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THE FRIEND

OF CHINA

AND HONGKONG GAZETTE.

VOL. III. Not 103.

PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND SATURDAY..

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VICTORIA, SATURDAY FEBRUARY 3nv, 1844.

NOTIFICATION-The publication of the Hongkong Gazette under the authority of Govorument, will be, discontinued from this date, but all poble in "The Friend of China and Hongkong Gazette with the signatures of duly authorized Functionaries of the Government are still to be considered forlen

Hongkong, March, 23rd 1827 an

By ordiony

1.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATIONS.

The following Order by the Honorable Major General D'AGUILAR C. B. Comman- ding Her Majesty's Forces in China, is published for General information.

By Order,

RICHARD WOOSNAM.

Government House, Victoria, Hongkong, 1st February, 1844.

GENERAL ORDER

By The Honorable Major General D'Aguilar

C. B. &c. &c. &c..

Victoria, 2d February, 1844.

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Tue Major General Commanding calls the ticular attention of the Troops serving in China to the Government Notification which has been pu blished in the Hongkong Gazette of the 30th ulto

CONTRACT fòr Works.

T. GORDON, Land officer.

J. ROBT: MURRISON, Adung Secretary and Treasurer,

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same time to carry a fair cargo. Her bottom Sealed Tenders will be received until the plates pro so thick that seem on the Stocks, he se Tenth of February next at Noon from Persons will-sembles a clunker built Wooden Vessel. She is ing to contract for forming streets, building so upwards of 500 Tons burden and will have engi wers, and for other works in the Town of Victoria, nes of 200 horse power-her engines are upon the The Drawings and specifications may be seen at

"direct action principle, the Cylinders placed this Office after the 3rd of February,

diagonally and occupying only a small part of the vessel leaving a space between them and the sides, available to carry a large supply Her Decks, Paddle Boxes and in fact the whole of her Wood work is of East Indian Teak-Her bottom plates are all three quarter of an inch in thickness, and no plates less that three eights of an inch have been used in her at all, in addition to which she will be tied to gether with diagonal braces through out her whole length. The Cabins are large and airy end well adapted for the climate, being framed with: open jalousies which will all allow a free cir culation of air through out. She will be handsome- rigged as a schooner, and will carry two twelve Pounder and two six Pounder Guna. Ibid

Land Office, 26th January, 1844.

ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE. To the Editor of the Friend of China."

Ás a Portuguese subject, allow nie to ask whether there has been any cassion of Macho, by which it has licen placed andor British dominion. I, together with all my friends, wesident in that Colony are entirely unaware of any such procedure on the part of our Government, either: here, or at home-I ask for the information, on account of the appearance in your Paper datedly

Sir.

January 30th under the heading Government Notification" an article which if I interpret its meaning correctly, would almost warrant me in such a conclusion. Excellency Sir Henry Pottinger Bart. With the saction of your Legislative Council has

therein declared as follows.

No. And for the prevention of doubleuport the subject "bo it enacted that the Peninsula of Macau shall for the purpo. ses of this ordinance, and all other ordinances made by virtue of within the dothinisha, of the Entperor of Chink the Power hereinbefore mentioned, be deemed and taken to be

The Batta money arising from the ranson of Can- ton, will be paid in the course of the ensuing month, orders have already been issued to the Treasury, to make the necessary arrangements for its distribution. India, who were employed on the expedition. D This gratuity hide already been paid to the forces in

appointment is naturally felt at the lantod amount which ale to the share of the gallant Captors, as it hardly exceeds a uthe of that which has been recejy- ed from the Citizens of

The Major General considers the subject of this Notification to be a very grave one, and one which involves, not only a question of discipline, out the direct infraction of the 6th article of the Supplementary Treaty, which was duly promul gated on the 18th of October last, and to which all subjects of her Majesty, more especially those holding Fler Majesty's Commission, are bound by their allegiance and loyalty to their Sovereign to give implicit adhesion and respect. pall në e int It would appear that i dehance of that article party of English Officers have proceeded from Amoy to the City of Chang chow foe, and that His Excellency the Governor General of the Fo. kien and Chekiang Provinces has protested in strong language against this Infraction of the Trea-lony, to indict, try, punish, or acquit, any guilty person whe-Singapore, to proceed to ty between the Two Countries.

The Major General is not at this moment aware whether these Officers belonged to the Navy or Army, but if to the latter, it will be the Major Gs- neral's painful duty to visit them with the most se- rious consequences as well as animadversion

The Major General is willing yet to hope that some great mistake or misunderstanding has given rise to the irregularity complained of He cannot bring himself to think it possible that any British Officer • would wilfully infringe an Engagement of any kind, and least, of all, so solemn an Enga gement entered into by H Sovereign. des

He will wait therefore with anxiety the Ex- planation of the parties, but till this arrives, he deems it right to lose no time in giving the fullest publicity to his sentiments upon the general question. des

The Major General is perfectly determined while he holds this Command, to maintain the Ho- nor of the Queen's Government and to preserve inviolate the Treaty ratified under Her Majesty's Sign manual. . •1 17 me quali rane

Individual indiscretions such as these, and which affect the interests of Two great Nations, as well as the character of the army at large, will not be pardoned by him, and it is very desirable at this early period ofthis Command that the principles on which he is prepared to act should be fully unders- tood by all under his urders..aur ratingg

By Command,

rat juga Of the Major General Comg.

T EDWARDS

Arbinas Cap

Assistant Adjutant General,

Now it is further doctered, in this Government Notification, that the Law of England abalt extend to all her. Brittanie Majes tys subjects within the dominions of the Emperor of China, and Macão as has been before observed hasboon specially included. Allow me to ask. docs the despassed in the soventh year of the reign of her Majesty Queen Victoria entitled an act for the Detter government of her Majestys subjects resorting to China" delegate power or authority to the Superintendent of Trade and Governor of Hongkong, with the Legislative Council of that Co.

ther British or not, resident at Macao, without the sanction of the Portuguese government being first obtained,

* If no cession of the Colony of Macan (belonging as I believe -at present in me: Portuguese, (bas zakan, place. Over which the

·Portuguese flag still continues to fly, and her soldiers to guard and protect, it must be self evident that either some mistake must have been made through ignorance of the Laws of Nations, or the ves a most unwarranted license, as I cannot believe the British Go- British authorities in Hongkong must have taken upon themsel vernment could have included Macao in so nationally an illegal ceipt of the "Notification" so gross an outrage upon a friendly

act, nor am I willing to conclude, they will sanction on the ra-

power.

Hongkong, February 2d, 1844

I bave the honor to remain, Your Obt. Servant,

Letters and papers from Bombay the 2nd October reached London on 6th November. Those marked Falmouth by this mail, and also by the Hindostan, together

here with the contents of two boxes recovered from the wreck of the Memnon,

innon, arrived on the afternoon of 19th November. They were contamed in 65 boxes, and the number of letters along exceeded 50,000. By great exertions the London portion of them was delivered in the course of the evening: The newspapers, however, were unavoidably domined to be delivered next day. A great number of letters, washed ashore from the wreck of the Memnon, have been distributed Several, however, are so defaced by the sea water as to render their delivery impossible. The Great Liverpool arrived at the Mo therbank at 10 o'clock on the night of the 12th, but through some bad management of the Postoffice regula- tions her mails were not landed until 20 minutes past 9 o'clock the following morning, Singapore Free Press.

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of Canton. India News

We observe from the Belgian Papers, that instruc tions had been sent to the Agent of that Country at Ports of China, (stipulated to be opened on the British Treaty) and miskerran. gement to carry on.

The Americans from the accounts recently, ecerved are already bhitanga lar gely for China.---

It is expected that Lieut. Col. Malcolm, Secretary ratified Treaty, will receive the honour of Kaight cod of Legation in China, Who Intely arrived with the with the decoration of K. C. B-Ibid.

There is a rumour that Sh Ki has been appointed Governor c

In looking over

Thalia, we remark the numbers of British 85, Spanish 3, Shan

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not seem to Americans i

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to us. The Amoy, and 51 Lyperial Gove the regulation

DIATAS

C. B and KS. pired on the

Del in Aberdeenshire, at t Sir J. Perrin dhe in his 49th cent

A report is prevalent that the American sailing pacska kets, which sail monthly from the port of London, and London and l call at Portsmouth, for the United Statca, are for the

the siste

*mg of 8 300 on each trm, which will be effected in

poquence Monthly Times.

The Honorable upanya Steam Frig-filture to be dispatched from Southampton, The alterat esortfis^will be despatched for ion, it appears, is about to be made in consequence of a Bombay on the 15th Instant and the Mails for England and India will be: Closed 'ut the Post Office Victoria at 5 o'clock 1, M. on the 14th Instant.

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