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THE FRIEND OF CHINA AND HONGKONG GAZETTE,

PRIBAD OF CHIYA AND HONGKONG GAZETTE.

HONGKONG, THURSDAY, AUGUST 11ra. 1842.

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be her life's best safeguard valric England.—–—– Her Majesty from political power or prejudices, ought to her the attachment of all classes, but be aware that she is not reponsible

Reform Bill. The very extent of the mischief or unpopularity of Her Ministers. Whig or Tory and its moral turpitude; mnet force the adoption of are alike to her, she must take as advisers and a remedy; the extension of the suitraze companions whomsoever the leaders of the domi-organic reforms. If all the members were as ce nant faction in the Commons House shall please to did as Mr. Thomas Duncombe, we should (from nominate, and none others.

* their personal experiences) have some very stag-

gering revelations,

Despite what we hear, we are still disposed to believe this treasonable attempt on the life of her

jesty will be found not to be las in the case of

character. It raged for four daya. Many live were lost, and the estimated value of the houses Large subscription are making for the sufferers. and property destroyed amounts to £5,000,000. England, of course, taking the lead in this work of benevolence. Among the contributors, are her Ma- jesty and Prince Albert.

our selections of this week from the Peking Gazettes, will be found a notice of a report to the Emporer of the last grand - success of the expedition, viz, the capture of the city of Shanghai. The official an- nouncement by H. E. the Plenipotentiary of this event was made through our columns on the 28th ultimo. We really can discover Oxford) the offspring of a monomania, but of

onfirmed lunacy, or aberration of mind. no evidence of the adoption of other than

We find that the fire at Hamburgh, which warlike measures by the tone of the Pe-place on the 11th May, was of a most dis trous king Gazettes. The Imperial mind, as far as we can judge, manifests no disposition to yield. Its official organ only indicates a strenuous perseverance in the present war like policy. To compel an acknowledge ment of our rights, and a compensation for our wrongs, will necessitate, we fear, much stronger measures, and a far bolder policy than was first contemplated or has been hitherto pursued. We look with impatience for further news from the north. Our accounts are to the 4th July, at which time, the Expedition was still off We

Yoosung, and the Steamers actively employed in surveying the Yang-taze-keang river; up which some of the vessels had penetrated far into the interior.

Ws learn from the Chinese Repository, that eight shipwrecked Japanese, have been brought to Macao, by the Gitana, from Manila, They were tempest tost for about 150 days, and were at last driven ashore on the Samar Isles, at the South east coast of Luconia. It is singular that these

The appalling railway accident in France, of which particular will be found in another part of our columns has excited a strong sensation, and has led the Minister of Public Works at Paris, to Issue stringent orders, and also the appointment of a committee, with the view of preventing the re- currence of such disasters. La Martine, the Poet, said of this catastrophe, "Civilization had its fields of battle, wherein men fell, in order to make way for the advancement of others. consoling thought.

Lord Alfred Harvey has been returned M. P. for Brighton. A Petition. (as is almost now a mat- ter

of course in borough elections) has been sent up to Parliament, against the return on the score of bribery &c. In the House of Lords the Duke of Newcastle objected to the Income tax, and also to the other government measures, as he held them to be quite fearful.”

In the House of Commons, Mr. George Palmer,

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TTEXIT ON THE LIFE or Нея Marsire (From the London Timer, 4th June 1947. )

ANOTHER deliberate and cold-blooded attemot life of our most gracious Sovereign the Queen made by a miscreant calling himself Joh the partic

The particulars are these. o'clock, on Monday the 30th o was returning from her accust

SRC in an open barouche, acco

Pance Albert and attended by Colonel Arba the Equerry in Waiting, a young man was observed to step forward

as the Royal party were ing up. Constitution hill.

attempt only last year, ited a pistol at be jesty and pulled the per, the result, however mos fortunately, proved harmless-the pistol having flashed in the pan. - The assassin was instantly afterw grasped and secured from behind by a sold Fusilier Guards, and at once conveyed under of Colonel Arbuthnot, to the Palace-lod-e thence taken to the police station in Gardiner --lane, and almost immediately afterwards brought to the Home-office where the Privy Council had assembled in great haste, and underwent a very searching exami nation, during which the prisoner observed an obstinate silence, but the results of which have not transpired.

and about the very spot where Uxford made a similar

charge

from

poor creatures (who were part of the crew of the Tory member for Essex), denounced the pro-It seems to be deemed necessary to keep every circum-

vessel loaded with rice) should report the dreadful consequences, which result from the jealous exclu- siveness of their Government. A hori ible famine prevails, and the people are driven to extremities which are revolting to human nature. Vattel, has will laid it down, that consistently with the laws of nature, men are under an obligation to carry on commerce with each other. One country being fitter for some kinds of product than another. The breaking down of the barriers which the ignorance, or cupidity of rulers and governors set up to prey ent the communion of man with man, is the mis sion of Civilization. The people of all countries are of themselves disposed commercially to frater- nise not excepting the inhabitants of China and Japan. When the China question is settled, we hope an attempt will be made to open relations from hence with Japan, of course under Govern- inent auspices and with the aid of a Steamer. Failing success, with British Settlements on the Coast of China, it is impossible that Japan can long refuse to become one of the family of nations.

We are glad to mention that the Royal Saxon: Captain James Field Crawford, sailed from port with a full cargo of some six or seven tons of China produce. This is, we b first Ship which has been entirely port since it has become a British are told tea forms n cargo. It

a variety of articl pay only such dutie ticles shipped from

In our last issue the intelligence remarked that the

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of the

posed Tariff as a mixture of absurdities, and added, stance connected with the transaction in the utmost Sir Robert Peel, in conjunction with the Duke of mystery

mystery, and the witnesses and those police constables Wellington, had repeatedly disappointed the party who have had the opportunity of seeing the culprit, which reposed confidence in them. This opinion have received from the Privy Council the most impe- Colonel Sibthorp, who said he had listened attened into the custody of Lieut. Tracy, the Governor of was corroborated by the Silenus of the House, rative injunctions to secrecy. The prisoner is remand- tively to Sir R. Peel's speech on the Tariff, and he Fothill-fields prison. considered it to be full of fallacy. We are how- ever, glad to know that (if the majority of the House entertained similar notions) they felt con- votes. For ourselves we hesitate not to aver (im- strained to support the Government with their

perfect as is the measure) that it will be productive of vast good to the mercantile and shipping inter- ests, and Sir Robert Peel merits great commenda- tion for his firmness in resisting the objections of his friends.

War in China. SIR ROBERT PEEL said on the 31st. May, (in answer to a question from Mr. Hume), that the whole of the expenses incurred by the East India Company would certainly be defrayed by England. We see it is stated Com- modore Pepper of the Indian navy is on his way out hither. His pennant is flying on board the Akbar - He is appointed to as- of all the Company Ships of

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The assassin seemed to be about nineteen or twenty years of age, rather slightly made, and with a swarthy complexion

Little more of importance has trans

transpired with re- ference to the attempt upon the Queen's life. There seeins to have been ao difficulty in identifying the cri- minal, as by a curious accident it happened that more than one individual who were aquainted with his person were in the Park at the time of his apprehension, and recognised him while being conveyed away by the po- lice, Mr. Francis, senior, his father, who has been for many year stage carpenter at Covent Garden, 14 a person of irreproachable character, and have been always a very steady lad, no any light upon his motives to con

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