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THE FRIEND OF CHINA,

AND

WONGBONG GAZETTE

PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING.

THURSDAY

THE publication of the Hongkong zette under the authority of Goder will be discontinued from this date b public orders and notifications appeari "The Friend of China and Hongkong Ga-

their new BDDO

CORN L

ernment vessels which

zette with the signatures of duly autho the southern Province rized Functionaries of the Government are still to be considered as official.

By order,

J Röbt. Morrison, Acting Secretary and Treasurer Hongkong March, 23rd 1842.

not been prompt in

ith Farsi

ied to

nothing to do the Bengal pror. chair and, do what

ints the vividness of the Persian majesty was not

ance at the usual time expresses annoyance this delay, and orders the Lieut. Governors of Chin, tung Provinces to adopt Tigorous measures on the rabisc despatch a large number of oin FROM PURI

PERING GAZETTES. |both Provinces to proceed in search THE REBELLION IN HOOPIH. THE rebel said grain vessels and urge them leader

his insurrectionary

the supplies. Last accounts left

content with his Indian sup macy, he had only to rch his army overland and take possession of Lon- standard some months ago in Hoogh Prov of the British Expedition in

It is notorious that there were thick reports of ince bas

last captured, "led in portion of the grand Canal, the principal

an intention to march an array to Herat,"

an opera- chains to

ried and formally exegh way of the above ver

tion which in all human

would have cost- cuted by imperial authority. The Gazettes be that the capital has

to feel the ten times the loss

Cabool They might have found refer to a number of troubles of a ma-

policy of the British Plenipot

no Persian

it but they would have laid FORMOSA, A number of disaffected per- the Great, after having reached the mouth of

their bones in the wilderne rauding and insurrectionary character in

In this country Alex- several of the Provinces, Shantung particu- sons in two different places not 2 mosa

nearly all his army; probably not one larly and also in some of the border

made strenuous attempts to excite rebellion,

older would ha pos

at returned. The very sessions of the Umpire. At the present

but many of the leaders

ridiculous, and the brains of time, indeed, China appears to be in a state

the summary manu of national disquietude both internally and externally

ARCHERY The Emperor manifests great anxiety that the officers attached to the regiments of archers should themselves be skilful bowmen. At a recent militaryvex- amination two officers failed to show them- selves properly skilled in this art and were immediately disgraced from their office by a special imperial mandate.

A KRANG 900 OFFICER. An officer in Keangseo Province reports himself to the Court as labouring under disease, and requests leave of absence. The Fameror believes tha sera excuse for wishin leave

800001 peace

all the arresting the that favours & ed accordingly.

and they were

ames and ere active in be laid before him dons may be award

83nse

to

ilence and storm. W heroic march to Herat;

rev

Per

orted

nd

ther

Cabool

-it.

Sut their braing agai

ey should make a break

sober fit or his drun- which he may be, the affect us more than a

ON TO KHIVA.

region

moren

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