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The U. Si ecrrette shitor was annakad at 10.30am: yesterday and preceded to Manila.
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PROPOSED COTTON MILLS IN HONGKONG, TO THE EDITOR OF THE "HATLY PRESS
midable cordon, st taxing datione at all sorts be leth to depriza hinuself of opportunities of which thickon from Samahur inwards, and beset similar enjoyment in fnturo. O
fallow it down until you sab the bandioma OPLUM CONSUMPTION IN gruita bridge which you aw from the Pagol KWANGTUNG
former donosion.. Xon will chaerve the Bes
all the avenues of apprenol to the provincial The mejority some any all of the Chipme ME, J. MeLonvy Brown, in his report on the ospital, Shining is, besides, i convenient point employed on the river atomers give their sur BIT-In Your gene of the Suth coresher yen bridge to be la bu unijakshi, slate, and has published a Janter from MM as the sub. tiver will tell you that sods afs years ago the trade of Canton for 3877 sys-10-as been from which the opium dan start on the start viss to the arni or firma of ragglers, and tes best of the proposed eniton mall la Hongkong Bui-heung great man whom they envious of his artimated that the sexual consumption of Oplum journeys, open or clandestine to the variete non said to resolve from the latter, on the overage, An I take an intrest in that propat I shall to prosperity, delight in resting of as wood splitter in the portions of this province which do not ramming strlote. It is in the dompactively poor more in the month, whether as wages ar gratni- most happy to afford to any pre terested in the contempturuh alading to het colve their supplies mars directly from Swaty regions near Heelshow fasadinsiular districts lies, then from their ostensible employers th question all the formation they may dealce, bus former cocupation), ome from Hongkong te bi or the extreme western ports, and in such para throughout the province, that the native drag is gleamer.company, Iorecpt, of course, fruar this. I must ask yourjerisianion to at deca contradio, olive village near Sai-heavy, and arriving at the of the adjoining provinces as are fed through the smoked to the greatest extent, redom kended no romerle, the virtuous for who makes better thing the stateonts of your correspondent firet as to ford during a hoary calu slom found the steam dextru siver system of Kwanging, mennts to doubt by its comparativo ebanase. Canton it. of it by giving information to the Cartoms of the position and raspects of the millin Caloutts to swollon as to be impassible, so he had to estas not less than 15.000 piouls per annum, and that wolf is not considered to catum for its own nou bho illat goods which their commodova to which be alludes, secondly as to the price of to Namton city for the night, which so Irritated of this amount the city and suburt of Cauter more than 100 jocule a year, usil that prinsipally chargo often con e parandada taronjate d labourin Hongkong, and lastly as to the quantities the great man that he commenced building this slope consume from 1,606 to 2000 pisals a yea for urposes of adulteration, Prepared opine, If smoggling an be carried on to the extent of raw materials required to pročito noortain bridge and the Villagere say that disgusted with It is further considered that, if convenience of made from the Foreign drag, is now sold in the described above by river steamers, which are the quantity of you who can the boat at the granite, haring to be imparted route alone were consulted, at least 5,000 pioule smoking shops in the olty at about made à mort carefully and constantly watched of all the My 9cm in intrested in the prosperity of the he left off in the middle which Becounts for its of this annual conanniption abould pass to or sandarions to 5 maco: 8 cindaresne per tael Chernels of ontmoed into the province, how much now fuotory at Uploutta to which H.M.M" ballcctraded and auźnished state Standing through Canton. If these estimates are corrutweight, while Nation Prepared Upin ovatis about greater must if he by native boats, which have a roters, and, apouling with full knowledge. I say on this bridge the ass-hods to which you wont and they are based upon fairly malicient data & maes & candardone, or about one third alwaper choice of innumerabio river months to outer by, Lint: there has been no such stagnation as he your rensel will be visible at the distance of a glance at the above figures shows that Foreign The quality of the native sticle is said to be at a very few only of which ownag effective asserts there to be either in ite asual onttues about half talle, On the beach near this vessels have never been the favoured channel of improving from your to your Experionos sp. guard be kept or attempted. W ordinary of material or in the realisation of resita, The Joss-house I mes shot a gigaatio ash coloured conrayause with the importers of Opius, aild a pears to be teashing the produser better methods prudence on the muggler's part, and with trust- mill ja doing well be the crane. The Namian aids of the creak which becoming still-lami a day-year paail on of cultivation and collection, and the holler workby men to crys hits, the chamou of his being Tour, correspondent's statomanu na to quan, cislouches into the bay at this place is firm sand, method by whick the Foreign fag is handicapped gradually becoming more fusesatul in his op oaught is very light, Indeod, no peisun of any of to ready, 1460 grömkel gradually gotting copper and poser as Gal-tiener this oneringe of Opium, ing boat fulle explata which fails to please the jaiste secustomed to Customer or by the Haiwan's Prorontive Ser tity of care material, as to cost af freight, and whilst the Sai-henng or Northern side te med to its disgirantsgo on the Canton river, as regaris doavours to remove or mask the peculiar favour importance is ever made either by the Foreign Arion without infogination having been previously replies. I have only to say that heis completely in approached. Before getting into your val in formes Reports The Native Collectorate the Tudian drag wrong In his fits and figures, and that I am for theretorn voyage pater the joss-house, and you elmply under-bide at all points the Forsira Cus. As regards the allegation of the native Cas iron by a confederate, or persons otherwise quite realy to silisfy all boud fits inquitursay, if of an observant deposition, notion that tom House in the matter of duties, and the mer om House, mentioned abore, that there has cognizant of the renture M
Sit, youca, da
The jezeos or idols in it are different from any chant sensibly and naturally goes to the shop --- been an ingreso of smuggling during the you RD MEHTA. others you have seen today In the curse of which he, face the charges logout. Whatever which has operated to dim'sish legitimate Im the day you have perhaps seen some ten or may be said of this system of rivalry between two portations, I am not in a position to corroborate dogan-joan-houses all or most of which has members of the same household, in respect of ty or confate the statement. Istonld be disposed, centained idole antike any of the others. Antersecta upon the vell-being of the general ro: save however, to believe that contraband trade, for fints conversation with the Intailigent Chinamas of the Empire, there is little doubt that trade is which the people of this provinco have such
charge of the ("Jorn-is thereby, in proportion be a corruption of the fortagueno word Deosgel) to the advantage which junk borgon poco have special aptitude and facilities has gone on mack
The Austes on Steam Narigation Company, obaciered sto per Meccs, Captain Moquey, 10 turned from Kowloon Dock yesterday; and the Spaulah gant Margus of Duero went over to be dosked
The British brig Pellam, Captain Aokfart,
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An adjourned Inquest was hold yesterday sitemoon at the Magistracy, before dy, CV. Crouch, coroner, and a jury composed of Mars W Hattend, L. Haaschild, and A Bello on the body of a Chinelo malu, name unknown, which was found floating in the harbour on the morcing of the 29th altingThe jury returned
verliet of found frowned,
In the Peking Guscito of the 16th ultimo, it is notilled that the pressat Provincial Tresearer of Hane, Yo Foon, a native of Maschuris, has kn apouted Lieutenant Governor of Fohtien, in lien of the retiring Ting Yut Chong; the present Jadge of Cauton is appointed Provincial Trossgar of Honan, and is succeeded in his present appoint ment by the Thotai of Canton:
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Hongkong, 2nd December, 1879.
ELECTRIC LIGHTING. TO THE EDITOR OF THE,"DAILY, PHRJE;"
Haring
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to
A LATE SHANGHAI NOTABLE. Bond The hand of death has stricken oué of the old-: at rosklents of Shanghai, of whose car singe ho como here thinic a tow facts will provo st. wan compelled to put inte Hongking on Susly bravias, read with much intarost the
poptable to offroaders, ja nak him if Confuzianism is the religion of Chin96% Buch as are carried in Farsign veesel, the aggregata, any, specltl vigour displayed 1849 as a saber er litt of an American ship damages.
She wens brand to Kesleg tin the above wakjent, I beg to enclose a cutting from he will descrlin Confugiisiku saaten of Much is said of, the capricious and injuricas throughout the spa in coping with the gang from Australia The captain of Lki ship hating
the Dumilee Advertiser of Osloder 16th, from, Swale, which port she left on the 27th-alt-
which you will serve that the problem of light.othies and Confucius as soient stre, a man, setion of the Chinese authorities apon Naby gloc, nor have any so prefeative measures been discovered bin binary opacities, and that though Yatorlay afternoon a boat raus, came off ing private loans by electricity is apparently 968, but a moral and epigrammatic writer trade, but it is to ba proticed that the merchants adopted, not efisting before Nelther, on the sailor he was too sailor, but a man and compiles of the writings of those who pre-who are engaged in that trads, know their own obber hand, has there been any special laxity of education, merimended lini to a merobant batwon the wardroom officers of the Fibr aclved at last Feel and the wardroom offers of the o less than three Electric Lighting Conceded him. The more refinal classes of the native business best, and would not when there is an shown car the part of those pointed to guard bare whom be fund to lie in need of solet. So Mogic. The courses from the Viter aus-panies having besa fented in London by last mail's commanity look on all religion ne superstition, alternative for them, cling to a particular chan the revenue, which have been aken advan the sailor nulled, one morning, to drene kit round the Mesia and back to the Fider Emerel. advices, with a capital aggregating £250,000 comparing our Christianity with the religionsef of transportation if its advantages did not but tage of to no great a degree is to affect regular self and go hors with the captais, and na The officers of the Convictore's ship won the Hongkong surely need not be behind the motra India and souing to liference between the weigh its disadvantages. The truth is, the a trade beyond the average of former your merchant's clerk. be began the data which doctrine of the Trinity and the transmictations wan's establishment neer wil its efforts to attest Whatever occasional romises there may have rendered the name of E. Smith a table se race easily, being some forty builty yardapolis--if only in this instance to more so sa of Vishan and Biva, where than all these joeses trails to Native bollows aud retain if in that been in one diréation hay be made up for by in Shanghai Being a portion of strong indivi-
we are paying much as 42 times mora for one
and joy-houses F. The ignorant Chinoman goes hannel, and when a Native merchant, having of exlin viglianot in another, and there is no reason duality, in which the eloniout of ceuk temper gas than the London consumer, who gets a better to the shi shat po" (Jens paper chop), he buysa oholes in the matter, slects to cover his goodly to believe that ingres Opium antered the province was hugely in roess, he found his employer's light, MA NIKET
The cost of illumination by sednicity is a paper Josh for, say, tax cuts, he sticks it up on the Native flat, far from being harassed, he fat in 1977 without contributing to the revenne will and way so different from his owt that he arding to M. Jaolobkof, 15 times cheaper (in the wall and chin china that as the Roman the path smoothed for him in many ways, and that in previous years. Con fell out with him, was turned of hy him. Paris) than gas, which would make it over Catholic Christian does his saint. I have heard rups mask of being put aron as long as le Dpabta have not unfrequently been expressed and before Lang obtained employment is clerk to á zatire abusing and swearing at his das what plays fale, and resists the temptation of trying to as to the provalege of smuggling into this pro Mr. B. Hall, the founder of the now extensive times cheaper than ges in Hongkong.
I think I cannot do better aan leave the things did not go quite swaght with him and make too much of the privileges he enjoys. When virve to say thing like the stent sileged by the trm of Hall had Holts, who then find a little matter in your heels, trusting that you will use the foes waa at last torn down and another one canes of severe or a treatment, odour the Calton Customs nithorities and the latter at shop In a Chine house, abant where the build- piacehand in its place. The human wild will persond covoznod kava, as a rules, been attempt occasionally twitted with the liveliness of their ing of Mears. Adon. Bell and Co, how stands. jyour powerful adroomy in favour of a boiler and are content itself with zur system of ethics but, ing to ondu the payment of fiction, or otherwise imagination which can dan organized system He subsequently entered the service of Marers-
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ECONOMICAL LIGHT Tersuperstitiously if you will-yearns towards to all too far to the windward of corulations of fraud on the revenue in the potty purchase Gilman, Bowmat and Co; and ultimately start
the infinite, the unknown giver of life, orer boek in such instances the punishment sufletet is for bis ora as of some manger by eleamor org as a bill-lokor be nequired the nick raine Houg'song, 208 December, 1876. N
ing to penetrate the great scoret, to know that often excessive, and, as a foreigner would tin's native boat returning from Hongkong or Macs of Bill Smith, by which he was almost batter The folioving in the cutting bore referred which it is not iron to man to know. The out of all proportion to theffence committal to his native village. I thould be glad if I known at the time (lian by his own banks, philosphere of Europe, may, like the supercilious But thanffender hiresőle has bot been taken by could be on the side of the sophies In this mats left in 1868 in ill-health, but in two yaara re The air at present seems quite electric Wa Olíuaman, sneer at all religion ús a superstition anrprise, ba khere well beforehand the risk be a tor but, uafortunately, the groofs of the exist turned, quite roared. Fortunats sonlations are informed on Fasday by a gentleman free of the ignorant or unthinking, but their theories ranging, and, as in most cases of law-breaking once of the stil are too palest te ta ignored in land ride him in times, wealthy man. And London thatan ingenious mechanic bus discovered are too cold, for naerder for hdman, hearts and has been more enocuraged to his venture by the will widea to mention one set of facts the oor the land maua haring increased the value of simple wethod of generating the slotcio durable, where roligion is not, riperstition in chance of zon detection, than deterred by the rastness of which caution to questione In the real estate tien enormous extent, stone.time Today (Tuesday) being the day set apart by rent without the machine power required for the China has invariably talon its place, for (as I known severity of the penalty that would follow Custome Quarterly Gazette llora is published s had he realised his property, his frame migh the Vaaroh of England, as a day of Intercasion Gramme Siemens, and other caliods, and by think Algernon Swinburne 30 aptly expressait) discovery. SEWA Precis of the Fines and Confiscations inflicted have been nearly £50,000 a year: This infated for Kissions there will be an administration of bis system, after an outlay of abost £20, a homes
The Native Custom House has also to report for breaches of snowy velation, during each state of thing; however, could not het very.... Tain are these cold philophies the Holy Communion in St. Paul's College on be lighted by aleotrioity as the cost of only
nation of this income was from the And kura ara tho stings of dirajana
that at the colesting stations rear Hongkong three months. If these records are exambied, at tage pavi Chegal at 8 om. Morning prayer and shar: ad-
wad Macao, as well as st Cantot. There its ben, till he found that during 1877 Cheras sound rents of Chinese konsas in the foreign quarter- a few pence per mouth. Thie inseation has met
Unmeaning the word of the seeming wise; dress at St. Fetor's (Seamen's) Church at 22, 1 the approval of an influential engineer, who is
We can reap no comfors flieren. ́s considerable falling off in the opium revennels and contacted at Centon about $21,000 worth At the time of the Taiping reballim, when ika and a prayer meeting with addresses by the supplying the mans for perfecting it, hud it is A WORD UN RELIGIOUS EDULATION. 1877, and in disposed to find the reason of this) of opium, which was being brought clandestinely rebels took maestion of Shaiglani, Diky, thom, Rev. A. B. Hutshinson and R. Lechler at 5pm. expected that before long it will be brought be And now digressing all farther from the decline in on lurease in the amount of smuggling into the port by river stampes from Hongkong Buds of satin, both from the city and epuntry in the College Chapal. fors the public spaces
original subject just to say a fun words amat successfully, carried or in the Couton waters and Mansa, Seizures to but the same amount flocked into the settlements, as to a place of An ominent doctrician, who wer sont over to the discussion now going mas to the advisablity during the your. Latemnggling has continued annually have been made for many years without rafugs Ronis for single rooms theuran un to a Return of visitors to the City Hall Library and Paris Istoly to report on the Electric Light, of religion being taught in the public schools of rife, there is abundant proof in hatid but illi teeming to lesser the let trafic steuner.* rate four tins go high as can be obtained for
HUBOFKAN -CHOKES.
trio machine is about to be brought out which is suggest an sipoot of the ca, which has, I fer, in the import of the drug is to be attributed to and taxes luned apon orlam in this province fimsy edifiedquo fat as ho could, dading pager. been somewhat overlocked. It doda nab by my two other causve, as much w to an incrosse in montic to about cus seventh of the sedansk raido intanta, who poenpiod, them befors they, warn immensely superior to those nor in 186. Lowden, Dandie, has also, had a letter from mens follow tint becaus religion is hot tangat the contraband trade, musly, fribly, to the High of the deng, it is plain, they for every ball of Elshed To acquire this land and build the Dublin giving bin a similar intimation, and in the schools that the bhild is nonessarily priser for food prevailing in 1877, which, as w opium sized sover must be successfully run to houses, Le had obtained large name en morige enggesting that persona contemplating the inbought up a heathen, the Central School is a aw the case in regard to Cotton Goods.com over the loss sustained, than 3, 2631,000 worth from banks and private individuals, and who troduction of the electric light should mit a day boto boarding sched and on the parents or rolled the poorer classes of consumers to cerbil of illicit opiam are seized catering by steamer, a collapse in the value of property took plans, an short time until the now invention is brought guardians should devolve the delicate daty of their carebases of comparative hauries and minimum of $750,000 worth must gut an unde, one of the mortgages wanted to Miraclose put. Therais ni doubt that hundreds of scientifle imparting religions instruction. As a tax payer segond to the increase in the arrivals and detected by the same channel, saya duimin laying his aftra in the hands of Mr. Milne, ha In the Supreme Court yesterday morning the minds are now being spplied to electric problems, I should most decidedly skjent to one panny of suription of retive opiam daring the year
an uncertain business, requiring large, gains to that he was allowed to manage his estate, an eats heard in April lost, and which had been oats, some of which are sure to be of great institution which inculcatel the tenets of so was aneally drawn to the aristance of the boys covor the great take ran, and as wo know that insuring his fe for £15,000, and taking a will Acting Chief Justics gare judgment ha proste end we may expect to hear of many new develop public money being granted in support of any In August beat, the attention of the anti-it of $150,000 worth, but we smuggling, mint be want to gland, and so represented his position. bereft to the pibile at large. Shareholders in other church or religion than that of the State, in native om by a seizure in that month the expenses of each venture wages, sto to with nertain conditions in it. He fearaised in standing over with a view to arrangement. The Gas Cuntain any offer for a time, but it will the Church of England, but as many others Wild some 100 pleats of the article. The drug was Luse employed are bat one third of the Farage until 1875, when bus agout whhing to go petition was to anual the probate granted to be of advantage L the Director of those Cou-not approve of this it is far batter to give sestar packed in oil jars and similar vessels of deceptive amount of in y saved, we should not be much beme. Mr. Süith came out again. He imme Mr. J. G. Smith, as one of the exentors of hepanies, and at las Corporations 210 clectrified cat education only, in the rotools and religious edu- appearance was baug, unveyed by unto wide of the mark in ostumating the afterne mediately sat about reorganizing the whole of la inte William Wilson, and to geant it to Alexsoder of the lan easy and self-satisfied condition intention at other boura; houding schools in which the way land routes to Houghtag for the ugim cenfully run in st 12 times the quantity seized, property's added to it duusiderably; orocbed i Wilson, the other sreaster-Hie Lordship aid which they have generally fallen.
the proprfator takes the plan of parents or farmer of the colony, it was stated,, to be mad say, $250,000, worth, or & Utile short of 450 cheabe, very large block of buildings betweenthe Canton guardians should be ported by those who with the Indian drug in the maxafacture of pre equal to a cheat and a half'ón quch working day Boud and Tangking pang, sad slewhere wh chose to place their chilyen in them, or in the pured opium. It was not ascertamed wisher of the year as it equips that this amount continually building altering and arranging. esse of poor people” by wamtary contributions, the ensure had started from arethet province should enter clandestinely smoke fan basiness Times improved, and had he been a greater tax-payers should not be fecsed by the pics, or had been got together anmerberg on the Wort pay, if less were brought in, smuggling by rlier fargurito with bis native tenants, he would more thal auto contribute toward the propagation of Rivor with the limits of Kringir lesers would pecessarily fall off; but the may be one to his position by the fast that this wo roadly have lot his houses. As it was, some idea tenets of which lhes do not approve. The roto, the convos passed custands to the north do not fad to be ige egen,
many would have us beliers; on the contrary they district, near Hongking, having, suocessinily
business communications be addressed to the Mawura for the week onding Dovember let mentioned to us a few days ago tart a new al. Hongkong, I would with the greatest deference probable that say falling off thero may hвrobo Now, if it be remembered that the total dutis antiro houses tow, and M. Emith pit up tbex
HONGKONG DISPENSART:
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HONGKONG, DECEMBER JED, 1878..
The action taken by the Korean Authorities
Monday...... Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Fúdny
Saturday Sunday
K24
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Buscay
2,134
| he hul arrived at the coaelazion that the petition. must be dismissed. Hon. T.; C.; Hayllar, QC, instructed by Mr. Brereton, appeared for the petitionor; and Mr. Toller for Mr.J, G. Bwith
Last night about seven o'clock an alarm of fire
PLACES OF INTEREST IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD
WANTAU OF BUN ON GITT OMELNUED,
of
was given by the rebels indicating a fire to
On Javing the pawn-shop better retura-to/uinese are not the dall, Fential race of people of Colton, and had travelled as far as the Blou The eggling on board the river, steamers isstont two years ago £100,000 is id to bave tha westward. The Govoraxont, Volunteer, in promulgating a new and prohibitive.tariff, and the Hougang im Instance Company's your boat for freshments and then looking to are keenly consitive ent quite as well able to eluded all taxing stations on the way, when one parried on ohiefly by the Chinese crow and fire-been offered has by certain personele, te faze to the destruction of all expert or import stoom fire engine turned out as did alas a the northwardstong the shore of the bay about reneda on matters generally as we are, thorofcro one in the sermt gave information to the anthemen, and to sono cxtent by rappers From the over the property it stood that is, with the if they do not obrace out religion willingly we rities, and the whole was esized and confisented. Canton expamas shops, who make frequent trips tortgages attached His rental insea iately of Acting Chlor Inspector Gray. The fra indiguation in the latter country. The Jabroke out at No. 11, Booand street, West northern extremity of the bay and Sunion City word consitive I bave nad advisedly, we fail to attract strongly official attention, and commencement of obesp farm, and not in concert comparatively a wealthy man he lived alone in panese Government naturally regards this Point, which is a street innning from the Hos. on its southem, a small joas borsa nest a creek the polisked refood upper class Chinaic end to enquiries being made as to the Cotier with the crew on-board. Women also have of most frugal saner, and seemed nor to care for
late been much employed in the businces, as society at all his own house, pather did b action as à breach of the treaty into which Pital Boad to the Pok-folum Road. The horse will be seen, tell your boatmon to take their vasol ragorta to course insoll it is only because payable on the artists and the mode of collecting being less open to auspicion, and less liable to care to go out, except to the tables of two dr
istro storied, the ground floor being occupied as azalt ish shop and & family living stove it. The up the oreef zwartz from the door of the jose by does not think the foreigner sufficiently on them. Clevesrobed than men Livery part of the stemmes threointimats Giends. In days gone by. Gowtament fire engine was Arst upon the spot and more time elapsed store water could be ph tained, and it was then set up from the Praya by two engines. The hours at the rear of No. 11 soot caught fire and it was foured that the hoses about nine o'clock the consagration was erlin suished, but not before the two houses were som plately catten suring the wall only standing The Government small steam engine was left at the scene all .cht in case of a fresh outbale It is not at present koown how the fire ongi natal..
trade with Japan, bas excited a good deal of large body of constables, under the command half way between the town of Sai-henug at should not endeavour to force it upon them; the So very large and valuables seizure gould not to Hongkong and back, nors especially since the has been tons Ts: 7,000 month. Though
Smith had the character of being very tenacious in money motors, toberally to loud quots caion he has contributed liberally to local objects
notably the present Church Crane
altimo Mr. HANABUSA, Secretary to the oth sides would also become ignited, dry and somewhat ari bet is mostly under disgusted when he haves the leath hound in addition an ostref of Tis. Bon such as ontstoke.holo, are the favourable places of conges. Informed by a gentlemisu who kno hii yoll
the Corsans entered, and is, it is stated, re- solved to insist upon the new tariff being zo. moved. The Japanese Cansul line protested to the Korean Government, and on the 20th Department of Foreign Affairs, with his Secretary Mr. KoxDo, of the same Depart ment, embarked on board the monelad Figsi. Kan for Korea, with very strict categorical instructions on the question al iɛsue. It is also said that cartain mul miliary pre parations have been duureed by the Japanese Government, in order to be prepared. for erantualities; in other words, the Japanese are getting ready for a straggla, if necessity forces it upon them. There is no reason to believe, however, that the Mino's Govern ment is at all anxious for war with Keren, or that it desires anything but the due and proper observance of the treaty. It wank be contest, we think, to let the insolence of
CORRESPONDENCE.
do not hold ourselors responsible for the opinions
ourassed by our Correspondents).
PIE TAKASIMA COAL MINES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY PROM."
POLICE COURT.
And Dejember!! BEFORE C. V CHEAGH, ESCOR
DEUKEMINESC
TRS LATE, BATU AIFON DAMEJANG HOUSES,
appested to indicate correct time, was found on
sitive or refined to appreciate any kind of insult Mr. Bredo, io last year's Report, has gitan kose, and having seen the heat sotually go you more intellectual. And a religion, with the definite figures as to the amount of taxation is to be placed at the disposal of the ow may perhaps get a espigeons in the trees near many different kinds of religion or methods of Nativo Opint has to bear this procés to be made use of as hiding places of their opium the corilera dio of the city wed, then walk to worshipping present to him, the Chinese may namely, a fromffer duty of Ts. 14 par pien, si In the coal bonkers nudemanth the boilers, To the castward of inland of the city. The soil well find it diffsnit to obese and may well feed Bikin of The 4, Car the proviupe genstalls, and the anti-pits, and below the iron plates of the
like pertinsoity with which those who prefers to the Canton city or suburbs Enquiries made ment, but every hole and cranby throughout during his while career that Mr. EM. Smith's oultivation, the products ng mats of various cash Christian meokees and forgiveness will since the abow information was bolleted as the vessel likely to capo debeotim is utilized large ganarsity was not, a thing of yesterday. side, and also vegetables and some fields of too often ran down an opponent or à ran they confimed these figures, with the addition thile the hollow iron beams and pillars that support nor did it begur when it became so painly sl
the engines zed, walking bonus, the interior of fent in his Bats Clans" performance of Christ- ground nuts (oti tao, ground bein) will be seen, may dislike. To be continued
S3 Haikwan also has had the right to lory Tis: a the pedale-beds and underneath the gandeams, 1977 More than 20 years ago it was es real: and in the centre of an afponay of cultivated
pics on all Native Opium that passes his co saloons, CBS, and hold in each and all it is now palpable. Then it was done under hand you will adice some arid red coloured sandy
lecting station at Sanebui, at the junction of the bliecka with a large rock on the summit of one
North and West Diverse retras per those places opinn is habitually concealed. The cover, and lately, more openly, and with a rapidity of them; on walking op to this mok the ground
It was found from ongnities made after timbers and beans of the tesaol aro ecinetimes which he made on many the impression of a gining manis rare affection), and on others near it will be pen ta de portoestel with badgenda:
selsure mentioned above that the frontier barrier hollowed out, and ingenios regentacles con holes, there aroor rather wero sovoiteen holes olösė
where the duty of The 14 a pival was lovinus arcted within them seet drawers lanto boon that of a feeling that, es he had not long to live; found between the outer playing and the lining he would give all he could while he could. And (under the rook josides a numbór of other holes at
bad been in the habit of reporting a total colle
se this he found his greatest happines. Lately tion of about Tis. 160. 3 Four, As the most of the skin; the buckata in usa on board are 00′′ has been more than genorons, he has been forging distans away from It situated pricci pally in the sides of crevices in tiarchy ground
consumpticu of the drug in the progines cafolly constructed with false bottoms; unit The holes are so vary mail that any dog which homes Olson, a cassa on the Geman known from tolerably, reliable data to have b in one 035 A large block with dish and handa lavish in gift-not wisely but very widely dan tributed... Hwaid himself, when monstrated could get into them weld not be big or strong schooner Frederich was charged by FC 83 for some time about 100 pirals, which oughts complete, which stood in a conspicuous plus ith that he had been too clors sted. In the shoegh to draw a badgor. When I first saw the with being drunk and disorderly in the Holly have yielded to the provincial revenue about Thigh daily of al on board, and which are pasty and he intended to make amends forit now. Staas very much surprised to see the holes I thought they were rat's holes, but wood-road-Fined $1, in default three days im 10,000, it was plain that either the actio s in letter of Anti-Oppression in your issue of this subsequent inquiry convinced as they were made prisonment, aut to pay forty dents for abair hire question was fuing smiggled wholesale fats the examination to have hoan for years, without any and are of a bone as a caus
from this time last year had beou all judiciously morning. With what objest it was written by sumsthing larger than a rat so I procured in default two days further imprisonment province, or the barrier offoisie were failing to works, and to have been constantly used as a in the interest of the Mr.Úoto Shejire mentioned quantity of common sulpliar, some caltpotro, and
report all they collected. Whtohesar was the miding place for optom, and all this goes on applied he might have done a vast amount of in the advertisement, Lim at a loss to commita some ariod obili pods, and having parofolly Fourtees coollen, two coke, two hawkers, and true explanation of the matter, the result on the on board, to the surprise of many, entirely with good and have been indeed looked upon a s I find nothing in the advertisement to civil plugged up all the holes but tro the highest rise pounder, were charged with being found revenue was the same, and the salubrities falt out the knowledge of the captain, offers, and benefactor. The value of the purchases dis. at, indeed, it might be regarded almost as a duty and the lowest I could find, the sulphur end le a house kept as a milke gambling house in bound to do something to cure evil the more and sturendiers of the open ronghout the hole community, amounts to engineers, and, of course, utterly known tributed as ments--not only to friends but the Korean Government pass unnotic, so the firm own to the public to issue such a noti- other ingredients wertioned above was stuffed Gilman's Bazaar, on the 30th ultimó.
The trader engaged in the business pointed
many thousands of dollare; and it is a painful. long aa the interests of Japanse marchattention; and as far as the Woosung Railony is into the low hole of the twry fire was ap Sergeant Plyun gave aridance of entering the out that the West, and not the North, Biver su
Lattarls, muck of the opiam sunggled by fast connected with this generosity, that too of are not affected. There is no doubt aforeign conerned I am sure your correspondent eplied, and the result site in anxious op floor of No. 29, Gilman's Bazaar, and Gading the natural and most convenient route for the var efemers is not brought up to Canton to ten it was pet appreciated at all as inbould have almost singlar in his views. on that under suspende. So smoke were issuing from a gambling our and some cash, which te o entry of Sehwan and Thanan Opium he landed It is carefully soke beforehand in be popular with the military classesin Japan, the folly of the Chinees in closing the rail-been established the fire below nga plied with of the prisoners were arihted in that house
some even comploining that they recaived no. ter at tact, most of it came in by that way sur. five to ten balls each Hefore the steamer leaves thing, whilst neighbours or sogeantances had way, and I ap sure can have no sympathy, assiduity until after about half an hour the A cheir coolie, who late the information, prived roptitiously. The Vicelay accordingly at the wharf at Hongkong, these bags are attached rockived mingh bat the bulk of the people have no wish to will the views expressed by Anti-Oppression mange fasning from the upper eritis hecasue golte baving gabled in the bosse on several occasions blished a native opium qullusting afton at a to the stays below the pounds and towards the The Chrismos prosents to the young in the see their country embroiled in a war, however I am persuaded that Messrs, Jardins, Malhe hot and the smell from and phor and dried cayenne and each time the first and second prisoners are show-fa, whong the provincial import Inty on the low or above Whampos, and as a given sigual perasted Sasta Claus, and grouped a throne an
stern, and an arrival at a pre-arranged place, bo | theatre last far, when Mr. Smith himself in vertain they may feel of its favourable issue. sm & Co. wore chiefly anrione to get railways peds quite unbarable yet still tie badger opt managing a fantau table
drug could be paid and the parcels reuelves stomp introduced inte Chains mu that was their live in his Enly. Our fael being at Int all exhaustedP.C. Campbell gave endence proving baring which would tranke flour over the provaise the the cords we eat, the busyel bags dray into the the stage in the midst of the tunamsemble articlas The Derka Nippo, writing on the subject, is constructing the line. But the firm stars in s fred savory, blank charges from our guns gone into No. 31, Cimar a Bazaar, and appreont farther liability to duty of any kind. To water, and a campen pull off from the shore and from children's toys to gold watches and extremely pacific. It says With regard no seed of any defence; be the first forsig hoog into the upper bole; but it was so go, the por honed air of the prisoners, soon, of whom were induce the dealers who had hitherto smagged in not constare necesary, and the bags are pops if te shape of ladies work, warm winter mcks them up. Very often so much precantion oponaire jewellery, including all kinds of ful to the new tariti promulgated by the Korean in China it has always maistsinad ita high repn-:- verse aniuml détermining like the poisoned looking out of the window an anme dthirs warn their vontures to pay the tarai und 'noonre than thrown overboard from the gang ways, and higrips, Japanese dressing gowns, cùm multis alii,
tation for generosity and disinterestedness and rat to lie in its hole, no I, determined zotto ying on the floor, Valves from risk of soianre, wconsiderable reddy windows, on reaching the, pre-concert placo, will not easily be forgotten suthoritiei, various opinions are new ourrent the puny attacks of such insecte ad your any be done, seat storybody, away and squatting All the prisoners depist having gambled, -£ion was made in the mmobat of duty leviatis, among Japanese. We believe that although mous scribblor are bakeath contempt. At the on the top of the rock around the foot at the on the North River It a stated above that the
His Worship discharged them with a caution, compared with the rates in force at the old itation without any pretence of urealment at this indness was sadly abound. Some this enactinent may cause depresion in trade. Face time. Sir, I would humbly suggest tatt the which the koles were situated patiently BABORK J. J. FRANCIS Ese duties on the rig were formerly from @Tis 2dition are considered favourable, ar y 66 and over age, esok time rotizmir Laden with
authors of with letters as that of Anti-Opgras awaited further developments. It waB DÓT sion should be resund to append their tamse sbout 6 pm sad at 6.30 it beme pitch dark, to their efftaions. I can only imagine that this and the clouir. obssuring the fall moon ston THE BOARDING-HOUSE RUNNER NUISANCE. individual is aaliamed of his patrónymis showed their quality by descending in dringling Wa Ayer, a boasting-borse runner, a Yurs, &0.
VC rain: after the dritzling fain had thoroughly Shagod, by PC. 79 with betracting the fairway Bongsong, 2nd December, 1878,
wetta ne nad in, ouannetion with a blast in the harbour and boarding the cleaner Petro. northeast wind made me perfectly cold and folie before she came to ler moorings
a
var and especially a war with Korea-would-} taklige You, Sir, has frequently denounced the upper hole, and a good surrent baring laced, àlso a fightitig frm and stick. Fourtoun Kwangtung, and it was admitted that, as a specially made water-proof bags, holding from boen, but was looked upon by many as a right, :
our Government will take no severe mea sures in consequence, but will wait for the Koreans to learn the benefit of trade, just the same as Europeans and Americans aid for the Japanese in the beginning From ancient times, as before mentioned, the Koreans have been in friendly intercourse with us, and China end Kors are regarded as the mouth and teeth of our country These two countries are the only barriers for the future against England and Russia, We hope that our Government will consider the state of our country eleven years ago, and that they will pardon the Koreans for their conduct now." This is not, we believe,
be
NO THE EDEROR OF THE “DALY PRE:S”” miserable, the rain left off, the clends cleared His Worship daskard, the prisoner, as he SIB-That your respondent Anti-Op. away, and I hame conscious of scratching, said the master or owner et a hired boat was the presion should have venated: his splooult, a moise suder the rock on which I was eluting is person to be charged with obstruptions Going mtler eldressed to the public, is not mutt for was the badge returning from his nightly de no honel Astenter against the will of her aynor surprise but that you should have given him paulations, he found the front dorway blocked a captain was a well transus and not a criminal the gratification of reading his guiloful and sour up with sowie lig stores, and we now scratch offence.
bus attack on a body of honest gentlemen in ing them any. He had probably gone out thecolumns of the Daily Preas really does com in the dark by some other exit, which to the writer moat astonishing. I am in no way wa bao failed to discover ¦ & charge of double B connected with or syn known to the gertimen shot from steps of about to foot blew him your correspondent soeke to traduce, but Iknow almost in ball má picking up the fragmentą. I his statement about the railway to be e un returned to the boat, where a front shon collected qualified lie The Chinese did not have to to see the genad pig" and the foreign devi par" nobody wanted them to buy it, and so far who had shotit; when one told the other of her
MARINE COURT-
Kato, 2nd. Dober
It is known that on some days, when the con- children wary so, greedy that they went up ovár
to The 50 only What thể sotmi redmation | thares ut four chests, packed in water-proof laga presents-condust which, if reprehensible, reflects has been is difficult to find out, but it would of tax balla esok, will be thrown overheard be sadly on their parents or those who recompanied seam, from the best information obsainable to tween the Second Bar and the Salt. Flafe, and them, whe glowed suob au impropriaty. As the have been not less than a half, and that from masosssfully van schore. It is oridant that the last there was a general scramble, a disgrocočul Tia 10 to Cla: 18 per picul is the sum of the people who are engaged it to extensive a business to those who took part in it, as gallicting oredit thans how levied upon the commodity in this must have the command et considerable capital on the generibe that did not raise pay objection provimus, to work upon, mud taust have no little confidence to it. But le felt the lack of true appreciation Theko now strangenanta came izte operation za the onellence of their organisation and at of his kind intentions; and to one young persen in October, 1677, and the dealers state that their rangements, to make so made money a worth upon who want to him and complained of not having effect was immediate opmagat in a large in what, to an outsider, appars * very peribus feceived suck valuable present apother, he orgase in the amount of reobwa and Tandas venture. The question had often been naked why replied are not right to do what I will oplum krenght, into the province by bao Wess the Artiole of the Treaty," which provides that with mine och ?" It is not surprising therefors River rats. In 1963; the consumption of neuro - Tossals nohöerned in smoggling may be prohí- that he latterly confined, his gifts to a for only oflum was seinated to be no as 260 piculspec bited from trading farther has never been put of als personal friends, and almost stolusively be annum. In ten years, the amount was consident, în forpe agregat, Tessala de which such praction his own countryman-Americans. He has not to have more than doubled, and there has been a an the foregoing are of daily ecguradon, been well for a long time, and his medical mar gradust increase în gach "mwoesting year, til:- Vary little of the opian that it caught in the over and over agatu tried to pursuade him to take BEFORE MR. J. McEUEN, RN finally the Chiness: dealers est, uzate that the attempt to be smuggled is the property of the ran home to recruit. At length he consorted total import during the last Calnese year, ended : person in whose possession it » found Uren sad mada arengements with a gantimoan to look DISORDERLY CONDUCT.
in February, 1975, vas, 1,900 piouls, and anti- the fattened ball or hall-ball taken from the after his affärs during his absence, lie was te the general opinion, but there is a wide-fran making anything, the promoters lost by long I had wild and about the gilphur, taleqiatra, Hugh Hichel and Martin Skan, seamos en cipate unst, owing to the lowuring of the dify | waist-band of the sailor in firaman, as he sillas have gone to Dacupo by French mail a fortnight spread feeling that it is, at all events, not the undertaking. Your component makes do, they said Yak kan bo very determined the British bark Braily thinken, were hanged In October, a still greater masse ashore in the evening after the steamise's arrival age but diffention intervened, and he was certain insinuations on the authority of same. How much money can ho sell the ground yig for with being drunk, ölnedurly, and fighting ou plans in the oimivat jeti." These muslimatı də bag been entrusted to him in Hingkong in the obliged to put off his departure, in attack of worth, while to go to war with Korea, boty op in Shanghai Now with the apparancs now he has got it? Whed they saw that the hoanl their ship, sed ulas with loaying: the ship corroborated by such information nails of talieible morning for delivery at each and Auch à aber in dysentery, however, wame on, the consequence of While there would be no doubt of the and disposition of the goutleman referred to I am skin nas muinted and worthle and were told without leave on the 30' ultimo,
trust official boarcos, à voiruan in one of the Coalan. It le saqueeds in anding his parcs ze cold, and ten the less assumed a serious msnit for there is little chance of the ty wall scquainted the render may see a that even if uplojured its outside value would be The prisoners want on shore on Saturday Canton Tambah, who has an interest in the will receive about a dollar e hall og ble rewat shape Haid at less that his end was an LUCES
parly very similar in the City Fail Masoum in fifty cents and were asked to cabulate the cost of evening and returned on board drank, bringing ageriant of the new station at Wuchow.ful, elaks If he le conglit and the opiami przed, he la nor: Only a zamul egy he tall a friend that he was Peking Goremment actively intervening it the Gert case on the right hand side, in lite du the animal at say loss of foreigndevil's at twenty with them some spirits, They then commuted that the amount which the sellastor has guam held respons he and the Ipse fall upon the eving home for a year, that he should, rottet for is well known in Japan itst nothing but deighted in mlachiet paking and died by paling dollars per day today forty dollars, bost twodaya Sghting amid creating data banen. The shie tood to repert per month is based on the estinate owner of am told that these humble agents of few months to settle his affairs a fer sa he n lable down on himself, which crushed blús. fra dulare, pordar, shat, proviskar, 25. So, fire officer hoisted a red and a bright light, and fired that at least 1,100 piesla will pass the atation in the real smuggler sekiom fail, unless wheq'in-could, than take another trip, and return to glory and expense, would crus from the Your correspondent at Oppression? my also, dollary, or sunt ffy dollars together, they three gans for the pales poster det la pent. It may be safely assumed that, in order teraspted by Tidowsite; to deliver the opium wind up,
flod his own twin brother in the same institution considered the matter Inexpliable, bang quile His Worchip fined the prisoner §5 sacks to leave a margin for personal profit, this satinste onrusted to them to its pddress.. Thin speska * Test week he mid to one who humired ex to he is preserved in Hongkong ram and coiled huchoduloge sken told that is lore of sport VOR MAN TRUNC
wall below the actual importation : 150 well for hair henoyir, ma, if they, slected fe op. hir, health, that he was feeling much better. round unil round in a little prompted the “ Fan-kwaí-lo“ te tako, all this. ~ John Bairtlist, z wadan on the British bark, allowing for much small lots au misy come in by propriaïe it, the law world give the owner no “nearly right again;; but a day or twoMRIVER
As to the other insinuations of your carre- frozble, they sy list, I tekem, put it down to 1 khzabeth Childs, was sharged with being drank other routes, the deslers" statements as to the redress against them. Dahtlose the dollse which wards the tzn for the wurza devinced itself... A spondent, I kisw several prospatons - men who his ingraised jove of blood and destructivengar and disorderly, and breding a concerting rahma total amount at present being brought into tan, the sailor zacaises, and sell more tão satisfaction complaint viloft de had for a considerable time tell you that when poor and destitute the Axarming however, that you have had enough 32.50, on board the said ship on the lat instant, province le probably nador rather then, over the he feels in Coing,” the Customs ethos, who has – bean suffering from in the lower pad of bus body pincely house of. Jarillis. Machison & 15 gap. | of the beiger rock by midday, usk to the north... It appears that the prisoner had been on shore usik
bern watching for him for Is, probably, in presond the nital organs, and his zelid, which, bo Engised as two aggressive suntrica agaibat ported them and freely gave them the money to man and wesward shootgh the woods whion als and returned on board, as the of the withsesi, Chsok lug-fa, — in the local dialect, Bhooling, this light that he lows the transition, rullard fun period has been so far unaffected that he was which China and Korea may be regarded as enbark in business. Fren at the present moment most lovurishly sarrerind the lllages on ale call And drinks Ed cuisined to sulffgpears to be le princijal ninet in the pro- than ans patty theft from the ajportal: 2111sare able to attend this business, eg eridóntly gave onidoy, that it was judged right to place his affaira barriers. When Las Enghad evinced an her many poorer fellow countrymen are, despite route and after passing some tour or all the rear and attested to draw his knife since for Native Opium The traveling traits sansidered award enough by him,
the hand times and diminished profits a mer: wooded világs you will come le one with more 2pon sus of the ammen, but was fortunsely by whom, principally it is brought down in mal
in the hands of he consul, I comparatively few aggressive spirit towards Japan ? We ven- clants, bang kept slip by the generous dem i wenda thusa amal, and here you may get – land, projected. During gak drunkennem ba toks | lets frem the womtern provinces diepoen hace et
hönes all was over.. He died very garly in the ture to say that Japan has no firmor friend, noyeur cortspondent squirts his venosa pwerf. I rail, but probably nothing..she apt wood up soungersno. Thouaptain said that the pri their wenture and take exekango Formige goode
plajin messed – from Loreagra, itsamma diiring B
morning on Tuesday at His funeral took sincerer well-wisher than Great Britain.c mention several; I colors my card and am, pigeous, whigbare numerous. On merging from soner, was tenally quiet and red bellybea
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plaas on the following day and "noz numerously years; dojka TRUTH, Idhese woods you will see n mal stem dowing His Worship thed in prisoner ko, and ordered (The
attended, the Bev. Dr. Naison offiuting at the Russia has certainly despoiled Japan of is mi- | Hongkong, Bad December, 1878. *-*-*
i fute the bay ; ita bad lie sandy and diusit, dry is him to pay 8960 for damage,
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•11,650 | Barvion: Mi aro tram 58; he was never marrfolk,
conquest of Korea, while embarrassments:
with other counties might very mostly
It is rather amoeng, however, to End a
Japanese journal bracketing Bussis and