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THE FRIEND OF CHINA AND HONG-KONG GAZETTE,

"A" Branch has been established at Colombo and à proposition bas been made to have a connected Branch Bank established at Hong- kong. The urado and coqumunication subsisting betwoon Bom. bay and that new British Colony, cannot but produce consider. able profits to the Banka in both places, without exposing them- to any great risks.

Bombay Gentleman's Garetik,

It is remarkable that in the whole of the regulations issued relative to the trade there is not one instance of any special mention of Oplum. It will be remembered that the storing of Opium at Hong-Kong has been prohibited, and of course in the five Ports the drug will be a contraband article. Now Sir Henry Pottinger, in his proclama- tion of the 22nd July, declares that he is determined to exact a strict compliance with every provision of the new Commercial Treaty, and will adopt the most stringent ineasures against any parties who may have evaded those provisions, even to an extent beyond his authorised powers, if it seem fit to him.

In this emphatic repudiation of all kinds of illicit deuling, the Opium trade is probably more particularly aimed at, and we may conclude that the Chinese Government have declined to authorize the admission of Opium on any terms, and that the only way the Plenipotentiary saw to prevent the Opium trade affording grounds for another rupture with the Chinese, was to wholly disconnect the British authori- ties from all appearance of countenancing or protecting the trade, and even to threaten active measures against those engaged in it as avowed enemies to the peaceful and legiti- mare commerce between the two countries.

We cannot conclude our notice of the above mentioned arrangements without offering our small tribute of praiseTM to Sir Henry Pottinger for his having completed them with so much ability and judgment, and we must own that we admire exceedingly the straight forward and manly declaration that he will not be stopped by any petty fears of personal responsibility in his proceedings against parties who may, for their private advantage, enter into any dealings involving a violation of the Treaty, and there. fore likely to render pugatory his arduous and apparently successful efforts to place the commercial intercourse be- 1wren the two nations on a firm and lasting footing.

It is to be noted that, concomitant with all these pacific arrangements between the Emperor's Commissioner and the British Plenipotentiary, in the interior of China pre- parations are making for the contingency of war: and the harshest measures are in progress against all Chinese func- tionaries who have came into collision with and been com- pelled to succumb to our forces, Yu-poo-yin, who was Commander Chief of Chekeang province, was long ago decapitated, and other officers have been condemned to death for their ill fortune in not being able to resist us. These are significant facts. Calcutta Overland Star

OPIUM MEMORANDUM. Passes granted under the Proclamation of -1942-43 from Bombay up to the 31st in-

Chests. Ditto ditte from Indore up to the 20th

stant

ultimo

Total

1,049

-20,036.

21,985

Under the Passes for 1841-42 and from the 3rd

Nov. 1841 to the 17th Sept. 1842 Chests. 14.842 Ditto difto 1842-43 from the 22d Oct. 1842

to the 20th Instant

,,21,282 Ditto ditto from 21st to the 27th Instant

Total.

11

None. -21,282

36.124

Under the passes for the year 1841-42 and

from the previous year's balance, from the 22d Oct. 1842 to the 15th Nov. 1842 Chests. 15,491 Ditto ditto for 1842-43 from the 16th Nov.

1842 to the 20th Instant

11.

813

Ditto ditto from 21st to the 27th Instant.,,

20,813

Total 36,305

H. D. GLASS, Opium Agent, Bombay, September 20.-Gentleman's Gazette.

FROM the CAFE OF Goor HOPE SHIPPING LIST of 1st. September last, we learn that a heavy Gale had been experienced on the 24th August The Prince Alver

crew saved; Barque Delhi drov

BY AUTHORITY

OF HIS EXCELLENCY SIR HENRY POTTINGER, BART, G. C. B. &c. &c, &c.,

In the Press, and will be ready for delivery on the

10th January, 1844; in one volume quarto THE WHOLE of the GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATIONS promulgated at various periods, from the time of the hoisting of the British Flag on the Island of Hong- With two In- Kong, until the 31st December, 1843. dexes, the one alphabetical, and the other indicating the general nature of the Notifications.

The Notices &c., issued from the various Govern- ment Offices will be included in the above.

The Number of Copies printed will be limited to that of the Subscribers, and the Subscribers' list will be clos ed on the 25th December, 1843; -fifty copies will however be reserved in order to meet orders from the Northern Ports until the 1st-March next, when should- any remain, they will be available for purchasers.

PRICE, Four Dollars.

N. B. A continuation of the Notifications will appear from time to time in a similar forin,, so as tu be adapted to form a second volume to the above, the subscription to which will be two Dollars per annum,

Subscribers auges are received at the Friend of China and Hong-Kong Gazette Office.

IN the Press, and will be published on the 1st, January

next,

THE HONG-KONG ALMANAC FOR 1844 containing a variety of useful information ; a Table of contents will appear immediately.

Also, at the same time will be published

THE LONG-KONG SHEET ALMANAC FOR 1844;

which will contain an abstract of the information con- veyed in the preceding work.

Applications for Copies to be made at the Office of the Friend of China and Hong-Kong Gazette.

NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS, In order to prevent as far

as possible the appearance of incorrect matter in this paper, we must decline giving insertion to any communication, of whatever nature, which is not accompanied by the name of the party addressing us, which however we hold ourselves bound in every case to preserve secret

Can any of our corespondents to the Northward inform us, whether the Boxree grows of a sufficient size în China to be available for the purposes of wood engraving, and if so where it is procurable?

ERRATUM.

In our inat issue in the Advertisement for tenders for Govern. ment Bills for 2,000,000 read 2,00,000.

17 The publication of the FRIEND OF CHINA, AND Hongyong GAZETTE, commenced on Thursday last at 5 į O'Clock A, M.

ELEMENTS OF THE ECLIPSE OF THE SUN,

DECEMBER 20, 1843.

Greenwich Mean Time of in R. A.

and 's Right Ascension

Declination

's Declination

's Horary Motion in R. A. O's Horary Motion in R. A.

's Horary Motion in Declination 's Horary Motion in Declination

's Equatorial Horizontal Parallax

's Equatorial Horizontal Parallax

's True Semidiameter

's True Semidiameter

17 8 15 2 17 51 30 39.

871

8. 22 55 16 7

S. 23 27 11 7

N.

20

39 16 5 240 7

2.59 1 0.34 59 47 0

8 7

16 17 4 16 17 0

The Eclipse begins on the Earth generally, Decem- ber 200, 14 28m 6 Mean Time at Greenwich, m Long. 57° 55′ E. of Greenwich, and Lat, 12° 42′ N.

Central Eclipse begins generally, December 204 15h 32m 4, in Long. 47° 12' E. of Greenwich, and Latitude 23. 29 N.

Central Eclipse at noon December 20d 17h S... 3 in Long 102 26 E. of Greenwich, and Lat. 8o 27' N.

• Central Eclipse ends generally December 20d 18h 32m 4, in Long. 1540 19′ E. of Greenwich, and Lat. 34 18 Novih dan

Ends on the Earth generally December 20d 19h 36 m in Long, 144 33′ E. of Greenwich, and Latitude 23. 44' N.

White

PRICE CURRENT, CANTON, 10th December, 1843.

IMFORTS.

. Dollar 2, 80 a 3, 10

SHIRTINGS Grey

COTTON YARN No. 18 a 32

---... Higher

LONG ELLS. Scarlet

3, 50 49 80

>

25,00 a 26, 00 long

17

e no demand

8, 50. 8, 80 recent heavy arrivals

and heavy and large sales must for the present depress the market.

30. 00 a 31, 30 fur good..

CAMLETS English

SPANISH Stripes BROAD CLUTA

LEAD Pig IKON Nail Rod

Bar***

I

Hoop

Tix Banca

+1

1. 15 a

1,36 more enquired alter.

2, 30 a 8, 00

4,804, 85

F⭑

2,.70

2, 30

}} 3, 10

'Taels

71 m. a 8.1 m.

Bombay Madras

12 5.2"

7 1

11

17

for very fine.

Plater Corrox-Bengal

PEPPER KATTANS SANDAL Wood. OPIUM-Patna

Benares

Malwa

Turkey

" 5,88 7.9.

Dollars 475 2 4. 90

3. 60 2 3, 75

4.00 a 12, 80

800, 00

760, 00

EXPORTS FREE ON BOARD. TEAS, Congon, old, Taels 16

new..

very dull

17 8 25 for common to best Caper, nominal, very few left. Orange Pekoe, plain 22 a 25 for common to medium-

39 a 44 fine and finest.

for coarse to good; none

Stuchong

Pekoe,

+

23 35

of finest left.

35

has been paid for some of fair quality very little doing.

The market for Green Teas is rather quieter, and it is generally anticipated will decline if buyers for the English market hold back. The purchases for the American market average in the purchase of Hyson Skin, nearly 3uTaele, Hyson. 7 to 8 taels, Young Hyson 4 to 5 taels and Imperial Gunpowder, 8 to 10 els per pecul above those of last season.

ENGLAND

UNITED STATES July 10 –

CALCUTTA

Det. 4

LATEST DATES.

Aug. 5 SINGAPORE

ΠΑΤΑ MANITA

Oct, 28

Sept. 27

Nov.

26

BOMBAY

Sept. 28

CHUSAN

Nov

20

SYDNEY

Bept 2

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Nov 16

American Bombay

Bengal

Madras

THE FRIEND OF CHINA, AND HONG-KONG GAZETTE.

VICTORIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14cm, 1843

We must apologise for the want of Editorial in Plettenbergh's Bay, matter to-day. The press of local intelligence which must be inserted obliges us to omit our leader, but arrangements are making which will we hope enable us to furnish our readers with a lar- ger supply of news on the commencement of the ensuing year.

oa Bay, crew saved;

• Gull, several lives

LIST OF VESSELS IN TABLE BAYSEPTEMBER, 1843.

also Brigs Elizabeth Rowell, lost.

Ghika, Cloid; Caroline, Ware; Agile, Small; Mary Stuart, Bloom: Galatea, Owen: Elizabeth, Jansen; Nestor. Stewart: Royal Saxon, Crawford, Lord Goderich, Cook, Pilet, McDonald Maid of Mona, Blake; Mary Ann, Locke; Sophia, Barry.

SIMON'S BAY.-H. M. 8. Winchester, Capt. Eden; H. M. 8.

Thunderbolt, Lieut. Woodrowe, H.M.S.Altine Lieut Dolling Sally Annie, Bourden; Nueva Victoria, J. de Lara; Promise, Gayıner; Lady Margaret, Thompson.

ALGOA BAY-Vinilia, Martin Mary Ann, Medhurst Sarah Maria, Oldridge, Elizabeth Rowell, Wake; Agrippina, Rodgers; Richmond, Furbur; Eliza, Müller, Laura, Crockley Bowes of Streatham, Fleming, St. Helena, Mann; Delhi, Byron Bea Gull, Murray.

We have news from Java to 27 September, but of no interest! Dates from Manila extend up to the 96th ultimo but there is no matter of nterest to mention. We subi in a list of the vessels

in the Roads and arrivals and departures, Our files of the Beminario Filipino,"

ipino, do not arrive very regularly, we do not know where the fault lief. Es

ARRIVALS AT MANILA.

Nov. 6. Petrel, Woodberry from Sydney British Isle, Graham from Hong Kong, Vlashandel, Dupain from Rot- terdam Merope, Hogg, from Port Jackson, Nov 7. Tyrer, Rymer from Hong-Kong Nov. 21 Spanish Brig Narciso from China, Gitana Hong-Kong Lingayen, Marianas,

DEPARTURES.

Unicom (Am) for Boston Brookline (Am) for Salem, Nov. 7. Hugh Walker, for Loudon John Braw

oes Not 19 Newburyport, Am.) Boston, Sil. (Spa Actonia, (Sp.) Cadiz, Petrel, (Am) Macso; Alcmane,

Coraptte of wate

Semmario Filipino,

The Ardaseer leaves for Bombay, and the Clown for Calcutta with Mails on Saturday morning. We do not publish an Overland Summary because the interval elapsed since our last has been so short. we may mention that we do not propose to publish our Summaries at shorter intervals than one month,

The eclipse of the as possible total in ded to present our Issue with a woodcut

en

20th instant will be as nearly Hongkong. We had inten- aders along with the present ung the same, but our us we still however engraver has disappoint hope to be able to 1980 the same before tieth instant. We give below the Eleme the Nautical Almanac, and shall be obliged by our readers both here and elsewhere, giving us the benefit of any observations which they may make during the eclipse, should the state of the weather allow of its bei

Supposin 40 E. the

Hongkong to be 113 mence December 20a 223 020 6, and end December 213.03" 100% The period of greatest obscu tion will be Derem. ber 214 02 35 9015 4. In all the above tions the reckoning is made

COTTON REPORT,

Bales

CANTON NOVEMBER 30th 1843.

Deliceries Stock. 307 1,460 27,467

263 11817 3,831

Ship Bombay included.

94,677

26,323

Total 31,868. 134,277

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

VESSELS NOW IN VICTORIA HARBOUR. Rosa [Hulk); John Barry Recg ship]; Sarah; Mercury Recg do; General Wood Recg do.; Jardine do.; Isabella [Hulk]; Mary (Schr]; Louisa; Folks- tene: Bombay; Moffat; Hope: Slains Castle, Zenobia [Am]; Crishna; Algerine Cecilia, Canton; Ariel, Ino Dalton: Zemindar Posthumous Possidone Crisp; Velocipede, La Belle Alfiance: Sultan; Florist Spec; Victoria; William Hughes, Ariel; Thomas Anita Sylph, Mor: Comet; Mary Bulmer. Mary,

Potentate,

HER MAJESTY'S SHIPS. Minden, Captain Qum, Hospital Ship. Troop Ship Sapphire, Master Commanding, J. R

Fittock Agincourt, Rear Admiral Sir Thos. Cochrane, C. B.

Capt. Bruce

ARRIVALS.

Rogers

DECEMBER

6th Petrel (Am.)

Psycha Aniel

7th Water Witch

Thomas CBD Velosipe le HMS Agincourt

8th La Belle All

Sultan (Spanish)

ders Sullivan Reynel

1843

Macao

Whampoa. Manda

Amor London & Sing

Chichew