CANTON OLD (3)
(see 24-8-33) at Canton (December 1856) afterwards (in January 1857) destroying the British docks and stores at Whampoa.
There was much unrest among the Chinese in Hongkong, and the poisoning of the local bread supply see 26-6-33 was one of the various disquieting occurrences et seq. here.
The war came to an end in January 1858, with the entry of detachments of British and French troops into Canton, though intermittent "hostilities" continued for a few months afterwards.
Among the losses sustained by the burning of the Foreign Factories at Canton in 1856 was the irreparable one of Dr. Williams' Printing establishment, including the large font of Chinese type, with which Dr. Morrison's Dictionary was printed and which was presented to Dr. Williams by the English Government in 1844. A large stock of books was also burnt, numbering in all over 10,000 volumes and comprising the unsold copies of the Chinese Repository, the English-Chinese Vocabulary, and other publications.
When the factories were burned down, Messrs. Dent and Co.'s premises were the first to go.
I am indebted to "H. W. W." for the following replies to queries raised recently by another correspondent.
"The early traders to Canton, sailing vessels, were accustomed to anchor in the vicinity of Tong Su and Sau Chau Islands. This is the island Lung Ku of the directory map of the New Territory.
"In the library of the Hongkong Club there was formerly a most interesting book 'Reminiscences of Life in China'. It concerned the adventures of a Captain Forbes Richardson who commanded some of those "early traders" and eventually the prize packet of the Canton trade, the store ship Lintin, which moored at Wimiston Road (that stretch of water opposite the long sandy beach west of Castle Peak and Pillar Point).
CANTON OLD (4)
"Shipping in those far off days came directly into
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(see 24-8-33) at Canton (December 1856) afterwards (in January 1857) destroying the British docks and stores at Whampoa.
There was much unrest among the Chinese in Hongkong, and the poisoning of the local bread supply see 26-6-33 was one of the various disquieting occurrences et seq. here.
The war came to an end in January 1858, with the entry of detachments of British and French troops into Canton, though intermittent "hostilities" continued for a few months afterwards.
Among the losses sustained by the burning of the Foreign Factories at Canton in 1856 was the irreparable one of Dr. Williams' Printing establishment, including the large font of Chinese type, with which Dr. Morrison's Dictionary was printed and which was presented to Dr. Williams by the English Government in 1844. A large stock of books was also burnt, numbering in all over 10,000 volumes and comprising the unsold copies of the Chinese Repository, the English-Chinese Vocabulary, and other publications.
When the factories were burned down, Messrs. Dent and Co.'s premises were the first to go.
I am indebted to "H. W. W." for the following replies to queries raised recently by another correspondent.
"The early traders to Canton, sailing vessels, were accustomed to anchor in the vicinity of Tong Su and Sau Chau Islands. This is the island Lung Ku of the directory map of the New Territory.
"In the library of the Hongkong Club there was formerly a most interesting book 'Reminiscences of Life in China'. It concerned the adventures of a Captain Forbes Richardson who commanded some of those "early traders" and eventually the prize packet of the Canton trade, the store ship Lintin, which moored at Wimiston Road (that stretch of water opposite the long sandy beach west of Castle Peak and Pillar Point).
CANTON OLD (4)
"Shipping in those far off days came directly into
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