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Remarks dc, de,
MARCH 1845.
34 M
THE FRIEND OF CHINA AND HONGKONG GAZETTE.
(From the Ching Mail, March 26.)
PROCLAMATION.
Whereas the Governor has
as received the Com mands of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen conveyed through the Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, approving of and confirming the Five Ordinances hereinafter specified, namely .—
Ordinance No. 6 of 1845, intituled, " An Ordi nance to repeal Ordinance No 15 of 1844, for the establishment of a Supreme Court of Judicature at Hongkong and to substitute other provisions in lieu
thereof."
Ordinance No. 7 of 1845 intituled, "An Ordmance for the regulation of Jurors and Juries."
Ordinance No. 8. of 1845, mutuled An Ordi nance to regulate Criminal Proceedings."
Ordinance No 9, of 1945, intituled An Ord. nance to invest the Supreme Court of Hongkong with a Summary Jurisdiction in certain cases."
Ordinance No. 12, of 1845, intituled, "An Ordi hance to amend the Ordinance No. 1 of 1185, en tituled, "An Ordinance for the suppression of the Triad and other secret Societies in the Island of Hongkong and it Dependencies."
Now it is hereby declared, that the said Five Ordinances have been so approved of and confirm. ed, as aforesaid,
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN,
J. F. DAVIS, By Command of His Excellency the Governor,
FREDERICK W. A. BRUCE,
Colonial
Given at Victoria Hongkong, this 23d day of March, 1846.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Lieutenant William Pedder. R. N., Harbour Master, having returned from leave of absence, bas this day resumed the duties of that office.
By Order,
FREDERICK W. A. BRUCE,
Colonial Secretary,
Colonial Office, Victoria Hongkong,
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strictures were written from private information furnished by parties here, and hence the absurd mistakes made by one of the "the leading morning papers.
Setting aside much of the verbiage contained in the London paper, and blowing off the scum of falsehood with which it is coated, we will shortly annlyse the residuum, with a view of showing that the writer has taken upa false position, and that the parts of his strictures which merit any notice at all are probably founded upon misconception, and upon ignorance of the state of affairs in China, and more especially the past and present condition of Hong kong, with its capabilities and prospects.
surd would it be for us to attempt to prove to the writer in question, that in a free port, there can be no smuggling transactions; or that British Merchants have not abandoned their establishments in Canton on purpose to avail themselves of opportunities for en- gaging in illicit trade in Hongkong. If the writer in question has been so informed by his worthy cor respondent in China-for it is evident that he does not take his information from the documents to which he refers he has been deceived. We do not be lieve that one British Merchant has given up his Canton establishment-there can be no smuggling transactions in Hongkong-and the opium trade to which allusion is made, is chiefly carried on in the territories of the Emperor of Chima, where it is no minally illegal-here it is legalized, but here we have it not
The London paper argues that as Hongkong had not been ceded to Great Britain when Captain Elliott made grants of land to the Merchants and others, the said grants being conditional upon their The London paper says that no man expects that Hongkong will be the centre of the trade of China, immediately laying our certain sums in building, therefore the British government was not bound to who does not expect Gibraltor to become the centre support the engagements entered into by her Majesty's of British trade. This comparison is sufficiently This also is the view of the case absurd, Hongkong being within a mile of the coast plenipotentiary. taken by Sir Henry Pottinger and the other paid of China, and within seventy of the principal seat of servants of the Crown, who have sacrificed the rights Chinese commerce, and Gibralter an isolated for. of the Colonists to meet the wishes of the late Setress, on the peninsula of a foreign country, hostile cretary for the Colonies. In equity this argument to its prosperity and prohibiting all commercial in. With all its anti-com- would not bear discussion; but as it has not been tercourse with the country, settled by the laws of equity, we enquiry whether itmercial character, Gibralter does import about a has been settled according to precedent,
£900.000 worth of goods from Great Britain an nually. Gibralter is valuable in a political light, and not as a commercial colony, so is Hongkong, and as such beth places ought to be viewed by a liberal government. Great Britain's pays annually £200.000 out of the general revenue for the support of Gibralter, nor does she complain of the expense of supporting a point of such political importance. Let her took upon Hongkong with same unprejudiced vision and she will be satisfied that at present the island is also politically valuable, and that the at tempts which have been made to raise taxes are equally impolitic and unjust.
We might enumerate twenty British colonies which have been captured from the enemy in tune of war-the last of thein is Hongkong. After these colonies were taken possession of by a British force. years frequently elapsed before they were formally eeded to the Crown. In the meantime her Majesty's representatives exercised the rights of sovereignty, and her Majesty's subjects acquired property, which they improved relying upon a confirmation of the title promised them by the representative of the Crown. Such was precisely the position of affairs in Hongkong when the island was formally ceded by China-it was acquired by capture, as was the
THE HONGKONG MEMORIAL. Cape of Good Hope from the Dutch, the Isle of France from the French, or Trinidad from the
We have published at length greatly dispropors Spaniards. Years elapsed after taking posses tioned to the intrest of importance of the subject, n sion of these colonies, before they were ceded by treaserica of communications betweenTM certain mer- ty, and some have never been ceded, but the right of chants of Hongkong and Sir John Davis, the go- property acquired by British subjects was held invio
vernor of that colony tate, and we submit, that in Hongkong, the title to land upon which the proprietors had been compelled to build before the island was ceded by China was equally good, and ought to have been put on the sime footing as the titles to property in other captured colo- nies. If it can be proved that in any other colony her. Majesty's government did not respect the claims of her subjects to property acquired by a rigid ad herence to the requirements of the representa tive of the Crown, then we will admit that the Landholders of Hongkong have not been treated inore unjustly than other Colonists; but in the whole range of Colonial history there is no precedent for the injustice exhibited towards those who were ne- tually cozed into building in Hongkong.
Canada was taken in 1750 and coded în 1763; the Cape of Good Hope taken in 1805, ceilal in 1815 Gulana taken in 1803, part restored to Holland and past celled in 1815, Mauritius surrendered in 1810, coded in 1815; Trinidad captured in 1797. has never been ceded. and Gibraltar in 1704 is in precisely the same position, as are many of our West India possessions. Hongkong was taken possession of in 1840 and ceded in 1843, at which period those in possession of property were in all respects in the same position as the British subjects of the captured colonies to which we have referred, previous to the formal cession of these colonies by their former
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After carefully reading these duruments, we must confess a feeling that the remonstrant mer chants are certainly not the most modest persons in the world, highly us we must of cu rse estimate their respectability The demand of these gentle- men is one which we may describe briefly in the O'Connellite phrase, norrut in taxes." They claim their land at a nominal rent, or at most at à price- of one or two year's estimated value, while they solemnly protest against all taxation, whether sit the shape of an opium firm or auction tax, or even those moderate port dues necessary to keep the harbour in a sufficient and safe condition. - Theso, are the only taxes of any kind to which they are subject, and these thy repudiate; - though, na the sume time, not very darkly intimating their dis appointment that Elongkong has not as yet becono the centre of the China trade, which assuredly n man who does not expect Liihrutar to became thờ centre of British trade can ever anticipate.
The unreasonableness of the complaint to which we refer will be appreciated upon the cousid ration that most of the subscribers to it acknowledge thein- selves to have hects of these morchants of Cantou and Macou to whom we are indebted for all the obloquy, risk, and expeise of the war with Chim, and that they hoyer paid one penny towards the cost of acquiring the territory upon which they now claim to sit rent free and free of taxes, at the The permanent settlement of the land tenure "was however conducted upon a principle laid down sole and esclusive charge of the metropolitan couns by Sir Henry Pottinger, and therefore we needy, which as it had the honour of conquering the island without their pecuniary aid, may, us they "not say a just one? Such is the opinion of the think, also have the hour of retaining it upon the "leading London morning paper" to which few dis-
same (a them) easy term. interested persons, acquainted with the question, w Il
They complain of the rates, to which it is pro. assent. With every respect for Sir Henry Pottin- ger's talents and honourable character, we look used in subject them, though these rents are about upon him as one of the most unfit then thit could thirty per cent, was than the present currém valno, have been selected to settle the question of land to the pretence that they wore the first settlers and upon the authority of a letter of Cupt. Elliot, nufo. From childhood-or at least from the early in June 1941, professing an opinion, but conveying, age of thirteen years-ir Henry had been actively
no promise, that they ought to have land (provisi-;. engaged in military ant diplomatic purants in la dia, and there be had male himself a name, which ally, of course, for the sovereignty of Hongkong was mit ascertained a tit long aftor), at the rate his career in thing has rendered historical, and of two year's purchas, or a nominal quit ront.” which will go down to posterity with Clive. Hastings, Metcalf and the other great mo wise are. Now, it will be considered, that as it was not only distinguished in the history of British India. Sreble, but perhaps probable, that Hongkong to settle the question of lust, temire Heary Pounger was not, however, a proper person sight be aloned in less than two years, this He was en was at the time fair enough as a provisional ar- tirely Indian in big ideas - just man we admit, but cangement, on both side. The gentlemen, tuer- just after the oriental (shion-In fixing the hallas had a reason for leasing Canton and Macao, or rather for not returning to it, as most, if not all Fob. sa tenure, he set ashlo all established custom in of them, had withdrawn from those dangerous
dont we doule whether he was aware ofuny -The acts of his predecessor he would not recognise, and arters; and they swooned to tlongkong where in viste of the extraordinary power with which he tary were sure of protection under the British Bag, had been intrusted, he regulated the land question, and the British compaider owed them protection
and hospitality, tes according to the fited rules of British colonial law in similar cases, but according to his own pre-
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judiced itsas.
It probably occurred to the merchants also that though not precisiy sdaped to become a centre of commerce, die island was a post from which Grent Britain could not be driven, and which might not be given up; they probably, moreover, saw that in the event of all in pons of China remaining senled to legal trafite, blongkong would supply an oxcel. lent extrepot for that kind of traffic that had pes- Visualy buen carried on in the Canton River. They, therefor, eagerly caught at Captain Elliot's pro- fisional propzation, though fully apprised, as they alinis, "that the terms and tourn of all property would be heraufter defined by Her Majssty's Co-
**Benment**
I would be an saprofitable waste of time to fol. low the writer of the article in question through all the mazes of his emphistical zemarka-he bas in geaiently are a throud of truth into a web of falsehooda, and to would drew the attention of the count rader from his mother fabric by the We have said shat we blow asife the scam, intrrubed to cucry We are informed, that pending a reference false Impressives, such as the non disease of to Lesbos, Hu Excellency, the Governor of say oiler tags than certain herons to retail, and a renderan grosat 2004 for lankly-chete 19 no notice Macao, has remired to aboloh all Coster det at en property. I also asserted house duties and harbour dues Macao will the Maschants are dianginal herace Longkang
The Truity of Nanking fie the fird time made thus be a free port in every meaning of the bas que become the text of a souggling train, and tonglong an ustegral and permanent part of the euroze peber statsamra equally abound are male. Britain empire, and as soun us it craild convenient- It is cubeermary in expres all these ide aztertiora ly be done, after the rakfication of that Treaty. We will brudy rever o de estnet from an by shining the oppressive hand repas die have been more were taken to replace the provisional by We must, however, andres Loaded pesur Lanty coped by the ad forced upon parts as they have buil, or by pensent strangement. with the yew of showing the impro
wag the distrahle maana by which the diverse, that if on one sale thur Tenty of Sazk. upna poite a lot of the pable at home by price of bad was runed at the fet ma-tamalled the permansar meurity of the Flony. *the memoral Land Sunigy and the consagra unseekery va show boss camarce (med on kong istules, it much dimmed their prospects on *dence of the Miskasa wins the Germans a my has been cited sa spport a sveen of the other. The opening of the Chute teade in monopoly, which there is every razen pi balinen kavenú parts of die euasiment rendered a impossible The crisis in question porpong a have been ere baleado fend sed calladang perwaregemusy chat Hongkong could ever become “the c-atre of trosfor a cantal miding of the dam
da ne bistof te samtal parchetes Cincs true," or an entrepot for anuggling.
The present settlement of the land tenum was, barsye, restart interval eridows, but the web of land have never born natully colivner, or fit Fed the docusy a så, de man bare den partus ale tak up late two grant age 119 won however, coaductat span a principle laid down by to barrelly—or at fat acted appearing to no- silyaing time to lagde to the Casa silar kering, he Honey Pollager, wat menuen we need not **y* j ** The fine creunasta, were left in and them. We are bonded a but then the battered razen in japtoriemma, Bally b
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