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THE FRIEND OF CHINA AND HONGKONG GAZETTE.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FRIEND OF CHINA: Sir
a plume:
Your Correspondent A.K, has in your last, pointed out many dissimilarities (or contradistinctions of the Chinese) from European usages. Many more might have been added"; for instance as decoration the Chinese put the feather or behind the Cap and hanging down They drink their wines hot, and even water must have an infusion of tea and be made warm before it it is drink our Coolies. Again, they hold in the lowest est
the profession of arms, in the highest that of
or civil merit-With us our high priest ranks nex Royal blood, and the priesthood is highly estimated No archbishop of Canterbury forms part of their pageantry, and the priesthood is held in contempt the Literati and upper classes, not much respected, Imight say despised, by the lower ranks of life. There are some who (knowing what Enropean hierarchies. are) say, that it is an enviable contradistinction of the Chinese their not having an Established Church.--- Certes, none will contest having no Attornies or Prac-
- NARRATIVE OF EVENTS AT CABUL
The following narrative of events drawn up by the Editor of the Delhi Gazette, is the clearest we have yet seen on the subject.-Ed. Fof 1. 10 March.
In our last number we gave a very hurried extract and notica from letters received at Jellalabad and Peshawar from some of the prisoners or guests of Akhbar Kan, and which, it will have been seen, gave a different version to the atrocities and treachery attributed to Akhbar Kan. We have collected as many details as we possibly can from really authentic sources, the letters of se prisoners, and if the following comp
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ve it to be bir Wit. Macr He deserved.
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the intel actual murder
ther our wnte mor avourably of their pre- f beyond his ach more lottem are, from necessity, Bent forward without wa cannot Jay but bally, if Akhbar Kan is beha mented: motive be what it may, he cannot be it has lately been the fashion to paint him. There ks in our prosent detail which,, from the circumstan= nds, is also incomplete as regards the latter part of the awful but we give it as it is, and fully believe that what we do present may be relied on, and it must serve our purpose un- ül fuller details are supplied.
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We already know that the insurrection broke out in the city on the 2d. November, and it appears that the Envy immediately His Majesty, he had to ran the gauntlet of a befire, and re sisted several attempts of an enfamed populacog
og him down; however, succeeded to his purpose, and persuaded the King
thorning they found the camp nearly surrounded with enemies, hill close to our troops, be told him, it was their own fault for and on Capt Skinner going to Mahomed Aklibar, who was onla leaving cantonments before the troops appointed to escort them were ready, and that the Chiefs had not (save himself) the power to prevent their being attacked; that he was willing silll to do this on their giving six hostages for our not moving beyond Tazeen fill Sam's Brigade had left Jellalabad. Major Pottinger, who was till-lame from his wound, offered to go for one, and, at the parti cular request of Mahomed Akhbar, Captains Lawrence und Mac-. kenzie were added with these, the Khan appoured satisfied, and the troups marched to the Khoord Cabul, but, notwithstanding, all the Birdar's endeavours he could no restain the Gazees who at tacked the columa et ail points. Mahomed Akhbar and the hip- Tapes tollowed a few hours after, and witnessed a scene of slaughter so fearful to render all description impossible; the remaining gun was deserted. Mrs. Anderson and Mrs, Boyd had each a child carried off; Mra, Mainwaring was nearly 80, but was saved, and Mrs, Boyd's child, a European woman, and a wounded soldier, were also brought back by Mahomed Akhbar. The next day the Sirdar said, after lamenting his inability to re- strain his people, that the only sefary for the ladies would be in their putting themselves under his charge, which they all did, and were received by him with were ultention.~. The haired e-la- dies, hostages, &c., a day or two, and then proceeded towards Jugdullack, finding the road covered with the dead and dying of the Army the poor fellows seemed to have fallen victims to the severity of the weather as much as, or more than from the fire of the enemy. At Jugdulinck it was said that the Troops had endeavoured to make a stand at an old ruined fort, and did eo
tising Lawyers throughout their vast Empire, is an patched an Officer to the Kin in the Bala Hissar To res until only 30 rounds of ammunition remained for each man, inappreciably valuable contradistinction which we ought to imitate.
FURTHER the enlightened Rationalism of the Educa- ted and upper classes among the Chinese is intellege tually superior to the degrading superstitious c creeds and observances, which obtain among the pseudo ci- vilized of Europe. Even when the Chinese indulge in sensuous gratifications, is it not for them a refined and creditable contradistinction, that instead of pouring large quantities of alcoholic liquids dowr their throats, inducing Drunkenness and all its horrible consequen- ces they etherially inhale the fumes of an agreeable exhilirant, thus realize an oblivion of care, and forget fulness of sorrow, at a far less sacrifice of health, than attends the indulgence of vi nous intoxication ? Then the personally disgusting, and socially annoying ac companiments and concomitants of Drunkenness as compared with opium Ecstacies, are they not all in favor of the Chinese walk through our streets, and a visit to the Grog and Opium Shops,will at onee demonstrate the fact.
As to their division of Ranks, every one knows the Chinese place Scholars in the first. husbandmen in the second, mechanics in the third, and merchants in the fourth class. Few will however so far divest them- selves of national prejudices, as to acknowledge, as is the fact that such an arrangement of classes, is morally and civizedly superior to that of Europe
Hoping yor will find room for this trifle, in a corner of your very valuable journal,
I remain Your Obedt Servant-
A COSMOPOLITE
Maçao 30th April 1842,
ON DITS.
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They tried to negociate with the Ghilzies, and Mahomed Akhbar assisted them and asked for General Elphinstone, Brigadier Shel
to allow Brigadier Shelton, with nearly two regiments and Capiton, and Captain Johnson to be sent to him, this was-agreed to, shelling of the town took place. The following day the insurgents Nicoll's troops, to tako possession of the Bala Hissar whence tho
got possession of the Commissariat Fort in which were stored al the provisions of the force. This was a most dreadful contre-temps, and it appeard completely paralyze all in cantonments where there were only two days alla remaining The effect was that ments, as also the folly of having constructed their defences upon of a panic, and the madness of not having their supplies in canton- so very extensive a scalo as to require all the troops to defend them... now became fearfully appareutOn the previous day Sir Alexan. der Burnes, Captain Burnes and Captain Broadfoot of the Euro. sucked and then burned, and Captain Johnston's treasury also fell pean regiment were killed, Sir Alexander's house was completely
a prey to the flames. He, himself, had fortunately slept in ca- toniments, whilst Brigadier Anquetil and Captain Troup, who li- ved in the same quarter, wore out, riding and also escaped. An attack was made by the enemy upon another fort which was al- used as a commissariat depot, but Captain Mackenzie most gall antly defended it with a handfull of men for three days, till al- his ammunition was expended and then brought off his party into. cantonments during thẻ night. Captain Trevor remained in the city, with his wife and children, two days, protected by the
Ha arbash who afterwards escorted them all safely into the canton ments. Captains Skinner and Drummond were concealed by friends in the city for some days Now followed various reverses
and successes on both aides; two farts close to the camp were taken by us at the earnest request of the Envoy, as they contai ned a small quantity of grain in fact without adverting to parti to us that the only energetic measures that were taken, origina- culars which will no doubt appear in the proper time,
e. it does seem
ed with the Envoy, who, when his eyes were once open, was on tl occasions, strongly in favour of offensive measures, whilst Ge aneral Elphinstone, from circumstances connected with the force, among whom there seems to have bech much vacillation and despondency, appears to have been desirous of entirely keeping upon the defensive, The fighting still continued, and many offi.. cera were killed, whilst the news in the mean time arrived of the cutting up of Codrington's corpa at Chareekar. After some days
(our accounts are rather defic lont in dates) it was deemed neces.
sary to recall Brigadier Shelton from the Bala Hissar to the aid of the cantonment force he came and brought one Regiment with him but still the measures recommended by the envoy, of acting on the offensive, were not adopted. The General is said to have considered any vigorous attack upon the enemy as futiles the
one idea seemed to pervade those whose duty it was, a at least, to have made one pusa previous to securing a safe retreat by a treaty, Matters went on from day to day occasionally enlivened by skir mishes with the enemy which did no good, but weakened and
per who sent out in small numbers,
ers, could not ces-opposed to them, and i one occasion into camp, by the
after bein
ON DIT Hang chow foo has been taken by the Brit-minds of the soldiers became imbued with despondency, and but ish forces, who arrived before it, four days after eva- cuating Ningpo.
ON DIT. Ningpo was made a bonfire of by the British previous to its evacuation. The Magazines and some public edifices were alone destroyed at Hang
chow foo.
who
ON DIT Captain Elliot thoroughly satisfied the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, that Hong Kong expenditure m need not be an item in the forthcoming budget, as it star could well pay all its own expenses, when recognized
as a British Colony by the Home Government
ON DIT. The Hong merchants at Canton exult in having at last communicated with the English Man darin, who they say, out of complaisance to them, and their usages, made an eminent English merchant his official medium !!
ON DIT The Madras contingent of the Chinese Ex- editi on, refused to embark, owing to the Indian Go ernment's refusal to pare the
perished in the Golcon
thes
they would have been entitled to, had their
died in battle, or on shore !!
ON DIT. The Effigy of the
liam Macnagh
now
Ion
tempt to
was quite uthorities it was ided
but to any longer contend against the severities they were ex- posed to, and maddened by the loss, they supposed, of the two Chiefs, rushed during the night on to the road towards Jellala. bad, to which place only one Officer has as yet arrived.
The letters from which we have taken the above, accounts are dated Buddiabad in Lughman or Zughman, and here it is suppo sed the Hostages, Guests and Prisoners will remain until some definitive arrangements are concluded. In the mean time, the Sirdar does every thing in his power to make them comfortable and feel perfectly at their ease.
Of course we cannot possibly know upon what terme the tros- ties have been made, but we have reason to think that they tend towards the restoration of Dost Mahomed, who, whatever may be. the determination of Government, is more likely to settle the conn- try than the puppet now on the throne, whose conduct, connɔc- ted with that of Sufder Jung's, is, to say the least, most ruspicious ; we cannot however, clearly see what good he has to gain to him- self by playing us false, though we doubt not that the Government would be glad enough to find a good reason for breaking with
In order to squeeze as much interesting matter as possible into. this issue for our friends at home, we reserve editorial comments for another time we had prepared a list of the officers present with their Regiments when the out-break occurred in Cabul,” mentioning their supposed fate, but we shall leave it for a future issae, fearful of giving pain until we can be more certain.
THE CHATHAM ISLANDS.The statement that a German colony is about to be planted in the Chatham Islands, in the Southern Pacific, that group having been purchased with that view by M. Syndicus Sieve- king, of Hamburg, on account of a Colonization Com... pany now forming in Germany, is somewhat premature. The fact is that the diplomatic agents of the Hanseatic- towns have opened some negociations with the British Government in reference to the Islands named; and that a conditional arrangement has been made with the New Zealand Company, which is the owner of the soil; but which, by the terms of its charter, cannot conclude a treaty in the matter without the sanction of the Crown. The Chatham group consists of three principal islands, viz, Warrekauri, or Chatham Island, containing a surface of about 300,000 square acres Rangihande, or Pitt's Island, and Rangatira, or Cornwallis Island, the surface of which two lastmep- tioned isles does not exceed 100,000 acres, The group lies three or four days sail to the eastward of New Zealand. Great Britain claims the right of sovereignty as against all European powers-a right founded upon the prior discovery and possession taken by the officers of His Majesty brig Chatham, in the year 1791, and which, sp far as we are aware, the Hanseatic towns can have no legitimate ground for disputing.
How far the policy of Her Majesty's Government may lean towards a cession of the islands to a German State in return for an equivalent compensation. 3 a difierent Westion, and the soluti which may depend upon
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