No, 5576- MAY 27, 1881.]
LOCAL AND GENERAL The next AMERICAN MAX may is expectedt to arrive here by the 0. & 0. steamer
Oceanic on the 1st June.
ONDER OF SERVICE AT THE UNION CHUA
J
MAY 29TH, Hymn 190, Tone, page 163; Hyum 261, Tone, pago 117; Psalm 121, Tune, page 187; Hyma 311, Tune, puge 142 Hymn 449, Tune, page 199.
Dock this morning.
We are informed by the Agents Mesars Jardine, Matheson & Co.) that the S. S. Glendon, is to leave Singapore for this port
to-morrow, the 28th inst.
i
The following is from the report of Major Dunlop, R.A., Inspector-General of Police, on the Singapore, Polios Force, and the stato of Crime for the year 1880, a report which, according to the opinion of the Straits Tunca, in on the whole very satisfactory as regards the discipline of tho Polico, Scoret Societies and the state of Crime:
до
THE CHINA MAIL.
and then English atosnien will have to
of no snall difficulty.
ple with a social and political question
FATAL ACCIDENT ON BOARD A JUNK IN THE HARBOUR. INQUEST.
Police Intelligence, (Be H. E. Wodehouse, Esq., Police Magistrate.) Friday, May 27.
THEFT OF A HOÀI. Wong Achoi, a bontmani, was sentenced, hard labour, for stealing a boat valued at on his own confession, to four months 23, the property of Fung Alai, on the 1st April, at Shau-ki-wan. He had boon pre- viously convicted for larceny in March fast,. when he was sont to gual for two months.
- THE 'RICKSHAW NUISANCE-
Eight jinrickshaw coolies were charged with unlawfully and carelessly driving their rickshas to the danger of the persons. pas. sing and repassing Queen's Road Central, vehicles on the wrong side of the road with: on the 22nd instant, and with ke ping their out reasonable excuse for go doing, offences were proved by P.C. 67, Zwarg, dofanit one day's imprisonment. They all went to gaol.
SUPREME COURT.
years' imprisonment with hard labour by for rent had been issued, and the land-cons of the criminal class, any of whom the two Magistrates, for stealing a silver lord of the honso in which he was at were doubtless better off in jail then when dollar from the person of one Hong Chan, the time distrained for three months' rent out of it. To the prisoner, howover, it in.. Pong, on the 26th instant."
in addition: He of course did not think yolved not only loss of position, but depri- ho was bound to let the two landlords go in vation of those comforts and luxuries to before him, and he elaitoed that he had not which he had been customed, and he would brokou hia part of the agreement by doing suffer a mental agony far keaner than most of the criminals sentenced in that Court as he had done.
giva He (the Chief Justice,) felt bound to these considerations their due weight in estimating the punishmont to be awarded The sentence of the Cours would that he be kept in rigorous imprisonment for the term
of
two years.
*IN SUMMARY JURISDICTION.
The Judge: It seuns to ine the question (Before His Honour the Acting Prisne Judge, J. Russell, Esq.}
in ono between you and the official assigree, What does he may on the subject? Friday, May 27.
Mr. Sangater
I wrote a letter, after tak- CHOW KIN CHANG 2. ELLIS. The plaining the directions of the Chief Justice, on
the 16th of tiff in this essa suod defendant for $23.00 the money was paid.
May, immediately after I heard
Mr Vaughan applied to the Court for as wages. The plaintiff said ho joined the.
The Judge: I do not so that Bir Hanlon the restoration of prisoner's private letters, me on the 8th of March, at $15 has anything to do with this at all. The papere, &o., in the custody of the police, month. He had gone with the ship to Sydney, and returned to Hongkong on the money passes over either to his creditors as including two life assurance policies in fa
The Chief Justice said it would be better. 10th of May. He said the Captain would boy or to Mr Donnys as a particular vour of his wife.
Captain Killig stated not allow him to go ashore, neither would editor who has protected his particular
rights. He in have an interest in to leave that to the discretion of the In the matter. The whole question is one opector Goueral of Police. been engaged for four voyages not to extend It seems to me everything has been done Captain illis stated that the plaintiff had between the official assigned and Mr Donnys.
returned hore plaintiff had got permission have anything to do from the steward to go on shore. He re- turned on Friday morning, and left again the same afternoon without permission. He returned on Saturday, and left finally on Tusaday the 24th, since which time he had hot seen him. Plaintiff told him he was hot well. He told him to go to the doctor, there being
ono op The Judgo said: I am going to order
We are informed by the Agents (Mesars sociotics, and restrained them from furth on the left side of his back. He was un- and they were each fined one dollar, in beyond six months. On the night the ship that can be done and I do not think I shall relieved from, the custody of the monjas and
Jardine, Matheson & Co.) that the atcam-sets of violence. This must be considered ship Moray is to leave Singapore for this satisfactory; in former years disturb port to-morrow, the 28th instant.
He was in
An inquest was held at Tung Wah Hos pital this afternoon, hefors the Coroner, During the year the Chinese Protec torate, both in Singapore and Penang, has Mr H. E. Wodehouse, and Mosers W. Wil. Tng 0. & (), steamer Gelic came out from given every assistance to the Police in the son, F. A. Ozorio, and A. G. Morris, jurors, investigation of the numerous cases of dis on the body of one Ho Aanu, killed by turbances amongst the members of Chiness Hooys, and I am confident that much in falling from the mast of a junk into the justice, which, in former years naturally hold on Wednesday last. rosnlted from the ignorant action of the
Li Chuk Che, the principal Chinese doc police, has, *in way, been provented.
avtor of the Tung Wah Hospital, said that on Hooy disturbances, though frequent, have the coming of Wednesday, the 25th inst. in no instance assumed serious proportions, the decurged was brought to the Hospital. and, periding Polico investigation, the The mini was then alive. His skull was Head-men of Hoeys have, as a rule, uxacted fractured and he had the mark of a brige obedience from the members of their
able to move. Glave him medicine, of which however, he was able to take only a very amall quantity. He died yesterday at three o'clock in the afternoon. dying state when he was brought to the hospital. Considered that donth was pro- duced by the blow on the man's head.
Fang Awa, master of cargo boat No. 74, identified the body is that of Ho Asau, who
24th May he
up the sail as it was beginning to rám. Saw the deceased cross
and the mast, Beneath the
plank there the 15th April, expressly to get propellor terior economy and management of these fall of about 12 feet. While the the plank o tell man was crossing examined by diver, as they is something societies, has shown the necessity for hand dropped into the hold. Witness wont amendment of the Ordinance, and the pro- down and with the assistance of some of the wrong with it.
hint up. Ho was then In- sensible. He at the bottom of the hold. He applied some ointment to his body; as he did not renger, brought him to the hospital
The Doctor recalled said he did not be lieve it would have made any difference had Hospital.
THE Englishnail steamer which arrived here yesterday brought" £44,500 for Hongkong in Mexican dollars, and takes on to Shang hai £8,000 in the same shape.
Bnces, in themselves of little moment, but from freient repetition, ending almost invariably in serious riots, arose, either from inability on the part of the Police to control the Head-men of Haeys, or from a desire on the part of the Hend-men themselves to
In Malacca to foment riots.
trouble during the your.
The information acquired by the Dangerous Societies Ordinance, 1809," during the past nine years, as to the in-
in his
A STRANGE CASE,
·
Li Chik Fu, 24, a rice pounder, was coin- plained against by Au Aka, a shop-keeper, on account of his having, as alleged, stolen 83.86 from complainant, his exployer. It the turned out that the defendant had had the
board.
the Chinese Hocys have given but little. On the night of the money advanced to him by his master, that he be paid $21.50 without any costs. I
ab
The Cap
with it..
Me Sangster I may mention, my lord, that this grant in May was put down in the bankruptcy scheme as an uncertain amount. The Judge: I do not think this je ́s caso for this Court. won't fix any day for it, but leave it to stand over for the bankruptcy but leave
of the Inspector General of Police, to be The Attorney General applied, on behalf
property found in prisoner's possession
Mr Bond asks to have the mynes and papers lodged in Court, a question may Arise na to their limate disposal
The Chief Justice said that if the prose autor was able a identify the money ho advanced we presumed it would have to be
returned to hau.
money
the mast the deceased to sacond afterwards refused to pay it back, and a consider that he has certainly behaved very Mr Mossop appeared for the plaintia ingible to say which of the sovereign and gold "THE steamship Priam, from Shanghai for several Registrars appointed under the the plank between the aft part of the junk Summary Jurisdictionaut to the improporly in leaving the pains and ant with detaining a net belonging to him. I by the cheque for 87,200; and that the firm
London (general), arrived at Gibraltar on
under the consideration of Government.
We are glad to learn that His Majesty the King of Portugal has created Mr A. G.. A couESPONDENT sends me a curious con- Romano a knight commander of the order tribution to the already huge pile of Byron A man, he says, calling himself
the same time refused to work. The Ma gistrato reforrod the
Court.
ISORDERLY CONDUCT.
wero
left them
to secure the. nets he had left. Somo
ditor of the firm.
Mr Bucktoy explained that part of this WONG HUNG YAU MUG BANG TA' money, and that it would be impos had been paid for by $2,500 of the
this case, in which be charged the defend-
pieces, de, was represented by the $2,500 or tain scams to have takon more trouble with hire than Captaine
Mr Mossop said that on the 15th of had been sued for this latter amount. A case generally take with their man is inducing them to gu December the plaintiff proceeded to 95, would come up for argument before the Martin Vozemann, 21, a seaman belong on with their work. The plaintiff must and having a number of pets for which Supreme Court regarding this money.
know the discipline of a ship, because he he had no es at the time,
The Chief Justice directed that an order tng to the German barque Peihe, und was a long time in the Victor Emanuct. If in a shop where he had been in the habit should be made to lodge the money and derisk Slangslaus, 22, from the corvette the Captain chooses he is at liberty to take of doing so for the last ten years. On on posals of the Registrars are at present | crow brug had fallen on to the planks disorderly and damaging property, and as-
charged with being drunk, and you on board, at present you are a "deserter.
went papers in Court, and the prisoner might the 16th April he returned, and went have his privato letters and any other pro- saulling a Chinese hawker, and were each
MONTGOMERY LAON.-This was an days afte
after he had got thera ho discovered party not likely to be claimed by the are ordered to pay fifty cents, the sue for action in which the plaintif sued the that one was missing. He went to the drunken and disorderly conduct, and the other for assault. The other had also to defendant for $25. She hold a promissory shop, and was told by the master of it that
CORRESPONDENCE. of Our Lady of Conception in recogno Augustus Stuart Byron, and claiming to be the deceased been brought earlier to the hawker whom he had benton, because as he rate of $1 month. This note was payable ant had had a number of nots thoro at the pay 6fty cents award to the complainant, the note for 810,, and charging interest at the he knew nothing of it, but that the defend
RECENT PROPERTY SALES. said, he could not change a dollar for him, been lent of the 9th December 1879.
1st of March 1880, the money having same time, but that they had been removed
His sonae time previous, and it was quite
To the Editor of the CHINA Mail." with which be wanted to buy some cigars,
Hongkong, 26th May. Lordship it delivering judgment said that ble he had taken it away by uistelee.
Sir-Having perused with much interest the idea of coming into a Court of Justice Plaintiff saw the not in the defendant's pos NUISANCE
seeking interest at the rate of something session at Sau-ki-wan, and claimed it. De- the list of Land and Property Salos in like 150 per cent. was ridiculous. Hefendant admitted that ho had takon the Hongkong published in your issue of Mon- remarks by He did not keep his promise and plaintif way of friendly comment thereon may, bə went to see about it. Defendant than said accepted in the spirit in which they ara ho was to keep the net to discharge a debt offered. I am induced to address you ca due to hit by a mother witness of the interested in it and now at Hume derive
plaintiff's father.
this subject more especially as many of those The plaintiff name of Ing Sing Fat were examined in much of their information from articles such support of the claim.
youre
of the 23rd. In the first place. defendant characterised the evidence may I be permitted to
of his services hore as Consul General.
iana.
and
Inspector Matheson said he had seen the the aft part to the mast as spoken of by the junk. There was a plank crossing from previous witness; it was 18 inches wide.
Ten Chinese residing at East Point were
ou the
the son of the post by a Scotch marriage with a girl named May Stuart, who after- wards married one McDonald, and lived Tux local agents of the C. M. S. N Co. died in n Glengarry, near Cornwall, Canada, have received a telegram to-day (27th), West, died in prisonhich he was convicted. Such planks were to be found on board of summoned by Inspector Adams for per- would give judgment for the money with net by mistake and promised to return it. [day evening last, I trust a few
in Chicago in the year The crime of announcing that their steamer the Han the diabolical one of Kuang, one of the best if not the best of railway trains, for the tendering all cargo bouts of this class, large cargo permitting an accumulation of offensivo interest at the rate of 12 per cont. their Seot, has run upon a rock outside the mails in the ensuing confusion. Pin: boata. The fall from the plank to the Chofvo. All lives are saved. The Hankerton, the Chicago detective, investigated
he purpose of
The Jury returned a verdict of "acci- botter of the hold was 11 ft. 4 in. the man's career, which was a strangely Kang, it is known, was on the run from
they aurad
He was born in Edin- dental death," .one. Shanghai to Chefoo. No further particu- burgh in 1817, was discharged from an lars are yet to hand.
appointment as assistant-surgeon in Wool-
We are requested by the Superintendent of the Eastern Extension Australasia & Chind Telegraph Company, Limited, to state that
the Saigon-Singapuro cable will be cut again for a few hours to-morrow, to effect repairs. It will be notified immediately communica tion is stoppel, when all telegrams that have not gone on will be returned to the scaders. There will be no delay mean- while.
THE INQUEST.
matter to remain exposed within the imme diate neighbourhood of their preinises on the 19th instant, and were fined some one dollar and somo fifty cents.
A WOMEN'S FIUNT.
Tong AI, a married woman, was charged. with multing one Lam Atung on the 27th instant. The quarrel arose on a trifling
of
BARRETTO D. SCHEFFER.This was a case in which the plaintiff sued for the sum *h as damages for wrongful dismissal.
Mr Russell: Do you admit the claim, Mr Scheffer? Fb claims $25.
Defendant: He must be very fool. The
i nail
Inland are divided into apart from other description,
An Ingoest was litld this afternoon niatter aid the Magistrato fined the do- then Plaintify, Antonio L. Barretto, was of the plaintiff's esso as false, and said that lots in Victoria are put out that town'
wich Hospital in 1830, when he emigrated THE FATAL LANDSLIP YESTERDAY, to New York. He was in China in 1841
when the Mexican Orleans and boing in New war broke out served in it in one of the United States dragoon regiments. He was sent to England with some American contri- butions to the Great Exhibition of 1851
and after sundry other vicisitudes, commit. ted the series of crimes at Adrigu in Ohio, for which he was undergoing punishment when he died, as I have said, in 1857.- "Atlas" in the World,
Law Notice.
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.
Chief Justice.) CHEMINAL SESIONA, --
---Saturday, May 28, 10 a.m.--For sentencing of prisotions.
(7th) at the Government Civil Hospital, on the bydies of two men, Mak Ayaw and Chu álak, who were buried by a handalip and suffocated yesterday afternoon. The Coroner, Mr H. E. Wodehouse, presided, and the Jurors were Measrs A. J. Easton, E. H. Joseph, and Win. H. Gaskell,
Dr Marques was the first witness examin- He deposed that the bodies were ed. brought to
to the Hospital yesterday after noon; they were then quite dead. There were no marke of violence. He found the
suffocation
fondant twenty-five cents, and to pay twenty-five cents amends to complainant, who had a mark on her head, in default two days' imprisonment.
put in the box.
profession
a clerk by
Marine, and
He depused: I am the man who appeared as Ing San Fat was I entered the service not that individual but a person by the it is frequently difficult, arep with the aid of Mr Scheffer of the 2nd April at 825 name of Wong Pak Tai, whose father he of a map, to determine the you
Property refer to. I have no doubt that in future between us, but there was a verbal arrange. a month. There was no written agreement knew well.
Mr Mossop was proceiling to question lists you will bear this point in mind. From
your remarks as follows" It: him, ment, by which if I left I would have to
when
be added may The Judge said it was unusual to examine as a sign of the times that much of the ca give a month's notice the same to be done by the defendant. A week after my en- one witness as to what another was going pital now being invested in property here is from Clins"-you must allow me respect- gagement Mr Scheffer commenced to treat to do. He could cross-examine the next
position in me badly. He objected to the pos in witness as to whether there was any fully though most decidedly to differ. In which I left the ledger. If I left a pices of arrangement between them before they the list you publish there are comparatively
came into Court,
for "clear sales. In the great majority. blotting paper in the book he would "epm-
The next witness called was the master of plain me for three hours, Ele also wished me to assist the boy in washing the floor and wanted me to work on Sunday. On the 23rd May I wenttoshooffice abant 7 o'clock.
no more.
cases,
if the larger
e larger portion of the stated of the shop in which the nets had been left. pries has not been left on mortgage by Mr Mossop objected to this man's evid-Foreign owners (and often at a low is rate ently being taken, as he had been sitting as 6%), the promise to purchase has not been 24 hours concluded before a loan is kearing of the case. The Judge said that
the mouth was in cach case boat people. He had seemingly gone" Defendant then told me that he wanted me in Court during het as far as the master abtained by the Chinese buyer from one of
(Before the Hou. M. S. Tonaochy, )
PERSONATING A POLICE CONSTABLE. Chong Wa Shing, described as a pri soner in Victoria Gaul, was charged with personating a Pulive Constable and at tempting to obtain honey by threats, in December 1871 and March 1881, froin two the complainants' house, after their young daughter had get into trouble recwn is a gold chain a copper trinket. He there and then threatened to stab to death those people unless they paid him money, He represented himself to be a detective Constable. They refused to pay, aut com municated with a man they knew to be Countable. When defendant was arrested oa another charge for which ho is now in geol they recognised him.
to
full of i earth.
An old and stupid like man, a sort of contractor was next called. He said that yesterday morning a man whose name he did not know engaged him to get two coolics
coerted to make IN BANKRUPTCY.-11.30 -In the
to carry earth. He afterwards heard that some men were Imriedl, wid. Ennuying they wore two of his men he made a report to the Police Station. The men killed were not his men,
mattor of Ramon Nicasio Orozco, Bankrupt, Adjourned last. Examination
We were in error in placing the H. (Before the Hon. Francis Snowden, Acting limbs dislocated. Death was occasioned by Ursted among the departures yosterday; sho went to dock at Sam-suy-pu, and her leav- ing the harbour had deceived the boatmen and the compiler of our Shipping list. We lar that the steamer loft this Port, on Sunday afternoon to do some callo work on the Hongkong Ainoy section. In the evening about 36 miles from Hongkong a cylinder cover burst, and the steamer had to return, partly under mail. The damago is not very extensive, but it will take some five or six days to get the ship ready for uso again.
Ir will be remembered that we alluded some ten or or twelve days ago to a rumour that had been prevalent here to the effect
and enterprieing race ere long, and the different statentent The evidence he hetimes employed hanblighouset
from
now given
of the shop was concerned he should think he would be a most disinterested witness, Both men had left things with him and He would both had taken them away. soon discover whether he was a partisan or
The Judge asked Mr Scheffer if he had any question to put to the plaintiff
fr Schoffer, instead of doing so, pro. statement and said that the plaintiff came to him and said he would
Here is your wages; not. go. Me Seloffor said: my dear Sir, you are in a free country'; you can go.
"
that the Detached Squadron had reached rat, and the mash common, in that, menga state what thay knew of it in case of ki-wan on a woman, for which he was sen. plenty of boys. I have been 26 years in
and
the Local Companies, or from Foreignets having Trust money to invest. The capital s still Foreign Capital, but the Froperty is goes under Chinese and therefore more Deminerative management. If those who feel interest in this matter consulted the He columns of the Land Office Registry in pre- ference to the accounts of enthusiastic Land brokers, I can assure you as a matter of personal experience the result would often be somewhat astonishing.
Will you permit mo
The witness was then examined. recollected the defendant and plaintiff leaving and taking away their nets, and the fact of the latter complaining some days afterwards of one of his being amissing.
point out in detail a few mistakes contained, as I believe, in your list?
great
THE CHINAMAN ABROAD..
Witness on cath denied this. Getting The St. James's Gazite says -From a Inspector Cradock stated, in reply to the
no hearer questions, his Lordship told Mr well-informed correspondent in the United Coroner, that witness had now told severni Inspector Swanston gave evidence that Scheffer to get into the box, when he de-
As the defendant swore positively that different stories. He first said when he came the defendant was a man whom he had posed --The terms of the engagement were States we receive the following communica tion The Americans are determined to to the station that one of the men if not both known forthree yours al ten mouths; knew that the plaintiff was to have $25 a month the witness named Ing Sing Fat was not be rid of the obnoxions Chinese; and, as
of the wore his coolies. He told him to him to be an associate of thieves and there with breakfast and tiffin, and no more. that person, a messenger had been des-
(1) Lot 8.--Gibb's Offices &o., 8240,000.. (you thay look out for this) England will names of one of the coolies and the family fore likely to know what things were stolen, said "1 want things proper," and he faced to in police offe mas sent far probably be colonised by this insinuating
natao of the other.
A He had since made à
I said "You know Ing Sing Fat. The man sent for This sum includes also 2 Marine Lots of as an informer in answered I do anything.
(who has freon in the employ of the Harbour ralue-anmentioned. larceny and agyhet cases of lar
the man for me." differed both of his formur Prisoner had no copation and for a anie questions which have artsen in the
(2) Lot 62-05,000. Only half of the The Judge: Did you hear what he said Master at Sau-ki-wan for the past 15 years)
did not know who witness was, but said ha Lot.was sold for that sam States will rise in England, it may be inte statements. He (the Inspector) had every long time the witness hul assisted him to about a bargain? Was there any bargaini
was not Lag Sing!
FRt. MrScheffer (in a most impressive manner)
(3) Lot 202-8550,000. This sale also resting to see what are the reasons which reason to believe that the excavation in live by giving him money. For the last
on the American mind. The connection with which the accident oc- have worked
oc-18
Mr Mossop asked his Lordship to adjourn included 10 other lots, Marine and Inland, months witness had not employed-Never, my Lord, never. dangers apprehended in America curred was being carried on without a hum. He had no occupation and no fixed The Judge: What is this about menial the case, so that evidence might be got as which you fail to mention.
to this fact. If this was proved of course
54-The sale of Gilman's Bazmer Chinese immigration are twofold.
(4) Lot The permitand that he was the reason ha abode. Prisoner was charged on the 18th work Did you ask him to do this? The Lea
no furtiter evidence, that nobody inst., with an assault committed at Shau get
for £50,000 is duly recorded in the Land Mr Scheffer: Oh my Lord 'no, I have he would withdraw from the case. Singapore, and might be expected
having been provided for the easy
The case was adjourned, and the doubtful Office Registry, but no further transactions. arrive here in a week. We believe some cheap immigration to the United States, getting into trouble and that this witness tenced to one month's hard lobour. In Hongkong. I have seen plenty of liars, witness ordered to find bail in 350 for his (6) Lot 63
62-Scott's lane, $350,000. This should be Marine Lot 50 for £45,700 (which ・auch "tolegram was received, but were un
and China being overcrowded, its starving gave such contradictory statements. being taken to jail then he committed in but this man One day he appearance. masses will come over and Mongolianige the
The witness s told to stand down.
assault on the Constable in whose charge took a very large tumblerful of gin, and came
at 3/9 is $243,700.) able to trace it to a satisfactory source at United States; that these mismos, being A coolie was brought who had known the he was at the time. For this he was fur out with a mouth like that (placing his VINCENÖT 9. YAU CHEUNG PO:-The the time. We now read that the Russian accustomed to work for wages bordering deceased and had, according to Inspector ther sentenced to six months' imprisonment hands with about 18 inches of pace plaintiff sued the defendant for 961 as da truiser Vestnik, which arrived at Singapore pod, if not better, workers than the Ampri- witness who was their employer lived when two sureties of $80 each to be of good be-I
upon the starvation point, and being as Cradock, told him where the previous with hard labour, and to find securities in between). I challanged that, and he said mage for goods delivered in a damaged good,
state, the latter being consignee. "I only take one lectie, leatle drop." Judge: Why did you
you object to the
Mr Vincanob and Mi Thevenin in which he left the brought on to that port the nows that "the wages, they would gradually get many did not know who was the employer of the
booka i
amitund as to the amount of damage doze for three months with hard labour, the Flying Squadron under Admiral Earl Clan industries into their hands; they would decensed.
He was told to stand down. auss fortanes, which they would transfer
was found empty and the of which was sentence to commence on the expiration of told him he must keep the books as before. william, with the Bacchante, having the to their own country;;
Shaik
ef. rum, one of thus the Amer
P. S. Interpreter, said his present term.
But Alle,
the went on writing licky ticky ticky another considerably emsabed. Cans would be ruing and demoralised. Yesterday, 12.30, I went to the hill aide
There Prince of Wales' two eldest sons on board, he other reason is entirely moral. As long at the back of Tung Wah Hospital where noted against this prisoner.
then I Prince Albert Victor and Prince George, as the Chinese were employed as unskilled earth had been out. I
by order of Went
me that.
t home that where there was exceptional may be expected here any moment, as the workmen, household servants, &c., no danger aspecte the ground, it had boun apparently
Cradock. Chee Aluk's
body wase
ASSAULTING A GIEĽ
The Judge: I think the boys wanted damage it was inapossible to make the ship- was apprehended; and as long a
long as they ke lying on
Mgk Akwai, s married woman, was 500- to see a good fight. Did you give him in- owner liable unless distinct carelessness dug out from the earth. A quantity of tenced to two months' imprisonment with structions to keep the books in a cortain could be proved against the Agent or Captain of the ship, and he held that Mír Scheffer produced his the kind of work he wanted from the plain this case..
months.
(6) Lots 90 and 100.-Lammert's id Vo gel's, 8168,100. This sale has, I believe, been repudiated, and the matter is now before the Supreme Court, 818,00. This sile you note we having
A writ Foreign Attachment was issued against
of this Landlord on the 2nd the property,
Lote 9 and 35-Queen's Road
on 17th inst., from Kronstadt, vid the Cape, cans therùselvsa, who require much higher the old man ran away. He now said he haviour for twelve need to be imprisoned way hoffer: When he joined me to the goods, which ovnsisteil of four enaks taken place since 5th May.
Squadron had left the Cape before the tole-
to
and
Prisoner was
of.
all
were eight previous convictiuna He said at him." Some of the boys told (ant, aaid it was well established by the cases lay-16)-The sale since 5th May therefore f1 2 If Mr Scheffer bother me again, Mr Johnson, who appeared for the defend. May and still standa (ses Daily Press of
least doubtful,
it
at
These alterations are of some importance,
and that they should not pass unnoticed is
I feet are your desire equally with my own.
I
gram directing it to proceed to Melbourne these occupations in England, society in earth was there as if there had been hard labour, for assaulting a girl under 14 way, and he would not do books to show nothing of the kind had been proved in specimens which I am personally able to
then feel inclined to ery
this foundation that some unofficial talegnum was forwarded from the Straits to this Colony. The information, however, must have been strangely erroneous, for we find in the Straits Times of the following day, a disclaimer of its accuracy in very specific
best
ام اما الام والا
MURDER.
010.
fea of one
ferns, with the further intelligence that Railroad was being built to San Francisco, had gondor Credock I have seen the him had been made by the prisoner, before both sides, but I must judge by the probabi, meantime the casks would be kept in some obtaining from credulous people Josus of
H. E. the Governor had that morning
(18th) received a telegram from Earl Kimberley, stating that the Detached Squadron, with the two sons of H. R. H. the Prince of Wales on board, is not to be expectedat Singapore Infore next Christmas.
at him.
Police
fitios; and the probabilitics are on the side
hardest part of the work that, although the lieve several tons of earth fell in the slip hot Constable 120 doposed to of the plaintiff, Judgment for the $25.
found
have taken them from your list marely as general-would had arrived." In all probability it was on out against for after all, the Chinese a land slip. The slope niso showed that years of age, one Mok Tar Tai, aged 12
make the
asleut. Others could possibly say more re- world. But this had happened. in the
I then searched tho servants in
10 years. when, as in America, skilled artisans, Cornish surth and found another body, which with
tiff. The Judge said he did not see any The Judge said no Captain of a ship garding other lots which I have passed over. niners, shipowners, merchants, and shop the first I brought to the hospital. I iden- THE CHARGE OF SHOOTING WITH INTENT TO thing very faulty about them, although would receive the empty cask as a full conclusion, allow me again to impress upon all interested, readers of this letter keepere found themselves ousted from their tify both the bodies in the dend house 38
there was a wrong summation. avocations by the almond-eyed strangers, a those I then brought. There was a large Wong Chan, house boy, lately in the em
The Judge:
think I aan bound to de- Mr Johnson: There is no evidence to the wisdom of serious agitation would be set on foot in crowd of people. I asked assistance in ploy of Mr Haswell, who stands charged cide the case against you. It is the custom show whether the daniage was done at sea dollar, the record of any Lot in the Colony Office, where, bal onquiry at the Land
payment of England, as in America. That the Chinese digging and gutnone. I asked them to point with shooting with intent to murder, was of the place in engagement by the month or after it had left the ship.
"Balea of accommodation to give a month's wageeor a month's notice. compete successfully with the best workmen out where the body wae: no one would tell again before the Court
The Judge said he would allow the mat- can be seen, has been clearly proved When the Pacific me. The old man who last gave evidence Complainant was recalled. He produced The plaintiff is entitled to his month's tor to stand over until the return of the from friend to friend, where no money
the knife with which the first attempt on wages. You have dismissed him without ship to find out what had been done, and pas
passes, made merely for the purpose of there was such a deep-rooted conviction Inspector
just cause. There has been hard swearing on that only English narvios could do the place where the accident took place. I be he went to get the revolver with which he
of the Court buildings.
unparalleled amount, can there be best détested. engineers were in great want of hands, they at the embankment at which excavations
Yours faithfully, would not employ the Chinese even on easy had recently been made. There is a per- hole in the wall, the plaster and On hearing the judgment Mr Schaffer got
G. R, ALFOED, tion there now in work
na dangerous condition. of which had been broken. He
Surveyor, de somewhat excited, and indulged in a fow The writer then proceeds to quote from the It will topple over the first rain, or if there the bullet produced on the floor near the promiscuous remarks, which the Judgecut (Before
We are indebted to Mr Alford for the report of the Congressional Comunittes of is any more careless excavation. I believe hole in the wall, He found the short.
information above given, and insert it with Inquiry, which, however, tends to disprove the ground is Government ground. Ihave revolver in prisoner's room which Mr. Has his argument entirely, and his grounds for no reason to believe there is any suspicious well opened with a key of his own. There
pleasure. Further, we shall feel obliged DENNYS E. REMEDIOS-Mr Dennya said for objection are very weak, being the old circumstances about the case. I believe it were five ballets in the revolver. One
to any one interested who will forward us expended ones.
was an accident. I believe the coolies had chamber. .was discharged. The mark on the he was the plaintiff. It was a claim He then saya-This year we shall see a no permission to cut earth, and by that wall was a foot from the floor. The for a sum of 8341 that Mr Remedios Juan Parke de Banagoite was brought up additional records or corrections to pre- Chinese line of steamers belonging to the account for the contradictory stories the bullet had gone in an inch.
manager of the Victoria for sentence. In passing sentence, the vious statements. Our endeavour is to same company (the China Merchante Steam-witnesses have told,
street coolie identified the bodies of witness. The bullet fitted the empty cap whatever in the matter. Mr Dennys money, some $7,000, under false pretences. list in every particular. Probably too Inspectar Cradock corroborated the last School, of which Mr Hanlon was the Chief-Justies said prisoner had pleaded obtain as complete a list as possible; but
master, Mr Bemedios had no Company) trading between China and
interest guilty to cheating one Vorasamy, by induc-
ing him to
give prisoner's very large sum of no attempt is made to give an exhaustive- ampton, April 13th. Mr J. W. Watson, Cuba, via the Canal of Buez. This fine has the deceased as Mak Ayae, $3, and Chee sule which was left in the discharged taimed, the money and Mr Hanlon, He had given due consideration to what had
Per P. and O. steamer Venetia, from of Cuba; but whether the steamers wili married; Mak Ayau's wife is here. He had French one and in his opinion the bullet which agreement Mr Remedios endorsed, been urged on his behalf by his counsel many details might, by many persons ip-
heen organised to supply the opolis trade Aluk, 15 both street coolios. Both were chamber of the revolver. The revolver was made between himself an agreement Bouthampton, April 7th--Mr Eloer, for touch at Marseilles and Gibraltar has not known the two deceased two or three years. it carried would kill a man at 50 yards' dis
* Hongkong.
The Coroner submitted the case to the tanca. The prisoner appeared to him to be arranging to pay the money over to r/yesterday: astion of the offence. intrusive. We have to thank Our BOSTE Per P. and D. steamer Indui, from South yet been dead there is no doubt ; and jurora, sembarking on the very reasonable under the influence of liquor when he was ennys, Mr Henlou became bankrupt With regard to the consequence to spondent, however, for the hint, and will ampton, May 11th.--Mr Haben, for Hong- that before long. I myself have spoken and suficient excuse Inspector Gradook brought to the charge room.
The Meaagaries Maritimes came bid with many Chinese, who have rekod me and given for the the pootor Gradook The came was further remanded till Jans took possession of his propers under a bill and children, the prober should have
Tas following passengers were booked Hongkong and Shanghai, according to the papers received yesterdays
Per P. and O. steainer Indui, from South-
for Shanghai
Per steamer Jason (Holt's Ins), April
ship
Ister
That they will do so
CODE Orging "
18 Mr and Mrs Boavin and three business to London. Referring to children for Hongkong.
flot
Governor
Ao-
(Both Magistrates Sitting)
THEFT FROM THE PERSON.
*
received as"
CRIMINAL ABSIZES, SINGAPORE,
His Honor Sir Thomas Sidgreaves,
Knight, Chief Justice.) Wednesday, May 18th, 1881.
IN THIS KENTENCE ON BASÁGOLTE.
but had been
been able
last pless advanced any
year. He had a claim against him, and he
to scein the terested, be regarded as unnecessary and
Is an article on Lord Bessonsfield's illness er he the dangers of beitig Mon- tention to the present unsafe condition of against whom has been already reported rent was, dus, and in consequence of this merchants, to carry out a deliberately i
Temperature)
Queen's Road) HONGKONG, May 27.
29.980
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was agreed, at the time, that thought too late now. The fact that pri of safe. It
tof that before
of
committing t
the seime, try to act upon it--En. Q. M.] from Maxveilles, May 1st. Mr Faultooner, questions about England with a view to had seen the accident and to the unatis 2nd.
and factory evidence that had been laid before
he would pay him any money ho might it was (i) for Hongkong Mr and Mrs Bois, for aping from American
one, an intelligent and
thozn Hongkong.
receive from the Government. That agree soner had occupied a good position in the The Jury returned a verdict of A capital, lins
ment was in writing. When it was endorsed community was rather an aggravation than who has &ased already taken steps for transferring his identu Death,
by Mr Remedios he withdre his man in a palliation of the offence; for he had taken (Taman at Mesars Palivati & Co.'s Pramisu, The Coronar instructed Inspector Cradock
possession from the house. A few days after advantage of that position, and of the con which occurred in Denver (Colorado) during to see that a latter was written to the the late Presidential elections, the
Wong Afst, 24, coolie, the charge wards a summons was issued against Hanlon adence which the native traders and money- General's department, calling at- Surveyor
Lenders somehow repose in the European for Tent Defendant had told him that no
plan- BAROMETER (snatching 85 from Mr Linde's little girlion
Do. hed scheme, in which but for the prompti- enlarges on the moral character the excavation.
on: He is telling you a Mr Hanion?
af tude inebe, referring ·
with lot
Do. which he was followed up and oplum habita, -Inspector Cradock suggested a rider to the 19th) was now brought before the terit he again put his man into possession.
Magistrates, and being found guilty of ing-
atrested he would most probably have Thenmowers had character of the female the verdict recommending steps to be taken ceny from the person, was sentenced to the
falsehoods: aim of that statesman and of his great val Ohinese inmigrants, the murals inculcated, to ensure its being put in a safe condition. imprisonet for eighteen months with hard able until some time after the bankruptcy, dence. He could not, however, overlook Mr Dannys said the money was not pay succeeded but he had shaken that confi. The leading idea." says the writer, *** of and the affegt produced upon the health
The Coroner said that dealing with the labour. Lord Beaconleld has been that of making the Americans by contact with the Chinese. Government that was not necessary. The
Mr Hanion had told him that he might the fact that the prisoner had no doubt get nothing, but he believed he would suffered, much already from the Conservative party just, and England Chinese immigration into the United States Inspector would call attention to the matter
the suspense great : while that of Mr Gladstone has been has been practically stopped ; it remains to in the usual way through the Captai
BLUR CAM
get something. He withdrew his man he had undergone, and that the punisbandet He had to put to him, in conndaration of former Li Asam, coole who had been three on that understanding. times in Geol before, was sentenced to two him back again because but summons position, would be more severs than to per
the Saturday Review hite on epigram to show the divergence between the the
a curious of the
cival
to
that of making England just, and the Li- be noem whether the tide will be diverted to Superintendent of Police. There was 1 boral party great.
England, as I believe it will be are long; book kept for that purpose.
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