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SHIPPING.

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Oncon till Bashee January, had heavy gale. Issted till 3rd January, light N.E. wind till er bout 16th November the lespont, Captain Sole of

, N. L. Greswell & Co.)

a Point near San Fran-

and mate and seven sea

none of the cargo was

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bales Woollen Gooda Sundries

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" on Thursday, the

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tomorrow,

the 7th

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neding half-an-ounce in te of Twelve Cents for hargeable.

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Office,

16, 1868.

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1968.

DESPATCH,

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No. 1743-JANUARY 6, 1869.]

NOTES & QUERIES

ON

CHINA AND JAPAN, No-12, Vol. 2,

IS NOW READY.

With the number for January, 1869, will bo published an Index and Title-Page for the Second Volume, which concludes with the number for this minth.

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Lieut-Col. Gordon's campaign with a useful and intelligent survey of this gene ral course of Chinese affairs in connection with the Taiping Rebellion. It has been objected against his book, we are aware, that the section which relates to the Ever Victorious Army" is dispropor tiouately small, in reference to the chap ters giving the author's views on Chinese There being only a limited dumber of politics in general; but for the European the present, Volume in stock for leading, reader, bringing to the perusal of such a early application will be necessary to secure work as this, in nine cases out of ten, copies. De doora kang only the scantiest stock of previous TABLE OF CONTENTS.. knowledge respecting wen and things on NOTES: The legend of Hang Cheng this side of the globe, such explanatory Chow-Chitièse Salutation Dance and chapters are in reality indispensable, Amateur Action of Speling Our own objections for such we have nese Medical Practice; Mode Spelling

THE CHINA MAIL,

to another, seizing city after city, swoop ing in an ever-narrowing circle around the inuense central stronghold the rebels had made for themselves in Soochow, and finally compelling the surrender, on the 5th December, 1868, of that laat great bulwark to the rebellion. With him during this eventful period, there co- operated, undoubtedly, large, forces of purely Chinese troops, among whose commanders there wore men whose abi lity and courage Gordon himself was the first to recogniza and extol; but their armies were at best the inert body which was thrown into the breach; to Gordon belonged the hand that struck, the head that planned, and above all the soil that

(To be continued.)

the History of the Southern Sang Dy-against Mr Wilson's work are of a differ-animated the onward movement. nasty Wu San Kwei and the Minga;ent characters but to these we shall Taming of Wild Catila-in Formosa, advert below. ¡Presentation of Umbrellas; The use of.

the Custard Apple, -Cochin Cluns:

The facts connected with the assump

a

LOOAL.

penalty of $100 the full fenalty was $500, but the defendant had been carrying mails a long time, and had never hissed a mail beforo.

for two months for having stolen a neigh- Awah, a carpenter, was sent to hard labor bor's plane, and deposited it temporarily up his back.

A chair coulie in the employ of Mr. Con- ter (P. M. S. S. Co.) was charged by Mr. Jarinan with having attempted yesterday The pass produced was the property of ozo of the Registrar General's own gervants, to change a pass not in his lawful possession.

wlio it appears had lost it while on visit to Dr. Bowman's servants, Prisoner had rau away this morning when taken down to the Registrar General's office, Mr. Center gave the ocolie a good character; dut Mr. Good- lake said he was coupelled to fine the coolie $2. The ne was at once paid."

A barber named Cheung Sam Shin, whose face la familiar to the Gaol authori ties, was charged with having stolen a blanket. Mr. Goodlake said he would ac- addition of hard labor. commodato him for six weeks, with the

Exported from 1st July to 31st Deo-

Fine Silk, Silk P. Goods, Panjur,

cases and bales 10,017 1,717 3,819

QUSB

Cocoons,

bales

1,045

Preserves,

boxes

3,119

Fire Crackers,

tous

488

Matting,

rolla,

2,830

Glass Bangles, Tea, Cassia, Sugar,

candy

1,818

tons

077

piculs 7,145 picula 520

thoat (pablished in the China Mail of 10th

Sundries, packages 14,880

October last) of the first half-year, that is, The above totals compare favorably with

in demonstrating the circumscriberl nature of the Company & traffe on the Pearl river. The decrease in the quantities of some articles is more than made up by their creases in the quantities of others, yielding an overplus freight of, say, $8,000. This increase of freight, it should be stated, accrues from larger quantities of Silks and Cassia being exported, which is usually the asc during the latter half of the year, and Dot by making an inroad into the trade of Customs weekly returns, have been and the native craft, which, judging from the

mutinis to do so se long as the Company are doing a flourishing business, and ahali rest satisfied with the monopoly."'

the

Sylph. The question, therefore, as to the jurisdiction of the Court in cases of per- sonal injury, or of any damage done by a ship, may be regarded as settled, where the parties injured are the plaintiffs; bat hand we have the case of a suit for damage. instituted by the representatives of the sufferer. This constitutes a differenc which the Court fully appreciates, and, th.refore, it has, deferred its decision.. Withous attempting to anticipate that decision, we may observe, that if the Court

done by any ship, it would be strange if it of Admiralty exercises jurisdiction in

should be confined to suits brought by the cases of personal injury, or other damage

actual sufferers. It was argued by the defen dant's coudsel, in the case before us, that no

of

of

Court had any jurisdiction in suits for: perd exocpt under Lord Campbell's act, whiols

injury brought by

by representatives, Statute in confined in its operation to Courts Tron cylinders in Bridge Building, Moretion by Lieut-Colonel then Captain--

of Common Law. But it was very properly about lenna in China.

answered, that the 7th section of the Ad- Gordon of the command of the Chinese

miralty Court Act, 1861, includes the rights QUERIES-Chinese Army and Navy, disciplined troops near Shanghai in 1863 By, the Macao steamor of this day we learn

The term Ambalang; Chinese Cannon

von by Lord Campbell's Act, and gives in are so generally known by all readers in that H. M. gumbout Leven, respecting whose Chair-coolie No. 591, who gave his name

respect of them a jurisdiction to the Court Names of Chinese Drags; The this country, that to do more than briefly safety so much anxiety has been felt, hasa Woo Abing, was charged ou suspicion of

the Court of Admiralty has jurisdiction in of Admiralty. It is difficult to see why, if i Shrub; Cities of the Dead near Cane summarize them here would be a useless need for further tears on her accoutit. We property of a French gentlemans she is

claims to Shipping property brought by arrived at Macao, and there is therefore no having atole $150 from his chait, the

respect of claims for wages brought by the task. The force which Gordon first led have not been able to obtain the particulars left the Colony. It appears that Dr

representatives of Masters and Scamon, and REPLIES The Wax Insect,--Dialect to independout victories was originally of her cruize, but hope to do so to-morrow. Lagrange medical gentleman who is

used in Chinese Plays;-Chinese Oficial organized in the latter part of 1861, by

gross earning for the latter half asigues of biabrupts, the representatives Ranka, Jade Stone, The former acan American named Ward, a brave, fate of the French corvette Le Monge. She latcly to the North-paid a visit.to the the above-mentioned fire, over that of tufioled by a ship should have no locus Considerable anxiety is felt respecting the travelling over the world, and who has gone year does not show an increase of at least those who have been sufferers by damage count of Penäby, The Eight Gods, unscrupulous adventurer, of that well left Saigon for Yokohama via Hougkoug out in the chair outil he returned. On be at a loss au tracing the falling off in definite jurisdiction conferred by Statate in Lifo Boats in China; Introduction of known type which the filibustering spirit, the late we singurely muss that no his return he found that the coolies and the the trade, so the proper cause the policy respect to such damage. The Admiralty French Consul lately, and left the above the first half year, the shareholders cannot studimore especially when there is an in- the 1st November fast and has not since Respect paid to Written Paper; The Pouraged in the United States with accident has befallen her, though we can money had left him, although the chair of charging high fares. Eot them also jarisdiction is peculiar and, in some reis Temple near Whampon: The Term view to acquisitions of Central American scarcely hope that she will turn up safe and was remaining By the aid of the Redirect their attention to the modus operandi pests, independent. It embraced, at oue Wai-lo, Monster Bamboos. Books territory, produced in great abundance sound after so prolunged a disappearance, WANTED, ERRATA, NOTICE TO COR-between ten and fifteen years ago. Find

gistrar General, who produced the surety of the Shanghai Union Steam Navigation time, every cause originating in the transac for the chair No. 591, prisoner was secured. Company, which, with a capital of only tion of Maritime Commerce, and alloffenses RESPONDENTS,

ing his way to Shanghai, as mate of a We owe a sort of apology to a certain Mr This man stated that he stood surety to China Afail Office, 2nd January, 1869,

trading vessel, after participating in Benjamin, whom it appears wo erroneously the prisoner, who was owner of the chair: Walker's foray into Nicaragua, Ward represented as dofendant in a most unsafishe had known prisoner for some years as contrived to enter the service of the local factory duse heard bofore the sitting Police Mak Sung. But prisoner, not at all abash authorities, to whom he proved useful in jain the apology is due we are not at all surety, and that the surety had got hold of Magistrate yeatorday. To which Mr Ben-ed, swore that he knew nothing about the collecting and keeping together the band decided upon, as the designation printed him because he could not catch the proper of runaway semen of all nations with last night was pointed, to say the lesat of man-His Worship remarked that he could whom they hoped to be able to make it, tothe right stable, if the saddle was in not complimout the French gentleman open head against the rebel incursions which &mousure placed on the wrong horse." The his sagacity in leaving the $160 in a chair began to threaten seriously in the course correct name, however, of the tuan who was while he called upon the Consul for an of 1860. In that year à great, and it yesterday fined $5 by Mr May for kicking hour. But he was quite satisfied with the was hoped, decisive movement eastward" Benjamin" Menghim. He was described only three months.

a Chinese chair coulte in the groin is guilt of the prisoner; he would give him from Nanking was made by two enorm in the summose as ous Taiping armies, whose progress to employ of Gabboy & Co., and his namas within forty or fifty miles of Shanghai was not given in Court. The error wrose, carried all before it, and whose head howevor, by our Reporter having ham

intentionally misled by an Armenian sabor

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General,

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REVIEW.

tin, and of the suppression of the Tai-Ping Rebellion. By Andrew Wilson. With Six Maps. William Blackwood and Sous, Edinburgh and London, 1868, demy 8vo. pp. xxxi, 395. Hongkong, Lane, Crawford & Co. Cloth

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certain Jew in the

A curious case, illustrative of the manner which many men are induced by coalie brokers to start to foreign parts, was heard. Laung Alun, a Kinking shopkeeper, was charged with having kidnapped three Chi-

169,000 Isela, is fortified with a reserve of 80,000 Taels after an existence of no more than two years, and the handsome return of thirty per cent, to the shareholders. Such a concern as this cannot fail to prusper

enaigu, and the bunting which was hoisted The Chetor's squadron have changed their on New Year's day, is yellow ground with a dragon in the centre, which perhaps means that the gallant commanders of the mosquito fleet have received their commis sions from: Peking, raising them to the status of Nayal officers in his Alajesty's vierhaps the Imperial cabinet was dent at Peking, to the adoption of this

1 by the Maharajah of Customs resi measure after the occurrence of the late

Calestinis were

seen quite busy

committed on the bigh seas or on board any British vessel. This jurisdiction has been greatly curtailed by the jealousy, of lawyers who feared its interference with the busi- ness of the Courts of Common Law and of Equity It in gradually recovering much boon the desire of the late Fudge, as it mani of this lost jurisdiction, and it seems to have festly is of his learned successor, not to ex clude any case which can possibly be regard od as falling within the jurisdiction. For our part, and speaking in the name of our Maris time Interest, we desire to see that jurisdio, tion extended. There are still defects in our Admiralty procedure which wo wish to ste done in the way of reducing the scale of siended, and something remains to be fees, more particularly in appeals. But,

quarters were triumphantly established dinats of the Magistracy, and only half of the ese unor the following circumstances. Itaquabble.-On Sunday morning last the notwithstanding these defects, the Court of ‹ in the rich and commanding city of Soo-defendant's real name consequently appear appeals that three tea-driers-most miser paddy fields at the back of Honan the Admiralty is a tribunal of great and special

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value to the Owners of Shipping property,

of obtaining water" the Celestials scem, to entertain" employment hore at the remunerative rate high opinion, and it is said to be administer-

Trade expands, the utility at a Court com. and, indeed, to all concerned in the Carry-

ing Trade. Year by year, as our Maritime,

a

to distinguished Judge, and of the furlie stitnted to deal solely with questions arising out of that Commerce is felt and ander- al Gonemittee of the Privy Council whors. cases have been appealed, have provided a Judy of Admiralty law applicable to most casos which may arise, and governed by the most recent Statutes, Questions more particularly of jurisdiction occasionally pre- aunt themselves, und, when they do, it is to entertain them, and reluctant at all satisfactory to und that the Court is ready times to close its doors against any suitor.

chow. Shanghai itself was besieged and ed in our report of) THE EVER-VICTORIOUS ARMYA assaulted, but was held against the rebel which might be considered attachable to induced ly the personer to go to Hongkong for preservation in bottles. Of this Sky ort of yesterday. Any odium able looking fellows they roto hong kong ing up bite of too hoteles. Of his 1941 pick- History of the Chinese, Campaign un-uttack by a small force of British and the fact of a ruan emerging from obscurity from Shanghai upon a promiss of obt der Lieut.-Col. C. Gordon, c.B., French troops, left in garrison there through the police coluions of a newspaper of $30 a month. On reaching this El Desod like doses of medicine to those who wartood. The very careful decisions of the during the advance of Sir Hope Grant's from the shoulders of Mr Menahim to those radu, prisoner suggested first that they get an attack of fever. The prognostication

thus appears to have been, partially shifted army upon Peking; and when, in 1861, of a gentleman pon-resident who owns this should go on board ons of the coulte-ships the allied commanders assembled, as Shanghai after the restoration of peace connection with either the acts or the sur- should try Macao; upon hearing the real surname of Benjamin but is innocent of any now in harbor, sad failing that, that they with the Government of China, measures name of the real defondant, We make meaning of these propositions the poor tea of active hostility against the rebels who this explanation on behalf of the gentleman drio shouted out "laliloong," and got the still blockaded the land approaches to

or gentlemen who may be injured, on prisoner apprehended and charged as above Shanghai were determined upon as a

behalf of the public, and also on

behalf

His Worship asked, of

Lif aDy Mr

free was used Menahim. Cookery 11 The memorable episode in the recent vital necessity. Assistance was there journalism is a wrong against which the tuat the magnetic attraction of the $10

by the prisoner, when the ten-driers said as applied to history of Chim and of her connexion for lent to the Chinese authorities in public must be protected; and if Mr Me-month was the sole Inducoment. Mr Good freeing the thirty mile radius" from unbin did not mean to chance the casting lake said that there was then no kidnapping with Great Britain, which is constituted rebel occupation; and Vice Admiral of any slur upon the reputation of an ab whatever and he was not sure that the by the formation of a brigade of troops Hope, throwing the whole of his inum-sent inau, he must be glad that we have prisoner haul uet something against them. trollable energy into the work before staully removed that possibility by Prisoner would be di charged, as there was armed and disciplined on the foreigu hini, gave unlimited support and counts giving this explanation.

no kidnapping. He was sorry that the system, under the leadership of a British nance to the adventurer Ward in arm-

tea-driers had not got their $10 a month, but they came down of their own free will

(FIRST NOTICE.)

Codeil at Hongkong, we have been furnish

at the weather prophets that we shall have sincerely to be hoped that as regards their severe winter, has come to pass; but it is prognostication that the ensuing summer will likewise be a nevere one, they will be disappointed and stratie in their vaticina tions.-The Flower-boats are in sahes and templating a trip to Tris00 sorrow, and the Graces are said to be con persecution set on foot by Movey, the To cap the newly arrived superintendent at oxecutions, against the residents of Flowerboats, fire broke out in the neighbourhood of South Gate ou Sunday last, which des troyed some half a dozen houses of ill-fane; but the origin of the fire is stated to have been purely accidental. The other half of

MISCELLANEOUS,

Or Tuesday the freedom of the City of Edinburgh was presented to Mr Bright in the presence of a vist assemblage of peoplo

Mr

Engineer Officer, together with the ex-ug, equipping, and drilling the body of By the courtsey of M: H. du Chème. H.1.M. they should never "throw away dirty water the open space at the back of the American in the Music-ball, Mr William Chambers, tmordinary caroor of victories achieved by the valour of this force and the genius of its commander, undoubtedly deserves

w

s pre-

www.

Chinese who had by this time heen zauded with a programme of the approaching that prisoner had their clothes; when boen purchased by a prominent American

until they got cleau." The tea-driers said Consulata, erat Dent & Co.'s hong, bes the Lord stituted for the disorderly band of Euro saigon Faves on the 6th and 7th March His Worship replied that if they were pean deserters originally constituting bis next. We scarcely suppose that any of our

gentleman. for $900 for the purpose of force.

not given up, he would grant a sum- The strict noutrality which the crack moelioraes or ponies will be sent down mous. So soon as prisonos got out of converting it into a flower-garden, perhaps British commanders were compelled to toumpete, although the prisca ara sufficient-

in reviving the memory of Magnoliae of the that a careful racord be preserved, while serve, so soon as the distance of thirtyly high-ranging from 5,000 to 1,800, 1,000 the dock, he made trucks, and a rather old factory gardons.-Monday, 4th Jan. contemporaneous recollection is still miles from Shanghai was reached con (the native raeus are "sorately should be of the poor ten-driers through the precincts and 500 francs. Horses carrying weightésented by the futila and seared scamperings

amusing but distressing spectacle was fresh, of its details and attendent oircumfined the operations of their troops with entered before the 4th Maruh prosimo. of the Court after their 410 man and their stances Of all the anomalies that chance in narrow bounds; but Ward was su Profesional Jockeys are allowed to ride. clothes. They implored the Court further or necessity has introduced in the method ported by an irresistable force in retaking but have to give weight to gentlemen riders, with teara in their oyes, aud

and holding the various walled towns of our dealings with the Chinese Empire, within this limit, and eventually, passing none has been more startling than the beyond the charmed eircle, did good servico, in the adjacent Province of Che- fact that to British aid was mainly due riang, until bis career was cut short ou the salvation of the prosent dynasty from the 21st September 1862, when he met imminent overthrow at the hands of it a soldier's death in the act of leading an

no incident in the bistory of the last few

TO-DAY'S POLICE.

Mr Goodlake on the Benth. A-Chinaman, in the act of stealing a pair of trousers last night, fell down the steps biderable gush in his head. He said he leading to Castle Read, and made a con- was a chair-coolie, and claimed that he had

.constablo

Goy-

years deserves to be regarded by English-plined Chinese force, already deno snatched a silver baugle from a child's returning them,-His Worship auswered the ship-as in a collision or by the Mas- cases. Mr Bright predicted would happen men with more legitimate pride than theated the "Ever Victorious Army," arm. It appears that an Indian-an old nurses would not explain his rug tor of his Officers, is well known; and this in the base of Ireland. If we got rid of

tioned

Bright's speech is acknowledging the ho

Provost, Was In

was in the thair, nour conferred upon him, was chiefly re- trospectivo. Ho did not believe that benest statesmanship was an abstruse and difficult brauch of knowledge, but he believed that "if, when we come to consider a public ADMIRALTY JURISDICTION. ghest in store able to strip it of all the The Court of Admiralty has this week re-

which do not really belong to it and (Milchell's Maritime Register, Nov. 7.) get at the pith and kernel of the matter, our intellecta are so much on a par, and was sent with them to discover the Kiu-Able interest to the Owners of Shipping honestly and rightly, that nearly on all- served its decision upon a point of consider that, as a whole, we are so anxinus to act kring shop-keeper who had devoted his property, and t

ncessions we should be able to come tu an the legal profession, so fa attention unsuccessfully to colie-catching. as it is concerned in questions of Maritin early and wise agreement as to the course

A coulie in the employ of Government at the lokfelain Water Works, was charged tho Owners of the Gabilfare by the repre

Law, A suit has been brought against which she public should pursua," As illus- ernment tools, viz. a stone-breaking ham injured by that ship. The nature of the from public opinion, but upon which publie with the unlawful possession of sumo Clay juntativos of a person who had bee:. various matters on which he bad differed trating the remark, Mr Bright referred to mer and an iron belt. A letter from Bir injury sustained, or the manner in which it opinion had some round to him. With re- insurgent subjects, almost at the identi attack on the fortifications of Tsze-ki been a house-poolie to a gentleman in Kidd, tire overseer, was produced, in which was infisted, are not questions which enteigard to all these questions, he thought Dear Ningpo. To him succeeded a North Court; the gentleman, however, failed to the modest request was made that the into the present consideration of the case, that if they had been carefully looked at cal homent when the few remaining Carolivian named Burgevine, who, un-recognise the blood-stained thief. Upon fellow might be whipped, in order to deter The learned counsel for the defondants has without prejudice there never could have resources of the same dynasty were being scrupulous and rapacious as his prede, which his Worship gave the raeval six others from stealing tools. It was shown excepted to the jurisdiction of the Court, been any difference of opinion about them. by the constable that the prisoner dropped and, antil that point is decided, it is need. He instanced the double Government of vainly exhausted in a hostile collision cessor, failed to exhibit even the redeem-weeks' hard labor,

ing trait of animal courage which veiled Wok Aheep, & Chinse who calls himself the tools and ran with British foress; whilst, assuredly, the many réprilsive features in Ward's à priest but in placed on the Change-aliest ever said that be got the tools from the data go into the particulars. That the india, the Russian was, the Amariest Way Court of Admiralty has jurisdiction in case and in tly the question of parliamentary character. Under Burgevine, the disci- as a vagabond, was charged with having over and he did not know the law of of personal injury, whether committed by reforms. What had happened in tha man nearly stone-blind was walking along biz fourteen strokes at the scene of the mad the Owners of a steam-vessel for th

ting away. It would be necessary to give jurisdiction has been upheld where a party prejudices and notions of. Protestantism remained for several months inactive the road with a child in bis arms. Prisoner

and Popery, which really had nothing record of the brave and disinterested, at its head-quarters, the town of Sung (the vagabond alias priest) came forward offence, and then six weeks hard labor loss of his wife, who was killed by an explo whatever to do with the question, and services rendered by their gallant couz Klang Fir, some twenty miles from bogan-paying compliments to the little without receipt of wayes.

sion of the boiler. The most recent, as wel: simply looked at the pish and kernel of it, dar Gordon to a cause which he Shanghai; until at length in Jant-affiti reoved a silver bangle from the OUR Canton correspondent writes of this jurisdiction by the Court of Adimi.dopt and carry out the practical polidg

while. kissing the

as the most remarkable, case of the exercis we should all agree that it is necessary to supported as the sole existing bulwark of ary, 1863, a stoppage of supplies child's wrist under the use of the blind Sunday and Moulay before las; a grand ralty is that of the Siph, decided toward which has been sauctioned in the Parlia accurity and order. The campaigns of his the part of the authorities led to a fracas An Indian named Hussein Khan procession has been the order of the day in the close of the last year. The plaintiff wa ment which is now expiring, and which little army, brief us was the period of the result of which was Burgevine's dis saw the kissing and stealing done, and rau the neighbourhood of Uld Pagada. Ja marine diver, and was augaged in many persona are confident will be save their total duration, shed, so bright a missal from command by the Governor after the scoundrelly thief, catching him appears the temple wherein the sage Loo his avocation in the Mersey on a certain day lustre on their leader's name and so of the Province, from whom his appoint with the stolen laglo; in his haud. Pri Pa, from whom carpetitty is said to have in October, 1866. His diving operation. be created. The education question, tan, the Parliament which is about to by amply vindicated the title conferred in ment emanated. Mr. Burlingame, the somer said that he was "chin-chiming one a though we be just were carried on by means of a burge an- would soon have to be solved by the people niyango; somewhat boastfully, upon his U, S. Minister at Peking, generously the child, when the bungle dropped to the one a thorough rear, consequently the chored in the river, to which he was attaclef England, as it had been solved dine wiggl

It having been shown that prisoner had their duty to make it known in as catants him and the barge. While he was unde in British North American possessions, events of 1863 and 1864, could mich an vain insisted upon Burgevine's reinstate been somewhat dilatory in restoring this tious a manner as possible, in proof of their

the water, the Sylph, a ferry steamist, passed the Australian colonies, and in many of the account have been produced by a partici- ment in command. Ordara to this effect bangle, his Worship gave prisoner two high appreciation of the talents of the great close to the barge, and her paddies fouling States of Europe.

We have done so pator and an eye-witness of those stirring were sout down from Peking, but wereontile hard labor:

Bage. The injury which the premises sus the diving gear, the diver was brought up, many things," said Mr Brigit, that after occurrences, would doubtless have been boldly ignored by the Governor, Li- Captain Baker, of steamer American, ap-tained is stated to have been cansed by the hailed with very great satisfaction by the Heng-chang; and on the reiterated re-pared to answer a summons at the instance falling of the top of the Old Pagoda during carried round by sue of the paddles, and all I hope we shall begin to feal that water Bustained injuries more or less berious do even this," On Wednesday Mr Bright reading faiblie in England as well as in quest of the latter that a British ofheer of the Postmaster General, for baying de the unprecedentedly heavy rains in the The case had gone to arbitration, but the received at the residenes of Mr Mare, Immediate proximity to the scene of the might be placed in command of the force, vessel from 26th December 1968 to 4th Ja- fail to remember the inundation at the old tiff took his case to the Court of Admiralty. tish Chambers of Agriculture, who stated tained a mail from Singap re on board his summer of 1856, when old residents can award not having been executed, the plain a deputation of directors of the Scot- narrative. It is to be regretted, indeed, the sanction of the British Minister was nuary 1969. Defendant, in reply to the factories, which was occasioned by the that for woch record, enliveted and at length reluctantly given to the ap Bench, said that he had no reason to give freshet, and which neessitated the plying defendant that the Court had no jurisdiction, game laws, road reform, and other kindred was contended broadly on the part of the thiews upon the law of hypothec, the authenticated by personal experience, pointment of Captain Gordon, then com- why the mail was detained, and there was of sapsus from the stair base of one's and, certainly, no case which would catab subjects; and on Thursday Mr Bright as has been given to the world; but the manding the Royal Engineer detachment no one who regretted the unfortunate cir- domicile to that of his neighbour. The lish a precedent in favour of the plaintiff's elected an honorary member of the Edin- next best thing has been accomplished in at Shanghai, as chief of the Ever Victo-eumstance more than he did himself. In a falling of the top of the Pagoda the Celes petition. could be found in any of the Ad- burgh Chamber of Commerce. The hon. the work before us, where a compilation rious Force. Taking the command from largo vessel it was necessary that certain Gals thought portended evil to the City, ofiralty reporte. But it was competent for gentleman made a speech acknowledging duties should be portioned to cartain, off- Rams, in which superstitious belief they the Court to apply general principles; and, the compliment, and dwelt at some length from official and newspaper reports, col-Captain Holland of the Royal Marines, cer; and the malls were under the charge were strengthened by the breaking out moreover, the 7th section of the Admiralty on the taxation and expenditure of the lated with the private papers in the who had been temporarily placed in com of the Purser. This mail had been received three months after of the Arrow wax, Court Act (1861) confers a jurisdiction over possesion of Lieut.-Col, Gordon, himself, mand, and whose management was early in the morning on abarting from Sing which we all know dealt a heavy blow to any claim for damage done by any ship, EDINBURGH is about to rival Glasgow in has been performed with commendable unhappily distinguished by a sous pole, and had been unfortunately thislsfit; this other metropolis of the Celestial By virtue of this section the Court of Ad- the attainment of perfection in Wadd an

defest during an ill-conducted attack on he (lefandant) did not even know that there Empire.

miralty has of inte claimed and exercised a ly. The town council hars decided upon My Wilson, the author of the work the city of Tui-sang, Captain Gordon was a mail on board. He had been saveral. The subjoined summaries of importations jurisdiction to which it had long previotisly; taking measures for the construction of

years engaged in before he adds to a finent pen the assumed the duties of the post, for whed, time under contract; and he was very sorry pauy's vessais, may prove useful to the where a collision had occurred between an St. Mary's Legh, & Buntos believed to squal carrying maile, part of the and exportations by the Steam-bout Out been a stranger. In the case of the Diana, works fur conveying water to the city from advantage of a considérable personal he had volunteered, in February 1800 for what had cutitred-His Worship re-shaveholdsta in that institution. English and an trish vessel in the Great in sine respecte the famed Loch Katrine. acquaintance with China, in so fursa Shortly after this date he received an marked that in a mercantile colony like this Imported from 1st July to alat Des. -- North Holland Canal; in that of the THE last unmber of the Perlin Kladder residence of several years duration in Imperial appointment conferring the it was of very great importance that no de-

Malelna, where the injury was enstained datech, or Punch, has been seized, for ike Hongkong can confer familiarity with mak of Brigadier General; and in the lay should arise in the transmission of our

by a barge within the body of a county, the publication of Carreature against the de Barge is being a sd-going vessel; and fit in the Prussian budget. the adjacent Empire. As editor of this course of barely nine months he had not respondence in fact, it was difficult to

the case of the Uhla, where the Falmout! Journal during some years previous to only completely organized and prepared overrate the importance of such matters to

n place like Hongkong-Defendant

Docks Company were the plaintifa, and 1860, be witnessed the development of for warfare his small yet heterogeneous ed that nont felt that Defendant repeat

brought thoir action for injury done by the the events that shortly preceded the force, but had actually carried on at one himself. Mr Goodlake observed that the

ship to a breakwater all these cases period with which his present work, is and the same time an extensive series of master was, of course, responsible for the

aud they do exhaust the list the concerned, and be has thus been enabled victorious operations, hurrying his in conveyance of mails on board his vessel, and

Court of Admiralty claiused and exercised We introdues and conclude his acopunt of vindible Three Thousand fromone triumph, he would have to impose the mitigated Sundries

furiadlution, as it did in the case of the

Force, that a simple narrative of the supported by Sir Frederick Bruce, in ground, and he picked it up to restore it, wombippers of Loa Pan have deemed it by ropes, with an air tube passing between it had been solved in America, in Canti

Judgment.

Cutton, Cotton Yarn, Lead,

pige Quicksilver, fuska Tin, Opium, Ginseng,

cassa

520 Cotton Goode, cases and bales 3,051- Woollen Goods, 11

packages 13,852

balos

49,949

8,700 8,211 1,266

elaby

408

Dheats

-287

It

country.

in

THE Greek Patriarch at Constantinople has refused an invitation to attend the Ecumenical Council to be held in Rome af the end of next year.

Tuz Gaulois announces, although in s somewhat roundabout manner that the Empress of the French is enceintopita