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wad not able to see a clear way to a conviction. It is rather difficult to com- prehend why Mr Woolnough's opinion of the liquor could not be received, con- midering that after a careful analysis of the brandy he ought to be in a pretty good position to form one on the matter, and we trust that, if the other cases are pro- ceeded with, Mr May's suggestion that the Colonial Burgoon should be asked to examine, and give evidence respecting, the brandy will be adopted.
committed.
THE CHINA MAIL.
this boy was not produced; when the In- and spirit. And the oye of British law was spector, in reply, stated that this was the open on this point. The other essential first time he bad heard of the boy: the and antagonistic point was, that, as a com complainant bad persistently denied that mercial scheme, this emigration must he in any out was present w' in the assault made to pay. For it would of course he weak Mragh remarked ness and not charity to suppose that busi- unfortunate, 23 the boy ness men de businees for anything but the that mat had now left the Colony Some further money it will pay. The emigration must be inquiry, he thought, might be made about free, the British law requires; and the emi the matter. It was subsequently found that gration must be made to pay, requires the tue boy had got his wages yesterday and merchant, Columns of diplomatic correa had said to the woman that he wished to pondence could not remedy the difficulty. leave te Voleny.
The law's free emigration would not pay the morchant, and tho emigration that would pay, in the eye of the law as it looked on the means used for getting emigrants and the Ferusia's fixtures for keeping them, was not within the English meaning of the words
Free emigration."
pending future arrangements; and the same romark must be held to apply to this sp. pointment, as a temporary measure, as was applicable to the change we have noted the Registration Department. There is, we believe, a procedent for giving such a post as that of Treasurer to an officer who does not take a seat on the Legislative Council, when Mr J. C. Powor was called upon to act nume eighteen years ago. How all the present and future vacancies in the service are to be Alled, unless we con obtain some fresh biced from without, is more than we can tell; but the two ohanges above mentioned will, we fancy, be ap- proved of by the public.
The case was remanded until Saturday, to enable the Inspector to make inquiries.
TO-DAY'S FINES
China.
SHANGHAL (Neup.)
10 Aliis state.
This resolution, on being put to the meeting, was carried without dissent.
the head of the Mission, the Revd. J. R by Mr Walkinshaw, seconded by Mr
should attack hion Wolfe, and evidently intended that they Dormer
what the foreign community of Fooshow The legal adviser," Mr So, now spoke bereby expresses its sincere regret and in- of the millions of dollars that bis Govern dignation that the recent outrage at Wa ment was capable of paying, and indulged shib shan should have been allowed to take in the must unbecoming la gunge,-which { place; it desires to condole with the most- left upon tir Wofe's miuo the insprossion ders of the Church Missionary Society la that mischief was intended, and probably their troubles, and to assure them of its a repetition of the Tientsin massacre. hearty sympathy." Anxiety for the safety of the ladies and other members of the Mission was now the absorbing feeling in bis mind, but there Mr Lalor,ounded by Mr Nicholson, was no possibility of escape, as the mou then proposed the second resolution, vienk yelled about the hose.
That a committee of five residents; p. of confusion the Mandarins quietly re-pointed by this meeting, be authorised to sired, leaving the pl ce at the use of of frame a petition to the Secretary of State the rabble. Mr Wolie earnestly requested for Foreign Exies, soiting forth the deep some sort of protection from the 'refect concern with which the British community The result was that the early promises and the other magistrates: they repled of the port view the recent outrage at Wu- were not realized, and the s.s Perusia zo. that they must leave, but that their lebih-sban, and praying that measurOS MAY turned to Peru without her expected oargo adviser" would stay and protect the house. be adopted by the Home Government to of Chinese labourers having been required this gentleman, howover stay d only five p event, if possible, the recurrence of admi to give pledge not to take them from Hong-minutes after the others had left, evidently lar outrages, and to bring about a better hong, nor, on that voyage, from any ort of enjoying the juke, that he was left to observanco on the part of the native anthos protest the foreignere-instead of the law ulien of treaty stipulations, more specially China.
In due course of time, the Perusia again authorities whose duty it undoubtedly was as regards Ar.. XI and Xlf of the Alontain
he Missionaries were now keft alone for Treaty," anchored in Chinese waters, and another
Mr Lalor added, that he did not feel any. attempt was made to get emigrants, this four hours to deal with this gang 1 time from a port in China itself, whore rullans. The doors of the houses are spec al sym,athy with missionary work, only the Chinese authorities were to bokuucked about and the verandahs taken that he had not oven the honor to belong to the Church with which the nggelovod possesion of by the mob-who torow al the principal doors of the Mision compartive in this case were connected; but he pound open and would not allow the felt that when the cause of justion and servants to close them. The blissionaries, treaty-right was grossly trampled on, as in with the assistance of a few friendly Obi- the prese.it instance, it behoved his follow- ueas, at length sudoseded in getting most coute, men to take strong notion In the of the crowd to leave sho compound
matter.
Mr Tatham suggested that H. B. K.-T Jonisnt was quite competent to deal with
the case.
CANTON PLANTS, Paper No. 7.
LI Acheung, Chu A-f, and Chun Alif, Blocs pablishing our fifth List we have
hawking in the streets. Twenty cents each." been able to peruer the Flora Cochin
Jung Atting and Awal, hawking with nt liosuse. Ten cents each. chiuensis" of João de Loureiro, published
Chong Aleong, a coolie, unlawful posses af Lisbon in 1790. Although Loureiro
sion of a dollar note. $15. treats chiefly of Cochinebluese plants, her the Marins Cours to-day, Bonry Boho-
Ohanyau, throwing rabbish in the har- bour. Thirty cents. frequently gives the Chinese name as well.ning, Gustave Goodman, Edward Bascom, Uhan tiam, obstructing the footpath in In no less than 28 cases have we found both and Antonio Feitman, seamon of the Bri- the Bonham Strand. $2, his botanical and his Chinese rames to cortish ship Maritime Union, were brought Cochrane Street. Fifty cents.
Yung Akan, obstructing the footway in Esspond with those already given by us
bakozo Mr J. Motuen, soting Magistrate, Ching Apang and Lasi Akun, gambling in In 22 instances there is not the slightest charged with having refused duty on board Wellington Street. Twenty cents each. discrepancy: in six others the addition the said ship on the 11th. As is too oftention of the steamer Yesso. Fifty cents.
Lun Tong Taa, obstructing the naviga-sucountered, in the hope that they could be dealt with more successfully than the or aubtraction of an unnecessary word the caso now-a-days, the defendants were alexander Murphy, destroying a sedan British. A marks the only difference. Consider.
Canton was the port solected, and the shipped at Cardiff, At 6 am. to-day the chair. $8.
Consider and Commercial Agents of Peru ing that Loureiro's work was published defendants were ordered to weigh one an-
Look active measures there towards procur- 80 years ago, and that it represented the chor, and refused to obey the order, the
ing Chinamen enough to make the ship's
bout 80 en aud boys, however, remained results of 30 years' ressarct, it is pro only reason assigned being that they ware
cargo. For a time the prospect was flat- bable that at least a century has elapsed not satisfied with the abip-In defensa,
tering, and the barracons received tenants behi daud gave ousiderable trenule, by Mr D. H. Bailey, formerly American provided with certain papers, which the attempting to break into the houses, thugh
Mr Wolfe was of opinion that there was since he came to conclusions precisely am the 1st, 2nd, and 4th defendants said they Consal in Hongkong, arrived at Shanghai bearers were given to understand were the verated ahs and windows. At this criais,
The matter attracting the H. M.'s Queul kindly came to their assist uo intention to cast the slightest reflection satisfactory. lar to our own. The numbers a list did not get enough to eat, but as they ad- yesterday morning (Dept. 6th) by the French notice of Chinese officials, the Viceroy had anco, and soon afterwards several landarins on the conduct of der Majesty's representa.
inail steamer dh, to take charge of the thus corroborated are 2, 4, 8, 9, 16, 27, 84, mitted that they got the scale of provisions Consulate General, after na expuri. D examination made into the details, arrived, with forty unarmes soldiers. The ive who had daring and since the outrage 87, 40, 48, 49, 55, 50, 79, 102, 145, Lob they signed for, their defence only impugned
minutely and thoroughly. The result of prescues of the Mandarins seemed to be done his utmost to restore order. The 165, 166, 168, 174, 176, 183, 181, 188, 217, the wisdom of our imperial legislators. 3rd
the examination was the decided conviction the agual for the work of destrus ion. A Consul's position would in fact be string.
on the zoof and at the windows of the new under discussion. 918, and 249. Aud-strange to Bay-was defendant, besides challenging the rations,
that the agencies and means employed for sew men and boya began by throwing stones chened by the adoption of the resolution procuring and securing these Chinese se
The Mandarins made no effort to Mr Lalor made a few remarke to the same we have given two names, our first name said he got too little wages, while he admit
with the free omigration contemplated in perent them, although repeatedly nakoa effoot and the Chairman was of opinion emigrants were by no means compatible tuuse.
. M.'s Couzul." Tha that there was nothing in the resolution always agrees with Loureiro's; so that, in ted at the same time that he know what
the treaty between China and Peru. So to do so by addition to being surrect, we have had the wages he would get when he signed the
decided was the judgment given against emboldened by the action or inaction of the before the meeting at all calculated to entistaquon of observing that car judgment articles-The Captain, in reply to the
the operation that the Viceroy had those Mandarins, the mb atacked the houses, we hen the Consul'a anthority. bas guided us to a preference of the best ut
Chinese thus, in his judgment, improperly several of themi elimbed in over the wall, obtained, released and sent back to their the presence of the authorities, entered two usmes. In svine cases, the Umuose Gourt, said the scale of provisions was that Dames being alike, Loureiro agrees with usually applied to yoascis sailing from the
homes: so that the decision of the British the house, took away the bada, furniture our genus but was with uur species; la United Kingdom.-Defendants persisted in
the Viceroy of Canton, viz., that the law's took down the doura and venetiaus do, and authorities at Hongkong was confirmed by do, whah they found, and then deliberately others he agrees with our species bai not
Some of the soldier | with gir gente: in a few, again, both their ref.hat of outs, adding that they
free emigration, which did not seem to pay, carried to brought to protect the hutes was all they would allow, and that the spaces and goune differ, but it would go in the vessel as parungera only
merchant's emigration of the kind to pay, threw off their uniform surl joined the what plauti intouded. These color "have been referred to the botanist to whose kid and they were therefore sentenced each to
was not free in the judgment of the law... rioters in the work of destruction. The Yesterday (Sep. 4th) Sen Taotai assumed
Reference having been speedily made to labour.
rale. It will be remembered that he suo- ceeded Feng Taotai deceased, and that after ascertained that thero was no getting around the decision which had been given a brief tenure of offioe, he was summoned to by the English and Chinese authorities in Chu, after an incumbensy of three months, Chinese free emigration" cannot be made retires to private life, but for a season only, it is supposed. He has taken up bis resid. synonymous with the "Chinese coolie And it may be said, with safety, ence at the College where Fêng's obsequies that few who are disinterested would think were performed.
otherwise than that the judgment given was eminently just, humano, and wise,- communicated to the N... D. News.
ance of eight years at Hongkong humeral Stahel, who during the time he has been in charge at Shanghai, has made himself generally popular by his urbanity and kindliness, will leave almost immediately for Kube, his Coneulate proper.
(Courier.)
His Excellency Kuo, the Chineso ámbas andor to England, has been relieved of his eldest son of the late Treng Kuo-fan, and duties, and is succeeded by Teong-chi-ta, known here as the Marquis of Tug H. E. Lin is to return to Peking, being succeeded in Berlin by Li-fang-pae, who is appointed Chargé d'Affaires.
ness we are indebted, and the following twelve weeks' imprisonmiont, with bar the seals, entering on three years' period of the U.S. Legation at Peking, it was soon soon enveloped in flames Box cast a lurid | should bave been oalle. He believed that
additional numbers in our lite may be considered as supported by Loureir's au- thority, our names being in reality more
1.
eter David, cook of the British steamer
Mr Jones, at this stage of the proceedings, qustioned the strict regularity of the meet- tag. He was of opinion that the proceed. ugs were irregular first, because the jotiga convening the meeting had not been road, aud, secondly because the persona souventog it had not sigued the acties. He was of oplaton, unde correction, that a requisition should first have been asus to mob now get fire to the house, which Her Majesty's Consul, by whom the mesting klare over the surrounding neighbourhood there were precedents for such a courie, during the greater part of the night.
On the following morning (3 at ultim) Diri alor observed, that is rented with disgraceful manner, they surrounded the it would fall to the grund; it was surely in order to discuss a mattor like the outrage ouses and smashed in all the windows The ladies and achool-girls now managed to question, without reference to the Con o escape, through a back dour, and reachen auf, and in 4 ding, those present wors the public strees in eafety. They werex-rowing an unduubted constitutional moat kindly treated by the people, sad right which he for one would be very sorry
to abatuoned. brought on in safety t. Nantaŭ
but ould not cite them.
correct than his :-Nos, 83, 52, 57, 68, 74, | Paladin, was sentenced to pay a fine of $0 Paking, when Chi begame acting Taotai,the case, which is, substantially, that the mob returned, and behaved in the mosi Mr Junes in prove his objection, otherwise 83, 110, 111, 121, 184, 145, 1, 2 215, and 284. some low cases Portuguese speling renders i difficult to
decipher the sound intended. in a few
other cases he hupelessy differs, but we have no meɑni di uding ‹ut why,* in no case have we found any reason to doubt the
accuracy of our lais. La very few cases, again, Loureiro is unmistakably wrong. For instance, he calls the Phyllanthus urinaria the fi young to'd, a namie which undoubtedly belongs to uphorbia pituli fera. The two characters forming the Uhi nese name for the Antropogon (noorreo ly specified by him) Le iuaversutly trans-
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We have also been fortunate enough to -Boours a copy of Taturinoo's Catalogus
for having been drunk and disorderly on board the steamer at half-past ten o'clock this morning. Defendant knew nothing as all about it: he was too far "gone."
Wm. Castles, boatswain of the name steainor, was brought up on a similar charge to the preceding. Es was also alleged to have, besides refusing to go on deck, struck the Chief Officer, when assistance had to be called.-Defendant pleaded oblivious
runk," and as both Capralo Barker and the Chief Officer gave defondant a good character, he was merely fined $5.
Police Intelligence. (Before C. F. Creagh, Esq.) September 11, 1873.
CHINESE WIFE.
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CHINESE COOLIE TRADE «. FREE
EMIGRATION.
In this age of light and liberty, the right of mon freely to travel from one part of the world to another, or to change their Dationality if they like, is a right that few would call in question. Even the Chinese Government, in its Treaty with Peru, accepts it as an axion of international law.
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trade.
DESTRUCTION OF MISSIONARY PRE- 'MISES AT WU-SHIH-SHAN.
(Herald, Sept 5th). The not wholly unexpected attack on the English Caurel Mission property at Wa ebih-shan-in regard to the imminence of which we bare of lato frequently adverted actually took place on the oventig of the 30th ultimo, and we regret to add that it resulted in the total destruction" of the newly-oreot d boilding. Fortunately, the ou rage was rot aggravated by any aucritos of human life, though, we learn from eye. witnesses, there was an evident disposition on the part of the hired ruffianly mob to repeat the tragedy enacted at Tientein in 1870. As it was, however, one of the missionaries was severely assaulted, and it 1.B. M.'s Consul, and Mr Fraser, the consular interpreter. The particulars of this glaring outrage are as follows:-
By an arrangement between the Viceroy
M's Consul
A desultory dustssion followed, ending in the following amendment being proposed and secunded by two of the gentlemen present→
That the committee proposed by Mr Lalor should sek tier Majesty's Consulto give, if he will kindly do so, particulars of the steps he has already taken and proposes to take with regard to this outrage. amendment wa. lost.
This
On Sunday, the 1st instant, H. E. M Consul, accompanied by Cspt. Napier of M, 8. Nusiau, interviewed the Viceroy at the official residence of the latter We believe that H. E. the Viceroy disclaimed responsibility in the matter, but of course expressed. regret at the outrage. His Excellency was requested to furnish a guard of soldiers for the pratec tion of that portion of the Mission property
The resolution proposed by Mr Lalor was left standing. There was, we understand,
then put to the meeting, and ultimately considerable difficulty in obtaining eve
carried by five votes. The following gan- thissmall assistance, and we believe it be came necessary to remind the honest old teen were chosen to draw up the memorial Viceroy that there. was pssibility of the-with power to add a fifth to their number, dusy being entrusted to a Britiab force, la viz-Mesra, Dermer, Fry, Haslam, and the event of his Excellency proving obdu. Nicholson, rate. This cogent argument resulted in the despatch of a company of native troops to the disturbed quarter, but on arrival there it was discovered that the soldiers had were sent back for a supply of boty essen. tials, and after much delay and evideot re luctance on the part of the native authori ties, the soldiers re-appeared on the counc
articles.
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Quotations.
HonGLONG, September 11, 1878.
credit,
Old Patna, cash... 6724 876
credit,
New Benares, cash,
credit, Nons
Old Henares, cash, 542) 4 B45
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credit,
New Malwa, canb, 755 a 775
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aredit, 760 780
Taels, 13 .24.
Old Malwa, cash, ---
credit,
Medicamentorum Sinensium which embraceA a fow Pekingese plants. In 14 out of the following 15 instances Tatarinuo corro- borates our list; in the 15th instance the
The same enlightenment of the age, Tho difference is alight and irrelevant. corroborated numbers are 5, 27, 40, 43, 84,
based as well on the experience of the past on the advancement of the present, 82, 102, 126, 136, 137, 148, 150, 185, aud
draws a look of scrutiny towards any exten- 195. It will thus be seen that mox 27, 40, 48, 82, and 102 are corroborated by autho ASSAULT BY A SIKH CONSTABLE UPON HIS bive commercial scheme of which the main material consists of naraes of ignorant rities separated by a century of time and thousands of miles of territory. We shall brought up on remand, charged with hav
Hajee Mahomed, Sikh P. C. 637, was human beings.
The past experience shows that cargoes oramine Loureiro more carefully on a fatura occasion, and tinst to be able to ing, un the 28th ultimo, assaulted his wife of such material have been. as a general is even reported that atones were thrown at neither ammunition nor bayoneta. They OPIUM —Now Patna, caah........$612; a 615 quote ble authority in corroboration of (a Chinawoman) with a chopper, with in- rale, procured by arts and agencies which diffor very far from the pattern given to many more plants in our lists. Meanwhile test to do grievous bodily harm.
Past experience Chun Mun Choy, a woman living on the Moses in the Mount. we should mention that the Anglo-Chinese ground floor of the house in which the as shows that the fixtures and arrangements Dictionaries, though useful to the geners!sault took place, gave evidence. She spoko for, bestowing cargo on the vessels used and H.-B.M.'s Consul, the 30th ultimo was provided, in a fashion, with the needed student, cannot be accepted as authorities in of the story of the prisoner having grumb have not been such as could be called fixed upon for a meeting to take place be- tween certain Chinese officials and Mr corroborating or traversing the names give led at the curry supplied to him by his wife; accommodation for free passengere." It in our liste. Each successive dictionary but her evidence was on the whole of com shows that the human beings who con Fraser of H. M.'s Consulate, for the pure maker app are to copy the botanical names
stitute the cargo, have been generally, on pose of examining the plece of land which try. 196. The constable who was in arrival at their destination, made to be-a-rain of the Literati alleged had been of plants largely from his predecessor. The paratively little importance, names may be nearly all traced to the list the house with the woman when the assault come labourers, on basis of contract surreptitiously enclosed by the Missionaries. given in Wiliams Mandarin Dictionary took place, sated--I went to the bonse at servitude, for a term of years; while in Mr Wolfe was directed by published some 40 -years ago. It is ex-
10.80 that evening: I frequently went the making of the so-called contracts the to be present, on behalf of the Mission, to tremely probable that Lureiro himself, there Defendant came in about 11 o'clock: labourers themselves have had no free give explan, ione de with all his defects, will be found the
About eleven o'clock am on the above. I was then sitting on the bed, and the wo agency, and the term of years has ultimate authority from whom Williams, and others not dependent purely upon but not bolted.
man was lying down. The door was closed, covered the lifetime of s sadly large mentioned day, the Prefect of Fooshow, Defendant immediately proportion of these bound to service: the Hai Fang Ting, and the two District Williams, derived their botanical names,
began to scold the woman in Chinese: be The Chinese emigration schemes of the Magistrates, accompanied by an English. was in uniform. I do not ouderstand Chipast few tens of years (excepting that speaking Chinaman, named Ho, who repre. with his truncheon and went out, when the contract, for servitude, unless among the Chine Government, attended at the woman went into the sitting room. De Chiness theraselves), have certainly been Mission House, cocupted by Mr Stewart, fendant soou after returned to the room of such character as to earn the significant ou Wu ahib shas.
These officials entered Mr Stewart's where we were; during his absence I had name of" coolio trade," carrying with It been advising the woman not to cherisha stanch in the nostrile of most reen who house, accompanied by a mob of about 50, bad feelings towards her husband, De ever saw the light of a Christian sun, like more or less, desperate looking vagabonds, fendant found the chopper under a chair in in kind if leas in degree to that once who appeared, from the verg Erat, bent on the sitting room. I was otsading near to emitted from the "slave trade," and the mischief.
Mr Fraser represented to the officials, the woman, who was sitting down. De-ill saver of which has come up from the fendant again abused the complainant (the regions of Panama, the West Indies, the that as the meeting to examine the ground was intended to be a peaceable one, theco woman), and then struck her twice with the Guano Islands and Peru.
roughs ought not to be allowed to take chopper, after which I anised hold of him, and struggled to wrench the chopper from
possession of the house, and he requested him; but finding that I could not do ne,
the Prefect and the Magistrates to turn ran down stairs to call the Police. I was
them out, This they refused to do, saying that they were powerless.
LOOAL AND GENERAL.
THE German barque Civiale rescued the
· crew of a Chinese junk numbering 31 men. The men belong to Foechow.
Owing to an unforeseen circumstance, we were unable yesterday to give a report of "Brandy" prosegution case, a me certainly would have done otherwise,
the
Bank,
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Exchange.
on demand,
30 days sight,
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6 months' sight, 19:
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nese He then struck her on the back to California, which has had no basis of conted himself as the_legal adviser of the minds us somewhat foro:big_of a story re. i Credito, Amonths aight,... |
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In various parts of the world, and more especially in China, publle attention has been drawn very recently to a new echems for the transportation of Chinese labourers
io private clothes when I called for Police: to Peru. and scrutiny naturally extends
Defendant followed me to the main object declared, the modus Mr Wolfe now attempted to shut the
no l'olios came,
and struck me on the head, knocking of operandi and the agents engaged."
We trust that the re-opening, by the Comptoir d'Escompte do Paris, of a branch of their business in Hongkong, may be my turban with the chopper, and then The circumstances connected with this I then reported the matter to magnificent scheme seem at first sight to be regarded as indicative of a brightening ran away. aspect of things commercial. It has been the constable on duty on the post in that exceptionally favorable. Pern neede labour.
neighbourhood.
for her agriculture and internal improve. announced that Mr Henri Vinay has been In answer to the Court, witness stated mante, and China has a surplus population. appointed agent for this port; and we that he was friendly with the defendant The Government of Feru entered into a observe that he has arrived by the French and often went to his house when he was treaty with China, one article of which at there. Witness had sometimes eaten with certs the above-mentioned general principle, steamer from Shanghai to day.
defendant. He had occasionally met de viz., the right of men to emigrate freely and fendant in the house, and defendant had change nationality if they wish: The Pern nover been angry before. He had been rians provided steamere to come to China alone with defendant's wife before, and end open a direct line of emigration from when so found by 'defonstant, he had never Chim to Peru The Peruvian Government engaged a firm of long standing and good The evidence of the wounded woman was repate in China to Become at once their said anything Egainst it: raad over to her, in order that abe might Oneulas and Commercial agents, to have make any correction neo-ossty, he again Governmental power and monied Interest in alleged that there was no one in the room the conduct of the enterprise, Warned by when she was struck a little servant boy the ill saver of the Macao coolie trade, the only was in the bonse. The other bonstable managers assayed to operate this new plan was in the hoted at an early hour of the from Hongkong, under the agls of British evening, but went away at p.m. with the law: prisoner. In reply to the Court, whether So far the programme seemed to promise or not P.C. 888 could have been telling the fairly, and the Perusia, pioneer steamer of truth when he said he was present all the the emigrant fleet, lay at anaher in the bar time, witness simply reiterated that she did bor of Hongkong,
Just Here two points presented themselves not see him there when the assault took
prominently to view, both seriously affecting place.
Upon inquiry being made by the Magis- the snccess of the scheme, and not easily Is also anid,that Mr Carvalho, who has been trate, regarding the servant boy, it was brought into harmony. One was that the found that he had left the Colony, Mr emigration, to meet the letter and spirit of Grough asked Inspector Gradesk how it was | Brith law, must be free smigration la lettre
We are glad to learn that the Government has decided to appoint Mr John Gerrard, who has been chief clerk in the Registrar General's Department for the last sixteen gears, to be Acting Registrar General upon the departure, fint for Manila, and finally for Singapore, of the Bon, C. C. Smith, As this appointment will doubtless he made antject to the wholesale changes which are likely to be made within the few months, the step is the more to be commended, seeing that a minimum of disar- rangement to thejervice is thus scoured. It
next
sashierțin the Colonial Treasury for eight ero paere, will be naked to set on Treasurer,
On Monday, inflammatory placards were extensively posted in the City-calling on the "men," to finish the work which the "boys" had...commenced, or-in other words--to destroy the remaining buildings. To complicate matters still ma e, the Vio roy isand a proclamation, in which he im pled that, though the British Consul had Bo special sympathy with he missionaries, he was bound to defend their property, and the Viceroy therefore asked the people to refrain from any further attack on the fr eigners. This action of his Exoeltenos re- lated of an Irish electioneering agent who, at a forcely ontested election for a certain Blberaina constituency, exclaimed, when he saw the unpopular candidats in the hauds of amb don't dip him in the count" But the poor man was dipped horse-pind, boys don't do it on any ea nevertheless. The quick-witted Fabble saw the point of the speaker's counsel, and acted accordingly,
Further outrages aro threatened by the iterate faction, who declare openly that bey intend to destroy every missionary et tablishment in the City. It remains to be whether this threat will be carried out,
PUBLIC MEETING.
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Hongkong-Bank, 87 % preta, Union Ins, Society of Canton, $1,800 hall-door, and called Mr Stewart's servante A public meeting was held at the Club Ubins Tendors' Inn, Co., $1,678 to shut the outer gate, co as to prevent House on the evening of Tuesday last, the Yangtare Ina. Araco,, Th. 715 other Chinese from breaking into the honte. 3rd instant, for the purpose of discussion Ohinese Insurance Co., 1858 Without any further provocation on his the desirability of taking public notice of North Chine Inc, Co., T. 1,228 part, the mob rushed at him, as he stood the recent outrag at Wussbih-chan. There K. Fire Ins. Co., $950 in the hall, sud in the presence of the two was a larga sad indigential attendanes, in Ohins Fire Ins. Co., $245 Magistrates, indicted severe blows upon cluding H. B. M's Consul and the Conats 8.K.&W, Dock Oo., $30 % prom. him, hurting him considerably. These two fer France, Mr Huslim was voted to the 8.K, C, M. 5.-: 0182 THE Magistrates did not attempt to interfere; chair, and, in a brief speech,, introduced. Shanghal Steam Navigation, Th it was mainly by the assistance of the sor the local bead of the Church Missionary Omns Coat St, Nav. Oo, Tis, 109. vants of H. M. Consul and a few friendly Society-the Rev. J. R. Walfeto the Hongkong Gas Co., 897)
Hongkong Hotel Co., $65 Chinese, that he was rescued from his meating,
Mr Wolfe related at considerable length China Sugar Refining Co., $100 perilous position.
The Mandating now withdrew to the the circumstances immediately prebeds Chinese imperial Lowen, £104.
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of 1877, 2105, piece of ground la question, followed by tag the trouble, the insidents of the
Temperaturo, the hired mob, who roamed and howled actual outrage, and subsequent proceedings about the Mission grounds, destroying connected therewith. Tun substance of everything they could lay bands. oo, and Mr Wolfe's remarks will be fotod in an (Taken at Messrs Falconard Co.'s Premtess pulling up the trees and ebrebe,the other column. The reverend gentleman's
Queen's Boad.) Authorities meanwhile looking on with statement was concise, lucid, and extremely
frank and his narration was listened to Boxoxoxe, September 11, 1876. apparent satisfactioni
The result of the examination of the with marked and sympatuetic attention BABONETER 9 AM..... £9.980 ground being highly unentlefactory to the throughout.
Mr Wolfe was followed by the Rovd, Me cause of the Chinese, and no osse of en croachment being made out, the Mandarins became rather violent in their gestures, which of course excited the mob-now in possession of the garden and they com monoed more ticiently to pull down the trees and threatened to destroy the houses, One of the loos! gentry Ling, by sams, the ringleader and prime mover in all these trouble, now painted out 19 the moh, as
Lord, who, in few words, conarmed his colleague's account of what had taken place, and added his testimony to the good feeling of the city people generally, expressing a sincers convictin that the destruction of the Mission property was the sole work of soffians bired by some of the local gentry. and encouraged by the Chinese officials. The following resciution ver provo
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