A Peoples' History 1793 – 1844 from the newspapers

It covers world history of a wide area ranging from Europe, America's to the East, for that specific half century. 

Chapter 35 of it is about Hong Kong, for three periods : 1836-1842, 1842-1843, 1843-1844. Interestingly this is the ending chapter. Followed by full bibliography of the work.

The author/editor is Roger Houghton. 
No specific information about him may be found on the internet yet. By cross checking, this work may have been available via internet by 2018, or earlier. 
Its source references are from the University of Chicago, GRS HK et al (plus collective efforts), and comprising newspapers like : e.g. Canton Register, The Friend of China. The current version is powered by WordPress.

It provides some extracts of the early issues of Friend of China alternatively, while some scanned pages under sunzi may be of poor quality. Sample checked and the text is verifiable. Readers and researchers may peruse and analyze for your interested areas.

   e.g. Officers charged with the first government in Hk (link) 
           vs Friend of China, 1842-3-31 p.1

It also provides cuttings from the Canton Register during above period (1836-1843). May act as useful cross-reference and background information pre-1841 also.