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THE FRIEND OF CHINA AND HONG-KONG GAZETTE.

Excellency the Imperial Commissioner, Keying, under conviction shall take place, and Her Majesty is hereby date the 8th of this month, and of the reply afforded to further pleased to order, that all proceedings, which it on the 11th Instant, relative to merchant vessels, may be had under this Urder, shall be, as far as cir- under British colours going for purposes of trade orcumstances will permit, in conformity with commerco, to any other Part of China except the five that have been declared open by Treaty.

In enjoining duo attention and obedience, on the part of all. Her Majesty's Subjects, to the aid ordor in Council, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary, &c, thinks it right under the Powers he holds, to explain, and notify by this Proclamation, that, looking to the grant extent of the Sea Coast of Chino, as well us to the difficulty which attends its navigation, in one or other direction, at most seasons of the year,owing to the strength of the prevailing winds the South west and North-east Mon soons] it will not be looked upon, or held to be, in any degree a breach or violation" of the said order in Council should British vessels approach and anchor for safety, or shelter, near the Coast of China or in any of its Road. steads, or falets, lying to the Southward of the Embo uchure of the Yan-tse-Kiang River but all HerBritannic Majesty's Subjects must henceforward clearly bear in view, aud understand, not only from this Proclamation and its accompaniments, but from the IV Article of the Abstract of the Supplementary Treaty, promulgated for general information on the 18th of this month, the risk they will run by attempting, in opposition to

the stipulations of the Treaty, to trade elsewhere than at

one of the five Ports -

of England:

And the Right Honourable the Earl of Aberdeen, and the Right Honourable Lord Stanley, two of Har Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State; the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury; end the Commissionera for uxocuting the office of Lord High Admiral, are to give the necessary directions herein as to them may respectively appertain,

WVM. L. BATHURST.

KEYING, High Commissioner of the Imperial Fami- ly, Guardian of the Prince, Governor General of Kiang Soo and Kiang.se, &c., &c., hereby makes this Official Communication.

It appears, that the High Officers of Chib-le and Shantung have on different occasions, and independent ly of each other, memorialized the throne to the follow

effect.

ing

I do not think from the circumstance of the Ships having Canton Linguists and inen on board, that they could have been from Singapore, nor am I quite certain that they were really English Vessels, altlinugh they so described themselves shall alopt the necessary steps for ascertaining these points, if possible, and in the mean time, I will issue a Proclamation to the effect pointed out by Your Excellency, and will likewise adopt auch other restrictive rulea, as may seem calcul- sted to entirely suppress the practice of foreign trading vessels, going beyond the bounds fixed by the Treaty.

I havo more than ten times previously plamed to your Excellency and other High Chinese Othcerss that the great and final remedy for this disobedience and evil, rests in the hands of the local authorities

and I am most happy to observe that that

applied on this occasion Country being careful holding intercourse, with only rigidly enforced, the

motive for their straying!

of the

ng or

bounds is the hope

of profit, and where nothing can be cold, not ouly is no profit to be had, but considerable expense or, in other words, loss is to be

curred.

In addition to strict prohibiting and restraining the people from dealing, or holding, intercourse, with such vessels, the vessels should on no pretence, be fura-

"ished with, or even allowed to buy, provisions; und k would further st ingly recommend that all the local

On the 9th day of the 7th moon of this present year (4th August) two, two-masted Foreign vessels were first seen at sea in the district of Tang.ching, in Shantung, whence they proceeded to an island called Lew Kung taon, in the district of Wan-tang, where they cast anchor. On the 10th day of the said moon Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary &c., further thinks (5th August) three foreigners, five Canton men and one man from Kiang-se, landed from a Ship's boats and it right to explain and notify by this Proclamation, that

distributed hand-bills, to the effect that they had Wool as none of the Ports to be opened agreeable to the lens, miscellaneous articles, .Opium in large and small Treaty, for purposes of trade and Commerce, lie to the Northward of the point indicated above [vizt the Emballs, de, & for sale, and wished forthwith to con mence trafficking with, our people, but as our people bouchure of the Yang-tae-Kiang River] he has, in

did not dare to hold any clandestine dealings with them, virtue of the authority vested in him, and pending the they returned to their ship and sailed away. On the gracious pleasure of Her Majesty; fixed that point as the limit to which British Merchant vessels may pro-Chee fow-taon in the district of Teah shan, where they 11th day [6 August ] they went to an island called ceed without being taken to be guilty of a contraven cast anchor. On the 29th day [ 24th August] they tion of the Treaty, and accordingly all Subjects of the Crown of England, are hereby warned and given dis sailed to outside of the sands called Tan-kiang-sha near Ta-Koo-Kɔw (is the mouth of the Pei-ho) in tinctly to understand, that any British Merchant ves-

Chit-le, where they again anchored. Thereupon the sel that may be positively known or discovered, to

Commandant and Intendant of Tientsin went on board have visited any Part of the Sea Coast of China bigher the ship, and saw there upwards of twenty men, who ined, as above suggested; that attempt will, of course, up than the 32nd degree of North latitude (unless she sould be forced by absolute stress of weather will be spoke with a Canton accent and fifty or sixty foreign-icated and upheld. I trust nothing of the kind wil ers, black and white, A linguist of the surmaine of assumed to have gone there, in violation of Her Majes | Teang, said, that the ship belonged to Your Honorable ty's said order in Council and of this Proclamation, and the necessary measures will be taken for her boiug detained by any of Her Majesty's Ships that may fail in with her, with a view to her being sent to Hong Kong for inquiry and adjudication.

In conclusion, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary, &c most specially and solemnly warns all Her Majesty's Subjects against any act of violence,-no matter what the alleged cause or pretence may be, towards any of the Officers or people of China. If Merchant vessels will go to Trade at any of the Ports of China not opened by Treaty for purposes of Trade or Commerce it is self evident that they voluntarily expose themselves, after the fullest and oft repeated warnings, to the chan cos of being attacked and driven away, or eized and confiscated, and in either case not only will they receive no protection or countenance from Her Majesty's Ships of War or other Authorities, in China, but they will if they attempt to defend themselves, and loss of life or bloodshed should ensue, be seized as Pirates, and brought- to Hong-Kong to await the decision and commands of Her Majesty's Government.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN. Dated at the Government House, at Victoria, Hong-Kong, October 24th, 1818.

HENRY POTTINGER.

AT THE COURT at BuckingHAM PALACE, the 24th DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1843. PRESENT

The QUEEN'S Most Excellent Majesty in Council.

WHEREAS by an Act, passed in the session of Parlia ment holden in the third and fourth years of

or

of His late Majesty King William the Fourth; intituled

An Act in 1-culate the trade to China and Indi

amongst other things,

be lawful for His M

rders. Com

Majesty in Counc

ary, to give to

mentioned or

Nation, and that she had taken on board a cargo of Cotton-cloths, woollens &c, &c., at Sinchow-foo ( Sin- the same time they exhibited a bill of parcels for ins gapore?) which they had brought on for sale, and at

Intendant immediately told them, that Wenzsin was a pection, from the Hong Tih-li. The Commandant and place where commercial intercourse was not permitted, but as the people on board that ship or these ships supplied their wants, and would receive no payment; wished to buy provisions, the Mandarins forthwith.

and in fine on the 1st day of the 7th intercalary moon (25th August) they got up anchor and stood away

towards the South.

anthorites of the Sea Coasts of Shantung and Chih-le, should be instructed to seize and detain any Chinese Linguists, or other such persons, who may and from these vessels, and not to release them, until they shall have paid a fine of atdeast $1,000 each, to the Public Treasury. If Your Excellency approves of this sug gestion, I hope you will make it public, and I will like- wise include a notice of it in my forthcoming Procl. amation, and as the said Linguists, and all the Chinese Imperial Government, they will not be so fool-hardy who sail in these vessels, must be the subjects of the

as to incor such risks for the mere profit of others

Should an attempt be made by force, by any vessel, to release Linguists and such persons seized and deta.

be repelled, and the authority of the local Officers vind-

ever occur, but should it unfortunately so happen, the moment it reaches my ears, I shall order the offending vessel, wherever she tray be found in China, if under English Colors. to be seized as a Pirate, and brought to Hongkong to await the decision and Commands of Her Britannic Majesty's Government.

I trust, that this Official communication in reply, will Government, and I close it by assuring you of my be satisfactory to Your Excellency, and the Imperial

constant anxiety to enforce amongst all British Subje ects the most scrupulous obedience to the provisions of the Treaty, I may add, that I have every hope now that the five ports are about to be formally opened, that the irregularities which have hitherto been practised Now I, the High Commissioner, have received the

will cease, and that all classes will see, how little how much risk run, by Imperial Commands to ascertain from Your Excellen-profit is to be looked for, and how clandestinely go from cy, what ships these are, that thus unauthorizedly and deviating from the prescribed path of Commerce.

place to place, and to impress

A most important Communication in reply. restrained upon one and the same principle, and they upon Your Excellency that they must be all rigidly

[Signed] HENRY POTTINGER. may not look out for or hope to obtain other places, as open markets, than those stipulated for in the Treaty.

I find, that these ships went to Chih-le and Shan. tung before that Your Excellency had issued a procla mation forbidding them to do so, and moreover as they went away of their own accord, there is no occasion now to say any thing more upon that head; only, In- these ships whether Your Excellency inay or know whence they came, and whith et this being the time when the differe are now open to your lawful trade, and the

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His Excellency.

Keying, IMPERIAL COMMISSIONER.

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True Cupy

RICHARD WOOSNAM

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