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zette

THE FRIEND OF CHINA,

AND DONGBONG

FROATROS

the

notifica

of China and 1

the signature

GAZETTE

PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING.

THURS

4. It is very desirable that it should be generally known, that letters brought in a Ship's bag, and not GA sent through a Post Office, will be detained for Postage

al Bombay.

all

in

Ga-

rized Funcnonaries of the Government are

still to

red as official

By order

J Robt: Morrison, Acting Secret and Treasurer

Hongkong Misch 2

SHANGHAI,

recen

Gazettes contain a long

Che

erno

The this

Shanghai.

Lack to have taken

place at six o'clock in the morning of the 8th day of the 5th moon (June 16th, 1842), the Chinese side is stated, in to be one high military several tens of privates killed and many houses broken down and burnt. A number of officers and troops also wound- ed. There were three “barbarian ships” shattered and broken, and several tens of the barba

anditti » were killed and wounded

presses the most poign- ant regret at viewing the miseries - which the war is bringing upon the Province, but | says he only is to blame for the successful invasion of the teritories under his juris- diction, and, Spartan like, declares himself willing to incet such punishment as his Im- perial Majesty may deem fit to award.

ATTACK ON TINGHAE IN one of the Gazettes is a very long memorial from Yihking detailing full particulars of a vieto- the barbarians” at 1ing- rious attack

hae

e on the fourth

moon, (14th - April 1812). mmenced the attack by rds of twenty large fire

"barbarian

Sir

I have the honor to be

Your Most Obedient Servan

W. ESCOMBE. Bombay General Pom Office 18 May 1842....

Acting Post Master General,

VOTRISATION.

BEFORE THE CHIEF MAGISTRATE.. July 22nd.

Mahome of Bombay, charged

by Sheik That with rabbery.

Sheik Kurnaul; sta

I was awoke about one o'clock. this morning by some person endeavouring to take away my box, 1 sprung up and seized the prisoner, who was pulling my box out of the hut I gave him over to the police, outside of my hut I found a brass cooking. pot which no doubt prisoner had removed from the in. terior el my but, but I did not seen him do so, prisoner appeared drunk, prisoner lived with me some time since, Norths is hereby give that letters arriving from very lately has been accustomed to take his meals with Seaward for transmission to any place beyond the Terme, but I have discouraged his so doing so for some or by the Government Steamers will be detained in ritories of the East India Company, whether by Ship time past in consequence of his having bad associates, my bar contained dollars, Boatswain's whistles, and Bombay until the Ship of Steamer postage, or both, to

clothes, to at least $100 value. which such letters may be fiable, shall be paid accord. ing to the rates hid down in the subjoined Table

SHIP POSTAOT TO BE LEVIED ON

RECEIVED OF SENT BY BEA

TABLE OF

every

additional

additional Tolas weight.

An anna being added

An anna being added for very

for

every additional 100 Tolas up Two annas being added for

Tola

to 300 Tolas, beyond which

no

parcel

will be received

Annas,

Annas

Inward.

LETTERS

3 Telas

Outward Not exceeding Not exceeding 3 Tolas

jers, open at each end..

painted papers packed in short cov

Newspapers, Pamphlets and other Parcels not exceeding 300 - Tolas wreight

Nor

exceeding 6 Tolus weight.

Not exceeding weight

77 100 Tolis

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Morsdeen fully corroborates the above, adding, that there were 4 or 5 Chinese coufederates with the prisoner who rau away,

Defence.

The prisoner denies the charge, and brings Sheik Hoopein, Serang, to prove his innocence.

Sheik Hoopein, states, the prisoner has been known to me for 30 years, he has been turned out of Macao, is a very bad man, has lost his cast twice, and has committed many petty thefts, he is a disgrace to me, he ate his dinner at my house last night, since which I know not what he may have done, I saw the door of Keernaul'shutstatedto have been broken by the prisoner. Prisoner sentenced to receive 80 lashes and to be imprisoned with hard labour for three mouths,

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. By our letters from London to the 4th June, we perceive that both home and foreign trade was in a very languid state, many small failures have ta ken place during May, which in the aggreg

regate would reach a considerable amount. The new Corn Law Bill in its operation will be beneficial. Permission to grind, bake and distill grain in Bond would have been a far more importantly useful measure, but the agriculturists would have trantic much proposition, albeit, they thereby. How vastly our and Shipping interests would have such a measure, a grance at the Colonial orts of Foreign Bread Stuffs, and Gram Spir

at once show. The prices of the staple continue low, money abundant and ob-

ainable at low rates yet a want of confidence

commercial world. The dis

of the foreign markets for all kinds. and the large stocks on hand, of Trade in the manufacturing:

to be hoped the lowness of prices

tion. If

which will our Commerce new Tariff

be, cannot but be

than

Fundred

Petter

rebels

set fire to