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Remarks &e: &c.
NOVEMBER 1844.
SA. M.
THE FIUEND OF CHINA AND HONGKONG GAZETTE.
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GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Whereas it is found indispensably necessary to enforce the enactments of the British Legislature with reference to the exhibition of the Name, &c., on the sterus of all Merchant Vessels and their Boats-Notice is hereby given that on and after the 27th of this month the full Penalty will be in- flexibly levied in cases of neglect or disobedience of the Provisions of the Acts below quoted.
By the 3d and 4th of William IV. it is enacted, "that every Vessel shall have her Name, and Port to which she belongs, written in white or yellow "letters, not less than four inches in length, oua black ground, and placed on a conspicuous part of the stern."
RAIN DURING WEEK. ONE Isca hs.
Meteorological Register for one year from August 1844, to August 1845, kept or board of a Ship near Chapel, Island East Coast of China.
9 A 1.
NOON.
3 r. M.
9 P. M.
MIDNIGHT.
Penalty for disol edience £100, By the 6th of Geo. IV. it is provided, that " all "Boats shall have on the outside of the Stern the Name of the Vessel, and Place to which she be longs, and on the inside the Master' Name hoth to be in white or yellow Roman letters, "two inches long, on a black ground,” Penalty for disobedience, furfeiture.
By Order,
FREDERICK W. A. BRUCE,
Colonial Secretary, Victoria, Hongkong, 18th November, 1845.
ment of Hongkong, who have issued a Not fication on the subject.
It would be cruel to censure a man for doing his duty-the Admiral is doing his duty-cer tainly some British Admirals would despise such_service--but then, British Admirals are not always right in their ideas of the office they hold,
We would not say that in this Sir Thomas has been influenced by any improper feeling - jealousy, pride, or anything of that sort. We rather thing he is actuated by an amiable de- sire to oblige the Commanders of vessels of war on the station. As the Clippers are in the habit of passing H. M. Ships, it may be satis factory for the officers of the Naval Ships to see painted on the stern of the leading Vessels their names and from whence they hail. This is certainly a kindly feeling on the part of the Admiral-quite consistent with the anxiety he has ever displayed to promote the comfort of his officers.
We hear that the Red Rover beat H. M. B. Espiegle on the passage to Amoy five days.
On looking over “Simmond's Colonial Ma- gazine" for September, we stumbled upon a paragraph which our extreme modesty compels in to contradict. It is as follows "A Letter from Hongkong, descriptive of that Co. long By a Resident. London: Smith, Elder, and Co.
trade has certainly been removed to Shanghai-in the neighbourhood of Chusan--but the bulk of it is still in Canton, and will continue there for many years. Of the imports, Indian Cotton-a consider able item in our trade is all sold in the southern market, and the demand for manufactured goods still exceeds that in Shanghai Of the exports, tea with a trifling exception, continues be brought forward for sale in the south. This part of our trade-that of Canton may be said to be under the immediate protection of the naval and mis litary forces at Hongkong, as Canton is only about 80 miles distant. Chusan of itself has an in significant trade, but it is contiguous to the freo ports of Ningpo and Shanghai, at the latter of which, foreign commerce has made great advances, and in the opinion of many, will continue to advance, thongh at present much depressed. It is for the protection of foreign commerce in the north that Chusan is chiefly valuable; and in the improbable event of another war, as a position from whence warlike de monstrations may be made upon the country in the vicinity of the "sacred city" of Peking. If our views are correct, it would be desirable to have both Hongkong and Chusin, thought we fear, were it even practicable to retain possession of Chusan, the island, with all its advintages, would like Hong- kong, be so crushed by an expensive and inefficient civil establishment that it would only be a burden upon the mother country
Mr Martin will admit that Great Britain cannot retain permanent possession of Chusan honourably; and presuming his views refer to diplomatic nego
tiation, there are two insurmountable obstacles, First.The Chinese, will never consent to the ces- sion of Chusan to any foreign power, unless compell- This is a very small pamphlet, in the form of a letter;ed to do so at the point of the bayonet. They would not professing to give an account of the island-which is not only meagre in its details, and somewhat old in its inform-even exchange it for Hongkong with all the houses, ation, but is moreover dear at the price at which it is sold. barracks, roads, drains, &c. upon which so much Judging from the initials appended to this Letter, we should money has been expended. Second.--Supposing suppose it to emanate from either Mr John Gairns, the
the Chinese were willing to make an exchange, editor of the Honokono Register, or Mr John Carr, editor of the FRIEND og Cu-gentlemen fully competent to Great Britain could not cede this island without furnish a description of the Colony, but who could not purchasing up all the lenses of land, and all the have been made aware of the purpose to which their desul houses that have been built on the faith of a Royal tory remarks were to be applied. In our present number we have given an article on the subject, which would make three such pamphlets if published in the same form and type."
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Charter.
Neither in equity, nor in law could she dispose of an island to a foreign power, upon which, while it formed a portion of the British We beg to assuro Mr P. L. Simmonds, that empire, her subjects and others purchased land, when we publish upon Hongkong and China, paying her a yearly rental of £15,000, and upon our work will not be less than 2 Volumes which they have erected buildings worth half In addition to this, the go- quarto and we would never presume to pub. million sterling.
vernment must have laid out a hundred thousand lish at all, without first consulting so competent
But the judge of such a work, as we feel assured the pounds in public buildings, roads &c.
scheme is a wild and impracticable one. Great Bri-" Editor of the Colonial Magazine" must be tain can only retain Chusan forcibly and she will not The Editor of a Hongkong paper is sufficiently do it at the sacrifice of her national honour. The disgusted with Hongkong politics in attending utmost that may be looked for from the Chinese, is to his unavoidable literary pursuits, without permission to trade at the island as a free port, and thrusting such disagreeable topics upon those for this it may be advisable to offer to abandon Ning- absent friends with whom he may retain a corpo, which is an incumbrance upon the Consular raspondence at least we pledge our word that establishment, and of no benefit to commerce. this is the case with one of the three Goutlemen who at present have charge of the local papers,
Mr Martin has it in his power to serve his coun trymen in China, and we doubt not he possesses the But Mr Simmonds is himself a scribbler on desire to do so. He has been here; be is intimate with Chinese affairs-we should rather say a com-the proceedings of this government. He has visit- ed the five ports: he is aware that the British Con- piler-a clipper out from local papers of a va-
expense--that soveral of them may be done away riety of paragraphs, and items of intelligence, sular establishments are supported at an unnecessary which like, the patched bed-covers he may with, and the duties intrusted to Consular agents. have seen, is spread out in all its gorgeous Let him represent the true state of affairs to Her Ma- colours. The tout ensemble is good, but don't jesty's advisers. Tell them that this petty island has inspect the quilted rags-the variety is endless a civil establishment which costs the country more of styles, colours and fabrics,from the robe than double what it ought to do that for a Governor of the high born dame, to the gown of the and a Lieut: Governor alone, there is an item of hardy peasant. Such is Mr Simmonds lucu- £10,000 that our police, and our Magistracy cost brations on China. They are selected from the more than that of colonies with double the number of good, bad and indifferent communications of inhabitants, scattered over a territory with a frontier local papers, with one or two articles already of a hundred miles, which has to be protected a- published in England, and statistical tables gainst the savages by a mounted police-that trade which have long gone the round of the press. has been driven from the colony and that laws, the Of course we do not object to the Editor of a most arbitrary and unjust have been attempted to be Colonial Magazine" drawing much of his forced upon the colonists by a government that they material from Colonial papers; but we submit,
If, as we have heard, there is a probability of Mr in all courtesy, he is bound to acknowledge from Martin's obtaining a soat in parliament, we feel as whence he takes largo portions of his patch-sured that there, he will lay before the Commons work. In a Colonial Magazine we might look of Great Britain, such a statement as will, with the for some valuable articles upon British colonial reports from other colonics, convince them, that it is policy, such as to the Colonist, and the colonial high time that their attention were directed to Co- THE FRIEND OF CHINA Editor, would communicate information upon lonial mis-rule, and paliry colonial despotism.
NOTICE.
New advertisements, will be received, until 4 O'Clock, on the evenings previous to publi cation, víz: Tuesdays and Fridays.
LATEST DATES.
Sept. 24 BATAVIA Ost 31 SINGAPORE Nov. 8 MANITA Nov. 1 CHUSAN
Nov. 12 Nov. 8...
ENGLAND
"INITED STATES June
25
CALCUTTA
Oct
BONBAY
Oct.
3 9
MADRAS
SYDNEY
Oct. 13 SHANGHAI August 7
AND HONGKONG GAZETTE. VICTORIA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26rn, 1815.
points of great colonial interest; in Simmonds we look for this in vain. The worthy Editor labours with the scissors, more than the pen. His compilation, with its prosy fifth rate stories, A slight indisposition must be our apology may have some interest to parties in England for not presenting our readers with our usaal who have friends in the colonies, but to a Co- summary on the arrival of the Braganza, Itlonist it is quite valueless, is with regret that we feel the necessity of alluding to that which may only affect our selves; but it is proper that we should offer our Supporters this explanation,
The "Ozerland Friend of China" will be published on Saturday morning, with the rews of the month, shipping, commercial intelligence,
selections &c. &c.
posed to have been written by Mr R. Montgomery
cannot respect.
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SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
NOVEMBER,
ARRIVALS.
29, Hilde (Swede), Hall, Whampoa. 22, Wishua, Habebier, Balley.
24, Puppy, Cole, Macao. 24, Artemise (Swede), Loron, Whampoa. 24, Dumfries, Thompson, Whampoa. 24, Red Rorer, MeMurdo, Chinchew, NoveHRER,
SAILED.
We hear for we have not seen it--that a com- municated article apon Chusan and Hongkong ap- pears in the Bombay Gentlemans Gazette, sup- Martin. Mr Martin's opinions on the retention of Dur, Cumberland, Calcutta. Chuson, and the cession of Hongkong, if the Chi-H. Str. Meduna, Com. Hewitt, Bombay, nese will not part with it on other terms, are suffi.12, Adelaide, -, Whampoa.
21, Madura, Smith, Manila. ciently well known in this colony, though, it is
21, Royalist, Loes, Macro. probable, that most people think with us, that up 23, Dido, Saunders, Singapore and Calcutta, this subject, Mr Martin has allowed his mind to be
23, Hilda (Swede), Hall, Singapore and Calcutta, biased by a first, and an unfavourable impression of, Sulph, Macdonald, Singapore and Calcutta.
Of the salubrious climate--the excellent harbour 23, Kelpie, Byrne, Comsingmoon.
Keving left on Tuesday morning in H. M. Steam Vessel Viren, after having been fed, fuddled, and saluted-with great guns and small guns-for a week. It cannot be doubted, that His Excellency Hongkong
was pleased with his reception, which will take the favorable position for trade-and the orderly | 23, Sil (Spanish), Espejo, Macao.
slice out of the "Contingent, fund. We bear that on parting. Sir John Davis handsomely presented Keying with a pair of duelling Pistols and a saddle horse, articles, to a Chinaman, of but little use- however, that's neither here nor there, presents are valued for the donor's sake,
Anna Eliza, Grainger, Whampoa, Poppy, Cole, Macao and Calcutta,
REPORTS.
population of Chosan, we are not in ignorance. In a military light, the island is also valuable to a 24, foreign power. alach stress has been laid upon the rice raised upon the island, but that is a trifling con- Astemise (Swede), Loren, Singapore, sideration, as we believe that imported rice may be
Dumfries, Thompson, Liverpool purchased in Hongkong, que as cheap as the peonistud, Mata, Munila to day. ple of Chuman can grow it. We mean to say that Fort Willim, Methven, Bombay to-day. The Rear Admiral, if he has neglected some in any foreign colony in China, agricultural posses of his important duties, certainly does not ne-sions are not particularly to be desired, as it may be Harlock. Jaunery, East Const to-day.
Mazeppa, McFarlane, East Coast to thay glect the unimportant ones. About two weeks better to have the native population confined ago, a boat from the flag ship was sent to those who are engaged in trade, artisans, servonta inform the "Clippers" in harbour, that in con- &c., and these people, on European wages, could formity with an act of parliament, they were always buy the great staple rice cheaper than they required to have their names painted on their could grow i
Such being our opinion of Chusan, we regret sterns in letters of a certain size. There is so that on the conclusion of hostilities it was not the is. doubt of there being such an act, but the Clip and coded to Great Britain We think Sir Henry pers of China, lake the Yachts at home, have Pottinger erred in this respect, though on the ether paid little regant to it; neither has any of the side it may be said that Chetan then was an unhealthy naval commanders on the station though it a as Hongkong has been since, and if the sole object to matter worthy of their notice, until Sir Thomas be obtained by a British colesy in China, was a post 11. M. 3. Pru, Captain Mundy. It is reported Cochrane, anxious, ho doubt, to serve his too from when British commerce could be protec in Singapore that the fris sa ashore somewhere in country, determmed to enforce the act, being of, then Sir Henry Pottinger acted prudently in chocs- the Straits. The report wants confirmation-to sided in the high duty by the Colonial Govern, ing Hongkong. A large share of the foreign say the least of item
The Olympus, White, from Canton, put. into Simon's bag on the 18th of August with her ruit- der damaged, and teaking.
H. M. Steamer Driver, Hayes, hence to New Zealand arrived at Singapore on the 22nd October to repair damages, having been in a Typhoon in the North Pacific on the 8th, 7th and 8th of Oct. She again sailed from Singapore on the 6th inst. Particulars among our extractar
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