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THE FRIEND OF CHINA

HONGKONG GAZLITE

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25

ND OF CHINA KONG GAZETTE.

AURDAY, JUNE 127, 1817.

Corn In June 1847

nt Diotha Mervice in the Coto- past to A. M. ays Alpest 6PM

VINCENT STANTON,

Colonial Chaplain

NOTICE The hours of Public Worship in the UNION

At present are 11 A. My and past 6 P. M Fotore, sd May, 1647

ult brings on the result of the 8th opium sale,

Average for Palna, 1209.02.3 Do Benares, 1160.15.8

She reports the arrival of the Cowasjee Family on the 20th, Seyd Kahn and Water Witch on the 230, and the Sylph on the 24th. It was understood abat H. M. S. Vernon, Admiral inglefield, would Teare on the 25th for Hongkong direct.

eas

there thirds of what t

angelfled state. They have One tool place in his last evening The sub ment of rent. There is asible, will be paid.

He has offered employment on Lord Annesly's pro perty in drainage, paying by the piece, but he can ell get few men to come in. Day work is what they letters to ora com De

Line look for He told me that the sums paid in weekly of boats, such as are ired, the Post office would to the sange bank were considerable, and increas be out of pocket considerably by the addiuon to the present estabilðamen

It might be shown that, according to the system now in operation, deliveries cannot be depended upon for the greater part of a day after maus er Tive, and that the office closes for the receipt of let ters two hours earlier than convenient for the public

We would suggest, that a copy of the memorial be presented to Sir John Davis, with a request that he support its prayer. It is true that His Excel lency has no control of the Branch Post-office here, or printation with the head of the not is he in communication establishment at home, but from his position as Go vernor he can give an independent opinion which

cannot fail to have considerable weight.

The results of the late trial led to the correspond ence we introduce. It is desirable that the Acting The Victoria, witch datos from Singapore to 24th Deputy Post-master in Canton furnish the public with ample information as to he rates of postage, conveyance, &c. and it is reasonable that this should be demanded of him. We do not blame Mr Oakley for refusing this information, simply because he is not in possession of it. Notwithstanding Mr Hyland's bold assertion, it is clear that he has no Deputy here, the services of the gentlemen of the Consular establishment being purely acts of courtesy. Mr Oakley says truly, I am not on the Post office establishment, and consequently cannot be answerable for any delay that may occur, delivery of letters not forming a part of Consular duty. We admit the truth of this, attaching no blame to Mr Oakley for the delay complained of; but surely if the public must pass their letters through the Con- sulete, some person on the Post-office establishment should be responsible for them.

CANTON.

THE purchase of six houses Flog Lane, and the consequent stoppage of the the roughfare between the two gardens attached to the oal and new factories is arranged to the satisfaction of the residents. Hog Lane has been the scene of most of the riots between seamen and the Chinese; it has at all times offered a ready ingress to the factories; and the lower part of it was usually crowded with booths, either the abodes or the haunts of the lowest of a degraded populace. The safety as well as the comfort of the inbabitants will be much enhanced by the removal of these abodes of disease and crime, and Mr Macgregor may congratulate himself upon the result of his

negotiation

It is proposed to build a chapel between the old and new factories thus planting a strong barrier in the centre of the obnoxious thoroughfars. From the line of building frontage to the water run two walls, the fences from the old street; it is probable that both these walls will be taken down, and the one garden extend from the creek to old China Street The greater freedom of circulation, an ncreased beauty in appearance, a larger scope for exercise, and, it may be, the removal of anomalous distinctions, all plead for one garden. The flying bridge provided for by the new agreement," will not be required, and the position of the factories will bo strengthenal by free communication."

BARTISH CONSULATE,

CANTON, 7th June, 1817 SRWith reference to your letter of the 29th witymo, I beg to acquaint you for the formation of the Combiges,

that. I have succeeded in making an arrangement with the Mandarins appointed by the High Imperial Commissioner for determining the site of a church in Hog Lace, and for other purposes, of which the following is the substance) --

The frat four shops within the southern gate are to be made over to me at the prices mentioned in the title deeds, - Name Noil price, tauls 00-good-witi maney 393

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do. 1009 dodo.

Jo. §:

1100

cha.

do.

taels 786 do.

300 do.

the good will money is to be defrayed out of the purchase sy by the proprietor, who is also to make an adequara allowance for the ground rent to be paid annually by the purchasers to

For the two shops outside of the gate, for which to the deeds east, I have allowed the building materials, and nothing Incre, valued at 315 inets.

The free space between the two gardens, including the ground occupied by the six shops, and the landing place on the over (from which latter the fiwa Kwang Temple hitherto derived a reponve stated on $800 per annum) has been Secured at a ground rem of three cents per square foot, the me rate which is paid for the ground occupied by the now. factortes.

Possession of these tenements to be given in Ewe days from the date hereof, when the shops are to be pulled down, and e wall erected in the lane at their northern boundary, in order

efectually to stop the thoroughfare,

Taball not fail to in 70 you of the particulars of the sums I shall require for completing the bargain, of which I trust you will approve, and I haze the honor to be, &c.,"

F. C. MACGREGOR.

To DAVID JARDINE, Esq., ChaT TRAIA

the Canton British Chamber of Commerce.

In drawing attention to the following correspond. ence, ye would remind the public that in his evi- dence on the late trial of Capt Larkins, Mr Hyland declared that when he took charge of the Post-office, he found a regular mail communication with Canton ablished, and that Mr Horace Oakley, of the British Consulate, was now Officiating Deputy

Trist master This pr

ormation was new and to test the facili ondence afforded by the Post-office, tetters accompanying musters Bent by bata were put in the bongkong Post

duplicates reached the parties whose from four to ive days after the of course valueless. Thus had red to show that for business letters the public, it would be ten to twelve days

to a letter sent to communications received to Firty- privilege of the

public

It is an error to suppose that the merchants of Hongkong and Canton wish to evade the payment of all legal postal charges. They would be pleased to see a regular mail route established, as the wut of it compels them to be their own Post-masters, and entails a considerable monthly expenditure.

CANTON, 7th June, 1817.

H. OAXELY, Esq., Post-Master, Canton,

SIR,I was not until the 2d instant, that we were made aware of the cistence of a Post-office communication between Hongkong and Canton, when we posted a letter at Hongkong to the address of our Firm here, and we are somewhat surprised that the letter in question has not yet made its appearance, although the letters from Hongkong of the h reached this yesterday morning by the daily post. Probably you may be able to explain the cause of such delay in the delivery of letters when they are for- warded through the Hangkong Post-office, from those sent by the private boat.

Weshall also be glad to be informed of the different rates of postage charged by you on letters from this to India. payment of the postage is compulsory here, or otherwise I oc our sending you letters for England, you will charge as postage hence to Hongkong fletters for Cantor, the postage of which being paid in Hongkong, will be delivered here on arrival, by your order, as Post- master? If a Post-office boat leaves this each night for mongkong, and at what hour your office closes for the receipt of letters? If the boat which rates your maile prohibited from calling at Macao, on its way to or from Hongkong, and if the China owner is responsible for the packe.s which you entrust to him?

is

We shall be glad if you will inform us a same time, the hours at which your office is open, as up this times we are not aware of ever having seen any Fos-office regala- tions published as regards Canton," your production of which probably, would be the best way of answering the above queries. We ace, do, do,

LINDSAY & Co.

BRITISH CONSULATE,

CARTON, 7th Jove, 1847. GENTLEMEN-ID acknowledging the receipt of your letter of this day's date, I beg to acquaint you that, although temporarily charged with the extra duty of making up, despatching, and receiving letters forwarded to and from the Post-office in Hongkong through this Consulate, I am not on the Post-office establishment, and, consequently, cannot be answerable for any delay which may occur→ delivery of letters nos forming a part at Consulate duty.

I may add, that on calling at this office, all parties receive attention, and are immediately suppiled with their des- patches; and I beg to acquaint you that a mail is at present made up, and despatched from the Consulate every after- noon, the hour for closing being 4 o'clock precisely!

For the solution of your other numerous queries I must beg leave to refer you to the Post-mester at Hongkong. I remain, gentlemen, your's obediently.

HORADE OAKLEY,

CANTON, 7th June, 1847. Bonice OAKLEY, Esq, H. M. Consulate, Cantor.

SIR,We are in receipt of your favour of this date in answer to ours respecting the Post-office arrangements in Cantuo.

In addressing you on the subject, we were in the belief you were acting here for the Post-mester, and consequently considered you in a position to answer the queries put to you by us. These rou decline answering, and refer us to Hongkong.

We may mention, that we should not have written to you regarding the rules of the Post-ofice, had not Mr Eyland, in the Court at Hongkong, named you as the Canton agent for the Post-offers but as you state you are not on the Post-office establishment, wit must endeavour to procure the information wanted hear some other source. Regretting the trouble thas given to you, we are, bec., de

LINDSAY & Co.

EXTRACTS FROM CORRESPONDENCE RELAT- INO TO THE MEASURES ADOPTED FOR THE RELIEF OF THE DISTRESS IN IRELAND, FROM JULY, 1846 TO JANUARY, 1847.

PRESENTED TO PARLAMENT.

From the Economist:)

Concluded from No. 46 ]

I have but a few hurried moments to acquamt you that, on taking my love this day at the Horse Guards, Major-General Brown, Deputy Adjutant General remarked to me, that it was very extraor dinary, notwithstanding the state of destitution ro- ported to exist in Ireland, very few recruits are enlisted; that during the last few weeks or so, the London district, which comprises considerable por tions of the adjacent counties, has afforded more recruits to the army than the whole of Ireland; and that 5,000 or 6,000 men would be readily accepted if they offered themselves. General Brown sug- gested to me, that it would be well to direct men's minds this way, and he approved of my desire to draw the attention of the Inspecting Field Omcer to any localities likely to afford men. It appears some- what strange, that such distress, as that which is now reported to exist in Ireland, should not turn the youth to the army, as a means of providing for themselves. w, p 191.

Take, for instance, the year 1813. The recruits then obtained by 37 recruiting parties in the whole of Ireland, except the northern district, was. 2,175 In 1840 these recruiting parties were in creased to 157, but instead of the number of recruits being increased four-fold, as might have been expected, there have only been ob tained up to the present date

2,327

152

Making an excess of only recruits, from the exertions of 120 additional par ties!!! Indeed, it is a singular fact, that in this year of great distress in Ireland, the whole number of recruits obtained from that kingdom is only 200 more than from the London district alone, although 235 recruiting parties are employed in the former, and but 163 in the latter. Now, were starvation before them at home, it is not unreasonable to suppose that abundance of young men would gladly enter the service., p 192.

list, while his neighbour, possessed of nothing in the world but his spaile and his limbs, has been struck off At Clare Abbey and Kilmealy, where I was yesterday and Monday engaged in a similar inves gation, 1 found the commitee had acted in same manner. to, p 200.

On the other hand, although 3,000 have been struck off, there still remain about 4 000 more than would be necessary to afford effectual relief, if ne perly dispensed. What course, therefore, w uld you recommend! I have thought of applyin. to the lieutenant of the county to reconstruct the c mittees, as I find the directions for their construction do not warrant the appointment of half gentry bankrupts in fortune and in character, to whom the patronago of the situation appeare of the greatest importance. The consequence of these appoili ments is, that I have mat but two protestant cle gymen in the entice of the committees and the gentlemen of character are fast following the example. I was in hopes that there was an ani of the turbulence I met with in the committees, G. my first arrival, but yesterday's experience und ceived ms. I should not mind this if I felt that I could do any good; but I fear I cannot, with my present materials.

10, p 291.

I feel quite disgusted with the syalete carried on throughout may district. All order a regularity appear to be thrown overboard, the Government. rules violated, and not merely by the uncivilised peasant, but by meu of education; all the good intentions of the Government abused, and the mon granted for the misery of the country placed by priest and landlord in the reach of wealthy and holders, while the miserable, homeless wretches, group about me every place I turn, and tall no that men who could live at home are employed the works, while they cannot procure half the Saries of life. I have often asked them in defy the persons for me, but they say that they would be afraid of this priest and that gentlemen. I shall not make an assertion without giving a prost, and. fearlessly name the instigators of the foure practised in my district. In the first plan county surveyor gives an order for 300 of the treat people to be placed on a work, but the reread gentleman places double that cumber, and coun ges the people to go on the works without selection. w. p 71,

SIXTH-The Irish do not avail themselves of a dinami

for labour in England and Scotland, but rather fck home to Ireland for the Government say. It appears you have 150,000 Irish Jubairers Ireland, employed at the expense of the country - that is, you have 150,000 more than are required by the farmers there.

I have lately v returned from Scotland (Aberdeh shire), where the general complaint is, that Ther

I wrote an official yesterday to state that Mr Breit and myself had thought it better to suspend the whole of the works for a few days, acting on the discre tionary power given to us; the fact is, unless it be done, the harvest will not be finished cutting, and what is as bad, enough turf will not be cut The people will sooner work on the roads for Bd. than cut harvest for 18. The only alternative 1 see is,

a want of labourers. I proposed to drain unterte to get the landlords to raise the harvest wages by Drainage Act, but the tile manufacturer writes the

le cannot contract from want of labourers- keeping the works stopped for a time, and then putting them gradually" in hand again; but with

~ A short lime since a railway contractorian Re the present rate of harvest wages, if one balf of the

wrote to the Bishop of Derty, expressing his ri works only are stopped they will be flooded with men, ingress to take 600 Irish starvelings so that all must be gone on with or all stop, to,

appears to me that it would be a good test apply P71,

to these Irishmen to propose to the When questioning him with respect to the pro-least) to go to Scotland, the Government afarding visions in the country, he said, "I believe there is then the passage free, and securing them a ce much more than is generally supposed. I have

rate of wages in Scotlan for three months least good potatoes every day at 8s. per cwt, which is not which, and perhaps more, the Scotch low le dear considering the circumstances of the country.

mers would give. Many would, daubtless, refogel The fact is, that when the disease in the potato was and, if so, might fairly be struck off for the Do generally proclaimed, persons holding comacre

vernment pay them, and that too by money Za136) threw it up, refusing to pay the rent; the potatoes upon Great Britain for untaxed Ireland surely you remained undug; those that were sound continued

may dictate where their labours shall be gisen. so up to the late frost, and the people have by de-

10, p 271. grees been taking them up. I expect, when the land shall be ploughed up in the spring, that there will be found a considerable quantity which will be serviceable as food. It was a great thing," he said the closing of the works at the end of August; if that had not taken place, there would not have been any turf cut; the money paid to them on the roads made them sacrifice everything else. They they cultivate them in the spring, while they can are not doing anything with their gardens, nor will get employment on the roads; they have an idea. that government must provide for them, and they much prefer the present easy mode of obtaining "Disease is creeping in, swelled legs, money." which runs up the limbs and turns to dropsy, with swellings in the glands of the neck. Very fortun- ately the season has been dry, very few broken days from wet, so that there has not been much suffering by exposure." tet; p 452. |Firra.---Gross jobbing and misapplication of the

relief.

for

servants

Mr Duncan to Mr MacGregor. The Vine, Dundee, October 17, 1848. — Weba at this period fewer frish than usual, and we coul al our works, give employ to a considerable number if they were wishing work, but I doubt not a few will be led back to Ireland, in hopes of money without labour.

Mr Wilson to Mr MacGregor, Dandyvan, October 31, 1840-I have and pleasure of receiving your letter of the 28th and It appears to me not easily accounted for how the Irish should leave high wages here and gomet Ireland at the present time; but such is the fact, I have just seen one of my contractors,

me that 20 of his men have left him this week to return home to Ireland, who were receiving los a week here for wheeling and filling earth the plest of all labour. I find that common labets i my employment, and I must have about 10 em ployed, are now receiving from 158 to 181. when two years ago they got from 103. to

week

bet

Colliers and miners now make is an they do not work more than from from foto hours a day.

about a the boat!

ek is

Government should wohhold

The result of this personal examination has been to establish that from 20 to 50 per cent, and upwards, of persons, have obtained employment on the public works whose names should never have been entered I am now paying about 5,0001, 2-week wages, on the books of the relief committees. For exam- for work which two years ago was done ple: on Sunday last, out of 200 persons employed 2,700. The making of railways has on project No. 14, in Upper Dundalk, I had to strike principal cause of this rise in the price off no less a number than 106. v, p 279.

on many of the lines from 18s. 10 225. Many of the more comfortablo farmers are now given for comman labour, on the public works with their sons; the sscyan

1am of opinion (bal Gover of others have left them

a like purpo

purpose, atid giving

PEPESCE Coloyment to men who are able it rock. legitimate labour turned from its natural source, They can all be employed by the public.

are there and the uncertain state of the crops, and total failure is no doubt that the high price of labour soon of the potato seed, occasions to all ground for deep tell against the manufactures of this count, fram and serious reflections on the future. w, p 190. the high price of them shutting us out from reag

I deeply regretted to learn during the course of markela my inquiries, that on several of the public works in this country farmers in excellent circumstances are employed as overseers, gaugers, and later Many of them even possessed of money and pro. perty having large well-filled haggards, and whom it is a scandal to see so employed, robbing the poor labourer of that which was solely intended for his relief. 10, p 296.

The extracts from the Commimana Correspondence are marked one from the Board of Works Cor. In the second place, the Rev Mr folloma respondence

M's example. An order is given för 400 1 skeis to be issued, but he bears 556.;

ent ap

the ad 1 boURTRA—”

mmon Harge

classes flock to the public works, and ther resources and empecially the

by the enclosed petition, witho

I have no exact meses of knowing, but I tel by some of those connected with steam that more men have returned to Ireland since the re than came over here before it, and this too whet contractors cannot get hands to fulfil their ene With regard to the iron trade, the cost of is just about doable of what it was in 18=`

BRYENTE Apathy and idleness,

I never vouch, in this country for anythin see, but am told, in one of de teel mill had been introdu profilasie sind open!

the cylinder to nol the

where the oorlosie ble f