveable one, laga are iun ap to the Admiral's main, and in an which is called the volley chamber, which may be instant the #glog appears instinct with life-the made to contain any number of balls. This boing yards and corlage swarm with men, until at last | constructed only for exhibition, contains, when they take their stand in spering rows of duck | charged, but 50 ; but in actual warfare 200 would and | frocks and trousers, and out come three thundering bela more efficient number, when from 1,000 to cheers für sho, Queen. Another signal from the 1,200 could be discharged per minute! Theso and the | Adiniral, and as if by magic the gaskets were cast volleys are shot off in quick succession, and while hart heat off, and down came the sweeping folds of the can being reloaded, the stationary chamber continues sailed ass, and the bar outlines of masts and rope were to supply the barrel, so that a constant dischargo in de | īɗcan Instant concealed by a mass of sail At 20 maintained, if required, for months. The ballets | The Cambrian, 36, has arrived from China at minutes to 1 signal was made from the flag-ship, | are jths of an inch in diameter, but in actual ser- Spithead with the residue of the Chinese mousy. St. Vincent, to weigh, and at i the whole squadron vice, the apparatus being but little enlarged, would 2,000,001 dollars.
comprising the St. Fiacent, 120, Capt. Rowley, I discharge tails one juch in diameter with increased | The Actice, 35, has been launched at Chatham. fng of Rear Admiral Hyde Parker, Commander force. The bullets now used are calculated to kill The tig re-head is a beautiful likeness of her pre-in-Chief of the Squadron; the Trafalgar, 120. at the distance of a statute mile, they pass freely Majesty Queen Victoria. The ship bas an elegant Capt. Martin; the Queen, 110, Capt. Sir B. Walker; through a three inch plank, which, in volley, firing, | elliptical stern. Her hunching draught of water, the Rodney, 92, Capt. Collier; the Albion, 90 Capt. is tom to atoms by their force, but if discarged n- on being moored alongside the Izza, was 18 feet 2 Lockyer; the Canopus, 84, Capt. Moresby; the gainst an iron target they are dashed to pieces, and inches fore, and 12 feet 10 inches aft. Her die Vanguard 80, Capt. Willes; the Superb, 90, Capt. if into a solid log of wood, they are often found mensions are as follows-Length between per Curry and the Rattler screw steam-sloop, Com-welded together, appearing to be mild by a pendiculars. 100 feet; length of keel for tonnage, mander Smith, were under sail. The Trafalgar anifusion. Many military and naval oflene have 130 feet 9} in extreme breadth, 48 feet 9 in ; was fast to complete the setting of her sails, which declared it as engine, much more to be feared, breadth for tonnage, 48 feet 4 ja, ; toonage, old were the same as those of the other vessels→fore, | either on shore or afloat, than any weapon now in iate, 1,62731.91, new, 1,021 877.8509.
main, and mizen, toysails, topgallantssils, and re-use. The cost of keeping it in action, requiring We regret ti announce the death of Commander | yals, foresails and jibe; but the Rodney was first Gae men in eighteen hours, would he under 10, John Ludwick on the coast of Africa, from fever, under way, the Superb being second. The usual i throwing more bullets than two regiments, ocha He had obtained his promotion in April last for that effect of the firing was visible in the lull of the litle gallant but a successful attack (in which he was breeze that existed before, and the squadron had severely wounded) with a hero arew balunging soon to run out their stuffingsails to get any to the Grouter, steamshop on the gotorious slave beadway upon them. Presently, however, the felucca, a terwards captured,
breeze camo creeping up, and after a few Bourishes The war-brig Rapid having arrived et Plymouth, and as paws sailed down to a weak puffy sont with part of the crew of a captured slaves, charged of brezze in S. W. until 20 elock, when itfireshened with murdering Mr. Palmer, a milchipman, and and blew steadily. Great specolution existed as sight of the crew of the Queen's slong: the to which would be the 5mt round the Nah, bat it prisoners, ten in number, eight Portuguese and two was soon evident that the Queen in the light breeze Spaniards, were examined before the Mayor and was drawing fast a-head, the Rotary being second Magpirates of Plymouth. A native of 1965- the Albion dend to leeward of the tires ; then the terof a slave-schoonar captured by the Way, who Trafalgar, the Campus, the Vanguard, and lastly was present at the mare, mid he tried to dissuade the S. Fincast for Majesty's yacht, with the the murderers from it. According to his evidence, Royal standard dying, surrounded by thousands in the Englishman were put on board the schooner; the hired steamers, de, stood boldly out to sea in and the accused, who formed part of the crew of the the van, Hé Quee standing by the larboard pade,
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working nine hours, whose expenditure of car tridges would be 3,5004, besides the cast of pay, rstions, wear and tear, and casualties. The power
excited to a few fainates, and kept ensTFIN under control with perfect caen, and without (a least danger to any hut those againas, whón fit may |re directed. *
9812-Major Erde is to be embark for China.
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