The Sun.
London, England, 1844-03-11 00:00:00

NOTIFICATION.

CITY OF SHANGHAI, Nov. 14, 1843.—1 hereby notify to all
her Majesty's subjects that I have temporarily established the
British consulate within the city of Shanghai, in a street situated
close to ;tie wails, between the east and west gates. I solicit the
co.operatiou of all partietCl4;eiding me to egudegt• the duties
entrusted to my charge. In coninitinidisagp with the Intendant of
circuit and superintendent of customs, the porfbf Shanghai Is de-
clared open for trade an the 17th inst., and from which date all
the regulations relating thereto will be in force.
For the present the limits of the port of Shanghai are declared to
be within the lines formed by the point bearing west and the bat-
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tery on the right bank at the mouth of the river below Woosung
bearing south-west,
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The place of anchorage for loading and unloading within the
port is as close over as possible to the left bank at the head of the
river, adjacent to a creek named the Woosung Row, which, at
about the distance of three-quarters of a mile below the walls of
Shanghai, discharges its waters into the Shanghai river; and when
the number of vessels may render it requisite, ships must anchor
head and stern, leaving the navigation of the river clear, and the
mouth of the Woosung Row well open.
The tariff, general regulations, and various proclamations pro.
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mulgated by his Excellency Sir Henry Pottinger, Bart., and G.C.E.,
' her Majesty's Plenipotentiary for conducting the commercial inter.
course with China, must be strictly adhered to by myself, as well
as by those resorting to this port.
The intendent of circuit and superintendent of customs has
lestablished a Government banking establishment, or shroff shop, for
the receipt of tonnage dues, and import and export duties, and
1 has fixed the office in the street leading from the little east gate
lof the city to the bank of the river ; the firm being held by six
partners, named Yaoo Hang Yuen, Choo Hoshing, Maou Hangho,
Kwo Wanfung, Choo Huenjee, King Yuenke ; any one of whom is
I empowered to grant receipts for moneys paid on account of the
above purposes. Standard weights and measures are lodged in the
office of the consulate, and as all duties will be fixed and levied
1 according to these standards, British merchants are recommended to
provide themselves with sets, which can easily be obtained at
I Shanghai, and the propriety of endeavouring to bring the same into
I general use is submitted for consideration.
i As the different trades and professions at this place have different
! weights and measures, and as done agree with the Government
j standard fixed for the five ports, particular caution is essential in
j all commercial transactions, to have the catty and covid, by which
j the transaction is to be settled, well defined, and it will prevent
difficulties and loss, to be cautious in reposing confidence until the
j characters and conduct of parties are better known.
j Arrangements are in progress for selecting a suitable site for
I dwelling and store-houses, for settling by assay the per centage to
Ibe paid on silver coins, and to raise the silver thereof to the
standard of fineness fixed for the payment of the duties ; for estab-
lishing a place for the Custom-house, examinations of goods landed
and shipped off, and for appointing pilots, and adopting other
arrangements to facilitate the navigation in and out of the port.
Due intimation will be given on the completion of the measures
connected with any of the above named points, which must for the
present be considered as still unsettled.
' Although it is desirable to adhere to the usual hours for the
transaction of business, yet it will be clearly understood that, when
necessary, the consulate will be open to all persons, at all hours,
and any aid and information which can be afforded by the consular
establishment will, as a matter of duty, be willingly given on appli-
cation either by writing or personal communication.
(Signed) G. BALFOUR,
I H. M.'s Consul, Shanghai.

Lord and Lady Fitzroy Somerset received the '(s-
tressing intelligence by the overland mail that their eldest
son, Captain Arthur Fitzroy Somerset, of the Grenadier
Guards, Military Secretary to the Governor-GerAral, Lord
Ellenborough, had been severely wounded in the battle of
Maharaj poor. Many inquiries were made
...,,esterday and
the day preceding at Lord Fitzroy's mansion, in Great Stan-
hope-street, and the answer was understood to be that Cap-
tain Somerset, at the date of the latent official dispatches
was considered to be guing on as favourably as could be ex-
pected.
THE WEATHER IN RHSSIA.-A St. Petersburgh
correspondent writes on the 23d ult. :—" The winter has
been very severe in this country, particularly in the
South and Transcaucasia. As early as the middle of
December, the snow in the town of Gori reached almost to
the roofs of the houses, so that there could be no communi-
cation between them ; and at a little later period, all inter-
course between Geri, Tiflis, and other surrounding places, be-
came impossible. In the circle of Alexandropol, two men.
and 350 sheep were frozen to death in the fields; three Cos-
sacks are missing, and many persons have their hands and
feet frozen. In the mountains of Eriwan, the cold was at 20
degrees below zero of Reautnur, 43 below the same point of
Fahrenheit, and cattle were killed by it in every part.
Thirty drivers and all the beasts of burthen belonging to a
caravan travelling from Tiflis to Nakbilewan were caught in
a whirlwind, and are still buried under the snow. Eight have.
been found and carried to Eriwan. Sixty camels, horses, and
asses, have perished. Of five horsemen who set out for a neigh-
bouring village, two have been found frozen to death, but the
others could not be discovered. In a barn of the village a.
shepherd's boy and 300 sheep have been killed by the frost..
The quarantine houses at Redout-Kale and St. Nicholas have
been destroyed by a hurricane; at Baktchiserai it produce
all the effects of an earthquake ; at Odessa it raised the water
to the skies like a water-spout ; at Kitchenew it unroofed. all
the houses, and at Belzv tore off the iron roof of the Cathedral..
Here at St. Petersburgh the cold increases. On the 19th. 'it was~
at 23 4-10 Reaumur (21 of Fahrenheit) ;) on the 20t'a at 25
1-10 R. (244 F.), but on 21st it got up to 21 6-10 It. (17 F.).
SACRED HARMONIC SOClETY.—Handers Oratorio
of Saul was given on Wednesday night at Exete-t Han. It
is strictly a dramatic work; and, abounding as does in re-
citatives, it is somewhat heavy, and nothing lr.it action could
I relieve the long scenes of declamatiou. course, in last
night's performance, there were maw.; omiss,,ons, some of them
by no means judicious, such as th beautify) song of "Oh, god-
like youth," and the tenor so,:,g of "By Jordan's stream I
swear." We missed, too, t;ne great oratorio school of Miss
Hawes in David. There. 'is no singer who can approach this
1 vocalist in this style. Miss Dolby sang with ability, but
many of the songs viere out of her natural register. Misa
ilainforth and Mist, Cubitt sang with great purity of tone,
and Phillips, in Tiartleman's celebrated song of " A serpent
in my bosom," appeared out of his natural compass. The
choruses were executed with general vigour and precision,
particularly " Welcome David, mighty King.." The sinfonia,
in Part 2, whic7a, in fact, is an organ concerto, was omitted.