No. 4898.-MARCH 19, 1879)
Hie Lordship, at the conclusion of the proceedings at the Supreme Court to-day, said that he thought it was wrong to alt so isto as a general rule. In England It was always the rule to sit from 10 to 4, and that rule should at least be adhered to within the tropics. The Court rose to-night at 6.45 p.m.
LOSS OF THE S. S. "YESSO." The O. & O. str. Gaelic, Capt. Kidley, reports the total loss of Mesars Douglas Lapraik's ateamer Yesso, Captain S. Ashton, The Gastic stopped at 3.30 p.m. yester day (18th), and rescued Capt. Ashton, Chiot Officer Hunter, Chief Engineer MacIntyre, Second Engineer Reeves, Third Engineer
THE CHINA MAIL.
When the Chinese Pollos, and, up to this, not more crowded boat of the three. Hailong arrived on the scene, Captain than thirty or forty have been given rifles Ashton left the "Gaelic and went on board by Mr Creagh and Mr Deane. It may be the former vessel to confer with Captain possible, however, before long, to have all Goods as to the advisability of remaining the night patrals of the Chinese Police. by the wreck; bat owing to the heavy gale armed with revolvers.
I have, o., and the fact that the Yesso was then under water, it was decided that nothing could be done in the way of salvage without the help of divers. This being so, the Hailoong followed the Gaelic, from the scene of the wreck, to Hongkong.
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one
We understand that the mails (which are reported elsewhere as lost) were in the forward part of the ship and wore consider. ed to be beyond the reach of the water, but the Fesse alled and sank so rapidly at the last that there was
on Have anything but life, not board having been able to save any thing beyond what they stood in The Yess had on board, besides her general cargo, some 200 chests of Opium roughly a value of about $200,00), over and above her hull and general cargo. The bulk of this loss, we believe, woffs, he the local marine insurance offices, the amount (with the exception of a small line at home) being pretty fairly distributed amongst the local companies.
J. POPA HENNESSY..
The Right Honourable Sir Michael Hicks-, Beach, Bart, M.P., to His Excellency Gover or Pope Hennessy, C.M.G. HONGKONG, No. 119,
to the northward of bere, that at that pointed and deposed to his having put the lampa of collision you arrive to the northward in their proper place immediately the steam
er left. He put the green light on the of your former line of direction.
Witness I starboarded afterwards. Mr Francis Yea, Immediately before the collision.
Witness subsequently, on looking at the ebart, said that the courses he had given could not possibly take him to the point of .collision.
Continued I never left the bridge; the wheel and telegraph are both on the bridge. The boatswain and one sailor wore on the look out. The boatawala may have been assisting at securing the anchors, Kut the sailor was not. Before the Chief Officer came on the bridge the Second. Officer was there. If both the junk and the steamer had continued on the same courses sa when we first sighted, there would have been no fear of collision. I made no attempt then to get out of her way. When she ported she might have also got into collision bad I not ported also, She off, I think she was rather further off than nearer. I did not blow the whistle as thought there was no danger whatever. Lt was moonlight, but I did not see the moon, When the junk was close to us, she star boarded her helm. i did not blow the whistle then, although I could have done so esally on the bridge.
Canning, and 70 Chinese from the wreck and 25 boxes of Treasure-representing the authorised Force is able to supply these could then have passed us about 500 feet
of the Tearo. She was lost on the White Rocks on the night of the 17th. She left Hongkong on ber usual trip to the Coast Ports on the 14th inst.
the rescue.
So far as we have learnt the facts are as
Captain Ashton and his officers speak in follows: The Yesso left Swatow at sun the hizbest terms of Captain Kidley and down on the 17th, the night boing exceod-his officers, for the kindness shown them ingly dark and rainy. The Captain steered during the passage down and at the time of to pass to the southward of the Lammock Ielands; and at 11.30 the ship struck on the White Rocks, knocking away her stern and badly injuring her bottom. For a short
Formosa,
A letter from Tamsui, of the date of the
DOWNING STREET,
11th December, 1878. SI,I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Despatch Ne, 91 of the 28th September, and to express to you my approval of the steps which you have taken for increasing the strength and efficiency of I understand you to be of opinion that the night patrols of the Hongkong Folice.
additional night patrols by a rearrangement of daties, but if an increage of the force will be involved, 1 request you to furolab me as soon as possible with an estimate of the cost of such increase.
I have, co.,
M. HICKS-BEACH. (Signed,) Governor UENNESST, C.M.G.,
do.
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SUPREME COURT. IN ADMIRALTY,
March 19, 1879,
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Mr Francia-Do you think, the junk coming on rapidly, it was the most prudent course to adopt to atarboard your hen and bring your bows round meeting her?
Witness-I think it was the only way to clear her.
Mr Francis Did not that movement
the collusion?
starboard side.
Wong Ayat, the quartermaster who was at the whed at the time of the collision, was examined.
Leung Akow, the boatswain and Tung Afoo, the look-ont man, deposed that the men had not finished stowing away the an- chors and chains when the collision occurred and this concluded the evidence.
mer,
and Indeed the generality of foreignors, have not taken words bodily from the English language and simply attached wrong meanings to them as the latter have done. The condition of a scholar who would learn Chinese, is therefore quito the same as was that of the people at the Tower of Babel when tongues were confounded. In that day if one asked for bricks straw was brought to him, and it only the whole empany had sate-down in convention, as the world did when Rous The case was then adjourned till Monday seau's Social Contract" was drawn up, a at 10 a.m., when the attendance of all the good deal of needless trouble would have Police force at Bhau-ki-wan who know any-been spared humanity. If straw was brought thing about the matter will be required, and to him who asked for a brick, nothing could the Registar of the Court was directed to have been easier than to call for straw and write to Captain Deane to that effect. straightway receive a brick. Thus it is with Chinese and Euglish. If one only knew how to misapply "hang" and "sing" after the manner of Chinamon he could converse at his case with the celestials in Hongkong or San Francisco.
Ching. KIUKIANS.
March 11.
During the last few days, the natives have neas of the pig-tailed men of the Hast that So remarkable is this miaguided imitáfive- evinced considerable signs of animation they have already begun to take to them- have been hurrying--though that is hardly nese consul-general, who is to watch over from one cause or another, Mandarins selves American family names. The Chi the right word, for Mandarins do not hurry the Interests of his fellow-countrymen lo as a goneri rule-backwards and forwarde California and the territories, and who is through the Settlement, accompanied of the wealthiest foreigner that has ever come course, by their followers, the usual tag, rag and bobtail, which form part of an
to live for any considerable time on our Pacific coast, la named Chun Put Nam-that official's retinus. What with gong beaters, is to say, he has in part taken the name of banner and other bearers, clarion blowing, one of the most distinguished generals of gun firing, and ragamuffine and tatterde the American revolution. Agitators of the malions, our celestial friende have had Denis Kearney atamp may see in this an anderhanded attempt to secure the rights quite a time of it.
of citizenship for the celestial, or, to take away our individuality as they are absorb- ing our wealth, but to the reflective mind
that when the Chinese hear an American name or word they immediately appro
tline after she struck she made Hittle or no 10th instant, informs us that the outside Before His Lordship the Chief Justice.necessarily increase the force and shock of number of artistic evolutions on the Race it simply means nothing at all, except
water, but as there was deep water close under her stern, Captain Ashton did not deem it prudent to back her off until some arrangements were made for the safety of passengers and drew. There were in all some 140 souls on board, and feam were entertained that she would hink im- mediately on backing. The boats were at once lowered and got ready to re ceive the passengers, By the time this was done, the ship commenced to make water rapidly; and the Yesto baving no water-tight bulkheads, the water ran all
with Capt. Cleveland, R.N., H.M.S. Iron Duke, and J. P. MoEnen, Beg Acting Harbour Master, as Nautical
Assessors,
·Promovent-KWOK AYONG. Impugnant-ScaULIZ, Master,
This was a claim for damages for the loss of the stone jank un Hop Les, which was sunk by collision with the S. S. Fanytere, of which latter vessel the Impugnant was (Acting Queen's Advocate), instructed by Mr Brereton, was for the lupugnant; and Mr J. J. Francis, instructed by Mr Dennys,
Thin onse was resumed to-day.
and is the master. The Hon. J. Hassell,
Witness -I don't think so.
Mr Francis-If you bad put your helm hard aport, would it not have tended to bring you broadside to broadelde.
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Witness:-It would not. I don't think
a
The ball was opened by the Naval Brig ade, or whatever name it is called by. The crews of the river gunboats went through
Course, to the manifcet edification and de" not such a grand affair after all, but then light of the great unwashed. True, it was heap at Coal Harbour, Kelung, of the best
paradas do not take place every day, so one priste and apply it to uson with which it coreened coal procured from the Government mine there, took fire in the last week of
must consequently be satisfied with what really has nothing to do. They can Imliate the gods sand. The weapons yolept match- sound but not sense, and in trath their February, and burned deresly for four or Ate days. The fire, which consumed about
Mr Francis-If you bad ported and locks, with which this naval brigade is arm-original language is but tortured Eng- there had been time for the vessel to feeled, are rather antiquated in fact, but con- lish, and from the lowest stages of their 500 tons of coal, was put out only after
the helm would not your steamer's bow sidering that the only use they are put to confusion they are evan now emerging in- much continuous labour in the isolation of
have gone clear of the junk?
is to are off powder on grand occasions, what is known as "pigeon English It There is in singular that Professor Max Bitiller hus the coal in its neighbourhood. We are also
Witzean-Yes, if there had been time. they are quite good enough. told that the foundations of the Confusion
It felt the influence of the starboard helm little fest of these arme of precision, savo never called attention to this fact, and the the mark ever doing any damage, unless only way of explaining his neglect is to say Temple in what is to be the new Prefectural
little. I could not say how much the they should accidentally explode and wound that to have recognized it would have steamer answered her helm. I struck
I do not believe the men behind them, but as there is no interfered with his theories of how ethong- and her stern sunk in about half an City of Bangka were laid, on the morning
the junk on the quarter.
euch thing known as ramming home the logy may be built up upon philologyA hour. Great fears were thon entertained the 7th instant, with much ceremony, by the
the junk ran into the todo not that the vessel would slip off the rocks Profect, the building of whose Yaman will,
Quarry Point on the chart. If the jauk powder with wedding, that is act at all little industry in the compilation of a people say that the collision occurred 600 likely. One thing is certain-they will not dictionary based on the principle that when into deep water; and as many passengers according to rumour, he commenced next Queen's Advocate addressed the Court feet off Quarry Point, it is not trus. I80 off if it rains. After exhibiting their Chinaman wants a pin he calls for a shu as the boats would contain with safety
briefly and explained the nature of the
water for a change, and with six gunboats for an American blessed with a good were put into them, with orders to remain month. The same letter states that the evidence he should call, and gave an out never go nearer than half a mile off that Prowess on land, these gallante took to the or hob would ronder it the easiest of things He then called Captain point, I saw the Danish brig at anchor had a sham fight and naval review. The memory to become an accomplished Obluese alongside the ship until daylight. An an-savages have made a clearance of the Bakkaline of his case. obor was then let go with the object of keeping the vessel from slipping off the camphor stilla on some mountains near Schultze, the Master of the S. 8. Yangtze, after the collision. I-retained after the vessels, were formed in divisions of twos scholar in two or three weeks, as he never and throes, and advanced and retreated, could hope to become through the study of "Chinos la Six Easy Lessons,” which is a rocks, and the engines were turned ahead | Oulan, at the instigation of some Chinese who said :--I have been 21 years at sea, 8 went all two steamer lengths ahead after dropped into fing, and fired their guns
singly, and in twos, and altogether. This did work written under an utterly obacleto not last very long. They went through theory of language,-N. P. World. the programme being noted by the waiving their mossats very well, each change in of a Bag of the flags overy boat had half the wind, while the crews themselves work
Howly until the water put the fire out Those remaining on board were sent to the forepart of the ship, as the only place of safety and as there was nothing more to be done, the Captain waited for daylight, with the intention or landing all hands on Bome of the rocks which were beyond reach of high water. The wind and sea increased
in strength, with continued rain, so that even
the rocks close under the bow could not be At daybght three of the four boats Bee were found to have left, though this was clearly against the orders issued, the fourth boat, under command of the Chief Officer (Mr Bunter), being the only one remaining. She was despatched In search of a landing place, and having lauded her passengers returned to the wreck, which was now fast breaking og. She made a second trip, taking as many of
of
who want to get possession of a valley that was long occupied by the Hakkas, and that a nice set of clan fights is likely to ensue in consequence of this,
RE-ARRANGEMENT OF THE POLION
for the Promovent,
The
I see
collision about 40 minutes. The steamer
a
P'un U Ling, the Admiral of the Yang
What's the differencs," asked a teacher
yards?""A fence," said Tommy Beales.
in arithmetic, "between one yard and two Thon Tommy sat on the ruler fourteen
A MAN in Missouri planted some beans
A WARNING.—A man who jumped over- lats one afternoon, and next morning they were up-thanks to his hens. board and was drowned left a memorandum, saying, "Whisky did this." The coroner said the water did it, and that if he had stuck to whisky he might have been alive
pears in steamers. The Yangtis tradea she struck the junk. On our starboard between this, Canton, and Shanghai, She bow there was a hole and our the port in a vessel if about 1,200 tons capacity scratch. I cannot account for the hole, With the exception of four voyages 1 have Our side lights are kept on the bridge, at been running on the same route. We left the level of the bridge. I saw the side this on the 6th Feb. st. 6 p.m., and prolights put out, but not the mast-head light.ozen, which dattered conspicuously in teeded alowry ahead until getting through All our boats are kept abaft the light the shipping, and we then went factor, and I did not see any other junk but the one I put the telegraph on "fall speed." After we struck. I did not see the brig at their best uniforms. we got through the shipping wo were going
times. .”~. I know where Show-ke-wan is, anchor. about 7 knotaj we were then close to Whit I did not look in that direction. No report tsze, may be expected hore very shortly
I was on the bridge the feild Station." whole time. The wind was L.N.k, or E. Was made to me of the brig being in sight, now. This gentleman has a way of popping after the collision. The brig's boat got It is said he is greatly opposed to opium out. The night was quite clest, with an by N. There were two mon on the lok. My boat was in the water about 6 rainutes in upon the officials when least expected. overcast sky. The mason was up at the there first. I did not cea the brig until 40 smoking, and is doing his best to put it minutes after the collision, but the Captain down. Query: Will he succeed? P'un time, About 6.30 p.m. I sighted a jouk right ahead, and a minute later the Unief of the brig same on beard my ship with has been nicknamed "Old Ironsides"or Offcer reported to
me that she had my Second Officer. When I saw the brig I by an expression meaning the same thing bad steamed half a mile ahead. She bore and the story runs that when he was here last year, while in disguise he went ported. I was about a mile from berat S. E. of us. The brig was lying just out to a tow thop and entered into conversation the time we first sighted her. Sho had aide of Quarry Point. The beatswain, two satis; I could see them quite distinctly. de trimmer, ook out man are all Chinese with the ten-drinkers. They were talking she was sailing with a fair wind.
I spoke to them about the case; that is, about himself, so he chummed in and had our masthond light burning and the only told them to speak the truth but did wanted to know who this "Old Ironsides** to alde lights. I saw the lights myself not tell them what the truth was. I spoke was. Said they," You must be a stranger shortly after leaving the buoy. I could see myself that the junk had ported, and I to them outside this Court. That was after round these parts not to know him."
lightened on the subject. Well" said he, the papers. ported our helm until the junk was two had read the report of the proceedings in he confessed his ignorance and was en- points on our port bow, Sae was about
Re-examined by Mr Russell :-I spoke cures quarters of a mile off then. I then steadied our helm. I saw no light on the to the Chinese by advice of my solicitor. I bave told them nothing about the facts of this case as I understand them. I produca the ship's log. The entry in that book is signed by me and is correct.
We
NIGHT DUTIES. Shortly after the occurrence of the Wing Lok Street raid it may be remembered that Mr Pope Hennessy obtained certain minutes regarding the night duties of the Police at the tone of the attack and also in every district of the Colony. These minuiss were published at the time, and they like the passengers at she could, but, contrary wise figure prominently in the Report of to expectation, she did not again make the Police Committee lately issued. Mr her appearance. Her native crew, it appears, had refused point blank to face Hoplar, in his address to the public meet the danger a third time, although the Enrong, also made particular reference to this peans (Mr Hunter, Mr Sheppard, and Mr phase of the insecurity of the Colony," Alcintyrs) and one Malay quartermaster did everything in their power to induce the So that this illumination of Police fallings Chinese to join them in making the attempt which need not for a moment ba denied to rescue those still remaining on board
its legitimate weight-was put forward as It-was, of course, impossile fur-four men to attempt to take out and manage a large he Governor's explanation of the then ex-n was steering by the land for a high hill at the corner of the Ly-ee-moon, buat in the sea that was then running; and isting state of affairs. In the Government called the Devil's Peak. We kept our we can easily understand their feelings of Gasette of March 19th appear the following course, and kopt a good look-out on the disgust at such conduct on the part of the
junk. The man on the look-out also called Chinese, while their b. other-officers and so
out junk ahead" shortly after I saw her. many others were still
the wreck which was fast breaking up before their eyes. They at last euoccoded in getting a native fishing-boat to make the attempt; but it was 2 o'clock in the afterno.n before this boat could reach the wreck. The slap in
lespatches
His Excellency Governor Pope Hennessy, We kept on our couras until we got within
C.MG., io The Right Honourable Sir Michael Hicks Beach, Bart., M.P.
[No. 94]
GOVERNMENT HOUSE, Hongkong, 28th Sept., 1878.
the meantime was fast breaking up, and the StB-I have the honour to enclose, for people on board, having first taken refuge your information, copies of some Minutes on one of the padd e-wheels, were ultimately I felt it necessary to make respecting the driven to the last resort, viz, the walking night duties of the Hongkong Police, toge beam and framing of the engine, from ther with a report of Mr Deane, the Captain which position they were at last rescued by Superintendsut, and some returns on the the fishing-boat, with the exception of one subject.
abjapon the official report-of a Burglary small boy of seven years, who was washod away. These poor fellows-consisting of committed in the Central District of Captain Ashton, Second Huglueer Reares, Victoria, on the 20th of last month, I made Third Engineer Canning, and thirteen Minuta asking for the details of the night Chinese (one of whom was a wouse)were duties of the Police Force, and the number in this exposed position, on the walking of men in each beat on the let of Septem- beam or frame, for over five hours, with ber, 1878, and at the correspondin date the seas breaking round them, and in in 1877 and 1876. In reply to this Minute, momentary expectation of sudden death, I received a return relating to the principal It was with the greatest difficulty that the police district; whereupon I called, on the survivora were enabled to get from the beam 0th of September, for similar information into the boat because of the tremendous ses respecting the other Police districts of the and the amount of awaying wreckage round | Celony. the vessel All, however, succeeded in getting into the fishing-boat; and so far 58 We are yet aware, only one life (that of the little bay) has been lost.
3. Accompanying those returns were certain volumes giving the details for each day and night of the Police duties since the year 1876. The returns were further explained by brief report from Mr Deane, dated the 3rd September."
I understand it was the first time since the Police Commission of 1871, the these details of night duties had been called for, or in any way brought to the nation of
Entry read.
By His Lordship -The brig'a sampan saved 17 men, and my boat one. The brig was a mile and a half away, My boat could not be lowered in less than five minutes; it was a rowing boat and the sampan a hakka boat, with two sails,
The Queen's Advocate endeavoured to explain this by the feat of the brig's boat being a sailing boat, and there being a strong
two steamers' length off. She would have passed clean had she kept ber course, but she starboarded her helm, and the effect was to bring her stera right across our bow.
His Lordship expressed his astonishment She would have passed 500 feet from us had she pot starboarded. I, seeing her ahead, that this boat could get to the scene of the starboarded our helm and stopped engives, collision from the brig, a mile and a half and then went full speed astern. It only away, and save 17 persons before the took me about a minute to give my orders, mer'a boat could get there. The mate attended the telegraph. The head of the steamer paid off to port, hat struck the junk abaft the main mast on her state tile. If the steamer and gone wind
Re-examined by Mr Russell:-1 do not to port I should have cut the junk right throngh (laughter). From the first time I pretend that the marks I have made on the caught sight of the junk until I out her chart are made with solentific accuracy. in two was about ten minutes. After the oon as I saw the junk had taken accident 1 at once lowered a boat and sent decided course, ie, when she ported and Iported, there was then no danger, and the second mate to save life. The order I thought all was safe; it was only when are to put up our side-lights directly it is the got close to us that she endeavoured sunset. I saw them myself in their place to eruss our bows. It would have been use before we left the boundary of the harbour, leas to blow our whistle. The accident occurred about one third of mile off the Channel Rocks. Witness having marked his course on a chars and pointed out the place he was in, when he first sighted the junk,
By Capt. Cleveland -I ported, although the junk was a little on my starboard bow became the junk ported.
By Captain Mouen -The engines were going full speed a stern; the notion of the Ba
rudder then is not altered when she bas
Mr Francis cross-examined him. salds-I was heading E. by 8, I did not see whether the junk's sails were one on either side; I saw that the main-sail was on the port side, but I did not say that the forcasil was on the starboard side. I saw two sila, Mr Francis-Don't equivocate. Answer my question.
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way on her; but when she has lost hat way her head goes to starboard.
At this stage the Court adjourned til 4.30 p.m.
now,
NOT BAD.-A means has at last been
invented to make money go a long wey. it in simply the 100-ton gun, which will fire five pounda' worth of Iron six miles and a half in fifty seconds. If that is not musk-
So
lng money go a long way, perhaps sonisone
will say what it is.
AN Irish gentleman assured a party, at which the conversation turned on Trish
Quotations Fina BONGKONG, March 19, 1870,
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is this official just ?" and was informed bulls, that not more than one-half of the that although very severe he was just in lies that they told about the Irish were his judgment. They told him about P'un's true. anti-opium proclivities, and that the opium- known that P'an was somewhere in the shops were just then shut up, as it was neighbourhood. "I should like a smoke" said P'an, "can I get a smoke." One man offered to show him a shop where they might get in. So they went together, and having found the place, entered. Then shopkeeper and the tes-drinker with heads P'un discovered himself! Tableau-opium knooking the ground, the former because he kept an opium shop, and the tea drinker because he had called his riv'rence "Old the pair and forgave them both, telling the Ironsides," while P'on himself stood over opium man that if he passed that way again next year and found the shop still open fer the sale of the noxious drag, there would be a headless ghost wandering about in Hades and bewailing the day when in the flesh he ever took to selling opium for filily-
Lucre.
The greatest event of the week has been the arrival of the Hsiao t'ai or Literary Chancellor, who visite the prefectorial cities twice during his term of office for the pur- pose of conferring the B. A. degree on suo cessful students. He has eight chair coolics, who have painted on their breasts the figure of a horse, and when he arrived here he was received in great state. It is said he will stay at Kinkiang about a fortnight.
The river has risen six feet since the 1st instaat News.
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THE STUDY OF CHINESE, At about 3 o'clock the U.&O. 8. S. Galia hore in sight, running with all sali ses for
de must often have occurred to people Hongkong. The people on the rocks signal.
who are fond of languages, without know- led to the steamer with blankets, and imme
ing much about them, that the Chinste dialy upon the signals being soon, the Gasise
tongue would be very easy to understand Founded to and steered in towards the
On resuming, the Chief Officer (fr Herst one guld know precisely what meaning rocks, much to the delight of those ou Executivo.
Mr Russell -I think, my Lord, that shore. A stiff rain-squall, which lasted for 6. 3 regretted to find that instead of the the Captain is answering his questions was called, and corroborated the Chinamse in his ordinary conversation
Captain's evidence.
attaches to Words which are in common use half an hour, shut out the Gaelic from number of men on the night beats having very falily,
Mr W. G. Willis, the second officer, was among us every day, The words them- very harsh His Lordship Yes it view, and solo auxiety was felt that the been increased with the increasing popula big stastner would not be able to render tion of the Colony, they were being thing to say to a witness. I can perfectly with referérice to the question about the all know what **pin,"·" chin,” ** Wo" next called, and gave similar testimony, solves have a wall marked signification | we any adelstante in so dangerous a place diminished, and, upon the whole, I was understand the state of a man's mind at Captain of the Danish big and the sampanhang and lung" moat, but we are. and in auch weather, When the squall struck with the manifestly inadequate such a time. He might see two sails and which picked up the drowning men, he said compelled to recognize the fact that through cleared of, however, the Gulio way strength of the sight beate and patrols for not be able to say which side they were on. The Captain of the Danish brig said that natural portersity or some other cause found to be still there, and Captain Kid-such a plage as the Town of Viotória, Witness continued :-The mainsail is ley brought his vessa olose to the rucks, Accordingly I have instructed Mr Desno to the largest the forosail might have been if I would put him on board his ship he Chination invariably attach a queer and Aud. sept his boats to rescue the utfor restore the night beats and patrols to the lost in the insinsail It going before the would allow his sampan to take the men to out-of-the-way sense to each of these words tanate shipwrecked people from the reeks. maximum strength of the year 1878 to wind she should have sailed wing and wing. Hongkong, I took the Captain of the brig which, as every American child knonnS, Just as this bad been accomplished the make weekly reports to future of the sight I saw her porting half a point. When she board the steamer, I oan only account roully have a settled and definite meaning for the steamor getting so far from the which could be mistaken only by a Co.'s steamer Haloong came in sight, duties, or not to alter the number is spy porth her head goes to starboard.
wreck, in this manner, that the steamer had heathch, What a curious people there she having been sent by aleesis. Lapraik's particular distrior without specially report ported, and our head went tatarboard.
I do not know where the Frenchmen are " said a Gorman visitor to (Taken at Mears Falconer & Co.'s Premises, agent in Bwatow to render assistapos-the ing it.
The various positions as marked on the good way on. news having reached that pors by one of. 8. Furthermore, I have asked him to chart were found by Mr Francia to bring sampan came from; I led Captain Schaltze
to believe that she came from Hongkong. 'do pain,'" "Yes," replied his friend the Fesso's boats, in command of the prepare a revised plan of night busts and the steamer outside the point of collision. Witness said that the brig was a mile and we call it Brod." * Ah, well," Second uificer (Mr Passmore), containing patrols of about thirty-three per cent and when the witness was asked to explain
was the reply, but then you know it BAROMETER
Do. about 30 passengers. Mr. Passmore states greater strength than the insufficient plan this, he could not do so; be said he must end a half or a mile and a quarter off
George Ferguson, the Chief Engineer, is Brok" Of course the real word for
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41. that some of the passengers on board cast hitherto in practice, and this revised plan, have made a mistake, and asked to be depored I have been an Engineer at sex which they were blindly groping was eff his rope during the night, and that I us, with the advice and assistance of allowed to try again. This was granted, and
over 12 years, and have beef Chief Engineer bresi," and in this respect these TasRNOMSTER? AM-10-682 when it found himself adrifs and tinably my Council, to bring into operation almost he then was given a blue pencil and told to years. He said that when the Yangttes fordigters bore come slight reemblance
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leave the first marks in the redbud tarka left this on the 6th February; at 6.50 p.m. to the Ohiness but as there is in Eng- Bail for Swatow, it is presumed that the
Do. (Wet bulb) 9 2*, 7. In my Dentisteb No. 35 of 27th were a little better, but not quite accurate, she steamed a little over 8 knots dit hour. lish so such word as Brod, the paral-
Do. Do. 1 K other two boats, which have not as yet February, 1878, I informed Lord CarnarvoB
Witness continued that in porting, At about 6.82 pm; he got the orders to tellem is not as portent as it might be.
Do.. DP, beap heard from, did the same thing i sad of my intention of rendering, as far as altered his course two points.
note imitative a Papinin Ashton says he has butslight fonts possible the whole of the Police an armed Mr Francia Well, in you explain how low, stop, and full speed aetern. The shit The Germans for their ultimate safety, as the boat which force. I have proceeded slowly and with it is that you were going to the southward should stop in less than three ships' lengths, people as the Chinese, and therefore it bar alifedy antired was the oldest and most due caution, in extring arms to the pt your are line of direction, and the junk Leung Awah, the lamp-trimmer, was call is not to be wondered at that the fog.
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the Paris Exposition; "they call Brod
Queen's Road) Bonokong March 10, 1878.
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80.180:
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