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THE FRIEND

OF CHINA

AND HONG KONG GAZETTE.

PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND SATURDAY.

VOL. III. No. 119

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, MARCH 30TH, 1844.

NOTIFICATION The publication of the Hongkong Gazette under the authority of Government, in "The Friend of China and Hongkong Gazette," with the signatures of duly authorized Functionaries of the Coy

Hongkong, March, 23rd 1842,

ENGINEER Contract.

Norice is hereby given, that Tenders will be received at this Office until Friday, the 12th of April, at noon, from such persons as may be willing to contract for cutting and levelling ground at this place, according to plans and specifications, of which information may be obtainkd at the Office of the Commanding Royal and Superintending Engineer, on any day after the 6th of April.

E. BINE COFFIN, C. G. Commissariat, Victoria, 29th March, 1844.

order

The vessels ashore on the Prata Sheet are the P China junks to the southward of her they are o

There were no otios on Batat day, March 17th, 1 - it within one mile.

PRICE 12 TOT

From this date; but all public onters and pötificadona appearing are still to be cupsidered as

ROBT MORRISON, Anting Fecretary and Treasurer.

1 remain your obedient Servant

ANTHONY WILHINHON

Comunnuder barrjun * Creat,”

ere other

Shipmasters equity considerate in communionting to the pu

(We thank Captain Wilkinson for his letter, ble through the medium of the press, the,pa

of their voyages, auch valuable information would be preserved for the banefit of Navigation, which is now lost

CHINA TRADE,

At this moment the attention of the merchants Is natu-

ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE. rally drawn so much i

a towards China, that any information

Cd of China || relating to the trade with that country will be most accept

(To the Editor of the Friend SIR-As there is now . of Law established in this Colony, and I have noticed in perusing your journal, that great dissatisfaction provails amongst the holders of land here, by reason of the unusually brief tenure on which their lands have been granted by the government, namely, 75 years, and also that complaints have been made, that some have, in one or two instances, been obliged to give up some of their lots, * nolentes volentes", for government purposes, which lots have been sold by the government to other persons, as the highest

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bidders and as at a future period some of theas uppprently || Froia official returns {, in from the United States.

able. The opening of the new porta causing two opposite feelings--namely, hope that manufacturing prosperity may be restored, and fear lest the spirit of speculation may be experienced persona extremely valuable, in somuch as they Carried to too great an extent-render all opinions from

may serve to guide the merchants in their operations. The circular of Mesars. Gibson, Ord, and On. of Man- chester, is very opportune, containing as it does some re- marks on the exports to

that the oxport of Cotton injured, print me the occupatate, lavin, Ms. Editor, tims of marufous tres of all kind van 3.768/750 collar to 1838, ejantment against the then occupants, I will, Mr. Editor, supposo 2,975,098 in 1839, 3349.607 lu 1840 and 8,128,846 in that that the has already arrived, and the Action regularly en 1841. During all these periods high prices, with an in- torod, and the trial taken place. As it may thon bo, like it inflated currency, existel,

lel. The returns for the year ending now, a military government, the court may of course be composed September, 1814, which have not yet been published are of a military judge, military jury, military couneal, military wit. 4,000,000 to 4,500,000 dollars. A contraction of currency nessus, and avon military short-hand writers--in fact everybody began to be felt during the fourth quarter of the lait, and will be military, event the lawyers; but the judge alone must wold the word, whichi" në cqourse must be the word of justión,

the first two of the prosent year, and prices of labour and I will now suppose, us I said before, that the trial was over, and the raw material were so reduced, that the manufacturert that the military lawyer who won the cause, bad writion a lotter

produced at a reduction of “6 to 981 per cent,, assisted by to his military client of Chuckchew, who was unable, from gout er

improvements in machinery, which enabled them to use an other indisposition, to attend at the trial, descriptive of the pro-inferior sort of Cottones Presiously they confined thein- ceedings in court. It may perhaps afford sous puisement to your military genders, and it will show them how readily law and war ena amalgamate on ohemieni principios Sem

"Hood Quartors, Victoria,

2511th January, 1846, "Sir-I have the hon r to announos a glorious victory obtainod by the troops under my oummand, on the Niai Prins 11, at Victoria, in this island, on yesterday afternoon, over the rebels in the Queen's Roud, led by Bombardier Mortar, whose seizure of a strong position in your flot, and refusal of all terms of annosty I save already mentioned to you,

4. Ploding ho would not submit to the pondsful proposals which I made to him, with a vine to provent • the loss of blood, I found there was nothing to be done but to attack him with such forcen ás I o uld collect; 1 nécordingly advanced with a bold front, bat he was not to be indmidated, as hö hud ronelved information that some of my troops wore at a distanes and could not be brought up in time,

Although, we were in sight four daya, various couro pro vented our coming to an engagement till Fosterday afternoon, at 3 o'clock. Just as the attack was about to commence (for the purpose I presume of distracting my attention), he sent a flag of truce with proposals for a surrender, on terms which I indignantly rojected, porsuaded that though my numbers were few, they would stoutly support the cause' in which they wore engaged.

« We commended the attack, and an opening was mudo in the enemy'a line by Lieutenant-General Colf, who was ably sup, ported by General Camlet. At the outset, our troops, from their ignorance of the lot, got ontangled, and suffered a slight chook receiving much annoyance from the enemy's sharpshouters y I was luckily enabled to come quickly to their aid, and extrronted them from their difficulty. The action soon became general, and the enemy having endeavored to turn my right, I sent Captain Speak-out, of the navy, who had kindly volunteered his services, and he arcceeded in drying bao

back the attacking party The o; amy still continued to fight with great obstinacy, artillery came up, of which I had an excellent rken and having brought twelve guns to bear the enemy were forced to retire with great slaughter,

fight, and making occasiona

thought they could netsin. They

however, ke

all of them, and Bombardier Mörtai

"I cannot too

Magistingy street and

tified their obs

ajected ender

selves to a Coston winch color 2 venta per lb, tnore than Cotton of an equally good plo, bat foul and which their wächinery war (mable i dan. Thus they were enabled to produce arbleef in a war descriptions of cloth at 18 cants per The Forgot, id koron at ↑ canın, 'per lh, while at 18 cents per they proddeed those finer desoriptions and which had been as high as 30 dance in the previous of fabrics which in the early part of 1849 cost 24 ponte,

year. The shilpinenta to China were consequently hoaxy In the beginning of the yek

the waroid year Buuring

have amounted to 6,000,000 dollars or mornin

goods would The market being

it was found that a very extensive supply be wanted for home consumption. thinly furnished, a great reaction i this moment fliey are 15, 20, of uven than they were in January. So gros home demand, and to limited are the stocks in the hand, of the dealers that the advance is likely to be rouin and we are therefore not likely to be interfered with

bla perioil. At the sinu foreign markets for a considerable time the advantage possessed by Now England in able to use an inferior sort of Cotton is not to be overlooked,

and Messrs Gibson and Ord express a wish that our Go vernment muy remit the duty which presses upon thei branch of our manufacturen Times

CANTON PRICES CURRENT. 96TH MARCH, 1844.

IMPORTS

Ale (best brands)

Amber Patel Nut

DUTY PAID

0 to 0 0 per hhd. 10 0110 por catty

000 per picul

0 per bol

OPIUM, Turkey

Oplum---Nominal; few asiok

Pepper

Baleable at prices quoted, Rice, cargo quality

Raitans

Fair demand.

Sandalwood, Malabar

1 60"

0

019 0

0

Tamor 8.51:14. Little enquired after.

WOOLLENS

Spanish Stripes Long Ells, scarlet

Dull

sorted

Camlets, English

Dutch

Alum

K

888

30 por

per piece

20.82

2200 pr 14

EXPORTE, 0x

0

per pioul

Market bare.

Anniseed

0.20 ** Camphor

30 0 " 0 0 Boveral lobe in the market. Cassia

2020 25 "L Buds

19 0 Chinn Roole

„2 60. ** Galangal Musk Rhubarb

0 0

0 0

0

Sonrae; of good quality.

RAW SILK

Tuysian Canton

270 0 0

90 04

00 per city «00 por picul

25

515

0.4640

0

0

No purchases. Stock about 100 balos Tsatice.

TEA

Congou

Ts 16 017 0

Brock of Congou in only 900 shops, being about half of the quantity on hand last season, and for the most part of very inferior quality.

"Onper

Few on hand

Souchong

15 0420 0

30 01270

None of Bras quality Orange Palcoe, plain. 20 0 * 28

conted

0 0 U

None Twankay

21

0

Fow loft.

Hyson

Young Hyson Hyson Skin

For Forat bloom

30

Imporial & Gunpowder 44 D 580

Sonroe. December news bas stopped pitschiuse.

EXPORT OF TEAS TO DATE.

Green

6765 189

„Black, ~ 81,901,501

Total 38,666,600

OF BULLION

Sycee Bilver

Spanish Dollar Republican ditto

por picu Bl

cent, for selected:

30days 922

The Lion of your insur

(15 the Editor

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