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HONGKONG,

(From the China Mail, April 23.)

PROCLAMATION. Whereas the Governor has received the Com mands of Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN, conveyed through the Principal Secretary of State of the Colonies, approving of and confirming the Two Ordinances hereinafter specified, namely -

Ordinance No. 11 of 1845, intituled, "An Ordi- nance for the further regulation of the Harbour of Hongkong, and to repeal Ordinance No. 19 of

1844.

Ordinance No. 13 of 1845, intituled, An Ordi. nauce to establish a Licensed Ghaut Serang'in the Colony of Hongkong, and for the better régulation of Lascars resorting thereto."

Now it is hereby declared, that the said Two Or, dinances have been so approved of and confirmed, as aforesaid.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN,

J. F. DAVIS.-

Given at Victoria, Hongkong, this 20th day of April, 1845. By Command of His Excellency the Governor, FREDERICK W. A. BRUCE,

Colonial Secretary.

NOTICE. New advertisements, will be received, nutil 4 publi. O'Clock, on the evenings precious to cation, viz: Tuesdays and Fridays.

England

United States. Jany. 31

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LATEST DATES. Feby. 24 Batavia Apri 1 Singapore Api 10 Manila March 28 April 11 Chusau Shanghai April 1

Mar. 19 Mar. 12 Mar. 14 Jany. 24

THE FRIEND OF CHINA AND DONGKONG GAZETTE.

and to that the Celestial Gentlemen had no ob- jections of course. It is the circumstance of teas being shipped at Hongkong which is unpalatable to the Hoppo and other officials of Canton, and to prevent this, he had the insolence to deny that steam vessels have the privilege of trading with Canton, a piece of presumption which in the days of Sir Henry Pottinger he would not dared to have been guilty of. As we said be fore, the Chinese find that they have not got a Pottinger to deal with.

STATE OF IRELAND

(From the Morning Herald.) The condition of certain districts in Ireland is be coming daily more lawless and alarming. Such of the gentry as are sufficiently courageous to remain upon their estates are enher subjected to attempts at assassination, or informed by threatening notices that such a fate is intended for them. The last post from Ireland is more than usually charged with in telligence of outrage. The Dublin journals, con taining the result of a special commission sent into the county of Westmeath, to try persons guilty of agrarian offences, contain also many accounts of Our "worthy contemporary" has some sen new outrages, not far from the same district. of a sible observations on the postal arrangements, character of similar atrocity. The very proceed with which we fully concur; but we would ings of this commission have shown how terrible is the influence exercised over all classes, by the fear most respectfully protest against the flippant of the assassins who are nightly prowling about the style in which he handles the names of men country. It was impossible to convict the person with whom he has probably not even a bowing indicted for an attempt to murder Sir F. Hopkins, by acquaintance. Mr. Joseph Hume, is designated, the first jury. It is difficult to assume what may Joe Hume. We are told that he has lost his have been the motives of those who caused the first teeth and does not bite as he used to do, and jury to disagree, but there is too great reason to be- that he is scarcely willing to snarl at a bugbear.lieve that juries, in similar circumstances allow This may pass, so far as Mr. Hume is concern impunity from precisely the same motive which in. ed, but when the Madtalks of Mr. Wallace of duced the peasant to allow Mr Bell Booth's mur Kelly, he should recollect that he is speaking derer to escape, because ❝ life is sweet." The impu of a Gentlemans, and in applying the epithets nity of agarian crime in Ireland has also become in of parliamentary here," to " dear, old, tire-effect one of the demands of what is called the some Wallace of Kelly" the Mail commits popular party there. This was evident on the trial a solecism. Mr. Wallace has always be of Hughes, a few years ago, at Armagh Assizes longed to the first class of society; and as when, on two occasions, such of the jurors as held certain political opinions pronounced in a body for member of parliament he was most indefatigacqnital in the face of the most conclusive evidence able in attending to his public duties-in fact We hear a great deal from such partisans and their there is no doubt, that it is to him the public press of the impropriety of impanelling jurors of a are mainly indebted for the penny postage act.higher class than the prisoner at the bar; but what Mr. Wallace has not " sought repose in his pa- other course remains for the law officers of the ternal shades" as stated by our contemporary. Crown to adopt? Those who are the peers of the He has sold his “paternal shades," and by the prisoner are too often literally his peers, or are under February mail, we hear that they are shades the influence of the reign of terror established by no longer, the property having been laid out him and his associates. A correspondent of a Du for villas, and the beautiful estate of Kelly pro- blin newspaper writes from the county of Roscom mises to be the gayest watering place on the west coast of Scotland. The last we heard of *dear, old, tiresome Wallace of Kelly," he was attending a dinner given him by the Magistrates of the city of Glasgow on the occasion of presenting him with the freedom of the city and we can assure our contemporary that the "parliamentary bore" made a very admirable speech,

LEADER.

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terest in the province or state of Texas was suf ficiently strong to justify a declaration of war a. gainst the aggressor, she did protest, as energetical- as England, against the violation of those prin- ciples which are the basis and the safeguard of in- ternational relations?

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Upon the decency of such language so appli~~~ ed, or of the taste which tolerates it, it is not my purpose to animadvert. This is not the first time that the veracity of my despatches, and of those of the late distinguished Secretary of State of the United States, has been assailed in the same quar ter in terms of gross outrage. I would continue to treat such calumnies with the contempt they deserve, did they not receive some ennction from their ro-publication in the Journal des Débates of this morning, a paper which, if not official, is, from its character and relations, stamped with a certain degree of authority. The respect which I owe to myself, and still more that which is due to my Go- vernment, will not justify me in permitting such charges, thus persisted in and thus re-produced, to pass any longer uncontradicted. The courtesies of private life, not to spealt of those due to public station, must not be violated with continued im- punity.

**Your Excellency will perceive that Mr Cas hoon's published despatch of the 12th of August, 1941, with is obviously referred to in the paragraph copied by the Journal des Debats, is egregiously perverted, so that the charge of audacious falsehood, with which that eminent statesman and myself are so coarsely stigmatised, rests, to say the least, upon

a rish mis-statement.

of my having received satisfactory assurances that, Noticing, in a summary way, the information though preferring the independence of Texus, in un event would the French Government take steps in the slightest degree hostile, or which would give to the United States just cause of complaint, the des patch referred to contains the following language:- *** I have laid your despatch, No. 1, before the President, who instructs me to make known to von that he has read it with much pleasure, especially the portion which relates to your cordial reception Outrages continue to be perpetrated daily and by the King, and his assurance of friendly feelings have turned up some of the lands of Mohedian, the ticular, highly appreciates the declaration of the nightly. Since my last communipation the Mollys

towards the United States The President, in par. porpetty of Mr Lloyd, beyond Croghan, county Roscommon, and also a farm belonging to Mr King, that in no event any steps would be taken Irwin, near Elphin. A respectable gentleman near

by his Government in the slightest degroe hostile, or which would give to the United States just cause Boyle, while riding about his grounds on Friday of complsint. It was the more gratifying from the last, was accosted by a man, who handed him a threatening letter. On being asked by the gentle to make the impression that the Government of

fact, that our previous information was calculated man if the Molly had a pistol, the reply was, Yes, France was prepared to unite with Great Britain I have three. Whereupon he drew one of them

in a joint protest against the annexation of Texas, and fired in the air, closed by the gentleman's head. and a joint effort to induce our Government to aberately, in the presence of a large assemblago of that Mexico should be made to acknowledge her in- The fellow then charged the pistol coolly and deli-withdraw the proposition to annex, on condition persons, numbering not less than 150, and he again dependence. He is happy to infer from your des fired it at the other side of the gentleman, saying that If he did not attend to the instructions of the pach that the information, as far as it relates to letter he would be shot in a week! The ruffian France, is in all probability, without foundation." departed, giring a third shot on the road, and was not in anguise molested by the peasantry,”

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"To the joint efforts to induce Texas to with- draw her proposition to annex, my despatch had not alluded, and I am not aware that any protest, joint or single, against the annexation of Tex:8, has ever been presented to the American Govern-

ment.

A little further on the preference entertains d by the French Government for the continued m. dependence of Texas is alluded to in these terms:-

France cannot

yond, to political interests, to which she apparent. ly attaches much importance.

This despatch has now been before the public for more than a year, and although the subject of it has been referred to in conversations with your Excellency, and has been discussed in the Chum ters, when, if my niemory servis me well, buth the converted action and the conjectured protest were

responsible stations long possessed the conli-

It is a good rule, never to speak more fami- liarly or a man than you do ro him. Those who are privately in the habit of calling Mr. Joseph Hume, Joe; or Mr. Wallace of Kelly, "dear old fool,"may possibly be excused in using those endearing epithets publicly, but we submit, that when a stranger speaks in such a familiar strain, he is impertinent. We may next hear of Bob Peel, Jemimmy Grahame, and Old Wolling ton-nay if our contemporory is in a humble humour, he may pitch his key to the tune of Jack Is there any difference between the state of society Davis, Daddy Gutslaff, or Tommy Cochrane, and that which existed under the early Hrurys Now, though we have no particular respect when, the niarchmen of the English pale complained. for the small fry we have alluded to, we that "juries dare not present Iried felons for their certainly think we would show a want of relatives and fosterers doing murder upon them " sen-e were we to speak of either of them in less flowever extreme the step may be it is impossible respectful terins than. Sir John Davis; the Rev; to obtain convictions in a state of society such as the

You are right in making the distinction ber Mr Gutslaff; or Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas paragraph we have quoted describes, without having tween the interest of France and England in refer- tecourse to such proceedings as those adopted at the Cochrane, Knight. We are really shocked at commission at Mullingar. Besides, the sympathience to Texas, or rather, I would say, the np. the democratic familiarity of our friend of the Asers who are so anxious about constitutional practice parent interests of the countries. Mail, and trust that he will have the decency to | in this particular forget that no jury is ever selected i possibly have any other than commercial interests acquire better habits. We write him in a from the precise class of those who usually commitpendence, while it is certain that English looks be

in desiring to see her preserve her separate inde- friendly way, though-alas—it is but too prob crime in Ireland The class of yeomen is quite as able that he will pass a week n turning our distinct from the felon class as is that of gentlemen, i short paragraph into three a four stupid con- and the grave constitutional objection so often men- pets, and dignify it with the designation of Ationed lus as much against one class of jurors as another. But the yeomanry are more at the mercy of the disaffected peasantry. They have not even the The rumour was current last week, and found its

resources of barricading their houses and poor arming their servants as though they were in sh way into the colums of both our contemporaries, enemy's country, that are left to the gentry. The that the Corsair Steamer, after paying port charge yeoman must pursue his occupation abroad in the disclaimed, I have never recurved the slightest-in- at Canton, was prevented by the Chinese from ship fields, while the labourers who surround him, andtion from the French Government that its stu

tements were questioned. The positive allegation ping Tens for Hongkong, on the ground that Stea who recieve his money and eat at his table, are pro-

of the paragraph 1 bave quoted, conveyed in lan. were not mentioned in the Treaty among bably Rockites or Ribboomen, or Molly Maguire quage of characteristic coarseness, which should vessels allowed to trade. It was farther stated, timt

or members of some other of the numberless conspi the matter had bern referred to Kering, by whom racies, on the success of which the absurd bopes of not highly be applied to men who have eminent an opinion, was given confirming the view of his the Irish peasantry rest. The yeomanry in these THE FRIEND OF CHINA subordinates, who received the Port charges, but

dence of their Government and country, having cases cannot be expected to be free from intimidation. would not permit the vessel to make use of toe privi in the exercise of the functions of jurors; and there serial paper, under the eye of the French Govern been compionously reproduced in a leading Minis- AND HONGKONG GAZETTE. lege thus paid for That she was detained three is, therefore, left the choice of selecting jurors from days in consequence of objections made by the Cus- higher division of society, or changing the renve

ment, to remain silent any longer were to minifest VICTORIA, SATURDAY, APRIL 25tu. 1846.

ng unworthy, indifference to private reputation as tom-house officers, and ultimately departed without An evening contemporary stated with confidence, a her cargo. is certain; but the grounds of their pjes few days since that during the negotiations, which before been assailed: when the latter can be with well as puble consideration. The former has never We would remind the public of the Corsair's titans do not seem to have been hitherto satislacionly ended in the failure of Lord John Russell to form a ¦ impunity, Leno no longer serve my country with

explained On ene side or other the facts must have excursion to Macao to-day. Such opportuni been distorted or misunderstood; for it is not to to / Alinistry, the Whig Radical nobleman selected as supposed, if the circumstances are simply as have demande, on teceiving power to change the venue Lord Elutenant of Ireland insisted amongst other

"I felt may duty, then, before giving a public ben suted, that Keying would sanction on absurd in criminal cases to Dubla, as tecarmended by your excellency to enable me to state. that they contradiction to these charges, at once to request. breech of faith and infraction of the treaty, which he must know would not be tolerated for an instant slightest doubt but that if such a measure were praction of the French Government

Lord Brougbarn Although we have. not the

have not, in the slightest degree, the authority of by the Bra sh amharities And the fact that the other posed by the present Ministers the Whigs would

Whatever Tiver Hencer, the Midas, has never been prevented lently oppose it, yet the embryo Lord Lentant transactions, Fennnot but persuade styself that is feeling may have been excited by recent political taking cargo en payment of port charges, confirms who inaned on its adoption had a very fair concep will ve your Excellency great pleasure prom tly the impression that there is some baberta voexplain-ton of what the necessitixa of justice required in Our “worthy contemporary" of the Muled play in the case of the Corsair, and team tebal Water be the intentions of the inguished cities, who has occupied the meat em to exonerate from such unworthy accusations a die- talks of a runour being current last week, room to doubt that the Imperial Commissner his

meni na relaksto ang mamamure they raay being in which found its way into both his contempo-dicated in the question at all, or in the manges for the better attention of the power of the law in United to, as well as him, who has the bonor sent station, including that of Vice-President of the he is reported to have dean, at any tam ⠀ raries, of the steamer Corsair having been pre

Ireland. But one thing a critain--that convicters

to be abair representative near his Majesty the King cannot be bad, even on the cleareat evidence, with vented carrying teas from Canton to Hong-1 kong, on the plea of Steamers not being ren (companied with a formal complains, has been made ticed in the supplementary treaty. We stated to the Consul by the intending shipper of the teas, the race, not the gumova, and we believe that the to bring the water tightly bee H. the rscr is undeniable. In consequence of the M Superstradius of Trade. We have no bard

thus it has yet been bend to li's Bieber, be THE AMERICAN MINISTER AT PAKI detention of the Curanir at Cant, she fox a

vien dat y dion, it wil ontúns be sited to the valuable freight to Macau, and we appreleed been and fie ak chcea of the 4 bones in

AND THE TIMES." that her owner has tu ondoubted cizini to Cum-

grounded on the fun the tracts are respecially

The Chole lettere have been invbemiund to pensation. The government paper, is of op mod is the Truty, ve felszablesthe read the Thong (he midde fer poblanadians an thist when the complami is made to the Supere i will be to présére the sense of much bette

Legation of the Unced States)

Department of Foreign Affairs Cubitrez, intendent of trade, n wal be cited to the taz-

pandiga mo fuson. His gratully be faved chan tom. We tre bit swart that much siling is the Korsvar at Durval Bases Match. 4. Bhr - 1 kam the bag ur la tall the attention of Mir I have reulend the letter which you in required; but we conualy expect ikat Sir John Cepat teir athbag was a realyan kaming to the Glbeing pinagmuh ban me the hounds to wate to me on the 4th of th Davis wil de bis due, and prutera the public | tror deer, if sut on the roam at the benda Tians of the bus romant

mnunt, and § hasten to reply to it. The Jourant from such annexinde savings ou dat put) the experture of busing the post o of this ranke ***Bin Chhen and Me King walet in their of 1 des Eubote & wat in any manner the argan of the of the Chinese clicks.

T'es pur, that we may thus feul a mulce, ach in exmance has bus Government ofvte King, which cannot, and sharkt tom pible make a bus exctué qat shutter de | arnarbera casalah this they reamed fruas she nee, be engendered responsible for what in pabliutint The Bed schors to the Woda Wear

kan pekte * se est hae Lundbery Exgf the French a girige las Franse avall ( therein, whither fir anticies emoting from frust under the impresan that the Master all dove contigone be made, then the tighter sexposin de the work they had a hack pornal elf de the bartent from foreign 2015. luunha a cargo od toas fez Cate to Hon (afrauma formare Se o puzunare of truts cor dud vasowat as wely file foe, wynagh ) one I add that is agnat u te qmdian of kong. the curand epi a gand dead and treovate,

Fichten, hier Seed oil sua pulents that her in Texas at the avinys time the government of cheer la ang

ties for a change of air, an agreeate convey ance, and pleasant society, seldom prosent themselves to the inhabitants of Hongkong, and after the labours of the mail have been con cluded, doub less many of our readers will avail themselves of the services of the Corsair.

It is said that a statement of what occurred, as

honour and advantage.

ost tither changing the sense of impanelling juiceuf the French

* Bucailmybelf of tie occasion to renew to your on of the nander of the gentry who are already Excellency the assurance of my high consideration. sufficiently cheations to popular vengeance.

Wa. E. KING.

*His Excelleney M. Guizet,

* Minder of Foreign Affair.”

(Franslation)