The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-10-14
From China.


We have received the " Overland China laip' to
the 23d of July, from which we CLEAN a few items:
Senior DA CUNHA, the new Portuguese Cover
nor of Macao, who arrived on the 2Sth of May,
died of cholera on the 9th Of July, after forty
days tenure OF office. His disease superinduced
by eating raw oysters for breakfast For few
days before his death he felt we'll enough to make
round Of calls, and two nights before was present
at the anniversary of the independence of America
which was celebrated by a gay party given by Mr..
De Silver, the American consul, where his excel
lency remained to supper, but took nothing likely
to hurt him. The following day he attended to
business, but did not appear at dinner, taking in
stead some slight refreshment in his own room
On the morning of the 9th, when laid upon the
couch, his excellency tainted, and he was re-
covering his faculties said, Que he isto?' whats
this) to which the orderly replied, "Isso he NADIA
ooh, nothing at all;) and the Governor added,
"Namos nos embora;" "a phrase whose proper
equivalent under such circumstances may be ia
miliarly expressed in English by "It's all up with
me.') The Governor declined having more than
one doctor, saying that was quite enough to
kill or cure him. He expired at half past three in
the afternoon.
public meeting was held at Hong Kong on the
oath of June, within the of the Royal Asiatic
Society, to consider the best means of procuring
specimens of the different articles of the produce
and manufacture Of China for the great exhibition
of 1851.
similar meeting was held at Canton.
The foreign community of Shanghai have had
narrow escape from being almost entirely exter-
minated-not by their ncighbors the Chinese-but
by an accident. On the morning of the Sth of
July, great portion Of the roof Of the handsome
church recently erected, fell in with a terrible
crash. 1t would appear that main beam had rot.
ted, and in that state probably became oosened by
the reverberaton OF heavy peal Of thunder which
shook the fabric on the day previous, and was sub
sequently borne down by the heavy rain that
fell
The pirates had made attack upon lorcha
guarding wreck and Mr.. Richard Hopwood, who
was in charge of the lorcha, it was supposed, was
either forced or fell overheard, and was drowned,
as he had not been afterwards seen
A meeting Of the cabin passengers of the Ameri-
can ship Tartar, N. Weber, master, on her way
from New York to Canton, was held at Hong Kong,
the Rev! MIR. Talmage in the chair, and Mr.. l.. N.
Hitchcock secretary, when resolutions approbatory
of the skill and courtesy of Captain Weber
passed.
The American ship Chcevcr, from Sydney; bark
Bay, from California; ship Ropes, from Sandwich
Islands, had arrived at Canton.
A duty of two mace has been laid on tea by the
Chinese authorities at Canton. The duty is to raise
funds to liquidate the old Hong debts. The matter
was referred by DR.. Bowring, the British consul,
to the Chamber of Commerce, and letter has been
addressed by the Chamber to his excelency the
Governor, stating thatin their opinion the measure
the part of the Chinese authorities was direct
niraction of the treaty, and pointing out the nju
rious consequences to British trade if it were al
lowed to continue.