No. 5561. MAY 11, 1851.]
Adelaide'; he therefore refused assist-
-Mitchell's Maritime Register.
!
THE PIRATICAL ATTACK ON THE
THE CHINA MAIL.
Police Intelligence. (Before H. E. Wodehouse, Esq., Police" Magistricts.)
"Wednesday, May 11th.
ROGUES AND VAGABONDK.
but special rules would have to be made in favor of Canton owing to its proximity to
entail the re-opening (if indeed it was over the free port of Hongkong, which would closed) of the vexed opium question, and the co-operation of the Colonial Govern- Un Afak, 39, coolic, and Fung Apo, 25, That the support of the Hongkong adui-10th inst., and were sentenced to seven ment in carrying any measure into effect. rice-pounder were convicted, as rogues and nistration to an arrangement different from days' imprisonment with hard labour.
gambling at fantan on the vagabond of
that affecting other imports would be given, there can be little doubt, if it led to a system that would enable the Chinese prejudice to the trade of the Colony After the propounds of H.-B. M. Minister
༣..;
DAMAGING THE PRAYA WALL.
Commercial
May 13th
THE HOT WEATHER
FOREIGN SEAMEN DISCHARGED It is melancholy to rodeat that now is the ABROAD FROM COLONIAL SHIPS, season when all nature smiles at home. (From the Shipping and Mercantile Gantle.) For the contrast between the opening spring of Merrie England, and the commencement has raised a few queries with respect to the night. Business in Patna has been on
The master of a colonial ship at Hamburg for Bengal Opium during the closing fort A wask tone has prevailed in the market of the Indian hot weather is dreary, indeed, freedom of contract botwoon employers and, underut seals at declining rates; whilst and hardly to be thought of without euch
by the babbling brook, or watch the lamb mutual consent and convenience, and ho are given at 25733 for Patna, and 86674 for a pang as ever waits on longings all in employed. He points out that vessula bo- the call for Benares has been likewise to vain. now that the angler gooth forth longing to the Dominion of Canada and small extent. The stocks, as given below, with his rod and creel to seek sweet solitude trading to Hamburg discharge their Orows, are hoary, and no confidence is evinced
or some portion of theth, at the Port by the maintenance of the present rates, which at play; it is now that the delicious hawks whether the man so paid off thorn scents the air, and now even the
Benares. Higher touch Benares has not
are to be
in
aggre
The navy has lost a genial and experienced lay in the Ly-so-moon Pass that night, | Government to protect ita ravenus, without Wanchai by driving a nail between two of they will do in the summer where they shipping and discharge of Seamon in foreign the corresponding period last year. During
the Underwriters at Adelaide an the ocea- sion of his bringing the Jupiter safely into
GERMAN DARQUE OCCIDENT. port after being dismested at sea. January, 1881."
By the Namon, which arrived here this When in an almost helploas state morning, wo hear, from Amoy that a Con- he was spoken by the Ocean (e), whose Onp- tain offered for a sum, which Captain Bular investigation had boon held into the Hörberg deemed exorbitant, to tow him case of the dormau barque Desident, which ance on such terms, and, setting to work, was reported here a week or so ago as riggod up jury masts, and other temporary having signalled a passing steamer that she appliances, and finally succeeded in reach had been attacked by pirates. The facts of ing port without furthor mishap on January
Ship and cargo wore valued at 60.000, the caso, na they appear to have transpired at the investigation, are briefly these. The vessel left this port on the 28th ult, and
81, with the alternative of one days impri-begin to talk of the hideous English winter Act, 1854, it appears to us, meets the case. gato 3,628 chests, against 4,097 cheats to Lau Fak Shing, 34, boatman, was fired London parks are putting on their greenery sent to the United Kingdom, a place they boen gought for in the interval, and and spring flowers. It is now that people have never seen, and to a country which
nominally quoted at $580. not their home. The Merchant Shipping officer in Commander the Hon. E. N. S. and some time after daylight on the 29th
the stones of the wall to tie his beat to. sonment, for damaging the Prays Wall at as well past, and to arrange plans of what Under Section 109, all "that relates to the
The receipts for the month, so far, agg Hood, who died of confluent smallpox, con- tracted during a shooting excursion up the At 9atu weighed anchor and went out
will go to the Rhine, Scotland, the sea Porto, to leaving Seamen abroad, and to the taken by the local consumers, against 1,600 Yangtas river. But, remembering the un. In the afternoon at 3.30 the pilot left and
side --but it is also, alas: the time when relief of Soamen in distress,"
the interval some 620 chests hava hoon fortunate cause of his lamented death, did
Mahomed, a Bombay seaman, was charged foscally crows outside our Indian ve able to all ships registered in any of at the same period Inst year. This,' not the dosire to do honour to his memore the ship procecdèd. · At 7.30 p.m., two should collect the Revenue on opium for with being drunk and disorderly, and and when our pleasant acquaintances of the Her Majesty's dominions abroad, when suols supply computed at 5,000 chests; against⠀⠀
"shall bo
-00 Ap" randahs begin to open their bonke for air, overcome considerations of health in his roles South of the Nine Pins, with a fair the Chinese Customs we need not four damaging property to the value of 30 cents bygone cold weather are packing up their ships are out of the jurisdich of this that of 2,550 charts inst year. Of this last with the exportations, lenyes the available funeral being made a public one in every breeze, saw two Chiness junks on the same hazarding any far-fetched idea, as it would on the 10th inst sense, the collin being followed the
trunks for Simla or Ootacamund.. What respective Governments and to the Owners, Pegasus and Encounter, and of the . S. junks came quite hear the ship, to starboard, gestion in impracticableness; but if the while under the influence of drink. The and mosquitoes, mosquitoes aud punkalis
Wanchai, yesterday evening, doomed dwellers of the plains-punkaha skip at Hamburg would be out of the jurished the present stock comprises 1,700 ships Monocacy and Palos, by the volun- and interfered so much with the coures Colonial Government earnestly wish to what he said, and defendant then became groan, and
diction of the Colonial Government, and, teors, and the diplomatic and consular agents that the ship was steering, that sho was have the Blookade raised, and see the very violent in his behaviour and broke mblo, and think of ourselves Statule must apply to her. Section 25F MR. STEIL's freight circular for the Mail
wiastor of the shop could not understand a weary round. How we still porspire, and consequently, the provisions
sions of the Imperial of all nations World.
compelled to change. her course. When Transit System honestly carried out, Defendant was fined $1, and ordered to dreary months, when all England will have applies to y
two opium jare worth 30
A passing through the miley of the shadow the Act is that which of hotness any time during those next few
relation to British. Fue Chinese Ministor-Plonipotentiary, the questod to get clear from the ship, the they must be prepared to meet the pay 30 cents amends to complainant. In given itself up to holiday-making, and with enacts that, on the discharge of any Soamannssted in the Freight market during -
default of paying fine, to be imprisoned one none generally his bod-on his travels. Accord-sequence of the wind Suddenly the junka the proposal ado years ago to have a day, and a further torn of one day in do- fortunate persons, who are off to the Hill any place out of Her Majesty's domi, the fortnight under review. Arrivals of
ta pity to day fault of paying the amends.
at Poking that the Indian Government
DRUNK AND DISORDERLY,
Defendant
the
br the officers and crown of Her course as the ship. At 8.30, one of the he difficult to cap Sir Thomas Wado's sug- Cross Stratered an opium divan in joy does the summer portend for us, the Masters, nid Crews theroof A Canadian quantity 700 chests were Benares, of which
ships
Marquis Teong, is losing somethingjunk people said they could not in con- Chiness half-way, With the objections to ing to Celestial notions, it would be the worst form of profanation of the Celestial steered direct to starboard, and then stink-branch of the Foreign Custoins established person if his Excellency condescended to puts and fire-crackors were throws un board sleep on the beds used
outer bar by the barians. He accordingly carries his sleep- ing apparatus with him.
at He left Dover the other day, on his arrival from Paris; and at Charing Cross, a few days later, on his raturu to Paris. But then the Marquis Toong is by no means as sleepy an individual as his looks indicate.---Ibid.
the ship from the mart-hoad and other parts of the junk. A Chinese sailor who
the right shoulder, but not seriously, merely was steering was wounded by a bullet in
conta
KONIUE AND VAGABOND.
even those more
hot weather. tedious
in
at
Songs
and
That CİALSO
of Thursday, 12th May, says
A more extensive business has been
the Master
shall, besides paying the disengaged vessels continue scarce, and or Australia for the
wages that may be due," provide him (1) consequence maintained their firm position. freights as regards Home charters have in But are they more fortunate, after all, with adequate employment on board, some Court freights liave generally been quietar grin and bear" it-the heat? Truly, if the United Kingdom as is agreed upon by United Kingdom and the States. A fair de
other British ship
hound to the Port in Her these peoplo, and is their lot so much lap
than that of pier
Homewards, no settlements are reported of the mau
Majesty's dominiosis at which he was origi who stops
from the Philippines, but ready vessals can y shipped, (2) or to such other art in obtain good employment both for the in puñkahs, there is also meariness of the him back to such Port, (d) or provide him there is misery in fervent heat, and sorrow him, (3) or furnish the means of sending and also continues for suitable rosseln to flesh in sanitaria seeking, as well
Vanity
load here for London or New York, and with a passage
Courtwise,
a contusion. The Captain was attacked by on the contrary, with advantage to it, Inst night between 9.30 and 10 o'clock by and vexation of spirit in the searching and anch Consular O (5) or deposit with rates have been ruling gar
dolce
such a sum of
District watchman No. 6, heard the call niente, to anticipate anything whatever arome." The Master of any British ship, the domand hes, packly in consequenre
LARCENY FROM THE PERSON.
lower.
portation from Chirkiang, Fallesi off again, of a considerable increase in the Rice im sailing vessels from the Northern ports has and rates have declined. The demand for bon slightly weaker, and fraughts aro The disengaged tonnage in port amounts to 4 vessels, registering 1,086 tons, stesniers. not included,
The following are the settlementa American barque Hayden Brown, 865, to New York, Private, to New York, Privatu.
American barque H.. A. Litchfield, 638, German barque Anton Günther, 441, to New York, 1,000 in full, 30 lay days. $8,600 Gold in full. Portland or Shu Francisco 315,000: Gold British ship Taunton, 687, to Portland, British barque St. Vincent, 1377, to in full,
the complaint, stating that he took over the book, from the Captain's cabin, a silver watch of the Canton Customs duty receipt for at 3 a.m. to-day, and her daughter was and tonga stabieg For them, too, there is sorosa; and then.
at Hongkong to collect the opium revenue impolitic and impracticable; but we dont with entering house No. 6. Heung Lane, we are all familiar. It was denounced as
Lai Asam, 34, shop colic, was charged see anything unreasonable or impolitic in
the Chinese to aiding. ruvenno, who to collect their lawful for an unlawful purpose on the 10th inst."
Ho Asam, & married woman, residing at it can be done not only without
out prejudico to the Colonial trade, No. 6 Heung Lane was aroused from sleep by removing the hostility now shown by hearing some one in the next roon. She renting of cottages thereupon. We are too the pirates who had boarded the vessel to the Canton officials to the right of free called out "thief" and got up, and heard indolent in India to make good holiday. As is deemed sufficient to defray the the number of between treaty and thirty, transit to our imports in South China, and somebody running down stairs. The lock makers, aud too well addicted to what the ponses of his subsistence and passage the earlier part of the fortnight, but inttes. slight advance in steamier ex froights from Saigon was noticed during WITH regard to the prosecution of "Sim- One of the pirates made à lunge at him matter of far greater concern to Imperial
by raising the blockade of Hongkong of the door in the next room was broken. Turks call "kiei," and the Italians kin and Co.," the conductors of this year's with a apear, and when he tried to parry interests than the objections which is few of thief" and saw the defendant standing eagerly. Our friends, who go to the Hills or the Colonies, must comply with one or
whether st Â. Port in the United Kingdom con
ly the Umballa Derby Swoop, we have the fol-the blow, he was struck by and received a
dealers in opiare might raise to their pre-at the foot of the staircase of complainants at the beginning of this, the hot season, de Seaman bolonging to a British ship is dis
ver very
other of those five requirements. If any lowing late Indian telegram, to hand in the cut on the head from another apear. He with."
sant system of business boing interfered house, and arrested him
so without rapture, and almost without Latest Straits Times received, giving tho was thon driven to the fore part of the ship,
Kothing was missed from the house, and hope, so that a cynie might take consolation charged or left behind at any place out of The simplest way would be for the Chi-defendant said that he had gone into the fron the fact that they get the kingdoms without full compliance with result of the trial:
and a guard placed over hint he was
near Government to come to an arrange house to see the complainants' husband, beginning to discount the boredom of the section above quoted, and is relieved, Untalla, April 31. The Umballa warned to keep quiet, and threatened with an Ordinanco, whereby it should be made an a rogue and vagabond, and sentenced mutils, good people, are tortured with the scary alothing, conveyance. 1, ne, fo
ment with the Colonial Government to pasa whom he knew. He was convicted of being their holiday, or what passes for it. Sweep case was tried to-day by Mr Tolbert, arious consequences in the event of his offence to land opium into any other place to three months' imprisonment with hard empty houses and the furniture they must burial
Their all expenses incurred for his subsistenco, the Deputy Commissioner, and concluded.
case he should die abroad, may be Rivett, the principal defendant, was charged offering any resistance. The mute, an be provided at the expense of the Chinese
but the authorisul warehouse or hulk, to labour. with publishing a proposal to hold a lottery. European, was next got hold of, and he Government, any
leave behind, failing to sub-let. They are recovered from the Master or Owner of the exasperated with the extortionato demande ship, together with expenses and costs, The charge against Crayden and Hino for
romoval from
which aiding and abetting was withdrawn by Mr was placed beside the Captain, and simi- either for local use or shipment, the dobile of stealing a silver bangle; value 82, from hundred times a day for many days past 1850, that the power of recovering and ox
should not be allowed without authority,
Yeung Ayan, 22, barber, was convicted on the hill tops. They have svom a
of the hotte-owners and hotel proprietors it is further enacted, under Section 16 of the Merchant Shipping Amendment Act, Spittal, the Government Advocate. Rivett, inrly threatened and warned. The piratical of which need not now be entered into. appearing in person, admitted the truth of band then began to search the ship. They
the person of a child aged four years on the that they wished they had never thought of penses by the Board of Trade shall also In the case of drug intended for Canton 17th inst. The mother of the child stated moving i and they have sat on the corded extend to all charges disbursed by foreign business of the lottery since 1878, but nothing
it should only be deliverut on production that she was in the theatre at Shaukiwan trunks of repentance at railway stations abroad; and
on account of Seamen left Governments on was said to him on the part of the Govern and gold chain, a telescope, and some by ment abinut
proviso which comes the till now. He took over the lottery to liquidata a debt of between 12,000 money. They also took everything that was this scheme the Canton authorities would hor, and witness saw him take the bangle are and 14,000 rupees due to hire for huit valuable from the cabins of tho mate andre to revert to the old rule, rescinded from the child's nukle and pass it through/apan way dry-dance, which our Correspondent, running thus
for building the Umballa race stand, Ho recovered the boatswain. The latter, also án: European,plying under the Foreign Castonis regulations Witness soized the defendant and gave hirt moving. Hardly are we settled under the Jay, shall extend to auch Beansen an jofsk, $2,600 Gold in full, 20 lay days.
about 1867, whereby all vessels but those
all provisions concerning the relief of die a hole in the Apor to another man butor middle and up again they must be ere jasy
down again, down the treased Seamen, being subjects of Her
German schooner Solid; 162, to Nicola were confiscable if found carrying opium. in charge.
German barque Malvina, 478, Phay-um Labuan, and back, $3,330 Geld in full.. pine trees of Sibila, or the lue gins of Apprentices, not being subjects of Her Mato Swatow, 34,200 Cinld in fall, 40 lay days.
foreign
British barque Ribaton, 396, Mantong, onoscif, fram. one distant point to another. the Seamou are British or foreign matters Hongkong, $2.00 per ton Coal.
British atcamer Bowen, 844, Keelung to The hot weather, too, has its solace. It not they must not be discharged or left he is said to be hearthy, if unplewant, and it find at a foreign Port without the means of and back to Hongkong vid Keelung, $3,200 German steamer Wells, 303, to Amoy subsistence, and of returning the Act was abounds in the qouterable joys of iced wherever they may be
their homes, Do the people, who in their
Dan brig Dagmar, 229, Whampoa to passed with two objects the first to protect Tientsin and back to Hongkong a New- and who toast their shins over woodfires in next to prevent Sqauren from being left as the gloaming of the
Bane, ever enjoy a
German barque Oswald, 448, to Chefono, sensation so entrancing s
foreign Ports, and becoming the plunge in paupera Wong Asan, 31, farmer, and Li Akim, plains Way, if it comes to that, is there bial Shipmaster puts a more pertinent
the cool swimming bath of the weltering chargeable to the Governments. The Colo Nowchwang and back to Hongkong eid
Chefoo, 41 cents per picul, 35 lay daye.
Gernian barque Franciscs, 968, New- quantity of hardwood, the property of theory of their forend enjoyments of pic-nie ogates foreignore in the Under that the chwang to Hongkong, 38 conta por pacul, 28 Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Co, on the and undisturbed smoke under the puukah to deposit money with the Consul to
marning equal to the dreamyngages States and ay days 10th inst
lischarges them at Hamburg, he is bound
German barque Hindu, 581, Newehwang ginals are askep in the godowns, and
it
debt from the 5 per cent always contributed
the
the is op
us. Like a
as are reduced to distress in
Ma
packing up again and of the Herculean left behind by any British ship.” In other words, only Canton steamers would Defendant was sentenced to be imprison. Doty, than they must begin to take thought posts by reason of their being discharged or
a
by the lottery fund to the Umballa races. was asleep in his cabin when attacked by He engages to have nothing more to do the pirates, who threw atinicpots into his be allowed to carry onjunt, and their noted for three months with hard lulur, and with this or any other lottery and to return cabin, which woke him up. Escaping by until the purchaser produced the Customs to pay 82 amends to complainant, in
subscriptions. He undertakes also not.
not the skylight on to the deck he was at once receipt before shipment. No doubt many default of payment to be insprisoned for to hand over about thirty thousand rupesurrounded and roughly handled, then taken duty in advance at a port some 100 miles Inbour. already collected, in a lurap sum to third
readers will regard this proposal of paying further term of one month with hard parties with a view to the continuance of by force to where the Captain and mate off as impracticable and far-fetched in its the lottery. Rivott was sentenced under
Justy's Minute
of
labor. (in India)
drinks.
of
Whether whether
in full.
section 294 A of the Penal Code to Rs. 100 were aad warned and threatened as they conception as the suggestion, of Her Ma(Before the Hon. M. E. Tonnochy, Acling faces in the safe high mountains, Seamen serving in British ships, and the chwang68 cants per pical, 36 lay days.
Basius of the conscience, One of these
w
had been.
to
ช
or
Police Magistrate.)
ALLEGED LANGENT FROM THE HUNGHAM-
DOCK,
P. C.
at Hingham, carrying a bag, which
fine, and a wook was allowed for payment.
From the Chinese crew on and remit
collect the duties in India them
hem; but board, the robbers took everything of value, aware that a system similar to the one
they may not be THE smokees of epiuiu are said to enjoy Froin the supercargo they took 9352 in proposed has long existed between Shanghai beatific visions, but the sellers of opiom are money and his clothes. From the ship they the latter port on aptum and tea,
and Ningpo, where large ams payable at ourned by unending controversics and sharp took two lanterns and four rolls of canvas. actually paid in Shanghai under some/45, stone-cutter, were charged with stealing controversies is reopened by the Sinunghai They finally conducted the Captain back special arrangement between banker and correspondent of the Times, who applies an hig cabin and told him to show them where impracticable at a port where the com- trader. This proves that the scheme is not modyne in the shape of a letter
fter a column and a half long to the measy conscience of the money on board was. John Bull. He puts t
the case in favour of them they had alread, taken all. They opino plausibly enough, but by reviving then warned him again that he had better the discussion ho gives an opportunity to the anti-opina people, who may be relied be quiet and went off. On the Captain Cauton: upon speedily to lacus the optimist views coming on deck shortly afterwards thoy
ao nasidously to create. Almost every one in China, he maintains, smokes were asking off. The junks appeared to be opiuin, and has smoked it for centuries of 1000 picule sach. The men whic com- past. John Chinainan takes his opium as mitted the outrage spoko Cantonese and the Scotchman tokos his whisky and the Englishman his beer, and, secording to this what was described in Hongkong-Cantonese authority, it does him no more harm, dialect. Some of then spoke English fairly if indeed as mali. The habit is most
in the west, where Indian well. opium is never
There is an ordinary fisherman or boatien, and all immenso growth of the native drug these things taken together would point, which, however, is generally admisted be to the Indian article what beer is to apparently, to their having aerved previously champagne-and the very streets reek with on hard English vessels. In addressing each
he labours
to
af
of the
in
10
in
Buy
to. Hongkong, 32 cents por piou), 25 lay if British barque Yarra, 444, Newchwang
days.
own
to Dhefoo and back, 30 conte per pical.
British steamer Flintshiro, 1236, Swatow British steamer Tunis, 886, Nowchwang
to Bwatow, 33 cents per picul.
British steamer Benglos, 1192, Saigon to
They ware better dressed than one would think. it would not be di fast year by s Chief Engineer, and had and amateur theatricals. We have only from Hamburg to England, instead of that Hongkong, 20 cents por picul
for the Colony *to mike
al
the place would be wholly relieved of the arrangement with those firms whereby the trade of intertorence of the Custoule emuisers with out sutailing any loss on the importers of opium. Opimn-anggling, as you remarked,
possesses
The case was remanded till the 13th Grundy at this season to take off authority to send foreign men to England Hongkong, 20 cents per pioul."
inst
21
Ha nasured munication is not nearly as regula fendant fat, 170, met the first do when the rooms are darkened, the abori the expenses of their passage to Englaid to Hongkong, 3 cents per picul, 35 lay
raid as hotwhen Canton and Hongkong sehtoli was found to contain several blocks doup hash of the noon-tide staro! We the discharged Seamen tro not rent to Eng. for the payment of duty There would be no difliculty in
even the kites and crows are at rest in the In reply to this, we would observe that and if the beforehand of hardwood, of the possession of which the would first could give no satisfactory account.
nay gap of seasons, and turn apoplectical and they must be forwarded to their spinm differing from the affecting other Dock, and it was there identified out 70
honies. It socms an anomaly that foreigners uld The Constable took the wood us to the tuneuskestates for rovie, but we are hired at one foreign Port and discharged at sanction 21 arrangement in favour
senso at ret. We have no "moving another should necessarily be despatched imports, whereby its store and movements property of the Company, value about 70 no law-suits with sanitaria hostelries im by the Consul, at the Shipowner's expense,
retrospective ut
or prospective, to frat over were placed under control, (as if it were a there can be little, doubt that we should defendant had sold him the wood. dangerous commodity, like
like gunpowder),
First defendant stated that the second replace-old lamps with: now. For as laster of a British ship must not leave any Hongkong, Rien 18 cents per picul; Paddy -
pending, no dread of breakages to England: Luit, bearing in mind that the
an see the-removal of the blockade of
Seanan in a obligations to Li Akim, the second defendant, said that
in the ray of d
a foreign-Port without obtaining
of opiunt can be counted on ons's this part. And as the principal importers
the wood was given to bim at the end of
acquiring "Theutuutica"
at lawn-tennis Consular curlificate to the effect that 20 cents per picul.
British steamer Oxfordshire, 998, Saigon or blue devils at
at charitable concerts, he has complied with the Act, there is no
is no to Hongkong, 10 cents per picul been in his (defendant's) possession ever to plead the heat to escape averything
hardship in baving to pay for a passage Gorman steamer Quinta, 874, Saigon to since.
to New York, where the men were socially unpleasant, and not even Mrs It
were shipped. le doubtful whether the Consul
British steamer Penedo, 653, Baigon to can say a word should it be our good plassere at
British steamer Adria, 781, Saigon to Lesh and to
to sit in our
loa that were engaged and discharged at a bones. Nevertheless,
at a Hongkong, 31 conts per picul.. the thoughts of the more active and njoy foreign Port. The intentions of the
enjoy.
Legis
British ateamer Vortiger, 876, Monthly Lin Tak, 22, and Cheng a Leong, 18, able life in the old country is
want kills. Governance the stairs, to tatre facul sail was to be tions they used the expression and unless the Colony to take ing a disturbance on the Recreation Ground rememb
lature may be easily divined. Wrecked Should we ho maintains, is and
British steamer Naples, 1473, to San Perhap
were to proceed, may be relieved at the public Francisco and back vid Yokohams, (Monthly protective than moral or humanitarian. Kei-dai. There were on board the Occident, coguisance of this article and place it under Our consular agent at Szechuan insists that besides the three Europeans we have men-control it can never hope to see its trade- n the 7th instant.
remembraps not. Yet the odoraUS |
expense; but their discharge abroad must Charter), 89,500 per month. the Chinese grow more opium in
of the Owner, in so From the evidence produced it appeared of the wood violats, with the recoilections be at the responsibility o vince than we raise in the whole of India, tianed above, only seven Chinese sailors.aders, inasmuch as, until the movements of terapial to pick the pocket of the second de--are tantalising to those who can small When, however, mention is made of send- from the surveillance of the block-that the first defondant in this case and nut of the plashing waves, and the golden sands far se relief from distress is concerned. and that the hostility to our opinn is The value of the whole property stolen terng
ing foreigners to England, the 18th Section which need not be harsh or injurious trade, the Canton Customis will always be producer to foreign empetition. As the
the monotonous drip of the water on the Chinese Government, does not prevent the attack is significat as a warning that no obliged to maintain a large fleet to drive discharged, and the first wan ordered to enter be if woo
of cultivation of the poppy, it is ovidently an false sons of security should yet be allowed
on the untold joys of heaven, as on those Ocean, or of any country not having a
aet our thoughts as intently any country in Asia, Africa, or any
the South Sea Islands or the Pacific exaggeration to saddle British India with to arise in the minds of those who trade in
the imaginativo home life we think we the sole responsibility for poisoning China.
have lost!" And this makes
Consul in the United Kingdom, ie brought to see aunie But it is doubtful argument that as the these waters simply because there have storage, shipment, etc., of opium so as to
to the United kind of parallel between the lot of Dives British or foreign, and is left in the United
Kingdom
any ship, Chinese insist on poisoning themselves with not been many piracies to reword of late. enable. the Customs to
and of him who has to
to pass his hot weather on the plains. Between that ans and the Kingdom, and within six months of his dear old England, there is
poor-rate, or commits any act by reason a great gulf whereof he is liable to be convicted as an
FIGHTING AND CREATING A DISTURBANCE.
opium fumes. The objection of the Chinese other and inciting each other on to what is the raison re of the so-called blockade;ovolic, were charged with fighting and erent- we enjoy it so much it | Sesanen, or thoas left behind from inability Charter (one month), 85.250.
that pro-
if we were
Bunply a phase of the objection of the native does not exceed the sum of $1000, but the which are placed under certain restrictions, fendant, and this had led to the distar-aught here but kuskus, or hear anything but of the Merchant Shipping Repoal Act, 1864
opium we may as well make what profit we
can out of the operation, to the advantage
to
tance.
the opium carried in native bottoms into would exercise the right of controlling the the proper channels; wherons, if the Colony
the to collect the
the revenue all OIL deng not consumed or exported
latties.
Quotations HONGKONG, May 11.
The second defendant was consequently cold we Anglo-Indians must not be lost sight of. If a native of OPIUM-New Patna, cash,...8676-
into recognisances, with one surety in 825, to default to be committed for fourteen days. ho of good behaviour for two mouths, in
Chun & Ng, 21, fishmonger, Loong 'n Sin,
LARCENT UP CLOTHING,
Old..
ду
· Old ****
cseh,.... New Benares, cash,... 570
cash,... New Maiwa, oredit, 680 Allowance, Teels... 48
of the Indian exobequer and the promotion THE BLOCKADE OF HONGKONG ANDY revert to the old rule by which on a charge of stealing a bundle containing fixed which can only be crossed, perchance, idle and disorderly person, or any other act Bank, Wire
abroad, the Canton cuthorities would 59, and Laun a Sin, 35, hawkers, appeared yachts, tho moors, rivers, and the rides of being so left becomes chargeable upon the
of British trade-Pall Mall Budget.
in
THE TRANSIT PASS SYSTEM, (Communicated.)
willince
nativo
by furlough, or by sick leave-Indian of vagrancy, the factor or Owner of the Daily News.
Old Malwa, credit,... 710: Allowance, Thels..... 16.
Exchange,
Damsard,...
30 days' sight,
is done he calls a nyetagraph: By day the collection of duties on Foreign Goods, and ↑ Chineso should be required to withdraw away, and as they did so witneza saw that paper, so that the papers placod end to end bound to might not subject himself to Gold Leaf, 99% fine
and at night by lights of two distinct levies on trade-were carried out, espe colours, so arranged as to form
the
letters
Fant
of the Morse code, at present in use in cially in the case of opina, it would do the Telegraph Department. The inventor much to further the extension of the Transit states that ships will be enabled to out everything they
And fent System in South-China by removing one of require, overything at present transmitted by tele- the gravest objections to its introduction graph can be sent by the nyetagraph. Its in Kwangtung, namely, the loss to the superiority over all other semaphore signals Provincial Exchequer in the form of likin Is the case with which it is workin, beto
Miniplicity itself, an amateur. able to without any counterbalancing advantage. transmit and send as well as an expert. He. If the Provincial Treasury could be satisfied considers that it will supersede the tele that the extension of the Pass Bystem would phone, as within ten milos telegraph com, munication can be carried on at a very amsil not cause any great diminution in its re- expense, that it will be of service to merceipte, there can be little doubt the present chants living out of town and wishing to antagonism to the system would be with be posted
in news during the night scientific toy alone: afforded by the nystagraph, as persons with
Law Notice.
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.
'
to witness.
fendants.
BETAILING LIQUOR WITHOUT A LICENSE.
$27.60
85.98
Shares.
prem
per
ah., sales.
craft were forbidden to
n to carry upim, one jacket and three pairs of trousera, value and so enable them to dispense with the 83.50, the property of Lai Hi Kit, & fisher- MR Elphinstone Roo, telegraph live in-
large fleet now set to watch the trade of man, on the 10th instant. spector Western
Australia, has applied, If the suggestion made in the concluding the island does not appear to see its way to that yesterday afternoon the three defen
the Colony because the administration of
Baid Complainant gava evidence to the effect says the Adelaide Observer, for a patent ju
ship, or,
or, in the case of a foreign ship South Australia, protecting what promises to remarks of your leading article in the China aid the Chinese to protect its revenue dants catne on bost his junk at Tai kok-
the Consignes blainen, or the Seudun
4 months sight, be a very useful invention. It is a system
Mail of the 25th April-that the Maritime to trade. If the Colony agreed to not buy any as the price, they said, was too copies, and employs 64 rolls of paper for sandha Master of British ship would be Shanghai, demand,
without prejudice to the interests of the tavi and asked to see some fish. They
Faible that some of the Semen Credits, તિ signalling either by day or night, and the Customs be the only department for the place some such control over opdum, the high. They then got into a sanipan to go each issue. Each rull contains ten miles of
ONE of the home wealdies-Lloyd-states land, may be natives of the ontinents or India, Wire, 225 discharged at Hamburg and sent to Eng. Documentary, 4 months' sight, 3/9 that its circulation now reaches 600,000 islands named; instrument or apparatus! by which the work
taking it for granted
demand, signalling is effected with coloured
the Imports and Transit Duss the only all their cruisers and likin stations,
them a passage to this first defendant had a bundle of clothing in
50 days' sight, private his hand. Witness then found that he had would reach 640 miles! The newspaper country and loat some clothing from the junk and par started in November, 1842.
lus reached ita 2,000th number, and was
a penalty in consequenos of their becoming Sovereigna, paupers, it is not quite clear that these sued the prisoners in a boat, overtaking them at the landing place. The bundle Tux aeronauts of the Goliath balloon, however, at a foreign Fort would not then should be sent here. The Consul, they
had taken contained clothes belonging whort brought into Nios after their roingist upon these Amatics or Africans being Hongkong Bank, 94% IN PROBATE JURISDICTION
markable escape, wore too weak and suffer sent to their homes, and, as a choice of Union Ins. Roc. of Cton, 81,660 p.share. Before the Hon. Francis Snowden, Acting by a soeman employed in his junk who as perilous adventure, One has subsequently least expensive. When, therefore, Seamen North China Ins. Co., Tis, 1,100 per share.
Complainant's evidence was corroborated ing to give a connected narrative of their evils, the sending them to England is the China Tradera Ins. Co. 81,650 p. share. Chief Justice.) Thursday, May 12.-11 a. m.
sisted the complainant in catching the de-est an account to the journal to which he are dacharged from British ships abroad Yangtaze Ins. Assoc. s. 700 p. share. Re the goods of James Bridges Endicott,
belongs
He made the ascent as a deased.-Petition of Henry W. Davis, sentenced to be inpriced for three months was to have taken bis wife, but there was
The three defendants were convicted, and list, and Jovis, the captain of the balloon meat unpleasant difficulties may arise if the Chinese Ins. Co. 2366 per share.
low is evaded.
HK. Fire Ins. Co., $1,000 bata as attorney for William Endicott, for Pre- with hard labour.
he found at the last moment, sufficient
China Fire Ins. Co., 8300 pers. Balon H.K&W. Dock, 43 % prem. ascensional force ist to take up four person
Ir has been determined, instead of ex- H. C. M. 8.-boat Co., 830 prom, sales. The voyage was made in a rash spirit posing the bodies of the dead in the
Shar Steam Tis. 3 par .. nominal Kan Atai, 43, ninster of a grocery shop Carrier pigeons were taken, but to provi Paris Morgue in a nude state, se hereto China Const SC. ni Yau-ma-ti was charged with rotating sions, no lantern, and important scientifle fore, to exhibit them in their clothing, Hongkong Gas Co., 892 per share, share, liquors (samshoo) in quantities less than instruments were
announced that a mistral was to give, as far as possible, the exact China Sugar Ref. Co., 8188 share and it declared itself shortly pearance which the decased presented Do, Debentures, 3.2 prom. inst.
Defendant admited the charge stating after the Goliath ascended from Nice, Ins Phen Living In the case of Corpses fented Chinese Imperial Boan of 15% and leisure, but the most important of its usos a contoupilated in the III. Section (par. 3)
Wednesday, May 11.
that the samshos d been sold by a new
short time the will be in lighthouses, which can each write
view of the earth. The SSING AND ORS, 880-This was a claim for be forfeited.
CHEUNG: FUE HING CHEUNG PING and the samahoo found on the premises to
wind dus north. At an altit *fer
longer be public. seconds the initials of its
altitude of
Kolb, a German, who has basa name, and thereby prevent the many acci.
the exchequer would save in expenditure, 880 paid on account of passago meney
· Inetren. the pigeons were
kke fures of the universe, says | were released.
Temperature, denta that happen
mistaking one by the abolition of sil the opium ikin Honolult. The money had been paid as wars is a man not a man 1" saked fog When they first
were not aware they were shore that the English is the most widely spread (Taken at Murra Falconer & Co.'s Premises, aeronante grouse for another: By day it will do bureau, in the province, what it now agency called the Namoe shop, but before Jones. Of course.be expected every bedy
deposit by plaintiff at a passage brokering
the Mediterranean which was masked by language, being spoken by about 80,000,000 รอโดย southe
Gorman by 60,000,000 or 60,000,000; code, as flag
Monaco
cended, about 30 ph and Spanish, 40,000,000 each; P
discovered only
two (or may hereafter lose) in likin on Foreign the contract was carried out the opposed to give it up, and then by was gidn't For a short time they skimmed the risco a people in morality and Lualche e required to spell everything imports by the use of the Transit Pass. His doors, doch pr the convorous ellente give li up; hot a bit of it. One said it was of the sad After might fall, they could seement, and useful knowledge, adds to its
to say where they were, and the principals took themselver “When he is shaving
and throw
out ballast sin, 55,000,000. Every advance made by prited oude on a card can be supplied The joint collection of Customs duty and The defendants were sued by the infoe rim he was foul envigh to deal in comun crifts about, but hazing no lantern were in tenure of life. The avanga of life among with each instrument. The English mail studar, with a agotagraph on board, conidia on opens at the Treaty Parts in firmato plaintif having been connected drums, another answered that it was when great danger of act being themselves sighted. the well-to-do is 50 years, aning send in passing 1000 or instead of so now being only separa of sewa. Kwangtung should therefore be advocated, with the uncern; but the result of she worked over jokes a thousand yours
reported, when
attempted to light some posing at night, large steamer if only to lessen the antagonism to the exten- landing and legtracted investigation, ex and a third told Jones to look in the glant but if
paper, 32 years. Clergyman average the longest It was tou much solised to ignite. over three sittings of the Court, and see for himself. Jones said he didn't
A lives-66 years. Idlem sro shorter lived supposed to be the P. and O. or Orient zion of the Transit System. There are no showed that they were only conduits" so what in time they were driving at, but to the balloon, and extricated, at great that in countries where
Neapolitan felucca came up and gave than the industrions, and statistica prove Company & Patents have been applied difficulties in the way of its prompt stoption
Ito pay over receipts to the missing principals zomiohow he had lost all interest in his port, the soronauts. When relieved of rurieges are permitted, there are to be for in the other colonies and in
consanguineous Judgment was therefore given for the odomitrom and hadn't the heart to tell their weight, the Goliath scudded of, and found a greater number of deal mutes and Britain and America
at the ports of Swatow, Heihow and Pakhoi; defendante.
nothing has since been heard of it.
idiots than elsowhere.
only
much a
As a
SUPREME COURT.
IN SUMMARY JURISDICTION.
a amusement will be drawu; and it would seem that the most Before the Hon. Francis Bhouden, Acting two gallons without a chicense on the this were forgotten. The weather aron to ospe and bonnets, the kiss being Hougtong Hotel Co., 880 per share..
a toy instrument will be enabled to effective way of attaining that end is the
Dhat
with their friends a few miles distant at joint collection of Custoras duties and líkin,
the
Edi SPB62 signal :
Sway, Mr Ros" believes, with the whole of
tags are
of the Chefou Agreement, by which we
loses
Chief Justice.)
P
of 1877
nasistant in his shopHe was fined $25, cepted the Watery clouds below. it inter without clothing the inspection will no. Ios Co.'s shares, 8127, per share,
them the true answer.
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ola
Was
miles
employ
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