GATION
Lentiary,
the annexed Re British Shipping at published for general
A. R. JOHNSTON. Longkong 5th May, 1847.
REGULATIONS FOR THE ANCHORING OF SHIPPING.
Regula for anchorage, in the Hwang pou, set apart for British ships by His Excellency The Intendent of Circuit for Bao-chow foo, Song- keang foo, and The tseang chow, in concert and nunication with H. B. Majesty's Consul at
In accordance with the 1st Article of the Treaty
THE FRIEND OF CHINA AND HONGKONG GAZETTE.
down, or should any Mo
information thereof
address the Consul
every case examine in wha the Regulations, and whethe
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must in breach of ment or not, and he will adjudicate and punish the res punish - same in one and the same way, as for a Breach of
the Treaty and Regulations,
Taoukwang
Crear, 2d Moon, 6th Day (4th April, 1817
CANTON, 4th May, 1847. TO THE EDITOR OF THE FRIEND OF CHINA
SBA letter appears in your paper of the 1st inst, addressed by Mr Benjamin Seare of this place to Her Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, in which the following paragraphs occor
I am fully aware, my Lord, that it will be adrovce ed by some, that the expression of opinion by the Bri- tish merchants on the 5th, of their wants and require ments WERE of so weak and puerile a character as to desive but little consideration from Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary & &c
Again for one pledge myself to your Lordship,
inity, with numerous olent for local purposes, ected that the aggregate amount of o collection will be very great; their ability, the inhabitants will give liberally we doubt not, however, that in proportion to The ues that hind them to bome are strong, and they do not hear with indifference of the faffliction
ction which has fallen on a section of their Circumstances, for a time, have Countrymen.
made them absentees, but there are few who do not look forward to the period when they wi return to their native land, and some, it may be, to those districts now in distress and calling upon them to aid a virtuous and loyal
peasantry.
After we had penned the above, an anony- mous subscription list was circulated, which was rather unintelligible, and probably met with less support from the uninitiated than it was entitled to. It would have been advisable, as the document itself did not say who circu-
the following me numbers of the Foreign Cas munity were present ?—
R. Alcocka Esq., H. B M. Consul; Right Rev. W Boone, D.D. Roy. T M'Clatchie; Rev. E
W. Lockhart, R. P. Saul, C. Cunningham; C. Syle: Rev. W. C. Shaw; D. Putter; T. Moncreiff A Calder: C. Bates; T'. C. Beale; D. Robertson; Empson, J. Crampton; H. H. Kennedy; and G.
Urmston.
H.B.M. Consul was requested to take the Chair, and the following resolutions were submitted to the
ting and carried unanimously -
meeting
1st, Proposed by Dr Boone, seconded by Mir 71 C. Beale,That whereas it is deemed important for our own personal edification and for the interests of religion that measures should immediately be taken to build a Church and secure the services of & minister of the Gospel for the Foreign Commuany residing at Shanghai; and whereas by the zeal and liberality of Mr T. C. Beale, a lot of land has been recorded and is now tendered for this object, there fore resolved that a Committee of three of our num ber be appointed for us and in our behalf to procure from Mr Beale the aforesaid plot, and to build
of Nan-kin, which provides that the subjects of that had they (the merchants been informed it was lated it, or how the money was to be disposed thereon with all convenient despatch a Church at
the intention of Bir John Davis to stop at the point where he has concluded his operations, they would as of that some intimation had been made through one man have protested against such an unnecessary one of the colonial papers, No doubt mnay of display of power." &c
those whose names will be found on the list, were previously informed that such a paper was to be sent round, and they may also have been intrusted with the names of the parties who acted as a Committee of management on the occasion; but we are sure, that a good ob. ject was injured by the obscure and unwonted way with which it was conducted.
Bath Governmenta ashall enjoy full security and protection for their persons and property within the dominions of the other, and in order more effect ively to guard against accident or collision, and
Now, si, I take the liberty of informing Mr Benja- give the required security to British vessels loading min Scare that the British Chamber of Commerce And discharging goods at Shanghai, it has Leen neither need nor recognise his self-elected advocsey, and least of all such advocacy as that contained in the agreed between the Intendent of Circuit and you
first of there paragraphs; while they distinctly deny the honourable Consul, that the anchorage for Bri
that any sort of right or title resides in Mr Seare to tish vessels to load and unload, heretofore extending pledge their sentiments" as one man" on suy one sub- from the
the Soo chow creck to the Yang-king pang,ject in the whole wide range of thought or thinge Mr shall in like manner as the ground adjoining, allot-
Seare appears fond of this phrase so I suggest to him ted for the residence of British merchants, be subject the following useful application of it-Let him in fu. to all such regulations as may be determined upon ture bear in mind that in all his oratorical essays with the aforesaid object by me the intendent of whether within or without our Chamber, he acts, Circuit in concert and communication with you the speaks and writes, as one man, that is to say, under honourable Consult
his own separate and inalienable individuality, and we shall then have some hope that this is the last occasion upon which his self-love will lead him to mistake the UNIT for the INTEGER.
In accordance with this determination the follow Jag regulations, being thirleen in number, have been fully considered and agreed upon, and are now declared to be in force
I. It being necessary that a passage be always preserved on the east side of the river to afford free communication for vessels of all nations it is clearly agreed that certain limits be laid down within the anchorage for British vessels, viz:--To the north by a line drawn from the north end of the Battery (Consulate Ground) extending across the river due east a distance of 240 poo or 1825 feet (English) from the low water mark upon this line: To the south by a similar and parafiel line drawn from the north bank of the Yang-king pang across the river a distance of 309 poo er 1700 feet (English) from the low water mark thereon. The points at which these lines terminate shall have buoys moor ed over them, that these Anchorage boundaries may be clearly known to be within a line drawn from each buoy North and South; and it becomes impe- rative upon alt Vessels anchoring therein strictly to conform to these limits, and not on any account to beyond them, which would obstruct the passage. tres passage to the home for cargo. boats, and along the west shore for the towing of the gralo Junks, shall be maintained.
III. All Vessels must be moored, as has been heretofore provided, within the period of two tides from the time of their arrival at the Anchorage; and In no case can a Vessel after she is moored, move or shift her berth without permission from the British Consul.
IV. Whenever more than fifteen vessels shall be in this Anchorage at one time, it shall be imperative upon the master or officer in charge of each Vessel within the limits, to moor his ship head and stern with two Anchors, to prevent collision in swinging, and to provide space for an increased number of Vessels.
V. Masters requiring to beach their Vessels for the purpose of inspection or repair, must apply at the British Consulate for instructions.
VI. No goods can be landed, shipped, or traps shipped, without the proper chop from the Chinesa Authorities, or between sunset and sunrise, or Sa. turday evening and Monday morning. In like manner the same regulation holds on all such Chi- nese Fustival days as shall be duly notified by the Chiese Authorities to the British Coneul.
VII. The discharge of Fire-arms from the Mer. chant Vessels in the Anceorage is strictly prohibited. VIII. All cases of death on board a Vessel in the Anchorage shall be reported at the British Consu. lale within twenty-four hours, together with the best formation attainable as to the cause of death in cases of sudden demise.
IX. Sesmen and persons belonging to the Ves sels in the Anchorage are not to be permitted to go on shore without a responsible Officer in charge, the Masters bemg held distinctly responsible for the conduct of their men on shore. In the event of a
Jany. men on liberty renewing on shore after subsent,
1 concede to Mr Seare the full and free exposition of his opinions. 1 stoutly support his right of inflict- jog a chastising eloquence upon Sir John Davie, and strong language upon the Foreign Secretary, am charged with his modesty, but captivated with his I admire the force and brilliancy of genuousness, his rhetoric only one degree less than the unassailable sequiturs of his logic; but here my admiration coasen- Air Scare himself is the object of my idolatry as BIM str. as emphatically distinguished from our Chamber of Commerce.
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Under any other circumstances I should apologize 10 Mr Seare for introducing his name into a public letter while I scrupulously reserve my own-y plea of our cause he has alreatly grown into an Astatic Cele that he has made it MORTAL-s putative champion
brity, while that "strong language" of his bas only to reach the shares of England to erect bim into a European one- Trusting this word of advice written in great haste will not be thrown away, I remain, Mr Editor, your most humble servant,
NOTICE.
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THE FRIEND OF CHINA
AND HONGKONG GAZETTE,
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, MAY 8TH, 1847.
Victoria, 21st April, 1847.
NOTICE The hours of Divine Service in the Coco NIAL CHAPEL are, on Sundaysat & past 10 A.M, and P. M. and on Thursdays at į past 6 PM.
VINCENT STANTON,
Colonial Chaplain.
NOTICE-The hours of Public Worship in the UNION CHAPEL, at present are 11 A. M., and 6 P. M.
Victors, 3d May, 1817,
We understand that Sir John Davis has aban- doned his projected expedition to Cochin. China. The undertaking was suggested by Lord Auckland six months ago, and under more favourable auspices it may prove benefi. cial to commerce.
"A collection will be made after the mòra- ing and afternoon services in the colonial cha- pel, on Sunday next (to-morrow) in relief of the destitute in Ireland and Scotland."
The advertisement which appears in our co- Inmns intimates that the funds are to be remit ted to the "British Association for the relief of extreme distress in the remote parishes of Ire- land and Scotland." The publicity now given, with the paragraph appended to the list by the Colonial Chaplain, will perhaps facilitate its progress in Canton, and we have only to ex press regret that, in the most remote degree, the object should have been defeated here by the way in which it was gone about by-we really don't know who.
We congratulate the Government Journal on being supported in his views of the Compton case by such an authority on civil law as the Naval and Military Gazette! That chronicler of courts martial, laced jackets, shakos, gilt stuffed by some of his correspondents in this buttons, and brass spurs, has probably been
quarter, and out he comes with a regular "Ge- neral Order" article, impugning the decision of the Lord Chief Justice, on a matter of which the editor is just as qualified to judge as he is upon the abolition of the Corn Laws; and his opinion on the one is as valuable as upon the other. In its own sphere, the Naval and Military Gazette is a very interesting paper. The friends of Ensign Blake--or Ensign Blake himself-may be delighted to see in print that the young hero has got a month's leave to shoot snipes on his father's estate in the bogs of Allan; or that he mounted guard at a county town during the Assizes, and afterwards had the honour of dining with the Mayor and Magistrates. We quarrel with no man be- cause of his vocation; but the editor of the blue and red would show more good sense, were he to confine his observations to the two noble services of which he professes to be the oracle. The Mail says he is told that the Times and Morning Chronicle have expressed opinions similar to those entertained by the Naval and Military Gazette. We have not a file of the Chronicle to refer to, and the only reference to China we observe, in the Times, is an extract from a letter, unaccompanied with a single editorial remark, But more of the letter and its author next week.
The concluding paragraph in the Naval and Military Gazette is so applicable to recent events that we venture to publish it ;
the deck of a man-of-war, would be liable to admoni lor found smoking on an unauthorised part of tion or minor punishment for irregularity, but what
would be the fate of an individual found amoking in the magazine?
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We regret to observe that the Police Magis trale has again been intrusted with power to award corporal punishment; not that we con- sider flogging altogether unsuitable to the cri- minal population of
the master is required without delay to send an off-portion of the lower classes in the United knowledge of the colony, but from our.
eer to find and take them on board, and if he fail, to report the same at the British Consulate, in order
bat investigation may be made,
X Accidents of violence occurring within the limus of the Anchorage, involving personal injury, Joss of life, or property, from the collision of Vessels Late as soon as practicable and in cases of theft, or
or other causes, to be retorted at the British Consu
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From causer beyond human control, a large Kingdom are in the greatest distress for the absolute necessaries of life. To alleviate their Ireland alone £800,000 a month being estis sufferings the Government is expending in mated by the Chancellor of the Exchequer that ten millions sterling will be required to carry out the projected schemes for relief during the present year or rather until the end of August but should the pointo crop
f the sanguinary and merciless disposition with which it was inflicted in for mer years, We will not drag before our read
be fresh in their recollection. Neither would ers the disgusting details of the past the atro cities perpetrated in the name of Justice must
we impugn the rectitude of the gentleman hold. ing the office of Chief Magistrate, as we be lieve in a great degree he acts under orders, but we blame him for submitting to the dictum
an expense not exceeding $8,000, the said Church to contain 60 or more pews, capable of accomma. dating 300 persons at least, and also to build a par sonage at an expense not exceeding $4,000.
2d, Proposed by Mr Beale, seconded by Mr Kennedy,That upon the completion of the Church the Building Committee shall request H. B. M's Consul to call a Meeting of the Foreign Commu nity to convene at the Church, at which Meeting they shall offer 50 pews for sale at an upset price of $200 each, in order to defray the expenses of building the Church and Parsonage aforesaid, and that the remainder of the pews be set apart as free eittings.
Sd, Proposed by Mr C. Shaw, seconded by Mr D. Potter, That in order to secure a fund for the maintenance of a Minister, each pew sold shall be liable to an annual assessment of 850 to be paid to the vestrymen of the Church,
4th, Proposed by Mr Calder, seconded by Mir Empson, That after the sale of the pews above mentioned it shall be the of the Building Com
hall be the dig of the Pew-holders. mittee to procure 汨 who shall elect six of their number to act as vestry. men, to whom and their successors in office the Building Committee shall convey the Church to bo taken by them for the Pew-holders, held for ever in trust to be used for the worship of Almighty God, according to the forms of worship and discipline of the Church of England; to secure which chiect the aforesaid deed of conveyance shall be duly re- corded in the office of H. B. M's Consul.
5th. Proposed by Mr Moncreiff, seconded by Mr Shaw, That the vestry men shall also procure the conveyance to themselves of the aforesaid lut and parsonage, to be held by them and their se cessors in office for ever in trust for the use of the said Church and for the accommodation of its mi- nisters
6th, Proposed by Mr M Culloch, seconded by the Rev. P. M Clutchie,That the vestrymen elected as above mentioned, shell continue in office until the Easter Monday next ensuing, and that upon that day and ever after there shall be held anneally on Easter Monday by the Pew-bolders an elecion for six vestymen to serve for one year, there being allowed a vote to the holder of each pew on which The assessment has been paid.
7th, Proposed by Mr Potter, seconded by Mr Saul. That it shall be the privilege of the Minister to appoint one of the vestrymen elected as aforesaid to act as worden, and that the vestrymen shall elect from their number another to act with him, and that thenceforth the name and style of this body shall be, The Rector, Wardens, and Vestrymen of Tri- nity Church, Shanghai
Mr Potter, That another Committee of three be 8th, Proposed by the Rev. E. Syle, accorded by appointed by the Chair to write to the Secretaries of our agents to procure for us a Clergyman of the the Chruch Missionary Society to request them as
Church of England, to whom they shall be authori zed to offer on our behalf a salary of £500 Sterling per annum, and a house.
9th, Proposed by the Rev. T. M'Claichie, 'se. conded by Mr Shaw, That all powers not above. mittee, or the Committee for granted that may be needed by the Building Com of a Clergyman to accomplish the objects for which for securing the services
they were appointed be, and the same are hereby conferred on the said Committee respectively.
10 Proposed by Dr Boone, Seconded by Mr M'Culloch, That the Building Committee be ap pointed by the Chair, and pursuant to resolutions 1 and 10 the following gentlemen were nominated from the Chair to constitute a Building Committes, -Messrs W. P. Pierce, T. Beale, and C. Shaw.
11th, Proposed by Rev. E Syle, seconded by Mr T. Beale, That Dr Booge's game be added to the Building Committee.
W. Boone, D D., Res, 7. M'Clatchie, and Mr C. the Chair to form a corresponding Committee The following Gentlemen were announced from
in pursuance of Resolution 8 The Right Rev Empson,
12th, Proposed by Dr Boone, seconded by Mr Potter, That H. B. M. Consuls name be added In the Corresponding Committe
13th, Proposed by Mr Beale, seconded by Rer.
earbest zeal and really beneficial and krud Bssistance in matut ing this mos orsirable undertaking.
_continue or an indefinite period, Govern doug so, he degrades the civil law, and renders Meeting be offered to Dr Boone for again fail, the drain upon the Exchequer will ofany man as long as he is on the bench by T. M'Catchie That the warmest thanks of this extent ment has thus indicated a reputation for a
1 subservient to the Executive Government: paternal regard The ver classes and the
and we fear, though he may not be aware of For off
rich are not individually callous to the suffer.
it, that he is
injuring his future prospects. It ings of their less fortunate fellow subjects In the large cities and towns an appeal has Jations been made to the charitable and it has been
the glory of a free people, that the Govern 14th 1 B. M's Consul having left the Chair, it ment has no control over the judges of the landy and it is the disgrace of despotisms that
they have.
More discretion more discrimination, may be exercised for the pture then avas displayed thizing the past and wo
bat ryhen the tests nwarded, the culprit will not have the option of purchasing a remission by a sma
Best
That the thanks of the Meeting be offered was proposed by Atr Kennedy seconded by Mr to H. B. Mr Coped for his able conduct in the
The Mesling was then adronedass die
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