THE FRIEND OF CHINA AND HONGKONG GAZETTE.
SUPPLEMENT TO
121.
No.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, APRIL 6тm, 1844.
The Peninsular and Oriontal Company have par-junior, and his private chaplain. The Kerry Era. chased the Precursor for 65,000%, conditionally on miner records a giracle, which reminds one of the sto- obtaining a Mail contract from Aden, if not from Suez, ries of volcanic showers or ashes, devastating flights to Coylon, Madras, and Caloutta.
There now appears of locusts, and Yankee passenger pigeons o to be great probability that the Comprehensive linens the carriage stoppel at the Brandon Arms, the air will be carried out, as well as an improved intercourse became darkened wouh hats!? with Bombay,
The Mammoth Steam-ship Great Britain is at length definitively appointed to proceed on her first voyage From England to New York on the 25th of May next.
Some couception of the vastness of her size
may be formed from the fact that her burthen is 3,500 tons, and her engines 1,000 borse power, whilst those of her sister ship, the Great Western, are respectively 1,000 and 450.--London Mail.
SCOTTLAND.
HOLYROOD HOUSE. Our ancient palace at prosent shows some of the splendour which formerly rested spun it when it was the abode of Royalty. For some time past the Duke and Duchess of Hamilton, the Marquis of Douglas, and the Princess Marie, of Baden, de Countess of Lincolo, with a numerous retinue of servants, have taken up their residence in the Palace; and on Tuesday last the Marquis and Marchioness of Breadalbane also arrived there, with the intention of making some considerable The residence of
the ke tip po fipfius, with this rolipue of each, funkes a daily stir in the neighbourhood, and throws some gleams of its former splendour on the long desorted Canongate
At a public menting in Tairy it was stated, with respect to the tenantry on the Scottish estates of the Duke of Sutherland, that on a rental of from 30,000 to 40,000% per annum, there had not, for four years, bean a sixpence of arronts. This was justly consider ed a proof of the comfort and prosperity of the tenantry; and wo suspect there are few properties in the kingdom of which the same gratifying fact can be related
The trigonometrical survey of Scotland is now to be proceeded with in as vigorous and efficient a man- ner as the parliamentary grant will permit. An inti mation to this effect has been communicated to the Duke of Richmond, as president of the Highland and Agricultural Socioty, in answer to a memorial from that body,
A meeting in aid of the longue fund was held at Glasgow the Lord Provost in the chair, when resolutions were passed in favour of a repeal of the corn inws, and 3,000l. were contributed. Mr. Oswald, MP, took part in the proceedings, Last your Glasgow contri buted 2 5007
The trial of Mr. Gilmour will take place before the High Court of Justiciary of Edinburgh, about the middle of this month.
WALES
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The Commissioners of Inquiry into Welsh grie- vances have taken the opinion of the Attorney and Solloitor General us to the legality of cartata kelis exacted in Carmarthenshire on vahlolos ro-passing the toll-gate after having passed in the same day; and the Law-offoers of the Crown pronounce the tolls in question to be illegal. It is said that this opinion, obtained earlier, would have swept away a great part of the grievances which provoked the riots.
The unprecedented number of 68 writs of dertiorari have been issued from the Crown offer. These wrils are all from Wales, in canes grising out of the Jate disturbances, and they are issued by the Crown, on the presumption that in the present excited state of local fooling anil strong prejudice impartial trials are not to be had in the Principality,
NAVAL
said that the East India Company are about to
pay "glonation hatt to the offers
and may do
in the first expedition to Canton, when Capt. Elliot agreed to accept ranson for the city. The allowance to the army has been long since paid. The officers and men employed in the following ships of the Royal navy will be entitled to shute-the Algerine, Blenheim, Blonde Calliope, Columbine, Conway, Cruiser, Druid, Herald, Hyacinth, Larne, Melville, Modeste, Nimrod, Flades. Samarang. Folags, and Wellesley. shares to the officers, where they have barved 12 months on the coast of China, will be-Captains, about 9001; Commandors, 5507., and Lieutenants, 2007.
The
RI. Marrines-Capt. Deyer is reported to have re- signed the command of Ascension owing to indispo. sition. Honry T. Fox, to be 2d Lieut. (Plymouth Div.) First Lieut. George Elliott has joined hd qra Plymouth. The following Marine Cndate have qualified for Commissions in the corps :-Juhn Crocket, 1. N. Gall, Charles J. Ellis, W. I, Divis, Ed C. Domville
The following Mates have passed for Livust, at the Naval College Messrs. Aug. Butler, 1. H. Monds, P. Paborn, 8. Orbørn.
John M'Iver to the chuch and parish of Bleate, Sky, vacant in consequence of the transportation of the Rev. Alexander M'Iver, late minister thereof, to the parish of Dornock; the Rov. Simon Frazer to the church and parish of Nigg, Tain, vacant in consequence of the Rev. John Macalister, late minister thereof, having consed to be a minister of the Church of Scotland the Rev. Janies Flowerdew to the church and parish of Fordoun, Mearas, vncant by the resignation of Dr. James Leslie, late minister thereof; the Roy, Andrew Rutherford, M. A., to the church at Rothiemurchus, Abernethy, vacant by the transportation of the Ruy. Charles Grant, Inte Minister thereof, to the parish of Kingussie.
The Queen has been pleased to présent the p
IRELAND.
A sont for the county of Tipperary is vacant by the doccase of Mr. V. Maher. Mr. Daniel O'Connell, jun, will probably be the new member. :
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India), of which number 38,172 were in Great Britain and Ireland and 40,794 in the Colonies. In Ireland alone there were 15,599. The return in question shows the army stationed from the your
1799 to 1843. In 1782, the number of men and offers in Ireland
Waa 11,816 in 1822. 23.786; In 1828, 24,018; in 1830, 18,431; in 1835, 10,879, and in 1849, 15,060. In December last, in Ireland there were 1086 offloare and men of the Royal Artillery making nearly 17,000 soldiers to a population in Ireland (according to the cenie of IBJI) of 8,176,298.
OBITUARY.
The Earl of Plymouth expired on the 8th Doc, at his resideno" of the fatally who had borne the title, and, dying without insun, Brook streat, Grosvenor square. The lato Earl was the oighth the Earldoni may be considered extinct,
18th Deo, from an spoidental injury received on the previous day Lord Inverurie, oldest son of the Burl of Kintaro, expired on the during a run with the Pytchley hunt.
General Sir Jolm Taylor was found dead in beil ac hie lodgings, Land's Hotel, Bi, Alban's-place, Haymarket, on the morning of and was in his haual sihito of health, At night, upon retiring to Bih Due. He had dined the previous day with Colonel Burke,
rest he gave Thompson, his valet, orders to gall him at 6 o'clock
the next morning, to give blindad taught prescribed by Dr. Gas- say pe. The mediging was necordingly given at the Appointed unte, and the servant was then dired to give a second draught in about an hour, but if the General were asleep got to disturb 1. Finding him asleep at 8 o'clock be retired, and upon his return
in an hour found the General dend to bed. The gallant offloer had under care Clargus.street,
on
arme the hand or the court of Dr. Ganserine, of Clarge stresul death in a manner so sudden was never expected.
terrace, B
J. C. London, Esq. expired at his house in Porchester- yswater, on the 14th Dec, of disease of the lungs which had wasted him to a ed the ppascesion of hit clear dis shadow, but he retain- very her, and walked from the drawing-room to the bed roum, almost without assistance. A short time before he diel. The number and magnitude of his works are almost without peralici, and excite absolute astonishident when laboured, having lost one arm, and being deprived to a we consider the painful disadvantages, under which he
great extent of the use of the other. He te been known, while walking up and down his study, to dietate to two amanhenses, and that so clearly and continuuntly that their pens were never at rest. In all Mr. Loudon's great agri- cultural, and especially his doricultural works, during the last 12 years of his life, he was assisted by his wife,
David Hamilton, Esq., the eminent architect, die cently at Glasgow. In the seventy-sixth year of his a
age. Mr. Hamiltou a professional lalities were of the first or
der und in private life, he was distinguished for the sin- gujariability of his character, the unaffected modesty of his disposition, the vivacity of his conversation, onli R. Drew, of the Lily, has been acquitted of need an li often wan with anecdotes of the olden time, and of sleeping on his watch in the Mozambiquo
für his genuine worth of heart, disinteresfolues, and fico sense of bonour. The number of elegant or splendid Fracture designed by Mr. Hamilton, particularly in the West of Brotand, is very groat
The Diadem freight-ship is loading at Deptford, for Trinoomales. The Helena, 10, proceed, vid Mexico, to the Cape The Fox, 42, in stationed in the Shan- now. The Jupiter has arrived from Hongkong The Ltly, 16, has arrived from the Cope. The Jupiter haa been paid off.
There are 18 line of battle ships, 14 frigates, 22 loops of war and 14 steam frigates now building at the various Dockyard-vig, the Royal Albert 120 Royal Frederick 110 Victoria, 110, Prince of Wales 110 Princess Royal 90, Aboukir 90. Algiers 00, Ex mouth 00. Hannibal 90, Agamemnon 80 Lion 80, Centurion 80. Colossus 80. Lzesistible 80, Madras 80, Mars 80, Majestio 80, and na Parali 85 Tino-of-battle. ships The Constance 50
live 36,
lo 36. "Ampbion 86 Chemperke 86,
Alarm 26, Ame Niobe 26. Ingate Arab 10. El Zebra 16. Da 12. Kingither F
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Lord Lynedoob has paid the debt of nature. Amonget the most distinguished of the able and selendße soldiers bu led the conquering armies of England from the Tagun to the Baine was the vonerable man, who
, who expired on the
night of December 18th, a few minutes before 11 o'clock, at his town residence, Stratton-street, having for several days been very severely indisposed,
The celebrated Madame Catalani, who for 22 years held with na mben delt the ceptre of song, has just died at Home after a short ine at her villa, near Sinigaglia, at of 39. Angelica Catalin was born in 1784, HD lia. Blre made her debut on the rage at Venice when only 15, and retired in 1831. She had married M. de va cbrique, a native of Burgandy, who died in 1828, d by whom she had three children. Madame Catalini has loft a fortune which is cited at about 932,0007,
An extraordinary courlor arrival from Berlin at the with news of the death of His Majesty King Wii-
Banulement of the Maula Courant Colonel Spengler arrivoil
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and we found by his
Bleden, thait, Mlijek by n fit of bat: All 1010 attempt whlol made to rudover His Majory proved
during the month,
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