MARCH 10, 1869.
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ady.
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HINA MAIL.
ONESDAY, MARCH 10, 1869,
of the Asiatic Society of been thrown into a state citement regarding certain de in a paper contri petitution by M. Simon,
at Foochow It will be
at that gentleman was the
ry ill-judged and foolish
er Majesty's Consul, in
ted out that (although aris in Roman Catholics Protestantism to their highly improper of Pro- aries to use such worde as and the names of digui. and religions, of the je persuasion in juxta therefore with considera- that we find M. Simon water on the score of a
m of a portion of Biblical
Protestant and Roman
is accepted as inspired
s of the Christian Church.
objected to occurred in
the pre-historio legends
a as follows
de nos ancêtres ainsi qu'en
comme s'ils étaient entrés Las que condition semblable
aratont les Taraélites à leur
pte passer, comme le livre ition marquée et an quel dam à No et de Noé à dire qu'après avoir fait à me des tuniques de peau, svétus, l'Eterool les envoys terrestre cultiver le sol, et r leur fls, Pun, comme
autre, comme paatour, os et répondre que par des infantius aax questions les
es plus raisonnables.??4
rds we have italicived
Syle took objection, and
a note should be append-
r, when printed, to the members of the Society eviews and expressions," gested that the Society in extent, answerable for ished in the Journal. For would not permit the anything improper. He ything improper in M. but saw no objection to 20 disscuted from it
pinions in the Journal " smill remarked that no sidered responsible for pinions expressed in the uted by its member smill's opinion we most ur, but are not sorry that
No 1706 -MARCH- 10, 1889.]
to M. Simon's expressed belief (the most able men have their weak points), but that both he and his fellow members have overlooked a very simple method of avoiding any appearance of giving sane tion to the doctrinal assertion of indivi- dual writers. A line on the sixth page
t the case, y
most t
Mr Byle's objection has, however, mis-
TO-DAY'S POLICE.
THE CHINA MAIL.
2
THE NORTH,
received Shanghai papers to the thirst.
By the P & O. steamer Madras we have
(North China Daily News)
the
The Chi-kien at Kiang Shan seems to have chaser may wish. None of the Chinese vo“ constituted himself atake holder for both lumes would be looked upon in Britain as a parties and to have received bribes from bound volume, because rarely is it ouessed both, till at last he appears to have exhaust in anything stronger than & paper or silk ed even Chinose long suffering, and both over. In sizes of volumes, however, they sides united, in complaint against him. vary in much the same proportion as in War he has been deposed and deprived Europe, the siren which correspond with of his button.
our 1260 and 16mo going by the name of arrived in port posterday afternoon (Marel in the capacious sleeves of the Chinaman's The stunts Szechuan and Fuente fei sleeve litious, they being so easily carried 4, being the first steamers from the north. toga where he invariably also deposits his They bring with them ten of the men who handkerchief. were conferued Ju the robbery on board
minate trial preliminary before H. D. M.'s Consul, and been committed by bim for trial at
Cho, they having nearly all been sent Shanghai. With the exception of a Frenou company, there are now no diggers at
away
Jed a painful doubt in our winds. Does Goodlake was the sitting Magistrate, pianta of the old woman himself, if. Bir buying Mr Wylie's valuable library, the Amair at Chefoo, they having had a
he intan to say that every assertion made by every writer whose contributions have hitherto apicored are to be taken as radored verbatim of literatim, or does he not? If such be his opinion, and his pinion be fact, we can only say that the Society displays a boldness to which the British Royal Asiatic, the Geographical,
and Mr May sat in the smaller Court en gaged with one or two remand cases,
A collector of old wares was charged with unlawful possession of copper, He was and as he had something very heavy in his pret all the road coming from Aberdeen, baskets, the basket was examined. Thit were found some 24 lbs. of copper, which was proved to belong to the adventure,
general reader, or student.
excited concerning the state of the con- the skirmish here took place between the plainant at the time.
Some of
the Magistrate and the Crown Solicitor apont the worse for liquor, he being a inan suggest a question to the witness regarding Beaman thought that Sneyd was not whether the latter should be allowed to who was never drunk ble who apprehended prisoner and took od. His Worship insisted upon the witness
but the consts the Banday on which the note was rec the wounded man to Hospital stated dis telling his own story, and took a We referred, some time ago, to the pos tinutly that Sneyd was at least redolent of what antagonistic postica top sensibility of a Public Library being founded of the next volume, stating that the spirits, though not Trunk.
As the wound- tion. The result was that the witless, who in Shanghai and are glad to learn that Society is not responsible for the ed man now did seriously ill in the Civil got confused, became doubtful as to which scheme for the purpose is about to be pla- ppinions of the contributors, would fully spital, the case was roniaqued for six Sunday this noto was delivered. cet before the public in a definite form.
days.
This closed the case for the Crown, as The Asiatic Society are the mover. They Mr Hazeland stated, but his Worship said offer their own collection of books, and ask that he would continue to tost the state-
The mode of printing on blocks, so long publie to aid them, by subscription, in
practised by the Chinese, may be now Hazeland left the case.
special aim of the zoheme is the creation of
briefly described. It is said that block-cut- ting was first pablio repository for every
book or paper
suggested to the Chinese by Chinese. So far, however, as fuude admit,
great pains on the formation of the written ilustrative of the study of China and the
impressions taken from engraved stones in the 10th century. The Chinese bestow
fra-gangelic Asia, and to add such scienti- the French Missionaries that a Protestant designated under three general descriptions, it is proposed to collect useful booke re
by their respectivo Consule.
characters of their language, of which they garding the neighbouring countries of ul- for philosophical and: historical works as
Wo learn that news has arrived through have six styles, which may be conveniently
will make the library valuable to the more
Missionary travelling with three Chinese riz, rounded characters (the oldest), squarú in Yunnan was murdered on the 14th (which is the kind generally used in print- The schome October last. We are unable to connect ing), and running band. fug men, and we donbs not that a li
Like the Foraino with any individual.
and arrow-headed characters, the origin of TIENTHAN it is intended response will be mado to the appeal which address f
your readers may like to hear how wo have been derived from the footprint of a Ito we believe, to place the library on the first the lives on Dec. 28th, so of course the racter has attained to its prescut puzzling
to the community,
apent the winter I will give you a short bird OR the sand (thos +), and the Chineso floor of the Masonic Hall
the most ancient. This oba-
did not lead to any very brilliant result, tinned series of mountain ranges. This at less controvertible, that one of the Jesuit ics which was formed under such adverse and almost innumerable forms from a source The race meeting yesterday (Marel 3) sircumstances was little better than a con- which was purely hieroglyphicila faut the beyond the election of a new Committee.
onou, did away with the only pleasure to fathers at Peking, about a century ago, resolution was passed, raising the weights be enjoyed during a Tientalu winter, and tablished and demonstrated a very striking for 12h, ponies to lost, and a second, rocas à gloss over those who had lately similarity between the ancient word-pic- during the weight for inches to 2:lbs. 15. pupset the proportion that both resolutions festivities and likewise the New Year's pear or plum tres, baving been procured, it of our American. skates. The Christmas But, to our printing: A blook, made of the culled to discuss the question. A reduction them beyond a Dinner given by the British bed over with rice paste, or other glutinous wer cancelled, and a new meeting was passed away without very much to mark is brat plauod simooth, and its surfaco rub- in the rate of subscription from Tis, 15 to Consul on a grand scale to the community substance, both to smooth and soften it, Tls. 10 was also suggested.
and a splendid entertainment in the club Two pages (one leaf) of the work required boat Huroc, got up with great taste and cribed by fine writers on their trausparent library to the sailors of the British Gun to be printed, haring been carefully trans- different missions. The weather throughout; upon the prepared block ero the pasta ts given by the Missionary Ladies of the paper, this sheet is placed face downwards has been boisterous and disagreeable, the dried, when it shortly adheres: When dry,
and other home Societies, are strangersnow lying in dook. The broad arrow was closed, the prosecutor's case before the connot fail to commend itself to all read the rep Feb. 27th, 1889: Ad some the written language in China is said to
We should like to have our minds re-marked upon it, and it was identified by the naval engineer, who complained of the stolen, Prisoner he had bought the
commit the prisoners for trial at the Mr Haaland asked the Magistrate to Supreme Court. now, as the prisoners might wish to call Mr blay said that he could not do so witnesses in their defence in the Magis Mr Hazeland requested that the Magis trate should take a note of the time that he examination of the officer of the Court touching the statement of the old woman..
Frisoners had no witnesses; but as they they agreed to reserve their defence until the witnesses appeared. The case was accordingly remanded until Saturday after- noon; and his Worship remarked that the prosecution might have a further opportu- hity of:
evidence. Mr. Hazeland
ειδόποτες, declined the offers he appro
libers!
of
fiered upon this point, as there are a few difficulty of some of the pieces that they would produce witnessee, in a few days, for support. It is intended, description. A heavy N. W. wind closed is put o
political articles, ably written it is true, but certainly opposed to the received opinions of China residents, which we bave, always taken to express neither more nor less than the opinions of their writers. But if they are to be received as the deliberately recorded opinions of the Society, their aspect changes altoge upon the question ??
copper on the road for $2.50; but as it was show to be worth five times that sum, Mr Goodhike sent the hardware hawker to hard labor for three months, with the lively addition of fourteen strokes.
Two China hoys, sentenced yesterday by Mr Goodlake to odg month's imprisonment for living refused duty at the Hotel
more..
+ downl
ther, Will Mr Syle throw some light d'Europe and for having assaulted the Mr Máy asked whether there were any was then discovered that this ao completely invested in the most expensive description: tures of China and the hieroglyphs of Egypt.
clerk, were brought up again. A very good ono present, who could guarantee the character was given them; and Mr Good-pearance of the old woman at the trial lako remitted the imprisonment, imposing a
Mt Hazeland aid that the witness would fine of $5 instead
be bound over: the Magistrate could done Mr May Yes, I can. She could be detained and charged with giving wilful falar evidence
His Worship then sent for the man to whom the old woman had paid her rent;
THERE is one point in connection with our gaol system to which the attention of the authorities may profitably be drawn, The nasive prisoners confined within that building are kept in a state of admirable discipline; the existence of separate cells ensures that each man shall be cut off
THE HOLWORTHY MURDER CASE.
Mr May at the Magistracy to day pro cceded with the investigation into the charge against the three then now in cus tedy for being concerned in the murder
of
tion, set down for the 3rd, only three were Of the ten summonses for non-registru hear, paid up during the interval between called on, and only one answered. Six, we summons and hearing. One hadn't yet
from the power of combining with others Mr Holworthy, near the Peak Gap on the but he had not shown up when the case discovered that he was a Britisher, and 20 dost storms which so frequently visit
for mischief, silence, the greatest pun-24th January
had been remaudad.
the sheet is
ishroent to Chinese, is rigidly enforced, peared for the prosecution;.and Me D. Tus London and China Express remarks Appear; and the tenth did so, not from Little model of a esttlement boing almost by the workmen's ingers, and the blook
and the most exacting visitor discovers no room for faultfinding. But once outside the building all is changed, and the numerous chala gangs employed in the monds have perfect liberty to laugh, talk, and if they please concert schemes of escape or vengeanca We were much
Mr Hazeland again ap-
Caldwell also was present, Mr Treasurer. Forth appeared on the Bench with His tall black hut on, reguling bigself with the morning paper,
to
;
(Express)
sent out to quell the disturbance About these the printer may at once proceed to
he
in the city of Peking, all of whom were quired. The Chinese printer adopts a must immediately sentenced to death and their primitive mode of press-work; in fact, bodies were accordingly chopped up into has ne press, but still continues to
struck with this fact a few days since. lead an irregular life, sometimes stay composition of ten shillings in the poundermann, on the coast of Japan, and to a small pieces. Before their capture they unpressious literally by hand. He hi
when passing & chain gang employed upon one of the upper roads, Seated in squads of six or eight, the engaging look ing ruffians were enjoying their "tin," While the black gaolera or warders were in like manner seated and half reclining st intervals upon a neighbouring bank, the entire width of the road being be tween them and their prisoners. As we passed, remarks evidently in reference to a warder who was nearly asleep, and
•
roak no notice of the summons two did
a caratully rubbed off the block
com | onongh to smother que. We hear from then bears clearly the imprese of the writ- any hope of successful resistance, but to en- Peking that the Mahometan rebels are A striking contrast to the miserable ex-
ten characters from the sheet. The block- postres of commercial fraude that have ter a protest against an unjust exaction, giving a good deal of trouble in some of cutter then proceeds to but away all the
would be interesting to speenlate how 1 20 ñáinervus· of late is afforded by the long a tax would last, in England, that had the districts about 400 miles from the blank spaces, leaving the characters, im- evidence as to the antecedents of the third Mancanection with China, opondode-only be collected by summoning three out thres weeka ugu eleven spies were captured tako impressious, as no proof-sheets are ro- An old woman was called, who gave action of Mossre: Ino, Samuels and Co. of bean imposed arbitrarily, and which could capital; large bodies of troops hiaro been pressed standing dal in relief, and from prisoner, or head man. He lived in the sive connection with Chine, suspondod pay-of every four of the inhabitants.
in bouse with priauner at West Point for ment in 1865, in consequence of other a long time; and the prisoner appeared failures fnvolving them in heavy losses
the creditors, however, agreed to accept a Referring to the loss of the P. M. S. S. out all night, and at other times coming Lome into Irisoner was living at the which was duly paid. To-day (Jan. 21) wo current impression that Americau steners and suceeded in purchasing and despatching before him the cut block so that it will not house till the 9th of January, since which have received, with great pleasure, a cireuare built with less rogard to strength, than less a number than 5,000 saddles. Somu 'shift,' he gives it a rub across the face with tine she had seen nothing of him until this lar ennouging that Mesars Samuels are to speed and soonomy, it is but just to of the "Eunucha" from the Palace paid his ink-brush, places over it his clean sheet turning.This evidence was fiercely coin prepared to pay immediatoly the entire de-reqord that the Hermann was by no means us a visit a short time ago; they were very of paper, with another shest on top s & fore stated that he had been in Macao, and their creditors." hatted by the third prisoner, as he had beficiency of ten shillings in the pound to all a modern boat, but was built some twenty probao with their dollars, as you may tympan, and then draws over that with a fore
years ago, and had beest used as a bulk for imagine from the fact of their spending swoop a heavy brush made of the tseng. never out of Macao, for four or five months
the storage of coal, &c, and for this pur-1,500 in one store alone, 500 of which were trae aud the impression is completed. previous to his capture,
So further partialars, are to hand
pose was brought to Japan. Perfectly sea paid for a Geneva watch. They were very expert do those printers become that they Mr May cross-examined this woman pecting the late fatal boa accident bosweshworthy however, she was used for an auxious to obtain a large dog, for which can print off about 2000 leaves a-day; and, pretty severely, with the view apparently this and Masu It appuis that as soon and has since, from time to time, been used were unsuccessful in finding one. A stovan to 25,000 inipressions can be taken, after excursion to Sayhalien Bay last autumn, thoy stated Tis. 500 would be paid, but from one block, it is said that from 16,000 of testing the truth of her staternent. Une the report of the catastrophe came down looked quite so at a short distance, were der presupt of Captain Desso, the Magis here, Mr Robert Devine, a friend of the au socommodation boat to carry troops from the south cleared the river sufficio cutter, and a fow thousanda more printeil
utly which the block may be touched up by the up and down the coast of Japan, whou no for navigating purposes on the 10th inst., freely bandied about with an air of trate asked whöther tha wothan gume up to men in the host, started for Macao, and other vessel of sufficient size old be pro- and we were all very much pleased by the A cheaper and more expeditious mode of Court yesterday to which she replied in there found Petzold, the European survi- cared. In the event of a breakdown of our appearance of Mesars Russell & Co's fiue block-cutting is adopted for some descrip- joviality which contrasted curiously with the negative. His Worship then asked who sor, and the two Chinese who were saved of the mail steamters, and the absence of steuner Sichuan, Capt. Spencer, at 6.30 tions of work, viz., cutting out the block the supposed hard labour "the speakers brought her to Court to-day.
also From Petzold he Tenent
the full ac- were condemned to, and altogether there Mr Hazeland objected to that question was a general apparent absence of super-being put. He submitted that the case of the disastrous afeir. The im the New York, she might possibly havep. of the 25th inst., one day earlier thau upon a surface consisting of yellow wax on
impres vision and presence of facility f.nroak-was in the hands of the law othcers of the on hore in the Erst instance was that the hardly have beou sent across the Pacific
mon who are lost went down immediately ing i rusb, which reflected badly upon Crown, and that these could place any wit on the boat's capsizing, but this is not so. nesses in the box they pleased; no inatter When the boat turned over the whole of the negroes in charge,
whote from or by what mains they came the men same up, and managed to cling to It is quite possible that escape when there. The Magistrite had no right to ask the bottom of the boat, but the scrambling | Lotion that tho Hermon having gone to WRITEN FOR THE "SCOTTISH TYPOGRAPH (1 p. 4to). By tlio usual wooden-block
such
trat
cout
most
andl
she was not a
wo aec faults with them as well
with
PRINTING IN CHINA
According
So
which the characters have been traced; but this produces so indifferent an impression that it is only used for ephemeral produe- ductions, such as the Court Circular of Can-
by which only one leaf at a time can be produced, it may easily be supposed that
work of
any size remains for some time this mode, vix., that the
system,
in the press but there is one advantage. attendant upon
to the Rev. Mr Edkins, paper printing thousands of copies in anticipation
of
ted
after
ye of the vessels which compose the organy's China feet,
The S. S. N. Co.'s Steam-ship Szechuan arrived to-day (Match 4) from Tientsiy,
un the bamboo-leaf aort of papyrus used vypng, as his blocks may be brought
of sight. (Recorder.).
said to have produced creditable
an ara
this
are said to have improved upon the Roman phabet of the Chinese language exists, auah hiut, however, and subsequently brough a state of things is not to be wondered at. their paper manufacture some degree of A set of Chinese type requisite for the perfectio. In the first cautary of the printing of any work of oven mulerate ex- Christian era, they are aid to have made tent, must comprehend characters to the streets of
of paper, from ten to twelve feet long, and, in order to execute any large
number of some twelve to Giteen hundred.;
been availed of for a coast trip, but would vessels arrived last year. with passengers and acls, passenger traffic. We hars heard the contract steamer, nor adapted for foreign sug-
CAL CIRCULAR," BY G. MURRAY RAIN. in chains is unlikely. But we bare
proces so quickly would argue ill for the a question: and he begged that a nuta that went on on the part of all the men to vet of the company, and create a feeling of ourselves scen urticies handed by outside might he falar de replied that he would turn round in the water, and in this way pions of the P. ME: S. S. Co., however, as adopted by the Chinese, it may not be usi
taken of his objection.
get right up on the keel caused the boat to distrust. We re not appear as the chain-
(Continued from our last.) Chinese to members of the gang while
Before describing the modes of printing the sleepy warders puraded their way note the objection, but he would ask for a one by one the, then went down. The atterly oblivious of the fact. In one reason why the question should not be mut of distressing part of the affair is, that other lines leading to China, but we only uteresting to mention one or two facts on printer can priut his copier as he sells them,
If, however, the Crown Solicitor thought
ght after
the boat had been floating with all wish to remove the impression, that those general subject of printing in Chand need not luck up unch of his capital. the article so that he was to place a witness in the boz And this were used before the of a handed was a pory small cake, but it and ask only certain questions, and that drifts down towards them, ani suvered might just as well have been a file, and the Magistrate was to ask nothing, then their bail, but perceiving Europeaus in. As a second class boat on the Atlantic, was Camese completed their improvements up into use when he chooses, or as the sale of our pointing this cat to the nearest that was view quite contrary to his immediately went about and left them. About warder seemed rather resented then pression of a Magistrate's duties. If there two hours after they were capsized, another otherwise. It is only strange that greater was any case where the whole truth should. jank came towards them,
earlier tines. The Romans are credited his work demands.
Although, as before stated, moveablo with having sent to Cuius a present of facilities for, escape are not placed within be known, it was thio present casa; and he the henillesa trick, looked which port, she left on the 28th February, of true-bars, in the year A.D. 284; but the the Chinese for a long period of years, ;
30,000 sheets of strong brownish paper made wooden and metal type have been used by at repented reach of the criminals than is actually would do everything he could to clicit the went away. It was about thro
more advanced mode of printing cannot be He knew he would not have to de- the accident that Williams was drowned, but the River being again open for navigation. Chinese knew something of papers oats and to be the national system; and, in- the case, We attach no blame to the aids the case, but he had to give all the in-hefore this one or two ad sunk out se on. We hear that the Chamber of Commerce nade of barad90, as early as ah. 95. They deed, whón we consider the fact that no al- gaol authorities, who can but choose the formation he could to the Attorney Ga The boat capsized at about half Emat best wardars they can get. Bat we do nucl
Friday, and at about eleven that night a have it in contemplation to send a deputation not believe that enough is paid to sconte, Me Hazeland mid that the Attorney third junk came up to them, and after Pet up the Yang-isa to Chungking to ascertain the services of intelligent Europeans, General was perfectly well aware of the old agreeing to a doman of $30, he and particulars es to the capabilities for trade and the colony is bence at all timesane which had brought the witheas there, the other two survivors were taken off, af- of that and other cities.
and it would therefore bo no information ter being in this water something over five A correspondent writing from Hankow, put by his Worship, it would appear that thing for ane time, but after remaining as ohaug, the new Viceroy of the two. Hou, of
defence. He submitted that all
those on board the junk, he was transferred to a consisting of the Tungche, fing ship; the with alum; and afterwante they came to be questions for the defence should not be put pasange-boat, where he remained some time. Flute, Confucius, Festung, and Hyson, aid aitise cotton, hömp, and different straws oftou ordered of new and rare characters the case for the proscution was closed. Afterwards the junk who received him came about five hundred war junks Biled with for the same purpose, sugthening their which occasionally occurred. As must be His Worship sold that Mr H. had no back-and took him on board again, saying, troops and all the intemerable parapher shosts to forty or fifty feet, and economis at once apparent, therefore, such a had no such idea; he only wisest to know boat he would have his head taken off that he will ruake a gnurl sweep of this the Chinese were innoteut of ink and paper compositor sagged upon the composition shin of the Summary Jurisdiction Court just right to use the word "defence," he tint if he remained on board the passagunalia of a Chiness army. It is rumoured ing by boiling up the old paper, and insk-accommodating a perfect set of characters ing it anew. In Confucius timo (s.c. 500) upon a frame so as to be within reach of a the outs and ins of the case and he meant The junk continued then to cruise about Itisgnite suggestive bi to put every question which might be of without any apparent object, und eventual way Thut prior to coming up the Yangtze in the proper seuss of the terms, their "ink of a large and comprehensive Chinese book, any use whatever to the prosecution or the ly went into Macao on Sunday evening, the wat a kong of water to Waghorico, in being then a sort of paint, their paper' is a souiebat difficult undertaking and a and overrated. defence. This objection was then noted being about two days in going what they timating the necessity of washing the Vabarbon tablets, and their peri sunply a Chinese font laid one in its cases to the in-
should have accomplished in a few houra, men ere. he arrived. The Orientals are short pointed etick. Their ink, the square letters are, face upwards, ine
spection of a foreign compositor, rangod, us Nothing, however, of any importanes While Afr Devina was at Macao, the wife prone to metaphorical
to have been first introduced the camo uut of the questi at; and the woman of the captain of the junk cutie, for the stils who runs may read this is about 8.0. 1120, at which time it took the nistess rather puzzling feature in the great was sout with an officer to point out the palate $300, but Mr Davine requested the Ourcontemporary the Brainy Courier drow shape of a black earth or stoin, which was art of printing. Until the Chineas cende
rabbed down: fa. A.D. 620, ink was male scend to use a isuguage whose characters captain of the junk-himself to cume for the attention some days ago to the niuriler of of lamp black from the pine, burnt ail, and may be reduced within the Mr Floyd's boy was next called. Ho re-money, with a view of endeavouring to find
a French priest. at Yun-yang in Szeliuen, om
empass of membered, on a Sunday in Tamiary, har out something as to the spot where the boat with circumstances of tore than usual,eru innsit; and this connection was further per- alphabet, such as the Roman now in use by ing hired, the first prisoner to carry a note capsized, for Mr. Petzold did not know, elty. It is enricus how closely this affair fected in A.D. 1070. Like everything clost civilised nations, mueli progress in the to Mr Kydd at Pokfolum at about eleven owing to it being night time and the wear resembled that at Yangchow. Two inission in China, it is invested with an effescy by art of using moveable type cau suurtely be
looked for, o'clock in the forenoon; the first prisoner ther thick. The woman went away, and aries, it seems, were stationed in the town native doctors in gates of convulsion in returned about two o'clock.
tro one else applying, Petzold was brought and held their services in a house between children, but to European eyes seems cer- Dr Cochran, Captain Deane, and Me on here by his friend,—Preas.
the Chilton's and the Tartar Commander's tainly incre calonlated to bring on the di- Yamen. Their teaching had given out-souse it is said to cure. There would ap
by escaped oruinals.
exposed to the danger of being infested to bin. From the tone of the questions hours. Petzold does not remember any- Feb. 27, says The famous Li Hung-the inner bark of bamboo (which is theot less than four thousand varieties onl We understand that the Hon. Julia theich sought to produce everything for near as le vi guess for soms three hours reached here yesterday with his flotilla, alpha and the omega of the Chinese), sized requirod, and 'sorts' would have to ba
Pauncofote, Attorney General of Houg
kong, has been appointed to the Judge
of the Golony. If this is the fact, we
shall take au carly opportunity of stating
our readus way, in the interests of
public justice, as administered according
to English practice and law, such an
appointment is unfortunate, though quite characteristic of the appointed.
LOCAL
SERIOUS STABBING CASE.
A murderous assault was committed on bard the British ship Ziba about half past eix lest night. The case was heard before Mr Goodlake this morning, and the facts
the
house,
are these. The Ziba arrived in Harbour Bacallum were called; but their evidenče
Lights of
3.
16 supposed to
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thing as
$11
A YOUNG woman has been admitted to from London on the 7th instant; and the was of a formal nature, and contained nor is stated that Sir Henry Kappel has very rago to a wealthy individual of the gentry pear, however, to be various recipes in ex- the St. Louis law school. prisoner and complainant are seantau on thing new. As the last named witness, wisely written home, strongly recommand class, who, apparently unable to get up istence for the manufacture of the famous SIR Henry Ellis, formerly principal libra board of her. Samuel Scholer, a Canadian, however, had seen the decenset at Polo-ing the postponement of the Duke of Edin disturbanes in the town, or perhaps foar ng China ink; one being lamp black; aqua virian of the British Museum, is dead. Be who is charged with the cutting and wound- lum, his Worship proposed to take his evi- burgh's visit to China, until the cool weathe people, hired a bob of peanuts from the tz, and glue. The Chinese printer is his was in his 92nd year. ing, and the complainaut (Wm. Sneyd) were dence as to that point, and also suggested ther has set in. It seems that the time of country round; these entered the town, own ink-maker and paper-cutter; and of THE demolition of the fortifications of
cool
At supper in the forecastle of the Ziba yes that Mr Swan (who also saw the decenat year for the visit was fixed apou, at home, assembled in the street in front of the ten a shopkespor, who wishes printing dono, Osteud bas commenced, worker, being en- forday evening at six o'clock; when about at Pokfoln), should have been called by under an impression that the weather was house where one of the missionaries was even becomes his own printer, by printing gaged in filling up the moat in the north- twenty minutes after that hour, a scuffle the prose
the proscaution. took place between them. During this Mr Hazeland and that he was advised in China in August, and by coming performing service, attached it and foral from bloska out to his order. The Chinese or port. The whole is to be terminated.
here at that time the excessive heat of Inau entrance... The missionary being at the print only on one side of their thin paper, by the lat July. scue Sueyd was heard to my out, and he that this was aquecessary. The Attorney dis would he avorted. The incident is cu time at the altar, they seized him, deliber-but they print two pages au the one shest, Cost in abundance, and of excellent esid, "I am out, when he got on deck. General did not think is important. It riously illustrative of the vague notions ately cut off his hands and-fest, and then and ac fold it that, if piston together, tud from Argenta, cu the line of the Central has been discovered mile Both prisoner and complainant tried to cold be produced as the Supreme Court still prevalent at home concerning these botanitely absent at the tune bearing of ou both sides. By so doing, and by bind- Pacific Railroad, four hundred miles from
bebealed hias His companion who was two pages would appear as nue leaf printed throttle each other while the struggle was trial if 11000ssary.
the event fed in disguise and so escaped. ing the sheets an that this role is adhered Sacramento.
s been raised in order that
V set at rest as regards.
ich residents in Chins are
lng going on between Sneyd and Booler,
and that during this scrimmage he saw
1. We put aside the
whether M. Simon Was
in his assertion as affecte
though, we may be por ve that the greater portion kind are perfectly won mizing the inspiration of nesis so far as is necessa rposes, to admit that as
the full meaning of the
is no was intended to
m of details But to Bre
at Mr Syle's objecting
Scholer deliberately lake his ailor's knife
: Parts:-[bid..
going on and it was stated by a witnear Mr May said that he knew nothing of that the wounded man went first over to that; and although the Attorney General
As at Yaugehow the oficials entrusted with to all through the book, they arrive at Lost Bute's perversion is bearing freit. prisoner and hit him with his fet. A sea and Mr B, had taken great interest in the GENERAL VON MOINES has addressed a the good government of the aity took no nearly the same result as we do by printing Dr Manuing has already got a donation man named Hill who was looking down prosent case, he saw no reason why the letter to Culan Oleaney, expressing pu-steps to prevent the outrage bing, carried on both sides. It is a curious fact, that the from him of £5,000 towards the Westmin- through the scuttis, satd he saw the wrest Magistrate should not take the same care blisly his mutisfaction at seeing an English do entually under their eyes,
first book printed in England was 'got upster Cathedral-English Churchman. as usual in such cases. Generally speak-uthor for the first time doing full Justice Apropos of Chinese government and the in nucli the same way, its printer having Aut citizens of the United States are now ing, the conduct of such cases was left on the part taken by the Prussian Army in new theory of settling diferences at Fe-pasted the pages together back to back, and permitted to outer, travel, and sojourn in tirely to the Magistrate; mud be had then the dangaign of 1815. And the Colonel's king, we learn fruut a native sourge the thus achieved the first step towards the pre-France, upon the single dosaration of their from din ateath and put it into Sneyd's taken down everything which borg upon the book on that daupsigh (which is being following account of a disturbance in fact of a Chinese book being read back Mu Jefferson Davis is reported to be saf
The nationality. sant complete loaf of printed matter. translated into German and published on tou province. side. The wounded man cried out and case, the same as he was now doing,
Some mouths ago the inha staggered on deck i When he was met by Mr Faziland said that witen the law of behalf of the War Offee at Berlin) has been bitauts of a village called Wooshi, in Heang waruz, as it would appear to us, is not foring f from heart diseaáu, and a paper states the chief officer, who finding that Sneyd hedge of the Criven conducted the case, the Osean Prince Prumit, cogitat by the shau- district, eresalt mer foes house, solely applicable to the Chinese language, that he under the constant care of Dr
from around in the side, Magistrate was not called upon to go so on ice of Prait, who wrote to the This building gave umbungo, it sesta, to although peculiar and often puzzling to the Smith; an eminent Paris practitioner. he was taken to Hospital. This tah in the mount to casting a alar. itpos the legal to offer his personal thanks, "as Prussian their Feng-shuf. After neveral aus on red glaring paper, of which the Chinese tion show a total cost of £2,600. As usual, bandaged him up as well as lie could, tutil particularly into the mattor It was tauta author, before quitting England recently, their neighbours, who said it disturbed aninitiated. The title page, or carer, of Tux accounts of the agent for Messrs doni. the right hand side, is printed commonly up- Bright, Dixon, and Manz in the late elec side Shayd said was done by the prisoner Crown officers to do so,
soldiers for the unparalleled impartiality" munications the latter attacked the prisoner's version was that Sneyd fell JH. Aynge, an overseer of works at of the work.
birt
of the knife when grappling with him. 48 Pokfolum, identified the first prisoner us GovERson Gerry and to Mre, Stanton, the ship is a temperance vessel, and the the coolic who brought a chit to Mr Kydd daring her recent interriow, with him, that baration of fermented liquors is a condii about half past eleven on the forenood of justice would never be done in cases of in tion in the articles, some interest was the 24th January (Sunday). Another litfanticide until women were in the jury box,
ing sud partially ruined it this was the seam very foud, and over this occasionally Mr Bright was returned free of coat to him. signal for a general commotion. Agents silk binding is found, with a cover shaped The two other candidates contributed to were sent over to Bangkang whe bought Hika a sort of pocket-book. Sometimes the the frad; and of the guarantee fund raised the largest guns they could find batteries titlu-page of a book is left unprinted, and by the electors generally only one half has ware prested and a state of war ensued, painted on the cover in any style the pur buen called up.