No. 5885 - Apaust 5, 1881.]

passed a waterlogged ship; rounded to, to ascertain, if possible, what vessel it was.

The is, of course, the wreck of the Annie 8. Hall reported by Capt. Croad of the Fuyer as having been seen as far back as July 22nd,-- Lat. 28.17 N., Long. 121.63

· E.; Henchu, N. by E. 4 E.; High Chikok, N.W. W.; Soudan, W. S." It is high

INQUEST.

THE CHINA MAIL.

a

Mr

the

athu

OPTUM IN CHINA.

HOW MANY BROKERS DOES THE FOREIGN DRUG SUPPLY I

lesisting from the atteuspt to check the consumption of opiwa..

ROBERT HARY, Inspector General. Tapectorate General of Customs, Peking, January 29th, 1881.

ARCHIBALD FORBER-Mr Archibald

of the

Passage

time that one of our gunboats sunk the cousa that congestion-by a blow, Witnesa no of the informers. Witness also found to that time there could not be a ques. before such clinrges as had been mado could does the foreign drug supply 7-ho oxplaing"] wrook, seeing the very dangerous position it was not prepared to say that the external a record of tickets produced) Hee mind of any person no doubt as toshgested against Mr James, it must be how the various reports have been obtained day of his arrival hera Next morning he occupies having regard to the usual track of the concussion. This concussion would be afso found 12 Wai Sing tickets 660 in ten years as captains and sixperience but so far from this being the case, it was and how they have been classified. Mr submitted himself to a curvful examination

Fasscle on much-frequented routes.

appearance of the head would account for possible with even auch slight marks on the head. The mark on the load was merely

lity of the Australians to the Chinese is caused with only this. Witness examined bit found no other of them.

Chinese labour is extremely cheap, marks of

marks of violonce. The and Chinese habits are very odious. The for- might oither be caused by a kick or a fall. mer is doubtless the greater offence of the two; Wilnces was of opinion that death was not

silver.

and sold

(a

Che

the locturors alive wonld fail to persuadeness of the heart might have something half crowns; 4 Japanese half-dollars in their best for the owner of the ship. When Boe the contents, or that huwa coerced uses about 30 per cont. in weight drug in recovery from the movitable of cond

5

formers entered No. 51D, Queen's Road now put in. If the instructions on the 28th the time in which, he said, in offcct, seeing The adjourned inquest on the body of Central, by virtue of the warrant produced. were not to insert Captain Chester's name, they had been acting under the captain's On the ground-floor defendant was sitting how on the face of the enth could M power or authority, which wont further Found her to be an American-built A Lam Akwong, alloged to, have been killed behind a money-changers stall at the back Holinos have done so, have inserted it. It than their own did," Now we have drawn breaking-up, both anchors down, und her

We take the following from a valuable sides adrift from the stern post. She is in by kicking or other injuries, was resumed of the shop. The ground-floor consisted of was quito clear that it must have been in up this letter for you to sign; so as to keep

It did not volume of reports on the above question large a cook-house, and a small room avory dangerous position, as she is lying to-day--before H. E. Wodehouse, Esq., and behind. At the side of the stall there was structions unless he were a fraudulent seem to have occurred to Mr James, that

Mr James' mind when he gave those is right with Macalister & Co right in

bound from Tychow Islands to the Fib Kishan Islands: a jury consisting of Mesars Julius Koiser, a board on which were the words money scoundrol seeking to entrip a rain-that the lus firm might be held responsible by the wo have already acknowledged as On our finding that we could not low her H.Hyndham, Jr., and H. M. Bastos olanger Witness naked tho informers of contract in that fornt was sanctioned charterer. Well, the captain signed this having boon received from the Maritime Vorbes, before reaching San Francisco on out of the track of vessois, wo left her and at the Magistracy.

whom they had purchased the tickets. Both Captain, and he (Mr Hayliar) had not the letter, which, as he had said was submitted Customs Printing Office, roporta drawn up the 2nd May, had bean ailing for several came on. She is lying in about Long. 121"

pointed to the defendant. Defendant lightest doubt that on the afternoon of that to him as a draft prepared by Stevens & Co. 50 End at 28° 17′ N,

Dr Marques said the body of the deceased heard this, but made no reply. Witness day there was nu qucation of trapping present of the kind of letter they required. All they the Commissioners at the different weeks from wheumatism, superinduced by was brought to the Hospital on the 2nd of produced his warrant, and told him he was to the mind of any one; it was not even captain has said about that lettur was "I did Treaty ports by order of the Inspector. the irritation caused by the breaking out of August.

The man had not been of a strong going to search for Chinese Manila lottery suggested that there had then been. He not read it properly, I trusted to the agents; General, who prufocus them with a few at old gunshot wound, aggravated by ex-

posure to rigorous elininta constitution. He had a slight scratch on tickets. In the top drawerof a desk (produced had himself not the slightest doubt that but he did not say it was untrue. Suppusterse and trenchant romarks which we now blockades which all travellors in the United daring the snow ing he did trast to the the right temple. Witness made a post in Court) witnesa found 13 Hongkong-Manila at that time all these people acted with ing

agents had Mr

States have. experienced during the past morten examination on the body. His lottery tickets, 13 pieces of tickets; a letter the most perfect good faith, combining to Janes done or said anything in this letter quote. After explaining that these report winter of unparalleled reverity, Bent, heart was flabby and enlarged. He noticed containing 5 pieces of tickets; one of those do the bost they could for the owners in which was false? The captain was careful contain the results of an enquiry instituted nevertheless, on fulfilling his intention of tubercles on the right apex of one of the 13 pieces was numbered 00813. Witness not leaving the ship out of employment for not to say anything of

the kind. Suppos- lungs. The vessels of the brain were con- got two parts of 00813 front P.C. 190 para longer time than was absolutely necessary. ing the captain lind not rid it at all to answer the question,how many smokers visiting Australia, and trusting to the rest

the long voyage, bo actually took gested. Witness believed concussion would chused about an hour before his search by

for Sydney

hy the Zealandia on the tion 1 na to the bond Jules of other party; ine

lutter was a tissue of fabrication; translation of which witness Į

Captain's bona fides, a man of

at the hunds of an experienced surgeon, years in the

the absolutely true, and in accordance with the Robt. Hart's epitome then proceeds:

Keep

whose peremptory orders were that he must silver; 31 Japanese 20 cent pieces: 28 Ju- samo ship which was in itself a high charac- espiain's own evidence, who sair

3.In round numbers, the annual in relinquish his Australian project, and raturn. panese 10 cent TRE St. James's. Gazette · says The hosti a slight scratchi, but concussion might be cent pieces; 76 cen; 24 Hangkong 20 ter. Would Mr Holmes, a well-known and it open as long as you can, and if I am pportation of foreign opium may be said to at once to England for an operation to

and back

ba Hongkong Iasmother

10 cotit

pieces; trusted ship broker hero for this kind, said the letter was falso, and that he was cattius to each chest, 10,000,000 catties (the well-known surgeon, who had once already

don't losu it,"

If the captain had

amount to 100,000 chests, or allowing 100 performed by Sir Henry Thompson, the and about $42 in

have been a party to a thing of drawer thoro Was 870 in bank notes, 121 or Mr James, unless they had firmly bo entrapped into signing a fraudulent duou an exact counterpart of the American hatred the body very careful wound in the head ailver dollars; 28 ilongkong 10 cent pieces: Kovut the captain was perfectly willing to ment, he would have cross-examined his catty in the Chinese pound: one catty is relieved him of his ailment. He loves an

142 rupes notes 19 silver rupees; 4 half

this name to the charter party? There sharply enough. There was no auggestion wil to one pand and a third avoirdupois), Francisco on Monday next for England,

is known as prepared opium, and we are afraid that all the lectures of all the result of natural causes: The Babli peas; 14 17. S. half-dollars in silver; g/nett were acting muder sinewhat of a dark room with one candle, or that the When boiled down and converted to what whore he will spend the summor in rest and Bilver 8. quarter-dollars; 33 shillings; complicated conditions and they were doing paper was folded up so that he could not

accor Next winter he purposes making a s 10,000,000 cattias oft

of the unprepared lecturing tour in Ainetics, after which he the working men in Australia, or even in to with the man's death. The silver; 140 small

different silver coma of dif Macalister &

tul

with that he was a minor or anything & Ca

communicated with kind. He simply said, "I did not pro-

reach the hands of retailers intends to visit Australia, leaving this port England (and the Chinese are expected hero mark was about an of sus 21194

moh nationa; 9. gold coins;. 17 notes of anal! Messrs Stevens & Co.

7,000,000 catties 19, say, ad it," but that was not Mr James's

prepared

the steamer of April, 1882, « by no effence at all, but a blessing in length and the exterior skin of the June values. In the other draworu 520 copper for which they wanted cargo,

rendi

is divided into they knew perly

18

ing in Australia for a longer the Austra- cles was damaged as far as the bone, which cents: 3,000

and the into

Timag Sing books. He found in the box

were persistently enforcing on the

Captain fault. If the captain did not choose to 000,000

catties the sre therefore gone there this season, His illness has immigration, are turning back actual riches from the wound. The wound was about 260 Hangking Manila lottery ticketa. Es of the slip,--Economy. One letter said road things properly before signing them

loopal from their sql. Undeniable it may be the name in width as in

× 10) 1,120,000,000 Dace prevented him from availing himself of the The the anime hox length

Rex witnear tond

This is

vion for

emokers.

numerous courtesies which have been lavish- that

overy

Chinaman who disembarked a

wound could have been caused in many dollars in foreign cola; 2010e broken äilves. much 6 & very bare business; it won't bear that was his own look out.

nuch auro

In another they waste and watched for his learned friend to

4. Before reaching the smokes, una ly tondered him here by hosts of kindly are formulate that charge of fraud which ho couple of months a tion to the Wen Sydney was an addi- ways. It could have been caused by u list. This was all that wasfound in this box. There There is very little prout on this. We thought alone would have entitled him to pay the Chinoso Government import duty nemle. Invitations to dinners, to a break

Lof the colony, which he may a few years hence take out of it will instanisavous after whether death was was found a basket in which were 8 Maila forced to dzive this oa cheaply as we can.'

tickets and 200 silver dellars; 6 All these men (Me James, the Captain and enter on the line of defence he adopted and is then sold at, say, 800 tacle of cursions to points of interest, have all had ad lekin taxes amounting to, may, 100 taela, fast by his confreres, to rural visita, to ex- By Mr Mostop, through the Coroner blasila lottery tickets for Supfenbor, is Mr Holmes) had this hofors, their wae. but he allod must kilbilly synd, the word. Chincse svoce or silver [630-11a, 10)] por resetantly to be foregone and he will have Withers did not think that death equid the counter he found 3pieces

and They knew hair. important it was for the fraud," using every synonym that an in- 100 cities: thus the total quantity to quit San Francisco without ray wider e been caused by heart disease without on the sideboard a number of prize lista principals at Singapore that the vessel genious mastery of language called him retested; ita tenportal, may be said to be inorrledge of it than can be acquired in the concussion of the brain, Witness thought that a run in a healthy state might recover conk-house be to but an iron sale. It this and Mr Junca knew that they were spent ceivable limits of illegal action: His learned paid for with 50,000,000 tools, or "

Ju a anall place between the shop and the should not be left idle. Then, the Caplain to use without bringing it within the con-

corridors of the Palace Hotel. Baddest fortune of all, he Jin been too unwell to from such a blow; in the other case he safe he found Manila lottery tickets for ally instructed to see that nothing the ship friend had not shrunk from saying a great

X 3 £10,800,000, allow himself the rapturous joys of being might not. It was possible that but for different months.

could earn should be lost because she was deal about Mr James; on the other hand

interviewod! the state of the heart he might have re- Captain Denne said them must be some not, taken all in all, a paying speculation, he (the learned Counsel) thought a great covered. Witness was not prepared to say one behind the defendant.

They were appointed that it was probable.

be paid, no doubt was presented to Captain Chester when quently worth, say and afterwards take the numbers.

would be paid, for what they did. They had he had come to say good bye, that he wa Examination continued One package probably as a inniter of business, to employ a busy at the time, and so on. If he had

I not do the work them-important business on at the time, the ment drawn from tho principles of-free She knew the deceased. On the 2nd shout contained prize tickets, vae basket con- broker. Thoy have been no call to tain should have eniden and the basines about threepence-halfpenny (English). trade will equally fail to convince the

This solves. There won

would working man in New South Wales that he half-past eleven o'clock am. she was walk tained $67; also 18 bad dollars. ought to let in the Chinese to underbid his at the Braya West near the Salt Fish was all that was found. There were one-or keep a watch-dog if they could have dous all Lan. Witness saw deceased pick up two two other people in the shop. Witness the barking themselves. Mercantilo man in the labour market. The same argu-ni the fish from a basket. The two men did not arrest the man who handed him the had a sort of feeling however that in much

to the deceased and

becauso 11

he considered business as this a bargain should not be and key of the accused him of having deceased said he had merely picked them of the defendant. Witness did not know out their being first consulted in the matter, up from the ground. One of the two gave what the defendant's business was, Ho

Why he believed that defendant was agent as full ne

and

top may be that "

lo

Go. here this vessel

about

or

of

that

dingly drug

tang fl

period

and remain-

thu

Tians, in turning back the tide of Chineso was not damaged. There was blood oozing 31 Wash; & number of prizo lists; that the charterers, the, Singapore trai, fault, and still less was it the plaintifs the catty is dontha called mace; in time would have allowed him to do had he

Witness could not

concussion.

not kalf or a tonth part cover. But the melancholy unovadable truth in that all this appears to the poople of New South Wales aao much professorial cant-in effect, little better than the contention that is the best justification of the British dominion in Australia is that the English race is acting as trustee for the benefit of humanity." In Australia, as in America, the mastery is with the many and we may rely upon it that the largest language about trusteeship for Ng Aw said he was wife of Lau the benedt of humanity, and the closest argu-Ahoo, who was absent from the Colony.

he ing

Iu

ales

half-

He had waited

x 16 x

70,000

10

it was agreed to seal all the parcels up, purpose and expected on for that very deal was made of the fact that the latter and one mace of propared opium is COGNO~

to

£16,800,000 or 4,032,000,000 pence

1,120,000,000

Quotations, HONGKONG, Agut 5. OPIUM--New Potua, cash,...8652)

Old

cap-

37

could have been allowed to be over. From from de conduct of a business like that the general lessons that wer

were to be learned which Massrs Stevens & Co, conducted, one vessel were not in the habit of throwing

5-Divided by the ausber of days in the year, the quantity of prepared opium inked daily may be said to be

( 1,120,000,000)

17

3,068,493 mace, and

305

ments which have resolved the Americans in Court went stolen the fiab, but ho hand secured the agent in the person struck, the thing should not bo closed, with was that cand fair-dealing charterers of a to be rid of the Chinese will prevail with the Australians, and we doubt not that should the Celestials Block into England they will own miners and mill-kanda.

or £46,027.

"

cast,...

New Benares, cash,... 047 Old

cash,... 637

New Malwu, credit,... 720 Allowanco, Taola... 40 Old Malwa, credit,........ 760 Allowance, Tacle...... 32

Exchange,

hind their back. But when power was given ship-captains when all did not go well with 6. Average amokers consume 3 trace of Bank, Wire, .. meet with the samo obiections from our him two kicks The deceased then fell to believed he was not the master of the shon that it should not be closed suddenly or be over or leaving in the lurch their agants or the value 3,068,493 3.60] 11,046,573d., Witnesa a aoine was bocause the two informers, bought the appeared to have been conferred on them and when speculations did not turn prepared opium and spend about 104d.

agents and on the captain in this outprofitably. Somet

Sometimes in ventures which prisonor do ceased two blows on the tickets from in Widness had been in-winter it was not for Mar Muralister to failed to profit the undertakers, and in which daily. This quantity is the same as this real, but could not say whom; no other forrued the tickets were bought for 90 cants, ruime objections and throw their repre- they had persistently to press the necessity from 30 to 40 divide the total num-Documentary, 4 months' sight, 3/0

PRESENTATION OF A TESTIMONIAL TO THE REV. 0. G. BOOTH.

We mentioned a few days ago that it was intended, amongst the congregation of the Shanghai Cathedral, in which church the Rev. C. G. Booth, Chaplain Sailors' Home and Acting Military Chaplain here, to pre

sent him with a testimonial. This testimo- mal has now been forwarded to Mr Booth, and we have much pleasure in finding room for the following letter, which accompanied it, and for the rev. gentleman's reply. They

are as follows:-

and sold for $1.

the ground. Witness did not see the first

one strike the person took part in the affair. The two inen walked away after they notice of then. at 2.30.

had struck the deceased. Nobody took any Some time afterwards a Constable came and took the body away. The two prisoners were very angry. Deceased did with a bamboo and the other held the two hot strike back, as one hand was occupied-

fish.

Chang Alak, cook, out of employment,

said that on the 3rd inst. about 11 in the

forenoon, he saw the deceased near the Salt Fish Lan. He had a bamboo bat + con- taining a number of small fish. He saw a a tako away the hat from him and throw all the fish into a baskot. It was neither

SUPREME COURT.

IN ORIGINAL JURISDICTION,

(Before

Hem Francis Snowlea.}

-----

YAU NZ . CHESTER.

berp

of it

of an ounce avoirdupois, and sollices for

under any circumstances to hear the brunt bers above 1,000,000 stackers

3,048,403

boen to make

for

scine

.

3

3/8

19

Demand,

3/9)

++

30 days sight,...

3/89

4 months sight,

3/8

3/8

1)

"

225

72

30 days' sight, private 721 Gold Leaf, 90 tine

... $28, of foreign opium. Sovereigns,

... $5.45 Shares. 7.--The population of China is apokon of as amounting to tuore than 400,000,000, Hongkong Bank, 115 % prem,, sellers, and may fairly be pronunced be some Union Is. 8oo. of Cton, $1,675 p. share. thing above 300,000,000. Estimating the China Traders' Ins. Co., $2,600 p. al. ex dir, per share, pulation at 300,000,000 and opinto North China Fna. Co., Tis. 1,125 the calculation, the

the result is that 3 in Chinese Ins. Co., 8306 per

share, ver every 1,000 smoke; that is, that opium- FLK. Firo Ins. Co., $1000 per share.. smoking is practised by one-third of one per China Fire Ins. Co., $295 par share.

H.K. &W. Dock, 50% prem, sales,

· 8.-In «lilition to the

H.

M. S.-boat Co., 820 prem, also the native product. Reliable statistics

1-From R. A. Mount, Esq., Shanghai, to of the prisoners. This, man gave ducated į ton and Wotton, for the Megers Brere meant "Keep thein ou the simply the bargain of By this means they would nickers at 1,000,600, and proceeding with Yangian Ins. Arenc., Tis, 820 per share,

two blows on the head. Witness then

or "Do the

he held,

walked away, and on his return shortly af- lar's speech for the Plaintiff, for, which we under theirgeneral:uthority and such special to be honourable people; it must be taken cent of the population foreign drug berghai Steam Nav. Tá 3 per s. nominal. -

the Rev. C. d. Booth.

.'

Sliaughai, July 29, 1881.

My dear Sir,-On behalf of the Congre

terwards he saw that the man struck was

dead. The ronson why witness returned.

to whom you zainistered in Holy

Mr

gation Cathedral, I have the pleasure to was that he had heard that a man had olaylar opened his speech with the nọ means of knowing, they could not be into with honourable people on both ard cannot be obtained respecting the total China Coast St, Nav. Co., Tia. 160 D. share.

yon will kindly accept and buy therewith the deceased of stealing fish from them. something which will serve pleasingly to

Do.

Debentures, 3 prem.

Do.

.. whits, "draws," Credits, sentatives here overboard; what

for

of striet economy, there might be some or inhalations. If The cusc was remanded till Tuesday were having given the Capsain and Mr case, notitors, to induce Mr James to sne-daily, we find that there are in round num-Shanghai, demand

virtually amounted to that. such thing; but there was nothing in this er of-made consumed daily by the total India, Wive, After

his previous dealing with

quantity each average smoker consumes domand, James the power they did, it would never the Macalisters, to

loft come within one's speculation that thoy pect for a moment that he would be would themselves fix the ship for Saigon, The difference between the terms offered of an action brought by this Chinese firm

and those which the Macalistere for the nonfulfilment of a contract, his Hunnar the Acting Chief Justice wanted was not such as would lead any Menara Macalister, were solely responsible.

which nonfulfilment, they reasonable commercial man to imagine that Thursday, August 4.

the business would be allowed to full The course he should have advised to through on account

The it simply. agent

Messrs Macalister, had he been their legal in such advieer, would have had always a discretionary рожог Mr Haylar, instructed by Mestre Dennys cases. And the telegram, Accept: they compensation to the Chinaman and so get and Mossop, for the plaintiff

and the At:

finding stevedores and torney General,:

have instructed

saved themselves, the captain, and defendant.

The agents, best you can for us.

their agents a very great deal of trouble, Co. meat be taken in accepting t

these terms Of course Macalister The following is our report of Mr Hayl- were fully justified were unable to find room last night. instructions They did not know, they had for granted that this contract was entered

that was very glad lieve, in of that un casinate destruction des for ulacol, isto pa per share

that the He had not supposed for a moment that produced; Ichang, the port nearest Gas Co., $82 per share. The inquest was again adjourned unti i **** purpose whatever, so far as any one could ship elsewhere. The only telegram that for the consequences of all this blundering;blioved to be the chief producer and chief China Sugar Ref. Co. 180.p. share, sales......

see, of any man's character. He was very would have been of the slightest is to they would do so, of course, when they consuer of native opium, estimates the glad it did not

not call

Dixonf of that the cap- total production of native opium at 25,000 Chinese Imperial Loen of 1874, morninal. of commercial

real "Offered so-and-so at Saigon. Don't close tain had behaved badly men of standing in this Coluy nor to in at lower corresponding rates, or something the inatter. His learned friend no doubt pute to

to them as merchants conduct which of that kind. But the telegram received looked at the whole case through the far away on the cost, estimates it at H.K. Ice Co.'s shares, 81274 per share. was ut buse us could be, all for the earning was simply taken to mean what it meant un spectacles he had been instructed to use on 25,000 chests. Treating all such replies Hongkong Bakery, 3434 per share.

Temperature. of a paltry corninission on $5,000, the fow the face of it."Don't throw away a chenec, this occasion; the spootacles, he fancied, so erely so many guesses, there are, it is duliars which men ongaged in such John Bull, second mate of the Amal transactions as these put into their but get a little more marey for us if you not so much of the captain as of Measrso be remarked, two statements which Taken at Messrs Falamer & Co.'s Premises,

can. Another

& Car of

of Singapore. There was His graphic cable, it about the tele-doubt that they innst finve been very orisim produced does not exceed the foreign

Bad s did not matter in the no every day for that sort of thing learned friend had unt shrunk he had in- slightest to his case whether the cable was angry with the firm of Stevens & Co. here; import in quantity, and the other that

as they

were for the practice of the native spiunt was known, produced, and pressed 1 it upon their Lordships in his ad cut or broken; it was clear beyond doubt anxious as dress to the Court several times, that he did that communication was not restored until strictest scorray on this losing vessel and

Евторевия began the sale of the foreign drug

the along coast. not abrink,-from the task which had been after the time to which it had been agreed disappointed at the loss of business they end long before any

had just experienced, and they might have. saying that he would rather go to gaol, and imposed upon him. That was his loarned to keep the alter open. Whatever Mr James thus been led into throwing the brunt of equal then, that the native product

friend's look out. He did not know whe- might have said they

ag plair для

the foreign import, and that 100,000 was sentenced to be monder of the ther Mowers Macalister and Co. or Captain possible that the charter was not closed until the burden of this case upon the shoulders cheste are produced annusly, and granting

ether, or both of their agents, also that this Cheater, of whom, uguinst whose character, just about four o'clock. The next point of one or

this quantity, when prepared the one was with regard to he (Mr Hayllar) had not hitherto said one was with

position of the Cap acting for them here in the matter." The instructed his learned friend'; tain in this case. They were suing the learned Counsel said he had gone a little Provides 1,120,000,000 mace, of prepared but he

1,000,000 additional amokers, the number the vidual, and this Colony would in futurs be very care.

of Messrs Mao cause he called Me James sa a witness. agent of

Eleof

oplum-smokers in China

may be said position of being fully as to whether they dealt with that alister. The learned Counsel went into the put him in the lirza or that

Captain, if this was the treat Law at some length on this point. The facts and his evidence criticised. He bad given to be in all 2,000,000, or two-thirds of ane

per cent.

cent of tho ment that they stic

The native were to receive at

At their

with regard to Mr James getting the Cap- lis evidence in a straightforward manner,

of the price product sells for bends, on a complication of circumstances tain first to assent to, and then to fomnally and it was satisfactory in every way so far as obtained for the foreign drug, og 400.000/London and Colonial Papers, &¤, ̧

and may L'arising out o

accidents contingencies the kindness that aug. two water buckets the property of U Fong. that ne o could roasibly have, fa confiren his action were plain and apple, plaintiffs were concerned. It showed that ashimated to buvaid for with, say,

remind you of your two months' services in Monday, at 2:30 pm. Ahanghai

I may tell you that the testimonial was restricted to your Hearers" only, and limited to a mall subscription oach. Wa felt that numbers would better expires the meaning of the testimonial than money.

On the other side you will see a list of the Congregatiou.

With every good wish for the future,

I am, my dear Sir,

Yours very faithfully,

R. A. MOWAT,

The Rev. C. G. Boorn, Hongkong.

[Appended are the signatures of all the leading members of the Congregation.]

II.-From the Ren C, G. Bouth, to B. A. Mowat, Bag, Shanghai.

Hongkong, Ang * 1881 My dear Mr Mowat,-Iosnoot adequate- ly express the feelings with which I received the letter written by you on behalf of the Congregation of

of the Fly Trinity Cathedral,

together with its generous enclosure, nor

my thankfulness for the gested the presentation of such a mark of

Ι

Marine Court.

(Before Captain Thomarti, K.N.) Friday, August 5.

rican barque Freeman, was charged by M, L Howes, master of the barque, with Loing a straggler from his ship on the 4th instant,

Defendant refused to return to his ship,

weeks with hard labour, at the Captain of the ship,

Police Intelligence. (Before Frederick Stewart, Esq.) Friday, August 5.

THEFT OF TWO WATER ROCKETS,

THEFT OF AN ANCHOR,

I

the motives or the hi to impugn/thom if that were so would have been, helioved ssid had good rds them in chests annually, while author port, Ning-

Macalister

be takon an facts in this connection: the one

as far as we know to-day, the native

single think that all merchants in Captain in his double capacity, as an indi out of his way to defend Mr James, he fopinm for the annual consumption of

WELS

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into

given

of 1877,

Queen's Roud.) HONGKONG, August 5.

BAROMETER-

9 AM....

20.966.

Do.

1 P.M.....

29.910

Do.

4 P.M....

29,800

THERMOMETER

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Do.

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Do. (Wot bulb) 9 A.M.

79

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Do. 1 F.M.

80

Do." Do...

80

Do. Maximum

Do. Minimum over night 81

Shipping Intelligence.

The following is corrected from the latest

Wan Adheun was charged with stealing

To Bur fnresecn, la every case

he had been placed in a very unpleasant, ches where a a captain gave authori-

ant by

smokers, who spend about 1,000,000 to enter:

and delicate Complainant said that yesterday he had If a man brought here under

position 5d. spiace difficult, complicated charter 3

party a ty ta mi agent

daily. The total amount spent their esteem. As it is altogether unde-gous to the hydrant at No. 8 Station, but abpoena to give his evidence, put into ho be implication gave the agent power to by the telegraphic communication being

by China on this luxury, produced at home Left. Name served by me I can regard it only as ano-nere being agwater he sat down under that box, and his evidence, forcod out arrange all details. In this case the Captain stopped just at the very time it was wanted and imported froin abivad, is thus, any, ef

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and that in ther sion of that friendliness continn the verandah, Having his buckets sitting from him under peril of his character knew all the circumstances; he had seen in connection with this affair,

£25,000,000 annually. wards no during the time there.

3, Laurena, Iessrs his action; under these circumstances, lie and trade being taken away from hitia, then telegram and know the

tho

powera Messrs

9-Examined in this way the reanlt ar I ministered in their midst.

Defendant took up his buckets and his position was indeed and be self hell from the charterers, He cou if his Lordship would give the int 12,000

anthority he him showed great straightforwardness and cupa-rived at is that 300,000 chests, or almost J For Stevens posscased and the That it should have been thought appro-walked off with them.

17, Creswell, his own part, he could frankly say that he priate to distinguish in this manner the P. C. 641 said he saw the defendant with sympathised with the captain. He had not curred with Mr James in thinking this efforter thought, ho would see that he must 12,000 tons.[1,680 cafties-one ton,] of

1 annually April, time of my connection with the Cathedral, two buckets. He had just passed him the slightest dunkt Captain Chester had a good thing for the ship; and the contract either believe the Captain or Mr James. red plant are consumed

by 2,800,000 upium-am

-smokers; that these reating place

5, Chili, it having been of such short duration, when the complainant caine running up acted for the best, and Mr Jauca had never was accordingly tunde. When the contract There was no legal or logical

emokers' expend £25,000,000 on opium 1 12, Landseer, The learned that this is an expenditure way, from caused me much surprise, sul greatly in- and accused the defendant of stealing his said that he did note that the James evid made it impossible for it to be carried out. counsel then compared the evidence of the 5d. to 11d daily by individual smokors; 22, Now Era,

er that he believed he had been concluded the telegram cute which between the two theories.

18, Raven, creased the natural gratification with which buckets.

did not nor, reading over a clergrinan learns that he has won the Dofendant was merely washing his feet ence, which he had twice done very care Mr James said, "Macalister's people suem defendant and Mr Jamies, claiming for the and

26, Lucile, regard of

of those amongst whom he has la with water out of the buckets. He had been fully, could he see that it came within miles to misunderstand our position. You are all statement of the latter that on the whole the smokers amount to only two-thirds of me per cent of the popula boured

in gaol before.

(that is there can be no doubt your his was the version of the faste which the tium. If are than 3 muce apices is con- I shall use the gift in the manner you Sentence three months' imprisonment his learned friend the Attorney General.

With regard to the m wish, but not because a token is necessary with hard labour.

Ho had no doubt the captain's views were "You give us this letter to keep us all right charter party--that

leas numerous; if less than 9 mace then to remind me of my stay in Shanghai, for

little coloured, as every captain's views with them (that is, to show that they are that there ever was a double of that doen: smokers are more numerous, and smoking were liable to be when he found himself in wring in suying that the churter party was ment or not-nobody had ever seen that individually less haft the the sympathy afforded me by the Congre

10, Figure, gation and the extreme kindness made it Un Alai was charged with the theft of una difculty; but he believed Capt. Chester entered into without authority, and that we other document that the Captain swore to that many smake more than 3 mace and

16, Gustav Oscar, a too happy time ever to be forgotten..

came to Court to give his evidence as a were acting under your authority.) The save and except the Captain himself, and many lesa, but from the statistical point of anchor from Wong Kum Tsun

23. Helen Marion, Defendant brd, while in a small boat, truthful inau, and he (Mr Hayline) did not Captain did with so his eyes open. It had his pontation was, there was no con view it is safe to say that opium-nukers Ian, very faithfully yours,

pulled up and taken the anchor of the com: cross-examine him because he thought the been said that the Captain's instructions, for hiru to go any further that the Captain in China qunstituto simply two-thirds of Phi 23, Phoenix, C. G. BOOTH R. A. Mowar, Esq., Acting Chief Justice, plainant's boat. He pursued, but did not witness spoke the truth. He did not think as to consulting Mesara Stevens sa agents, contain had seen a great many of those doon,one per cent, of the population. On the Prins Heinrich (a)

in what he said. be time succeed in catching him. He it worth while, knowing what a ship only applied to the first more of any force matita in the course of his business, and opiume produced is ton fames that of the

supposition even that the quantity of native. 28, Stonewall Jackson, If ever they were of any force afterwards saw him and gave him into out captain's character might mean to him, to Hongkong,

31, Helicon, raise the suggestion that he was not saving or ever had any use or purpose" they were must have confused in his mind ons oocasjon foreiz opium imported, the total will not June.

with another. It was improbable in Defendant denied the charge.

what he believed to be the truth; and of full effect now, sa he had not yet been

even four 3; Belle MoreEL, He was sent to gaol for twenty-one days further he did not at the time think that nine back to Singapore and had no later contra extrane that any such document would yet suffice for the consumption of with hard labour."

tenths of the propositions introduced had

instructions! had dictory

percentage, but in China it withdrawn or counterparty drawn up before the contract was

Tons of people. hardly credible, however, that native spiuna ho

o£ Ho (tho learned Coun ship. A gentleman, a well

it that the Captain must be a well gestion of Mir James, chartered the his sply this, Plaintifs manded. The Captain acepting this sug concluded. No such thing, was ever heard means twelve millions of

put

is produced in such and

uch quantity ; but whatever TELOPING the Colours is a ceremony of P. C. 569 of gambling in the street, and known ship-broker, cazzo to their office and 861) failed entirely to son in what Mr taken to be labouring under a mistake, the gamber of opiniza swickers may reály

was not the correst interpretation of of good faith consisted. It if this was the origin and meaning of which annually was sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment offered them the charter, of the Millethian, James' want vidence of both parties the case, well, it mattered little it had ne

allowing that many people smoke affect whatever on the plaints contention a percentage of smokors for whom the habit injury,—there must in any case be The learned counsel then went into

cks nothing but evil.

question are opposed to a traffic which more or loss harme smakare now numbering, say,

of the imputations that had been made by rights empower you to do as you did.) Conrt muat ia, the question wheed daily by smokers, then anokers are May,

Shanghai

BRET HABre's first poetic "fragment" commenced in these words-"I sipped the nectar of her lips; I sipped and hovered o'er her," And the last two lines were sa follow ;*'* Her father's hoof flashed on the None. I'm wiser now, and soccer,"

tody.

GAMBLING.

Luk Akin was convicted on the evidence

VESSELS TO ARRIVE.

AT HONGKONG,

From:

Hamburg

Liverpool

Cardiff

Cardif

Bristol"

Cardiff

Cardur

29, John R. Worcester

Cardiff

20, 0. F. Munts,

Cardiff

7, Hope,

decis

Cuxhaven

New York Cardif Cardiff

Cardiff

Cardiff Cuxhaven

Antwerp

Cardiff

Cardiff

in the

Cardiff

hotik do with the matter at all. The as effective. and the must be taken ever have been in existence-a charterer cent, of the population. Four per cent.

T

1. Lizzie C. Troop, 1818, Gustav

Lexidon

20

MNear

Adele (s.) 20, Gleniffet (4)

Rarolus

Penarthi Glasgow

Cardif London

Cardiff

22,

Hamburg

London

24, Carnarvonshire (6) 28, Castello (6.)

London

Cardif

Londer

Cardiff

25, Loudoun Castle (4.)

31, Ajax (a)

Lendon Singapore

· LOADING FOR CHINA AND JAPAN JONES:

must

to

ariall JA

arouses speculation without much result with hard labour as a rogue and vagabonti. as an honourable business propthat he lud acted with the host the quorons of the respecaye vyam 10.-Chinese who Have stadied the opiumi |

as you can

the

as the assembly was called the asset-tree, convicted on evidence, and fined 81, bo naked, The other side might say, back by The Krupova mediato porch. The defendant's an over two millions, and anally mereasing 3

By a troop," says an or one day's imprisonment with hard labour. understand to shoulder

That is

my

ho.

and the owners or the

to take

take cargo at the inter

took away in these matters

tors the very

ater.

defence

21, Zenobia (6)

24, Leonora,

He seemed from the came again to ask then for time. They gave that he him all the time they would-until Tour

Captain said CUTTING TREES.

and good sones. The Trang Aman was charged with damaging o'clock. Why was that time fixed, might it

Black don't lose

it." And was told, he w 25th of May." This was on the

Could not wait any hraker left longer, so I the Ip Akin sdmitted having stolen a blanket which conatituted charter party without Bora aptals had understood, but be Court as to datuagos, quoting authorities to fure for opium and

chit was afterwards left at the offen, I it's the plitting had been attempted ng he had set up. He finally addresth the mine same time they adroit that opium July,

*thing you Some aloes your ranks and files to the from Tuk Hing Shun, and was sent to geọl Anyang else,85,000 Ringapore must ability boothse he saw the covered on a breach of contract for the hir taxation touch an infinitesimally!

that he was taking a show that the maximum that could be r Penang: five lay ver to the place of rendezvous or else twenty-one days with hard labour.

attar days!!

completed. basis the pottract wathe first, if not telegram mod know that the stovedregeing of a vessul was the difference between neither the finances lation, and that

In the primitive army formations underly

ing the pipe slay, goose-step, sad drill-book

strats, the best or sound known to this day

bly or old 160 your Tete

to advance your pikes, to and to froop along with or follow your

wher

Προσμένε

thes

$4.

THETT

WAS A

and to

and on the simple

ted There certain

boet thin

known

provides a large revenue, that the expendi

liability to the incidence

pereantage of the

the

Richard Farsons,

London

Cardiff

Al Londen. - Steamers via Suez Canal

(BARI ZA Wodehouse, Bag, Police the legal warned such matters, that and wharfage were in repute. The tie ainoumt she had been hired to for the call be specially, 60wth of its Biathloven..

colours is specially the under the heading Dates of Ensign Trooping up with the co- loura to see there safely lodged in the lieu-

Magistrate.) --- tenant's lodging or quarter

this" (as described large THE LOTTERY CASE

[te paraded], then the Chan Aping wax again before the Court all

not admit

дос

pletties

It was the everyday

firm that first,

of its people, nor the State, nor the a contract to which verbal assent was riven stain, no doubt thought, he had date hired to the orator for whose larghur book

good stroke of business for his owners hired to the anatomer whose bargain took luxury which only drawn from bd to 11d. Telemachus (e.)

dumged by a not require to be duly signed or con- » pleted to make it perfect and

on and that he would get some credit for it. her out of his hands.

spice a day from the pockets of those who however, tonk different views of His Lordship reserved his decision.

indulge in it, and whi

which is indulged in by of those engaged 16. anch business here

Finding that he had been i placed

only tuta-thirds of one per cent of the popu lation They admit all die, bes the raised even the very slightest doubt of Macalister for if there was any blunder at

not find in sile, the

Ringleader produced lourd his repened into the elaborate cocked Impactor Perry said that the Sell inst the law on the port. Then came Mr was theim, Mr James wrote a letter to the

She stathanoul demais

ta percen hist, holmes, and beazakin performance on about half past two, he and Forgeant Fisher, Holmes inging the charter party made captain, which we never sent on board,

Skjold and Police Constable No. 190, and two in- | 9ut in Captain Chester's name, which was because the captin happened to turn up at Home Guards Parade.

fox Escorial (5)

WEHET TUOS on to inspicate the details of a bossy charged with keeping a lottery elsewhere, and there had never been in's false position by the equifuct of Messra mravati Aquatazy ritual h. This was the case niz which there was AD

alisir of trooping the co-extensive seizure of lottery paraphernalia.

BENEATH is little totabatoma And flower scented green Lica Arabella liwny

jaunus Kerment,

ge innvendit

welcomiti the

Whitendder. Winikka

At Liverpool.

Valencia

Dioned.

At Cardiff

Wandering Jew

Tobique, Valiant,

At Glasgow

County of Bute

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