AMMO DECIMO VICTORLEI REGINE
Excellency Sir Jony FRANCIs Davis,
Commse evler in Chieforthe ongkong and Its Dependencies, and of ik me Her Majesty Pleni
perintendent of the Trade China, with the Advice of of Hongkong,
An Drainance for the Prevention
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19h March, 1847 1
MY DUREAB it das become neces- sary to adopt further steps for the evenison of Dimora; and whereas His Excellen. the Chinese Imperial Commissioner has disa ed the right of private vessels belonging to the peo- ple of tea Coation to carry firearms, and at the same tione inuented to any see essary treasures on the part of the Government of Honghong for putting down
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ordained, That from and after the Temely or Jaska, parsing of this Ordinance the Capt. og (ifficare of every British ship of war or other reased duly authorized by the Co- vemment of this Colony, of every Magistrate or of fer uf Police, Harbour Master or officer of the Harkoor-Master's Department, are hereby autho- Tuted to board and enter every Chinese Vessel or Junk ressonably soxpected of being a piratesk yea. sel, and search the same.
Chile Vre's
THE FRIEND OF CHINA AND HONGKONG GAZETTE.
sections of this Ordinance shall be recoverable in The same manner as penalties are made Ascoverable by Ordinance No. 10 of 1844, entitled An Old
nance to regulate summary Proceedings before "Justions of the Pence, and to protect. Justicba in
the execution of their duty "COA POW
J. F. DAVIS. --Governor,&c, ca Passed the Legislative Council of
Hongkong, this Twenty-fifth Day of March, 1847.
No. 9.
L. D'ALMADA & Castro.
Clerk of Councita.
cantile comunity can now toll Sir John Davis, and would do so were he now Lord Bogue, that until be shews to the World, great and good reasons for giving up a right, to which we ware justly entitled, and which the Chinese have all along seemed de termined we shall not enjoy; they will continue to look upon his visit here with his 900 Triops, as one to be regretted,-affecting our character 88 A nation, and directly injuring os in our mercantile pursuits.
Your faithfully,
SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION, Friday, June 12th.-The convention unanimous. elected Rey James B. Taylor, of Richmond, Va., as Correspondent Secretary of the Foreign Mission Board.
Various reports occupied most of the remainder of the day,
Remarks were made in commendation of the American Sonday Bchool Union, by Rev. De Bab- cock. Rev. J. B. Taylor, J. C. Crine, Rev. J. L.. Shuck, and Rey. Mr Simons.
Diplomatic Departmently GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. His Excellency Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary, &o, &c., has the satifaction to announce, that at the last moment and when actually awaiting the assault on their City, the Canton Authorities havo agsented to his reasonable demands, and the impend ing min of this populous place has been happily
averted.
The following are briefly the heads of the new
agreement:--
1. At the fixed period of Two Years from this day, the 6th April, the City of Canton shall be opened to British Subjects,
2. Her Majesty's Subjects shall be at liberty to roam for exercise or amusement in the neighbouring country without molestation, returning the same day, as at Shanghai, and any persons molesting them shall be severely punished.
persons deputed by Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary.
The Rev. Mr Adamu, of Md, offered the follow. ing resolution, which gave rise to some discussion, Whereas, The law of Christ requires not only of his ministers, but of all his disciples, to bear a part in the great work of evangelizing the world, And as all may, according to their various circum stances, promote this great end and cim of true die- cipleship:-
Resolved, That this Convention would regard with approbation, and with pleasure, the establish- ment at our several missionary stations of pions and intelligent merchants and mechanics, who, while they might pursue their respective occupations on their own responsibility, would, by their presence,
ment to the missionaries,
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TEA ASSOCIATIONS AND TEA DEPUTATIONS We had tered ourselves that the press but crushed to death the uniform duty
project of the Ten trade, but it appears there are still apathy of kte in it, for, a few days ago, a depulat of the London trado (a day after the fair) waed on Lord John Russel, and gave him a weary he.. of delusive statistics-of such statisties un st man, with his wits about him, ever legi-inted up We shall test a few of the pseudo statistics s ously insisted on on this and situilar pecusions The consumption of Tea, according to the trad the Isle of Man, the Channel Islands, M and Australia, so and so per head, auf, the d in Gront Britain and Ireland, instead of r paltry 15,000,000 of pounds, it ought, the..
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The lust of those sums, which an phrase be called "a thumper," repress Gwi ought to consume in the United Kinda consumed on the scale of Australia. is enough to judge of the fairess of this compa Taking the average of the United Kings ward of labour, in Australia, is about three as great as in this country; the cost of mead than one half, and the cost of animal fe one-fourth.
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The tax on Tea in Australia is ten valorem, and, to say nothing of the c that proposed by the Ten trade itself - iry is from 25 to 50 per cent for the rich, rom 200 to 150 for the middle classes, and from 40s Sal for the labouring classes. In Australia, l'en in the reach of every man, woman, sid chris, eď there are few who cannot even consumer
this country, with the projected duty, all box 18
among us about 6,000,000 of people, or use them a fifth part of the whole population, a more chance of getting at Ten than at the nectar of the immortal gods. The race-horse in his puze, well trained, and carrying a feather weight, gallops at the rate of a mile a minute, and, therefor. Tea trade will have it, that the aged betao, of condition, and carrying twelve stone, will porum the same achievement,
3. The aggressors on the two seamen in October last, and on Colond Chesney and others at Fushat on the 12th March, shall be made examples of The letter being already apprehended, will be H. And be it Turther enacted brought to Canton and punished in the presence of example and counsel, afford essential encourage- rich must constime economically; and there Faseboard had ordained. That the possession, fa po ak by any Chinrar Vessel whatever, pes, to be decred (ot being a Government Vessel) Piutical Veneela, off die offensive weapons called fixe pols or stink pots shall be held and deemed to be proof of a piratical Wessel.
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HIL And be it further enacted carrying cansive and ordained, That the possession B or weapons by any Chinese Wessel whatever Bable to funditure, (not being a Government Vessel) of Boy offensive arms or weapons shall be held and deemed to be proof of a piratical Vessel, and such Versel with he contents whail be thefelted; unless it shall appear that such Chinese vravel was doly 1. ceased to carry such arms or wenpons as hercin after gentioned.
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Trading Junia.
Lorbes large fast. bears, duly r. sacred, to carry a fag.
V And be it further enacted find ordained, That all trading Juaks, Lorchins. Jarge Fast-bosts. and oiber Vessels belonging to Hongkong, being duly registered and licensed by the Registrar-General, under nad by virtue of the provisions of Ordinance No. 7 of 1946, entitled "An Ordisaner to reßcal Ordinance *No. 18 of 1844, and to establish a more effectual Registry of the Chinese Inhabitants, and a censas of the Population of the Island of Hongkong" shall and may carry the same Bag as other Bri
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Registrar Gene. ral authorized to 8110) sach Bug. numbers of theis Register inscribed in large white figures in the centre of the said fling, so as to be dig- Hinguishable at a distance. And the Registrar Ge neral is hereby authorized to grant such flag as aforesaid: And every trading Junk, Lercha, Large Past boal, or other vessel belonging as foresaid which shall use the afore said for without being doly re- gistered and hecased as aforesaid, #hall be forfeited, and the owner os master of such trading Junk, Lorcha, or large Fast boat, or other vessel, shall in addition pay a fine aut exceeding Fifty Dollars.
carrying te fag.io be farisited
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4. An adequate space on the Honan side of the River shall be granted on lease to British Merchants and others, for the erection of Dwellings and Ware houses; and His Excellency will ascertain the site and extent before he quits Canton,
5. A site for the erection of a Church shall be allotted on lease in the neighbourhood of the space now occupied by the Foreign Factories; and spaces for Burial Grounds shall also be allotted at Wham
6. The Flying bridge and another building he tween the two gardens shall be erected as desired, and sheds shall not be permitted against the Walls, 7. For the better pleservation of order, and for the general convenience, the River front before the Facturies shall be kept clear of boats.
British Consulate, Canton, 6th April, 1817.
By Order.
A. R. JOHNSTON.
NOTICE. New advertisements, will be received, until 4 O'Clock, on the evenings previous to publi- ration, rit: Tuesdays„and "Fridays.
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V. And be it further enacted Lerchaalarze fast and ordained, That all trading baks, dr, having Junks, Lerchas, large Fast-bonis, tibes wmig なむ and other Vessels belonging to board then these Hongkong not duly registered and spersed is the licensed to carry arms, and all trad Begister peemed the proper. ing Junks, Lernhas, large Fast- of Pirates and boale, and other Vessels duly regs.
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THE FRIEND OF CHINA
AND HONGKONG GAZETTE, VICTORIA, SATURDAY, APRIL 10m, 1917.
NOTICE-The hours of Divine Service in the CoLg- MIAL CHAPBU are, on Sundays at & past 10 A.M, and 4 P. M. and on Thursdays at 6 P.M.
Victoria, 18th Nov., 1845.
VINCENT STANTON,
Colonial Chaplain.
NOTICE-UNION Chares will be open for Public Wor ship at 11 O'slick A. M., and at half-past 5 O'clock P. M., Auring the winter months, beginning with the 1st Novem ber 1815.
Victoria, 13 Detsher 18 16.
tion,
A committee of that body are to meet to mor- row to consider the subject, but you must not depend on bearing of any satisfactory result.
city th April 1849.11!
The 1st "new agreement is, Right to enter the
Canton, 8th April 1847. My Dear Sin-I do trust you will in your paper, put this case of attack on the Forts (it is pro posed to dub Sir John as Domine Bogue) by our Iroops, and our Governor's after procedings by Kable sa fortele. tered and licensed as before men. tioned, having on board other arms or a larger quan
way of effecting a "new agreement" in its fair po sition, a remonstrance is called for, and the mercan- tity of arms that are specified in their Register, tile Comunity are nearly all of one mind in this res sball be held and deemed to be the property of pipect; but you know in China, a public meeting is not Tales, and as such liable to forfeiture by process
the Court of Vice Admiralty, every man has his own idea, and meetings here gen- the place where such a document can be drawn up. Master of And the master or owner of every erally and in nothing. The Chamber of Com. bare the amber, trading Junk, Lorcha, large Past
merce considers it a subject worthy of their atten- naky &c. of boat, or other Vessel already re are on Enard in gistered and licensed as afor said easted so their Ra
(or bereafter to be registered and Estere
licensed) is hereby required to catee the nomber, quality, and description of the arma on board of such trading Junk, Lorcha, largo This privilege, in writing, was granted to us in Fast boat, or other Vessel, to be inserted or endorsed 15 or 461 erred in saying Mir H. Pottinger secur on the Register of the said Vessel, and every suched this) why this concession on the part of Sir John Master or owner is hereby required to produce such Davis? I question bis right, without sound cause, Regnter to the Registrar General (who shall make to touch the terms of the treas already confirmed, such insertion of endorsement as aforesaid) under and the public have a right to demand from bim his a penxity not exceedig Fifty Dol-grounds for taking such a step. Possibly Keying may have esked him to defer this until he was out of office, or what is equally likely, Sir John, deem ing his Reign near a close leaves the forcing the entrance to the City to his successor The Cantor scholars who are the exciters of the mob slirays denied our right to enter the City. The present act of the Gomernor will confirm them in their belief on us, it adds injury to jauh. It is well known that almost always, it is the mob who have given us trouble in our vocation, and our portion pow is worse than ever,
Penalty,
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And be it further enacted Master off and ordained. That the Master or Dander of Perks, Commander of all trading Junke, shew their ing. Lorchas, large Fast-boats, and other Vessels duly registered and licensed as before mentioned, and trading or plying beweeg Hongkong and any part of the Dominions of the Elaneror of China, shall, whenever they #all come to sigat al sny, European clip or other yesen, host their dag in some conrpicuous par ci
The other 6 heads of agreement contained in the really exhibit lute else then what we by eht were entitled to expect in teri
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"Resolved, That we respectfully invite the at- tention of our enterprising young brethren to this interesting and important matter."
The resolution was opposed by Messrs Kingsfoit, Culpepper, S. S. Sumner and Mims, and sustained by Mesers Shuck, Adams, Buck, James C. Crane and W. Crane,
Mr Kingsfort contended that it would be hazard- cus to invite men to go to China under the uppfo- bation of the Convention. They might become se, culprized, and embarrass and bring disgrace upon eur missions. It was not likely that very enterpris. ing men would be very useful to the missionaries such men closely occupied with their money making enterprises were not often very pious, and not much disposed to give time to labor in the cause of reli, gion.
Mr Culpepper suggested that the sending of these artizans under the approbation of the Convention might excite the jealousy of the Chinese Guvern.
ment.
But the stronghold of the London deputation was the lele of Man. It has a population of 48,000, anil with Is duty, consumes at the rate of two and three quarter pounds a head; whereas the United King dom consumes only as the rate of a pound and a half a head,
The whole consumption of Man, acccording to This statement, (the Liverpool statement maker it a little more) 132,000 pounds? weight. Now, there must be same queer mistake here, for we find that the whole quantity of Tea which cau bo ime ported into Mao, by act of parliament, in limited to 75,000 pounds. The reported consumption, theres fore, is 70 per cent beyond the legal import. If the whole statement, therefore, be anything better than a creature of the imagination, it is certain that the Manks-men, who are practised hands are com
Mr Shack corrected this impression. Artizana of other countries were freely admitted into Chin, and no jealousy had been excited because of their coming. Such persons might be of vast service to the missionaries. One gealleman who went to Ching the old soldier over the Custom House spending se, by his recommendation, with a anali capital, had been very prosperous, had taken nolive part în the religions proceedings in his church in Canton, and was indeed his right hand man. He gave both his labors and means liberally to the church. A few such men would do a great deal to advance the cause of Christianity at a missionary station,
Mr W. Crape favored the resolution. He couldly confide as implicitly in the religions merchant as in the ministers. He would just as soon trust them as the ministers. He meant to reflection upon the ministers their calling was the most dignified and melted under heaven; might God bless them and
crown their efforts with success. When he was an apprentice he had been urged to study for the min istry; and again, when he was more advanced in but he declined. He did not feel satisfied that he life, he had been pressed with the same suggestion, cught to do so-he had seen others make wrecks of themselves,
He should continue to strive for the success of the Church, He would help the ministers. They could build a house without scaffolding. not do without the help of others--they could not
Rev. Mr Adams said the objections of his brother Kingsfitt reminded him of the objection of a gen- drought. He said that ifit rained the words would tleman to pray for rain on the occasion of a great grow, and choke the corn, and he therefore could not join in prayer for rain!
with which the convention had nothing to do.
Professor Mims regarded the emigration to China for the pursuit of trade as an individual enterprise,
agreed to without a division-New York Recorder, The question was then put, and the resolution was
Toleration in China.--Rev. De Bridgman, of Can- ton, in a letter of March 27, SAYS
halfa-crown out of six pepcon day," at the expense of the Treasury; and consequently, that instead of the duty on the whole consumption being 12, 75,000 pounds' weight pay no duty at all. As Lord John is a discreet man, we fancy he will think twice before he legislates on Manker statistica. The London deputation, however, belisting firm in the Munks statistics, proceeded to urge on the First Lord of the Treasury that the consumption of the United Kingdom would rise to the high standard of Man, which would make the whole 80,000,000 of pounds, and that this, with the 1s duty, wol the fea trade, from the abolition of the would give a revenue of 4,000,0001 The mopopoly to the present time, is rather against this conclusion of an augmentation in a single year of
duty is Is 21 a pound. Now, on the very sams 85,000,000 of pounds. The proposed reduction of Teas, the reduction of price, since the opening of the trade, has ranged from 2s up 1031 pound, and yet the increase of consumption, novin
non (welve? months, but intwelve years, has been only 1,400.000 or a moiety, and an odd 7,000,000 of ponds to boot, less than the Manks precedent would mak it, pro re nata, in ono short year.
This, however, is not all we have on the faiths of deputation called it, of 35,000,000 pounds of Ter, the Isle of Man. The extraconsumption" as the is to produce an immediate demand for 39 001 tons of sugar to drink with it, and this quantity is to yield a revenue on the spot of 820,000, so that the Jefalcation in the Ten duties shall only amount to 100,000, a sum," says the worthy depui tion, when compared with the great moun: Hon, "not worthy of being taken i
into consider
benefit likely to accrue to the public from the duction of duty," a conclusion which ook be true if all the premises were true; but none P them, unluckily, are so.
"By the last overland arrival, nine Italian priests came to Cajon; and these are not the first who have In the first place we ask where the money is to will need missionaries. arrived this year. Before long the whole country come from, with which the public is to buy the In my judgment it is much great mass of sugar necessary to sweeten the 35, more likely that all China will be open to us ten 000,000 of pounds of Tea, that are to per 520,0004. bould now porta freetoleed, be estimated at less than 3,000,0d, tho should now have five ports accessible, and free tole- that we ago,
into the
ration for nutive Christians throughout the empire. saving by the reduction of the Tea duty has been "As to the act of toleration, I think you need have forestalled in the purchase of a supply of Tea which no concern. It is the opinion of most-and they is to raise our consumption, in a single pa b are doubtless correct, that the Chinese government seventy-seven per cent--so from that fund it can intends to give full toleration to Christianity, not not come. Neither can it come from a duction to ene set, but to all who, 'doing well, worship of the sagar duties, for the scheme cose pot con the Lord Jesus Christ. An imperial decree has just template reduction-they are already engaged been promulged, restoring to the Chinese Chris, to make up the defalcation in the Tea duffer lo tians all their ancient houses, built in the reign of deed, we think the public, already somewhiffes:- Kanghi, with the exception of such as have been ed in bread and potatoes, must be a little ungalet converted into temples or into dwelling houses for how to raise the 2,000,0001, in question say the people. At present, though we cannot go into nothing of the additional million in the the country ourselves, Christian converts and our whol sale and retail profite which the publ agents can."-ford,
would be called on to disburse before in augar
China The five high led all the
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We must beg leave also to add that ther a small dificulty in raising the extra Bum! sugar on the per oliha
BRIK SEDIU inker two Fears of thereabouts from the Of the canen to the brERINT the produc
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