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Remarks &o, &c.

MIDNIGHT.

THE FRIEND OF CHINA AND HONGKONG GAZETTE,

ORIGINAL GORRAAPON.

perial a good demand has existed, and a slight ad cence in the value has occurred; Canton sort sell ing ar is 11d to s 4d, and Hyson kind 25 6d to

To the Editor of the Friend of Chand.

Canton, 14th November, 184539.64.” – SmWe regret that your publication of our Communk don of Ontuber should have brought uport you the censure not devoid of reprobation of any part of your commu- nity, which among other thing new to us, we learn from the very sensible and logical letter of your racREDULOUS, correspondent. He bas quite convingal as that we were

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in this we may have erred. We could nos well have refusord insertion to a cominmica. tion, the truth of which we could not questione; neither did we refuse giving publicity to the The AnnivaLs from China are the Isabella, letters from *Incredulous" and X, though in New Margares Domthorpe, George Buckham, these letters our veracity was assailed, and, Emu, Chusan, Beulah, Advocate, and Eliza.

by implication, we were accused of cowardice SAMLED for Chine, Tomatin, Marion, and WilWe permitted the letters to pass without ob- minate, and perfectly indifferent about the epi- servation, in hopes that the dispute would ter.

thets they bestowed upon us personally. Our tomed to this sort of vapoury abuse, and, as might Canton correspondent, however, is less accus- have been anticipated, he has sent a rejoinder.

LOADING for China. Humayoon, Old England,

Emeralda, Jeremiah Garnett,"

Keying is expected tomorrow, and arrange ments are making to give him a hearty wol come. The handsome house of the Messrs. Rustomjee has been fitted up for his temporary abode, and wines, cherry brandy, Beer &c.&c. have been laid in for the public expense of course) for the use of His Excellency and suite We hear that the visit will be a short one, but we trust it will lead to satisfactory results.

in error in stating to you, what we at the time believes the be facts founded on evidence which we in common with majority of the community never for a moment, doabled our only apology is our defective education. We had been taught to believe that all the descendants of Adani Were liable to go astray, and such precepts were further strengthened by a number of very convincing examples drawn from the history of mankind in the early ages of the world but we were never taught, and one small ad vanco, in the study of mankind, had failed to convince us, at the pleats it ought to have done, that a new era has happily commenced and that there is now an exception to the law in MADICAL MISSIONARIES Believing as we had bech taught, and being convinced not only of the math of what we communicated, but also that there were people, as well as crimes, whom the laws could not reach, and that the only punishment which could overtake or correct them, was public opinion, we thought we were only for. warding the cause of humanity and justice in bringing the

Our contemporary of the "Hongkong Re- affair under your aplice, Never did wo in our ignorance and simplicity imagine that our statements were to be gister appears to bestow a considerable por proved "false" and "slanderous" and the whole matter ton of his valuable attention upon roads-notto treated as a "heartless jolte

Such, were our feelings and sentiments on reading the be guilty of an attempt at wit, he may be term first part of the letter of Incredulous when, for oned a Colossus of Rhodeslarvigilant neigh, finishing the perusal if it our new faith was upset as suf bour observations are unfortunately confined to denly as it was formeil by the admission of your corres- pondent that after all the thing andies be true, and that the very tender feelings of his reverend brethern might be severely tried in having to censime Dr. Ball's conduct so in the spirit of our old faith, to which we of course use the opportunity these afforded them of practising the Christian grace of CHARITY without lowering themselves.

rude a shock.

With regard to the letter of X and his Canton friend, we have only to reply, that the few strokes on the shoulder is a "mistake" #mistatement #plous fraud or any thing else by which such modes of misleading the public are usually wiaracterized and that what we stated TER. Whether the cause which X and his friend have with sual singular good taste and delicacy assigned and commented upon justified the assault we leave to your judgment, bet our opinion is unchanged that if merited all the epithets applied to it and the reprobation of every man of fight feeling,

We had some intention of repelling the accusation of having made a cowardly attack upon certain missio- naries, on the principle of the whole trath" being best elicited by a view of the other side of the shield and by stating that an attack to be cowardly must be made upon defenceless objects, which could not be the case with men who have chowo hotel vigorously they can use their weapons in extolling their own merits, but we find that we have already trespassed too far on your valuable space and must subscribe ourselves Your obedient servants,

turned, we assert that the individuals there alinded to may

the Eastorn portion of the town, and as we have an especial interest in the

he west, we respectfully direct his notice to the state of the streets in that direction. Opposite the Baptist Chapel, he will observe a pool of versant filth, offen-

We do not wish to make this matter the sub-

ject of newspaper discussion. X, in giving the name of the party who is accused, has admitted the truth of the accusation, and if he has also added charges which, even if true, as a Chris tian, and a Gentleman, he ought to have kept private, it is for him to reconcile his conscience to his correspondence, we now wash our hands of the whole affair, offering to communicate to «Incredulous,” X, or any body else, the names of the Gentlemen who released the poor girl from the lash.

We resume the publication of the "Metcoro- logical Register for the year 1844-5, omitting the month of October; the letter containing the Register for that month having miscarried. We have written for a duplicate, and will pub lish the last month as opportunities offer, as it is

complete.

in public opinion, and thus save their fine feelings from sove to the nasal organs, and discreditable 10 desirable to have the observations for the year

in our former communication to you is TECE TO THE LET

NOTICE

New advertisements, will he reocived, a

O'Clock, on the evenings previous to publi cation, vir. Tačsdays and Fridays,

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LATEST DATES, " Sept. 24

UNITED STATES June 25 CALCUTTA

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BOMBAY MADRAS SVOKEY

BATAVIA Bépt, 27; BINGAPORE Oct. MANILA Oct 18 Oct 20 SHANGHAI Oct 31

CRESAN

the police who permit such abominations, A little farther west, there is an open sower, or gutter, also wearing a garb of green. This latter sink, is in front of the Chinese houses, built upon public land which was bargained away, without having been put up to public auction, and now owned, it is believed, by the Chinaman who holds a monopoly of the markets, and the opium farm,

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

Novemben,

ARRIVALS.

14, Bintang Anam (Dut), Montero, Amoy. 14, Prince Regent, Mason, Whampoa. 14, Starling, Chape, Cumsingmom. 14. Torrington, Nell, Passed through for Shanghai, 15, Duke of Portlund, Hamlin, Whampoa. 15, Spec, Čolo, Namoa.

We crave this favor of the "Register" as our own remarks, do not now reach the ears of the Great Man of the Yellow House. In 16, Petrel, Rogers, Macao. following up that rigid system of economy 18, Emma, Cuisingmoon.

16, Dart (Am), Baylies, Whampoa. which is so conspicious in the public arrange-17, Dido, Sanders, Whampan, ments of the Hongkong government, it was 17. Syed Klum, Smart, Amoy, last week deemed necessary to discontinue a 17, Alligator, Cook, Chusen. solitary subscription to our humble sheet, which was regularly sent to Government House for the edification of His Excellency. It thus becomes necessary for us to expostu- late through the medium of a friendly Journal, who may be in higher favor with the powers

that be than we are.

We really regret the discontinuance of His Excellency's subscription-not for the sake ofthe paltry dollars but simply from patriotic feelings. We know that to men in his position, the voice of disinterested truth is too often a strange sound, we therefore most loyally and sincerely raised our testimony against the measures of

THE FRIEND OF CHINA the Executive, It is true we may have done.

AND HONGKONG. GAZETTE.

VICTORIA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1928, 1915.

Office "Friend of China””. 8 P. M, 18th Nov., 1845.

so to little purpose-admitting that, we submit, that so long as our articles were read, there were hopes that they would make an impres sion-but now these hopes are destroyed, so far as we are concerned, and it behoves our friend of the "Register" even to excel himself as a watchful guardian of the public interests.

Club. *

NovEMBER,

SAILED,

15, Douglas (Am), Sumner, Singapore. 15, Paradies (Hamburgh), Zybranz, Whampoa. 15, Montauk (Am), MeMichael, Whampoa. 15, Bintang Anam (Dutch), Montero, Macao, 15, Lancaster, Hullin, Whampoa. 16, Helen, Bayne, Singapore and Calcutta. 18, Albion (Swede), Lilijiedalie, Lombook. 18, Duke of Portland, Harlin London, | Dhur, Cumberland, Calcutta.

Madura, Smith, Manila. Prince Regent, Mason, Singapore.

REPORTS.

VESSELS IN Victoria Hannour. H. M. S. Agincourt, Lyster, Flag of Rear-Admiral

Sir Thomas Cochrano. H. M. S. Vestal, Captain Talbot.

H. C. Str. Medusa, Commander Hewitt, H. M. Tr. 8. Alligator, Com. King- H. M. S. Minden, Master Commandling: Wetling.

ton, Hospital and Store Ship Adelaide, y

Alligator, Cook,

Anna Eliza, Grainger, Bonanjce Hornatjer, Coates, Anna Robertson, Munroe, - Dart (Am), Baylies, Dhur, Cumberland, Dido, Saunders, Emma,

Dent and Co Duus, Rawle and Co Rustomjee and Co Turner and Co

J. Matheson and Co

Bush and Co Lindsay and Co Gilman and Co. D. N. Mody and Co J. Matheson and Co.

Dent and Co

Lindsay ami Co Macvicur and Co

J. Matheson and Co

W. H. Frankly Emery & Frazer

J. A. Vorrun Matheson and Co

The P. and O. Company's vessel "Lady Mary Wood" arrived this afternoon about five o'clock. We have, through the politeness of the Post Mas Indian and Coast trade, purpose forming an as The Captains and Officers engaged in the ter, been favored with a copy of the "Mothly sociation to be named the Country Service Times" of the 24th September, from which we

The object of this club is to afford make a very brief summary of news, a comfortable home to such of its mem- Her Majesty returned to England from her hers as may be out of employment, with continental tour on the 18th of September, medical attendance if sick; also to grant tempo She had paid an unexpected visit to the King rary aid to those who from shipwreck, or other Gazelle (Am), Chase, of the French at his Chateau of d'Eu,

canses, may be in distress; and an annuity in John Barry, Clarke, From America there is nothing authentic. the event of being rendered unfit for active John Cooper, Greig, It is said that the republican army are concen employment, through any of those accidents to Kelpie, Syme, trating upon the frontiers of Mexico; war a-which seafaring people are so much exposed. *Banrick, White, gainst that country being a popular measure

The scheme is not yet matured, and its suc. Little Catherine, among the supporters of the present adminis- ceas will in a great degree depend upon the Linnet (Am), tration in America.

The crops in the United Kindom will give a take in it. To us, it appears in every respect

interest which the Officers of Country ships Lyra, Grosvenor,

Madura, Smith, satisfactory return, Potatoes are a failure a most desirable measure, deserving the sup

Midas (Ain, str.schr.), Poor, it is said in all parts of Europe--but the grand port of all who are qualified to become mem. Nymph, Horsburgh, Kennedy, Margregor and Co

Minerva, Brown, staple [Wheat] is a fair averago; and the scar-bers, and also that of the owners of Eastern

Petrel, Rogers.

Rawle, Duas and Co city of potatoes will most likely raise prices, shipping. It is calculated that there are three

Dirom, Gray and Co though not to an outrageous rate, as the United hundred Commanders and officers engaged in Santo Antonio, De Cruize,

Prince Regent, Mason, States can pour in a supply which will be a this particular branch of commercial navigation. Spec, Cole, check upon those who speculate upon bad crops. They are well remunerated, and can afford to Starling, Chape

In commercial matters the "Monthly Times pay a subscription which in a few years would Syed Khan, Smart, is bare of intelligence, Silks appear to be un-raise a considerable capital, and secure to the Sylph, Macdonald altered; though it is, to as, difficult to understand members, in the event of accidents, a respectable | Warlock. Jauncey, the commercial remares of the Monthly annuity. This is a subject of great importance Water Witch, Reynell, Times" upon this itens of commerce Tes has improved slightly. We quote,~~

Congou has been in request, and all descriptions have brought stiffer rates; common sound selling at 101 to 10d, good cumson d to 1112 bit and dling Is to Is 14, midding to good blackish leaf is 11to Is 84, fins strong black land is 9 to

choice 2 43 to Pekoe tarar as to 25

the most in request a

a od per il tan sorts those at and under 18 61

many parcels have been densosed at rather li ber mus: Clear

Twankay has been in

to the highly respectable class of seamen re- ferred to, sad the schemo appears so perfectly feasible, that it only requires a little exertion to bring it to maturity,

Were two hundred members to join the Club at a obscription of five dollars a month. there would be an annual income of $12,000; add to

900 of entrance money and we have further mum of 84,000 which would be enough to build a suitable Club househ

J.

J. P. Sturgis Debt and Co

Self Marrow and Co Captain Chuan nai C

J. Matheson and Co 3. Matheson nni Co Dent and Co

S SHIPPING AT WHAMPOG. M. Str. Vices, Commander Gifford. 3. C. Str. Plain, Commander Airg. Aux, Stevenson,

testis (d'wake), Lanon, Devil, Furley, Dumfries. Thompson, Decor, Mallory,

- Elizabeth (Hamburgh), Jansen,

Tonello, day,

We almont Inned that we would have Fort Wilton, Mediven,

ng allur at Can- | Futta Mombarrul, Jiors, to give blenty to Glenelg, Harvey, fucks the muscreet Gracim. M Davall,

X have rembered

all times with extreme fake any notice of the Pro

Hector, Flockirt, Hilda (dvede),

You Praes, Willams, Jukus (flamburg), Garro,

1. Matheson and Co Turner and Co

Hanaon Turner and Co Matheson and Boustead and Co Boustead and Co Dallas and Co

1. Matheson set Cor Order

J. Matheson and Co

Tumer and CS Turner and Ca Fuseulf and Co

Dios, Gasy and Co Xie Parkins and Co Torner and Co

Joren Corian, Dring, D. & M. Rastomise and Co

Fox, Kawson and Ca Maria Johanna (Ch) — 7. Bogerinckel and Co Fletcher and Ca