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THE MIND OF CHINA AND HONGKONG GAZETTE.

ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENOS

do the same, and cat down the first man who disobeyed orders. At this time a Malina Seachanie came up fromna. To the Editor of the Friend of China.

the Gundeck with an ingot of Syece. I was told by the DF ficers that he was the ringlender of a mutiny on board Shanghai. December 9th 1844. the "Wild Irish Girl," I raised my cutlass and made him. Sir,-At the present time when H. M. Plenipoten give op the Syces and after punishing some of the cats tiary seems so solicitions to induce the Chinese to ful- who were mutinous I was enabled at length to get them to fill the terms of the Treaty, even holding but certain assist in cutting away the Starboard Bulwork when with the tarcats in case of non-compliance, it may not be unim-Topsail Halyards only we got the Beat over the side, but the portant to know how far some of it's provisions have wind blowing a heavy gale from the N. N. it was useless been carried into effect as regards this port. It is well attempting to crass the shoal. We then commenced making a raft-of our spore spars but as most of the crew were still known that after the Treaty was signed at Nanking, below plundering we did dot finish it till 10 o'clock; the Sir Henry Pottinger occompanied by one of the Chi Ship staking heavily we were about launching it over board nese Commissioners visited this place, and that it was

when I heard the report of a pistol; it appeared that the crew then agreed that a certain space of ground lying be bad broken open the arm chest and one of the Malays in tween the creeks was to be rented to the English mer-attempting to shoot a Tindal had fallen and the pistol had chants, at a reasonable rate compared with it's value zone off and shot himself. This put a stop to car launching then. Three years have since clapsed and although the raft for a tire. While thinking over in my mind what proclamations to the same effect were issued on the we had better do under the circumstances I chanced between opening of the port, what is the actual state of the the squails to see an Island which I decided to be Lincoln case? A recent proclamation states that although Island and communicated the same to the Officers and told some ten parties have rented ground for building, there them I would attempt to eroga the shal in the Cutter and land the crew, but before the boat was got ready the wind are still numerous applicants unsupplied," and recom-

suldenly shifted from N. E to South blowing directly off mends the people in the said neighbourhood to dispose the shoal. The water had reached our Lazaron and des of their property on reasonable terms," with which troyed all the rice and provisions, it had also got into our of course they are very likely to comply. As ca în.

Tanks and we had nought but starvation before us it we re- stance of this, I may observe that not a neow of ground rained by the wreck, besides our lives being in danger from has been settled for during the last six months at less a mutinous crew, I then told the Officers we must try to save than 70 to 30 per cent above it's usual value hitherto, as many lives as we could in the boats, the wind blowing d. while for some much more has been paid. Wretched rectly off the shoal by Gods Providence they might be picked huts have been purchased at several times the value of up when the gale abated. About 20 pounds of biscuit and good new cottages, and parties from the necessity of the 24 gallons of brackish water were put into the long boat and case have of late been compelled to offer extravagant Idirected the passengers and Officers to get into the boat, the same quantity of bread and water and a compass was put into prices for lots, and have even then been unsuccessful,

the cutter and pinnace. The Officers, passengers, a female Notwithstanding the incessaut exertions of H, M. Con-

servant, and about 60 of the crew then got into the long hoat, sul it is apparent that the owners of these properties I intended to remain by the wreck until all were clear but are resolved to hold out for the nost exorbitant piolder to the remonstrances of my Officers and decided to rates they will do so for years, and have league to-

take charge of the Boat where the greater aumber of the lives gether for the purpose. The Authorities may issue

wero at stake; it was probably fortunato I did so as the one proclamation after another till the end of the dy danger was imminent from the crowded state of the boat and nasty, and with much apparent sincerity enjoin them the difficulty of keeping ber head off the shoal. We got cleat to come to terms. but these people pay little regard to of the wreck followed by the cutter and pinnace, the former then, and find means of averting any ill consequences being a very fast boat soon passed us, Evoid them what course from doing so, and unless H. M. Plenipotentiary takes to steer, the sea was running very high and we soon fost sight the matter up in a resolute and decisive manner, those of them. Notwithstanding we had nailed canvas round the who" come from a far" to be hedewed with Imperial boat we were obliged to keep two hands hailing The day favour in Shanghai, will continue to enjoy the privi after leaving the wreck served out a Wine glass of water

e me biscuit to each person, and in the evening a heavy rain lege of living in wooden dens and paying a tent of 50 falling, beat down the sea somewhat, and enabled us to fill per cent of their value per annum, H. M. Plenipo our keg with water, The whole of the night was piercing tentiary while making such ludable and strenuous re-cold and we were all wet to the skin. The following day it monstrances in order to obtain duc protection for the was fine with the wind E N. E and we reached fainan at numerous residents, and fitting Consular residences" at some of the ports where the whole trade is about equal to the Consular expenses. would I presume to think, do well to turn bis exertions for a moment to the benefit of this place, which promises very shortly to be much the largest consumer of British manufac tures of any port in China,

1 am Sir

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With regard to the crew left behind on the wreek, they had the means of coning with us if they chose, but they preferred taking their chance on the wreck no docht with the hope of obtaining plunder, if the weather moderated. The Marwar- rie poseenger, had a considérable amount of Gold manufac tures for which no Bill of Lathing had been signed and no Insurance effected and he decided to remain with it.

Henry Pottinger during his Governership of Hongkong as an apology for his attack on Air Martin. Whether we were justified in the course we pursued or not may be a matter of opinion; but we submit that, our criticisms were perfectly open, and made whilst Sir Ion- ry was in the colony. If he was aggrieved, ho was here and knew the party who had done him the injury-we put forth no slander, either in his presence or absence under cover of an anonymous letter. After Sir Henry Pottinger left China, his name would never have been introduced in connection with his foibles, had not some Indian papers, more zea lous then prudent, asserted that we had not were our objections to Sir specified what Henry Pottinger as a Governor. To satisfy these incredulous periodicals we were obliged to recapitulate much that was sufficiently well known in Chiney to the truth of which we refer to this community.

The Amateur throws down the gage, and challenges us to a controversy upon Chemistry and Geology! He must really excuse us, if we decline discussing subjects of which we know little, with a person who perhaps knows less. It may be, however, that in this enlight ened age, the schoolmaster has reached the shores of China. Some embryo Buckland or Ure, may be wasting his sweetness on the desert air. Though making no pretention to a great knowledge of Science, we aro willing to encourage, in our small way, its ge- neral diffusion, and should an Amateur favor the public with a further communication, we will leave him to the quiet immortality of the "Hongkong Register," provided he refrains from slandering the absent, or the defenceless.

The Government Notification which charges Captain MacIntyre with a dereliction of duty in leaving part of his crew npon the wreck of the noon haging been 48 hours in the boat. We were in all 67"Castle Huntly," has been received here, and i Souls.

Canton, with feelings of regret and indignation that a person in Sir John Davis' position should add- to the distruss of his countryman, by imputing to him a crime which cannot be substantiated, and which could sourcely have occurred to any generous minded person even to insinuate.

Her Majesty's Superintendent of Trade in China. appears to have forgotten that principle of justice which declares, that all men are innocent until they are proved guilty, or possibly he thinks it better to reverse the well known maxin, and in his official capacity, look upon all men as guilty until they plove their in-

The chief Officer was seriously ill, and I deemed the lives of the younger officers too valuable to trust them alone in the other hoata with a mutinous crew who had already shown so much violence. From the time we landed at Hainan till wo reached (anten, having travelled nearly 60 miles, we were treated with uniform kindness by the Chinese whs supplied as with the means of procuring provisions and of conveyance to those who were unable to naik.

I am Dear Sir,

Your's &c. &c.

AEQUITUS. NOTE.-We do not think that the Chinese Govern ment would not act justly incompelling its subjects to sell their lands to foreigners at less than what they considered them worth-and we believe that the worth of a thing is precisely its marketable value. The increased trade of Shanghai must have raised the valug of building, lote "in the dis- trict alloted to the foreigners, and the natives of course expect to derive the adgantage. Sir Henry Pottinger's arrangement with the Chinese Con-THE missioner was a very loose one. Had he bargain-

You ol edient servantg

A MINTYRE, Late Commanding the "Castle Handly"

noevneh.

It must have been some feeling of this sort which prompted him to publish to the world the charge contained in the last paragraph of his

Notification.

We would not wish to circumstrite the powers with which it may be urces arý to intrust Sir John Divis, or any other person who may iieafter hold It is the duty of Great his present appõiritinent. Britain to protect all her subjects alike, be they Asiatic or b they European, and we are satisfied 15 that no man would be more willing that all the

FRIEND OF CHINA AND HONGKONG GAZETTE.

WEDNESDAY, DE EMBER 21,

ed that a certain district should be rented to for eigners at certain specified prices, upon the offer of which, the original proprietor was bound to sell, then there would be no difficulty. But the indef. VICTOR nile term of a reasonable rate," leaves the question

of value quite open, nor are we aware that even were that fixed, there is any stipulation rendering a sale compulsory.

EDITOR.

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To the Editor of the Friend of China.

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Office, Frind of China " 23rd December, 10 P. M.

circumstances connected with the loss of the

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the fluntly should be inquired into than her lato Captain, whether she was lost within 100 miles of The Lady Mary Wood" has arrived with the coast of China or not-and it is only to that the October Mails: the letters will be deliver-distance that Sir John Davis's jurisdiction "extends. ed to-morrow (Wednesday).

We have been favored with the copy of a Cir- cular, from Her Majesty's Consul at Cantrn, to the British residents of that city.

·Sm-I shall feel obliged by your publishing the follow- ing account of the loss of the Castle Huntly."

We took our departure from Asses Ears on the after. noon of the 21 of Uctoler, wind blowing strong from the NNE, barometer high. At 3. M. pitched away main Sir John Davis having resulved to insist, on the topgallant make, at ti c'clock gole increasing reduced sail to three reefs in the fore and mizen in sails and double right of entering the city in common with all the rected main sail, at o'clock pumped ship at 14 inches, other cities at the ports of trade" the goal sense midnight pumped ship at some, at 4 o'clock in the morning of the foreign inhabitants of Canton, will lead them Sith 22 inches in the well, called all hands to the pto concur in the propriety of Mr. Macgregor's it being evident that the ship had sprung a leak, at 4 o'clock, filing 4 feet in the well hanted, the ship on the wind with advice, that no further attempts should be made to head to Eastward, at 10 A. 1. G feet in the well, cutaway

enter the city until the right has been e-meedegand | Bawer and sheet anchors, allowed part of the Chains to publicly proclaimed. run out and throw overboard about 200 bags of Sugar, about this time our main top sai! blow away, fore and |(Copy) mized top sail shortly followed. Ship now under foresail heading het. Nec six feet six inches in the well, ship fast sinking, and, expecting that she would shortly founder, I ordered home Liscuit and water to be placed in each

CIRCULAR,

British Consulate, 'Canton, 22nd December, 1815. Gentlemen.-It having been reparted to me that quarter boat, as also a compass, the sea running high, several attempts have lately been made by British ship rolling and patching very much, Barometer falling.subjects to eater the City of Canton.

hausted, G o'clock through the exertions of the crew who

at år. M ̈G tel 7 inches in the well, crew getting ex- I think it right to make known to you that II, had warm baerery hour, reduced the water to 6 feet, the E. H. M. Plenipotentiary, and Supt of trade hav. leak occasionally inevasing on us sume inches, we ma-ing resolved to insist on the right of entering this raged by cluorite the ew and taking regalar spels, said city, in common with all the other cities at effects and passengers, to keep it under il midnight the Ports of trade, it will be very nccravity that 25th, Howing a gale ship as yesterday laboring dreadfully, -

crew with duty remained at the patys, 21 on the attempt should not be reported until that fight

5 inches wider in die well, rited away var fore and has been publicly conceded and proclaimed. teain teruall games wore ship with her head to the west-disturbances caused by such premature attempts mand retained on that tank twelve beurs, at 6 px. paised

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The Superintendent of trade has not hesitated pu blicly to censure the Captain, without any justifiable pretext for doing so. but we wonklask him to review his own conduct, and say whether he is bluncless in the matter.. It must have been known to him at the latest on the 14th Instant. that the Castle Huntly" was wrecked within four hundred miles of this co- lony, and that part of her crew were voluntarily left on the wreck, preferring the chance of aid being sent then, to the risk of a passage to the mainland in open boats during a heavy galu. It might have heen expected that one of Her Majesty's ships would have been immediately despatched to rescue the crew, bit na, this was not done.. The only notice - taken of their critical position, was an attack upon their unfortuna commander in an official Notifica- tion. It is true that after public attention was drawn to the matter, and disgust was expressed publicly and privately at the apathy displayed by the Clentle man who is the paid guardian of the interests of his Ellow subjects in this quarter, the 1. C. Steam vessel Pluto" "received orders to take in coals and pro Ceed to the wreck, but she did not sail until the wind, work at least being lost. Of the probable fate of crew, supposing the ship did not breake up, and they remained by hot, it is painful to think, though th meat bagering of all deaths appears almost mevitable. would have saved le. from starvation, becomes a Whether the despatch of the Steagjer one week earlier

the

attle on the leuk, minight tarvizzier low and blowing might and the arguments of the Chiese Govern* \ qisation - of deep importance to us all, but surely it

a horridase, ship laboring exezusively, worwithstanding ment for delaying the concessión. bende exposing which we reinst the water to 5 feet inches, and I was you to the chances of maltreatment, while the point

1 am. Gentlemen,

Your obedient sermut. · (Signed) FR¥NCIS C. MACOREGOR To the British Subjects

Besident at Canton.

in hopes of being able to keep her the till we arrived at is under negotiation. suthe jour. The Ship rolling very beary I sgvin wore by the Breward, baremeter sill filing; no sight et san moun a stary since we leli the land and no appearzzed of the song abstieg, at i p. x, best a zem late tepans, DAY- All and wditcuts cet e tornail en deck, clown reefed it ready to back to the five yari wub ginliges in case of danger to can the ships beled at might be regard. At midnight alá bands at fäer going sedurat the water in the well ta four. feet; this gala 1 attribute to ale ship bensa

to one so much as thur Majesty's Superin

tondrat of trade in China.

We publish a calm dispasionate letter from Cap- Lin Masinryer, narrating the loss of his ship, and the subsequent conduct of part of his crew. No one will be silly enough to my that he could hav forogh them all to take their chance with him in the boats; it is enough that they hand their choice,

lighted by the words on of the magar, faslligence iners New Zeaked. Though wears on. That the meu prefurret remaining by the As arrival from New South Wake Lruge sym.gad that two hoats were left, in which if the weather moderated, they may have reached the coast of Chi anore, bategoles all war balls Marg been blown 0024,

goal gars gecer, that these exhagued, havdar bold not in resist of paper, we har das Beki had wreck may appear extraordinary to thean tunne shree days and nights múkam rea, the frez which coola De Friod into the Bust!! and stowed a desire to chee

printed with matern ekaracter, but in addition to the sand four de pænge had to souse he had to terma The troops from Myluzy were not

star, to bid the divan tward appeal formash At dam Charlard

prospect of having a chance of plundering the ship, MS Dadra revamped ta stih we had pasted i zoek, bet et édelek teakers were i

it must be enzeberod that earst. of rige Aalatic dant to ducant al cards andered from the pug and Horph America and the userd would came en to

enammen-are fataliste," bird to rank of duet, ta Ide Pure agents startar Judend and thex valt. More Upay. From this und nun á supres dias the beadening the wreck in an open front with a highs. by adds and pintines, the bother to tat sathgard any sales of protected coping, may have apparat en opposition za

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