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No, 1988. ––OCTOBER 12, 1988.]

AN EXPERMENT IN MARCHING, gana? We have no serious armour-pierving Fromu at article in the New York World steal guns adest in my ship, as far sa In consequence of the frequent res at LORD Rostbery has proposed an excellent was not intended to apply to them when tion was, was this prepared opin in thesenso y directed. Opture and Salt are, it is well Fooshow, and the alarms that are now and test for high office. No politicians, he said, legitimately carrying on their businexa af the Ordinance. (ddmitted that known, the staples of trade between South

1in the Ordinance wore applis prohibited from eng ging in this trade! It marching has been under trial in the United the Colossus, which Captain Bridge hos then given, the Chinese Authoritier there should be allowed to take such ollos unless dealers in raw opium. The appellants con- it was boiled but the two words boiled China and Toughing, and Frenchmen mit appears that a useful experiment in know, except the four 45-tons on board where are they, and what are their nervios have issucil orders to cense killing plus for he had visited the colonies and depend- tended that once the opium was in prepa and prepared i a number of days, out of respect to the encies which as integral parts of the Emration, whatever change i underwent, it able to the same thing and simply described a certain that salt, oo-gron is the domnad States. We quets the characteristic lang heen ordered not to fire. If we hare, Whonever John Ball's military ang charges and ponetrations? The 6 and 9-inch

aru in pirohe fre joss.Puveleme Echo..

he would be called upon to govern. mightbeunda use of, to the detriment of the a process of preparation Ho quitted for it, will be the abject of a large

and glorious comp

different category altogether. wumps visit this Naver prophesy unless yut know, ao also Upinza Farmer, that it might aftorwarde be that there was no danger in the doing commerce across the frontage of thú Now York journal :-

our militisoned 18

I can regards used to the detriment of complications, which will be an incessant and see how much Frce Press anya: The Manila Lottery seems self sabaly Like the prudent person that that it was clearly an infringement of the preporost hoing her 4 Meginteato could monsen, to the security of this wountry drill than har Brifaho Majenty's Jotators, your Commissioner that he has been The Java correspondent of the Singapore never propone a test which you cannot your wora diaborately prepared for smoking and found in the respondent'e poaression partly lead to constant conflicts, and diplomatic

проп which to have regularly installed itself here: A huis, Lord Rosebery his acted upon this ordinance. The ground. few months au nubnely hoard of it, bust having hiready paid that visit to contention rested was one based upon one easily be able to dml with a case of a person Particularly the Chawker draws M. Bort they throw mud af us by saying, "A very grosely deceived. Instead of some speculative poraons sent over a hun- Ocean which should in future be an in- of the defenition clauses of Ordinance 1 of who, had been boiling or preparing with attention to the clause authorising a modi- these follows do very well on parade, but than 6 per cok it was 20 and 30 yo.knaw. Every man who loves the NR- Finally, your Commissioner, winds up by dred tickets, and they were off hand in no variable condition procedent of office. And 1884. The Opium farmer shall mean the intent to defraud and would easily notication of the treaty whenever some other

of tickets now it should be noted that our political | holder for the time being of the exclusive able to ascertain if what had been done [ country makes a convention with Cheyeawn't stand hard campaigning, don't per cont, in most regiments that failed M

I looked at this request for present bundreds time and

of an English evi

agent, the Tuspector general distal about it. It is hard to say how disposed of, not only in the principal man of the futuro is preparing at no dis- privilege of boiling and selling propared was a step towards full preparation. In this the Chamber recognises the handtional Guard has long known this und felt unos again asking me for mere ! I confos

; dono na | of · toms bat als at nearly every station, j'tant date to completo his qualificationa by opis either inclusive or exclusive of dense! In this card it was clearly shown in the Calfems. It allows Finncâ to demand things would have gone on in this way if in as blank astonhnsent, as Mr Bumble

opium.

and also upon section 8. No person dones that what was due ona nasz or for liberty to dent in opian and salt in soun, as Edward Payson Weston had not come to looked at Oliver Twist when that greedy Fortunately I have not yet heard of any visiting India. Fall Mail Gazette,

excopt a farmer or duly licensed person as a step towards the final preparation or

coneidors that I currespondent Enginoor larga prizon having beets won here, other

provided by this Ordinance shall, within patting it in a stato io which the opiura similar pormission Tus-her-granted to New-York to take a band in making her boy preferred the ginie request. And your wise to eata uf tickets would increase

could be smaken. The evidence distinctly England for Burma. So tut, during the British Majesty's soldiers feel how Httle more. It strikes ma that the Dutch The London Figura says:-Mr Clifford ibis Culony or tho waters thorea, negatived any possible prasumption of this ars which this negotiation will consome, they amount to as walkers. His des was have said nothing that any reasonable or

dross ernment, knowing that antives and Chinese-1 Lloyd has beurt instructed to repair t Sey-in any way prepare opium or which' | sort. Quile airt from their knowledge of British trade will havo time to organise for to offer a prize of $500 cash to the militia. Isane! man would consider reflected in i

&o. Now this was the auction

Well, Sir, ai gamble, in some way or other, might, chelles This is not a step on which I can in these hard times, revert to themselves congratulate the Secretary for the Colonies. Chan Aluk was discharged. The law had the praction of the Colony that opium wesile products a route and relations which man who toddled evor the greatest

exolusively for smoking and that it will be for over denied to Franca. The of tuilen in a week, carrying the regulation day against the Ordnance Department.

formulated my chargés under four heade, the benefit (no trifling one) by neranging The proper way to settle the difficulty in made one exception and the

that which the framers of the Ordin- Chamber concludes with ons melancholy mustet, knapsack and amarunition, just have more. A day or two offer. I first

To Gonoral of some similar lotterics; the Netherlands the Mauritius is to get rid of Bir John contended that this wasthe only

the Royal Artilery, whom I had ance land in view, he submitted that aferment. Not only wure the merchants as the regular infantry do when they are Lottery is held only once a your and is too Jeuneses. Mr Clifford Lord has his

Chi-the word prepared was ambiguous and in Tongking not consulted about this chasing Indians around the plains. To not to have been degraded in uess, or being such and having a Euro-

und the colony, bat they have never third $125, and so on to the fifth in at said he considered its duty to o-me and amall risks frequently reposted: and it would

vented from preparing or selling opian smoking og consumption, and it was a mat- beant

avid

grent

long

Séveral

minutes.

a

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BUY

Queen's Guards. The officer was e

Provided that no

He fell violently in love with Son, Ar is stated on the authority of an Ameri-ditione, &c., the sole privilege of boiling and ently meaning that there was a difference |

And

The Ohiof

opium for smoking?

not

for

them

to

opiera

all wore fatigue uniform and carried aléo-

Of thor 103 rounds spicco

Of course a

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was not

not

1

regiment to which the officer is attached to the earlier offers to acquire what is, at others to hol a propere in any way. Were for the protection of the Opium Farmerournalist's face the back in the foreign the eight walkers of Glenwood car

a town

Baya The most recent unpleasantions in which aircumstances have involved Sir John Popes Hennessy, at present Governor of Mauritius, is of a somewhat serious aspect. It is pretty clear that in substance Mr Clifford Lloyd, the Lieutenant-Govora- or, distrusts his chief's method of revising the official reports of the debatas in the Council. If the correspondent of the Times

nasrtion that

that the Govern

is correct in his of adreite having 'used his discretion in eab stitating

the name of

motion,

SUPREME COURT.

Or

tosio-erg

a practice

IN APPELLATE JURISDICTION. (Before the Full Court)

Tuesday, Oct. 12.

that

the

in

of ena member for that AN OPIUM CABE-THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE That was not, perhaps, what the legislatore | 91 aliborate process, but in

of another as seconder to an important

the n name of the actual seconder

saying the

not appearing at

really been roll:

of what he Aid GAY

ORDINANOR

This was a case in which Khoo nite Poh and another, Opins Farmer is

and if Moonkong, appealed against tho decision of Mr

there is certainly a case Mackenn, Police Magistrate, who dismissed

for searching investiucation. The Council

as

this?

this thes was used toero

Tho

Fred

Mauritius, as reformed by Colonal potion brought by them against Chanchiof in this, that after being prepared forha Colony were linhlo to be abused, Liberi Government defled Russia at Pen boys did not have a day's training in

Stanley, may be a very valuable institu- bitt it seems a round-about way of giving the Governor absolute power over its decisions to have fan cleated members

by Mr Wilson, of Messy Wetters & Deason, appeared for the appellants,

that

free to vote according to their opinions and Francia, C., and Mr Leaob, instructed by acting Attorney General, continuing of importors of opium or under the charge will be said; we kava tarned over an su

· Governor tells them.

Forcepondent

The

argument, maintained that it was not seventeen obliged by law to vote as the Boss Dennys & Mossop, appeared or the likes that the aptum thus prepared was

thrown away.

that if it was sold for. WHEN the prisons come to be reformed we cung Attorney Coral, said this smoking purposes a very great" injury would be done to the Opiam Farmor. are and the appellants contended that this was one of the evils which the Ordinance in- tended to provide against when the words

was a case which name before the Court at trast that some kind legislator will insist the request of the Opium Faruters, who upon adding tobacco to the small indol-

The Chan Aluk respondent appellant and gences permitted to the condemned: Under appeal was made against the decision of the

was nook

Mr Francis Do you give coats The Chief Justice-Tee, I give costs.

CORRESPONDENCE.

THE ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT. Lieut. Col. W. Hope writes to the Lon don Daily News as follows:-

Sir, Mr. Justice Denman, in his judg. ment of Saturday, says that if such things xiat (as I have charged) they should ont boldly, and not in any canced and exposed.

*****ing that

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the Corsican, one of the convicts whose'cze-k at the request of the Opium Farmers application so general; but having in Mambar' in his letter dated the 9th instan as one of the Great Powers in fact army and pary, by whose side I have.

cution in New

of the

His

Phila | and:

and

been

that,

account of

peak, that I de

iTt. strong language. Your Com-

is largely interested in the ante. Then,

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-expressing contrition in a firm volts, his determination of the question of coralog; the words excent where they were ness, and according to inform Europe are beginning to assure the six missioner thinks that Lam wrong. This is

oxpansivo.. Feople here in general prefer faults: but he is a singularly ons diet,chemist or druggist, not being a doubtful by feel and that it could treaty, whose clauses mean ruin to the the second van he offered 8250, to the never before met, called on me, because be

and he propitiate a Governor who not be difficult to sell the tickets, provided failed as carnsletoir at Mauritius as he failed pean or American distoma. shall be pre-save no other insaning than prepared for golot worthy of having the torme of the fiuish, who will get & silver watch thank me, on behalf of the Artillery, fur tanatthans you can count in Long land General of Ordnance In Ladis, and to sold that the prizes aro paid without dejny at Bongsong. The despath which Mr bona fide for medical purposes, the ter of fact that the opium in question was it communicated to them and to enlighten ar 330. John H. Staria, who has more is what I was doing. He had been inspectors purchines Stanhope states he addressed to Bir John: burthen of proof whereof abdl be upon not being preparai., for smoking or being themselves on it and am English Saund, gave one of then for the soldiers to fine that one day a gentleman from Eugland Bread Arrow says:-Privato letters which Hennessy may possibly have a good effect, any person alleging the name in his de: sold in any way, but was used for a pur- they have to rely on Froach and

A steamboat load of eminent (or recommend the purchase of) certain wat better, the Obamber declares in conclusion, track on it." Farmer of the Opin

He replied ho did not require it. we have received from Madrid state that or takon in conjunction with the andesery fence. The law leaving provided for one jose that did not interfere in any way tenapapers. It would be a thousand times walk on, and bir Weston laid out a fine called on him and urged him to Spanish aneioly has been thrown into exedrobnke adwainistered to Air Clifford Lloyd, exception it was its evident intention that with the mon did not propose to add to maintain the stain cibo, than to enforce people went up there last Monday and saw material.

Mr Loach said he citement by the sudden exile of oxe of the it may confirm in the inired of his Excelf no further boiling of proparing except with

Francis's statement. & convention so damaging to the intereats the first batch of eight sudiers started off Oli, but Sir (haring a high official) to Mr

ou a tramp that is going to make them handsomest and most lashing officers of the oney the opinion that he is an indispensable a licence from the Opiuin Farmer should be an Acting Attorney General in roply of the Franco-Tongkinese commerce, a

Bron was coal public servant.

permitted. Then section saga-The Go

famous. There were two men from the air,' replied the General, Imost as you 22nd Regt, two from the 9th, and one each to walk out of this office. More? Or is this vurnos in Council may grant to any person pointed out that in the amended ordinance

18 ENGLAND A GREAT POWER'?' ly on duty in and about, the Roy

front the 8th, 12th, 13th, and 60th. They enough 1, for such considerations and upon sich con- of 1879 the word boiled dis inserted, evid

Whe speaks nowadays of England and, making do concealment of

in this case it was admitted that the revosted it in various ways. One day he can contemporary that the watercress do proparing opium either inclusive or excle between boiled and prepare in aedes one of the leading newspapers of made his way to the Queen's boudoir, and atroys the toxic principle of tobacco without sive of drosa opis Does not that mean was boiled he submitted that it camo within rope in. commenting on the Bulgarian man can't caper round in that rig k

The people of Europe are Charley Rowell and Lepper Hughes and the revolution. himself

at her

Majesty's foot, danaging its other qualities It is said to

'the ordinance. He then rainforced his

new agreed that England need to be taken other Byers that used to fit through Mad. OPIUM forth his tale of passion. But, nias be sufficient to moiston the tobacco with

into higher political account than Holland. The Acting Attornoy Gonaml said. the former argiments. for his devotion I the Queen banished him the juice of the water-crom to deprive the

The Chief Justice, after consultation Whoever during the last ten years his son Square Gardon, but froin hor

hor presence,

to her tobacco of its deleterious effects. If this wording of the Ordinance iras plain and

with Mr Justice Russell, said it was reckoned England as a Great Power has niant for a walking match It is

rds marching match, as wiry Mr Wester would contribute information may be relied upon, it will there was nothing said about smoking. It Ministers that his abeance would contribute

necessary

and is calculated to show adjoura deceived himself. Not pleasant words, to the repose of. hor mind, the Secretary for prove of special service to beginners, and would be a heavy loss to the Opiain Farmer War intersened. Ho signed an order next may help to spare tied the pangs of phyt. wars any other one to boil or propare this case for further consideration. Thoy theoo, for an Englishman to read; but how fast and how far in army of men

held that this Ordinanca was made hore he

he throws the law distinctly forbids opium and

can be day, ordering the removal of the cavalry cal remorso which not unfrequently attend

feal honestly cons

go in a week of forced marches. They and was not meant to prevent the vinced that they are untrue? The last ten begin at 7 delock in the morning and this opium pro- begu

When a World re- evening, the preparation romote from the capital: The best, an expensive and wasteful habit. It the gortlaman belongs to a powerful aristocratic is open to question, however, whether ifpared for testing purposes might be made dealer of raw opinni" from testing his yoats take as to the days of the Berlin

puter wont up to gaze at the militiamen, all family. Nevertheless, he is likely to have this end be obtained, smokers would not fit for making by further preparation or it opium either for sale or for being able to Congrosz, when Englisa statesmen, so far quit at every

tice that the Opiuni Farmer were authorised to the noise they managed to have made contract to knock out abundrod Indians, a warm time in the regiment, which, in after all profor the unsophisticated article, i might be fit for smoking as it was by the show what was hest. It might be desirable in their own. estimate of themselves and of them were on the march as if they had à of his escapatio, has been order. Tobocno without nientina is like certuju lowest class of cookies, fault if it was perform this testing, but that was not pro- shout it are concerned, were very big people and wors afraid they couldn's get there in consequence

tootelal beers without alcohol (som were allowed where would it stop 1. ed into virtual exile.

tal bears are, however, not exempt), which that only opinm fully prepared for omeking rided for. The only object of the statute indeed. But they have fallen back in time to aboot more than half of them.

perspective by this Leouard

F. Phyliky, of the 22nd Regt, was On London THE S. James's Gazette of the 28th Airgust (only satisfy when thitet is very urgent.— | was means thun sore would be a condition werto prevat other people from preparing to their prep foreign observers see the happiest man of the lot. Bio had

in the Ordinance to that effect, But the opium for eat mption

time; and Medical Press

Mr Justice Russell said the question is that the England of Lord Salisbury has appellant contended that according to the wording of the ordinance as it stood even seemed to him to be whether the appellant consented to the overthrow of all the ar- travelled only 93 miles, but he was care Go to Shall I not walk 50 miles intonded to use this opium, which had under rangements, one after the other, which the fully holding himself back, as who should

sayGo the beginning of the preparation was an in- fraction of the law.

gone a certain process of preparation, for

of its strength triumphs Mr. Justice Russell-The Magistrate says the purposo defrauding the Opium land of Lord Beaconsfeld parade, to-morrow and. 50 more Saturday, and and skill. If that thereby take the pot. He looked as if he he finds that such a preparation was not Farmer is any of his Might The Mage is the only contribution which Conservative could do it, in spite of the long and heavy

as a chemical test.

statesnien bave made to our repute abroad, used for smoking but a

trate had found that he had not done so, be Bricked, to be

the Liberais,

cals, it must in candour, be conname he has to lug around the track. The The Aating Attorney General held that that this was not anything t

man with the biggest acore is Archibald for whatever purpose used the preparing of was not prepared in the ordinary runner fessed, have done no better it will take 3 Evans, ale of the 22n. He travelled

before preparation of years, perhaps even generations, Bror-107 miles to opium was an infringement of the statute. The Magistrate baid

miles th, is the funny man of

5-30 o'clock for age or selling was one that re-Brglind clears itself of the discredit and

and Kramer, of the which

cling and who can say the track. He had meant, but the wording of the ordinanen quired a very ela

rondeservedly -- the Egyptain policy of 5.30 o'clock.

gone only 92 miles at Boures these man sre Wuston which must be done for Mr Gladstone's Cavernment. The forge tanking are simply wonderful,' Mr Toonga plain and conveyed no other meaning.

Mr Justice Ruesol-What is the mischiefly to test

said. The Britishers boast about their On Calcutte done to the Opium Farmer in such a case Malwa opium; and that there was no inten-journ ist limits himself to ridiculing the

tion of interfering with the Opium Farmer. value of England's friendship; would Eng-soldiers' marching, but they couldn't pick The Auting Attorney General-The mis. If this power of testing opitim which the lish enmity come of from a candid or half-a-dozen men from all their grack regl-Shangha

dealers had used ever since opium, was sold nach better? Was the way in which ents who could do anything like it. These Aluk for boiling and preparing opium, tuo tasting purposes it may aftawards be fully in

then it would be for the Legislature to fad deh any very partionlar improvement on advance, either." respondent baing of course Chan Abak.

The Chief Justice-That may be, but it some

for the Farmer and declare the way in which it defended Gordon at The Acting Attorney General, instructed prepared for smoking purposes.

this rosy ahould take place Khartoum in and Mr J. Ja not shown to be so in this case.

But we have changed all that now, it some laboratory either under the charge

of the Cove

itrely new leaf Lord Rosebery is not as tanneille, and at last we are laying Fragment Climacosodo à the foundations for an adven continuous, fumiga-pedicy. This is guita | au true, and in spite of the aneers of the be painte journaliste England's reputation, probably measured language denun ANOTHER EXPLANATION, stands higher among foreign statesmen Your Commissioner saya thi mogl a roothing infintensos they would walk to Police Magistrate who dismissed were so general boil or in any way

to-day than at any time during the last ten I do not attempt to congeal the (To the Editor of the CBINA MA12. the noose with firmer stepe, and in-a more plain which had beex brought against

It might have been an oversight

Hongkong, Oct. 12, 1886. years. But it is important to remember which detracte sa esciously from the value philosophia spirit. Take the case of Veschi, the premsant rempontient by Gonflable War-ol

Laat if this

is to be maintained, of my criticisms." reputation i

It was in the name on the part of the legislators to make the

SLR,-Permit me to contradict the state- de the made

is to resume her bistoria post of the combatant officers and mon of the Caledonia was reported a few The case as stated by tho Police

mont made by your correspondent Ait England Magistrate words so general and made no exception

Iremelf of He WSA

the asked

morning was to the effect that a charge having de fatal day if he wanted

anything. He been made by William Warnock, P.C. 32, except one in favour of chomists and dieug-in which he erroneously stated that the well es in name, the cast perge

gista the

fore earned the

right to aid, No, but grumbl-dat quality of

the

sppellants contended of against one Char for preparing opium

hart Aluk for pre

cooler climate on

the Gun Ring troubles he have brought her into discredit.

nouliced and exposed the tobacco he had been supplied with.

opium without a per- plait and grammatical seaso ought to hase Consul for Venezuels left this Colony for a the excessos and the deficiencies who fought, and in whose name I. Iave taste stood perfectly cool chewing his tobacco and solling poium Farmer, on the 26th a given to the words and that the rakad met with in sopaection with the lab Follon in European diplomacy te a diffi. Mr Justice Demain thinks that in doing

mit from the

2 spondent ought to have been convicted. Litterario. I can positively say that this cult and even a painful one. Gradually this if I can prove my charges.I at right while Mosca, his

his fellow-corist, was being June be on the 23rd July dismissed to Mr Ackroyd then cited several authorities statement is quite false. Bir Souza's do we have recovered from the Juge miste to do

tito guillotined. When bis tum cams, after cass The appellants were dismtisfied with

busi mere and British interests in the Enst of missio to show that a law must be construel no--- of law

ti partare for Shanghai was ou grammatical ness,

t matter of appreciation which I will not to the plain, literal, warning the kneeling hundreds of convicts and entered inta recognisances to prosecute sense of

a reliable source, it seems he has already and character they wear in the light discuss. But I must contradict flatly both in front of him, he turned to the excutioner an

metan appeal. following: facts were either

for booked a pa suge Hongkong. When of

We have given op, what your Commissioner says and of compion day. with a. Now, then A ghastly sight met the eyes of these present on the fatal piste tion. The opium and utensils prodcood or obviously absurd. This he contended his he comes back, there is no doubt he will through a Conservative Ministry, the insinuates, at the instance of the what he

And on that subject, |- ou proved ar admitted to Mr Maclean's satisfac plainly contrary to the purpos basket under the knife was zeeis in horrible were painted to is fue possassion of tas ; * The Chief. Ipatice-How is a dealer than take your corr. spondent. to task, for I con- strange delusion tha the partition of about my own guam sure admit my

Az übellous.

Bulgaria

events, he will I It was proved to my satisfacto Eost fila opium?

··Mem- of India. advise

authority. Tha officials have in this matter Cantortions cheway away of the “quid' he defendant plum had taken pl

In conclusion, I would rise Ae monta Liberal Ministry, that the fort of again deceived him, though nothing that Acting Attorney General said hoher to abstain from The And preserved in his mouth. So do all true ordered Ohan Kai, exciseoffear, to be charged

a metter in which we have no they have said could make arrangements with the Opium spare on subjects which he does not Baton

touches,

oven remotely, the lovers of the weed pay their tributo, faith-

why they rejected my no curs no Farmer to test it for ful to its charms evou after death,Pall the false chario. Un acuta & licensor him; or he could ob- understand. By following this advice he'serious interest. All this is good, although que However, I shall be happ

Opium Farmer

doing so.

will save himself from troubles.

in acting up to one new lights we exposo pay Mall Garette...

withdrawn. It was proved to my satisfas- The Chief Justice--The testing does not

çurselves at every turn to the taunt of go show your Commissioner one of my guns in Yours faith faction that Patna and Benares opium interfere with the Opioia Farmer.

ANOTHER MEMBER, ing

back from our pledges. But we have a very few weeks, demonstrating the sayings

Unable to obtain Ir la satisfactory in these times to find a

guaranteed by the Indian Govern- being.

The Acting Attorney General maintained

my our correspondent has not taken not even yet fully recognized the essential I have motioned. Hoard of Admiralty really in ournust. Great mait no testing is required by dealer in that it did and repeated that the opium the trouble to read the letter of A Ham-face who bat, daniely, that, we are nots and unable to trust them with the trial of Manila 20,83

which naderlies all these consequences hearing from the Ordnance Department, Malwa Furkish activity now prevails in our dockyards, w opium; and that Malwa,

it thus prepared particularly at Portsmouth, where tornado Persian opium not being so guarantood,

city to understand Engliah. If he will

our the captain The Chief

of

·boats are

her Majesty's gunnery ship. Hongkong 29.72 the necessary repairs to our newly raw opium to test the raw oplem before in the case. It is not proved, ots, and the.

A Member der again, he will find that Continental Powers are, and thes

state that the Consul greatness

That position involves us at other ships are being arranging for purchase or sales. The test- -commissioned

I must differ in toto The Acting Attorney General held that for Venezuela left this Colony because of supremacy. carried actively on. The Achiles, we hear, ing in made by mixing it with water, alining it was not likely that all the opium that some trouble which he had got into in con- ones in a negative and a positive duty; and missionar as to the Whitworth gung. is to relieve the Duke of Wellington, and it and passing it over a fire for a short time.

beled every day for testing pur- nection with the Club Literario. The the reason why Fagland has fallen into one of Sir Joseph's heavy guas ima over our of Peoden Lag and gunnery ships by Patna Opium and perhaps

contempt on the Continent is that she has hurat. Why, then, have we no Whitworth W1 ostock. 38.07 43 advice na to replacing all It was proved to my satisfaction that was thas

A little Turposes would be thrown away. He then trouble was not specified.-Ed. ( M.]

sighted other cases to uphold his contection,

at once done what she ought not to have

guns in the service? I must contradict

Ocranen 12, ironclads appears at last to be carried into kish are the opium smoked in Hong Lying stress on a case in which it was de

done and left undone what she ought to have him also, datly, about the predent relations done. On the one hand, we have not even between the Ordnanos Departout and Baiphany. 29.7

Bulinao... 29.83 ofuck.

do not allow of kong that Malwa Wars in these days

boiled and pre

de our wavy unassailable; on the other, Sir Joseph's firm. Only two years are the Hongkong 29.91 of nitrate must be held as a distiller iu- up its mind to attack a neighbour or a pared for smoking purposes undergoes annuch as he kept a still and thus

wo have talked as

as if we had a Continental Department had the impudence I can tise PROTEST BY THE CHAMBER OF

Andoy....989 notion does so in a few hours. an elaborate process; that such opiam came under the ordinance applicable friendly

A to the former aspect no other word to all Lord Hartington Foochuw standing arg.. COMMERCE, HANOI Treaties are sturvely worth the paper they produced in the samples canld us be distillers of spirit; and also to the case

of the matter, we have in these columns (who of

of course believed thera, and in turd -The N.-C. L. Neus of the 6th instant done and said what we could before, and told tho The defendant

Herase We hayo no wish to be smoked by opium smokers. are written on. We have no

Shanghai. 30.06 the rou of Commons) that

Nagasaki.. 30.01 Do Wesloos, 30.03 46 57 sw considered is alstavists, but feels speak for is the largest raw opiam dealer in the Co-where a merchant who preparoi vinegar to themselves. The Russians have

subject to the duty on vinegar.

entered by the Chamber of Commerce at day. We will smly remark in passing on English manufacturers could make them! The barometer is rising and gradients had been boiled for the purpuss of On the of

part the deat it was con

Mr Francis, on behalf of the respondent, respondent

current in all the newspapers that Colonel (Mr Justice Denman likes a strong temperature, and humidity are moderate Hopa, who had written an article for the denunciation under the ordinance, on the part of the Parliament raust bo interpreted according Treaty

time Sir Joseph had made a 7-inch The Consultation Chamber of Commerco Fortnight Resists on the state of our do tiene Sist Why, Bir, at that sery and fine weather, prevails appellante that a breach of the ordinance to the sense of the matter. Acanding to

en specially and that had the year before perforated one of the wording of the Act in this case it must of Rasai has sent in to the Resident-Geo-fence Departments, has been their crews in a fow hours and proceed to had been committed. I, however, being on to be a mattor of common know. eral, I. Paul Bert, protest against the urgently-invited by the Government to | Sir John Brown and Co.'s armour plates «

upiulon that the ordinanco refers to the hs taken possession and custody of prepared opium ledges that its object is to give the Opium commercial convention iately concluded be withdraw it. And that brings us to the 18 inches thick and a hacking equal to exclusive right of preparing and tween France and Chius, the full text of second point. Under auch circumstances another 5 inches, or 23 inches in nil, s feat A FANCH.Paval officer named M. Alfred (used for smoking and can be sold for thattling opium and to prevent the preparation which is published in our French contenut something be Bone ́ly stop the scold which no other gün in any country has to bait, and to the level of the sea in inches, tenthu

In my lecture në tha | wat hundredths: Domalain has invented an aerial boat which purpose within the Colony to the detriment

1884. is to be of immenso servico during war. of the opium, farmer, and being further of and sale of it by any except the Farmer porary. The Chamber declares that it is ing and the bloatering that our newspapers this day come rear. In

not himself and slicarcass

astonished to hear that the Com-intalge in so freely Take this Bulgarian United Service Institution in Jabore Fabrenheit." Since the last war, when important services opinion that the ordinance does not

oof Deputies to which it was referred bainoas. It is no direct concern of nurs; showed up the moodtrosity of

in not at Leadon,

but at Berlin were rondered by balloont, the, Frunch apply to testing samples of new opism and by themselves the words propied

quoted 113,

lis, with the result that the De- directed

Hiust had no

hins decirred itself in favour of its ratifica ia not

in any way against have gone on improving these serial vessels, is

some additional word, zaw opium, who by

having haped that M Bert's inter- sud Visuna, if anywhure, tion, Dotaalain has advanced another step, and the dealers in

Whitworth, as well as from their obscure can guide about his boat balloon through invariable custom have always tested their One must

The Chamber is admitted on all sides, but from all sides, monopolist in Sheffield. And they are

such a

a chores the air just the same as a boat on the parchessa in the same way, and was not in for some purpose. Now it was a matter of astrons step being taken.

Shalommon, knowledge that the wOT

buying from Sir Joseph's fem pre- therefore obliged to make an official pro- nevertheless, there cises up water, and also make it go up and come tended to apply to them when legitimately.

uwa at will. In shapo it resembles a boat, carrying on their business as dealers the smoking. He would even go

for test, which it begs M. Bert to transmit to indignation, such a voley of other pieces of atsel-worked up into gans,

slaughter, as

Woolwich drawinge But Without criticising and the hams It-

tin sharp at the prow for cutting through opium, I gave my determination against the

The Rovernment.

prelude guns, though made by Whitworth, to the despatch the air, and becomes wides towards the appellants. The quest

are not Whitworth guns, and, not being the con- they ace roughly the provisions of under this east equation of law upon say that it might possibly be held that them in detail, the Chamber proceeds to were the

word 'prepared radiat

prepared

whatever except the acceptance. in Article II to the Chinese to to

guarantee

thomas

as guns, but only us pieces the He sabaitted then that

of faits accomplis, what can be more undig of steel. wings of a bird. It is to be invaluable to respondent was improperly discharged and form.

true rought to bavo been convicted digging of the ordinanca and the ob- ostablish Consulates at Hanoi, Hathongmind! And then

absurdity of it

Your Commisioner says, Why go ore and other places, & right to besieged towns and

right for which France transitring Dommunication may be kept of ordinance I of 18844 Mr Ackroyd'") ject of the joy and that it was receives, no compensati which is too 1 First we wers told to note the deep back, hey answer is, Because of Charge No.

blocked

upen the rivalries of twenty yours up-by

between the telegraph

occupants of (ocatinging)

tonishing asiateness of said the contention on behalf paring of opium 10nowledge that opine/ denied the Chinese in Singap re and How duplicitytition. Now it is alli changed,

zed, 1 which I make against the Ordnance De- the boat and those below, thus giving all of the appellanta was that any boiling or

• peal cl

of oon. details as to the position of the

enemy. Captive balloons may also be sent from it without a to form whatever of animas not used in any other way but for the/ kone- Article III allows French citizend we are invited to ring out +:

Ho rotorted their ad Proteres to establish these vento temptuous laughter at the impotent folly for the inoney that has been squandered partment, and because we might have had from the

Opiuro Fazmer, purpose Marwell on the Interpretation purposes of trade in to Chinese-

frontier to survey the held more minutely. An- whether for smoking or not, was

the craft. Now, we are quite realy to

to admit, for at this moment. I however Month mensat maintained that he a right must be adapted to the subject matter, of Tongking is opened to the Chinese ou the for the sake of segument, that the Messive very easdy understand how uanloss gols a other advantage of the aerial boat will be infringement of section 3 while the zes of statutes, who said that the general words towne not yet designated, while the whole and the igual failure of Muscovite state toany thousands of sargiemble steel guns Day of Mur

ant Decaribual shot from enemy

pare With regard to the case cited by the most favoured-nation terms Articls VI is for apon it to boil and will not have a disastrous as a ball or two through a balloon. A People and as far as neederrain! Aotilist Atlurasy General with reference not sufficiently clear as to the night of ste cither the greatcat knaves unhung going back would be in the eyes of these ]

the greatest foo's at large; but it is rather officials who have primed your Cennis- 15. 11.22 10:45 5.68 15,33 of "oplam they wished to sell. The to vinegar being held to be liable to Freshmen to transport their footerers too great a stretch out one's sense of proba studie. Tuor Tim Reily gave me an 17 Journal, referring ouronious invepellants contended that there was nuthug | 1957 although used for making lacking, une Chiness market tomther, withoutextilities to require us to regard them as being official Fist of all the Woolwich and Elswick

intact warterer said in the Ordinance abent srank Le bold that in this case if the apium duty if the packages are fattet andere both. In the fact of puch futile ezhibitions bracch-landing guns, with

will volombe, arks log prezent then our ar

and that therefore the Magistrate was before the Magistrate had been prepared custores seal unbroken, and the Chamber in

the mandarins

peal of wateniptaone laughter? in coming to

to the

conclusion

that the opium in the sense of the statute, that is stands & recent case in which t and has given to France throng

urdinance refers to the porscation and custo. prepared for smoking, then the dealers at Manghae, having lear that Frenchhouses not be all on one side, we feat. The first very remarkable statements about the condition of Englunds recovery of her 43-tun geus made in Parliament But tist Bdmiral' did not hesitate to hold udy of prepared opiam that may be used for would have hoan amenable to the law. The were seading some cotton, goods from Torg position as one of the Great Powers is that 22121h, the charge that burst the gun, i fleet and splendid artillery which an e model in a memorable meeting in the smoking and may be sold for that purpose case of the vinegar was not applicable at king into Yunnan, instantly imposed a House of Lords little factor is to the distriment of the Opium. Farger, and all, for in that-ness the aubetangs was found bibitiva letes and there in woning in the we should tame cur straws and musde the not three-quarters of any shares in the simply a statement which is trotted out that he was also wrong in coming to the to be vinegar and it was a perfect matter article to provent simile disenuragements puppies whose barks are so ridiculously out oficial list Your Commissioner does not once or twice every week by French conclusion that the urdinand does not of indifference whether it was to be uned for to Feeneh trade. Articles XIV and XV of proportion to their pites--Pall MX auswer my question Why do they (the department) pay a German to burst their apply to testing samples of raw opium and blacking or any other purpose, The ques are those against which this protest in main- ↑ Budget,

form.

obsolete

that no

The

On

W88

and

of the law s

construction of the statute was not.

sider that letter of his as

[Either

to

for the

We have recognized,

All eve

Force

Weather

Hongkong Observatory, Oct. 12, 1886.

CHINA COAST METEOROLOGICAL

Stalton,

REGISTER.

DOTOBER 11,AT ÅR.M.

nbibe sold and used ulti-ber' carefully, or hudoes not have the capatitary Power at all in the sense that the this gun, I have offered to hand it over to Elaiphong?! abstently arriving from contract has always been the custom for dealers in mately for amice-That is not a point refer to the letter

can only reat on onr, naval Facellent for trisk and your Cumi

d

|

*, -

long preparation, The Power who has made for smoking; that is not progare | eidad that a merchant who distilled spirit!

festing

to the

THE FRANCO-CHINESE TREATY.

."

Not

Amoy 29.69) Fooshow.. Shanghai.. 29.04 Nagasaki., 29.

Mumility.

Woulber.

By during

ww 2.61 £8.04

b

formidable Beet in the Black Sea, which is and it was admitted that the oplam he made into blacking wis still held to he gives the following summary of a protest there will be more to do and say some other son why we had no steel gun was that noi and our French friends are arranging to tended that this was not prepared opium / submitted that all ordinances or Acta Hanoi against the now Franco-Chiness the unpleasant aggobitveness of the story This was an unpatriotio and a wicked le are rather light for N.E. winds. The

ready to attack Constantinople in due time; keep all their available ironclads, partially commissioned-ready, in fact, to complete

03. Are we ready 1 Broad Arrow,

of

Farmer the

The word

Prepa

that 30-

13

an

s of

W DOBROE Gotamment Astronomer. Hongkong Observatory, October 13..

1. BAROMETER, redzood to 12 degress-Fabren-

2. Temperature, in the chade in: degrees,

5. Hombrer, in percentage of saturation, the

ECA 4derstand prepared vention would have prevented such a diz-guate will have to be settled. That partment now buy steel for Woolwich from humidity of sir started with moisture boing

stated for the opinion of the word

reatening overri

dich thu

bo

180

ما

150,

4. Disovan on Wino, to two points. :

on the redesigned by him. he of course does actw daw (wet):

of above deck, and are worked like the the Supreme Court is therefore whether the foregnsumption in any one shape or vention. The frat objection is to the right nothing.hu foot, and

that

tion, declares that completely tra

to this

Porta

it form part of

gaperation

the

which has

UZM

Treparing in

For the

testing:

or & matter ofcomsion

(63)

Lordships.to/

prevent the pre-

the and

ths

hand,

and so forth,"

can

6. Fonda or Wian, according to Heaufort Bante

6. STATE OF Weatres. A blas Kay, e das tasks i elonta, d drizzliny, rain, ( fog, a gloomy, Ahaii, ¿lightning, & overetot, je passing showerny squally, a snow, shuler, visibility,

7. Rin, in frohist, tenths and tendrædsho

SUN AND TIDE TABLE FOR HONGKONG. (From The flowykony Almanack )` OCTOBER,

HIGH WATE

SUN.

Kista Seca.

M

14

9.69 9.56

BM. 5.57 10.39. 10.20 6.58 5,34

E, M. 6.35

16

10

I also read all the

*R B

0.108 1112588 6.92 10 11.4 6.40 5.31

220 6.50 5.3 High water at Whampoa: 3 hrs. 30 mins, later than at Hougkong; at the Barrier: 3 hrs 15 mins, at the Salt Flats Shrx 30 mins; at ShamĮBOD, 3hrs 45 mins, Moon-Full Moon 134 11b. Im mor

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