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THE FRIEND OF CHINA,

AND

LONGBONG

NOTIFICATION.

GAZETTE.

PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING.

HONGKONG, THURSDAY, JANUARY 8TH. 1843.

In reference to these strong observations, we take THE publication of the Hongkong Garcelloney's recollection, that since your excellency's the liberty of most respectfully recalling to your ex zette under the authority of Government, arrival in Chha, nearly a year and a half ago, the e discontinued from this date but all letter of 18th inst., is the first and only address which has been submitted to your excellency by the British public orders and notifications appearing in

merchants, individually or collectively, either seeking "The Friend of China and Hongkong Ga- for information or asking protection: that your excel. zetto” with the signatures of duly autho- lency's proclamation dated 12th August rized Functionaries of the Government are tinctly stated that the mercantile gumuhit dis carry on their trade at Canton entirely on their own still to be considered as official

risk and peril; that such proclamation was in some measure indirectly rescinded by one dated "Chusan | 14th November 1842," allowing the trade at Canton to continue, although no government protection was even then actually promised or afforded, and that during the progress of such trade no protection has directly or indirectly been given or claimed within the port of Canton, at a time when warlike operations and

By order,

J. Robt Morrison, Acting Secretary and Treasurer Hongkong, March, 23rd. 1842.

CORRESPONDENCE ON THE CANTON RIOT. (Contd from No. 41-)

To His Excellency.

SIR HENRY Pottinger, BarT.

seizures

müst

Litself property have been carried on

along

coast, and even in the Canton river

We conceive, therefore, we may be allowed in some degree to dissent from the opinion of your excellency, that the protection of the government has been ex- tended to us in an unparalleled degree" and conside, ring the serious risk of person and property which we have incurred, without one word of complaint of re- monstance, during the whole time that your excellency has had charge of affurs in China, we suhmitthat an necessarily to occupy your excollency's time by fur-tection, is not altogether in accordance with the actual insinuation that we are over-ready to claim such pro-

circumstances of the case.

H. M's Plenipotentiary, and Superintendent of the

Trade of British Subjects in

în China &c. &c. &c. SIR,We have the honor of acknowledging receipt 'your excellency's letter of 6th instant, and although we are well aware it would be unsuitable for us un-

of

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Price 14 monthly Or @ 12 yourly

-GREY LONG CLotus are going off freely at # 3 for good.

Scarlet, are 8 7,75. SPANISH STRIPES # 1,15. Wurves at $ 3,20. to 3,50 LONG ELLS 4th, 1.5th Stocks small

LEAD, is improving, about 5 is the price. IRON. firmer # 2,75 for Nail Rod,

OPIUM, Patna 8 780 to 8: 785: Benares # 750,

Malwa 590. The approaching arrival of the Com

missioners has much checked this market, as we TRA. No purchases of importance since the anticipated on the 3d November.

opening transactions; but prices are already droop- ing, and will we think be lower, as we have before said.

RAW SILK. None in market. About 1300 Bales, including Old Silk have been shipped during the last few months.

EXCHANGE 489d. Mexicans 5 disct. Sycee It premium,

Affairs are here quite quiet and con fidence fully restored the Mandarins are daily apprehending parties implicated in the late riot. secreted their Stock, for fear of being punished as The dealers in second hand European articles, have

receivers of plundered property. Parties have demnification for their losses, by the late riot, but been offered by the Chinese Authorities full in-

the hands of Sir Henry Pottinger; who they feel they have preferred leaving the whole matter in

sure, will do them justice. The propositions, sent We may be allowed further to observe, that none of by the Plenipotentiary to the Merchants, with reg- has thought it desirable to seek for our opinions us are aware of any occasion on which your excellency pect to the Tariff, have not been yet seen here. It is said, on good authority, that the Canton Man- co-operation, in any way the only information we darins have orders to buy six or seven Steamers have received of your excellency's views or wishes for the Government, and they add, if all matters being found in certain proclamations made

public are amicably arranged, the Queen will send the during the progress of hostilities and we can conscien-

Emperar a War Steamer, as the most acceptable tiously assert that none of us have ever, to one recol-present. All manner of absurd rumours about ection, thrown risk or difficulty in the way of your the recall of the Commissioners &c. &c. are lexcellency, we buty ander au the trade in Canton, although carried on without any During the past sixteen months we may observe that

ther observation on the subject to which it refers, we trust to

to be excuse

for adverting to some points which appear to call for reply.

Your

our excellency is pleased to say that our opinions "being based on mere surmise, are not admissible in such discussions as the present;" but we may be al lowed respectfully to observe, that if the opinions of parties, most of whom were present in Canton, before, during, and after the riot, are deemed unworthy of at tention, we hope they may, at any rate, not be consid- ered of less value than reports which have accidental. ly reached your excellency at Hongkong, a place re- mote from the scene of action. Whatever information your excellency may have received, leading to a d dif ferent opinion, we beg respectfully to assure your ex-protection or control on the part of the ́cellency, that all the evidence which we have since collected, tends only to strengthen and confirm the views expressed in our former, letter.

Even were it admitted, as appears to be assumed by your excellency, t that the irregular conduct of certain Lascara, led to the we may venture to observe, that the practice of allowing seamen of all nations to proceed to Canton on liberty, has been of long standing and that if, as appears to be the opinion of your excel. leney, such custom was calculated to lead to difficul- ties, the remedy could not possibly be considered as resting

ng with the British merchants, who never have had authority to make regulations for the control of seamen; hor the power to Impose penalties for the breach of any that it might be deemed expedient to frame.

racter which the riotsa honor to forward to your excellen ments, shewing that repeated ap

TRO

As your excellency appears to doubt that timely potice was given to the

ies, of the serious cha

We shall have the authenticated state.”

ations were In vain through the hong merch for protectION and

add that it is unde "we may

tood the messenger from the viceroy who waited of his excellency, Sir Hugh Gough in Canton, distin

Imitted that such ap- ons were thade, but could not for a considerable consequence of a force not being

ne be attended

available.

the most

letter real

and

graph of your excel

It is the brave

to bring

an

or

British autho

rities, has been managed by fewer parties, and in . peaceable and unobtrusive a manner as at any period since the abolition of the company's charter, and we of ill treatment of the Chinese can with justice be cast feel justified in most solemnly denying that the charge

upon the foreign merchants.

We may safely assert that the merchants generally have endeavored to carry on their mercantile pursuits in Canton in accordance with former custom; and in the only case we believe; where innovation has taken | place, the residence of ladies in Canton, the very limited number who have taken advantage of the per- mission formally granted by the local authorities, and with the implied if not expressed sanction of your cy have been accidental visitors, not resident merchants and synth painish ta

We inay add that no intimation was, we believe. conveyed to any one, that your excellency disapprov of these proceedings, although the circumstances were rener 1. Known. until after the attack on the facto

Wo beg leave to assure your excellency that we have been, and are, one and all ready and anxious to conf to all arrangements, which may be made for the regulation of our trade and othe

of our gover ment when wa respectf

Enotandis

chants, in been occas16

such

submit

nately becas

uence

understood reg

med of thi

afloat; which no doubt will find their way to

sible. England, to give a lift to the Tea market, if pos

Cotton Report

Canton November Ito 30th 1842

Deliveries Stockwat

26, 616 | 81,550

Bombay Bales- Bengal Madras

Total

Inglis included

942 13,997

3,368

27,676 -

30, 926 123,228

From London Letters of the 6 th Septr. Silk Market. China Silks have almost gone out of Consumption, but 179 Bales delivered during August. Bengals of the inferior Sorts, which were at extraordinarily low rates, had been sought after, but prices of Silk were unaltered, except in Italians which owing to the heavy arrivals are lower. We pointed this out to be likely, in our Commercial article of the 17th November

Piece Goods. There has been no alteration worthy of notice, The Bale would take place on the 14 Septr. The Stocks on the 28 August, com- I with the same period of the preceding year, Il be perceived much less, except the ar. lo of Pongee Silks which would have assumed dly increasing importance, but for the large rennial duty in favour of British India Corans and Bandannas.

Stocks

ellency ha

Black Handkis

excellency'

request the sa199.court

plain figured

1841 1842

Pcs. 8223 1.374

2119

1045

9.053

with our reply"

Silks

14.977

124

the North of Eng-

onth