2.-APRIL 21, 1868.
TICE NOTIFICATIONS.
LCLORD:
W, AMOY & FOOCHOW DINE at 11:30 A., on eday nest, the 22nd instant.
--
LACCA," on Friday, the 24th
at 1a...
. PENANG & COUTTA,—
AN ALPINE," on Wednes be 22nd instaut, at 1 P.M.
EST SHIPPING.
ARRIVAL
conado, Amer. steamer, 1802, ghai, April 18, General.-A.
PASSENGERS...
dd,Mr. J. W. Defring and
Seamer Chim, to Bail To-mor-
FIRST CLASS,
ampton-Mr and Mrs Rapy, 1 native servant; Birs Alford female fervant; Mr Smale; Ray and infant, Mr and Mr
ifles, Messrs J. C. Whyte, Emanitz
11t.
-Air F. D, Mistree and I
pore ---Me Buchauas.
SECOND CLARO.
iles,easra E. Matron and ally and Captain Kofoed.
mpton,--Mesars Baldock and
-Mr Beatty:
Mr J. D. Metta..
CLEARED.
Swalow.
for Singapore.
or Macao.
Saigon,
for Singapore.
HIPPING REPORT. -
ican steamer Suwonada," from eports-left port at 6a.in. April at I p.m., off the Namki Is- dsteamer Douglas; 20th, at Pyramid Polit, passed stea
; at 3.90 p.m., passed steamer olf Husb Rock: 21st, at 5 ongnus Point, passed a steamer
he the Er! King Experienced. Freeze and thick weather until Point Arrived at Hongkong
Cargo by the P. & 0. Co.'s
Silk
RA.
Silk Piece Goods,
757 ble...
lles 52
of carer, and 30 bla. Cocoons Fabout 250 chests Silk.
Treasure,
ky, about 7 Lakhs of Dollar.
10. OF CHARTERS AND
SEFTLEMENTA
Since 8th April, 1808.
British ship, 730 tona Anat sh hargne, but tous, Saigon to
fun.
hence
British Kinsque,
457 tona, fie and ydney £1,000 in fall. 34, Brit, barque, 398 tone, hence
ne and Sydney £1,10) in full
Prussian barque, 400 tone,
and back from Ne
5 per ton.
Jelbourne
155. American ship, 1000 tons, hence cisco $18,000 in full
ritish aclar, 250 tons, Saigon and argo down at 474 cents per picul
American barque, 450 tons, hack at 40 cents per picul. Sasa, Danish barque, 300 tons, nd lack at cents inside, and ber picul outside,
British ship, 107 tons, hence to
10 cents per picul, ff on to Atoy
ber picul (inward cargo)
itish slith, 693 tops, Wungchac walow at 435 cents per picpl. arris, British briz, 193 tons, Newchwang and back at
British barque, 181 tons, 3 to
t $925 per month.
Hamburg barque, 218, tons, 31,150 per month.
e Number and Tonnage of Diser
ale in HongkongBritish h, tous reign (exclusive of Siamese) 2, Total, 7.
tous 2,715
CEO HOLMES, Ship Broker.
Peddere Bill,
20th April, 1868
OTATIONS.
NGKONG, 21st April, 1968.
Patus, New,
Old,
Benares, New,
$645 -670 635
Old,
Malwa,
17 a 21
15 a 191-
-BOMBAY,
·CALAUTTA,
Exchange.
months' night,
·4/33 a 4/4·
4/41
ta, 3 days' sight, Rs. 218 219 ay, days sight, 18. 217- line, 3 days sight Bank, Tla. 79, *...9.80 perc pre. It per a pre ... 24.60pertael.
, 17 dwis. B., 11 per a pre
98 touch,
Sovereigns,
n Sovereign,
---
any
...T
Shares,
Los dock,
**
24.00 24.15
4.86
40
per Shara
Old, 14 per cent pin do, New, 8 per cent p
Bank Shares, Old, 15 per cent pw.
dlo.. New 3
Hotel Shares,
20 per cent dis
bok Bharat,... 20 per cent die
Temperature,
ONGKONG, 21st April, 1868.
ize
29,980 2.850
Thermometer, e
S. Rgr.,
78
80.5
7:0
73.0
720
610
S. Rgt,
Son Gra
68.0
r's Rays,
Rainon Grov., 9.45
above,
830
0.43 NE NE
No. 1522-APRIL 21, 1868,]
ست
NOTICA.It is particularly requested thatall communications relating to the general busi ness of this paper he addressed to the Proprietor and in no case to individuals by name. Much delay and inconvenience in the transaction of business will thereby be
avoided.
THE GRINA MAIL.
HONGKONG, TUESDAY, Attut. 91, 1868
The conferring of decorations by the Chic nese Government upon Foreigners in their employ is not so rare an event as to cause any very great surprise, but the ccasions are sufficiently seldom to make them noticeable. From the columns of the Shanghai Resorter we learn that the French gentlemen concerned in the cou. struction of the Foochow Arsenal have been thus complimented; and as they are
LOCAL.
CORONER'S INQUEST.
THE CHINA MAIL.
youthful Emperor of China. It is said that the underlings of the Yamuna were on the vousion so distinguished for their loyal 14th natal feelings, as to wish to do honour to this the ruler, by giving dramatic representations anniversary of their sovereign for the cdification of the people. For this purpose large matcheda were erected in the vicinity of two or three of the principal Tamuus of the
city.
The Governor Gets arising from vast concourses of people in the streets, or from a desire to show his anthurity, ordered, on dhe morning of the of the bootha, in which the sons of Thospis Emperor's birthday, the immediate removal
were to perform.
Church at Amoy, having arranged to take the largost; it was full of men, women and his departure from Southampton a public children. It was three o'clock in the after- meeting of the friends of that mission noon, and many of the audience appeared was held in Regent Square Presbyteria to be men of business who could afford to- him, and of commending him and his wife thontre I went into, an elderly man und Church, for the purpose of taking farewell of waste the best part of the day. In a second and chid to the Divine care. The cluir a large andienes with witty and laughable. was occupied by die Rer. Mr Ballantyne, readings Among the audience were van- and address were delivered by the Rev.dors of all kinds of edibles hot and colkt; Mr Taylor, of Cumberwall, inta of Free consisting of rice, fish, eggs, smoking hot
andy. Meal stewed
eels Swanson. The
The Japanese are busily at work finishing vices were conducted by t Pir M'Caw, of Handbester, the Rev. Dr. phuco secus a fitte nuno alle tros. Alr.
Rer. the bonded warehouses on the bad, and tho.
Church; and Rev. Mr Murray, of Croydon, and Mr Lowder remains here. Chalmera, of Marylebone Presbyterian Robertson is to set as Vice Cousul at Osaka late of the Fres Church of Scotland congre gation at St. Heliers, Jersey,
of opium taken or given. Mr Caldwell ral, however, either from a fear of trouble Gropfrias Edin part of the ser
the Magistracy yesterday afternoon before An adjourned inquest was continued at Mr F. Stewart, Coroner, and a Jury, upon the body of a Chinese girl named "fo-tun- mooy, servant to the fourth wife El Aka, of the Woa-ting hong, who died on the Uth instant, from the effects, as is alleged, appeared on behalf of Li áke.
At the former sitting it appeared from the evidence of decoaserl's intiter this his received a futter when he came to Li Alia's house, whore asking him to came and sau his daughter; the dead body of his daughter was lying in coffin; but he was prevented by the ser- rants from Resing the boily, which buried on the 10th instant. He was told that his daughter had taken opium. Opium was found in deceased's bed. There was o doctor called, but an antidote was given to her. None of the relatives went with the body to the grave, although the body bor.
Way
aix men
but may
OSAKA
Sharman,
Everything is very peaceable and the people have erased shouting at us in the streets-thanks to an order from the go
, au oficer of Choshin and al
they belicad the echinats, whose heads aro Hard by these theatres is a place wher ste stwick on feace asarning to others.
of a nationality which petuofurly esteers was kept so long to allow the parenta to seu valuable articles. An alarm was im and well be laid before cur readers, Beyond this place, which is the limit of the
decorations, the Chinese have shown their usual enteness in thus rewarding them for past efforts and inciting, then to further endeavours. The following is the translation of the edict as published by our contemporary-
were in
stated that, niting to deceased's quarrellug burglara with another servant, he dismissed deceased
I was told that when
Robberies in Canton, I regret to say, barglaries have recently taken place. Daring. appear to be on the incrcass, and daring the course of one night mm less than five house were attacked, and to-day. ..it. is
(Japan Hazelto.) The following very interesting description repo reported that aix armed with revolvers entere! a Silversmith's shop in Shap-Sam of Osaka has come to us in a private letter, Poo Street, and carried of some very
will repay perusal. The fort of Scropost is built of mud, city, are the bailings appointed for barn- and though several sokliers La Aka, partner in the Wong Hing bone lately gives house, nigh at hand, the on the southern side of the river Aji, which in the dead...There are seven such locali
in Osaka. with their prize.
affords &
a good defoncu against any forces clinker ged hure ten years ago, the dead. Authorities, it would appear, are over 100 tons burden are to hu seen usteil were burn in heaps, and two of these
attempting to ascend the river. Junks of and the other maid-servant, and gave them doing all in their power, to carry out Ex
places wore destroyed by the fire which money to pay their Jakay bome. When Governor Choong's views with regard to ing and descending the river; some he heard that deceased was ill, bu Buyit for a the
The streets of temples are to be found in On the second of the second month of the doctor, but he did not conie. Some of the five
of junks the dainos great and small, were caught in the illegal act
and their hundreds of afted utainers who the northern and auther limits of the city. and for this offence they were Shen a report on the interceluent of the lamp oil, dusk's blood, peas water, and placed in Cungus, exposed to publia gaze They are covered with lattice-work reclutaud wealthy merchants and all who come from the western provinces to isto. In these they ary, the remains of the works for building ships, and the state of something else; this was given as an qoti- progress of the General works of the dote, a cup of opica having been found on however, is the passion for gambling on curtains of native-made calicu, generally
in front of the Prefect's Yamun. So great, and sides with another covering of harging can afford it,
The interiora of most of the temples aro Arsenal:
the bed, She died on the 6th at ten p.m. the part of the Chinese, that they are now He informe 129 that in the twelfth mouthWitness wished to report the case and have having recourse to boste sa gambling dyed blue, and bearing the sherushi or de
work. There aro entire towns of fully equal in extent to the entire hundred ance of the work, be himself wont to the
seized a few days since by the Deputy
Many of them Dis-
carry upwards of a
In the triet Rular; the inmates escaped, but the from 20 to 30 men with the familiar ecullutral parts of the city there me about six-
and they are propelled by foreign settlement of Yokolama. ship, alrealy constructel, where he found all the accessary materials brought together,
craft was couliscated,
Miya, where the myrinda repair to wor and he proceeded before the Chinese officers
of boats flat bottomed. There are myrinde, and workmen to inaugurate the works and to give the niunasty directions for conduct ing thein mitably. He points out that fom of the elements, necessary for the creation of an Arsenal, viz., state, wood, land, and Workinen, are
are not easily brought together, and the reasons be gives us are very clear.
The beginning of in Arsonal is always dificult, but now, that the materials at hand, scoase is vertain, if ough on continues his zeal and his efforts.
eventh year of Tong Tche, we received from servants gave deceased medicine, made of of ganding. Last week laden with merchandise, others the trave. caught the roof of the buildings.
of last year, in consequence of the import an inquest, but her relatives did not wish houses. One of these floating halle" vice of the daimios to whom thay belong, grabellished with carving and
| are
Let Shen then exhort Tubeon, Giguel avd sil the officers about bim to apply then selves to their task with all their heart, and not allow themselves to be frightened by any difficulties.
result
it.
armed men
and merchandien.
1
the
.
Deceased's acle said that he believed another servant and deconsed quarrelled, and deceased was abused. There was
It is very gratifying to know that rumune that Le Aka had had improper iu- Cheung's good measures are so well carried all apparently busy some full of then and hight, eue of them are very large, of great tercours with deceased; that she was out by the present magistrates of the city, wo other verchas de laden with grain ry. They are now used its residences by surrounded by walls of solid mason- sanated with this by her betrothed's mother; &pro
the profond esteem in which looked for foreign bales and cases, but Tosa, Guyshit and others. Apropos of and that she had taken opium in dread of that excellent man continues to be held by saw note. Thore was one large junk dis being disgraced. The body was taken away the Cantonese, I mity mutil the which charging cannon, powder, lances and other before he saw the deceased; there was
now delight in rolating ubhur facts which
nativo weapons for warfare among them, quarrol, as the mother of deceased's bo have recently come to light. It would brother wished to have the twenty tacle neem that when grout ollicials in China piles of paper lanterns, hats and drions, returned which has been paid for deceased's votive from eflies, it is
The river banks are substantially built. customary for them botcethal. The money was paid by Leo recurso at the lands of their urban Mud and tile godowns, two stories high, Aka's partner.
presents of money, called Teun or Travel and on an average covering an area of 60 ling Money. A gift of this nature is com-
Tue; eqnure; reeuded by Mencius, the Chinese philoso. plier, as alike honourable to giver and receiver Cheong, Jowever, wishing avoid every appearance of evil, declined to accept at the hands of the respective rulers of Nous-hot and Pan-ja the sum of $3000 each; and sums squally large from the
- Dr Cochirsu stated that he examined the body on 12th April; it was brought by the Police. Principal interual organs vera healthy, tait the lunge and brain wore so such decomposed that he could not deter wine their state. The stomach contained about a pint of dirty brown fuid, and the conts voro mich blackened, though natural in structure. Made an analysis of
trace of poison. In many cases a week's time suffices for the disappearance of all race of poison; so that deceased might have taken opium. Could assign no que
ath of deceas
ta
a
large and profitable, trade, as well as They certainly convey the impression of
security against fire.
› conquering princes--Clushin, Satsmnt,
The bridges are plain, made of wool, in the city at right angles. Some of them are naber about 400. The streets intersect
more than a mile in length. The popala- tion is about 350,000. All appar well fed five days in succession. They did aut mo ear a scornful word uttered against lost me nor look at all annoyed; and I did
morely an ILUTO tojinae believe every oue in from Or- anda (Holland) They call foreign goods
rande dekizamono (Dutch made goods). They
and wlad. I walked about among them for
not
сенсаа
the works. As Shèn is a native of Folden, the coutents of the steniach, but found Magistraves of other Districts, through us in an easterly and southerly course, abundance of good water, and can boast of,"
Every day, every mouth will bring its We adopt the regulations proposed by them for the arseillance and direction of
the general direction of the Arsenal is full of difficulties for him. Ying-Ms-Li and Pieni flis provinical authorities innst there fore, nasist him will their advice, and take care that no delay may occur in supplying the necessary funds, such delays causing prejudice to works so very important.
for the
no
dentl Lee Aku, recalled, said that be paid the funeral expenses. In reply to a question According to the propositionis attached to from the Coroner, whether any improper the Repost of Shen, in favour of European intercourse had taken place between him officers, who, since the commencement have and deposed, aid whether it was possible been very zealous in the organization of the
of the that any fear of disgrace could have this Arsenal, wo coufer on the chief director, noul deceased to poison herself,--Le
rank Gignel, the
of Ti-tout (Lieutenant Aka asertul that he wontil somer have General) and the peacock's feather on the cut off his head than have done so the de- Second Diretor, d'Aiguebelle (already 2-es was not hundsuite, and besides that tan) the peacock's feather, and on the Super her lund seven or eight wives; and concluded intendent Trishot the Mandarinate of the by distinctly denying the insinuation.
Leaks's fourth wife stated that she heard decenned quarrelling with another soryant one the same say na she died. Sho aay oplum in the cup; the antidote, which they had to fores down deceased's throat, was common gungst the Chinese. She knew buil. nothing they quarrelled about except buil ingatur she had packet, everything and was ready to g
Third class
What Shou receives this edict, he will communicate it to those officers, in order to show them our satisfaction:
This ediet will be carried to whom it may concern by couriers at 400 li per day.
Respect this.
i
may well be proud of their city, for it is large, clean and commodicus; it has
at the lowest calculation, forty miles of ca nale and river conveyance, which also con- nect with streams that are navigable to
"the west,
The foreign settlement here is situated ou the . . bit of the river All, at its eastern extreruity; for here it forms an angle with another river or cazal which ho passed on his way to his native with plenty of water for the large barges
the river. Frops the eastward there flow province,
towards the settlement nine canals which of ton has ever been regarded as towa cup. possessing a choering, rather than an ine-run north and southi through the middle briating effect. To this rule, however, as the city. Went of the actioment is a thickly on the north and the Tuhand Ber to
as to others, there are apparently tireo. quarters of a niile; but the city
populated district for a distance of about exceptions. Fur, a few days ago, four
Osaka really commences east of the foreign on entered ten sulcon, and after
Pursottiorent taking freely of the refreshing thiy refused to restle the full amount
A
port,
રી
the
MILITARY ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE FAR EAST. London & China Express.) The Army Estimates for the present year,
to
The Canals are timed after the principat daimios of the west-such as Eatsuma Bari, Tosa Bori; one is called Yelo Bori Innst issued, include some items of special their neighbourhocal aro this, yutchesk is of relating to the endless,arely, Chuse military seize we dahus. On the banks are the go- downs, containing the food and raiment, in Chin, Japan, the Straite, &c. The it was last year as for sprvited s
service in that
men)
of their retaincis, That of
Satsuma is how a heap of ruins-burning Chrys
wood, tiles, plaster, de. It was blown
by Stotsbashi's troops before they evacuat sub
which i
ative Indian troops. subalitated... Hongkang under
does not anymar which head
ed the oily. It was an extensive establice included all China and Japan-is set
deep. It is now
900 feet by about 200 feet
by the waiter. Awaltercation set, in which the poor waiter lost his life by a wound inflicted on his temple with a sword. The perpetrator is now in Gaol, awaiting his trial: From this place I have to com
puente the singular fast that there is not a single sailing vessel lying in the real, Feirenmstance this which, I pesme, has not focentred aine Whumpon became
The Cau-bght, of late so often, alluded Tent with a frontage on the canal of atomown for a total force of 2,635 men ; atkl· to, has at last come to a satisfactory close.fied round, probably to be rebuilt in the station (including works) is natinated at the whole military expenilito for This This was affected by the energy of the Mandarins, who declared that they would also the lot where Choshin's £233 956, of which £20,000 is to be rupaul destroy "fact and branch, ? the cian thải.
Settlements by the colony. The Straita including Labnan, taku 1,009 hen, at a cost of £7,305, of which £39,90 is to Ceylon figures in the
in the estimates for
Thus Ceylon-pays daun neurally in excess
2146,82 costing
shile the animat returned into less than £160,000.
of the entire wish if its military establisit. rents, the Straits Settlements, rentriliste
and Hong icarly twisthirds of it; and nly hills
one-tweith As
૨ - ૧૩:૪૩
-in-
storeyed buildings. Within the gates may The yatobeskis are in all cases one- be seen tho elegant bamboo norimon overhead, the lanens; rifles, hats, and lanips of the attendants of the duimios or their
The officers.
men, to Bu
should dare after this morning to recour Jatcheski had been two years and a half THE NEW YORK WEEK.
monce hostilities. But though pace has, before it was but whom he was at war with Statsbashi's predecessor. It is THE proprietors of the New York Road it appeared that decuse had meditated furiated villagers, another feud at preset and a depository for ratuse.
Froot a letter in the Corbuer's pussian been established between these onto tilt a wasto apot, where now dogs prowl, be refunded froin the Colonial resury. Table, a well known and popular weekly side; that something had been said to prevails in the neighbouring district of ournal onewhat after the style of our her which she wild not bear, owing to Fa-guns between two powerful fumice Saturday Reviem, bave started a new pwhich she could not fies the world, and had residing in the
a Poo, Ow. village of riodical under the title of THE WEEK, one with the world and that she wished This month, you are of course aware, is 60 which is intended, like Public Opinion, to her friends to come and obtain-redress.
apart by the Chituse as the 301308 for worshipping the tombs of their ancestors, be a compilation of the best articles in
The consequence is that the fills in this other, journals from home and foreign
vicinity, covered with graves, are traversed sources. We have to acknowledge re-
from morning until night by devotees of ceipt of the first two numbers by the last
ager. Pacific Mail, and must express oUT HE- qualified admiration of their general get up." The type and paper are of a cha racter unusually pleasing the more so
12
The Coroner said that, usual in cases where there were none but Chiness witnesses, the facts were very queutiefnatory, and they lub as you got a title of evidence to show how the deceased bad come by her death.
A little girl, servant to the adopted- bruther of deceased, said that deceased had told her that she was ill-used by the old
ironian.
The inquest was adjourned to Wednesday, might be botained.
·SILA SHIPMENTS.
all
to:
given in the North-China Market Report, & light of abont sixty fect. With such HongkoJapan, while that in each of
I live any length of
when the disagreeable appearance of most in order that some additional evidence/coinprehending shipments from 1st June,dolences, had provisions) against any the other colonies is solely for its own pro-
American daily papers is considered, The selections naturally consist chiefly of articles bearing on American affairs, but ther is sufficient variety to intorget rea-- ders of all nationalities.
In no part of the world is a publica. tion of this wilure. hore necessary thus hi the United States, where newspapers have reached sich an enormous dave lopement that the business man can sel
TO-DAY'S PULICE. Leo-a-lum, ́a-coppersmith, was charged with having coated a disturbance at the house of Mr T. & S. Hook; but au com- plainant failed to appear, the prisoner was discharged
Ston & M'elles.resure
Ge (if
351
4,050 present in chargo of:
keep guard at he, whose wer
MARSHAL NIE, the French Secretary of
dum fid time to get through all the cc Road West. Complaidaut stated thaty at Chipod Count
The Oshiro, the Tenon's yatoloski, is a
of proportion therefore, Longkan very large place. built of hown stone, un faced and with a slight i inclination inwards. wont see to have the least reason of
aust always b On the top of the walls are built houses of
complain; but it
that Ceylon and the tiles and plaster ; ontsido, a broad haunt it remembered, firstly, I should think, vt feut wide. From the white Liongkong is a mere ar kok
tha Straits ne tich, in natural productious, The following list of Silk-Shippers is level of the water to the top of the walls is and, secondly, that the force sot dowa
For service in all jurts an army could
of China 1867 to 14th April, 1868-
they
Adamson, W. and Co... bales 1,268
B.,
that the colonies ure four entrances to the castle, take altogether 50,025 men, at e. tutal cost
tection. We may add, Barnat, Geo., and Co....
1,254 each defended by earthworks, bebind which Birley, Worthington and Co. 343are a number of heavy canon-sons of of £3,388,628, the aggrogate return being Borneo Company, (Limited)
them evidently of Tapauese wake. The £300,700, Canada, Nova Scotia, and the Bourjat, Iuvener and Co...
pliter buildings, for the most part, have West Fudies return nothing, Boret, Brothers and Co......
629 bean destroyed by fire. The castle is at Bower Hanbury, aul Co. William Swan, boir-maker at West
Blour and Co.. Point, was charged with having assaulted Brand, Mo
Monro and Co Leong Achong, Chinese trador at Queen's Carter and Co......
King and Co., hinus of matter, interesting and trashy, 7t on 20th, defendant entered his shop clever and dull, which go to make up the (which there was a girl known to defen Dow and Ca......
dant), int gigantic broad-sheets of one American heal with a slick; defondant was taken to Gibb, Livingston and Co.
strek him and others on the Cantell, F. R.. contemporaries. A well chosen selection the Station, after some resistance. About Gilman and Co... of the more important articles and items 1 o'clock next morning, however, ho ro- Glover and Co... of news was therefore likely to he ex-turned with aore friends and after beating
Gotschow
Aust Co.. tremely popular, and we are not surpris- witness, forcibly carried away the girl in a Heard, Augustine, and Do..
Brothers, ed at the statement made in, the Hound chair with her bax. Tung-n-ho, the girl Flogg,
referred to, stated that she had lived vo Table that the desound completely exhaust-
shellsworth, B ed the two editious printed. The found oats with it friend of defendant's; but she Holliday, Wise and Go.. Table thus introduces its brother to the gone to live with last witness. She Jardine, Matheson wild Cu
continued to say that her former master Jarvie, John, and Co... reading public:-
ermd with defendant, as above
described,
Maynard and Co
tain
Carine
While the now periodicnt is a cor and took her away in a chair. A Police Milson and Tod,...... Rense,
of the paste-pot order, it is by inspector came afterwards and relieved her, Nachtrie A., and Co.. to means simply an assemblage of entor- although her bix: still retained in her Olyphant and Co.. finding matter, or even of articles former ranster's house-Defendant admit- Overwey and Co...
Pustau, Wu, and Cn.
ted with reference to their probableted the charged, and was fined in the um Petrocochino sud Co... acceptability to its readers. On the con-of £5, or in default one mouth's in- trary, the motto of the now weekly4u prisquent diatur et Altera Pars"-iudicates plainly
Primrose and Co.io Reiss and Oo.... Reare and Co........ Rothwell, Lovu and Co...... Rascall and Co
Sassion, David, Sone and Co. Scheibler Matthai and Co. Shaw, Brothers and Cop
enough that, whatever a given reader mhy: A CORRESPONDENT sends us the following find to his taste, he is pretty certain to find letter, dated Whampoa April 8 :-- also that from which he must dissent T50 On Wednesday last, amongst the thow essential principle of such a scheme wholly sands that thronged the streets of Ownton, without precedent, we believe, in this coun- more appeared in search of pleasure than in try is the entire suppression of any con prenit of business, This circumstance victions of its management on controverted was owing to the fact that the day in quesSiemisen and O subjects, so that an impartial auumary may tion was the patel anniversary of Tien How, Skeggs and Co be presented of every siguificant phase of or the Queen of Heaven. As the temples, Smith, J, M., and Ca Kentinient upun topics which engross the
the dedicated to that Goddess, are numerous Textor and Co... public attention. It would seem that, in a in Canton, it was impossible to go far with Therio and Co. community at once so given to general en out heating with processione of Thouist Thorns, Brothers and Co quiry and angrossed i
iil mgrossed in business pitsitifs
dressed in yellow and rud alk imbea Trautrasna and Copa Jeikara, The
which these thejer bomparatively small leine
ccclesiasties in Turper and Co must be a want for such
view, was not merely to seek the blessing of Wilkinson, Alfred, and C...... ditum, whereby one uny poquaint himself Tien-How on tan pouple, but that also of White F. O. with the existence and nature of opinions aber gods, having temples in the vicinity. Miscellaneous for which it is
is impossible for him to go per- of the sanctuaries in hour of that
God- sonally in search, cropping out as they do ¦ dess.
lu so many and such wuspected quarture,
not only throughout our own immense ter ritory, but in all regions and tongues of the fivilized world,"
pricect
But last Wednesday was not merely celo-
Total Balen...
الهوبيت .
It is surrounded| Stald for war, has devoted the space Romu 8,045 by a number of yatebeskis and long rows of at the Faralides into a warehouse contut - 2,125 single storey buildings, under shelter of ing all the impoliinente-field prens, camp
305 mud walls, capable of afurling accommed-kattles, leuts, subfilances --
--required for an 400 atton for upwards of 100,000 nien. Many army of 20,000 men
Everything could 670 of these were burnt down, by the troops of be issued at a minite's notice. 888 the Daimios. In the vicinity of these 1,827 boillinge 15 lovel of ground, with an 1001 earthwork which Satsuma's nion are now
35 using as rifle butts.
290
THIREY SHOTS IS & Misertà new rifle, superior to any of those recently in- vented, says the New Press of Vienna, was subsitted to the Emperor Francis
329 Nearly all the wiildinga appes to be Joseph on his arrival at Pesth. The in-
687 uninhabited and the scene forcibly inventor is a Hungarian-a M. Mersits du 1,196 presses me, as I think upon the chauges Rooh. This weat
weap 10 that befall
a breech-loader, even the greatest, with all their sald to be of very simple cuistruction. It 101 wealth, pop, strengths is of most shots can be fired in a minute. The du
is charged by two motions, so that thirty
1,098
The th
mmercial
mercial part of Osaka of Osaker. 611 importance to feroiguera
Hord are to ho foul streats of bunkers 118-some catablishments as large as the Bank
123
35
751 corn
lops of the cartouche casts only Plavuzers
(4 centimes) instead of the price of the recently ulopted for the Austrian army,"
of England diapers with houses contain A SEATING FETE-Tho St. Petersburg
ing the fabrics of all nations. In one con- journals contain accounts of a brilliant entered they have 300 assistants. In night fate given on the Neva by the s
12 skating
407 all directions were to be seen Japanese 740
youths and men, some with books busy 900 writing, others smoking pipes, others look
club of that city on the 14th. The large
closed with masts bearing torches and united
spour reserved for the recreation was en-
641 ing at me. They took me up to the first by festoons of colorail lamps. A pavilion
83 flour. I sat down, and asked to see some for the Emperor had been erected facing
10 crapes. They were brought up from a the entrance, and on each side was a plat 1,728
720 godown below,
Oo enquiring why they form for military bands, which played 1,076 | did not have thom exposed to view, they alternatively throughout the evening, Five 1,280 replied that it was the custom of the house jets of electric light illuinated the scene 674 to keep them in the godown to be secure and used pyramids of los placed at each 474 in case of fire. I was permitted to examino end to sparkle like diamonds. His Majes 1,695 the godowns, eight in number, each de- ty arrived at about eleven and was received 69 voted to a different class of goods. Among with a display of fireworks, while the munic 1,840 the merchandise were to be seen foreign played the National Hymn. The pyramids
70 velvets, carpets, skirtings, catalote, e of iye wereat the same moment lit up
me
160 to be, has an establiament of similar ex in the air. The lauhd was well supplied
with 143 tent, both in Kioto and Yedo.
refreshments and #inlants, which
449
Passing out, I traversed streets, in pue of 112 which are none but booksellers in another, 4,393 on both sides of the way, shops filled with tobacco, pipes-in another, rows of carpen- ter's tool sellers; from this is entered a town
of building materials, and presently a town of rice merchants and dealers.
62,467
braces by the Cantonsso as the anniversary DEPARTURE OF REY. MR. SWANSON FOR of Tien-How's birthday, but that also of CHINA-The Rev. Mr Samson, one of the His Imperial Majesty, Tung Chee, the missionaries of the English Fresbyterian
Then there are streets of theatres, some supable of holding 1000 people. I entered
wars by no means maticessary, as the ther- mometer marked two degrees below zero Fabr
MRS JAMES CORDON BENNETT WEARS- 100,000 dols worth of diamonds at the Opera.
TIFTERY secila from the sound of the alarm are sufficient to start n New York fira ateamer on its way to a fire,