No. 5065-OCTOBER 1, 1879.]
We are informed by the Agente (Meers. Butterfield & Spire) that the O. 8. §. Co.'s steamer Orestes, from Liverpool, left Singa pore for Hongkong this morning (Tat inst.)
Police Intelligence) (Before V. Creagh, Esq) Wedursday, Oct. 1,
THE CHARGE AGAINST P. C. M'DOUGAL. P. C. MoDougal was again brought up on the charge of attempting to cut his wife's
Tas Garrison Dramatio Ulab gave a por-throat and assaulting his boy. formance in the Garrison Theatre last night.
The force selected, "The unfinished Gentle
THE CHINA MAIL.
SUPREME COURT. IN SUMMARY JURISDICTION. (Before the Hon. the Acting Puise Judge J. J. Francis, Esq)
Wednesday, Oct. 1.
China.
AMOY,
expending the money in a manner more con- ducive to public benefit.
(Gazette.) We understand that Captain A. J. Booth, late of Her Majesty's Royal Navy, has been app inted to the command of the Ling Feng, vice J. Farrow, resigned. Captain Booth is well known to a large circle of friends as an able and efficient commander. It is with great regret that we announce the death of Kung Lin Muone, a British was carrying on busine: here for years and was well known and respected by every one
suraдco. We note the arrival to-day in the steamer Doulas from Foochow of Mr U. M. Ford
dere in the middle of the front face of the aquars and two at the left front angle; he had only four guns, two mountain gund having gone up country to try and bring On the left face Secccount to his senses
man," was not of an order of excellence we every day. He was suffering from mono- brought against the Captain of the German subject of Chinese descent. The deceaseu buy all gold assayed by Mr Miller at its full killed at the trail of the gun. Major Le
should like to see the Club patronizing; but it seemed to please the audience great ly. The title role was taken by the lead. porter in the Police Canteen was poisoned. have been short delivered on the vessel who knew him.
lng actor of the Club, Mr F. J. Reynolds, who, with Mr F. Fillingham as the Tiger and Mr G. 8. Blake as Lord Totterley shared the honours. The ladies, Mra G. S. Blake and Mrs J. Marks, acted well and aufted their parts admirably, the former as Louisa Bloomfield and the latter as the
Dr Ayres, Colonial Surgeon, said that the prisoner had been under medical observation for nearly a month past, and ho saw him mania. Ho first shewed signs of the disease about six weeks ago, when he faneled the No notice was taken until about ten days ago, when the disease was further developed In gaol he hardly ever touches his own food, believing it to be poisoned. He will take food prepared for other people. Witness did not consider prisoner accountable for his aotions when he assaulted his wife:
of B. M. Consular Service, en route to Tarnaul, to take over charge of B. M. Con sulate there.
CHUN ATING . Banan, $125.36.-In this case, Mr Sharp for plaintiff, suit was
barque Gustav, to recover the above an for short delivery of 142 bags of rice con- signed to the defendant and alleged to discharging here. The proceedings were reported in our yesterday's issue.
His Lordship now gave judgment. He had looked up the most recent cases on the
Bath, L. R. 2, Exchequer, p. 267, under point, and found that in the case of Jessel almost a precisely similar bill of lading that although the weight do were noted
The Genkai Maru arrived at the Red on the margin, that memo. of weight did not bind the Captain. His Lordship road Buoy this morning (25) with the American tice Martin and Mr Justice Bramwell on a tug nhout noon to-day. The Ajaz, Gen- the paint. Mr Sharp had argued that the kus Maru, Glenartney, Crusader, and Tigre simple fact of the loss being so large threw are detained ontaide for want of water at This the Bar, and before they oan come into port, the responsibility on the Captain. was not so. The ese of Obrloffe, Briscall, will have to lighten, which they have com- 1 P. O. 231, was in point. In that caso mienced deing. Some of them may, perhaps, there was an almost precisely similar get up with to-morrow night's tide. clause with regard to leakage, and there
BHANGHAI.
(Courier:)
sprightly maid Mary Ohiniz. The extra, whose evidence was given in Portuguese, the rulings of Chief Baron Kelly, Mr Jua and Japan maile, which were brought on by
Vaganza "The Pacha of Pimlico" gave ample scope for Mr A. Gamble's really enjoyable nonseure, and some pretty play ing on the part of Mrs Marks, who dressed and looked the character to perfection, The performance was all-round a very ore ditable one; It will be repeated to-night. RETURN of Visitors to the City Hall Library and Museum for the week ending September 28th --
European. Chinese
Monday, Sept. 22nd, 64
Tuesday!
Wednesday.
Thursday,
Friday,
Sunday,
Saturday,
+
23rd, 63 24th, 60
366 280 262
26th, 36--
63
26th, 49
27th, 58 28th, 69
889
248 436
Sunday.
1,675
Prisoner: I shall never recover, Sir. They'll take fine care of that.
Thomacia Me Dougal, defendant's wife, sworn, stated:My husband has been ill for some time. I live in No. 9 Palice Station. He was a little out of his mind, always aocusing people of trying to poison him. About six o'clock on the morning of the 22nd alt, defendant desired me to get some tea for him. I did so, but he immediate threw the cap away, saying there was poison in it. He did not taste the tea, but smelt it. He then asked for some dunges, he took three spoonsful. Shortly afterwards u Chinese-carpenter came and asked me for what I owed him. Mr Crawford then came and had some conversation with my hus
After Mr Crawford had left, my husband asked me what such a lot of people wanted there, and I told him they came to get money. I told him to go to bed. He said "No; I am stinking all over." Shortly
band.
had been excessive leakage.
Since my last about 50 Chinese have arrived, and about 300 have taken their de- parture; 20 Europeans and 40 Chinese are going by the Tambora, which leaves here
to-morrow.
after this I went to my room. I was fol by the bill of lading to the weight noted stationed on the frontier are to be allowed a severe defeat in a battle fought under the dred yards from the guts, doing effective
By the Ocean, which arrived here on the 23rd June, Mr Miller, an assayer, arrived from Queensland, His presence will supply a want which, has long been folt, as the of the square were the two Gatlings, heavy purchasers of gold here, not knowing how to masses of Zulus being seen descending the test the value of the gold, were in the habit mountains in that direction. Tremlett's of giving a very low price for it, to the Battery fired thirty rounds of commen detriment of the mining interest. Diggers shell, two of double shell, forty-nine of will now be able to get full value for their shrapnel, and sixteen of caso, and lost a produce, as we believe the bank is prepared to non-commissioned officer, Corporal Cater, value, less cost of assay at the Sydney or Grice had two nine-pounders in the centre Melbourne Mints, and freight and in- of the right face, two in the right rear corner, and two in the left corner of the front face, and he fired sixty-eight rounds of common shell, shrapnel, and case. All the case-soren rounds were fired on the rear face, where some of the enemy, taking advantage of long grass, got up to within saventy yarda before they rau. This battery was in action on the day previously, and THE ZULU WAR.
the excellent practice they mado stopped AFTER THE BATTLE.
a strong column of Zulus from pushing (From the special correspondent of the
on a determined attempt to intercept Standard with General Wood.)
Buller's cavalry from getting back Though Maguibonium Cape, July 6.
we were hotly pressed, and had quite To my great regret I date a letter to enough to occupy our attention with you, two days after a battle which has crowds of Zulus uearer to us, I recollect "acotched" though it has not killed Zulu seeing this intercepting column, and know- power in South Africa, from the camping perfectly well what was in store for us, whence we started a week ago. We onght, if it had carried out its intention. Colonel according to the general opinion here, to Harness was in command of the whole ar During the gale on Sunday a yacht be-havo followed up that very effective blow tillery of the Flying Column, and bad twe The Court longing to a member of the Shanghai Sail-by puraning Catywayo the very next day seven-pounders under his command, as well as his own battery of nine-pounders. The held that it lay upon the defendant to showing, Club was driven ashore over paddy field to his new kraal, which is not more, I am negligence on the part of the Captain di- for a long distance. We believe she has sold, than twelve to fourteen milles beyond two seven pouulers were on the left face Ulundi. I belleve I am accurate in saying of the square, and they fired altogether rectly out of which this excessive leakage since beon dug out.
The Shen-pao publishes the following that General Wood desired to do so with twenty-two rounds of shrapnel. They bo had arisen, and that "leakage" covered all leakage. There must be such negligence important intelligence: As regards the hia Division at least; and there were ample gan at two thousand two hundred yards, or some specific causo in the Captain's con- negociations which have been going on means for so doing, seeing that we left this but lost sight of the enemy while coming duct before he could be held responsible. between China and Russia on the sabject place with ten days' provisions, of which over a dip in the ground, promptly picking He would give judgmsat for the defendant of Ili, we learn that an agreement has been fully half remained. The moral effect of them ap again when they appeared on a on the ground that he was in no way bound concluded whereby the Chinese troops now this rapid action on savages smarting under arest, between six hundred and seven hun- No satisfactory conditious which they have all along boast work all the time. There were two seven- thereon; there had been no evidence that to settle down in Ili. lowed by my husband, who seized me by the that quantity had been actually shipped, understanding has yet been come as to the ed would give them a certain victory, and pounders in the rear face, which fired hair and cut me on the chin with a sharp and until that was shown it was impossible sum of money to be paid to Russia for this enable them to kill with sticks and after twenty three rounds, of which seven were edged instrument. I shrieked and ran out for the Court to say whether there was any concession. The Russians, it is. said, de- wards eat up any number of white men, case, used when the enemy had come (come) side, where I met my mother, who asked
deficiency.
and Tls. 5,000,000, while Ch'ung Hou has would have been very great indeed, and I up to forty yards from the line. Bebind & offered Tls. 2,000,000. The foregoing news think it would in all probability have ended buah between seventy and eighty bodies Totals
what was the matter, as she could see blood Grand total, 2,064.
streaming from me. I was unable to speak,
has reached Suchow, in Kansuh, direct from the war at once by the prompt submission were found, with five or six casa bullets in She took me into another room and after-
YEE LOM. BAN HOF AND OBS., $300.-1li, and has been transmitted thence to other of the Zulu King. What he will think each, the deareat body being only forty wards to the Hospital, where I remained In this sait plaintiff claimed from the parts of China. The report further states when he learns that his victorious enemy yards from the muzzle of the guns. There Tax Straits Times statos that a billiard under medical treatment till Friday last.defendants (the opium-farmers) the sum of that there is a large fortress in the region has retreated I, of course, cannot predicate, re nine-pounders also on the front and match of 1,000 up has been played at Sin- I have not yet quite recovered from my $200, belug $50 a deposit paid on 1st June, referred to, for which it becomes necessary but I shall not be at all surprised to find right faces, which did equally good work. gapore between Mr 8. W. Stanley and Mr wounds. I think that it is on account of
on his taking out a sub-license to sell and to purchase some pieces of cannon, and that that be plucks up beart of grace, rallies his find from aubsequent inquiries that I very Fredk. Shorter. There was a fair atten-maniac disease that the prisoner made this prepare oplum, and three months license Imperial agents have arrived in Shanghai people for his loss, though far greater much under-estimated the Zulu loss. I
He never ill-treated me-
foes at $60 a month. dance to witness the game. During the assault upon me.
Mr Brereton for the to arrange for buying them from foreign than I thought at the time, is really not thought six hundred to seven hundrod was plaintiff; Mr Johnson (of Messra Sharp, merchants,"
very severe and gives us a good deal of the total, but it actually amounts to at least firet 500 the play was pretty even, and nor beat me before. although there were no breaks of any con. Prisoner had no question to ask witness, Toller and Johnson) for the defondant.
A correspondent at Chefco, under date trouble before we have done with him. Our three times this amount. I only person- sequence some very pretty strokes were but desired to speak on the subject of his
Mr Brereton rested his case on the con- 20th instant, sends us the following in- retrograde movement, however, is easily ally saw the execution done on two faces made. When the interval was called the being out of his mind. He considered that play stood, Stanley 500, Shorter 428. when he committed the assault on bis wife tention that the amount had been paid by formation regarding the mon-of-war there: accounted for, and it is one of the penalties of the square, and by the pursuit of the he might have been out of his mind, but his client to the defendants under a mistake"The Palos still keeps company with us which must often be paid for the injudicious Lancers, and in writing hurriedly, H.B.M.9. deste arrived on the operation which President Lincoln has de- forgot that what 1 had seen was not the When play was reauiced, Stanley, by a succession of small breaks got considerably was not so now, and it was on account of The circumstances were as well known to 6th; the Vigilant, flying the flag of Vice acribed for all time while the Anglo-Saxon total damage inflicted on the enemy. The ahead of his opponent and eventually won what had occurred before. He had been his Lordabip it was almost unnecessary to Adiniral Coote, C.B., came in on the 8th; speech lasts, viz., swapplug" horses while Lancers, I thought at the time, killed about a neatly played game by 202. Consider parched with thirst for twenty-nine days.
His Worship said he would remand the give them in detail. In June plaintiff and the Iron Duke on the 11th. The Frolic crossing a stream. When we reached the a hundred, but they claim one hundred and On the 17th, Admiral river camp, despatches arrived from Sir fifty, and I see no reason to doubt that able spplause greated this victory of Mr
entered into a contract with the defendant has left Chefoo. Stanley, wh is very popular in Singapore, case for a week, and who has always been looked upon hore Defendant requested permission to make ander which he was to receive a license to Coste visited the Monocacy, and was saluted Garnet Wolseley superseding Lord Chelms their estimate is more accurate than mine. as the superior player of the two, notwith his deposition at once while he was in Court, prepare and sell opium. He paid a deposit with 16 guns; English flag at the fore, ford, and requesting that the whole force Thoy did their work admirably well; but standing that Mr Shorter beat him once is as, if he were sent back to gaol, he would of $50 and that month's license and sub- Yesterday, the 18th, the French flagship might fall back and meet him at Kwama- the Zilus, in some cases, offered a des sequently two other months' licenses, in all Armide and gunboat Lynr steamed cut of gasa, a mission station where his Lordship perate resistance. The majority of them Shanghai and was the vietor on some occa-never come out alive. He wanted paper $200. The license was for three months. the harbour bound northward; the Vigilant at one time proposed to wait for Crealock seemed to me to turn, and make a fight for to effect his junction. It was too late, their lives. Over and over again a fugitive Before that time expired, however, the followed in the evening. The hnesian oor- opium-farmer took it upon himself to revoke vette Sobol has been to the anchorage, but however, for these instructions to be carried would stop just before the horseman could the license, and since then the case had remained only a few days. War ships now out, for the Zulus were then insulting our give the fatal thrust, and, dodging liko been tried before his Lordship, in which he in harbour-British; Iron Duke: French: camp, were evidently bent on fighting, and,lightning, evade the lance, and sometimas found that the opium-farmer had no power Champlain and Kerguelen; American: if we had attempted a flank or retrograde catch hold of it with both hands. A second to enter into such an agreement as he had Monocacy and Patos; and German: Luise, movement, would have been down upon us Lancer had then to come to the aid of his made with this sub-licenses, as it had not The Modeste left for a southern port this like lightning. We were, therefore, obliged comrade. The 17th did almost as much to cross the river and fight a battle which good by driving the flying enemy to co0- been framed, the Ordinance provides it morning. Together with the Chinese gun-
was really an artillery victory, for the where they were "picked up" by others. Governor in Legislative Council. Under in port:" 7th inst., unless in the meantime he re-shabe, under conditions approved by the boats, there are fifteen war vessels at prosent was won with ridiculous ease, and which seal themselves in donges and long grass, practice of our gallant ghaners with com Baker's Horse and the Mounted Infantry ceived an answer to his letter asking for those circumstances all these conditions
mon sell, shrapnel, and case was so good went out in support of the Langers, the made by the opium-farmer were null and
that the heart was out of the attack before former killing twenty-three in one little instructions.
void and were so ab initio. The monopolist The equinoctial winds have been much the Infantry, whose steadiness and dis- donga, where they had fled to avoid the had no right to make any regulations at all stronger this autumn than is usually the cipline were perfect, were called upon to do Lancers; and twice as many more in the in fact; everything bad to pass the Go-case, and the tides have equally increased. what they would easily have dono if the long grass. The Mounted Infantry did vernment. He submitted his allont was It may interest our Outport readers to know occasion had been offered them.
great execution. The remainder of Balles's Ho Ava, 22, of Tung Kun, was charged entitled to recover as the money had been that a stiff gule was blowing here from the I am not by any means saying that the Cavalry pursued in the opposite direction, with stealing about 19 taels of prepared paid under a mistake, he believing that the 21st to the 23rd, accompanied with very infantry did nothing. On the contrary, towards Ulundi Raffe men were on the opium, value about $10, on the 50th alt, opium farmer had the right to grant such heavy rain for nearly twenty-four hours, but for their slow, we'l-almed, admirable extreme right, and, finding a donga full of the property of Cheung Awring, a shop conditional licenses; and also as the con-
and that the tide yesterday (23rd), afternoon fire, the Zulu braves would have been Zulus, killed them all, and then, asarch- keeper.
sideration failed when the license was with.
was up to the railings in the Publio Garden. amongst the guns, and have made shorting bushes on the margin of a sluit, pioked Cheung Awing, an assistant accountant
drawn.
The fall of the chimney at the now silk work of the gunners; but they did their up a lot of stragglera. Cochrane's men got LONDON, Thursday Night in the Wing Cheung Yun opium-shop, heard
His Lordship pointed out that he bad reeling works on the Soochow Creek and the share in the work in the last three hundred between fifty and sixty. Ward's Irregulara (August 21)
a cry of "thief, thief.". He ran out of the certainly not held that the license was bad; displacement of one or two of the pontoons yards of the enemy's advance, or within a went out after the action, and following up Sixteen patents of title, most of them, shop and found the defendant being pura be bad merely held that certain conditions, on the Bund are the only casualties reported. zone four hundred yards in diameter from their flying brethren killed sixty or seventy however, mere baronetcies, have been pre-ed by the accountant. Prisoner was caught quito separable from the license itself, were
The M.M. steamer Tigre, with the wail of the front of our square, while beyond that of them in pursuit. I could fill a column pared by Lord Beaconsfield, with a view to near the Sying poon market. When arrest-
not enforcable in this Court, not having the 8th August, arrived yesterday (24th). the Zulus up to one thousand yards were with stories of what occurred, but the post distribution of honours among his suped he threw down au oplum pot, which was been previously ratified by the Governor She was not telegraphed as passing Gatzlaff, lying all round, dead and dying from the is closing, and can only say that we go to
Among these smashed, but still contained about 20 taels in Council. And surely for the two months but was reported at the Red Busy at about wounds inflicted with common shell and porters during the recess. named for baronetcles is Mr John Pope of oplum.
Chin Kat Liu, accountant, saw defend, during which he had enjoyed all the bene-3.30 p.m. Her mails were not delivered till shrapnel, and up to within one hundred to occur rests with Sir Garnet Wolseley.
fits and protection of this license, which 8,50 p.m. from the British Post-Office, and Hennessy, Governor of Hongkong, whose recent speech at the Colonial banquet to ant anatch the opium from the counter. was quite good as against the police or the 10.40 from the French Post-Office. It is yards the rounds of case which were fired, General Grant, is reported to have given
general prohibition, the license fee was properly paid. the Prime Minister" extraordinary satis faction by its bigh and happy laudation of hila polley.
Bions here.
THE Examiner has the following:-The Russian missionaries have gained so strong a footing in Japan that they have started a weekly newspaper of their own, called the Keokwi Khootsi, or Evangelical Messenger, giving an account of their operations, and published in the Ressian and Japanese
languages. We are credibly informed that there are at present not less than 10,000 converts to the Russo-Greek religion in Jupan.
"SIE JOHN FOPE HENNESTY.”- Tax Cork Examiner, under the heading of "A New Baronet," publishes the follow- ing special telegram from its own cor respondent :-
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DEATH FROM OPIUM-POISONING,
INQUEST.
and envelopes to write to the Governor. The longer that the case was remanded he got weaker overy day. His life was in jeopardy. It was never intended to send him home, although he was aware his passage had been taken and paid for. He doubted if his letter would be permitted to reach the Governor.
His Worship remanded the onse till the
Directions were given for the defendant to be supplied with paper and envelopes.
ness."
STEALING OPIUM,
He pursued him as described by last wit- Defendant said he was lying on the ground whon a thief threw a pot of opium on him, upon which complainant arrested him although he protasted that it was a mistake.
Bentence, three months' hard isbor.
SNARING FOWLE.
Wong Ayau, 30, a boat builder, was charged with anaring fowls, on the 30th ult, at Wing Fung Street. Sentenced to four weeks' imprisonment with hard labour,
Au inquest was held this afternoon at the Civil Hospital, before C. V. Creagh, Esq., Coronet, and E. C. Ray, A. E. Abraham, and E. de Cruz as a jury. Decessed, Chun Akwai, « stone-cutter, was found by the
James McIntyre, 30, engineer unemploy; jury to have died in Hospital from opium-ed, was charged with being drank end poisoning.
incapable. Defendant admitted the charge, Fined half a dollar.
DRUNK AND INCAPABLE,
or for a consideration which had failed, here.
Mr Brereton submitted that under Sec. 3 it was not competent for the opium farmer to grant a license at all without conditions, these conditions always being approved by the Governor in Council.
His Lordship said that if no conditions were embodied in the liconae itself as approved on a later date, those published in the Gazette in March 1858 applied. The fos was not one of the conditions. Els
Lordship continued to say that the $50 left as a deposit wae by the contract to go towards the third month's fee. If the third month's 850 had been paid and the deposit not realised, the plaintiff having it in contemplation to continue as
a sub. licensee, he was clearly enough entitled
(News,)
not the first timo recently there has been unnecessary delay in the delivery of the French mails, to the inconvenience of the community. Why it should be permitted there being no such delay on the part of the P. & O. mails-is a question for the French Postal authorities to consider. If, as asserted, want of water to cross the Woosung Bar is the cause, why is not some provision made for a speedier transit of the mails from Woosung to Shanghai than is obtained seem ingly by merely trusting to chance ?
NORTHERN TERRITORY. (Argus Correspondent.)
PALMERSTON, Aug. 1. This dry season will long be remembered Peter Hansen, 36, seaman on board the to that amount being repaid. They could in the Northern Territory. It has been the Britial barque flomewood, was charged with agree amongst themselves, on inspection most unhealthy that we have experienced being drunk and incapable in the public of the books, whether the payment for for the last five years; very few have escaped an attack of the local fover, and although streets on the ith ult. Fined half a August had actually been made or the da dollar, in de ault, three days' imprisonment prait been utilized. The $100, for the most of those attacked have recovered, some license for Jane and July, he could not few died from the effects of it. At the reefs recover; the license was good and he had the fever was very bad.
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In aid of the infantry fusillade, assisted to complete the demoralisation of the enemy. I was out in the open eight hundred yards from the square when the battle bogan, OPIUM and as I rode in with Buller's Brigade of Irregular Cavalry the guns opened on all sides, and I was able to sea the effect of the fire upon the enemy. The practice was wonderfully good, the shells and shrapnel bursting well above the advancing line of skirmishers. I could see, from the faces where Tremlett's and Harness's Batteries were at work, after every burst a few of the enemy fail and the rest within a radios of one hundred yards scatter and run like bares, and the Indunas or chiefs at work with voice and assegal staff rallying their inen and getting them again into formation. The Zulus call, by a curious combication of words, or cannon" Bom-bye-bye." The "Bom" is simply the natural attempt of the savage to imitate the sound of the dischargo from a distance, but the bye-bye
is an adaptation of our term bye-and-bye, conveying exactly the same meaning, I am informed" Bom-bye-bye," therefore, means a gun charge is ignited, and the second on the which has two discharges, ones when the explosion of the shell. The Zuins, though professing the utmost contempt for our soldiers in the opan, have always entor talned considerable respect for cannon, and fancy their experience of the "Bom-bye- bye" on the 4th will not tend at all to
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Quotations. HONGKONG, October 1. --Kog Putna, osah....$631‡
Old
cash,... New Bonares, cash, 515} Ola
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cash,
New Males, credit, 720
Allowance Toole,
Old Malwa, credit, 780 Allowande Taels,
Exchange.
Bank, Wire,... ite
Demand,
30 days' sight,
3/73 ***3/8
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... 5/82 4 months' sight, ... 380 al Credits, 4
9/8€ Documentary, 4 months' sight, 3/8 India, Wice,...
demand, ...
2211 72 Shanghal, demand, ...
80 days' sight, *** 731 Gold Leaf, 994 fine ....... Sovereigns,...
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27.60 5.38
Shores. Hongkong Bank, 58 % prem., buyers. Union Ins. Society of O'ton, $1,325, buyers. China Traders' Ins. Co., $1,376, Bellers. North China Ins. Co., T. 1,185, rales. Yangtaze Ins. Agros., Tis. 726, buyers. Chinese Insurance Co., $300, malen. H. K. Fire Ins. Co., $785, firm. China Fire Ins. Co., $197) nominal. H.K. & W. Dock Co,, 16% prem. H.K. C. M. S. boat Co., $11 prem, sellers. Shanghai Steam Navigation, Tls 11 China Coast St. Nav. Co,, Tis. 87 Blongkong Gas Co., $70 Hongkong Hotel Co., $65 Obins Sugar Refining Co., $180 Chinese Imperial Loan of 1874, nominal,
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of 1877, do.
Dr. Wharry s'ated that deceased was brought to the Hospital about half-past 12 last night. He was unconscious and apparently dying from opium-poisoning, He died at half-past 4 this morning. A post mortem examination was made, and some marks of pinching were found on the
SELLING LIQUOR without A LICENCE. man's left breast, apparently caused by Chinese surgical treatment. Witness opened Tong Sing Leung, Ching Ming Yik and the body and found a large abscess on the Li Ting Pat, masters of the Chim Pang Tard all benefit and protection from it and that the people there were like spectres;
had bolled opium. He would disallow this scarcely one European csosped it.
The Government are continuing to find If a man rented a bouse left lang, and the internal appearances of chandler's shop, No. 26 Central Market claim at ones. opiam poisoning The stomach contained were summoned under Ordinance No. 11 of for 12 months at a monthly rental and was work for the Chinese who are unable to get some partially digested fod, which witness 1844, for solling a bottle of champagne tarned cut in the middle of August, be a living on the gold-fields. Nearly 800 are roughly tested, finding in it traces of opium without a licence. Only the second defend would not be entitled to recover the pre-employed at the garden at Fanny Bay and Death resulted from oplum poisoning.
ant appeared.
vious air months' rent, during which period elcaring the streets of Palmerston. A large Choo Atal, a bricklayer, residing in Inspector Lindsay stated that about noon he had occupied the house. The esse was plot of ground has been cleared at Fanny
I think I mentioned in my last letter- Second Street, in whose house decessed had on Sunday last, the 28th ulto., he sent a precisely the same here. As to the $50 for Bay, but I am afraid from what I have seen. lodged for more than two months, sald de woolie accompanied by a Chinese Constable August he was not entitled to recover that. of the ground that it will be money thrown ceased was a single man, and a stone-cutter to the shop of defendant. He gave them a Hin case for breach of contract had been away. The ground does not appear to be written hurriedly to catch the same day's any better than that of the old gardens, and post--that a couple of Harness's nine. by trade. All the time be lodged in his dollar which he had previously marked, and already dealt with, house he anffered from a severe coagb, instructed them to purchase liquor. They
Mr Brereton: Does your Lordship hold think the money spent in opening the new pounders made some very fine shooting at and was only able to work during six or bought a bottle of champagne for seventy there was no breach of contract in August? gardens would have been of much more use extreme ranges after the battle was over, in improving the old garden. The money At over two miles the shrapnel barst admir- seven days a month.
His Lordship: Precisely, Be frequently conte and received three ten cent pieces in placed his hand on his chest as if suffer change On Monday information was laid
Judgment for plaintiff for $50 with costs spent in the olearing of the streets is most ably on a mountain crest, and a swarm of ing pain, but he never complained. This at the Police Court and a warrant was if the deposit is untouched and the $50 decidedly thrown away, as unless labour is Zulus who had gained, as they thought, a witness and a lakong described the man grautod. At 1 p.m. the same day the for August was paid; if not, judgment for employed each year the streets will be so haven of safety after the sharp chase they overgrown with shrubs that in two years' had got at the hands of the Lancers, must being found in a dying state lying on warrant was executed and à quantity of defendant.
time the streets now being cleared will not have been amazed beyond measure to lose. the street and bis being taken first to the wines and spirits were seized. Defendants
be it to be used. On the parts that were men and be forced to fly again for safety (Taken at Messrs Falconer & Cole Premises station and then to the hospital. This have no licence.
first cleared the undergrowth is already ift. beyond the night of the handful of white witness added:-Deceased was unable to Defendant stated that the coolie came to
high, and there is not sufficient traffic to men of whom they had entertained so mean eat his meals and smoked opium to relieve his shop and made a bargain to purchase a
In the matter of the estate of Wm. Pus-keep the undergrowth down. If the money an opinion. Whilst on the subject of guns the pain his chest; deceased used second dozen of champagne for $8. He asked for
TAU, a Bankrupt.
spent in this way, or even half of it, had I may mention that the two Gatlings, under one bottle to take to his master as a sample, quality opiam which he bought daily.
Do. A insating was to have been held to been spent in making a better jetty than Major Owen, made some excellent practice, BAROMETER 9 The Jury considered that deceased was and tendered $1 as security.
Do. in a sound state of mind, and that he took countant of the shop was empowered to day of the creditors of this estate, before we have, and in making a permanent road commencing at a thousand yards; but the the oplam himself.
make such bargains, Thirty cents were the official assignes, for the purpose of to the reefs, it would have been spent to formation of the enemy was not dense
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given to the coolie to purchase, something considering the most advisable steps to be some advantage; but I am sadly afraid that enough for them to come out as well as they THERMOMETER ....
taken for distributing the assets of the what has been spent this year in Chinese would have done if there had been the solid for himself.
Do, Inspector Orley proved that defendant estate. The meeting, however, was post-relief-over £40 a day-will be found in masses which overwhelmed our fine fellows THERE is no crous tent, howe'er much had kept the shop No. 26 Central Market pored, to allow at the suggestion of the the end to have been money completely at Isandula. Colonel Brown, R.A., was in As watched nod tended,
for twelve years; he had known him for Chist Justice being considered, that is to thrown away. This ales appears to be the command of the Batteries, which consisted five years. No previous complaint had been appoint a creditors' assignes who can rydides of the people, as they have presented a of Colonel Harness'a N6, Major Le Griad's mads against defendant. He was a respect German. After consideration the creditors memorial to the Government Resident, veryN6, and Major Tremlett's 11th-7th. Trem shie man. Defendant was fixed $40, appointed Mr Heuschild their assignen. numerously signed, suggesting a mode of | lett's battery was posted, two saven poun.
27. But needs some greater cars ;
There is no hole, however well defended,
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