AUGUST 27, 1869
CARGOES.
Sunion Customs Daily Returns,)
oleared for Coast Ports:-
is. Beteluts.
s Cassia Twigs.
Licheės.
Lurgane.
kages Yellow and White Lead.
Medicine.
Brassware.
ages Sundries.
per the same from Coast
Native Cotton
Mate.
tagea Medicine.
agen Nankeen,
Wheat
ages Sundries,
ada, cleared for Coast Porta
Lungau
Yellow Lead.
Licheer.
Paper. Sugar
Bapanwood
Tobacco,
Lily Seeds.
ages Sundries.
of Imports and Exports passed
River Steamer Office during ed 21st August
per Kiu Kiang and Kirahan, ng:
Bengal Cotton.
Bombay Cotton, Native Cotton.
Cotton Yarn.
Patna Opium. Malwa Upium.
ages Wax.
eges Tea
Lead
Quiekativer.
Houf
Iron Wire, Bars and Sheets,
Patchuck,
Nankeen,
198
agen Pravne
zam
and cases Cotton Goods.
and eases Woollen Goods, co ages Sundries.
Madame
er Ki Kiang and Kinshan,
and Hales Fine Sukne strinja Punjum
Coooons,
Bilk Piece Goods
Sashes and Handkerchiefs,
Glass Bangles
Glass Beastond uit
Paper.
goe Truuks.
Preserves. Garlic,
80 piculs) Carla.
Sugar,
T'es.
be Citron.
te Ginger,
ges Chinaware,
bar sales
ges and parcels Sundries,
Imports and Exports passed Custom House, by the during the week ended 22nd
om Hongkong: te Alum Batelants. Oliaff.
Coka
Cotton,
Fishmaws.
Monda
Salted and Dried Fish.
flour.
gen Flinta.
ges Broken Glam.
ges. Hartall
and 30 pieces Copper Shepta -
ges Old Copper.
Rods, Bars and Hoops.
gen Steel,
Lead..
les, 443 pieces and 37 picula
res Iron Wire
Tin Plates.
ges Medicino,
dried Mussels.
and 624 baga Peas.
Bariny Pearl.
ages Provisions (salted).
and 440 bundles Rattans. Rica.
ages and 51 jars Samshoo
Bandalwood.
s Sapanwood.
ages Bea Blubber.
ages Vegetable Seeds.
Quicksilver. Hardwood. Almond
Buffaloe, Horn. ages Sundries,
Hongkong:--
Arsenie.
les Baniboo. ages Bambooware;
les Straw Bags. ages Charcoal,
ges Chinaware.
ges China-root. Cuttle Fish
les Firewood.
Flour.
Flour Arrowroot
ges. Fruits,
Furniture.
gea Garlic
es Gunny Bags.
#68
Irouware.
Toss Sticks.
Lichées.
les Mats
gee
Marbles Slabs,
ges Medicine.
ges salted Olives.
gee Olive Senda.
Urange Peel.
ea Paperware,
nd 67 packaged Pickles.
Plank
Preserves.
and 200 jara Samahoo, Starch,
and 4 packages Tem
Tobacco
Cotton Umbrellas,
It and 800 pieces fresh Vege
itly Cases.
gea Brassware.
Stablo
gee Yellow and White Lead.
ges Sundries 4 ker
cleared for Liverpool:-- Scented Caper Tea Scented Orange Pakos Te
Gunpowder Tes.
Young Byson Tea.
cleared for Tientsin--
res Brassware,
Paper
ugar,
Tobacco.
Aried Flowers. sen Bundries,
No 1911-AUGUST 27, 1869.]
TO CORRESPONDENTS,
All communications addressed to this paper be accompanied by the name of the maler, not necessarily for publication, but as a gorantes of good farth
THE CHINA MAIL.
SUPREME COURT. (Before the ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE) Special Jury Cate
LEE SING T. KWOK YU GRUEN AND OTHERS.
The case was resumed at 2 p.m.
August 26, 1869.
men who would have regretted the vio: lonce need towards him. La it is, the two recent wounds on his head, were disclosed only on post mortem examination.-ED: C.
M.
The romance of inonastic life is going tha way of all romance in this hard unita- ginative world of ours. The Sanrin care, with its little inaidunta of floor scrubbing stripped the convent of much of and dirty stockings, minst, we think, have
against any ill-judged exercise of clemency
THE CROSSING OF THE HOANG-HO.executed, the lowness of his type, added to r columns are open to all who wish to as advocated by some, in this case. We
(Courier.)
his violent death, makes him a spirit very dresathe public on legitimate grounds, but do not write in unreasoning hatred of side wit hold ourselves responsible for the the Uhinese race, but fimm a deep conviC
There is not much romance in China nearly material in nature; such beings Plain and generally clumsy matter of fact seem to derive great pleasure in doing mis opisions of our correspondents,
tion that merry would be entirely misun
takes the place of what in other countries chief." As to practical value of communi would appeal to the imagination. Yet the cations from spirit land, one would like to derstood, and that its result would be to still further danger the lives of foreign. tions were put by the contractors as follow, Witnesses fora examined The altera
THE NORTH.
elements of poetry exist. Very strange as Mr Varley whether if anything went ors in Hongkong.
things happen now and then, though, from wrong with the French Atlantic cable, in We cheerfully grant-repaired roof, put up office and window,
(Shanghai News Letter.) that when the memory of the deed has mended and white-washed wall, converted in this city some weeks ago. Concluding a to the understanding in such a way
deficiency of true literary genius is the the laying of which he is now engaged, be PEKING-The Austrian Mission arrived Chinese ind, they are not made to appeal he would apply to the spirits to tell hins Roses-It is particularly requested this passed away, say in six or eight years openings of wall into doors, took away two treaty with the Chinese government seems live in the memory. Few things in modern instead of following the regularly scientific to whore the hitch was, and how to remedy it, All communications relating to this general -business of this paper be addressed to the time, it may be that the prisoner will lower walls, and turned a badly-fitted pack to be only a small part of the work to be warfare are more curious than the little processes.
a respectabloshop; chunam- Proprietor and in no case to individuals by become a fit object for pardon. But in ing hones into
Mach delay and inconvenience in the name of common-sense and necessity med roof, and plastered walls. The con accomplished by the gentlemen who com- episode described in the Tientsin Trade Ke transaction of business will thereby be wo trust that no sentimentalism will tutor further said he would for Tls, 40 the omhssay. They have brought port for 1868, giving an account. of the
place the house in its previous atata.
printed specimens of all languages, and a stratagem by which the rebela paasad the Avoldpa
interfere with the due course of law. The Acting Attorney General to-day valuable collection of books, which it is Hoang-Ho b We cannot admit the force of any argu- abandoned the count in reference to the the nuclens of a consulting library to be guard the passage of this river, suddanly saw an
proposed to pressat to the govemment as
One morning the open, suddenly saw en tion which impelled the man to com- witnesses in rebuttal One of these produs. mit the crime. As well (to repeated a receipt for repairs which Mr Hayllar industry is manifested in getting and pre. of a long string of one hundred and fifty, or two who had pictured to themselves cloistered serving scientific information, a well as hundred camels, each laden with a couple of auga eternally wrapped in contemplation remark we have previously made) admit characterised as a frasid
Mr. Hayllar addressed the Jury shortly, implements of art and industry. Such a boxes, one slang on either side, on the top of and spotless draperica. But we have a that the Australian black, who simply The case could have been settled by arbitra in the interest of since and civilization which gally Bottered a title Imperial pennan, still rader shock in store for those who cou- desires to eat your kidneys under a tion or in the Small Cause Court, at a small may well be commended to the other great such us are usually borne on Government tinue to cherish the delusion that there yet
stores in course of removal. The mistery superstitious belief that he thereby expense. The costs of the case would now
powers. becomes endowed with superior strength, amount to nearly the value of the house in building 100 boats at this place for carrying boats for them to cross over, stating that they afded. A recent decision of the French TIENTSIN. The Chinese government le leaders, gesticulating violently and apparently in exist peaceful asylums from which the pro- stands excused as
great alarm, oslled to the Imperialists to send saio business of the world is completely ex- a murderer! We sincerely hope that common sense will not
tributo grain to Teng-chow. The boats of
brought military stores for the cap, and ware Council of State shows that even Trappists be again outraged by auch a display of
private individuals have been impressed closely pumned by Nien-fei, and that, without are put what we once fondly thought they for this service hitherto, Rumor says that framediate assistance, they and their storen meat halo of or, the mat muda hich
this applies than usual we being brought be captured, The Imperial coldiers deceived by we hold rule over the native population
this year, to meet the wants of soldiers to the pennops, and put off their gused by the small of the Colony.
be concentrated in this provines. Several member of the party, without further inquiry, large cannon have been brought North the complied with their request, and forried them
and their camila over. No sooner had the last summer
number in all of some three or four hundred, beast landed, thau in an instant, from out of each box there apranga well-armed inat, to the who, falling upon the astounded Imperialist, then and there treacherously slow them.
IMONA MALment about the "strength of the supersti- difference in rental, and called ouo or two hereafter formed cit a large scale. Much ta opposite hank some twenty peasants in charge poetry in the eyes of young ladies
HONGKONG, PRIDAY, AUG. 27, 1868, WILL MERCY BE JUSTICE!
Wale we are by no means indifferent to the nobleness and beauty of mercy there are occasions upon which mercy to individuals becomes gross injusties to community The conviction of Pan A. shing at the last Criminal Sessions, and his sentence to fifteen years imprisonment, for having struck a drowning man on the head, and so as demonstrated caused
has afforded one of those well meaning but injudicious individuals whose range of vision never extends beyond the object fromediately before them, the opportunity of invoking in the
LOCAL
By
dispute; and the case was evidently one in which a personal quarrel was involved, He put it that waste must comprehend the Jury not to believe the evidence of the receipt produced by plaintiff,
The Aoting Attorney General having re- plied by agen
actual injury to a building; and called upon
His Lordship summed up, and the Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiffs, award ing $240 for waste, and $517.40 for rent,
The Court rose at 6.15 E.Me
MAIN ADMIRALTY.
Aug. 27, 1869.
BOUN
Prestern
river, to look into that report concerning HANEOW,--A Chinese gunboat went up the billing of Roman Catholic Missionaries, She put back after an absence of two days. No
reston is given fut her return. KIUXIANG-The water is still covering
cainel
were men whose special occupation is to
dhe thot owu graves, aud who only break ailence to remind each other that they are fated to die. The nomination of
M. Obligi the official candidate, as member of the conseil d'arrondissement of Maisdon, has
or ballot box, having been taken to the been annulled by decision of the Council of State in consequence of the urne électorale, monastery of La Trappe, near La Meil leraye, for the purpose of collecting the votes of the monks, without due mention of the circumstance having been inserted and for the official candidate pos; what in the proces verbal. "Frères, il faut voter
a falling off from **Frères, il faut mourir"| A LOYAL OLERE.-If any one wants a
are prepared, if necessary, to supply legal of the Royal Supremacy may be carried we It is hardly so be supposed that the artifice pariali clerk on the Sunday before last
evidence of the following ramarkable fact
Very few parallels to this exist in history, and it is impossible to avoid the mind that concealed in its entrails the conquerora being carried back to wooden horao
old one in China, and it is not unlikely of Troy. Very probably the trick is an
Greeke constructed their fatal present sitai- far trenchery was successful in some of the clan lights amongst the ld "Dukedens,"
columns of our contemporary the sympa to 19. Flavory to Good Flavory, Tla. 18 & by Mr Caldwell (proctor), appeared on be help from the Taoutsi. He bas received that at the very time that the cunning proof of the lengths to which the doctrine
thics of the Colonists in his favour
sentimentalism which we should
Letter, dated Foochow, the 21st, we learn From Messrs Runder, Phipps & Co.'s Tea that during the week a large business had been transacted in Congou, at an advance of fully One Tael Souchonge of the better kind had also advanced about 2 or 3 Tele Pricon were-Dust and Broken, Tls. 6 a 13.5, Common to Good Common, Tls. 14 24. The total sales of Congou to date were 376,234 charts, against 506,031 chests to same time last year. The following am the departures For London, 17th, Chusan, for Melbourne; 14th, Hanover, 878,000 bs 16th, Margaret Campbell, 148,600 Tha; 19th, Bella Rose; and for Boston, 20th, Mary Edey. The Flying Spur, Corona, John
but
denominate maudlin, did we not know122,700. lbs; 19th, Yangtze, 927,700; juuks, taken since the 6th ci Jane lust, ing a little rice on board, send them off to conceived for the first time the other found himself onbarked upon the enter.""
the curione frame of mind into which “humanitarianiem run wild betrays its Totaries, the correspondent in question
full.
IN THE MATTSH OF THE CAPTURE OF OBR TAIN PIRATICAN, JUNKS BY THE deu."--Petition for Bounty.
The Acting Queen's Advocate, instructed half of Lieut. Commander Lloyd, of H. M.'s gunboat Bouncer, pursuant to Ad founyent, the capture of sixteen pisaties bounty for the piratical various bays and creeks on the coast; and read the supplementary affidavite for the production of which the user had been adjourned by the Acting Chief Justice.
information and ampler details as to the reasons which the petitioners had for believing the captured junke to be
piratical
soen escaping from) the piratical crufte, the.
and KFDS
The
WES
bases his appeal upon the motiven which ton, and Magellan wore engaged to full supplementary affidavits supplied and threatens to take away a portion of the books at the right moment. There is the clerk new that changes had been made
impelled the commission of the deed. He entively ignores, not merely the practical result as regarded the victim a course
partially kénctioned by our code of law, but the far more important questions of the view taken by the native popula tion of the act itself, and the impression to be made on, their miads, as to ita criminality. We would here remark that Chiriest law-if law it can be called
TO-DAY'S PULION.
the Bund. The mass of ontest Chinese families from the overflowed country in our neighbourhood, and congregated here to the number of some 10,000, find but little same Tls. 5,000 to aid the sufferers, his oficiale press all kinds of hosts into service, crowd them with half starved and naked men, woinen and children, and throw the hills near Poyang Lake.
CHINSIANG Mr. Sheppard has taken the day. Eminently suitable to the genius of price of reading the
responsos in the cento, office vavated by Mr. Sands, U. S. Vice the Chinese mind, we are rather incliued substituted on that day in honour of the Consul at this port. The rapid current of to believe that it is a cherished tradition, Queen's accession for the "Venite, axulta- the river has lately changed its direction, happily thought of by some reader of old mus," The Frayer book was an old one, north shore. The salt funks have been therefore, we think, nothing impossible in in the sex of the sovereign since it was obliged to
and out of its strength.
of the passing of the Boang-to is of a date with the spirit of the institution to which [The News Letter contains au article ad-cooral with the wooden burs of Troy.
he belonged, he read the last verse but one and-as-
Thit this comparison is possible suggests as follows:-And blessed be the name of of the vessela; together with fact that the writer refers to the multifarious and im-
shall be filled with her Majesty. Amen equipment, and the fitting-upting increased emolursants
for U. S. Consuls in China. The
strange difference between the Chinese her Majesty for ever; and all the earth bad satisfied theraselves us to the piraticalportant duties which is less lensator, Pure
nice little ecetesiastical prosecution, we can Mandating on board the Chinese gunboate
and sane. If any one has a mind fora In short, bo is our legislator, our character of the sixteen junke captured, form, were all noted in the additional documents Judge, our excutive officer, and our diplo-
furmisir bim with all particulara. matic agent; he has to work for us, to supplied for the information of the Court,
His Lordship remarked the affidavits maintain relations with other Consuls and were now dirt be desired. If the authorities, to obey the minister and to men of experiencs said, that, from the fulfil the instructions of the
government fitting-up and other appearances of a junk, ahows how insuficient are the provisions they knew that she was a piratical craft,
at present allowed for carrying out this
has come for
change. The war and the
Mr Russell was the sitting magistrate; The number of men on board (or who were station, move away from their usual our supposition that the original.archetype { printed, and being thoroughly penetrated
but Mr May Heard one or two femanded
Chan stoung, No. 3 Tarkov ernment employ, was brought up on romand charged with having regulated the supply of water according to the "ausahawa lowed him by the inhabitants of the Hawan District, Quorn's Band Best Witness were produced, who gave very clear testi mony as to the fult want of water, as to the complaint made to the defendant, and as to the arrangement entered into, by means of which the supply of water was to be ex-
paid over to the defendant.
not
NAPOLEON III. AND BELGIUM.-L.
and the Weataru race. What changes have and gods fought with the sous of old Priam, taken place in Europe since the Greeks and brave Hector's wife soothed the fears her little boy, who was frightened at the nodding phimes of his father's helmet. Tasile Deford, in bis recent work, This The greatest liations of the world have risen toire du Second Empire," vol. i., page 430, and fallen and I nearly all the knowledge of states that the Prince Louis Napoleon, after the world be boun- learned. The human the coup d'état, signed a destee to aduer mind has proved itself capable of making Belgium to France. Now, not only was that separates the intellect of former times printed in the Moniteur.
was actually
as laid down in the. Penal Code of thed in return for a number of It-cont that was enough. He was satisfied with Work, and says that: Clearly the time abraost indefinite progress, and the gulf this decree eigned, but it w
Was
further shown that one or two of these to cost pieces actually found their way into the hands of the defendant, under the name of tea money" sort of payment which would appear to assume partly the character
"partly
"Foomshaw, of A partly for surv
present representing the service rendered in as polite and delicate a way possible (a kind of pocket or pin"-money), Defend- examination of the witnessca, and merely
Empire, and as practically carried out in avery department of the Propire, entirely ignores motive in the commission of capital crimes. If, whether by accident or Intant, the death of one man castes from the act of another; he is punishable with the draconic ferocity of the code in ques/of a "query" dared, and partly of tion. We could state many instances within our personal knowledge--not by mere heresay but from facts we have wit nessed, and from native official publicaant depied the chaage, but made no cross-
services
To be
the fuller information now supplied; and consequent political agitations of eight from the present is wide as the years that at the eleventh bour its issue was stopped; be would graat the prayer of the petition.
The petition was accordingly recorded. years are now things of the past. The casure their distance But in the mean- but a copy of a paper was in the posses
"granted as prayed for." The Court then roze..
A CORRESPONDENCE.
THE GERMAN AMATEURS.
To the Editor of the "CHINA MAIL," HONGKONG, 27th August, 1860. SIR-Allow me to say through your va
position of the state in assured Thero he soonomy in attempting to keep up re- presentation here on the low scale which was established thirteen years ago. Our interests have developed very greatly, and are still developing We trust our con-
time how has it fared with the Chinese sion of the late King of the Belgians.
The House of Commous has done wisely The same ruse of warfare that was suitable suitable to-day. Time to them brings nowhether tho grating in front of their gal
thres thousand Fears ago is equally j in leaving it to the lattices themselves to
them
say
aud progress has no meaning. The lery should be kept up or taken down. Mr.
crossing in boxes supposed
of the
men
temporary's representatious Jesy meat within the old testament, reembung as it dose lady, in which she points out the advanta
success.
to contain imperial supplies might have been a rend a very sensible letter from a ges which their seclusion procuras to them. (Evening Express)
the mixture of cunning, ingeunity, and the grating cuables them to sit as they
any of the tions we have read--but one will auffies
dash that characterises inany of Twenty-five Chinese femalos were passen and adventures that are described in the shawls and bonnets, and dress as they
ride
liko, to talk together, to
to hang their
ир In the province of Chibli, a few years a BLUCO, there lived an old man who falsely, because of the row he had the other published in this morning'a issue of the so it seama Shanghai is to participate certain amount of civilization to have been Mr. Layard's pardon fór hinting at the had an idiot, or half-witted son, Stanil. day with two of them. The defendant was Daily Presì,' is quite uncalled for, and appa-in this nefarious traffic, which we had rendered possible, but it also implies the existence of such people in the House of ing one day, within the door of his remanded for a week, and was admitted to rently it is not calculated to advance what hitherto hopod was confined to Hongkong. condemnation of hope for Chinese that the Commons) they can leave thei
cottage, his father being out, the son took up a large stone to throw at a
teasing dog which annoyed him by its barking, and unhappily did not no too that his father was just about to entre as he threw the stone. This struck the father on the temple and death im- mediately ensued. The wretched idiot was immediately taken before the, man darins, and though the picas, both of idiotey and most obvious accident, were
..
Cyor may be the intention of the Germse Club Theatrical Society.
bail in $25,
The master of the Chun Sing pawnshop, Bonhamn Strand, was defendant in a sum It may suit Mr Menke to refue the ferry mons case, the complaint being that he aeons) remark of S. that the majority of refused to show his books to a lokong who those gentlemen who noted in April last, bore the anthority and written order of the refuse to act again," to one or two gentle Deputy Superintendent of Police to demandoen of his party, but the arrogance and the inspection. It appears that the lokong absurdity of such a notion must be obvious received instructions with the order pro- to impartial observers, duced, to go round the pawnshops and see whether some stelen property had not been deposited with the masters of any of those convenient establishments. The defendant's shop accountant was.
but defendant shown
The said Theatrical Society never saclu- ded any one from scting in concert with their own mombers, but they will ever reserve to themselves the right to invite or not invite
a
temporary cconpation of a province and an impurtant military success should have been of mind necesary to the execution of a feat gained in this primitive way. The qualities
find
observed in the middle of duil
_gallery_un which they would otherwise he compelled speeches, to sit out patiently, especially if the orator were an acquaintance, and had obtained "'àre peculiarly Chinese. We e cannot
for them.
Last, not least, she says, help trying to conceive the kind of thoughts" Do you not think that a good many ill- of the three hundreti soldiers who silent impossible by the interposition of thia ob- that must have passed through the minds natured remarks and suppositions are made ly, motionless, and ready, were ferried jectionable grating? Who can say, across the river on camels hacks. Iniplicit that Meid so and because.. belief in fate, carelessness of danger are not so prominent as patience to wait and ability ways stammers and breaks down when gallery, or that Sirimal-
her than the bravery of the lion
cau bo no doubt that, without reference to the European multiplies his courage Mr. Beresford Hope's fear of impertinent dience, the Chinaman multiplies it by glauces, the present arrangements is beats,
in the
-Was io
c
relemently urged by his relatives, he the books should perfectly wilting that assistance, as may appear desirable-nch principal articles shows a steady increase to dere. It is the stealthy courage of the Missis present ? On the whole there
The newly formed Yacht Citib, we under stand, purpose giving their first regata this fall; one of their members, Mr Falls of the Kiangun Arsenal having offered a fifty toel cup for competition at the same. Mr Lambert, of Pootung, has boat on the stocks, measuring 40 feet in length, which will shortly be ready for Iaunching, and which he confidently ex- pects will bent everything on the river.
(N. CD. News) The import at Shanghai of most of the invitations, however, it would be useless to Grey Shirtings 860,000 pieces against over the corresponding period of 1868. was sentenced to the punishment of himseit interfered, and said that as the man send before it is even decided whether or 822,000, T-cloths 432,000 against 201,000 ling-chih (generally known as 4eutting were eating their rice, they could not find not the society will have the opportunity English drills 71,000 against 14,000 andit, and where an hot requiring great both for the members and the ladies. Gay into ten thousand pieces an incorrect time, and they would not care whether or to play at all. As to the cost, the German American Drills 66.000 legainst 43,000; suubing and self-command sould have been robes and flattering faus would certainly translation,bat: scarcely conveying a not the Governor himself came to see the Club will certainly never allow ex-members Dutch 84,000 against 5,000; Lustres 47,000 found in an European force only in units, give a very unbusiness like appearance to sense of the fiendish nature of the prolibooks. This somewhat remarkable case to contribute to the expenses of their insti- against 43,000 Camileté 29,000 against minery torture), which sentence he was remanded, in order that the bookstations.
Mr. Menke's letter had to be answered in Coat (Australian) 17,000 against 7,000 tone. 12,000. Iron 74,000 againat 36,000 pionie; British Coal has fallets from 18,000 tons to 3000; brown Sugar also shows a falling off from 196,000 to 129,000 pioths, and white from
160,000
FACTS.
should be thoroughly examined. actually carried out. We oite this, as
Mr. H. W. Hohnholz charged his gook justice to one of many instances, to show that with having left his employ without due "motive" is ignored The ordinary notice. He was absent all night, and Mr Chinese mind is from training unable to Hwan minns his breakfast this morning.
THE LATE ME MEAGHER conceive that aught but results should-Defendant's defence was that he found
To the Editor of the CHINA MAIL.” be dealt with by the law, Similarly a turned, upon which he was taken into
the dong
locked against him, when he re
HONGKONG, 27th August, 1800, "attempt to murder" is, if the victim custody by a poleeran for baving no pass the late Mr.Meagher in the Lusitano Club, Sta,-Your version of what happened to escape, dealt with in the lightest manner.This was so far true, as this unlucky or "If no injury was indicted, no one has disobedient cook was fined $1 for having is still more incorrect than the statement as published in your issue of lest evening, use to grumble," say the sages of Chi-bosu abroad without a pass, besides having contained in the report of the Daily Press. nese administration. Hence we main been locked up all night at the Station It is in fact a perversion of truth on the part. tain that to excuse murder on account of he, however, told a lie in this vase, which of your informant,
colored by
it was found in a Chinese force in hundreds, the azenroly, which would perhaps not be deserve recording in more parent and the ladies in the age are much more at The incident is remarkable enough to without ita effect on the proceedings; and extensively read publications than either their ense, and baaldee hare more chances the Trade Reports or our columns, of a visit from those they care to see, than if they were exposed in an open gallery. At the same time Mr. Layard should be held to his promise to make the cage an comfortable as possible.
- OCCASIONAL NOTES.
(Pall Mall Gazette.)
1.3
its motive being, not greed or passion, but did him no good whatever. For abeunting self with the goalification com and Nanking, which in 1858 took only 50 a Bavere küstzeiress, and unable to sing. Araud Russia in the Tientsin market increased
The Customs Gazette announces a con- tinued increase in the demand for Cotton- half year has been 42,785 pieces in excess announced to appear in the "Figlia del goods at
Chiakeang. The total import for the On Friday last Mdme. Adelius Patti was.
fact of there being little or no stack on hand the doors wore opened and the audience ing to information furnished by the Rus of that for the fitat bulf of 1858; and the Reggimento," but at the last moment, after RUSSIAN TRADE WITH CHINA,--Accord.. testifles to the healthy state of the market had begun to arrive, notices wore posted sian Consulate at Tientsin the total amount The demand from the interior is increasing, up that Mumu. Patti was suffering from of Cummeroial exchanges between China pieces, has this quarter taken 4,550. The other opera was therefore substituted. It is during the past year to 2,811,585 roubles, assault." The accurrence had nothing denraud appears too to be extending farther rather trying after paying fancy prices to from 3,474,664 roubles in 1867. It only whatever to do with Me
Persira Marques
inland.
hear Patti in the Gazza Ladre or anounted to 1,027,719 roubles in 1866, What took
There has *to be put off with the and was no assault at all place was simply this the deceased walked to the office of the ink, got up a quarrel with and attempted to strike the clerk refusing to submit a certain account book
simple amperstition, would have the most injurious effect upon the minds of the native inhabitants. To talk about their comprehending the justios and mercy of British law is to indulge in the veriest of a writer
vada that ever emanated from the pen
J
JAPAN
(Evening Convier)
"Trovatore or hackneyed FUN
OF Aquently been an augmenta
but the charming singer's many
Feat
of 406,830 roubles compared with the 1867, and of 1,363,671 roubles com
follows-Precious
himself from his employ the defendant was fornier $1, he was unequal to the occasion Fined $6, and though he had paid down his in regard to the $6; he was therefore in prisoned for one month, with hard labor.
Obang Ahon, one of the numerous deal era in | wares,
Wo learn from a private source, that news will, at least, be consoled to learn that her pared with 1966. The total amount of (which mean anything they can pick 1) was caught quietly rule
of great political importance has reached repeated attacks of illness are pot of an Russian insports at Tientsin was 960,236
The severe boarrancas | roobles, made up ing up the bed-curtain of an Indian watch to his inspection two or thers young, gen this port por Costa Rica. The fovernment alarming kind. man, living in Tui Wong Laus (East). This tlemen, on bearing the noise, rushed in, of Japan with a view doubtless to break up which prevented her from appearing at notals, 856,603 roubles; tissues, 78,370 fellow, although caught in the act, denied and à souffle ensued, when the deceased was the individual power of the Princes, bus Covent Garden on Friday did not in the roubles; furs, leathers, and wools, 13,774 least disable from singing before the roubles; different geoda, 11,532 roubles. bounded astonishment t amongst Foesigners Prince of Wales and Paalia of Egypt at The Chinese exporte amounted to 1,921, 128 and Natives,
Marlborough House the same evening
roubles, in which cons The Mikado has entrusted all the impor- where, indeed, it is said, she never warbled for the sum of 1,680, 189utation teas figure
roubles. O. A. P. taut posts in the Empire to Batenma, Cho- more clearly and enchantingly.
MILLINE BILS,Will British hus- art of which any one who speaks the suspicious olaracter, P. C. Ellis found in ee who was probably an eyewitness gether the claims of the other Princes,
We give version No. 3, which, coming sien, Tosa and Nadijens, ignoring, aito Mr O. E. Varley, the electrician, has just bands who are afflicted by the length of dialect can satisfy himself in a few hours him at 3.30
am in the Joss House, and of, if not an actor in, the scuffle, may be the ma further ordered that within a certain he is a devout believer. The "presents of other lands as ill-fated as they? The dress
of whom are very influential.
it, and said be paid 100 cash for it from a
slightly hit with a cane about half an inch adopted course which has catisod aus
House.
lu the possible effects of a pardon to Pau A-shing as advocated by the, we pre- sume ignotant, writer to whom we have allnded, there would be grave cause for small boy-Me Russell sent the prisoner in diameter and was pushed out of the Club reasonable anxiety. The natives holding to hard labor for three months.
bow do our law in contempt Wong Apuk, dosoribed as 3. sexumali on a passage boat, was arraigned as a
Your obedient servants
It is
her
written a letter containing some remark- uxorial milliners' bills gather any comfort able observations on spiritualism, in which from bearing that there are husbands in people with very active minds weakens or maker's account which the Princess of Mer- destroys the power" of the spirits, Waternish submitted to her husband last week, are not much surprised at this, nor that before leaving Paris, was of 112,000 franos the spiritual beings who produce the (£4,480). Unlike Prince Bariatínski, who asses to be very limited in intelligence, Francs (£400) for a "patite toiletio de matin, physical phenomusta seem in almost all last month. Catly refused to pay 10,000 generally more so than any of the human en crêpe de Chine, his Excellency the beings present," which is saying not a little. Austrian Ambassador opened hu pure "The process of dying," we are informed, like a prince. Madame la Princesss then
peak of the Chinese authorities "ordur. Í for" by his father, or any one else concerned. I did front natural causes; but had thore interests, than a resumption of horeign does not seem to add to the intelligence produced the bonnet bill, which amounted
customed to talk of our dignataries the defendant tried to escape. He now most trustworthy. At any rate it confirms "triking devils" and openly avowing explained that he went to a gambling house the fact of the assault; and we think, even period, all the Dainics must deliver up to that our criminal law and its administra last vight, and as he lost all his money tion is " far inferior to that of Canton thers, he was ashamed to go home the intacterize it as cowardly." Here is à ing payment for mania in Kinsats:
***G, A. Pie" showing, that we may atlil the Government their war material, receiv. (s fact), would naturally reason as follows: fure bu went to the Joss-House is man enfeebled by vicious habit, upon Bearing in mind the many Jealousies
father, he said, owned the passage boat in whom two or three young gentlemen' "Pan A-shing has killed a devil. They which he was employed, but is not in the rise, it is slightly the isles in the highly probable that these arbitrary note of which exist amongst these princes it is Want to punish him, but are afraid of Colony-The defendant was ordered to
rot if they do. Perhaps the Vice and security for three months in $100 23 a cat are not ours) with a cans half at the Government will give birth to a power
inch roy has ordered them not to hurt him" (it suspicious character; and as he was sout The poor man has passed away, and the will be resumed. This course may possibly in diameter," and forcibly eject him. ful opposition, and that are long fighting may be noted that the lower class always Geol, he may be said to be left till balled Coroner's inquest has ascertained that he be averted by the firm attitude of
of an individual;" "superstition seems to to 2,250 francs (£330): This his Excellency been a police investigation into the Ensault Trade at all the ports was lamentably reign on the other alde of the grave as paid again, remarking this time, with Tuoss Western editors have enlarged it is understood "Mr Meagher did not well, will be safe to kill him. A month's ideas of language, as of most other things. demand one, from, mutites for which, at 11, aud Imports were selling in, driblete nich se on this, and appears to be as dif- oxomplary resignation,My dear, 1 bave noticed that in proportion as yong bonnets Imprisonment will be the worst of it: The Puable Chiotoin, published away out A, may not give him credit facta munitions of war was almost at a stand sudden and violent death is very praju- diminish in size the price of them increases. tal better that than being involved in the spent in that delectable vila nmn of deceased's physical condition, mine at Checka is looked forward to with making him very brutalized and malicious, the milliner bringing actbing but the bin ♬ in Arkansas, rejoices in the arrival of a might have been disclosed to show that, to all The opening of the Government dicial to an individual in the next life," One of these mornings we shall be having the case if he should die after one lage An Eastern dentlat would have to dentli might have been accelerated by the ausioty, as it is hoped that the troubles This supplies Mr Varley with a cogent picked him up.
Say what is right and let others say, whet think twice before he would recognier him treatment be received. In that caso, there connected with the present dubased surros argument against capital punishment, be they please. You are responsible for only Te cannot too strenuously protest self under that designation.
are more than "two or three young gentle- cy will be done away with,
cause when a criminal of the lowest type Leone tongue-cven if you are a married man,
ing us to do this or that)." Result The next time there's a devil in the water
in arus and cult to eradicate as hero." Moreover, “