No. 5116. NOVEMBER 29, 1879.]
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
The next AUSTRALIAN MAIL may be expected here on or about the 4th proxo., by the E. & A. steamer Bowen, which loft Singa. pore on the 26th inst. The next ENGLISH MAIt may be expected to arrive here, por P. & O. steamer Peshawar,
on Friday next, the 6th December.
The next AMERICAN MALL may be looked for
hore on or about the 14th December by the P.M.S. City of Peking, which left San Fran.
cinco on the 15th Nov.
H.M.8. Orontes, with the second battalion of the 3rd Buffs on board arrived at Singapore yesterday from the Capo. She takes home the 74th Highlanders, thus relieved.
THE P. & O. steamer Peshawur, bringing the London mails of the 24th October, left Singapore for Hongkong at 6 o'clock on Friday evening (yesterday), and may ho expested here on Friday next, the 6th
December.
A MEETING of subscribers and friends in- terested in the Hongkong Public School, will be held in the Library of St. Paul's College on Thursday next, at 4 p.m., to elect a permanent committee and make other arrangements for the commencement and sarrying on of the School.
To maintain intact their absoluts right of proprietorship in the military road the War Department close them strictly for 24 hours once a year. This form was observed to-day, when the several military roads usually open to the public were barred and sentries placed guarding the different points of ob-
struction.
CONSTABLE McDougal, who at the Criminal Sessions last week was acquitted of the charge preferred against him arising from → his having when labouring under insanity attempted to cut bis wife's throat, will shortly be removed from the Gaol Hospital
that the plous they relied on would not to a safe and complete answer to the action.*
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THE CHINA MAIL.
the Captain to the owners is bad, as the elerk naturally looks more to the largeness of ha remuneration than to the ability of the man, of which he can be no judge, and THE yacht race; to-day turned out a verit- furthermore the knowledge of being able to able drifting match, as the wind died out to induce the owner to discharge his cap- precure another fee could entice such clerk soon after the start, and the boats had to tain and then recommend another, the fes anchor over and over again. They drifted being, I am told, often as high as $200, no together however, and when a light air small addition to his salary. Thirdly, I will remark, that to avoid expences, vessels sprung up from the Westward they made a often leave Bangkok with insuficient rails, very pretty pieture as they ran up to the and in want of small repaire recommended to the owner by the captain, but hid from shipping. Here the wind shifted to a light and not recommended to the surveyor. easterly air, and Naomi went to the front, Could it not be possible to make the Siam Wave got in abip-ownern see that it is "penny wise and pound fouiiah," and that they are indirectly Naiad and Ariel next. towards the Hongkong shore, and meeting responsible for the lives of the poor men the flood tide, which was just beginning to | who go down in their service? make, fell to leeward. Naomi ran inte'a calm off the Meanes, and Naiad and Ariel managed to scrape past her, Ware also coming up with the last of the wind. Another shift of wind from S. E. sent Naiad and Ariel to the Dock Bay, but as there was now no chance of finishing the match before six o'clock, Naomi and Wave hauled
· down their racing flags and anchored. The other two held on for fun, but eventually gave up also. The match will be resailed on a day hereafter to be fixed.
THE Hongkong Catholic Register quotes from a letter, dated Lisbon, the 28th September :--
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Mr Bowler gave it as his opinion that the man would probably have survived had he received skilful European treatment, and that sufficient efforts had not been made to reset the broken bone.
proposed rider on paper, he said, after con- The Coroner asking Mr Bowler to put his sideration, that his purpose was served by his simply having mentioned his view of the matter."
TO AUSTRALIA AND BACK. The following notes of a voyage from
Hongkong to Australia and back, made by Capt. James Ross of the British steamer Benledi tave been kindly furnished to us for publication.
MORE OPIUM.
Chen Achíu, 29, a reat collector, was charged with being in possession of a quantity of opium without a permit from the Opium Farmer,
bought it for his own use aud did not know Defendant gave the usual excuse that he he was doing wrong.
Find $60 or four weeks' imprisonment.
CUTTING AND WOUNDING
Kwok Akow, 30, unemployed was charged with stabbling a boy eight years of age in the eye with a knife. fondant, who is mentally deranged, was It appears that de- annoyed by a number of boys who are in of exasperation he drew a knife and stabbed the habit of teazing him, and in a moment
the boy in the face.
Tung Wah Hospital, and the case remanded The boy was ordered to be sent to the for a week.
Manila.
(Translated from our Exchanges)
DAMAGE BY THE GALE.
A typhoon visited Manila on the 20th and
felt both ashore and afloat. On shore several 21st instant, and its effect was very severely
Left Hongkong on the 11th August for Sydney, New South Wales, and passing REFERRING to the samo.subject as we wrote out into the Pacific Ocean north of Luzon proceeded south to the west of Pellew on last night, the Ceylon Obsever writes:--
Islands and then within sight of the position The practice of sending out proteges of of the Sequiras isles as marked on Imray's the Colonial Office to fill three out of the chart of the Eastern Archipelago without four civil saats in the Executive Connell is seeing anything of them from the masthead prejudicial to the best interests of the at sun-set although the weather was clear. Colony. The effect upon our covenanted Next day, 18th August, at noon our destroys the esprit de corps in the higher day very clear and favourable for seeing a Civil Servanta is most detrimental It latitudo was 60 56 N., long 1829 33 E, the ranks which a share in the Government, long distance; but from the mathead we with Its corresponding responsibility, could conid are nothing of the Johannes Islands housea were unroofed, some of the trees out fail to induce and strengthen. In which are laid down in the starts about which ornamented the streets were uproot- place of looking up to the Governor and this position. Our obronometers were bie Executive Council, the really able and rated in Hongkong before we left and the ed, and others had branobes broken; street experienced officers in the Ceylon Civil observations were good. We had light lampa, telegraph wires, &o., all show the Service must often be tempted to despise S. E., 1-3 winds from leaving Hongkong effects of the storm. Afloat several lorchas them. There seems to be not the slightest till we got to 15 8, and from there to Syd- and small orafts were capsized and sunk, encouragement now for the young, cleverney N. E, and easterly 3-4; fine weather some loat their masts and rudder. On aspiring civilian in his study of local history, and not a shower of rain, The currents the morning of the 19th at 9 d'elock, languager, law or administration, to dream from Luzon to 6 N. were a mile an hour the Captain of the Port gave warning for that he may leave a corner in his portfolio to the S. W.; from 6° N., to 2h N., & the vessels in port to prepare for bad wea- for the future royal commission of Auditor mile an hour to the eastward; from 2 N., to ther, and consequently the corvette Dona tenera, Treasurer or Colonial Secretary. St. John's, 1 miles an hour to the westward. Maria de Molina left for Cavite seeking a Instead of improving we are going back in Thore is little current in the Coral Sea but shelter place, but unfortunately the effects a terrible way. Philip Anstruther rose a strong southerly current on the coast of of the weather were more severely felt there from a Writership to the Colonial Secre- Australia. taryship of the island, and no man ever Ireland and the Solomon Group both going to Cavite, saw her steam launch sink; the We passed between Now than in Manila. The Malina on her way possessed the confidence of the people to and coming, and had currents, till early Patino was dragged up to the Arsenal road- the same extent as he did. All his pre-right past them and wind also till we stead; the Esmeralda, which arrived on Sa- decessors in the "ecretariat were, we behere, got to 10 N., when we had N E., winds.turday, also experienced the gale, although trained Ceylon civilians. Philip Wodehouse We passed in sight of Mellish Reef, but not in its full force; the Emuy, which ar- began with a Writership and passed from saw no beacon on it, so suppose it has heen rived yesterday (23rd) from Amoy, was loss holding a Government Agenor and for a washed away, Squally laland off the N.E. fortunate; she lost one man and one boat short time the Auditor-Generalabip and the coast of New Ireland, I found to be only at Cape Bolinao. News has also been re- Colonial Secretaryship, to the Governor about tre miles square instead of 15 miles ceived from several other places where the ship of another colony. Charles MacCarthy long and 3 broad as it is set down on the gale blew with more or less intensity. (who came to us by the way from the Turks chart I have. It is all but covered with or Bahamas Islands) was permitted to fill trees of a go d height. Some canoes came successively the posts of Auditor-General, off with a oat 40 men on them, and we saw about 150 more on the shore. We passed within ten miles of the Is and of Kumi, (Meico-Suma group) and saw no signs of broken water either ro.N. W. or to S. W. of it, as is reported and marked on the charts as existing in lat. 24 9 N; long 122.23 E We had clear weather and a moderately bigh ara. We found the Kuro current running. là kuota an hour as we passed Kumi
"The worthy Deputy for Macao, Sr. Searnichia, had a long list of proposals to make, such as our missions in Chios, public instruction at Macao, public works, de but the last sitting was not a fit occasion to ventilate such questions, and in the interval that has elapsed the political agitations that have taken place thoroughly upset the whole of his programme. Deputy Pires de Lima thought that the affairs of our Missions in China should be brought to the notice of the house simultaneousy with the com- aideration of the Estimates. Sr. Scarnichia, bwever, entertained a different opinion, and had not therefore put in an appearance. the question has nevertheless bean ably treated by Sr. Lima. Sr. Scarnichia is con- scious of the depressed state of Macao, and the troubles and privations its inhabitants to the temporary Lunatio Asylum in Holly-are suffering, and what pains him con- Colonialesrotary and Governor of this tinually is his atter inability to remove for island. William Charles Gibson rose from the present the evils that are assailing that the rank of Writer to be Auditor-General colony. So much has been asid lately-of-and-eventually Colonial Secretary. But In the September-October number of the our treaty with China, that the country for the last twenty years no trained Ceylon China Recimo, appears a very exhaustive ere to have risen from a lethargy. The Civil Servant proper has been admitted to Minister for Foreign Affairs is serlously a seat in the Executive Council of the article on the Comparative Family Law of considering the matter, and had a long Colony. the Chinese, from the pen of Mr E. H. conference on this head with the new Parker, H. M. Coneular Service, Canton.overnor of Macao, who left Marseilles on the 12th October. The people of Masno As special attention has lately been directed will do well to reappoint Br. Scarnicbia lo to this subject in Hongkong and Chisahe next elections, for no one is more con- generally, we understand that a limited number of copies of this article have been printed in a separate pamphlet form, which may be had on application to the usual booksellers.
wood Road.
versant with Macao tffairs, and so likely to Lave at heart the luterest of that Colony aud make it his own, as His Excellency.""
CRICKET.
EAST V. WEST,
This match was played this afternoon and left drawn for want of time
The Fast ran up 148, Muuro being responsibla for 63 quickly put together, and
ridges for 41. The Weat had 74 for 5 wickets at the call of time, The following is the
THE "Yes Hear Association," a Chinese benevolent society, has filed articles of in-score:--- corporation in San. Franoisoo. Directors:
KAST.
Police Intelligence. (Before C. V. Oreagh, Esq.) Saturday, Nov. 29.
ASSAULT.
Lee See Cheek, Wong Chee, Jerome Millard, Captain Stateforth, 27th, b ynes,.....17 George Hammett and Michael B. Thompson. Dr Bridges, A. M.D., & Darby b Hyncs,...41ng one Chan Ching Po, on the evening of
I. E Wodehoura b Hyn B......... ....... W. S. Young b Darby,
Lt. F. L. M'L, Young b Moberley, Lt. J. Walcott, R N., b Hynes,.......... Lt. Moody, N., West b. Friend,
Inglis, not out, C. Cottoll, b Friend,
Log byes 3, wides 5,
0
.63
His Excellency A, Mori, the Japanese Minister accredited to the Court of St BRITISH Shipmarter" writes to the S. 31. Munro b Darby.... James, embarked on board the French siam paper asking for the latitudes and mail-steamer-Bjemnah this morning-atlongitudes of the dangerous sunken rocks, half past eleven. H. E. was accompanied the track of vessels on the east coast, on board by Major Palmer, B.E., aid-de-that have intely been marked by some W. Watton, b Hynes,
buoys, and asks whether they are in the camp, B.E, the Governor escorting Madame way of homeward-bound vessels to Europe, Mori as far as the Murray Pier, whence who may seek to keep the weather coast the embarkation took place. A guard of this season of the year. He ways,—" it is aboard whilst passing down the Gulf at
honor, with the Band and Regimental customary to give official notice of such Colors of the 27th Innbkillingo, was present, to find any." The Advertiser adds, The for 109; 4 for 119; 5 for 122; 6 for 134; work being done, but I have not been able The wickets fall-1 for 31; 2 for 31; 3 and the Royal Artillery fired a salute of information would be very valuable, and 7 for 139; 8 for 139; 9 for 140; and 10 for fifteen guns.
we hope that some of the nautical gentle- 148. men who placed those buoys will give the desired information for the benefit of the sea-faring community. The information ought to be available for the foreign ships, and the native craft that may be obliged to sail in their vicinity."
Funny Folke has the following reference to the Belilios Scholarships, under the heading, "Our Modest Premier;"—"
WEST.
L. B. Friend, R.E. b Munro,.....
148
H. de C. Forbes, 1.b. w. b Inglis,.........19 J. West a Bridges b Walcott,.......... F. N. Clarko Iuglia.
W. Hynes o and b Walco:t,.. H. Taylor not out,........ W, H. F. Darby not out,.. E. S. Moberley.. H. Matchett,...... H. Tannard, 37tb... A. K. Blandy,..
Leg byes I, wides 4.
16
Manila on the 19th instant, with some
The British ship Thomas Bell, which left |
18,700 piculs sugar and 100 millares cigara, for San Francisco, put back on the 25th, with some damage, no doubt sustained during the typhoon of the 20th.
It is said that the last typhoon has caused much damage to the paddy crops, which are about to be collected; the Pasig rice fielda have suffered the most.
It is observed that the houses with zino roofs have sustained much more damage than the others from the effects of the gale of the 20th.
A letter from Zamboanga dated the 8th inst., and received at Maniin on the 14th, give news of two inundations which occurred there, on the 27th Oct. and on the 3rd Nov., both causing much desolation. The inun- dations were the effect heavy rain.
We hear that probably owing to the loss of the Leyte, a steamer named the Romulus, now in Hongkong, will come to take her place.
Joseph McEuen, 23, a seaman on board the German barque Margrethe, and Soren Hansen, 39, a seaman on board the German barque Malvina, were charged with assault-
News from Ilocos Sur to the 1st instant the 28th instant.
says that a dense cloud of loonste at Bangui The defendants were both more or less un-is doing great damage to the paddy. der the influence of liquor and appear to have committed a most unprovoked assault. Two chair coolies also complained that they had not been paid by the defendants who had used their chairs.
First defendant was fined $2 and ordered to pay $1.50 amends to complainant and 50 cents to the chair coolie, in default, to saf- fer ten days' imprisonment with hard labor. The second defendant to pay 50 cents to the chuir coolie or two days' imprisonment.
DISORDERLY CONDUCT.
Kwok A-po, 28, a boatman, was charged with disorderly conduct and throwing stones through the windows of a dwelling house in First Street.
It appeared the defendant's wife is em- ployed us a servant in the house in question, 10 and he had been permitted to visit her there. 4 Some little disagreement had occurred be- tween him and his wife, and out of revenge 12 he had thrown several stones through the
windows of the house.
74
The wickats fell:-1 for 19; 2 for 31; 8
FATAL RESULT OF AN ACCIDENT.
INQUEST.
SERGEANT Ryan of the Naval Yard Police died this morning at 6 o'clock after an illness of two days. Deceased, who was 56 years of age, was much respected by his offers and comrades in the Force. The funeral took place this afternoon with the usual naval boncurs, the firing party being composed of his late comrades. The whole His refusal of the Wreath was a surprise of the employes of the Yard as well as the for some short-sighted and malevolently- disposed individuals, who had never got at whole of the European town police off duty the essentially modest bottom of the Disrae- attended, Sergeant Ryan bad just com.lian character; but what will be their as- pleted five years service in the Naval tonishment when the fact is made known for 52; 4 for 55; 5 for 50.
that his lordship has emphatically rejected Yard to-day. He had formerly served in another testimonial: he will have neither the Irish Constabulary,
chaplet at the Crystal Palace nor statue at Hongkong. To M. Belilios, an opium mer- chaut, who wanted to spend thousand pounds on an effigy of the Premier, his lord ship has said, magnanimously: "Let the money be spent in the advancement of learn-C. V. Creagh, Esq., and the following gou ing. Let my testimonial take the form of tlemen as a jury-Messrs A. J. Gordon, Chinese verbs in little boys' heads."
This is very beautiful, but it is only the GA. Grossman and T. I. Bowler, on the beginning of a characteristic transformation body of one Lee Atu, a coolie 31 years of of the statesman whom rude Radicals have
Wah hospital, etated that the deceased was Poon Pow Shan, Surgeon in the Tucg
under treatment since that date. He had through the skin, causing great loss of blood, the right foot and another on the left knee. a severe out over the left eye, three cuts on Deceased died this morning from the inju
Defendunt denied having a wife, and said that he had not thrown any stones,
At the sale of eigars held on the 21st in- stant, 10,697 millares were offered, and 5,700 millares sold for a total sum of $73,185.40.
The German barque II. Uprian, from Hongkong to Iloilo, arrived on the 8th inst., with rice.
The American schooner Julia A. Brown, from Amoy to Iloilo, arrived on 5th instant, in ballast,
great variety of birds, beasts, fisher, aholla, Bowers; de, found in the region described by Mr Fauvel.
W, Harsh Cooper, Esq., H.M.'s Consul, occupied the elixir and introduced the scientist, and the original -discoverer of lecturer as a personal friend, a learned
the Chinese Alligator."
The lecture was of a very interesting character, and withal of considerable soien- tific value. Mr Fanvel is evidently a koen and scourate observer and an ardent lover of Nature in all her varied forms.
A hearty vote of thanks to the lecturer was moved by the Rev. F. Galpin, seconded
by Mr. Wadman, and carried by acclama- usnal compliment to the Chairman. tion; the proceedings terminating with the
Mr. Frank J. Smith, honorary Secretary, announced that the second meeting of the season will take place about two weeks hence, in the form of a Musical and Literary Entertainment.
14th Nov.-Nais.
NEWCHWANG.
Nov. 11th. The weather keeps fiae, writes our cor. respondent, but is getting dold at night,
there is no knowing when a sudden change. It looks like a late winter at present, but whoo the thermometer (Fahr.) falls to 22°.
may acont.-News.
The big pier has twenty-five of them. CONEY Island rovels in electrio lights. Each hotel has a number, and the tall tower. has a few. To the ocean traveller these present a brilliant sight at night. Yet there are many ocean travellers who never heard of electric lights and who'arà ocous- tomed to seeing these beacons in New York harbor. A ship coming from Australia cast anchor for the night, her Captain being eo bewildered by what ho thought were half a dozen light-houses gone crazy that he did not know where to go. A pilot boarded an Captain and crew on their kness, praying in Italian vessel one night and found the terror for protection from what they suppos- unfrequented shore. Coney faland should ed to be demons dancing along the hitherto
hido her light under a bushel.-New York World.
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Shares. Tongkong Bank, 07 % prem, sallers. Union Ins. Soviety of O'ton, $1,360, kalen. China Traders' Ins. Co., $1,350, buyers. North China Ios. Co., Tis. 1.125. Yangtaze Ins. Aszoo, Pls. 780, salon. Chinese Insurance Co., $3 't, såles. H. K. Fire us. Co., $815, siles, China Wire Ins. Co., $22), sales, H. K. & W. Dock Co., 10% prem, H.K. C. M. S.-boat Co., $12 prem., sales, Shanghal Steam Navigation, Tis 1 China Coast St. Nav. Co., Tis. 101 Hongkong Gas Co., $70
Hongkong Hotel Co., $66. Chian Sugar Refining Co., $159 Chinese Imperial Loan of 1874, nominal
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The American ship Sacramento, 1418 tons, left Iloilo for New York, with 1,708,412 kilograms sugar and 28,468 kil, sapanwood, The American ship Adam M. Simpson, 1524 tons, left Iloilo for New York, with (Taken at Messrs Falconer & Cola Preminu, 2,176,053 kil, sugar.
BAROMETER
A private letter from Madrid, dated the 15th September last, to a friend at Manila, says that the application of Mr Bremon for permission to construct four tramways in Manila has been approved.
We understand that the authorities have THERMOMETER-9 A.M....
abolished certain practices that have been introduced into the Customs despatches, to which we have referred on several occa- sions, giving vent to the views taken by
Fined $5, in default seven days' imprison-respectable merchants of this place with ment with hard labor, and ordered to enter regard to them. So just a resolution is no into his own recognizance in $25 to be of doubt founded on sound reasons which call good behaviour for twelve months.
for no comment.
ATTEMPTED FELONY.
Yan A-tim, 32, enolie, was charged with attempting to break into a godown belong- ing to the Tai Hung mat shop, by means of a false key.
A cigar sale was held on the 8th Nov., when out of 4,512 millares offered '1,293 were sold for a total sum of $16,715.95.
A series of successful lectures has been given at the Literary and Artistic Lyceum of Manila recently by Dan Emilio Ramirez de Arellano, on the interesting, subject of The Poetry among the Oriental Races" the last lecture of the series took place on the 7th instant.
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Shipping Intelligence. The following is corrected from the latest Condon and Colonial Papers, 80, VESSELS TO ARRIVE AT HONGKONG. Name.
Left. An inquest was held at the Tang Wab
Hospital this afternoon before the Coroner,
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Defendant was arrested by a watchman employed on the adjoining premises with the key in his hand. The lock of the door being searched he was found to have a knife was opened and hanging on the staple. On and a box of matches in his possession Prisoner admitted four previous coaviations for larceny from godowns.
Sentenced to six mouths' imprisonment, solitary confinement, the remainder with the first and last fourteen days to be in
for six hours.
in the house of the German physician, It is said that a robbery was perpetrated Doctor Nissen, and the sum of $200 in. money and jewellery was carried away. The thieves had sufficient time to move afterwards found on the bank of a river. away with a travelling bag which was
Two gold mine appurtenances were dia-
Tur Hongkong Volunteers held a parada "last night, when three gun detachments mastered and were put through a variety of evolutions with the 7-pdr. field-guns by Captain J. J. Franois. Advantage is taken of moonlight nights, when many of the members can be present who could not attend not been ashamed to call the political during the business hours of the day. The harlequia. It is reported in the best society admitted on the 11th iust. and had been hard labor, and to be exposed in the stocks covered in the Bulalacao hill, in the village
that his lordship will shortly divest himself Commandant, who was also present, watched of his Garter, and present the insignia to Mr the proceedings very closely, and announced, Gladstone in the Californian casket. He is two broken riba, the bones projecting before dismissing the parade, that on Tues-expected at the same time to offer his hand to Robert Lowe, and to publicly confess that day evening' next it is intended to have a the winners of the Berlin trick were really marth out to the Wong Net Cheong valley, Bismarck and Gortschako. At the same when firing with blank ammunition will be to the world as the veritable Prime Minister, time Mr Moutagne Corry will be presented practised. It is to be hoped that a good and after a public burning of Vician Grey und Lothair, his lordship will retiro to La Trappe in a hair shirt.
-muser will be made.
We give in an abridged form in another column an important judgment by the
**AN old Shipmaster" sends the following
ries he had received.
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BREACH OF THE OPIUM ORDINANCE.
of Mambulao, on the 30th Oct. last,
The steamer Diamante arrived here on
Hung Ngan, 36, unemployed, were sharged $115,000 in silver.
Ng A-kwai, 35, an opium builer, and Taithe 11th instant, from Hongkong, bringing with being in possession of a quantity of prepared Opium contrary to the Opium" Or- dinances of 1858, 1870.
-
Santos, an Exoise Officer, on the arrival of Defendants were arrested by Antonio dos
China..
NINGPO.
Chief Justice of the Straits Settlements, in to the Siam paper, concerning the loss of the deceased was one of them, and had been defendant was a new comer and did not might well take a lesson from Ningpo in
GAMBLING,
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the bunes by pushing them back with my To the Jury--I tried to put back and set hands. The liver must have been injured.
One of the pleasant features of a re- Cheung Apoo, the foreman engaged in the steamer I-chang. First defendant had sidence at Ningpo is the annual series of rebuilding a house in Wellington Street, formerly been employed in the opium farm Winter Evening Lectures and Entertain- stated that on the 11th inst., about 200 and said that he had brought the opium ments, organized by the Committee of the coolica were employed on the building. The from Fat Shan for his own use, Second local Book Club. Other small Outports employed for several days carrying earth. know that he was doing wrong, an action by a Chinese firm of timber diamese barque Pai De Ma De, only three On the morning of the 11th he was digging First defendant was fined $100 or six merchants against the Union insurance of the grow of which were saved by the ear a pile of brisks, about one cheong, weeks' imprisonment, the second $40 or
square (11 English ft) Witness cautioned twenty-one days' imprisonment.
The present season opened on the even- steamer Dale--the serang and two sailors: deceased and told him to go further from Society of Canton, to reo:ver $8,000 on
ing of Wednesday last, with a lecture by By some mistake the name of the captain the pile as he considered it dangerous. Insurances on certain timber lost by the was put down as W, Saxtorph, who on Shortly afterwards he saw deceased pull
the well-known naturalist, Mr A. A. Fauvel, Chau Aboi, 54, a coolio, charged on the of the Imperial Customs Service, and lately Magnolia on a voyage from Singapore to account of illness left the vessel here. The a picos of timber from under the 26th instant with haunting a gambling Honorary Curator of the hanghai Museum. Shanghal The insurances with other Fai De Ma De was commanded by a Swede, bricks and they immediately fell upon house No. 6 Pound Lane, again appeared During a reaidenes at Cheloo in 1876, Mr
usmed bygelow, his mate was an american, him and covered his body. Assistance before the Court this morning.
Fauvel took the opportunity of making offices brought the total up to $38,000 on It is a sad loss of life, and the question is was at once rendered and deceased Inspector Grey and Sergeant Ferry pro- very thorough exploration of the Shantung the whole simber, which the Judge found to naturally brought before the public, could was removed to the hospital. He was den- oeeded to No. 4 Pound Lane to execute a Promontory, and in the following year be only 15 per cent of the value. There are such heavy loss of life, which has, in latter sible and could speak, but was unable to warrant upon the occupant for keeping a published an able article in the China
years been in consequence of so many walk
gambling house, and accidentally found that Heel w embodying the results of his re- Corea. some important points decided by this case. Siamese vessels being lost, be avoided. The Surgeon recalled, stated:-A register No. was also a gambling establishment. searches. This paper formed the basis of Oronsfield, Judgment for plaintiff. The Straits Times First the pay given the captain is too small is kept in the hospital of all patients admitted, Beth houses were fitted up with the usual the lecture delivered on Wednesday night,
y the Insurance Cfieds have been to enable him to pay a passed man, and the and in the ease of death the relatives are appliances for gambling. On the arrival of with the title, A Naturalist's trip to the Anchisen (ar) at 1Tuuder (1)
result is that the vessel generally goes notified
the pollee a number of men rushed from No. Chinese Far East." It was illustrated by pona derably astonished by the judgment without a proper mata. Hecondly, the The Jury returned a verdict of accidental 6, defendant being the only one secured. oxer seventy excellent coloured drawing, Hesperia (1) po suspicions having crossed their minds prasics of the Chinese clerk recommending | death.
Fined $6 or fourteen days' imprisonment. §ve work of a native artist, representing a
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