No. 4064-May. 24, 1879.]
Two grest solemn state ceremonies or public sets of worship, among others, take place every year at Feking, which if anything in
**For the promotion of the comfort of prisoners, the customs and institutions of the Chiness humane persons sometimes give or bequeathe people-deserve, we venture to say, if not sama of money. For instance, in the tenth admiration, at least to be looked upon with year of Inon-kwang, a provincial treasurer in reverence and respect, not only as relice of the province of Kwang-lung named Ow, gavo the beautiful-simplicity of old times, but as ten thousand dollars to the salt monopoly, the kind of mute symbolism or religious re-interest from which sum was to be expended an cognition of the dignity of labour. The one rally in providing the prisoners in the princ which the reader may have heard of, consiste pal goals of the city of Canton with few crea- in the highest personage of the land "draw-fare comfort. Many of the high officials of the
province, in imitation of Treasurer Ow's exam ing solomaly on a certain day of the year, on ple, invested other sums, the interest of which the green bosom of our Mother Earth, when was to be employed in providing medicine, and the Heavens, after dead black winter, have fans in summer (not hair comba?), and warin again, with their veznal radiances awakened underclothing in winter, for all the prisoners in her, a distinct red furrow with the plough, the large goals in the city." a signal that all ploughs of the land are to begin ploughing."
of reverence, from which even Mr Gray's The other, no less beautiful and worthy oountry women, with their cries for their liberties and their rights, might learn some- thing, is that performed by the Empress, On a certain day of the year in the 9th Moon, we believe, the highest lady of the land proceeds with her ladies and maiden attendants, (ladies of the Imperial harem Mr Gray calls them) first to worship at the altar of the person whom they believe to have first taught their fathers to make silk,
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THE CHINA MAIL.
dimensions of human misery" Neverthe- | eighteen years of age. She is now therefore less Mr Gray tells us
le the 42nd year of her reign, and out of the other 34 sovereigns England has had since the Conquert, only four have reigned long; they were Henry III. reigned 56 years, age at death 66; Edward III. reigned 50 years, age at death 66; Elizabeth reigned 44 years, 4 mos, 7 days; age at death 70; George III. reigned (nominally) 59 years, and died in his 82nd year, but during nine years of that period, owing to his mental illness his son George, Prince of Wales, (afterwards Quorga IV.) was Regent. The following table given the length of reign &c.] of the sovereigns of the Hanoverian Line :-- George L.-Born 1660, began to reign August 1, 1714; reigned 12 years, 10 mos. 10 days; age at death 68.
George II.-Bora 16083; began to reign June 11, 1727; reigned 33 years, 4 mos., 14 days; age at death 87.
But we will pass over the nameless horrors of the execution ground, which: Mr Gray and "which must have filled him (the reader) has thought it to exhibit before the reader with pain and indignation." In conclusion of this chapter, after summing up, with a moral enthusisam which does honour to his heart, and in what is vulgarly called rhetori esl writing, in which the courts of justice are characterised as places where iniquity and reckless cruelty prevail-officials, whose reality o., goals, where human beings. are penned in dens of noisome filth and very "obvious reflection."
George III.--Born 1738, begun to reign
days; age at death 82.
Ir is not only Hongkong that suffers from gang robberies; in fact it is well known that they are very prevalent all over China, especially in the Kwantung province. When caught, these desperadoes have a short
then with her own Imperial hands to plack / squalor, &o., &o., Mr Gray ends with this Oct. 25, 1760; reigned 59 years, 3 mos., the police, and the mild policy displayed in liab and French Settlements, and at kept quite distinct, and uzder separate
the leaves from the mulberry trees, and symbolically to go through all the pro- cesses of silk making, a beautiful admonition to all the house-wives of the land of what their duties and functions are to be. The ceremony of holding the plough, is not men-
shrift, and are soon minus a head. It was only the laxity of vigilance displayed by treating criminals, that led to their trying Hongkong as a field for adventure. But although they nearly succeeded in securing a rich booty on that ocassion, they are William VL-Bom 1766, began to reightmomible enough man to know that not only
George IV-bora 1762; began to reign Jan. 29, 1820; reigned 10 years, 4 mos., 28 days, age at death 68.
**I cannot close without remarking how pro- foundly grateful we ought to be that our heritage has fallen to us in a land whose judges are in- imbued with the corrupt, and whose laws tioned by Mr Gray at all, and of the other people alike to do justly, and to love mercy, and June 26, 1820; ròigned 6 years, 11 mos., 24 would a similar attempt made now prove à ̈.
spirit of that Word which teaches rulers and Mr Gray, no doubt from his horror of all to walk humbly with their Ged."" idolatrous practloes, gives the following
Doount?—
The people of Chins are taught to regard the Emperer as the representative of heaven and the Empress as the representative of mother Binascostar nature and to poses to reset indigence over possess-horresce veferens—a transforming power (Bewaro, O Mr Gray of the deaf old women we have spoken of): ene of her principal duties is to see that at sisted seasons of the year, worship is duly and reverently paid to the tatelary deity of silk worms. It is also her duty carefully to examine the weaving of the silk stuffs which the ladies of the Imperial harem (1) weave and make into garments for curtain state idols.
But we pass over to the next chapter of
Mr Gray's book; we do so, not because there are no more errors to be detected in the ohapter we leave behind, but simply because we despair of pointing them all "out-the whole is one blotch-work of errors and perversions.
The third chapter is headed "Prisons and Punishments," throughout which and else-
where Mr Gray invariably speaks of the one, as dens of ornetty" "habitations of eruelty;" and of the other as barbarous and revolting" "barbarous and cruel in the extreme" "for example," adds Mr Gray, "I saw a poor wretch who, for three days and nights, had not been allowed to sit down." Scraps of Latin verses and references seat- tered throughout these volumes evince to us that Mr Gray has not gone through a course of arts in vain. But we wonder it has not occurred to him to head this chapter with the following —
Vestibulum ante ipsum primisque in-
fantibus orci Luctus et ultricis posuere cubilia Curae; Pallentesque habitant morbi tristisque Et metus et malesuada fames ac turpis
senectus
egestas
Terribiles visu formas, letumque labos-
que
Ferresque Eumenidum thalami, et dis-
"cordia demens
..
But here we will take leave of Mr. Gray; But if he should still be unconvinced that he sannot write a book, we will by and by, give some more specimens of Mr Gray workmanship in the way of book-writing. We hear, however, that Mr Gray has been writing and publishing more books, giving accounts of his travels; his doings in this department have evidently, as we apprehen- ded, found favour with the public, and he has thus been encouraged to do more of that kind of work, which, in our humble opinion and as we have tried to show, he is as far as possible front being competent to do. If our efforts, therefore, will convince either Mr Gray or the reader that Mr Gray cannot write a book, we will not have written in
vaiz,
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SINENSIS.
LOCAL AND GENERAL,
The next AMERICAN MAIL, may be expected here about Thursday next, the 29th inst.
by the P. M. steamer City of Peking.
The next FRENCH and AUSTRALIAN MAILS (via Galle) may be expected here by the M. M. steamer Yangtze, about Thursday, the 29th
instant.
We understand that His Excellency the Governor has given instructions to have the Botanical Gardens prepared for a public Promenade Concert on the evening of next Wednesday, the 28th inst., being the cen- tenary of the birthday of. Thomas Moore, the Irish poet. The Gardens will be illu
days; ago at death 72.
Preacher, The Bishop of Victoria; First of the northern port. The papers dollar and forty three conte, for which Lesson, Deuteronomy xxx.; Second Lesson; to hand to-day are full of the most he has not accounted to me. I verily believe, John 1x. to v. 39; Venite, No. 2 Monk; graphie descriptions of a really magni- and do suspot and believe, that he has Pasima, Nos. 134 and 135 Monk; Te Deum, Roont display, and a hearty welcome by fraudulently embezzled and stolon the Nos. 95 and 98 Monk Jabllate, No. 112 the community, foreign and uative, An said monies, and I pray for a warrant for Monk; Anthem, "I will call upon Thee address from the general community was his arrest. He lives on the second floor of Lord" No. 28; Byun, There is a blasted presented and briefly acknowledged by the house No. 169 Queen's Road Central. " home, No. 230
General. The Taotai was presented, and The complainant, who is perhaps better the General expressed his known as Hing Kee, he compradors for voning Prayer and Sermon, at 5- to him
delight with the hearty reception. the Commissariat Department, gave evi Hender, The Colonial Chaplain; Preacher, The borsos refusing duty through the band stence. He deposed to the defendant being
First Deu- The Colonial Chaplain and Lesson, Phile playing volunteers dragged the carriage employed by him to collect rents, at a saldly mon; Praim, No. 134 page 196 Monk; containing the General sud Mrs. Graut of $10 per month and 6 per cont commission... Cantate Domino, No. 116 Monk; Deus and others from the Wharf to Mr Bailey's He (complainan) bad about forty house of home. The procession of the military, his own, and had a contract with Mr ayristo Meretur, No. 82 Monk; First Agor, and seamen from the numerous war vessels colect the rent of 51 houses and with he "Our blest redeemer," No. No. 207 ; Second Byan, "Now that the day light in the harbour was imposing in the extreme. Ramosios to collect the rent of 25 store. He paid Mesara Ryrie and Remedios a certain A dinner party was given in the evening. dies away,” No. 18.
On the whole, says our contemporary, Shangxed sum per mouth, for the houses in hai has reason to be proud of the welcome question, let or not jet, and whatever he acorded to the General on his arrival on received in the shape of rent was therefore earnestness which characterised the demon-collect the rent of these 70 houses, the Saturday. It was a welcome eclipsing the his own. He employed the prisoner. to strations on the Duke of Edinburgh and the prisoner was to receive $10 per month aa Grand Duke Alexis's visite, while at the salary and 5 per cent on all profits made same time the excellence of the proceedings by complainant. The contract with Mr indicated that it was not overdone.
Ryrie was for seven years, and it expired in Next day the General and his son March last, that with Mr Remedios for accompanied by Mr Bailey, visited the three years only, and expires at the end of native town walking through the Eng the current month. These accounts were tended at the Cathedral in the evening. names. That for complainant's own houses The torch-light procession of the Fire was kept in the name of Hing Tak Tong, Brigades and the accompanying illumina Mr Ryrie's, under the name of Sin. Ki, and tieu of the Settlements, on Monday night, Mr Remedio's Wan Sing Tong. He had were so complete in every respect as to entered into a now contract with Mr Byrie leave nothing to be desired-affording a for three years, but suspecting the prisoner sight at once so novel and interesting that was acting dishonestly, he refused to em- it could not have failed to strike the ploy him to collect under the new contract, illustrione party who twice viewed it from Prisoner had been asked to make up his the balcony of the Hongkong and Shanghai | accounts, as there were a number of Bank-by the way, the best ooige of tenants said to be in arrears; whin pri- vantage" in the Settlement from which to soner was anked to produce the bilin he behold such a display-with pleasure and acknowledged that he had collected and spent the money, and begged forgive. An unfortunate accident occurred when ness. He had offered to give complament the proccasion was near the Masonic Hall, promissory not for the amount, but The following account appears in the N. complainant refused to accept wash a secu C. D. News From some at present unex-rity, as it wan valueless,
These are the simple facts of the case sa plained causey though it is supposed to have been occasioned by a spark, a pot related by the complainant, although it of some explosive compound, which had took nearly four hours to elicit as much, the A darlog attack was made on the village been procured without the knowledge | evidence-being greatly regarding questions- in 1871; he is the oldest Bovereign living. of Team Kong in the Fan U district near and against the orders of the Chief En- of account.
The Court adjourned for tiffin, and, on The other crowned heads older than Her Canton on the 3rd Feb. when twelve gineer, took fire, and blew up with a loud
report and violent concussion, seriously resuming the evidence of the accountant Majesty are the Emperor of Bussis, houses were looted, property to a consider injuring three persons--a foreigner and two was taken at some length, and was corrobo who was born April 17, (29 new style)able value stolen, and seven persons mur. Chinese, the former, Mr. F. Moutrie, of rative of that of the complainant. The Merera Lano, Crawford & Co., being se was then further remanded till Mon- 1818; and the King of Denmark, who was dered. The gang numbered nearly thirty very severely wounded in the fleshy part day next. born April 19, same year. They are thus men, and twenty two of them are believed of the right thigh. Assistange was imme- only one year older then the Queen, and to have reached our shores. (Pleasant 1) diately rendered, and he was carried into the French bank and Dr. Little and Dr. their rules are short compared to Her Majes-One Hong Chiu Wing, & farmer, laid an Jamisson sent for, appliances being mean- ty's, the former succeeding to the throne information at the Police Court yesterday, while need to stop the great flow of blood. only in 1855, and the latter in 1863. From before Me Creagh, setting forth that his so serious as to prevent bis removal, and ar-left to day for Swatow.
We understand the injury was found to be these two parent stocks have come respec house was entered by a gang of robbers,rangements were kindly made for his so- tively the Duchess of Edinburgh, England's and property to the value of $200 stolen, sommodation at the Bank as well as for and one person killed; also that the rob. those friends who volunteered to sit up with him. Mr Harvie, on being informed of the darling and pride the Princess of Wales.
bera, after trying him up proceeded to loot accident, at ones hastened to render what No date has yet been fixed for the execu-other houses. They robbed twelve houses assistance he could. One of the injured The other foreigners who were injured, tion of the three men now under sentenco altogether and seven persons were killed,
Some of the robbers, it appears, were but not so seriously, were Mr E. J. Bow- known t› the complainant, as they belonged land, who, was burnt about the face-he was conveyed to the General Hospital, Thirteen of these where his hurts were at once attended to, to Shanghai, to the same village. men were arrested yesterday by Sergeant and he was afterwards taken home-and Franch mail for Foschow was to bod Toomey, and there is some probability of Mr Sachau, who was standing on the lower in hopes of catching the 8. 8. Kican- baloony of Messrs Pustau's hong, and was Tung; unfortunately the Ewang Tung left the others being secured. They were struok and out with some of the flying a few hours previous to her arrival.
débrie. Several other persons had their taken before the Magistrate to-day; and a
alothes torn.
Victoria. (Our present Queen, whom Gud preserve) born 1819, began to reign June 20, 1837; has reigned up till to day, (her 60th birthday), 41 years, 11 mos., 4 days.
Her Majesty has ruled longer than any other living Monarch, for although the Emperor of Germany is in his 82nd-year, he only ascended the throne of Prussia in 1861, and was declared Emperor of Germany
of death.
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failure, but the gang would in all probability be got hold of and be severely dealt with. The Chinese authorities have perhaps not done as much se they might have done to aiding us to find any of the scoundrels who
took part in the attack, but they are always ready to ask our assistance in nrrent ing those who offend against the laws of China.
We learn that the Hankow tea market was oponed on Monday last, on the part of the iminated under the direction of Mr Ford,
buyers for Russia, when some 70,000 half auperintendent; and, by the kind permission chests were settled. The English buyers of Lieut.-Col, Geddes and the officers of the
bad been holding aloof so far, but the Regiment, the Band of the 27th Inniskillence was expected to leave to day. In lings will play from nine till eleven o'clock. ↑ Fooohow the tacit vnderstanding had been military mandarin" appeared to apply for
Ws would command attention to the apropos reproduction in bur sixth pago to-day, of "Recollections of the Queen. from Truth.
THE following is a list of the guests to be present at the Queen's Birthday State Dinner this evening:
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come to not to open the market until the 1st of June.
their rendition. The onse was remanded. Were the Chinesa Government to arrest thirteen of the men who took part in the Winglok Street rald, it would be an act of
Ervas & Co.'s Weekly Shipping Report, Pagoda Anchorage, 17th May :-
Vipereum crinem vittis innexa cruentis.
Iz is the opinion of many old residents that In a country where "the judges are venal:
we are to have a very hot summer this yeary | courtesy we should fully appreslate. the judicial procedure is defective: the
and will be visited by a severe typhoon. The -- punishments are barbarous and revolting: the polios dishonest," the reader will not
weather certiuly promises to be hot, but expect to find model prison houers after the
we will at least hope that we shall be spared John Howard philanthropic pattern, where
the typhoon until better prepared to meet prisoners are "fed on suuua, soup and ment." But, we believe, it will surprise Sir T. Wade, Sir John and Lady Smale, it than now. The town is being rebuilt, him, in such a country, and after a begin- Bishop Raimondi, Hon. Col. Stuart, Com- but a severe typhoon such as that of 1874, ning that roars so loud and thunders in the index, to find the following arrange-modore Smith, Hon. J. Russell, Hon. M. B. will soon reduce the mud houses being ment or systein of arrangements. We give Tennochy, Hon. P. Ryrie, Hon. H. B. Gibb, thrown up at present, to a heap of ruins, and it in Mr Gray's own words
Capt. Paschen, I.G.N., Capt: Schuring, Major the consequences will be far more disastrous Each prison is presided over by a gouverner Phillips, 27th Inniskillings, the Harbour than when they were in the same state who has under him a considerable number of * turnkeys.
In barrack beyond the Master and Mrs and Miss Thomsett, the through the agency of fire, as life may be doors or gates of each prison is a resident force Postmaster General and Mrs Lister, Mr sacrified wholesale. of ten soldiers. There are, also, adeording to jaw, a physician, five clarka, six bearers of fire-Creagh, the Col. Surgeon and Mrs Ayres, A CORRESPONDENT calls attention to a cer- wood and water
aurprise.
Chinese has since died.
Police Intelligence. (Before C. V. Creagh Esq.) Saturday, 24th May.
SEQURING PAYMENT OF WAGES,
China.
AMOT.
(Gazette.)
The U.S.S. Ranger, Commander Boyd,
The Chineso man-of-war Wang Nien Tsing arrived on the 18th, from Foochow with the Chinese Admiral on board.
The steamer Hailoong, Captain Goode, arrived on the 20th, ir m Hongkong and Swatow with the English and American mails.
The British steamer Patroclus, Capt. White, arrived on the 19th, at the outer harbour; after landing passengers and maile, she proceeded on her voyage We understand that the
The bathing house and the season were oponed on Saturday evening last by four determined amatours, two of the A and two of the B clase. One of the former was the distinguished winner of last year's silver cup.
FOOCHOW.
(Herald, May-15th.).
The first considerable freshet" of the season set in on the 11th inst: and the river continues to be above the average height.
...
The Chinese officials have, we understand, arranged for the publication in the native language of the proceedings in the Wu shih shan case.
-H. M.'s 5. Sheldrake was relieved on the
11th inst: by the Lily, and left on the day following for Hongkong, where she will, we understand, be paid off and re-commis
Cheung Sz, and four others, were charged with stealing the Le Hing Hui, licensed fishing junk, No, 1600, together with the gets and fishing tackle valued at $250, Arrivals Puring the Week-May 9, on the 224d instant at Tau Ka Wan. It Sheldrake, from Tamani; 9, Monarch, appeared from the evidence that defendants from Hongkong; 10, Tah Yew, from Shang- were employed as seamen on board the bai; 11, Lily, from Hongkong 11, junk and three months' wages were due Namos, from Hongkong; 12, Syria, from them. They could not get any money Shanghai: 12, Teviot, from Hongkong: from the complainant, who owed a lot of 12, Blankenese, from Amoy; 14, Douglas, money to other people; the defendants from Hongkong; 14, Irazu, from New were afraid the other creditors would seize sioned. chang: 14, Cuba, from Newchwang 15, the junk for debt, so, during the com Merionethshire from Hiogo; 16, Glen-plalasat's absence, they sailed away from falloob, from Hongkong.
Departures During the Week-May 11, Hamburg, for Tientsin; 11, Europe, for 18, Namoa, for Hongkong: 16, Tah Yew, Shanghai; 12, Sheldrake, for Hongkong; for Shanghai; 16, Douglas, for Hongkong. Shipping in Port.-Forward Ho, Brae- amar Castle, Ben Glos, Gleneagles, Monarch, Lily, Syria, Teviot, Blankenese, Irazu, Cubs, Merionethshire, Glenfalloch,
To outh prison a Rev. Dr. Eitel and Mrs Eitel, Capt. Barton,tain verandah within a hundred yards of the granary is attached in which rice of the cheapest 4.A.M.S., the Acting Registrar General, And soomest kind is stored (not cocoa and butcher-meat.)
Captain McEuen, Commander Guimaraes
The law provides that once a month each (Portuguese gun-vessel Tejo) Mr. Pitman, prison shall be inspected by a government off. cial. It is his duty to ascertain how many Rev. E. Lemonnier, and Major Palmer, prisoners have died in prison during the menth A.D.C. and to make inquiries respecting the conduct 67 the various turnkeys, watchmon and spearmen The following were also invited but from employed. After each inspection this officer is varions causes, were unable to attend supposed to forward his report to the Viceroy or Gouvernor. Should it appear that, owing to the The Hon, the Colonial Secretary and Mrs mos confinement vn, tire of the Marsh, the Hon. the Surveyor General, the men under have died during the the rang the month, an entry, not only against Captain Superintendent of Folios and Mira the name of the gouvernor of the prison, but Deans, the Colonel-Chaplain and Mrs Kidd, against that of the deputy Magistrata -under whose jurisdiction the prison is placed, is and Dr. F. Stewart,
made in the book of faults. Should three per cent
The General Reception in honor of Her have died two entries are made in this book in the case of the mortality reaching four por cent, Majesty's Birthday will be held from 10
Tan-Ka-Wan to Shau-Ki-Wan."
Defendants said that they had had no food at all one day, and had to kill the dog
to satisfy their hunger.
>
Mr Oreagh ordered them to enter into their personal recognizances in $50 each, and advised them to take proceedings in the kummary Jurisdiction Court to re.
cover their wages.
DASTAEDY ASSAULT.
H. E. Sir Thomas Wade left for Hong- kong per S. S. Namae on the 18th instant It is rumoured that there is every prob ability of His Excellency's retuza" to the Banyan City ere long.
Seven steam ships are, it will be noted, on the borth for London, and several others are expected within the next few days. The arrivals of new season's tea from the Pehling and ather adjacent districts are not
sufficient to form any criterion of the crop, though so far the quality is considered rather inferior to the earlier supplies of last
Basson.
Pag
HANKOW,
The Hankowo Ten Market Report of the
Court House which, he says, should have a large label "Highly Dangerous," exhibited on each of its supports. A few days ago lump of rotten wood fell while he was pass ing under it. The duties of the Inspector.
Ling Awah, a fireman, S. 8. Alaska, was of Buildings seem to be somewhat vagus; Tun Ceylon Observer had, in a recent issue, charged with assaulting one Chan Aki, the master of the Yam Ki Shos chop, Tung Man judging from a recent coroner's inquest, and the following paragraph in its London sor
respondence respecting Baron Overbeek's Lane. It would appear that the complain he suggests that the responsibilities of this Borneo sohemes I have no definite in ant was riding in a chair in East Street, 18th May says:-For the first time in the overworked officer should be mate clearly deformation as yet respecting the intentions of when the defendant a lled him by pame, annals of the Tea trade at this port, for- fined, for his future guidance, and the the Foreign Office as to the Bornes scheme, and on his turning round in the chair, the signers have consented to an agreement, the
nor has any notice of motion appeared on defendant struck him on his head with an terms of which are set forth as under th
We the undersigned hereby dgras and public safety,
the Parliamentary lists to date with regard iron bar and ran away. He was stopped to it. The impression on the minds of those by a European (James Phillip Marquand) bind ourselves not to offer directly or In- Tax Review of Archdescon Gray's book who have watched the course of matters who witnessed the assault. The chair-poolis directly for the new Teas either here at at We also agree not to ship Teas on na= about Chins, which appears in another with regard to this proposal is that it is not also deposed to seeing the ass ult which Kiukiang before Monday, the 19th insta
viewed with favour by the Sporstary of was apparently quite unprovoked. Defen solumn is interesting and valuable, as being so for Foreign Affairs any more than is daatsaid that the complainant accused him of tive account to London, before the sime the criticism by an educated, liberal and has been by his confrère of the Colonial owing him mony, and struck him with an date. It is distinctly understood that this prison belongs je grade sice to which the To DAY, Her Majesty's birthday, has been highly intelligent and well-informed Chl-Dice, and I am assured by good authori- umbrella le did not touch the defendant. agreement to be binding must be general.
Fly, that were it not for its earnest advocacy Fined $10 with the alternative of twenty. Hankow, 9th May, 1879" ie degraded one step.
Speculation is rife as to whether of not ***All prisoners in each ward, with only one ex- observed as a holiday by all the Govern peze gentleman, of a work by a foreigners by one high official is the Foreign Office one days' hard labour, and to enter into his ception, your fottera. The exception is the ment off cus; at the Folloe Court only the whose clalin to that sbillig, not to speak of backed up by My Pope Henzelly's repres personal recognisance in $100 to be of good the above will have the desired effect of prisoner who is supposed to be more respectable; busineen was of such importance that delay painstaking accuracy, that one expecte to find sentations that it would era this have met behaviour for twelve months. He was also preventing the usual rush when bidding with prompt refusal. However, as I have dered to pay $o sme ds to the complain. commences, but it certainly has opened the rated, I cannot as yet learn that the ant or be imprisoned for seven days with uyes of natives to the fact they never be
lieved in heretofore, viz., that buyers, 081 Government has acmmitted itself to any hard labour in addition.
carry out a combination, when they see it to be to their interests to do so. It also afforda decided opinion one way or the other with
the advantage to shippers of being able regard to it." --
thoroughly to inspect the Teas before pur chasing, and also of having a large stook to select from, instead of a few chops, ka haa been enstomary in former years, t Masters of both Hankow and Kinking
both the gouvernor and deputy Magistrate are o'clock till midnight.. diamined from office. In the event of six or meron per cent of the prisoners dying, the ruler
and who conducts himself better than any of
kia fellows in crime. He is allowed the full could not be allowed. The Banks were in so ambitious an author, has already been freedom of his labs, and upon him as a tark en closed... Very little in the way of called in question on more than one oca of confidence and trust, devolves the privilege of moting us an overseer over his fellow-prisoners in business was done anywhere. At 6 sion. "Argus," in his "Adversaria" in "the same ward."
o'clock in the morning the interesting the Courier, says of the work :-Ion Arch
(Before the Bon. C. B. Plunket )
ALLEGED EM YEZZLEMENT.
Chen P.k Shan, a rent collector, was obarged on remand with emb saling the sum of $2818.40 the moneys of his employer Pang Im, compradore to the Commissariat district Teas were placed on the Market on The information which was fled reads the 12th instant. The general impression
It seems also that female prisoners are ceremony of trooping the colours was deacon Gray, formerly of Cauton, has op confined spart,and hence we may in
GENERAL GRANT AT SHANGHAI, cidentally add what Mr Gray has not men performed by H. M3 27th Regiment, peared for the third time' as an author, on ttoned, that women can never be imprisoned and a fe de joie was rod. The this cocasion with A Journey Round the
The reception and entertainment of Gen exospt for capital offences or for adultery. barbour was gay with bunting, nearly World. Such a work should have proceederal Grant have been eminently success.
To this account of the Chinese prisons we will only add one remark, namely that, every vessel in port displaying something ed, not followed, Baron Bauer's Pro falt but the plessure of the whole has been judged according to the John Howard pat in the shape of holiday sities. At noon menade au tour du Monde, jossa rich considerably marred by a serious acidenta follow I am owner of a number appears to be that the Teas are thin in tern, with its cocoa and butohez-ment feed the roar of artillery was sufficient to justify spend should be preceded (if absolutely by which one life has been lost, wad that Bik Shan is employed by us to out- not yet been shewn, we defer an optaton of homes to this Colony. Ong Cheang water, but as many of the best ohogs have ing, they are verily "dess and habitations of urnaity" where "never an opportunity a belief that Hongkong was in a state of necessary) and not followed by a weak and a European has been planed in great 1661 the rents pay him a salary of until next report.
The following is an estimate of Tid ar jeopardy. landed on Saturday, the ten dollars a month. Finding, accord- aded them (the prisoners) of washing alege. There are no less than sleven vessels of thready alto. With all the advantages of thale bodies or even of dressing" their hair; war in the harbour at present, and each of his years of experience in the East, Ara 17th instant, the msomi annie wary of ing to his soconuts, that the tenants rived up to the evaning of 16th inst; the..........
thees sent forth clouds of smoke and Same deacon Gray has not put together a book Mr Gray says, it would be indeed an followed by reports which sehoed and re to be pompa ed with that of the grave sed, breakable meray to Chinese prisoners were echoed amongst the hills, the battery thoughtful diplomatist above mentioned. * Chinese Howard to appear "—to which we
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water being a scares commodity and, haire Futonbé articles almost unknown !".
ssy unspeakable truly'1" In this miserable ; chiming in. heathen country, there has never been, and,
We hope, never will be an individual who QUEEN-VICTORIA, WWE born sixty years ago toolved so make a voyage of discovery s shopmnavigation of charity to collate disetesday, May 24th, 1919, and succeeded to Homer, 19 gauge wretchedomes, to take the the throne, June 20th 1987, when she was
wern very much in arrears with their rents, bulk of which has been plaosd on the his departure from Americs on his tour appointed another person to collect the market-Hankow district Tess, 135,000 round the worlds. It was on the 17th May, now rents from the beginning of the cheats Kinking district Tea, £7,000
current month, and directed Cheang Pik chests. 1877, that he embarked at Philadelphia for Shan to particularly attend to the dolles-
FreightsThe following steamers ass in England, and the General says that the ton of the sense in excess. On Monday port on the berth for London Glencoe, 4
isat, upon examining his modount 1 and Loudoun Castle, Glansar Gonartney, scene at Shanghai reminded him greatly tained that he had received into kis pos- Afghan, Malabar and Lord of the Lolas.
of same departure, which is be mean ression on account of the said rents, from The Forgata is likewise in part, tales, Le Abralug Prayer, Ettany and Bermes, compliment to the small but publieme to smo, manege amanunting to two said, for Russia. No rates of freight at 11.-Reader," (ka Colonia) Chaplain) | #pirited and sosemprising communi y Mousend, eight hundred and winstoon have as yet been circulated,