The gazette is publishing extracts from a dispatch received by the Government of India from Lieutenant General Henry Thomas Godwin, Commander of the Forces in in Ava [Inwa, Myanmar], Arracan [Rakhine State, Myanmar], and Tenasserim [Tanintharyi Region, Myanmar] Provinces, dated 22 April 1852. Th...
The gazette is providing notification that the Baragu River and other outlets of the Irrawady [Irrawwadi, Myanmar] are included in the blockade declared by G R Lambert, Commodore in the Royal Navy, on 6 March 1852. It should be noted that f. 37 and f. 39 are duplicate copies of this item.
The gazette is publishing a General Order issued by the Governor General of India announcing the capture, and occupation of the city of Prome on 9 October 1852. It also contains published dispatches from Commodore George Robert Lambert, and Major General Henry Thomas Godwin; these dispatches repo...
The gazette is publishing a General Order issued by the Governor General of India announcing the capture, and occupation of the city of Pegu [Bago, Myanmar] on 21 November 1852. It also contains published dispatches from Commodore George Robert Lambert, and Major General Henry Thomas Godwin; thes...
The gazette is conveying news of the capture of Martaban [Mottama, Myanmar] and Rangoon by British forces in Burmah [Myanmar]. It therefore instructs a Royal Salute to be carried out at each Military station in the Bombay Presidency. The item contains three copies of this notification.
The supplement (two copies) reports the capture of Bassein [Pathein, Myanmar] by British forces. It includes commendations for named officers; returns of the dead and wounded; returns of captured artillery; and copies of two letters. The correspondence included is as follows: 1. Letter from Lie...
The gazette (two copies) is announcing that an Expedition has been sent against the Burmese; the justification given is that the Governor General of India has failed to obtain redress from the Court of Ava for injuries inflicted against British subjects. It further announces the success of said ...
The letter is written in cypher and is unreadable. On the verso side of the letter is a note that reads 'from Mr Ameer Khan Johannes'. The note states that the letter is an acknowledgement of the Political Resident's letter of 13 May (f 26), and continues that receipts for the deposited money hav...
Printed copy of the Bombay Government Gazette Extraordinary
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The Gazette Extraordinary is an announcement of the annexation by British forces of Pegu [Bagu, Myanmar] in December 1852. The Gazette includes a copy of the Proclamation made by Charles Allen, Officiating Secretary to the Government of India, dated 20 December 1852, and a list of appointments ma...
Letter No. 193: Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, His Excellency Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil CB, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia, Tehran
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Samuel Hennell encloses two letters (not included): one from Mirza Ahmed Khan to Hennell, on the subject of Mirza Ahmed Khan's relations with the Shiraz Agent, Mirza Mahmood; and one from Mirza Abdool Bakee to Hennell, which concerns a gold watch (first referred to by Hennell in his earlier lette...