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THE FRIEND OF CHINA,
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No. 76 VOL. II.
NOTIFICATION.
HONG KONG
GAZETTE.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING,
VICTORIA, THURSDAY AUGUST 318T, 1843.
THE publication of the Hongkong Ga-sent from this country. A battalion of Marinos zotto under the authority of Government, will be discontinued from this date: but all
public orders and notifications appearing
question in 1833; and, as a means of maintaining the legis lative union vi et armis," an immense military furca has been passage to Cork, and orders have boon issued that
is on ita ating ment of the line, except those serving in India and Chinum a
The Secession from the Church of Scotland, as by law es. possibility either by party who
shall be recommenced, in order to std sixty men to ench rest
812 yearly.
The French Glovernment has adopted an apparatus for purifying sen-water, and rendering it potable and convertible to all the purposes of fresh water: and the Minister of Marine has ordered the fourteen Transat- lantic packets to be fitted with this apparatus. This ap- paratus originated in this country about six ago, and some highly-respectable gentlemen, mer- years chants, and Naval officers, formed themselves into a but notwithstanding many successful trinis, the sup. port of the Admiralty was very lukewarm, and the measure was abandoned,
obiit, have been antiopatod, ownes complete an could by The Friend of China and Hongkong dreaded the effect of such separation upon the interests of true Gazette," with the signatures of duly autoligion, op those who saw in such a movement the promotion committed to supply macchines to the British Navy: thorized Functionaries of Government of pure scriptural presbyterianism. are still to be considered o
By order,
official.
J. ROBT. MORRISON, Acting Secretary and Treasurer Hongkong, March, 23rd. 1842.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. His Excellency the Governor and Commander-in Chief being about to proceed for a short time to Macao, on the Public Service, is pleased to announce that he will continue to carry on all his duties as Governor, &c., during his absence.
All Letters and Reports to be sent as usual to the Go- verment House whence they will be forwarded.
By order,
RICHARD WOOSNAM. Government House,
Victoria, Hong-Kong, 24th August 1843.
Chief Magistrate's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, July 14, 1843. The following is again published by au- thority, for general information:
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It has been, lately Notified by PROCLA- MATION of the Chief Magistrate, to the Chinese Inhabitants of Hongkong, that be- tween the hours of eight and ten P. M., they are prohibited from being out of their houses without lanthorns, and that after ten o'clock P. M., and until daylight on the following morning, no Chinese will, in future be permitted to go out, under any consider ation, unless he can produce a pass in Eng lish, specifying his object in being out at so late an hour.
SIR R. PEEL & THE OPIUM MERCHANTS. The upshot of the whole affair will be nearly as follows. The merchants will, nominally, receive acarcely one-half of what they in the realisation of its revenue, and this will amount to a loss to originaly paid directly to the East India Company, or indirectly them uf, at least, one million sterling. By the prescribed form of payment, they will lose a full one fifth part even of the pro- mised sum, and this will amount to some 240,000l. more. Then they will lose four years interest on their whole capital, which, will amount to at least 300,0001. In the meanwhile the loss not at Indian interest, which it bore, but merely at European, of the merchants is the gain of other parties. They, the mer- Plenipontentinry, as the Treaty expressly tells us, The East chants, are made to pay for the life and liberty of her Majesty's Fadia revenue has gained, at least a million sterling within the Du Robert transfera a million, sterling from their pockets to the lass four years, by the destruction of the merchants property, aud public treasury.
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PRECIS OF MISCELLANEOUS EVENTS. The smallest Homeopathic Duse ever known-On Thurday last we read that Sir Robert Peel "took the sense of the house.
Another very destructive fire took place at Liverpool on the morning ofthe 18th May. Fortunately no accident to human life occurred. The amount of the property destroyed on this oc. casion is estimated at 45,0001, which is principally insured in the Liverpool, Globe, and the London Gorporation Fire Insurance.
Upon the rejection of Mr. Villier's motion on the Corn-lawe in the House of Commons, the deputies assembled in London from all parts of the country came to the following resolution to commences, & registration of the electors of the kingdom, in order to be prepared at the earliest possible period to call upon ble memorial to Her Majesty, to dissolve the present the Queen's advisers, through the constitutional means of a hum the present Parliament, and thus afford to the electors of kingdom an opportunity of
revia ing their late decision upon the question of the corn laws.
In reply to General Johnson, the Chancellor of the Exchequer said, that six months batta had been given to the Naval & Military -forces-engaged in China
LADY WILLIAM BENTINCK. In our last we noticed the decease of this truly amiable woman. The Hon. Mary Atchison was married, in Feb., 1803, to Lord William Cavendish Bentinck, afterwards appointed Governor of Madras. Four year's residence in that presidency sufficed to make upon the minds of the na
tives a deep impression of respect and affection, These senti. ments were manifested by the inhabitants of Madras, in the most unequivocal manner, in July, 1828, wher Lord William, on his way to Calcutta, as Governor-General of India, accompanied by his noble consort, touched for a few days at Madras: a numerous deputation of the most respectable native inhabitants offering his their gratitude for the invaluable services which, during the deso. ating famine in the year 1803, his lady had rendered to the po
The Inconstant, 36, has been commissioned by Capt. The Conway has been commissioned by Capt. Fair-
reported fit for troops. The Dolphin has been com- Freemantle. The Cornwall, Licut Howe, has been
104, with flag of Adm. Sir F. Mason, has a missioned by Lieut. W. O'Brien. The Inpregnable,
for South America. The Fisguard, 42, has been com- The Curacoa, 24, Capt. Sir T. S. Pasley, has sailed arrived.
missioned by Capt. J. A. Duntre, The Racer has been commissioned by Lieut. Warre. The Sappho,
The Espoir, 10, has been commissioned at Plymouth. Hope. The Pilot, 16, Com. Paget, has been paid off. 16, Com. H. G. Hope, has sailed for the Cape of Good
The Malabar, 72, Capt. Sir G. R. Sartorius, has ar. rived from the Brazils, bringing home the Hon. G. Ellis, British Envoy there. The Tyne, 20, Capt. Glasscock, will be reported ready for sea in a few days. The Espoir, 10, has been commissioned by Com. Morrell The Infernal steamer has been launabed at Woolwich,
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It is said that the Duke of Wellington purposes to recommend to Her Majesty several officers for promo- tion to the rank of captain, who have lately, distinguish- ed themselves in India and China.
98th-The depot, consisting of 17 officers and 650 men, will proceed in the Cornwall to China.
AMERICA.
MR. Webster has resigned the office of Secretary of State; and abandoned the idea of negotiating a com- mercial freaty between Great States, which was with him a favourite measure.
eat Britain and the United The New York Tribune says, “Mr. Cushing leaves
in in the for China in the frigate Brandywine on the 1st
On April 13th, were married at Will July.
County, North Carolina, by Elder Colby Sparks, of the Bap- tist church, Messrs. Chang and Eng, the Siamese twin brothers, to Misses Sarah and Adelaide, daughters of Mr. David Yeates, of Wilkes county, North Carolina.
A PROCLAMATION has also been issued, prohibiting, under penalty of severe punish-fordship their congratulations on his arrival, and the expression of ment, all Chinese Boats or Vessels, from moving about the harbour after Gun-fire at nine o'clock P. M., and until Gun-fire at || lord soon added another, sufficient to claim the gradtude of future regulation of the Post office, affecting
daylight on the following morning.
W. CAINE, CHIEF MAGISTRATE.
NOTICE.
pulation under his government. To his various merits the noble
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generations in India the abolition of the sacrifice of widows. His endeavours to raise character of the mauves in the eves of the world are generally known; but hon
"hone but an eyewitness could- duly appreciate the ineffable charm which Lady William Ben- tinck spread around her, by boundless charity, in a country where poverty and misery too frequently attain the utmon limits of nu- man endurance, by inexhaustible kindness and courtesy, and by the most winhing aftability, which gave a double value to her
ched her. She bore a long and cruel malady! theChristian, for- titude, meekness, and piety,
the age of tion to bu.
An Overland Mail per Clipper "Kelpie" via manifold services toward individuals of all lone who approach Bombay and Singapore will be "closed at this Office at 3 r. M. on Thursday the 31st instant.
POST OFFICE.
Victoria, 26 August, 1843.
SUMMARY OF THE JUNE OVERLAND MAIL
GENERAL REMARKS
The present mail will convey Intelligence of the decease of Lord Fitzgerald the value of whose services as resident of
the Board of Conte), the records of the office
means of judging.
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- SIR R. Arkwright died on the 3rd August, sixty, remarkable for his mental energy and ap siness to the very last, and leaving a fortune of thout half a mile lion sterling a fortune which it appears in the hands of cendant, who has just died, has increased to seven milli
a half. On the 24th, the probate of the will of R. Art
of Willesby in the country of Derby, decoased, passed thron the hands of the seal-keeper of the Prerogative Court of Canter bury The person property of the decenced is sworn to exceed 1,000,000 1, the stamp duty on the
the highest duty, when the perso 1,000,0001 and upwards. The
the deceased, who are also residuary legateas amount:
very large
OnITUARY COTA ORBY HUNTBE, LORD FORBES DARL VENTRY GEN. SIR TON NO HIGROVE Turner G. C. F ral Sir Robert Barlow KC. B. Col. Sir Ro
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MISCELLANEA.
in this country for places beyond the territories of the East India Company (which would have inflicted a serious injury upon many persons corresponding with China, Australasia, New Zealand, &c. &c, and their constituents), was cancelled pre- vious to the despatch of the overland mail of the 6th of May, so that no letters were detained.
by Mr. Gladstone has been appointed President of the Board of Trade, and been succeeded as Vice-President
Lord Dalhousie
The London Missionary Society has determined on sending out twelve missionaries to China during the present year, for which purpose the sum of 8,000. has been already subscribed:
On Sunday, 28th May, collections were made in the churches and chapels of the metropolis, and throughout the diocese of London generally in compliance with the wish expressed in the i Bastoral letter of the bishop to his clergy. The on so made will be an annual one that for the
year being applied to the forination of a fund
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