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Journal of Occurrences.
JAN.
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Macao, 24th December, 1849.
Jeronimo Bishop of Macus—Jourţuim Antonio de Morum Carneira, &c.
Immediately on receipt of this, the tsotảng, through whom it was sent, in- timated that the bead and hand were at the disposal of the Council, and after so se delay the relics were delivered up on the loth inst, to a commission appointed for the purpose, on board a lorcha off the Praya Grande. They were weil preserved and easily identified, and were carried to the chapel in the palace, where service for the dead was performed by Bishop Matta; the flags were at baif-mast and minute guns were fired on the melancholy occasion.
The following Regulations have been published by the Consular Agent at Whampoa for the guidance of masters of British ships. They show the re- sult of long experience in relation to the dealings between foreign seamen and the Chinese, and that prevention of intercourse is the best remedy for the evils which once were connected with it. It is a melancholy reflection that seamen coming to this heathen land from a Christian country must be sat up like convicts on board their ships during their stay in port, in order to prevent them from injuring themselves and others. It recalls to mind. the anecdote we once heard a sailor narrate: That a little girl was once crossing the gangway of a man of war, and as she stepped over and looked up and down the deck, she caught her mother's dress in terror, exclaiming, Look, mamina! so many sailors, and they are all loose!—We hope the day is not far distant when seamen in herthen countries will be an honor to, and for the advancement of the holy religion they profess in name, and not a reproach by their intemperance and folly.
Regulations for Masters of British vessels and others at the Anchorage of Whampoa.
1. The consular offices are open from 10 a.M. to 4 P.M. daily, with the exception of Sunday, and such holydays as public offices in England are closed.
11. Masters are required, within twenty-four hours after arrival, to deposit with H. M.'s Consul at Canton, their vessel's certificate of registry or suling-letter. Bocca Tigris pass, and manifest of cargo, after which due permission will be obtained to break bulk. III. Except in the case of vessels belonging to H. M.'s colonies and possessions abroad, masters are required, within forty-eight hours after arrival, to deposit, or cause to be deposited, with the consular agent at this anchorage, the agreement with the crew, together with an account at the foot of such agreement, of all apprentices on board, set- ting forth their Christian and surnames at full length, the dites of the registry of their indentures and assignments respectively, and the ports at which, and the times when they were registered; and also all indentures and assignments of apprenticeships, and the register tickets of all the crew who shall be subjects of her Majesty, the whole to be kept by him during the ship's stay, and, excepting the register tickets of deserters, to be returned to the master a reasonable time before departure.
IV. The laws of England are in tull force, regard being had to the difference of local circumstances, and to the provisions of ordinances for Her Majesty's subjects within any vessel at a distance of not more than one hundred miles from the coast of China. The consular agent calls especial attention to the Act 7 & 8 Victoria, Cap. 112, to amend and consolidate the laws relating to merchant seamen, which Act, except so far as re- lates to agreements, register tickets, and having apprentices, applies to ships belonging to all Her Majesty's colonies and possessions abroad when at this anchorage; and all certificates and sanctions required to be endorsed on agreements, shall, in the case of these ships be otherwise given in writing when no written agreement exists. This act enacts that no seaman can be shipped, discharged, or left behind, without the previous sanction of the consular functionaries in writing; and they are instructed by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that great care must be taken that such discharge is never sanctioned except in cases of absolute necessity. In those cases where offenders may be given in charge legally without the previous issue of a warrant, application is required to be inade to the constable at the office of the consular agent.
V. Seamen and other persons dying on board, stone and other ballast, are prohibited from being thrown overboard.
VI. Cleanliness in this climate being indispensable for the preservation of the health