THE FRIEND OF CHINA,
AND
LONGBONG GAZETTE
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING.
NOTEREGATION.
Tur publication of the Hongkong zette under the authority of Government, will be discontinued from this date but all public orders and notifications appearing in The Friend of China and Hongkong Ga- zetto with the signatures of duly autho- rized Functionaries of the Government are still to be considered as official.
By order.
J. Robt: Morrison. cting Secretary and Treasurer
Hongkong, March, 23rd. 1842
CONSULAT DE FRANCE EN CHINE.
TORNO AVIS. MESSIEURS les Capitaines et Subrecargues des Navires Français venant en Chine sont prévenus que leurs navires ne paye ront, à l'avenir, à Whampoa, que les mêmes droits que ceux auxquels sont soumis les navires Anglais et Americains
built say
provinces, genera two rivers, from which
of these two flows down. comes from a more southern from the south, forming Tientsin and the Gran
The practicability of i Tienten, we are unable to det mation in our possession, plan easily move across the plan but ar could not for we suppose (from what alber parts of the country) that ditches and run in almost every direction, and that the only are narrow foot-paths Staunton says, the gove the province who awaited the arrival of the at Takú, came to Tientsin from thenes ove
a shorter route than was described.
the river. Ellis mentions, in his
Sika, the carts on two
complaints that have been mad” of the
enough for the road of a very un
Chi Proper from the Great wall 1⁄4 On each Tement is a road unpaved wide to pass upon it." In many places particularly willows Chinese Repository.
mmon growth;
AT NOVELTY, and which is now being MOLL amenting. bonnets made in voloum. eping
Toa.
sort of plant found in the mars mituated
celebrated for come
flower in pink and white, or citron and wbi lovea resembling the willow tree of a whiush
hich admirably mutated when
nt which con" be worn
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London a
21st Afoom and Afoortwo Chinese Shop
the Queen's Road, were cited before rate, by Mr. Pascoe assistant to
the
their beight dui
tion in a public
also, that he was surprised with the size of the Chinese horses, having been led to exped
not exceed that of small
were not inferior în, that respect to Arab horses they are, however
nd promise neither strength nor actio from all that we
othe
me it is, in its general Venty
C. ALEX.: CHALLAYE Gerant le Consulat de to be built on a rising ground, thời
France en Chine
Hongkong
25 Mai, 1842.
FROM TILE FERING G
THE BRITISH AT YUYAQU,
THE Emperor's commands have been received
Count
xtensive plium terminated; only:: ftine build gs and striking loc give interest to a scene, this has the other ET
they become t though not and succe the entrance
trons
rear
have:
we
laims; but, on gof junks
★ Vast population, building roular and peculiar, careful on, onn upply those deficiencies
Tientsin will not be without attrac.
utes Mr. Ellis
the anchor. soon become a roene of months past the
their attention to that thrown up numerous and strong defenses there assembled large bodies of which these works have been cond
Chusan, and Chinbai. The site ital tha
On a former occasion Lew-yun ho sent up representation that the English rebels had commit red depredations upon Yuyaou. The acting, super- intendent of prisons of the district, Lin-chew-pang proceeded in person to the barbarian ships and reprehendingly ordered them to retire. It is projectured from what has been found per that we order Yih king to make strict investiga tion and become security for his representations. The General Yih king, has now made clear report and requests the above Lin-chew-pang may be promoted to the Chief Magistracy of the district. The rebellious barbar
ing depredations
kexcite law agistrate (MO
less confurgon
consequeno
desirous of
ano
a source o
by the iny
strong
and a
above named pla deeper interest, and er ding forces will
devi
few stones and sun The prisoners ackn
reated an sogru pulling down
sand before their houses.
heir error (1) and truly alleged that but for so doing, they would not have been able to reach their houses without being ankle deep in
They were order remove the
fon forthwith and dismiss with a suitable admonition by the chief magistre
We are sure if our worthy chief magis- trate had witnessed the obstruction in ques- tion, he would have deemed that the two China men had acted most laudable,
FOR ourselves, we can truly say, that but for the obstruction complained of, we should not have been able to approach our
humble abode, without being least ankle deep in mud. We mean during the late heavy rains. But that we have a direct interest in the matter; else we should not have so long maintained silence, as to the state of the Queen's Road in this quar- ter. There we drains foross, but for ant of a lateral one-
could be made at the water collects, in the most popu-
and on a part of the
where there is now by far the thoroughfare.
Five. forty men
ölly, abou