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one man. He hears that Tam, a sergeant of the Cowloon garrison, well known as a thieftaker, &c., had been seized in Victoria by Mr Caldwell in person. He, Ch'on Kwei-tsik, is moving à large force on
Ts'in-wan.
[This was to punish the people of that place for their contunacy, 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 Victoria,all relate to collisions between the people, and the braves and their superiors, on the same ground, in the month of March.]
bservable before the end of the moon, he Cand ten more braves. [The expense of this re possibly accounts for Yeh's readiness to that we were contemplating a course which have enabled him to dispense with them.] the 24th of March, Chan Kwei-tsik tells his that on the night of the 19th, he had sent "This is the 4th Leglish head to Canton,
monneed." Ile has understood that in the attack on Tung-chung, (the Auckland's of the 1st April,) ten English were killed. the 29th March, the elder brother Ch'an Kwei-
At Tain-wan, which lies on the other side of our weites very earnestly to the younger Ch'an Tsz'-
ling the capture of a vessel, about to be taken { bay, although a little west of the limits of the har- Chin-yung. He fears the amount of remunern-bour, the braves, attempting to stop seven supply A re- Eu been reduced at Canton, but he will himself | boats, were beaten off with the loss of a life. të op whatever is allowed to 1000 dollars. He creant graduate named Chan Tsik-ün led on the have four days notice, and the vessel must be rioters, who surrounded the public meeting-house, up to the Mau Chau shallows, opposite Sha- tied up the undergraduate in charge of the braves, (s little above San-on, where Ch'an Kwei-tsik beat the latter, and robbed them of everything, and in which case he will send out to meet her. finally threatened that, unless the said undergraduate y these circumstances she need not be set on fire. signed a statement to the effect that his braves had mner and merchandise on board her are to killed one of their people by mistake, they would Le captors, but devils, flags, muskets, telescopes, carry the whole party to Victoria, and get a reward n, and arms, must be given up [to government.]" for them from the English. They also extorted 140
k devil was taken on the 28th, and the 12 dollars ransom. * i. (whose capture has been noticed before,) are ved, by the Governor-General Yeh's desire, to Walam Pawnshop. [These are most likely the who after being two months in durance Sext been sent back to Macao.] v; the 3a April, the same authority states, that the 1st, the English had made another attack on mang chung, on the north of the island of Lantao, and dan carried off a fast-boat. Their fire had only killed
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Wong-kong, and Sai-kung.
In a separate" pa|
are given the names of the sub-Committee charged with these operations.
There is a village named Wongkong about 10 milles higher up the Canton River than the city of San-on; 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 east. of the headland which forms the castern side of Hebe Haven.
At the former place boats load for one Ho Tsei. 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. Tho 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 Ch'ik-mi, a place a little east of Sham-ch'un.
[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 ing from Kwei-shin to Victoria, with fuel, was seized. Information was sent to Victoria, and 20 salt-boats came to the rescue; their crews retook the prize, It is remarkable that in the letter detailing all this, ransacked the public hall, or meeting-house, and (which is from Ch'an Tez'-tin, and urges Chan Kwei-threatened the braves that if they continued at Sai- tsik to put down these people,) there is a detached kung they would hand them and their leader over to slip of paper in a different hand, with the words the English at Victoria. "on no account destroy the temple of Jesus of the Reports on the fray at Ts'in- West, at Ts'in-wan.”
wan come in from various quarters; and we have now an Edict of the District Magistrate desiring the District Committee to move a force upon Ts'in-wan,
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.
CHILDREN.
ADULTE,
PATE OF CTFICATS.
SHIP'S NAME.
TOKE.
OF WHAT PORT
MASTER': NAME,
WHITHER BOUND.
Males
Female.
Male. Female.
811
Jaunary 9 Joseph Shepherd.
12. Rebecca,
250
630'London
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
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,
Guichen Bay
104
Guichen Bay
347
San Francisco
265
...
Guichen Bay
694
Guichen Bay
420
Guichen Bay
924
52
Singapore
San Francisco
68
140
8
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
March
3
Annandale,
759
Annan
W. Crockett
Guichen Bay
466
5
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
12
Kensington,
800
Newcastle
14
Coldstream,
...
14
Kate Hooper,
---
19
Deva,
20
Pudsey Dawson,
23
John Matthie,
23
Tuskina,
***
21
Speedy,
26
Formosa,
25 Eagle Wing,
26 Archer,
26 Generaal de Stuers,
·
406
London
..
1098
New York
...
749
30
Gulnare,
1002 Glasgow
30
Etoile,
588
Bordeaux
31
Maria Hay,
980
Sunderland
31 Robert Small,
655
London
SUMMARY.
Alblasserdam
756 London
Baltimore
1488
1039 Liverpool 762 Liverpool 566 Liverpool
449
1031
San Francisco Liverpool
1174 Boston
Ary Van der Windt William King George Tickell John J. Jackson A. C. Hawkins T. Harrison
J. G. Hunter W. Crane
J. H. Nightingale R. H. Waters C. J. Rollason
H. N. Osgood Fokke Fokkens John Wardrop J. Moyzes
C. H. Middleton J. W. B. Darke
Guichen Bay
440
Guichen Bay
450
220
Havana
San Francisco
383
Guichen Bay
484
Guichen Bay
387
Singapore
277
227
Havana
Guichen Bay
615
Guichen Bay
$55
San Francisco
100
San Francisco
397
Guichen Bay
515
Havana
326
Guichen Bay
442
Guichen Bay Havana
577
240
T. Gaichen Bay,..
San Francisco,...................................................................................................................................................... ............................ .....................................................
11,078 1,399
146
8
1,324
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Totally..
14,130
146
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Victoria, Hongkong, 3d April, 1857.
E. R. MICHELL, Emigration Oficer.
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