less obstinate than the asino classes in Europe, as on as they find their advantage in change; and the severst instances in which they have at once rame to our views, are proofs of their aptness to Jarn, and their desire to prove. Of Inte years.
THE FRIEND OF CHINA AND HONGKONG GAZETTE.
reduce it to the position of a mere Board of Counsel to the local Manager! This done. Messrs Cargill and Marshall, with another gentleman were sont out as a deputation, on a mission of conciliation
they have böseme yra ir toltivators af indige where fallen instructions bring to secure the of Baush goods in Inks from China. The E
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vered in, might cause a falling off in the reabrt of ↑ English vessels, and in the revenue, from the cat requent decrease of the heavy tonnage daty a royal decren has gone forth for adding the fature import restriction on trade leads to another, the Ing. finds it necessary in order to insure the sale of a 5 monopolized Sagar to interfere with another im portant branch of the trade of his Kingdom, and he may, by and by, go on to make other rash and | hartial restrictions :—whereas if he left commerce alone, things would probably adjust thems Ives st. isfactorily without his interference being required.
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by the Bombay Proprietary, of the above they never heard of it before. They are, in some considerate propositions for the all but maihilation pices, abandoned their own sugar-cane for that of of their own power. But there was something hid.
Mauritius, which is now thriving in many parts dan under the word "conciliation."
It senins to the country. They have engaged extensively, have been thought that it was just within the hits scar hing to their means, in growing silk.
In of possibility that the resolutions might be entried: ot sure years one hundred villages, near Delhi, if so, all well and good-their object would be se- lager to grow American cotton, wire the plant cured. In the event of their failing, the mission And never before been seen. They adopt OUR ma would resort to negotiation, and endeavor to carry mory (carts especially), and reject their own the out certain verbal instructions which had been given
can afford it.
Their poverly alone, them, and which comprised various proposals, suited gooment they
On this subject the prevents their doing more,
to any condition in which the mind of the Indian timony of Alexander Rogers, Esq, a gentleman proprietary might happen to be found, li was
SINGAPORE MARKET REPORT many years resident in Bengal, and but lately clear, from the moment the deputation rrived, that
(From the Straits Times, April 21. returned, is valuable, 17......-.
there was not the shadow of a chance of carrying Since our last weekly report, the state of the mar. The prej dice of the natives to the introdues the rese
resolutions, which were obnoxious to il
the entire ket has aguio slightly improved: süll, howevẾT, NÚ dom of improvements in agriculture is often refer. body of the
ahareholders in this country so that the speculative demand exists for Europes" fabrics, I will, therefore, record my opinion upon conciliatory proposals had to be tried,and from whilst stocks are continually receiving augmenta De Presid the select. The peasantry of India are. I think, what occurred at the Meeting, we presume the adoption. As the jonk season is now drawing the al exter educated and less prejudiced than the pration of any one of these was deemed likewise unde a grest amount of activity most prevail and continue anty of England were thirty years ago.
No dirable. Neither the unconditional acceptance of with the departure of the Chinese traders. siderable difficulty was found in introducing a
the distasteful resolutions-nor a lease of them for and superior method of cultivating and pre- five years, as a sort of experimentum crucis-nor the Taring epiam, of which India exports 5,000,000 division of the Bink into two Companies, ens Bus
se per annum, of the finest quality in the world. ponn and the other Indian-nor yet the repurchase Beid Nat-Inquiries are made by the junk ira- There was no difficulty in improving the growth of the shares taken up by the Shareholders in Eng ders, but not a parcel of the natis offering the sewe and manufacture of sugar, of which Indian sorts land, appears to have been considered an advisable nut will not arrive here for dearly two months. sell (on the average of all last year), four shillings course to pursue The Bombay Board, however, Camphor, Chias. A large amount in the spar. fet wt. better than that imported from the West hotwithstanding the course pursued towards it byket, the rate of which is nominal at 811, with ca aut. es. There was no difficulty in introducing the the London Directors and the generous reflections, Cussia. –Offered freely at $101, bet us transd cultivation, on an improved system, of indigo, of official and "confidential from time to time cast tion reported. which India exports to the value of 2,000,000 of upon its members, did not wholly reject the offer the finest quality in the world.
There was no dif- to settle terms for the adjustment of differences. cotty found in adopting the most improved Italian They availed themselves of the proffered mediation sveters in the treatment of the silk worms, and of Messrs Cargill and Marshall-submitted theirown feng raw silk, of which India exports per annum proposals to those gentlemen, and subsequently to 2003. I therefore see no important difficulty the Meeting, and got them unanimously adopted; in haradacing superior cotion. I believe there is
-and the deputation will now proceed home, to care cupon produced in India than in America, but recommend, as the only effectual means of restoring it is required for home consumption." "
an amicable nadorst inling, the adoption of arrange- muts fully approved of here, and which seem cul culated to promote, in no sinall measure, the grad. (I'm the Bombing Telegraph and Courier, Feb. 24.) al interests of the Shareholders, and prosperity of
the Bank.
THE ORIENTAL BANK.
We esamisi deny ourselves the pleasure of con- grelating the Bombay Shareholders of the Oriental Donk on the very complete and gratifying victory they have at length achieved over the ambitious and Thelicone bolly of gentlemen in London, to whoi
the microsis were unreservedly entrusted, under pie af the most ushappy delusions as to the extent hawer they were granting, and the objects likely oured by the measure, that has probably teen mamfested in the history of modern Bank- union of moderation with Sess, and by the exhibition of a unanimity of faling he does them honor, they have succeeded only in rejecting the additional fetters which the Regulations passed at the Special General Meet irgin London proposed to place on the local Board
ing Insulations. By a union of
The policy of the London Court appears to have been neither more or less than to make the beat possible terms for themselves; to secure the whole power, if practicable, and if not so, in give ground inch by inch to the Indian Proprietors, so në to ob- tain the very atmost the latter were willing to as sentio. The result may perhaps disappoint them though they could hardly have had any real expec tation of being much more successful, but we tind i will operate as a useful lesson, and deter the in future from any such wild and fruitless opposition to the wishes of the Indian proprietary, as that in which they have been recently engaged.
By the steamer Nemesis, Mr Brooke, Her Majes
rectors, batin relieving that Board of the majorly's Agent in Borneo, hus arrived here from P gat of the shackles by whith its movements were.
ere peces), its position lowered, and its powers hemospects of the Bank are now fair CONCUSS Tuere can be no doubt whatever that The new provisions proposed to be inserted in an verde Deed of Settlement will be carried at the
mang. We have not heard whether any thing has transpirea relative to Mr Brooks being of red the Governorship of Labuan, or not.-Singapore Free Prees, April 22.
PINANG,~By H. M steamer Nemesis which left Pinang on the 18th instant, we have a Pinang Ga zette of the 10th inst, from which we learn that II. M. S. Is sled for England on the 7th inst, and that the greater part of the feet was to leave Pinang in the course of the following week. Iako records the particulars of several Courts Martial which had been held on Naval Officers, the report of which is too long for extract this week. Letters by the Fe bruary Mail seem also to be awaiting at Pinang.
pri Mieing at home and these provisions, as it appears to is, include almost everything that could be yared, short of the restoration to the Bombay Shareholders of the supreme and ondivided control saturs, and the direction of the whole sarious branches. It would seem that there $25 auf di liculty in the way of passing the Resolutions spiced to altbe Bombay Meeting of the 276 July that even had those Resolutions been carried, as they of course aight easily have been, By could not have been legally put in force by the Stelders. The opinion of eminent Counsel had We taken on the point, and whatever judgment might have been formed as to the justice, there could be no question as to the low, of the case. It thus becare desirable to substitute, for the full measure of reform originally claimed, the best arrangemental f the Indian Shareholders which, ander the cit remstances, could be secured; and we think the *provisions above referred to amply supply this Benderatum.
Since writing the above we have been favoured with the loan of a Gazette of the 17th, from which we learn that Sir J. T. Cochrane embarked on the evening of Wednesday the 14th inst, on the Agin. court for England, with all honors from the Antho- rities and Men of War. The Agincourt and Wolf sailed on Thursday morning for England. Admi Inglefield hoisted his white flag on the Vernon in the evening
We observe a letter of the Hun. the Recorder in this paper dated 15th inst, giving publienty to cer- tuin proce dings of tl. M. Justices relative to the The Bombay Board of Directors appear to have Police Force at Singapore. We cannot do more arted throughout the proceedings, with much spirit than make this allusion to it at present, but next and straight-forwardness, and they have displayed, week we shall republish the whole, with some ob-
the course of delicate, and often perplexing, disservations upon it.-Ibid. -- cassions, a degree of gentlemanly forbearance which relands greatly to their credit, and which has tend-CHINA-We circulated the news brought by the s much as anything, to place matters in that Steamer Sir Charles Forbes, in the shape of an extra air train for eventual amicable adjustment in which on Monday morning, and since that no further se we now find then,We should be happy could we counts have been received. We give a letter from freed the same praise to the members of the London a correspondent at Hongkong relative to the defence Cont But these latter gentlemen seem to us to less condition in which the island was left daring have manifested feelings and declared intentions, of Sir John's doughty expedition, and the apprehen- nature quite incompatible with a due regard for sions and alarms which were excited by rumours The interests of the Insatntion and confining our of attack by robbers, &c. anton entirely to the particular view of their con don disclosed in the various reports and other do. ments that have been given to the world, and turn. igofenurse, a desfear to the numerous prejudicial Tours that have been circulated bateau reference
their proceedings, we cannot but come to the con Canon that, so long as there appeared to be the Fighest prospect of settingat noughti the ludian Proprietary, and retaining Be enormnas power with which the Plutonally anvested they were dis they engine to motion to decomp bet litus be considered a harsh or upwür we say to the renderamate tareiury per939
and calmly tousulers klich bey have themselen supp printed papers. Those who dout per, and their den run on 30 wfar, the reins of authority infl cely refer to the report reall pas-d, at tbs General Meet
tain the fullest and m judice of the impatanen. of proxies waders home olions for a fin, at the one Fly of twentie
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the little power that stil
The result of Sir John Davis's Exped on ap- pears to as singularly inconclusive and unsatiktas. tory. It seems to have been precipiately undetta. ken, and the manner in which it was brought to a conclusion, after all the preparations for storming
looks very much as 31 Sir John Davis's ardoar bad been dampened and he had come to the con- clusion of another celebrated Sir John, that he better part of valour is discretions are d Formed that the bars in the neighbourhonor Con-
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Alam --Several parcels remailt in importerta bunds, wha are willing to part with them at a res spanie reinction on question.
Cloces A sale reported of 30 picul Beurles at $29 per pica!.
OpenIn the early part of the week about 20 chests of Paura were placed $15, but dal-s were Eubaequently made at lower rates. Cab is report-3 5 chess at $100. In Benares there is little demand i a sile is reported of 14 chests at $580. In Malwa and Turkey, we do not hear of anything doing,
Pepper - Daring the reck several transactions bave saveted of which the following bare hoew resorted-cleaned Singapore of good qality as $33 per pioul; 250 picule winite at $25 per picult 400 pree blank at $3,00 cents, the latter consist- ing of this and Tringanu qualities.
In addition to the above wales, about 784 plock, of West Coast Sumatra Pepper was put pe hou and bought in at 238\ cents at 87 cells.
Rice. Within the last few days the price of grain has exmbitelan upeird tendency in consequence of sewly the whole the late strivels being expre elly Jara; such indeed has been the industr held out by the searchy provaliing in the Daten possessions that, ere a manb expires, the valve of
grain will be greatly augmented in Singapore. The last sale made was $30 per coysa for African grain-
Saltpatre. -Saleable at 864 $7 per pical of good qinlay.
Sapan Wood-Imports from Manila, and sales at 1.30 cents per pick
Saalal Hood -A considerable quandily has re- cently been imported and sold at $5 a per picat. Sugar. There has been an imprevediemand for Sugars and also considerable imports, including abunt 7000 p/cals of Hiam production During the week sales reported of 300 piculs Cochin-China, at 848 miki about 3000 pleuls of Slam ar $44.
TONNAGE.-During the week the Leden took her departure for Liverpool, the Fortitude and Bre- there for London, all with full cargoes. There sull remains plenty of freight were footage available for Europe.
EXCHANGE-The money market has not been at all saire during the week. Sales of good B ca un Londen at 48 54, at six months. Comparyla Accepted Bills on Bengal hold at Rs220 per 100
Dullars to the extent of R$30,000.
DIED.
A Siempre, on 22nd April, from the effecs of a fel, Captains Thans Masay, late Commander of the P. & O Company's Steam Ship Blagenna.
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Isil Pemilure Cur Blesser Polar Lamps, Gi, Briedy, Weez, 203 13900. Be assortment o Eusmelled Rice condos. Foam Bl Clerk. Suite, Cotton Nices, Baba Stocke, and obe Habendeabery, Alena Plesesto Body 4 Spers, a Billard Tello wowed Ponies, and zay other Guede that cost holure the Sale.
PUBIJO UZTION,
(Nander the ad May, 1017, to the Auc Gan ilmum, Praya Grande, JNA SMITH tas bump requested by dfør og vels by Public A ne- twa, ar Lavoice, its model of Goodtro) Buka and Sun Dresses, Ladys' ca40catiomen's Sie und Ku Gloves, French-made Facia wsi Sak, fiation. abs Neckerchiefs und Wubsisters, have Farce, Children's Cerpen Toys Latin Treach, uper Ties and Socks, Sareeses, and 2 mige tot
Twotices, Wine Glasses, Dershiers, 4, 5, and C- glase viruzet Shaka Zas de Casogne, Regiamags, Sagar Cases, Hoep, Cerit, &c.
Atacag, mit May. 1347-
INGUISTS Warunts tod Näry Bias for sale
at Office
Office Friced of Chone, 28th The 1544.
SUBSCRIPTIONS 17 DANTON PUS RELINP OF THE DESTITUTEK RRELAND AND SCOTLAND,
1. Dear, Esq.,
O Johnson. Es 7. Bowman Esq. C. B. Longrans, Esq, D Hammasjer, E H. Eee Biseo, Ase
A. Stoel, Dyn Jabo Sraith, Esy,
WV Walkshor. Esj, A. D) Sesses Long, Elajon Franjon, Esq. R. II. Camages, Esq. 3. Shephard. Dag.. Q. B. Barsson, Esy,, 1. T. Covilier. Ex. R. H. Rolk, Esq.. J Blownser, Belja. A da Säveira. Ég, R. J. Gibaan. Esq., Jas. Wiliams, 128, G. de S. Oreis. Eeg.. A J. Young. Esq. W. H. Vacher, Esq., Jolt But Dsq.
1 L. A. Plecope, Esq. 13. G. Camera. Deg THE Undersigned has for Sale at his GENERALA When Ext.
Sroan, Nolah Bioge, Queen's Hood - York T. Dayal Bag isms, Cheddar and Berkeley Cheese, Ox Tongues / God. The est Pickles, Sauces Sardanes, Tart Fruits, Bleen W. W. Porkin, Esq., Zante Carrants Soups, Salion, Szachs, Query Dus, Ra... Candies. Rowling preces, Pistols, Garpowder, and any, Hap Parcussion Caps, Fame clalis, Cigin Billida Ave Ale Est Cantas Brown Bollards Liors, and Chim back, 1 Montugira, Esq. Deer Flasks: Bat Bricks: Si Jal we are Abo P 8. Bra for very Superior Gluse. Wore, consisting of 1944). Samar, Es Clatet, flour Champiesne, and Digovor Grasses,, 1. Buxo, Esq Finger Classes Triers, Plet and Ware Per Cleghosdoo, Es.. canters, and Water Goblets and Doctors us the Moalbos, and Forks Sacens of Soris, and other dracistoty Aftrong est numeroas tu mention on adverbreek
PREDERICK WOODS.
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