THE FRIEND OF CHINA
IND DONGBONG
NOTIFICATION,
GAZETTE.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING.
NGKONG,
THURI
18TH,
roo by the barbarians was rendered ex- THE publication of the Hongkong Ga-pedient for the vessel in which the presents zette under the authority of Government, were, to return, and proposes to send them will be discontinued from this date; but all by another route.
His Majesty graciously
Or
"monthly"
12 * yearly
Chief Magistrate with constant disobedience of orders, with regard to keeping their houses clean, and the former particularly
Sentence-To pay a fine of Four dollars to the Queen, NovEMBER 22nd 1842-Assani, and Aquai charged by the
disobedient and keeping the street full of all sorts of nuisances Fined "Assuin" # 10 and “Aquai". § 2 to the Queen, -
Qui-cho" charged by the Magistrate with not removing Bam-
public orders and notifications appearing in replies that another route would be very boo and that sheds from his door, though frequently ordered to dy
"The Friend of China and Hongkong Ca- 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.
NOTICE.
THE pressure of business frequently pre- →venting Sir Henry Pottinger from seeing Gentlemen, who are good enough to call on him, it is hereby notified, that he will be happy to see all visitors on Mondays and Thursdays, between the hours of Eleven and Two o'clock.
Byorder
RICHARD WOOSNAM
Acting Secretary Government House, Hongkong, 9th December 1842.
ONB
FAOM TUR TEKING GAZETTES. FOKIEN. Many of the Mandarins in Fo kien Province, have recently placed large sums of money at the disposal of their im- perial Master for military purposĖS,
KEANG-SE. Four Chief Magistrates of districts in Keang-se Province, have been lately disgraced, by imperial command, for their tardiness and delay in collecting the accustomed revenue of their respective de- partments.
PEKING. Extensive robberies, aocom- panied by murders, having taken place near the imperial city, a number of Officers were dispatched to ferret out, and capture the bloody freebooters. They were out the space of two whole months, but returned without finding the outlaws. His Majesty upbraids them with downright laziness and summarally disgraces them all from their official rank. te
KWANGTUNGA The Governor general of Kwangtung Province, în a memorial to the Court reiterates his complaints that the funds loaned to the Hong and Salt Merch- arts for past several years, still remain beg, that stringent measures may be adopted to enfor payment in or
unpa
der to reple
from which t
the Provincial Treasur
distant and tedious, and therefore the pre-in person by Major Chine. sents need not be sent this year.
HOOPIH. The Governor general of the Provinces of Hoopih and Hoonan lays be- fore the Emperor a long list of names of officers of various grades who figuered in the suppression of the recent rebellion in HOOPIн. For their meritorious deeds His Imperial Majesty promotes the whole of them thus brought to his notice.
Fined 5 dollars to the Queen.
house and causing a nuisance in the aireet, this prisoner has "Ahow" charged by Sergeant Wilson with erecting a mat been frequently spoken to by Sergeant Wilson, but his disobe-
dience has been persevered jn.
Bentence-20 Strokes and to pay a fine of Two Dollars to the Queen.
"Awong" charged with having in his possession a Pirate paper on the 31st of last month.. of the GENERAL SOCIETY, when taken up on suspicion of robbery
all their ceals affixed and belonged to a Shrimp boat owned by This pirate paper bears the impression of 13 Associations with "Chong-Yaou,"
The witnem in this matter is a Portuguese, who has gone ta.
Manilla.
Defence. The Prisoner states he picked up the paper near the market place and intended to have it read, has no evidence.
In Sentencing him the Chief Magistrate said, I cannot but consider this man to be implicated with Pirates, particularly sa he was charged with suspicion of robbery I consequently ten tence him to receive 50 Strokes and to suffer 3 months Imprison.
EXPENCES OF THE WAR. PEEN ZE YUM, Pay Master general of the troops in Che keang, shows the disbursements for the army in Che keang Province alone, for the seven months preceding the Peace, to have been upwards of nine hundred and eightyment with hard-labour... thousand taels, about about one million four hundred thousand dollars. All the details may he found in No. 102 of the Gazette for the present year.
MEMORA N-DUM,
NOVEMBER 5th 1842.-Prohibited the Sale of Spirits, and fermented liquors, at all the Publick houses on i Sundays.
From our Correspondent.
THE RIOT AT Cânton.
In several of the Provinces, disturbances by banditti and other disaffected parties, continue to occur which have caused much trouble
buble to the local Authorities, many of
ALL accounts concur, that the disturbance was de. whom have been disgraced and turned out belonging to the Fort William lying at Whampoa and casioned by the misconduct of some of the Lascars, of office for not keeping their respective who were permitted to visit Canton by the Commander regions in quiet. The weathy Province of It is not true, that this disturbance was owin
owing to an the insurrectionary movements of the lower brought some up the river, and has since been employ Hoopih, seems to be in serious distress, from attempt to smuggle Opium, for the Fort William is not employed in vending the drug, although she may have orders, and also from most extensive inun-ed in tmarishipping goods, by which method you are dations, causing great loss of life and de-aware a vessel which can only ca
carry six thousand yet struction of property.
Nothwithstanding peace has been de- clared, large sums of money in various quar- ters are still voluntarily offerred for the use of the imperial forces in their efforts againts the barbarians.
BEFORE THE CHIEF
NOVEMBER 17th 1842 Khau Chie" and "Amee charged by Kala-khau" -Sepahi of Matheson's Godowns with stealing
Copper from Mathesons & Co. Godowns.
kdan rep he susp
to be
deposes, that Kala. some Copp which the Ruite knows it.
ly in the
manages to deliver some thirty thousand Bales of Cot ton. But this is hardly deemed smuggling, and is only an evasion of the Port dues, which is now the regular thing, neither disgraceful nor disreputable in this quar- ter, and the Chinese authorities are not so silly, as to take umbrage at such a trifle, as for the rascally mob, they benefit by this weakening of the bands of the au- thority
It is said the Chow Chow Chop, was refused to the Lascars, who had not paid for the goods they wanted to Ship, and their departure being opposed by the Chinese Customs officer, a knife was drawn by one of the Lascars and the officer was wounded slightly on the Shoulder. This exasperated his countrymen, who joined in the affray and drove
scars. This Wednesday
Occurrence took place about 2 o'i afternoon, at three, the Chinese were the victors, but being reinforced by considerable numbers the attact
en
1 the Creek Hong in which the Lascars b a refuge, and about 5 clock set fire to the Company's factory. The Military and Municipal. thorities were soon on the Spot, but were driven off by the
tell you the amount of
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ith immediate.
the Empere
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