bservable before the end of the moon, he (and ten more braves. [The expense of this are possibly accounts for Yeli's readiness to that we were contemplating a course which have cuabled him to dispense with them.] the 24th of March, Ch'an Kwei-tsik tells his that on the night of the 19th, he had sent "This is the 4th Leglish head to Canton,
announced." __Ile has understood that in the attack on Tung-chung, (the Auckland's * rf the 1st April,) ten English were killed.
the 29th March, the elder brother Ch'an Kwei- writes very earnestly to the younger Ch'an Tez'- arding the capture of a vessel, about to be taken thin-yung. He fears the amount of remunera- has been reduced at Canton, but he will himself ep whatever is allowed to 1000 dollars. He y have four days notice, and the vessel must be et up to the Mau Chau shallows, opposite Sha- 2. (a little above San-on, where Ch'an Kwei-tsik in which case he will send out to meet her. and ethese circumstances she need not be set on fire. - yay money and merchandise on board her are to authe captors, but devils, flags, muskets, telescopes, , and arms, must be given up (to government.]" devil was taken on the 28th, and the 12 (whose capture has been noticed before,) are -ord, by the Governor-General Yeh's desire, to » Wan-lam Pawnshop. [These are most likely the who after being two months in durance best been sent back to Macao.]
... the 3d April, the same authority states, that the 1st, the English had made another attack on ching, on the north of the island of Lantao, and carried off a fast-boat. Their fire had only killed
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one man. He hears that Tam, a sergeant of the | Wong-kong, and Sai-kung. Cowloon garrison, well known as a thieftaker, &c., | are given the names of the sub-Committee charged
with these operations. had been seized in Victoria by Mr Caldwell in person. He, Chon Kwei-tsik, is moving à large force on Ts'in-wan.
[This was to punish the people of that place for their contumacy, they persist in supplying Hongkong. The remaining papers, with one exception, a list of the shops and tradesmen in parts of the centre and west of Victorin,--all relate to collisions between the people, and the braves and their superiors, on the same ground, in the month of March.j
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There is a village named Wong-kong about 10 miles higher up the Canton River than the city of San-ón; but this can hardly be the place, which appears to be not far from Sham-ch'un, a town higher up the stream on which San-on stands. As before observed, Sai-kung lies in one of the small bays cast. of the headland which forms the castern side of Hebo Haven.
At the former place boats load for one Ho Taci. luk, stated to have almost a monopoly of our supply market. Some braves interfering with these, were fired upon. The village elders were summoned to give up Ho Tsci-luk, but evaded compliance. The Magistrate had himself gone to Wong-kong ; but the people were assembled by beat of gong, the official was refused admission, and obliged to fall back on. Chik-mi, a place a little east of Sham-ch'an.
At Tain-wan, which lies on the other side of our bay, although a little west of the limits of the har- bonr, the braves, attempting to stop seven supply boats, were beaten off with the loss of a life. A re- creant graduate named Chan Tsik-ün led on the rioters, who surrounded the public meeting-house, tied up the undergraduate in charge of the braves, beat the latter, and robbed them of everything, and finally threatened that, unless the said undergraduate signed a statement to the effect that his braves had killed one of their people by mistake, they would carry the whole party to Victoria, and get a rewarding from Kwei-shin to Victoria, with fuel, was seized. for them from the English. They also extorted 140 dollars ransom. *
It is remarkable that in the letter detailing all this, (which is from Ch'an Tez-tin, and urges Chan Kwei- tsik to put down these people,) there is a detached slip of paper in a different hand, with the words "on no account destroy the temple of Jesus of the Reports on the fray at Tatin- West, at Ts'in-wan,"
wan come in from various quarters; and we have now an Edict of the District Magistrate desiring the Ts'in-wan, District Committee to move a force upon
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[The dates here are not very clear, but the whole must have taken place about the beginning of March.] At Sai-kung, on the 6th March, a salt-boat, pass- Information was sent to Victoria, and 20 salt-boats came to the rescue; their crews retook the prize, ransacked the public hall, or meeting-house, and threatened the braves that if they continued at Sai kung they would hand them and their leader over to the English at Victoria.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
14th April, 1857.
THOMAS WADE, Chinese Secretary.
The subjoined Return of Emigrant Ships, to which Certificates were granted by the Emigration Officer, during the First Quarter of the current Year, is published for general information.
By Order,
W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary.
- Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 20th April, 1857.
RETURN of EMIGRANT SHIPS to which Certificates were granted by the Emigration Officer, from 14 January to the 31st March, 1857.
ADULTS.
CHILDREN.
Pare of CPATHICATE.
SHIP'S NAME.
TONE.
OF WHAT PORT.
MASTER'S NAME.
WHITHAR BOUND.
Mate Finale.
Mala,
Female.
daonary
12
9 Joseph Shepherd
Rebecca,
630
London
250
Adelaide
13 Investigator,.......
531
London
17
Hurricane,
1338
New York
17
William Miles,
1227
Bristol
20
Oracle,
1200
Thomaston Maine,
24
Challenge,
2007
New York
27
Siam,...
824
Singapore
February 6
J. Godfrey,
483
New York
***
7
Alfred the Great,
575
Glasgow
18
Almonde,
556
Amsterdam
Robert Barber H. R. Marsh W. H. Prym Samuel Very Frederick Erwin Albert D. Wood J. Kenny
J. D. De Silva N. B. Grant Peter McIntyre H. G. Surie
Havana,
311
Guichen Bay
104
Guichen Bay
347
San Francisco
265
Guichen Bay
694
Guichen Bay
420
Guichen Bay
924
52
Singapore
San Francisco
6B
140
Guichen Bay
352
Guichen Bay
313
20
Sportsman,
626
Boston
W. Thompson
Guichen Bay
322
26
Sultana,***
588
London
W. Tapper
Guichen Bay
387
28 Young America,
1961
New York
D. S. Babcock
Guichen Bay
969
28
Queen of the Seas,...
1355
Boston
W. B. Cobb
Guichen Bay
611
3
Annandale,
759
Annan
W. Crockett
Guichen Bay
166
b
Hamilton,
438
***
...
Hongkong
James Farr
San Francisco
186
6
Francis P. Sage,
1400
New York
Thomas Ingersoll
Guichen Bay
725
6
Jacob Cats,
779
Dordrecht
Ary Van der Windt
Guichen Bay
440
12
Kensington,
800
Newcastle
•
14
Coldstream,
756
London
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14
Kate Hooper,
1488
Baltimore
19
Deva,
**
1039
Liverpool
20
Pudsey Dawson,
762
Liverpool
23
John Matthie,
....
566
Liverpool
23
Tuskina,
24 Speedy,
***
25
Eagle Wing,
..
449 1031 : 1174
San Francisco
Liverpool
Boston
William King George Tickell
John J. Jackson
A. C. Hawkins
T. Harrison
J. G. Hunter W. Crane
J. H. Nightingale
R. H. Waters
Guichen Bay
450
Havana
220
San Francisco
383
Guichen Bay
464
Guichen Bay
387
Singapore
277
227
Havana
Guichen Bay
613
Guichen Bay
555
26
Formosa,
406
London
C. J. Rollason
San Francisco
100
26 Archer,
1098
New York
***
26 Generaal de Stuors,
749
Alblasserdam
30
Gulnare,
1002
...
Glasgow
30
Etoile,
588
Bordeaux
31
Maria Hay,
980
Sunderland
31 Robert Small,
655
London
H. N. Osgood Fokke Fokkens John Wardrop J. Moyzes
C. H. Middleton J. W. B. Darke
San Francisco
397
Guichen Bay
815
***
Havana
326
Guichen Bay
442
Guichen Bay
577
Havana
240
SUMMARY.
T. Guichen Bay,..
Victoria, Hongkong, 3d April, 1857.
11,078
1,399
146
8
1,324
329
Totali...
14,130
146
E, R. MICHELL, Emigration Oficer.
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