SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29 1899.
CHUTNEY.
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THE
WAR
TROOPS FOR SOUTH AFRICA.
Second London Ootebor Tho Brigade of the First Division of the Army Corps for the Capo, under the Command of Genoral Hillyard, will Chark at Southamp on on the 20th October, and will consist of the 2nd Battalions of the Deveshires, the West Yorkshire, and the East and West
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THE REFUGEES HUOM THE TRANSVAAL The Lord Mayor has opened a Tund on behalf of the refugues from the Transvaal been contribátal Largo sums have already.
"ECIIDETNER'S MINISTRY TO BE DISMISSEL.
SUPREME COURT.
THE CHINA MAIL.
IN CRIMINAL SESSIONS. (Before His Hon. WM. Goodman, Acting Cides Jratice.)
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Saterday, October 28.
CHARGE < MURDER. Pong Pan and La Ki wore brought up on charge of murder.
The hearing of the car was cuipmenced Hon. F. E. Pollock, Acting Attorney on Monday, and was concluded.to-day. General (instructed by Mr F. B. L. Bowley) appeared for the Crown; Mc M. W. Bindo (instructed by Mr Deacon) ap- ponred for the defence,
LATE TELEGRAMS.
Death of Lord Fazrer. London, Octalier 13.-The deal is an
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Terrible Explosion in an Indian Coal-mine.
Calcnfti, Oct. 14-A serious explosion occurred yesterday in one of the coal-spinos. al Khost. About fifty Workmen werein the Camine at the time, including the Supervising killed. The mine caught tro at mid-day, Stuff, and all are supposed to have been mud an explosion followed, blowing up & medical aid. The Superintendent was a Some Europein and the rest natives. thly bodies have been recovered.
It is ory easy to prophecy after things bave happened, and, from the tuisor of many articles in my papers, the Firm nate that quite a number of people are now cngaged upon that pleasing, if profities undertaking. If the rondess of these notes caro to think mamont, they fill reinem bor that, so much as nearly four months ogo, we took the treeble to point out ser tain strategio positions on the Transvaal burder, and mudly the assertion that the Bouts would be feet in possession of them. This inexactly what has happened, and, not Military Law will be proclaimed in Cape Colony in ease the Africander untant with this, they have penetrated farmers threaten trouble, being any the wikur-excogi, indeed, the ubiquitous Bennett-Burleigh, who, course, was discredited, it being the custom of the military authorities to practically call the wat correspondent a perverter of the truth. So far as the Firm can see, with the maigre information at their disposal, Great Britain is making the santo mistakes Pahe has always monde with regard to the
Boan, by allowing them to get thepick of the came to twenty millions. Tho money may ed I have no money to give you, Let us
The following were the jurors:-Messrs W. T. Martow, H. Haynes, T. P. chrane, H. E. Mackunxie, EH. Ray, M. von Ohrewsky, and G. A. Frielarul.
His Lordship commenced his samning ene o'clock, when the jury retirol. In the course of the fary till five minutes his address, his Lordship sil
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positions, thus prolonging the this time, at all prints, let us hops inevitable over throw of them. Wo may rest assured that the present war is no mere quarrel over the Franchise or the Uitlauders, but a most determinest altempt on the part of our truculent South African subject to avert the Boer prerancy over the whole of South Africa. Just as long back as we can romeber, and that is some low years, wo have knows of this gigantic conspinay, and its completed form it now being exposed emrin popedi.
Meanwhile, how aro Mafoking. Kimber les, Dundee, Fourteen Streams, Barily, Bləmkəf and many another places on the Free Stato and Transvaal frontiers faring, We have a tow and fort at Ulundi only about sixty miles from Vryheid, where a
Schreiner Ministry." sole the Cape Parliament and dismiss the
The Military Authorities here are far less anxious about the situation biccanse- allowing for the censorship established over the Rowe frein Natal the British chances are brighter than they were believed to be a week co
The accused persons, Pong Pos and Li Ki, are charged with the wilful punler of one Pan Fuk, at Honginta in this colony, on find August lost. The case for the prosecution briefly amounts to this, viz: that the deceased man, walking with a The Parliamentary Vote for the mainten-friend, met the Iné prisoner (Poug Pan) in It does not appear for what the ance of the wae, which perhaps will be a Balkeley Sirest and asked him for HOME
ney was asked. The Ist primor repli graut-upply by instalmenta, will certainly money.
THE PARLIAMENTARY VOTE.
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The Cosarovitch. London, October 11-The result of tho Cesarewitch was as fellowes -
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Prince of Wales's travond Jubilee 2- Lead Berveford's Democrat ... Date of Westrinsrer's Get...... 3
is Est, whereupon the deceased ran away. The Queens of Holland and the The 1st prisoner thoh chuse after him and
Kaiser.
Queon Wilhelmina of Holland, and her mother, Queen Cams, have just completed visit to the Finger Willin at Pet dan. where they mot with a most cordial reception.
be found by Treasury Bills, punding the
ceased pan thereupon pushed the 1st pri preparation of the next Budget. Nearly ight and then I will give it you. The de- but the amount te term rent steady. you voterly, with my huis, prie
Correspondents have lately been com- plining of the source of a popular costs asked why he refused to pay. The 1st pi- bell, declaring that is few murders would snor replied by striking the deceased with awaken the public, enthusiasm better than any franchisa palavers. These complaints are no kmger felt, since the publication of when new Tunpl Strees stabbed the de with a chisel indicting a terrible President Kruger's insolently arrogant Desaldun his thigh, frons which would the deceased dicd, fifteen days afterwards, in patch. LORY ROSEBERY'S-HISTORIC DECLARATION. the Civil Hospital, to which he was carried Tond Rosebery demolishes his follow in an ambulance the day he was wounded.
Ae regards the 2nd Prismer (Li Ki) the Liberals' opposition in a letter in which he declares the situation transcends party caso against bin is that he struck the de- politics, in face of the Transvaal Ullin-censed with a hunner on the right side of
and that the nation must close its his back at mest at the same time as or in
Lunmediately before, the blow. inffeted by the ranks, shelving party controversy. Rosebery says Without attempting to chicol.
It is clear from the medical evidence that [Captain the Hon. I Paring of the judge the policy which concluded the pence
the blow with the hammer in no way cou-Isars, was given his Brevet of Major after Majub H, Tabuund to state uny profound unviction that there is no contributed to the death of the deconsol. It is for services in The Nilu Rxpeditia of last voivable Government in this country which not allegal, that the second prisoner was year, when he was twice mentioned in
present at the conversation as to the may despatches.) could repeat it.'
nor has any spreid reason been anggested why he should havo joined in the attack on the deccased,
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THE DEPOSITION OF THE FORCES.--ON TUS Boer force was known to be assobl
The frendler farees are disposed thus At Mateking, which is threatened by the od over a month ago. How has that fared? If a Baer Commando has marched in this notorious Commandant Cranjie, there is direction, what is to persent a sudden des. Gation of 1,200 Bechuanaland Police, sonorer the lower Tegela on Pietermaritz.der Culsels Baden-Powell and Plaster behind strongly entrenched stockades, with We do not Flow: burg or oven Durban i we cannot Bay, We are out of the world Artillery here, and must help ourselves.
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Now when we are in the thich of a cer- tainly forood-upon-nus embroglio, it is very likely that somebody also will come forward to have a kick at us, instead it is only what
cards.
Bat leaving grin war to work on ita owu
At Khobarley there are 2,500 Volun. tners, a full attalion of the Legal North Lancashire Regiment, and twenty field and winching guns, The Boer furce in this quer is put as 3,000.
At the Oniga River stations are the ro mindor of the Korth Lancashires, with Mounter Infantry on the Master Fusk
Kers.
OR TILE SOUTH-
IN DERTHIERY NATSU.
At Ladysmith and Glerce there are eight battalions of Infantry, six Fiold Bat torics and a felain Battery, and far regiments of Cavalry,
I am not, at present, discussing the que tion how far the chargo against each of the prisoners, respectively, is proved. At this print I will tell you what the law is, so far as it is applicable to this charge,
Colonel Sandback's Successor.
It is understood here that Cnpisin the Hou. . Baring will susard Lieut. Colo. nel Sandlack as Military Secretary to the Viceroy
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PAQUEBOTS POSTE FRANÇAIS.
The Darjeeling Catastro he. Caladin, October. It is stipsited that the loss of life by the Bhagalpur is is not less than 2,000. The country between Cobing and Gohah is described as a vast claruel house. Corpsen were found cutarded in the railway tole-THE Co.'s Steamship graph wires, and carenases of large animals were suspended In the branches of trees.
Murder is unlawful hemicide without ma Nes niurethought. Now as regards provs cation, it is laid down coreeily in Ares bold's Criminal Pleading as follows: No
Accident to the Panjab Mail: provocation whatever can tender homicide justifiable or eren excusable; the least, it
Calentin, October 12.-A somewhat sori- can amount to is munskughter. If a man
ous accident bas occurred to the Punish kill another muddenly without any, or indeed sit, restling in ancro or less injury to n without a consulerable provocation, the dozen natives, through the Dremau hacking law implies malico and the homicide is murthe engine at too great a spest on to the der, but if the provention were rent and sach as must have greatly excited him, the train, the driver being away at the time, killing is mauslaughter only.
The Viceroy's Tour.
October 13.-Tan Viceroy his definitely postponed his depere from Sims till the 27th instant.
A number of Bifali Kahui Kheks, will Tribal War Tributs in Arrears.
their animals, wers soised at Miermshab, and at Rumu, in view of the realization of the fine outstanding against the Tribe. Consequently, secc twenty-five Landleed upees is capceted to be paid in cash: ant security given for the remainder.
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BAMBERG,
we wny expect. There is our sullen and 'nacient toe in the neath, who may chose to
On the Free State Southern Border our consider what she decuis our present weak veskest point-there are two battalions of
If, for instance, a man had a chisel i Infantry, Lina canles of Artillery, pada
fais hand and while working his banch na her fitting clithes, and take the upcompany of Engineers.
receives a violent blow and turas round portunity for a ling at Japan, marely as a
and staus bis assailant with the chia in the host of tempor caused by the blow and meins to an end, Puses Conference not- withstanding. We do not nert that this
blow. This might not improperly be held to will be so, but the inercased activity in the
the assailant unfortunately dies from that amount only to manslaughter; but if dockyards at home and the report that the
The Transvaal has a foroc of 10,000 men ships on the Eastern stations on to be put into their fighting coat of paint, noting to stationed at Veltrust; and there are 2, and, civing a slight parsh, retallates by prognosticate dire purposes afoot, in which Omage Free Stats Boers at the Bothas striking his asilan viilently with his CARE the fifty fiery spirits who wanted to go Pass, near Chartstown, Opposing this and the assailant run way, thero undoul to South Africs from this Colony, will pro-force are the Nutal Carabineord Patrols tedly, if the our pursued his retreating
asailant and stabbed him to death with
ad chisel while the assailant was marmel ly get their autition satisfied nearer of the 13th Hussars
At Lobatsi the British, who are only a hon. May the day be long ero such a thing should happen, but it is on the small forca, hva fortified the kopjes over threatening further violence, such an looking the station. The Bours are a nu-act would be murder. The revenge is not
to the
provvention, and the erically superior force.
proportioned to law would imply malice. LATEST NEWS FROM KINDERLEY,
Now, as regards the alleged ace of the The Stats Comminudo is moving uenter
second priser, as the blow, alleged to Gocobadul
mer, in un way simfributed to the death, in vietory for the Civilians by oue goal to Inst., at 5 p.m.
24 Major General Protheroe pre
ented
Fer Freight, apply to the saund prisoner would be entitled upon to winners with the Shield and Gold Me this indictment to
to be acquitted unless you dala and the tuners up with Silver Medals. are sat shed by the evidence that he was The Rangoon Gymkhus als wer, the Page- London, October 12.-There is great acting in concert with the first prisoner. delay on the calles from South Africa, and If the attack was made by the two, together, la Trophy and the League Championship
with the intention of killing the deceased this year. all are fully twenty-four hours Inte.
The transpart
Lindula, with a squadron of of inflicting gloves bodily harm, ant of the 5th Uragoons, has arrived at Durban. the 1st prisoner was found guilty of mar
der, the men who struck with the bammer LARGE FORGES ADVANCING ON
London, Oct. 13.-The Times corres-wold be guilty of murder also because, it two attack a man in Concert aud, armed pashed out from Jeyamith shows that the
one of them kills him, the other is responsí Inhall invading) fores from the Free State numbers approximately 2,0) men. tious diseases. Air Air Give us air
News is expected to reach London hourly Such I take to be the law applicable to should ha the cry of the reformer in Ilong of au iniportant engagement in the neigh- this case. Itis simple and in accordance with kog. Until we get this, wo must bourhood of Ladysmith, as the Boom have coma sono. But the real difficulty in rest content to get the plague, and debouched from tho. Passes in considerate this case is to arrive at a correct conclusion as to the facts of the case. You are the. perhaps, something worse. Fancy, a popu-strength.
demoniacal ends, the question of the day is Kimberley.ands. the Free State have been inflicted by him with the ban. Í grand game was witnevel, and terminated the abore Perts on TUESDAY, the Slat Terrier, for Bangkok.
the Insanitary Properties Bill, which, bears marching on the Modder river
Night travelling by trains south of Kim- tween ourselves, will never be any use un-
berley is suspended.
til either an earthquake shakes Hongkong dorn, or it is made an offence punistable with death for any member of the Gorem wwat-official or aberwige--to karo ang interest in property here. Fegend any doubt, it is to the terrible and, if properly legislated for, avoidable overcrowding, that
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lation of 72,520 to The square mile, and this Their forces include several batteries of laws for all the open spaces, which are at Artillery and it is supposed that this pro Toast half the entire area aver which this sente of those guns muy commit them to casus has been aton 1 We ahold koncepting battle in the pan. somebody-with authority to give us the Gonural Sir George White is helloved to polation of the counted districte por have moved out to Ladysmith with a view
to attacking them forthwich.
Ule for the acts of the actual murderer.
judges of those facts and it is my duty to
tcll
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10.00
The Bengal Cyclone. Calcutta, Det -The recent cyclone great-
Any Cargo impeding hor discharge will be Morrow and 2 children, Miss Touisa Brink, you with regard to each of the the pity affected Sikkim, where the most diseaded into the Godowns of tas HONGKONG Me S. Edwards, Mrs Long, child and soners, taking their cases appuntivo y that trous results are reported, any roads AND KOWLOON WHARF AND GODOWN Cou-apuh, Mr and Mis John F. Bass, child and unloss you are satishe of their gulf behaving been destroyed and also bridges
Barnett, Miss J, T. Stone, Mr and Mrs risk ud expense. - you reasonable doubt, it will ho.
Fo-Clains will be admitted after the Mora, ceara G. Waghord, IL Fruhistu that by the law of this Colony whers The most truk incident is the total Goods have loft the Gndows, and all Goods Jer, Robt. W. Borthwick, A. Moir, Miss to acquit them, I may nah gur duly which cost many thousands of rupees fastPANY LTD, and Stured at. Consigaves arah. Dr and Mrs J. A. Barrett, Mis
Packet, Cunalife, Mr T. Morgan, Mr Jeln Wade any person is arraigned for any of annihilation of Rungees Bazar, which was
·will be subject to rent. Tho transport Jana, with the 9th Fence visited by the law with capital literally carried away by the flood. in the remaining undelivered aftor the 3rd No-worth. Mrs A. J. Stimson, Messrs L. B. toy have boon absent in osump all the wok Lancers on board, get into a cyclone by. Į punishment, then and in such case the jury (dend of night, with any unlørtunate occu. AH Brokon, Chafted, and Damaged Goode Porter, J. B. D'Areo, S. W. McMaster, ALAILS BY THE FRENCH PACKET,
Laveen Durisin and Cape Town, and lost 93 must be cnamimous, in their verliet of full extent of the damage cannot will be examined on the 4th Nov, at 3 p. don, Mra A. F, Greig, Mesars . H. P.
spare mile. It would paralyse humanity,
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Our two humorists, Gussia and the Jun-
AN INDIAN TRANSPORT IN TRODELK.
and, consequently, this column is some-horses, but so httrain lives. The steamer guilty, or not guily; but if a majority cont-
had to put back to Durban, where the men and horses were transhipped to the Nexus as the Tahu requinal, repairs. How He OCRED TELIN WAS DARATED, The destruction of the armoured tram hy the Boers, reported by Router's social correspondent, on the western frontier of the Transvaal, has been sepfirmed.
The Boers derailed the train, which way proceeding late last night towards baleking, with two 7-pounder gons on board. After bombarding the brain with Artillery for half
'iu, mis- prisoners, except wing.
what doll to day, for the Senior is a man of gta and not given to playful banter, yet 090 thing has struck aron bio as being do. liciously funny among the items of this week's news, and that is the presentation by the great American nation of sloring fect high by 3 feet diameter, to cups Admiral Dewey Whit use will it vore to him, except as a water butt or a bath teb, goodness only known. It is obvious thst o cars norer take a drink out of it, an hour, those on the tzniu were made wless he ladies it gets tanide, or has it hoisted and tilted over to his lips with derrick. Truly the Americans aro overdo Ing their loro.
The affair took place at Kraaipon, a station forty miles south of Mafeking.
Martial inw has been proclaimed at Bloemfontein, and all Britishore Lave been ordered to leave the country namediately.
FREE STATE ADVANCE ON LADYSMITH. Konter's correspondent, wining from Ladysmith; says that Free Staters are ad- vancing through the Tealwa Pase, 35 miles distant, and that the British navalry out puts have been reinforced.
The idea of offering a price for the best plan of a model Chinese dwelling house is a very good one so far as it goes, but it does not go far enough. Having obmined your model house and awarded your premium
will requin very handsome plan and nothing more. What is Wanted in for the OFFICERS VOR SOUTH AFRICA hond of the D.P.W. to lay down certaur Simo, ct 10. Lieutenants Reeves,
asleep in bed.
Fisting of not less than five jurors should readily be ascertained. The country is find such
person guilty of a less criore than devoid of telegraphic communications." the capital one thea the finding of such
Unprecedented rain fill in the Lachen najurity shall be the vordiet and sonteres Valley, followed by tremendous slips, which thall follow necordingly. He then pro- destroyed a considerable portion of the now ceaded to consider the somewhat colominous strategic road to the Tibetan border. evidence of the thiesy witnesses who have been called in this case.
are to be left in the Godowns, where they
No Fire Insurance has been effected.
SIEMSSEN & Co., Agents, Hongkong, October 28, 1899,
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
end 386 Chinese
Per Bengal, for Hongkong: from Lon-
and
The French Contract Packet: Tonkin will:
be despatched on SATURDAY, the 4th Nov, with Mails to the United Kingdom, the Continent of Europe, and places beyond, via Marsekler; to Saigon, Straits Settlements, Batavid Burnab, Ceylon, Madras, the Austra lesian Colonies, Aden, Natal und the Cape, Egypt, Malta, god Gibraltar. The usual hours will be observed in
The jury retired for five minutes, and re- New Stock of Piacca by, Brinsmend, Chap- THE PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL Hoskyne, E. M. Smith, S. E. Morris, E.clozing the Mails, &c. turned with a verdict of not guilty. The prisoners were discharged.
Mnds.
The T. K. K. 6. v. America Maru, with mnsils, e, left San Francisco for this port on the 14th Oct.
The C. P. R. Co.'s se. Expres of Indut Arrived at Nagasaki on Friday, the 27th Ock, at ? a.m., and left again at p.m. cù saune day, for Shanghai, where she is due to arrive at 8., on Sunday, the 29th Oct.
€
Steamers Expected
The Q. S. S. Co.'s steamer Irion, from Ji- verpool, left Singapore in the 24th Oct. and toay be expected to arrive here on the 29th Oct,
hird and fast rules regarding three hild 1st Bay and Howard, Iss. Sharon The
any Light Tofantry, leave for South Africa im-- ings, and to disallow the erection
that do not comply with themL Abis sore modisbly, the former for duty on the Salons like Langs of Communtestion the latter lo serva on Bir Bedtors Huller's Personal
of thing can be done in a Yosang, why not in Houg
micbody has the power to poject plane not in accordance with the requirements:
the laws regidating the public health, over
n this benighted Colady
We feal oat of sorts tais
Bouthern
The
SE INDIAN DOKTERIES FOR MOUTH AFRICA
Sild, Det 11 The orised estimates
The initial onst of sending the Indian The
ront to Somo Africs at jush ball a
flin überling, with a recuring expandi
N. I. . 8.8. Leashing Mary left Kobo, via Moji for this port on the 21st Oct and is expected to arrive here on the 20th (ct.
5. Indriteelii, frous New York and Straits, left Singapore for this port an Wednesday, the Both Oct., at 7p.m.
Lightning, from Calcutta, left Sin gapere for this port on the afternoon of 25 Det...
in Afree of 211,000 sterling annually. Entest Advices.
tire -India), portion of the
Quartermaster Gan-
in England, pro-
Ten Six George White's
The C. P. R. Co.'s Empress of China, from
Hoogkong, arrived at Shanghai o Saturday, the 28th October, at 8 am,
and left again at pul on sante day, for Nagasaki Dao to arriro there on on Monday the 30th October, at 6
pell, Hauke, Allison, Rachais, Robinson Piano Co
Opium Quotations.
Hoxoxoxo, October 28, 1809. New Patna, cash
New Benares, call, New Malwa, credit, Allowance, Tauls, Last Year new,, Allowance, Taela, Old Malwa credit, Allowance, Tasts, Persian, Oily, cash, Allowance Tele.
13ỡ.
905
8€0,70
0/10
880
802/900
0/12
Porsian, Paper Led, long cakes 860 Allowances Tecks,
Persian, Paportim, short eskes000
Temperature. (Taken at Aters Falconer & Co.'s Premias, Queen's Road)
HONGKONG, October 28, 1809.
..... 30.12 30.05.
BAROMETER
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Hay and F. S. Rayner; from Gibraltar, Mr L F. Christensen: from Marseilles, Mr E. F. Stanton, and Major Rodger 2770 from Boulay, Mr Ellias Jumar; from Singapore, Mr W. A. Bradley, Mrs Ah Lock Forvant, fr Ah Cheong and sister. For Shanghai from London, Misses F. J M. Tucker, J. Engvall, K. Rasmussen, E. Tarnor, L. Kohler. Mranil Mrs Willett and ohild, Mr F. W. Inglis, Mr and Mrs B. B. Fellows; from Manselles, Mis Morris, 2 daughter, governess and child, Mr Paul Gravior, Mr and Mrs Chalmers, Rey, und Mrs Gondrich: from Singapore, Miss On Queenie Hunter, and Mrs Morris's areal. For Yokchams from London, Miss Collion,
STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY'S STEAMER BENGAL FROM BOMBAY, COLOMBO AND STRAFTS.
YONSIGNEES of Cargo by the bore: named Vessel aro hereby fuforined
Exobango..
Horazona, October 28, 1899, London* Bank, Wiro,
On demand,..
**
30 days' sight,...
4 montha sight,
that their Goods are being landed and and Miss Halstead; from Singapore, bir
Crodita, 4 A. Koppal. From London: for Manila, placed of theirisk in the HoxeRONG AND Mr Williams. KOWLOON WHARF AND GODOWN COMPANY'S. Gooowns at Kowloon, where each consign-
Per Thales, from Taiwanfoo, &c., Mrs
ment will be sorted out Mark by Mark, and Figot, child and anh, Mr Forbes, 1 Euro-On delivery can be obtained as soon as the pen, 70 Chinese and 1 Japanese. Goods are landed,
This Vessof brings on Cargo ---
From LowDor, &c., ex s. s. Britannia From Irazy, ea o 4 Thunes. From PERSIAN GULF, ex. 6. B. LS. N. and B. aud PBX Co.'s Steamers
Optional Goods will he landed here unless structions are given to the contrary before
DEPARTED.
31
Documentary, 4 months sight, 4.1
Paris
On demand, Credits, 4 months' sight,"
On Jerlin-Demand,....... Op New York On demand, Credite, 60 days sight, On Bombay
Wire... *** On demand,
Pos Parramatta, from Hongkong: For Singapore, Mr A. M. Pountney and ser vant, Dr I Bach, Mr Loung Yung and aereant, Mr Lau Tak Pin and serv3, Mr C. Gruner, Mr T. Johnsou, Mr R. Gu
terrez and 1 Chinese Assistant, and Rev. H. J. Stevens; for Penang, Mr and Mrs Ng On Calcutta Pak Ying and servant; for Boobay, M N. Muncherji: for Masailles, Mr H. Hellies for London, Capt. R. Unawerth, Mr and Mrs Tumor, Mr T. Hall, P. C. No. 71, J. McDonald, Mr H. C. Burrows, Mr and Mrs Post. From Kakohama: for Marsoilles, Mr W. H. Lau.
p.m: TO-DAY, Goods not cleared by the 3rd Nov, at 4pm will be subject to rent.
No Fire Losurance will be effected by me in any case whistaror..
All Damaged Packages must be left in the Godowns, and a certificate of the dam
Per data Manu; for Kobo and Yello ago obtained from the Godown Compsay within ten days after the vesssi's arrival tsino, Baron and Baroness Fayashi, Major here, after which no Claims will be re-T. Ocara, Mr G.. S. Phillips Mes Blade and 2 children, Miss Tiang, Mies D. Kuly. cognised,
Misa Kuby, Messe W. Christensen, Autiu, Westbury, IL Ihods, 1. aways, 9369 and Umeda,
H. A. RITCHIE
Superintendent. Hongkong, Optober 28, 1809.
On demand, Do Bingapare On demand, On Marila-
On demand,
On Shanghai-
On demand,
ATA
30 days night, (private paper) On Yokohama
On demand,.... Gold Leaf, 100 toe, (per el Hovoreigns (Bank's buying unto Silver (per dud