No. 6694.--January 8, 1885.|
The Chief Justice said that he did not see bow Nave to appeal to the Council could be granted, as no appent could be made to that body when the atestat in dieputo was less than £600. In this enso the amount was only $1,700.
Considerable discussion took place on this
point. Mr Francis argued that though the amount awarded was only $1,700, defend ant's claim was really for over 823,000, and that must be taken as the subject matter at issue. He subunited that the clauso in the rules and regulations regarding appeals to the Privy Council which road the generat subject matter of the suit shall not be of Josa valtio than £500, monst the amount! which was claimed, und not a sum which
A SUSPICIOUS CHARACTER Yan, Apia, who had been twice in gaol for larceny, was found lying under a verandah in Sound Streat, nf 3.30 n.m. with a chisel and koy in hla possession and no light or pass. The prisoner's explanation of the cittim stanos was to the offset that look for a relation who had a he went Gight with him and armed himself with the chisel with which to defend himself Ho was sent to prison for fourteen days' hard labour.
(Before H. E. Wodehouse, Esq.) -
LARWMNY, WHOM ANTEAMER.
THE CHINA MAIL.
and baggage, in a jank. The point where the stream intersects the road is about one hour and a half's march from Hanoi. From the Count to Basiniah no other bexly of water is.met with, but the road is cut by two dikes which serve as fortifications About midway is found the prefecture of Flu-tu-son, built on either side of the rond. At the entrance is found the dwell ing of the prefect (Quan-phu) consisting of a compound enclosed within mud walls bordered with bamboos. Inside the walls,
a brick and tile house for the Quan-phu. are some bamboo cabins for the guards and
(To be continued.)
THE POSTMASTER GENERAL'S REPORT FOR 1884. The following is the comploto report of
might be awarded in a verdict. The ques-undergone three months' imprisonment ou Wan Agau, a cook, who had alrandy tion at issue in "the 'defendant's claim int volved a considerable amount more than months hard labour for stealing a basket here are no cannon in the enclosure and the Postmaster Cooral with the asception very shart-handed. No sumner is recoj- would be quite possible, that a P. & 0.
sproviona conviction, was sentenced to six containing goods to the value of $t, belong the armsment of the soldiers only com- ing to ons Lau Yak Shi, a painter, on board prises spears, swords, and some eld fint the S. S. Fokien, on the 28th Decenabor.
lock gans
£500.
The Attorney Genral argued that the amount in dispute was really the amount Arded by the Court
The Chief Justico said the jury had found there was due on the coautor claim an of 31,700. The question as to whether defendant could clain more than the $18,000, montioned in the agreement, o stand, and the Court found was allowed to that the dainages should be so reduced,
which
+
CORRESPONDENCE.
From Phy-tu-zon to the citadel a number
it as imposible to get in an extra hand (for
a
(0.)-CORRESPONDENDE ON THE MAIL. SERVICE TO JAPAN,
The Lorum Post Office to the Hongkong Post Office,
GENERAL POST OFFICE, London, 19th September, 1884. Sts, I beg leave to forward to you
Mésica Bisset & Co. live bean informed that the Hongkong Post Office is not under the control of Her Majesty's Postmaster General; and that their communication has buon referred to you, for anel enquiry as you may think the circumstances of the case demand.
I am, Sir,
Yeur obadient servant, l'estminster General,
Eow. H. REA, Hongkong
Mears Bisset & Co., Yokohama, to the London Pod Office. Yokohama, 12th August, 1884. Sir,We beg to bring to your notices the.
by ten acldiers from Bac-ninh and ten the old hand,' who has been habituated the existing mall service is costing us coolies who had been hired at Hanoi for, to the Post Office for yours, in apt to get £8,000 a year. But I am of opinion that the whole of the journey. The Goressor which is known as not being able to seg pression of subsidies, frequency of comuni into a groove, and into that state of mind whatever economy may result from the sup of Bac minh hud alen given orders to the die would for the trees. Minch progress in ntention will be lesseurst; and re ulurity al different posts on the route to finish me the Postal arvios has reasted from the communication, which is at least as import suggestions of outsiders. Sir Rowland ant as either frequency or quickness, will with fresh relaye of portora in case of need. Fall (thou Mr. Hill) had no knowledge of have a tendency to disappear. This measure proved most useful to me on Postal work when be pressed his reforms 4. In forecasting what would happen on herewith copy of a letter addrosaod to my return, eight of my men being inid up ing improvement in orting which has important olement in the question is, what Yokohama, in which they complin of delay upon willing Department A strik the withdrawal of the P. & 0. subsidy, an this department by Moss Bislet & Co, of on the way, more or less suffering from heen copied here, was argud upon the would be thus movements of the P&O in the transmission from Hongkong of fever.
Singapura Post Office by a zucutber of the stunners themselven ? It acons randomable mails sont from this Country to dapun by comminulty and, similarly, both Mr. to suppose that what has taken place be
way of that Colony. Travers and Mr. Hutchison, within a few tween Hongkong and Japan would be re- wooks of their appointments, had made produced all along the line. That is to any valuable suggestions on points which for the boats would start with fair regularity youra bed escaped the notice of the trained perhaps, but their movements and their staff of this office.
ports of call would be entirely governed by Otherwisu, the Department has been considerations relating to cargo, so that it
hnd room last evening of certain items for which we were able to lected with so much sickness. The sopior stomer which had left Europe before the
clerk was thrown from a vehicle and so French mail might arrivo hore after it. severely injured sa to koop him from offico
6. There are knough steamers, take them The GENERAL POST Office for six months. Another and equally all together, to allow of a mail from Furapu BONGKOSU, January 1st, 1885. valuable officer caught a chill from working arriving in Hongkong every two or three of comfortable looking and pleasantly Other additions to our Money Order in wet clothes (during one of our heavy days. Such a state of things would be in- THE GAS BILLS.
situated villages are met with The murystom are in progress. Arrangements are rushes of night work) and this resulted in deed desirable if it could be counted
under consideration for the exchange of a kind of paralytic Barure which apt him The maila would be small, would be quickly To the Editor of the 'China_Mais rounding country is dat ad completely Money Orders with lortugal, with the absent for a long time. Soulias there stealt with, and there would be much lesa
Hongkong, Jan. 8th. DEAL St-Allow me to celu the re-covered with rice fields. It is only a short United States, and with Hawal. It is hord would be as many as five absent (out of rush and inpationeo about their distribu- Therefore the Court found that defendant marks of Dynamo which you published distance from Bac-ning that one finds the seated these exchanges may be in operation. were working andar culties from to hope for this as it would be to believe great inconvenienes we have been put to by
that before mother aunaal Report is pre- thirteen) whilst even those who were here. tion
that nt present. But it is as usalena was duo plautis the sum of $2,300, and last night. Not only is the gas bad and maniatons, or detached hills, which con- The Money Order office now pags its own inflamed frot, swollen faces toothachie, &c. that meteorologists will ever be able to the action of the Pustinastor in Hongkong.. it seemed to him that that was really the the price extravagant, but there is this and the city in spite of their slight expenses, if indeel it does not secure a If it is remembered that in the Post Office to arrange that raiu eball smeunt in dispute.
peculiarity about the gas bills-the more
The mails from Louden of 27th June ar- fall only hon it.. small profit. Imunctions received as to After further argument, during economise in the consumption of the elevation and easy ascent.
Some
the
is convenient. The stormors would come rived in Hongkong 31st J
st July, and the com of Administrativo Reports Lit Francis cited one or two cases is the largar become the charges in your
presentation
a beginner The city of Bac-ninh, the centre of the within the first seven days of the new year manual work of the office for at least thras within a day or two, and then no more per via the Thibet, which, unfortunately for us, is worse than useless in the in, as they do at present, three and four pecting steamer of tho E. CO. Compnay," which said had
ha
bearing on the point, bills. I do not cure the Company, or ita
for nearly a fortnight.
is not under Factory or complete statement of accounts.
nder contract with H. B. M. Gor glad to give leave to appeal if he could see to say that great dissatisfaction is. felt in
Department have not fad, during the his way to do so, becuas there
The subject of a Savings Bank had long past somer, exactly the easy time of it between the linca of no regard to the working of the ractors. was no
The
this via Nagasaki and Kobe, arriving hero Atemmers plying doubt that there had murer been any case officials should see that better gas is sup-
went, but the fact that every officer of it is they enjoy. Notwithstanding these draw. Atlantic. bean under the consideration of this Depart which some persons are pleased to believe to China and those which crom the only yesterday morning. The sienner for- like this caso tried before It
Iplied for lighting the streets. A new gas
There are no ports of call in theon Castle left Hongkong 3rd instant, and Certainly strack out now ground altogether; company is talked about. The electric
overworked, and that
been sanctioned was a
4 so few complaints have been received na to
and first-class steamers leave re-adrutable reason, one mails wore detained its claims to be regarded as the light duong
serious contacte. At length: a plant was suh alleged missing lotura ns during the year gularly onsugh to ensure the regaler until stl instant, and then put on board a of thu future, that I hope its introduction Tho citate) forms a regular hexagon. days a week in the State Office, which, the loss of several entire mails for Europe, route.
mitted for conducting & Savings Bank two under rovis One firm indeed
mported arrival
of the mails at either end of the slow vessel called the Alinecraig, which as here will be considered, if any steps are It is constructed of brick, with baations under the same roof as that Post Cifficit, is containing mest valuabe enclosures, bat frin: 13 weeks to 8 of venal; ie, and withdrawn we have been frequently ab But the voyage to China occupies yet (11a.m.) has not made her appearance. taken to break up the present monopoly of but without demi-lunes like that of Hanoi, happily exempt from the rushes of work there is in doubt these letters were stolen cording to the class of vernal; there are
Since the subsidy for the Japa line was lighting.
The crests of the walls are lined with a
in the Postal service of a Colony on their way to the Post Office, whither several Ports of call; and the chances of iscted to inconvenience of this kind, and well described as a sort of Clapham June they were sent without the precaution even steamers passing one another v
we trast H. B. M. Gorominant may yet s03 would introduce chexaux de prise of bamboos. It possesses tin
tion for stes
steaners. Whilst this plus was of a chib-book. The usual number of com endless confusion into the service. Letters fit to renew it. about forty picous of artillery, all smooth kong and Shangha Bank offers to carry non-arrival or late arrival of papers from tinually arriving after theo which left under consideration, however, the Hong-plaints has of eats been made as to the which left London earlier would be con-
· here. The dwellings of the soldiers are a Savings Banke on terins in many home, and in some instances they have ister. I do not see how the London l'ost outside the citadel, the only troops quarter-respecta mere favourable to
depositore that becu
hard The Attorney General said this case was
ed inside hoing the guards of the Tong-doc, Lose contemplated by the Cinvorriment in a god with a good deal of temper. It Office is to form any reasonable guess
scheme. This offer was accepted. Its main nude rosponsible for the f
see why this Department the steamers Londen tried before his Lordship the Chief Justice
Governor Generci of Bac-ninh, Lang-son advantage is that the Bank is open overy
of London Liverpool for China within thema week will on the Juh December, when a verdict was Results-I get a better light, and save and Can-bang, of the Quan-an, or Minister of day, instead of two days & weak only and brand-nys. The papers do not arrive, arrive first. We cannot even do it between and there is an end of it. There are two hero and Shanghai, a voyago, uf days! laat deposit wating recount and incruse Latis Loading, stil Inonfident Payment. Ling main for Japan since the F. - The Hongkong, Post Office to the Irandon
who have $100 to credit can almost invariable caus: for these delays. The expe
experience of this Ollies in transmit Besides the members of the civil adminis- their deposits indefinitely.
P. & 0. Against this Newsagents find it easy to third is
aubsidy tration there are also at Rac-ninh a De-doc, may be at the fact that flis deposits are not blame on the Post Office, and their sible it is
it is to secure any thing
like regularity secured by the Government, but this would eastonera. the general commanding the troops of the seem to have been no obstacle to the success
to prefer to believe them. of arrival by means of cargo steamers alone. No. 840. GENERAL POST OFFICE, The London Post Oftica raised the ques- The most aaxious care has been exercised province, and a Lanh-binh, or local eam-of a Savings Bank at Shanghai, and neution whether the presont subsidiaed mail to soloot the best opportunities, but the
Hongkong, 23rd October, 1884. Sir, I have the honour to acknowledge. not be hore. The Hongkong Savings Bank service cannot be discontinued on the ex- rsult har hean that the three communities the receipt of your letter No. 286,918 of was opened on May Ist, und already more piration of the existing contract, and the of Japan have been continually complain- September 19th, on the subject of a com than $50,000 has been deposited.
carried by private steamers as is the ing erer since the chango was made. With lain fru Messrs. Bisset & Co. of Yoko On the 1st Marel the Post Office of Macao rule across the Atlantic. The Report of regard to the homeward maila, faw tersungama elating to the delay which took placo tuned its proper position as a Portuguess this Department is printed as an Appendix, except merchants would ever have much in trasmitting to Yokohama the mail des previous irregular arrangement by which it complaints which, since the discontinuance as net, the notice would be very short. Post Office under the Postal Union, the Allusion is made in that report to the idea when they would leave, and, as often patched from Office on June 27th.
2. It is characteristic of the treatment 7. It therefore the French packets con- which
the Chief Justice said ho should be very servante, of dishonesty, but I am espelled largo and magnificent province of the same ellectually provint, however, any satis motha) it will be seen that the officers of I submit that there is little analogy, ernisont, left that port cu Sud joabfur
name, is not in itself of great importance well chosen military post commanding the in point of local commerce, but it forms a
the question had never been considered in light has, howevor, so clearly establisher Toads to Thai-Nguyen, Lang-son and Bai-stat would have no eremo to the backs, there has never been a period when Atlantic, the voyage occupies little over a farrived hore this morning, but, for some in-.
any case he had ever seen. Their Lord ships would look over the authorities, and if they could possibly do so they would be happy to give defendant leave to appeal.
STEVEN AND ANOTHER BURRELL AND OTHIRA. APPEAL.
This was an de parte motion by the defendants, who were represented by the Attorney General and Mr A. G. Wise, instructed by Messrs Brereton, Woltea and Deacon.
motion he had now to make was for a rule calling upon the plaintilla to show cause why the verdict should not be varied, by reducing the damages allowed plaintifa to $7,000, on
on the ground that the verdict was against the weight of evidence. The action. he said, was brought by the plaintiffe against Messrs Barrell as the owners of 3 ship enlied the Hyurien, which was chartered by the platatitle for a
for a year, the charter being renewable for another year. The action was founded upon an alleged failure of the ship to answer to certain descriptious as to capacity and spoed, -contained-in-the-charter party.
Issues were before the Court at the trial,
i
Obediently yours,
ANTI-MONOPOLY.
To the Editor of the CHINA-MAG."
Hongkong, Jan. 8th, Sia, Lat me offer Dynamon sugres- a month. I abandoned gas for keresine.
tion. My gun bills ranged dua
$30.
Yours,
VERK SIP.
TONG-KING.
FROM HANOI TO THE TRONTIER OF KWANQ-HI.
ผงปาปt
The citadel is surrounded by a circular By MA. Amoitte, Chancelier to the French Consulate at Hanoi..
road, upon which are situated a quantity of Hauses, sed exclusively a dwellings for Since the appointment of Franch Consuls the soldiers and their families. All the
inevitable in
control) being discontinued.
mails
the الله
Af
to Japan, have been received from all die
residents hors, will feel grently obliged it Meantime #6, in common with our fallow
presentations ar instructions from you to the Hongkong Post Office will fond to pre back as the case we have now described.
We remain, &c,
this
(Signed) BESET- &· Co,"
Post Office.
your
commanity that Messrs. Bisgat
to Tong-King, (Aug. 1876) we had only soldiers were at this time natives; there was worked as a kind of honorary Agency in 1881. of the subsidised F. & U. serviceäed running, the whole situation would Yokoham Department.receives from the Two extremely vagne information, furnished by was not a single Chinese mongst them. of this Ollice (hat an Agency ander Erst whether or not tho ship auswered the natives, concerning the province of frout of the East gate is a large brick for this change Lad been more thah und London Post Office, also, printed as an nails would take at least four hours to which no copy was forwarded to me. This The necessity foreign nattlaments there. This mattor is resolve itself into heavy fortnightly mails & Co. should endeavour to get behind the Bao-nin, adjoining Hanoi, and that of building, covered with tiles, which sarved urged on the Post Office of Macao, butane into so fully in a correspondenes with forwarded by their means. The outward. Hongkong Post Office with somplaint of
38
to the representation that was made to her capacity, and, accondly na to her Lang-son, bordering upon the Chinese pro- naa dwelling for mandarins passing through, guaranteed
spood. As to the speed there vines (f Kwang-si, and it was impossible was no question that it was the charter, and the i did not co
guarantand by
a majority to place much confidence in the informa of five to two, found the ship
tion from this source. up to the guarantee, and they gavo a ver diot of $3,000 with regard to that. The jury also found that sho did not come up f to while to explore Lang-aon, where, since tho representations as to capacity con Lained in the charter, and they found 1878, regular Chinese troops had been
It basame advantageous in the -
until the arrival of the prosent Governor of the nurse wing in, the direction that Settlement nothing was done in
of
kha
Appendix, that it is not necessary to add sort, and we should have all the old brils it is here that foreigners and the man-
ally imagine that the vialect language more than one observation, which is this. back again (now alm et forgotten) of firma carina from Hus carrying tribute to their
matter.
If the Editora of Japanese newspapers re- having their correspondenco addressed tu Corea is
Singapore and sent up by private hand admission into the Postal Union, and it suzerain of the Calestial Empire were re-quite possible that that ignis fatuns which to do any good, it may surely be supposed economical, but it would not be pleasant, 30 ns to get it quickly, &c. This might be are fond of using towards this Office long fitted before the esger eyes of they would take the trouble to forward nor could it be called progress. philatelists a
lutie Cure Pratage
8. It is useless to suppose that any in- nality. For believed to be in fault.
So far from this dument would prevail on the public to
ceived.
CTG
Chinese. These consist of dealure into receive almost touching
is the second attempt of the kind that has boen made. It is equally characteristic that oara. Bissat & Co, should not over wait till the steaner as to which they complained which, as they very well know, has always had come in, nor for the full explanation been afforded whenever any difficulty has arisea, but should, na is custornsey at Yoko- hams, fly at this Offics with all manner of
The principal street in Bac-binh is lung become a tangible p--may cries of their remarks to the Department! the demages $7,000 pr this account. It found who, upon tho demand of the Cometupied by the merchants; principally years past this Office has been accustomed being the case, there has boen considerable correspond by private steaners if the charges before was on this part of the verdict that Lu of Hué, in spite of the treaties of 1874.50 medicines, cotton goods, resins and mann-Corean Stamps, when thappals for difficulty in getting to know the dates on .French nails wore available. When, the the facts of they wore in possession of now applied on behalf of defendants for a crossed the frontier under the pretext of fastures, One important branch of locatuch possibility of obtaining them as thero detaila. Yet obviously the first step to the mail, every body hore knew that Yokohama again and again that it is
reduction He then contended that the. roprenentation contained in the charter reducing the rebel bands commanded by
morcovur, invaded part of the provitice of
did not amount to a warranty, that even if the pretender Li-Yung Choi, and who had, it did, the finding of the jury was coll- trary to the weight of evidence, and that even if the ship did not answer to her dee eription there was no evidence of actual damage or loss sustained on that account. In support of his contention thas tho ahip was capable of car
he
Bac-nish, and occupied the country from the Ba-Ee lakes to Song-Tanong,
also had her bunkers Gilled to the full capa less encamped on the Annamite territory, 400 tone, but that did not affect the where they continued to live as in s con. oity, viz.
the phintiffs that the representation of the could carry 33,000 picule of cargo in her holde quered country, giving their orders to the
ship
kers. It was proved she had carried 34,000 to whom they wore supposed to have como
od to carry some 70 tons of coal in her bun
Hongkong. He submitted that the
there was
piculs of coal on her voyage from Nagasaki to render disinterested assistance;
機
any cargo on account of her deficient capa-
businets is the manufacture of great jars
cartlienware vessels destined to contain the
pleted for
from the now Kowloon Tulics
at
As bearing upon
steamiers,
=
the
I
1
case.
no evidence that she had ever had to restereating, particularly at a moment when would find accommodation in the house of the bags reached the Post Offer. The he tossus I on board withwat postage would disappear from the service. Marne this Department, and, under the same
city, and that the damages awarded were the idea of our extension in Tong-King axcessivo. He quotes great many cases defining the difference between a represen-see if such a state of things as had beën was beginning to take form in France, to tation and a warranty.
The Chief Justice mid evidence had been reported to as existed, and up my de given that the captains had stated that they mand, M. de Borgarades; French consul-at
taken on board as much goal as they thought the ship could carry at Newcastle, Hanoi, obtained from the mandarina of after estinuating what space they would co-that-locality an official passport authorising quire for light cargo at the other ports. That was evidence that cargo was refused. me to proceed to Lang son by Bac ninh,
had
wes about as which the mails reach Japan, or any other postage to and from England was 1/40. hy 3. It has been explained to the public of
the moon. Similar is of getting the applications au come what
sturps (if any) of wards rectifying a grievance is to find out letters could be forwarded with fair re- for water and oil and the small round
gularity by private stars for B. absolutely impossible for this Office to imes reca
received
for the stamps of
predict what steamer will reach that port begging
word may perhaps he permitted as believe there was only one person in the rat, if culy for the reason that the de- Kashgar, of &c.
Thibo
to the local delivery of currespondenes incutir community who took advantage of partures of vesele from Hongkong ace bones of the dead after exhonation. In department arrangements have been concett said of recent infprovamanta in delivery lady,
Through the en-operation of the Pelice Hongkong. This is what the late Mr Faw the lower rats, and that person was a frequently postponed at the last moment, or, what makes the matter still more difficult, ana corner of the town almost all the fish mailing the sɛrival of the Eng in English Provincial uses of doli.eustri ba elected to some extent by not while assuring this Office that he expects to The abolition of a subsidised service delayed from our to hour, the Agent mean- After the defeat of Li-Yung-Choi's troops houses are constructed with the refuse of Station at piculs, exclusive of her bunker Wise, Cape and the decapitation of Lech Canton, are which linro houn muis-firmed, in the succesful, and elicetudly even with tra
carrying 33,000 by the regulara of General Phong-ti-tal, the potteries. The basement is formed of cloud night, and when the weather is reries, the great importance of affording extending the contract boyand Singaporo. at the veel sway any minute,, Meanwhile
and the Fest signal station abscared.
every
practicable facility which would on There are quite suficient steunters between other steamers may have loft, and if they the evidence of Captain Cap-of his subordinates, Lue-Chi-Bish, re-
These arrangements have already been most courage local correspondence has continued Singapore af Hen-kong, and between arrive at Yokohama first the outery against tain Burine, and the foreiaan builder who
to be kept steadily in view, This object Hongkong and Shanghai, to carry on the the Post Office begins all over again as if it superintended the construction of the ship suined the campaign, but without s coons, taking. The jars are put close together ious inconveniences connected with the can be in many cases much promoted by nails without any very serious delay, and were the first time the subject had been and measured her. Of course it was a ques- and the country again become tranquil and filled with earth, forming aanbetantial arrival of an unsigualled mail.
ingresating the naarber of collections from probably the English mail would always heard of. tion whether or not the slip would flost if
Enquiries were sot on foot as to whether pillar boxes in provincial towns. It is ranch Hongkong and generally Shanghai 4. In the case in question this Office the carried that quantity in her holds and The Chinese regulars remained neverthe wall The quarter of the town ao con- it would not be powible to have the French often found possible in this way to secure therefore the next French mail overtook it.
atructed presents a remarkably quaint mail sorted at Singapore during the stay of delivery of a letter in the town within five or
was no doubt to some extent misled by Between Coylon or India and Singapore incorrect information. The real cause of the steamer aspect.
mer there, but the ctical dif- three hours after it has been posted.
there are not enough steamers. Many the delay however was not the slowness of culties were, as before, found to be too. When I acquainted the Teng dea of my many for any hope of succes
That is in England, where everything is of the Canal boots, as they are called, come the macraig, but the fact that at the On September Sth the P. & O. packstaged for the arrival of mails by Railway direct from Suez to Fenang or Singapore lest moment a fight broke oat amongst the on abort voyages, when she was only requir: provincial mandarins and governing those arrival and of my intention of visiting Brindisi arrived here with bath the English Fixed hours Now let us nes what is dy without calling anywhere.
crew, which detained the atenmer here ut his Yamon he at once sent a reply stating and French maile on board, owing to the whero natkig is certain to hap-recommending the curtailing of the solved the Post Office the other steamers
Pan
હતી
10. I do not wish to be understood as this Clapham Junction for
from Saturday evening till Tuesday mor that, having been informed of my Demuah's having been quarantined in
When intelligence of her detention Deu but the
nine, but the Home Government is asking resched unexpected. A resident in It appeared to me then to be most indeparture from Hanoi, he had made no Egypt. The nail officer on board had Canton senda o
board
morning for information and I meroly Bay that this
were gone.
The same cause of delay preparations for my reception but that were ready for delivery üve minutes after not post it, that would he too much to ask, agreeable in many
sorted all the letters by both mats, which steamer a letter for Hongkong. He does could be done. The results would be dia might have happened to either of them. тудув Regularity Fury possible enquiry had been made by
tho opium farmor.
papers took an hour and a quarter to sort, stamp or prepayment of any kind. It arting would have to be discontinued. circumstances, the same decision would Being absolutely certain that this was 6thy tarred bags in which the cantinental the afternoon. The Amerionn wail, we will irregular channels to obtain the quicker, would have thought of putting the mail on
operations being much retarded by the reaches this Office, unpaid of course, during Persons would get their letters through again bo como to.
No reasonable person nothing but a falsehood (as no European mails were enclosed as a kind of latish say, is leaving at three, the English mail A responsible and vory thankless task board the Thibet, yat, as it happened, the could more about the country without ainst cholera. Quarantine as applied to at four, and an Australian mail at bve. In would be thrown on the Singapors and Thibet was the firet to arrive. The com
mails is generally hangined by scientific being reported), intended as a first attempt anthorities to be useless, but it is not on. despatched to every part of the world. to carry on the maile. Whatever stoomer other steamer, was himself one of the per- word, within three hours stails have to be Hongkong Offices of selecting the steamera mander of the Gorder.astle, the only discourage me, I insisted upon seeing It induces a slutary exercise of patience Meanwhile the Ceaat steamer has arrived. was selected, the community concerned sons who advised this Office to send the
un the part of Postal Officers.
with half a dozen others, fron Saigon, Hoi-would but too often be apt to consider it mail by the Altueraig, although he would the Governor, with the view of explaining
The English nail once arrival unsorted, how, Manila, the Struta, &, & Tie Can- was the wrong one, for that community have preferred to draw the allowance made Their Lordships would consider the queson horseback, with an interpreter and song to him the object of my junrices, should from a cause which could not have been sonresident's correspondent considers it very would criticise, after the exent, & choice by the Japanese Past Office for carrying it. tion. If they granted anything it would coolies for the transport of my baggage. he be ignorant of it. After a quarter of an shore in less than an hour and a half, in him and the postage elected in time for Contbinal complaints like those which veyance of the English mais for Yoko forassen. The aorting was completed on hard il his unpaid letter is not brought to which would have to be made before it. 5. Two routes are spun for the con be a pay trial, unless plaintiffs consented to & reduction.
It was not without difficulty that this hour's cetning and going, I was invited, spite of hindrances from tarred bags. him to answer it by the return boat which have arisen in Japon since the P. & 0. Lama, viz., by direat steamers, or by the passport was obtained for me. The Gording to custom, to establish myself at The warlike operations between Frunion loaves at half past five. That is, he must service was discontinued,, would become P.&O. steamers which call at Nagaanisi vernor of Hausi (Tong-doc) drew, for my fortably fitted up for entertainment.
the house for strangers, sufficiently com-
and China have of course had their effect receive it within half an hour at mest from common in Shanghai and in Hongkong and Kobe. The direct route should of on the work this Departinant ea every- the time of its rosohing the Post Office, also.
scurso be the quickest, but then the P. & benefit, a horrible picture of the route
thing else. The Hasagories line between The above is not at all an extreme or ex- 11. With regard to the suggestion of O. steamers are faster than many of the which I proposed to follow. It was not, he Tong-doc. The mooting was cold on both porarily discontinued, and the mails aro eral vise here as to lical delivery, and the it might be done if there were any regular otherwise be sant;"
I then went to the citadel to see the Hongkong and Shanghai has been tem- ceptional caz. but fairly cubo ties the gen- forwarding mails via Bumbay, no doubt private ships by which the maile would Whenever this Office pretended, with the view of opposing my sides, and after explaining the object of my been sumo dificulty, in getting mails to an occasional failure occurs in solving it, it Calcutta or Madras and Hongkong. But hams papers immediately proclaim the
conveyed by
ateamers. There Is problem the Post Office has to solve. When means of communication between either selects the unsuccessful route, the Yoko journey that he pointed out the dangers to which I was about to expose myself, but already known to him, the consible to get correspondence for the Franch of oncouragement, It is often found pnasi- from Calcutta, and a monthly French adopted. Thus, if a direct steamier arrivos
Fuochow, and it was latterly found impus ay be permissible to repeat, as some graia except the monthly Indian
steamers other ne that which should invariably be coolies, hawkers dc., were charged with he wished, me to consider wall before versation flagged, but I awaited the arrival fleet delivered there at all. keeping a public gambling house at No.
On October bis to secure the delivery of a letter in the steamer from Caloutta and Madras, there first, it is asked why the Hongkong Post 242 Queen's Road West, on the 7th inst undertaking it, for the reads were very
of the Quan-an and Quin-bo, who were 3rd, when the Saghalien arrived with the town within two or three hours after it has are none. The following figures wero Ofies cannot always end the mail by
arrived at in consultation with Mr. F. R. direct steamer. A raid was made upon the top teor of bad after Baninh, full of tigers and summoned to assist at the intervion. French mail, some excitement prevailed boen posted.
The next time, the re- the house in question, at I p.ni. on the 7th thieves, the warholesome water necasioned These two functionaries, like those at here, and it was not easy to get the maila amongst the labouring classes of Chinese
Hogg, of the Indian Post Office.
verze happens, and then it is
is demanded by P. S. Komp and some constables, when
Average passage from Suez to
why the mails are not regularly sent by the a quantity of gambling utensils and cash fovers to the natives which a European Banoi, tried by all imaginable means to on shore, nor to get them brought up to the (BEFORE ON THE PROPOSED ABOLITION
Hongkong via Colombo (both P.&O. steamer (the connecting steamer' were found in the room and the five defen- could not withstand; he knew the country persuadu zae not to extend my explorations. the Island of Formosa has been blockaded,
monsoons),.. GENEBAL POST OFFICE,
days, as Messrs. Biset & Co. call it, bessure it diants were arrested on the promises,
Hongkong, September 1st, 1834.
Lappened to be a success on that occasion. All the defendants were convicted of well, having passed through it himself, &c. The mountains, the tigers, and the poisoned and the opportunities of exchanging corre Bir-With reference to Lord Derby's Suez to Bombay,......
30 days.
6. The Yokohama ccmmtinity forget alas haunting a gambling house, and wore fined I was very little affected by the fears for water were once more prémited to me in pondence ble utuliere be lye add sugar Despatch No. 174 of July 25th, on the anh
been very fitful.
that whilst merchants and Bankers here Considerable numbers of
Bombay to Madras, $5, or fourteen days" enchi
my health which were felt by this dignised the darkest colours. I replied that I had samples have been intercepted during the termination of the present mail contract, Badrug to Penzig
ants to be made on the ject of the arrangembata
prepare their correspondence for Japan in Traushipping, &............
duplicata, so that it is comparatively easy oficial, and, to his grest disgust, he was taken all necessary precautions evncorcing year in their front throught the post, aus have the hour to report as follows:
for-them to secure the barliest arrival of Li Akwaz, coolie; was convicted of stealing obliged to deliver me my passport, which the water, of which I had an ample suppy Office being in all cases called to the facts referred to me ty onder of the Governor,
destroyed,
the attention of the despatching 2. Land Deroy's Despatch, which was
Penang to Hongkong,.....
doenments, this Office has only one mail to a fowl, worth about 20 cents, belonging to I received on the 4th July,
and that as regarded the tigers I was well and the name and address of the sender an Indian named Khoda Bux, on the 7th inst. Two previous convictions were proved I left Hanoi the following day at noon prepared. They then reminded me of the boing forwarded trit. Sumples of online aisee three questions
No matter how against the prisoner and he was now sent with the Chinese interpreter of the Con bandits which infested the road by night dge are most mischievous. Lp for two monthe' hard labour."
they are packed, the contents generally anlate and some Annamite soldiers whom and day, but I explained to the Tong-doc leat out, and one of them wil
a whole will spoil a that as it was written on my passport that bag of other correuence concrat (hfr, þ
Police Intelligence.
(Before A. G. Wise, Esq.)
Thursday, Jan. 8.
PUBLIC GAMBLING,
Lau Ayau, a hawker, and four others,
LABOENY
Post Office. During the last two months
The Assistant
Fong Achai and Li Astng, ghair coolies, the Governor charged to accompany me as were found guilty of appropriating a street far as Bau-hính, where I should find a
he was to give me a guard of soldiers I Travers) went to Europe on leave in chair, No. 7, belonging to another chair
Could rest tranquilly without fear of the February last and has been temporarily Coolis. The defendants, who said that they fresh escort to conduct me to Lang-son.
robbers. I arrived at: Bea-minh the next morning
replaced by Mr. W. D. Hutchison, whose Eventually, when it was clearly seen him a most valuable addition to a
energy and Burgessive mind
Lave V
tu. Doport ment therwise mach undertraaned.
heard some one call out for a chair, and
OF SUBSIDIES.
..30
JT
30 days.
send.'
-7. This Offes has not failed to mecure- But unless one regalar weekly, or at the arrival of the mail in Yokchuma by the (a) Would it be Bussible to do away
with sabaldies, and to entrust the loast, fortnightly means existed of bringing first stoner more than three or four times maits
to the most suitablo vessels the mails on from Madras, this route would in four years.. Once, and once only, ve
voyage
If this sort of correspon the opinion in this dence is to continue, I shall have to-con-
starting on
on the for China, be useless tur alt practical purposes.
were
maying by weight on1y, us is about to On the question, of the distribution of sckly to blaras, as was amply
ba done in the case of mails for the expenses it is of cohould not contri- sider whether it will not be better to paši
diam
i
The
Takb
thought they might make s Tew cents, wore after having covered in siz hours' martI was not to be moved from my puslat the habit, far too pominiou in Pestmuster General of the United King- subject that thane on he no need farther direct this Ofice in the maltar, but this
want to gaol for ten days' hard labour."
À HOPELESS CASE.
Frank Phillips, a beachcamhez, was found
3. A
-OLD
United States
Colony that Hongkong (b) Could the sun is be transported by bute 2 per cent of its Revenue towards the malls for Japan on whichever steamer subsidisingdom, without allowing for renty Chamber of Commercs has bee way of Bumbay and Calcutta,
mail service which is the by what route it is going.
leaving first, no matter what vessel it in (c) as to revisima of the
United existing
imbursements, only per cent of its Res the 35 kilons, whichs separate that city
ribution of exp Me Fawcett, the venue. But so much has been said on this asked to appoint an Agent here who would meinorandum frat pose, the Tong-doo orderd me to be up Colonial Service, of thinking anybody good. from Hanoi
to dwell on it.
suggestion has been ignored, in fact none This part of the route, which I had plied with a guard of ten soldiers, under a snough for the Fuat. Office, ar vals dom, which is quoted by Lord Derby, ex-
presses the opinie that carring of the I venture to recommend that these papers of the Japanese communities will take the by James Cromer drunk, and tries already traversed the previous year with Doi, or captain, who were to accompany deeply, deplorad, it does not follow that mails by all or any of the companies run be submitted to the Chamber of Commerce, smallest trouble to severe the carrying out pablo in the Caine Road at about 5 mM Cabannes, Heutenant d'infanteris de moto lang-son, yas much probably to because an Officer has no previous alquain-ring stentera between Pheland and China fand to the Finance Committee of the of their wishes. ?a yesterday.
I have, &, Defendant had neither home tu mony marins, presents, no natural difficulties, watch my movements as to provide for my when transferred to it. On the contrary,
A. LISTER. and find been three times in gaol since the Tas only abstacle is occasioned by the security,
toutmaster General, Hongkong. 3rd December last. He was now sent to
*The above figures baro been kindly, supplied The 8th July, at 7 a'clock in this more by the Chief Manger of the Hongkong and prison for opó month's hard labour as a passage of the Canul des Rapides (Bong jegue and vagabondi
to the Post Office, Lopos Chi), which in easily crossed, with bersoning, I set out for Phu-Jang, sccompanied Shanghai Bank.
tance with Portal work he will be uselang
frequent and less expensive means of com would afford the comtanulnias here more Legislative Council.
I have the honour to be, Sir...
Your most obedient servant, munication than at present. It would be s very important point to this Colony if such
A. LISTER, a result could be brought about, bocalisa
Postizaster General
8. A. BLACKWOOD, ESQ.C.B., Secretary