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THE action of the Chinese Minister to the Cue Portuguese community of Shanghai will United States in the matter of the recent treaty,hortly address a manifesto of sympathy nud, dhesion to the members of the late Municipal which virtually prohibits Chinese entrance into California, has, the Chinese Times says, excited Chamber of Macao, whose re-election on the great animosity in Kwangtung against him, and endeavours were recently made by an angly
mab to wreck his house.
MR. WODEHOUSE sat in awful majesty at the Hall of Judgment this forenoon, and ordered an alleged Chinese rogue and vagabond to "go up" to free board and lodging for six months, with hard labour thrown in, for being found climbing up the scaffolding of a new house in Wong Tai Street late last night, with intent, according to the charge sheet, to commit a larceny. The prisoner was an old offender in the art of walking away with the clothing of workmen, Another high-binder was sent up for six months, also with hard labour, for seizing and running away with a bangle from the arm of a child who was being carried through Queen's Road West läst evening
We take the following froin Wheelock & Co.'s Freight Market Report, dated Shanghai, 7th Sept., 1888-Quotations are Newchwang to Swatow, 19 Mex. cents per picul, steam, small PUF. Ostasiatisché Lloyd says that one more enquiry, Chefoo to Swatow, 13 Mex. cents per house has tumbled down in Port Arthur, the picul, small demand. Nagasaki to Shanghai esidence of the Captain of the Port, Commander || $1.65 per ion of Coal net, for steamers
inst. is spoken of as 'a matter of certainty. the local Agents inform us that the departure
of the O, and O. steaner Arabic from Yokohama this port has been postponed to Wednesday, he 12th inst. at 6 p.m., owing to bad weather revailing along the Coast of Japan.
SUPREME COURT.
IN ORIGINAL JURISDICTION.
(Before the Hon. J. Russell, Acting Chief Justice)
LAI CHEUR AND OTHERS U YIN HING AND ANOTHER.
This was an action brought by Fai Cheak and thers, bankers, trading as the Shau Loc, 87 Wing Lok Street, to cover $1000, and interest, wing on a promissory note given in January 1887 by U Yin. Hing, china-ware dealer, 139 Bonham Strand. A counter-claim for profits in a salt transaction was set up. The Attorney; General, instructed by Mr. Dennys, appeared for the plaintiffs, and Mr. J. J. Francis, Q.C., instructed by Mr. Webber, represented the
defendants.
Mr. Francis, in opening the case, admitted
Mr. R. Fraser-Smith :-I am a journalist by pro fession. I know Chu Hing, a trader in Banham Strand I believe he is a partner in that business. know Lai Kit also. I remember them calling on me in December last; they asked me to dine with themat a Chiness hotel, nathey wanted to lay before me a certain business proposal, Chu Hing
mentioned that it was in connection with the pro
víz: to the toth day of the 8th moon, after which no packing, etc. will be allowed. strict examination shall at once be made, and it Should any one disregard these regulations,
shall be decided by the heads of the various tea hangs what punishment shall be inflicted on the | transgressors. Should any of this tea requico
repacking, the fact must first be clearly notified
to the heads of the ten hongs, before it is allowed. The two sorts often called #wakiong and Pahko, do not come under any of these restrictions or prohibitions. The teamen of the western and northern districts shall, on the date above fixed, give up their eth perinits to the heads of the various tea hongs, but if these. teamen themselves should secretly give money
posed establishment of a Salt Farm. I dined with then on or about the 23rd December; the last witness, Lai Kit, his brother, Chu Hing, and several others being present. Before dinner, Lai Kit, Chu Hing, the last witness, with Lai Kit's | partner na interpreter, and myselfhad a private conversation. They said they wanted to form a Salt Farm, to consist of Lai Kit and his partners, who found the money, Chu Iling, to the manager of the tea hong for the purpose who had suggested the idea, representing his of paying the lekin dues and thus evad- partners, and myself. if I wished. The lasting, these regulations, enquiries shall be t witness was not spoken of directly as a partner. once set on foot to discover which of the Lai Kit was to provide the capital, Chu Hing managers received such money and the head of was to manage the business, and I was the ten hong to which he belongs shall be mulet iu look after the accounts and do some in accordance with the regulations already fixed; special services which were necessary," receiv.or should the teamen secretly go to any other ing 20 per cent of the net profits. Chu house of business and contrive to dispose of his Hing was to get 20 per cent, also, and Lai tea to said house, and it come to the knowledge Kit and his partners were to get the rest. It of this guild, they will at once write a letter to the Foreign Chamber of Commerce and was understood that Chu Hing should act on
inform them of the circumstance and let them behalf of his shop. It was arranged that all the salt in the colony should be purchased at the lowest price, to be held until prices rose. To do that it was necessary to control th Importa- tion of salt into the colony, and it at first suggested that I should "square" the Custom people here. I told them that was rather a stupid notion, and it was agreed to defer the matter until I could, consider sonic practicable scheme, Until I had done so, nothing was to be done,
teners in Editorial matters to be seist 14 The Editor and¦ Rngers, R.N; this time the accident has not demand; $1.30 "ex" ship, for sailing vessels. the promissory note. The counter-claim, he After considering the matter for some days i Cimisenīcation "inserted for publication must be accompleen attended by (ata) results. This house was Settlements during the fortnight:-Activ; sald, was based on the grounds that in 1887 suggested that we should endeavor to get the per-
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native contractor. The transport Leeyuen is Hill carrying granite slabs from Shitan Bay to Port Arthur, for the Dock. The latter is said to practically drowned," there, being four neties of water in it
German steamer, 289ftons register, Nagasaki the defendants entered into partnership with the mission of the Salt Commissioner at Canton to to Shanghai $960 in full, despatch; Laming plaintiffs to speculate in salt, under the name of
prevent native junks smuggling salt into Hong- on, British steamer, 1,277 tons register, the Yee On. Wo. They purchased salt to kong. In January I went up to Canton with the value of $125,000, which was sold by the Chu Hing and Lai Kit's brother, and through Mr. Kochinotzu to Singapore, settled at home private terms; Kingsport, British barque, 1,161 plaintiffs at a very large ofit, but they after John Pitman we saw an official, and made wards relused to let the defendants see the. Į satisfactory, arrangements, after agreeing to tons register, Kuchinotzu to Singapor, sculed accounts, or render a statement. Defendants purchase two old gunboats for $10,000. Ois FIVE Chitrese couftes were convicted by Mr.at home en private terms; Taiwan, British therefore prayed for the dissolution of the part my return I saw Lai Kit and one of his partners, Nudehouse at the Police Court this moming on steamer, 1,109 tons register, same voyage, $3 nership and for an order to see the accounts, and explained what had been done. They The only issue was whether the partnership expressed very great satisfaction and when any assurances itched me two or three days later charge of gambling last night at No. 6 per ten ton coal, despatch.' Lennox, Britishcally existeel, att, whether there were Gilman's Bazaar. It was the usual story; three steamer, 1.327 tons register, same voyage, $3 Accounts to submit. The facts of the case. that all was au inged at Canton, I instructed Lai moformers who gambled there before, etc., etc.'
per tons coal, despatch; Aberdeen, British were peculiar seemed that a very Kit to commence buying up all the salt in the fuste id of sending the informers to gaol for steamer, 2,371 ton register, Kuchinotzu to Hong, conferable portion of the sals used in the colony. Sometime afterwards I wished to know if we should dispatch a gunboat to the Swatow elony came through so-cdled smugglers--that hree months as incorrigible rogues and vaga kong, $1.25 per ton coal, despatch. Disengaged was, persons who purchased it in Chinese coast to prevent the smugglers flooding the mitory and brought it here in juos. This market here. Lai Kit said that it be better to quids, His Worship fined the first gambler $200, vessels in port-Honolulu, British ship, 1,599 with the alternative of six months, and the tons register; Tedwan, German barque, 488 tons proportion was so considerable that it greatly wait; there was not enough salt in the Colony. fected the local market. Plaintiffs and defen-About 60,cbo piculs had been then purchased, mbers Sto or a manth.. Only one victim, second register.
A little while later Lai Kit's brother told me he dants came to the ppinion that if they could only defendant, anted up. The others went in to
purchase a quantity of native salt and, with the had purchased 35,000 piculs additional. It rained very heavily about that time-just after Chinese assistance of the Salt Commissioner's officers at Canton, stop the smuggling, prices would rise, and New Year-which sent prices up, and Chu we be!
they would make a very handsome profit. Hing told ine be suspected that Lai Kit had been selling privately. Chu Hing, at my request, asked him for the accounts of what had been done, and on the 18th February he told me he had had à row with Lai Kit, because these accounts were not
THE following appears in the Peking Gazette:-
At Shanghai, on the 4th September, the wifeither "congest" the gaol. Oh, what fools The Governor at Canton reports the death of Ho
of WILLIAM FORRESTER, of a son,
DEATH,
At Shanghai, on the 6th instant, PATRICK Ast). R948, aged 25 years.
Algetes,
CESDAY SEPTEMBER 1, 1888
TELEGRAM'S.
(from the Caurier d'itaiphong:).
FRENCIE ÎNDO CHINA. '
PARIS, August 30th. It is believed this M. Kichand will substitute Chastank in the Governor-Generalship of
Fnuh into China,
LOCAL AND GENERAL. Tu Paris Temps says that the French Govern-
Ching, formerly Governor-General al Fuochow. The deceased was a native of Hsianshan, He obtained the degree of Provincial Graduate in 1843 at Peking, and Metropolitan Graduate in 1847. He was appointed a member of the Han- lin college, and was promoted to be a Censor.
Wrm reference to the youthful Chinese leader pirates, whose departure from Macao we anounced yesterday, we are now in possession the following information sent us by our rrespondent. It appears that the youth's Ling-Song, 'engaged Mr. Pacheco's services to promoted to be Chief Justice in that province bain his son's release from the Macao Gaol He received marks of distinction for services, in where he was confined. It was alleged by the connection with the capture of Nanking from the Ancao advocate that as the prisoner was a Taipings. He next became Chief Justice in hisor and had committed a crime against his Hupch and acting Governor there. He was wn parents, there was no provision in the transferred to Shansi, and thence' promoted to He was Portuguese Penal Code to criminally proceed the post of Governor' at Foochow against him unless his parents had pfoferred a transferred first to Shansi and then to Kiangsu, targes As Mr. Tong-king-Sing refrained from and acted as Governor-General at Nanking. In charging his son with the criminal acts perpe-1872 he went into mourning. On his return to rated by him in leading an armed band of the public service be was made Governo
iates to bis mother's house, and as he promised General at Foochow, and for a time beld the a have the youthful culprit sent to a house of post of Acting Tartar. General as well. In 1885 Correction in England, the Macao Government he was dismissed from his office (on account of granted the prisoner's release. This is, in our
the destruction of the fleet by the French) and opinion, very rasy version of the whole affair, went into retirement, where he has recently died,
Rescript: noted. especially if we take into consideration our
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His lordship; -Create a "corner," Mr. Francis agreed. They entered into part- arship for the purpose, and engaged Mr. Fraser-Smith in Hongkong, and Mr. Piman, in Canton, the first to look after the legal business, produced. Lai Kit afterwards told me he did not and the secondt as a means of negotiation with want to have anything moreto do with Che Hing," him. He also said that he wanted to vary the parties they entereil into the necessary arrange ments, which were mainly that the plaintiffs' terms of our agreement about the gunboals, with bank should find the money necessary for which I had had most to do. The salt business
was finally "burst up" through this quarrel. the venture, and that the defendants should
understood from Lai Kit that the sali had been co-operate in the work of buying and selling, and take the arrangements in Canton, Mr. Fraser-previously sold. He admitted it, but I told him Smith being a sort of general manager, and to
it was said he had made Sri coo profit. He.said get a commission of 20 per cent. on the net
it was not so much, and promised to furnish me profits. The defendants were to get a similar
with a statement of accounts. He never did so, however, and I gave notice to his solicitor that percentage, and the plaintiffs the rest, in consideration of their advancing the capital. Mr. I would go into the matter by and bye... Pitman was simply to get $500 as commission. His lordship The simple question, then, is whether the division of profits was in that proportion ?
Mr. Francis assented. There were several conferences, and finally the matter was arranged at a dinner. Some days after Mr. Fraser- Smith and two of the defendants went to Canton, and through the intervention of Mr. Titman they, saw the Sait Commissioner's officials and made certain arrangements with them. Two big
it will take no definite measures with regard to Canton correspondent'a.assertion that the young THE Correto Macaense, while criticising the aunches, or small gunboats, were purchased ties, but to be paid for by us. It was an after-
Jo-China, before the arrival of Admiral de la
tele
A POSTHUM as work from the pen of the Bare Mr Vequinhas, on the Colonisation of Tina is now being published by the Correio Alacaense.
And newspaper will shortly be published In the neighbouring Portuguese colony, and it said it will fly anti-governmental colours. We ink this is a great desideratum in the Holy Cuy.
We are informed that the Macan Colonial Seere tary, Senhor Costa Duarte, has been granted six muths' sick leave and that the malade imagin nire will proceed to Lisbon by the next French mail.
an is in the vicinity of Macao, and on the eve uf getting married to a wealthy Mandarin's daughter. The house-of-correction hypothesis fatis flat before this revelation; and it only emains for us to sit in gaping wonderment at hoth the Portuguese Penal Code and its faithful interpreters, the lawyers and the Government of the Holy City.
lunary policy followed by the Independente in for $10,000. It was arranged that the Salf dealing with the recent dissolution of the Macao
Commissioner's people, on hearing from Municipal Chamber, puts the following very perti- send out a number of launches and do every Hongkong that everything was ready, should nent questions and challenges its fickle contem- thing he could to prevent the smugglers arriving porary to answer them: "Why the 250 electors. in Hongkong. Mr. Fraser-Smith returned to abstained from vating at the late municipal Hongkong, and, as he would tell them, after his arrival he was informed that about 110,000 elections? Who were they? Had they voled,
picule of salt had been bought here at a moderate would the Government have won the elections, figure,the plaintiffs' bank having found themoney, or would the ex-members of the dissolved.They had the salt in their possession, and after- wards sold it, no account of the sale being Corporation have been re-elected by a greater
supplied to the other partners. More difficulties arose, an agreement that had been drawn up not being approved, and ultimately the plaintiffs managed to keep all the profits. Therefore, his clients, they contended that they had due to although the promissory note was admitted by them a much larger sum as their share of the profits.
number of votes? Why were several heads of departments summoned to Government House and there told by the Colonial Secretary that it was the Governor's wish that the public employés should abstain from voting? Where did the Independente obtain the information that there existed at the Colonial Secretary's office various official documents which induced the Governar to dissolve the Chamber in the way he did? If such documents are extant, why are they not published We think that the Macao semi-official organ, having undertaken the repulsive task of screening a petty autocrat.in his mad career of spite and revenge, ought well to reply to these questions or if it cannot satisfy public curiosity about the facts, or semblances of facts which it has adduced in support of its own contention, it ought to have sufficient courage to at once put an end to its koavish mission of cheating its readers,
U Yin Hing, of the Nam Chung Tai, porcelain and Chinaware dealer, said :-I am one of the
By the Attorney-General:-U Yin Hing, the last witness, was evidently a partner in the concern, along with Lai Kit's brother and Chu Hing. He advanced the money, $jo, paid me for current expenses in Canton. I never applied for any, accounts to Lai Kit after the row, as I preferred to wait till this case was heard. What I did at. Canton was to purchase two old disused gunboats for $10,000; 'one was to be fitted up as a salt cruiser, the flag, officers, and crew to be provided by the Chinese authori thought,not part of the original scheme,tepurchase these old vessels. One gunboat was, was suitable, to be altered into a passenger and cargo boat to, run to Holbow...I was promised 20 per cent. on the amount of purchase money, and a percentage of the profits. But when the salt business came to grief, Lai Kit triedt o get out of the purchase of the boats. The partnership in the salt busi ness was formed without any written agreement; it was a verbal arrangement. Lai Kit agreed to get an agreement drawn up by Me. Dennys, but the matter was delayed. After the one spasinodic ittempt to do business, the proposed Salt Farm collapsed.
Chu Hing, manager to the first witness, gave similar testimony, after which the hearing was adjourned until to-morrow.
THE FOOCHOW TEA TRADE. ·
The Foochow Echo translates the following
Yih Tong Guild and the bong-men of agreement lately come to between the Kung
Foochow :-
In the case of any dreaded trouble or calamity, men are accustomed to take precau tionary measures beforehand, and guard against the dreaded evil. This should be so in ali circumstances. Especially nécessary is it to. take precautionary steps with reference ten trade. We must not adhere obstinately to old ways of doing business, but change our tactics and adopt new modes of procedure,"
decide what is to be done in such a case.
This Guild, because of the very weighty and important matter of protecting our tea business, has taken these unavoidable meas- ures, and now make it known to all concerned with the earnest hope that the head of each tea heng, and the teamnen will together and with one consent abide by this agreement and not break these regulations. This is of the utmost im-
portance,
Done at the Tea Guild Hall on the 7th Moon,
of the 13th year of Kwong-Seu.
NOTES FROM CHINESE PAPERS.
Su Ju-i one of the ringleaders in the Peking se at Wabu, a Hupeh man, was beheaded on och August, and his head was ordered to be rap-sed una pole at Butterfield & Swire's Jetty.
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On the railway line from Twa-tu-tin to Sin
in progress overthe marshy ground-and-over- Tsang the new bridge of over 2,000 feet long was zo piles had been driven in to a great depth, when a violent typhoon and rain destroyed the works, and in one morning destroyed the labour of weeks. A new bridge will be built near Bankah instead,
A rich American clergyman who is travelling round the world and writing a book about it, embarked lately on a steamer at Shanghai for Tientsin. He then found that in his haste to embark, he had lost sight of two postmanteaus, containing $140 and about to volumes of manu script. Search is being made for the thief, but we do not know yet if the precious manuscripts have been recovered.
Owing to the dearth of specie at Kiukiang and neighbourhood, the native banks have of late issued a great number of bank-notes, and we - are sorry to hear that a band of sharpers from another place are now hard at work forging excellent imitations of these. We trust soon to hear that the local authorities have taken effective, steps to protect the local banks and merchants' in general from these scoundrels' depredations.
Aa a hrave officer called Hu Ta-fuh, in charge of military stores at Tai-peh, North Formoss, was one day lately displaying his muscular strength to four or five friends by holding out a loaded shell on the palm of his hand at arm's length, he dropped the shell, which exploded, and we are sorry to say, besides damaging the surrounding buildings, killed Hu Ta-fan instan taneously and seriously alarmed his audience. We cannot be too careful with munitions of war,
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A letter from Kiuklang says that on ist and 2nd September it blow very hard from north and cast, there was a heavy sea on the river, and no ferry-boats ventured to cross, but the two "benev olent boats" (-tu-chwan) which were crowded with passengers, as free from fear as if they had been in the boat of Kwan-yin Buddha, At on a native kton-li boat was capsized at the C.M.S.N. Co.'s jetty, and ail the cargo on board lost, but the people were rescued by the before
named life:boaté.
Although the City of Siang-t'an, in Hunan, is Hupeh, they have for long bean intimately con full 1,000 distant from Hankow, which is in nected by extensive business relations. We are banks at Hankow which have been so 'connected therefore not surprised to hear that the native with the Sinng-t'an banks, are now agitated by the news which has reached them of extensive fallures in the latter City, which will probably become the subject of official action. The first bank to fail there was the I-sheng, for the large the Kung Fu, niso for a very large amount. amount of 180,000 to 190,000 Tis, followed by
Ar the Police Court this morning before Mr. Sercombe-Smith, two married women, were charged by a man named Wing Tai, with taking his wife out of the colony and detaining her by force for purposes of prostitution' on the 19th April last. Mr. J. Hastings, from the office of Messrs. Wotton & Deacon; appeared for the defence. The first witness, a Chinese detective, said that yesterday the complainant come to him and reported the redemption and recovery of bis wife, and wanted to have the two defendants arrested for forcibly taking her away from the colony. The accused were found, one at a house No. 3 Wing On Lane and the other at No. 45 High Street, where they were taken into custody on the above charge. The next witness, com plainant's wife, said that on the 17th April last site went out of her husband's house to bring water from the Tank in High street when she met the two defendants, with whom she was intimate. They asked her to come into their house in a friendly way, and there gave her drink of sweet water which, made her giddy and finally unconscious. When she came to her senses next day she found herself. locked up in aroom, on seeing her gaolers later on they advised her to go home to her mother. She was married on July 9th, 1887, and came from the Canton province by a steamer for that purpose. The THE Taku correspondent of the Shanghai wo defendants then took her in a small boat to Afercury writes on the 30th ulto:-Cholera is a junk which was leaving the barbour for Sai very bad among the natives, but among the ping, which they reached on the following day. -foreigners no sickness of a very deadly character from there they embarked in another junk for were quite equal in ability, courage, physique,. verbal ons. I offered to put $3,000 or $5,000 7th moon, indulgence may be granted and tea/Fuh po went there, she saw the Chinese camp.
The Courier d'itaiphong says that under the present circumstances a military force is required i. Annam and Tonquin composed of 6,000 Europeans and 12,000 natives, at an approximate
nual expenditure of francs 18,000,000. OUR Tientsin contemporary states that the Tung-Hi Yamén, has, alter a long debate, in which the Viceroy Li and Chang Chih-tung took preminent parts, decided to refuse to ratify the Treaty recently made in Washington by, the Chinese Minister there and the American Secre-
ay of State, Mr. Bayard. WITH reference to the letter on Paid Directors' in our issue of yesterday, it is interesting to note that recently some dissatisfied shareholders in the Osaka Steamship Company sent a petition to the Government, paking it to appoint officers to audit the accounts, and examine generally into
the financial affairs of the Company:
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Our
Now in former years the amount of Antumn teas brought down here was much too large, and consequently the prices were exceedingly low, indeed so low that words cannot be found to express it. This year, however, we hope by carefulness and fore-thought to mend matters and render them more proftable to ourselves. In order to do this let us, the heads of all the tea hongs, meet together in our public meeting place and discuss together and agree as to what regu lations should be adopted,
In the middle of the night of 17th August, at Sui-chang-hsien in Kiangsi Province, or rather at the village of Hung-hwa Yuan South of it, the waters of Peh Lung T'an (White Dragon Lake), - probably moved by a dragon, suddenly rose like- a mountain, fily or sixty feet high, drowning hundreds of people. So great is the number of corpses left unburied near one bridge, that passers-by have to go to / out of their way to avoid the pestilential exhalations. The officials are burying them as rapidly as possibly, paying 1,000 cash per body. On 25th August, the Prefect of Kiukiang deputed the Teh-hwa Magis trate, Mr. Kin, to inspect the spot and report on this great calamity.
is a co-defendant. He is a clansman of Lai defendants in this case, and one of my partners Cheuk. In December last I and a conversation with Lai Cheuk, who said he wanted to engage in the salt business. He had previously talked with me about it. He said the first thing to be done was to buy up all the salt in Hongkong, and then to find a European of influence, who could charter a small gunboat from the Chinese and go to the salt-producing parts of China and seize those who were smuggling salt. Then there would be no smuggled salt in the Colony, and our stock would rise in price, and we should get a profit, after deducting interest on Tuz telegram, dated London Sept, yth, in which the capital, and expenses. From this profit the Lord Charles Beresford is credited with having parties providing the capital, we agreed, should said that the late naval manoeuvres have proved have 6.1oths of the profits; our shop was that officers and men are unsuited for modern to have 2-toths, and the other 2-10ths were to go. ships, will be read by naval men and others out to Mr. Fraser-Smith, Lai Cheuk is the managing partner of a native bank-the same to which 1
At Pilam, Formoss, there have been serious here in China with astonishment-not that such gave the promissory notes. Mr. Fraser-Smith
disturbances, the Chinese settlers having got the should be the case, but that a naval officer of was to be the chief taipan. I and my partner
savages to assist them in attacking the officials, Lord Charles Beresford's record should have were to purchase the salt and supervise the
all this trouble having been caused by the committed himself to such an absurd statement. the 23rd December-myscif, my partner, and business generally. We all met at a dinner on
In the first place it is desirable that all teas. It was at first reported that two Deputies had Imposition of the land-tax there for the first time," Have we not been hearing all along during the my hanager, Lai Cheuk, a friend of his, and Mr. of the third picking of whatever description, been killed by the mob, and that the rising was last two years, and possibly from the same lips, Fracer-Smith being present. We talked about should from the 15th day of the 7th moon, an formidable that it would take long to suppress that the officers and men of the Royal Navy the business, about which we were all agreed. be stopped (from coming to Foochow) but for We now hear, however, that when the gun-vessel
There was no agreement existing, except a 10 days after tale date, viz: to the 25th Skek Tung, about one day's distance, where she and in every quality that goes to make up into the business, but Lai Cheuk said he had may come down.
beleaguered by some thousands of savages, but a few shells put them to fight. General Cheng we feel proud of living in ruch a sanitorium, was taken about for Inspection with a view to efficient seamen, to the officers and men of any plenty money, and I need not trouble. We agreed In the second place let the tea hongs all over when compared with some of the other parts of purchase. No sale being effected here they former period? Another equally mad and to call the partnership the Yee On Wo. We the country, in every place, at once and without Yuch-jow and Prefect Ch'en Fub-t'ien, who were
proceeded to Sin Po, she all the time crying and random idea of this self-constituted naval decided that Mr. Fraser-Ser, and in a day or Leftir permits so that no tens shall pass the trouble is all over.
decided that Mr. Fraser-Smith should go to delay collect from the teamen (traders) the reported killed, are safe and sound, and the -Tun Courrier d'Haiphong bears that Li-wing calling out "save life." At Sin Po she was authority, who has attained some kind of two he did so, being accompanied by my man. Lekin houses, But should teamen refuse to
foc, formerly commander of the Black Flags, is confined in a house 20 days and then left notoriety chiefly because he is the son of his ager and
The Yik Win Luh gives the following his After they returned Lai surrender their Lekin permits and dare to partner. now in Kwang si as delegate of the Viceroy of for Tang ko a city where a man living in a father and the friend of the Prince of Wales, Cheak and my folf purchased some salt. Lai bring down the tea (to Foochow) then the tea torical origin of the fabled Lung Wang, For the Two Kwangs. It is believed that the former brothel purchased her for $200. At this place. although he fought gallantly at Alexandria, as Cheuk told us in January that he had bought hongs are not to receive the tea thus brought Dragon King. He was a scion of the Sung: Jegen! Thu-yet has taken refuge with L-wing-foc, the remained from June 10th to August 11th and did others of whom nothing was ever heard,is 80,000 plculs of salt, at the rate of 4 piculs 40 but to refuse it absolutely. Should any one Dynasty, which reigned from A.D. 960 to 1278. after having failed in his attempt at effecting a on one occasion when she was looking out of that only a Volunteer force of sailors can defend catties per dollar. My fed bought 30,000 piculs, be bold enough to break these regulations he When the Mongol invaders under Kublai Khan the home coasts; Shade of old Benbow i what is I never get any accounts showing what it was shall be held as having transgressed the guild were establishing their sway, which was to fast rising in the provinces of Bac-ninh, Haiduong window she saw a man who had been at their the British navy coming to, or rather, what would afterwards sold for, nor did I ever get any share rules, and shall be punished accordingly until the Mings succeeded them in 1368 he and Lang-son.
house in Hongkong; he was a friend of her it develop into if left to the imaginations of men of the profits. I know the salt was sold at 3 Fortunately the heads of all the tea hongs remained in obscurity at Kin. Lung Shan, The Band will play at the Officers' Mess, busband's and she drew his attention to ber like its present "noble champion 7. After all piculs per dollar. My firm had only advanced have agreed carncally and zealously to Golden Dragon Mountain," at Hangchow, tatl the most likely thing is that the whole telegram expenses no capital. I should bave redeemed see that these regulations are carried his aunt, the Surg Empress, and the infant Murray Barracks, this evening, commencing at imprisonment. Twelve days after that her is a mistake of Reuter's, for Beresford is now the promissory notes if it had not been for not out, and so protect our interests and trade. Emperor, were carried of in triumph by the ardly-It is decided that after the 30th day of victorious Mongols, when, although offered a 8 o'clock pm. The following will be the hushand appeared and ransomed her for $100, forty-two years of age and bas always been getting my share of the pro fol bought the | the 7th moon (each year) none of the black tea position under the new Government; he preferred
which he had to borrow from a man in the town; considered a remarkably common-sense sort of By the Aitorney-General:-My Complainant corroborated the above evidence, man. When we hear the Navy slighted like salt for $3,000; Lai Cheuk advanced the money plantations shall manufacture or sell any tea to drown himself. When Tal Tau; the first of said he had offered $30 for his wife's recovery, this by one of its own officers-a Captain-we to the partnership. We did not get brokerage and any one doing so after the above date, stall the Mings, assumed the power, he canonised
patriot of a former Chinese dynasty, as Kin and had sent people round the mainland to try prefer to ask for the opinions of some of the on the purchase have no books to show
Sze TaWang Fourth Golden Dragon and find her. Otherwitnesses gave comfirmatory Admirals, who must be aware that volunteers By his lordabl evidence, when the case was remanded to could never improve on the present generation what expenses: I paid as the manager of the
as he had been the fourth son of of seasoned and experienced professional “salts." | 'transactions...
His lisme was really 616-80. Blonday next,
has prevailed during the whole summer. Indeed,
China.
programme:
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Un Premier Mouquet "........... "Waldrezfel Selection... Crown Diamanda"
Auber, Selection..."Lurline"
Wallace Selacţion.............. "Different Opacar"askin Klodiray.
John Moxan, Bandmeside.
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be punished for having broken the regulations.
4thlyWith reference to the teas already in the tea bongs, 10 days after the above, date will be allowed for packing, etc, etc,