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CHINA FYRE INSURANCE COMPANY,
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Report for presentation to the Shareholders at the second Ordinary Meeting, to be held at the Company's offices, ut 3 o'glook p.m.j. on Friday, the 25th August, 1871,
The Directors have now the piensors of hy. Two deard the Datly Frie iran this willee'couting before you a statement of the Company's menced on Wednesday morning at 10.15, and ghi list socrunte made up to the 30th June inst. mensagers (eři tha utijan at 10.85.
The amount of Premium collected during the Biz montbe je 908,605.05, which, aftor dadnota ing Re-insurances, Garamissions, Losses, to gether with all charges and the amount of $24,000 due to Shareholders Interest on the lat July and adding Interest dao on Deposite and Investments; lanvers the wudhof 337,324 60 to be added to the $60,000 left at the Credit of Working Account on the 31st December last, The amount to be curied to the Ordit of Be serve Fund will be decided when the Accounts,
SANTO DIEŠUTORS..
The Daily Press
HONGKONG, AUGUST 24TH, 1871.
PUBLIC Mcotings may be convened for a graat variety of purposes. You may have your meeting explanatory, at which it is. usual for some Board to tell the public that they have done their best, but that fato is against them, or that they have been duped by their wicked fellow-men, or that "efroum stancos have altered." Then you may inve Four meeting congratulatory, at which every body smothers everybody else with adulation, the public do most of the talking, and the Board sit still and spoile." Again there is á not uncommon species of meeting which may be called the urgently necessary: bers tha Board usually asserts that if it had suck and such powers, fair Fortune would most Buredly smile upon its labours. These are all well-known species of the genus Meeting. but there ie one variety which appears to
differ materially from all these. What may
be called the Jocular-zondolatorý Meeting
toria Fire Office & Steam, Fire Engine, at the The Company has taken over from the Vic cost price of $4,071 06, which is now stationed at Shangbai. The Directors fro happy to stato that its eltoloney and, most piesa haru heen well established.
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Henny Lowc0CK,
Chapman
POLICE INTELLIGENCE:
23rd August.
BEFORE O MAY. ESQ M
ARMANNAVAL ENCOUNTER.
detained till tie morning..
Choi-h-sow entered an answer in three plea
THE DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, AUGUSL 24cm 4871.
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S TO THE EDITOR OF THE " DAILY
THE PRESENT STATE OF CHINA;']ht the root of one of the chief sources of pro- The following masterly summary of the state inclul revenue, and the toral exnctions in which
serka to onetail their power to-lovy arbitrarily-
In past times.the
bait
THE CHINESE PRESS,"
Lubiew (which naturally in previous years got all, should be between this official and tho Oliimase its supplica from Amy) by satīva lorchia from, unthorities, snob on ́intorahänge of; returns' no Sre, I notions couple of articles in rebongongkong, and the Imperik] revenue, Na wall as manja vendar Irregular trade under cover of of affairs existing in China is given by Sir Bu rey offer is deeply interested. Whoever
userenutão interastahes euffered accordingly, these pasees impoarible, numbers of your paper on the anhject of the wo think that fureige goods and plans in I was absent from Chinn, when the Burpple therford Alcock, in the memorandum wall and without limit such legal taxes, must lay Obibere Deopath, and I think a few remarke ported in native jaoks pught to pay the same montary Treaty dime. into operation, and circulated to the other foreign Ministers with his account with the passive restato of tho Inpon them may be desirable. The writer wishes, dutiva na they do in foreign bottom and to osanot say on which aide the terms of the reference to the revision of the Treaty. It is whole provincial administrations, and the active to establish the potion that Great Britain effect this these importations wwght to bors Artiales quoted were firat departed from The eartainy to be regixited that with such sound entity of every oftulal in the Empire. Can it Do wondered at if the stoutent heart and the ought to protest Catholic Missions in Obins. parted to the Jusperis! Custout house atory of our nations with the Cantas Govern.
We also think that the Custom house my ment, from 1813 to 1936 need not here be views as to the existing facts, he could, in Tonoac liberal minded among the Peking Coun This is the wost extraordinary demand which be said to encourage tacitly, the continuance of retold. The rate of the Canton anthiprilies was to epect to the qucation of the policy which it hillors sbrink from such a conteet? we have yet been favoured wible by our estimamuggling at the non Treaty porta, so long as have as little to why to us as possible. They would be advisable to adopt, come to no more
GRAZING IN A PARK, able friends, the Catholic Minstonurier Very they have not a sufficient preventive terrine on may indeed, have hardly seen their way with defloite conclusion than that the true Policy of cetimable people, I repeat, they are, but they the const There is no doubt that souggling refovence to the stipulated pass system, or the foreign untions would be to wait till the Buz
(Pall Mall Gazetto) -⠀ by the native does take place on the sent to a | Hongkong trade, which, except-in the contras por tube glowing in presumption, that in large extent, and that they are aconsed in it and virus in hors diy came to little, peror a majority is declared I believe, be One of the regulations contained in fr. booming far too estimable in their own eyes, by the absense of retente rasers, so by the may not have appeared to them worth their say the true policy of foreign powers would Ayrton's bifl for the Regulations of the and I wish to chew why it is that it would both Tarifs dies and legal trec obtal attention the tendo of the dragstas, be to wait. It mast at least be confessed that Bugal Purke and Gardens will, it is to be feared, have tendency to torn many of us very absurd on the part of Great Britain to Treaty poris svindly
* recently a catide of war, may have been thair at the present time they are carrying out the into Nebncliudcezzare. No person, it is accede to this somewhat arrogant requoit A Wado no think that the Onston-house diffenty or they may have bad, and this too true policy with masked ability spicted, shall worry any animal grazing in e
doós ita duty, either to the Chinena Govaramant presibly, k vorrupt” motive, for "the Inattention for the whole of the current your are made auber of excellent moun come to his or the mercantile interests so long as an eff to it. At any rate ne allusion, to my know autocratic power tested in the Empered off and is worried more than any other of the dif
to
With an lofant on the Throne, and the park,”. Man hionelf in an animal, and worrine Mr J. Marnay Forbry baring resigned, Mungelize the nation, and if necessary to un-cient preventive merrico does not aries Me Tedge was eter made in correspondence to the China, put in Commission, as it were to be ferent spécies of animals which inhabit this S. W. Pomeroy Bus boon docted to fill the vadergo any amount of hardship and per, and think that there ought to be at list, am aystem by the Chinese, and on ont side, served as a Dambor of salicet with one planet. How ning teads of families will take eren death itself in carrying out their object, revenue oruiser for a Treaty pore with jurtainly, the office was ever organized specially for of the immunities bish make all action poo-advantage of the regulation escape for a caney at the Board
They do undergo hurdab p, peril, and death, indiation over all the neighbouring bays and the inspection of the passes. Jnuks used to be sible and sale to an Emperor in the plenary time at least from servants, tradesmen, and the
orenkay and, samore than a atapivión of amdg., Góadded by à Chinese bent down from the Chiệ g and by degrees establish a strong foot vegue srnicera which are established on the péire & return of native trade but up to and they maintain their position notwithstanding has afroney attached to the called renese Nefretary work on whion it devolved to exercise of his antmelty, much cannot be hop innocent prattle of children...Whole Books ed: The Dowager Empress, and nominally the of middled-nged animals will be waen poncefully buld in the country France become their const, we think motoras enght to be, taken to 1856, ff as heter, I droht that the barbour two expr. the younger being the mother grazing in Hyde Fire relying on the provisions of the Emperor, occupy the position of Regents of this bill. Again, drore of tbeembarrassed will protector - it suits the interests of France to prevent the possibility of amitggling by those ter even look nule of this number that arrived and Guardians, completed as a Begehog, or nibble the sweet grasa senare from annoyando by
weasel sindicat in lp Kehty?" | De departed Methow and rest an protect them, and they benceforib come out to There is, I think, in the complaint hoty set the gunk trade of the Colour in how I be supplemented by a Grand Council composed their ramareascks arefitira, who will not las Obína uniler French auspices. They do good forth a soffident Vergait of the value of a lieve only kinos 1856) puder what apporrs to be officers, to the amaber of four or five. There while browsing in the refago established for al Primer of the Blood and dartain high, allowed by the police to approach the lil berd probably to the minds of the natives, but at any striat Customs service to Olix Teate trade a very intarilloty opstein of registration and also Grand Secretariat, a sort of redout them try the benevolence of good, kind Mr. rate they prepare the way for tride. Tranes with Chine. Të places every kundër upon the fioencing. In October 1867, Sir Robard Mas-Council, to which affairs of Bali, me shore. Ayrion Hera and there to bibitual criminal protects them until she is suddenly placed in a came forting, and is eas this vijest whiel Sir Donnell congratulates himself on being able to farred. Finally, there are the permanent air will bound over the eward, starting at a foot- position of great difficulty, and her proteo Consal for Shaughn, hestarted a foreign Inspo her armanient, cargo, master, and destination, me sprint department who take the initiative acred from annoyance, and that the police so Rutherford Alcock proposed to attain, when,na give the nemu of every junk and partjoulers of cards of Aimiseration, each prosiding over fall, forgetful for the moment that his person ia tion-becomes Eres effectual. They then turn torte that port in 1954Bqb the words of the had visited the island ghee the first of the and report to the Turone on all matters within far frois worrying him, will be compelled to round upon the uation which, i happens the Amoy Memorialis i at the same time give. Feirste to be strongest in this part of the world, and form to a conviction that must have boon long The necessary appartas ready to our hand, their province, much as Secretaries of State afford him the protection to whigh every grazing or Ministers of different départmenta do in animal is entitled, Even the First Commie Twelve onlestial pramen belonging to theory out, "It is your duty to protect us: come common to those familiar with the history of then fore, were we moliness tablighten shola anropes and take the Emperor's instructions: elozer of Works himself will doubtless often jank Suu Ho," which puts as pang-bont be fummediately and do to Well, this is what wenging, trade, vie, that erde mir soly shrive hours of the thinese Customs stecilie by can- Under existing oireistances it is obvious that take advantage of his own regalation and
80 long se uo efficient préventive service la ocding a feviral of the parisions respecting the power of stermining, which somically when the House of Commons wish con this and Canton, were charged with vulgarly call “ theek, and the Power appealed maintaiurd along the route and south east the junk tride, agreed to by Sir Henry, Pot-reate with tie Empress Dovagor, by and with Agston, the night boncurable gentleman will engaging the org Cf cargo boat. Junta reflicts on the subjes wondering whether Counts of Obina, or in defines of gudh - were in tinge but I have in view another schome by the idrice of ber Consell, dust be subject to laugh them to scorn with a few monthfuls of seems to have no point of contact with eiller stable Perkius bud his attention called to the by any possibility it can be ita duty to respond should one be created. At the tire presentive which, in the Childers overdigbit would be great ductuations of influence other official grass and a wild scamper round St. James's
disturbance, and intervened in the cause of law the oxplanatory, the congratulatory, or the aid order, boldly going up in the belligerente to the imperative deband made of it. She service, such sa tag Agror Memorialists ofleable, with far feed troublats feel, to pro and recognised, and, mora posetaly, from thord Park, urgently necessary, Hore there is no solf. Jig his boat. On hie arriving alongside be was replies in Boure such courteous strain as this on the Inspectorate to substitute for the wretcha tobite lawful intéreste, the lawful interests about the person of the Empresses and in their
received with a well directed blow from a bam"Dear frienda, I have long admited your plucked users which more the suspicion of the Hongkong people would be materialy be confiddege, though not reengnized as harg THE FREE TRADE QUESTION, assertion on the part of the Board. It con- boo, tind called upon his natava host's crew to and your perseverance, I have alan, long been good reason to ballero, is process of breation, Betora proceding to this," let in state my themselves can have, had no training for themy-Although in the elections the question
muggling his already attached, la, have nefited.
ny voice in the Government The Empresses The Paris curtospordent of the Economist siders itself a necessity, of course, but holds assist These laus boldly came up to bis xid, incommoded by your preseforth the Teteriorand, inevitably the male of the junke now belief that ford Elgin's exclusion of the six discharge of the duties of government. What- of free trade, as the French designute it, Itself utterly irresponsible for the results of making a well executed spear charge and and the serious disturbances which cocar uning importe to the muld, will be boriously provimise fram the Treaty of 1818, in whichever may be their natural intelligenca they though nothing like free trade criats in Fauce its management, tells the public it is seroners benz captured from the belligerent wherever you go. I should not object no, muchterrupted. The pative levende of disers red be incorporated simmat all the lejonining pr. must be equally wanting in the necessary, did not obtain tire attention it deserved, we
pletely overpowering the enemy, twelve pr
srandy begun to soared duke leaving the visions of the Supplementary Treaty it to be knowledge of administrative details and poli-may expect that now that political strife is sorry indeed to show so unsatisfactory a vessels. The action between thes had been to the disturbances, except that you always call Hongkong.waters bu optas, and a sumarly dauribed to the fact that they had boet from tical experience, With nononbines edanche, or it will become one of the principd out. balance-sheet, but that the public'mual e'en severe; they had been throwing nothing to anxious to do ai I might be Botiquírica niob farther for it is cómitted that antimatter with whom the Lordalis nsgotiated the seclusion and indolence of an Eastern has already como forlb to do battle on it, and wu to put them down, which I am not constituted exeqative milionocemarily carry for the first unappealed to, and that the use and loves for their companions, living in all jets of public concern. M. Mebel Chevalier bear it, cracks jokes upon deficiencies, waxes than amall cat.non balls, stozes and from rings at each other, and four were de severely injured:
AWATE
by the contrabanditrade er junks frequenting Treaty and Turiff, vever, oncé referred to cliem, Court, un jealously maintained in respect to re during long and weary years be fought t abundantly fanny orar insolvency, puts that they had to be sent to prison to have their ut quise, indonvenient as it was, I never Hongkong and Macao the Customs repenne Thene mandarian were either north as by birth, women hi Chringinn in Tarkey, they must be obtain commercial reforax, ug may be certain objected to your residence in the interior, defended, if import and export ontles, little or no little identified with tits Dantan smits wholly incapacitated-front really detericiding that he will now strugele energetically to everybody in a good humour except those wannde dressed,
The saues of hostilities was not made, sery principally because I had no right to do lest then, 1000000 taşla për amitin, itration, that a question no toga nadpect may any question of policy unfortunate and irregular persons who look cleaily apparent, but according to Seat and Afth so I told you that you might go anywhere By the passage known as the Broadway, have bad ue interest for themse Danton The real government power in thus rendered on no longer speak to the country from the miniobain what he obtained. And though he for good management and good results. defendants' statements the quiral wie brought yon pleased for nught I would way to the principally, betale by other charge of the Superintendent, or as he is popalntly kopen te impersonal, and shuffed from hand to hand, cribüne of the Senate, he still possesses bis Such a meeting was hald on Friday, at the abuut by the vessel's colliding.
santo miter system, loosely styled the Canfor us thẻ Hộppo, whư baz now unawires brought No one person is or can be held responsible for professor's obair at the College de France, and His Worship Ened the defendante 2oach, contrary, and if you could get France to follow River, esports descend in estire braft te beward such an arrangement is Big Henita exarcise either by foreign Pawers or by the bee still at big disposition the leading news- City Hall, and certainly a more melancholy or in default seven days' imprisonment, or you with her protection that was no affair of while from Hongkong, dick the intervening y Fottinger dovined, bas, independently of nation, and it is so divided aruong Ouncils and paper of Paris, and his factures and his articles spectacle could scarcely have been found in THE FAEL TO TANUHI
mine. But I must say, my friends, that it is makes a love avilable pori for the delivery general reasons for desiring Ct gee h'n ceBards that there is a corresponding Laxness will assuredly be endied by tens of thousands a public mesting. As the public-were-not- Mr. D. Buttanje, A Paras clerk, shared a somewhat strange in you to require we to of produce by junkt, importa, - pegially opium cupe lucrease, a pitkular motive. The whole god fenforest in all the fricting of Govern His-opening discourse at the College de France there, it may be as well to inform them that hair role with an stapt at extortion albi towards you on offer which it is not only are both in jauks and amali Ocicat verses collection of Canton need, as 1. Save said sise- men, the real responsibility of each beitig it was mentioned in a preceding letter, and more their absence was the Erat melancholy feature going out of the Supreme Court, he expressed unnecessary for use to falill, but which it would traffic by which, as the Hongkong Memorialists Centro Hoppo is always a servant of the Tu This is an wil ondition for an Empire to be. Since then he has published in the Journal
Having occasion to hire a obitir on Tuesday, va
tonumerous paints on the cont. Thli is the have to be appropriated by the Court. The inreras ratio with the numbers concerned will have to be naid about it when it is printed. in the thing, and the second was the very funny his desire for apa, when he was as if grind be contrary to my own policy and my own in-delicately put it, the west cost of the Centon perial Hosthold, and is shuts moats times be in which it fork by internal trophies and ins des Debois un article, which bas met its way in which that unfortunate fact was re-shed at from all quarters by anxious, du tareste to fulfil Ton are where you are con Provisos affords promise of being connected | kas beatless in meet an on kenal saanné for | starrections, and pressed upon from without by realers thinking, and bas, we may be sure.
Fetiters for the job. Before engaging one, he trary to my wishes. Do hot ask me to keep you with Hongkong bis due to them at the aume fundet forsign Powera, demanding in their own en caused great discomfort to it. Thiers and M marked upon. The meeting was no doubt to stipulated that he would only pay ten conte for them. I ni zot a missionary, though many of with a quest that the port of Kiong show on the Colony by this Inactionary it will not excussive, with large measures of reforms and who see no other insans of rescuing France time do rumenn ber that tile remark is coupled To return to the nocasation proferred against tereats both prompt and vigorous action in the Pouyen Quartier-those astonishing sinteamen some extent influenced by the joccaity of its conveyance to Wanchal, and Chol-x-row, an Chairman, who was merriment itself over the changes in the system; of ad- from the foundial di fioulies that beset her that "Can do," and the journey was accomplished.] grasp the manly and Christizu potion of pro-1'repeat, would do much to prevent the ire Colonial registered veisel flying the British ministrytria, Rulers of China, pressed, Under pretext of examining the statistical in the re-establishment of Protectionism, discreditable state of the institution. The On arriving at Wanchi the stipulated teo cente parating salvation vi at armis." I have told my gular trade now existing ang tig volars qui út Hongkong for any place on Hon. K. Rowers can be so very amusing on were duty paid and the hair lies dismissed; people I won't do it for thant. Do you imagine, As it is, the Chineas Government, is ill at the Chinese cost not being a Treaty port, the no dust, by the necessity of governing pro documents published by our Board of Trade
of hours the most dojeful of subjects that perhaps it had on the complainant soming into the hips therefore, that I shall do it for you. I am not an abuelt and no wonder the greater comthite & brosch of Ariele XLVII of the innan stretering over half a continent Back and our Customis tariff, he makes the most is no great wonder that the tone of the now, who now said. No es tendering him grateful, dear Cathalies. I know my alphabet part of the foreign words sold to pluses on the Truly of Tien tein. Buch voyage Bowever, larger, rober, and more populons dan mast of cruel and crabing criticism of the Protection. west dosat in the prefactaires of Kur-show will be few in comparison with those of the the kingdoms of the Western, heinisphere, of ist project of his two countrymen that it is meeting was, very inappropriately, jocular the ten cent piece, adding: "No auf abg know my own early bistory, and that our Hwai-chon, and King oboy writen she Chiuse trading janks to the same or similar governing them offectively, keeping order, ini- possible to conceive. He shows that with us no tandbee," or words to that effect Comanositors oivilized me. But I am not aware Superintendent of Customs at Canton, "is markets: For thegs we are xot, I grant, tech-sing a réreque and obtaining men for an army, the more customs have diminished the more There are many misfortunes which bave thoir plains t, was followed on his return to Vistoria lat (as you tell me I ore the pontusion of adrried down [from Hongkong] by uske hically reasonsible but I think there is that with a central power of control over all, seem revenus front them an increased that a host comics) sides, but it is not fitting to make by the discontentedchair o enquired of the the comical aide prominent at a meeting inspectorat Wanahi-station whether ten bent my bistor Ireland to your beneficence. I was abartered für tus pitirpobo by dishonest Sradore in the circumstances of the van that makes to have devised a system which with ogo ad of duties on little thinga ure loga profitable than to out-of-the-way harbour and spreeks on the it morally obligatory epon na to meet the vantage has one radical vice. Esch province, moderate duties a few great ones that were the proper fare, and was told they were not aware, till you told me that Catholics west cheat, where to Cartoons Stations exist, Chinese Government half-way in dealing with constitutes a separate State in its administr though we got a larger income from a penny whose object it is to remedy or to our whereupon hetook anotherchair back to Victoria, thought it sunk a wonderfully virtuous thing and where the merchandize is clabeamuely it. By Articlo III of the Treaty of Nan tion. It bna, under n Governor-General, ite postage than we did from high ratce, we are over the misfortune. There are amusing in paying ten cents for the journey-no grumbling, not to be traitor to the Queen under whom naded for pale." Then proceedings are king, which is still in force, to obtained own Budget, collets ita wn taxes, levies its reducing postage below a penny, and are ex cidents on the most sanguinary battle-fields,No sooner had he slighted than he again they live. I always jungiuol that I owed practicable, he says, because at the locality of susion of the island jo urdar that British swu dues, yuilting only a stipulated, amass preting to get, stil mors by doing wall of but fawr saldiere wher they meet round the ther payment, deeying the correctness of the Ireland to the histficient number of traitors Dustin-house, or are persons stationed there and ret their ships when reaired, and keep and the palace, 1 bas its own militia, and M Thiers and his Norman colleagues ara pro.
countered bis perescutors, chumouring Be Eng
Hongkong in Kwang-tang-Obita. has, go subjects might have a port wherest to careen r proportion to Frking for the Public Service which is this exart contrary of want the wiss graves of their comrades indulge in reminis imepector's decision and asking for an appeal to she possessed, and certainly if you say that it for purposes of inspection and the remedy stores for that purposs." The abuse of any pays all the civil and military emplugue within posing. If in this country questions were cances of the day's jokes. This, for the simple the Central-station. To the tri-stabiosis the exception for you set to be traitors, I will be suggests in, that the British Minister shell sommerial advantages it might be found toite limita, making Reporte to Peking from time decided common sense, M. Michel Chevalier's reason that there is something which more accordingly he went, and defendant was there admit that I owe my sister's happiness to part, desire the Governor of Hongkong to iustruot possess was guarded against, se I have show, to time as all these heads. Each province, article would instantly annihilate the Govers the extention. But all this is the Coal at that plans to put a stop to this by certain classes of the Supplementary Trenty, with its Lovernor-General and large body of ment project; bit though France, with to your choice imperatively demands their attention. If
first, that there was no special contract gesond neither here nor there. You have come here,ggling of imprisoning as it look which, without I am parauuded any intention Mandarine, is practically sa independent, in all the exquisite modesty for which he is Hr. Rowe, instead of twitting the instituly, that in the absence of special contract, be you are not my aabjoots, you disconcert my For the Superintendente confesion of the de sur position is roilly this, that while we bird Government, as a Federal, State In America enlightened nation in the world, and says This is by no cana cu on as it looks. unfriendly to Chinn, have been annulled; and that concerns it internal administration and dietinguished, thinks bovarle themoat tion on its inability to purchase cotton-wool was entitled to the tariff rate thirdly, that it plans, and then you ask me to bear you out in partments of our services, it would not be hard ourselves by Treaty to trade under Tariff at To pompensate for this, and avort spine of its 85, she is undeniably wanting in bon seru. In and wire, had shown the public that he was took one hour and a half, proscoding, with veit all. Such comande are usually laughed us to produce a parallel out of conversations i nens but a dozen pints or ec upon all the sen dangers possibly, the empiri con appoint the course of bis-Inenbration, Al. Michel Che really doing what in him lay to bring the sonable, rapidity to go from the Supreme Court but I content myself, in dealing with those who have listened to between the relations of our and her the sof bin the Colony that we and remore every official, from the Governor calieroendemns the Empire for baring.contrary City Hall to the notice of the public, to His Worabip's notions of reasonable mpidity are personally my friends, with pointing out to services in Indis and Chinu for examples but I eat eanbles junke to ruis importa duty free are each and all, individually and enléctively, teotiomst clamour in the matters of printed
British officials, coocarning relations our have planted within two miles of the Canton General downwards at his pleasure, and they to the principles it professed, yielded to Pa sttract their subscriptions, and thus to place differing with those of Choi-s-sow, that worthy them the serious error which they are making." will not waste time in apologizing for bis igag along line of coast so oxtensive and so diff. baid respassible for all that may bappen within oslices, iron for inachinery, and sen fieberies. the institution in funds to meet cotton-wool was fined $1, or, in default, trasdays' imprison
rance; have an object in tracing one or two cult for it is in parta extremely difficulty of the lipite of their jurisdiction, and this wholly Be ulsy blames the Baglish Government for and wire and similar expenses, he would have"
Hongkong, 2518
of his misapprehensigne to their source. Augaal, 1871,
overnight, that it will employ as larga apre irrespective of any fault on their parts. This not amending the duty on enuff, whieb, be it in The form of the Superintendent's protest be reative force as would mulling to watch the sort of unlimited liability for the faults and established, seems to him not in secordsne acted in a more becoming inanner. It would The case which was remanded from the 21st!
orites of others, is the fruitful source of mix with Boond principle. That, on said above, the QUESTION
* oficials—that British subjects were ex-
obief Individual orimea committed by people revival of Protectionism which the Government from the evidence that a lady, the wife of a Bus
territorialized in China, the British Govern CHINESE COMMEROLAL LAW. self open to the suggestions made by the rejor in the 10to Regiment, banded when on The following important remarks are extrustment undertook to restrain them from wrong.
| far removed," insurrections, failurch of harvest, proposes with enon excite general, interest is presentatives of the public (fire in number), board the troop ship Tamer to one Chae- ed from a memorúdom from Mr. Wade to the doing, sad in this, of course, he includes the
Mr. Forrest, B.B.M. Vice Consul at Shanghai, want otsin, foreign invasions, all alike are evident from the fact that even in the bubbab a-mney, a Celestial widow, certain clothes to be tome Guvernment, dated December, 1863- although those suggestions might not be at washed; and that the Major's watch was in the Article X provides for the gonfiscation of doer to do wrong, la usily days, we remem there, makes the following interesting remarks himan effors of provisku could have prevented ercised aminet it, at Lyons, Marseilles, Havre, enabling or assisting of the Obincee, wrong in a further memorandam on the Mixed Courtaited upon their boade, and they are made of electioneering that has marked the past answerable in purse and in person for what no week, gries have been raised and havé bem ex- present feasible. But of course we have not pocket of a coat, The defendant doalared she say goods transbipped from cue restel to an berche Co-tone bot caly collected the duties the least desire to saddle the responsibility had banded the clothge to sherman living other ratbrit permission. Unitil lately, on the foreign trade which, it monopolized, but upon the above subject. It will be noticed that The natural testit has been the resort to Bordeaux, and, the towns, that are chiefly in Soot'e Lane, and had counted out the piece Hongkong bind the anime advantages as a Obi sontrolled and was held reponsible for all the be definitely declares his opinion that it is immeans by the Mandarins for the evision of threatened by it in their manufactures, their witbont seeing's watch' or any other article. Hie Worship ordered dofaudant to find security and that this was the intention of the Treaty,Nanking we appointed Consuls, and it is quite law or to obtain information ns to trado use evils. Liability to punishment, not for mal.
nese port for the purposes of teamshipman proceedings of foreigners. By the Treaty of possible to discover ady general commercial such palpable injustice productive of a whole commeme, and their shipping
progeny, of ever-increasing moral and social in $100 to be forthcoming within three months, the Memorialats of the Colony think is shown possible that the Chinese term we adopted tons or rules from the gniklaim k
Buisscoe, but want of success, in the preven The Queen list of Wong-a-tim by the fact that vessein trading to Hongkong for Consul (ding-th, imager of affair, or There is my such thing as a revendend com- tion of crime or the apprehension of offenders, person saparintending affair apposed zorial Obing's trade tu condnated cauea offers to be constantly on the watch operager to the Upinm Farmer, summoned an are by Article XIX, entitled to the saing really 'ecem to take no more interest in the the 21st, and was reminded until today, the exemption from touusge dues, ander tour by xanny Chiness to be generic of Fallway most entiraly nadar rules arbitrarily and to gagah in the very beginning any proceedinge other. Proolaniation to Fracce. The circum building than in the prososedings of the Armaster of the Kwan-chuong. passage boat, in monthly certificate, saveusein trading from anbordinate civilians In Rate XV of those the various guilds. The rules even ere diraish crimale which might bring the du taropological Society. It is not, to our mind, in leis possessión and custody in his said bort in Erenently bean withdrawn by the Onatoma, and Tariff of 1818,It is dbalared that, whereas tot always recorded an attempt to got writ mission of offences andor notice. Hence rest of the National Assembly made him free to
that he did on the 14th instant unlawfully have Port of China. The transhipment privilege bar sppended by Sir. Hour Puttinger to the
ten opinion gonderling bargain money, and impunity to crime, and often great judicial a very beautiful construction, but it has cer- the farbour, à quantity of prepared opium, in the real my the Mansorialists, is that seat babierto been histors won an ong other mercantils pestions constant sources one in the desire to get rid of witnesses or return to Frince. He had left bis country se
going steamers (bound, I assume, contwise, lieb, vessel entered the part of Canton, that a sins, without & sealed sertificate from the coutor mateng of being loaded at Hongkong out of Obinese hong ushbut stood security for her with no supers. Not any of the perpetration of great enormitat have been effuged by time. It was natural of litigation-made by the British Conanlate, talelly evidenco loading to bring me to light, child, and all accurate reminarbrance of it tainly been a good friend to Hongkong, and thereof, contrary to the form of the Ordinance the the river steaser plying daily, botwear and all duties and older were paid theoright with rouges galletwo of the questions and not solder that depravation realf the he should desire to look on France again, and Hongkong has no right to desert an old in sach cans made and provided.
Mr. Brereton appeared for the defendant, Danton and the Colony, are ampelled to load adobeourity merubablashes durity-mer friend in difficulties because his personal apar. Francis, who was to appear for the broad discharge in the port of that eity a ̈port cbante being now donb fway with it je nad addressed. The power of the Magistracy orer. Lou tuing of justice, and of the people them, bis journey might be explained even without thoas powerful combinations of wealthy tradera alves naturally follows: They en arime can reference to political objects. For soma daya pearance is not prepossessing. Once upon secutor, not laying arrived, the sun was fe- which for vessels of their deep draught is in. stood that the Brith Consul.henceforthis arseedingly amail, most of the officiała having,, tionally conalynd at by salburitles, and kar 50 remained in France, and took up his resi
convenient. The obunge is described by the security for all British merchant ships an been at one time or another members of thou, in to be often papetrated by thom prisonerad that Chatean of Chubord she nine Memoriallets as a blow at the shipping interests tering or of the aforesaid five ports and LOVE UNDER DIFFICULTIES,
of the Colony, so simed, it scome to them, What we meant by those words was, simply and to them they still look for funds in time being starved and tortured to death, and others of which be beare, but which be had never soon. want bounds and pervades all that is unsatin- Hi-bo-nas, cook to Mr. Xavior, a clerk at the from a desire to subauce the importance of that the Consul would limit the stapa papers. Chinese succclunt who he dealing with for hurgos, all with the size object to avoid ovisans with which he bar bose received. On a of emergency. To these guilds every bond fits being precipitately execated under fal The Legitimist organie expatiate on the enton- factory in connection with public matters in av, female servant so a Portuguese family
"Novalty Iron Works," wa charged by Foong, Canton as a resors of shipping.
In the matter of tonnage daes, the interest the light of the coda of the Co, Hong wholey reigners, belongs. It is not to be wondered at responsibility which never should have been sadden he declares bis intention to return to the Colony. Certainly this ridiculous mest-
that decisions against guild merchants as with posed. This violation of a fundamental Frobadort. His coming had been private, ex, Bridges Street, with entering her masters of the Chinose, rereno, and the British replaced, way a much more extensive ph'igation. diflculty to be priced, and when contained principle of legislation, of dealing with every art, ungebased; not so he departure. ing at the City Hall affords a most striking house through the roof, and stealing from her real certificated, are like suficiently guarded And so far as Hongkong, itself in coroeruet it sheir saforement is a very tacions operallon man according to his merite, is a political Fibers Fearnt for the first time the bid them
certain clothing. It sppurial from the avideus by the certificate, which as I have above obelis, plain, from the Supplementary Trosit zugia
that he could stay u louger. "You have opened illustration of tho spatby in question, that the defondant was in the babit of visiting served, may now be taken out not only for tiated at the esme time as the Tariffs that SirThe time difficultiesï-judgment against them blunder, dit were nothing else, the effects of range from the Proclamation which told them only in the miserable balance-shoot, but also the nomplainant, having previously paid for. Hongkong, but for Saigon and Japan but the Henry Pottinger, foresaw the very danger to the way of eatoguing decisions against the cafaleehoort. And this leaven work antil it babe gaice of France to me he cralaine, and I
being very much more easily obtinetle-lie in wich are shown in universul corruption and in the composition of the meeting meeting that privilege, and this be was scusatomed to surveillanes of transhipment, for which Article the Oblues, rarentes Bar, protested against, Isive brkers, who are; in, the times of dois comes the habit and tradition of the whole class have been minble to deny myself the happiness of of five non-Committee man, cousisting of one choose this desde of access to her presepes, XL so jealously provides in the Treaty ports, 2000pted for the British Govergintius remercial ficrganization and bankruptcy, very of oflolile, and from them extends to the male revisiting my car. But vendoreland Government official, two Ladian gentlemen, in Calaa, such ea repelsdilerá: and, wikizwa, or, in any other part not under the control of eat of Obins in ile defence against that dah" | moet part, protézés or relations of the guild penestence in a bagi course of wrong doing "gitating the public mind." Therefore he writes there being to more romantic method in vogne is clearly impossible in the port of Hongkong spousibilty of co-operating with to Govern roublesome and dishonest. They see for the of the population: Pablic opinion, through by a prolonged abay afford fresh pretexts for and two members of the general European with the evening star and diffused moonlight, the Chinese Customs. The value of the priver, and devised the very form of cooperations markant, or protected by them. The way it become demoralized Weibery pomes to be coa. to announce that, in zouting his countrymen. community. Very probably, if the Committee It turned out, too; that the gentle Humes bad vilege to the Colony do not gammayi It fa for want of which the Superintendent, at kb which they cause, trouble is timpla nanghiaidered an essential part of the system of good that belong to her. The grandiloquent been discarded in favour of aputher gilast, but arch, that an exigent British firm af hare sou here points out that the rereque in suffers when chatlar, look will they engage to tako vernment, and inteparable from the suministra kose close belong to her Thoracot Bant round & subscription-list, headed with that the former, furjog: "not wisely button; bem informed. expressed a wish rather du 960 w | 32g-By Article VELLETIVA, and, Ve garga qanotition of foreign giode within a certion of the law of which the Mandarins all misaiys of the Court de Chambord readi liko good round sum, they would get as much money well, hid himself opan by his constancy to the Chinese Unstoras Agency fixed at Hongkong the Supplementan Treaty was quote bain Ezed Lias, They mig, the contract and lake advantages But this theory of abiquitous thing that if it had a proper place in mo charge now brongât nga um him, ng than to have it withdraws, The resson of its at length below *- it was preasly prout sometimes pay a little bargain money. If, and malimited responsibility, irrespective of the
withdrawal la. I foci sure, nang piher than that bited that a Chinen. Tevel, writing the time given for their so take deliver merita or demerits of the indiviloul olur the open bouge, Presten, I am in your Ibayo indicated, amely, that la continanuce trade with the Colony except under pass from the market zina, they carry the goots away uperates in another direction, and if possibly comes from the lips of a gentleman whom was found incompatible with the due proton, the Chinese pors to which she belonged that fit Falls they break their contrag Their exit still more fatal results during the prosenttoiody, meets pack onlarly to want, and wan tion of the rerennet 417 MARS an English offoal was to be appointed for the ones, nbterfuges, and fajue statements are interregion, as regards the foreign policy of immédiately follows up the sunouncement by
Mr. Robertson has moved the Superintendent pepection of these just passes at Hongkong at Canton to allow cargo to be banghipped or any junk without a pass being detainee endees and time judgment la stron against the Government, and the initiation of shy moslashading that he is forthwith about to go
#them for non-filfilment of oudtrack, they ging surce for the reforms of abuses de bală sinnova. landed at Hongkong, suggesting, ju dnswer to panding referenos to Odion; and that thore vejy, mabeto, and the comments for a tions such the fatroduction of railrunde. Aayagain. "Branchmen, Iam in your midst, and the objection, tunt: pookagon abould bour" the We regret to see that the Lord Chancellor Custom Bed; and that the sopampanying bill Scopeinentaly Freely Miched at 2000, Mum Cha kung titae, sometimes even for more than & Emperor alone can sanction any shouga intake as deporbere," is a ceoleration which has afirmed on appeal the decisions of the of lading, steald be stamped at the Chatom 1648. Artics 3111persparkster whng of your The Mandarin have the power to ia-established us and fouston, without a labis recalls the too famous and terribly ofion quoted Vice-Chancellor in the oss of Tyler v. Disker house. There is nothing bfair in thi, al China or others who say with to convey foods from carosate those people or otherwise enforce Fifty to forfect bia had an charge of treason exploits of a certain ancestor of Henri who, mere purpose of marching down again - Not and lyler v. Yates, releasing the estates of though, I fes, the precaution could gulf srail say one of the five parts of Cantos, Zooben-, Amoy thels sentences, but vory seldom attempt to put Thore is no Minister or oficer so high placed cording to legend, marched up a bill for the Lord Arthur Clinton from the zoosaive and eartin descriptions at sargosach-cargo, zbative, tall became not for defect, the large of finestrial are full soon the Emperor's mujority to attain that we think the Count de Chahord so on.
Nugpo, Shanghai, to Borgspy, for miser comumps der satöörity into furon. It is bobunal that may not be webjrated to this fate, at unosnasionable interests had discounts on he is packed in packages. The Chines Going the duties on such odd and obtaining a commasien, Judgsons is dans un very empty consequence of any on wisely in making his departed. No one soazán very knsions to detain bila. The Count cluded in the ivans to which is charge was vernment should certainly be appealed to, vn part earance ftrant the Care Chatom, hopet af pun of subversite of the idignity and sulturity of a cossium er privilege, granted to foreigner, de Chambord in more likely to remind · Sir Harry Parka' drrival on August let given upon the estates-holding that the charge the subject
the said ports: Bhould have of Chic wind la copale to. Cours after langthened trial and to be willing or prenang, mnovation such a the pouple of the bon rei Dagobert, that of has alas cen telegraphed out. This is interest was good only for the sumptually advanced. This discation of the privileges of the port Hongkong to purchase good they shall have free and-or able to enforce itu beri regialann Valley forming of colleges for the fallion of West- the conqueror of Irry, or the firal of Charles ing, as illustrating the bigh position he coopics with 5 per cent interest. We suppose the law of Hongkong inacce do to anticipata matter fall permission 12. do so, and should they require ***
am languages and science, the building of Germany It ie pory fine when in Boot in the estimation of the public at hoxe.
monas be considered wall setiled: bosita mischief, while shend ninge more pamperly ander Articls Chinese Patil to eter way there purchase they ago A STRONG JUDGE of steamers, the working of mines the laying ballad. Dondee, being sted whither he would in point of poling is so glaring, so contrary to KTLT for that my digression can hardly obtain a pe, or port Lourence, for her at the Guntonas Moja Bally Mall: Claysblay a railipada, de, that the exjating Advices from Foxhow to the fotb instant the recent aim of legislation and judge mide) be brief. I will do my best to unlochit sa per hoc fac post when there may, Wil đạn The Hon. Indes Dawling, chief maristrate of Foreign Boord should bare Featured upon the proudly answers I go whither guides me the ghost of Montrose," becanes we know that. report the Tea market is unchanged. The to- in about the enforcement of cleat and distinos tinent as pouilles gaan langkung, he is further stiled, the loans are healock andirperson are string first two of these binst be regarde la 4, he is going to battle and to death. But it is to Export to that date was 22 96,100 Iba, bostroute, that we can hardly doubt the ruling It is in the frat plade, worthy of remark thist paces are to be sutured in the words of those in the song on certain cocasions & blob are not exceptional proof of boldness. That they edicions when the Ocunt de Chambord pro
arly, to 61612 Britain 29,46%,100; Australia of the Jodes will have to be corrected just as while the Hongkong Memorialiste protest recent on the lip, for which they may be grant, se anggas they ought to be in the neighbourhood have resaltel and determinedly resisted claims that he will not allow the standard of 8,813,700, and the United States 1,419,300, The asory Inws had to be altered. If the Judges, against the springency of Onetom action in the labella, implcted fra flashes of London. Hearing noise the other, might fall efforts to make them take any step: in
when a contraut for a lona comes before them, are appervision of trapshipmente in this particular Arthels An Eagish onomwill be appointed at
torn from his hands, because nobody believes hand that the Shan-sin-fan, meniu bad spreadable orno), na landing contract' is resily safe, and dio:ated by a dusivo to erbance, the inregisters and year of all Chinese rocks thak zany wipal Fisit at Blohmond, terrace Westbourne:grove, tentativo and hesitating all advances in such for a moment that he bas got any such standard, By the steamer Keanging information is to to decide what large for interest is angonian istance, na opposed to the spirit of the Treaty, Hoogkun ose part of whose quby wat boyama the house of a friend" to do ja on respect to the third and fourth, shows how Boury the Fourth and of Jona of Ary to be
to that part to buy or sell goods and shook al going downstairs to men what geused is the perilous ways mast be, and how little co to Fecebow, and that the feeling among the There is no distine; line to be drawn, and the portance of Canton at the expense of tlang say this and that an expand Americier Justice found himself in presence of be built apods the prospect of further pro- either in a litoral or weaphorical moane, or is population there was of a very unsatisfactory most innocent may be upser. The Judges akong, the Memorialists of Amey insist upon pass or register from an active potent to be for Wortened largiar, whout-taking the gross under the existing region. Trexties apable of upholding it be had all is lost nature. The native authorities had given notice ahocked at 60 per cent now, but there is it, that by the general slackness of the Cuscoowdered as in stenhorised us de perips for pigeers and despising them so aggot alter national feeling or long but honour, ang nobly from the lips of Fran to the respective Consulto warn their nothing to hinder them from being ebook tome muoti trade is being transferred from the not to be allowed to fade wide sport of the bird aardlagly he attacked with an umbrella standablished cuscus, and are not, parape, the cte the First. The only sacrifice I cannot anbjects not to stray inlund, is one foreigner, ed at 18 or 6 in future. In truth, no con Tresty parts to Hongkong,
stance is to be made to the Chines andarem. By this diaparatug them and putting them to fight tent netriments for evening fundamental anke is that of my honour, sounds absurd in
the mouth of the Count de Chaniborð, whom said to be noutaae, End byey attacked and ill- tract will be safe, for by the same role of inter * I extract the following passage from their sirasgament it to be hopes that pinoy and legal Without underealinng the strength and courage changes fueither. These is Chins are all of nobody ask or wants to sacrifice anything. METS WADE will be flesta by provider of the judge, we may be persilted to remark posul to she extension of foreign lateroor Fronob poopto, do not, read Dioken bitch, or band, and had only been saved by the notion of pretation, the Jodge may objent to excessive Memorial s
Artido XVIt à acid that the Custom-house that he introduction of a new weapon wave of the adoption of any innovations borrow the Cotint's protestation might awkwardly re the Mandarins who tour him from the mob, had unconscionable prices or stipulation There We find that the tendency of Custom-house and sent him to his Consol. Under these ciris no saying what will beppon if the simplilynction, and the loose suber in which the leers at the Evebords atat make monthly retire to him a deaded advantage over bis opponents from the West. The imperfect follment of mind those lite. Micarber's repeated and camtences, the residents were anxiously, of the role of enforcing plan contracts between Treaty of Tentsin is warded and ourried out. Canton of the paas granted tools proceding to It is not stated whether or not the umbrella Treaty obligation hitherto obtained, is greatly looking for the arrival of the E, which was people who are ompetent is contract is once deis to take away much of the general trade from Hongkong together with the nature of they goen; and stand was loaded with umbrellas; but, in any due to this cause. As a rule, the whole class accesary rows that she would never donert expected from Formosas. One of the reasons parted from. It is a different matter where there Trouty purte and throw it into Hongkong.copy of the returns will be smbodied in our retire, and case, not an engine is to an ordinary hopes of Mandarins regard with aversion all farsign Mr. Micawber. News of the World. giren for the commotion, le said to be receipt in fraud or modne inanense, but the charges of Amoy, for centuries previous to the Custoaluated anoth to the prepar Tungiak for high woupony, for instance, a parlowe poker intrusion, and the comparative independance by missionary in Foochow of un invoice of frand in the present en bed to be drawn Losse being opened, was the head-quarters The ad English offer wil, on his patch what the mitrailleur in to the common of the provinces and system of decentralization REGULAR AND AUXILIARY FORCES IN THE pills, of a cless that had been for many years And us to tos hardship of disipating estates the Base of uile of the trade with Sism, the Anthorities at Cartes, showing the names of Chinese ves Hasenlos, it is not every one who ena wild of obstructiveness fato practice with impunity return on the antjes of the regular and anzil- maksis similar return or counting to the Chaos mesel. On the other hand, like the site of which prevails, spables them to carry e system United Kurones-The latest Parliamentary Deed by hire as an antidote for opium smokers; and ruining men of good family, we conf wetraite, und Java, but latterly very inch of seis arcived at Hongkong, or departed from that port, and the fact that this consignment had been rather think it in good for the community that this trade has gone to Longkung, The trade with the nature of their cargos ad the Canina sutherland we are afraid there are bat few perkour in- They are the more disposed to persavers in this any faress in the United Kingdom give the landed having leaked cat among the natives, it large property should pass very quickly out of ala in Malex tin, which in ferauer years we the wild apgrim the Content houses the five porn, in this country by whom an umbrella stand would purse, that the pretension of the foreigner to following figures: Total regular forces, was immediately settled in their superstitions tha iade of people who make such contracta wye and valuable one, bus dwindled into in order that, by them aangaande and prmations, all be found, as he was by Mr Juskoo Dowling « carry his goods inland and waterme, the pro- 100,769; army reserve, 23,655; militia, 185.044; minds that it was the much-feared "Shan: sa thom which the Lord Chancellor has just signifionoce. It is an undoubted fact that large landestine and legal Unde nader the water of pas con restant iustramane for the punishment and rinses with Chinem produce ence purchased by reamsary cavalry, 14,041; volanteare, 193,893,
quantics of this article are imported into Chin- | may, he aterbed “
expulsion of bõusebreakers,
him, without liability to local taxation, strikes Grand total of all forces, 466,326. shin-lay,
so Warchi.
meat;
THE MISSING WÅTOH LARE.
have been something if he had shown him- iuptant, was again brought up. It appeared M, WADEON QUE HONORING DUTIES mojala-that when Briti promoss to Chinese whole of the open ports put together,
of the lamentable state of affairs on Mr.
Rows. We only object to his excessive Jocularity on so lamentable a subject.
And now, where does the responsibility
really rest? Assuredly upon the public, who
SHEGGLING
the subject of want of public spirit in Hong-manded to the 28th Augoat. kong, one might. write a treatise. because this.
as they require out of the Community, and
this is what we fancy they had bestar do. But after all, it is not money only that is required. There is that required vhich can only spring from some principle of buman nature which, Ess unfortunately been forgotten in the sem. position of the Community of Hongkong.
Fine out of the fifteen Commissioners appoint
A telegram has been received stating that
ed to require into the question of prokaging
M: Thiers powers, are opposed to their contin
usace.
Mr. Xavier testified that the defendant, bis ook, Frequently made purchases for the family in the adjoining konse.
Defendant disobargod.
upset.
UNCONSCIONABLE INTEREST.”
What the Chinese construed them to imply, by
APPEARANCE AND DISAPPEARANCE OF THE COUNT DE OHAMBORD. Undor the sigantüre of “Chambord," the
bist of the Bourbon family has addressed an
atuncesive somewhat pecalier. The repest vote
midst 1” sounds rather ridiculously when it