NOWICE
SON AN CO. AD DISPENSING CHEMISTS,
DUKT RDINBURGH, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DRUOGISTS PERTUSSIN,
PATENT MEDICINE VENDORS, Devacists' SuNDRYMES,
And
ERATED WATER MAKERS.
SHIPS MEDICINECHESTS REFITTED, PASSENGER SHIPS SÚPPLIED. Nice To avoid delay in the execution of Orqa particularly reputed that all ⚫tasiness communications be addressed to the
Fin, A. Saraos and Ce, or
HONGKONG DISPENSARY.
BIETY. "ONTENT JUM, NT BROWikl the wife of W. P LOXLEY, of a Cagħler.
The Daily Press.
Ilawasuna, Juâr 2xo. 175.
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TITH DAILY PRE:8, THURSDAY, JULY 2nd, 1985.
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SUPREME COURT.
1st July
•
THE CHARGE.OF ROBBERY AT YAMATI.
J. Ü.
PORT HAMILTON.
2th F
The history of our acquaintous with thi group of islands of which Pert Hamilton is des lined to be the capital, dates as far back as tho
year 1845, when a plan of the place was mada by the Admiralty Surrayer, Captain Sir Edward Percy. Here our acquaintance would in all pro- bability have endist were it not for the recently developed activity of the Russians in thesa
waters.
“It is difficult to fix the procise dato at which the notion of au ocupabissa ärakpresestek "La 15. Farycars past it has heou visited by the testin inoual northern craiso, and the deep, karlles F two principal islands possess for purpops off harbour, and the natural advantagos which the
fintion, have been carefully1otod. Some little
Mrs. Cameron's Friday garden parties. will he Orders have been issued to orpodite the arms and Chong Acheong, boiler mukor, wore brenght |able parents who had already been driven to their On the adjoining pless at growl hedon rier, the new, and operatious based on the farmer continued at Mountain Lodge at tho usun,timis.ment and manning of several of the escan bafore the Court on charges of having been fast rasomene, tho. roofs of their honesa. Thers to Messra. Jardine, Matheson & Co, ti Pranch"
The Straits Times is fuformed that the nine and abroad ns auxiliaries to the Royal Navy conduct, wilful dange to property, and larceny stook of food placed in the versie with them to and these ware quickly demolished.
steators of the meantila foot bath at home guilty, with stires nobiu custody, of disorderly par litlo reyagers had in most cases a small bad built
numeruos soy for satiora, customary levels have failed. Now there has
Afte beon, since 1975, no increase in the producer of merchant staniors ohustad by the Tho Albatross, hired transport, has sailed with of over $100, at Hung Ham
perial Government as need ruikora and 110 officers and men for manning the Nerd Chaong Fat, noosnitant at the Tung Hing koop them from perishing, and some had emeli | destroying and Costing three 'proportiva tha tion of gold, but rather a decrease, and since transports amounted in May to 150 ships. America, which is being fitted out at Malta, for oplum shop at Hong Hara, stated that an indianma of money wherewith to parthage kindness soldiers were interfered with by a form aut By Appointment to His Execlency the Go 1872 there have been extraorditary demands The Jankow is numbered chartered transpact. crising in the Mediterranean. The Nerd vidual known as Assim came to his establishment from anyone who might pick them up. A great town from Gauerul Liu Ming-chunu, ta
VARNOX Jul His Royal Figimon the
America in better known na the Stirling Castle, and commenced to smoke opiam as any ordinary for gold in Germany, in the United States, The British ship Galveston and the British he is a British-built stemmer of 4500 tons, erstomer did, but he had not been long in the Dunbar of these have fallen into good hands; the present moment accounts very on the and, during the last few years, in Italy. The stoor Eenmair cotanul fr the Abra steaming 18 kote an hour, and was sold to shop before a bush of excited Chiness, banded by but it is distressing to bear that in several osser doings of the soldiers and the steps taken by
and Cosmopolian docks roepretively, and the
the first defendant, olazonred to have Asam it has been otherwico; that watches have simply the officers. Whore je,dhe British gunboat? course of the money market has also been British stentner Ghorses wat round to lie Italian shipowner, who renamed her; sach na to indicato a strain upon the supplica Aberdeen look yesterday. To-day the German but on the Admiralty selecting the vessel as thrust ont for them to wroak their en taken from them all there to take, and thou Can't the Admiral spam cun to lock in at Tata-
a tha woman sali bo ba? stomer Deuteros will go to the Aberdeen Peculiarly wipted for being converted into geance upon, of gold. The one thing which changed ap-dooks and the Tartar und Glevichy to the armed cruises her ownor consorted to acted as an informer against her husband, pushed thom out into the strom again to porish.ui and Kolung ecisionally? It only takes
hart with her again. In addition to the arming and bad asused him to be flued 310. The The water falling somewhat now, so it is hoped twenty four hours for the slawent gun-tawa? to a poira to Mr. Gieran to have been the supply | Cosmopolitan ducks.
and saanning the Stirling Castle at Malta compluusut, on his mastor was not protonu, | the amount of injury has rossbad its fullest ex-get across from Amoy in the south-west of gold and the demands upon it, and ac In sac report in yesterday's issue wo stated and the cruisers at Liverpool, there are fire other declined to set in the matter, or give the tout, but it is when the water has subsided, and wou, and about Afteen boars from Fagras cordingly be seas the cause of the recent that the tokangs convicted of extortion at the tresels in foreign waters to which others and avengers any distance, and show then but the misseshin people are able to go back to their We shall resive further and more reliable s course of prices, alnost osalusivaly, in the Criminal Sessions of the Supreme Court were men, provisions, guns, and ammunition are to be into the shop, saizod Asem, belaboured him la desolate honies that the largest amount of and tails of the doings of the sokliary at K-banz.
inished production and the serond ex-labour
Bontsared to terms of imprisonment with hardsent. The vessels are the Pembroke Custle, tily, and also set about wasting everything
The lattor part was a mistake, for in Honglang; the Mexicus, at the Capo: the they could conveniently lay their bands on in our will bo noaded,
which will be reported in our nert. The Frouch, traordinary demands for gold. Mr. FOWLER,onses of cant nature the punishment provided by Marilia and Kakoura, at Byduey; and the Indie, the shop. A constable appearing open the scope,
the affair ceased, and the defondants were cause.
The calamity is dao to more than one it would appear, offered, altor tàn lumbardment law does not include and fabour. The sentences at Colombo,
vested. When the treatie had sabaided com- the recent exceedingly heavy downpours of properties and oven rant on housed óvacant
The lamediate cause is no doubt of Kainng, to pay claims made for darings to on the other hand, whilst admitting that the are therefore simply inprimomment. increased demand for gold may bars bean
LATEST TELEGRAMS, plainaut found that all the money u the shopniu, but this has been acting ou The Struita Tinea regrets to have to record
had been stolen. one of the minor causes of the fall of prices, the death from chaiera on the hind Innopf Mr.
predisposing causes. In the first place, the after the bombardment, but with all this they MR. GLADSTONE AND THE NEW
The same had bon remanded from time to preparations made. ta keep the French man- have left una log say which no amount of rent thinks the rapidity with whịch the fall of William McFarlan, Superinleydout of the
time at the request of Inspoutor Thomson, as hoof-war out of the river impeded the flow of can cover. PARLIAMENT.
thought until the people quieted down there water, and the barriers suok decreased the size of 121 pticus took place wis so marked that thong tannlensing depertrout. Mr. MeFarture was
Mr. Gladstone announces that daty to his would be some further tromble. taken suddenly ill at thres o'clock in thp.sonen-
the chaans for the water to flow through. The sudden changes emot possibly be attributed ing with cholera, but it was not before that party obliges him to seek re-election after the. The woman alleged that the man Asam hadensoqrence was that it became inadequate to lo any wovements is the sapply of gold or modic aesistance could be precared, and. in Rissolution of Parliament.
not only informad against her husband, but he carry off the immense amount of rainwater that hed demanded money of her, and End boliavad drained into sad the water atendily ro silvar. He shows also historically that in spite of the most shifal and careful treatment he gradually grow worse und died at 3 o'nlock
indocoufly to her. She thereupon got her until the rask spots in the hark were found, and former czce of trade depression the fall of in the afternoon. Mr. McFarirao has left.
THE CITY OF TOKIO."
friends together to punish Lim, and were wait-gap aftor gap was made through which a vast prices appeared to be unconnected with the behind him a young widow and smo, child, he A telegraci bus been received by the Agonting for him to be put out of the shup when the food of water flowed down upon the country.
lovemerta of the precious metals. He thinks, being hardly, a year married.
of the Pavila Mail loanship Company from Polos arrived, as they were all detertained to which lies contulerably lower than the river's pasish him. She and the other defendants banks. The weakness and corruption of the moreover, that the fall in most articles was Captain McKenzie, of the chartered transport Yokohama to the effect that the City Takto denied that they had best in the shop doing mandarins allowed the back to become thus in- pot a serious one during the periods when Hankow, reporta having met on the lith instant, cannot be feated,
in latitude 5.35 N. and long. 96.55 E., 193 |
what was slieged, and they said Asam brekte soonce, and their gailtond incapacity is bearing sororal things. the gold and silver supply oscillated sousi-mits from Peasug, the Frenal steamer. Ronor,
torrible fruita to the poor people. Insp-utor Thomson thought there had beso |derably, and that it is impossible to attribute of Rare, with distross signal ring, plenes
The Ho Yuk Tong at Canton, and the acnsiderable aggeration at least about the Chinese coeminuity bere, are doing everything Teamo alose, wis), La comamariivate," and asked to Most of our readers lure no dobs board the fall of 1884 tonny change in the supplies has letter conveyed to Singapore. Eventuall
amonut of monny missing.
in their power to raise funda for the alleviation The Brat defondant was fined $10, or in de of the distress, the latter having been par good deal aboys depression in matters of of gold in that year. The difference between sat a boat alongside with a letter for the agents
IN SUMMARY JURISDICTION.
fan't a month's imprisonment, the other two ticularly prompt, and getting up the first sup- tade during the last two years, and very M. GIFFE's views and those of Mr. Forrten at Singapore Steiner had boon broken down
or & fortnight sach, ali to find two saratios each plies of food and other necessaries in launches. ton days with after, ank shaft disabled. Ra
BEFORE ME. Jrarien ACKROYU. of $10 to keep the path for six months, or in A latter from the Chinose Committee likely many of our non-commercial renders is therefore mainly this, that the former sess caired letter and proceedal full speed shout.
default to be committed for a further six weeks.published in one yesterday's issue and we are Wow CHAN Vv. Wong Sai, 8210. were rather puzzled by the fact that along the principal characteristic of the late The Rouen is a steamer of the Compagnie Com
glad to be able to state that yesterday afternoon Mr. Ewens for the plaintiff, Mr. Bowler, from with the general outery and complaint of depression in the extent, the latter in the Goreanment for the conveyance of 135 horses tha offles of Mosers. Wotton and Dascon, for the Alock were before the cocet, on remand, on the which are tonations appeaded below from mom
mercial de Havre, and chartered by the Frunel
Leang Chung Sing, Wong An, and Chan subscriptions wore elill coming in, auzong depression in every single branch of trade rapidity, of the fall of prices, and that, and 800 tons of coal for Tengain. She is a four defence.
This wasa claim for money which the plaintiff charge of baring adlon clothing and many tobora of our foreign community. The matter in production, consumption and even giving whilst Mr CIFFEN-perhaps to justify the masted stosmar and under the command of Carballosu called upon to pay in the capacity of surety the value of $8.30 from the persoa of Tsang ma whigh calls sadly for charity, and whatever time before the signing of our treaty with Koret,
tain Magnion-Straita Times. appeared to go on in mont directions as be- prophecy of a continued declina which he
dant is subserihad it is to be feared it can only for the defendant in the matter of a contrasson Fong, on the 29th alt. fore, and no sigus were to be observed in uttered in 1879 in the remarkable paper be Halit arrived at Singapore on the 23rd Jane at a number of workman for the French Areni dance given by the lokanga who arrested the extout boyand their presant and most pressing theplace should be pled, and thisronmenta
H.M.S. Wild Sem. Communder John S. for supplying workman. Mr. A. R. Marty want-
There was a considerable amount of evi-relieve the thousands of pour sufferers to a small Admiral Wei first-finitely recommended that dicating any considerable diminution is the then (January, 1879) read before the Statisti- from England vid Colou She is composite at Saigon during the cause of the Frano-Chi- escape he was seers by & woman lizing next
prisoners. When the complainant made his peds. sampleyinent_for_capital and labour. As a cal Society Jutes this period of depres-sorow sloop, dairying 3 gens and the rar. The nese war. The defendant wassecurity for the headdoto-the-house-in-which he said he had opened for the thief of the sufferers by tas Nothing, however gulong for some in
A "Kwangtang Inandation Fund" has boston met with Sir Harre Parices's era anar wal matter of fact, depression nuns really exist in sion hack to 1879, Me. FawLes makes it for 18 to pointores is fined af hina, cookies, but Ms. Marly requiring farther horn: ban robbed and bound to jump out of the lords, with: the Fes. J. 2. Ost, of the Church yond the secasional despatch of a guiloat, whose trade whilst production and consumption begin with the close of the year 1899 and will for the present be stationed at Singarity before he made any outlay for ship first floor window, sui the men inside raised a Missionary Society, as Treasurer. Mr. Ost in- pors for the protection of the coal depots. As ping off the enclina the plaintiff bacaris rece a large seile and when there is real Finally, whilat Mr. GIEN BO in the proof that she was not criginally intended for Surety for the defendant to the extent of 330 ory of stop thief." When he brought back a forms us that he has roosired most piteous ap. with the native islaulers. No docht hi
the China Station, and that she was only saut por workman. The men were engage, and a nonstable with him to the house only the second poals from Canton for assistance, and harrowing. prosperity, although without the glow of a movements of gold the chief cause of the out here to reinforce Admiral Dowell's squadron vessel was chartered to tako them, on the defendant was found there, not he said the com- aosounts of the kavoo wrought and the distre dous in the good old orthodox fashion. period of inflision, and there is some show fall of prices, Bir. Fownen peints to cheapea- temporarily, the Straits Timesa mutions that she workinen refused to go, and the whole fell wife. He said the complainant's clothes had been the onornicus loss of life caufirm those praviona solenisers, hold that ther
plainant had ran away with the ret prisoner's prevailing. The secounts he has received sa to Romsas, who, like ourselves, wum grad of reason for the same boli string, noted cost of production, to reduction in the is painted black while all the use of the through. Consequentlvis securities when taken away, and a promised to get them back y published. A gentleman recently saw be great stops to be taken in the civilization
squadron are painted white. It is stated she upon, and the plaintiff bad to pay the amount vecommon in City circles, that business in cost of transport, to the vast extension of wil eventually geneross the Pacino to relleva elained in reapest of his surety for the defend. After a time the other two prisoners were found, tween twe and Charos hundred load bodies in one of is province. The first was to make roads, the
ever so really sound and good as whco railways, stea oavigation, and telegraphs, the Constance, which will come to this station to ant. from whom he now sought to recover the amplainant's property, but all that was forth-hosaricoss. Mr. Ost parpouss leaving for Com
and sems farther attempts wors mails to recover place alone, and was witnote the destitution of second to make word roads, the third to auke prices at low, importy and exports deglising, and consequent excess of supplies of com-replace the Cureca, which goes home about the amount.
The deforce was that Mr. Marty had failed to coming was a pair of shoes, which the contentodistribute relief to-morrow night, and iz tak till more rands. Vous am is changé tout exin. and everybody more or less depressed. How. adition, out of all proportion even to beginning of next your.
prisoner predacol from xatzewhere; and theying with him $500 worth of biscuits. Subscrip- Thass Romans wore barbwigas after all. Wo ever that may be, this much is certain, that demands wurmously increased by increasing nights, the minimum rowdings of the thermo
At Bingapore they are cumplaining of the hot carry out the conditions of his contrnet.
His Lordship hold, however, that that could be alleged that the remainder of the things were at tians may be paid to the credit of the Evang
havo discorero nwifter methods of accomplish- our tra le bas pawol device the present cou-populations and greator desire for luxuries, motor haring buon rangive up to 77.4. This bound by the terms of his contract to pay what no fefence to this action, as the plaintiff was
Hang Ham. Thy more than arrosta.
tung Inundation Fund either at the Hongkong The case was further remanded for a week. tury through numerous pariode, some of
and Shanghai Bank or Messrs. Lane, Cranford our purposes; a more poteal spirit olema as the sources of the general decline compares very favourably with the temperature he and done, and the defendant was Habla to
& Co.'s The Committee are:-Hoa. W.Keswick, aur commands. And our matern methota, mama, great-length too, during which prices kap: of His How-telegraphs can affect bare lad in Hongkong during the fast for him. He was further of opinion that the
Hon. F. Kyria Hoa T. Jackson, Hon. F. D. svus, possess the virtue of agonomy, a fitila run, steadily falling, buerancy and enterprise the price of commodities appears at first low 84 or 88 dog. The Steaits fines saws to have signed the contracts and had We do not hold ourselves responsible for the options Forbes H. Heppias, C. D. Bottomley, N. J nights when the thermometer has do gune bolence raised that the Registrar-General
Sassnou, Rev. W. Jeanings, Hosure. E. B for instance, goes a long way, and do is not end Bolilios, A. P. MuEvon, P. Chator, W. H. the authorities auch. faltering, gloom and despondency envelop-ight difficult to understand.
The Korams of Port But Mr. Rowell call our attention to the fact that from not was was an altor thought to covar Ang uit Branch E trade, and yet car com FowLes explains that, owing to telegraphic miniman tesperatates were sled, in fact really had been the asse was that pressure had
Thursday to Monday night included, very high the defendast. He believed
mix most friendly, and are Ede, IL N. Mody, D. Cranford, and Bor. J. Hamilton are "orce in variably emerged from such periods facilities, very small stocks, if any, are higher by some degrees than hate over been re-
7. Ost (Treasurer. The subscription list la rapidly acquiring civilized babits. Ent to re- night stood as follows:-
sumo. The actual occupation of those islands in sounder condition than ever, selsket in
now needed; that a merchant can afford vorded before. The following is the record:
Holliday, Wise & Co.,
took place about the middls of May. A Rus dustry appeared haft become rather wore to work as a loos remuneration if hie
David Samoon, San & Co. Friday 19th
Siemssen & Co......
·dian cruiser appeared one evening in the off- patient and my steady. Commercial do. [e qital, formerly locked up, remains free for
Saturday 20thr.
Bussel & Co
ing, and on the following morning the -Union Sandng Sist... pression, therefons is by
Jack was hosted. They acquisitīva is an extreme- ly valuable one from a strategical point of view. and may, even, in ten er twinty pears beevme an important commercial den. But we bɔ ɑnt wish to lay stress now.upul, poribla vuln as smart, for trule. The present molas of Port Hamilton lles in this, that it is a gravantes for the security of British entrusten in Chiasse watora; it way notadd to that commerce, but iù xertainly will protect it. Parzzians may walk regard the occupation of this station the first step in the blockle of Wuliswostock,... fox most assuredly if war tronks on! Port Hamilton will form the basis of attack upon this Sebastopol of the Pacific Moreover, without Port Hamilton it is dialt to se how this blockade could be affectually carried sut, for the Japanese poria, from which we have boon acoustomed to draw our supply of oval,
LAABALimi
that
what
Highest minimuat Thursday 19th. 765 the case with the cargo boat people. It was hat
de.
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do.
do.
da.
do.
reached
176:40.
4.762
... 74. 710 being the average daring the year The result of the post mortem kxaminations of the bodies of the Chicemen who died after District on Monday night has born to show that connive remiting and purging in the Wanchai
the cause of death was nicomin one in this colony at the time of the yoara severa disorder of the bowels, choleraic diantion. The boilids
been brought to bear to stop the men by the Chinese authorities, in the same way as had boon. likely from the actico they took in the former maftår that they would bam allowed this men to go to Saigon to work in the Arsenal thera for the French. Judgment would be for the plaintiff.
Tis Loriship gave a similor judgment in the case of the same plaintiff claiming $420 from one Su Sai Sheng on a sinar ground, but in another claim scainst Li Ying Fun for 360 judgment was reserved.
POLICE COURT,
1st July.
Barose Mo. E. MACKEAN..
DEPENDENT BOATPEOPLE.
The proprietors of licensed sampaná (665, 1410,
5 roeans 21 mic. use in other ways; and, if his risk as to prize taktaidating on Monday 22nd when ed evil, and is certainly for loss injurious to
is reduced, that the chances of profits are our bruc interests un periods of inflation. lessened by the process of telegraphing lar At the same time it beheren us, whenever e
mea of small capital can compete when cloud of depression setites down on our formerly they would have been powerteer, but that such competition naturally tends to commerce and the fact of the existences of a general depression of trade isqatent beyond lowor'rather than to enhanes prioca. a shadow of doubt, to inquire (carüfally inte
Bat is difference as to the cause or enuser of the late depression of trade which is, no inquest being deemed the causes of the existing depression with a view to ascertam therainedies that may be separates Mr. FowLEE and Mr. GIPTEN, necessary, and as to the report about Japanese within our at 17%
small as it may seem, becomes more appa-Suttle fou, that seems to be without foundations
|and probably got up for the -hemolé of certain Now, that ession settled down upon rest in its radical divergence when we look houset traders. Now that larries and bowl 1748, 1665, 1637. 1617, and 1918, wers sammoned every branch - trade from the end of the to the practical results of these inquiries in-complaints are getting very common, special y Laspector Thomsen on a charge of safasing year 1882 and prebed a painful degres into the causes of the general fali in prices measures are being taken to protect the policen take hire when disengaged, on the 2h uit.
The Colonial Surgeon has caused to be supplied -Juspector Thouson said he went down te 1954, ibero e be barfly cous to doalt. admitted by both. Mr. Fowls, arguing a large quoctity of medicine called ebilera Beaks Wharf and callau terasament, but of The Statist, the Femonis, and two writers from his standpoint, takes a gloomy view mirtur, a bottle of which is row supplied tone would come to him. Its proceeded to take in the Contemporary Revisa, Mr. Power of the fetare, and thinks that wa are not every poling station. together with insure their mata, and as he was doing so the people and Mr. Girees, have cultested the Tuts and only in the presence of a low range of prioca, lass. Insector Swans tried, the mixtann the sixth bant evered their aninber up.
on some more bad cases of vomiting and parging The Arat defendant said he was engaged by presented an atrag of statistics indubitable but that henceforth also business must be af Wanahal which were brought to his notice. Mr. Falouer, the second said he was engaged proving the existence, up to the beginning of conducted on the basis of such a condition, babla, in fact, that it has been the means of thore, and the rest said the inspector wanted with most remarkably good fats. It is pr by Ti Ki compradore; the fifth said he was not the current you, of a widespread depression, because we are not likely at present to see enabling him to sare life. The commercial and fianacial history of 1884 any change. Mr. Gizus, on the other as given by the Stället, in January last, hand, although hardly sure that the esusen slates that, low as was the range of prices in of the recout change in the course of prices 1883, the fail of the roar 1884 not anis
inre fully worked themselves out, thinks brought down that range of prices tem that, for the present at any rate, the tide porarily, but seems to have brought it down appears to have turned. He thinks that the
The following Hams are from the London and
China Exprear of the 29th May
M. Frandon, Chancelier of the French Con. sulate-General at Calcutta, has been aputinted Vice-Consal for Francs at Kobe.
The Maharajah of Johors, GCM.G. Straits Settlements to a dinner on the 17th accepted an invitation from the merchants of the
in a lasting moner. We need not go into course of prices is on the whole likely details. Suffice it to say that, with the to be downwards in future, but ex. prox The merchants desire to mark their ap exception of coal, where there has been peets no violent changes of an extraordinary hardly any change, and of textiles, where name, and apprehend that the effects on the decline bus been less marked, almost all trade will on the whole be uut injurious.
preciation of the friendly relations which has al persisted hetero has Highness and festis, subject in the East.
itcar meu
The first defendant, was discharged, and the obber cases were remanded to Monday.
A CITY URHE
Chin Ahi coolic, was charged with standing 17 casts from the person of Tax Awing, a cook
Tuesday afternoon. Hia Theatre with the defendant besite him, The complaingat was sitting in the Taog
and the latter cut the bottom of his purse and got the money unt
The defendant had been convicted of largony frous the person ons previous occasion, and he
CORRESPONDENCE.
expressed by our Correspondents?
MUSICO
10 THE EDITOR OF THE “DAILY PRESB.” Six-Some little time ago it was notified in the local papers that stora had been taken of the Registar Goueral and the Petice Authoritie to put a stop to the tom tomreing and other dismal somds caused by Chinese misleans of a late hour at night, and I believe they have been stopped to a certain extent; but whoz a unissaare probeds from the Polion Quartors themselves. who is to interfere? I will defy all the Chinesy masicians in the Colony to prodane a more heart. randing. Besh tearing, blood-curdling urise than that which issues from the quarters of the Police, consisting of "Hold the Fort,” “Little brown | jug" "In the sweet by and by, ko, &o,, mixed up with Bootch jiga, performed by one finger (or thamb) of the right hand supplemented by the artist's (7) own bass (base) with the left hand, or foot, at all hours of the day and £urly far into i the night
For be it from me to interfere with any one's ! the frogs," I "the old frog." feel I have a right pleasure, but as in tlie case of the "Boys stoning.
to give a word of advies, and to state that what may be pleasure to that party, is to say the leant, barassing to
A COMEULSORY HEARER. Hongkong, 1st July, 1885,
A CONTRADICTION.
News of the end ist. I noticed that the nawa, ander the heading of The Tea dispute at Foo show," applied by the China Mailporrespondent at Boschow, runs as follows:--
TO THE EDITOR OF THE "DAILY PRESS." Six-On reading the North China Daily
Douglas, Lak
3no.3 Fri
Butte:Bold & Swire E E. Beiilias
Dr. Ho Kui
N. J. Ble
Meseri, Lace, Crawford & Co.'s list to
D. U.
A. S. Watson & Co. Other sume..
Kelly & Walsh.
The Borneo Co., Limited Linsford & Daris
F. Eyria......
Dailies
T. Jokaine
H. N. Modys Gilman & Co.
Grupp & Co. Dr. G. Hordar R. Faunhap A Frien
A. F. Smith
J. Mathese....
Vieteris Dispensary
Thos. Demer.....
$100
100
100
2238858988
mission it was to cultivate friendly vicios
Tar thr..*
as
EVENTS IN NORTH-FORMOSA would, in the event of a war, mafutaiu etriot
FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.]
TAMBUL 18th June Very hot, 90 degrees. Amatista arrived, Folien still in port.
19th June.
neutrality.
Meanwhile no time should be lortia fortifying ho place, for although subuwise mines ars down and torpedoes sunk, not one gun has yat heen landel. This, we confess, is but mit
ten the foreign merchants into supting their zettan
have boan expected. The lost and here in sare by advertising for a steadier of age toes barden A Castons asistant visited a few days ago it and the home authorities are equally sure to Cooler, 55 degrees. Wind from South-wart, to perform energetically whatever intrusted to
The Tax Guild rasie a indiomas, attempt to frien.
hoped fur.
that the authorities will send out not only guzs
vore had not the result bipe hargai. Tais tokaw the hond-quarters of Lin Ming-shaan, tail in supplying anitable material ta mery out In order to repudists this part of the state and got within view of the French outworks, its orders. Wó have rosson to hope, however, ment of the China Mail correspondent I may A big troopship was seen to pass the port of that this dilatoriness will soon be remedied, and ask bina to be very oantions in telling the pable Tansui on the 17th instant on her way South. of what is not true, or if I as permitted to say that such statement as given out is palpably false, and I dare say the China Mail võrvade pondent is not duly qualified for the duty he has undertaken.
articles of trade hare suffered since the close Our readers will observe that both of these afteen entries and twelve clearances for. Pranding fisting junk No. 494, and stewing a moment wanted to wharfer a steamar 10 ran in
own courę.
Foochow, 26th Jane, 1885.
THE BLOODS IN KWANGŢUNG.
French are clearing out of Kelang rapidly. bat carriages also. Only the southern entrance was sentenced to three months' hard fabone.
24th and 21st June. to Port Hamilton is now free to naviga. OHARGE OF PIRACY.
Very hot weather, thermometer 91 to 92. The tion. Of the other three, booms has been A report on the commeres of Haiphong gives
Tai Tai Fuk and two other Chinese were
following circular has just boon sont round laid across two to guard againat an attack from brught before the court charged with piratically The fact is that i really up to the presunt
NOTICE of the year 1839 a gready fall: Cepper prophets are far from twing inspired by a brary. The principal înjuris Naravine, liquors, -
EB.M.'s Cosainte,
torpedo boats, and the third is defended by for TAMBUI, 21st June, 1885. Chings and Juganese waters for a few nuts. renched figure 30 per cant. lower than the margine temperament, but rather sober and corn, tobacco, cotton, irou implements, and pro-fishing net and some clothing.
pedoes. The southara entraves itself is definded visions. It is stated that light Trouch dothe Ta master of the junk said he was lying fish-so I sent out an express on the Sth inst. for The undersigned Las just reenivad letter from by submarine mines. Thus Port Hamilton-is for west price at which it agad to be considered practical. Naturally, therefore, they also coming from factories which have medied their ing to the south of Aplishan when a boat came that purpose.
af almirna Laspón, Commandor-in-Chief of the French that the article could be profitably produced, think that the best remedy for the proceur machinery to produce the qualities required in alongside with the defendants and others on
In order to verify my statement I ou pro
Naval Forensis the Extreme East, stating that he will the present practically closed; it is not intended But the fall has begu severest in the chief state of things is to let affaire take their impete advantageously with English boil. The latter proceeded to lay their hands duce something to the satisfaction of the China Hung today, and that British subjects for general nes. This official reserve extends to
houses In Kelang should, before making alzine and German goof Bul it is impossible to un what they could and on board, bat the com- artielos of fand, and in this branch of trade
compote with common. English cotion goods plainant, seeing his father and some athars coming ciens to clear his blockend. I can also refor him beint work fy the undgesignal to Kelang, and British are addressed to the Admiral and are m
Mail correspondent, and if that is still innfainst the Frauche, examine the site of their homes. the telegraphio communication now cognating
borer of thin gircular, Constable Poterasa, is the settlement with Nagasaki, all telegra ste greatest decline has occurred in sugar. As to other alleged causes of the existing French fancy coitous are the cle ones that find in another beat to his assistance, began to show to a well-known merchant in Shanghai, in whosebjects sau eend their employés with aim to resue
a market. In rdware the Frouch produce fight, and managed to detain three of the pirates I wrote on the 6th iust about the chartering of passion of their honest. Inventories should be "privata and confidential" Sigas stations The Statist truly observes, also, that the re- depression, viz., the foreign bounty system, competes Ecussfully. There las been a great tilt the assistance arrived. They then took the astoamor of the sise mentioned by the sail Co markable feature about those declines in price the protective.tariffs of forsign countries, land spopulation at Haiphong, regarding which prisoners to the Police Station. The rest of Mail correspondent. If the China Mait dor
▲ FRATER, Consal have been erected, and a telegraph stali is is tire fact that they have occurred after a and foreign competition, Mr. FowLER does the ident is vere. The holders of the land, the pirates, however, had got off with a fishing respondent saya that bus was correct in his
22nd June at work upon Observatory Island, No- be mys, think to exercise, a suicient pressure on not and a lot of clothes.
version, I would challenge him to show the range of ptices had already been established not allude to them, but Mr. GrEr think the Franck Government, by means of the Presa
Six French vessels wore seen prissing Tzmani] thing can of course yot be done in the way of T'ko defendants ware ordered to find one surety public the proof that the Chinese tes merchantsustarasy, so that the evacuation be taken place. fortifying the place beyond selecting the spota which was to low as to excita a great deal of that our trade has bad its ups and downs or through their friends, to cene it to adopt this cach of $25 for their good behaviour for six were chartering or ever dreamt of chartering remark. Moreover, while all writers secus į irrespective of them, and as it has béea,
conspool (clongum, Haiphong, as the seaport of months, und in default of doing an they were such steamer as meationed by the said China Amongst them were L Galiscornire, Duguay most suitable for the erection of batteries. Tonquin; and they hope thon to soll for their committed to prison.
Must correspondent.
Trouin, and Atalante. The little Eats and a There is quite a lest in these mature at the thus agreed as in the fact of a general des we may be sure will it be in the future. Our weight in gold these Gibs of madoplus de bove)
A. DISPERATE THIEV.
As the China Mail correspondent used thecruiser remain behind a day to pick up the last present tims. In addition to the flagship are pression of Leads existing to 1834, at any welfare does not depend on anything but and with which is the meantinus they do nord with using, with another man not in cas
that they Love acquired for a mouthful of bread, Cheung Cheung Fat, unemployed, was charg-words "Jodlerons attempt to frighten," So. Ibatak of men.. The French have left it is the Agamenno, Cleopatra, Sapphire, Fire- rate as far as who coals merchants and ur own industry and energy. Sagat anis, thing-Deither building not usedre. Tas tady, entered the dweiling of one Ng Ming, a tote that he was cuacht in his own trap, and said. very little behind them of value.
may as well say that it is also tallerous for me
It brand, Zephyr, Linet, During, Peyasus, end manufacturers were concerned, there appears he thinks, bas (in a very small degree) been satia pony has heen fanm wegh muss service-shopkeeper residing at 26, Gilman-street, steal in the mean time I may give him recommend is said that the French soldiers are very anderer also the staxon-tender Tholes and the to be also à enesensus of opinion na to affected by foreign bounties, but the whole than the French and Arab horses imported.ng a jacket there, and cutting and woundingstion to look before you leap.Yaurs respact-plessed at the idea of leaving Formoss. The coal-ship Merionethshire. Weekly commerica
fully, a remarkable feature of this depression, viz., return to labour and capital employed in this proposed to make experiments by crossing two of the inmates of the house.
with foreiga stallions.
On the night of the 23rd uit, one of the om-
| death of Admiral Courbət was reported from tion is maintained with Nagasaki ew? fortnight- G. MINCHIN.. that it was not merely the usual roncion particular trade is only two or three millions
ployés in tac shop was awakened by the apice of
Amey
A foreigner who has visited Kelvingly with Shanghai by means of gunboots. Occa setting in after a period of inflation, but that per Daum as compared with aggregate by Sir William G. Armstrong, Mitchell, and one man, the prisoner. while the other man es- The Talachiko Kan, s poñerfal craiser, built two-nen in the house He jumped up and seized
lately says that the City of Kelang is in rains and dionally a Russian oruiser or German sloop puts level with the ground, Chinese officials give oxt (in at this port, apparently from sheer onriosity, ita principal characteristic ws-a special and earnings by the whole country of 1,200 mit Co., for the Japanese Government, has been chod downstairs. The prisoner garo the man a widespread decline of prices, so much so lions and more. The same is the case with anered from the shipbuilding yard of the firm out on the shoulder with a chopper, and the noise
that the Government colliary will be worked Į stays a day or two, and departs. at Low Walker. This vessel is in every respect brought the complainsat up into the room.
The nows which has reached this colony thus again. It will take a long time before Kolung
Sudu,Ae、 that, if it were not for the facts have wen. the trades affected by foreign tariffs or similar to the Naniwa K, bailt by the sauce The prisoner gave him a out on the wrist also far of the terrible calamity which has overtaken will rover itself. The residents were not Liotied with referunes to the low prices rating foreign competition, Accordingly the special company to the order of the Japanese Gorern but the two then got the chopper away and a vast stretch of country bordering the Canten wealthy, and half of the inhabitants were in any
ment, and lannobed on Maret 18. Both vossola arrested him.
DISASTROUS CYCLONE IN THE of late, the recent commercial depression remedies proposed to mest boauties, tariffs, are designed by Mr. W. H. White nail are the
River is as yet of a very meagre and incomplete thing but a dearishing sondition pravions to | :
QULF OF ADEN. would perhaps hurdly be noticed at all as a and foreign competition would not mitigate swifisst and most heavily areal erniers at Li Ayat, was convictal of stealing a quantity description, but enough has corte to hand to show the bombardment. How, after being drivas depression.
the depression
bnt would present in existent. They may be triedly des of clething, jewellery, and money, the property that for the district over which it riends the away from their homes formore then aine months The P. and O. steacer Kaisari Hind, which The matter restives itaf, iherefore, into rather aggregate it. Mr. GIFFEN bike ribed as onlarged Esmernides, with substantial of Lang Apin and thather, on the 21st it.
disaster is almost unparallelled in its severity, and with their properties destroyed and looted, arrived here from Bombay yesterday morning,
brought up news of a territik erefons wülék has* the question, what has brought about this that prices all round bavo, since the begin-almost identical with the Iris and Mercury, on the 21st June they left it together, looking, and that it wast entail a shocking amount of their houses to build up again, our the place re-aged in the Gulf of Aden through, which she general decline in the prices of wholesale ning of tao year, commenced picking up, despatch vessels of the Royal Navy. And the the door. In their absence the defendent get misery and suffering on thousands of wretched cover and thrive without sems sesistance from passed in safety, but in which & number of res commodities and sour then down so far be- and that a general reaction upwards is in 300 It in length, 40 ft. in bulth: draft of slotuing. Se, and soms articles of jowalory there have beer-eight or nine great braces desertions of ranch soldiers lately The Chift den 2nd Fuse at 10 am full o
Leunder class of partially protected misces into the house, stelo che complainant's people, As far as we have been able to learn, Liovernment? There have been one or two mere sols came to grief. The following is an extract les customary low level? Al here the evitable before long, the signs pointing 18 ft. of water, and about 360 tons displace and money oat of the other complainant's box. made in the river bank, through which a vast noso treat them well. It is said the men were wasther, light east wind with a long swell set-
ment. Sho has twin-screw engines, which are toe was afterwards found by the pedics in a room consensus of opinion enda. Mr. W. FOWLER, uther for the present to a speedy revery develop 7,500-horse power at least, and the esti- at 1.. Tauk Laws, with's dod deal of the stolen quantity of water was poured over the country not well looked after and were scaly fed. ting in from that carter. 11. p.r., wind and writing in the Contemporary Revisio a few in trade than to a postponemeal of remated speed is from 18 to 18 konts. The property in his possession.
23rd and 24th June, ses increasing, with tarments of rain, eased eq months ago, and Mr. B. Givres, writing in covery Lt we hope that this brighter fore- armament includes two 28-ton 20 aratimetre There were three prorious convictions record and the damage and loss of life occasjonėl Still extremely hot, indoors 91 to 92 dally, under gin to half apod. Midnight. Lst. 13.16 N, the same periodical; in the Bumber which cast of the future may be prored by events carriages na bow and store elusers. Ou six months hard inbour, his first and last forte the 19th ult, at the news traveled slowly, and arrived at Twatutia, yesterday 23rd They E. by S., socompanied with fierce rain squalls, gun, moanted on estre pirot automativa against the prisoner, and he was sentenced to are truly appalling. The averfow commented on serandahs 96 to 58 A lot of Chirico prisoners blowing a heasy gale from E.S.E., veering to Long. 47.17 E, 120 miles E. by N. of Aden, arrived here pesterday, and in some Parlia. ¦ to hayo been a true commercial prophecy. each broadside there are three 15 centimetre nights of incarceralion to be in solitary canno mentary Reports on the prices of importe
guns of 5 tons each, also on contro pivot automatic meat.
not until Sve days afterwards that the locked, I att bold, most miserable, thin, and much lightning, and an ugly threatening sy and exports based on statistics compiled at 0:10 gesterday morning.
The delivery of the English mail was began parringus of Elswield design, and along the
│leading Chiness in this colour received any in-worn.
pearance all rount, with high sin. Barometer, broadsidee there are also placed to 1 in machine Woor Ashing, anemployed, was charged with forthalion of it, and then the nowe was of so
Late Boys from Kelang is very unsatisfactory.a.m. a sudilon tremendos sus came up from the falling 29.80 at 8p.m. to 2904atlam. At1.50 under his direction at the Board of Trade,
guns and two rapid-tiring guns. There are two, stealing a pair of shoes, valued at 20 cents, the Nowa has hoan rooived in this colony by the masts, in the top of which four of the improved take ach a different, and yet not widely di-agents. Messrs. Melchers & Co., of the total loss Gatling guns made at Elswick will be mounted Propany of Lt Kosa Sing, yesterday morning.
Tegue a character that they were not able to It appears that the soldiery this time have been SE, ship labouring very heavily to it, shipping The complainant is employed at the engice form any idea of the magnitude of the mster. uisteloving, and we regret extremely to hear much water, and frequently dipping her ser dused the late decline of prices. The posi. The vessel was broad from Cardiff for this port carried on the upper deck, and all of them have the Praya, ant early yesterday morning he was roused all their sympathy and charitable foel- Soou's usa have boon kept well in order, and abits. Basel the engins to slow, and kept Terging views to the rause, which pro- of the German barque Bossini, sear Batavis, All the guns, oxrapt those in the tops urs boun of the Hongkong Fire Insurance Cs, on Later on information reached them which it, ne throughout the wit of reprisals General under and fooding out the after deck passenger tion taken by Mr. Oreres is briefly this. With cargo of coal, and left Cardiff on Feb. strong stal shields protating the loop with other disploves outside the door of ings to the utmost, for they learned that the when Twatatia foreign hongs were threatsaed Bar. 29.72 Kapt ship full speed on her cure. ship's hend to sea till 5 am, when it moderatel The characterises of the late depression On the 15th ultimo, whilst three Malay men the gun armament, sack roseal will have a gom. The prisoner canie past and picked up the shoes, are inndated was of great extent, that it in October and wore to follow the destruction Tho vozund was evidently in the right band semi- dese to a lower range of were crossing a small river in Pula Tekong, vao plota armament of locomotive desplans ejected but being seen by one of the evolien who was covered to a great depth, and in List or of the Missionary schools and chapels, the cirole of a cyclone travelling to the wasterd,
of the party was suddenly heard to all out for from four stations, two on sark broadside, situated appeared to bure boon sleeping with one eye prices ban had io 1870, the help. His frionds, on looking ron, wore at samtall height above water her are two opon, he was caught.
ton van villages had been utterly obliterated Taipeh of Talpol-fu called at Li Ming-and this so far up the Gulf of Aden is. I believe, of rare occurrence. The Orient steamer bigüria horrified to wee kun in the jaws off huge separate engine-rooms and two suparate stoke- minimum riers of the period thregaligator. They instantly rashed to his assistance, holds. Immedistely, after, the lanach, the bis name, four of which-ware for larcany, and beaumber of villages were under water, and it was people tuost affectually and promptly.
Pho defendant bać six previous conviations to and every soul in them had porished. A vast i chwan's soldiers and quelled the rising of the left Adea si 8am. for Australia, and would be which trade has passed since 187 heing but in so doing att inte doup water, and were Takackiho Kaa went to the establishment of
Socnearer the centre of storm, and probably œperi- not only lower than the minimud prices of vuable in any far to stop their friend's being Messrs. Rand. W. Hawthorn to receive her
truly pitiable spectacle to see the expause of after the French left Kelung it asoms that the enced worse weather.
One of the vessela loât is the British steamak the previous pefiul, but the casinom prives carried off. Of the following day, the alligator angines. The gister vessel, which has just re-
water dotted with such Trail barks as wooden solliers commenced to pall down foreigu buiki.
Spake Hall, which foundered in the storiu, sul being a lower than the former maximasumably seeking for another victim-Straits coining ther soginça, w
was seen hovering about the some spot, pre-burned from the same stablishment after re-
tube, oastienware jars and pans, to, testing inga, breaking the glass windows of Merands perishing tut o Henry Kezzor, the very shortly be ready
about with children in them who had baen em Douglas Laprak & Co.'s house, and removing second offer. The following arrative: sup wutilet worde, the minimue of the former Timer.
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lacked for their only chance of safety by miser everything from the premias, even fire grates, ño, plied by him to the Ceylon Überquer describes
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improvements." In dimension- the now vessel is
LARCENY FROM A HOUSE.
The complainants live in the same house, and
A WELL-SEASONED THIEF.
erowa from rifle and machino gantro. Besidor ho zagine hiuse, with his sheen beside his foot.
for a long distance on either sido of the river,
it
al Sadons. was committed to take his trial at the next Dri-a
BEFORE MR. H. E.-WOUEKOUSE TEOUSLE ABOUT AN INFORMER. Wong Ayak, married woman, So Akan, Barber,
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