LITERARY AND ANT GÖÜEBIP, Some notes on the Epistle to the Roinnus'have been left by the late Bishop Thirlwall for pub. Heation,
The King of Bavaria haruppointed Professor Rebor director of the Central Gallery of pictures at Munich.
The valas of printed booke exported from Great Britain in the Just nind mother was £040,413; it year, 2827,911.
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From the Far North" is the title of the St. Jamed a Christmas Annal, which will contain contributions from kir, Walter Thornbury, Mr. Henry Kingsley, de. ̈
The Pope, page the Chronique des Beats Aria, hae recently bought a collection of very precious enamels belongingto.M. Desaigusui, au Italian amateur, and oomprising many rare works of
si Dean Stanley's many admirers will, she Atheneum Bays be pleased to know that a third mories of his Leoteres on the History of the Jewish Conrobin in preparation! Mr. Murray in the publisher,
On the 7th ultimo two windows, one in me mory of Bishop Summer and the other in memory of Bishop Wilberforce, dedicated by the reator and parishioners, were unveiled at Sicke D'Abernon, Surrey.
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The Free Library Committen of Wolver hampton has awurdce a prise for the best essay on "How may trade unione be employed to the irreatest advantage of Masters, and men?" to Robert, Stokes, a Journgyma bricklayer of that LOND
The first oumber of The Britian Igceam, a publication which is to appear once a month, has just been issued. It contains much water on a variety of subicata interesting to thought. ful renders; and the printing and paper are very good,
All people who take an interest in questions. connected with word philosophy will be glad to bour that Mr. pray will issue this sensen a selection from the late Mr. Grote's posthus pspurs, elited by Professor Bain, sader the title of Fragin entà on Ethical Subjects
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Mr. Kegan Paul's Life of William Godwin” ia ab lust to appear. As we have already nounced, the book will contain letters, bitherto anpublished, by Shelley, Lamb, Coleridge, Mr Shelley, Godwin himself, Mary Woolstonecraft, and others.
The new drinking-fountain, presented by Lady Bardoth-Coutts to Manchester, and orseted at New Cross, in the densely popalated district of Ancoats, cost about £1,000. It standa on a raised centre, approached by three step, und -is supplied with trungbe for dega aud anitusle.
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THE NEW AFRICAN EXPEDITION. ap in detail the entro, farga, opposed, to The flimb of the two letters recently from Hr them. When too support arrived the Young Stanley, commander of the Daily Telegraph and the seemd detachment sli" but logha ). I've New York Herald's African Expedition, le pub soldiers bad been killed the captain, b liabed by the former Journal on the 15th nito, had a deep spear wound in his elde, the cohere Mr. Stanley reports that on the 27th February Pero bouged in A volley was poured into the laas thao Victoria Niyanzu Lake, discovered by rear of the astonished enemy, and the party was Captain Spoke, me sighted and reached. The saved. With their combined forces our people. plange through Ugozo was ziarked by gwasz discharged a second volley, and then continued rally adversa oiratastknees; men died from their arch almost quopposed to the northeria fatigue and famine, many were left behind it, and castera extremity of the valley. Meanwhile, LONDON and many, olbera desented. The Europeans, umbka wan xosh lasting from the south-east, Do honorer, did their work hereally. Having informing on that the bird and fourth datash been descrted by two succcesivo ante of guides ments were pursuing their way victoriously. the expedition had to take its way sorous and soon, a solo or more villages were
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Ooylon (str.)... impedimente the teniper of the nutaven neesi who reqsived instructions to proceed to the ex- tated the renewal of the marub, and socordingly trame length of the valloy, and destroy what SWATOW, AMOY & FOODHOW Tesso (str.)... the entire camp proceeded to Chiwyn; 400 miles had been left on the previous day. Those came from the sea, where the young Englishman to a strong and larga village on the north-east, Pasook died and wre buried. Two days journey which, after a slight resistance, they obferud, brought the expedition to Mangara, where Kalf bbading themselves there with grain, and Baileak, the carrier of Kire's letter bug to afterwarde getting the village on fire, Lang. Livingstons, and whew Mr. Stanley had com- beforo zoon "it was clearly seen that the pelled to accompany him to jiji in 1875, was savages had had enough of war and ware brutally murdared whilst in the rear. At Viquite demoralised, so that our people- returned yata only ten days from Iramba, the magic though the new milent and Gluskouod valley doctor the great man of the valley, and the withos biglectations. Joet before daybreak'an tho pouple appeared to be conciliated by presente; fourth day we quitted our camp aut mantinel but they were observed to look with covelone, quz journny northwest, with provisions on I- eyer upon the goods.
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•The_morning_of_third day,” sagu Mr. turn to pounder on the harsh fate they had Staley," the magic doctor returned again to draws on themselves by their greed, treachery, camp to beg for some more boada, to make and wanton murderous attack on pauciul brotherhood with him? To this, aftor some strangers. I had started from the count with slight choy of reluctance to give too much, I over 400 pien; but what I reylowed the expadle aesented, and he departed apparently pleased, tion at Migongo Tembo, in Iramba, which we Half-an-hour afterwards the micry of the mashed ihree days after departing from the Waturn was heard resounding through each of one of our conflict, I found I bad but 181 wou the two hundred villages of the Loewanbolaft. In lean than three months I had siready Valley. As we had heard the Wigogo sound lost by draentery, famine, beart disease, deser auch way noten upon every alight apparition of tion, and war, over 120 men natives of Africa, strangers, we imagined that the warriors of and one European, I have not now tire timẻ....... Itura were suttoned to contand against some for my work is but beginning to relato a tithe marauders like the warlike. Warumby or other of our adventures, or how we suffered. maleontent, neighbours, and, nothing diatarbed Marching away from falso, Iturn with this by it, we pursued our various sections. Some diuinished force, Mr. Stanley lost yet another of our men wore gone out to the ucighbouring soldiers and pagaris in the 30 days elapsing peol to draw water for their respective messes; before he resobed the waters of the Victoriad others and wandered off to ant wood, athers, Sea. Tans he stood upon the shores of the lake again, were about starting to parahae food, when with 166 followers and two European.com suddenly we saw the outskirts of the catappanions, bet with historey and equipments still darkened by about a hundred natives in full war ample, and the marvellous task safely scomme costume, Feathers of the bastard, the engle, plished of onrrying the Lady Alfes through all ord the kite saved above sords of their heads, those 720 miles of African wilderness. He the wads of the zebra and the giraffe enciraled bad achieved this immense labour ja the other swarthy brows, in their left hands they unprecedented upses of 10S dayo, insļud- held bowe and arrows, while in their right they ing a haltinga aud fightings. Arrives bore spears, Romembering the poodle bearing upon the Jake shore, he sumped st of Livingstone when he and I wore menaced by | Kagehyi, and proceeded to put togaller the caribai Watembe, I gave orders that unnend to launch bis little rosyede which, buite should have camp until we cool nasertain what ut. Teddington, transported to Zanzibar, and this hostile proceeding meant, and that use carried across the African jungle, had already abcold by any demonstration provoke the m-performed a sufliciently curious voyage. It will tires. Whilo we waited to see what the Watura En seen in the fortbadming paspatch, which tho intended to do, their numbers intressed tentai, Daily Telegraph will publish on Monday, how
HONGKONG DISTILLERY 0. and every bush and tree bid a warrior. When | Mr.Stapley, baring enbarked, leaving his samp
1209 Hongkong, 6th Augnat, 1875. the Watura had become so minerous that at Kagehyi ander Francis Fooook, explored all we us longer doubted they were summoned the cistern and northern sount of the Greatest ONE FOR SALE, to light us, I despatched a young man who Water round to Mitesa's city, at the roach of Bit, in fiols to Anis Parohnsters, at $5 per DEST TAKASIMA COAL, fresh from the knew their language to worth their" in the Victoria Nile There be gave letters to Y.. tention. As he advanced towards them wir De Bellefonde, a French officer of Colonel | Tan, ez Godova, for seven warrior drew near to «tnik with Gordon's expedition, which kare nol yet come ta biro. When he returned be informed us that hand; but our ontemporary posscasen bio map one of our men bad stolen some milk and butter of the circumnavigation, and also the second from aemall village, and that we must pay for despatch forwarded upon his roturn by the wat it in ofoth: The messenger was sent back to shore to Kagehyi, where, tinhappily, he found tell them that white men did met sous to their that another of his white companions, Frederick country to rob or, quarrel; that they had bat Barker, had, in his absarco, died. Thus be sus to see the price of what was stolen to be paid left with Francis Potack, and about 150 black at ouse, and that not grain of com or millet followers at the date when the silence of the sped should be appropriated, by us wrongfully. Africa wilde agam envelopes bin and bis; but Upon this the principal warriors drew dearer, his tone is one of the fallest eonfidence, arid ala The son of Hugh Miller is treading in his until we could hear ther voices plainly, though equipment for freeb joarnies and discoverios.in father's steps both as a geologist and a writer, we did not understand the nature of the co-spoken of by his as abundant. With regend He has written a biography of his father's life-versation. The messenger informed us that the to the Groat Labs, it will be found umply long friend, Sir Roderick Marahison, nnd be is elders demanded four yarda ofisheswing, whist desorbed in the meat loiter. It appears to engaged on the geologieni- sarvoy of England, was about is tinies the value of the stolen lie at an altitude even exceeding that By carious ecincidence, be made bis debut articles; but at rach a moment it mas cscle to estimated by Speke, and this correction, of as a writer in the Inverness Courier, the same baggle over so triffing a demand, and the cloubourse, would give it fresh importance sa s paper as that in which bis father did, and under was pan. When it was given to them the fountain of the Nile. Mr. Stanley ook especial the same editor, Dr. Carratters;
eldere said they were satisfied, and withdrew, pains before quitting England to perfect bimef Mr. Street, K.A. bas just finished the restora. It soon became evident, however, that though tion of the interesting pariat church of Bere the elders wore content the warriore wore not, as Regis, in Dorsot, the works having cost £7,000. they could be seen burrying by scores from all The edifice is of the Norma transitional period. parts of the valley, and geationinting violently in A portion being useigned to King John, who, crowds. Still we waited patiently, boping that during hie sbor and troubled reign, bað a¦ if the old men and principal warriors wire palace in the vicinity. The oburch has a very really wall disposed, towarda as their voices elaborately carved roof. It was visited by she would prevail, and that they would be able to British Archeological Association on the .oasasion of their tour in Dureet.
M. Anspach, Chick Magistrate of Brussels, following in the truck of M. Hansamunt, is gradually transforming the Bolgun espital into a miniature Paris. In order to stimulate the efforts of the urobítents he had adopted the ingenioua iden of offering a prize of a thousand frangs to whoever will build the finest house in the boulevard.
M. Legros bus fast completed an important portrait of the Louf Lieutenant of Ireland, This work is for prescation. The artist's friends will regret to learn that recently, just after an important etched plate was finished by hiz, a bottle of acid was accidentally opetover the surface, and the work greatly, if not, as we fear, irreparably injured.
A. morament bar just been crested over the graze of the Rev. Thomas Binney, in Abney Park Cemetery. It is a small obelisk on three plinths, in red granite, with the following in scription = Is loving meatory of Thorns Bin- ney, born at Newcastle, 12th April, 1798; die in London, 24th Februars, 1874, I stall be "Bukisfiad"When I awake in Fly likeness. "
Dr. Wolanski bas discovered in the Govern- ment archives at Mdan many autographe of Galileo not mentioned in the Palazini colier- - tion, and relating especially to Stalileo's negotian tions with the Spanish vernment for the adoption of bis system of using the geographient longitude in navigation, and to his journey to Roms in 1624, when he went to offor his bomugo
to Urban VIIL
sange the wild passions which now seemed to animate the others. As we watched then we
in all those methods of observation so necesitry to travellers; aines apozi them and their reente solentiae geographers depend, and for them chiefly look. It may be observed that Mr. Stanley differe from Captain Spoke the spelling of the Nivanzi, which he writes as it is pronounced bosh by the Arabe and the natives
Niyanza," or " Nee-yauza.”
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One of the sweetest things about a fonag and budding love is the way in which she will smooth the bar so gently of your brow, and then scie tenderly in your face, and show that about four of her back tooth are gone.
New Probabilities-When you see a man going home at two o'clock in the morning and now his wife is waiting for him, it is likely to be story. When a man receives a bill for goode
For thirty six years Mr. Delove has been noted that about two hundred detached them- connected with The Times. He was only selves troni che gesticulating crowds east of the twenty-two when, in 1830, he became Mr. cimp, and disappeared burrying to the shisk Barnes'e ausistant editor, and two years later bush west of as, Soon afterwarde one of my bebanane full editor-an instance of youthful men returned from that direction bleeding pro- precocity as reworkable in its way as Pit's fosely from the face and arm, and reported that Premiership at the am age. Mr. Delane now he and a youth named Suffleman vere cut firde it nicemery, for the sake of big bealth, to collecting firewood when they were attacked by take a lengthy holiday. 1 in stated that Dr.a lurge crowd of ssanges, who were biddeu in bis wife has bought unknown to him, look out Dasout will, for a time, take his pluce.
the busb, A knobetiok bad crushed the man's for thunder and lightning. When a man goes Probably the most successtat literary mannose and a spear had severely wounded himhotoo and finds no supper ready, the fire out, now living, in so for us pentury proât is a in the aras, but he had managed to and his wife visiting the saloong “ with the reật toat of aneceur, la Mr. William Catien Bryant, escape, while Sulieman was killed, a dozen of the boys," it is likely to be cloudy. When the American poet. But his wealth is due not speara baring bean planged into his back, man promises to take his wife to a party and so much to bie poetry as to his journaliam. For This report and the appearance SE their changes his mind atterebe je dressed, you may fifty years (next year) he has been connected blending comrade so excited the soldiers of the expect a shower. When a man pares his oiger with the New York Evening Post, and still writes.oxpedition that they were only with the ntmest nonry to buy his wife a new bonnet, and bis in it, though he will enter his eighty scoong diffenty restrained from beginning & battle at children new aboes, it indientes a spell of year six vecka hence. He has done good work once. Even yet I hoped that war might be pre-runahine. When a man dies and leaves a nice in that journal, and be has boen abundantly vented by a little deplorasey, while I did not young widow with plenty of money, and yon see rewarded.
forgot to open the ammunition boxes and pre- bor walking out with the excaator on Eunday aPreparations are being made to place a statue para for the worst. Bet wach wie meanwhile afternoon, a chuige fa jinminent.
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required.
Dircken, Master, 595 Tons Register, having the greater portion of ber Cargo engaged, will #bave immediate despatch: -
VOGEL, KLAGEDOEN & C 168 Hongkong, 9th November, 1875.
FOR LONDON,
HE French Bark
THE
ADMIRAL DEVOULX,”
Postincater, General,
Hongkong, 27th November, 1875.
Arrangements have been made for the Recis- For further particulars, apply at the Comtration of Correspondance exchanged between panya Offion.
0. BERTRAND,
Principal Agens. Hongkong, 26th November, 1875.
STEAM FO2 SINGAPORE, PENANG, POINT DE GALLE, ADEN, SUBZ, MAISTA,
tba United States of America and this Colony by Pacife Mail Piets of the Occidental and | Oriental Steam Ship Company,
The Registration Fes will be 8 cents for each letter, over and above the. Postage. This tes, as well as the Postage, Tust be prepaid.
No letters can be Registered after 2 P.M. on
BEINDIEL, ANCONA, VENICE, MEDI-the day of deportare of the Mail,
TERRANEAN PORTS, SOBIHANETON, AND LONDON;
Captain Carrique, will bars quick despatch us NAVIGATION abore.
For Freight, apply to
VOGEL, HAGENORN & Co. 1539 Hongkong, 15th Chatober, 1875.
FOR LONDON. .....
voluminous information, the valno of the 41 British Ship
"OBBONICLE AND DIRECTORY FOR 1875 has been farther augmented by a 25
·ORROMU-LITHOGRAPH OF A
PLAN OF VICTORIA, -HONGKONG;
FOREIGN SETTLEMENTS OF
SHANGHALA
NEW
of Grattan in front of Trinity College; between to be done. The enclosure of the camp required the college gate and the statue of King William. to be built up, and something of a fortification This looulity will then have quite a group of was necessary to repel the attack of such a large remarkable statues Edmund Barke and Olivar forse. While we were thus preparing without
MONDAY, 29th November, Goldsmith, two beautiful works, within the oeteniation to defend ourselves from what I The market for Bengal drug has kept quiet College quadrangle, Thomas Moore, about a conceived to be an imminent onslaught, the to-day, with sales of but a few chesta of both parch from the same spot, opposite a facade of Watorn advanced upon the camp, and a shower kinds, New Patna at $620, and New Benares the Bank of Ireland (e ugliest status in of arrows tell all found ne Sixty soldiers, at $595. Salos of New Malwa A 5590; ita a TH Christendom); William Sunth O'Brien, at held in readies were at one ordered to reduction of from one and a half to two cutries. Carliale-bridges and William the Third and deploy in front of the cap, Efty yerde off: In old drag nothing done. Hanry Grattan, in friendly proximity before the the Wangunan, or freemen of Zanzibar, Irish Parliament House" On the centre of obedient to the command, rashed out of the New Corliste-bluge, which is about to be camp, and the battle commenced. Immediately ON LONDON, constructed the width of Sackvillo-street, it is after, these sixty mea, with axis, were ordered probable that a statue of O'Connell will be to cut bases and raise a high fouce of thora nitimately placed.
The Photographie News, in speaking of "Photography and the Blustrated Press," gives some examples of the extent to which the latter is now dependent on the photographic ur. At Alice inside to mara a dentrol refoge for a list on BOMBAY,Bank, on demand 2271 the office of the Paris Moniteur Univerael, which resistance, and in otherwise strengthening the Ox CALCUTTA,—Bant, on demand 2013 is one of the most extensive printing and pab- defenses. Every one toiled with a will, and ON SEANGHALA lebing establishments in France, arrangements while the fiting of the skirmishers, growing Bank, sight are being made for large photh-printing works, more distant, announced that the enemy was Private, 80 days' night 720
SHARES.
kround the cump, while twenty muru, Weru employed to throw up lofty platforms lika towers within, for sharp-shooter. We busied où maices in "bringing the agations of the Indy
as well as for producing coloarod pictures by M withdrawing, we were left to our task. Léon Vidal's photo-chronic proces. In bis unmolested. When the camp Was pro.
may be aware of.
Bank Bille, on demand
40
Bunk Bills, at 30 days' sight 40) Back Bills, at 6 months' sight40% Oredite, at 6 months' sight.... 4/14 Documentary Bills,atémonths',
4/23
sightin
A Chroino-Lithograph Plate of the
CODE OF SIGNALS IN USE AT
THE PEAK
VARIOUS HOUSE FLAGS (Designed caprenly for the Works) MAPS OF HONGKONG, JAPAN,
THE
SILK WORM DISTRICTS,
ISLAND OF FORMOSA
AND OF
THE COAST OF CHINA; AERO, THERE
NEW CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE— HONGKONG,
HUNTLEY CASTLE,” Hughan, Master, will load hero and At Wham. poa, and will have immediate despatch for the above Fort.
For Freight, apply to
A. MAG. HEATON,
Hongkong; DRAGON & Con
NINART Clanton 163 Hongkong, 19th November, 1975.
"FOR NEW YORK. 18E 41. American Ship
·A·PILGRIM,”: Captain Fowle, will load here and at Whampoa and will have quick despatch as abors
For Freight, apply to deten
RUSSELL & O 1618 Hongkong, 6th November, 1875.
FOR HAMBURG (Direct)
THE 43 British Barqué
MONSOON" Geo. Hunter, Martor, will load here and Whampos, and will have quick dospatab above
For Freight, apply to 20
CW: PUSTAU & Co. 1657 Hongkong, 9th November, 1875.
"FOR CALLAO. Perovian Ship
envifles other local, inforination and station PRAY BENTOS
tica correntod to date of publication, cending. to make this Work in every way suitable for Public, Mercantils, and General Ofises. The Directory is published in two Forms, Complete at 85; or with the Liebe of Residents, Port Directories, Maps, &
At 28.
*Ordern for Coples may be sent to the Daily Press Office, or to the following Agents: Macaeders J. P. DA SILVA & Co.
QUELCH and CAMPBELL WILSON, NICHOLLS & Co. WILSON, NICHOLLA & Co, Free & Co.
goantry photography is used to aid the artist pared I ordered the bugler to sound the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank Share, in sketching to a great extent. One of these retreat, in order that the savages might per cent, discbant, daye, no doubt, the Photographic News believes, have finis to consider whether it was Union Insurano Bociety of Canton, now chares we shall have our papers ilustrated by photos politie for them, to renew the fight The sxic- $650 por sharon: () graphs par el'rimple, but even now photography mishers now returned, and announned that China Traders' inaurause Company's Suar bas far more to do with the execution of the items of the enemy were killed. while a great $1,875 per share. illustration in ear journals than most people many more were wounded and bore off by their China and Japsa Marine Insurance Tia. 105
frienda. All my men bad distinguished the per share, There are several noble churches in London selve even Bull, my British ball-dog, bad Chinese Instirince Company $212 per share, and its suburbs, which have been much injured seized one of the Watura by the leg, and Hongrong Fire Insurance Company's Sharee arebitecturally and structurally by the additions bud given him a taste of the power of the $5421 per share. and alterations of the last 200 years.. St.sharp aanines of bis breed before the poor China Fire Inenrance Company's Shares-$149 Amoy Margarete, Westminster, is one of the montavage was mercifully despatched by a Saider per share, M
Airmosi ecoepicuons instance of this injury, and efforts bullet. We reated that day from further Vioturia Fire Insurance Company's Share Foch are now being made for its thorough restora.trouble, and the next morning we waited events $169 per sbaro, tion. For this purpose a committee he been atit nine o'clock, when the enemy uppested Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Company's formed, consisting of the Duke of Busoleuob, in greater force than ever, having sommoned Shares 30 per cent, discount.⠀⠀ the Dean of Westminster, Lord Hatherley, thu their neighbours all round to assist them. Hongkong, Canton and Mamb Steamboat Co.'s Speaker of the House of Commons, the Rector, Taelected four expericnoed men to lead fout SharePur and seral of the principa parishioners; and ecveral detachment, and garo orders that they Shanghai Steam Navigation Company Chefos and?... Sir Gilbert Soult as frunialed a plan for the should insreb in different dirsations through. 72 por ahore, removal of the present cambrops galleries, the the valley, and meet at soms high rocks distant Hongkong Gas Company's Shares-875. per re-seating of the door, and other iatornal send five miles off's that they should seize upon all abare. mente. After the Interior has been decorously eattle, and burn every village as soon as taken. Hongkong Hotel Company's Share50 per restored it hoped that the exterior will un- Obediers to the command they eullied forth dent, discount. dergo sono alterations. The original church from tied any, wed thus began the achond day's Chinese Imperial Loan 109. wae, no doubt, founded by Edward the Con gut. They were zoon vigurously engaged
While Waz, 3 pieces, at $78.50, by Hop-hing
Ningpo Shanghai.........
Hankins-andĮ
..
Bio Forta}
45
KELLY & Co. Slangbai.
D
HALL & HOLTZ,
i+
KELLY & CO.
HALEY HOLTZ and Kizay
. & Oh. Shiarghai HALL & HOLTE AND KALLY Newchoong Can & Co., Bhunghai, ant
ritain and HALL HOLTS and KELLY Paldag
& Co., Shanghalang Nagasaki Tax O. & J. TRADING Co. Hrogo, Umake...THE O & J. TRADING.OS. Tokohama.......hiesors, LANE, OBAMFORD & CO. GunMr. (), D. Moon, Japan Curelle
Ofice Mesura, J. De Lorzada & Co. Straats Times Offner or
Manike
s
(M2. F. ATAAR, Clement's Laos.
· Gro, STEERT, 30, Cornbill.). Mears, Bates, Hesky & Co.
ALSO,
ALFRED LISTER,"
Portmaster.General
General Post Office,*****
Hongkong, 11th November, 1875.
· Books &
BOMBAY, MADRAS, AND CALOUTTA. AN PENINSULAR AND Oriental StrÁM
The following reduced Rates of Postage will COMPANY' Steamship GOLCONDA Captain ANDERSON, with Her take effect from this day- Majesty's Malls, Passengers, Specie, and
Leve. Newspapers. Patterns. Dargo, will leave this for the shore places on
PORTIQUAL
Cents Cento, THURSDAY, the 9th December; at Noon.
6 per 2 oz. Via Southampton, Siper toz, 6
·Cargo will be received on board until Noon Specie and Parcels at the office until PM, on ACORES ISLANDE, and
Vis Brindisi,perioz. 3 14por 202- the 8th,
VIA Mursel.les,.
For Particulars regarding Freight and Pas. sage, apply at the P. & 0.8. N. Coa Office, Hongkong CONTENTS AND VALUE OF PACKAGES ARE REQUIRED. S
A Written, Declaration of the Contents and Valus of the Packages or the Overland Routeis required by the Egyptien Government, and mine: ba delivered by the Shippers to tao Company's Agents, with the Bills of Lading or with Paroeds; and the Company do not hold themselves responsible for any Detention org Prejudice which may happen from the incora rectaeas on such dooinratine.
Shippers of cargo for Bombay are requested kong in correspondenes with the Australian to take note, that the Steamers leaving Hong. Shunters from Galle to Bombay, may dali at Colombo,
Centr
Via Southampton, 34per oz. 6 8 per 2o1. CANARY & MADELES
İSLANDS,
Via Brindisi Siperfoz. 3.12 per 2 oz Vil Marsilles.} Via Southampton, perfoz. 5-6per 2oz. HowatuLUAND
·BAWAIL-*.
Via Brindisi, 88per Jan. 10 14per 20.
Vis Marseilles,
Tia Southampton, 30 pertuz. B 6per 20%.
ALFRED LISTER,
·Postaviler General, General Post Office,
Hongkong, 5th August, 1875.
The Postmaster at San Francisco has given The Company reserve the option of forward. notice that letters despatched from this Colony ing all goods shipped by their Steamers for (whether through the Fort Office, or as con- Europe through Egypt, either by rail, or by signées letters) by the United States Mail Canal in their own Steamers, or in vessels Packets, will not be forwarded to any places employed for the purpose.
not within the United States unless the proper Shippers are particularly requested to note Postage from Amerion to such places he prepaid. at the terms and conditions of the Company's in American Postage Stamps, but will be re
a Black Bill of Lading name FREE PAR A. MoIVER, Superintendent,
Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Uo.'s Offen, Hongkong, 27th Rovember, 1876.
tened to this Ofoe.
Snob lettere should either be prepaid in both- Hongkong und American Stampe as ekove, or posted to an Agent in the United States.
This notice chiefly applies to the following places, tho American rates of Postage to which are as follow
NEWS LETIBES, PATRES. BOOKS,
Cents Cente..
Conta
Brizi,..........15 3, 4 ozi, mai Peru, Chili, &...
U. 8. MAIL LINE.
PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
THROUGH TO NEW YORK, VIA OVER- Ramon Mota, Meator, will meet with quick a LAND RAILWAYS, AND TOUCHING AT Honolulu,... .6 per 1 oz. 2- patch as above the for
TOKORAMA AND BAN FRANCISCO. For Freight, apply to
THE SOFTY OF TOKIO” will leave
Hongkong for San Francisco, via Toko bamo, on WEDNESDAY, the 15th December, at 1 pm, taking Passengers and Fraight for Japan, the United States, und Europa,
Through Fassenger Tickets and Billa of Lading are issued for transportation to Yoko
J. J. DOS REMEDIOS & CO. 1816 Hongkong. 1st November, 1975.
THADE MART
ON A WILKAT
A LION RAMPANT GARDANT, has and other Jugan Ports, to San Franois,
HOLDING A GROWN FEOPIR
ELLWOOD '6" ****
HATS AND HELMETS;
«NOW ON. SALE.
BOUND VOLUMES of the China Overland Trade Report for the Year 1874. Priso Ter Dollar AE
Apply as the Daily Fress Ooo. Hongkong. lot February 1875.
A&Undersigned have been appointed bole Agents for the Sake of their Gooda iu Hongkong and China by Messrs. J & R. Tax- NaNT, Glasgow, and Mesars, DAVID CORBAR Sons, Arbroath. TUR.
MARNHOLT, KARBERG & Co. tf 419 Hongkong, January, 1857,
"NOTICE,
P
WLite Sharksfrs: 4 packages, at $8120, by San Francisco Mr. L. P. Finze, 21, Mür- FN Order to meet the wishes of the Native Hop.bing to travelling trader,
fessor, contemporaneously with the Abbey, with the enemy, who fled fast and alumne SALES OF NOVEMBES 29TH, AS BEFORTED BY for the benefit of the inhabitauta residing before theas to an open plain on the banks of javW.VAN BAÕHIKESH. outside the monastic buildings. The present the Leonumba, The detachment under Par-White Sugar, 200 bags, as 85.25, by Hophing Bingapore building was erected in the reign of Edward 1., jalle Christie became too excited, and because to local trader.
Donaca. and was considerably altered in that of Edward the omamy ran imagined that taby had only t IV. The interior, though euch impaired by show themselves to unge every native to By to travelling tende recent inonmbrances, retains all the features.of bat unce on the plain—having drawn them a spacious und dogant Peipendionlar church.away into isolation some miles from my It is the burial place of William Caxton, Sir: our the sogroes turned upon them and Walter Raleigh, and humorous persone distinlaughtered the detachment to man, asept guished in Church and Blate. All the eminent the messenger, who had been detailed to neporn. preachers of former days, including Latimer, pany the party in order to report sauces or Uabor, Tillotson, Burnet, Portone, und, a bost failure, I bad taken the precaution to soud of other dignitaries of the Church of England, our swit-footed dan along with eaob detach wo to travelling trader. as well as many oslehrated divines of the days ment, for this purpose. The conger camp
obante-Exchange. Fermicelli, 50 bage, at $8.30, by Kwong og New Tork....Moes. A. M. PETTINGLLC., tai to travelling trader
97. Park Row.
Dried Lily Flowers, 10 boge, at $900, by Hongkong, Sad Junwaty, 1875. Kwong.fook.wo to travelling trader, venda
Füngur, 30 bags, at $3550, by Kwong-look-
WING-KEE COAL SHOP,
to paria in Mexico, Central and South America, and to New York and Europe, via OVER LAND RAILWAYS
A Steamer of the Mikap Bishi 5,9. Company will love Shanghai, via the Zaland: Soa Porte, about,sume date, and make close connection at Yokohama.
At Now York, Pessagers have selection of various lines of steamere to England, France, and Germsoy..
General Post. Ofice,
4 per 4 oz.
10 per 4 est LISTER, Postmaster Gentral..
Hongkong, 12th July, 1875. It is hereby notified that the rates of postage chargeable heaceforth on Letters addressed to the United Kingdom, and to places beyond tha United Kingdon, warm forwarded by French Poket, will be the same as these chargeable on Letters forwarded by British Packet vil Brin- diú.
F. W. MITCHELL,
Postpastor General, Genoral Post Omor, Hongkong. *.*
It is bereby notified that henceforward the postage on letters addressed to Newfoundland which must be paid in advanoo, will be as fol When forwarded vi34 cents each 'i-onnot.
Brindisi
When forwarded vik?. Maravilleion. When forwarded viAL OB
Southampton
Freight will be received on board until low, viz. on the 14th prosimo. Parool Packages will be retired at the Office until b. Pat. same day all Parcel Packages should be marked to að- dress in full value of same is required. Freight, apply to the Agency of the Company. For further information, asko. Posage and
Prage Weal.
G. BEMORY Ha Asting Agent. Hongkong, November 16th, 1875.
Paper has been, from the commencement of the
Community, the Chinese lasue of this CHINA AND JAPAN MARIN
China New Year, issued naux instead of on alternate daya as before. A
RANCE COMPANY.
NOTICE,
EW. MITCHELL,
Postmaster General. General Post Office, Hongkong.
Arrangements having been made under which Muila for London arriving at Suez from INU-China by Private Ships will be forwarded to
9. destination via Brindisi, it is haroby notified that the rates of puntage, which must be paid in advance, on correspondence addressed to the United Kingdom so forwarded, will ke se fol
each.
The Paper bae been Established for nearly Twenty Xpar, and is, as to Editorial Manago- ASTER this date, a brokemge of Thirty-three) lowe, viz. qu ment, under the Direction of a Wall Educated and one-third per cent, (9547)) gill be For Lattare............ 24 cents por half ounce of the Commonwealth, bare ministered within from Parjatta to procure nesistance, which was to travelling trader, ma
Die od bog, at $2.95, by Yatling THE Proprietor of WING-zen Shop begs to Chinese Gentleman; grea reliable commercial alloired by big Agency on site to ports in For Newampers 8 ite walls. The beautiful cut windo was exe 16 once deapstoked, though, indoed too late to
inform the public that his Bhop has been and general information, and has the name CHINA, JAPAN, the PHILIPPINES, and}" cated as a present from the magistrates of aid the unfortunate cues, but not too late to Oba tatraboning to traveling trader
that be has alwuye a great quantity of BEST vertisements and Nawa se the English Daug Red Melon Secris, 4 tube, ut Tix 9.5.90, by establebed since 1855, at Eudicots Lane, and position with the Native Community as to Ad: the STRAITS. A
Da zisks to all other porta, the brokerage will Dort to King Henry VII. on the occasion of save is second detachment from a like fate, for Polate Flour, 40 bags, at Tia. 17.6.0 by 100AL in store for Sale. Gentlemen or Ship-Frem with the Foreign Community. The be ten per cent. (10%) only. the marriage of Frisco Arthur to Katherine of the Tintorions oneray, after alanghtering Kwong-wing-shing to travelling trader.
masters wishing to patronisé bin, are requested Uhurga for Advertisements will be au hareto Aragon, and its singularly eventful subsequent the first division, bad turned upon the Brown Sugar, 340 bags, at B., by Ewong-to apply at his Shop, KUN N
fore, history is well known.
second with she evident intention to eut I wing shing to Joosi trador.
Ly My Hongkong, 98rd Bopteraber, 1875, Hongkong, 23rd February, 1874,
IN JUSTAV & Dân
te 181 Hongkong, 21st January, 1874,
For Books and}
•Patterne
12
not exceeding Iounoscente.
every additional4
F. W. MITCHELL,
Postmaster General General Post Offer, Hongkong.