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THE DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, MAY 8, 1876.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Major-General the Hon.-Francis Colborne certificate which production shall be suficient ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH MAIL.

The New York Times be investigated the 0.B., who has just been promoted to the dignity to establish that the antion on the arid goods. of a Height Commander of the Bath, Military bare been paid, and that there is nothing to be The P.&. Co.'s steamier Tomba da Cap-aubject of be cost of living in that city," and Divisioti, entered the arany in 1986 a sign olied for their exportation in the 75th Pot, in which he rose to the rank Art, 17.16 reductions on the dates by tain Gilleon, from Bombay 18th, Gallo 23rd, Sada that a person das live aise persent, shouper

there now than he could three yeATH 20... of osutain in 1844, lies:enant-colonel in 1854, venson of dinges foreseen by the Inst. of Pegang 29th, and Singapore 30th nitro, conferryise, attended by delegates from Telegraphic oumanieition between Shange and full-colored in 1866" He obtained fold: Article 12 of the Treaty of Commerce, are not bringing on the English mail of the 31st:133 Congregation Churches, 10:10 segion'at hai and Amoy is jeforented the repairs are rack in 1969, having caetz balire aervice in the to be applied in any nad to export goods March, arrived here on Saturday morning. Hears Ward Beeler to Flynngath Chayst,

Brooklyn, considering the relations of the Red, Crimen Ho ban boon- eucossively distant the import and transit, these competentions expsoted a be speedily effected, is the locality Qaytarmaster-Grenor lead Assistant Adjutant cagnot be allowed as far as tho domira i The following tolograms are cut from Lite The fiulie ma that the italian Government of the brinkage is ose to Gatzlaff and the

are contemplating the propon) of an Interns"," repairing stentne stafioned at Shangbstocrat he the Home Guarda, Auletant-Quar-sained-statt-have a plan dadog the Indinu pra

efonstar-General at chibralar Quadernster paeimge from the lust port of dipping, and

brocal Congress to consider, Lie mons for die MADBAR, APIU: 2011, 9.90 AM

minishing the frequency of collisionant sour Thira will be another entertainment, at Gozellig Maurierung Assistant ball be be result the tent rayolarly

to

The Sultan grounded at Fulicat ut non on Never get yourself up. for a.usidian jast Hopking Temperatice Hall this greafugto Adjutant andre in Frotland He has held established by the ship's papers commeren st 8.30 pm when song, readings tha oliek pamand of our furat in Cliar and Act. 18-It is tiotly forbidden to throw in the vineteenth, All, including passengera, beortie you have a drums in your car gor de will ta giyen Adison will be trees and tbs Stats Bettiomentrance the your 1874 He the river sand, stoned un alber kind of ballast: worked with a will, and she got off wifely of bulines peas are ont ont for a robot-teacher

nomipated Computing of lbs Batti in which shall bare the landed in phoon postad five-anchored at Madres ut tan Aganzat moroly becatan yon bavaa papil in your ey

tho...peeragere aro fear engineers, tholading 1815, and a Knight of the Legion-of-ilonsur indof by the babinar mater,

The Bishop of Olinda, who quirrelled with All infringement to this regulation shall be Mr. Fenwick, of the Untoutta Waterworks. He Catholic Majesty of Brazil. has gone to 1881.

liable to a fine surging from fifty to one handred wishes to see the papore of the Colombo scheme Rosie, and there dared to complain that the His experience nas producet an enphatio pres dollars,

Captain G, W. Watson, R.N., the new Com possibly turn out an element of strength to them. Hud they remained in their isolated odore, arrived in Hongkong by the mail steamer Lombardijon Rayonday, Captain Parish TORY condition much longer, their country would preceeds to England, we understand, by the

Fave inevitably become the prey of the Aratex English Mall ataumer Power who felt inclined to pick a quarrel with them. The Russians have long been bearing steadily southwards, and it might bava suited lux to corporate a small weak country that lay betwixt them and the Parillo so long he it had no friends, and its annex tion would protoka no particular show of It has been-coufpiled and printed at the hostility. For though he Emperor of Daily Press Offies, no usoul, from the hostCHTKA is om only the Coran m1arch'a and most authentic sources, and no pains suzerain-the Peking Government would do hare beon spared to make the work con little to protect its tributary Proof of pleta in $11 cespedra.***

fact was Aupplied during the late disigme ment belwoco Japan and Corea. The sooner, therefore, the Coreané determice to apon the country to trade with Western uatione the butter it will be for them, both commercially and politically,

--In addition to the paual varice and voluminga information, the UHRONICLE

AND DIRECTOEZ ron 1878 contains

CHROMO-LITHOGRAPH

PLAN OF VICTORIA, HONGKONG

FOREIGN SETTLEMENTS OF SHANGHAI.

4180 of

Dongued expremily-for-the-Works)- MAPS OF HONGKONG, JAPAN,

TOI

· P. 5 O COMPANY'S, ROUTES,

THE COAST "OF CHINA; ALSO, THE NEW CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE

All whors interested are invited to attend...

It is notified in Sasaray' Want that HD the Governor has been pleused to recognize izroviannally, and until funker novice, M. Addi André us in oberge of the Consulate Contest of Austria Hnagery, mincing the aches at Baron de Overbeck. A

A& the Park the maximum temperature dor ing the past week, an recorded in Saturday forelle, as 76.0, the mining 62.5; at the Harbour. Minster's Office, Praya Weat, the mezi- man was 30.5, the minimum 710. Only 0.02 inch rain fell during the week. created

Art. 19--11 is strictly forbidden to arptains-ference for bill water chained by a gravitation and masters to leave the anchorage place which schone over a pomping project.

VIRENA: 20th April ung bean given to tnom, without an order from the barbourmiater.

pook the site of the Emperor in the

quarrel.

Bxtremes arent Thera are women in the Sandwich Lalanade who dress only in a choup umbrella, and the uriasionales are just be sovere

sham as they are on Mrs. Belknap-Roches Dorat,

or

By 02 votes against 23, the Belgian Chnenber of Representatives has passed the International ment se resolved to deny ita signature of the Bugar Convention Bill. The French Govern convention till May.

A Blue-book bejnất bin ised containing the supplementary report by Conigl Riskets on the Trade and Commerce of Munile for this year 3674 in which he notes that the total valud of British imparts to the Philippines frowe ll parts,

The Tarks butoially adinit that an attempt to was 813,704,256 that the value of the Imparts All infringanent to this regulation is ablere victual Nikaisch has proved unreafter Bir dage figating against 24,000-surgente, from Great Britain, Hazzkoog, not Singapore to a fine varying from ten to twenty dollars. was $11,675,911; Bud that the value of gutus Art 20-It su infections or epidemic disense Aku merely of them being Montenegrins,

ST. PETENJVno, 20th Apria imported from Grest Britalu direct was breakɛ on, bourd of a ship angbored at Hai-

3,474.974. The value of the cotton goods in phung, the captuia is bound to make an itempia against Merr, for which he was lately The Shab of Perain has abandoned by trodused waa $5,807.751. Coil ügures at dista declaration to the harbour tauster, and to $281.516, inom, at $297.510 byte and caps, et comply himself to the rules and regulations of preparin An ocident occurred on board the Kinshez 8230,780, umbrellas form also a considerable the public health which shall be ordered to on her paauge on Saturday at the entransitum. As regards the exports, we find that the hi

alsam-pipe barsttoral vales exported hinted to $17,802,977. If a death beure on board of is goralant ship to the Cap-sing-moon, Lecniding a Quinest sauger sitting over it to nod that preduce to the value of $10,018,500, anchored at Rai-phong, other among the man

death and dreadfully scalding the hands of the was forwarded to Great Britain and has lent the grew or the passengers, the captain

nice. A detailed statement of the port was bound to make the immediate declaration to Turka, is terrest na to whether 7,000 of the speaking of that eximordinary race of people It is now doubted if the assortion of the Faron-telis weinid former once chief enginder who came to render assistance.

given in a former report, in the commencement harbour master, and to comply himself In the of this year.

regalations and rales of public order cataliaed Finca of Montenegro's troopa aided the near the gates lust their origo lost in the

gents in the last six days fighting mists of iniquity, and I am bound to any

MADRAB, April 21st. The Sultan is now sailing she is tulu

segers. The English divers have reported all right, no damage from grounding.

There is a rumour here that Sir William Robinson is to sued Sila regory in

Governorship of Ceylone

The United States Secate," by a Party vote of 35 to 16,passed the Consular and Diplomatis Appropriation Bill, first striking pot every. reduction ninde by the House This Rill, passod, ja nisītardótko preintervice-sringe went, The two Hopses are thus in ditnot. solitamen egu

★ CONTROVERSI lús been going on, it ape pears in the nativa Japanese Press respecting u certata disfiguring custom prorailing in Japan. As our rendere me probably aware, Chrono Liebograph-Plate of this ***- 16 is the invariable practice in that country NEW CODE OF SIGNALS IN USE ATfthe womer there on getting mated to

THE PEAK..

shava of the eyelrows and stain the teeth with black dye. By this means many Cously rigiden, whose charms had fascinated THE VARIOUS HOUSE FLAGS bloed, trusformed to anything

rather than a beauty. The mustool telio.al barbarmer and ought to be permitted to fall into disuse, correondent of the Chaya Shinin, writing on the subject, while not defending the habit, kes occasion to remask that Japan is not alone in retaining ridiculous fashions. In China," he says, the wage are much-regarded for their small feet, whick as soon as they are boru are put into amali tight shoes, so that they enator wall or stand without help from others." He then turns his attention to civilised nations, and finds fault with the women of Western conatrics for piercing their ehre and wearing rings in them, and pities them because while they laugh at the ab. surdities of the Japanese they are insensible to their own shortcomings. The fashion of wearing earrings cannot, however, be in any way compared with that of shaving the cyo

We take the subjɔiadites Fom the Lender brows and blackening the teeth of youth and and China Moprese of the 31st March

Lieutenant B. J.P. Wade (1870), Inte of the beauty. The former custom certainly does vot disfigure, oran if it fails to londong, is appointed to the Modesto, on the

China stations another charó ; the latter effectually serves to render the riskira hideous.

HONGKONGT

hasides other local information and stutio.. tics corrected to date of publicution, tendiner to make thic Work in every way suitable for Publie, Mercantilo, and General-Offocer

The present Volume also contaisa, 'à Directory of Singapore.

The CHRONICLE and DITORY is now the only publication of its kind for China and Japan.

The Diecotory is published in two Forms Couplate at $5; or, with the Inste of Residents, Port Discoturies, Mapa, &c... at $3,

*** The-Completo-Directories, at 357 are all sold, baba few of the Smailer Edition, at $8, are still on hand.

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CUSTOMS REGULATIONS OF THE-

ballent.

POLICE INTELLIGE NUE. May 6th

BEFORE JAMES RUSMALL, ESQ.

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ABSAULT.

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ADEs, 20th April.'

Life is too brief to'fon! sitsy, and every man The P. and Oeteater Docean, with the steald improve the short time he has to live by award ile of the 7th instant, int, here forming to the pablin that if a globes pin is drowded tan hard on the line it will split in the Bombay at 5 oplock yesterday evening.

VIENNA, 2 april back Fution Times

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the

race.

to that odion.

Allinfrignment-to? this article is liable to a

believe him for prontezzoyacs don't live."? Wat goes to a quiltion party abouĖ. fine varying from fifty to one hundred nolinrs. PORT OF HAT-PRONG

Art. The light and anchonge duies ar

ten-time, and sits down on a bal ofwicklog The following copy of an Extract from the fod to, three sctths of tal by w of saggity

with a long-darning-needio in it, he will think General Regulation of niety Hoes on for ships coming in and wiling off the port with

of more things connected with durning in al cerning mefeaut-ships and testers, pre-a curge, and to alteen houdredths of tool per ton

minute that be cat mention in two honra,

My boy tell us what you know about rattan.” The Indian Govorament Gate of the 12th ferunthepot of Hai-phong, is published for ships coming in on ballast and sailing off

and the committeema. Itimes alt confine bilention to Loot that the in the Gattle fee general faforation, or coming to loaded, and guiling off of

A STORY FROM POULUNG, STE alled the ammus rotting a comes, fron Government of Ladi-ion determined not, ander any of sumasauces por sell the calendar year. The port of Hai phong in limitedAre considered as being on balast ships. The culbringus, to which the Chinese-will-Penang, Samarane, ang Padang, and is used 1877 more than 19.090 hesta of Bengal Opium, between the fort situated on the right bank all whose cargo is inferior to the twentieth of the uretimes resorb to obtain the lady of litir by the ineter in this bool too dang long.”

Ann," observed a Danbury bousekeeper to The precise oumber of bheata to bo dold in 1977 the Cuarents, opposite the arroyo of Vang cho capacity and in rocambrance, and to fies francs chuide are almost worthy of a more civilised

Some few weeks ago a man of the name the bired girl, the other morning," as we havs, will be announced as so se the manufacture the fort up the river of the arroyo of Hai- per tan in valto.

phong, on the left baul of the Qua-onm

Any -Brey pilot, light homes-guardian of Tang, residing at Pontong, died, leaving entered upon the dawn of another contary of in the present season is completed.

Art. The anchorage place for ships, ex&c., &c., provad guilty of fraud or of having widow and ten alildren. During his illaves our nation's history, I guess you had better got A notification in Saturday's Gozelle states tends itself in the Cun ou between the two facilitated the same shall be immediately ang and after bis death an old woman med Wang, d tooth-brash of your own."Daxtury New

forta aforesaid nawed; the Aunumite and pended from his duties by the eastom, boose who yad hard by, showed the afficted family It has been discovered that certain clerks in that the following gentlemen has been momi alinese.jnok and barke shall anchor or moor officer or serveror, till bie rapes) s been much liberality; and, as they were far trom the London Post Office have, contrary to "muted by" H.5, the Governor to be trasters on

ordered by the Consul, and without-injuries-to-rich-and-dependent apou the exertions of the esgulations, boon landing manoy to their fellow. bel of overament for St. John's Cathedral-in army of inpsong

Art. 3. At the rival of atery ship in the pecuniary-penalties.asipulated by the treaty, dying man for their livelihood, they were alerka at the imparatively trilling interest of Church for the your 1816-17 dades the provis Heport, a Custom-house agent shall be put on Art 23 The Unston-house Offices ursery bankful for the assistance. At fugth, from £50 to 750 per cent. Ta alerka, have of Ordinances N2 of 1847 and No. 3 of 1850,

The Hon. Branston, and Meadre, W. M. board, to carrey the operations of loading and opened for business purposes every day, from however, the widow told her neighboar she been already snepended, and a strict investigas

tanding and in order to prevent all sort of eight alelook to balf past ten in the morning really mould not accept any more money, as the tipa into the matter is being made. Deate, Alfred List, and Edmund Sharp. The snuggling Captains of ships are bound to and from two o'clock to fire in the evening, are had already received ozar ten there ad cash,

Novels are tales of adventures biob did not Hon. Charles May is appointed Auditor of the

and was not in a position to make any adequate coeur in God's orention, but only in the waste return Mrs. Wang's eyes twinkled ounsingly. chambers (to be let furnished) of certain Outhedral accounts. The Hon. Henry Lowcook barve the regulation concerning the police excepted Sundays and holidays. And Mr. Edward Tobin have been alected Tras and security of the part, eo au the police re

Dan's Bistrear yourself, my dear," said the human heads, and which are-part and parcei tees, and Mr. Hoary Smith, Auditor, ou baanlf gulations concerning their crew when they are on shore, and of which regulacions, connexion

crones"You don't owe me anything. Did only of the sum of nothings: watch, neverthe hall be given to them by the Harbour Master.

you really think all that money came out of my leas, obtain some temporary remembrance, and of the seat-holders.

Art. 4.It is absolutely forbidden to import

pookat. Oh no, you owe it all to some one lodge extensively, at this epark of the world, into Tokia, fre-ars and war munitions.

loo, and I'll be bound you'll have to pay it book in similar, still more unfurnished chambers.-~~ with interest some of these fine duga The Carlylo. Are considered as probibited goods: Cannons nnd all artillery arms, then carriages, tools and

poor won turned pulo with dismay, and The Admiralty bive ordered two rescia, to taphor enquiries elicited the fact that the real be named the Iria and Mercury, to be com additionals, bgilela, bows, small kombs, and Father Gunpowder. Pires, guza, yo-↓

giver is a man named Chaug, sh ex-oficer, mennel forthwith. They will be of about 3,500 ally had a tons and 6,000 horac poster, and being built of volreis and others. Swords, halberds, bayonets,

who was hated far and wide as pikes and others. Salipetro. Military pieces

noak. Just then this very person appeared steel, high rate of speed is confidently ex- of furniture-for-encampment, and Icola mann-

apon the scene, nud coolly acquainted Mrs. Tangpacted. The pretention of the mercantile com- with hia zafarious desigua. He sowed that aba morto in time of our is the object Weld in Ye the present article entice to a line varying from

should be his wife, he acknowledged that acob and several more of these most valuable class of fifty to five bondred dollarë,

had been his intention long before ber husband vessels are to be built. Art. 5-Every ship, atinil recoira at Hai

died, and now that he was her creditor he had Tha Telegraph Maintenance Company has A right to choose bis method of reociving pay- bean informed that the Adroivalty, will under. anmber of five-arçon sad waram munitions heing Inspector Batten, in charge of the Western ment. Now, said he, "I have got you into take to carry out a fresh line of asoudings on board. This quantity and sumber shall have District, charged a man named Wong Afook my power,, and marry me you west. After hetween Penang and Rangoon, and that a to be produced again at her departure, and with catering the bonse of one Ohne Aohun at pressing bia dotested euit, some time he left her, asal will shartly be ordered to the Straita on must agree with the grier, except when the 9p.m. on the ash instant, for an unlawin and that night the poor woman ran away. She this duty. Is will be remembered that co quer made of them, has been tegally justified parpose. He was identified as having in gangsa to bare mala for the monastery at Lang-nsiout on with the Straits Settlements w under a penalty of a fine of one hundred dollars four times. The spor aid he had reason hwd for safety; bat Ohang was too quick for interempted abortly after the downrencement of for the infraction, and legal proceedings in the to believe some pawn tickets found on prisoner her, and be and bis scomplice pight be on the rdoont war with the Malays, and great case foreseen for the miles of gunpowder and had connection with austher burglary, and the the way. Luckily however a friendly wei-yaencosnvenience might have resulted.

The Parliamentary struggle in Victorin over The directors of the Oriental Bank Corpora, ar ammonitions. The ship being in infringe oneo was remanded until the 10th faitant for bappened to pass at the time, and to him the tinn, st the meeting of shareholders on the 2016 ment to this regulation shall be detained till farther enquir

woman appaled. Mrs. Wang told him that the the voting of the nine months delayed supplies DESTUCTION OF TREES April, were to azonna dividend of & parts fine la paid, add that ibe gharġa has been

applicant owed them money, and was trying to huslerminated in favour of Sir Jae. M'Cullock out for the half-year, making, with the cleared.

Obang Ali, a chair coolie, was charged with seapo; bat Mrs. Tang's story appeared so true and his Minister af colleagues. The Opposition dividunt previously-paid 11 p cent for the Art Twenty-four hours from the arrival the unlawful possession of a sina I tres, newly and simple-that-the-wei-quan-to her part, under Mr. Berry, the Democrat, was apparently year ended 31st December, 1375,

da stranger ship in. the port, the captain is at Hevered $2.

-------------j-and-placed both-ber--and ber-children-in-ajatarved or wenried out. A contiamous ession bound to deposit the ship's paper and the

place of safety. "Now," said he to the bally, of 58.bours was more than they could stand; A seaman named Kannski, belonging to the you go and make out a clear abatement of and they were at last obliged to let the Sup manifest at the French Calate. If in the forty-eight hours from the arrival, the above Briti bark-Taste, was obarged with drunken your paconate, that I may use whether your plica be voted, and to abandon their attempt to said. paragraph lie not been, observed, theness and refusal to pay ohair bire. The prisoner, claims are just and if I find they're not spel n dresoiction of Parliament. cautaic shall be liable to a flux of fifty dollars who said he only had 20 cents, was ordered to Tho fellow slank away, and has not been heard

ut instGole 66 Empire--- per day of delay, to the prost of the customa, paid ver lo die chair coolte, The ni ting, eball got exceed the enm of tape hundred dollars.

}· Lai Ayü and three others were charged by Art. 7.The captain in answerable for the Mr. B. Neate. Iospector of Buildings in the The Market for Bar Silver bus improved, in regularity of the manifest, which muat repro. Surveyor General's Department, with cutting union with the exchanges from India; transduce the marks, numbers, contents, and value of earth on the PoE-fa-lum Read without per tions were effected at the beginning of the week ut 53d. per oz, and sales baye since been mede each coli. The captain shit be liable to a fine mission. They were finod 81 each.

of five hundred dollie it be offers a false at 533, per oz. Mexion Dollars have been manifcat, but he shall be allowed to reality the Chonag Apak, a daulker and soraper, charged

follow the remittance of the said manifest in with an our and knocking three of his uppe for refining purposes.

the blade of the French Quaent, without being frons teeth down his throat,

It is reported that a special award of extra pay and allowance to the naval Furcos which

The Zarne (atr.), which ended on the 25th March has on board, for Yokohama and the Japanese railways.

Meesra. Quelob and Campball blame to be able to cast stones at thoir Nagaarki, the second portion of material for phong, at duo timo, an order specifying the

Mesura. Wilson, Nicholls & Co. FORMS Messrs. Wilson, Nicholls & Co. Fopciów. Mungra. Hedge & Co.

NINO Messrs. Kelly & Ca, Shanghai

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Tao German gumboni Naukibum was to leave el in a few days for Hongkong takemain on the China station. She would proceed by be Suez Canal, and sail at poris en route.

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and ropulsive booking. There is as little to took part in the operations in Perals is contom-inglused for war parpass. All infringement to to said for it as for the cultivation of the so-plated. called "golden lilles." The people of West- ern countries are by no means so free from

Eastern sisters, for the evil habit of tight. lacing is still practised by many; but they certainly have no custom which deforma them like the compressed Post of the Chinese ladies, or which degrades and disfigures like that practised by the natrons of Japan. We shall be glad to hear of the speedy abandon. mast of the latter the amoll feet are, how

NAGASAKI The Ô, and V. Trading Co.

U and ever, likely to-long remain the fashion in the HIDDO, OSAKA, Tha O. nadi. Trading Goes Central Kingdom. YOKOHAMA..... Mèsers. Tane, Crawford & Co.. YOKOHANA... Mr. C. D. Moss, Japan Garotte

Ofiée. MANILA Messrs. 1. de Loyaga & Co.

SHANGHAI... senare. Hall & Holtz. SHANGHAI ... Mrsar. Kelly & Co. JANKOW and'] Meeste. Hall & Halls and Kelly RIVER PORT

&Co Shangbai. Ground Medare. Malagasy

Shaoghai, TIENTSIN and Messrs. Hall & Holz and Kelly

---NEWOKWANO-

PEKINO.d

SA1008 MT. J. H. Bloom, Independant

Office

SINGAPORE...... Messrs. inddelɔw and Martia, BANGKOK...Meners. Halkorbe, Jullien & Ou LONDON, Mr. F. Algar, Clement's Lane. LONDON.......Mr. Gro. Street, Oornbill. LONDON........ Mesaro. Butoe, Hendy & Co. - SAN FRANCISCO Mt. L. P. Fisher, 21, Merchun ta'

Exchange.

37, Purk Row.

a

At the ordinary meeting of the Groat The Occidental and Oriental Steamshin Northern Telegraph Company, which was to pany's steamer Granie, with the Ragitle Mail he held on the 29th March at Oupenhagen, of the 18th limu, win to sail from: Yosobama shareholder would propose that not exceeding for Hongkong yesterday.at daylight.

one-bait of the company's capital be nonverted varo boude bearing 5 per enot, interest.**

A Chinaan fell overboard on Friday after Room at the Oueton Wharf, and was drowned before assistance could ureve. His body was found on Saturday, near the same spot

Kwong Ato obarged Kum Alum with pasault ing lim and outfing his face. Is appeared that both occupy a ranto in a house in Lascar Row, and the complainant buying churzed the prisoner with stealing his jacket, he gut indignant ab being suspected and gave his fellow lodger a blow on the face. He was sped 125 cente

MOUSEBREAKING.

KARENA LEAVE ON SHORE-

CUTTING EARTH.

ASSAULT.

A GENERAL VIEW OF THE PRESENT

'POLITICAL AFFAIRS OF JAPAK,

BY A JAPANESK ŽAṀURAL. In all amatrice and in all ages there have been great polical changes; governments have

but in no country have biexo great changes

The agricultural returns show that the oulti- „vated ares of land in 1875 wàn 47,814,000 agres

for the whole United Kingdom, ázánæTE of" heath, Kad mountain pasture and wonde atacă plantations. This is an immarise of 371,000 over 1974. The stock of catale, rombared over 10.000,000, and abeep and fumby "Dearly 33,500,000 for the United-Kindos. Compared. with 1874 there was a decrease of about 4 per

NEW YUKE......Mcoure. S. M. Pottingili & Coi been a soures of trouble to steam users, and sold at 528. per oz. partly for China end pertly mistakes in the twenty-four, Loars that aball another caniker and sorspar with negaulting him been transformed, and social systems altered dent. in sheep and lambs in Great Britain kat

The Daily Press.

year.

Armenians and Catholics have been fighting.

The incrustation of steam boilers has jong

en brought about so rapidly, and with so with eno other in the Asin Minor town of A numerous plaas have been tried so as to pro vent it. A saw preparation of starch is said to ha rery effwotive. About 18. parts of potato At the noquat pesting of tho Chartered Book Rable to this fine. When a part of the cargo The defontrat was ordered to pay $20 astila bloodshed, and wood disorder, sinora, famous for its temple of white marble, erected in honour of the Empórɔr Augustus, its starah are urized with 76 parte of water and 8

of India, Australis, and China, on the 19th shall be declared for re-exportation the speais compensation to the complainant; in default, Jepan

At the present time affairs work amoothly, wool, its cat-skins, and its religious feude, for parts of sodalye, at 2 deg, Baume. In a short April, the directors would reamend that a cation must be made on the manifest, Tho ship six weeks' imprisonment. For the assolt be cime this forme a jelly, which is well beaten "p.ividead be declared for the half-year ended shall be security for all the fines incurred was fined $; in default, ane mouth's considering the nature of the disaffected ele-ite population includes various nationalities ments. We are able to "sarry on our stuck and creedle which counot tolereto each other, This substance drics lowly in the air, and 31st Draember Inet at the rate of & per cent. par during the course of these operations. She will additional hard labour.

tional system, and public improvements. The In the recent outbreak a few poona were killed becomes like strong gine. The name of Apps- acum. roof insome-tax, and that £25,000′ be | be allowed to sail from the port only after the

nation mesta ita demande, and it is said that and wounded on both sides coalt hich the rating is given to it. When introduced in small transferred to reserve fund.

fall payment of these fines.

we have a bandaomé ench

balance in our Sultan's Government will, we fuir, consider of quantities into ateaia boilers, it seems, by a.

Art. 8-Only Boder special leave, no shipping

treasury. The greatest of all the changes vary little marquence.. necoliar physical action, to prevent the adhesion

whink have taken place nu que courtry, and The German Gozezumunt is seriously, con- of any substanes to the ion plates-Bagh

The remanded. Grise, in which Wong Aying which is the most remarkable in „quifersal templating the postponement_of_the_proposā and diz other ecolice were charged with attack-history, is the demolition of the fexual ayaseni, chauga in the ginge systom-namely, the This was completely elected in a procefal withdrawal of a fent portion of the remaining bobind, which require all the "tast and wisdom of the pure gold standard. The chango was manner; but it has loft elements of disoor silver coinage from civanlation and the adoption of our statesmen to manage and control,

provided for in the last ression of the Imperial

Man.

BANIE

Oriental Bank Corporation .............. Chartered Mercantile Bank of India,

Londra, and China Chartered Bank of India, Australia, Tungkong at Shangha

smi China lju Corpurelien.

Total

ДЕБЕЛОЕ Aroup. $301,208

-409,070

574,#29

1,722,986 88,070,977

At a meeting of the Peychological Spaiety,

on the 16th Marel, Bojens Cox, President, in

bonded warehouses in London for the week ourgo list.

BEFORE THE HON. Q. Max. ↑

ARTAGE" ON THE POLICE.

HONGKONG, MAY 8TH, 1876.

Surgeon General O. A. Gorton, MD.O.Bor landing, cargo or ballet, eno take placer A HOME paper publishes an extract from

Principa: Modical Officer at Madras, is named without the austorage units, and only free for tho-varangy among the pntary physicians endries to sunset, Sundays and first days are letter received by an Elinburgh gentleman; from a relative in the service of the Japanese The following account, duly certified, of the to Her Majesty. Dr. Gordon bas teen much excepted.

Art, 9.-Witbin the twenty-four hours from ing the crew of a polida boat, osme ou again. average amount of bank odes in circulation in ins in India and Africa, and bad medies! Government, which gives a little information Hongkong, during the month ending 30th barge of the force unter Bir Charles Staveley the time the captain shall have handed to the Mr. Holmes appeared for all the prisoners PU. Mabar Singh (No. 533) said on Theday about Corea. As that country fe practically April, is published in Baturday's Gazette for which was left in ourpation of Ticats in French Consul the ship's papers, the Consol except the fourth and fifth.

thall send to the onsfom hause in deplinate the 3rd instant, he went on duty at Peddar's 1860-61.

The Daimios supremiered their ancient Parliament by a law passed on the 6th of a terra incognita to Europeans, and most of general information:-

detailed list giving the name of the ship. tawharf at 10a.m., and about 20 mintea after 10 rights, privileges, and most of their revenues, January, authorising the Government, to pro what is known of it has been gleane 1 second-

The total quantity of rea delivered from the crew list, the legal tannage of the ship, and clock, he saw about thirty coolies coming truth with a patriotism which is truly commendable and with it whatever it might are fit. It was hand from recent Japanese observations, it

anded the 25th March, was 3,349,801 Ths, of Firearms and war rauitions that mer- the direction of the City Hall Each had a their rotainore, the Sumure, have not proposed ten it should take effect shortly. may be worth while to give the substance of

which 9,053,244 lbs, was for home consumption, chant ships may bave og board for their own bamboo. He did not suspect any disturbance yielded a gracefully to the requirements of the However, in the present depreninted price of

wua intouded. There were & puniber of at air. Simas; and have not been willing to take their silver the changs would involve a loss to the ". 720,982 be. was remored chastise, 402,182 lbs, I use and asfety, muust bo doolared number, by what the writer warrales. He dates his letter

was exported, 103,281 he was sent doest wise obor on the ship's papers, at the same time coolive in the vicinity. The chair coolies were place among the dotamon people. In some Treasury nonating to some millions of marke, from Shingawa le vas od special aergice

for exportation, and 2132 lbe wa for ships that the figures of the cargo, at their arrival in sitting and standing near their respective respects usb as intelligence, courage, and which it is considered desirable & avoid. with the Japanese Embassy, which, he re

stores. The duty received during the name the port or to the gustota house after it the base on the bodz of enaliga arrived enterprise, the Samurai stand son the commun new importation from the Celestial. Empire. period amounted to E51:381, showing a decrease Consul shall have sanded to ho oustom house at the second prisoner, who was one of the people, and in consequence of their previosat down in un ice-cream quloon, the other day. marke, frae fubis expected to accomplish the

of nearly-12 per cent-when-compared with the the detailed list, the surveyor of the custom thirty, walk up to chair coelia sitting down life, training, and education, they find it difficult and said to the waiter," Me want disk ico-creso and strike bim benvily with a bamboo on the to blend socially together, and especially in this amp like Melican man." An iceberg of the task of opening up. Odren to intercourse with

£51,946 for the pradeding week.

bouse department shall deliver the order for other nations. This surmise has siten been

landing, under reservation that the goods backHe then thrust the bamboo at the chair the osso with regard to following these veted artiste was placed before him, and with The lateat Mail Adrices recaired home fanded cannot be taken away andar a penalty of coolia's breast and pnebed, bim over into the congations wirish they were formerly taught the rookforsness be had soon exibited by every. verified in so far as the Jajetese are con

the chair, reference was made to a statement in were Yokohama February Sib: Sbuaguai a fine varying from fity to five hundred dollars. av. Sacing this, be took hold of the second to took down apor. Therefore there is a strong body else, be dived into it. But as bo palped corned. He goes on to my " Wa the Soylaman purest Mr. Bruce, the 11th Manila 18th Fuochu 18th Hongkong according to the ears, only after the proof that Prisoner, when he called out** Tak, tab The desire among the Sumatrai to keep up their down a mentiful of the frozen mans, a terrible provà thên gang in a threatening manter m. former military urder ;" and, as many of them expressión of dismay and snapicion great taver were only one night and part of on day in owner of the ill-fated enterant ship alamere, 17); Batavia 18; Singapore24th; and Galle the dutice claimed hava been paid..

which was formerly well known in Obing, and | Match 4th. The P.and Q, unil, bringing the Art. 10. The goode shall be recited on warde him, and, to defend himself, he had to are united on that point, they are a continual is face. He looked at the plate a minute, then one Cerean port, so that I can say very little which it will be remembered was wracked inadrine dated 1 sbore, we delivered, and donirate plane, soroding to the Cons de let go his prisoner. He then blow his whistle source of anxiety to the Government, and many tried it again. His teeth began to chattor. He about hat country except but it locked-November last with great bes of life, had been Brindisi, on the 25th Marob, two days in tailed list, and the enstam hottes der shall bat kepe bie ers on the second prisoner: who of the route which base marked the present buttoned up his jacket and swallowed another rather bleaks and bare, which, of course was and the susing of some of the crew on an island (French) muil, with a wouk'a letor date, pin, the cases, casks; biloe and other cals, and to City Hall He pursued bicus furae the Toe relation to the interacts of this clans. The the table and started to where the sno col informed by an alleged clairvoyant of the wreek advance of its due date. The following inward bave the liberty of asking for the opening of when he blew hia-whinile ran away towards the age in our country havo, directly or indirectly routhful. Finn settled it fejuaped-up from partly due to the season of the year we at or near the time of its occurrence, and some Yokohama 16th, Shangbai 18th, Hongbone for them to be weighed, so osee that those Laue, whistling all the way. con Formosa expedition-its cousequent ciiculties shine on him, exclaiming: "Whoopee! Plenty could culy see two towns of any extent, and works before the loss was known in England: 4th February, Singapore 1st Murow, left Suer specifiontion given by the Consul's list should le couring the opposite way weght him.with bins, which brontened a great war, damn cold gaub! No oookee anf. Fierge belly

He then look hold a lica, again, when he re-between both onuntries; car Vorðin umplionil same like for wagon, merican Paper, they were too far off to judge as to what they and the President stated that Mr. Bruce, the on the 24th March, and would probably be seared insuficient or incorret.

Art. 11After the expiration of the two days sted, and whilst he was struggling a constable tiene, which bare lately reunited so satisfactorily. It is the opinion of the Parisinga that Mesie. might be like from where we were anchored.wer, stated, in reply to an inquiry sent by received on its due date the 3rd April.

Society, that the fact was as reported. The

spec Bed in the Articles 0 and 9 and before the us up and he was secured. He saw nothing and which seem likely to be the means of moiselina Oroizmato-And Bernhardt should The anchor.ge, however, was a splendid one; fact was communleated in writing by post, so

Mr. Modusey, the norly-appointed Secretary landing is to take place, evory merobant skip of any reasal dieturbance at the wharf, namely, opening up Govan to civilization; all thess have change parts in Dumas' new play, L'Etrangere. haen the result of that sotive military spirit of us the manager haa bad aneh za experience of and, if ever the country is opened up to foreign before the loss was known.

that there was no question as to its being made of Legation at fedo, will lears in May, via San shall be bound to pay the full amount of duties the beating of the police.

Mr. Granville Sharp asid be was diving the Samurai, which has been a continual the esprisions tempor. of these ladies that be Francisco Mr. Mousey bas had considerable for light house and anchorage, already fixed by along the Prays to the Eastward, and when pressure on the Government. It is mach to ba does not make the suggestion. Orbizette's trado, muy form a magnificent port. The corespondent in England writes to the expatianes in the Diplomatic Servise, bis last Article 3 of this treaty, ter

test, .... On arrival at Peddar's Wharf bo'of. of the Saga rebellion, where 60 insay well to be the invention of her distinguisbed brother. country is very mountainous and apparently Femhay Garsits 1 her on good authority post being Senior Sound Secretary to R. Art Every exester of goods shall be near the central Market, he saw some to:- regretted that this restless spirit was the osase toilettes will interout the ladi. They are said very destitute of tross, in these respects being at preputatione are being actively made for mbassy in Paris, and in 1872 he was Chargé obliged before beginning the disbarging ecrred à Dhinaman lying on the ground and meaning but foolish, pour aun lust their lives, in-law, Carolus Duran, the artist, we were also Holding-bis baada ap in .depreinting manner. Our Gorernment is dong its best, and the brilliant costumes of flu: “Bubinx.” Thoy vory like some parts of the Chinn coast that duplicating the Red Sex and Indian Onenn cables d'Affaires at Vieuna, The five Student In- make a declaration of the anid to the Freaab

Baez a boon which Indis terpreters, whose appointments we inely lonenlate, whiab alis end the detailed list to whilst five or six mon stol around aiming believe is fully aspetout to meet all are likely to materially effect the prevailing I have stem. We were not allowed to go baten ez and Botabayi bog tire cul le bas taliced, will proevad by the F. and 12. sail in the custom bouse, where in order for shipping blows at him with a pole. It appeared in bin emergencies that may oiise. The superficial fashions. It the first ant we bare on evening aabere: indead, were not permitted to leave heen singularly exempt from accidents, it is us April, Mr. McCarthy prosuede to, Tehoham, shall be delivered.

The oustons house surveyor shall afterward to be a marde on sale. He jumped out of observer may think lightly concerning the dracs in gros-grained, eren-colored all, with bio trap, puebed through k nomber of man, passing creats of our country, but all thinking white jer ornaments, entrass and gauntlets. Jo the ship in a boat to take some soundings of well to her that the Red Sea, scotion of to Pekings- Dr. S. Welle Wiliams, the Chinese proceed in the inspection of the good storing and seized A onlin who had just thrown a stone men, those who look beneath the surface of the second, a morning dreas of green velvel, cut

be prepared for them when they do cod Meera Jordan, Bourue, Brady, sal Hori the harbour, and were even requested (ie, the second cable will be completed by the end Secretary of the American Legation at Peling, to the terme prescribed for the entries,

Art, 13When the chip shall have finished At the wounded man, and enbsequently took events, will see that we have a very dificult in the style of a riding babi, with e por of the Europeans of us) not to show ourselves of October in the present year, and that between leaves America in April to resume bis duties. bar loading, the captain of the estsignue that is to the station, "The first prisoner was that path to trend and that our age and pountry gray, and All set, off by an indescribable little over. He did not Four the man being beaten buvo produced men who know the situation, beloppet. In a thin, a visiting scatome in ruby on deck, which last request was, however, Adeu und Bombay before the beginning of

March 1877. The Bactero Telegraph Company, The half-yearly report of the Eastern Exton.be board to deposit to the custom house #

In reply to Mr. Holuies, witness said thore and firmness to prono it.-Nagashi Express. fourth and fifth, the dresses are à la Pompadour, disregarded." The writer Ina nothing more whom the cable belongo, in at present engaged in Telegraph Coraphy states that the gross detailed masikast of the export cargo. The pic, until bio arrival at the station. the dificulties of the road, and yet had courage velvet, with deep ounces of gold benid. In the

WHY space between the man who threw them,

of lowered. brocade in gray and cose, with to tall us beyond the fact, already mentioned in raising money for the enterpries, and, as its arnings amounted to £109,366 14. 10, and captain who shall deposit a false omuifest eball

a trimmings of white and pala rose card, Malle," by the Japanese writers, that the Coreana grodit is good, it will have no difficulty in find the working expereen to £41,515 12 30. be fible in a fine of five hundred dollars..

Art. 14. All orgo lauded or shipped with to and the un assaulted. He was pure be THE DRY SEASON OF BRAZIL.

As an illustration of the extrevit dryness of Berhardt's toilettes are no lees distinguished ug suficient fouds. Indin will then be well including £13209 128. Ild. ler the late repair

seized the right man, namely, the man who are all dressed in white, and wear their hair quough off for telegraphic communication with to the dable. The balance of profit is 86,785 out an order from the custom house shall be three the stone. He was ocrtain the stone was the soil during the dry season in Brazil, it is for richness, beauty and original.ty. Hee

stated that in Juco ell verstarion cases, the favorite colors are yellow and black. -in much the same fashion as the Japanese Britain, and will only want a rope a word tariff 2a 63., oat of which an interim dividcná of 11 liable to evizure; and also all goods shipped thrown at the win on the ground.

between-lingland and the East to complete ber per cent. Las already been puid, sadrst now frem a skip to nottrer without a special order.

The cand was remanded mutil the ath instant adds being then ripe, or nearly vo. - 'In Jaty Bams extensive worke, have just been-com- formerly affected. The jealous exclusivencer

the leaves begin to turn yellow and_fall-off-in mented on the banks of the Thiomass, and will proposed to make a further distribution of 11The ipfringements shall be anbject to a blies." of the Corease is brought out strongly in

per coat, which will be the final payment for penalty of a line varying frem Bity to live at 3pm.

August an extent of many thousands of square extend a distance of four miles hetween Black. A correspondout writing to the London and the year 1875, making 54 per cant over that hundred drillara, their refusal to permit the Europeans on China Express, on the ours of the trustee of period, and lasting £40,268 166.

be carried Art, 15-No

The Colos gablishen an article in which it winter, but without anow, the trena baisng the extension of the St. Katherine and Victoris pupore and sail from the port. the coolness of their request that the detested and Co., says I okwares that you gire the tieded, 2,649 have been issued, and the pronceda if he was not proved to the Consul that all the rage Russian England are no rivala. in completely stipped of their taures the plants Doske, and the creation of extensive new stip anmmary of the judgment, arrived at by the deruted to the laying of the New Zealand cable, the custom boet datire have been fulfilled, and Central Asia. They have common futerests, that barn grown in abundubne in the wilderness ping ascommodation, bare beendered barbarians" should not stew, thoselves Supreme Court in the ease of the trustees of The amount was entirely subscribed by the that the straat of duties have been paid to the Nd reasonabla man in Calcutta thine of the drying up, and serving as a kind of bay for the nocesasry by the inorease of the shipping trade

ful amount.

possibility of Russian attack on the Bastustados of anmerous berda of cattle. This of London. The works just commenced on deck is intensely amusing. It is to be Augustine Heard and Co.. Bengeots, Souokay shareholders.

Art. 16-For the goods carried from ore Indies. It is to the interest of both Bates to fia the period mest favourable for the pres will extend orar a porind of three years, and buped that they are on the eve of becoming and do, and that the decision is to the effect

that there has been a fraudalent prefervace inl It is unqunced from St. Falorsburg that the stage to another in the Chinese province of cool fasticians, and not to inflame it; to disarma paration of the coffee that grows open the furnishemployment to between 2,000 and 8,000 or vvies. The better acquainted with the people alaiust favour of the defendants. I shall look with now commercial route from Rasela to China is Yunnan towards the Res, or from the sey to the Ceaiul Asiaties, and not to plugs arme in antoine. The beans are pioked and laid on aude, obiefly oxcavators whom they appear to entortais, such an considerable intareat for the full text of the already worked up, and a caravan of wheat is. Tunnan; the dution shall be received by the their handle. If Apistic barbariem gaine the the ground, which gives farth no moisture, but entrance to the new docks will be nour Barking, absire and unreasonable dishte: No doubt jagment buzaso there is a case in my resol-seen to start from Ork Thirty the beginning ist aule enton ke preponderance over European civilisation the the country otworbs it, and being wer and will effeur saving in distants of two miles lection which arveç in Obina, and whish (jodg-of the execution of Colonel Noznofsky's contract, Concerning meret tips sailing to Yan. Sagliab will be expelled frota India as Russia rounded by un-utmosphere possewing the same for ships going in and out of dosk, and wil they will endeavour to postane what ing from the reports) contained stronger ele- to supply the Gute ben provinens with 18,000 man, the cupluri or bis.eupercargo, aball deliver would be from Centrul Aaig The Folge reapm. desicoating properties, the soffeo drics rapidly materially relieve the immense pressuge of abipping traffic at Blackwall, The works include the formation of a nuw basin 20 noves in extent they consider the griday as long as ants of fraudulent preference than the present eletrorati of west. This what is sent under the ship's papers, wauifests, and bills of lading, wenda, he it has done before, friendstup between without moulding

case; but in which the Privy Council, rererein the profection of a notnis of Casaseke (10 to the Coal at Hai-phong to shall send England and Rissin. Now, as the East Indida

There is get some hope of the Vanguard being and will open up ground for the erection of possible, but now they have agroad to throw the decision of the Supreme Court at Shanghai, mo). The Russian merebante also oonvey at without delay to the custom boats office, buve received a new viceroy, the best occasion open wone of their ports to commerce with held that fraudulent preference was not esta- the same time time large quantities of other detailed list the goods on which the dice affore itself. On the day when a friendly am restored to the list of Her Majesty's ships, as some hundreds of new wharves. They will also. Japan, other foreigners will, if there is blished. Of late yours the Courts have shown ganda. The reason ottbe delay in the departare are to be paid according to the fadications say from Aide-da-Camp Gaberal Kastcans we beat of a scheiss for carrying out the great enable the Peninsular. sad Oriontd Sta

reluctance to admit this ground of motion, and, of the first cararen was that the merobanta not registered on this list. PARA PART Lord Lytton or mor verso shall ge-through work of raising the vessel being nearly ripe for Navigation Company to repair their large ocean any prospect of alablishing a remunerative in order to satisfy them of the existence of a bavise a sufficient amount of goods awaited the But in case of suspicion of fraud, the custom the steppes between Thekkend it Peehawur, exupution. The preliminarive of a contract mail steamers trade, soon follow. The Corans probably fandulent preferance, it must be very clearly arrival of more from Rosa. The gravity of bouge-shall have the liberty of ordering the Asistio istomeduniam will understand that it between the Admiralty and civil engineer now, at Southampton. The dock extension, it look upon their recent treaty with Japan aseetablished that the payments oldested to were this pers cannot fail to attract the attechen of landing of the goude in order to have them but not to do with two nation bestilo to one have been stiefactorily arranged Should this is hoped, will convert a large slice of Essex into mude not only in contemplation of bankruptcy, our Duglien merobants, who benceforth may examined. When the duties shall have been another, but with one Enregend Power comdontract be finally entered into it is hoped that, and trangtaici a large tract of hu unavoidable calamity, but it will be but without any pressure whatever on the parsed ore difficulty in competing with Rassion paid in the bands of the Annamite flour, the pined only of two amicably related repronte operations way be commenced not later than fainhabitablo contaba end, tidal ditokea ima a

comparatively healthy locality Trade in Qhine and Central Asăni

wiatowa konas skall inte to the foot by aħtiren, Bussių and Maghaidh certain to prove a great gain, and may of the reditor

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board the steamer to set foot on bre, and) Augustine Heard and Ov. v. Bennecke, Bouchay to tab reserve. Of the 3,208 debentures asuo un contro ptain of a' merchant ship: RUSSIA AND ENGLAND IN ASIA leagues prosents the aspect of à European wall and Barking. These works which comprise ··

the Takues, instond äl, se

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