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exposures of the coolie trade. It is as-Tientsin, may be realized. The Chinese "sorted by those who have good means of are a set of fools for allowing the Quinas "knowing that Senhor Amaral, who en- "joys the honor of representing the coolie "It is the easiest thing possible for them to "Portuguesas to continue flying at Macao. olony in the Portuguese parliament, has take the place. There are neither forces A pecome alarmed lest the thorough venti"nor nunitions of war here, and as for "lation of abuses recently commenced "the officers, with the exception perhaps *should lead to legislation likely to preju- "of Sr. Horta and Commandant Cunba as "dice the interests of the pig-dealers! And "artillerymen, the rest must yet be taught "influenced by him the Government has "the Tactica Elementar. "sent out orders to hush up the whole af "than that which Ward or Burgevine com- A smaller force *fair.

With all due respect for the repre- 'sentative of so honorable, humane, and whole place, forts and all, in less than six "manded at Shanghai would take the "disinterested a constituency, we venture "hours. Neither England, France or other "to express a slight doubt of the success of "nation would interfere; and as for the "his praiseworthy efforts to shield his friends. "Macaistas, they ought to chant a Te £2,000 have already found their way to "Deum wheu such an event takes place. "Lisbon, it is said, for purposes which it "With Macao us Chinese territory the "would not particularly gratify either the "Macaistas will share better in China, and "gendors or recipients to have exposed, batas Portuguese subjects, be much better "even £2,000 will scarcely outweigh years represented than they are now. "of kidnapping, piracy and frand upon un-

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gal would necessarily have to send out We wish a good man to be their Consul General "Ex-Governor Amaral joy of his attempt "and Judge to reside at Macao, and the "to stifle the matter, and are sorry to add "Macaistas would govern themselves with "his name to the distinguished list of be- "a Municipal Council, which would no "nevolent men who have earned for Macao!" doubt be established at other Chinese "its present character."---China Mail May 5,

The following is from our Macao our-lized to be allowed to have a Colony so "ports. Portugal is not sufficiently civi- "respondont-- What you said the other "near an English Colony as Macao is to "day under the heading of Suppressio "Hongkong-"-China Mail, May 3 "Veri' is unfortunately quite true. "know for certain that Viscount de Praya Poo, a weekly newspaper in the Portuguese Mr Souza, the Proprietor of the Echo do "Grande did send out most positive in- language in Hongkong, also published an "structions to institute proceedings against article in that paper on the Coolie Trade. "the Procurador, the Chief Interpreter, "and the Superintendent.

The articles appear to have given offence "These in- to the persons then constituting the Gov- "structions came, Or at least they erment of Macao. "arrived here, when Governor Horta was Governor Ponta e Horta made no commu- His Excellency the then "absent; 1 doubt of course whether uiuation to the Government of this Colony "Sr. Horta felt disposed to carry out the on the subject, but he communicated to the "orders; but he would have had to do so Cousul, who is merely a commercial agont "if the last Ministry had remained in here, with directions to take the legal steps. "power; but the Chuchaciro Deputado That Consul applied to his Attorney, Mr "(Sr. Amaral) became Minister for the Caldwell, who consulted Mr Pollard; they "Colonies, and it was right that he should went to the office of the Acting Attorney show gratitude to his friends and consti- General, who sent for the Crown Solicitor No sooner did he join the Mi-to his Chambers, and on the 18th of May "nistry, but he sent counter orders, that last, ten days after the date of the 2nd ar- "is, to suspend the proceedings against the ticle in the China Mail, and without any "three above-mentioned individuals, and opportunity given for apology or explana "that within a month of his entry into the tion, three several informations were filed "Ministry; but he continued his afilhado ex officio by the then Acting Attorney Go- "Marques Pereira in the office of Procura-neral Ball against Saint, without authority "dor, and last mail brought out orders to from and without the knowledge of the Ex- "put a stop to the proceedings about the ecutive. A similar information was filed "Anamite kidnapping affair. Such censur under like circumstances against Souza, on "able indifference to right-doing should be the 1st July last, for an article in the Echo

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public opinion. As a friend of the Ma- I have taken the trouble to ascertain from "caistas I can truly assert that I wish with the Crown Office in England that since 1843 "all my heart, that what the Echo do Povo three ex officio informations by the Attorney "said or hinted in ita last number, when General have been tiled, and not one for "writing about the gunboats building at libel, in England