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Faront, Tho danse of this large increase," remarks our London contemporary,, " is not quite apparent. The fault of the Government hitherto has been that it has directed its attention mainly to the roads and neglected the streets. Among the ornamental and not useful ronde made of late, to humour the whims of officials, was that thoroughfare, called Kennedy-road, running along the hill-side from the Public Gardens to Happy Valley. A lot of sunnicy was expended on The larger Diretory contains the different this fancy wall, which might to have boon Troaties and Conventious waite by China wal Japan with foreign countries, together with spout in trying to improve the wretched and various Acts, Oidipanses, and Begulations ro disease producing coverage in the antive por ting of the tova. No doubt to geral latlag to Commene and Shipping,
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condition. But we world. deprecate very much the constriction of any moru new roads about the island for a long time to come, for they certainly are not wanted." Now when the Kennedy Boud was first propose, we opposed its construction, believing that it was
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Four of the crew of tho stemmer Elgin, which erived here on Sanity, lost their livos at Boi
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the whale, & number of small living.eels are put into the tank. The whale seemed to snildonly bçcome restless. It was observed that as tho. whole turned round an ite aido something was Fazojecting from the baily, just below the loft appar. It was discovery that one of the sole had buried itenif apparently in the bony of tho whale. It was, of course, at once decided to re- move this el. Accordingly, under the dirastion of Mr. Carrington, at might, when the people
in 1827 The riseipal aro Moci, Líln, and Vós. The largest le Lifu, which is short thirty-seven
The natives une very trangherous, and are canui- miles in Jangth, the others being ruch smaller. bala. Many years nge they marded and ato
· The Glubs says :—General Kaufmam is not the brows of seven vassels. The natives of Den allowing tho despatol of an envoy to Tashkond are said to be more particular than those of the from the Chinese camp at Kashgar to interfere with his own native measures for the defence of stlier istands, and only at these killed in hate Kulja. Not content with throwing up earth but yet with as much reist as their neighbours. works in the Nazyn defte, along with the wore all gone frraz the Amarier, the water was Captain Brakina, of K.M.S. H vannth, Captain.
lowered in the whalery to about a foot six.. A large place of canvas a lowand nnd held ty men at the site of tank. A man was then sent into the water to try and induce the whole to svim over the oxusas.. I understand this the intelligent saicst displayet the greatest in genuits in getting at of the way of the canvas. When at lagt, however, she found herself in the oras sul supported by it, she became porfectly quiet as though sao bad ascertained that abe was caught, and it was no uso making any fur ther fuss about it. The man in the water thon caught hold of tho col and pullot at it; the sel alipped from his fingers and immediately
In their commoratal report, dated 31 ult. I left the pink and on the tight previousTROM WELLINGTON TO HONGKONG out, or I dare say nothing morn yould have boon aloment in the diccnseion which must not b
heon or bourd of either. Thoughts of the late overtooked was the fact that we had recently ass, Bahra & Co. of Saiges, thus allude to the three stars, which are forth about £10. BY THE BARQUENTINE "MAY" _the_vios_market at that partha deolan in werd in the shirt. Expirion were made after the di
ecllision of the Avalanche and Forest fashol bean diminishing our holdings of foreign securi valges in Hongkong has anaeked abiprints of prisoner, she is respoeiably comapnted, but he The May loft Wellington, so your readers will through my mind; but for all that I constiet timBince the beginning of the distrust ut our staple to that port almost entirely, and was not to be found. Mr. Lineoad a compradors remember, on the morning of Chursday, 29th quietly in bod, knowing that I could to of no Russia in this oquntry we had parted with. although the falling off in the demand hus beau gave decasity for him and braght him to me on November, 1877 Outside the Honde the wind reo. We were thou about twenty miles to the 23,700,000 storing of Russian Rasarities, and considerably counterbalanced by the paucity of the 2nd Inst. I relictantly ardored him into was rather variable, and a course was mode to go eastward of Babayan Island, from which the the aim withdenwa from the Exited States not apples from the Interior on primas nevertheless ustody. E have reason to bellers the prisoner, through tho Btraits, bat n chunge in the wind group derives its name. Two days later, at about long ago had notably been very considerable. decidedly wonker. Quotationsare as follova: who bore a good chamaster, was made the victims ormpelled us to go up via the East Coast. This the same hour, we were again alarmed by the Mr. Nawarch, in replying, maintained that he --Mixed grain (30 to 40 por cont. paddy) $1.99 of gambling
made very little d forenco so long on the wind on on the look ont reporting “lights, ricad.” { had acounted in his paper for the present de-: to 31.01 per picul, best quality (15 to 20 por court. The prior admitted the charge, and stated was in sur favour, and fortenstoly such was the The ptain was soon on deck, and by means of pression of business, and that, if we wore Kaffer: dy) 8.25 to 32.20 pa ploul in mat bags, that he beaamo, fuvolved in a gambling transense, as we axprienced fun wanther and air his nightglus made at the lights to come from the Protondat countries, like Germany There is nothing doing in all dressed whito rico sotion for over 810. Eo pawned the studs in winds. We passed the Isle of lines, & mall a steneur enlin windows. She also crossed and the United States, wers in a far worse
Canton for four taalg. and no rates can therefore be given.
Island (nino-miles in diameter) to the south of our bows, but fortunately at so great a distance condition. His Worship romaned the casa for ons wook Now Caledouin, on Monday, 10th Deiomber, that there was no fear of any dooident.
Although we wore about troiro miles from it, The same morning we made the Uhian Coast, CURIOUS ADVENTURE OF A WHALE DEFORE THE HON, CHALLES MAY. yet, with the glass, the tall pines for which the and by 8 o'clock p.m. were comfortably, berthed
IN LONDON. aland is noted could be distinctly seen. Early in Hongkong harbour, after a delightful passage THE FEEDERICK.".
---------- Michol Boarko, late spond oflcer of the the following morning wo passed through and of 46 days, and never haring occasion to so the British bark The Frederick, was brought up, on three inxge islands and a number of smaller anus light little craft-Correspondout of New Zealy Any que le gasss what it is. As focil-fer A carious accident fine befallen the whales at among the Loyalty Islands, They consist of pamps, which speaks well for the May belag steinster Aquarium, so curions that I on by inhaling font que gaserated in the tank. ramned, chaired by the Captain Supariateudent No authentis account was given of thess ishinilslund Mail, with the following serount On the 27th mls, ting an assault with butent to do bodily in we had just sat down to dinner when the sporou ous George Bouls a senman on the said cargo aune and said one of his men had faller vossel, and who had since died.
The vase was, committed for trial at the in the wok-hold and was dead. Wo want on deck and mot our man going from the fore iminal cassions at the Bapremo Court.
able to assist in getting the ant up Two of this, Grandstrand and Handbe, stood on the iron docx to guide it off the cooming, and ano. thor, Martin, went down to bend a line on the in contemplation to inked a costly carriage holy. Immediately he had dana so he dropped road, which the Colonyut that time-could not insensible. Hansen, sening scmething was
Chogny, and Bishop Satwyn, have placod vu re. Colostial army would hova to pass if it endos. word melt uformation as to their navigation, ratou to pierce the highlands of the Ti, be as afford, and which was not actually nerded at once jumped down, but immediately Cell dead. Gruastrand, then jumped down to
Re. Towards Loon of this day, the wind model arrangements for sending & scientific mis Crough perhaps dusicaule for purposes of reason's assistancy and he slew fall dead, I
text considerably, and the thermometer coas toion to the camp of Tao Taoun Tsan itself. To 85 degrees in the aliaden
the head of the embassy is appointed General creation. But the Konnecy Road so-called called to the rest of the men not to go down, but they did not sets to mind what won sil
Wednesday, th Doombat-The wind tm. Cout Borch, wasiated by Colouci Matris and is an mambitious footpath, which while cost- Montgomery, the bentawain was the next to go
proved, and sent us along at the rate of six milescoopsated by a stuff of officers whs in number an hour. Shortly after five o'clock discovered official standing soda vontarkable contrast ing only a couperatively suull song has proved dows. He descended by the ladder and inmas a great boou do the community in adding one Sponsor, the cook, next went down and ho became diately on touching the bags has also fell dead.
that the ship was in disenloured water, got thee the solitary Celestial envoy orawling along lead ready, but before we could get a cast were almost aaleeded to the city of Tashland Colonel move to the few walks in this limited colony insensible. There were now six in the hold. A man
in deep water, Where the ship jussed the water Matvoist, the guide of the party, bae paly re- Moreover, it-wis necessary to make used McLeod thon wout down with a rope's and
had dirty gran appearance, but about half a mile dently returned to Kalja after au ansuccessful boundary between the military and colonial noceeded in attaching lines to Martia, the cook, round him, and a handkerchief over his mouth. Ho
to the eastward it was quite yellow. With ro. attempt to obtais data of the naturo and oondi LOSS OF THE GERMAN BARK
ference to this the following extract from Canon, of the Chinese army. When the astute land, and it was decided that this boundary and the boatswaiu. The third engineer wont down
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aid Plzmley's diary will explain. Ho says Muscovito rebel the head quarters of Tse Tsom pet. Of coness it was not ascertained whe should take the form of a footpath for pecs-fare fu succeeded in doing so. He gruzod his to bend a line on Ranson, but had to bo pulled up
I have no hesitation in prorenncing it a soul, Tean at Sohooke the latter expressed himself ther the oel had he had not made a hole in the We have to woerd the loss of the Gorman and at tho yallow part spritsen of vory mar the entirely silting to respond in a friedly manner body, Mr. Carrington thisks it had got ostan. trions: Ithus over since been the most popu-head in the hold and the wound and become hark Benz, Captain Gria, fossal of 331 tons surface. Shants have founder ship to, bat bar to the extensible cause of his journey the urgled in a los pisca of the skin A day or Avira lar walk in Hongkong, and the expenditure very bad. probably in consequence of its bazing She was into by the British back The Goolwa, ing stading sails est could not do it in time, and rangement of reciprocal measures for putting a book Farini and the authorities of the Aquarium
Another as been amply justified. We have no hesi been in contact with the poisonous gas.
IDAN went down au passed a lite round Hanson, Captain Tarkibson, of Chapel Island, and sank with night coming or I did not care to stay in stop to the nawad depredations on the Kulja were very anrichs about her, and how symptens the vicinity in ess of finding other patchy. Kasligne frontier-bata: the same time hoguietly observed Mr. Carrington think it probable that tation in saying this now, oud ehould never und in less tban led-an-hour from the time almost incasdiately. Fortunately all hands were call it the May Shoal Position lat. 13 logros placed a watch as the envoy, and the affoials an interesting little stranger Su the form of a live opposed the construction of the road had heard of the China's falling down all the saved. The Goohen was bound to Hongkong 42 minutes south, log. 168 degrees 10 ulaatos trusted with this duir comported the lyes baby whale is abort to make the appearance
with such vigilance, that according le the should this be the case, this will be quite u novijiy not a rumour been current that this was the asi hui beʊn krought on deck, Hanson, Hout from Nagasaki; and the Zima was from Anoysast." An thin shoul deos not appear on any of Frerkentamicinki Tedomosti, he was scarcely able in stural history. At the present time a large
gonsy, and Grandstrand were quite dead, as well band North.
the charts published, ita Anding any be locked thin and of the wedge, it being crentually as the Chinoman, but wakopt applying restoratives
upon in the light of discovery. Nothing event, make a single note of what he saw during number of roseh are swimming about ly the tank. cal acarrel until about seven p.m. on the 16tb his residence in Kashgaris, and beyond a know and it is probable the whale feels on them. She intended as an early date to convert the tonil alike until the daster came, Isordered the
December, when we were abreast of Stewart Taedge of the minch route and an estimate of is not soon to cat, zad is supposed to fead at night. Negres, in werting that no mads are wanted until the following Monday (20th), and in fatl thoroughfare to a carriage read. Took and Martin to the hospital and they are doureyed there at once but were not out of danger
land, in lat B decrees 24 minutes south lang the cluster of Tan Tun Tan, wuzzuccess. It is a remarkable thing to observe how these FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]
169 dorrees cast. We were soon boarded. by be. in obtaining any date of value for the Inoch som to know that the whale is their enem in the Colony, speaks without knowledge. A were no more than sousible when I went to bid
twoan twenty and thirty natives, who came in telligence Department." Apparently Generalna when she is coming near them tho sboals break. them good byoon the Tuesday,
The retiring Nath Hei Magistrate, died on their ennost, hringing with them, for the purpose Kaufmann thinks that a more inrposing embassy up immediately and disperse right and left s along the fave of the hills in an eastward from Singapore on abcoast of the rain and to caused by his death will be temporarily filled by aistol ef-well, I need hardly describe it, I may gocompanied by a Cossack ouoort of larger pre-faogna are appearing. Frank Backland in Lend all las recently beeu de froin "the Gap to keep the twoon daek halobes on all the Friday morning at his famên. The vestige of trading, coconants and oil, shells, a tartla will have greater woight with the conqueror of quick as they can. I am sorry to say that this, and a immber of curiosities. Their apparel con Kashgaris, epocially as Count Borch is to be evening the whale looks seady, symptoms Di prevent the passengers falling down, he had the Fun Yil Magistrate, ond the business of the CO. direction which was Decessary and will prove taken all off but one when we anchored at Saigon Satter wit be transaotou by the Sam Shuey say, however, that it was rather genuty, and of portions than usual. Bat whether the chances and Water.
ngunnerativa ca account of the number of at 7am., so that they had been off for over four
miscellaneous pharacter The articles they of succese are greater this time or rot, the fact | bungalows being built there. Wherevor tiere hours when the men wont down. After getting Magistrate
Anoscione salt smuggler had a very narrow brought were czelanged for tobacco, matchga, remains that changs for the botter bar wome |"tre gödies" fan out we hart nikad an iron "bufRAT
escape of being arrested on the 31st nitimo. A waanzug apparel, fe. Some were rather textilias 7 theme gevormore since their forces com taken up for building, purposealt is desirable into the ink hold, fint as soon as it passed the that roads should be made. The criticisms iron desk, above the tank hold, it wout out him but they let their garns slip, for the smug vel had been there three or four days previously), soomed almost inevitabla An attack on Kulja at ouge We also put a low down aml ileler rushed out of the hates with a revolver asking for knives, sphous, plates, jars, glasses, by Tao Teoan Tean sold only and in the ap
naxation of Kashgaris by General Kunfcandy. of the London and China Express on such a died in a few minutes. In the evening them hand. Sucing the frosting the soldiers and to give it used on asked and this would give Russia an undesirable gra- for salect shorte
moros at $5683 to $570; the higher rater being. subject. though scarcely so tardy in apanthurities cata off and took a sample of did not think it prudent to press him too olosely captain to give him a new hat. When asked minunes over the Chinese slope of Central
At the same time we took ons of and go let him escape. About hundred bags of why he wanted a naw bit, bo Answerert, To ge pearance, are about as valuable as Sir Jos the main tweeu deok hutches off and part the salt were, afterwards found in his house. Aashore flash the women, with mat ga English do all sama." As thora was ma hats forthcoming ha Coope's opinion on the plans for the new bucket down there: the light went out at warrant has been issued for his arrest.
The Son Tau villages were plundered on three had to go store disappointed. One of their Praya
race. A sample of the air in this hold was also incoassis nights by the mane band of bandithi nabor, perhaps more fortunato (P) than the tuber. We wore obliged to put the hatchos on The booty is estimated at several thousand dollars, thers, secured an old faltered black bell-topper Obviously quo of the first points at a Congress again all night. In the corning, after the factunately no one was killed in the affair. Such from one of the sailors, and, putting it on his is that the Plcuipotentiaries should prehend fowl down the main told and it dropped dead at
sridout high glo. As this was about his only years, be the ouston of the representatives of once, We kept the batches off all that day
covoring the sight was extremely Iudicrvas. the Powers to express themselves in one lungs (25th) but had to put them on again at night.
Another took a great fancy for a silk cost. I had age, last, were there a Babel, of tongues, some Before putting the tank batches on we pat
on, and it was with some diffinity that I gne ambassador less educated than the rest might two fowls down and on taking them out on The British steamer Grupo, Captain Beokalt, rid of him. The captain dras that the natives, lose some portion of a debate carried on in a Monday morning–then-verz kolor about enite i zaports lenying Wonshow on the 26th July at 61 were more difficult to deal with this: Hme than tongne be was not acquainted with. Since the Livaly, but on taking the main hutches of and am with the hulk Water Witch in tow. A bent on any proviens dccasion, as they never went eighteenth century the prevalling language of patting unor fowl down there, it died at once. tan miles ontside. Wenshaw, the bulk struck on a bring anything back with them. Ona wau had iplorary has brou Froneh, though it in al- The eargy it the tank holi ocsisted of 1,100 mal, ani sunt atat ipstantaneously-Courier a pair of fowls, in exchange for which he would eat an axiom of international law that overs slabs of fin, 3 Dhugs of pepper, and 17,000 pieces/ The China Merchants' Steam Navigation Cem. take nothing but on earthomeneo jur. As we nation had a right tone its own. Not wa18- of mangrove I wk; and that in the win hold of pany's steamer ruglory, reports that on her did not have one to spare, he took the Foirle back French intended to sarplaat for øver at Con- 500 bags of pupper, 1,500 slabs of tin, and about downward pusage Zeos Hankow she passed the with him. This independence.was no doubt at grasses the céhor languages of Europe. It was tributable to the fact of their wants having been the sscsidency of Louis XIV, and the dictator- 20,000 pices of raangrove bark, with about 50 steamer Hangang ashore at Callinson Island. bates hites: The official report of the ana yula | We haar that Me Jardins, Matluson and supplied by the trader parkusle mutional lip of the arst Napoleon that imposed the A child three years of age fall from a window | kail not bean received when the vessel leit Rai-Co, kave withdrawn their squey of Wenchow, a The nativos informed ny that they had a white i Gallic tongue on the Ambassadors of the other in Queen's-roast West on Sunday afternoon and i gon. Int we were told that there two holds em fact that would seemy z indienio that the newly man on show why was bartering for bache-de. Powera, and in several treaties expressed in was picked up insensible. It is still in pro-tained only pure carbonic acid gas, and that this opened post has not yet comm-up to the expects mor and expra, or dried coconuts, for the Frouch a protest has been inserted to the effect.
river state.
was the result of the pepper and more especially tions of the mercantile community. The steamers owner of the trader airly spokou of. Before that the employment of that language should not the mangrove back bong shipped in a damp; Europe and Tahyer instead of each calling there quitting the ship, native who seemed to hold be looked upon us the precedent for its future use. state. We were perfectly aware that the cargo every alternate trip to Foooow, are, it is said. to some authority produced a small slip of paper. This was so with the fiual get of the Vienna Con- was damp as it was taken is in torrents of rain, call about once a month The Europe, on bor containing a rest frore the man on suri gross of 1815: utal. Indeed, Gerrans (Austrians but as the charterors take upon themselves all last trip, left Wenohow with the old bulk Water oiling himself John Cassolis) for a supply of as well as Prussions) have always been exces. the responsibility connected with the cargo Witch in tow, intending to bring hot back to biscuits and potatis, a he had rus short of prusively touchy on this head. Diplomatis docu- kl not take any notice of this. The foro and Shanghai, - Eat in prosceding down the river, visious. Captain Plumloy supplied his wants as ments between Gormati States are now habi- The British stosayar City of Santiago, Captain after holds, where there is neither pepper or the hall grounded on a axilbank and began to far as possible, and shortly afterwards one fisi-tually couched in German, and the general Pelets, reports having spoken the Portiguess bark, are quite safe. The botties of the men suf- £ll with water. It was doomed fatile to attempt tors left for the bland. - This was a lively break spread of the English language among aducntad. bark Venus on the thorning of the ith instant focated wers baried on the Sunday afternoon. On to get her off, and the Europe left her. It is said in the voyage, and put as all in a good humon people of all countries should make it intelligible shout. 700 miles to tho southward of Dintin. Monday a court of inquiry was hold.
that her internal fitting will be saved, and then for a few days.
at any international wasting of the chief Powers The sours of ingaley was oompod of Mr. her null will be sold by auction.
For the next two days we were almost be, of Europe. Considering those who compose the We learn that the contracts for adlitious sad Cha F. Truzaleli, M. Consul, prosilent, Early on the morning, of the 29th alt. Captain calmed, so Captain Flamey proposed that we prosent Congress, that tongre should be pretty
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We were obliged
CANTON
4th August,
By Appointinent to His Exoollency the Go-jis a certainty of the adjacent. ground being with parafin, sol fire to it, and lowered it down party of bravos" was sent to his house to take in their wants (from the fast that a trading, res., frontod czek other a month ago auds rapturo.
FERNOR and his Royal Highness the
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OPTUM.
MONDAY, 5th August.
Of Patna wala at $5024 to $595, and of Bo
Exrohr UANGI. Per stoumship hady for Continent and Loudon :--
For Continent 2726 bales Silk, 47 bains Wasto
Silk, 35 bales Caccans, & cases Silks, 175 chests, 2,219 Lulf-chests aui 1,089 boxes To For chests and 1,332 boxes T, ü7 pkgs, Bandries, and 4 cases Treasure (857,000).
The Mehmone, from London to Hongkong hatches had been off for soms hours, we pat aidants as these show the state the country is in bed, amused us by strutting about the deck in one another. To this oad it has, till of very late London 1,126 hales Silk. 2 carves Silles, 760 Kalf.
26 W.
was spoken on the 6th Juns in let. 9 N., long The stoner Gleneagles, Captain MacBain, loft Loudan for Hongkong and Shanghai on the
28th. ultime
T' British ebij' Broomhut, Captain Bates, arrived in London from Hougkong an the with Juse, having made the passage in 10 days.
Tho British strip Guria. Cuntain Ulya, an. rived at Hamburg from Hongkong on the 19th June. Sho left this port on the 24th January
The American ship tvincible, which left Car diff on the 18t's April for Hongkong, put into Rio Janeiro ou the 26th June with the less of
ber mison-minst.
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eived in Eurons from Central Asia that jiprovoments to the premises lately accupied by Captain D Waterson, Marino Surveyor; Captain Hall, of the British schooner Monks Lebanon, should test the gocuineness of an experiment he well understood by the majority of the Plenipo per shar
the Russians and Chinese are keeping & watchful oye bu each other's movements. General Kausaxy, Governor-Gepard of Kussan Turbrestur has been throwing up earthworks and taking other steps to defend Kuldja evidently being doubtfal with regard
to commence à coin paign for the subjugation)
Messra, Wilson and Solway are the architects.
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SALES ON AUGUST STI, As BerOSTED.DT OMINGSU Dried Lily Flowers-20 bags, at $8.50, - by Chun Chong to travelling trader.
Cardamone (superior), 15 cases, at $135.09. by Hop Hing to travelling trader.
"Rabians-300. pionte, at $5,50, by Top Hing to traveling tender.
Yellow Poos-3,000 piouÏs, at $3,07, by Kiu Foong to truvolling trader.
Milled Rise1,000 pisals, at $1.97. by Kwong
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and Whampoa Duck Company's Captain FL. Stretton, British steamer Pabaum, in fae Hwangpoo The vessel is lying in the gee ship of which be was then sto. The ship mosting st. Berlin Prince Bismarck såfrosted Shares 17 per cent, premium The following is the AndingIn view of the lower limits, and at sig d'olcok they took a sam was in the tropies, and it was suggested by one or Lord Beccafield in English, Fench is only Hongkong. Canton, and Macas Steamboat Co.'s By the Lowline Express of 28th evidenes, and without a report from the Hospital pan from one of the Hongkow Jetties to gron two of the passengers that they should sink a M. Waddington's language by adoption and
Shares-67 pram. the foule and Chinese resin the authorities regarding the supenent parts of boarft Thay had proceeded a considerable dis bottle or two of ale, so as to have it nice and cool though Ruslans have almost always made and Shanghai Stan Navigation Company-115. 21 chisel the steamer Greatham Hall, and she is the gas or fool-air-they-have-nowmader in tamos down the river when they were overtaken for dimer: The buttle were tank, by means of broken trestles in the same, it in wall known.
per share. placed upon the berth for Japan. Captain Hep- spection, we come to the conclusion, that the by a tugboat towing this barque John Potia, Cap- the lead, to a depth of about one hundred fa that in society they show themselves wonderfully Hongkong Gas Company's Shaws-$90
share. to the designs of Teo TSUNG-TANG, to whom burn, late of the Sir Lancelot, will command her mishap was caused by the generation of foul air thin Hall having Docasion to speak to Captain thors, and allowed to remain down about iron ofleieut in Anglo-Saxon. It may be interesting
¦ front or by the cargo, peppër and mangrove bark, McPherso, commander, of the barque, u line was, or four minutes. They were than hinlsi on to know that the origins of the famous Trouty Hongkong Hotel Company's Shorus-$58 per
share, We have received the fret number of a new which argiears to have been taken in a wet state, thrown to the sarapan with the latention of board, but to the chagrin of the would-be als of Kainurijs of 1774, hetween the Perle and ho sent an enroy, ostensibly to arrange rû, daily paper at Amoy into which the Shipping circumstance over which, by the terms of the bringing it alongside, the tagboat: but the drinker, it was found on opening the bottles that Russia, was not lo French; but in Italiau. Ai Chins Sagar Refining Company, Límitəd— ciprocal measures for putting a stop to Report has boou merged. The dung Gazelle is okarter party, neither the captain nor any of his enten strain on the kampen overset it, and the ule was quite salt. As we did not hare any that time Italian was still paramount in the per sont, prem.. the nomad deprciations on the Kaldja
offers had any control winter. We are of the three gouapants were plunged into the water. hottiel als, we exbatituted frush water for it, and Favant, whore the acquisitions of Venice had Chine Imperial Loan £103.16. Kashgar frontier, but really to spy the
opinion that every exertion was made to Fortunately, the men on board other ships near, the result was the same. The bottle we smuk given it zout. Before French was introduced Chinese Imperial Loan of 1877-£107. rescue those unfortunate me, and that great saw the mishap, and boats and sampans from was an ordinary brandy one, which we filled fall as the langue of diplomacy at the peace of ind and find out. Tso's movements. The
praise is due to their shipmates who ao them and also from the John Patts, ware quickly of fresh water, driving the ears in as far as it Breslau, in 1742, Latin was the tongue of treaties Chinese General, while oxpress.ng himself in' The American ship PG. Blanchard, on being couplished it in the foes of such inniuent cut to the rescue. Both Captain Hall and his could be got; not satisdad with this, we tied the and protocols. We doubt, however, very much the most friendly teras towards the Russian docheils Pinarth on the 7th June, was just danger. We, however, recommend that, if it is chief officer were good exitumers, and to that fact cork down, and covered it with pitch as an adili-whether the Eastern Question world be speedily Government, kept such a strict surveillance taking the entrance to the desk when the post originally intended for a water tank) it should the first to appear at the surfoco, und after support throinntos at the depth of one handrod although Chancellor of the University of luton led to use this hold for pargo (it being they obicity owe their lives. The former was tional sasarity. After allowing it to remain settled so-day had it to be elucidated in Latin, bow-rope purtat and the tile running down gave over the Muscovite emissary that he departed the ship a cant, when she ran on to the pitening be furnished with some menne of: vantilation, porting bitself for some little time by clinging home, it was hauled up, and on examination, Oxford is to be counted among the present little wiser than be arrived, being prevented at the eutrines, where she remained until the say, two reatilators to be carried up through the to the sampan, he was taken on board one of the to our amazment, we form that the cork had Pionipotentiarios. Globe. from taking any notes or making inquiries afternoon's tide. The vessel was badly strained: per deck; and we also consider that the ven-boats; but the chief officer routed so long under been forecl in, and the fresh water, by the same tilation of the main hold, in which foul air was, water, that it was foured he was drowned.” How- moans I presuroo, had been forced out, as it was that could lead to the acquisition of the in- The British steamer moes eleared yester
it appears, also dangerously prevalent, should be ever, he came up at last, when nearly all hope fall of salt water, and the enth pressed lightly FOREIGN TRADE OF GREAT BRITAIN. formation he had been charged to obtain. But day at the Harbour Master's Odea for Haigon. The expin and offers are excper was gone, in a dreadful condition, bis head and into the nock of the bottle, with the pitobol end
sted from all blame." whither sho will be taken by Captain Walker,
faos baing coveted with blood, which had oosed downwards, the oark having beau turned; pro- At the recent meeting of the Statistil Society though the Government of Peling fankers who has for some years been in command of the on Mr. Newmarch's paper on the
We understand it is Captain Miller's intention from his ears, nose, and menth. Captain Hall bubly this was due to the pitebod al being the at King's College, Strand, there was an adjourn Channg Tai to bol trader. after the Kold, and would ka to compass Nors, which is now laid up. Captain Walker while in dock hara
him again sinking. The sampan coolie saved we assayed anether, and on this occasioni ased Progress of the Foreign Traic of the United theretroccasion of that territory, it is not likely is the oldest master in the employ of Mr. Kwok
By the steamer Pernomitica. Captain Hyde, himself by clinging to bla overturned boat, the dork of a champagne bottle. The sock was Kingdom," red at the previous meeting of the to allow General Tao TerNG-TAXA to cubroil Ahong; who, waballera, placis great confidence we learn that Mortie had so far recovered on the Captain Hull says that so praefteal a lesyou has tied tightly dove ne before, the top of the cork Soolaty. In that paper Me. Newmatch, after Himself in my open quarrel with the Russian take the Jeejeeboy to Saigon, upon his retard.
in Captaki Walker, as that gantiorash will sise 1st instant sa to be sile to go out, and the other convinced him of the danger of attempting to over lapping the head of the bottle. It was the quoting the views of John Stuart Mill and Sir hitoba sumpau on to a tugboat steaming six amk the same depth, and allowed to resin in Lobert Peel upon Free Trade, brought forward Authorities at Tashkent. It was one thing The Canoes bus hocu sold, we hear, for $14,500 was progressing favourably.
or seran miles an hour-Day News.
the water the same time as the previous one. On statistical tablos dealing with our imports and erraining the bottle we saw that the cork had exports in groups of years, and according to the of Kashgar, but it would, as the Chinese Shanghai May 4th, Foochow 6th. Manila 6th,
beon forced out about the eighth of an inch, and Customs Larils of the various importing or ex the string stretched as tight as the string of a porting countries with which our trail is carried Ministers wolf know, be quite another to Hongkong 11th, Batagin 16th, Singapors 1911,
5th August.
The curront of the Yangtsas running do'streng violin. Wa next drew the cork, nudu, La. This he showed that from 155 in total mosaure their strength with their great Yokohama (vis San Francisco) 20th, and Galla BEFORE C. V. CREAGH, Esq.
as it does here, it was found, impossible for the aur astonishment we found that the bottle was declared value of imports bad inorongod from Northern neighbour. It is possible, however, 26th. The French mail, við Marsillos, with the
Hanyang's halk to be brought to the Customs full of salt water. Captain Plumley and I have 175,000,000% for 1856-9 to 380,000,000, for 1875-7; edvices datul as alinve, from China and the Straits
CUTTING TREKÉ, now that the Bistern Question has beon Settlements, was received on the 18t lost and
jetty to isobarge. The oargo had therefore to often discussed the anatter, bat havo mater been while the exports for the same periods were ze. Ching Asam was charged by F.C. 231 with be discharged in opon boats and landed on the able to arrive at a slisfactory conclusion. I spoctively 121,000,000 and 210,000,0001. The settled peacefully for a time, that time Russians the Japan mail, via San Francisco, per Occidental cutting some young fir trees on the hill aido apça bund for examination. As the Customs command the matter to the Wellington Philoso conclusions Mr. Newmarch drow from an examina. tion of the dut he had, collected were that, may feel inalined to pick a quarrel with and Oriental Company's stoner Gecanic, in the Fined $10: in default one month's imprisonment have not a shed hae hege enough for this sort of phil Society fus eloidation
Sith inst. The next inward (P. and∙ 0.) meil, with hard labour.
work, goods remain roarly all day, in the open! Christmas Day found us about 77 miles north tried by every statistical test, the experience aud "Chius in order to obtain another rectifi-fora Yokohama 8th, Sloughal 12th, Hongkong
and in all sorts of weather. Almost as soon as of the Line, the thermometer registering 95 deexample of the United Kingdom during the last cution of their Siberiao frontier. It by 18th, Singapore 26th May, left Brindisi on the Beary Earl, a stoker on the British sauer the Hangang had discharged all her cargo on to grea in the shade, and a current running to the 56 years proved that the ragi arttain of the no means follows that because they looked in, and will reach Lonton on its das date, Madras, was charged with "bring drunk and the band, it came on to rain heavily, and the eastward one and a half mitos an hour. With a foreign trudo, the marked growth of insumos and the Ist proximo.London and China Express, incapable.Fined twenty cents; in default, one consequence was that cearly half of it was view of further testing the direction of the car-profits at home and the growth, quite as marked ou passively while the Chiness army ro-
day's imprisonment. Flo Baud-and Pipers of the 7th Highlandera
damaged. I was a slipper by the Hanyang, and ront, Captain Phiniley threw a bottle overboard of asumalated capital, bad accompanied and conquered Kashgar that they will continue vill perform on the Public Gardens to-night,
AN ATTACK UPON A PLISON 2D-IN-GAOL my goods were rendered unurketable through containing the following wiema Xmas Day had been in a large degres produced by steady the same policy. It would be a very simple commencing at nina p.. The following is the brought up, on reaand, obarged with striking one wot by reason of the chatructions put inter. Port Wellington, N.Z. Lat. I degres 17 the imports, and learing the exports to cultivate Li Ain, a prisoner in Victoria Goal was having to be kept in the open and getting 1877-The bagnantino May, &-Plorley, mad-adherence to cus free trade maxims of cultivating: atter for them to state that the barbarities Progr
Have Leger Ayau, also a prisonar ander sontonos in the way of the Hanyang's halk. Who is to minates N lang 163 degree 45 minutes ast, themselves of regarding the bezest of the
the pool, with a shot.
consumer as the paramount object to be attained; of the Chinese soldiery and the desolation March
Wagner.
New Year's Day, 1875, was ushered in by the and of considering that the obeapness of pro- Auver
The case was further remanded until the 12th pay for ich loss P The steamer cannot possibly with compliment on to findar"
got freight under sclipiroumstances, and wrought by than in a previously flourishing Rolection. "Tanerodi!
Rassiti infant.
in the way British trade on the river. is captain ringing the chimos on the ship's bell, notion, and, the development of the productive country compelled General KAUFMANS, Vals--
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boing interfered with and obstracted. The Casaud squally weather. We bad uo first-footing forces of the world were the most powerful means. ths interests of hanrinity, to occupy Kush- Galop. ....
Henry Augusta Autente, ateward on the toms will not allow any rossel to discharge say and no shortbread, but still we mouinged to do for increasing the comfort and prosperity of the British ship Arabia, was charged with shooting cargo alongside the British Counssion. Now very well. On the following day we passed Rola great budy of the people of all civilised Statos, garia and protect the oppressed and hunted
sad wounding a seanib, named Antonio Balerino, what was the Concession granted for, unless to Island, one of the Marianna Group, belonging to and of preventing wars, and reducting arma. -people. In such a case, it requires no
on board the asid ship on or alcot the 23rd alt, serve the interests of awelante and shippers the Spanish Government. The next day was ments. Mr. Boirae took neaption to Mr. New queer schol 8.5 854 8611 65.0 66.0 on the high seOK,
What would the Shanghai folice say if all their remarkable to us from the fact that it was the march's arrangement of the aguras in some of the prophet to foretell the result. Russia neverj
The case was remanded and this way goods had to be openly exposed on the Shanghai day on which we did the greatest distance, vis, tables, and said that since 1872 it would be found surrenders territory, on which abeguins,
(Theday) at sloven o'clock.
› progressive and alarming Increase in bund as scch stemmer arrived or departed? This 209 miles. The captain was in great glo, and there was a hold, provided it is of any value, either"
THE DISTURBANOU ON THE “TAUNTON,”- is a matter where our Cousals should step in, fudelgod in what Anthony Trollope calls "blow the imports ogording to Mr. Newmarch's Diy Thermometer, Thomas Brown, a son on the British bark unless they wish to see all power wrested from ing," and said "we will do 200 miles a day un-theory this was a proof of prosperity, but if in wet Teeter strategically or from its natural resources.
By the arrival of the British stoner Ningpo. Glamorganshire, was charged with assulting them by non-progressive tri riduals. I sincerely til we roeb Hongkong, which will make our 1877 we had 80,000,000, worth more food imported Kasigur would be a tempting prize, and the Captain Cass, we learn that there he bees o ty. Mr. Dawson, chief offleet of the British ship hope, on behalf of British teade gouerally, now passage forty-four duga But alas the wind than in 1973, how was it that the country was people, whia have experienced the tender or phaon somewhere about the coast of Jeper, and aston on Sunday.
that the mattor has been so plainly put, before moderated for the next two or three days, and as not prosperous. He maintained that we must the tail end of which was felt at Shanghai. The case was romanded until this day (Ture the public, that some Retermined action will be sach day the datance traversed Jeanned, the either be drawing upon previous accumulations fall cius of the Chinese troops, would hail the Captain Caas has given us the following court day) and to be then taken before the Marins tabou by the Commule, if they wish to prevent captain's face perceptibly elongated and he of capital or else we were creating debts, Russians as deliverers. Sooner or later woLuft Shanghal at noon on the 31st ultimo, Magistrato
one British steamer at det leing driven of the vowed that he would never again believo tu alenean to be learnt from o'roviaw of our position, may expect to see an effort made by the strong easterly wind with threatening weathor, anrities of 820 gach
barometer 298, and soon after cxportemot a The prisoner was admitted' ta. bail 'in teoriver through unnecessary obstenotions to trade continual north-eart moonsoon. Nothing of fur-was that we ought to reduce our extravagant ex- NO, Daily News Correspondent, ther laterest occurred until half past two o'clock panditure in the higher, the lower, and the Hypning to acquire· Kashgar. They are heavy rain squalla, and a falling barometer. At THE RESULTS OF GANDLING.“
on the wearing of the 12th January, when all on middle classes. We must spend less; we must waiting, porhaps, for the pear to ripen in the half-past two o'clear it was blowing a hoary gale Cusa- Ayeong, a servant, was charged with
board were aroused by hearing the stenterian economize our time, instead of wasting it in boli. An eminent judge used to say that, in his voice of the boatswain tell the man at the wheel toy-making and drunkeness; we must lesson the the hope that it may fall into their hands on the stward acompanied with hard rain stealing two studs from the Hen. C. atay.
aquella; the barometer was then 29.54 and still Complaint said--Lam first palice magisteste opinion, the very best thing evor rail by smit to pat it "bard up." The words were hardly excess of our imports and increase the amount of without the trouble of picking it.
falling. The wird Then Inalad wund to by I have a residence at the Dan, in Robinson-road, nues to a cotusel was the reply given to Missing attered when the captain russed cusou deelor exports, and age to cultivate new markoba oderibe, Ste 7 fresh. I to darong. 8 to 10 hours, 10 l N., sul there was every apperance of a typhoon and also a luase at the Peak The prisoner was the borribler, at the times leader of his circuit without his bet, &c. I then heard the boatefrain abroad, The figures before them showed that to the enstward. The Ningpo then anolioend at any servant and bad been so for about six months. He was defeading a prisoner alerged with steal say, "Ship on the lee bow;" and your readers while the value of our exports to foreign nations In its issue of the 28th June, the London and the Little Beacon. The lowest reading of the He has been in charge of the Den lately as I bave ing a donkey: The prosecutor Lad left the animal may imagins out horror to see a barque eroas our had been forensing of late years, our trade with Ching Bapress, in the course of a review baconter was at seven o'clock in the eraning. been living at the Peak. Last Thursday week I tied up to a gate, and when he returned it was bows, and only just in time, for we passed over the Colonies had been increasing, the percentage
when it was standing of 29.40, wind blowing came from the Peak and remained until next day gone, Missing was very severe in his examine the water in which she had been a minute or two of exports to importe rising to a remarkable de of the finances of this Colony for 1877, very heary, from the N.N.P. At two o'clock as the Don, On the following day, at six o'clock tion of the witness. Do you moan to say, wit, afterwards The bagno showed no lights until gree in the que cases falling in the other. on the morning of the 1st instant the weather am, the prisoner gave me an early braaktnet. A nose, the donkey was stolen from this gate?" all anger was passed. We were going about 5. Mr. Colias dwell upon the important effect of refere in condemnstory terms to the oxpen began to moderate, and the vessel pruosaded en / Utzló-before nine o'clock be. could not be found. "I mesu to say; nie, giving the judgo and jary miles an hour, and the sea was rubning what is the removal of material and natural restrictions 1. ture on roads, structa, and bridges, under ber voyage. Had fine but loudy weather from When I went to my room to dros I found thats lg lost, of the sand time pointing to the usually termed mountains high. It was fortunate to trade by the fuoreased facilities afforded by which head an increase of $13,500 was a these to port."
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