1896.
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For 1886.
With which is incorporated THE CHINA DIRECTORY. (TWENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL ISSUE),
ROYAL Octavo, pp. 1,132 with plans $5.00, SMALLER ENTION, pp. 752.
..$3.00.
and on a
THE DAILY PRESS, SATUEDÀY, JANUARY $3rd, 1830.
during that time they provented the employés in
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himself individually to this special work
We have to knowledge rocnipt of a copy of the gang loft, and it was then found that they the requisite number of pieces; he tán fashions articles só a rulo do not undergo any proviour and become a modern HowARD. Sympathy lino for the surrent year.
the P&O. 6. N. Co.'s time-table for the Japas had opened the till, and bi takon therafmm these pieces by hammering them with a round hething but simply have a number of hole pano-
$242, the property of the proprietors of the supp. cover faced hommer upon a block of wood, from tured in them by mesas of variously chap BEWARE OF IMITATIÓNS.
would be. found amongst
four in number. They had also taken $7 from a PERKINS SAUCE with the work
The Original- and Renzino, the, Chinese themselves, for we rend in sequeboat from Fecolo tanded hors and pro-lto $12, and 300 cash. The meer was in in a sharoos are, and quickly cooling by immer syrup. The small orangen called our quat ara Yesterday mornings party of non from a Chi- not which had been broken, four balls of opium, time to time annealing the brass by heating it sharp instruments, and are then hailed in WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE haste Architect Coola bot this for the 10m2, un, tatret, hard tasy mouse a una of zilver dolen, broken silver, and goal sifree ston in water. It may here be as well to explain serapeut all over to free the essential ail from its
2. Queen where they the autograph sign of motion of the comfort, of prisoners humane piracy and chained his feat and handcuffed denies the ter procese v minutes, and that although iron and stool, &u, are made hard containing vesiclon, presinsly to puncturing
Gold wholesale by the persons sometimes give or bequeath sums of him with a view to currying him away this shap from rendering any assistance or or and more brittle by rapid cooling in water, and boiling, Peopsiefert, Wossssser; and money, and that many of the bigh officials Tho master of the house immediately sent for thin getting ent. They gave information to the yat that gold, silver copper, and other allied Crosse & Blackwell, Londer
Ramelting old broken glass is also an industry Police, who arrived in time to take the mon from polico at No. 7 Station, and Inspector Lindeny metals are toughoved and softened by this have invested funds the interest of which is the gunboat in mostly ne woll as the accused. It cans dows with some constables, and he want proogs. The stem, ja made by patting the which now empley's quito a considerable noun- BA AND PERRINS' BAUCE to be employed in providing medicine, fans is all cut the latter is a well-to-do mas aud por with thom to a house in Ti On-lane. On the pics of brass plate previously out to the pre-bar ef porcona The glass is melted in small
Of Growers and Obmor in summer, and warm underclothing in ses some pvperty. Whilst the Palicawarein the first floor they saw about a dozen zuen, and wit
aat of marching their prisoners to the Station the newest une rasguised the 8th and 11th pri per dimensions over a depression lo a small iron orzoibles sun the shape of a skittle pot. Who the winter for prisonora. There clearly-existe mandarin got off on the pratence of appunting to ouers among them. He saw the police search anvil or biok irma, then placing a tool of the de-largest of these hold about two tuuledwighti HONGKONG DISPENSARY.
therefore some feeling amongst the Chinese His Excellency the Administrator for the rendi. the place and find some silver, the four balls of sirol shapo upou the brass, and hamzaoring it; the or a Kitla lis; they are generally not only ons from on the subject and an amount of sympathy tion of the accused, but it appears that instead of opium, sad some doggers and pistela. The toul, together with the depression in the anvils in a furnace, which is stoked or "teazed
doing so ho bat vutwitted the Policeand returned opium was wrapped in the saxe paper za in high quarters with the sufferings of the on bond the gasboat. The whole hair has when it was in his chap, had he knew it thus forming a dis, and causing the brass to es- a small aportare closed by a stopper, scar the prisoners which, if intelligently direntad, boen branght to the notios of His rullency the by tao marks upon it. They also found uume the same pattern. When all the parts here side of the pot. To melt ons pot of glass the
Administrator, and we understand that the ac
the money for which had contained the boon fashioned to the required shapo, thoy aro Chinese consume about three hundredweight or
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It contains DESCRIPTIVA and STATISTICAL ACCOUNT of, and DirecTORIES for
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in great Variety.
ORNAMENTAL. DOXES. CHOCOLATE CREAMS. CRYSTALLISED FRUITS,
AND
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"NOTICE"TO"CORRESPONDENTS, Camranntantions on Elitorial matters short ha
might materially assist in bringing about the nod will be brought up before the Poline Court 57, and which he know by s mark upon the uljestand and bound together, with wire, and are mere of coal. The irons or hollow tals with
| radical roform so urgently needed.
The Russian cruiser Opritchnik, Captain Hessez, arrived at Singapore from Batavia ou the morning of the 14th inst.
Sir Hugh and Lady Low arrived at Pening from England per P& O. stoumor Nepazi, and left for Laroot the same evening per slaamer
Kinto
on a charge of piracy and murder.
LATEST TELEGRAMS.
| bottom.
Pang Cheung Fu. a servant in the same em- | then braged. “After ramóral from the fire, the pipes which the molten glass is gathered from id pot, have first to undorge a preliminary rough polish. I are condirably' lighter and shorter, than those dov, gave ovidegro af a vorroborative nature..
Inspector Lindsay said that at 8.20 on Thurs-ing, then the tip, which is a round generally cast used by Europeans. The loer for annosling the day evening, from information received. he went brasstube, and the bottom have to be soldered on. glass after it is blows is a little square pit con- With two lekar ge to the Tung On Chan shop. In rough polishing, the workman inserts a plane taining ushes and strow, which last, however, and from thenco to No. 5, Ui Ön-lace, which was
speedily bogomen barnt, to ashes, as it comes in coatnot with the betglass. The Chinesansemoulds made of clay, some of which are of remarkably
about 600 yards distant from that shop. On the of wood into the flat style previously referred first Bour ho found 12 mes, and begonrebed to, and upon this he places the pips; the piece of them, but found nothing onlculated to throw light wood is made to fit the inside of the pipe. The upon the case. He saw that thors was a ladder
Doxor at January. THE OPENING OF PARLIAMENT. Parliament was opened on the 21st instant. The Spotch from the Throns was read by the Lord Chancellor, Her Majesty the Queen being Tonight at the Theatre Royal, City Hall, the prosent. The principal fentaro relates to the con.Loading from this room to the rocf, and upon Pipe being thus firmly held, the woricaan first ingenious construction: one to partioslar, ad Zaravela Spanish Opera Company will give
hia Bret entsy ho ramoved the ladder. Hazing goes over it with a tool to scrape or cut away for blowing lamp chimneys, is very efectivo in their farowall performanas. We trust they sillation of feeland, and indicates a feeling only searched the men and tied them together, the inequalities; he thon files it smooth, after manufacturing shimaya which mark with a n
opposed to day disturbanon of the anion between as replaced the ladder and sent the lokangs which he solders on a cast brass bottom nimum of usage. hara, as they deserve, a good houss.
The throat of the chimneys Great Britain und Ireland, but surgents the prop to search. After searching and they and a small brass tube an inch or so long, which contracted by means of a wire which the blower hohle necessity of asking for additical powers brought down 52260 and 20 pieces of bro
kan silver, the four opium bails in court, form the mouth picos. The pipe is now randy works with a treadle; the mould is simply to repress boycotting and other ants of intimida.ame pistols arul swords, and a landed ravalvor. to be polished, which is done by means of fins a tamp of say with a small cylindrical orifted of As they were going out he found three charges sand. This is obfalood by stirring thesaud up with the depth and size of the large or bottom part of It promises refern of Local Government for of wonder in a hole in the wall Theath and water and using the upper portions, which, bring the oltarer, the upper portion being can out by
Nik prisoners were identidad by the witnesses both Erginné-eat Trelvad.
in a mero minuto e fate of subdivision, are longer the skill of the workman unassisted by the frott among a number of othie men.
PC. Tam Ching, No. 236, and PC. Heang held in suspension by the water and deposit last. mould. The Chiness workmen do not tarver In, 65, gave evidence corroborative of that of The articles, after being previously polished the lump of motton glass on the end of the iron Inspector Lindsay. In addition to the things with fine saad, are buished off with the Ensly by rolling it rasud on a flat iron sinh milled a he mentioned they deposed to finding dading their search of the roof of the house in Ui On powdered snd lavigated silicious ash obtained by marrer, just immediately after gathering, as lann, sorve oiled paper, sech ar was used by bur burning rice husks. The outer casa of these pipes European workmen do; they have no marvara, glars for making torches with, and also some when of brase is also made in the same manner, buttocks, or any of the appliaames that Europe ins powder and knliefs in a room from which they win of imitution or real tortoise-shelf or of the are accustomed to make use of; nothing bat s had soon the prisoners como.
The Agent has recived telegraphio informa tion that the Pacific Dail steamer City of Syntury, with San Francisco dates to the 29th altimo, has arrived at Yokohama, and will sail for this port to-day.
Wo hear that the raluable property known as No. 7, Queen's-rend Central (até Messrs. Jur- addressed "The Blitne," and those on business "Tho diue, Matheson & Co.'s officos and godowns), bus. Manager," not not to individuals by name.
Correspondents aro raznosted to forward their name and address with comunicationa addressed to the Řitor, not for publication, but sa uridence of good faith.
All lettore for publication should be written on one aids of the paper only.
„Advertisememba and Sabsoripticos which are not. ordered for's used period will be sentianed until countermandeâ.
Orders for extra copies of the Daily Press should herent before I am. on the day of publication. Scottish Oriental S.S. Colter that hour the eupply is limite
Miscellaneous Coast
Steamers.
The LIST OF RESIDENTS now contains the names of
TWELVE THOUSAND, THEYE HUNDRED, AND
EIGHTY SIX FOREIGNSE arranged under one Alphabet in thú striotest order, the initials en woll as the -- surnamUS being alphabatical.
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The MAPS and PLANS have been mostly re-engraved in a superior style and brought op to date They now consist of
KLAGE MERCANTILE Horses In China. CODE OF SIGNALS IN USE AT VICTORIA PRAK. MAP OF THE FAR EAST.
MAP OF THE ISLAND OF HONGKONG. PLAN OF THE CITY OF VICTORIA. PLAY OF THE City or CANTON, PLAN OF FOREIGN CONCESSIONS, SHANGHAL PLAN OF YOKOHAMA,
PLAN OF MANILA.
PLAN OF SAIGON.
FLAN OF GEORGE TOWN, PENANG.
The Daily Press.
HONGKONG, JANUARY 28ku, 1886.
tipu.
[FROM THE "HAIGONNAIS."]
Paris, 12th Jannery THE FRENCH PARLIAMENT. The ordinary session of Parliament has com The Chamber of Deputies has re-stooted. M. Fleqnot as its President.
changed bands, having been purchased by Mr. Q. P. Chatar for the handsome prica of $150,0008 The Tramway will soon be introduced into Penang as well as Singapore. The Penang Gemenced. zette bays that Mr. Gardener, the Superintend ing Engineer of the Penang Tramways Company. Limited, arrived there on the 8th inst, and was to comme solive operationa izmediately.
A correspondent writes to us suggesting the atroduction of one or two vosal pieces in the Concerts so kindly gives by the Band of the Northamptonshire Regiment in the Batinic. Gardens on Sunday evenings His suggestion
has been anticipated in the programme for, to morrow-overing,
.
A funeral service in honour of the late King Alfonso was performed in the Cathedra) at Efanila on the 15th instant, at which all the offeinds, | nivil, military, and naval, the foreiga Consula, and a large conorarse of the general public were pre- seat. The building was suitably draped, and a dea-handsome catafique had been prepared.
THE prisons of China bave justly been cribed by Archdeacon, Gray sa “habitations
We are requested to sixe that Mr. Wode- of cruelty." No words are sufficient to cou-house proceeds to England on Tuesday next, the vey any adequate idea of the horrors of these 25th ist, by the French mail steamar. His address in London will be the Colonial Office. noisome places of confinement. Prisoners Mr. J. H. Stewart-Lockhart has kindly consent- who have rich friesde say porchinse some ed to carry on the duties of Honorary Secretary alleviation of their punisbinent, but the of the Exhibition Commission this side.
moro dumerous and less fortunato close who bave no friends willing or in a position to help them aro virtually sentancad to a living death when they are incarcerated. No doubt
PLAN OF TOWN AND ENVIRONS OF SINGAPORE, many of our roaders when doing" the sights of Canton have been taken by the guide to a gaol or bouse of detention, and from the sppearance of the prisoners may have been able to gather some notion of the misery these unfortunate creatures endure, but few have had the opportunity or inclina-
Among the other contents of the book re An Augio-Chinese Calendar, Maantime of San ris xud Sunset. Men of Bereter und Thermometer, Rainfall. Eclipses. Fastivals, c.
A fall Chronology of remarkable events since the advent of foreigners to China and Japan A description of the Festivals Fests, &ction to make a longthened study of prison
observed by Chinese, Mahomedaus, Parsons, Jors, &o.. with the days on which they fall. life in China. Arebdeacon Gray, however, Comparative Tables of Money, Weights &o. The Hongkong Postal Guide for 1886. Arrivals and Departures of Mails and Parcel
Post at und frem London art Hongkong. Scales of Commissions and Charges adopted by the Chambers of Conner of Hongkong and Shanghai. Hongkong Chair, Jiurieksbo, and Bont Hire.
This fasce contains the New Sale of Hong kong STAMP DUTIES, also tables of COURT-FEES not elsewhere published. - The APPENDIX consists of
Fort HUNDEED PAGES
of closely printed matter, to which reference is constantly required by residents and these hating commercial or political relations with the Countries embraced within the scope of tho CHRONOGE and DIRECTORY.
The Contents of the Appendix are too many to enumerate in an Advertisement, but include TREATIES WITH CHINA→→→
Great Britain, Nanking. 1842.
Tientsin, 1859
Chefou, with additional Acticle, and all others not abrogated
France, Tientsin, 1858
Convention, 1860-
Tientsin, 1885
United States, Tientsin. 1856
11
Additional, 1969
Peking, 18
German, Tientsin, 1881
Peking, 1890
Rusin, Japan. Spain, Brazil, and Peru. TREATES WITH JAPAN-
Great Britain
Cxited State
TESATE WIth Corea
TESATING WITH SIAM
Netherlands Corea
THEATIES WITH ANNY TERATIES WITH CAMBODIA CSTOMS TARIFFE
Chinese
Japanese LEGAL
Siamese
Corean
Orders in Council for Government of H.B.M. Subjects in China and Japan, 1865, 1677, 1878, 1881
Fales of H.B.M. Supreme and other Courts
in China and Japan
fables of Consular Face
Code of Civil Procedure, Hongkong Admiralty Rules
Foreign Jurisdiction Act
Regulations for the Consular Courts of Unitsil
States in China
Rules of Court of Consale at Shangbui
Chinese Passenger Aøk
TRADE REGULATIONS
China Марка
Siam
Custeras Buizure. Chinu
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The sole by caction of Messrs. Kuhn & Co large collection of ancient and modern Jaşuume carios and works of art will take place to-day 15 the Queen's Road store, when Mr. Lammert will wield the baminer." A good opportunity is afford nd to lovers cf Japanese works to add to their eck- leations. The catalogue anmprises 760 Tots.
The Straits Toner egys—“His Excellency Rear Admiral Kornilow, who has been appointed to encased Admiral Crown in the command of the Russian squadron an the China station, is or commard will be offested at Singapore, efter preted shortly from Europe, and the change of
lach Admiral Crown will return home. The flagship of the now Admirat." Vladimir Monach will continge to be the
Regiment will play in the Botanical Gardens The Band of the 58th (Northamptraškira) to-morrow, ceara ucing at 9 pm. The follow-
Overture...La Fidéle Bergen"
Adadi. Cossea
THE SPANISH CORTES.
The Queen Regent of Spain has prorogued the Cortes.
DEATH OF COMTE DE FALLOUX. The Comte da Enilonx is dead.. [We take the following sketch of the Corate de
Fatlan from
Wen of the Tira"- Fallour, Alfred Frédério Piorrs, Comte de, a French politician; born 7th May, 1811, ut Angers, is the son of a merchant, who, at the of the witnesses previously called and identified part of silics (probably the asks of rice husks and qualities, and also a sort of spread window Restoration, received a patent of cobility as a the boat in which the body was found as that of powdered with unina, sulphate of alumina Finse in very small pieces, an account of all these reward for his zoal in the cause of the mone.the doces chy The son showed by his "two" earliest | works-Histories of Louis XVI. nad of Pope St. Pius V.-published resp;ctively in 1830 |
Porg Shang, one of the partners of the firm, prepared shark's skin called shagreen itis general-sort of little flat iron trowel-shaped tool, and a gavo idanco as to the ownership of the pro-ly imported ready made from Canton. This ea pair of poonliarly shaped pincers. These, and the perty stolen.
graving is done by little bits held in the hand and moulds and irons, are about all the Chinesa glass- The case was remanded to Monday.
a small hamm. The pipos are often onneed to blower's whole stock-in-trade. Chinese glass- THE MURDER OF A WOMAN, IN A SAMPAN. tempirarily assume the appearance of white blowing in Canton is, hawaver, an entirely dif
Lin Ayan, coolie, was brought before the curt, on remand, on a charge of having murder. metal by rabbing upon them a gray powder forous affair and is on a much more elaborate
basi As they there have the art of making - ed a boatwoman lamed Leung Ayan at Stou- mixed up with a little water. I made an sualysis
of this stuff and found it to consist for the most after a fashion coloured glass of various patterns kiwan on the 3rd inst.
P.3. George Saners, recalled stated that two
The case was farther remandoil for a week. DISFARED. HEAT SUPPLY.
Yaa Kwai Tai, catile dealer, was charged with bringing a diseased calf into the colony on the 21st ist.
Inspector Bas kaw the defendent bring a calf into Kennedy Town which was suffering so badly from diarrhea as to be almost in its last stages, and in sach a state that itu diesco oculd not have failed to be apparent to the doleudunt. Hatunk the calf and isolated it.
The defendant plautet ignorause of the and mal's disease.
· Fined $19.
ALLEGED ATTEMPTED KIDNAPPING,
T. L. R.
azd potans, oxides of mercury sad tin, and a trace presses would go broad the limits of this brief of iron. The powder has probably been inade by notice. A description of glass blowing in Can- grinding together an austgam of mercury and tor and some other parts of China preper rausi tin with alum, and the rice husk ash prerionaly consognoatly be reserved for a future cosasion.... alluded to; this latter forms about nine-tenths of the mixture. The sand for polishing as well as this silvering mixtura ara applied. by means of apiece of the soft wood entlod by Chino Shui- churig, if is a sort of cypress tree, I believe, and We do not hold ourselves responsible for the upisalonum may be seen lining the sides of the creeks and paddy fields in low damp situations near Conton.
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THE PERSECUTION OF PRINTERS. TO THE EDITOR OF TEL “DAILY THESS.” SIE-I was much surprised to gather from your article of this morning thobna sus concol
Its kind in the Colony-had been ecuated ed with your establishment, the principal une in regard to the Bli speially affanting
and 1814, that he inherited the Legitimist principles of his family, and their ardent love the eve of order and religion. The de partment of. Majus-of-Loire returned him in 1846 to the Chamber of Deputies, where he became conspicuous by his seluas advocacy of liberty of religious teaching. After the fight and abdication of King Louis Philippa, in 1843, 31. de Falloux was returned to the Con stituent Assocably, and laboured there with an smonnt of zeal and political eoarage which
Gongs and cymbals are also made of sheathing Tsoi Atak, outtle dealer, was charged with a extorted admiration even from his opponouts. He was one of the deputies who organized the similar offence. The prisoner was noe of four metal by Chiness, and the great art in making resistance to the insurgents of the 16th of May, men whom a loitang caught in the net of taking these instruments of torture sufficiently 'sonorous and on the 29th, being appointed reportar in discused cor to the slaughter boase at Yaumati.appears to be mash hammering. Pots and pans the question of national workshops, he moved The beast as so far goue with disease that she likewise caused to assume their shape by printera and publishers, and, notwithstand the dissolution of the Climber, watch was the was unable to walk, and the men had it carry signal for the uprising of the Red Republiher slang on bamboos. Thay dropped the vow hammering, but these do not receive more of this ing the learned Attorney-General's acce GOLS in Jano. After the election of Louis and ran as soon sa thoy saw the constable, and treatment than is shaointely necessary to shape what spocious arguments, really affecting no Napoleous Presilent of fis Republic, M. de only the defendant was caught the rest escaping them properly; the roundness and thick smooth one else. I don't appose there is a single
Fined $10.
person in the colony catida nowy paper and Fallous was appointed Minister of Pablie In-
appearance of the elges given by folding them printing, officer who cares even a small-small struction, 20th December, 1849, and held that
DESERTION. past until the wad of October, 18, when he John Charles Clucka, scarumn, was charged by or a piece of wire and then soldering or bras" whither printers maza aclarations, and resigned in consegnenes of his being cansured. P. 8. Komp with being a desorter from the 3rding the edges, leaving the wire inside. Very ivo bonds or not Bat we care for the principle, for the frendon of the Press, and that for submitting to the Assembly an organio Bus lately stationed boro.
many articles are also made from in plato, by there should be no unnecessary elias legislation measure relating to vacation without having The defendant admitted that he dosarted from cutting, soldering, &c., but this is not often and obsolate laws. I may be mistaken in regard first brought it ardor the notice of the Couth The Buffs on the 7th May last. made frequent visits to the prisons bath in
The Military Authorities were communicated bammered into dish or bowl shapes; when it is to your having been consulted before the Bill cil of Stato. Thoreupon he took his place in the Legislativu Assogibly, to which he had with, and the case was rounded:
ao treated, many layers are generally soldered was prepared, but your contemporary's remarke Canton and elsewhere, and has given us the
ne well as your own lead me to the conclusion been again retamod "by too department of
together, making the article thus prodused ap-that you have not been. The Attorney-General result in his valuable work on China. A yaaring is the programme:
Maine-et-Loire, and acting in concert with | Li Afuk, unemployed, and Jan Kam Hing, pear more than usually heavy and substantial. spoke of the dignity of the Council. Per or two ago also a pamphlet on the subject
Montalembert, provoked the most violent re-rasuan, wero charged with having been donecrand
haps the Law Revision Committee thought written by a Chins an appeared in Canton,
uriminations from the Loft. After the coap with two others not in custody in attempting to
The Chinese are not expert in the working of it beneath their dignity to net information d'etal, withdrawing from the areas of politics, carry away a child of seren yars, the daughter aud attracted scine attention. Two per cont.
ep is with agricultural of a muri amed Au Ur, Yamenti, va the latine; although in molting they know how to cover from ue to take the views of the only persons
interested in the Dill they wers, preparing, pursuit but bs nume contined to
iminat
it with charcos, yet they invariably volatilize they had been drawing up Bills to regulate or The defondant and two others went into Au or otherwise wasty good deal Chiness bras, too,tate security from, sfy the Deck Company or per mouth is not considered an unusua)
brought very frequently under the nation mortality among the prisoners and it sa/NG- A Bill for the parts of rendering gal f tho publie ia connection with his Un's shop and having asked for something the times rasches a sateh bighor figure. The the punishmentof males by whipping was entre Catholic sentiments. He took an dofeudants sized bin, and the other two men is generally vary rotten and defective: this arises the Tramway Company, would the directors of
first time in the Legislative Council of the Straits
active part in prisons
frot his daughter. There was such a clamearless from an improper mixture of materials than these not have been first cousulted? "cre polluted with filth and Boltonauts on the 12th inst. There has been
the precordings of Catholic Congrow had at Meblin in 1867. risol, however, that they released the child and from want of skill in the molting and casting. verain of every kiud, and the prisoners case in which the punishment alluded to has
Ja 1869 beattempted to router the Assembly flol. The two defendants were subsequently seldom or never have an opportunity afboer employed sgainst females for 2020 years,
for the 3rd cirescription of Vendén, hat found and arrested. forded them of washing their bodies, or even
Of late yours the manufacture of leather boota "was defented by the official moraine Tho Ordered-to-fiad two sureties of $25-sach-for- -Coat de fallenx; who was reted ember vir good behaviour for six months and in dead shoes both Chines and forsign, bus assum dressing their hair, water in Chinese prisons
of the Propub Academy in 1856, has written a fanit were committed for three montly impri-ed the proportions of quite an important indus- boing a scarce commodity, and hair coils
vast number of seticles in the Correspondant, somment.
try in the Colony. This manufactors is carriepkeeper of a printing ess shall register bis articles almost unknown."
~ of which he is one of the editors, und also the
following worka: Histoire de Louis XVI.” Booboo Singh, an ex-police constable, was on not only for supply of the local consumption, name and address. I think that would be 18-40, Dad edit. 1841; "Hatteo da Saint Fie charged by P.S. Konety with having the in- but large quantities of loather. boots and shoes the course mastia recordance with the V. Papa de Ford F Précheurs," doticney to perform his solalons in the garb of are also manufactured in the Colony for expart publio noods as well as with the dignity" of the Council. I need not rapost the els, 1918 3rd di Sanrenirs data only in the view of a considerable num-to all parts of the world, including Australia, armaments you have already put forward, but Charité 1867, Mountchiza, sa Visher of people, on the Fraya West yesterday mora- the Straits Settlements, Saigon, Haiphong, what can be the use of sureties when the law can et ses Envrer."2 vols., 15. Méditations et ing
Vancouver's Island, San Francisco, and South take possession of the po, prusses, and other Prières" 185l; "Là Convention de 15 Septembro 1804; Itinéraire de Tarin
and Central America. So far as I am aware, property of a newspaper office, which mast, in all cases, I suppose, be worth many times the Rome" 1863. "Agrialture et Politique." Fung Ahop, chair coatie, was fined half a dol- there in no peculiarity about Chinese methods amount of security required under the old Ur 3865; and Les Blections Prochaines" 180lar for drunkenness and disorderly conduct in of sewing or cutting out the material, which, as dinsnes, now, let us hope, to be realed He has also adited the Lotters of Medhas the street on Thursday evening.
Whathar the old low was necessary or not E Swotchine and some devotional works by tie! Berthold Gaisberg, stewart of the American boing dissimilar to European practice, would be same author. In 1889 there were paolisted barque C. P. Dit was fined $2 for drunkes-worthy of record here, with the exception of the have reason to suspect that in many instanges it two volumes containing the political speeches nos and disorderly conduct, and bound over in thick sales of Chinese, that is, native patternshoes. Las not boun carried out. Besides the news- and writings summing up his political life. is owe reregnisanges of 520 to keep the posse The soles of thos, felt, leather, S. So, after Papers and job printers I know of fear firms
for six months. He was threatening to a being first cut out to the proper shape, are then printing prASON. Has the law been anfor
The total at-
BongThe Better Land".... Selsel Le Prophe
Meyer her. So "The Lost bord" By spoil mesta Jivan. AuthernBuholt how recurd joyful
Jxo, Mosan, Bandmaster.
exemption of women from such punishment.. -·|-but it has very properly-been-doomed-right that
should be maễn by Ordinance, as there are still ging of weann may be ordered. in existance some Ordinspect under which fog-|
sence of sanitary arrangements gives rise to shareholders in the Tanjong Pagar Dock Cem- An extraordinary general meeting of the pestilential stenches, and as the prisoners are pany. Limited, was held at Singapore on the 13th orowded to excess the whole of them may inst, at which theresolutions passed on the 23rd sometimes be found in the hot weather, when increasing the capital of the company to $140.000 by the creation of 6,000 new shares, they are almost suffocated, in a complete amending the Articles of Association as to the stato of nudity. Archdeacon Gray records allotment of shares, and providing for the half- A case in which he himself witnessad this. to the shareholders in March and September, yearly report ami balance sheet haing 'rendered The horror of the case is intensified by the instead of February and August, were con- knowledge that men and even women are sometimes subjected to imprisonment in thes dene for no crime committed by themselves, but as hostages for relatives who are charged with some offence but who have not been arrosted.
Archdeacon GRAY says it would indeed ba
firmed.
A daring attrapt at robbery took place in the Queen's Rond on Thursday evening. Captain
E. Blanchard was walking in Qaser's Road Contral about 8.30 pm, when two Chimanen came up on either side and one of them made a sudden snatch at in watch and chuis, with which he ran off. Mr. Bwalee (of Mestra Lana, Crawford & Co.'s), who wit- an unspeakable mercy to Chinese prisonere nessed the theft, set of in pursuit of the ma were a Chineas HowARD toappar. In the pre-who was stopped by Mr. Rapp. He was taken face to his last work JOHN HOWARD Raid: To before Mr. Wise at the Magistracy yesterday
jand remandɔd. y country I commit the result of my past
labours. It is my intention again to quit it
might bave led him had bis life been spared
SUPREME COURT.
ad January.
TOO PUBLIC ABLUTIONS.
Fined one dollar.
INEOBRIETY,
inaded revolver he had in his hand when arrested.
LAEVENT FROM THE PERSON.
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However, as your viewe are those of porscus inborosted, in fow words from one who is padder n newspaper publisher nor the owner of a print | ing, press may be useful. I way say that 1 ogres
with you that the only sensible sourse would be
to repeal the old Ordinance in its antiraty, and
phast, if thought moonsary, simply that cash
and one missionary establishment whe possess
hinder the tightly pressed in a contrivance for the purood in their cases? What is Ho Acha, coolie, was charged with stealing a pose, which is made of a balk of hard wood some Periguess in charge of any of these printing alibol without tho kowledge of his employara ? gold watok and chain, valus $150, from the five feet long by ifteen faches in dianter. To be consistent each of these firms should be person of Capt. F. E. Blanchard, on the 21st morties about va inches wide by three feet long required to find sureties. I would suggest that
inst
This case was remanded to Tuesday,
SOME MINOR INDUSTRIES OF
HONGKONG.
The leather ased by Chinose is oxopedingly durable if well oiled and greased; but it will not bear ordinary European blacking, which soon dries, cracks, and breaks it. When used for solea it does not wear so well as English leather, moloss protected' by iron
LATE TELEGRAMS.
IF SUMMARY JURISDICTION.
The complainant said that at 8.30 on Thurs.is out out of this piece of timber, leaving about it might be made illegal to print anything for BEFORE MR. JUSTICE KUSSELZ.
day evening he was walking in Queen's-ned one foot of wood entire at the bottom and toppablication, whether in any European language or in Chinese, without the name of the printer, II. 8 GREELEY V. Z. DE SOUZA, 835
Central when the prisoner and another au The soles are placed in this mertion, and between but anything beyond that is oertainly not n On the Friday prosions the defendant in this came up on either side of him. The prisoner och sole is a thin piece of flank; wedges are quired. I see on the Queen's-read and back On Thursday evening another raid was made suit claimed $1.67 of Mr. Greeley as wages das auka sudden snatch at his watch guard, szd
press each. Have they complied with the lar for the purpose of revisiting Russia, Turkey, in this colony. About a dozen met made a des- hire for services rendered at the Hongkong passion of his watch and chain, with which. et driven in at the top until the soles are streets numerous Chhose shops with a small or are they, as in the cass of the Stamp Act, cout upon & clautler's shop on the Praya West Hotel as watchmasu. Mr. Greeley was not in he ran off. He raised a cry of thief, and the judged to be authoisutly pressed; they are
then removed from the press, and the allowed to ignore it P-Yours faithfully, and some other countries, and extending my near Messrs. Jacline, Matheros & Co.'s pou pior court when the ease was called on, and judgment arisoner was caught.
Mr. G. B. Swales, assistant to Mesare. Lane, Reveral layers RowD or pegged together
A. SPENSERIAN. tour into the East." How far his journey and in a few minutes they obtained money and was givou against liim for the amount cinimod,
| other property worth nearly $230, and got off. Mr. Greeley now claimed $15 of the defondant Crawford & Co., stated that lu saw the prisoner. Trepastor Lindsay, however, sonces to have traer as the price of s svit of bine Hansel porter's snatch the complainant's watch and chain. He with swall wooden pegs. The use of leather Hongkong, 22nd January, 1856. it is impossible to say, but assuredly if he thom, for he wont to a house a short distamos off uniform which had been supplied him by the ran after the man, and saw him stopped by Me. has within the past few years much increased had ever visited the prisons of Chins his son afterwards. urrustel eloren mes, and reccor Hotel, and which it was allegal ha had not r F app. The prisoner threw the watch down amongst the Chiness.
¡ in the road. great heart would have bled at the cruelty have been charged before the Police Court, and the the Hotel Company for fourteen days, and had
ed a portion of the stolen property. These men turned on quitting their employ.
The defendant said he was in the employ of
The followingtalegrams are from the Rangoon he would have found there. Can nothing case will be found reportert in another solama.
Gazalte to leave on account of sickness. He left on the now be done to inaugurato in China a work
la cauction with the strike among the coolies 8th, and provious to going he asked the clerk
CALCUTTA, 26th December. The latest intelligence from Eangoon regard. Custom and Harbour Regulations for the dif. on the same lines as that so ably accom-employed on the new fort at Shaniwan mon- what he was to do with his uniform. The clerk
ferent ports of Chine, Philippines, Siam, aplished by Howano in England and other been found that the man whom the cooltos bound lef: his uniform babind the door.
tioned in yesterday's Daily Press, has sineo said he was too busy to attend to him, and be
One of the principal minor industries of Heng-boats, or cleats, in which case, as when welling the outbreak of decity in British Parrah is Pilotage Regulations
European countries? It is to the mission-band and foot and took to Shuukiwau Sution br. Greeley said the man left after three days one the manufacture of Chizess hubble greased, it shows less tendency to crack than ary body that one naturally looks for the had some loser connection with the loss of their service and bad not returned his unitors. I bubble pipes. These articles are as arcle use European leather, and probably lasts longer. initiative in a movement of this kind. That wagon than being the hepthor of the thief. He had wont his clerk for it several times, and the of brass or yellow metal sheathing cat to the
The Manufacture of tobacco is another insonora has now been identified as the man who actually man had promised to return it.
proper shupo with shears, and brazed or soldered body bas already conferred an immense boon received the money, and has been arrested by His Tentship said it seemed a long price for together. The importation of yellow metaldustry employing a large number of workmen on China by the introduction of Western the police. The case was before the Folies Court the clothes of a man in the defendant's position sheathing has been a godsend to the Chinese in Hoogkong: The leawa after being watted with. A serious disturbance Eas occurred in Poons
yesterday, but was simply remanded apos her Mr. Greoley said ike uniform consisted of trou- and France and Siao, Additional Article to medicine. Another field promising bardly application cf Iospechar Swanston, no evidence sers, coat, and cap, end the price claimed was workers in brass, who'make from It's great vs. native diolasses water, are placed between boards) between some men of the Gloucester Regiment
less fruit in the alleviation of misery and being takou.
what he had to pay the tailer for them,
ziety of objects, pots and pans, gongs, cymbals, in a powerful wooden presa, in which pressure is and the King's Own. A soldier of the latter Regiment under the infuence of liquor, distress offers itself in the direction of pri-i
His Indahip, after hearing the evidence of and other instruments of causis, and many other brought to bear by means of a long lever, hauled abused a sentry of the Gloucester The latter re con reform. A conference of all the mis- Cricket Club and the Nous Commissioned Ofers the stark, gave judgment for the plaintiff for 37 things which, proriously to the importation of tant by a rope and wooden windlass; the stand tastet by kubaking the King's Own masa down it is published, or to the following Agents canaries engaged in work in China is to te and Men of the Garrison was enmenoad.
sheathing metal, had to be made by the far more ing part of the repo ismade fast to stout smooth with the butt end of his rille; this brought out a number of the King's Own men to the rescue bordwood bar situsted beneath the end of the seeing their comrade in dificulty: The Guard costly and laborious method of casting.
The Chiasse pipos alluded le above are mana lover. The end is taken over the lover, then of the Gloesaster Regiment turned set with their factured in several establishments in the Co- over the bar, ouey again over the feror and is rifles and were quickly reinforced by others. A lony, one of the largest of which eploys nearly then taken down to the windlass, the bar thus serere fight ansand in which several mea sustain- a bundred persoas, mot and bore. The workmon taking the part of a single, and the smooth ended serious injuries; gas soldier of the King's Own lost na wys, another had his nose smashed, it upon a little low stool before anarron wooden of the lever that of a double, sheare block. The and a third was severaly injured about the head,
Hererose
Charter of the Colony
New Rzon of Legislative Council
J
Si
Loo
The Treaties between France and China, 1885,
Chatoo Convention, together with many other items, have not appeared in previous issues.
Orders may be sent to Daily Press Otoe, where
MACAO.........
.Mr. P. A. da Cruz.
SWATO... Messrs. Quelch & Co. AMOY. Mazara. C. Gerard & Co. FORMOSA......Mesura. . Gerard & Co. FOOCHOW.... Messrs. Hedge & Co. NINGPO
Messrs. Kedy & Walsh, B'ghai, SHANGHAI......Meurs. Fall" & Holla
SHANGWAL......Mnsara. Kelly & Walsh,
RIVER Parts
HIOGO, OBAKA.Messes F. Walsh & Co.
YOKOHAMA.....Messrs. Kelly & Co.
Mahila ................... Mesars. Diaz Puertas & Co. SAIGON
TORQUIN.Mr. Ch. Dupont.
BANGKOK....Mesare. Ramsey & Co.
SINGAPORE.....Messrs. Sayle & Co.
PENANG... Messre. Maynard & Co.
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The cricket match betwooh the Hoopkong
yesterday at 2pm. Owing to the late rain, the
held in a few years, probably in 1890. The grond was dippery and heary, and scoring was preparation of papers to be read at that con-not so free as usual. Senatin and Robison ference is already, we believe, engaging the played well for and 24 respectively, for the Club, but the remainder did very little, and the attention of some of those who will take ret innings closed for St, For the Garrison 4
wickets fall for 9 rüne, but Sergt. Savage m
POLICE COURT.
2nd January..
BEFORE MR. A. G. WIRR,
ANOTHER ARMED ATTACK, ON A SHOP.
Eleven Chinamen wore brought before the
satisfactory. The troops and police have driven tho daaoila without dificulty from Sheargreann, Mvitkyo, Sitting, and Wimpadaw, inflicting considerable loss and taking about sevenly pri-
BOMBAY, 28th December
part in it. A study of the state of P Private Warbaston then made a good stall, const charged with having entered the Tung | four-legged treste er bench, about three feat bare of the windlass árə generally about air feet Rifles were also Brod, but fortunately no one was
*ST, ELMO.".
NORTHERN&Mesra. Hall & Halls and Kelly sons in Chips, with suggestions for their re-and the innings finally reached 83, only 5 rune
& Walsh, Shanghai form, would be a useful subject for con- less than the Club. Private Warburton carried On Chan chandters shop: 19. Prays West, arm, long, having at one end two staples or rings of long, and are removable like capatar bars. When shot. Tha disturbance was only quelled after NAGARART Mesars. The C. & 5. Trading Co. sideration, and would, we think, hardly be his bat for a hard hit 11. Sergt. Savage and stealing therefrom $943 in silver, on the iron projecting awards some few inches from the losses are suficiently pressed, the resulting the whole Begiment had turned out under arms,
the fass of the bench; and near the contre of the anus ar cake of tobaco is cut into shreds with beyond the sphere of the conference to dis-rade 19, and Corp Freeman 1t. The match will let inst
be continued at 11.30 am toxiny..
Fang Chuk Sang said he was an accountant cmas. In the year 1899 will fall the hun-
in the Tang On Chan shop, and he was on duty beugh is a fiat staplo also of iron. All the toola two-handled kaires; the cake of tobacco being THE LOSS OF THE BRITISH SHIP We are glad to learn that the sorts of the there with two or three fokis on Thursday oven- used in this industry, such as sigare, files, cutting placed upon a small wooden plank, is cut down dredth anniversary of the death of Jon Police in tracking the practs concerned in the ing. Between seven und eight pr. the 8th and ur rather perkaps scraping tods, &c. &, have upon by the workman, who from time to time Capf. S. Smith, of the British shúip St. Elme. Howard, and it would be interesting to see the robbery from Mr. Byramjee's house have been 11th prisoners came into the shop together, and fixed to an end of them a smooth piece of pushes the mass forward, as it gots eat a writes under date of the 11th January as follows centenary celebrated by the inauguration into some extent of As already stud asked to buy something, and soon after they had wood or bamboo about one to two feet long; this hare not personally tried the delectable articlo to the Straits Times
theboy" has been arrested in Canton, and iso deuo so sue or two ethers came in. These were China of a work similar to that accomplished now hear that he has confessed his participation flowed by about teu mare, and they all, then is inserted into the iron rings or staples before of morghandize thus produced, but have often
In your ice of Saturday I notion ♣ trans- by the distinguished philanthropias in in the robbery and named soris noromplious produced armas from under their clothes. Some referred to, and the other end, that is, the bandle been nauseated by smelting it, for a more dis- istion from a Netherlands. Ludia newspaper ter Barope. The missionary conference, if they money changer to whom la disposed of part of the hand swords and some had revolvers the eighth of the tool, is held by the workman in his hand; agreeable edour than that of ordinary Chiness latire to the loss of my ship the St. Elmo. I had already board of this notice having been molled down two chains,has promised to pay Mr. eighth demanded of him the key of the money bax,
published at Macassar, as also of the sama or purely religious point of Eyrazjes $150 compensation for the same, and sud heat onec ran into the room at the back to the tocl, and thus allow the workman to bring
similar notices having been published in papers LONDON... Mess. Strast & Co.,30 Cornhill. ew; it would in fact be inespedient that Hol Bingis rate has further offered $100 reward The eighth prisons: pursued him into this room, ing his work, but also to allow free play bask-extensively in Hongkong is the making of pre-stions are appeared in a language with which no doubt iniluced by a wholesome few of the Nam coll downsome fokis there were on the Boor abova, prozsure to boar úpon it, when flag or scmp- Another manufacture carried on somewhat at Bourabaya and Batavis, but as these public- LONDON. ....Messrs. Bates, Hondy & Co. LOON. Mr. W. M. Wills, 151, Caunen 3t. the conference should touch otherwise than for the capture of the other thieves. It is to be and witness gave him a kick. The pensezer, in wards and forwards for the files, &c., which rosexved ginger and ather preserves. The first of I was not at all converant. I have been forced to incidentally on the soni-political aspect of the hoped that those rascale will soon besaught. The return, strack at bim with his sword, and garequire this more than a transverse motion theas, after being slightly parboiled, to cofion it comes before me is the English language, and pass thom unheeded; but as your publication Canton Authorities have shown a praiseworthy him out on the heel. He called vot to vocaui question. Some member of the missionary readiness to assist the course of justice in this fekis on the fret tour above, but tho thiswas | body might, however, be lad to devote matter.
In making one of these pipes the workman its pricked all over with a fork, by womos and in a form which is altogether too sali for me to rept them back with revolver. Soon after that first cats up the sheet brass with his thears into children, and is then boiled in syrng; the other swallow, I feel bound, in justios to myself and
COLOMBO........Menare, A. M. & J. Ferguson CALCUTTA......Messrs. Newman & Co.
SYDREY AND Messrs, Gordon & Gotch. BRIABANE...
MABODENB... Messrs Nortan, Hargrave & Co take the matter upr at all, will no doubt do property, and who admits having received and and eleventh prisoners each hud swords. Taethe ass of the irun rings boing not only to bold tabacio could not well bo imagined.-- --
LONDON...Mr. F. Algar, Clement's Lane.
BAN FRANCO... L. P. Fisher, 21, Merchants,
Exchange. NEW YOBK... Mr. A. Wind 21, Park Row.
Daily Prese Ofoe, January 1886.
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