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THE FRIEND OF HINA AND HONGKONG GAZETTE. VICTORIA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17TH, 1816,
The boars of Divine Stroe at the Colonist Chapal on Sunday are at present past 8 and a
and I past 4 P. M.
Victoria, 5th Dotobar 1845,
VINCENT STANTON, Coal Chaplain.
Our Intest intelligence from Macao reports the continuance of tranquillity, and we doubt
not, that the recent display of energy and de-
News mil Ordinance No. #therefore onacho hut from and after the Ordimore, it shall he wyl for the Supreme Court when any such delay or difficulty shall arise, to make any Order that may rases by deemed necessary for the substaWe
tion of some other Notification in lie
Art Notices or advertisements ne quired by the said Ordinance No. of (818
J. F. DAVIS, Governor.
Passer the Legislative Council of
Hongkong, this 810 day of October; 1843, ADOLPHUS E. SHELLEY, Clerk of Council's,
HONGKONO.
ANNO DECIMO VICTORE REGINE. No. 6 of 1846.
by His Excellency, Sir JOHN FRANCIS DAVIS, Baronet. Goverasrand Commander-in af of the Colony of Hongkong and is Dependicies, and Vice Admiral of the same, Her Majesty's Pluni. potentiary and Chinf Superintendent of the Trude of Rritish Subjects in Chion, with the advice of the Legislative Council of Hongkong.
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termination on the part of the Governor will secure the settlement from further commotion and disturbance should the Governor persevere in carrying out his assumed right to tax the
Chinese population.
are not in a position to determine ex- actly the extent of the authority which can be assumed by the Portuguese in their Govern- ment of Macao: the, question however must resolve itself in the erents of the recent insur rection. The vigorous measures of his Excel leney to maintain order and an independent position as Governor of the settlement, cannot but meet with the admiration of the whole fo reign community
We trust the inconvenience resulting in our present want of daily communication will not be of long continuance.
In retiring from the trust confided to you by our graci-quence of the decision against me by the voices of Sovereigu, you enjoy the proud satisfaction of having the Representatives of that country (Irelan
time was come when something respreting th C. Jhulics ought, in my opinion, to be dare a
should be relieved from the duties of the office) neid, as it was my anxions wish to be,"
ter conseige Consly discharged your duty; and we would 1 dopo tint Our Sympathy with your feelings will serve 10 Confirm, NC DAEst pilde your experience
Although well aware that your motives of action have ever best the acred principles of religion and daty, we still hope that you will not receive without plenabre this testimony of our approbation this acknowledgment of our regret at parting from Doa whoap private baracter bau excited in us
e wabies! Bentiments of regret and esteer.
may long contions, with renowed health, to enjoy the concious happiness which atienda the memory of duties pourably discharged, is the sincers and earnest prayer of
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A correspondent of the Morning Chronicle save that in the Airror the "or" as "and" makes better sense These words Sir Robert Pect repudiates. To prove that he uttered them. Mr Disraeli addera Passages to the same effect from the London morning prapors of the 4th March 1820, and from the Edinburgh Reciem for April 1829. and also the following passage from a speech mad by Sir Edward Knatchbull in the 8th of March
Respected Sir, your faithful servants and well-wishers,
[flere follow the signatures.] Our readerscan understand perfectly well the rule
*If Sir, at that period the policy of conceding which brings nearly all Governors into conflict with the great body of the settlers; which brings almost the Catholic question were clear to the right bu every settlement into a state of savage hostiluy be ourable gentleman, I say, in justice to himself in twee the officials and the people; and, at last, ends justice to his friends, in justice to the comary, in in an alienation from the Mother country. It is this justice to Mr Canning, who was the able, the power. that the Colonial Office is conducted in direct vio-ful, and the consistent advocate of the question, be the right honomanly tation of the constitutional law which says that ought to have conceded it
Englishmon carry with them their laws wherever gentleman had, as he now ways, die vered in 1995 shines lose their birthright when they leave the did he not think so in 1897, when Mi Canning was they go whereas the Colonial Office says, "Eng" that the question ought to bo cone de, I ask why Mother country Captain Fitzroy publicly stated in office, and give it his support when the suppos that "Magna Charta does not extend to the Colo-ed difference between lan and Mr Canning upon nies," The most vain, the most ignorant, and the that question had obtained for bin most powerful most insolent of mankind, are often selected to fill
and unqualifiert support from those two who only these offices in remote dependencies; and they pride duffered from Mr Canning on that one point, which themselves on saying and doing things which the profess to have been the care with me? If the Queen's Majesty would not dare to say or do in the right honourable gentleman's opininions had at that centre of her dominions. This personal deportment une undergone a change, that was the time for con appears to have a great deal to do with Colonial cession, for the measure would have come with a quarrels; and there appears no doubt that chiefly by better grace, with better effect from Mr Canning; avoiding this error, MP Hutt has succeeded in pre- and if we are to rely upon the gratitude of Roman serving the peace in his colony, and has gained its Catholics as a ground of security. I say that ther affectionate remembrance. Efe has had to perform gratitude would be increased by receiving from the the very painful duty of resuming many of those hands of Mr Canning that which they would con- onormous grants of land which had made Swan Ri-sider as a boon when conferred by bin, but which ver a byword. He has thus touched the settlers on they cannot look upon in the same light when en- the tenderest point of their vanity and their greedi-ing from a Government which has for years inva- ness; and, notwithstanding this, he has not been burn riably opposed them, and which now adwits that it ed in effigy, but brings home a testimonial of ear concelles from necessity." versal approbation. Verily the Colonial Office pught to avent an order of merit for such a godsend of a Goabheor.
The ten men who were brought here, as prisoners by the U. S. S. Fincennes, under
It having appeared to His Excellency the Go the charge of may committed on board the
Pernor, that some of the citizens. forgetful of their Brougham (Whaler) have been summarily comply, have molested some unarioed Chinese whom demned, after a lengthened inquiry into the they met during the past night, and fri htened others case, to suffer two months imprisonment, the who had retired to their shops, by beating upon the evidence being deficient to substantiate the doors, and disturbing them in other ways,tis serious mature of the charge against them. Excellency commands that it be made known to the inhabitants of Macao, that His Excellency is aware that such excesses have been committed, and more- over against a very clear and explicit recomiendo, ton made in the Proclamation which is Ex- cellency issued by them yesterday; and in order to prevent the repetition of such offences for the future, His Excellency commands that it be declared anew. that these shall be punished with all severity. More over, His Excellency dedered it to be made known to the public, that all citizens shall be imprisoned, who, without having presented themselves to the Chief of Police and bing by hon earalled in cou formity to the orders of His Excellency, shall be. found wred in the streets of Mucao. In order to bring this to the notices of all the inhabitants of Ma cao, His Excellency commands it to be published through this Edict, which shall be posted up in all. the public places of the city.
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An Ordinance for the regulation of
Criminal Proceedings in the Nu- | preme Court of Hongkong, during the Absence of On Thursday evening a daring attempt was Her Majesty's Altorney Geutral.
made to enter the premises of Mr L. Just, [8th October, 1846) Chronometer Maker, Queen's Road, The Preamble.
WHEREAS it is necessary and thieves (two Chinae) having failed in their expedient to make provision for the attempt to effect an entrance by the removal due and proper institution and carrying on of Cat of a panel of the door, resorted to the expedi minal Proceedings in the Supreme Court of Hongency of setting fire to it, and so far succeeded, kong during the absence of Fler Majesty's Attorney-
General: Be it therefore enacted and received the alarm one of the Burglars was in effecting an entrance that, when Mr Just. Power to the ordained, "That from and after the vernor to sp. passing of this Ordinen, it shall be
observed in the act of forcing his body into the entry Cri. lawful for His Excelency the Gor-
We are happy to say that an alarm was 50 minal Proceed, crnar of Hongkong any time in ings during the and during the abse of ler Mimmediately raised that the robbers were fext hance the jesty's Attorney General, to nominate only disappointed in their expected booty, but Attney Gene and appoint a fit and proper Person after a short chase were apprehended, and tre to appear and proaceae in the Supre now awuating their trial in the Supreme Coigt. me Court of Hongkong, either as Astorney General The culprits appear to have been most doter. or in his own Name for and on the bohalf of Hermined Horsebreakers, all the implements be. said Majesty, and any Indictment or Information signed by the party so nominated and appointed shall be of the same force and validity as if the same bad been signed by Her Majesty's Allorney General pursuant to an Ordinance made and No. 8 of 1845, passed in the Ninth Year of Fer Majesty's Reign. intituled "An Or dinance to regulate Criminal Proceed
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J. F. DAVIS, Governor, &c. Passed the Legislative Council of..
Hongkong, this 8th day of October, 1846, ADOLPHUS E. SHELLEY, Clerk of Councils,
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
In consequence of the absence, on medical certi. ficate of the Honorable the Attorney-General, His Excellency The Qovernor has been pleased, as a temporary measure, la appoint Mir N. D'Esterre Parker to perform the duties of Criminal Crown
Prosecutor.
By Order, W CAINE.
Officiating Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Office, Victoria,
Hongkong, 15th October, 1845.
longing to their class, being found on their per- sons, besides being armed each with the dagger 20 common amongst such desperadoes
We cannot but congratulate our readers upon the fact of such burgalarious attempts being now of rare occurrence, but during the approaching season the police cannot be too vigilant or the inhabitaris too much on their guard. is a fact perhaps worthy of notice that Mr Just's watch-dog was poisoned two days previons to the attempted robbery.
Any of our readers who will bring the fol- lowing extract from the Spectator of the 271h June, before the observation of Sir John Davis will probably confer no obligation upon him.
COLONIAL GOVERNORS,
Ifthe Colonial Office consulted its interests, it would invent a prize for any Governor who should return from his colbay functus officio and not followed by the ridicule or the execration of the settlers. Se generally, however, is the latter the case, that it ha come to be regarded as the natural termination of such a career. Capain Fitzroy appears to be light ed on his way home by a general bonfire-burnet out, like the conductor of a disorderly house, amid the laughter of the rabble; and even the honest and vigorous though somewhat theatrical Sir George much pleasure, then, in recording das exception to Gipps does not come off quite seatbeless. We have this role that of Mr John Hut, brother to the Mem- her for Gateshead; who has just retarded from Swan River, where he has resided MB years. The fol D'Aguilar Western Australian
The following Order was issued by Major-Ge Berat D'Aguilar on the departure of the Mailcas Sappets and Gun Lascar, who railed for India to 16 General Wood no
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By Order of the Governor of the Province of Macao, Timor, and Solor.
Anromo Jozữ DE MIRANDA, Acting Secretary to the Governor' Secretary's Office, October 9th, 1849.
PEEL AND CANNING, Lori Genge Bentinck's charge against Sir Ro- bert Peel is, that although is 1825 he had acknow, ledged the necessity of Catholic. Emancipation, in 1827 he aband med Canning on a petence of oppos ng Emancipation, and joided in hanling" that statesman to be death Sir Rob Peel totally denies the alleged hunting, and also denies the al- leged acknowledgment in 1825 Mr Disraeli comes to the aid of his lealer with evidence of various kiuds; consisting of an admission made by Sir Ro bert Peel himself, allusions to that admission by Sir Edward Knatchbull in a subsequent debate, allo- alons in newspapers and in Quarterly Reviews, and a letter said to have been written by Sir Robert to the End of liverpool, and said to be still in his pos- session. Sir Robert el suspends his full reply, knowledgment and the letter. The subject has been but meanwhile he denies the whole story the ac
week and as a piece of historical biography, of eagerly and universally discussed throughout the which the materials are setill in their crudo and growing date, it is worth a careful scrutiny. The self-inculpatory pissage imputed to Bir Robert Peel 1829; it is not reported in Hansard; but the fa said to have been uttered on the 5th March, mission is made part of the evidence It is to be observed that Sir Robert was not speaking against Emancipation, but was justifying his resignation, and sharing that the reasons for it were not un- precedented in his case. In Hansard after!
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Here is an imposing accumulation of circumstan tial evidence: let us see how it will stand the rest of scrutiny. First, it is to be observed that it all occurred a very long time ago-seventeen nine- leen, and twenty-one year ago. The Times justly remarks that the words imputed are in themselves very vague: to say that something ought to ha done," was only adui thig a political necessity, nat
favourable onion,
Another conjectural solution of the suppressed passage, which we love heard in private carersation, is, that Sir Robert's account in 1829 of what occurred in 1925 was verbally in. accurate to the extent of the difference pointed out; and that when the official repost from the editor of Hansard came before bla, he stuck out the in accurate words not the less willingly because they had arily provoked.censure
A correspondent of the Times, who signs his letter C. V. L" and describes himself as one of Canning's adherents brings a good dead of stri king evidence to invalidate the quotation from the Mirror of Parliament #le declares, of his ona knowledge, that Sir Robest Peel and Mr Canning remained on terms of good Ellowship. He testifie that Sir Robert uniformly declared his opposton to the Roman Catholic claims; and be surnus that Sir Robert was misconstrued by the reporters -not at all an impossible thing
Rudeed, the passage bears internal evidence of incorrectness. As it stands above, Sir Robert Poel is made to ütter nonsense. He took a declied position in resisting the Roman Catholic claims, and his re- signation on that score was intelligible; but ae- cording to the passage quoted above, he declared. his having come round to a conviction of the ne cessity, as the reason why his position was unten- able, and he offered to his colleagues the alternative of doing som Thing or suffering him to resign. If you read and instead of for," it prevents the particular line from being such palpable nonsense. but leaves the whole of the second part of the pas sige inconsistent with the beginning the earlier portion making his position untenable because he was singular in opposing the measure; the latter making him concur in the necessity
Now it is very possible, that without any change of opinion on the subjret, Sir Robert Peel, with his habitual deference to formal Parliamentary de cisions, insy have bowed to political necessity; and his desire to leave office accords with that conjec- tare. But if so, he would have retired, not to fu cilitate the measure, but to avoid having any share inconsistency in that. On the contrary, it would in what he disliked. There would be no political
ning on the special paint, though he agreed with very well Record also with his opposition to Cen
him in general. It appears very possible that the ablest reporters may have mistaken what Sir Ho- bert said: he himself may even have said someth mind mean to say, a common enough "absence ing with his tongue which he did not with his of mind, but that he can deliberately have untered the sheer nonsense impaled to him, is quite in credible
So mech es to the special evidence: as to the general assertion that Sie Robert Reel hunted Caning to the death," it is but claptrap rhetoric, Concerned, Luegele not worth grave notice. Canning's premature which rug-death had no such sentimental cause To and Sir was Robert Peel were both rising statesmen: Sir Ro bert started with the advantage which wealth gi ves in this country, Canning was of older political anding, and lind the prestige of showy talents. A measure of a very doubtful and embarrassing kind came before them Sir Robert Peel at that time ubjected to it on principle, and did not think it in. evitabile. In 1825, he might have thought it more aminert, less easy to be avoided; but he wished sharing in it. In 1827, after a general he found his view supported by a major- no praseal cause for warring re- gumming came wito perez unpledged; ed to mereuse he pole resources hunsel those who supported. Catko- 100 that is be thog hrto make uss 100 interest. The innncuvre in-
in more trouble then he expected: the loo was more harrassing to a par" then he had supposed; there was then as well now a fierce Carn-law controversy Canning did not fit himself for the irritations of the line by cons peculiar temperance of living; be caught, cold,
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