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TEBRUARY 26, 1868.

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the case of Books, and in

er is necessary for the safe

of literary or artistic matter pertains thereto.

kpacket must be either with

r in a cover opon at

the ends

contain any letter, open y by sealed enclosure whatever, bust exceed two feet in length, th; exceeding these dimen

ot be forwarded through the

Lot bs of intrinsic value. This

REGARDS PATTERNS,

all articles of a saleable na red, whatever may have a va- apart from its mere uno as a the quantity of any bisterial

as a pattern must not be u can fairly be emisidered as ground an intrinsic value. be no writing or marks other

of Pass the person for

whom intended, a trade mark and prices of the articles; other ot will be detained of fox- ed as an unpaid letter,

ust be sent in

hidroust

ide, so a to ha

50 to be easy.

plea however, of

Covera

of exams-

Seeds

druga

bich cannot be sent in open e-enclosed in bags of linen or

No. 1476-FEBRUARY 26, 1868.]

TO CORRESPONDENTS dar columns are open to all who wish to dress the public ou legitimate grounds, but do not hold ourselves responsible for the pinions of our corresponilen's.

agenrantee of good faith."

pose, & result which would be personally must gratifying to himself, fresing an important mousure of polico frora the em brassinent entailed by the revenue acci- dentally resulting therefrom.

THE GEZINA MAIL.

of luto, the thermometer ranging upwards of 80 degrees fabrenheit at noon. The shipping, within the last for days, han boon on the increase at this port

the window leaving

• takon into

Tink

an

..

3

visit to the ancestral tombs, called sang-fen, in preparation for working and sowing. and injurious as the soil should.

I now be dry,

As we had occasion to observe that the

mission temporarily, and that it devolvi luld think it did vacate the office, and upon Williams, Charge d'affaires. We

that permanently, as far as Mr Burlinganie is concerned the Inst clause of Section 9, very warui weather was divide into threa follows: No title of nobility shall be spokson of as chaus-chiew, Article I of the Constitution, being as poriods, called sanfth, so the cold season is granted by the United States; il ne equal to eighty-one days, the average dura nine times nine, office of any

or trusetion of the colder holding

weather. Ou or about shall, without the

of the 28th of the 11th native mouth, answer

under

mont,

from

shown

or consent

we entered this chiew-chiew period, and tho

in the

inarked in

Tuesday,

inasted pón, Its location: however have not a copy of "Martin Chuzzlewit was progressing favourably, under the care have to wait three or four. lays for higher colout is a bad one. It may be a good term in the intercalary month, and this the

THE NORTH. from papers received by late steamers frour The following are some additional items

Shanghai-

(N. C. Daily News.) All communications addressed to this paper-The report from which this is taken A LONDON paper contains the following must be accompanied by the name of the must he received as officially authentic paragraph On the 30th Dec, Captaiting for time as Fantal of Keangsu, has

erst Taotai of Shanghai, after ser wder, not necessarily for publisition, but as and therefore correct, so far us His of the Hongkong Police, who is now rosid how been appointed Futal; Kuo, the for

William Quin, the captain superintendent Excelency is concerned. We have no ing at Greenwich, being on leave of absence be Governor General of Hu-kuang. Ma

Ber Governor having been promoted to por wish to add to the official agony His while walking down London-street, he went THE CHINA MAIL Excellency must feel at the frustration to look in the shop window of Mr Kibble, recently Governor of Chekiang is now Go Congress, accept of any present, emoluing to the 23d of December in the last year, of his efforts to raise- revenue from the jeweller. In the front of Mr Kibble's Yerior General of Fuhkien and Chekiang,,, office or title of any kind tate day is accordingly marked chin-chien. HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, FEB, 26, 1868. had been something less of the Tartufhas the step down on tho regular payement, is an example to others who have besliy:ostraordinary inverence for the Chinese calendar as having two:

Chinese vice; but we do wish that there ahup there is a raised stone stand. On Nagasaki. Four roning have been befized. The State Department hus not recently Each of the four seasons.

We have no further politicul hewn from any King, Princo or foreign Captain Quin forget school in His Excellency's explanation.

Constitution but it seems to us that this and four breaths," making THE SITUATION OF HONGKONG." He had reason to hope, ko, that and full very heavily, mushing his wrist, late in noney under throats, lately. A

up that receiving other a severe contusions about large fire has occurred at Kanagawa, which acceptance of employmust, from a foreign

the ye THE central position of Hongkong as result personally most gratifying to him the body. He was immediately

Chormers. has destroyed

Government, by.

year. On 4th next is one of theas great Minister of the four solar periods of amber

ber of States, before she acceptance of his resigna- self”; “revenue accidentally resulting" Kilbie's, suffeting under very great alive houses.

or divisions, called wifi-chuin, or regards Easter Asia, and its pecuharfrein the gambling license, doc. are pain, and shortly afterwards, on the arrival in Japan, H. M. S. Peari has been orderedningly from the dispatches, without then is Aquarius. g. The Sun is

Juuste or tiones In consequence of the political changes tion and the arrival of successor-and, the com

the commencement of advantages in the way of a trading em- phrases that might be paralleled by Mrresidence in Circus-strost. We are glad to to Nagasaki to watch over foreign interests using at all is about the coolest thing of the recursary mouth, mice in 33 or 83

of his nephow, was convoyed in a unha his

the intercalation poriuta or depot have been sufficiently Pecksniff, and would be, only that we say that on making inquiries Caplan Quis to get over the Bar at Woosung and will debar Me Burlingame from holding a posi- other important divisions of the year, was of which we have heard, and should forever months, it might be supposed that this, and to will tion of any kind in the service of his at the mercy of the calentar-makers. They immediately at hand.

tides.

Under any circumstances, the manage, however, to have but one solar thing for the United States to have an variation is but slight, and the average du A correspondent who addresses us por American so high in the confidence of the ration of 15 days for wash term, is otherwin SUPREME COURT. BT. Kiang-Lonny mentions that an Chinese Government; IN CRIMINAL SESSION.

portant Consular mesting, at which the

bot then

adhered to. plenty of carefully British, United States, French, Russian and its could be found who would do (Before the Hon. the Chief Justice.)

We Feb. 28, 1808.

Portugese Consula and H. B. the Taoutni should dictuse to any foreign Minister the gure of Chinese weather. In ved them as well as Mr Burlingus, id good taste how shall have an opportunity of judging of these Peking nand- sagacity: The Court met at ten o'clock, and the were present, las taken place with referencoretusal of employinunt from & Government from the mistakes which we know from his.. which the British Merchants will lose Tls. circumstances which frequently occur, the In the time of Yaou they reckoned the year to the failure the Customs Bank, by to which he had been E40.000, but that it has proved

accredited.

Vader

tury their predecessors necessarily fell into. entirely abortive, the Taontai simply refusing to do any suspicion would attach to a diplomatie to have 386

Mr Sparrow Knight has just arrived from such position, as would to a Judge who B. C, they fell into the

the adop tion of the Motonic oyelo of 19 years in 104

then, by the anything in the matter.

representative who should resign and accept Tientsin, from which place ho nade the should accept anploymons frosis partius in of losing time, wich has ever since been opposito extreme journoy overland to

From all that we have been able to information, the Province of Shaugtung is at present free gives the following pleasing illustration

The Hankow Times of the 15th instant gather, the climate of Hankow, and the

-confess upon it one or two distinctive advantages which shave it, we believe, been brought prominently before public attention.

With a due sense of the

genom! holiday feeling which pervades the community mufediately after the despatch of two heavy mails, we propose to devote & few lines to facts which being

LOCAL.

We observo, by an advertisement which appears in another column, that the Ana- tear Theatrical Society have been obliged to postpone the entertainment advertised for Monday next

منصبت

A CORRESPONDENT sends us the following.

of Dr. Purvis,London Papier. T

OOTHING AND WOUNDING.

following Juxy was called and sworn Messrs Macylcar, Manger, Erdman, Agabeg, Silveira, Chill and Ward. well known will not require that mental note Sir, your contemporary of this Lee Ataf and Koong Afuk were charged edort to comprehend them and their immorning, with his usual characteristiu play with the above offence: This case, it may fulness, places under the Police Report for be remembered, is the result of a fight ve an managers of a gambling-botse located in

(Recorder.)

cision."

far the

and

portance, which is necessitated by matters February 95th the words "A nice position between the inmates of a brothel and the that, according to native infereports favor he had just rendered a de- their characteristic tendency and trait,

Exeter, or, to take a wide range, the account of oneCliarles Stewart, who the same building, situated in Hollywood from the Nienfoi; and that Li-Hung-Chang the mode in which foreignera anffer fromunding district has undergone & conai- wines it a swecpdimnóv or.even the nugates that he has been a Captain in the Road Mr Whyte, justructed by Mr Cald-" is esid to be at Clies-mingeln, in Shangtuug, Chinese combination: In a recent number years. The heat of summer is not so great,

1, tiel at the neck; bags so opened,

of sich grave importance as the odds upon for a Captain," and then proceels to

Five a

ey cannot readily ba

they be transparent, must or this purpose. Non-com-

ais rule will also subject the Elaincu

forwarded as an

Fur.

or

the contents thereof nitrat

y inclosure, sealed or other-

ist inspection,

respects the general regula- Book Post will

apply to the

Under these regulations, in ent any interruption to the Basion of letters, a Fackel of

when it is necessary bo kept allowing

Mail

by

in

ourse, it would be ed

Fof the Postmester General

ility of any Packet, pattern,

ined therein, to be forward-

3 regulations, will be final

feli forbids the transmission Poet of any article likely to atents of the Mail Bags or person of any Officer of the of course, applicable to the lida packet.

will be any

etization.

and not

such as

ave been occasionally posted

A bave been detained as un-

viz Metal hoxes, porcs Fruita, vegetables, bunches

knives,

ings of plants, spurs, spins, pieces of unachiuery instruments, samples of 3 of samples in glues

ore,

acids of various glass, umbe, copper and stwel on.

of

T

are at

a loss to

Regiment. People are

ard certain that 310 one

unconnected

with

situated

Chinese

on the he

a fér

Beuret

its tempera

change during the last few tons of nor is the cold of winder es constantly agree, boon more ping, or equable m To use their own language, the your hus

by the growth of the bamboo, and the pro- ture and other seasonal characteristica.

duction of particular fraits requiring a high certainly appears that the regions marked

unfavorable to the growth of various trees localities known to have been favorable or

formerly reared in open ground, they have and plaats. Whore auch trees could be now to be massed together and aurronded by mud-walls, forming an enclosure pro- tucted from wind and weather.

of information, we would bid them ob gourdism against which every gentlemanova fortas, this flue was observed inhabitants, though they destroyed be hoped that the appoarance of certain ex- temperature, are not now.coincidunt with

(Friend of China.).

ticulars relating to the recent fire nilon.

This journal gives some further par Food Agording to a tracing made by a French

of a plan of

OGINESE ODDS AND ENDS.

ber of coat pegs una verandah. We need know whether to at of well, appeared for the prisoners. The faste where he has from 150,000 to sarely cofimtende by defining the exact Us ir citer est to flange at the credibits of are brolly, these up brothel No. 96 to troops." He has also soren Europtans with of this jotrust we astempted to zereal some

which

Mah Achew, complaint,

the position of the Colony, though we are of one thing the periodical I refer to heese, and through its floor a chunney-pipe a week henes The Nienfoi are reported to imitation of their own more open warfare

belongs

in, and De Macartney has lately visited be supposed to be carried on by native ways by which squeezes might Immediately over the gambling hun, and will be returning to Nankin about servants employed in foreign hongs, in prepared to assert that fully one-half of Peters cannot say whether it is within will give Charles Stewart a second thought, or fluta runs upwards from the kitchen of bo at Kai chow. They are atuted to have against the interest of their native masters without the tropics. Leaving them or is palpably false nesertione either, the gambling-house. On the 22nd Decem- passed through the provinces of Shingtung. We had decasion to observe that it might to refer to the map for this trilling piece Just so, and therefore, this letter is unaeber, which is the commencement of the without infiuting much

cessary, but there is a sort of social black- serve that ly no combination of circura naturally feels resentful, though the law and poured some water down the flue to each village. A uumber of native militiation in carrying

sparks of fire, and complain-houses and boleaded a small number at Chinese character, would lead to more cau- presafous, purposely given in the proper stances could a more furbinate selection may not take cognisance of it, and for this check the fire. This ut auce gave rise to who had bean, stationed in the capital of tions, tu defiance of the determined resis as to position have been made, for the reason we give insertion to

on disse fraudulent opers the note.

words, and it is alleged that a party of men Shangtung were returning to their homes, tsuce of their foreign employers. Native site of a Britlali Colony. It lies within

came up and one hit the complainant on their services being no longer required. organ of Hongkong having the head with a brass tobacco pipe. Com easy reach of the entire seaboard of THE Cathedral orga

clannishness was too much for us, and the Coins and Japan, and though further opened on Sunday lest, 23rd of February, when the man with the pipe called down been removed and re-built, was formally plainant returned the blow with his fist,

ually prevented by trickery and combine ontting of the Chinese characters was effect- remored than Singapore from our Indian by a fill Choral services. Mr CFS the fiue for men with knives to come up.

So ranch of this change in climate can be and Australian possessione, possesses Sangster praided at the instrument, and Complainant was out severely ou the head,

referred to a very recent date, that we are the inestimable advantage of lying at one much satisfaction is expressed at its cap and was wounded in eight or ten places of the site burnt over, as drawn to a sale of

disposed to scpoudut for it, in part, by the extreme of the most magnificent oceanbilities in the renovated state,

destruction of woods and forests, and all the body; the second prisoner was identi hundred feet to the inch, the area laid

standing timber, by those pests, the its charo bighway in the world. And autoa Wa uro informed that several of the Macao fod is the sau who inflicted some of the bare is zu oblous of some fire: hundred

of robbers, win spite to, the belligerent officials have been suspended from office by

wounds,

yards by two hundred. and Mr Whyte, in his cross-examination of her uf

destroyed being oFor

of influence which treas, and large rousses pantes from either side of the world, as

hundred, we are told. We shall now Hajoos are: J. R. Goncalves, et interpre identity, and produced a man whom wit-insist on natives being located clasirhere,

vegetation, voting Letween trees and well as the head quarters of our military ter, who signed the contracts of the Anna-hese id he knew nothing about.

proper, have in the production of it is to be presumed. and naval forces, confurs upon it the peniten declaring them to be Chinese; F

Although mandarins themselves ean ne-

limate, is too important to be overlooked. aught to be culiar advantage of being almost the only Azevedo, the Superintendent of the barra

ores of offoe, yat the employés of yamuus Dr. Murray deposed to the facia that the Unfortunately foers at Foothow,

ver platin sny proper freedom from the Ustil the country at large is in the enjoy- port is Fastern Asia which circulates coons, all who examined the Annamites pilal, that he was almost pulsales from Pagoda anchorage, instond of there the bustom. To provide for all necessary doon with akaltering groves, and genial Forests,

saemt

of the blessings of good government thehtain a month's before siguing t

we cannot expect to see the land reliantei the contract; and the Pro fons of blood consequent upon the above Commander's common sause should have t

th's holiday by this excutiont items of general news around the entire lor, before who the contracts were wounds, and that ho wounds could not laught him say ought to be at such glan and warrants which may be possibly f which shall distil from cloud and fog the globe. Shanghai doubtless sends its local signed by thousands of the poor Auna have heen caused by a brass pipe, as they geruus tire raging season of the telegrams by both Pacific Mail and P. & nilites. But the three Portugues convicted wers all either punctured or incised; the off the foreign settlement, and adjunt to ber of blank sheets are stamped in anticipatresi, each yielding fuit after its kind.

required during this period, a certain num ashle showers, and foster the tender U. steainers and they are transmitted to of Pinicy and Murder of the Aunamitea wound, however, on the ferohead might head quarters: This relicence, however, is tion of these ants. To distinguish these Tandon or New York by both routes are still at large (on bat each possibly have been caused by the pipe not the aaral officer's en een, at the T's designation, and other particulars W. JAS. & HY. THOMPSON's Tea Circular,

documents it is required, that in produced.

sia. The flames inust

undoubtedly have.

•digrated at Donghong, and four this portir da Silva, F. A. Fernandes (both cut on the kren by let prisoner, déposed to come the Cormorant lay, yet her at the end of the deed, the four characters | datod 9th January 180S, -

On the 20th day of the Chinese 12th month there is carried out the sinusi eers

mouth, that is until the 20th day of officia seal of every mandatin for one first month of the New-your.

terminus of all the occan steamer.com-order of the Home Guverninent. Their complainaut, sought to ova mistaka Chinese houses de nity, the mony of foung-yin, or the sealing up of the status of rabola. It is known that the gh

el confectionery of all

F. W. MITCHELL,

the entire intelligence which concerns a

Postmuster Generat.

Post Office,

February 6, 1868,

ER DESPATCH.

Amoy and Foochow Per

Tow, the 27th instant, at

ST SHIPPING.

CLEARED.

St. James.

wchwang.

r Saigon,

1a.

on Customs Daily Return.)

Sophie, cleared for Lidon, Matting, Preserves.

cats Young Hyson Tes

esta Hyson Skin Toa

its Imperial Tea

Martha, cleared for N'po,

Faps.

Fana,

Tol3000.

LATIONS.

20th February, 1868.

aj New,

Old

rez, New,

1 le.

Exchange.

sighty Jays' sight, Rs. 219 Days' night, Rs. 2184- days' sight Bank, TIs. 74

sats. B., 111 per pi

uch,

FER,

reis,

...9 per e pr

...1 per c. pre,

29.90 ir tol

... 23.bo

4.05

saree, 40 per Share.

Old, 25 per cent pr Now, la per cent.pil Now, 2.

hares, Old, 10 per cunt pt.

HAB, ..

27 per cent dia,

Imperature.

56th February, 1865.

9.50

20.918

lometer, 72

Un Urdu, 1.00

3173

H.

:A

HUMA

nents

writing

yk

Vast capire and the multitudinous foreigu tion of one of the geitfonsen, who may monts of this witness, playfully twitto tn afford bitch Basisce as he might stamped beforehand, whilst the sheat was mand, and although arrivals have beeD CON-

interest involved in its condition, travel

- Ad

20al

to la. Sd, per

But this colony can lay claim to a more commission of inquiry was appointed by extensive field of operations. The coast the Portuguese Home Government, com- The mistress of the brothel, who was also

Cereal, news is only habitually summarised and posed of the Viscount do

made no attempt to cont the words mean, that the douament was holidays, there has been an improved du-

yew-you-kong-peh be-written to signify, a

Bines the resuraption of business after the her version of the above, narrative up to indinite with town, or to send boats aud lawyers); C. L. Souza (merchant) and D C. Pacheco (merchant). With the excep cross-examination, severely tested the

the time that she fainted Mr Whyte, in drow

have concluded went to bequired and empty and clean. as so it was that, but for the fortunate vicinage a close examination of such charactors be influenced

siderable, (chiefly from Shanghai, moro These documents are also ka by the moustesters, the tot

be known by estward and westward to meet at our others are good and independerit men. 18 stous weight); but the witness main played by Capt. Sutherland, his chief may happen to have been written near the have been refused, the trade appearing an-

to her taint (che le a woman of about 15 or of tho

steamer

has been evinced on the part of rimess Mice, and the energy dis-

importers than nutipodes. The departure of the Pacific When the commission begins the aquiry, tained her line of narrative it regular officer aul arow, there can bo little doubt al. The red ground of the seal, with its xious to pick out the most desirable

of late, and many offers Mail steamer yesterday and of the Euro. there is little doubt that at the chiche-order sul similar to what she had told in but every dollar of the $250,000 saved for will then be seen to have the black letters has been sol

tos implicated in the robbery of the Anna- the Pulice Cours. She aware that she did the Hongkong and Shanghat Bank, would writton upon it, instead of the letters being in medium the formations have been few Chinese characters and Manchoo duplicates, Fovellow Conigonis, Fuir of now import pean Mail this morning has afforded a mites will abacond. The Portugucas Go- striking illustration of the vast superio-vernment are much pressed by the Euglish 101 see Lu Afook (man produced) in the

have goue

info the

Int is. Id. rity we enjoy as the grand Hastern fermi- Government,

Login at all.

live grate looters.

of the bell and obscured by the subsequent stamping of the and fino and finest do not show any in- nus of the world. It is no there gush of

Inspector Peterson stated that lie want

The Tiantain Arsenal is to he to the scene of the row on the Sunday in Hai-quang zze, Tiontsin, and at the upon the previously written instra-provement Black-leaf Congous. Dust bus kong resident to assert a superiority date: February 25-Mutatis mutandis, I boing sundbling-house was shut, it the Engineer in charge, has made good rections, falss warrants and documents. import offering er 1, per lb. In new self-laudation, which enables the Flong Our Whampoa correspondent writes, nuder question

Mr Taylor ment.

In spite of all these and other boon sold at C.; there is little fair of old- which is scornfully denied by the inha vonture in ustrato to you a "fish story: a partition, between the brothel and erected. Canton worknion are it present in a country where reading and writing are progress with the works intended to be tortion and iusposition. It is anrious tha

are often manufactured for

purposes of ex bitants of thio model settlement." We at all events "the head and body of by the gambling-house, broken through. First employed making Junce heads, after the so generally taught and practised, it is no

14. to 18. 3d. per b. medium to good 1s the "tail" fot. baving as yet transpired. and second prisoners warn pointed out to English regulation pattern-aid lances to

id. to 18. Bd., finu 1s. 10d. to 28. 33. per store that of late one or two of our It appears that a short time ago; à sumber him, covers over with quilts and blankets, be used by the Obutese cavalry (about 500) eustonry to sign documents, Northern contemporaries have devoted of bumpkins, inhabitants of a balet, and be arrested them. After returning, at presoul drilling in Teutan under the to the sealing as the mode of executing amid. to 18. ft. for fine in stall quant la Tayhan Cungons have been sold in boxes nt

nt la. 4d, to 18. their columns to landing Shanghai and named Sheak-kong, a place to the North he looked into a well which serves for the command of Major Brown), aided by two apking of Hongkong as a sort of mild east of this port, went to a neighbouring two houses, and there he found the two foreign drill instructors of exporioner.

substantiating legal instruments.

in quantities.. The e only approach to the Western platt Sented Cupers-Tho

douchongs are slow af sale at lato quotations. knives produced povered with blood. There spects Shanghai line the advantage. Is the article in demand out suiting, a quarrel 1st prisoner.

purchasing fish. The price and quality

will be commenced of lay of largo

Well, about some

without any official

prius have ruled lower stanup, attesting soma common having been sold at Ild. to. had made de con- the end

machinery in course

Joint

instrument, to which they make 1s por ib., and fair at 18. Bu, to led, to Afunk, bg tinder of Mr of eraution

nearly completed. His

their mark, which curiously enough. Is. Sc. to Is. 7. Scented Orange

that on going inside

The

but to trust

quality

id, to ly, 27 sales have been made at 15.

Eb.

pargatory. We admit that in some re- village called Kat;sai, for the pufwere small spuls of blood, on the bands of gular work of the Arsonal, the mak-ot aighing decda is in the one of many per- well supplied, aneurket has again been

to know consider Shanghai as a more on the one hand, and those who were pre Deane mckly locality than Hongkong, and sta-pared to sell on the other.

had

which mor

not any

the

..

following

nature

of a Christian symbol about it.in

shall

On the 28th ml-

-climate may be better, but those who ought Ansiod between the persons wishing to buy unica reply to Mr Whyte, witness Excollu Wou. On, pays frequent identical with our own cross. The Chineas Canton kinds do not show any eliange, but tistics fully bear out this view. Its prox-40021 led tu bloga, and in a conflict wid that he observed no iznes of blood visits to the works, and the lineac take a peak of their mark as the proper character clicaper sales have been made of Foochow imity to the River ports is inade a good now took place to natives of Sheak-kongor traces of recent washing. Ha could great interest in the machinery, Peking oras, with equal arina. Oddly enough this Green Teas. The demand has been moder-

for the number 10, which is an upright winds at Is. 8d. to 1s. 11d. for whether the kuives had been swear-Fools only will be used for

gād to fue.. deal of, bat, we are not quite so badly off") received & severe be reported to one looked nos like, as if it had been this establishment will be the means of may be, and uatially is, done by one for all, line, with the oxccption of some of tho

On returning ed or not; they were covered with blood: poses at this arsenal. It is anticipated that binding and

foundry, par

attesting act, called Aux-gate, but prices du nos shew any with Canton, Mato, Swatow and Ainey these native village, they

further de within as easy reach us the Yangtze their fellow-villagers the defeat which they amarel

influencing the Chinese in Peking to any number of persons concarned. We common grades of Young Ilyson. ports are to the model settlement. In proposed that an indigestion meeting the defence, said of the linse tu which the macizury, and will also be a step towards

It was, therefore, at oues sustaine

Mr Whyte, Addressing the Jury for greater regard for the values of forella 02065, or sign of Christ's read that, on the!

ourselves spunk of this mark as the criss- A small Public sale, comprising 7,120 Enter the bent of Hongkong is prefer should be bold. This proposition was offimos alloged took pince that he had the working of the valuable coal fields in evidence of the coincident use of this mark tantion, bus Great Teas suld rather lower.

It would be oarious to fut

paukages, was held on the 7th inst. Prices able to that of Shanghai, and our winter speedily carried into effect, and at the visited the place himself, and a more filthy, the St-shan.

for Congius did not show any material al- in far more plesant, white boating aqua- meeting, which then took plice, it was dirty, dismal hole he had not seen for a (Shanghai Beening Express)

by two very various and uncommestel pen Indian Bale is advertisel for the 4th , racing nud other amusements, do resolved on the part of the villagers assem- long time. To all apputrauce not a drop. Per Overland Curior si Chinking ar

ples, this familiar sign has nothing of the manage to flourish in spite of our un

blea

to wage war against their compatriots of paint or water had ever beou used upon rive yesterday, we have received the The probabilities are we think, against this.

and so far abont 9,000 paskages apð. foctauate position." The truth is that resling in Katonn. This foudal contest it since it IPALS built. bullered that cach place posscases advantages atid dis-with great vigour. Cannons are placed at and also an ordinance for the promotion have it yet concluded their New Year identity to the comparative facility, and younging dates from Hongkong to

in at present being carried on apparently there was

The Overland Mail arrived on the 28th health offices โบ:

10. Oulony, Tientsin, 31st January The Chinese origin, and wo be content to refer this ultimo, ados tapes which equalize this conveni- the outrance of sauls of the onstenling and jusintenance of order and cleanlingen; holidays, so little business, except specult-printing or writing, by simply intpong from thunghai to the 8th November." The 15th, from Feoshow to the 9th, and e of residence. But as regains our villages, and from the boouring of and he would recommend that visit to tion in Malwa, is doing. So far the or a French Packet arrived on the 4th instant, greater proximity to the fountains of which wu hear, there must be a vast con- this place should be the first duty perform has been very mild and ice already shows perpendicular line upon a cross-stroke-with thirteen days' later date. The intest news, the presence of military and baral sumption of powder and shot even if thered by the officer whose business it was to signs of rattannoss, so the River may very

Ilunkou Tianes. forces, and the means of general amuse be no great sacrifice of life. The end is not see after such matters. The learned

felegrams from Hongkong aro dated lath. yet. Bearing in mind, however,

open ment, we enjoy decided advantages.

arly this year that

counlikely

December. The next China letters are ex- assel bheu proceeded to lay the facts of the Peking, 4th February,-Nothing here but THE WEATHER IN THE NORTH of Kat-san are in amber defence before the Jury. Mah Achow and snow, we have already had mere moy than the gating men of

the 13th instant. Let us then take beat, and while ul-500 only, and those of the fatiner or oppos Mah Akung, the two chief witnesses for during the last 4 or 5 years together. The

(Bankow Tinies, Feb. 1.)

Arrivals have been the "Titania," mitting the evile, bear in mind the adding village 1,500, it is reas mable to suppose the prosecution, were the aggressors; they Chinese say this is a sure sign of a good afforded by the present dull season of the Ticholson," on the 27th, the "Grenadier

In the absence of any vory exciting topics on the 26th, the "Denmail," and "Helen vantages we possess. The depression of that the warriors of Kat-san will eventually had been drinting, and were amusing harvest this year, but however this may be year, we may be permitted to refer, in and "Sovereign of India," too has doubtless had inneh to do with have to succumb And yet, after all, the themselves in the brothel, when the gambit is very disagreeable for those who have terms of mintual congratulation, to the go.simo, from Shanghai: the "tiramore," ou growing spirit of discutent at the result may not be in accordance with this Jes' socountant (Lan Afdok) wout to ask nothing to depend on for aasement, but nial weathor which we are actually enjoying the 27th, and the "Scafell" on the 28th anavoidable drawbacks of colonial life, conjecture, as we are informed upon the who broke the chimney-flus, Mah Achew out of door exercise.

and to the seasonable snow and ice which ultimo, and the "Pakwan," on the 7th in- But with a greatly improved sanitary cot always to the swift, nor yet the battle to ly hit Afrok in the nye. Lum Afook then

highest authority, that the race is not at once admitted that he did it, and instaut- THE BURLINGAME MISSION, dition and a hopeful future as regards the strong."

have hitherto almost entirely osupe:l., from Foochew. The "Queen of the In an almost inedibly short space of Thore las boou a threatening of snow of.

Age and the Maiden Queen" are reporta business, we may anticipate less gluomý In your issue of 22nd instant, you record ministored to by one of the girls in the ment seems to have made the circuit of the night, but as yet Hankow has been spoouted Caper and Fonchow Orange Pekoes

want down stairs, and on his way whe time, the dews of Mr Burlingame's appoint- two or three occasions during the past fort-off the Const. Ticks of life in Hongkong, than hereto an instance of an organised attack on a

Prices for Congous are unaltered, but and then into her room until the globe, for we hear that the intelligence has both the blessings and the ovila of this win- The evils have heen far more puwoshop in Canton by 70 robbers, a few affair was over.

As he stayed so lung, vid Russia, reached California. In the try elinias.

aru ld. per lb. lower, also the commoner doval than physical, and the absence of these for his fate art of the renowned comrades osme tu aus hut was the San Francisco Race of the 11th February,

the In Cheong from his late seat of Government, delay; and, on getting into the bru appeared an article headed "Cool, if

country around us the weatherdes of Green Tena.

•datarbing causes will doubtless cause and in alluding to the circumstance flourishing two swords. One inan wreneb, we reprails below, teniling to show as it falls of snow, On Friday, December 271, against 59,000,000-le in 1866, farm before lung to disappear.

has been more syère. In some parts of The United Kingdom Stock was, on this were met by Aahew, who was then which being short and greatly to the point the Wucbang district there have been heavy lat ultimo, estimated at 76,750,000 lbs, intimate that no aneh daring robbery take place during Cheong's tenure of office, ed the swords from Mah Achow, and Tat subjoined extract from His Excel- and you theruby conclude, and I think the wounds shown by complainant were this extraordinary mission does not give now in that neighbourhood, and on Jann- not included in the bore Stock, with por

does that Mr Barlingame's omnination to there was a fall of 2 or 3 Chinese inches

Cargoes of lency's address at the fato Executive with justice, that His Excellency was the inflicted in this man's own salf-defenen. uninisal satisfaction even amongst his ovary 5th, ult., there were 5 inches of snow tion of other cargoes only partially included 1 up to date, but Council meeting dessives more prouin laut spirits of the province, I have now time round from the gambling house, and

only an capable of curbing the tabu. The two prisoners were anlanget those who donutryinou st

home... than le has hitherto received. His

COOL, IF TRUB.The statement runde mers are shrewd enough to have observed

the ground in that locality. The far-027,000 lbs. against 4,572,300 lbs. Breelleney says that there is a large acquaint you with an instance of a gattempted to escape so soon as they say in the Eastern dispatches that Anson Bir that show, in its proper senson, as in their last DIail $5,098.500 lbs. against 31,753,000 amount of cout in the treasury, including į oleo not have occurredty would Acher with the knives. He was sure that hingame, our Minister to China, las acsopted own 11th and 12th moutlis, is an excellent ba One hundred and thirty thousand dollars Butai's say & Me hout, contain produce in proof of this statomout, mont, de Envoy to the Courts of Europe, out of it Snow many fall up to the third i

act of piracy, which in all g

during the late the Jury, after hearing the evidence which an appointment from the Chinese Govern- robe for the earth, and all plants growing On 10,00) derived from licensed gaming two officers and 19 men, was attacked, had nothing to do with the affouce with chalauge

the 23rd tant

Efects, they would find that the prisoners is of such an extraordinary character as to month, answering to our beginning of April, in the contre of a long and dreary heath NEVER ALONE Apions cottagar residing bling house deposite and gambling, fees frat bar, by several piratical craft, which they were charged, and that the story from two different sources, from Washing one of the twenty-four aolar terms of the asked by a visitor, "Are you not

belief. Neverthaleas, i Bat (His Excellency sail)-

or when the sun is in Aries. At this period, He had put down all money-resolved from engagement-took place, in which the two beginning to end.

containing together at least 60 men, Aa of the prosecution was a fabrication from ton and from St.

somatiuoe afraid in your lonely situation, Petersburg, and accom- Chinese year, called from the general char especially in the winter "replied, "Oh no, We licensed gambling houses as unavailable officers were killed, and about a dosen at

panied by details which certainly give it acter of the weather, the bright audi for Faith shuts the door at night, and Mer cause he had run to hope it would not

Mr Whyte was examining witnesses in the appearance of truth. The Washington be applied to any imperial or colonial purs. The weather has been excesively hot here our Reporter left.

so of their new place hora de combat proof of this theory set up in defence, when dispatolt naively internis as that for clear" period, a fall of snow is looked upon ay opens it in the morning."

understood that this wouptance rasates the as this is the occasion of the annual filialiuto vuo

as most ominous and injurious. Ominous A POINTED ATTACK.-Having a pin stuck

fore.

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you

morning last,

hanse

on

arrived

Amount"on the water," advised by the