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THE
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We notice that the presentation Cup to the 28th Regiment is now on view at Sun Shing's, 64-Queen's Road,
THE CHINA HAIL.
services of Miss May in her old roles, Mr Vernon soted with his usual animation and ability, and was the main-stay of the
RETURN of Vialtors to the City Hall Tábrary and Museum for the week ending 21st August, 1878:---
Thursday, Aug. 16th, Friday, Saturday, Sunday,
16th, 17th, 52
European. Chinese.
...50
47+
283 243 263
18th,. 63
19th, 69
Totals, Grand total, 2,064.
20th, 82 Flat, 64
416
Sunday 804 358 247
1,648
Tax Band 74th Highlanders will perform Monday, the following programme at the Officer's Tuesday,
Wednesday, Mess to-morrow night, commencing at 9.15 P.M.:-
Quadrille La Perichole, Coote. Overture,...........Othello,
Rossinl. Selootion,.....Elisir d'Amore.. .Donizetti. Valse,...........Journalisten,. Strauss. Faust. Gounod. Berlin, Michaelis. MR J. BUCHANAN, Bandmaster.
SUPREME COURT. IN CRIMINAL SESSIONS. (Before His Lordship Acting Chief Justice SNOWDEN.}
August 22, 1878.
REQINA, JAM AHOO AND LAM AHOO
BLARGENT AND RECEIVING.
PERU.
A now Ministry has been formed. The productive capacity of the sugar refining machinery along the coast is closely estimated at six million quintais per an- num.
With some fear of being discredited, but at
Chan Aling, hawking without a Econae was confined in was not kept cleaned out
·HONGKONG DISPENSARY, underestimating the proportion, I estimate the same time with a consolousness that I am
and obstructing the footpath, Queen's as it should have been. The evidence for Road, West. Fined $1
the captain was that the mate had not that the poppy fields constitute a third of
Wong Al, creating a disturbance at the been respectful, and bad behaved in- the whole cultivation of Yunnan.
solently to him, but this was denied by We walked some hundreds of milles performance. Mr Hagerman made a fairly Ke Shing Theatre. Flood L through popples; we breakfasted among good "Baron Puok," and Mr J. Rollingsing a disturbance in a brothel, lat defend. Court found that there was no reason at all Loo Achi and Lai Afun, hawkers, creat the witnesses for the prosecution. The
Tho agents of the Messrs. Olyphant have poppies; we shot wild ducks in the poppios. a capital "General Boom." The company ant fined $80 and to be exposed in the for the captain putting the mate in irons, telegraphio news of the arrival of their tains wore generally attended by a poppy for performance on Saturday evening,・・ Even wretched little hovels in the moun-
nanounce "La Fille de Madame Angot" stocks for six hours; 2nd defendant fined and fined the captain one hundred dollars, omigrant stearaer, the Perusia, at a Chinese $10. lat defondant was further ordered to There were a number of persona present port, forty days from Callno. She is ex- patch.
find two suretlos, 810 each, to be of good who were interested in the case, as it has pooted back with at least a thousand free behaviour for three months,
caused a good deal of comment among the Chinese, to be engaged as any class of shipping community, and the general im- laborers, about the end of next month. pression was that the punishment was fo- These details show that Pera, despite her sufficient, as the illtreatment of which the natural and supernatural enemies, is not, mate complained was supported by hie wit by any means, on a retrograde track. nesses, and was not disproved by the defence. The house of Dreyfus & Co.ims that The captain is a young man, and the mate the Government of Peru is, indebted to in fifty-four years of age and has held a them in the sum of $18,776,926. Govern- master's certificate for many years, and has ment Auditors have examined the account had the command of three vessels. Mr current rendered by the house to the Gov. Vaughan appeared for the defence; and ornment to December 31st, 1877, and And- Mr Buckley, of Messrs Rodyk and David- that the shoe is on the other foot, Dreyfus The following gentlemen comprised the son's office, for the prosecution, which was & Co. being indebted to the Government $650,000. A decree to that effect is isnod Jury-Messra C. T. Denecke, &. J. Gomes, of a criminal nature. E. F. Fonseca, G. P. da Costa, F. WH. E. the Governor to report upon the state difference of nineteen and a half millions The Special Commission appointed by by the Government. This is only a slight Heurmann, UG. Humphries, W. S. Ramsey.
of the Colonist steamer Pluto, and advise between the two extimates. But less than The prisoners were indicted the first with as she is in her present state considered two montlis ugo, the ex-Minister of Finance The following items are from the Singapore stealing six tins of paint and both with unsuitable-whether it would be desirable and Fiscal of the Supreme Couth, Drast Daily Times :-
receiving the same well knowing it to bo to purebase a new steamier or have new Aranibst, solemnly declared, with the The British S. 8. Menmilir, a new ateamer stolen. The 1st prisoner pleaded guilty Monday thoir report to the Government. him, that Dreyfus & Co, actually owed the machinery provided for her, forwarded on authority which his twofold position gevė built in Sunderland and purchased while to the larceny, and Mr Ng Ashey appeared We believe they have recommended that a State the large sum of twenty-two raillions, on the stocks by the E. A. : M. Company to defend the 2nd prisoner. The paint new boiler be provided for the Piuto, and which made the difference between the con as a cargo vessel to trade between Hong was identified by the marks on the tine. Tax unsatisfactory manner in which the kong and the Australian porte, arrived Mr Ng Achoy addressed the Jury on they are of opinion that she will then be flicting accounts the tremendous sum of accounts of certain estates in the Supreme alongside Tanjong Pagar Wharf yesterday behalf of the 2nd prisoner, and prosestled to found equal to all that is required of her. forty odd million solos. That first-class Court are audited, or rather loft to them (ang. 11th) on her first voyage. She is a call evidence to shew that he was Ignorant The proposed new boilor will, it is estimated, financier, who showed so exact a knowledge
cost $14,000
of the state of affairs, was immediately.. well built vessel, though critics in shipping of the paint having been stolen. selvas, has been painfully presented to the affairs think she does not approach in poolcok, and the jury after a short absencs have been committed in the Lavender Road proceed to Paris, and
The case occupied the Court until past of zig 18 cobin passengers, being intended returned a verdict of gulity. Sentence that two Chinamen, partners, had had some paid on the spot, probably with a view of A murder is suspected by the Police to selected as a special Commissioner to no denbt waS on the morning of Sunday last. It appears instructed to insist that this sum be for only 18 cabin passengers, being Intouded register, and of 1,200 horas power effective. for cargo almost exclusively, is of 1,920 tons reserved
disputes on business matters, and an angry obtaining funds wherewith to meet some She leaves here for Hongkong to-morrow:
discussion took place between them on of Peru's many and long overdue engage- Saturday night. On the next morning, meats. It will be a matter of surprise to
both partners slept, and, on its examination, dollars, and his ides of the importance of ourly, the body of one was found lying in him to learn that he was out of the way in Lavender Road, close to the house in which his calculations only twenty-one millions of.. the conclusion was come to by the polles his mission will doubtless be materially that the deceased man had met his death lowered. But the greatest surprise of suf and jurors have been summoned by the their claim was good on various reasonable by strangulation. Bis-partner was arrested, was to Mesars. Dreyfus, who thought that Coroner, for the purpose of holding an grounds. At ull events they are not dir house of both partners, on the night before and have protested against it. They object, inqueat, but some, Chinese who slept in the posed to accept the Government statement, the body was found and others, who, it is very proporly, that a party to a contract supposed, would be able to throw some cannot be a proper judge of differences light on the matter, have, decamped; hence arising under Daily Alta California, urte as the case stands at presont, the police are unable to offer any evidenco whatever
Selection.......
****The publication of this tuus commented Galop,... ▲ 17.15 p.
THE CHINA MAIL.
HONGKONG, THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1878.
We received by the last mail a copy of this report of Mr Baber on the route public during the last few days. Irregulari. followed by the Grosvenor Mission ties are spoken of amounting to very large through the western part of the province sums, and the hopeless state of muddle of Yunnan, This was the most import- which seems to exist in this department tant section of the whole journey as it leads to the natural inference that there la enabled positive information to ba
less security for Court funds than there is obtained regarding the feasibility of the much talked of trade route between for money placed in the hands of private Memein and Yunnan-fu. Attached to the individuale. It is uncertain whether any report are four charts of the route from officer of the Supreme Court is secured by Yunnan fa to Momelo, the latter town bond in any amount whatever, whlie, no being on the Yunnan-Burmak borders. It seems that Mr Baber made a running sort of audit is known to be exercised, survey of the entire route from Hankow
to Momein, but the portions attached to Mx Fairclough and Miss Elcia May purpose this report were the only ones he had giving an entertainment in St. Andrew's time to complete.
Hall on Monday, under the patronage of
afternoon.
The British ship Norfolk, Captain Drevar, which arrived here on the 11th instant, has brought news that the British ship Herai, 1998 tone Register, bound from England coal, had put into Mauritias for repairs on to Hongkong with a oargo of 2,000 tons of tlio 25th June.
.
Henan & Co.'s Weekly Shipping Report, Pagoda Anchorage, 17th August, 1878:-
Arrivals During the Week.Aug. 10, Kjobenhavn, from Shanghai; 11, Kwang Tung, from Hongkong; 12, Hopeful, from Hongkong; 15, Namon, from Hongkong;
(Before the Bon, J. Bressell)
after 11 o'clock, officiated as prosecutor for Mr Hayllar, Go, who appeared shortly the Crown, and the following gentlemen comprised the jury.Moss R. Besto, C. F. W. Peterson, L. Mallory, E. George, F. José, A. J. Patterson, H. R. Cottobboy,
·
BEGINA 1. GRAU AUN-BURGLARY.
The prisoner pleaded guilty to burglari ously entering a dwelling house. Sentence
reserved.
SPARCIE
REGINA ". FUE AWAL, CHAN AJHEONG, AND KWOK AFOOK.
..
Mr Baber gives a very discouraging. E. the Governor and Mrs Pope. Hen-15, Jurope, from Shanghai; 15, Uity of fing a burglary at the dwelling house of gainst the prisoner.
account of the section of the route in
of
question. The trade route from Yunnan-nessy. The performanos promises to be fu to Momein is, he says, "the worst a high-plass character, and will consist of possible route with the least conceivable dramatic rocitals and operatio selections. trade." By an improved system, of Mr Fairclough has attained considerable paving, and a better selection of gradients, he thinks the route might be made con popularity as an elocutionist, as well venient enough for transport by mulosa tragedian, and we hear that in Bom and coolies, but it seemed to him hopeless bay he was engaged by Sir R. Temple to think of making it practicable for to read to the students in the Elphinstone wheel carriages.-
College; while in Melbourne he is weld to have drawn large audiences on Sundays by his readings from the Bible. Mies May's popularity is likely to command a full house, as this is announced as her only and farewell appearance in Hongkong during her present visit,
The valleys, or rather-abyesen, of the Salwen and Mekong must long remain in superable difficulties, not to mention many
other obstacles.
barque Lenore, arrived here yesterday The Captain and crew of the British (Aug. 13th) from Bilicon in the steamer Fontianak. From the Captain we glean of the ill-fated vessel the following particulars regarding the loss
The prisoners were indicted for commit Baltimore, from Bhanghai; 16, Cuba, from Opptain Benning at Wyndham Street, and Newchwang; 17. Hae Ting, from Shanghai. stealing a quantity of plated table ware. Heeting, for Shanghai; 11, Yesso, for at the 2nd prisoner's house.
Departures During the Week, Aug. 17, The stolen property was found in a bag Hongkong; 16, Kwang Tang, for Hong. prisoner, who is a marine hawker, was The 2nd
atitlan, for Tientein; 15, Benledi, for knowing them to be stolen, and was also Sunderland and was eight months old only kong; 14, Lulu, for Tientsin; 14, Men-oharged with receiving the goods well The British barque Lenore belonged to London. Eme, 3. Kromer, Swinger, Argentino, ceed with the charge of burglary against on the 21st of the same month, strucks on
charged with being concerned in the burg- when she was wrecked. She left Singapore Shipping in Port.Rosebud, Nerdoo, lary, but Mr Hayllar said he would not pro- on the 9th July with a general cargo, and, Mary Blair, Lizzie, Wylo, Kjobenhavn, bim. The 1st and 3rd prisoners pleaded rock in the Caramata passage not marked Hopeful, Namos, Europe, City of Balti guilty to the burglary, and the 2nd prisoner in the cart which the Captain had on more, Cuba, Hae Ting.
pleaded not guilty on either count. Evi board, (Admiralty chart, with erections dence was then called, the Jury finding the up to October 1877). Tae position of the prisoner guilty of possessing stolen pro-Rock was ascertained to be as follows: party, Sentence reserved.
Nangka Island bore N. E.. N. Napier do. do. 8. E. by E.... Longitude 108° 29′ 45′′ E.
CORRESPONDENCE.
To the Editor of the "CHINA MAIL."
Hongkong, Aug. 23, 1978. SAs one of the Jury summoned to attend the Court at 10 o'clock, will you
REGINA, V. CRAN AMAN. The prisoner was indicted for committing a burglary at the house of one Wong Akun and stealing sundry articles of clothing and being found in possession of house-breaking
a
Latitude 9° 36′ 45′′ 8. found to be unavailing, tho crew repaired After all efforts to save the vessel were to Nangka Island, when they visited
ALL the intelligonse to hand from Now? the recent massacros originated in an agrarlan Caledonia tends to confirm the opinion that outrage; and it may be hoped that the lesson will not be forgotten by those who have dealinge with the natives in the South
alleged to have been inflicted upon the Chic Sea Islandy. It to perfootly trao that the revenge bears no proportion to the wrong Atal and his people; but the revenge of savages never does. An eye for an eye and very poor payment for unprovoked fojuries. a tooth for a tooth is, in their estimation, No doubt these New Caledonians think the killing of eighty or a hundred people filly avenges the arbitrary seizure of a most fertile valley. The French are quite justi-* fied in teaching the murderers by force of arme that they have taken a wrong conte but the French will do well to remember that what a native values most highly li He has no personal estate of any kind worth his land. In fact, he has nothing else. speaking of, but the land which his tribe naturally
I do not mean that it would be abeo Intely impossible to construct a railway: A high authority has informed me that if shareholders will provide money, they will always find an engineer to spend it. By pad ang ting a few Menai bridges, the road plexcing a dozen Mont Cenis from Burma to Yunnan-fu could doubtlessLondon on 18th July, says "The East. 16 gentlemen were detained till 6 minutes gnuity on the first two counts, viz, of bur- they could. They remained four daya on looks upon as his own, and elings to it.
resident,
past 11 o'clock, simply on account of Mr ern war soare is at an end for the present. Hayllar's watch not going sarrectly. (This
glory and receiving stolen goede. The third count was withdrawn, Sentence reserved. Saturday next, the 24th instant.
The Sessions were then adjourned until
be much improved.
It is not to be supposed that however energetic the British merchant is, or ought Dizzy, in spite of the croakings of Glad-was the reason whispered to the presiding to be, he will attempt the wild route of stone Bright & Co., has proved himself one of apology or explanation was offered to Judge in the Small Court). But no word Yannan-fu; but in the event of his attain of the ablest statesmen of this or any other the Jury for their loss of time and vexa- ing that capital, he will suddenly be aware that foreign manufactures can be conveyed age, and the last stroke of policy-piz, action. Would not a similar one to that im- with ease and rapidity from Canton, and quiring for England the right of possession ble to members of the bar for their non- posed on absent jurors be equally applios- bis intelligence will at last open to the fact in Cyprus-is a brilliant finish to the meattendance at the appointed time? It may that Yunnan-fu is only 400 miles distant from the sea.
morable Berlin meeting. The weather, has be said that Mr H,'s services were gratul- of the 12th August says during the past
Loth as most Englishmen will be to been for some days lately" thoroughly tro- admit it, Mr Baber says the "simple pical, say 84 deg, in the shade; and having and evident approach to Eastern Yunnan to wear a chimney-pot hat and black togs' is from the Gulf of Tonquin." But Mr is something frightful, and brings to mind Baber is careful to point out that the same the sultry climes of the East. Our Hoys' does not hold true of the western part of the province. He endorses Dr Ander. is running, as lively as ever, for the 1200th son's assertion that a practicable road and odd night. The Italian Opera is con- might be constructed without much diffi-stantly crowded, and intending visitors culty through the Kakbyen hills to Man-must look weeks ahead. In spite of a very wyne, After this we presume nothing
toun: so are those of the Jurora,
Yours,
JUSTICE
Police Intelligence. (Before U. V. Creagh, Esq.) August 22, 1878.
DANGEROUS ECCENTRICITY.
Thomas Freoman, seaman unemployed, was charged with running after Chinamen rattan. Fined $1.50.
DRUNKENNESS,
Alfred Hopkins, corporal of marines U. B. S. Ranger, was fined 25 cents for being drunk.
Samuel Ulmer, fireman U. 8. S. Ranger, fined 50 cents for a similar offence,
China. HANKOW.
the island and then went in a ziative boat with a very tender affection. It is almost to Biliton, and from there to Tanjong Pan- incredible that the governing authorities tianak for Singapore. The Captain wishes oust the natives from a village containing dan, whence they embarked in the fo- should have permitted the man Lecarte to to express his grateful sense of the extreme-nearly 500 houses, and to seize the splendid ly kind treatment he received from the valley in which it stood, converting it to Dutch authorities, particularly from Mr his own uses. That the natives should Dakkar, the Manager of the Tin Mines at hare submited to this kind of thing coulā Biliton, and the Resident of Tanjong hardly be expected; the only pity is that Pandan.
further will be heard of the Momein Wes early summer, the crops generally in in the streate and striking them with a given in the last issue of this Report. Iting, and continued throughout the day Yunnan route, although the practicabi- England will be well up to average yields. lity of other routes into western China Fruit is abundant and obeap. Tea stoamare has yet to be decided. Several other keep dropping in, and, as usual, the bulk routes have been from time to time of importations are likely to leave a loss. mooted.
The Wimbledon meeting is a great succors In regard to the murder of Mr Margery Mr Baber says there can be no this year-a larger number of competitors doubt that the deed was committed by than ever, and some wonderfully good the train-bands of Momein. A few days shooting; the Martini-Henry Rifle is now after the departure of the Mission from considered to be far before the Suider." Momein these train-bands, headed by one
d
SUAMICIOUS.
Cheng Aping, & servant unemployed, was okarged with being found in the house
there to see a friend who had formerly of Me Travore, Bank Buildings, under susplolous circumstances. He said he went lived there. This was found to be untrus. Remanded until to-morrow.
LABCENT BY BOLDIERS. James Downie, private, No. 1019, A Company; John Davies, private, No. 1153 466, A Company; and James Darlson, F Company; Martin Molall, private, No. private, No. 1771, D Company; charged on remand with being concerned articles, the property of an engineer named in stealing a watch and chala and other
The defendants were arrested owing to the exortions of P. O,
once more the innocent have suffered for the guilty-the man Lacarte is alive, and worden and children have perished through his greed.
Quotations.
BONGKONG, August 22, 1878.
credit, - Old Patua, cash,... None
credit, -
T
New Benares, cash, 565 a 5874
13
11
Old Benares, cash, None
credit,
13
>
credit,
"
New Malwa, cash, 788 aredit, 790 Allowance. Taals, 612
Exchange, Bank, on demand,...
30 days' night,
"
ch
*** 3/87
6 months' Fight,..... 5/94 Credits,
B/LU Bombay, demand Rupees, 224 Documentary, 6months' sight,.. 8/107
12
TEA. The Iankow Ton Market Report fortnight the Tea Market has been quiet, the entire business reported amounting to
ATTEMPT TO BURN A SHIP. 10,700 chests, of which it is estimated that: What appears to have boon a dastardly 4,000 chests are for Russia. Settlements attempt to set fire to a ship was brought to for the most part consists of third crop light (says the argus) on Friday morning.
and Seang-tam kinds at Tls. 10.76 a 12.00 burthen, which arrived in this port on the OPIUM-Now Patna, cași........$582) a 585 Oopacks at Tis. 12.75 a 15.25 per picul, The American barque Charley, of 780 tons per pical. Of the 9,299 chests shipped by 24th June from New York, with 17,000 nutives since the 20th nito., fully one-half cases of kerosene, 400 cases of turpentine, are purchases by Shanghai Tea Hongs for 300 barrels of resin, and a miscellaneous tinued steady throughout the fortnight and town pier. The work of unloading the re-sale on that market. Prices have con cargo, waz berthed alongside the Sandridge shew little or no change on the quotatione cargo was commenced on Thursday morn- is worthy of note that Dust and Siftings until the evening, when the main batoh are included in the export of Hankow Teas Wassealed down for the night, and every. as per Customs Returns, the quantity this thing apparently appeared to be quite safe. against 1,000,000 lbs. at gazze date last the stovedores rosamed the work of unload season being estimated at 2,000,000 lbs. Early yesterday morning, however, when
triot Teas is 11,127,859 lbs. under that at opened some time during the night, and on year. The total export of Hankow Dis-ing, it was found that the hatch had been same date last year, and 18,809,667 lbs, going down the hold one of the men found a short of last season's total yield. Re-bundle consisting of old rage and paper, exports show an increase of 2,778,629 lbs.
thrown down amongst the cargo. The bundle The following are the departures for and paper appeared as if they had been sat had been steeped in kerosene, and the rags London
fire to, as portions of the rags had bean singed Calcutta, and a plank of wood, lying near the bundle Shanghai, demand, 832,411.
was charred. Information was given to Captain W. C. Robinson, the master and Bar Silver, 17. dets. 88,167,648 lbs. part owner of the ship, and such evidence Sycee,...
was discovered as to lead him to suspect Mexicans, *** Against 14 Vessels last year.80,803,780 lbs. the carpenter of the vessel, a Sweda, namod Gold Leaf, turns stends thus
The Export to date as per Customs Re-Biohard Taylor, The police authorities English Sovereigns,
were communicated with, and Taylor was. Discount, lodged in the Sandridge look-up on suspi bion of having attempted to set fire to the Bandridge Bench this morning. It will be on Las Society of Canton, 41, 400 ship. He will be brought before the Hongkong Bank, 90 % prem, of dit been by our telegraphic intelligence that the accused was brought before the Beach China Traders' Las. Co., $1,500 on Saturday, and romanded to Thursday. Over insuranes Co., $820
Yanytime ins, Assoo,, Tia. 700 next. Sydney Morning Herald, July 17.
North China Ins. Co., Tis. 1,060 d. £. Fire, lax, Čo,, $950 Chine Five Ins. Co., 1845. 8, K. & W. Dock Co., $40 % pretti Scott Lord, counsel in the Vanderbilt. U. & M. 3,081 U., $15 % zem. will ease, having asked a witness whether-Shanghai Steem Navigation, Tia, 20- the belief in spiritual mediums, et, Hongxong Botet Co., 162
Hongkong Gas Co., $97
As per last Report in 18 Vessels...87,845,238 lbs.
Aug. 8, Eh. Ambassador..
Beast.
Exclusive of Re-exports
11
h
***
224
143
... 724***
so days'
732
B., ... 100%
4A -611 QJA
452
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fi
11
26.50 5.83 *** 8 to 9%
Sharos,
Wang, the wizard, rose against the Tes Royal English Opera Company gave authorities of the distriot and gained possession of Momein. They held the their firet performance at the City Hall town for some weeks, but eventually it Theatre last night before what must have was captured by imperial troops, and been, considering the state of the westhor, many hundreds of the insurgenta were very satisfactory "house." The pisce Blain, or perished by drowning in the salected for the evening.-"The Grand ponds. Mir Baber says it is not without a Duchess of Gerolstein"-cannot be said to feeling of pardonable satisfaction that one reads of the slaughter of theas miscreanta havo dragged, thanks to the spirited play of to the number of "come hundrede," be several of the leading members of the Com.
1876-78.130,180,280 lbs. 11,726,188 lbs. aides those who perished in the ponde."pany, although it is useless concealing the
1876-7764,817,216... 8.789,846. 1877-78......50,267,149 *... 8,945,569. Blome of the most remarkable state fact that the roles of the "Grand Duchess," Robert Spearce. ments in the report are those relating to "Nepomuc," and "Baron Grog" were but No. 8, Cunningham, aided by the Military don via Shanghat on the 15th inst. Rate 1875-76.48,080,175 ... 9,009,601 ',, the cultivation of the poppy in the pro-,
Freights The Allona' clears for Loù, vince. Mr. Baber says that he and his very feebly sustained.
It is absolutely Police. After further evidence the 2nd of Freight £2.10 per ton of 50 cubic feet. companions were astounded at the extout essential to the success of the plece that the sad 4th defendants were discharged lat The ships Windhover and Cutty Sark are of the poppy cultivation both in Yun- first of these characters should receive a labour, and 3rd defendant $15 or 3 months' ton of 50 cuble feet. The rates by asil defendant was fined $25 or 3 months' hard on the berth for London at af 5210 per nan and Eschten, and he significantly thoroughly effective handling, although it hard labour. Observer that if the Anti Opium Society should be noted that Miss A Draegar was not
Steamers and Holt's remain at £6.50., and desires to give the strongest impetus to
$8 per ton respectively. EXTOSEIONALS CHAIR COOLIES. the growth of the drug in Yunner it in her usual health yesterday evening, Had The bearers of licensed chair No. 385, should by all means discourage its produce the part of the "Grand Duchess" been taken were summoned, at the instance of Mr tion in Fadise It would certainly be a by Mice May, wo bellova the perform their legal fare and being rude and abusive, James Bealo, fer demanding more than
hold that modern spiritualism, as generally father blind policy if the British Governance would have proved a pretty successful Mr Beale paid them 80 cents after having British barque Crest of the Wave, was heard only a delusion, but an obvously ridiculous understood in its prosont pretensions, is not ment were to ruin the financial prosperity one failing Misa M87, Mies Stanley employed them one hour, and they de-on Saturday last before two Magistrates, and pernicious doctrine. But I excluds (Taken as Burs Falconer & Co.'s Premiu efIndia, and bring misery upon thousands of people in that country, by handing the would have contributed much more to the got, as they would not be quiet and no charges were for armaalt and wrongful con- was a sort of monomania, under the in- manded 40 cents. This they subsequently Captain Ellis and Mr Pickering. The the evidence because it was not claimed it cultivation of the poppy over from its success of the performants as the "Grand policeman could be found. Fiped $1.80 Indian subjects to the Chinese, Mr Duchess" than as "Wanda." Miss A. each. Baber adds concerning the poppy cultive Deangar was altogether overweighted as Mon in Yunnan j
tho "Grand Duchess." Miss Clara Stanley
is a promising young antress, and will, we ellere, become a favourite with the
In stending the river wherever cultiva Hoa existed we found numerous fields of poppy. Even the sandy banks were often planted with it down to the water's edge Hongkong public. Meanwhile we would bus it was not until we began our land strengly advise the Company to settle their Journey in Yunan that we fairly realised the enormous extent of a production de diferencon, add psqure, il posible, the
TO-DAY'S FINES. Tung Aping and others, hawking without a license. Fined 10 cents each.
Ching Ahop, bawking fish. Fined 28 ants.
Teang Sung Ang, a coolle, throwing rub bish late the harbour. Fined 60 centa,
Chan Ayan, hawker, obstrusting the foot path. Fiend do conto
The Straits. (Singapore Daily Times.) The charge against Captain Pisms of the
SPIRITUALISM RIDICULOUS AND
PERNICIOUS.
an indication of unroundness of mind, China Sugar Refining Co., $fB % prem, Surrogate Calvin said: When the proper pas àn, £108,10). time comes the Court will not hesitate to
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Boxoxoxo, August 29, 1878, Cardiff to Singapore. The evidence for the was made. If you show that the Com. BAROMETER AM Jin 20.060 mate was to the effect that he had been pat modore entertained hostility toward one in handeaffe by the captain's orders and member of his family and extraordinary afterwards contined to a close cablu for the fondness for another, or entertained any rest of the voyage, only being let out for a strong notion derived through the so-called few hours each day, and sometimes not for mediums in respect to his duty to any a much longer time, and not being allowed member of his family, and that heresy to speak to any one on board. He was entered into the oxcention of the will, I kept insuficiently supplied with food, and will not hesitate to set the will aside, but sometimes was as manob as a fortnight with as there is nothing of the kind alleged, the I pay any water to wash, and the glasa ko i ovidence should be excluded,"
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