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BRUARY 7, 1868.

RESPONDENTS

op n to all who wish to in legit mate grounds, but retres reponsible for the risponden s

ms subdressed to this paper fied by the name of the Fily for publication, but as

faith

BATIS.

D., New York, U. S. of August lost, aiter a long suf two years and six

Wm. R. Bristo Wm. R. Bristow, Senior,

2nd inst., VA FLORENCE, Grifid Stack, Fer Hongkong.

UNA MAIL.

RIDAY, FER. 7, 1868211

HE COURT,

The CHIEF JUSTICk-and

cial Jury.

ary, 1868.

27. WEISTER,

on taken by the Colonial the Trustees of Mrs. of an original lease of Harbour, to try the tween the Marine Lot

www.ns.to

to the payment the Praya. The Attor cted by the Crown SOL the Crown; and Mr Dyllar instructed by Mr on behalf of the defend-

if h's Lordship would account of the arrival

ce said that, if the At wished, he would do so. teral said that he would the hands of bis Lord.

10, thank you.

eral said that personal- the case went on, but he re the other side at any convenience.

sted that, on defendsüta for a postponement till

mainly not

That

General proposes

can do so: I have y

won't.

Feteral then suggested

fixed by both parties. xious to get the matter id not propose, RI ad- to leave it e was willing

vla.

observed that he was so present

he night nut Thore two cases 17 would occupy bind nutil are were cases going on le thought the Cast the Attorney General stponement.

I won't press it; and

would

not make use

1 with to bring the decision.

remarked that such ked by connset in Eng-- Urney General said that

Case in common law, sed the time for hearing

0: Suppose you take it

jóst convenient to your that suit your Lord-

think I see a full jury:

the first convenient day bay Lord

of the application of the

No, won't apply.

IL my lord.

pt have a joint appli-

Then we minst go on.

ecial Jurora were then. Their seats-Messrs R. FA. Coxon, E. Mellish, ekers, and C. Mackin tor and Chevertou did pames

heral opened

the case aling the information of Robert Grant Web- at on the terms of the Marius Lot No.

1r Uth 1844. In the

counsel Baid that the

y binding to support,

public quays, pie s

sid demised premiaca. heen put forward that

pence had been

incor

wed premises; aur antio

upon which the Jury

o the position of HB.

matter, be would say regretted that he was

ta

legal proceedings,

retarked that he sup- re the Queen on behalf

the individual; a

pression of and he

was

part

perBINIAlly

E. was legally bound

at legal advice on

such

neral continued. He Bay more in that inst

werer, to make referr

vagud statement had

the

Governor wished hambura,

there was no use in

dhe had never heard

cial said the statewent.

night, but he was lo

inst emphatic demíal ;

that every pape

se at the diaposel

of

e produced in Court,

then proceeded to read

litho claini now,

made

Was almitar in terma published in the Ching

renco that the alleged

te

Waye or roude

the proportion of fla

Sur

Her Majesty's

to cover t£20 per annĮ

Simboli, mure et pro- Jatel Dih July, 1867, er rabmitted to thể sere be levied for addi

or reclamatious but promising reduction e Fraya, fixed 60

No. 1460 FEBRUARY 7, 1888.]

Ont. In another latter, however, dated 16th July 1857, the £50 rnto was stated us agreed

premises is not that the real issue to be raised

THE CHINA MAIL.

Surveyer's mode of arriving at his estimate. I know that any property had been reclaimed Tha Attorney General repeated that in upon payment of an increased rental. 1.

&

elapsed The Bouse of Representatives has passed a bill repeating the cotton tax, and though the immediate effect of this

apon by the lot-holders. The Chucf Jus The Attorney General! I would prefer, the terms of the lense the Surveyor Gomend calledy-at-request, apon the Governor: interesting itoms of bone and foreign ton will if the bill puss the Scivate-be.$0

tice here remarked that letters between private gentleinon was not evidence; to which the Attorney General replied that ha

your lordship, to--*

His

Lordship :: Oh! certainly.

Wities continued: The work was ne

to bo

ho pai, abaetion of

was merely bringing forward in much in- cessary for the preservation of the road. between and, is lotion with thaGovernor, I had no Mitchell's Murdime Registor," "We omit Status, and indace among them a healthful

In caad of another typhoor, the whole of the sea wall, without repair, might have heen washed away, and the road would work is paid by my department,

entati

dal been, in point of fact, paid. Again, baye boen wasligi apay. The money for the you have charged the holder for the antiuat he would submit that the prosoc-

formation as he could tore the Jury. On 27th July 1857, a furtour thecate was zotifiad, viz, to £52.16.0. These rentals had there were further tashments, made sud an additional rental imposed on 31st December 1860, and in a letter addressed by Mr. Cleverly (of said date) to Messia Jardine, as aguits for the Webster estate, as notified that a Praya in front of their Lot No. 15 would be constructed, and

atswiped

Mr Whyte : I hope the receipt is at (a laugh). Witness: This (produced) is ty cate for the work. The word "proportion" occurs in it. In this case I consider that

ff

is constituted the sole jage of the amount arrange about, the repair of the Pragu o and that his verteste, in the posits the Wouster property.

conclusive By Mr White: At the time I Ind the con the parties. witness. If the sea wall in freya in Webster the lenses connected with the

After some argument, Mr Whyte ked knowledge of front of lot 183, had been injured, would This concluded the case for the plaintif Mr Whyte, before addressing the jury, said that of repairs?

He answered & eiular Lion had made no casa to go the Jury. This question from the Attorney General just was in the shape of so sation for 4 breach of covenant. It was only the second I cazant answer the question, portions of the covenant that the Attorney I do not know where the lot is. It might General

procédent upon, referring to roada; His Lordship: Is that lot held inter who referred to that point (viz., Mr Wilson), and as the only without for the prosecution the same for of lease us in this notion stated distinctly that this roads were but re Mr Whyte: I am going to show practice, quisite to the demised promises, the prose my lord

cution had no case whatever.

Lordship

ced at the disposal of the tenant upon wortion is the actual cost of the be at Kowloonggi

:60

SUMMARY OF HOME NEWS. The following are some of the most news, during the weak preceding the lesson the coyoune, yet altinately it is ex- departure of the nil, condensed from pected soun to ritate the Southern many of the lens giron in the Journals commercial activity which will result in the specially published for vaulution in

eneral cod China, gathers the

Reposts not yet confirmed have been: eirculation of negotiations between the Uni- ted States al Spain for the purchase of Cuba and other Spanish islands in the West fudica. The price naaul is 150,000,000 dollars. Spaiu might be the money, but it is doubtful whether Cou- willing to take

FENIANISM.

in

The Fenian outrage in Clerkenwell is the one absorbing topic of the day. In all parts of the kingdom; in Dublin, in Paris, and, if the Atlantic telegraph would only tall us, doubtless also in the chief cities In crime has been received with expressious will have to pay £2,000,000 presently on the United States, the intelligence of the would assent to the purchase at pre- President Johnson's Governtoont of detestation and borvor. It is the talk of account of Russian America, and £1,500,000 passenger ou the river, of the wayfarer for the Island of St. Theuns, besides dia- ou ..the rond, and of the traveller by the

bussing,

at the beginning of the The Attorney General said that it was rail. In street, and mart, dud square, in

year for current dividends and in repayment that Mr of on

Of 1847 voice

the

His Lordship, romarked that the learned counsel hiniselt stopped that just now.

Witness continua a bad Tepsirs words were not an iwilson and that the public opinion with and u the Exchange, of the lows of

of

2624

to

exert the

law in punishing the

I

SOUTH AMERICA. The rumour to the etfect that the Para-

"Routhave made repairs in diflorent parts of the what was meant by requisife, utmont rowers of the been guilty of ayan war would soon be terminated is

years go that they had the ques in front of bi lot. Fries of a marine lot.

His Lordship observed that he did not wretches who gould think so, as it was

in the toy the explosion, the the dates of which are to the 23rd

We will give hed upon classes of the people. fact, nothing like positivu at Tuyuly, at the head of 8,000

Mr Whyte: Would you allow a private the defonce called the following evi.

ani a

Charles Storey, Eag, déposed-I Surveyor sud have been so for three years The wall is nut requisite 'for those preinises. (deniided premises) pointed out.

Guli

That is what I mean by the word." payment of an uncrease of £22.10. fliis

The Attorney General Suppose other offer was accepted on the 4th of January portions of the Fraya liad heen topailed, in 1861; the work was exounted, and the the same way, what would you have done? rental was paid: The present rental was

Witness: I would have charged against in at 84.44-Now he (the learned coun- the owner of the premises the whole cost. sel) did wat know, whether the learned His Lordship Then, if the repairs on counsel for the defendants nicat to weud af pres a release frun the ongiual bare charged the 0, you would

lot obligation at least uld!

he had not sheginal have

Yos1 have no

way of praya, but I know of no cases where I bave and he might say that

Thiol, far!

for arriving at & proportion, Lu some cases charged the lat

owners at all:- parole contract could not be overridden the sea wall

the word, thoy leonld atrocious i

sa plot. In London, and specially by the Brazil and River Plate Mail steamer, And it was unt to be suppoaid for a cotisider that in such washed away, and Mr Whyte: A Surveyor General, you to the meni ized question. As pinning and carrying out so diabolical and Corroborated by news which has reached us

that in such casee the proportion claim a right to dispose of the sea wall as refer to Jolinson of Webster, It was a muent that the Praya would last for to be paid by the tenant or losses of the let you u

November. President Lopez, according to mixed question, and he would go to the Jury, greatest

is expressed by all this Castie die Brésil, attackel the allied were compelled

lled would be the cost of bitilding a new wall Witness Yes oertainly,

The learned counsel then to have recourse to the lease, and h

epotch to it has been witnessed for very inany years. Paraguayans, on the 3rd November, and tion would turn upon the original lease. In this case there was perhaps loss damage lot to repair the

sea wall without morrow. Ho

At the Cabinet Council which was

was held Ho (the learned attorney general) would dane than in front of any other marine lot your pennission fa

dence

on Thursday afternoon the whole of this was severely defeated. A despatel from now told how the question had been treated in the colony as far as sea wall praya are.

Witness: I would not interfere if I saw

General Mitre, in the Tribuna of Buenos Ministers were present with the exception Ayres, states that in the two following days by the Government. It was singularly us conicerard, after he was doing the work right

of the Earl of Malmesbury. The assem

Allies had hurled 2,040 Faraguayans, His Lordship: Then you do not connect fortunate that the question had arisen at

bling

within a weak of of the Cabinet the present insatisfactory state of the il- the sea wall with the prapa? You have

Christmas Day is a nusual occurrences aumbers of killed were hourly

a most.

72 officers, and that additional rances of the Colony, because, if the claim spbken of one as if it were superadded to

and I can be

being dis 1 for only by the sup covered on all sides. The estimate sediss accounted be maintained, it must also be enforced; the other

position that energetic measures for dealing to have that noerly half of of entire attack- but the Prays was a work which could not.

sideration of the Government. tug culpais must have been destroyed. with Fenianism are under the earnest coniug

and Mr Digby Soymour, Q0, the leading buen collected on the field by

Sixteen hundred fifty mnskets had counsel fur this defenes of the Feninne who trong, and 200 by the Argentine, The the Brazilian wore tried for the attack on the Mauchiester Braatian loss was 500 in killed and wound- aprison

Times, poitting out the solemn aud-park-ed, and oue. 32-pounder, white that of the pa- Argentines was 22 killed and 95 wounded, mount duty Izislimen of

Joyal alone. The learned gentleman, who is which this attral was ndo is considered

al

potanul six pieces of artillery. The position on Recorder of Newestio, asks his countrymen be the key of Huurita, and both the river

mail. provinces, to

to merge their individual differ fully established, the communications of H. D. Margossen, Esq., deposed--I have ences, to declare by public m

address their uusluken devotion to tho meeting or formal.

aliks with the interior and the river the Lopez I bought a marine lot at the time the Prayaron

hbor another but comparatively slight sortie was being ballt. At that time the lot naisigated abhorrence of the Satauid was attempted by the Paraguayans, in from house to the water. suluded from sent a thrill of horror from one part of the steamers had best sunt and a third cacap- haldarabil entire private right of way atrocity which, perpetrated under the which they lost 200 killed and 50 prisoners, name of Irish patriotiem, has About i week previously two Paraguayan General: The public were excluded

kingdom to the other. He points out that

then

Witness: The praya is the road, and the wall is necessary to the road, or it nodd be washed away.

rea with that,

lis Lordship Do you agres for the defence, Br Whyte

Dir Whyto: Certainly not, my lore. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

Lordship remarked that His

be abandoned. And if the decision went sgainst the Government, a urgent is the necessity of

of the Fraya's maintenance that some other policy would have to

to be adopted in order to save it. The attorney general read a circufur which was lasted by the Government, to show the way in which B. E. endeavoured to come to terms: He net read

the

Marine

Lol-holders re- sud called their serious attention to

good idea of the points at issue in the case. tif is that the

His Lordship: If this be the state of things, would it not be wise for the Crown and the Int holders to come to some terms Cross-examined: This Prays and with tho Bartayor General as to building Wall are not requisite for the house. If the sea wall the par

bir Whyte: My lord, that is the question, the house might be unsafe. I would not the Preya and Sea Wall were washed away, object to live in it, if the house word built at su

His Lordship: Is it impossible to come on piles. If the Sea Wall was washed to terins if this be law ko away, the Praya washed away, and if typhoon occurred, the result would he that, if the house were undermined, it would fall. Re-mined by Mr Hayllar: look upon a road as an approach to house more than a safeguard. The veran dah is no part of

Me Whyte remarked that the defendant had been brought into Copit, praya was

The Attorney General replied that that remark was hardly correct, for the goversi ment had done all it could to settle the matter outside,

a foreign word and might require interpre tation. He requested M Rozario, the Court interpreter, to say what it meant, Mr Hozario replied, "a strand or beach."

I

Parts of thw letter, as they gave a His Lordship said: The case for the plain-ViLoss: By the lease the lot is 100 feet over a public eie bouse; and is built all classes both in Loudon and the land blockade ars now stated to hè -

The Jury would see that the question had 863 wall. Prays or beach includes the on the plan. I have not surveyed known Hongkong for more than 20 years Throne and the Constitution, and their entirely out of. On the 7th Nove

the Governor's letter of

The Attorney General: Could there be road or prays without the wall

a

term of art. The witness said the Praya was His Lordship The word beach is only one thing and the sea wall andthier

Witness: Yes

so still but the

been under discussion for several In reply to this TA 10th November was forwarded; and he would say that the tone of that document was justified by the fact that the Marine d actually an answer drawn before up bu going to They would least mob Enil to that it was not until all hopes of a settle- ment had disappeared, that be. Government had taken legal measures to obtain a desi- son in the matter: The intholders entirely

bility, and there

Thollera. the Conferefice at all. | Praya cantiot exist without the sea wall,

to ponerva

quently nothing left, but legal proceed ings, which he was instructed to institute in a leaat vizations a manter as possible. He was sure that the Jury were as fauiilky with the facts of the case as be wa but

wide and 168 fent long. The praya is well the spot unyself. T

Me Whyte: Je any portion of the present ginally leased to Robert Wobster in 1844 praya included in the plot of ground origt

and 1849 1

Witness: No portion of it.. Mr Whyte The praya is to all intents sad purposes a public road just as open to your supervision, and to public use as any road in the Colony.

Witness: Yes,

The Attorney General: Do you know of your own knowledge the construction of any rule is to

wall for His Lordship suggested the Attorney word "prao- tice" instead of rule.

Mr Whyte Doen, all the expenditure Lordant adopted the suggestions when Hison dads, pass through your hands f

Witness

Hall the expenditme made by goycrument on public rouls During the fast six montis about $600 only have been spent by government on the public roads of the colony. The $142,60 in this unao je not included therein Portions of the Piaya

Lordship thing

enelim!" as the correct

The Attorney General: The Colony, your lordship, is not understood to have existed long enough to matablish enston,

the issue on their verdict was, whether or property su called. call the were damaged by the late stores and ren-

not any portion of the $142.00 was incurred

After some further

question resolved itself, or rather was re- solved in effect, into a query whether wit

the marine lots, and they were de private

vest

6d.

THE OPIUM TRADE. APCAR & Co.'s Ciroular dated Chteutta, 20th Jan, per Clan Alpine

The 1st Opium sale of this year was held on the 9th ist, when 2,300 cheats Patua and 1,700 cheats Benares were sold at the following rates

1365, avenge Rs. 1333. 10.3; Bonares high- Patua sold highest Ha. 1390, lowest Rs. est Rs. 1270, loweat Rs. 13th; average

said demisel premises”—Attorney General: he knew in matter of fact, instances of been washed away. The last typhons were on that occasion in the agreement will they be allowed to labour mained anallered, bui on arizal of the

persons who had constructel portions of

Mr Whyte objected to the question on two groppde. This action was brought on prior to Mr Wilson's arrival

be bound by any custom that had grown since. Again, there was not t

not the slightest

Dot

per

as one's own drawing-room. Sir John panto la rapidly spreading, which if not Bowring carried the Praya in 1859 or 1860.ohecked, must tent to produce calamitons

G. H. Hellands

depend was rest

rent

amolig te

the industrial orders of Irish- living on Marine Lot

hen it was Alled men resident in the various coutinercial up. The cost of filling up was $12,500 centres of England. He believes that the the ground was reclaimed from the sea. majority of his sountrymen in London This part has been frequently repaired by are at heart as loyal and true as que non the government, and no demand has been in bee Majuscy's dominions. Still, once lot made on the Marine Lotholder By the the nation, get abroad that "Irish and Attorney General: Largo hele have consequence must be disastrous to the Irish "Fenians are convertible terms, and the repaired by Chiness laborers, but the re- pairs have not been very extensive. I do not labourer. The Hoglish ertiain will not

saw much of Lot 15

to work side by side with. wen DR in support of a road, called the Frayn

derad inpassable by horses and vehicles. Registrar I ectal for the Chinese coin Jrishtreen will not be employed in our Cocks and Re.-30 3.11] for Besianes per obest,

R. Caldwell, Esq., deposed, I was posed to be committed to a diabolical 1365.7.9.

policy The result shows an advance on the ave General and Protector of Chinese of secret treason and dastardly orine. rages of last sale of Rs. 42.0.1 for Patna Chief Justice It will all turn on the

Some the stones of the prays wall

uave

ក្នុង as these are menaced with Feniar + The market subsequent to the sale re- think not,

Jord.] Before they could

the severest, within my recollection. my

wherein the Chinese undertook to pay find a verdict for the defendants, they the son wall as a matter of liability.

Re-examined; Have not the macie lat rental for Praya. There was no agreement in the precincts of our warelinases if the China news via Salle of this 1st instant, it would, be subinitted, have to in three

· find”

hollers to your knowledge repaired the or understanding about keeping the Prays latter are in danger from explosive cou fetalat, that no porljon had been incur. | two

uvos na little and Fatos, was sold at Ifs. playa aud clie sea, will at their own cust. in repair: the Government have paid for pounds. For these reasons the loyalty of 1395 to 1816. Belarus at disaya red at all; 2nd, that no portion was nontred leases

and charges in front of thete ruspuotive repairs in most cases. One or two

Irishmen in England cannot be too soou chest. We quote to-day: Pa dinve Jumpport of Wu Fraya road; und Stu,

Patna Re. marine lots

1410, marine

declared. that no portion was incurred on the road

Benares, Ra.

1380 per

cheat. Joan S Bir Whyte objected to the question.

Information hos buon laid before the Ad- doposed—I have red in the denised preinises. They

1.8. Imuraik, Esq.,

The Clin Alpine lives to-morrow morn- kong since 1804. 1 representasilty to the effect that curtain persons under other indentures.

are now will follow her shortly. She takes opium ageat firo or six cabe or bat; they had simply to Witness in roply to: The Attorney:

(orney Gene

enrolled amongst the owns of vesselo on the as follows-For Hongkong 2340, Singa 100 were reclaimed by the Government o

stations, have

been taupered with. pore 47, Peing 44, Singapore or Hong- see made the Praya, frouting that lot, on requisition by Government, in 1859 and strict surveillanos; and, thou namer boing 2790 chests. 1860. The Praya became a public road any sufficient occasion tecined to call for small, they might all be arrested in an hour after it was completed; and the repairs have such misstof precaution not been done by me.--By the Attorney

I know

No. Lo. The vomu- Lot dah extends over the public

path, and

publid road.. Webster's property dues not My duties continually call ma to public 80): They are precisely the same.

Prays (aughter,) but extends from Queen's St. Cloud, A deputation from the British warka, 1

the lettite book of my His Lordship: department.

quartiness continued: I have said that no fallen after last typhson if the foundation Conference Evangelique, waited upon the Rond to the Paya. The house might have and Foreign Bible Society, and the Paris lutters

put in the

safe Are you prepared-you are on and all adustani by defendant.] I your oath, too-to know Maine loti

Emperor and presented addressen ozpres 15 the

y is without difethut both are the same part of the existing praya is included in the was got good

This learned counsel on both sides said sing their gratitude for the liberty afforded Welnter's catste (Ownership sumitted by road both mining in Have you premisas originally demised,

The Attorney General having cantioned a few last words, His lordship's strimmed them of distributing of the Biblo

copies of the defendnut I produce, the original de Witness Nor gian, à leuse and survey of the lot, and a wished to lock ab, aid they are the which the gribaiss, lot to answer, immediately, up, and the Jury at a fow miliutes before the crowds thist Visited the Exponition

Tordship remarked, that he knew

requisite you there was surething in oute about on the like demised premises, and that there were certain rights of resumption, something later to be done that might constitute a differenca What was the question 7

rey to consider whether it was to the sea wall in the least reference Repairs got properly be flouted by been in marine lots. Lote 99 and whose nataes are given, and woning for the Straits and Oliva, ie Glengyle And he was certain bmitted to them.ral-produced a dead from the Crown, No been made it that such repairs bad then sold by public auction hoy liave been consequently placed unter kong 269, Penang-or-Süigapore 90.-Total

had

zighteous

consider

the

they could come to lo56, dite 19th September, 1844, which wit other conclusion than give a verdict for the nas leciated was exactly to the same pur- Chwo. He would again have an opporin-port as the original deed issued to defend nity of addressing them, after the evidence unt. There is nothing (said witnuga) about

in the original lease.

Witnes

by marine lot holders, and some were going on now. instance to the jury?

The Attorney General: Can you give an Bis Lordship: Are you prepared to show that they are going on under precisely the

general answer. 'If you go into any parti having done the questions are the leases the samel.

The Attorney General did not press the

and

was before them and he would now procAttorney? What in' st maksame conditions of Idase? You have got a General: i.

ced with his examination.

posed; I have beam Surveyor-Ganol for

but

I

7

not

the

THE BIBLE SOCIETY AND THE FRENCH EMPEROR

At the close of last week a singular i

-ת

W. Wilson, Esq., Surveyor General, de-cyclingr three years I ontored the survine in 1863. [the leases] together. (After hemoler on comes the applicability of house is a few foot fronclude the oident took place at the Trapurial Palace of

saxut

were

of the praya extension-ilirea altogether. The auto plan was tied tu 1843. I had notice froin the Attorney Geiterat to produce it. The plank do not show the exact extension.Y

fis Lordship remarked that thera bud

BA

The

Attorney

They cant be precisely

are same

the

y

to the word seven, returned an unanimous verdiet for Universelle, and for other f

the

100AL

About 600 cheats engaged per Glengyle to

date

Exchange-On China Agengy Drafts 30 days' aight at Rs. 219 e 219 per $100.

Freights To Hongkong Rice, and-Cot ton por sailing vessels nominal.

datal 2464 December 1867, anya WM. JAS & HY. THOMPSON'S 'Tea Circular,

The past week has been gatzemely dull

ad quict, and many of the Thators have clasat their transmutions for the year. By Oficial Returns the Daily paysants Inst mouth at the outports, were rory large, making the total Deliveries for the United Kingdom reach up to that date, 135,000,000

in he sbow. It would be convenient if the under this General; What was done answer, He suid-I think tho sex wall Chinese jauks, the praporty of Chinese is the Word of God among the vast up to 1s, per b; sew crop at Is. 1d. to Is.

hes two extensions, but only otio appeared

jocy gould have full phuis, it the

Witness continuel. I have never had oc tion to make use of the sult plan. Į

Mr Whyte aid the defendant lid not ob ject to the plans going in and thus were marked accordingly,

deed t

[of Sept. 1844]

about

a pri meaning the defendants. Question as to cost re-vileges which the French Government had are you propareil to say that and the sex wall in front of

Praya-served.

conferred upon them. The Earl of Shaftas Lot No. 15 Gro not requisite to the demised premises?

bury, the princival apokesman of the do-lbs. putation, thanked the Emperor in the unmo Mr Whyte objected but after conie

of British Christians, for the facility-

Foo Chow Congous. Siftings maintain late sparring the witness was perniitted to Wontioned in our laat issue that three which had been allowed them to circulato quotations; fair, of old is anteablo

import, numbers and praya are not requisite for the pro Bangkok having the protection papers who had assembled, from many countries in diam and fine we hear of very few transae- ers 34 per lb. to a very limited extent; in me- flin Loittship: 1 prosine you are going thiees comprised and demfsed on the origin sued by Mir Hood in their possession, the Champ de Mars and he congratul- tions. Black Leaf Langone. Dust, to prove a custom

allease; but 1 do consider 84 s to the builders seized at Paknam by the Sinthese stod the Emperor on having

"With doce more for all Fanlts," sold in the last Auctions at The Attorney General: No, I am not in ing

the authoriti.a, but from want of proper in-zyligious liberty and for uniting the French 4d.; comunion, for wish, at 11d.; fair, of evidenca, being unwilling to encumber your then. a position to přové custom withdraw this Mr Whyte You

You are not

formation on the subjout, we were not at asked

nations in the honds of pentes and. English lordship's notes (To witness): How any

that time able to place the details before and

new import, but "With all Faults" at-la. lenses Are there with respect to marino The quistion was objected to, and suo itara

throlie, of

Tho Bui Franve were also furnished with American port poror, who as

occupied the s un plan—what do you say to that ? in this Colony ?

cidest son of the Churchgood have been made at Is. 5. to Is. Sil. clearances, drawn out at the U. S. Consolas bean winning golden opinions frous all per lb.; it

2 lb., its line and Ancat the transactions Witness I know of 8 or 10 kinde 1 comfully, whereupon the Attorney Gentral Jate, and signed by Mr Houd, and they sorts of roligionists recently, received the have been sold as 15. öd. per le fer good, cannot say how many marine luts there are roturked that a suggestion as to title ne-

Teyshan Congans were at the time of their seizure, flybig the deputation with the greatest cordiality, ex-1s. 7d. and 1s. 9d. per fe, for Arts. The Surveyor's report above referred to, cessatily arose. His Lordship said. that American national flag, which the Siamese pressed his sympathy with the object of the Sauchings we have nothing new to remark. was here put in without objection. His might be, and Mr Whyte alser ved that officers, who seized the janico, vozy properly aquieties, stated that it was a Lordship After perusing it, sold to witness,

principle of title was s not in jasue then. The Attorney

down. Their owners have boon in his Government to give protection to all

Oolongs A parcel fair quality, ez fol 08

only 1. Id. in the Burdwan," realised gal to litile of no extent, inspected the blown down, not undermined." This clerk lows: Look at the plun produced by the demand has been made by

kind-expressions that had been used towards will be well Pray, after the second typhon, and found read the portion of the report relating to defendnuts. Do you consider the pray draw all the protection papers he has issued fait......

by the Siamese government to Mr Hood, to within, and which, he assured them, be deeply tiens ex Atum, and sales have

supplival with these descrip the whole of the parapat-wall down opposite the verandah, was spist to have been and sen wall in marine lot No. lai 15; the coping stone was dislodged, and blowie tuosyn, though buile of solid brick and requisite for the pafoty or or prefices to Chinese, hit, as, acah, page is added

already Lean made of Capers at la. 44 to 18, 5d. I observed one suplemissling, washed out; stone work, and tied with frot rods to give extended by the two reclamations of land. hava cost the Chiname about seven'ticals,

THE UNITED SEATSS, behind the wally owing additional strength: In reply to ques

The Times Philadelphie correspondent rea Mr Whyte objected. This was ab it will a dificult matter

realised

per and aomo opm- without the Zimney being refundal's contidos saites that the Sacres gry, of the Mary we make wens joke, to scives, counsel aj pre

The Astorday General: Woll; this build ont readors. We now learn that the junks amity thian, any inbuiarch who had ever ogd, per 16. A few sites of medium to

Witness continued: I recollect the two syphous that netirred here in September, one about the Sui, the other about the 80th, After the first typhoon I inspected the praya, including lat, 16-- The road u was in ich the sine state as before the typhum,

jugs un

have been most limited.

In

rod it, as well as the wall, was, then, daron "I see you say the verandah an lot 16 was General framed another questiolled severely printslied, and religious bodies, and thanked them for the last Public Sales. Scented Teos. The market

to tão res inving trasiet through, and fuces polas Bund More Janine, Malin Botes for Pragen of je tenisul in a team

for cel of very common

15 but unly one of the sea front, the whole new lead never applied to him for a for certain prensises dentised, without any the Chinese holding such papers are scat-ports Eliat the United States navy consista1b.; but Scented Orange Pekues continue a

wall. There are several houses on the lot

& Co.

demised premises, since lo refrenos additional premises. Todah of which had fallen down. It had beed Surveyor General, and he had

tribute tin

of the

torney Generat Defentient

The

the state of the road, as distinguish never to his knowledge bid any conversa adimitte

ted Thability by partures of rent for

and

Over and through the son wall live ob knew the two leases put in Wore the only under the impression that this matter would we have yet to learn-onitur. el from the wall, to the wos-basing wasliud about this alter with hers. Bo far as he these prema General said he had been censur, but how he will not in the matter by steapi.49 of them are urinoura off the market; common grades of old fro

The Attorney

have

tered far and wide over the kingdom, and 0 233 vessels, carrying 1859 gms. Of these dead letter. Green Teas. Sales of Mo- as also the consul is hisself about to leave there are at present in use 100 vessals, yunes and Fingsuey have been made at ea in a few days for Hongkong, this arduous carrying 698 gons, and inanned by 11,00 sior rates. Several parcels have best taken undertaking will devolve upon his son. Nearly all the ressels are propelled.

port sell at very low. prices. and six armour-plated vessels are now be ing built

His Lordship: We must go back to the couple of letters having reference to sunken to think bitterly on the Powers that re- demiso. One wnnot belp using that it was junks at the mouth of the Mensu, Rind the cognised the exisiotics of the Southern unskilfully drawn up but what it intends! want of marks thereon for the guidatoo of States as belligerente during the lato Aneri is for the jury to determine Big Lordship Menam there are a number of sunken Junkés mands a striot neutrality in the war between foreign vessels. In the mouth of the river on war The Scaretary of the Navy recom-

the slightest doght cast had there hen no ones relating to the property wall, the whole rost would have been watslied Cross-examined by Mr Whyte: $142 60 Ray I think the fall of the vocandah was have been spent in repairing the damage to and on treated as one of general interest The Bangkok papers of Jan. 1 coutairis Americans have not yet ceased to aud consisted only of 2,763 packages;

sed by the water which penetrated the the sea wail and praya opposite lot LE of walil, undermining the foundations of the that amount I think about $20 went for Terandah,

ah, also probably partly to the heavy the repair of the road, and the remainder

864 Fail the veranlah was undermined. I 110 Mr

od I had i

zot in relation to one particular caso,

The Public Sala, bold on 17th instant, was extremely snail, as advised in our last, prices generally remained upaltered.

The Class Mail is expected on the 27th instant. The latest Telegrams date from Hongkong to

to the 25th November, The arrivals have been the "Coral

Whitridge," o and refused tuongnition of the ro. the 21st, from, Shanghao;

froin Canton, and the Coldew, from are them coupe Foochow and the and on the fan. Fockor, on the 20th instant, water, which naturally endangers the liver cial condition of Aniaries, says but the Prices for Congoua are unaltered. Win, Keswick, Haq, sworn, says am of persons passing them in an open boat United States are, if not on the brink of a Tons are lower.

The United Kingdom Stock was, on the

gale that was blowing, fouly conjecture that to she understand you to Kay noted that the Attorney General.öbjected with 5, 6, 7 and 8 test of water on them at Turkey and Orata, beomise Turkaghan Nymph," the 17th ; the "Star of Ohls." report to fleeting Colonial Heero wall Therefore it, is the most important landed in, the witness, who had been in the these obstructions, could be discerned by a testy rosgusted our national in the 10th the "Maty atma,"

res of ascertaining After inspection, 1

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tary

of tlib.

1 that the road bannot exist without the sea to the question, and some papers being low water in former times the position of result of the typlioun generally, part of your expenditura ca

box two hours and a ball, was released.

I have

for the

number of large stakes placed there fo

Adding its effect on-the Frag

Witness! Yes; certaloly it is the most. Both, Esq., Acting Colonial Se- purpose. Bit the heads of these stokes other nations gave ti nets copy of my report here. I think I Important part, mention the fact that the forandal on

Mr Whyte And if the dost of repaling case.

charge

Int 1 had fallet (report sent for). The the sea wall came to $500 you wouiding patinor for Jardine, Matheson & to or from the bar. It is hoped that those, delloit, in the penultimate stage of it. The

port was datur, 1st or 2nd. Och it to the holder of the lot

tayed instructions from the Governor to

repair the sea wall opposite of 16. In

Witness: Yes.

The Attorney General objected to this line of cross-comunisation on the ground he road cooun-mly called the prays, and that, the Surveyor, General was the only

Grasti

Co. The latter are attornies in the catate who have the looking after these matters, estimated airplus of the present year is 30th ultimo, estimated at 74,000,000 lbs. of Robert Grant Webster. Huts the owner have not forgotten the lives that were list twenty-four millions, but we know that if for 1887, against 93,000,000 lbs, for 1850- of main b No. 16. I have seen plats seven or eight years ago by one of these it be secured at all it will be in respect of Caryoes of vessels arrived up to date, but nod

the property The repairs on the Prava short stumps

with stones, and suck to the revenue of the next eight months will of other cargoes only partially included,

•Thoss repairs took about eix weeks to cost, and hy the amount to be paid..

the right in some former ware

govetriment, anbject, however to the uks were filled pausing boat. The income received, Mr McCulloch believes included in the above Stock, with portion: | Lordship But suppose he aptor of the government to claim against the estate batwou the Sinnese and Cochta Chiese, Lordship: Isn't the question wets tions some thousand of dollars 7 48 1 in for what was expended. I knew that ner At Black water it is possible to tell their f hecenery for the safety of defendants derstand bir Whyte, he object is to test the tain property was denised but did not exact position,

Infect

ftist suffice to meet the expenditure, tust all 12,908,000 lbs. for 1807, aq.dnst 10,031,500 ne hopes for is to keep intact the excess of lbs. for 1866, Amiotut on the water,

code over outgoings realised in the four advised by the last Mail 26,405,900 ths. for months of the year which have already 1867, against 20,079,700 lbs, for 180U,