THE FRIEND OF CHINA AND HONGKONG GAZETTEET
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Julee saw Akat making towards the Money Changer's from the fact of its being nearly altogether taken up by the soleo Shop, be held in his hand a bog, it was not the chiontal Secretary, the following contemon have taken their so- tions of the Government offpere; besides, the, residence of the that contained yesterday the $500. When we came to our senses after being beaten, the Police adcompany : -Mi, Mathew, Jaje Burveyor General, how. Chief Police lections, Aml erected, longe in diag valuable and beautiful bay iod up to the prisoners house, and found Aking and Magistrato | Mr. Rough; Itusdour Maner and migration Ag900) Aship there the door of the Shop was shut after we Captain Mauw Richmond, anguf the Commissioners of Laud went out, but not before several men accompanied by Claims: M Fisher, Into Attorney General;; the late: Umpirin Akat bad gone out, vi e
Marzusu states the Surang Julee told me yester, day, that he had 4500 which he would like to ex- change, advised him to go t
to the house of the prisoners Aking and Arhin, we went there yesterday, between 1 and 2 o'clock A. M., the witness Garnit bearing the bag of Dollars, they at first agreed to give 231 Rupees for $100, but ofterwards upon examines the Dollars, said they could give only 230 Rupeer Julee agreed to this, and the Dollars were first weigh ed, then counted, and after n many other delays, said. that they could give only 228 Rupees, they still delay.
Syıpanda, Mr. Costes, the High Sheriff; Dr. Johnson, the Colo. Claims, The third Bay la all in the hands of the Government und nial Surgeon and Mr. Spain, the Clof Commissioner of Land
unsold, -- The dunk le called Cooper's Bay from the fact that this gentleinon, who is now Collector of Customs, link, wibilior, with M. Clarke, the Protector of Aborigines, boon furtanate | enough in obtaining prossession of the whole Bay as suburban allotments, though nacording to Bir George Gipps, plan, no sub. urban allotment could be taken up elections within two miles of the town yet the Bay is not distant half a mile frosh Auck- land, and will, in a year or two form part of the town itself: Mr. Churton, the Episcopal Clergyman, owna a email selection in the same bay. The fith, or Iniquity Bay, sometimes called the Judge's Bay, in entirely in the hands of the Judge and Attorney General, who have manifested more cupidity than modesty in ed.
master General and the Surveyor-Generdi haya u made subarbuni selections of inferior value, and by no means injurious to the pub-
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of Mr. Matheson's meritorious conduci, and experience of his beral bonefactions to his native place, and also the virtuous, nflec- tionate, and charitable family, of which he is pember, called forth the gratitude and enthusiasm of the people on the present occasion. Inverness Couriers
* At the last meating of the Magistrates, the very important question was Blacussed of the remuneration of a Chinend Inter. preter for the Police. Bir Henry Pottinger, we buljave, given as much as £800 for the resistanco lo bhfoins in this line of luty The Magistrates, however, got the thing done cheaper.” Thom used to bo u Mahomedan, (not a Chinese we suppose,) who did the work for 50 R, a month or 200 your On this death, die Megistrnica determined to appoint tio pus on a fixed salary | but. to pay a cerinin sum for interpreting in each case. The sun fixed was ten Rupees, whether the case was long or short. Aller. reading the Allahabad Resolution, they determined to reduce the Rupees if the examination extended beyond a day. The present fee one-half and to give only five Rupees on nach suit, and ten interpreter has agreed to these terms though. be ploaded hard for a fixed salary of 30 Rupees (
Friend of India.
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ed until 7 o'clock, then brought in 2 baskets of money.propriating to themselves the whole of this lovely bay. The Post 31st and Stock on 31st January.
which they said did not contam the full account, but that their friends had gone for the rest, and would be there directly, and beggad us to sit down and wait pa- tiently for the rest of the money. We asked the two prisoners to allow two of their men to accompany us, as it was growing late and we feared robbers. They re- plied that the Island was under the British Government, so there was nothing to be apprehended, we asked also for a lantern, but it was refused The prisoner Akat was there, and I confirm what the last witnesses Bald
Case remanded to January 4th. Richard, Lysaght, Mariner, deposcs-At about half past 7 on the evening of the 20 Instant, was passing along the Queen's Road, between the house of Mr. Burd and the Chapel beyond
when I heared a disturbance in the Chinese Bazaar below the high road, I ascertained that it was caused by a robbery having been comniitted
hendea on some Lascars, I saw the prisoner Ashin endeav- ouring to eachpe with a stick in his hand, which he dropped on an attempt made; by me to secure him, he made his escape, and I delivered the stick to the Police. I can swear to the identity of the prisoner Ashan...........
DEFENCE Ashin and Aking states The three Lascars came to change money at about 3 o'clock in the afternoon, 1 agreed with them about the exclange, and they went away, and did not return until 5 o'clock with the money. When we looked over the Money we found that some of the Dollars were bad, some time. clapsed before an abatement, was agreed to, when the men left the house, they had with them a trunk, and five or six Coolies, also a lantern and several candles the coolies were not my coolies, they came with the Lascars, they left the house at 6 o'clock, A number of
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persons passing during the day and seeing the Las cars there, stopped in front of the door, but none bat those people belonging to the house were within doors. Akut states I am coolie to Mr. Hight, I went to the house of Aking and Ashin to get some cash, Awan, Aoak, and Aoi, coolies, can testify that they saw me from Six until Eight o'clock, on the evening of the
FETTERA robbery, Mr Hight also saw me during these hours,
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Mr. Hight's comprador also saw me. ang, Comprador to Mr. Hights, state- There are six Watchmen at Mr. Hight's house, these together with the prisoner Akat who is à écolie were present at 6 o'clock on the evening of the ad instant,/Dalways lock the door at 6 o'clock every evening, and keep the key myself. I am sure that Akat did not go out until next morning after 6 AM when he came to me for cash to Buy provisions in the Bazaar,bus zippzur. -Sun a wan, Watchman to Mr. Hight, states I w the prisoner Akat on Monday evening, 2d Instant, from 6 until 9 o clock, The doors are always shut at 6 o'clock every evening, no one goes out from that time until the
ringeithe watchmen keep than watch inside the trouse Myself, Akat and Mr. Hight's com pradore, ara distant relations.
The threer conets are released by order Sir H. Potti on security being given re-appearance if necessary.
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MADINAL SOCIETY.
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interests.
Independent of this profitable gambling in town allotments, the Government officers rendered themselves highty; obnoxious to the public by engaging in various branches of traffic. Some of them were engaged in brickmaking, some as pig and cattle dealers, and others took contracte from G vernment in the names of parties
with whom it was well known they was privately in partnership,
to prevent the public from having any chance of compering with
this scarce, as well as to keep the matter as
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them, and in order to secure to themselves any advantage that quiet as possible, none of the Government contracts were, until of late, publicly advertised for tender.
This species of land-jobbing has doubtless had great effect in
impeding the progress of the colony as well as in bringing about the present embarrassment of the Government itself; but the in judicious system, or rather the want of system in the disposal of Crown Lands, has been an equally fruitful source of mischief to the colony, de well as a most general and reasonable cause of complaint on the part of the set there.
To swell, the general list of grievances, innumerable instances or individual oppression and personal injustice sustained at the hands of the
the officers of this Government, might conveniently be added, such as the suppression of a Newspaper at the Bay of Islands, and another at Auckland, merely because they expressed the opinions of the public, and endeavoured to form a just ostiniato of the measures and conduct of the Government, but I feel that I have stated more than enough to convince your Lordship that the Government of this colony has been grossly conducted that the best interests of the colony have been recklessly sacriaced, and the rights of the European and Aboriginal inhabitants rudely as sailed. In short, that it would be impossible, judging by the acts of the officers of this Government, to come to any other conclu sion, than that a British Colonial Government, where the people have no voice, and the servants of the Government are removed beyond the influence of public opinion, and the control of their
superiors, must assume not only the appearance, but the the purest despotism
Very best institutiona
try are made to subserve, the purples of the pett and even the courts of justice themselves the tour native land, are converted, in suc
their constitution is left to the hands rulers, into the most effectual and
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12,978
75,108
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12,134
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21,872
12,010
Total Bales Including cargo of "Liverpool."
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AN ECONOMICAL SUGGESTION --In these days of In- public expenditure without diminishing the efficiency come faxes, every thing that promises to diminish the
of government, deserves consideration. It is worth awhile, then, to ascertain how far our expensive diplo- matic staff may be curtailed with safety. Every one- sees that to withdraw our residents from such Courts as those of Saxony and Wurtemberg could under no circumstances impede any real business; these are no. toriously show Embassies. There might be something said in behalf of keeping a Chargé d'Affaires at New York or in Maine, for those States sometimes run counter to the Cabinet at Washington; but when were the dutiful members of the Germanic Confederation- that we have named, known to oppose the Diet? We incline to go a step further, and suggest that the breaking up of our permanent Embassies in all coun- tries whatsoever, would be found not only a great sa- ving in point of expense, but a means of expediting instead of retarding the settlement of foreign affairs. It is evident a priori, that members of permanent Em bassies have a direct personal interest in creating and complicating embarrassment, in order to furnisht em ployment for themselves. The Secretary to an Em- bassy, becomes like the head clerk in Governinen- office at home, indispensable: the show ambassador cannot get on without him, and resembles a helpless master, living in constant fear that his valet may dis- charge himself. There is another evil, which
appears peculiar to British Embassies, our diplomatists have too much cause to rely upon the reputation for " pluck and bottom of the nation they represent they know that when they have got any business into a state of irremediable confusion, John Bull has only to make a people are warlike demonstration, and affans are immediately set to rights. Like young men of wealthy families, who are more apt to get into police scrapes than others, confident that the family purse will bring them off scatheless, our diplomatists conduct their business in a more slovenly fashion than those of any other country, trusting to the national resources for redressing their...
ders. It is not the skill of our diplomatists, but. nmyersal and well-grounded impression of the na
power, that gets us justice, or our
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One of the first and greatest mist Government, was the appointinent arduous undertaking of founding ernment like that of the British wise and experienced amen 10 ren who have been accustomed at home, privileges of British subjects. But whe hands of ignorant men, and sailors in made to fel that they have native land, which is absorbed, in a colonial despot-the Governor, or it may a hatefut oligarchy, consisting of the off they are also made to feel, that they ar claves having neither a voice if the govern them, nor the slightest controul the revenue raised from their murh camer batter to govern an old col one. In an old colony the feet operation, and ordinary routine, ments. Go
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until she saw aranes getting reaut Were not the fruits of Waterloo (in untry is concerned bowed away in
the nd Verona ? It is the knowledge. the busince, the grinning ists bear the same re- of that medicine, that the. on of an Indian doctor does to be administers We shall gain by of the superfluous mummery, rather counteracts the ope- world of expense would with foreigners put upon a ediate recal of every shutting up the
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