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THE FRIEND OF CHINA,

AND DONGBONG GAZÍTTI.

No, 80 VOL. 11.

NOTIFICATION.

PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING.

VISTORIA, THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 18TH, 1843.

Tax publication of the Hongkong Ga- zette under the authority of Guvernment, |

ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE. (To the Editor of the Friend of China.)

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will be discontinued from this date; but all | 1 happen to be a sailor on board of a vessel now fo public orders and notifications appearing the harbour, & like all other men of my clake, like to In "The Friend of China and Hongkong

come on spore sometimes, but bwing to the duty with the signatures

which our Captain requires us to perform during week of duly au- days, it is quite out of the question to think that he Gazette," thorized Functionaries of the Government will grant us permission on such days, because the work of the Ship would be stopped. It is therefore are still to be considered as official.

only on a Sunday that we can' don our best clothes,& come on shore for the purpose of seeing the place, & stretching our legs by a little exercise. I know that I speak the sentiments of my brethren, In doing so,

By order,

J. ROBT: MORRISON, Acting Secretary and Treasurer, Hongkong, March, 23rd. 1842,

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. His Excellency the Governor and Commander-in-

Price &! è month Or

812 year

At this late period, I should not have troubl you with the above particulars, were it not for my anxiety to record, through your valuable medium, an expression of our heartfelt gratitude for the kind, li- berality with which we were received by our maritime brethren in Chusan,we were quite destitute but a liberal subscription of clothes money and quarters, together with the real kindness and sympathy, of all, d much in removing our regret and making us forget our recent exposures and painful vicissitudes and prospects.

I remain Dear Sir, Your humble servant,

A. CATTO. Late Master of Levant Packet. Hong-Kong Bay, Sept. 21st, 1843,

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CORONERS INQUEST.-An Inquest was held be- fore E. Farncomb Esq. Coroner, on Tuesday after- noon, on board the Dodge, Lorcha, upon the body of Mrs. Case. Verdict, died from exessive drinking

Chief being about to proceed for a short time to Macao, Why I will tell you Mr. Editor, number of sly of Cherry Brandy, and other Stimulants.

the Public Service, is pleased to announce that he ill 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- vernment Honse whence they will be forwarded.

By order,

RICHARD WOOSNAM.

Government House, Victoria, Hong Kong, 24th August 1843.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

SEALED Tenders for Bills, drawn by Her Ma- jesty's Plenipotentiary, on the Right Honorable the Governor General of India, in Council, for a Lac of Company's Rupees (Co's., Rs. 100,000) in sets of Co's., Rs. 2,500, a Co's, Rs. 10,000, payable at Fort William, at thirty days sight, will be receiv. ed at this office, or before Monday, the 16th proximo, at noon.

The Tenders to be computed in Mexican, or other republican dollars, and marked Tenders for Bills on the Governor General of India."

CHAS. E. STEWART. Treasurer and Financial Secretary.

Treasurer's office Government House, Victoria, 26th September, 1843.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

In the goods of James Prestoe, William Smith JB. Kent, and Daniel Bates,

Late of Hong Kong, and deceased intestate. NOTICE is hereby given, that administration of the Estate and effects of the above named intestates has been granted to the undersigned, and all pa ties concerned therein, are hereby apprized thereof.

(Signed) CHAS, E. STEWART

By Order,

CHAS E STEWART. Treasurer and Financial Secretary

Government House Victona. Hong-Kong 26th.

ente's Office, longkong, July 14, 1843. The following is again published by au- thority, for gene

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that a little refreshment would be very acceptable, however we walk up & down the street and find all the houses where such refreshment could be obtained are sealed against our entrance, and this by an absurd order of the government. What is the consequence?

they retail at an enormous profit to such as myself. Chinese, purchase infamous and poisonous grog which and which we are compelled to buy of them, or go without, we then proceed to the hill in the rear of the town, and there seating ourselves by the side of one of the streams which come tumbling down, imbibe the the villanous stuff to the detriment of cur bodies. We have another way to be sure, of securing a little of the crutur, and that is by going on board some one of the Lorchas in the harbour, and there we can obtain grog though very little better than the other, and sit and enjoy ourselves, without the fear of being interrupted by either the shore or water police Mr. Editor this is very hard upon us, and I think if the matter were pro- perly represented to the Nous, they would make such alterations as would benefit us sailors, and do no harm to the morals of the Town's people.

I am Mr. Editor

Your Obedient Servant,

BIN BRACE.

(To the Editor of the Friend of China.)

Dear Sir,

If not intruding upon your valuable space, will you kindly permit the following particular relative to the loss of Schooner Levant Packet.

We left Chusan harbour on July 27th and with pleasant weather, went consting along towards the Yang-tse-Kiang, early on the 2d of August we were. steering for the entrance of that river when at 2 A.. we suddenly found ourselves in shoal water, and the Schooner grounded on the mud flat which stretches some distance to the Eastward from the main on the soath side of the chief branch, the vessels position was about three miles from high water mark, but it is all very low, drowned, swampy country. At day light a considerable- number of natives collected in groups at some distance from the ship, making sigus for as to seek protection on shore, our attemps to heave the Schooner afloat were of no avail, the flood tide comes in from the East and becomes divided by the mud spit, a portion of it rush. ing imo the river, and the other brauch absorbed by the bay of Nang Chow Foc. how Focs

THE annexed extract from the Calcutta Gazette of

the 5th August is of importance to the Mercantile community. We shall not undertake to state what effect it may produce on the exchanges.

No. 1033,

FORT WILLIAM, FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT, THE 4TH AUGUST, 1848. NOTIFICATION.

Notice is hereby given, that the Government of India has recommended to the Home Authorities, the expediency of discontinuing as soon as possible the pre- sent system of making advances in India upon the Se-. curity of Goods to be hypothecated to the East India Company.

The Governor General in Council is of opinion, that the supplies required to meet the wants of the Home Trea- sury can, be raised in England by the Honorable the Court of Directors by the Sale of Bills on India, without any necessity for the intervention of the Government in the Indian Markets, and he is desirous of relieving the trade of India from the irregalar intrusions of a competition that is governed principally by the Poli. tical Exigencies of the State.

The Governor General in Council to aware, that private interests may be injuriously affected by the sud.. den discontinuance of any system that has been long in operation, and he issues this timely notification of his views upon a subject of the greatest importance to the Mercantile community connected with the trade of In dia, in order that they may not be unprepared for a change of measures, which the Government of India is urging strongly on the attention of the Home Autho- rities, and will be ready to carry out at the earliest convenient opportunitý.

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By order of the Right Honorable the Governor-

J. A. DORIN. General in Council,

'Secy, to the Gov. of India.

CHINA The following from the Memoirs and Correspondence of Francis Horner, M. P.; at this time it is both curious and interesting: -“I went to the Speculative Society this evening, where I heard a very Indifferent discussion of one of the most interesting sub- jects which can engage the attention of a political pht.

On the 3d, we had more wind and the vessel striking hard with the flowing tide, began to make considerable water the natives increased in numbers and audacity,losopher-the consequence of a free commerce and in- at low water they began to strip the copper sheathing from the bottom, and cut away the anchor from our stream cable they seem wretchedly poor, their hute- are elevated upon poles, with difficulty only could we keep them at a convenient distance by the demonstra- tion of fire arms.

August 4th more wind and see, our pro ship or cargo by our own unaided exertio less, the beach covered with a vast, menting multitude of natives the impos ing them much longer at bay was evident sent second officer and three hands in

tercourse between China and the rest of the civilized world being unfolded to the curiosity and the observ tion of European science. The discovery which Co- lumbus achieved, hitherto the most magnificent event in the revolations of the globe, suffers immensely in the comparison. That world which he found at the Western extremity of the Atlantic was thinly peopled by scattered families of naked barbarians, who except and aug. || in one or two spots, were inthe earliest infancy of the of keep. political order. But that the world which is detached

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