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THE TRAS

OF CHINA AND HONGKONG GAZETTE

of which he stands. The Whigs and Liberals con

de har mo battle, but their numbers would be Cola Londequate were it not for bit auxil

the officers med men on whore, 31 having died her. ween August 21 and September 13.-Under those Irish circumstances a consultation was held by three Seen | Ronealers onder O'Connell and the furo tionists naval surgeons, when it was recommended and hitre under Ford George Bentinck The incongruous | seselved that the steamer and crew should proceed

limer and isen herein majority thus composed arty breed to England.

· Lari hapoo reshies In the attack upon the Irish bill. ters on the The Whigs have the incentive of place the Irish lier demurred are fighting their own battle as Whig auxiliaries

The most aud Lort corgo Bentinck and his adherents pre this bead wreaking their own revenge. But such unworthy eenort of this principles of

aggregation cannot make a party. rate in the Lord John chanel count pon his followers for con- mind is further nous action. Already there is discord in the camp. ation which has a Thiny Free traders, it is said are resolve not to concur in a vote that may upset Sir Robert Peel these are the anti-corn law leaders, we are inclined to suspect their stumbling block is not the Irish measure but the sugar doties. They expect that Sir Robert will give more into their views on the sugar duties than Lord John will. This is uncer- but everything is at present uncertain-Colonial Gazelle, June 19.

We are on these believe that the report of the

correct and it intelligible then Lord motion in the House of Commons. ferred to is as Wollows: —

declared his intention to bring for heard the proposal of which he had given notice for at no distant period (understood at hve years, of the differential duties in onial supare, to be accompanied by cffee. for the encouragement and promotion the min fgration offres labour into the West Indin

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A WORD TO MONTREAL ÉDITORS. We often meet with complaints in our colonial contemporaries of the little attention that the gen rat press of England pays to colonial subjects.

The crew consequently re-embarked, and parted on the 13th of September. Captain Estcourt was taken ill the day before leaving Bona Vista, and died on the 10th. At Bona Vista, Assistant-Surgeon Harte, of the Eclair, died; and Dr. Clure died On the arrival of the on the voyage to Madeira. Meanier at Madeira, the authorities refused permis-clair, sion to communicate with the shore, as had been From the date of done by the French at Goren her sailing from Madeira (September 91), up to the 38th of that month, seven deaths took place from the fever, and eight fresh cases occurred.

Cardinal Frausoni is a native of Genon wi he was born on the 10th of December, 17:5 is a man of ability and erudition, and his learning has secured him the situation of head of the e brated Propaganda at Rome, where his ado tration is said to have folly justified his press re But Cardinal Frausoni ua etnonch palation. Supporter of the Jesuits, and as such le change able to France; and it is quite understood th the event of his securing the majority of ven The Sacred College, the French Government wit interpose its e, and exclude him from St Pat

The next candidate in point of favour is Carimal Chstracano, a member of the distinguished to, y of Antelmilini, who was born at Urbino, on the 21st Sept., 1779, and who is Bishop of Pall some. and Grand Penitentiary. He is also consid te là man of great ability and learning, and he is swato entertio opinions, both in religion and pos much more advanced, and more in confbrnuty the present enlightend age than are generally to be fund among the members of the Sacred cod Cardinal Casercane is considered the caudate of France, being a distinguished member of what it called the French party in Rome, and bring, bes les, on rather confidential lems with the th verment of that country. The very fart, however, of his being agreeable to Trance makes bin th reverse to Austria, and it is understood that the prevent his ever being intrusted with the keys of St. Peter. He has also powerful enemise in the Jesuits between whom and his eminence there is no love lost.

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The report of Mr Consul Randal to Lord Aber- deen (dated San Antonio, Cape Verd, Dec. 22. 1845) sets forth amongst a variety of details that the anxiety which the stay of the Ecloir at Bonn Vista caused him was of the most painful descrip tion, althongis the medical ten persisted in their belief that the discase was merely the common African coast fever, and that there was so danger of its spreading amongst the people. This "on. infection" thenry was subsequently refnied by facts, We are ang about to deny that this complaim is Do the 20th of September, 17 days after the de- far from unjust; but we would merely suggest to parture of the stentner, a white Portuguese soldier, as the above, has caught a point which it omits some of nue brethren in the colanies, whether they who had been housed on the island with the crew of of Austria, in case the necessity should setrve, wil are bat themselves chargeable with a portion of the the Eclair, died in the fort. The following day blame, from the little chance they give the Enanother died, and two or three were reported as glish editor of getting at facts, Yet we are sure, sick. Up to the 9th of October an extraordinary for the beurt of the interests they represent, no beat and an immense quantity of rain had been ex- less than for the gratification consequent on seeing perienced. The fever then showed itself most Bric own Babours duly effectual, that our fellow alarmingly, and each succeeding day to the end workers across the seas would be glad to do any of the month gave two and some-times three cases, thing on their parts that might help to diffuse all occurring within the inmediate vicinly of the information on colonial topics.

house where the fast death took place.

brie notice in the Observer, though not so full

the extinction is to take place gradually, and be stributed over five years like the gradual ex- tpetion of the duly on foreign corn.

The principle of Lord John Russell's plan, our Tendets are well aware, entirely meets our views. For years we have advocated assures for the en- couragement and prometion of the migration of

free labour into the sugar colonies. We have done this with a view to render it possible for the sugar of our free labour colors to come with the slave-

grown sugar of Brazil and Cuba on equal terms in the market of the world, and beat therm. We have longed for this consummation for two reasons:--- Because we have long fore-seen the inevitable downl of the protective system and wished the colonies to be prepared for it; and because we believe that as soon as we can produce sugar more plentifully and cheap er in our English colonies by free labour than the Spaniards, Dutch, French, and Portuguese cau pro- duce it by slave labour in their colonies, then-and "not till then-will these nations set themselves to

Abolish slavery. Our motto is and has been "cheap sugar by free Inbour"—our object, abolition of sla very by addressing ourselves to the interests of the slave-mesters, and through the abolition of slavery the abolition of the slave trade.

Cardinal Misara is the next candidate on the het He was born at Frascati in 1775, and is Dean of the Sacred College. He is also Bishop of Ostia and Velletri, and Prefect of the Congregation of Rites and Ceremonis. Cardinal Micura is con

We must admit that we have always considered The Portuguese practitioners maintained that that our North American provinces, looking at their magnade and population, have had peculiar water, and held the same opinion till the 20th of which liberality is understand at Rome; hat lot is the fever arose from the presence of the stagnant cred a Reformer and a Liberal in the grase in reason to complain of the treatment they undergo November, when they openly declared it to be a

of humble origin, and that circumstance is as from the Landon press. In nine casa out of ten fever of the worst description, and of a most cont

deadening to prospects in the Church as it is among our daily journals mention Canada only when theyagious character. Up to the first week in Decem

the laity He is the candidate who would be most find a short paragraph realy to the stesora in an her the fever continued to rege, and at that period agreeable to the people of House, among whom he We think there is, and will endeavour to suggest the deaths averaging seven or eight daily. Up to United Slaps paper. Is there a cause for this? it had found its way into almost all the villages- great popularity; but the prejudices of bina make him unpopular in another important quarter, a remedy.

the 21st of December 250 had died at Boca Vista;

The Italian cardinals, who inosi of their are des but it was stated in the report that for fourteen days tetings in their asins, look forward with bong at cended of families numbering an offinity of quar previously there had been no deaths in the port, and in three of the country villages, although the

the idea of a plebeian being placed over them, whose Fever still existed in two of them. The English

father had perhaps no coat of arms (or bitter erai), suffered dreadfully, having lost one-third of their

and they are using their whole jufluence to pre- veat his success,

The fact is, the paragraph is taken simply be cense, as we said before, it is ready hand. Time does not allow more. The West India islands meet with bouer treatment but then the journals there always devots a column or more just preced the departure of the muilta Summary, which is easily fund, and easily extractable.

if our Montreal friends would do the same we should hupe to see Canada and her concerus taking that position in the colu nos of the English journals to which she is so justly entitled.

We think we have only, by way of enforcing our sugue-tiin, to point to what has occurred with Candian Arsem dy that curce over by the last mail reference to the cb talked of Address from the It has really filed of any effect whatever for want of news paper explanation. The Protectionists would there was on handle to it willingly have maks of it a frenchant weapon, but No one could explain whose hands it was destined. They were reluc in whose armoury the blade was forged, nor for taty laged to throw aside is inviting rapier, with its assigns, as girdle, banger, and do," for very shame that they could provo no sight of ownership.

Lord John Russell has declars in favour of our Joeans-immigration of free labour into the sugar colonies he has declared in favour of our end. competition on equal terms between slave grown and free grown sugar. This is the principle of his mo- tion, and upon it we are consequently at one. The Caessential though not unimportant-details relite! to the lime when, and the process by which, compe tition is to be thrown open. Lord John proposes bat differential duties in favour of colonial sugar us against foreign slave grown shall be gradually dimin. ished lowered so much one year and so much the next-uptil they are finally extinguished. This is a method of which we approved in the case of the abolition of the duties on foreign grin, although in that case we saw nothing more to be gained by it than the prevention of panic The English cota. grower bas on inmense advantage over all his pos

The Heariage," Loo, WAS reży dear sible and contingent rivals in the fact that scientific

so fury; a most delicate carriage, and of very agricuture and judicious combinations of agricul

Babmal romocil," but anfuristastely not responsive tural labour have made so much greater progress ins witors. Lord Lyttelton's speech of Thursday to the hir de the other hand, the Ministers, England than in any other country. He has alost, treated to Address as a mystery inexplicable an abundant supply of labour, and as cheap as in any other county. The English labourer may be better

to themselves, and of such uncertain origin as to paid than the continental, but in return he gives a The Times, wo believe, finding nothing certain was be ately useless for Parliamentary argument. far greater amount of steady, continuous, efficient labour. Another consideration which tells in favour subject; the Cronicic was sceptical; and the Post to be known, very wisely ever meddled with the of the English agriculturist is the length of time that most clapse before his continental or other com.

was ecstatica), nt a visionary triumph. Neither The Address, nur the debate on the Address, if there petitors can materially increase the breadth of their corn lands. Lastly, the English agriculturist grows

were one, was to be found in any Montreal paper. his corn in England, and the freight and other churg-

We are ready to admit that there might have been no time for the insertion of eitheir the one or the es on foreign grain constitute a mental dad prema ment protective duty in ble favour. Our English

other; and that we do not expect that Montreal Fugar colonies- despite the calumnies and misrepre- proprietors have those appliances and means' sentations of their ill-willers, we maintain it-are

which enable the London daily journals to accom more advanced in the use of scientific processes than

plish such wonders of space and speed. Still, we any other sugar producing countries whatever. But rights-might have explained to us what was the maintain that a Summary night have set all to hone of the other advantages of the English agricul Iurists are enjoyed by thems. They are understocked precise value of a document destined to the paraded

labourers

There are considerable amounts of for so great an effect- whether, as we laat week foreign sugar ready to be permanently transferred to

inquired it was the offspring of national deliber- the British market--all, for example, that is refined ation, of party trickery, or of mere clerion haste; here in bond. And freight and other costs of impor

An inquiry, by the-bye, by no means the less ne tation must always be as great from the British An-

cessary now that we have the address in print. filles as from Cuba and Brazil. In so far as the English agriculturist is concerned, the trade in grain could only be brought to believe it. But the English sugar grower is not prepared. As a means of pre- hink a gradual extinction of the diffe nning inmediately, preferable to h jale abolition at some more distant

With a

nuraber.

The leading symptoms of the disease were black womit, pins in the head, back, and thighs, with a sappession of urine, and frequently the rupture of blood-vessel. The faver proved contagious to those who neted as nurses to the sick, with scarcely one exception. The Consul says that, bad the authorities of the place ingined that the fever on board had exhibited a dangerous type, they never would have granted prutighe, Mr Macaulay, in a leter transmitted to Lard Aberdeen (dated St. Nicholus, Cape Verd Islands, 24th of December, 1815), states his opinion that had the building used as a fever hospital been properly fumigated and purified prior to its receapation. and had the two patients there sized with fever populated and closely-built town, no had conse been kept from all intercourse with the densely.

queners would have been experienced as Bona Vista from the visit of the Eclair.

These facts seem completely to over brow the opinion so decidedly expressed by Sir W. Burneu:

Cardinal Orioli, the next candidate, was born at Bagnocavallo, in the diocese of Faruze, on the 10th of December 1778, Fle was a great favourite with Napoleon, under whose botice he came when a simple priced at Verdun, in France, and who ever afterwards kept t up a close intimacy with him. He is supposed to entertain favourable recollections of France since his residence in that country, and it is understood that the French Goureinment would be inclined to accept him, should he secure a majority in the Sacred College; but the finer of his being a friend and protege of Napoleon's does not improve ha prospects of succes, and his chan ces are therefore considered smaller then the others. The name of the fifth candidate we have not beard. Carlin Acton has been mentioned by one of the Italians, but he is not likely to como forward. Though his piety, learning, and estima. ble character well qualify him for the eighest non- ours in the Chruch, the very fact of his being an Englishman would be of itself so strong an objection to him as to make bis

That the fever in question arose from causes totally distinct from infection? that it was, in fact, the influence of marsh miasmata, heightened by the usual remittent fever of the coast, produced by

then selection possible, The Church of Rome is now rendering to the deceased Pope its last offices which ere. other causes, such as the exposure of the men, and

Cled the the excesses committed by them." In the course

Novem Dialt, because they last nine days. The of his despatch to the Secretary of the Admiralty, eign authority, and are making preparations for cardina's formally assembled, exercise the sover-

Batisfactorily shown that any persons who had Sir W. Burnett says:If it can be fully and the great act of the election of a successor to the visited the ship or tents where the sick were placed diplomatists are admitted to short audiences. Each Jate pontiff, who must be one of their budy. The contrected the forers and communicated it to others, and they to other persous in succession, who had

mister, after the usual compliments, ventures to never visited the ships or the sick, then there can

give his private recommendations, but always in be no reason to doubt the infectious nature of the

general ferma, waiting till his lettere of credence disease; but if nothing of this and has taken place,

are to be announced, and which must be addressed then the conclusion must be, that the disease is not

to the Barred College, which receives them at the infectious, and is therefore incapable of being com-

grated wicket of the Conclave In the evening of the day on which the Cardinals enter into the municated; in either case settling this long-com- tested question " The opinion of Sir William aping the "Vent Creator," During this evening be Conclave, they proceed there in procession, chart pears to have been satisfactorily set aside by the facts already adduced, and it is seen that the fever was contagious as well as infectious. - Ibid.

THE SEE OF SOME.

members of the diplomatic body may enter the Conclave, and even the cells or apartments of the cardinals. the

walks through closing in of the night an official corridors ringing a belt, as the signal of departure, and the Conclave is closed in, not to be re-opened until after the election is con. semimated. All this will pass on the 11th instant, bet wern seven and ten o'clock. The Comelve is guarded by a prince, called the Marshal of the The first

might puithout danger be brown free at once, if he Importance of the Canadian Parliament by devotingment of Europe, or at least in the Cathone portion Conclave, posted at the outer gates,

change has begun, and un

chiorous from its hopes and te

John five years ars to us to be el Site rent we have no choice. for carried sooner.

We do not apologise for the liberty we are taking. We gave a proof of our own sense of the

debates, a proof, also, of los estimation in which the whole of a recent number to a record of its we held Canadian interests and the expression of Canadian will. Summary, then, dear editors, Shingary; and, our lives on it, you will soon find English Journals which the interests you advocate, that you will have that space given you is the and the ability with which you advocate them, ought long mace to have yielded you. Ibid

THE COLAIR STEAM VESSEL The following ex

(From the Morning Chronicle.) The death of the Pope and the nomination of la euccessor is at the present moment the subject. which creates the greatest interest on the conti-

ofit. The enormous quantity of not very credi- of the Catholic Church siways gives rise, is so well iable intriguing to which the election of the head

known as to have become proverbial, and from all

of his pre appear aces, the encuessor of Gregory I will bove as rauch einculty in securing his election as guy of his -predecessors. In 1828, the election of Leo All gave rise to some extraordinary scenes, The Sacred College sat for 25 days before asy one of the candidates could se an absolore majority.

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steps in the election will be taken on the 12th. All business is suspended during the sitting of the

oncitve, even the tribunals adspend their

pro ceadingy, and the only authorities that retain their functions are the Camerlingo, the Grand Peniten- Dary, and the car of Rome. No order can be Issued from any other eathority without being speedily confirmed by the assembled cardin.Is. which confirmation is transmitted immediately to the Governor of Rome, and the Treasurer-General. According to the custom which has always been bserved, the arrival of the cardinal legates and the foreign cardinals will be waited for before the elec- tion is seriously entered upon. The first may at- rive Roma in time or the second or third day of the oven Diuit, and the others by the treelieth day after the death ofthe Pope; couerquently there can be no electing before the 20th insisat, onks surre nuforeseen event snall occur.Te constitute Berithe a valid election, the canilidato maet objain at least he votes sunus his owo. If 45 car esembled, he must jare 30 roles, and the majorly tous! be $1 If the ed of of members, the election Ut nonical if one of the coraidates

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blished by JoaN CARF, bina and Hongkong

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