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considerable increase in consumption sk
with the previous year, it is not aqu
aquil tot shipments, so that stocks are getting extensive sale of Chine sugar is mentor prices quoted appear high as compa
Ars but whether they will pay pers we know not. It is certain, thất normous imparts- pariscularly from require to be in a position to take largar Chineso produce than even the shipment
of Her Mast Oracions Bar been received, through the Earl Gray, Principal Thr ihu Colodina, approring and
ance No. 3 of 1846, entitled, we for the relief of Ingolvant Debore
Losy at hongkong ma hereby declared, that the said Ordin-tries you been so =pproved of and confirmed as
GOD BATZ THE QUESK.
Kilrea as Victoria, Hongkong,
3. E DAVIS.
tata 19th day of November, 1846. By Command of His Excellency the Governor,
W. CAINE,
Oferaing Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
1 parvanes of Instractions from the Right Flonobis She Earl Grey, Her Majesty's Princi pal sexrelasy of State for the Colonies, the Office af Andrier-General of this Colony is to be amaiga- mated with that of the Colonial Secretary, and both of these Offices will be filled from this date by
By Orden
the Hoa the Aljor Caine.
W. CAINE, o Officiating Colonial Secretary. Colboat Office, Victoria, Hongkong,
123 Nurember, 1840%
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Victoria, Hongkong, 18th November, 1816, NOTICS TO THE CHINESE INHABITANTS.
Chan-sam-shen having been improperly seized in the terriery of Hongkong, by a Chinose offfror, has been restored, and Tas kwan pace who seized him, has been ordered for punishment by their Excellensies Keying and Hwang, from whom a communication has been received to the following efect
er the never had any nc- Caine it was very with a few calls, fed be proferred to our earnt is his Deputy, Me state it plainly ; we holding ofice under Major personat intimacy with him, our duties as Editor of a paper
the exposure of abuse.
An extensive sugar trade is therelage year. able, but unfortunately the Sugar of Chils be purchased so cheap as the Sugars of her
with which it comes into competition in Los English market.
From the manufacturing districts the work or writ of Habeas Corps and discharged, We will more encouraging. The money marke nerobin cry of the proceedings and publish them and goods have advanced in price.
ext week, as the simple truth will be the best reply We have extracted from the New York Sun of to some parts of the article in the Hall of Thursday. the Bist August, such items na refer to the political There are one or two points in the Mail's strin- affairs of the Republic, and her relations with Moxice. tures which we would notice.
We were unable to attend the court on Wednca- day at when Mr Hillier's victims were broughs 1 before the Hoable. Chief Justich Hulme under a
A Correspondent very properly animadverts upon the publication of Mr Consul Macgregor's fore Mr Compton's appeal is to be heard bo letter to the Registrar of the court, the day be fore the Chief Justice We are not surprised at the publication of this document, though it was penned solely for the information of the Court. The attempt to prejudge the case, by an ex parte statement, is palpable, and quite in keeping with Sir John Davis's conduct in the whole affair.
To the Editor of the Friend of Chine.
Hongkong, 30th November 1849. S18,-In the Mall of yesterday appeared a letter from Mr Macgregor addressed to Mr Cay, the Registrar of the Court, dated Caston, 4th November, containing the Do- positions taken at the Consulate in Mr Compton's case on the 3141 July last, and the summoning up of the evidence on the part of Mr Macgregor. The pub ication of these particulars appears to have been delayed until the day before the case comes before the Court. Her Majesty's Consal follows the example of his Superior in making charges supported by evidence, and in giving au in proper colouring to facts-displayed thereby, to say the least, a soful unfitness for an Administrator of justice.
He accuses Mr Conipton of having precoked the riot on the 8th, still connected at, in an unjustifial la manner th the trifling affair on the 4th; of having imprisoned the bi- naman who stuck him, which is nut correct, and further by his acts of violence, committed on the 4th and Bela sus cessively, being the cause of the outbreak of the 8th, an unwarrantable assumption ou Mr Macgregor's part, and not borne out by his own sentence on the 24th September. It is to be hoped, Sir, that the Public will not allow themselves to be deceived by such statements, and that the Government at home will not countenance proceedings so unjustifiable and oppre-sive against any individual in the part either of Governors or Consuls. The proceedings are the mere raptchen ible, as apparently they are resort ed to to escape from a dilenima in which the parties have place themselves with the Chinese Authorities, and to account, if possible, for measures, altho' adopted contrary to law and justice, they had hoped would bave been tame-
submitted to.
We have moreover given our orders to the Kowloon Bali to send Chang-sam-shen back to Hongkong to follow there bis pursuits. As for Tae-kwon-paou, who preceded to Hongkong and seized there a person, wathest requesting the Kow. kox officer to transmit official notice, he has decidedly violated the provisions of the Treaty, We therefore requested the Kowloon offlect io administer the bastinade to Tae kwan-prou, as a warning in future. We have moreover Com- warded the Rowloca officer, that whenever there should be subsequently occasion for despatchingly soldiers to Hongkong for the purpose of obtaining criminals, Srst to send an official note to the Magistrale of your Honourable Country, that they may co-operate according to the Treaty, for the sake of preserving curdship This is the paccipal Babyact of the Aunication."
The Tepos of all the districte are hereby warned not to allow any persons from Cowloon to seize the inbabitante; but if any one should presume ig come over and arrest any individual, let him to immediately apprehended and taken before the Magistrate to dbswer for his conduct,
By Order,
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C. B. HILLIER, Officiating Chief Magistrate.
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VICTORIA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21st, 1946.
NOTICE The hours of Divine Service in the CaLO- HRAL CHUPEZ Ora, on Shawflysat & past 19 A.M, and P.M., and on Thursdays 32 € P.M.
Victoria, Loth Nov. 1546.
VINCENT STANTON,
Colaial Chaplin.
The September man is particularly bare of news, and such as it brought is principally before our readers through the medium of the "Straits Times"
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A BRITISH SUBJECT.
which follows these brief remarks) have vin The British Residents of Canton (in a letter
of Sir John Davis, in his despatch to Keying: dicated Mr Compton from the libellous attack dated the 10th Instant, by a una mous record of their opinion, that the riot of the 8th July was not in any way connected with the upset ting a stall on the 4th. It is to be expected that a declaration, made by those who were on the spot, and consequently are best qualined to judge. will carry with it a greater weight than the spiteful ellasions of the Superintendent of Trade.
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Cuntoo, 16th November, 1846.
C. 8. COMPTON, Esq.
Canton, Si-Ohserving from the letter of His Excellency Sir John Davis to Keying, dated the 10th instant, and published by authority in the Chins Mail of the 12th idem, that the charge brought against you of having occasioned the riot of the 8th July is still persisted in, and the manifest injustice of drag. ging the rccurrences of that day into consection with the triding offence committed by you four days previously not having been sufficiently dwell upon in the Resolutions adopted at the public meeting of the 3rd inst, we deem it necessary to record our opinion on the potat, and we hereby do so with all the solemnity and force of a formal Public Resolution. We therefore declare as our deliberate and firm opinion.
1st. That these is no evidence whatever to shew that the riat of the 8th was in any way occasioned, affected, or influenced by what took place on the 4th July, gad. That the unimpeachable ovidence of the Gendemen who witnessed the commencement of the rint, contradict.
ing in every important particular the misstatements of the Chinese Officers, acquits you of all blame in that matter, and discharges you entirely of the responsibility which in justification of unwarrantable proceedings it is attempted to fasten upon you. We request you to publish this letter. Wa remain,
Sir,
Your obedient Bervants, (Signed by 60 persons representing 27 British firma
Connected with China, we notice that the Formi Zable(84) is fining outar Sheerness as Bag ship to the Admiral appointed to this station; and that H. M. God regimen: has been ordered from Ceylon to this garrison. A paragraph in a paper of the 24th September, announces the arrival of Sir Henry Pettinger from Scotland & beng the impression that bis appointment to the Bombay presidency had been determined upon. Earlier dates speak of the proba bilty of his being made Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, but the we look upon as an idle ram our, Sir Henry is an Indian in all but birth, deeply, verted in the policy of the Indian govenment, and the pecuniarities of the cind tastings of the country past services (which met with a scanty reward in days when peerages are bestowed upon the iron headed herpes of one or two Indian fight giren him a ang claim upon the bestowal of a incradive appointment upon the Paci the country, and the ficator of China, would be merely what he har a un gain little credit bere) but we prove
claim to We do no
Wexare
evethet Sir Henry Pottinger
hip of the Cape and
A Government Notification inmates that the neral have been amalgamated, and will be offices of Colonial Secretary and Auditor Ge. filled by Major Caine. A contemporary falsely insinuates that in exposing the errors commit ted by Major Caine while Chief Magistrate of this colony, as well as those of his pupil who now fills that office, we were actuated by other feelings than a love of justice. We did pol intend to take notice of the low, sneaking in- sinuation (which veracity of the peering the reputation for
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1st. Ho produces a warrant signed by the Chief Magistrate, charging the prisoners with felony Now if they had committed a felony, the case was one for the Supreme Court, and Mr Hillier had no
power to adjudicate.
2nd Ife assumes that they were liable to be pu nished anilor the vagrant act of England; which ho says permits magistrates to sentenco vagrants to be imprisoned for twelve months and to be flogged. The reference to the act 5 Geo: IV. chap: 83, dec tion 10 is artful in the extreme. This section of the act refers to the powers granted to Cours of QUARTER SESSIONS In their dealings with notorious rogues. It is the 3rd section of this celebrated act. which refers to the powers of Magistrates ou a first conviction After an enumeration of whoare vagrants, the section goes on to state, that such.
Shall be depuned an idle and disorderly person, within the true intent and meaning of this act; and it shall be lawful for any justice of the peace to commit such offender (being fession of auch offender, n by the evidence on oath of one thereof envicted before him by his own view, or by the con- or more eredible witness or witnesses! in the house of ex. rection, there to be kept to hard labour for may dime not exceeding ons calender masså.”
argued that by the Depositions there was nothing to prove that the Prisoners were Vagrants so as la bring them onder that act, they had not five arra or day weapons in their possession, and he wa certainly surprised that such a line of defines -airould he taken when they were gravely charged
with being felons,
His Honor the Chief Justice stated, that even ad. mitting that the Chief Magistrate bad grounds og suspicion-whether well supported or not was ne now to the point that the Prisoners were Vagrants, still he minished them under the Wrong Act, that the Act of Geo 17. called the Vagrant Art was altogether superseded by the local Ordinnve No. 14 of 1845, which subjects Vagrants to upti sonment that exceeding Fourteen days, and that tes Prisoners have been imprisoned for a considerabig longer time must now be discharged forthwith.
His Honor also ordered the remaining Prisoners to be discharged at once, and requested the food' Polica agistente to attend in the Police Regularj. ons, and local acts, and not to acts of Parfitne obsolete in practice.
REVIEW OF AMERICAN AFFAIRS SINCE THE BADING OF THE LAST STEAMER
Progress of the Mexican Revolution Santa Au na, Almone and Rejon have returned to Mesiro, Those genels were expected at Vera Cruz on the 14th of 15th inst., in the English trading stcamer Arab for the purpose, as Santa Anna remarked, of making peace between the U. S. and Mexico." The success of these generals in rogaining their let power is not doubtful, inasmuch as they have selecind the most opportune moment for such an attempt Their return will probably result advantageously for the interests of the L. States and for the welfire of their own country; as Santa Anna, besides being a ly better acquainted with the nations of the Anglo- more sagacious statesrown than Paredes, is undoubid.
Saxon race, and will work his cards accordingly. It is the opinion of some that he is pledged to carry on the war. With his usual adroitness he will on questionably make the present state of affairs redound had been planned by Com. Conner, was frustrated to his advantage. An attack on Alvarado which
We merely paint out this disingenuous trick, as after all, considering that the Magistrates war- rant committed them for felouy, it is absurd to refera storra on the 8th. It will, du there, be agein to the vagrant act of England which does not even extend to this colony, we having a local vagrant act
attempted; with what success remains to be set In the north, Gen Mejia commands the Mexican 3rd. He denies that the men wore flegged, and army (if so can be called). On the 19th of lust produces the warrant of commital as proof. The
month he was to have proceeded to Monterey with warrant is no proof whatever; but the truth is, that
the remnant of visto's, to unite with Paredes, Ac. they, or part of them were sentenced to fifty lashes cording to the last accounts Parades would have an sach, though we hear -HANKS TO DR BOWRING'Say of 12,000 to 15,000---Joaving about 1500 only
IPOSUKE-that they had not courage to carry out
at the capital, The gurison at Tampico had beet the sentence.
reinforced We were therefore wrong, in stating the equipment of the troops every cent of which had More than $200,000 had been spent in that they had been flagged; but as we are not ex pected to attend such exhibitions, we submit that in
been paid out in cash. presuming the sentence had been carried into effect, we committed no willful or intentional erron
The Honorable Chief Justice has vindicated the supremacy of British law, and the supremacy.
of the
cient proof of the illegality of their sentence. For out over which he presides, by liberating these. victims of Magisterial incapacity and this is suthi
Stipendiary Magistrates court, which were permitted years we have watched the proceedings before the to pass, except by the occasional report of a case in our columas, but the veil has been withdrawn, and a change of men and measures may-confidently bo looked for." It is vain to talk of a Junk trade while such things occur. Had we nowa thriving commerce with the consting vessels, a continuance of the course steadily pursued by the Magistrates, would ruin in six months.
At a hite hour we received a report of the proceed ings before the Supreme Court on Wednesday, also ou the previous Saturday. We have already stated that we were not present, but we believe the report to be in all particulars substantially correct.
SUPREME COURT, SATURDAY, LITH NOVEMBER Before The Hon'ble the Chief Jus ica. Mr McSwyney having a few days previously ob tained a Writ of Habeas Corpus directed to de Keeper of H. M. Gaul commanding him to bring before the Court the bodies of Chengassee and Wong.afoong (sentenced by one of the Stipendiary Magistrates to 3 months imprisonment with hard labor for an intent to commit felony) moved tha the Prisoners be brought to the bar-and the war rapt of commit.net wild the return to the wribe read: The Prisonere were called to the bar, but [to the great surprise of the Court] no return was made to the Writ, or warrant of commitment pro duced-although it had been proved that the of Habeas Corpus was served the previous day on the Jailor: The Honorable the Chief Justice se- verely censured Mr Flodforth, the acting assistant Stipendiary Magistrate, who happened to be than in Court for this gross negligence and added, that if the usual return and warrant of commitment wers not produced on Wednesday the 19th Inst., he would discharge the Prisoners forthwith without enquiring into the merits of the case.
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brought up on the 18th inst, and the depositions The Prisoners having been a second time and Warrant of Commitment (which were only just then handed in by the Chief Magistrate), having been read by the Registrar: Mr McSwyney m vei the Depositions which he had just heard read and for the discharge of the Prisoners arguing that which were quite similar to those takes before the Coroner did not go to shew that even the slightest offence had been committed by the Prisoners
more the grave one of an intent to commit that as no offence had been commit. by them, the Prisoners should be discharged-
Progress of the American Army Grn. Wood's division of the American army in Texas, destined to operate on Chihuahua, was intending to march on the 18th of August for that department taking the road via San Antonio. The Saula fe expedition under Gen. Kearney when last heard from (1st August) had set out from Fort Bent for that plice. the troops in fine health and spirits Capt. More, of the dragoons, captured nine Mexican spies from Santa Fe, who stated that no resistance would be met with there, and that Gen. Armijo had issued a proclamation to the effect that the war would not terrupt the usual traile. Some of the traders prefr Rearney will stop at Fanta Fe until Col. Price's going
with the expedition to California. Gen. regiment arrives, which will be left in charge of the place. Nine companies of Col. P.'s command welc there will be no fighting at Santa Fe-nevertheks
is pretty
the inhabitants in the whole country around are in A state of great alarm, driving their stock into the mountains, fur safety. Provisions are extremely scarce, there having bem mo rain for nearly thre months The immediate cause for apprehension, therefore, sppears to be on this score, as our troops have not more than half the requisite supplies with thêm các
direct from
bringing nahing new from the Oregon territory, Oregon and California A party of in persons, arrived at St. Louis on the 17th inst, Oregon Cay-making the journey in 4 months, less three days They met with no interruption They represent
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from either Indians or accidents wagas passed them on the route, mostly for One- the crops as favorable in many parts-624 rinigrant goo; a portion, however, intending to penetrato California by the Salt Lake route. company of Col. Russell was met about 10 miles
The Californi beyond Fort Laramie; they will probably all Oregon, many of them having changed and deter
go mined on it. The health of the country is goal. lature, had organized a company of Canadians to get Mr G. Folsy, formely member of the Oregon Logis-
out on the 1st of May last for California, in ending to make a settlement on some of the branches of the Rio Sacramento,
California Expedition-This famous expedition
The people don't seem to comprehend is remains encamped on an islaud in our harbour, from N. York, under command of Col. Stevenson,
We sup pose the whole matter is in a nut shell. Mr Sec.
Marcy and Col. Stevenson, are, as the Yankers,
say, "very thick."
Eldorado," on the Pacific, and government grants The Colonel wasted $65,000 and a trip to the What if sundry fat jobs and good speculations have been made by one or two favorite tailors and shop keepers in equipping" the regiment? “Who's afraid!'
The new Tariff-We think it quite evident that the thae is not for distant when the unprofitable war- veral cases in proof of this argument, fare, on the question of Tariff will no longer be the celebrated one of Burdelt dividing question of parties. For our own part we That taking it think rest upon either policy of the two great parties That the Pri-of the day, would be infotely more advantageous to intend to do the well being of society that this eternal war of the legally social elements. It is said that the occasional storm this needed to purify the atmosphere; but there must also be an interval of shine and repose. Wo think the country is no estar of this for at least 4 years to come as regards the Tariff And to this fact we call the attention of all moderate and reflect. ng men. Let it be remarked first, that no repeal of the Tariff of 46 can be expected from the present Congress, The Senate of the next will be more strongly opposed to the system of 42 than the pro sent one is, and the President retains his seat until The termination of that one. This carries us over to The meeting of the Sist Congress in Dec. 1839.
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