Page
APRIL 8. 1868.
vertisements.
OF REMOVAL. ce of the Under- as been Reinoved to A CENTRAL, between CRAWFORD & Co.'s BOWRA & Co.'s Pre- site Messrs D. LA- s Wharf.
RLOWITZ & Co.
tain por Agents will be for any Debts contracted
io barque "Navarino,"
PEPER WITBROG, Captain
Jarek 23, 1868.
RTRAITS
ASON in prepared to take
ITS, VIEWS and other
ASRooms, Commercial
Queen's Road.
arch 11, 1868.
tf
HN MAR, DECEASED. indebted to the above Estate ted to make immediate pay- having Claime against it
Je sanie for settlement, ac
toper Vouchers, on or ha ay, 1868.
be made to, and Claims:
B. M. Comul, Swatow,
eb 26, 1888.
MLA MAR
Administrati
ST SHIPPING
ARRIVAJS.
jactress, Amer. barque, 524,
York, Dec. 16, General-
& Co,
Rice
ca. Brit. ship, 707, Innes, 28, 15,600 picula 20, Brit, steamer, 530, T. how, Amoy and Swatow, General and Trewire.
ning, British steater, 316, catta, Penang, and Singa th, 28th & 30th, Opium and
LIVINGSTONO. chantman, from Whompos, EPARTURES.
for East Coast.
for Whampoa.
, for Manila.
for Singapore and Bombay.
,for Saigon.
PASSENGERS.-
-Mr Cashmen.
31 Chíticae.
Presa, Mc F. A. Farral,
CLEARED.
Yow. York.
Bangkok.
e, for Manila.
for Saigon.
EPING REPORTS..
an barque Bangfactress, from reports moderate weather; quator on 8th Jan. in long.
the meridian of the Cape of 1'1st Feb. in lat 47:8; made sland on 14th Feb.; passed
Mar; up China sea had light
d strong Southerly current;
in the Straits of Gaspar;
bad
heroc to Hongkong
1 from E.N.E. until arrival.
h April; 113 days out. On-
ke the British barque Chaa
1: N.,:
long
109.69 E
e the Hamburg brig Alice in long, 118.0%
113.52 E.; on 6th April,
in with a junk, disinsated and took off one mau, the only of 21, said he had been out in the appearance of the boat auch was the case, the bottom with barnacles and long graze,
lung. 114,26 E.
steamer Fosso, from the East light monsoon and thick rai Passed the P. & O. steamer be River Min going in at Foochon, and H. M. gun-
at Smutow.
ship Ferica, from Saigon, re- leaving Cape St. James bad breezes to Pulo Sapato; after asterly winds and calous up to at ong N.E./wind.
TATIONS.
KONG,
8th April, 1868
itna, New, enares, New,
kalwa,
www
BOMBAY, CALCUTTA,
Exchange. ths' nigh,
441
2649
B42
675 a 880
15 a 19
15 a 18t
43 a 4/3
4/4
3 days sight, Re. 318
3 days' sight, Rs. 217
, 3 days' steht Bank, Tis. 73
wta B,114 per a pre
3 touch,
Breigns, Sovereigns,
Shares,
dock,
do,
9.80 pero. pre ...1 per o. pre ...2425 per fael. 23.76 4 23.86
4.75
40 per Share.
Old, 15 per cent pit. Now 7 per cent pm,
New, 3
k Shares, Old, 16 par seat pm.
do.
jel Shares,
Shares,
25 per cent dis. 22 per cent dis
Temperature. KONG, 8th April, 1868.
L. 3., M
30.110 80.029
ermometer, 04
No. 1512-APRIL 8, 1868.]
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All communicatums addressed to this paper mist be accompanied by the name of the sender, not nees crily for publication, but as a quarantee of qond faith.
THE CHINA MAIL.
3
SUPREME COURT,
IN ADMIRALTY. Fire The ACHILLES". "EASTWARD Ho," her Freight and Cargo.
appending their names to the original con- tract produced; in a Court of equity he believed he had a night to do so. If he was bound by the rules of pleading, he looked upon it as a great hardship that the coolies could not obtain redireag
against
SO
gross an imposition. It was not likely that they would have gone down to the
coolie for $10 advance and food would go vague sum to be fixed upon for the cotton-Mr. Pollard said that a street-
believed they were goin anywhere
Mr Whyte said that the coolies to the Pellows for
one year at $10 a month.
Chin
Aging, a coolie,
China Telegraph of the 12th February On learning that the prisoner took it, she having been transferred verbatim to the gave information. Obun Awat one and columns of the former journal, It con- cludes the paragraph with these words: turned-Foong Akum stated that,
offered to get the child if there was a reward; $15 was offered, but the child was not re- "It may be argued that if the proprietor p.. of tho 5th, saw the prisoner take away
The Chief Justice gave judgment in this- of the Herald likes to fill up bis paper with the child with promises of sweetmeats, and matter that has appeared a fortnight or so
witness told I the mother-Inspector Hallo case on opening the Donrt this morning, previously in these columns, we have no i ran, who took the sharge, observed that a We shall publish the judgment at length Polley islunds for four years on promise of reason to object, but should leave the public woman oams to the Station, saying that she hereafter; but in the meantime we may to decido on the merits of the case. Per could get the child if money were given Achilies had accomplished a salvage service,
state that his Lordship
hip ruled that the THE CHINA MAIL. hayo; nevertheless, wa profer giving her whom he told to come to Court. On but that, owing to the services of the
this little bit of explanation.
this woman being put in the witness-box, steamer having been accepted under pro- Now strange to say, wo bave a similar she denied having told the inspector any miss from the captain that the charge would HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1868.
charge to make against the Telegraph such thing, and was sent to guol for 21 "not be too much," he fixed the renauera- PRIVATE information by home letters not merely for often appropriating our P .C. 266 (Indian) was charged with hav- leads us to believe that some very decided items of news verbatim without acknow. ing stolen a quantity of white colton stuff As to the general costs of the action, how changes in the personnel of the Colonial ledgement, but in some cases transferring from the Great World Circus. 4 coolie ever, each party would pay his own costs.
our own leading matter bodily to its deposed to laving soon prisoner take the Governinent are under discussion, if not columns in such a manner as to make it cotton, and given information, Inspector- already decided upon, and it is thought that Mr Austin will be empowered to appear as the original editorial comments Ryan stated that prisoner was on duty
the Circus, and him but
gave assume upon his arrival powers of a The home papers are very fond of thus to six moutha' imprisonment, and ordered of the Telegraph upon Chinese matters character. His Worship sentenced prisnuer more important nature than those perfilching from elinisl journals, but they him to find securities for $100 each for six A. L Turner, . Foster, C, Storey, K.; and he sailed next day. taining to the office of Colonial Scure will not, in the case of the Overland China Mail at least, do so without our taking the opportunity of drawing atte tion to the piracy.
tary.
THE MILITARY CONTRIBUTION. AN article in the London and · China Express of the 36th Feb, deals with the Military Contribution question, from
LOGAL
the vast commerce between China and cially as the "season" is drawing to a
The Lightning, which arrived to-day, vsa, we learn, on his for thirty hours on her upward passage. The fire broke out on Sunday, the 6th April, when the Chief
days.
-Prisoner was remanded to the 4tl.
months more.
an indifferent
tion at 8800, with 3100 allowance for coats.
This
NISI PRIUS.
or board the Vesta; besigned the contract pro-
stated that he went
duced, because he wished to the Fellaw.
to go (or Cotton) Islands. It was signed before the German Consul. The terms wore that
they would get $10 a month and food, for a year, with an advance of $10, and the returned to Hong rest to be paid after they
After this explanation,
he
signed
kong
LONG TIK. HEARD AND OTHERS, (Before the Hou. the Chief Justice and a Fury.) The Juros were Messrs H. N. Mody, the
and F. A. d'Aquino.
picked oakum and did other kinds of work Phillips, J. Jardine,
on deck during tho was a care which has previously been arrived at the lalandis (on 3rd of June), they voyage, nud after they the Small Cause Court, in which built huts to live in-nineteen satisfactory to observe that our deputy of M. Chatain to the firm of Messrs Heard and to feed then the Captain sent alors QUR Canton correspondent welten - It ́ in
Inndod. question of the agency or to agency They remained on the island for 9 monthe, Commissioner of Customs has decided upon & Co. Plaintiff is n abone-dealer, had sup, tar bags of Rice (sample produced); they adopting another of the suggestions, which
with blocks of plied the French architect have appeared pour columns, in connec- tion with the fasting of the returns of granita for the construction of defendant's also gos yams to eat, aud salt meat, but no
fresh
meat, as
na thera house, and
was no cattle on the. now sued the defondants for island. (A sample of the ence or tare, &
river. With the daily
the
"fail" 200
a
was not proper, the yam or
the passage home, the ship leaked and they asked to sign but not until some one threatened to strike
paper, after the anchor.waa up..
he did so;
him. He had not got more than 10-By Captain, and they were not to get more Mr Follard: The cotton belonged to the then monthly wagus; the cotton was to bo made up in maid that he
of not more than
lad an lbs. Akow, agent,
d engaged. get nineteen men for the Captain; bot
tell anything about agree went. Koon
memorialists The Straits papers indeed,utions taken as regarded the boats tween this and Whampoa, but without Fally receiving payment from Chatain, but
it did not ignite although a portion of
it
vilege.
tricka to
vered
$200 from
Heard. He then deli-
bin
much the same point of view as that THE performance at the Great World Cirous inporta and exports-the principal items of7450, the amount of unpaid balance for species of yain, was here produced, which. taken by oursolves, although we differ this evening is for the benefit of Ella the cargoes brought up and takon down by aid stone supplied, left by Chatain when lier Pollard remarked was very good when from some of its deductions Allading Zayara, who will appear for the first time native craft will also be furnished from absconded. The defence was that Chatain boiled). The Captain, chin mate and to the undoubted fact that the importance in Hongkong in Male attire, in a grand 1st instant, in the shape of a weekly sudhad been aimply paid to build defendant's Bound watu asked them to come back to of Hongkong-singularly productive equestrian Rof, and will also introduca thoary. The data thus ahtained cannot to house, and had absconded.
had planted a good educated horse "Otholla." The programme to convince that sapient body, the directora
Mr Pollar for the defendunts; and Mr deat of a was very glad to do
3.0, instructed by Mr Cald. Hongkang, after they being the depot and thus the centre of should command a, crowded house, espehov have not a trade on the PD behalf of plaintiff. of articles of trade-arises solely from its for the evening is an excellent one, nod of the Steam-host Company, that by their appucted by Mr Sharp, appeared voco giving them a pain in the bolly. On
having subsidised Bir acheong's steamers Barnard,
80the gamed their
object of non habuif of the outer world, it looks upon the troops close, the company leaving for Shanghai Posing the carry returns of import facts briefly oned the case, stating the had to work hard. On bothe
Mr.
Barnard stationed in the colony as being for Bri- on Friday.
noted above, The Aw and exporta, harbour regulations, establish
Beted as interpreter to Mussts Heard, tish protection in China generally.
mont of a nautical telegraph, und was in Coeli Chins, and could not be pro- "But, says our contemporaryse
altis, the foreign inspectorate of this place duced; but in spite of this is hoped that going a little too far to assert that the
maat have assuredly undergone a thorough he would be able to prove that M. Chataiu presence of the garrison is an unwixed
reforination
during the incumbency of
had acted as agent for defendante, or
or at evil. The memorialists would have done Boginrer repreted anoke to be coming into present chief in charge. But-na wothing least that, by aubsequent confirmation of hetter had they asked that the contribu- the engine room from the main hold. The can be accomplished in this world
Chatain's contract, they had established an bands were mediately turned up to break the aid of Almighty dollar, setting aside tion should be suspended until the Mint
and the lower huld latches were Prof ott-cargo,
Professor Vanek's magical operations, it agency. He thought that the defendants, question be solved and the colonial re-edured with tarpaulings and battened down, sons to have been determined by the in China, would be doing what was un
f who were ono of the Brat American housesid not Poe, head man, spoza Eng. sources placed on a better fouting; or steam was then turned on into the main Customs folks that the nautile commu-worthy of them and what was wrong in law, fish to the Captain and Consul. They had else, that it he forthwith reduced to hold, while beats were got ready and pro- nity, for whose benet, the innovations by resisting the reasonable claim of his poor rise and fish given to them, and a dead much smaller sum."
visioned in case it became nocassiary to have been introduced, abould contribute olient. Mr Barnard then called blo newer which will be received by the the steam extinguished the fire, which the individual, which is inclusive of the privi- month of Juue to the middle of July, gene there; but they could not get them. Once
We have already predicted the proba-abandon the ship. Fortunately, however; towards the Iditional expenditure by
monthly subscription of $2 by sach firm or The plaintiff, who stated that he supplied ballook; but never caught any fresh fish. They were attacked by the natives, and Chatain with blocks of granite from the then ran away. There were fruit and fowls originated in the cotton cargo, aud the
lege of availing of the postal convoyance with much justice, ridicule the memorial | precauti
proved unnecessary. Saltpetre was atened.
they had a fight mongst themselves, and In tote and point out that it most inju- beneath the apizm and cotton, but bappily taking into consideration the fact of all notice the tous to the Frenchmans. In his one man who was wounded with a knife ditiously draws attention to the smallness
having occasion to avall of the postal pri books he had entered Chatain's name: M. they could be takori sway, as they wanted had his wounds dressed. They asked it of the sum exacted from Hongkong us! was melted.
to get away: but they did not say they Next to the report of the doings of la Chatain ran away in Noveinher. compared with the aubsidies paid by the Straits settlements and other colonies The Benefactres, American barque, which dronies, whose operatisms have hitherto examination by Mr Pullard; plaintiff said would not stop. They made no complai
that all the stonea were delivered at the
to the Captain: the rico produced was got similarly situated, and we are inclined to atrived this morning, picked up a castaway been browned with ancoras, the big new buildings, and that he
Bioco whose story is peculiar. A day or ·two
his money from the ship for food, not for plauting, by Professor be p
performed 1 ahare in the fear thus expressed. The From a Chinese document written by the form the subject of confabulation amongst from Chatum at the same place. Through There were no inore, yains, and they were
Yanok
he bargained with Chatain for the lots afraid to eat too much of them. point upon which we differ from our con- man saved, atid handed to us for translation, our Celestial friends. The construction of
When Chatain ra of stone.
aaway, the place
G., formerly second mate of the brig temporary, as we did with the juemorial, we learn that the timated junk from the mat-shed has been contracted for, and
was glut is embodied in the following paragraph which he was taken left the island the site chosen is that of the old factories was what up un antarane unter Vesta, examined by Me Pollard, stated that
put on different worknien,Re-
knew nothing of the Chinamon. until in its article
of Chuan Le on the Corean Cast It is to be hoped that the Professor's sa "Because Hongkong is chosen for this, as the 2nd day of the 12th Moon, guine; expectations will be fully realised examined: The papers produced in Fronch they were in hard. He told is that them. -As to tha Inst Chinese your (27th Dec. 1867) Klesbing, whose establishment is well we got from Chataiu. All the communi- he was to supurintend the only spot in China waters that is actual bound for a place which reads in Mandarin known to the usual visitors to this place cations, the in more to chat on cotton, he told them also that the inton ly British property, that is no reason why inaintain troops that are liable at any time/ested of 21 men. A gale came on shortly, may be obtained. But to return to the examination when our Reporter left. Hongkong alone should be called upon to no "Shang puin Corea. Her crow for picking up fancy articles, in the Profes-te peter, and the interpreter cannot now was to be sold only to Captain Tetes. Th
rily sor's factotum, of whom further particulara Mr Barnard was proceeding with his crew were 13 all told, being two more than to be called away to protect British Luter- or the left or rudderless,
they usually carried. The coulies had rice, port and the
the ladrones. Their last
fish, oil, tes, and yam, reported victim
they liked the cats at Canton, or any other place at which crew lost all knowledge of their post bete again the proprietor of a copper-cash they may be threatened."
tion and they drifted holplessly about establishment, and the modus operandi Now if the only bond between the at the of the waves.
meror
One by decorves
is said to have presented himself
a bargain were that of nationality and a mutual the sole survivor of the 21 men was picked at the shop and drove
Fong Asin v. L. Barnea, $17.93.Defend object in carrying on trade, this sort of "p by the Benefactress, after makingup his quantity of cash. In the meanwhile an- argument would be perfectly valid. But, mind that he just share the fate of his other couple of would-be purchasers of the
ant did not appear, and judgment was given companions. His name is Kuang 1 The indispensable commodity are all appear
they were M was faden with amudries and had oft
ohance aleo, and
all treating against hivo. ou the best possible board, according to the survivor's state to oblain the
in. Lea Ahay v. T. Elmenhorst, $40,80-Do- and steal away what could be found. Their Wo wherespon by a
by a display of some sign, as the freemasona do, the
for babibous. About 10,000 or 17,000 cot- L
purchasers of omah by default. showed their truc
true colors by each shi
ton trees were planted, about 6,000 of each exhibiting
Ladage and others A. M. da Silva, which were as thick as his wrist and or 8 fout high. They had often disturbances 30-Judgment for plaintifs.
with the natives, and once they bad a fight between themselves, when one msu was wounded in three places. Two or three times they were absent from work; and they were too lazy to gave them seed. They said they sough the stop on the Island, and if the Captain would not take them away, they would do to more work, and would instond kick up rows with the natives. When he went to persuade the Captain Tetens to take them away, Captain was lying with his leg shot through and refused to take:
aflor
became
Vessel
a
has
be found.
he
yan they were very fond of, as it ia a very good "wegstable." They were never naked
settlements nt. Caston and Hongkong one his companions died of starvation and worthies recorded. One of these SUMMARY JURISDICTION COURT. to do work on deck. On the island the
it unfortunately happens that foreign Can-
for
Before the Hon. . J. BALL. April 7, 1808.
baganas,
coolies were fed as good as he was, and better-pig or goat once. and taras and a bullock once their belia- vior was very bad, more like fools, as the natives called them. They could not sce anything in a native's houso, but they -would go
and flourish knives to the women,
ton at the present day is to a barge extent but in offshoot of Hongkong so much meat, cargo and billion to the amount of terms, some other enquirers popped.fendant did not appear, and judgment went work was clearing away the grass, and a
so that any injury inflicted upon (foreign) several thousands worth of taels.
Canton would be a direct and serions have no which we have referred threateningly his capped six-shooter, which
to
ex-
learned what became of them. The blow to the mercantile houses of this tho thanks of the writer to the Cap-
preesen colony. To take that port as an illustain andrew of the Benefactress and contains tration of the argument which the writer several questions as to her destination, buasi- means to advance is therefore peculiarly zess, &, which have been answered in unfortunate.
pencil, apparently by sons Chinaman on
But with reference to the other ports, board. for which it is admitted on all harda Hongkong sets an the "rallying point," We understand that the Hongkong Hotel Company are doing a better business thau centre," and "depot," being moreover the quoted prices of the shares would the grand terminus and licad quarters of imply. They still remain at 25 discount, three enormous steamer companies, bo nominal, but purchasers are holding back sides that of several steamer owning until the managers' monthly report shall firms, the arguments against the Stamp have been published, which will doubtless Act used by the merchante of Amoy and send the deserves vary uses Swatow was that it would touch their cosmopolitan ovary success. trade in other words force them to con-Ts subjoined table of Mail arrivals at tribute to the Revenue of this colony. Hongkong will doubtless interest our read It must further be granted that the imers, the amended tables not baring, of position of charges upon trade at any place as we are aware, heen as yet published. which is regarded as the centre or depot. The particulars given by the L. &C. Es of that trade affects all places with which press of last mal refer only to the dates of it is carried on. Now we are pretty sure departure via Marseilles, and give no dates
of arrival bera here. that all charges imposed in this colony upan mercantile transactions direct to other ports, fall either in part in whole South'ion. Marles. Arrive at Ilongkong, upon those concerned at those ports, Feb. 22. Mar. 6 Wed'day April 15. which in this manner contribute their Mar. 21 Mar 27 quota to one local revenue. We will April 4 April 10 evo go so far ne to say that fully one
P. 6. MAILS FOR 1868.
Leave
18
16
-27
third of the military contribution is now May 2. May defrayed from the pockets of persons not
30 June resident in Hongkong. The assertion June 13 therefore that this colony is paying the 27 July entire contribution must be received an July true to the eye, but by no means true to
27.
ول
had the desired effect on the inmates of the catablielmont by their becoming dum- fouled, whilst the ladrones vamoosed with a quantity of cusb obtained on ratlier better terms that they were treating for.
Circumstances have transpired which lead to the belief that the foud, which oxisted eat year between certain sections of manu- facturers of silk picw gouds, will be re vived, and it is feared way prove a more serious affair than the last in the absence
Johanna Roza da Luz . Marian Gard, 56, board and lodging for three mouths, This case arose out of a pummons tried the other day at the Police Court, when plaintiff was fined for assaulting defendant. Plaintif stated, and produced witnesses in proof, that defendant had lodged and boarded for
three months, at the rate of $16 a-month Defendant distinctly denied that she eve
⇓
of officers of Chung Yok Ja's stamp, by boarded; she found her own food, and to take advantage of hip in greater force aerer dined with plaintiff unies asked to to of the row for doing do so; she admitted $18. His Honor, some strokes of business in their own line. however, decided against the defendant consented to take then-By Mr Whyte: Gambling is said to ho resumed in some Mrs da Luz appeared in another, action as An Agrecinent was entered into before the of the out of-the-way localities, whilst the defendant, her lodger having sued her on the Captain would take the coolles back, ds- the officials themselves are said to be setting ground that some clothes and other property olaring that they had no claim upen vicious institutions, which Cheong knocked she were willing to give up this property bad examples by their toleration of the bad bean detained. ie Honor asked if Captain, and that they would have to work their passage home. Did not beat then, when she expressed her willingness, This unless in self-defence; never saw an iron on the head.
Old Sparki
park is once more out of the slip-onse was therefore adjourned for a week bar. Gibbons, a black man, did not ill- use the coolies; he had been on the Island wrights' hands, and looks as smart a draft pending events. as any on the river. She came up pester-
for 13 years, and is
British subject. The day afternoon and went down this (Satur
voyage but was of sixtuen days, aml that and as the Sper came up.
of 43 day) morning;
6; 43-days rather long days; Chinn Asno v. A. Tetens, $150, for wages this afternoon as nesal, it ay be therefore a osolies according to agreenient. Mr passage, but had provisions all the time. inferred that both will run on the line, Pollard, a. . instincted by Mir Caldwell; Captain Tetens has privilege to work cotton which stated by some authority will appeared on behalf of defendant: Mr on these Islands from the King; there are not play for running one of the Company's Whyte, instructed by Mr Sharp, appeared about 500 men on the islan lies did and plenty steamers. No doubt many
pigs. On the return voyage, the see a daily steam communication between for the plaintiff.
May B.
>>
21
Junie
Я
17
25
July
Б
10,
29.
"}
Aug. 12
"Sopt.
22
Oct,
21. 31
Nov
a Oet
17
9 Se day 23
21.*
Dad.
31 Nov. 0
39*
J+
LEGD
28 Deo,
Duo 12
20
18
Jan.
2*
16.*
26 Jan
-1-1869
Feb. 13.*
fact. It does primarily come out of Aug 8 Aug. the pockets of residents undoubtedly, but,
Sept. 6 Sept
as we say, one third at least of the sum
is recovered by subsequent charges to Oct. their correspondents.
We are thus plain in pointing out the
actual state of the case in order to shew the nature of the argument with which Nov. 14
we are pretty confident the auti contribu
tion memorial will be met, Wo. pass over the necessity which owing to the Abyssinian war and other circumstances,
-80,*
WAS
would.
fite
to
*
COOTERM AND CUTTON AT THE PELLEWS,
This case arose from an
back was
this and the Holy City, for which there agreement. From Mr Polled breach of not frequently pump, sometimes they did.
statomront of
must be suffolent inducement, otherwise it facts, it appeared that the latter, together hardly likely that one would act so with eighteen other coolies, wore engaged
By Mr Pollard: Coolios worked only at Pige run wild in the bush, the pary plentiful in all the neighbour-
and are
J. Hanssen, chief munte, sworn, said that.
to sink money in coal after a by defendant (master of the Hamburg brig ing inlands as well. ledge and experies of the trade Festa) to proceed to the Pellew Island, he recollected to pinctson Chinamen going extending over a period of upwards of ther
there to o grow cotton for defendant under a twenty years, Talk of "statistics" of the certain term in lien of certain wages. Is
to the Pellows. The evidenes given by
the
agreement; to
Mação line, pshaw How masterly the was agreed that the evidence taken in the this witness, however, was very much the
has been played out game
out with the small base should be usest in all the other actions, sale in substance as that given by the last scumpa
The new Canton teas of the season have for the Pellews and Carolino lelands, and
The Vesta left Hongkong in April 1867, witness. By Mr Whyte: The anchor was nat up when the sound contrast was signed; been brought into the market, which have reached her destination on June 3d. The the Chinese worked the pumps. found native buyers at an advance of 2 nineteen coolies had sigued an agramas pleading were not strictly attended to here, His Honor said that, although the rules of taela to 2 taela per picul on last season's produced by Mr Pollard, which bound price, for converting them into scented tear them to work at the cotton plantation at the plaintin's case appeared to rest upon for the English market-April 4th.
which Mr Whyte replied for four years on the terms of $10 advance, that they went up the non-existence new clothes, food and- profit on the cotton CORRESPONDENCE.
produce, when sold at rate of $4 for 200 of the agreement produced by defendant, Ibe. Upon this seinnd-the same on which and the existence of a parallel agreement, To the Editor of the CHINA MAIL."
the Perseus' officers and crew some time stipulating
$10 a HONGKONG, 8th April, 1888.
agreement, they ago avenge
the death of Captain they and food and clothon, one year's service, DEAR SIRI should be obliged by your the coolies commmed to work under the a
Yerbal agreement, 28. understood making known through your valuable superintendence of the second mate, They use a dangerous doctrine to hold that a by the Chluasa.Hia Honor remarked that olumns, that I am not the Mr A. M. dawers well fed, but got discontented; and, Silvo, sund for- debt yesterday. by Messrs in addition to fighting will the natives about person should not be bound by an agree-
bad nies, ment which they h women and on account of petty larcenies,
signed. Ladage Uelke & Co. and Mr E, Roch-mo
Mr. Whyte ssid that it was hand for the faction fight, in which one-was they had a faction starter-Ium, did
ANTO, M. DA SILVA,
wounded. They then olamoured to get poor unfortunate men.M. Pollard obe At Messrs War. Pustau & Co. back to Hongkong and in spite
the fact Jested to anything of misfortune being that there were 6000 strong cotton trees, spoken of, after the evidence just given,
Thyte said that it was a gross evasion above glanced at will be urged against who had six innr the for Inrcony from the per-
RECENTLY a villager was drowned in the and altogether 16,000 trees, the coolies left of the Passenger Act; by taking only nine- any reduction of the "contribution" by son; and his Worship thereupun mantotoed Tague. The Mayor ordered a search for in the brig out their return voyage to Hosteen mea, they did not come under the pro-
one month's hard labor, and two the botly, and described the deceased
The Captain, however, kong, whippings of tea strokes each.
follows: Dark complexion; tail marked agresing to take then, got the coolies to vision of the Act passed to check abuse Tax London and Chines Express draws with the above offence, upon the following
KIDNAPPING Paw Alook was charged impediment in his speech
sign an agreement admitting a breach of the shipment of emigrants. His Honor said that it was somewhat remarkable that A TEACHER said to s little girl at school, the former contract. attention to a most unnecessary literary evidence. Kwok Aohoy, who lives in a naughty girl should hurt you like a Mr Whyte said that he had never see nineteen and not twenty should be the piracy on the part of the London and Praya Central, stated that she went out at good girl you would forgive het, would'nt the original contrast, but he set up a parul number fixed upon. China Herald recently established, certain 6 am of the oth, and on returning at you "Yes, marm," she replied, "If I contract which the galles had entered into, Items which appeared in the London and pay, discovered that the child was gone. I could'nt catch her,
I and which they believed they signed when
TO-DAY'S FOLIIN.
On these trips the packets are allowed 4 exists for decreasing as far as possible days extra for the pange from Buck to Japan, Imperial expenditure, Upon this ground and this allowance is taken in the table, slone, a delay to consider the memorial until the expiration of the dve yours (Before Mr Usedlike). A boy of 16 na period might confidently be expected ed Lim Afook was charged with pocket But we are afraid that even when the picking in Queen's Road, Mr Floyd said originally specified time of imposition he saw prisoner try several peoples' pockets Douglas shall have elapsed, the argument wo have and gave prisoner in charge. Mr
recognised the prisoner as an old offender
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the home authorities.
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As the Captain was not able to attend, the case was adjourned till further notice,