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No. 25. VOL. 1.

THE FRIEND OF CHINA,

AND

WONG BONG GAZETTE

NOTIFICATION.

PUBLISHED · EVERY THURSDAY MORNING.

HONGKONG, THURSDAY,

Tue publication of the Hongkong Gas under the authority of Government, zette 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, Acting Secretary and Treasurer Hongkong, March, 23rd. 1842,

SELECTIONS

FROM THE FERINGLGAZETTES,

FALL OF RAIN AT PEKING. A late Ga- zette announces that the long drought at Peking

has ended and copious showers of rain have fallen. His imperial Majesty ex- presses his joyous praises for such celestial favours, directs his high officers to repair to the shrines and temples to burn incense, and, with prayer, to return grateful thanks

*TEMBER 8TH. 1842.

high rank presides over the department, and to be invested with this office for Can- and a special imperial favour ton is always considered a high promotion

FLEPOO. His Majesty is pleased to re- which he was deprived some store to FLEPOO the four degrees o

Price 1 monthly Or $12 yearly

day before yesterday, some 10 men came to my shop two of my pigs and whilst I was, bargaining they stole In the lower Bazaar and offered me 10 dollars for the pigs, and on the alarm being given, my partner

Attuk, deposes, about 3 o'clock in the afternoon of the

and I came out, recovered the pigs, and tried to catch Tank, of the delinquent, but they all made off and having been seen going into the house of the Prisoner Aleeb by one he is still to continue as the acting Assist- found this pirate box (box produced) full of papers and

ago, but

of the Police named Amooce. We went to search and ant to the commandant at Chapoo.

passes of protection from the society of Eoan thoang.. THE 60TH BIRTH DAY OF A MINISTER with the seals of Look Sou and Chan Ku, in a mat Cho păing teen, one of the vice Presidents The Prisoners Amicoo and Akim were taken there, house on the hill above where a number of women live. of the Board of Official Appointments, and and I will swear to these two men being of the mum. a faithful servant of the Dragon throne, hasber who forcibly took my Pigs. In Aiceb's house there just reached his sixtieth anniversary of his was no person but Aicob, there we saw the theives birth. The day was celebrated with great ceremony and vast expense.

WHEN taking a review of affairs in China in a late number of the Friend of India it is remarked, frittered away up the Yang-tsze-keang where, after the capture of every city, we should find that nothing had been accomplished." This telligent organ of public opinion has uniformly advocated the right onward course, as the only one befitting the dignity of Great Britain. Our

"There was some fear that the summer would be

very

in-

go

in

first.

Ayook fully corroborates the testimony of his part- -ner Attuk:

Amooce of the Chinese Police, states he was acci dentally near Complainants house theday before yester day when the occurrence took place, and he fully cor-

roboratos their statement,

some several man

Defence. Aieeb denies all 'crime, is a Shopkeeper ran through his shop, but did not know why, after that he was seized and brought to prison can prove his being a quiet and respectable Shopkeeper.

and was left in charge of the house has known him for a Aling a shopkeeper, states that Aieeb is his servant

to heaven, and reward all the Budhist and readers are well aware this line of policy is wholly long time; is a respectable good man; has heard that

NAN.

accordant with our declared opinions, from which Taou Priests with money for their prayers. we see no reason to secede. We quite concur NEW COMMANDER IN CHIEF FOr Keang- with our Indian contemporary" that after the use- CHUN HWA CHING, the former Com-lessness of occupying Amoy, Chusan and Ningpo mander in chief of all the forces in the had been demonstrated, it is scarcely probable Keangnan Provinces, having been slain by and our reputation risked by the occupation of that our strength would be a new frittered away, the barbarians in the battle of Woosung, the cities which we must abandon. It is manifest that Emperorhas invested TWAN YUNG FUH with nothing short of a demonstration of our power before that high command, and who is orderedtore Peking, will bring the Son of Heaven to reason." main in Keangnan until all the affairs with the barbarians are finally settled, and the realm put to rest, when he is to repair 10 the capital. JA LE PO, a Tartar general, takes TWAN YUNG Fun's place as Comman- der-in-chief of the forces in Kwangsze

of of the forces Province.

to

We are now very anxiously waiting intelligence from the North, so long an interval having elapsed since our last official intimation, we are constrain-

ed to believe that our next anouncement will be

great interest. We have repeated the Current rumours, expressing at the same time the amount of Credit we deemed attachable thereto. We are informed that much impatience has been manifes the expedition. We have before remarked that ted by the apparent tardiness of the operations of this tardiness is only explicable by the existence of correspondent instructions from home.

the thieves ran through the house to mislead their pursuers.

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of either the taking of Pigs or associating with Pi. Sentence. Amecoo and Akim deny all knowledga rates, they were passing a house when the police Look Sou or Chan-ku, can bring evidence of there seized them, they are innocent af all guilt, never saw being good men.

After a delay of two hours, no evidence appeared, though a policemen was senet to bring the men named by the two prisoners he has returned saying no one will speak for these men.

The Prosecutor and evidence were sworn to their statements.

The Prisoner Aieeb is acquitted the other two Amecoo and Akim being guilty, are each sentenced to receive 100 strokes and to suffer 4 months impris- onment with hard labour and to have their mat house destroyed.

Ayaon.

August 24th. Toang-pon charged with robbery by

Ayoon deposes on the 14th of the month, about mid- night, my boat was attacked in the "Cap.sing-moon"

To us by good authority by Pirates. We were 4 men, one named Assing was

It has that the

ROBBERIES AT PEKING. Several daring robberies have been committed at the ca- pital, the marauders entering through the roof into the houses, wounding the people with swords, and plundering much property.

China are directed from The Governor of the Province NA NE KING Downing Street and should the issue of the camp

aign be unsatisfactory, blame will not be justly recommends to the Emperor the properly attachable to H. M. Plenipotentiary or the gallant of disgracing from office the Mandarin in Commanders of our Naval and Military Forces." charge of the district where the principal robbery was committed for two months, in which space of time he be required to search out and arrest the robbers when, he may again be reinstated in his office. To this his Majesty delays a reply.

MAGAZINES AT PEKING. A strong me- morial is laid before the Court soliciting that a larger number of troops and officers be appointed to the important duties of guarding the powder Magazines in Peking. ROBBERIES. In Kwangse province many robberies have been committed and a number of the robbers taken. In the district of Luk ping, some of the robbers having broke prison and escaped, the Em. peror orders the officer in charge of the district to be disgraced until the robbers are retaken but if not retaken within the space of a month or two, the said officer to be handed over to the decision of the Board of Pu

THE junks hav ther one

reach

Many of the grain

eking..

We would hope that the confident expectations of onr countrymen may not be balked. If they are and it be owing to this unlooked for interfe rence of the home Government, may the result that the present men in office, denounced the war when in opposition a war too, which it seems, they have now made especially their own.

not be accepted as well merited retribution: seeing

TORTOR.

BEFORS THE CHIEF MAGISTRATE.

August 20, 1842. ABDARLLA a native of Madras charged with theit, by Daon Jee

Baan Jee deposes yesterday about 11 o'clock A whilst sleeping in my house. I was awakened by a noise, and perceived the Prisoner stealing sonre Soap my property. It was placed under my bedstead from whence, in removing it, he made the noise which

aroused me, and I seized him whilst he was endeavour

to escape with it.

no

He comes frequently to eat 4th me we have had On my the boap

to be his

I

killed by the Pirate, The Frisoner was one of them. I saw him by the light of the moon I saw him strike the deceased with a sword. We made no resistance threw my self overboard to save my life Aiyou and A fook the remainder of my crew (we only being 4 in all) were in the boat when I fled I do not know what has become of them, they are men of Whampoa,' and that is our trade, I can swear to the Prisoner, and to were coming here to store Tea in the Ships, 19 all. I have stated.

I discovered this morning in

a small sompan, a Jacket and covering my pro. perty (produced in Court) in his possession, there was no other person with the Prisoner when he was taken. At the time we were attacked the Pirate boat had more than 10 men. My loss is about 100 dollars- Assan municipal police man states that he went with complainant and seized the Prisoner this morning in a small sampan.

n. The clothes in court claimed by plain- tiff was in the Prisoners, possession.

Defence The Prisoner denies the crime and says he was here at the time, and calls on Aquai a seller of pigs, and Cheong Shing a Shopkeeper to prove that

he was there

He yaou, a Salt boat owner, deposes that the Prison- er was here on the 14th of this month, and that he has not left the Island this month, and more, that he has seen him every day this month that the bed cover and Jacket are Prisoner a property and the bed Cover was purchased by the Prisoner at the time of his wedding.

uai, a pig merchant, deposes, that the Prisoner is man he has known him more than a year, their tantly along side of each other, and he to the Prisoner's being at Hongkong all positive he was here on the 14th and hum daily for more than a month past, knows has brought up this false accusation risoner's wife rejected his criminal

overtures.

about

boa

Are

of the Prisoner and he well lothes being purchased by Prison. years since, and as

ase to take great care of the.

and comp

preserved and

the one in Court