Notices to Consignees.
NOTICE TO. CONSIGNEES.-
THE BRITISH BARK PER ABDUA, FROM LONDON,
To-day's Advertisements,
FOR SWATOW, AMOY & FOOCHOW, The Steamship
YONSIGNEES of Cargo by the above-on 0°
named Vessel are requested to send In their Bills of Lading to the Undersigned for countersignature, and to take immediate delivery of their Goods.
Cargo Impeding the discharge of the Vetus will be landed and stored at Con- signees' risk and expense.
MEYER & Co., Agents.
Hongkong, June 14, 1878.
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NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
THE GERMAN BARK MINNA,
FROM LONDON.
"YONSIGNEES of Cargo by the above Camed Vessof are requested to send
in their Bills of Lading for countersignatura and to take immediate delivery of their Goods.
Cargo impeding the discharge of the Vessel will be landed and atored at Con- signees' risk and expense,
Consignees are also informed that, before delivery can be obtained, they will be re- quired to sign the Average Bond and to give Approved Guarantee for Contribution to General Average.
MEYER & Co., Agents.
Hongkong, Jane 17, 1878,
jeb
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES,
THE BRITISH BARK ELIZABETH CHILDS, FROM HAMBURG.
ONSIGNEES of Cargo by the above. named Vessel are requested to send in their Bills of Lading to the Undersigned for countersignstore, and to take imme- diate delivery of their Goods.
Cargo impeding the discharge of the Vensel will be landed and stored at Con- signess' risk and expense,
Consignees are also informed that, before delivery can be obtained, they will be re quired to sign the Average Bond and to Five Approved Guarantee for Contribution to General Average.
MEYER. & Co., Agents,
Hongkong, June 13, 1878. je20
BRITISH BARK HYLTON CASTLE,
FROM GLASGOW,
(ONSIGNEES of Cargo by the above
Cereal are hereby requested to send in their Bills of Lading to the Undersigned for countersignature, and to take immo- diate delivery of their Goods.
Cargo impeding the discharge of the Vessel will be landed and stored at Con- signess' risk and expense.
ARNHOLD, KARBERG & Co.,
Agents.
Hongkong, May 30, 1878.
COMPAGNIE DES MESSAGERIES MARITIMER.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNIES,
JONSIGNEES of the following Cargo
are requested to send in their Bill of Lading to the Undersigned for counter. signature, and take immediate delivery. This Cargo has been landed and stored at thels risk and expense,
No Fire Insurance has been effected.
A. To POURY, Agent.
Ex "Yangtes." 8P (in triangle) Order, 100 bags | from
Sharp Stoned,...........Madraa.
Ez "Aro." M&O 1/2 Messrs Millsch & Co., from ...M 2 cases Hams............London. FH 20rder, 1 case Cashour, from Marseilles. JARG Order, 6 balea Cotton, from Galle.
Masao.
Hongkong, June 15, 1878-
AFONG,
PHOTOGRAPHER,
by appointment, to
B. H. BIR ARTHUR KENNEDY,
E. E. ADMIRAL ALFRED F. RYDER,
and te
"YESSO,”
Capt. 8. AAHTON, will be de spatched for the above Ports
BUNDAY, the 23rd Instant, at 10 am For Freight or Passage, apply to
DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & Co. Hongkong, June 19, 1878.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES,
THE BRITISH SHIP LODORE,
FROM LONDON.
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YONSIGNEES of Cargo by the above, named Vessel are requested to send In their Bills of Lading to the Undersigned for countersignature, and to take imme- diate delivery of their Goods.
Cargo impeding the discharge of the Vossel will be landed and stored at Con- algness' risk and expense,
Cansignees are also informed that, before delivery can be obtained, they will be re- quired to sign the Average Bond and to que approved Guarantee for Contribution to General Average.
METER & Co., Agente.
Hongkong, June 10, 1878,
Not Responsible for Debts.
Neil
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Feither the Captain, the Agente, nor Owners will be Responsible for any Debt contracted by the Officers or Cres of the following Vessels, during their stay in Hongkong Harbour 3—
AMERICA, British steamer, Captain J' Graham-Birley & Co.
ANNIE LOBWAY, British barque, Captain B. Gales.-Borneo Co., Limited.
Ws. H. DEITZ, American S-m. schooner,
Captain L. S. Endicott.-Meyer & Co.
MARTHA BROCKELMANN, German barque, Captain Kluth-Meyer & Co.
JEAN PIERRE, French barque, Captain Legaste.-Carlowitz & Co.
SHIPPING.
ARRIVALS.
June 18, Stentor, British steamer, 1804, Klipatriak, Liverpool May 2, via ports of call, and Singapore June 12, General.-- BUTTERFIELD & SWIRL.
June 18, Tanais, Franch steamer, 1785, de la Marcelle, Yokohama June 12, Mails and General MESSAGERIES MARITIMES,
June 19, China; German steamer, from Canton.
June 19, Lodoro, British ship, 860, M. Jone, Falmouth Feb. 10, Ganaral-- MEYER & Co.
787, Brook, marid March 3,
June 18, Esmeralda, German barque, SIMSEN & Co..
June 18, Highlander, American ship, 1852, 5. Hutchinson, New York Feb. 28, General-CatTLIN
June 19, Prine Friedrich Carl, German steamer, 1100, Mohr, from Niigata (Japan), Rice.-MELCHERS & Co.
DEPARTURES.
June 19, Chinking, for Canton,
19, Francis B. Hay, for Nollo.
19, Olympia, for Canton,
19, Burmese, for Foochow.
19, Esmeralda, for Amoy.
19, B.M.S. Swinger, for a cruise.
19, China, for Shanghai via Ningpo. 19, Halloong, for Tamaui, &c.
CLEARED.
Hydra, for Amay, Sully, for Whampoa.
PASSENGERS, ARRIVED.
Per Chinkiang, from Shanghai, Messrs Glork and Talpey,
Per Stentor, from Liverpool, &, Lieut. James, and 300 Chinese for Hongkong; Mrs Kofod, for Shanghat.
THE CHINA MAIL.
POST OFFICE NOTIFICATIONS MAIZS 3* **■ FREṛOR PACKET- The French Contract Packet Yangish will be despatched from Hongkong on SATURDAY, the 22nd Instant, with Mails to and through the United Kingdom and Europe, si Mar- seillés; to Balgon, Singapore, Bata- via, Galle, Pondicherry, Madame, Caloutts, Bombay, Aden, Sue, and
Alexandria.
The following will be the hours of closing
the Malis, &o.. Friday, 21st Instant.
5.M., Money Order Offics olores Post Office closes except the NIGHT BOX, which remains open all night: Saturday, 22nd Instant
7 AM, Post Office opens for sale of Stamps, Registry of Letters, and- Poating of all correspondence.
10
M., Reglitry of Letters seasOR.
THE
arrival in the case of imports. But the
HONGKONG DISPENSARY, Hoppo pointed out that he would be the loser by such an arrangement. He pre-
Established 4.D. 1841.
香港大藥房
&
A. 8. WATSON 00.. FAMILY & DISPENSING CHEMISTS,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DaveGISTE, IMPORTERS
07
DayanISIS' BUNDAIRE, NUSRAT REQUE. SITES, TOILET Requieres, FroLiSH, AMERICAN, AND FRENCH PATENT MEDIUINES. MANUFACTURERS
11 A.M., Past Office closes except for Late Bods
Letters.
(11:10 4k, Lettera (but Letters only)
to
may be posted on payment of a Late Fee of 18 cents extra portage, until
11.30 M., when the Post OffeS CLOSES
entirely. Hongkong, June 8, 1878,
j+22 MAILS BY THE UNIZED STATES PACKET.
O
Water, Lemonade, Tozle Water, Gingerade, Potass Water, Samaparilla Water, and other Aerated Waterl
The Mamifactory is under direct and continuous European Supervision: “ Hongkong, June 1, 1876,
fers levying the one nei ti shui duty on goods entering or leaving China plys the foreign export and import Tariff daty and Sir Brooke Robertson shews by figures that his alternative is more pro- fitable. Ho farther observes that "whe
[No. 4667—JUNE 19, 1878.
SUPREME COURT, IN CRIMINAL SESSIONS,
(Before His Lordship the Acting Chief Jus tice, the Hon. F. SNOWDEN,) June 19, 1878.
THE SHEX-O MURDER. Chang Ashul, a dsherman, was Indioted. for the wilful murder of a woman named
ther the Hoppo is authorised by any han Ngow Mul on the Shot-o Road on reading of the Treaty of Tientsin to levy the morning of the 20th ultimo, and for. upon goods conveyed in Chinese vesselsther with wounding with intent to murder to and from a British possession in ae and do grievous bodily harm to another cordance with the Tariff annexed to such woman and a child. There were altogether
seven counts in the Indiotment. The pri Treaty may be a question, and adda zoner pleaded not guilty, saying that the that in his opinion he is.". Upon deceased, and the other woman out him this point, however, Lord Carnarvon first. Mr Hayllar appeared to watch the observes
case on behalf of the prisoner, and the Hon. G. Phillippo, Attorney General pro- secuted, The following gentlemen were empannelled sa a Jury-Mesars J, G. Smith, J. Siver, C. F. Hartman, H. Oray- ford, W. HL. Percival, H. Biedman, and J. Inglis.
Lord Carnarvon is unable, in the absence of further explanations, to understand how the Treaty of fientsin can have any bearing
on the oase.
The terms of Article XXIV of the Treaty which relates to the foreign Tarif apply solely to merchandize exported from or in ported into China by British subjects, and has no reference to goods shipped by native traders in native junks to or from Hongkong
The Attorney General briefly reviewed the case; he said Chan Amui, one of the women assaulted, had realded at Shek o with her husband for many years, as had also the prisoner. She appears to have become But even if it were concoded that the Treaty applied to Chinese as well as British Tery intimate with the prisoner after her The publication of this issue commenced subjects, Lord Carnarvon fails to perceive her money, as she saya to the extent of husband's death the prisoner had given: how any reading of it can justify the exo about one dollar. On the 29th ultimo tion of both the foreign duty and the native Chan Amul and the deceased were leaving anty, in the case of Chinese subjects, while Bhek-o for Kowloong City, and the pri- British subjects only pay the foreign duty soner followed them, and overtook them on the effect of which would be to prevent all the road. Some conversation took place foreign trade from being carried on by between the prisoner and the woman, and
The United States Mail Packet City of Tokio | at 7.30 p.m.
will be despatched on SATURDAY, the 22nd init., with Malls for Japan, San Francisco, and the United States, which will be closed as follow Noon. Registry of Letters ceases. 0.30 2.3t. Post-Office closes, but Letters foxcept for Non-Union Countries) may be posted on board the Packet with
Late Fee of 19 cents extra Postage
until the time of departure. Correspondence for Non-Union West Indies (except the Bahamas and Hayti), Conta klos, Honduras, Monte. Video, Now
DEATH.
At No. 127, Yokohama, on the 0th June, of consumption, Mr MORRIS Soxмro, 44 years of age.
THE CHENA MAIL.
HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 1878.
Chinese.
For these reasons it appears to Lord Car- he then chopped the deceased in various narvon highly probable that, as suggested parts of the body; he also shopped Chun by Sir Brooke Robertson, the imposition of Li Amuk. The cries of the women brought Amui, (the other woman), and her child the-foreign Tariff on junks trading with as an indirect method of drawing a Customs to call the police. Whilst he was away Mir Hongkong has been adopted by the Viceroy a man to their assistance and the man went revenue from the Colony, and a device to D'Aguilar, was attracted to the spot, d'Almeida, the lighthouse-kesper at Capa
Granada, Paraguay, and Uruguay can It was pointed out in our article of lagt make up for one of the nest she duties and he describes what he saw and bis
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no longer be sent by this route. Hongkong, June 11, 1878,
MAILS BY THE ENGLISH PAORÍT.— The English Contrast Packet Sundo will be despatched with the Malls for Europe, do, on SATURDAY, the
29th Instant.
night on the "Blockade Question" that which he admits cannot be levied on British taking the prisoner to Shan-ki-ven The territory. It places the native trade of some of the chief complaints against the Hongkong at a great disadvantage even with woman Chan Ngow Mal has since died, Chinese in this matter are that they are that of Macao, where the two nini ti shui and the doctor will tell you that her death levying duties under the Foreign Tariff duties which are levied amount to less than a owing to the wounds which were found which they have no right to levy; that the duties levied on the trade of the Colonymi in concluding his remarks naked the on her body. The learned Attorney Gens. they are levying the same for permitting goode to enter or leave a British Colony, more than double duties on goods com-aid that if they thought there was any This practice of the Chinese in levying Jury to give attention to the evidence, and
The following will be the hours of closing" oppressive than those levied at Macao and tax as it were upon the trade with this reduced the crime from murder to man
and that the exacted duties are more ing into or leaving this port placing a thing in the evidence which in their opinion other places, the trade at this port being Colony--is severely deals with in a thus placed at a disadvantage. These despatch from Sir Arthur Kennedy and complaints appear to have frat assumed a minute from the Chamber of Com- no material difference in it, to that which a tangible form in a Blue Book presented merce. For my own part," says Sir we reported as having been given at the Pos to Parliament on the 8th August 1877, Arthur Kennedy, "I confess that the lice Court, we do not repeat it. Mr Hayllar and they increase rather than diminish oftener I read that despatch the more I severely cross-examined the witnesses the importance of the three demands of am amazed at the unwarrantable claims forent to that given by her at the Palle Chun Amufa evidence was somewhat dit. Sir Arthur Kennedy, namely, that & Hat and pretensions of the Canton authori Court,
the Malla, da *-*-. Friday, 28th Instant.----
B 2.M., Money Order Ofiles closer.
6 P.M., Post Office alorea except the Nie Box, which remains open all night. Saturday, 29th Instant.-
74.M., Post Office opens for sale of Stamps, Registry of Letters, and Posting of all correspondence. 10 A., Post Office closes except for Late Letters Registry of Letteri cessoN. [10,16., Leiters may be posted with LANN Fax of 18 cents extra Postage till
sntirely.
slaughter they should give the prisoner the
Evidence was then called, aa
beneilt of the doubt, led, but as there was
she endeavoured to suppress the
of the duties levied be furnished to the ties in relation to their rights over fast that she had been intimate with the Hongkong Government; that the revenue goods coming to and leaving this prisoner. She accounted for this by saying cruisers be placed under one responsible port-claims and pretensions, too, which that she was only head, and that a joint board be appointed receive not only the acquiescence of Her In the course of the examination of Dr. 11 M., when the Post Office Oro to investigate any abuses that may be Majesty's Coninl at Canton but his active oroke he said in reply to a question by a
to
to
F1180 A., Letters (bat Letters only) addressed to the United Kingdom Via Brindisi, or to Bingapore, may be posted on board the Packet with Late Fee of 43 cents extra postage, HII 11.50 when the Mall is finally
alosed.
Jeg Hongkong, June 18, 1878.
Shipping Intelligence. The following is corrected from the latest London and Colonial Papera, de
VESSELS TO ARRIVE 'AT HONGKONG.
Name.
From
When
left
Ooh
19, Oscar,
Nov,
Hamburg
3, Elizabeth Shields, Hamburg Dec.
1, Glengaber,
25, G. B. S., Jank
Blushing Liverpool
13, Elvetico,
Cardiff
27, Earl of Devon,
Antwerp
Feb.
London
Cardiff
Cardiff
Penarth
Per Tanais, from Yokohama: for Mar 7, Nourmahal, cofiles, Mesure Nakamura Hiroyasa, Mirva, Hedwig, Sukeltohi, Dansonville, and F. Manhefer, 21, Magdala, and 1 Chinese,
DEPARTED Par Burmese, for Fooshow, Mr E. Cole. Per Olympia, for Canton, 3 Chinese,
SHIPPING REPORTS,
Cardiff Liverpool
22, Elvetico,
Mar.
3, Prinos Amadeo,
9, Mabei Clark,
9, Josephus,
Penarth
12, Penrith,
London
14. Bertie Bigelow,
Flushing
winds 19, Alice D. Cooper,
12, Landseer,
Liverpool
Penarth
The British steamer Stentor reports:
From Singapore had light 6.8.
fret part of passage, latter part strong 20, 8. Vaughan,
20, Sontag, 28, Oracle,
S. W. winds and overenat.
The British ahip Lodore reports: First part of passage experienced strong head
B. L. EL. THE GRAND DUKE ALEXIS winds, ship laboring heavily, then light
OF RUSSIA,
Cardiff N'oastle (...) Liverpool
LOADING FOR CHINA AND, JAPAN PORTS, "At Zondon-Skamers via Suss Canal Gleniffer.
Stad' Amsterdam. Bailing Pessel.
Marins.
At Idverpool
Banian.
variable winds, and latterly bolsterous weather, followed by calms and light airs, which continued for the remainder of the Page,
The German barque Esmeralda reports: Melbrek.
Bestor (s)
TAS on hand the Largest and Best H collection of Views of Chine, Pho-ardiff on the 4th of March. Left tographs of the Raina and destructions at Canton, caused by the Tornado of the Scilly Islands on the 5th March, and had 11th Instant Coloured Photographe of light Northerly winds and fine weather to English Ladies, Russis Leather, Velvet, the Line, which was passed on the 27th of March, 22 days out, had good S.. trades Morrecto, and Carved-wood Photographic to 16 8.. thence light winds and fine wer Albums, Scrap Books, Armorial Monograms ther to 60 E. long., when passed the biori and Postage Stamp Albums Frames and diau. Cu 8th June, spoke the Hedwig, Cuces, Gilt Moulding for Frames, all of from Cardiff to Hongkong, in lat. 1.89 N. assorted sizes, tastes and prizes.
| long, 106.28 E., 119 days out, Bameraida's
pannage, 109 daya,
NOTICE OF REMOVAL, The above has the pleasure to inform his gumerons Customers and the Public of Hongkong, that his Photographic Establish ment le REMOVED to the Newly-crested Comodious Building in Quaza's Road Central, next to Mestre Sänden & Co, e,
Hongkong. April 29, 1878.
To-day's Advertisements.
FOR SHANGHAI (DIRECT), The Steamship
"MALABAR Captain Gobin, will be de spatched for the above Port TO-MORROW, the 40th Instant, at 8 o'clock, pm, instead of as previously
For Freight or Fassze, apply to
JARDIN, MAY LAN Ở C Hangkang, June 19, 1878.
FOR SALE.
1620
CIUKE and TAB in Quantified to mult
Purchasers, at CHEAS RATED,
The American ship Highlander reports: Ware twenty-three and a half days to the Equator, had no 8.1. trades in Atlantis, passed St. Paul's the 67th day, from thence to lat. 208. had Northerly winds and calma, between lat. 19 8. and Anjer bad | fresh 6.E, trades ; were 30 days to Anjor, and 19 days thence to this port Had calma in the Java Son, und light airs and cales up to Filo Sapata, which we passed" on the 16th, alngs which have had ins South to 8, S, W, windą,
POST OFFICE NOTIFICATIONS,
MAILS will alon For SWATOW...
MEMOS, FOR TO-MORROW. Shipping
6 p..Malabar leaves for Shanghal. Miscellaneous.
Transfer Books of The Chinese Insurance Co., Judi, closed from this date to 80th Instant, Inclusive,
General Memoranda. Saturday, June 22:-
Noon-French Mail fears for Ports of
Call and European babe And
'hams' and San Franciaso.. BUNDAY, June 28-
1m-American Mall leaves for Yoko
10 a.m.--Yeuro leaves for Cosat Porta,
Tuesday, June 95.3---
brought to light,
support." That Chiness officials should The question whether all the duties be drawing a large revenue for permit admittedly levied by the Viceroy on the ting goods to pass in and out of this trade of Hongkong are legitimate or not harbour, which has hitherto been const- is raised in a despatch from Sir Brooke dered a free port, seems to us such an Robertson, appearing in the Blue Book intolerable state of affairs that we are in question. It appears from it that surprised the British Government has goods carried in Chiness junks between permitted the negotiation and ratification Chinese ports pay an export duty at the of the Chefoo Convention to stand so port of departure, and an import duty at long in the way of its amendment. called net ti shut, and are lower than the the port of arrival Those duties are
duties charged under the Foreign Tariff en goods exported or imported by British merchants along the Coast, Sir Brooke
LOGAL AND GENERAL.
Robertson states that by the Chinese THE Germen schooner Auguste Reimers is regulations "produce exported from any reported as leading at Yokohams with part in the four lower predestures of grain for Amoy, Kwangtung for a foreign port is subject
to the levy of the asi ti shart export duty THE Members of the Humane Society at the port of shipment, and before being
taken to the foreign port it must be intend meeting for practice on Saturday brought to Canton, where, besides paying | next at 5 p.m. (West Station), a local tax called the sido hao, it has to pay
export duty under the Foreign Tariff" Rumours are still in eirculation in the Thus three duties are levied on goode States as to the possible sale of several of exported to this Colony, one of them the P. M. S. S. Co's steamers to the Rus under the comparatively high Foreign. Tariff. Lord Carnarvon, referring in one stan Government, as well as fast going of his despatches to these disclosures of craft belonging to other large companies. Sir Brooke Robertson, states that they This time, however, only the City of Peking afforded the first intimation he had re-and City of Tokio are named: formerly the ceived of the existence of any such
regulations as they indicated, and, so far reports included the Great Republic (now as he was able to learn, the Hongkong used as a baik) and the Japan (which for Government had hitherto been unaware some years has lain at the bottom of the that these regulations existed. The Chi-China Sea)!
nese traders in the Colony repudisted
woman.
Juror that he thought it was not likely the wounded owing to the wound in the throat. deceased could have spokon after she was The wind-pipe was severed.
Mr Hayllar then addressed the Jary on behalf of the prisoner; he and there was no doubt that the deceased met her death by the act of the prisoner, and there was no truth; but he would call the attention of doubt the witnesses were all speaking the the Jury to the peculiar elronmstances of the cane, which might induce them to return. averdist of manslaughter. It was clearly laid down that no provocation whatever could render homicide justifiable; the least it could be reduced to was manslaughter, and if there was no provocation, It was murder. He cited asses to Biustrate what be meant, and then continued. It was his
duty to sak the 3ary to weigh the evidence well, and if possible return a verdict of manslaughter. The ovidence of the fint in many ways, especially as to the manner witness (Chun Amul) received corroboration of inflicting the wounds, but she varied her evidence in other matters. The Attorney General had pointed out to them that there had been some intimacy between her and the prisoner, and to the surprise of every- at the Polica Court, she now dented it, body who had read the depositions taken though subsequently reluctantly admitting that afie had displayed a certain amount of the fact. It appeared to the learned Counsel animas in stating that the prisoner had tried to force the bangle off her sister's arm. witness in order to save the reputation Of course, this statement was made by the of herself and fellow villagers and to explain sway her previous statement, in the depositions, and it was a very There was nothing said about the bangle
mportant fast if trae, not at all likely to have escaped the noilos of an experienced Magistrate like Mr May. The witneme
discrepancy, was very clever ons, viz., me I am only a woman." The truth "You must not expect too much from seems to have been that there was a quarrel over night. He (Mr Hayllar) thought the
them; they were willing to pay the THE following telegrams are from the explanation, when asked to account for the
native export duty, but strongly objected
London, June 10-All the Plenipoten tiaries have started for Berlin
Constantinople, June 10- Constant changes are being made in the Turkish Ministry
to pay duties under the Foreign Tariff Straits Times-
There is reason to believe," adds His Lordship, that as Sir Brooke Bobert. son himself suggests, these regulations have been put forward by the Viceroy as a device to make up for, the low of the duties which he is unable to levy directly on the Island of Hongkong by reason of its being British territory,
London, June 8.-France has accepted the Congress conditionally upon the x- elastan of the questions of Egypt, Lebanon and Holy PlaccE
Police Intelligence. (Before the Hon: 0. May,) June 19, 1878.
BABE COIN,
Referring to the attitude of the Vice- roy towards Macao, Sir Brooks Robertson. states that the net ti shut, or the native export and Import duties, are collected on junks while entering or learing that port under the plea that Macao, although occupied by the Portuguese, it still Oht ress territory. As they recognise Hong
Mak Aeln, a hawker, was sentented to kong as a foreign port they refrain from six months hard labour for attempting to levying the mat ti shut on goods while pass a Singapore one-pent piece, which had entering or leaving this barbour, but, in been alivered over, as a 20-cent piece. junks trading with Hongkong to pay order to make up for this, they force the
tion to the duties levied on the departure Claung Achun, a fellow-passenger from Bin duties under the Foreign Tariff in addi-
Ching El, a gardener, was charged by one
LABOENT ON BOARD A STEAMER.
presumption was that decessed had heard, prisoner and her sister, and had come to of what had been occurring between the
believed that, and being an iquorsat man, take her away. He thought the prisoner
had considered this a cause of quarrel thinking, as he did, that the deceased re taking sway both his mistress and his money.
The prisoner's defenes before the Coroner “ was put in by consent of the Attorney General,
The learned Counsel then continued to say that with reference to the child being" wounded, he thought the Jury would be leve that it was accidental the prisoner strachet the deceased, and as the child was on her back, it got out. The prisoner was acting under the impresion that. Übun Amal, his mistress, was going away for good and all, and his blood being greatly heated alm. The book, with whom the Broad he ran after them, taking the chopper with or arrival of the vessel in Chinese tarri gapore by the B. B. Stentor, with having aid he was struci, had not been found, tory. It seems to ne monstrous that the stalen 660 from his box whilst on board the but no great search bad been made for it, Chinese should have been so long quietly steamer. Complainant accused defendant and he (Me Haylias) thought the Jury permitted to levy high duties, or any because he was nearest to him, and after would be quite fustiánd in accepting the datles, for permitting goods to enter or some high words the defendant promised to prisoner's statement as to that Chan leave this Harbour. Sir Brooke Robert-ve complainant back $20 when he reached Amul had displayed a very great amount son adds that the Chinese merchants in native place. The defendans went on of apices when she wild that robbery had shore as soon as the vessel arrived, and notuated the prisoner. He submitted that Hongkong proteas against this exaction, friend of his gave complainant the $20. If the woman did strike the prisoner with but, as a compromise, they are willing to Complainant could not speak English, and the hook, that was sufficient provocas | pay the two noi të shui duties, asif Hong-so did not inform the officers of the steamer. ton to justify his using the chopper which kong were a Chinese port. The Grain Defendant was arrested in Hongkong. He he had with him. Then again, if a woktan Commissioner, Kao, did not hesitate to said, in defence, that the complainant was altered har statement in one particular, it suggest as a convenient solution, that the his intimate friend, and that he had was hard to believe ang portion of her tasks two net i shd duties, which the Visaroy and once to his sative plade: Fall to when Chinese quarrelled they used the promised to pay his passage to Hongkong mony The Jury should also consider that admits he has no right to levy as regards de so he took the most force, 33, and most awful language, and women were not Hongkong, should be levied together at the cam Jensen had great assurance plow to see their bands. They would the Caldera Laaven for London on er about the Catoess ports of depeetan in the le murad Con 120, Three monder how understand that he must have received
this date.
↑ cam of experio, and xs Chinem juris of i labour:
gitat amount of provocation. Whether of
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Fer Fettung, at 7.30 am. Tomorrow, BATURDAY, June 20 yen.
the 20th Insta
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For AMOY AND BĦANGHAL---
For Stentor, at 80 p.m. Tommertow, the
90th inst
For SHANGHAI,
Per Malabar, aj 4.60 p.m., of Taltrsday, the 20th Inst, instead of ne pro viously notifed.
GAR COMPANY,
For BAIGON.
Brugheng, June 10, 1878.
Par Ballona, si 4.80 p.m, ni Friday,
the Mist funt,
p.m.-Goldental & Oriental B. B. Cola Steamer leaves for Yokohama and San
MONDAY, July 181
Francisco.