THE FRIEND OF CHINA AND HONGKONG GAZETTE.
1117
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NOTICE
THE Commercial Business of the undersigned JST received, a small Invoice of Prime new
continued, deter the
style of "Benn Yen Basel & Co."
M. T. SENN VAN BASEL
Canton, March 1st, 1840,
HONGKONG RACES,
First Day, 4th March.
THE MAIDEN STAKES for all Ponies not exceed ing 13 hands. Entrance $1 each, with 850 added from the Fund. Heats once round and a distance. Three to start or no Race, Gentlemen Riders. Catch weights.
THE BONGKONG CUP, value $100, for Horses of all descriptions. Entrance 95 each. Twice Round and a distance. Gentlemen Riders. Three Horses to start or no Race. Catch weights.
THE VICTORIA PLATE, open to all Ponies not exceeding 13 hands 3 inches. Entrance $3 each, with 850 added. Once Round and a half; three Horses to start or no Race, Gentlemen Riders.
THE SCURRY STAKES open to all Ponies. En trance 82 each, with 830 added. From the Black Rock to the Winning Post. Catch weights. Gen- tlemen riders.
Second Day, 6th March.
THE HUNTER'S PLATE, open to all Horses. Entrance $5 each. with 2100 added. Twice Round and a distance Six Hurdles 8 feet high. Three Horses to start or no Race Gentlemen Riders,
A HURDLE RACE for all Ponies. Entrance $2 with 850 added. Catch weights. Gentlemen Riders. Four Hurdles 24 feet high. Three to start or no Race. Once round and a distance.
A SWEEPSTAKE FOR BEATEN PONIES, open to all, Entrance 82, with $30 added Heats once Round and a distance. Three to start or no Race. Gentlemen Riders.
RULES.
RACES to Commence at 4 o'clock P. M. The first Saddling. Bell to be rung at ‡ to 4. All disputes to be referred to the Steward, whose decision la final,
Entrances to be sent to the Committee, or to the Clerks of the Course, on or before six o'clock on Tuesday the 3rd March, with the names of the Horses and Colours of the Riders.
FOR SALE. *
A Dark colored chesnut Pony; win in tither a
Lady or Gentleman, and goes well in Harness. For terms apply to
C MARKWICK.
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Victoria; 3d March 1816
Bloom Muscatel Raising in small fancy Car- tons ; in excellent condition,U
SMITH & BRIMELOW. Woosnams Buildings, 27th February, 1846.
SODA WATER
AND
ERATED LEMONADE To be obtained at the manufactory of the under
Bigned.
SMITH & BRIMELOW. No 1 and 2 Woosnam's Buildings, corner of Pot- inger Streef,"
RAFFLE.
10 he Raffled for at MACKAY & Co's. Queen's Rond, Hongkong, as soon as the shares are finished works, in 100 shares at 910 each, in filled up, the following New Elegant and highly the following lots, each subscriber being sure of gaining a prize.
Subscriptions from Canton, Macao, or elsewhere, to be accompanied with an order on Parties resis dent in Hongkong.
No.
NAME OF WORK
1 Blackwoods Magazine 52 vols. à calf from
Commencement to July 1849
2 Murphys Arabian Antiquities in Spain 1
vol. Atlas fol. half mor Gilt
3 Stothards Monumental Effigies in Gt Bri
tain I vol, Royal fol do..
£ d
42
4 Edingurgh Quarterly Review 74 vols half
calf from comunencement to July 1842 44 8 5 Moyen Age Pittoresque 2 vols, Demy folio
half mor Gilt.
15 15
6 Penny Cyclopædia 27 vols, Royal 8vo, Cloth 7 Carters Ancient Sculpture and Printing ini England 2 vols in 1 Royal folio-
8 Holbeins Portraits of the Court of King
Henry VIII Impl 4to half mor Gilt.
9. Chamberlain's Royal Collection of Drawing
vol. Impl. folio half mor Cilt,
14 3 G
15. 15
15 is
21
10 Boy's Architecture of Paris Ghent Antwerp
Ruen &c. I vol'Impl. fol. half mor G. 21 11 Goodwins Domestic Architecture 2 vols RI 4to 8 8 13 Lysons Environs' of London 5 vols. 4to.
13 Strutts English Dresses 153 Engravings
vols Kl. 4to
10 10
8 8
14. Regal Costumes 70 Engravings 1 vol RI 410 5 5 16 Millengens Ancient United Monumts. Impl 4to 9 9 16 Woods Architecture and Ruins of Palmyra
and Balbec Imp. fol half mor 17 Musical Library 8 vols in 4 folio half mor 18 Brockedons Passes of the Alps 2 vols 4to
half mor Gilt
-19 Smith Historical & Literary Curiosities half
7 4 4
10: 10
mor Gilt
5 5
20 Coesvelts Gallery of Pictures I vol 4to do. do. 21 Martins Civil Costumes of England 4to
5 5
5 5
22 Farrintons Lakes of Lancashire Wesmor-
land &c. Folio Proofs
12 12
23 Southey History of Brazil 3 vols 4to cloth 24 Clarks Travels 11 vols 8vo cloth
7 15
10
-:
Pottinger. Street,
25 Golownins Japan 3 vols 8yo clothi
11 6
1 16
1.17. 6-
1 1
6
1 16
1 1 0
31 Peregrine Pulteney or Life in India 3 do.
1 11 6
3 do,
33 Raumers England in 1841
do.
31 Priors Life of Goldsmith
2 do.
FOR SALE.
few Deal Pannel Doors.
6 feet
A
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* 10
Apply to
Inches, High.
Wide.
C. MARKWICK, Auctioneer.
Pottinger Street
Victoria, 3d March 1846.
NOTICE.
26 Sweets Hortus Britannicus I vol 8vo calf.
27 Mills English Fireside 3 vols Svo cloth
28 Deerbrook by Miss Martineau 3 vols Bro cloth 20 Gaston de Foix a Novel 3 do:
30 Miss Pardoes city of the Magyar 3 do.
3 Bulwers Zanoni
35 Thomsons General Gazetteer 1 vol 8vo. half 36 Charles O'malley 2 vols Bro cloth
37 Lady Morgans Book without a name 2 vols. 35-Stopfords Expedition to Syrio, Hunter Nane,
tine.2 vols.
30 Shoberts Tour in Normandy Musted. 2 vols
40 Pardoe's River Desert 2 vols.
DISPENSARY,
4 French Hong,
CANTON.
FOR SALE THE FOLLOWING SELECT MEDICINES &C.
QUTLERS Tasteless Seidlitz Powders. B Concentrated Decoction of Sarsaparilla, of
double strength to obviate fermentation.
Capsules Gelatineuses. Castor Oil Capsules. Concentrated Disinfecting Solution
of Chloride of Lime,
Stomachic Bitters. Spirit of Camphor.
Castor Oil, Superior Cold drawn.
Liston's Healing Solution. Rose Water
Granville's Lotion.
Prepared Chalk.
Perfumed Chalk Balls. Lip Salve.
Aromatic Syrup of Rhubarb.
Tooth Powder.
Hydriodate of Potash.
Carbonate of Soda in Bottles, Gregory's Powder., Chalybeate Salts,
AT 40 PER CENT UNDER THE VALUE! SALE.
OF A LARGE FOUNDING AND PRINTING ESTABLISH- MENT FOR ENGLISH AND CHINESE, THE CHIEF ARTICLES ARE:
A complete collection of matrices, to cast all the Chinese Ictters, and print any Chinese Book, either with or without English text.
A collection of matrices, to found complete sets of Long Premar, with all the signs used in our Books
A beautiful Stanhope's Press, with all the latest
improvements.
A small German Iron Press, for circulars. One thousand weight of new types, most of which have never been used, forming three sets; Long Premar, Pika, and Bourgeois, with a great many. ornamented letter of any size, Greek, Roman, Hebrew &c. &c.
A collection of new moreable Chinese types, to be suld as the preceeding at the price of Metal. A hundred weight of superior ink, with a cask of
varnish for it:
Several hundred of glazed paste-board to smooth the print.
Some chests of superior paper Many piculs of type-metal &c. &c.
111 6 Apply for information, to the Clerk the Office of the
FRIEND OF HINA.
1 10... Sea 10 of I 10
£ 4.
1 1 1 T
E the undersigned have formed a ta meriti, for the transaction of a General Agency, Auction and Commission business at Victoria Hung-41 Catermoles Historical Annual i vol Illusta. Gt, t Kong, under the Ficus of DRINKER & HEYL
Victoria, March 2nd 1846.
S. DRINKER. Wat. S. HEYL.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
WILL be sold on Thrusday 5th instant, at 11
Wo'clock, at the Godowns of Messrs Busk of
Co, for account of whom it may concern. 17 Chests Damaged Malwa Opium.
Terms of Sale, Cash on delivery in Spanish Dollars or Rupees at 231 per $ 100.
WM S HEYL. Victoria, 3rd March 1846.
PUBLIC AUCTION
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&c., viz ;-
42 Evidences of Christianity 1 voi mor Gilt
43 Trollopes Summer in Britany 2 vols. 41
Visit to Italy
45 Campbells Life of Petrarch
2 vols. 2 vols.
46 Gerambes Pilgrimage to Palestine 2 vols. 47 Loves Exchange, by Hoylo
I. I
116
::1
3 vola..
48 Poules Comic Sketches
49 Wassail Bowl, by Alfred Smith
2 vols. 2 vols.
11
50 Longworths Year among the Circassians 2 vols. 11 61 Murray's China 3 vols, cloth
5 Italy & Imlian Islands by Spalding
54 British America by Murray-
58 Harry Lorrequer 1 sol cloth
59 Many Coloured Life
60 Brockedons Passes of the Alps 8vo. 61 Scandinavia Ancient and Mordern 2 vols 62 Bulmers Student & vola 8vo. 65 Shakspeare's works. 40 Illustrations 63 Spiritual Quixote 2 vols calf 6 Musical Cyclopedia 1 vol 66 Hughesdons walk throngh London 68 Damers Tour in the Holy land vols 67 Mr Ellis' Daughters of England 69 Mill's Godfrey Malvern
18 4 18
පස
3 do.
53 United States of America, by Murray
3 do.
18
3 do.
18
65 British India by Marray 56 Cowpers Poonis, nemes Edition Bro 57 McNish's Tales and Sketcher 2 vols.
$ do.
18
15
12
12
10. 6
10
&
12
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19
19
6
10
10
10
1
19
6
7 6
7 6
7 6
7
Cloth
77 Mesopotami and Assyria
0
18 Discovery & Adventure in Africa
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(WILL be sold on Friday, 6th instant at 11 o'clock a. m., at the Bungalow occupied by Martin Ford, Esq., all bis Household Furniture. Plate, Plated-ware, Glass-ware, Books, Wines, Dining, Centre and Side Tables; Bedsteads; Al- myras; Looking Glasses; Hanging Pedestal Lamps; Oil Paintings and Engravings in Frame; Dinner and Tea setts; Glass-ware; Mantel Orna. 20 Oswald's Ethymological Dictionery meuts; Plated centre Piece; Patent Shower Bath; 71 Careys Astronomy Books and Book case; Plate and Plated-ware; 13 Miller's Day in the Woods
72 Hugo's Rhize Double Barrelled Gun and Case, and a variety of
other articles,
ALSO,
A small quantity of superior Port, Sherry, and Madeira Wines.
TERMS OF SALE: -Cash before delivery. W. 8. HEYİ,
Victoria, March 2nd 1846.
Auctioneer.
COMPOSITORS WANTED.-Apply at
A
this Office.
Office "Friend of China.”
WANTED.
BAKER, One who understands his business
in all its branches, and of steady habits.
Apply to
J. MILLER.
! No. 1 & 2 Oswald's Buldings, 11th Feby, 1846, SMITH & BRIMELOW.
Ship Chandlers, Wholesale and Retail l'ine and Spirit Merchants, and Commission Agests 4c. No 1 & 2 WOOSNAM'S BUILDINGS.
HAVE for sale all kinds of Stores suitable for Ships; such as Canvas, Blocks, Rope, Tui- ne, Beef, Pork, &e &c. Also Stores suitable for families, Double Gloster Cheese, Butter in small)
Regs and Jars, Fork has Core Fotos Preserved Meats and S-ups, Sauces and Pickles assorted, Sardines, Prunes, Bloom Raitins, Pearl Barley, Jams on does not angle packages superior Bristol Tripe, Salmon, Tongres
ALSO
Beer and Porter in Cask, Barclay and Perkins Stout in bottles, Allopp's Bees.
Superior Port and Sherry, Madeira in wood and bottles, Vidonia, old Cognse, Whiskey in cask and bottle, Cask Branty, Cherry Cordia, and a varie- ty of other articles.
Victoria, 20th December 1845.
74 Laird of Logan
75 Tytlers Henry the VIII
16 Circumnavigation of te Globe
19 Humbolis Travels
80 Nubia and Abysinia
61 Polar Seas and Regions
82 Polynesis and New Zealand
*
63 Persis Afghanistan & Beloochistan,,
BA Barbary States
**
85 Ireland Greenland and the Faroe Islands
86 Northern Coast of America 87 Aratria
BS Drake Cavendish and Dampier 69 Egypt Ancient and Sodern
90 Voyages Bound the World
91 Life of Sir Watter Rallegh
93 Byrons Tales and Poems 92 Lives of Eminent Naturlisia
94 British Song Birds Calf. 95 Solitary Hours
26 Princes of ladis in 1811 cloth 197 Lamartines Travels in the East
98 Edinburgh Pharmacopea 100 Lives of Eminest Zoologists
99 White Selburne
+
HLMES & BIGHAM are for sale,
*
and
Pistols in cases, Wiltshire Cheese and Camber- Silver skeleton and plain lever Watches, and Hogar lo soal and land het, het and Teagues in swell and large barnek, Explash Paint Oil, best White Leed in 28kos kegy, Sheet Lead, Beer, Porter, Brandy, Ron Gils and Was. Sherry, Corlabs &c. Bankets, Regina Shiro, key is bottles and cash. Champagne, Clare, Port, Chesterfeld amppers &c, de
H & B. have also a mill family medicine chest rendy Bied up, and a few tipe lines on sale.
Fimoris, 25th February, 1815.
PORTO NOVO IRON WORKS. THE INDIA IRON and STEEL COMPANY, have again blown in their Furnaces, and are now ready to execute orders for Pig Iron and Iron Cast- ings of every description.
From improvements in the Manufacture of their Iron, they are now capable of making Castings of the softest description and malleability, and of great strength which can be filed, turned and bored with ease.
TH
Quinine in Bottle and in Pills,
Turkey Rhubarb.
Balsamic Paste.
Suspensory Bandages,
Hernia truss03.
Ear Syringes,
Urethra do. Bone and Glass.
Lavement Machines,
Patent Lint.
Specific Solution of Hydriodate of Potash and
Sarsaparilla etc. for Rheumatism, and
Chronic Cutaneous affectious.
Spirits of Wive,
Sponges,
Liquorice,
Rowland's Toothache drops
Hoffman's Anodyne
Fleshbruhes
Medecine Chests.
(pr
SODA WATER etc. etc. etc.
E. CULLEN, M. R. C. S. L. L. A. I.
4 French Hong, Canton,
BOOTS! BOOTS!! BOOTS!!! PHE Subscriber has just received and offers for Sale, a large assortment of highly finished Dress and Waterproof Boots, Half Boots, Shoes and Gailer Boots.
WM. S. HEYL. Victoria, 16th February, 1846.
NOTICE, M. S. HEYL, offers for sale, at his Stores, superior Port, Sherry, Madeira, and Claret Wines, Peppermint, and Cherry Cordials, Beer and Porter in wood and bottles, Wine Bitters, Choice Butter in Kegs, Neats Tongues, Tobacco, Oil, and Turpentine in cans, Bright Varnish, Cigars, Old No. 3 and 4 Manila. Cherocts, Paint Ravens Duck, &c. &c.
WM
Victoria, 16th February, 1848.
MCEWEN & Co. NENERAL Commission and Shipping Agents
Wine Beer and Spirit Morchants.. And Auctioneers Queen,s Road & Chinams Hong. Supply Ships, Families and foreign residents at Salt provisions, Wine, Beer and Spirits upon mo- the consular ports, with all descriptions of Stores,
denate forms.
Ju
Also dry and convenient storage for goods. Victoria, 1st January, 1840.
FOR SALE. UST landed a few Hogsheads Superior Dark
Colored Brandy. Also, Dark and Palo- Colored Cognac in bottle, of first quality.
Victoria 20th Jany.. 1846.
MCEWEN & Co.
Queen' Road.
NOTICE,
THE undersigned begs to inform parties indebted
to him, to pay the same as early as possiblo; claims on those residing in China, not paid, or ar rangments made to do so, up to the end of next May, and those in Europe, &c., up to the end of next August, (after giving due notice in the New ex-spapers of Names and particulars); will be put up for sale by Public Auction, and sold off to the highest bidders.
The uniform and excellent strong quality of their Pig together with the superiority of their Castings, give them confidence in the perfect certainty of ecuting any orders they may receive to the entire satisfaction of those who may employ them.
The arrangements to complete their Forge are nearly finished, and they hope by the beginning of the year to supply Bar Iron of all sizes, uniform in quality and equal to the best European Marks.
Castings of the following description may be procured :—
Large Castings:--Columns or Pillars, Beams and Pipes, for Buildings, &c,
Small Castings:-Plain and Ornamental Brac kets, for Wall Shade, Lamps, Shelves, &co,
Do. Do, Railways and Balusters,
Do.
Do-Bedsteads with and without Posta. Binges and Bolts for large Gates and Duors Castors for Beds, or for Tables or Boxes.
Pestles and Mortars of Inrge and small sizes, and many other Castings of the like description to numerous to mention.
Order or Letters of enquiry addressed to their Agents
Messrs. BAINBRIDGE & Co, Madras.
TULLOCH & Co., Calcutta. REMINGTON & Co, Bombay, or
to the Managing Director at Porto Novo, shall be immediately attended to.
NOTICE
MRS HUME, MILLISER & DRES3 MAKEN, DEGS to inform the Ladies of Hongkong, that Dhaving been enabled through the kindness of friends to resume business, she has this day opened a Shop in Stanley Street, where she trusts by strict attention, and punctualay in the execution of any orders with which she may be favoured, to merit. a share of patronage. No. 8 Stanley Street, Hongkong,
February, 26th 1836
E. CHRISTOPHER beg、 to inform the LJ. Lades of Hongkong that he has just receiv ed by the Braganza a splendid aasortment of lades French Silk and Gauze dresses, Barego da- chemire, Gilacé broché, Baroge suit, Labrador. Veloading fun, and other soon, and Silk showb and Scarls, Cravatra gouffrees, and Stille rates, of the latest style, which be offered with coeftesco as being the geweet and muet delinqué I sgoode that has yet been received in tonghen
Abo gratlemen's litich rok and batin Cravate and Walteratings of epirine quality."
GOLD PESS.
Jet Me as far as a les saprotos Cola
Peos, in Alver Cusc
45-00
Ae Baroles of Satheery, casting of Pisin Acclass Current, Account Haley, tilben, dareing, and Rated Lear Paper, Pura and Bybel Forlorng,
rallel Rakers, Olzs 1.leanby, as. a Bing Papir, fpolia Leaf Popeilly,. Pare
Vietsen, 16th Polanary, 1942.
Those who have established on the East Coast of China, or elsewhere, or have left China, sinco 1839, are requested to send their address, and their accounts will be forwarded to them without delay,
JNO, SMITH
Macao, 18th February, 1846.
FOR SALE-By the undersigned.
Champagne,
Hack,
Beer, and Stout, all of the first quality. EDWARD NEWMAN, Victoria 7th October, 1945.
BY ORDER OF ROHT. DUNDAS CAY Esq. Registrar of the Supreme Court of Hongkong.
C. MARKWICK.
Wen's Road, in this day 4th March 18.40,
sell by Public Auction at his Room
at 11 o'clock a 3.
The undermentioned divïased persons Effects. Dr. Rd. Jones 6 pieces of Broadcloth. M. MacEwen, Wearing Apparel. Purniture &c. Wm, Wilson, 2 Kegs Talincco & wearing apparel Jenay Scott, Weaning Apparel &c. vered, kupces 2274 to 100 9.
Terms of Sale.-Cash before any Cols are deli-
JUST IMPORTED, NE For Sale by C. MARKWICK, Auctioneer.
Pottinger Street.
A few Hogsheads of Abbolta' Pale Ale. Victoria, February 4th, 1846,
lish Paint C
FOR SALE.
DY the undersignet a tow Jars of superior Eng-
C MARKWICK,
Auctioneer
Poulinger Street. Victoria, 19th November, 1943.
GUESTS Reports and Navy Etuus ibe sais
at this Olier.
Ofies friend of China, 28th Dec, 1944,
FOR SALE-At the office of this paper.
Compradorea etxequer bruken.
Bhips Articles, with an ghetruet of the merchad Pembante art etaforand on the back.
Olhane Serparties, after forms by Clautty Phores of activitieg, aturn dorins by Chitty. Bill of Lading.
Chinese Tan of impacte, and exporte, canting homes.
PAUL AUTCLXS aerunding "to the cas cest act t Vajorka ↑ & ej fur wait up the
Cotton Pround of Chine. Gieturaj Mul detober, 1810.
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