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THE FRIEND OF CHINA AND HONG-KONG GAZETTE.

last, a determination to do, what ought to have been done, so soon as the town was laid out, publi.viz,make streets and sewers. We hear that since Mr. Davis arrived, there has been great zeal and activity displeyed, by the gentlemen comected with the Land Offico. The arthi

dissolved--no tietural parntership has boo

the East Point doubt to the great regret settlement--and with the valuable services of the Colonial Engineer, although we are privod of the talents of the Supreyor General the department is now more effecient than it over has boon.

July 18 June 10 July 8 July 13 -July 11

July

AND HONGKONG GAZETTE VICTORIA, SATURDAY, AUGUSTATI 1844.

from England or America, and taking into consideration the comparative distance from those Countries, the Moniquk has surpassed, by about 7 days, the passage of H. S. l'indictive, whone arrival in 89 sailing days from England, was, at the time, thought to be without parallel

The average run of the Montruk has been a fraction over 177 miles per day since leaving the United States.

We learn that, she has not hail a fair average chance for a passage, particularly in the trade. winds of the Atlantic and Paolic Oceans, and that she also met with light and untable winds, in the Ching Sen.--(Communicated.) Tus Anna Eliza arrived from Bombay, on the the 14th, with papera from Landlon to the 7th of June. We have made copiosa extracts for our supplement, to which we wer

To our countrymen in China, it will be

man knew

Her Majesty has conferred the honor of knighthood on Mr, Annesley, of the Madras Medical Service. We appeared in the Chronicle, noticing the capricious a shewhere give some extracts from a letter, which b unfair treatment which come officers have received at the hands of the Marquis of Tweeddate.

whose services in Parliament would be most valuable We cannot but regret that Mr. H. T. Primp, on matters connectent with India, has failed in his at- tempt at Kilmarnock

Mr. Munro's latter denying the securucy of hira Fawcett's statement, which has elicited explanaŹCHANG from Major Danbency and Lieut, Cudly, has thrownle

some new light on the late fatal duel.

Mr. Dyes Hombre has returned to England, and submitted to the jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery. Hals at prefect liberry pending the farther inventi

tion of his ca

Merbed has sent Dr. Woll on to Hokime, under Bu escort of 920 lorgen (Turkomana), we therefore need not be apprehensive for his personal safety 20

brought us news to the 20 ult. The Governor of

To what we last month asated on thé waljeet of Steam Communigution, we have now linle to all, The princip'e upon which a bi-monthly intercourse in to be established has been determined, but the mess by which it is to be carri & out and master of avranßer ment, which may occupy some Hitle time. We heljare the question of exhouse has caused some disenssico. ? The Court of Directors are willing to undertake the

Boobay live a together, receiving the usual Parlamen fary grant of £50,000 per annum, but in what way the cost of the cominication between Suez and Calculs, and Ceylon, and Chiba, is to be apportided het even ler Majesty's Government and the Ett India Com- rany, is still matter of negotiation The Pentatlar and Oriental Company have tendered for both these the flat for the China one. We are sorry to find that

lines, and we understanil that other paries are also in

the negotiations for purchasing the Budia have been broken off's the more so, as those by whom she was went to Calentra, have not realised this success which

THE FRIEND OF CHINA, Were we to offer advice to His Excellency and Conned we would say, Gentlemen your

Accounts have been received hom Dr. Wolf, dated Mashed, March with, which may be considered in so chief duties are connected with the internal in-

for favourable, as thap ve to contradict the state- provement of this umall islund the requirements. of the place are so self evident that they are

|ments upon which Col. Stoddart's death was believed. has taken place at Baklar, and he was about to pro understood by the mennest capacity being day

The Dogter ons to link that no publé exrection living with unbied bag or a succesful rived of them, the health of the colony has been

result. The following extract from Platter addressil bad; many of our citizens have died some have returned to Europe with broken const-matter of unmingled safiquelon, to know that by Col. Willums to Capt. Grover conging the latest tutions; Her Majesty fine lost 1000 r the laws of their ante land have been vindintelligenge of Dr. Wolf 18 16 dute Freroom. Apa

The Tatət from Teheran lins Just faithful Soldiers, each man of then being £100 cated, by the rigidoux pulfament of the 70, 1911 forever lost to the country. Gentleman with notorious damagogue, O'Connell, We cant these facts before you, can you hesitate as to help thinking, flat bompared with his transgres- Lord sions, his punishment is light. For a long semes what you are to do? It is true my Stanley writes, spare the public purse, make of your he has adily pursued a system the colony pay for itself, and other of the usual agitation, wringing from his impoverished conne dictatorial instructions with which His Lid trymen a share of the miserable pittance, upon ship favors colonial Governments. But gen- which they subsisted, and rousing their exciten teen, with all deference to the puissant house ble natures, by passionate rehearsals of real and imaginary wrongs, to commit a thousand atroci of Darby, we would remind you that, no man exacts a rental for a house, and then tells his ties, which add a docpor gloom to the melan teuant to build the house himself---Her Maclusly pages of trish history. For years the same jesty has received this island on very favorable coldblooded course has been pursted; the skilful terms from her Imperial brother of the moon operator with unflinching hand, torturing the the possession is valuable to her, as affording victun he pretended to save, and drawing a stronglok commanding the Canton river nourishment from the life's blood of the land she has been graciously pleased, to lease her that gave him birth. No man know button faithful subjects in China, certain portions of than Mr. O'Connell, the utter hopelessness of ever obtaining a repeal of the Union, without a her property, situated in certain stroots, and for which, her trusty and will beloved re-revolutionary war, not alone in Ireland, but presentative, Sir Henry Pottinger, Baronet, ales in Great Britain--and no has exacted from the said subjects a very high better than he, that any attempt at actuat rent, but surely it is not for Royal well hostilities, would entail run upon himself and Iis game was excitement and agitü that they should be at the expence of making family. these streets. The terms of the bargain are tion, which led to burnings and murders, as perfectly clear. J. Victoria Regina, rent to you cornians night Follows the day. Emancipation for many years. furnished him with a subject. John Bull, an allotment in our town of Vic-

which no man could handle befter-that gained, a street, and so on." This is all plain enough, his occupation was lost, had he not discovered toringbeing amber so and so of such and such John Bull agroes to pay Victoria Regian so much rent, but in addition to this he does not hand, and the infatuated votarios of repeal laid agree to make the street in which his allotment richer gifts before their demagogue, than over

was bestowed open any other political im is placed. Victoria Regina, must ingest some of her surplus revenue, in the improvement of poster. Had O'Connell, with the generous this little estate, before she can masonably ask enthusiasin of youth, belioving that his eosatry was wronged and oppressed, roused - The her tenants to pay high rents; and considering that she pockets about four millions per a patriotism of the people, and endeavoured to in the shape of chatice upon the teas shipped by her subjects in Longkong; and something like which they woit deprived, had such been his raty, zo aanx Texas by a smule boots of the iwa wrest from the oppressor the privileges of three millions by Opium raised on her estates conduct, and he had fallen a victim to dis- in inlin; not to speak of four millions, which interested zeal, inany who did not approve of the Emperor of China has paid, for plundering his measures would pity his fall. Than this, his towns, sand teaching his Soldiers to however, nothing was farther from his intortion, away, we really think the young lady should

princely revsing from his countrymon. The not hesitate about cushing up a few hundred agitation was his calling, by which he draw Boysands. Those, Gentionion, are some of tho

true patriot sacrifices all for the good of his country," but "O'Connell has not hesitated to disinterested opinions of a man who dɔog not own a foot of land in the colony, and who sacrified Ireland for is own nggrainin unless some radical changes tako, place, over We think, most of those who laye watolod

his career, will will own even a niat shed.

true root woncur in our opinion, that his Irish, but Ireland for O'Connell,”

It is now somewhers about three mouths since the Chief Justice arrived in Hongkong, In our good natured ignonce, we proclaimed his advent, and hailed his arrival as a memora-q le era in the history of the island--all our sorrows were to be relieved-all our wrongs redressed the sword of justice, wrested from the hands of the gallant soldier, who had so often waved the ensanguined blade over the foes of his country, would impartially settle all nut differences, and the accumulated grievan ces of two or more years, would he speedily arranged by the active nut upright Chief Justion, who, at had pleased our Gracious Queen to appoint a Judge in the youngest tribe of the Britsch Israel. Alas! how chimerical, how obsolete our ideas. Who comes to China to labour, or to toile this not a colestial land at least have some of our officials not made it so. They toil not, neither do they spin, but who are more splendidly arrayed than than they, or live more sumptuously! Apart from the appetites of our gross mortality, which must be fed, they are celestial indeed-public duties are nominal--the Queen's pay is good and regular-China is a luxuriant chinate, and there are fow who care to consure the little magnates of the land. But we refer especially to This Honor, the Chief Justice, to whose rustody the sword has been tranferred from that of our respected Police Magistrate. Under fle old regime, truly it did occasionally make kept drawn, wady either to cut or thrust, and some desperate flourishes, but it was always if occasionally it did broak a head or two by mustake, it never struck a foul blow. At times we may have objected to the slasting play of the amateur by whom it was wielded, but when a regular master, caning of fence, arrived, we expected to see this instrument of justice shine a terror to evil-doing, and probe the most, hidden recesses of guilt. How falacious are human hopes-how rudely are our brightest dreams dispelled--the sword is rusting in its sheath, while rapine stilks untrammelled and sgathless through the lantt. We fear the task Freed upon us, of painting out the defects in the eulanial establishment, is as thankless and anprofitable, as to ourselves, it is an unpleasant no, but it is a duty, a righteous performance of which must, and does outway all other con. siderations. In oxpressing our disapprobation of the Chief Justice's apathy, indolence. cowardice, or whatever feching this dereliction, this trifling with the duties of the most im- portant office in the Colony, excepting that of Governor proceeds from, we only give a voice to the sentiments of the inhabitants, who com plain, and justly complain, that the civil laws of England, in Hongkong, are a dead lotter-a perfect mullity. Bince the Chief Justice arrived, there is neither suing nor being sued; people in debt may, and do leave the Colony, nor can the creditors who they are defrauding arrest them, though perfectly conscious that they take with them funds which are not their own, No man can be forced to pay, nor is there any means of obtaining a legal decision upon any question which involves a point of law, and this too in Hongkong, where there are many important questions which require unmedhale arrangement, where there is more than one point, upon which petty colonial tyranny will be tested by the laws of Eagland, which, in Hongkong, have been scorned by the sapient wisdom of our Govenors, and their subordinates. This is the true elysium of repudiationists-elsowhere a creditor asking for payment, doos so with a degree of con- fidence in Hongkong, it is in the tone of one

another chord which he strook with a bolder

notIreland for the

There have been no disinibanec, la conse

quence of sentence having been passed upon the Agitator and other crimals, but the repeal rent continues to pour in oxon more freely than before the trial We are afraid

that the sorrows of Ireland are not over the

Past colonial history, gives abundant proofs, that public improvements are long neglected when the glaring impropriety is at longth brought forcibly before the Ministry, orders are given to proceed with the works, and in most instance, at the tenth hour, they are put into hands hurriedly, and consequently finished badly. We trust, His Excellency, will put a liberal construction on the despatches from hatred of the Saxon raco is deeply implanted Downing Street which they invariably re-in the broast of an excitable people, and, quire and by efficiently attending to those however much such a calamity my be things, which the health and welfare of the in- deplored, we are afraid that Ireland will yet habitants, (not forgetting the garrison) requiry,have to be conquered anew, and at least one he will secure the respect and gratitude of those he governs, and magro a few petulent, despatches from the Secretary for the colonies, he will also secure the esteem of Her Majesty's advisory, and what is of far greater conse quence the approbation of his own conscience.

CANTON

Our dates are to the 1th All was quiet Some heavy purchases of Silk have been trade, for this particulars of which, see our price our ront Another meeting was held at the Consulate

other generation pass away before the soads of discord, which O'Connell has planted with an anwearied heat, are entirely eradicated from the minds of an ignorant poopto.

The Per administratio is still popular,

so long as the country continuos, in its present flourishing condition, thero is little chance of aor himportant change – The unti- corn-law-league bents her to lose than to gain ground, but the first season of distress in the manufacturing distric will add to their strength, and midi fortating monsures, by

the speculation deserved.

The Aut-Corn-law League have hoen defeated in ther am reiura Mr. Stown of Lavors, an cinn mer. chant of moderate Conservative principles bat free-made up nions, for South Lacrusha. The majorgy, fue Me Burwiade was nearly t, enonih far the purpose, but cousiderably

low air. Willrafe's urgarity at the previous slee (wei The League proles, in this instance, to no expected na more than an opportunity of exhibiting that growing muito. enne. IPad, they havn i bon dumppelited,gns the pere. out of the ten diarista, viz. Liverpool, Manchester, Rochdale, wine being if four, viz, Orisķuk, Newtun, Wigan, and Bulion.

grate all siwwe mujorities for the free trade en aided to

Ashion, Oldham, and fury; the majorition, for Ms. Bat

Tho foreign news of the month is interesting. to Ame noa, the President, no doubt with Big view of conciliating the Southern Bentos, and securing his teleorign, ho chudded a treaty of annexation with Texas, but ghe uffici of u wanil be not only hostilitira with Maxion batso give The slate hobing party and propartiau of juftaense, ini, the Union, it is not likely wreceive the sanction of thiosennte. The friends of anneantium propose, if the delinio taj

looses at Congeons as a this quimian they have it mig jority in wadh branch of that hody, thin bo attenpard, the puration of the Notthon and Buthero Sun, becomes sooner or lator inevitable. The Tanfl bli lisa heen (ejnered

The have been we drondle at Philadelpalmers, between the Trinh and party, ballad “ther Native Anvel Fans,"welve closeouagu Tegory and the admission of I-rengilarne to rights of euticeship. "The nagrifies of life and property was dreadful; aeyerą Roman Catholic Chujela kerry menk tively destroyed,

The drink de Joinville bois, published a pamphlet on the state of the French Niere,which has axeted more desenationa

these to post on with, this muggions for the i moment the Prendia Naty admit its inferiority to that

of this conary, but they contain allusions of a hosille eh.. raring which are most unjustifiable, if the unuse of Eagland be used atherwise than ne an abstract expresonantive of havai power,

GENTLEMAN,

MANCHESTER, 28th May, 1841.

Siace we addressed you in our Circular at the close of lan mouth there is been little of interest that has occurred in

the course taken by the Macket hero. The gunorai features indienio ti grudunt giving age of the high prices of tonis

consequent a great nure, upon the speculation in Coth, to which we have alluded in our former Circulara, not beat the same ratio to the fall in prices of Cutton, party owing to the virenmelines that Gods did not advanes in

This decline appears stair from month to month, and does

the set-proportion as Cotton. But the grouter, Ermanose mainitsined in the price of Goals may be more algerly auributed to the really good and steady demand for almost ull descriptions of Guds for most of the foreign Market sh well as the thugs Trade. No doubt the recent opening of of our Manufactures, bi other Markets divovsunatantly, navro or laws, exibited fentures of usually demand, and though in general prives may be a shade lower, still Manufacturers, we consider, are as well reinanderind, if not better than when prices were higher. Indeed, we look upon the prover site of our Manalacturing interest # exceedingly fo yourable.

now markets in China has done much to take off the produce

soliciting a favor, which he has great doubts of rogarting the huiding ground lensed by fer whhell, wan cheap bread and reducedt vnges, sitranted the Rufonition of many of the buyere for those

being granted, or even of the propriety of asking. How long this state of als will | continue we know not, but considering the mapy origumt, as well as civil cases, which demand the Chief Justice's attention, we trust he will be roused from the lithargic state into which he has sunki

Majesty Clanes hạt đươ not agree to the which it is proposed to ground to them, Two ho

lent of traflo from the “the murchants would room larma, upon let most of the May we mention

some time ago, mye ghed the greement,

to the claims of jumi, lave lis eyes opened - but nothing has been done in the way of

whose voice, even in

Hongkong, will not be stiffed.

Rovert-

There is an appearance of ecosity of ment's being roused, to the sloing something for the streets of late sex yoral parties have been employed on the Queen's Road, the centre of which it being raised giving the water a chance of escaping at least as far he the gutters which are formed uit cách mide, and as there are raised footpaths making until the water in the gutters rouchos above their levelit will soon be posible, in wel weather, to go out alot, without having la wade. This is a favor, we are now in autoal receipt o-small it is true, but considering the parties who benow it, to be molved with gratitude. Other, and more important in provements, continue to be talked o--contracts, are metually advertised, and so far as can be judged by mora demonstrations, there 19 nt

building

The long merchants have had another all

from them govornment. dollars, then portion of his canten ripsom money, but they continus inflex maher determination not to do shummoned into the city up.

result in not known but the impresjon i thy they will to imprisoned May and others who fry ponegred ist vähimbles, have removed them from iliaire as to bu but the reach of the Gov night hare pics.

FAST SAILING Tar beautiful Amungon ship Alontant, com. manded by Captur William Mia Michock arrived from New York on the event of the Bih anet, having made, the unpreseikointedly short passage of 8" dago

our manufacturers will be enaliled still further to increase out largign commerce, with even *luss Great ofcompalto

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in the 995 by some of the buyer for dip (Calin MAT

on coffee, there is intle doubt that the altoration in the duty on foreign sugar, the produce of free labour, a also be barrYDU interest of course, but with latio prospect of The measure is opposed by the West India

snerosa – The tea duty is tot mooted this will probabil, be the great run of the next BORSKOME OF Parliament,

This is the chiöften zun bp Tocori to China ↑ Alley Bowler to the Iriul comidanil.

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