(From the China Mail, July 3d.) GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION Notice is hereby given, that the Police have res ceived strict orders to prevent the Side-Drains of the Roads and Streets being obstructed on any pre tence; and to see that all Drains are kept clear. Offenders will be proceeded against before a Magis trate, in accordance with the Provisions of Ordin ancé No, 5 of 1844, on the subject. By Order,
FREDERICK W. A. BRUCE, Colonial Secretary. Victoria, Hongkong, 26th June, 1845. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Notice is hereby given, that the License granted to the late holders of the Opium Farm having been cancelled, and the parties themselves released from the obligations of their agreement, on and after the 36th Instant, the Farm of the exclusive sale of any Opium whatever, under the amount of one Chest, whether for consumption within the Colony or otherwise, will be sold by Auction at the Office of the Chief Magistrate of Police, on the 1st August, under an Ordinance to amend Ordinance No 21,
of 1844.
By Order,
ADOLPHUS E. SHELLEY. Acting Colonial Secretary. Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1845.
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THE FRIEND OF CHINA, AND HONGKONG. GAZETTE. VICTORIA, SATURDAY, JULY ST, 1845.
To-day we publish the first of a series of papers referring to Borneo which have appear ed in the Singapore Chronicle, and other Indian periodicals during the last twenty years. These articles were compiled by Mr. J. H. Moor and published in 1837, and from Mr. Moor's vo- Jume we now re-print them, believing that at present they will be read with avidity."
In our last page will be found the exports of teas for the year ending 30th June 1845. As compared with the previous year-returns of which we also, re-publish there is a moderate increase on the whole amount; a considerable falling of in Congous; and a large addition to the Green teas.
Total export, year ending 30th June 1815 the 52,336,346 1544 51,844,067
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THE FRIEND OF CHINA AND HONGKONG GAZETTE,
In a contemporary paper, we observe the exports to the United States, as rated at, Total black 6,950,459, green 13,802,099. 20,752,558 lbs. against 14,257,364 the previous year.
J. Matheson and Co.. N. Duss. McVicar and Co. Dent and Co. Fox, Rawson and Co.
a dead letter. Of the twelve Junks enumerated, Fanny Connell, Davis, not one cleared out at the five ports for Gitana, (Sp.) Bordenove, Hongkong; not one of them had a pass to come Jagatra, (Dut.) Tuxen, here, and if our rulers continued to act as they John Barry, Hart, once did, the twelve Junks with their crews, John Horton, Cunningham,
Joven Corina, Dring, would have been handed over to the tender
Judith, Phillips,
Lady Bute, McKinlay, Julie, Brusewitz, (Swede). Anderson, C. and Co.
Lanrick, White, Little Catherine, Hart, Linnet, →→
Ingwood was hanged on Thursday morning, mercy of the worthy Mandarin of Cowloon. Our on the same gallows with the Chinaman, who rulers now decline seizing Junks not having some weeks ago was sentenced to suffer death passes, and we give them credit for it. Of the for the attack upon a house at East point. The twelve Junks, nine are from Canton bound to fine allowed Ingwood to make his peace with Ningpo, another from the same place to the Gulf his Maker, was precisely 601 hours after re of Peche-le, one from Singapore, and one from We know not the Amoy bound to Formosa. Open your eyes to ceiving his sentence. cause for this indecent haste in carrying out the the truth Mr. Mail, view the supplementary If you are still in- award of the court; whether it proceeded from treaty in all its deformity. an economical desire to avoid the expense of credulous apply to the Consul at Canton for a a second erection of the Gallows, or from a copy of the circular lately issued to the Mer wish to hang a European with the first Ching- chants of that port on this point. He is no man who has been executed in the colony we ignorant quack; but a clear headed officer of are ignorant, but that he was executed in this the Crown, intimately acquainted with com- hurried way, there is no doubt. We were not mercial affairs; read what he says and believe. When it can be done conscientiously, no one Present at the disgusting exhibition, but we hear that Ingwood, who was hanged by a China will more cheerfully give his approbation to man, was tortured for half an hour before life the measures of the local government than the was extinct. His sufferings are described as hav-humble writer of this paper; but he must first ing been great. from the knot of the noose,which see these good measures developed--he must see ought to have been under the ear, being placed, them in full operation. If our rulers are satis. fied that they commenced governing on a bad or having slipped to the back of the neck.
There is much difference of opinion, as to system, they deserve credit for changing that whether the man deserved death. Those who system, but any fulsome praise for the past is believe, that he tied his victim with the full in contemptible, and insulting to the community, tent to drown him, look upon Ingwood as a who have been sufferers from the mistaken cool deliberate murderer. Others again, policy of those who are here to protect them. think with us-though it is only fair to say they are the minority-that Ingwood tied the hands of his victim with the sole intention of taking him back to the Lorcha, and that the throwing him overboard, was a mere act of impulse, and they are of opinion, that the prerogative of mercy, with which His Excellency is entrusted, ought to have been extended to Ingwood. It is unnecessary to comment upon the affair far- ther; the evidence is published, and people can judge for themselves; but it is our firm conviction, that in England, the man would not have been executed.
The last number of the Organ contains a Jesuitically written article on the state of local affairs, intended to be apologetic of the su- pineness of the government, and in some degrec commendatory of their exertions in behalf of the colony. We have no wish to refer to old grievances, but it is proper that the truth should be known, and if our rulers are so lost to all sense of modesty, as to permit their Organ to palm off such trash as truth, we find it our duty to point out the falsity of his statements. The Organ says, that without better proof than mere assumption, or newspaper assertion of opinion, he cannot see that they (the government) can be justly charged with being inimical to the intercourse of native traders with Hongkong. We are well aware that the mere ipse dirit of the press is not always to be taken for truth -we think some recent occurrences in Hong kong have satisfied the public of this fact-but the unanimous opinion of a community and the equally unanimous voice of the press, with the exception of a hirting Organ-who plays the tune set before him by his Masters-is certainly entitled to some weight, and fortunately it has some weight, as is proved by its even having aroused the sluggish apathy of our rulers.
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In permitting Junks to enter the harbour without restraint, we have one proof of a better policy and we do not doubt that when this becomes generally known, many other Junks will visit us, though they may be obliged by the restrictive clauses of the supplementary treaty, to do so without the stipulated licence from the authorities of the five ports. They may clear out from Canton to Ningpo, or from Amoy to Formosa, and make Hongkong an in- termediate port,though by doing this they violate the laws of China. If the government adopt ju- dicious measures, a local traffic will soon spring up, and with a large influx of respectable native merchant, the prosperity of the colony' will be permanently fixed.-An abrogation of the restrictive clauses ought however to be insist ed upon, the Chinese have taken advantage of them in a manner that was not forseen noi in- tended, and we trust that British influence is yet sufficiently powerful to obtain their repeal.
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D. & M. R. und Co. McLeau Dearie and Co.
J. Matheson and Co. J. Matheson and Co. W. H. Franklyn. Emery & Frazer, McVicar and Co.
J. A. Durran. Russel and Co.
W. & T. Gemmell and Co.
Livingstone, McDougall, Lyra, Grosvenor, Mary Bannatyne, Picken, Manila, Lloyd, Mauritius, Simpson,
Passenger, Watson, Mazeppa, Fraser, Privateer, Martell, Regina, Quinton, Spec, Cole, Sam, Taylor,
Henry and Co. J. Matheson and Co. McLean, Dearie and Co. C. S. Lungrali,
P. F. Cama and Co. Fox, Rawson and Co, Murrow and Co.
G. Livingston and Co,
Sri Singapura, Forman, Syed Khan, Smart, Talbot, (Am.) Story, William Mitchell, McLachlan, William Shand, Morrison, Will o' the Wisp, Kellet, Younge Quene, M⚫Nally,
Gilman and Co. Olyphant and Co1 MeVicar and Co. Wetmore and Co.
McVicar and Co.
Fletcher and Co.
DIED.--AL Victoria on the 2nd instant Mr. Romer STEVENSON, deeply regretted by many friends.
FOR MANILA.
Tail on the 5th instant.
PHE Spanish Brig COMETA, will For
freight or passage apply to
Victoria, 3rd July, 1845.
N. DUUS,
FOR MANILA Tail on the 10th just. For THE Spanish Schooner GITANA,
freight or passage apply to.
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Victoria, 3rd July, 1845. FOR SINGAPORE AND CALCUTTA.
THE Ship RUSTOMJEF COW. ASJEE," Captain Hill, direct from Hongkong for the above ports. on Tuesday the 15th instant. For freight or passage apply to
Captain: HILL at Whampoa. Macao, to D. & M. RUSTOMJEE & Co: Hongkong, to GIBB LIVINGSTON & CO2 Victoria, 3rd July, 1845.
- FOR SINGAPORE.
HE Barque DUCHESS OF CLA- Command: 1 will have quick despatch. For pas-
W. H. FRANKLYN, Chiman's Wharf. Victoria, 4th July, 1845,
PUBILC AUCTION,
We would express our regret at the Notifi cation which we copy from the government paper. We really were in hopes, that the opium farm would have been placed in abeyance for at least a couple of years, or until the colony had been established. It is evident sage only apply to that refined opium, in smaller quantities than one chest, would have been one of the articles suited to the Junk trade, and the obtaining it on reasonable terms would have been an in- ducement to come here. But by making it a monopoly, and by placing that monopoly in the hands of an unprincipled Chinaman, the re- venue may be helped in a triffling degree, but the colony will suffer ten fold. We again say to the government. first make the colony, then tax it; but for a time avoid those measures which check our commerce, and prevents the foreign, as well as the native inerchants of China, from settling on the island.
JUNE.
SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
ARRIVED.
30, Gitana, (Sp.) Bordenove, Manila. JULY.
1, Earl of Chester, Blackstone, Liverpool. 2, Livingstone, McDougall, Liverpool, 3. Talbot, (Am.) Story, New York. 4, Amistad, (Sp.) Matth, Alucas, 4, Lady Bute, McKinlay, Liverpool. 4. Mary Bannatyne, Picken, London. 4, Syed Khan, Smart, Mucao.
SAILED.
JUNE.
29, Canopus, Cox. Shanghai.
JULY.
1. Ariel, McFarlane, East Coast.
1, William the 4th, Woodin, Hobart Town. 1, Audar, Oliver, East Coast,
The Orgon has twice referred exultingly to arrangements made, or making, for the disposal of building sites to the merchants of Chin-Chew, who have long been desirous of settling on the is land; though we have no further proof that such is really the case than this assertion, we believe it, but what does it prove? It simply shows that, the government are at length aware of the policy of allowng (encouraging) these people to settle. amongus; it proves that a duty long neglected is about to be performed; it proves that the opinion of the community and the opinion of an indepen- dent press (with the exception before men- Is our con- tioned) have had some influence. temporary of the Mail aware, that upwards of twelve months ago, a deputation from the mer chants of Chin-Chow were here, asking(begging) for land upon which to build Hongs? Is he aware that their suit was denied, and that these men returned disappointed applicants for leave to settle under the shade and protection of our flag? If he is aware of these things, let him blush at propagating such a mendacious state- ment as appears in his last issue. If he is not aware of that which we now tell him, then let him study the short history of the colony be. fore he presumes to guide public opinion. Had these men been met liberally, we would now have had a large number of them domiciled on the island. The arrival of a solitary Junk from Singapore would not be a matter for exula tion; Straits produce would be stored in Hongkong in large quantities, and the colony would now be in possession of a share of that VESSELS IN VICTORIA HARBOUR. traffic, which sooner or later, from her position, H. M. S. Iris, Captain Mundy. she must possess. A bad and illiberal govera: II. M. S. Ploter, Captain Collinson. C. H. B. ment may for years check the commercial H. M. Tr. S. Alligator, King,
1, Woltemade, (Dut,) Gray. Whampoa. 2, Alice Brooks, Jackson, Whampoa 2, Helen Stewart, Wittingham, Whampoa. 2, Ardaseer, Evans, Whainpoa.
2, H. M. S. Castor, Captain Graham, Whampoa. 2, Black Dog, Barrett, Whampoa.. 2, Harlequin, Morris, Macao.
3. H. M S. Wolf, Corn. Caldwell, Chusan. 3, Isabella Anna, Wingfield, Hobart Town. 3, Palmyrz, Campbell, London. 3, Bangalore, Aiton, London
PASSENGERS,
Per Mary Bannatyne. —Mr. Brooke Robertson, Child and Servant; Mr. Arthur Robertson and Mr. T. J. Darvell.
John Lamont N. Paus. J. Matheson and Co, F. Rawson and Co. J. Matheson and Co. | S., T. Charch and Co. 1. Matheson and Co. D. &M. R. and Co.
tha. 38,598,819 prosperity of Hongkong; but governments do H. M. Steam Ship, Driver, Commander Hayes.
31,478,360 not exist for ever, and however clouded our | H. C. St. Medusa, Com. Hewitt,
prospects now are, a clear spot is on the hor H. M. Schooner, Young Hebe, Licat-Candy. Bate s. 3.719.483 rizon, which will gradually spread, until under H. M. S, Minden, Master Comding. Wellington.
the influences of a benignant government these clouds have rolled away. The Mail notices lbs. 11.559,427 the arrival of several Junks in the harbour and
9,296,547
in this his statement is correct; we counted tha. 2,552,680 thirteen anchored off the lower bazaar on Monday, though on enquiry we learnt that they came chiefly for the delivery of goods sold in Canton. This also serves for a grand flourish, and we are told that the restrictive clauses of the supplementary treaty are a dead letter. Poor China Mail, how verdant, how simple, not to perceive that your own statement disproves your assertion that the restrictive clauses are
The return to which we refer is different from that made by some houses; four ships, which our friends included in the exports of June 1844, have by others been included in the exports of July, and hence the discrepancy. It is wor. thy of notice, that the last yearly returnincluded one vessel from Shanghai, this year gives seven
Hospital and Store Ship. Adventure, Repairing, Amistad, (Sp) Matta, Anonyma, Thomas, Bintang, Wright, B. Horasier, Coates, Challenger, Archibald, Bass Area, Coull,
Decil, Burley, Curse Cowasje, Campbell, Duchess of Clarence, Bird, Eagle, Prescott,
Earl of Chester, Blackstone, Emme, Dawson,
Lindsay and Co.
N Monday the 21st inst. at 11 o'clock a. M.. will be sold by Public Auction on account of whom it may concern.
The fine fast sailing teak built Barque "SIR EDWARD RYAN," now laying at East Point, with all her tackle and apparel as she now stands,
She is of the burthen of 320 tons built in Maulmein in 1837, length 98 feet, beam 23 feet depth 17 feet. She was newly coppered and refastened last year in Calcutta, and is well found in spars, sails, rigging and anchors, and with a trifling expenso can be made ready for sea.
The sale will take place on board,
Terms Cash in Spanish dollars, on delivery. She can be examined any day previous to the sale. Her inventory can be seen and any further par- ticulars learned, by applying to
AUGU. HOWELL, Auctioneer.
East Point, 4th July, 1845.
ANTED-Immediately a small House or Bungalow, with a comfortable dining room, and three or four bedrooms. Apply at this office.
Victoria, 4th July 1845.
WANTED.
Youngman who can writo a fair hand and has some knowledge of accounts. Ho will require to speak English. Apply at this office.
Office Friend of China, Victoria, 4th July, 1845,
FOR SALE.
A Victoria Hougkong, in a central position, a valuable water side property, consisting of wharf, spaciou Godown, dwelling and out Houses; all in perfect repair, and now let on lease. For particulara, apply to
C. A. FEARON.
Macao, 1st July. 1845.
NOTICE.
THE
THE owners of the Lorchas "EMILY," and "EMMA," beg to inform shippers, by these ves sels, that in case of short deliverv, information must be lodged with Mr. Duus within one month, other. wise they will not be responsible for the goods lost. The owners have recently been obliged to pay for one bale of Twist short delivered in June 1844, and only claimed one month ago, without any previous information having been given. Mr. Duus, agent for the Lorchas, also requests that, parties will not pay freight notes for the above named Lorchus, except to his receipt on that of Mr. Froeb. JUST Linded, and for sale at the stores of the un- dersigned, Hollands Gin and Java Coffee, of superior qualities; also an invoice of window Glaas from 10 to 16 inches.
N. DUUS.
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Victoria, 4th July, 1943,
FOR SALE.
T the stores of the indersigned an invoice of Encope, Manik, and patent Coir-Rope; also
Russell and Co. | beavy Canvas, Dirom, G. and Co.
P. F. Cama and Co.
Victoria, 3rd July, 1845.
N DUUS.
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