NOTICE
LL parties having claims or being indebted to. A the undersigned are requested to render their #counts and make payment by the 30th Septem. ber 1846.
CHAS W. BOWRA Victoria, 5th September 1846,
NOTICE.
LL parties having claims against and being in. A debted to, the Undermentioned Firm are re garsted to render their accounts and make pay. beat before the 30th September.
HUMPHREYS & Co. Victoria, 31st August 1946,
NOTICE
Cupartnership having been formed between the respective firms of C W. Bowra & Co., And Bumruners & Co., their Business from this dete, will be carried in, under the firm of BowRA, HUMPHREYS & Co, at their Now Premises, next
Mesars GILMAN & Co., Queen's Road.
C. W. BOWRA & Co. HUMPHREYS & Co. Victoria, 1st September 1840.
FOR SALE
(OVERNMENT Manila No. 3 Cigars, on board of the Spanish Bark Veluz. Apply to the plain J. Salado, at Mr C. DuPUIG, Queen's Road, corner of Graham Street
M.
torin. 7th September 1849.
BRITISH HOTEL, Keying House
GABRIEL deems it incumbent upon him to return thanks to his numerous friends, for the support which they bave accorded to him, Since he entered upon his present enlarged esta Whatment.
Mr G. desires to intimate to Gentlemen and fi. ties visiting the place, an also to parties who may not be inclined to keep house, that he cone commodain them with Board and Loʻlging in the lower part of his premises, frothing the Sen, at the rate of 35 dollars per month, and in the upper part with spacious and airy appartments and honrd at the rate of 60 dollars per month, The Wine8. Son and Ales, are of the first description; and fact those who may please to honor hun with ncr at his Note, may rest assured that every thing will be iidne to cusure their confort
BRITISH
110TEL
KRYING FOES
Queen Roll Victoria, MICHAEL GABRIEL is the honour to an
as taken those pacious and commodious premi. ses koown as Keying House where he intends to carty on the business of a nul keeper and die begs to assure that parties who may he pleased to patronize his new establishment, that nothing shi by wanting on bis part to usure to them the greatest comfort and attention
Ellards can be engaged in airy and spacious Tats with a water frontage, at the following rates,
Day Games Night do
Rupee
Undersigned respectfully begs leave to in-
These and the Public in ge peral, that he is prepared to supply Ship med Cabin STORES of all descriptions, and Miscellaneous Ar les of the best quality, and on the most reasonable
erins.
A PASSAGE BOAT leaves Whampoa for Canton twice daily, and PALVATE BUAT may be engaged at any hour with good and trustworthy Crews.
Goops transhipped or store, and General Ship- ping Business executed with t Promptitude and des petch.
THOMAS HUNT
Store Ship Jardine, Whampoa Reach,
10th June 1846
SUPERIOR PENKNIVES,
manufactured by
JOSEPH RODGERS & SONS CUTLERS TO HER MUIBTY AND TU ROYAL FAMILY.
No Norfolk Street Sheffield.
A Superior Cutlery Small Invoice of the above:
just received, and can be strongly recommend. et for the use of Offices.
FFUNGK Victoria, Sth July 1846,
BOOTS & SHOES.
THE undersigned has just opened another case of
Stunts Boots and Shoes, and is ready to dis pose of them as heretofore,
Victoria, 12th August 1846.
F. FUNCK
TO COMMANDERS &0 THE THE undersigned begs to solicit the attention of Commanders of ships and the public to his ex- tensive assortment of stores, replenished avery month by direct importations to his own indent, Consisting of
Europe, Manila and Coir Cordage of all sizes; Spunyatn, Worming, Marline, Hombro lines, Lead Bass, Vakum etc. Best mary Canvass Bootchi tine, and Dutch bunting Tar Pitch. Rosing, Paints, Patut oil, Turpentine Varnish etc etc. Blocks, Hanks, Mast hoops, and Nails of every End, Palms, Sail needles etc.
Bread, Flour and Sall provisions. Oilman's Storea of every decerption. Brandy, Gio, Rum and
Ampagne. Hocir and
Oberry, Part Madeire,
various other light wind..
India and Lonlun Bouled Feer, Barolev
ets, elc.
THE TRIEND OF CHINA AND HONGKONG GAZITIE.
From London Mercantile Journal of 24 June 1848.
HONGKONG & CANTO GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY CAPITAL £80,000, IN 10,000 SHARES OF £5 SICH
DEPOSIT PKR HARE Temporary Offices, 10 Satuburo Nt. Strama, TE18 Company is formed for the purpose of an
ploring Steamboats for the transhipping of goods and passengers hetween Hovako ana CANTON, thereby preventing the expense and delay of Ships Navigating the River above Hoxoxoxo 70 miles below RAMPOA the present Shipping Nation.
Prospectuses will be published in a few days In the meantime every information may be obtain ed by reference to Captain BEATSON at the lumpit rary offices as above and where applications for shares will be received.
26th May 1846.
MERY FRASER & Co, inform the Com
SHOER and FARRIER olay ved, and though their etibushment is rather distant from the centre of the town Gentlemen may rely on having the burg, Lithull, and expeditiously shod. Opposite the Caciulie Burying Ground, June 23rd 1946.
BILLS OF LAJING FOR THE OVERLAND ROUTE.
FOR
NOR sale at this office four forms of bills of lad.
ing for goods or apecie shipped by the F. «Ü Company's Steam packets, 1 for goods deliver able at London; 2nd for goods deliverable st Southampton; 3rd for goods deliverable at Suez, 4th for goods deliverable at termediate ports They are printed after the Company forins o Bank post.
Office Friend of China"
Rölli October, 1845.
MACMURRAY & Co. have just received di- rect from England a splendid assortment of Britannia metal and other Goood, consisting of CHIPPING ARTICLES according to the re Liquer and Cruet Frames, Ten and Coffee Pots, Per. D cool ant (Victoria 7 & 3) for sale at this office, colators, Soup Ladies, Tea, Table, Dessert, Gravy,Office "Friend of China," Sall, Mustard and Sugar Spoons, Sugar Tongs, Victoria, 10th Cotober, 1815. Hot Water Plates Doule, Curry, and Beefosik Dishes, Soup Tureena, Dish Covers, Table and Chamber Candlesticks, Jugs of sorts with Britan. nin metal Covers, superior Table Knives, a great variety of excellent Razors, Penknives, a low, Drum
Bottles, Powder Flasks, &c. &c. and numerous other articles selected especially for this market
Victoria, 21st August 1840.
M
ACMURRAY & Co. laye on hand every de soription of Stores, which they beg to offer to their friends and the public at the lowest possible prices and guarantee them to be of the first quality.
Victoria, 21st August 1846.
NOTICE.
QMITH & BRIMELOW, beg respectfully to Intimate to the Merchants of Victoria, that they have taken those dry and commodious Go- downs in Keying House, where they shall be moet happy to receive Goods on Storage upon moderate
terms.
Victoria, 6th May 1849.
SODA WATER
ARATED LEMONADE, To be obtained the mutaciory of the under
SMITH & BRIMELOW. No 1 and 2 Woosnan's Buildings, corner of Pot. inter Street,
Signed.
of the undersigned a choice lot of Winca con sisting of
Chateau Murgeaux.
Marcobrunner luck of 1834, Nicronsteiner, Johannisberger,
→ Lacrimae Christi,
Malaga sect,
The above Wines can be highly recommended,
SMITH & BRIMELOW, Wongnam's Buildings, Queen's Rond
MITH & BRIM LOW have received or Va
INGUISTS Kararry and NATY BILLS for sale
at this Office
Office Friend of China, 28th Dec, 1844. OR SALE-At the office of this paper,
Compradores cheque bocks.
Ships Articles, with an abstract of the merchant seaman's not endorsed on the back.
Charterparties, after forum by Chitty, Bills of Lading.
Chinese Tariff of imports, and exports, for counting houses.
PRINCE LOUIS NAPOLEON AND SMITH
OBRIEN.
How singular! Prince Louis Napoleon and Mr Smith O'Brien hare both escaped simultaneously, both been freed from their bonds at the game time, with considerable engernese and ingenuity on their pars, great negligence and some lule connivance on the part of their keepers. What a source of con- gratulation to all parties for the prisupers who have escaped from a position, in which the inconvenience of confinement overcame the pleasures of martyr dom--and to those
those powers imprisoning, who, in de priving a hostile party of the presence and guidance of very foolish head, allowed it to show more rom mou sense and briety than was at all desirable ! If shorn of its nad leaders, and allowed merely its
Serge Cholce Stores, consisting of it into some Desh blender, and, expose it to su
of the gener without
he had felt that Head of the Gorss
yet been done to rep which had been edisi Consequences of dein
settlera (many of the best alwhor England by every vertel hod nist who, afer abandoning ther contederable Jacobce pre Da
1
country for (WO TEGLIONI Z are they antee for any and when they should arrived secondly, they had no guarantee for any hefnu poa under which freeron could ve
This was a prize mienion, and conretning ver Zealand alone, but every clingy of this que
the Zuglishmen wie wei das home, pel to plæst himself is a foreign coetry best in zachst portion of the empire to be sAPRIJED KA FT. ENDILY to his country; s sw he to lose all the pelvilemm of an Englishmen ↑ TI people 4 bean Intrusted with the great privilege of baring e voice is their own alrerned by hating Tho! privilege introsed to them they had because the most civilized hippy, and powerful persile on the face of the earth and did they, he asked, forkant any of their rights by extending their country's empire sote the stands of E BUKURI UCR Dad
they ask for seything new or democratic, or re- pub lean, or anything that cared of revelation. arv innovation 1 No, they merely and the Gr vernmen of this
this day to do for Englishmen in the Bineteenth century what James L and Guaries 1. and Charles 11. bad done for Englishheen in their day-namely, that when Englishing quinted ther they should carry with them the rights of well. country to go to another portion of the emp he,
19zation and of self-government the calmed that right, not for New Zealand only, but for their other colonies. Their colonies could mater go on well, and they never could expect them to be happy and prosperous, until they returned in the sound prac lice of their ancestors, and enabled every fase man,
vote in those matters which afficted at menbora qualified by property and intelligence, is base a
of the commosity.”
That was the first great object to press upon the Governadot. The second wie & total alteration of their relations with the Natives, and the total aben-
Beach knowing ones, Conciliation all might grow lato TUST RECEIVED and for Sale at the Singes repute, and get a character for consistency, re-pack) dogment of the foolish course in which the Gene- ability, and policyThis was dangerous. In re
nor; had enzbarked and they said that, aules so- storing Mr Smith O'Brien to the Corn Exchange, the leperial Parliament has dealt its would healthing was done of ance, all remedy either for tha the most efficient blow, So with the B. napertists, If the laws which were necessary for the restoration. White man of the Native was perfectly hopeless. or the Louis Bonapartists. They were gathering of tranquillity and the prosperity of New Zeeland strength in tranquillity, and recovering respect in silence. M. Thiers had published five volumes of
were not pased in the pressal session--if the pre- seat state of New Zealand and the prevent despon- panegyric on Napoleon'sarlike and despotic po
dence must continue for another year-the outy licy. Imperialam wagong ground When,
course left for them was to say to the Government The cunning King of the French, or his particular
-"On such conditions as there we will not coul)- friend, the Home Mazister, opens the prison door of
nue to carry on the colonization of New Zeale od ; Louis Bonaparte, and sends bim back with all his
we will throw the responsitslay entirely on you, airs, and whine, and rashness to his party, to lead
and quit the field of action from which year in justice and your impolicy here driven cat. The answer that had been made to them was, that they mentibut what was necessary might be den had been too cager in pressing for an act of Pai- without such interference. They were told that
seat out to efect the ob ject they had in view, and by which municipal institutions would be established by the authority, of the Governor and Council Why, how was that to satisfy any man who was conversam with what had passed in New Zealand? Were they will to leave them dependent upon the wisdom pod
ires. justice of the Goreroor? When they talked of i institutions and self-goreramech, one thing w plied in the term, mely, that freedom and self- government should be independent. But the Authority that was to create their municipal in
Muscatel Rasing in finlf and quarter Boxes, Fine Jordan Almonds,
Znate Currants in Jars, ⠀
Superior Sporm Candles,
Superior Composition Clindles,
Renault Superior Pate Cognac in Wood, do Dark do.
Da
do,
Fine Java Coffee in 28.16 Bags and Kennedy's Crakers in Tins just landed, and a few Bales of Navy Twice-boiled Canvas.
Woosnam's Budding, August 13th 1846, -
NOTICE.
E the undersigned have formed a Partnership
for the transaction of a General Agency, Auction and Commission business at Viteoria Hong- kong, under the Firm of DRINKER & HEYL.
S. DRINKER. WAS. HEYL
Victoria, March 2nd 1846.
NOTICE RINKER & HEYL, offer for sale, their
Claret Wines, Peppermint, and Cherry Cordiels. Beer and Porter in wood and boldes, Wine Bitters, Choice Butter in Kegs, Nents Tongues, Tobacco, Cigars, Old No. 3 and 4 Manila Cheros, Paint Oil, and Turpentine in cans, Bright Varnish Ravens Duck, doo, &c.
Victoria; 16th February, 1846,
NOTICE
have for a few sells
now ridicule, s
There is a singular similarity in the cims, as well as in the character, of this ambitious pair of agita. tofe. Pride of birth, stirs Brisa Barambe to da the decendant of the B-
napartes, as well as that o great things, whilst nature gave them brains for Title. One would reconquer France for his family the other ireland. One would crush and devour the Gallic cock with his tame engle, the other would plant his shamrock in the mane of the British lion. From the shores of England Louis Napoleon da. nounded the usurping role of the King of the French, sution. From the shores of Ireland the Celt the mockery of the charter, the Absurdity of the
voided his rheum apon Saxon liberties and instito- tions. The indignant spleen of both ended in ex- peditions. One sailed to surprise and take Boulogne. Boulogne unfortunately took him and his rash com- Padions, Prince OBrien braved the House of Com.. mons in its stronghold of Westminster, threatened to overturn the Speaker's chair, and snapped hi fingers at the majesty of Parliamen Yet his meg niloquence led to the same fate as Prince Les Napoleon's Both were defeated and captured by a serpent's guard. Both were consigned to god And both, when the public had forgotten them, were
let ou lest senous punishment should show too much interest in the freaks and follies of mere prince ly blunderers and rioters Examiner, May 30,
DRINKER & HEYL bare Cutlery and Pen PROCEEDINGS OF THE ANNUAL GENERA
kalves.
Victoria, 30th June 1846.
GOLD PENS
Tow superior Gold Pere in Silver cases for
DRINKER & HETL
Victoria, 11th August 1846.
NOTICE
ROBEET JON
gainst the Fatale of
Sindented to
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instractions were
stitutions was to continue to extes, and to have the power revoke them the instant they thwarted the wishes of the Gocerameat, what was to prevent the Colnaist Office from withdrawing the instruc- tions to the Governor, or the Goversor from the regarding the instructions us he had done before, and the settlers would be lett again without any
protection under despotic authority. If this chan- ge were in be maves change which he bought evern sound Thin
the country wook done opent them tet
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