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Notice from
AR JOHNSTON. 28th June, 1847.
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causing Chinese
FORTY SEVEN AND FORTY EIGHT. (From the Spectator)
people this year.
fere with the export of thereby produced, would diminish the resources of pirate will never Ireland so as to render the diminished population
in less more than ever excessive. Are not the fields left. bleak | mooditivated as it is? Would you let another 2,000,000 die in 1848 But it is idle to argue the gradum
point with the bigots of laissez faire. if absolute wisdom inspired their conclusion, the nation would reject it: rather than look on quietly while four million people are starved to death in Ireland, the people of England and Scotland would plunge the whole kingdom into difficulty, and would change Ministry after Ministry fill one was found capable of devising some less unworthy policy than that of letting the famine take its course.
In this state of things, respectful consideration is due to every suggestion which aims at preventing a repetition in 1848 of the fruitless outlay and hor rible mortality of 1847. Contemplating what is now going on, and looking forward to 1848, the Queen upon the throne might properly exclaim, "A plan a plan, my kingdom for a plan?" When a not very wise Irish deputation recently waited on Lord John Russell and objected to the Poor-law, he asked them, what they proposed They had nothing to propose. But in a short while the Minister's ques tion is answered by Trishmen. A score of them have submitted to Lord John Russell what, they say, is "at any rate a plan." And more like plan than any measure of the Government this proposal assuredly is: for it has a distinct aim; and if its means were as certainly practicable as they are obviously appropriate, its efficacy would be unquestionable. It is a large and elaborate scheme of Irish colonization. The proposal appears in the form of a memorial to Lord John Russell and it is
with which he puzzled the Irish deputation, whilst it so well agrees with our own opinions, that we have been induced to print it entice in the form of a
In doing this, however, we wish to rectify our especial concurrence with the memorialists on two Points, which are mentioned in the second para. graph and the last but one of the document: our approval does not apply to details, but is general only; and we can well believe that the plan is sus
Ir is officially intiranted that Governmentl has sanctioned the growth of trees on the Queen's Road, and may be anticipated that the inhabitants will avail themselves of the privilege by planting wild cotton, or other shady trees of quick growth, in front of their premises. We fear, however, that from the narrowness of the street, particularly where encroached upon by verandahs built over the side-path, boon will be attended with inconveniences, The trees will require to be planted at some distance from the curb stoves, and the thorough river in boete, do not make any discurs. faro will of consequence bo a very circumthing of the sort, which has cheerfully made great
scribed one. At present, humble pedestrians are in imminent danger from the number of led horses which are ever afternoon to be seen gerbolling at the end of a ten-foot halter held by coolies, who either do not know how to lead a horse, or who do not choose to know. On this subject we have heard many complaints nuisance which has become a positive danger, to cherish and shew indies to all alike. But in the midst is true that pedestrians may keep the foot of quiet we ought still ure to look forward to a perpetual
Path (though even there they will find horses pernment has been one of calculation only: they Supplement to this number of the Spectator. absence of suspicion and enusy, in order to attain (con waiting for riders) if they have courage to rub tinual) peace and it is then fore proper that we see, with fersent ennesiness, a houfication in repetition
shoulders with the Chinese who usually con- gregate on the side walks in the central part of
you would deny equity and juation, ought on such ocessions all to attend quietly to your own doues
We, the District Magistrates of Nan-bad and Peran-ya, clamation on this subject, the merchants, people, and literati
having cau time ago youally issued porEPADRONE ProX
have recep
come to perceived some measure the reason. of it; and we arn that the intelligent hierary gentry of the surrounding country here las down roles with reference to this mailer, and given unions to their sons and younger
It is now calculated by active members of Re- to is said to be ad- lief Committees, and the estimate is
es Ministers, that the Irish famine mitted by Cabinet Ministers, will probably kill two million p The euin of misery is so great, that one can hardly understand it without going into particolars. Two and million in the twelvemonth-men, women, children that is 5179 a day, 223 an hour, and 4 litio mure than a minute. We stats a fact known in political circles, that two million deaths
Ireland, this year, from hunger and disease aris ing from hunger, is the presant reckoning of per- sons connected with her Majesty's Government.
The announcement of this vast mortality will shock the British public, which has expected no- sacrifices in order to prevent it, and which would have made greater sacrifices if the Government had asked for larger pecuniary means of prevon tion, The Government will by somne be accused of "heartless" neglect. Nonsense: the vast amount of suffering undergone by 2,000,000 ps Government as by the most humane subscriber to ple dying of hunger, was as little desired by the
the Government to prevent this calamity, cannot be for a moment doubted. The error of the Go.
expected as well as desired the success of the mea- sures which they adoptel for the preservation of life in Ireland. They might have assembled Par- liament in October last, when the utter rot of the pototo became manifest; they knew, like every body else, that Parliament would deny them no- thing under the circumstances; Parliament has granted all that they have asked: and thus we may be sure, that when they postponed the meeting of Parliament till January, and then only proposed said that they "confidently hoped that their the measures now in progress, they believed-they remedies were suitable and adequate to the emer geocy. It is the head, not the heart, which has been at fault,
brothers accordingly, in consequence of which there has for and the police are censured for permitting a the relief funds: the earnest wish and purpose of at all events so complete an answer to the questio
a month past been great quiet and no trouble. This conduct adequately records the high purpose of the high authorities
For this reason we hemby issue a proclamation to the
people win our jansdicum for their full information. Hereafter, when it occurs that foreigners wander quietly about for Amusement, abeolutely necessary that you treat. them in accordance with the principles of common reason
:
the town.
If trees can grow, or are permitted to grow, they will at least add to the beauty of the town; Let fathery lay their injunctions on their sons, and elder relieving the eye from the glare of a sandy
road and painted houses,
brothers admonish the younger, and quies will exist for a length of me. Should it happen that ignorant people easil the foreigners with bricks or stones, or make use of bed language to them, the Tapon (constables) c. musterstt
themselves sincerely in remonstrating with and stopping them, with the view of avoiding the provocation of diar bances, and the mutual infliction of injuries, and of remoring for ever the lie of distincten.
That all may enjoy the dersing of universal tranquillity is really what we greatly hope for. Do not oppose this special proclamation..
22nd June, 1847.
(Trže trapolation] THOMAS TAYLOR MEADOWS,
Interpreter.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATIONS. His Excellency The Governor and Commander- in Chief having been pleased to grant leave of ab sence, on Medical Certificate, to William Thomas Mercer Esq., from the 25th instant to the middle of October next, Charles St George Cleverly, Esq. will, during that period, officiate as Treasurer for this Colony.
By Order,
WACAINE. Colonial Secretary. Colonial Office, Victoria, Hongkong,
25th June, 1647.
It having been considered expedient by His Ex- cellency the Governor in Council to permil the Plant- ing of Trees along the footpath of the Queen's Road, by the proprietors of ground adjoining thereto,-I hereby give notice that the Regulations may be seen at my Office, and any persons desirous to avail themselves of the above permission, are required to affix their Signatures to the Regulations and content
to the terms of the same.
By Order,
CHARLES ST GEO. CLEVERLY,
Surveyor-General. Surveyor-General's Office, 30th June, 1817.
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THE OPIUM FARM. Tax lease of the monopoly expires on the 31st instant, and we have been expecting se in the last two issues of the official Paper some intimation of the future inten- tions of Government with reference to this burden on the colony. Last year, the exclu. tised as early as the 11th of June. It was put sive privilege of retailing the drug was adver- up for competition on the 29th of that month, and finally sold on the 2d of July.
The miscalculations of the Government for 1847 were not susceptible of correction by others: for were formed, the Government alone possessed, at the time when the measures of the Government
and alone could possess, the requisite information whereon to build a sound judgroent. Alithst Par- It has been currently reported for many
liament and the public could contribute towards a months, that the monopoly was to be abolished happy result from the deliberations of the Govern- entirely; though the more common impressionment, was a readiness to assent to whatever the Government might propose. Who forgets the appears to be that it will be continued in a new form.-that smoking houses will be licens in which Parliment met this year? The muscal
sort of passion of assent to Government proposals, ed, as is the case with publicans, and that the culation, therefore, for 1847, is exclusively that of holders of these licenses will have the exclu- the Government. Parliament and the public me sive privilege of selling less then a chest. no calculations: they took for grailed whatever the Government said; and they consented to what- ever the Government proposed
We trust this is a mere ramour. To the licensing of smoking shops there can be no se- rious objection; but to the granting to a few individuals the privilege of selling less than £150 worth of the chief article of commerce, there are objections which will occur to every one acquainted with trade and the peculiar position of this colony as a commercial colony, or ra ther as a place which may be made the seat of flourishing trade. Hongkong is nominally free port; but so long as a heavy duty is im- posed directly or indirectly upon imports, it is merely a free port in nemo. Since the mono- poly was established, our trade has gradually disappeared, and it can only be brought back by the complete abolition of existing restric
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ceptible of important modification. But with this reservation, we must speak very favourably of the scheme. In comprehensiveness of scope and clear ness of purpose, it resembles Mr Charles Buller's proposal of systematic colonization" in 1843, but is more definite and complete with respect to the means of accomplishment—that is, more practical. It asks not for English money, but on the contrary, be improved by Imperial legislation, it proposes to after suggesting that British American credit should.
whilst not a few of the memorialists are Irish put an Income-tax upon Ireland as one of the chief means of execution. It is a generous plan for
Tories, it
it acknvicoges the wrongs of the en cient Irish as a nation, and proposes that their
religion and nationality shall be deliberately cutli- vated as a means of enabling them to prosper as colonists. But for further particulars, we must refer to the memoral There will be objections of course, for every plan is open to them, and probe- bly formidable obstacles for ag plan ever was rat
lized without overcoming difficulties but at al events, considering what inust be the state of Ire
and next year veless some reasure of this sort be
Eben brought into operation by means of legson during the present son, the answer to ord
of all who have any pretension to statesmanship. We are in hopes of bring able to return to the subject next week.
CHANCERY REFORM A CILANCE POR
THE CHANCELLOR,
A vacancy has occurred in one of the sense Materships in Chancery, by the retirement of Me Leach; and it is rumoured that three or four ad- ditional resignations among the seniors cannot be far off In a far as Mr Lynch is personally con cerned, whoever has had ccasion to transact b siness, with that amiable and estimable g
estimable gentlemse, either in a judical or a political capacity, can bay be affected by a sense of regret that failing healt should cause the country to lose prematurely the services of one who combined so much of integrey with sound judgment and independent character- but the mass of society see the Chancery machine in bulk merely--they cannot trace the characters of the individuals composing it; and their reflection will naturally be. Here is an opportunity, the ought not to be neglected, of making extensi changes in the constitution of the Court.
But now the case is westly altered. This year the Government has no monopoly of knowledge: John Russell's question deserves the serious nauce the facts whereon, to calculate for 1848, and even the precautions of the Government for 1948, are before the public. For two reasons, therefore, it becomes the duty of politicians, not being toeinbera or mere partisans of the Ministery, to scan the measures of Government with a view to 1848: the miscalculations of the Government for 1847 justify such vigilance; and for miscalculations with res pect to 1848, not the Gorerament alone, but poli. ticians in general, will be partly held responsible. We think it may be said of the measures of the Government, that each of them is good in itself as far as it goes. Soup is good for preserving life; the disencumbering of estates is very good for We may clearly demonstrate the evils of the encouraging improvements; and a poor-law is Opium Farm in a very few words. At Macao capital as a measure of economical police. But the average price of opium per ball is 816; there is not one of these measures that can do soy at Hongkong 817, or 64 per cent above the good for 1848. Soup is provided for this retail price in the neighbouring settlement. d
unly; disencumbered estates will not find purchas vast number of passage boats, from various ers in the present state of Ireland; and since a towna on the
he neighbouring Coast of China, are poor-law cannot create resources, the operation of employed in
in carrying small dealers to the rival. it in a country whose population is much too great European settlement for purposes of trade,
for the whole of its resources, will only be a sweep With these men opium is the first considera
Jag confisention and universal pauperism according to law. The disencumbering law and the poor they naturally go where it to be law are excellent for a time some yeare hence, tion, and had on the most advantageous terms. They the provision of soup is for this year; but what is not, however, confine their purchases to there for next year? If anybody knows in what upium — British manufactured goods and la manner the state of Ireland in 1848 will be bene. dian produce are also in request, and though ficially affected by present measures of the Go. individually the sales are small, the aggregate vernment, be possesses a rezy interesting secret, amount is considerable. The whole of this There is indeed a process to which some may traffic has been driven to Macao by the Opium look forward withhope, though it must not be term Farm nor is there the slightest chance of listed a measure of the Government. The object returning to H cut 80 long as that mono poly exists. It may be said tant there are no restrictions upon the sale of opium in quanti 4106 of a Boost and Butt minst be
quant Sunda
that a thest of
which at have in views to equalize the wants and resources of Ireland Supposing two million people: dead by the end of this year, then fine stary ing process were repeated next year, the resources of Ireland may be equat wards, the population wou of the resoUIGBE come into benaur Venting
YAT TER
Eker wants – in other be reduced to the level
the Poor
Mr Humne gave utterance to those reflections in the House of Commons this week; and the Pre carry then into effect. Some years ago, Lord mier appeared nothing loth to be challenged to Langdale, Vice-Chancellor Wigram, Maeers Pe berton and Sulton Sharp, were appointed to pro- pose reforms in the Masters department; but There is reason to fear that, owing to the death of Mr. Sharp, little was done towards the naturing of at plan. Ample evidence, however, has been collect ed the defects and abuses of the Masters Office is present form are notorious, and it cannot be dificult task, for one so thoroughly acquainted with the working of the Court as the present Chuacol
or, if he is dispused, to devise a remedy
Blom
ego, we took occasion to notice the of the Masters Office. Their
a lie to the complication of Hal functions in the office
ferent parts of one Judge and the Mar
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