THE TEA TRADE.

New Zealand Colonist and Port Nicholson Advertiser, Volume I, Issue 52, 27 January 1843, Page 3

THE TEA TRADE.

(From the Colonial Observer.) The following interesting intelligence, tive to the opening prospects of the tea trade, is extracted from the Friend of China :—In our last issue we mentioned, as an item of intelligence, that about one-half of the cargo (consisting of, tea) of the Peruvian was bt ought hither direct from the coast, and exempt from the enormous exactions at Canton. Since then we have been informed by an influential subscriber, that several cargoes similarly imported had been, shipped from thence. He adds, however, that the remaining part of the cargo of the Peruvian c6nsistts of tea imported i& a British ship from Amoy—the great maritime emporium of the black-tea district. This we are tolcl is the first, arrival of the kind from that

1 quarter. We lope the spirited enterprise of the. respectable firm will be rewarded with success. There are now in course of erection roost substantial and commodious godowns cn our island, winch reflects mu oh creditor) ihebuiiders, and arc did-, v,5 ore teU, to ll.e mor/mlile sttgwmfv of iho :c,me \ art re . LATER iniOM CHINA. The A Frigate, Captain Ethersy; arrived at Singapore on the sth October, having left Hongkong, on the 24th September. The Chinese Emperor has given his assent to. the' terms of the Treaty, but he refused' to sign it until the Plenipotentiary has a copy under the sign manual of the Queen, ready for exchange. Major Malcolm, Secretary of Legation, who was on board the Auckland, proceeds to England with a counterpart of the Treaty for ratification by her Majesty, and will return to China as soon as possible, when the formal exchange of Treaties will take place. Nearly the whole of the first instalment of Six Millions of Dollars having been paid, the transports had commenced to move down the river for Chusan. The Auckland proceeds from Singapore to Suez/ calling at Ceylon, the moment she has taken in a supply of coals. LATER FROM INDIA. By 11. M. S. Hazard, news from India via Singapore, have come to hand a few clays later than what we have g*ven. The troops in Afghanistan had advanced towards Ghazni. In an extra, of the Bombay Courier of the 7th September, we notice the arrrvu! of the 1). Steam Frigate Snuinonis, from Aden, LhAb August, with the Marquis and Marchioness of Tweedale, Lord Arthur Hay, A.D.C., CaptainRowens, ditto, Captain Steel, ditto, Lieutenant Sinclair, Madras Artillery. A public meeting of the inhabitants of Madras was held at the College Hall on the morning of the 10th September, when'an address to Lord Elphinstone, expressive of the respect and esteem of the European community, was adopted, which was to lie for signature for three days, and then be presented to his Lordship, Sir Robert ii. Dick, and others.

Cholera is stated to have been raging at Nellore, where, of between 600 and 700 per sons who had been attacked, one half died. Thei mortality is stated to have been thus great, from the natives rejecting, through motives of superstition, medicine and assistance offered them by the Europeans. The Marquis of Tweeddaie embarked on board the H. C. sloop-cf-waf Siren, of Bombay, ion' the- 12th 'September, and was expected to arrive at Madras on the 24th or 25th. The Spectator gives an extract from the Calcutta Englishman of the 10th Sept., from which it appears that a large portion of the right wing of H.M. 6'2nd Regiment were drowned near Bhaugulpore, on the sth Sept, from the boats in which they were proceeding up the river having been swamped in a hurricane. Out of 460 persons, between thirty and forty only are stated to have been saved. A number of officers were lost. A despatch dated I.9th August had been received by the Governor-General at Kurnual oa the 3rd September, from Major General England announcing his arrival near Killa Abdoolla, having left Candahar on the 10th August. It appears that the insurgents had made arrans’emeuts to attack the force under General O England on its passage through the strongcountry of the Kojuck range, at the northern extremity of which General England ai rived with little molestation on the morning of the 16th, and immediately took possession of the most important ridge and all the peaks commanding the principal passes. On the following morning the insurgents began to appear in small bodies on the different hills, but the route being flanked, they did little mischief, and the passage across the Kojuck mountains may be said td have been effected by noon on the 18th.

A letter from Jellalabacl, dated 23rd August, gives the following intelligence : “ We have had glorious new.s from Nott's array. It seems that Shumshcodcen Khan would not wait for their arrival at Ghuznee, but inarched out with a very large force to meet them, and, sure enough, they had a most beautiful fight of it, upon the open plain. As was to be expected, Shumshcoden got a good thrashing, losing they say the whole of his camp equipage, carriage, ike., &c. Should this really prove true, the affairs at Cabool will be easily settled." The Governor-General arrived at Kurnaul on the 3d Sept., at 3 o’clock, a.m. All the prisoners in the Balia Hissar have been sent to the fort in which the others are confined, and it is thought that on the advance of the English, Akhbar Khan will endeavour to cany them off toToorkistan. Akhbar Khan 'has threatened that if Sir R. Sale advances any' further-he will first send in Colonel Shelton's head, and then Lady Sale’s. General Pollock had resolved on -sending- a proclamation to the inhabitants of Cahul, telling them that theironlv chance of mercy lay in their seising Akhbar Khan and delivering up the prisoners. Our Singapore files extend to the 29th September, at which date we have much pleasure in stating that the Isabella , Captain Sinclair, from this port, had arrived. The passengers are —Mrs. Captain Benson, Lieut. Loughmau*

] essrs. Bliepiiv, I‘jukv. i, iuul Primrose, Captain Sharp n.Tid son ; the Doctor, first officer, and ten of the crew of the .Ludu Clifford. The rate of insurance on goods to New South Wales was 2?> per cent, premium. Singapore sugar sold at 5v dollars per picul. The onlv subject exciting public attention at the settlement, were certain contemplated changes in the constitution of tne couits for the administration of justice. On their introduction the present Governor ns expected to be removed from office; on widen eaent the Government of the Straits settlement is to be •appended to that of Bengal.

Female Education in India. —The. announcement. in a late number of the United Service Gazette, that a young Parsee Lady had been placed for education at the seminary of airs. Ward, induced us to make some inquiries as to her family and parentage. We have learned th-it she is the grand-daughter of that old and respectable Parsee gentleman Cursetjee Manoekjee, and daughter of Hormasjec deceased, whose widow is guardian of the child, and has co-operated with the other members of that enlightened family in procuring every advantage of education for her interesting child. Understanding as wc do, that Manoekjee Cursetjee, well known to many of our readers as distinguished for literary acquireme.-ts, is a near relative of the child’s, we do not think we strained the point too far, in assuming, that the distinction attained by Manoekjee Cursetjee tor iiterarv acquirements, on his late visit to Europe, strongly influenced his family to avail themselves still further of the benefits of a liberal education. When Manoekjee, during his late visit to several of the principal cities of Europe, was received by the most illustrious individuals with consideration and attention, he could not attribute such battering marks of distinction, as homage paid to his exalted rank, or to curiosity excited by the novelty of his costume. No—he was received and treated as a man of more than ordinary mental cultivation—as one who had long entertained the laudable ambition of acquiring a knowledge of European languages, qualifying him for conversation, and the acquirement of knowledge in the Western world. Plis reception may be considered as a testimonial of his individual merit, and a proof, (if any were wanting) of the desire of educated nations to communicate to the uninstructed that knowledge upon which their own power has been based for centuries. We shall watch the progress of this girl with deep interest, and will rejoice to find the noble example followed by others. We are led to entertain such a hope from the fact, that already several Parsee ladies have been to Mrs. Ward’s to witness the process of education. Would that they could fully appreciate it by understanding it. —Bombay Courier . Confidence or Courage is conscious ability —the sense of power. No man is ever afraid of attempting what he knows he can do better than any one else. Charles Fox felt no diffidence in addressing the House of Commons : he was reserved and silent in company, and had no opinion of his talents for writing; that is, he knew his powers and their limits. The torrent of his eloquence rushed upon him from his knowledge of the subject and his interest in it, unchecked and unbidden, without his once thinking of himself or his hearers. As a man is strong, so is he bold. The thing is, that, wherever we feel at home, there we are at our ease. The late Sir John Moore once had to review the troops at Plymouth before the King; and while he was on the ground, and had to converse with the different persons of the court, with the ladies, and with Mr. Pitt, whom he thought a great man, he found himself a good deal embarrassed; but the instant he mounted his horse, and the troops were put in motion, he felt quite relieved, and had leisure to observe what an awkward figure Mr. Pitt made on horseback.— Hazlitt.

The Box Hill Tunnel. —The last and the greatest difficulty of the Great Western Railway, the Box Hill Tunnel, is now triumphantly overcome, and remains a splendid monument of the industry and genius of this country, equal, if not superior, to any that the ingenuity and perseverance of man have ever accomplished. In order that our readers may form some idea of the Box Hill Tunnel, we may here remark, -that it is within a few yards of two miles in length, that it runs 306 feet below the surface of the earth, and that a great portion of it has been cut out of the solid rock. One mile and a quarter of. this is lined with masonry; the quantity of excavation was about 300,000' yards, and the number of bricks used nearly 20,000,000 One tqn of gunpowder was used for blasting, one ton of candles-consumed per week for upwards of two years and a half, and 300 horses have been daily employed in it. The solidity of the work, the symmetry of the entire arch, and the beauty of its two fronts built of picked Bath stone, command universal admiration. The three great desiderata of a tunnel, viz., absence from danger, darkness, and damp, have been in this perfectly acquired; it is so dry within, that one might walk through it in slippers. It is lighted by six shafts, which give by day a very sufficient light, and is as safe as any other part of the line.

TO AMKE HENS LAY PERPWTUALLY-I NEVER

allow cocks to run with my hens, except when I want to raise chickens. Hens will lay eggs perpetually, if treated in the following manner: —Keep no roosters ; give the hens fresh meat, chopped fine like sausage meat, once a day, a very small portion, say half an ounce a day to each hen during winter, or from the time insects disappear in the fall till they appear in the spring. Never allow any eggs to remain in the nest, nor what are called nest eggs. When the roosters do not run with the hens, and no nest eggs are left in the nest, the hens will not cease laying after the production of twelve or fifteen eggs, as they always do when roosters and nest eggs are allowed, but continue laying perpetually. My hens always lay all winter, and each from seventy-five to one hundred eggs in succession. There being nothing to excite the animal passions, they never attempt to sit. If the above plan were generally followed, eggs would be just as plenty in winter as in summer. The only reason why hens do not lay in winter as freely as in summer, is the want of animal food, which they get in summer in abundance in the form of insects. The reason they stop laying and go to sitting, after lavins; a brood of eggs, is the continual excitement of the animal passions by the males. I have, for several winters, reduced my theory to practice, and proved its entire correctness. It must be observed, that the presence of the male is not necessary for the production of eggs, as they are formed whether the male be present or not. Of course, such eggs will not produce chickens. When chickens are wanted, the roosters must, of course, run with the liens. — Correspondent of the Albany Cultivator.

AMERICA

The prospect for the cotton crop was never better. Some southern writers are of opinion that it will be 2,500,000 bales. An immense water serpent, fifty-eight feet in length, has been shot and captured by a large party of men under command of Lieutenant Brookes, of the United States navy, in the river Mississippi, near Baton Rouge. It had devoured cattle, frightened negroes, and terrified the passengers of the steamboat Plagemine. The bulk of this monster is described as enormous, and his general appearance terrific. Storms and tempests continue, and deaths by lightning are unusually numerous. In North Carolina more than one million bushels of Indian corn have been destroyed by a sudden flood.