No. 6578—August 18, 1884.]
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COMPANY, LIMITED.
The ordinary half-yearly mosting of the shareholders in this Company was held in
Morgan, G. Holmes, 1. M, Guoda S. G. bit will bombard Foodiow, uratrike another Gower, As Vanier, A. Coxon, M. B. how in Formos. The French say to Pollabwalls, Y, Cade Rochus, P. 34. Alves, able to get conlpl of that island with a
and D. (illice, (Sperstary). for thousand me, but they will require a #pererful army o work this will on the*
nland.
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The notice convening the meeting having been read,
THE CHINA MAIL.
mal state, and less terrae is evinced by the time. The city apporrs in almost ite or inhabitants, who ans conalierably reduced and outports. I hear that the natire suldiers in numbers, many having felt the villages
Aug. Uth.
or
Prisoner pleaded guilty."
order to be forged. he said time well knowing the mid cheque | abăut a month doing my best to be respect-wards sounded sound the vessel on all sides able and to keep clear of trouble, so that I found that the Tasais had touched a bank and boing still unable to obtain a ship, I anitzen maat, that the stem was completely might be able to abiain a ship and leave vt make slightly inclined towards ure sea. the colony. All my money being spent, extending from the stunt to behind the
Donnys, addressed His Lazdship with the Mr B. M. Baily, instructed by Me H. Is
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10 Chinese gunboat is coils Som days ago some inops were set on kocite, forte să sorrender. Itis Hof China's policy to declare war, or to huston the out
quenes of an official report of the prsuse bronk of hostilitia. Each day ale is strong
lung. Doing to delay with regard to of a French ironclad and gunboat in Keo thanking and her top She will doubtless, asgotiato just were present:--Me W. H. Forbes, (Chair on the bind, and some of thein deterinined probably as equally attributable to their entence: He sails, the prisquer in to serve as a sailor. The Consul declared 1 Hour miles we running towards the land, to occupy the time praftably. They pro not receiving food and pay, as to their this case has pleaded guilty it only remains was not a Frenol subject and would not the bosts having the greatest difficulty in fong as France will listen to her. We wan) the Hon. W. Keswick: Mestre A. ceaded to the kitchen of a foreign hing and natural cowardice. There now abund for me, with your Lordship's permission, to give me a written statement to that effect, keeping off. I took all the useagy m regard tha aibustun By Rollingh hapat Melver, ML Grote, C. D. Bottoniley, T. Eate up erything they could find, and what unce of rice in the market, which is pro- address to you a few observations with a and said he would do nothing for me and asures to get she vessel sificat: again ima so far a peaceful, solution is concerned. Pater, H. Hopplus, Directors); N, they could not eas, Holunderstand they curable at nearly the ordinary price for the view to the mitigation of the tunishment that he would give me in chage. They mediately. Dropped one, auoir at the
were prepared to take away Fortunately present time of year bit we are not find whebiter Admiral Cour-Ede, J. H. Cox, W. Ray. W the cook was a determined on and called excessively hot during the past work, the duty to impose. In the first place, I have struck. At that time I was jut responsible, No. 2 and placed it in No. I to keep it dry,
Forchow has boon which your Lordship may think if your sont for constablo I resisted. his master, and payment was insisted on, thermometer registering in the extreme to express the prisoner's deep cause of the
I was stam. Took the cargo from compartment and finally obtained.
shade 96 to 96 Naval visels in Port: gravity of the crime he kas committed, and repeat, my Lord, I am deeply concerned, to make water, and ale to set the stern of and I raised my knife on the constable the former cumpartment also commencing The gentleman in question told me that Merlin, Velta, Champion, Two Torpedo his sincera repentance for what he has done. It was due to my adverse temper, and I can the ressol deoper APARA no notice whatever was taken by than of Boats, Aspie, Duguay Train, Monocacy, It was newt the intention of the prisoner only again beg to threw myself on the their over in charge who was appealed to. Sapphire, Pipers, Seone.
that Mr Wiefer should be defrauded of this money of the court, knowing full well that veals to the strong current, as all possible I can only ascribe the stranding of the They were loud in their remarks that they The Charman sail Gautlemen, there were going to highs the French, but, au-
money, but he intention was to bava gono pory raitigating circumstances will be taken prusautions pork
and accounts which are before you fortunately for their military ardour just
As the bombardment of Fagods Ancio funds for the settlement of his difficulties ani prepared to fully acquiesce in the
hond and to have obtained the necessary inte merciful consideration; and to say I disaster,
were taken to prevent to-day have been in the hands of share-as the gunboat steamed sway, it was found rage is hourly expected to take place, it is in Hongkung, and to seo Mr Wieler refund justicu uf my punishment, which will be a holder for some time, and do not call for say that the hole of their ammunition The following vasels were at Foochow and exceptional remarke in my opinion. The pro- behind. The official ini charge was in dos-questionable whether I shall be able to desea at the amount of the money warning to me in the future to place myself Pigoda Anchorage when the Doughs shown is a very handsome one and should pair, and was it not that one felt he would patch this by the mail closing to-day. The by Mr Wiser at all. The prisoner before tying about my person any concealed wua- obtained on this chuane should not be lost outside the line of temptation by over car let on the 131 fistant-At Foochow be satisfactory to the shareholders. Iregret loso his head, ano was inclined to laugh at news, which was only confirmed yesterday, coming to Hongkong occupied a very fair pods
to say that the sale of the patent slip to his grotere demonstrations of grief HB.M.S., Meris and U.8.8. Afencoacy Company in Manila, mentioned in the leat There is an old adage that.
of Keolung having been captured, caused position at home. He was in possession of prido at Pagoda Anchorage BBM. S.8. Chan raport, has not been realised, in consequence have a fill In my cas, there never was a considerable excitement amongst the Chi- man in his position could have. He was in
ample inains to gratify evaty desire that a guilty. pin and Sapphin the U.8.8. Enterprise from to Spanish Governmount requiring that I hui always succeeded in quellimagonese, and the anthorities immediately receipt of an allowance from his father in
of the concession oblined by the Company
wrote you
London, and also in receipt of privato Avis, Lyrar, Kur Day Tvernment has asked for the new Admiralty torpedo launches Nos. 45 and 46 and the Inflexible, and the largest ironclads at Dook to be widoued as to take in the fuerchant steaman Nestor, Diener, Ken present constructed, for which we have demauded an additional aum to cover the and was lying not the Kingai Forts, and make any further jemacks, but I shall be the Calissoniere and Bayard were under propand to answer any questions which shareholders may put to me in reference to
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the report.
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high tide wo tried agar to diangage our
On the 16th July at 8 when selves both with the ongtoos and by the ald better results than on the preceding day. of the anchor. Being unable to obtain any continued placing merchandise in comwert- mort No. 1, the compartment No. 2 still making water, and which leak was after had been cleared of goods, of the ship Howard repaired when that part
ics in tow. Commencent immediately to Toward 4 p.m. the Meurich arrived withi“
hawaors. At 7 on the Afensaleh teica to Mager tranship the merchandiseZENIE
On the 7th at daylight fixed on the
the French mon-of-war Villa, Vipére, ofte of larger dimensions. The British Go- rudeness of the soldiers by a look. I haveondoavoured to send some of their gunboats i pronies of his own. In London, he appeare elution when he was told to do so. The a lighter and steam fauch or the...!
The jury manimously found the prisoner
told prisoner his act was clearly an unjust
His Lordship reserved sortance. fiable one. He should have gone to the wound was not a very serious one, but his Maglethales for six months for wounding a Lordship found prisoner had just come out of prison, where he had been sent by the
was a man of a violent temper.
Sentence reservest.
and Radnorskire," The Chateau Ron expense. Tdn't think I need was, rankily abused, spít al, and ono solfingago-namely, that upon the slightest move to Mesars Wiolor & Co,, he came out on a Gorman. His Lordship was afraid prisoner tow as uff with the aid of our own engitter
The stoppers Miramar, Secupo, Mongkut
No questions being asked the Chairman he stopped and was satisfied with abming, with the Treaty, still tho.tratment of the 'ceived from his; father previously would
and Greatham Hall were at Satow on the procented to the maculing be passed,
10th instant parks
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meeting
Mr Bay seconded, and the motion was carried unanimously.
The Chairman having intimated that the dividends might be had on application at the Couspany's Office, the anceting ad- journed,
The following is the Report:- To the Shareholders of the
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A LA, which proved effectual in breaking up one of the cliff gambling houses in the Colony, was
inade by Inspectir Mathieson on Saturday evening last. The premises used for the purposef gambling wore the upper floors of the houses Nos 13 and 45 HondroKG AND WHAMPA DOUR Løyer Lascar Roy, and were found to be
COMPANY, LIMITED, fitted up as a faatan establiment, with submit to you their report, with a state
GANTLEMEN,-The Directors have now to sorral strong doors built in the passagement of accounts for the half your sling ways to provent ingen to the apartments 30th June.
The total receipts for the six and for carrying on the grue. All the tal implements, as well as a sum of money amounting to some seventy dollara, we found on the premises and five men wine arrested. Three of theo men, who was apparently the masters of the outa blink- molt, were this morning fined8200 each, and the other two defidants 225 each. It is a significant fact, showing the profits made by these establiments, that the whole „udiho: fines were at once paid up. &even hundred and odd dollars is a way nice little sum for the proceeds of a singlɔ raid,
to
months are 8792,668.81, and the net profit, after paying interest due and all chings, amounts to $160,830.08 which has to be added the balance brought forward from last account
4,55158
and frons which have
HOUSEBREAKING,
far sa Foochow is concerned we have lost have led a free handed and generous life; thirdly, with receiving the name knowing ke out all goode from the fore im
them to have been stolen.
The second prisoner pleaded guilty on the first count; the other three ploiled not guilty to all counts.
·and
throwing merchandien overboard, partment. At 130 the swell lifting the vessal given me hopes of gotting her vil steam stern and heave on to the anchore o'clock make another attempt but The Tonis remains on the rocks, At 11 with it
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Terrace. The robbery was committed at The house broken into was in Lyndhurst half past one o'clock in the afternoon. By Quincey and Sergeant Butlin had arrested becomes heavier. At day-light tako topsail eight o'clock the same evening Inspector
On the 30th towards 3 am, the
the properly.
found guilty, and the other two innocent,
The seed and third prisoners were Sentence was reserved.
the swoll still increases and threatens to take away all cliances of finating the worseli the leak in No. 2 compartment reopens: I have it stopped with pine wood and oakum, che vessel shaking in a terrible manner. Bent four meu un shore to
to pass the night ready to assist in getting people on shore in Woo-case of necessity. The crew is behaving
War's Alarms The Germen frigate: Stock from dùng Caribe ụ tà
Fho French transport Drac arrived at
$165,15106 ed a lively time to two or thrée junka it is certainly to the interest of the Cap fallen. It is not n caso yf a criminal coming (August 11thyake yesterday. admirably: The night has been borrible, ·
now, I get, to inform you that it wiamy to the scene of action. The French Ad-to have Is a very free and gonorous life miles from Tako to discover that may cagave similar notice to that of a fortnight have. On coming to Hongkang, ne clerk lot, somafour days ago, in city some soventral, however, in a pemptory manus, with his friends, satisfying every wish and 5donoe was misplaced.
requirement an in his position could At the two guard bodsos in that cây, I made such a rash at my chair, that I de Fleet he should bombard the port. Ahim to live in the way he had been nec
ment of any vessel composing the Chinese salary, whieht, of course, could not allow cided intally that I should be knocked though such edits are certainly most dus tomed to live; but he had every reason to
No result. At noon and at 6 pm, stried off the coolies shoulders. Luckily, hower, potic, and far from being in accordance believe that the allowance he had re
again to get the vessel dost bet without any remilt. at 10 o'clock the encale leaves us for Yokohains where powerful and spitting at me.
Chinese in this peculiarly arbitrary manner be continued, and other money to which Chit Apo wore charged fast with breaking an. commenced throwing overboard mer- Lau Afuk, Chun Atuk, Wong Achoe and help will be naked fer. On the 28th at 8. the neola, has avery 20 excitement along is cuusidured policy Nothing, however, he believed himself to be entitled would bo
There,
As they are both, the commerial has been more calculated to injure the. and agricultural cinases, a genial, orderlyiet, prestige of foreigners generally than the the case. In Hongkong he appears to have articles of clothing, the property of Chun
into the house of Lom Sui Kong and stealchandise, coals and everything else which forthcoming This was unhappily noting three boxes, 830 in money and certain may lighten the vessels. apparently anxious to mind their own busi extreme dilatoriness of the French in had a large circle of acquaintances and Tuk, on the 9th July: secondly with leal-awall cames from the 5. W. At low tide the Boss and cortainly wishing France did not taking their long threatened action, and to friends, and among them he appears to ing the above mentioned articles, and, vessel works heavily and is much shaken
On the 29th during the night a heavy exist
Since the arrival of our new Governor cast considerably with the natives, who at and, although everybody could see he was General and the official war nawe to Land, tribute the delay to want of strength, and living antich beyond what his salary and there has been renewed military activity, it:
means could azimit of, he does not seem to you can designato it by that. nune.
Large detachments of bavo posses have had a friend alang minded enough to The forts inland and on the count arealling sucient looking shields, and bannered recommend him to draw back nd not to lighted up every night, and to judge from spears, Josep flowing into Fecchow, mostly continue in this course of life which must the firing, troops appear to be ready both en route to Pagoda, but a considerable num inevitably have led him inte dificulties. He Government have purchased twenty junks Club for the protection of the Cantoness of freedom in the offton, aur to have had night and day to do the little best. The bar have been quartered at the Canton appears to have had a considerable amount to act as torpedo bosts, and some time the marine militia wera exercised in long Fond willer their Club a rendesen under his control and management various the four prisoners, and recovered most of Fark on deck and the wuin yard is am
de ago who have been threatened with maasauro, swimming races, for which the authorities suediately hostilities commence. As regards he was subjected to the temptation by which in-money matters. and under the circumstances gave pris. The Chinese report of this is our own safety, there is less occasion for ho eventually fall. Idon't wish for a moment that the fortunate or unfortunate winners Fear then there was
few weeks ago, a to justify the crime of the prisoner, nor do are, on arival of the French ships, to aim committee colected from our community I mean to say that that the presentation of out and fix torpedoes. What of the vin. are energetically doing the work of ons temptation fustiñas the falling into it, burt. ners after the opera is oyot.!
Consuls, who have displayed extraordinary Some thell firing took place this morning, apathy.
I would suggest to your Lordship that this The native volunteers are ce was a case of sudden temptation; into this which, when I left the score of operations, tainly deserving of the highest praise, and temptation the prisoner has unfortunately anchored in
dio the crook. The targets were tains of the various corps that no depred before your Lordship time after Himo,
at every shaking the vessel coneil breaking About a half a mile from the guns and the tion should be committed, such com-careying on a career of caine. This is one the Red Buoy yesterday afternoon (August
up. We were prepared for the worst. line of fire was across the creek and shout manders are selected from the wealthier of these unfortunate cases in which a man 11th) The Triumphants and Estaing are sovers, and the high tide which partially On the list at 4 am, the swell in less one hundred yards to the south of the junks.class, who are made individually responsi has taken one false stop, the Now I have nothing to my about the gun-bie to the Prefed for the orderly conduct of which he le bound to the consequences still anchored outside the Red Buay
floats the Tanis causes the shocks to be 3,50.00 nors keeping to their line, but distance (
by and which of the natives. hearing available for appropria-
The French gunboat Lutin left the Red less strong. At 5 o'clock receive by two cording to their ideas) wasdefective. After
there is no possibility of undoing. I submit When hostilities commence, grand this case, vir Lord; is one for the merciful they on Saturday (A¤göst·10th) for ataam launches two divers with apparatus
Buor making fee or three ineffectual attempts scene tion...
161,401,66 to hit the target, they altered the
home mogli to present line, so thao nativus consideration of the Court. The punishment The Directors recommend that a dividond with the roault that the shell bust about eril, with which they have soaked huge rafls, impose on the prisoner will not be all need by Captain Fournier to H. E. La Hang, boat Teibu-kan arrives; at 4 pm the pad
range
large quantities of kerosina your Lordship may estimate it your duty to phie fac-simile of the memorandum present the hall. At 10 am the Japanese gan- We are in pression of a photo-lithogra-romediately go to work. They not a single rack has penetrated for the half-year of 6 per cent, or 87 of the junks Not being fond of artillery ex-be ignited and set aflost, and is expected by He has sufred math through remorse for publish to-morrow morning (August 12th), the Tapais. At 10 pm, these two vessels 200 yards from the gun and about 100 from bearing timber similarly stooped, which will be to euffer. Ho has suffered much already. chang on the 17th May This wo slitale deamor Kaigakan anchos olosa to $15,000.00 to contributing shareholders:periments conducted by Chinese, and fear the natives to de immense damage to the the crime which he has committed. He has reproducing, is the best of our power, the make an attempt to lost the reasel. The be paid to the shareholders, and a bonus
that 825,000.00 be written off the cat ofing that the next shall might burst in the French.
suffered much from the theaght that whian ongineering plant at Kowloon and Cosmos, srificed my curiosity to my safety
ernanzes made by Captain Fournier and Tascis seems insensible to all these efforts Angust, 14. politan Locke, and 840,000.00, from the and went home.
ho gets out of prison he will have lost the his signature attached thereto.
and in spite of the good will of both com I am growing slmost as wary of waiting fine forfeited all the love and respect of active just now. Not a day passes but she them
position he had in society; and that he will China's only ironclad appears to be verymanders they are oblige you that the crisis is near, and a havil his fambat home. His father in man of steams either up or down the river sore-
toy are obliged to distantinue engagement at the Anchorage is imminent,
During the 31st work the chains to the hear of this unfortunate lapse of life Concession, sometimes off the English Net tarrile in compartment No. 3 to
back part of the resuel. Placo 700. in the
prisoner, because these things cannot tlement, and yesterday (August 10th) ahe the volume of water contained there to hear of the straggle. Reports, however, be hid Evan whost in prison the prisoner anchored it Hongkew. She goes about also in the forecastle; the forepart of the which appear thoroughly authentie nes will still safe from the thought that when like a conat-guard boat.
vosed is much lighter by this process át. is nearly completed the Directors hope that
he gets free and goes home he will have to current daily, of the French and Chiness face his friende au relations and
The foreign pilots at Ningpo have accepted 10a.m. the mail steamer Volga appears to the construction will proven ora mapidly. foreign bug here in doping, have just naties trying conclusions, and even precise forfoit all their friendship and possibly of sibing like a retaining foe from the esist the men-of-was. At high tide the
The business done by the Company dur
a month, and a bonus-one pilot receiving float the Tanais but to us purpose;
essay to satisfactory The tonnage docked and the official despatch overland from Tansui, both sides are ready, and appear anxiou you to meet out such measure of mercy to their services to French men-ni-war visiting
few incta before your Lordship, and ask 830-on condition that they do not give pan, shelter frailless effort is zile, repairs officed, are considerably in oxconn tvt Kechug has been taken by the French for the fray; the Chinese evincity an the prisoner as may be compatible with the the port. As it is not prohaide that the rocks which impede the "gething off of the On the 1st of August the divers move of any former year, but the mat marked Whether the news is realiable or not it is increase in the revenu is that derived from of
be definite, true or not true. There commencoment of operation Still, day and the prisoner to meroy
fustice. I believe the prosecutor will recom-
other supreine effort. The Kanga-han and the
Mr Wieler was asked by his Lordabip if
is fastened. At 3 pm, the two men-of- tears away her bitts to
to which the tow-ropes am tot Powers the batter prepared for the he wished to say anything. particular. machinery that are us being introduced a pessimist, but I see posible trouble comproaching conflict and on the erictly defen
Mr Wieler-No.
war riturn to Yokohama. Work all day for ship building purposes and for the ing promptly and seriously. Following my sive though not offensive tack.
Give him as much
to fix the pumpa neoived from Yokohama. The mercy as you can, Chinco execution of the heaviest class of fragings, other letter per boarer I read hardly any wo navy now, it is rumoured, intends
Sentence was reserved, and prisoner was
Simoda with an offcer of the Volga to pro- At3 p.m. the stainer Yokosuka goes to are unprotected utterly.
opening the ball, as the popalace of Fur chow have urged the Viceroy be unlia our removed.
cure two more divers who arrive at 8p.m. to bring about hostilities in order thint affnice may be settled either one way or the other and trade, which is entirely auspended, rosumed.
to be deducted.
Directors' fees. 83,000.00 Auditors' fees. 250.00
Tas Spanish Omsul at this port kindly supplies us with the following telegram, which he received from Manis yesterday morning: A phoon E. 8.E. of Ma nih Its directios soem to be N.W. value of Aberdeen Deeks, leaving a balance Our bat nows per Fruhlish is pacifc,
The following telegrant his beer roof $6,401,66 to be carried forward to new
and I met sincerely trust that it is trus celed her dated Bolinao, 17th August, account.
Most of the foreign firms have sect in The minat expended on the new Dock rentories of furniture, property, e, no-
gress hitherto made his buon slower than Case of looting. was anticipated, owing to the tedions spore- tion of diving, but now that the sofferdam
I
110 amThe announced typhoon to the 30th June is ́8154,130.27. The pro-tifying the amount that will be claimed to as you and your readers must be impation/Baron la Hamburg, and, he must, nocas times she anchors abreast of the French
fraels slowly in the direction givan in the first telegram. Cannot say whet er it will Terve on entering the China Bus
The Government Astronomer reports to
Tawanfoo, 2.30 p.m., Aug. 10th. I write in haste to inform you that a
received
day as follows : 11 p.ni. last night the ing the six months anchor, reciva is most thecity #pecial from their conspraders in hours, fixed for the encounter. Certainly Cast off by his family altogether, Ipat Chinese Government. They received $150 three vessels acting together again.
follwing notion wi tulegraphel from here:
The typhoon roftred to on the 10th has approached Manils. The depression which
stating that the TaeTai has received
empty as diminish
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crewed. Luzon. yeterday appears to have tho comtruction of new vessels, a large ble say. The reay It wifi unusually carnost desire fut the spoedgravity of the crime and the domands of Fronch will moleat Ningpe, the pilots are ship. At noon the three vesels make an-
mored northwardi like the porious one, as forconal on the 11th. It is shallow and notvery dangeródó tápkin P
Owing to unasud premure ch our space we are unable to publish the nous! mete orological tables applied to us by the do. Vomment Astronomer.
pumber of which have been built at Low- the
loon; with the improvements and percalled soldiers are not a Banised bands after day only finds the Vesels of both
the Directors are sanguins that contracte can be surried out by the Company on terma comparing favourably with home rates
Auditors. The accounts have been audi- ted by Mesand Thos Arnold and F. T Pearce Poster, the later acting for Mr H. colony,
What the Haval authorition are thinking about--whether they immune that Chice and sangus alone inhabit Formosa I don't know, and it is no good to care. This I do know if any trouble arises and loss of life to Europens ensue, a most serious enquiry offered up as the sacrifice.
ASHAULA.
Leung Ale and Wong Afak were un. animuualy found guilty of inflicting gra-
We hear that on the transfer of liz China W; Daris, during his absence from the ought to be made, as to why we should be showing the Authorities that unless the committed at Hung Hom on the ith June,
Marchants Co.'s business at Chinking on
two hundred and thirty. Chimes were turn. ed sdrift. They were of many sorts, quite unnecessary, and had been living on the Company and dog little or nothing for ther keep and queezes which they ma- naged to appropriate. If the other and
larger establishments maintains the friennia of the Company on the same sole as Chin-
O. D. News.A
Since
WM. H. ROBES, Chairman.
Formosa.
(Prun our Correspondent.}
TAWANFOO, August 6th, 1894.
last wrote to you, I have had
Foochow.
CONSULATE.
to ba congratulated on their good fortune.
The Hu the 8th to daybreak the Imperial Chinese
Puo t
statos that from Po Telegraph Company was employed con- tinuously in transmitting messages from ligence of the setion taken by the French the various officials here to Paking, intel
in Koslong having been communicated to the Chinese authorities here immediately. on the arrival of the Latin at Wossang Up to noom yesterday, however, no reply had been rescived from the Capital, Nitas Ein compartment No. 2 which is almost
immediately filled with
On the 2nd August the two divers not to work to close up the leaks in No. 3 com partment. At 9am a large loak, declares water Instantly
new cres on the bastions of the walls of restal, which was de, the inc
THE Gerrycat Gazette of Saturday at recent typhoon are clear, and the loss to rent, which, though bearing, the semblaam allow things to remain in the amo state as į deratood and could speak English very August 11th, so that a free range for the us ehren lighters with towlines and pamps
combine a desypick from Lord Derby to the pretty and agcultural population the falmial Goverment enclosing a copy of will be heavy her comb x Corention signal at Paris, March 14th,
day, has been the means, I fancy, of me, in an unlt which they and others
D, 'Nexes. An inflammatory placard pated yesterious bodily harm on Hassen Bek, a watola-
All the old guns have been replaced by set at pumps to work. At 11 am the desire a rebellion, sobie active mezares Sentonce was reserved.
Shanghai nity.S
over to port falls over on the starboard must be adopted to bring to a
The D'Estat and Triomphests are now conclusion the difficulty.
speedy
s very great and working on deckt. The placard,
Iying opposite the forts. In consequence of impossible. THE LISTURBANCE AT THE FRENCH which was illustrated with caricatures of
Put up planks to keep the (from yur Correspondeat ).
this the Chinese troops in the forts are kept pumps in a horizontal position Continue the Viceroy, Govenor and Tartar Gener Fooohow, August V. and the Imperial Commissioner for Coast man, was charged with unlawfully and The farts are now provided with the electric 3 to let the water ent. At 'clock weare
John Blato, claiming to be a Franch on the qustice, and a great deal of vigilasice pumping. The divers stop the lesis from There has bess nothing sufficiently in Defence, in warded to the following effoot wilfully wounding one John Jenkins on the light. The mud wall which had been put mastore of the situation. Keep on pumping is being exercised to prezent a surprise outside; open parte of compartment No ang, all station, quite s little army (osaston ko, progeed to Takow from here pourtant occurring here to necessitate my whereas toe are 10 and are now snxious
You are afraid of the Faign Depils, 11th July, 1882. mat have lived on the shareholders. —N -- overland, a distunes of eay thirty miles wiring frequently, although rumours of a to fight if power be given us. You allow ad the prosector in self defence.
Prisoner pleaded not guilty. He wound some time ago, which would be a serious, sil night; we are galling ground by obstacle to the guns behind it, in the erent degrou The divers retocale their weal During the whole journoy the marks of the alarming datacter have been heatly cur the Fronch to destroy our trade. If you
of firing at an easy immediately in front of and do their very best to seed At B Mr A. Lavy interpreted Prisoner in the wall, was in process of demolition to-day am the P&0. steamer Teheran brings Nevertheles the last week has undoubtedly we shall rise in a body and not only kill and Constable Jonkins were the only wit- stupidity of the Mandarins who built that nearly dry and No 2 holds but very little of truth, have generally paved arroneous. After the first stint is fired by the French
they now are in, we will cause a rebellion, well.]
Monsieur Dejardin, the French Consul,ms will be made in a day or two. It lent by the Mitsu Bisht Co
seems that the French were aware of the The 3rd August compartment No. 3 is The principal feature of Formosan been a critical period, asd unfortunately also. This is orily the text of the cesses. The eftecs of their evidence was that wall; and accordingly sucliored their vessels water at 3 pm, the vessel seeros to more
every foreigner in the Port, La, yourselves for he protection of submarine cables, by scenery which makes these low lying pains the dark cloud which has lately hung over noxious placard, as before I was able to to be sent un board a French, man-of-war. skell the for's without being touched by a semists to longer, The Folge gets up full ob the prisoner went to the Conaniate, andesked írantediately opposite it, where they could tow.on to the stem anchor, the Ternis the Phaipotentiaries of tateny dve States, so picturesque are the magnificent cleaps Foochow shows no signs of dispersing; in obtain a literal translation of the same the M. Dejardin dated him to prove his nation- besides that of Great Britain.
Mandarins had wisely used its destruality Prisoner produced some papers
in return. single iliot of berboos in the midst of which the vil fack a pouces solution of the difficulty tion. The disposition of The Convention makes it a punishable
of the natives tn-
tn. which did Lot prove offene to break or injure a submarine gelio buried. Now all those are sadly beyond the hopes of those most sanguinely wards foreigners at this Post wavers at refused to do anything for him, and naked walls, having been taken down, were seat
this and the Consol
The old guns from the Sh
city wahl, wilfsily or by culpable segligents, broken, wide here before the greasefal inclined. Through some mysterious agency, the pressart time to an outraudinary him to leave the Consulate. This le refus day morning. One of the guns happoned lines (hawsers) with pa
to the patrol station to be cleaned yester motret to lose. Take the Volga tone the ribunals comptent to take cognisance of folinge broke the monotony of the
degree; me day a friendly fooing appeared to do, and the Falu were sent for. of such infractions of the Conventions being paddy falde, hotiring is left but the bare however, ur elas from pure fores of im-ing to exist, whilst the eet their coun- Sikh went to the Consulate, and he askedj and while one of the soldiers was cleaning i dock alź pe theal the county to which the pool walls and broken down houses of the agitation, the Chines appear suddenly a tenances too evidently hotny lurking prisoner to leave. Prisoner declined to go, on board of which the offence was com
village.
have arrived at the conclusion that peas antipathy for Europeans. This fluctuation and then M. Dejardis sent for mitted belongs. Article 15 state thist the In Talow the damage has been very will shortly reign, and to surnest are they in tuanner I invanably find is traceable to constable to the Central Station. Coss. Jon & European sitions of the Convention do not userious, yearly all the European houses in their beller which has acrtainly ban the tone of the daily posters, which are king was despatched in answer to the call. Say y restrict the freedom of action of being more or less rendered uninhabitable confirmed by Jess-that there have been eagerly looked for by the uafives. These On getting into the Consulate, he asked belligerents. The Convention to conds (Pra tem). Messrs Rusall & Co.'s premises in all directions feux de juis today and bins the minds of the natives, who have the prisoner to go to the station. Prisoner into force on a day to be agreed upon by appear to have suffered the worst, even lille busincas transacted. Upen not sufficient intelligence to be able to refosed, and, when sized hold of, struck the high contracting powers and ia. to During these critical lines I believe Iam interrogating an unusually intelligent form a sound and hupartial judgement after and commenced kicking. Monais Dejar- remain in force for five years and after-right in saying that we all feel very bitterly Chinaman this morning to the grounds perusal of the seas. The satires may be din remonstrated, and then prisquer aid of Compauder Faul ward from year to jeans day.
the utter geglect of our tau
the would go guletly. Jenkins then let go I, the undersigned, captain of the mail nies and Canada-sroot at present included
B
is
steam and a few minutes after our efforts
dicat. It being rather late there was not a and crowned with mocem Tho Tancis
Continually.
to have some powder still left in the breach, Arrivo st Inkosuka af 4 am. Enter the
the gun, the powder exploded, seriously wounding the soldier.Shanghat Courier.
THE STRANDING OF THE
TANAIS
The following are extracts from the report
The Australian and South African Cold: aval autorite punte by the for the zinlivos, belief in a spoody settle.sxid to be behaving fairly wall, considering hold and prisoner got into the middle steamer Tasais, declare, herewith that--|
Burely it not ha that has ment, the former laith great emphasia ape how their trade is being affected
in the Convention, but are at liberty to
ALLEGED SEIZURE OF A JUNK IN BRITEH WATER.
We the
SUPREME COURT.
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IN CRIMINAL SESSIONS, (Before Sir G. Phillippy, Chief Justice.) Monday, Aug. 18
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A trading junk was seized a day or two hear from Amoy how thoroughly they have Chinese authorities, whose aba to'Malley), instructed by Mr A. B. Johnson, and #raggled violently. Jenkins then eines were kept working sawrn, dukwere/Ladia, Wire
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fest that foreign jossanen, fissiounsies) re su sall a community our lives are who to suddenly left the fold of ther
of the room, drew out the knife produced, We left Hicgo on the 24th July for Yoko looked upon a being of less value au labours and retreated to a sufer locality,
and held it at in a threstoring altitude, hams On the 20th at 1 p.m. the fog those of other Europexus who are lusky had returned, which he mid was su
Bad Bak You would use that club, thickens, again stand 10 to port to avoid would you fenicis then made a rush at the land At 1.18 p.ta suddenly observed enough to be stationed in Amuy or Ton- criterios of langer being past. That our ehow.
pergaming small community has lately been in
| bing, and struck him with his truncheon, line of breakers right ahead at a distance Bank, Vire, Surely there is an element of strength in treme poril there is no more question of
while at the same time prisoner stabbed of hardly 100 metres from the vessel,
with umbers alone, and it is not encouraging to doubt than that we owe our lives to the
Jenkins alightly on the left shoulder Jen-out being able to distinguish anything else. kins closed with prisoner and took the Stopped immediately and went wifeng bat
W days sigut since in the neighburhood of Chan Kwan been posted who are treble our nombers, safety of Foreign residents cannot
for
The Attorney General (the Hon. E, Led him to go to the Station. He refused, cient to run the Tancis on the rocks The Documentsey 4 months' sight,
knife away from him. Jenkins again arke | the
4 months' night, left in the real was suffy Credite, momentuni Ho, between Aberdeen and Baaley, hyrhilst we are left in cans of trouble to our
The last notice Chino Revenue lameli.
own devices.
s to our eulogistically described.
emanates from the Viceroy and the Co the Crown Solicitor, procuted, No English won-of-war has been here vernor and Tartar Generis who have
throw him down and held til there until The westher was very for and the sea Shanghal, demand, The geizure fusak plasa in British waters, since the fatin left, and she would tot foutly issued the proclamation informing lod as a jury
This following gentlemen were empanel help came."
not strong enough to drag the romal of. demand, Messen G and, the stateagent of the muur of the have stopped as long as the did, out the the natives that they mast not, ander pain de Ousta, BI. F. S. Pereira, JW Crocker, ment a defence. This statement was suppose the existence of any and in the Gold Leaf ( $27.50
Ferguson, J. P.
Prisoner asidod in written slate rather calm; there was nothing to tiske ma 30 days' aight, private 78 junku to be believed, is quite naliligould not get out of Takor harbour owing to do, taherfere with foreigners, or the D. F. de R. Marco, Clark and Ws follows My Lord sou gentisme, El course I was steering, all possible messurée : Sovare que a su ap 30.41-
H R ∙as the vessel was ängsged in legitimets would have been botter if the day tez provement in the conduct of the dative were excused, Mr. Rann (03 account knowledge Court, and true that after this standing I was able to meko) (Takén, ut Messrs Falconer & Cor's Presence,
might yet prove that it property, and ainer its publication an in- G. Humphrey Tho
bar had
gentlemen an only. with a deep doutrite bat, having been taken to avoid it. Looked ime brada kid was loaded with 100 pinnis of Some time before the Merlin and Fa
her till now
olence and Urrow has been very noticeable.
myself on medialny after the boats. A few moments of illness) and Mr E. M. Hyndman on the The apperance of the barbour at Pagods count of another gentleman Mr G. very allowance will be made for the rash out through a cleat spot in the fog that
mercy of Fics,
hot looked in for about 48 hours Anchorage is certainly anything but signi. Forgasm-from the ama establishment Act which was committed whilst in a state the fans was near the west at a si
Before the Fachind the oldest unit ficant of poue, and the only change It East Point Sugar Rekuery, being treaty on approaching Fracy, and for which to ous lance of about 200 metres from the NW ants have a record of a ganhont nailed the serve on each visit, is an addition to the the jury) Me R A. Gabbay and Mr Jan feel greater contrition than myself point of Vries and about 80 metres from the Espoir so much for the utility to English naval fauts of both Franes and China Alater did not answer to their aunes when My Lord, I beg of you to remetsbes the mass land. Compartment butaber was subjects is this port of a British foot in Both H. B. M's ganbeat fetin and the
antled. Chinese waters DOTAS U. B., sloop Monocicy still appear off the
customs and character of the
People Hago Müller waseharge with felunionsly whom balu Comicans. As your me suppose that a large rent must have to immediately filed with wator, which made You will understand that I do not far Band, Ideas painted lips upon a forging a certain choque, e order for the Lordship as doubtless aware, there every boou made in the heel plates near this com Lhs Fortean
people at all, but in the painted Ocean? The general impression is payment of money, with intent thereby to ghoolboy is in the habit of ourrying concoal partment; dozujatiment No. 2, where the master of the captured jack was on stent of war am afraid that the Chinese that a little exercise of the marines on defraud, at Victoria ou the 17th Jase and a weapons, and of sing them when cir engines are, as also compartment No. I wen military authorities would prove gute shore would prove beneficial to their besith also with offaring, attering and disposing stances require, and very often, I found to be dry altor wounding Ten unequal to the thak of holding over 20,000 and vigour
Whilst their fury presence of a cheque or order for the payment of raid, when drumstances don't requiremiantes after the stranding the forecastle troops in unders
would have a salutary effect at the pressat money with intent thereby to defraud, at And then, my Lord, remember I had been was alas filled with water. Having after-
After taking postedium of the junk the
master and crew was released and landed at Chan Kwan H by the slicer in commuul of the lajtch, mud mida their way Aberdeen,
The
at the Central Police Station thermomis
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to the bar.
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