1876-02-05 — Page 5

No. 8984 FEBRUARY 5, 1876.].

LOSS OF THE HE. “Rowaang,”.

started, and Naomi slawed out to wind- We are informed by the Agent of the Chl ward, just shaving the point, Naiad na Merchants' Steamer Co, of the destruc- sailed froer, going faster through the tion by fre of the Co's steamer «Howsang water Noiad was the first to break har (Captain Lamont) at Shanghai. By a tola tack, but when she met Naomi was still to →gram received to-day (which has been kind- leaward, Wore dropping behind a little and ly placed at our disposal) we learn that the Maskes hammering along in her wake. steamer caught fire at midnight of yester. Naiad went about when able to weather Kellett's Island, and made a long board day while lylog at the wharf; she was fall into Causeway Bay, but Naomi feeling sure of cargo outward for Swatow. The fire she could weather Kowloon point held her raged until siz o'clock this morning, when reach, and was rewarded by just nicking it. Ways followed Naiad's tactics, and the two the vessel rank: It is hoped that the machi- of course went a long way clear, but neither nery and portion of the hull will be saved. appeared to have gained much by the move, No lives were lost. She had on board about here are obliged to beag up Masked carried away her bowsprit, 11,000 packages of merchandise a very The Channel Rocks were rounded ‹-- good freight for the season of the year- upon which and the vessel the Company itself holds a risk of Tin. 28,000. The How- ang left Hongkong, on the 21st ultimo, Her loss is calculated to somewhat discon

Naomi, Naiad, Ware,

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9h. 57 co. 9h. 58m. 105. 1m.

THE CHINA MAIL.

times before. Six months' hard labour, and to find security in $50 for twelve months, in default to be recommended for deportation,

LARGENY

learning anything, and only showed the other side that we are capable of doing any thing where a pony is concerned.

Yours, do.

HUANGHAI,

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M. J.

scarce, they are merely stacking dirt till warlike among themselves, frequently making the rains afford them an opportunity of raids to the Big Land, and returning in washing up. The wash-dirt is plentiful and triumph with the heads and jawbones of shows very rich, and a good number are on their slaughtered victims, the latter becoming the ground, which is reported as extensive, the property of the murderer, and the former One of our informants says that the pros of his who dopitates the body. The jaw- pectors come into Byer's Town and took hene is consequently hold us the most valued half-a-ton of meat with proportionate stores trophy, and the more a man possesses the with them; that the gold was very coarse, greater lie becomes in the eyes of his fellow and that they had then over 25lbs. weight, men. When at Baibai I tried in vain, to get with some very large nuggets. There is a jawbone from 100 others, placed together some discrepancy in the statements of our as á bundle upon a stick, together with five informants, as one says that he was informed skulls; but I could only procure the latter. by one party of prospectors that the rash The murderer sold it for a piece of tobacco. was on the head of the Palmer; while While walking in the foreste at Boign I came another party of diggers reftirned from the upon some forty human skulls, covered with and Mitchell. It looks almost as if there women, but I saw none belonging to a child,. field state that it is on the head of the Tate dead loaves; they ware those of men and were two rishes, and we trust it may be so, and all were greatly decayed. Only a fort- though we must await further particulars night before our arrival a war party had Town rations are at Cooktown rates with armed with clubs, spears, tomahawks, bows, before speaking authoritatively. In Byer'e gone over in three canoes to the mainland, the cost of carriage 6d. per ib. added, and and arrows. They suffered the loss of four beef is a shilling. The latter commodity men, and returned. The Papuans on the will, however, soon fall in price, as an oppo- mainland hold those people in great dread, sition has started in the shape of a Chinese for, in combination with the Baíbal and arrived on the scene. The same rule as to turn generally victorious." The narrative butcher, who with his cattle and pigs line Danan tribe, they scour the country and re-

rage the Company in their new Insurance and both ran down wind within hailing wharf ho directed him to take a letter to Mr O B. Bradford, Vice Consul-General prices holds good' at Maytown, but the continued: At the furthest point reach-

vonture.

Tas match between the Hongkong Cricket Ofnb and the 60th and 28th Regiments was

finished to-day, the result being :- Cluby.....

let innings, 91 Sud

35

87

and

60th & 28th Regts, lat

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34 --121

The Club thus beating by.........66 runs, The best score made in one innings was 34 by Corporal Newton, but in the second innings he appeared some what disheartened and played a little rashly, and was thus ruur out, scoring nothing. It was evident from this time in whose favor the game would end, but they contested gallantly to the last. The Band of the 28th was in attendance and attracted a great deal of Interest, every one seemingly intent upon criticising their performance. They are evidently well up to the mark, and master about 34 strong. We will, we trust, enjoy many opportunities of hearing them.

Ar the Marine Court to-day A. Colony, J. Graby, T. Roloff, W. Peters and W. Shults, seamen, and T. J. Woone, W. Redley, J. Smith, and R. Redley, apprentices belonging to the British barque James Vinicombe, were charged by Peter McPherson, the inaster, with refusal of duty on board to. day. The Captain having been sworn stated that the defendants, when ordered to go to their duty. this morning, at 8.30 refused, and said they wished to see a Magistrate as they had beon short of provisions.

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The defendants ananimously said, defence, that they had been short of pro visions and some of them that they had been beaten and maltreated in a meat shameful manner. One of the apprentices said, that the treatment they had received at the hands of the Captain had prompted them (the apprentices) and four of the crew to desert the ship, which they did on two ocessions, but that they were caught and brought back another apprentice stated he had been flogged over the head and shoulders with a rope until he was black. and blus ́all over, and there were sores on

And Naiad with commendable smartness had her topmast on end and spinnaker set in's july. Naomi eventually followed suit distance all the way to the shipping, but Naiad gradually drew ahead under contented herself with sbaking the reafs a preas of sail, taking first place. Ware out of her main-mail and setting a bal loon fb on spinnaker boom, and the way sus said balloon jib and spionaker boom performed gymnastic evolutions was a sight to Whomever the sail began to draw the sheet was slacked up, and sway sent the boom to, the masthead, the rail and flying about like a huge flag, dapping and time of course she was falling still further astern. Naiad and Naomi ran a splendidly close race down to the leeward mark, Noiad gybing round at 10h. 40in, followed by Naomi at 10h. 40m.

& busy place now with stores, &o,, and the depth was still two fathoms. Even so

MANILA JOCK, Cheang Phu Kang, derrant, on board ile-During the course of next week French barque Charith was aburged with 1 hope to send you the results of sundry stealing $20 from Capt. Here, the trials, we I am building a house under the master of the vessel. The complainant had Black Rook, and will not again get wet two $25 notes and about ter or eleven $1 when it rains. notes in his pocket book. One of the com partments of the pocket book happened to get broken and complainant was sewing it. In doing so he had to place the notes on When the repair. the table in his-abin, was finished, he replaced the money back to the book which was then put into the

(Courier & Gunsite.) The Faouling brought down from Cheloo the cabin and then went into the hold to a zoological ou now shape of pocket of a coat. He hung up this cost in give the Chief Officer some information, young ahe-wolf, which is now in the posses being absent about half an hour. The animal is small, of a light tawny colour, alon of a resident, who hopes to tame her. bia return. he put on his cost and came and her bead much resembles that of the ashore to pay a tailor's bill, and it was then found that one of the $25 notes saordinary Chinese dog. She appears to be lost. When the complainant came ashore, of a retiring disposition. he had taken the defendant with him in the same bout, but on arriving at (Jan 25) in the U.S. Consular Court, before An action came on for hearing to-day vessel in the barbour and that after delivery

and Captain Bouso and Mr S. D. Webb he was to return to the wharf at once, ence to the wharf, where he found the known silkman and Mr Augustine Heard, packing goes on briskly. The reefs are far in the interior-it is influenced by four the discovery of his loss, he went back at assessors, between Pang-e-tai the wall. Carriage is 2d. more. Byer's Town is quite the Mai-Kassa was ten yards wide, although defendant returning in about five minutas only partner of the late firm of Anot doing much at present, but are content tides daily, as when the first waters nee afterwards. Without saying anything to Heard and Co. within the jurisdiction of to wait for the trial crushings so soon as the sea a rebound is caused, so that the him about the loss, he took him before the the Court at the time the action was the rains make the grass spring-Cooktown second half-tide is of slightly longer dura

tion than the first, The rise of tide at the. French Consul, who advised complainant to brought. The Petitioner sought to recover Herald, go to the Station. While in the Charge the sum of Tls. 11,258.88, being the cost of

THE NEW RUSH.-The locality is stated furthest point is from 3ft.. to 4ft., but its Room, the missing note was found concealed 18 Bales of Silk sold to defendant on the to be about thirty or forty miles beyond waters are entirely fresh. It is on secount of in his leggings. The defendant admitted 4th April last, and 80 per cent of the value Byerstown, and report says but without the sluggish motion and continued depth of the charge so far that he picked up the of 16 Bales Bills which were shipped en sorraboration so far as we are concerned, this river that makes me believe it may run note while sweeping the cabin floor. Six consignment through the defendant and that large, coarse gold is being found and for another 100 miles into the interior. Birds month hard labour.

drawn against to that extent; and he prayed that there is plenty of country. Without of Paradise which we had bcasionally seen in for an attachment against the goods and rushing wildly on to an unknown spot, or coming the last four miles were found to be shattels of A. Heard & Os. The defendants upon foregone conclusions, it certainly plentiful at Snake Bay, and three of these admitted the claim, stating that they had would answer the purpose of some of our beautiful creatures were shot in the short on the 18th April 1875 pald petitioner sunogenpied diggers to make themselves time we stayed there. The body and wings THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE cheque for the amount on the Hongkong acquainted with full particulars, and chance are brown; top of head yellow; throat AND THE STAMP AOT. and Shanghat Banking Co., who, although their luck for the new year-Cooktown emerald green breast purple; while the

in sufficient funds to meet it, declined to Courier. To the Editor of the "CRINA MAIL,"

feathers constituting the under part of the nash it owing to their having received a BONGKONG, Feb. 5, 1876

bushy tail are of a reddish tint, gradually telegram to the effect that the defendant's

dying off to brown at the extremity. A bos Sta,-Having been entirely in ignorance firm in Hongkong had suspended payment

constrictor was likewise shot, 16ft. Jin, long, back to within five minutes of the last Meeting and were largely indebted to the Bank.

having a protuberance in his body 144 inches of Stonecutter's Island, Naiad stood well of the Chamber as to what subjects were They stated that an assignment of all their

in diameter, which when out open proved to over towards the Cosmopolitan Dooks and to be discussed, my remarks were, I fear, effects had been made in Hongkong, and

be over-roached a trifle, which after all is not crude and ill arranged. The point hote that proceedings in Bankruptcy had been over-ult was one is well ahead, and ever, which I desired to urge was that the instituted in one of the Federal Courts of Naomi with a little sorowing up fetching siap tax has proved a valuable sourds of the United Sates on the 24th August, 1875, the mark the two vessels were pretty close to revenue; and that whilst it is undoubtedly Mr Wainewright appeared for the Petitioner each other again, Naiad rounding at 12h. 8m. tax on trade, it in no way tenda to retard and Mr Robinson for the Defendant. and Naomi at 12h. 12m.; Wave following or trammel it. There is not an item in the Judgment was reserved. at 12h 19m. Naiad's spinnaker boom was schedule which on entering into a trans down and spinnaker bent on to halyards as action of business any oue considers for a she went round, and having already swayed moments and now that people have become up her topmnast and set a fib-header top familiarised to the use of stamps, the trifling ail before passing the mark, she went inconvenience at first experienood is for down wind again like a streak. Naomi for gotten. some unaccountable resson gybed her main- Bom over to port after rounding, and was

sec., and Wars at 11h. 7m. Naiad walked away as soon as sheets were harden- ed in, Naomi making the mistake of beating up in the strong breeze with a swaggering big topmast aloft, and the result was be was being beaten all the way, Naiad while the took the harbor for it, other two best

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CORRESPONDENCE.

Japan.

NAGASAKI,

The small-pox is raging in Nagasaki and wo regret to say is greatly on the increase. The natives are attacked in great numbers, and no proper precautionary measures appear to have been taken to arrest its progress it has now extended to, and is making he too amongst the seamen belonging to the American men-of-war now in part. Five have been removed to the Hospital, and a sixth has died. Let a concentrated action on the part of all take place to stamp out this plague. Cleanliness is a good prevent stive, and the drainage of the town should be at once put into as perfect order as There are now eight men-of-war in port, nevertheless the streets present a very deserted appearance. The seamen of the respective ships are prohibited from coming on shore, owing presumably to the preval ence of smallpox The U. 8. flag-ship Tennessee ban not yet finished her over hauling, nor will she be in ship-shape trim for some time to come. The Kearsarge and Yantic are expected to leave for Shanghai on or about the 20th inst.Idem.

Commercially speaking business is very dull, and in this respect Nagasaki does not appear to have recovered from its holiday

What then is the object of altering the arrangement, excepting for the purpose of a long time getting her splinsker eet, and reducing the smonut paid by some suction ruzning by the lee all the way down to the of the public. This is manifestly the real mark lost dotisiderably, in fact, any chance intention of the movement, and the Com- which she had at this period of the match mittes are to be commended for their ferti was entirely wiped out by the mistake.lity of resource and for their promptitude in Wave again sat her balloon fib as a spin- seeking to protect the revenue by stone naker off the wind, and her crew seemed saddling their neighbours with the burdens better able to handle it, or perhaps had get of which they desire to relieve the Compa. The used to it and its trisks, and, she bowled nies which they so ably represent. along merrily but a long way in the year. idea is certafaly an original one to charge Naiad rounded the mark at Cow-e-chow, the non-issuing Banks, who are virtually possible-Cosmopolitam Press, considerably ahead, and now, barring large depositors with the Banks of issue, a accidents, held the cup safe. Naomi portion of the Stamp duty on the note housed topmusst this trip up, and did much froulation which they hold in their tir better in consequence, but Naiad was not. This was well met by the rejoinder of M. to be caught and passed the line a winner de Guigne, who suggested that the privilege at lh. 56m.; Naomi passing at 2h. 8m.; of haue be withdrawn in favour of the Wase, with a jib header set, following at Government. 2h 19m. Naiad having to allow Im. to As to the cost of circulation, it is a mere Naomi, beats her by 12 minutes, and Noo-bagatelle. The notes are not here exposed mi allowing. Wave Em., takes second honors to the mischievous postias at home, and by 9m. The time was exceedingly good transmission by the post as at and when it is remembered that the beating to instead of going out after breakfast, and windward was over a strong flood tide coming back to dinner, an is usually the throughout, and the weather clearing up case with Provincial Notes in England, the made the match one of the most enjoyable chief portion of the Hongkong note currentrance Idowe

ey, vi, the lower denominations of notes, continues to circulate for years. Only a few days since, out of a score of notes paid in, picked out several belonging to the three accountants who are now hardly even elder Banks of issue signed by Managers

known by name to one in ten of the present Hongkong residents.

of the season.

his head for some time afterwards and that Tas following is the order of Service of St. his hands were then tied behind his back John's Cathedral, Hongkong, 6th Sunday and he was thrown on top of the house, when the Captain brought out a revolver after Epiphany, 6th February, 1876 :- and threatened if he moved to blow his brains out. Several of the men recounted similar agte of cruelty to which they had been subjected. The Captain, when asked by His Worship if these statements were true, said he had certainly struck some of the men, but they greatly exaggerated the case. He explained that he had been short of provisions owing to having made a long

Evening Prayer at 4-Reader, The passage from Sandalwood Island to Colonial Chaplain; Prescher, The Rev. J. Amboyns, and thence to other places where B. Ladds, 3.N.; First Lesson, Proverbs, he was unable to obtain supplies. He was this. In answer to His Worship as to why 25; Psalms, 40 and 42 Monk, alteruately; quite willing to compensate defendants for Second Lesson, Acta, XII. 37 to xx1I. he had shipped all foreigners, he said by Magnificat, 76 Monk; Nunc Dimittis, 99 Monk; anthem, "Praise the Lord, U. grew, which he shipped in Bunderland, were Jerusalem No. 18 Ecott Hymn after first all sent to Gaol at Deal, and he had Sermon, No. 49 in Anthein Book. to telegraph to London for a stew when these men werze sent down..

Bis Worship eald he thought all the trouble TEM Daily Press publishes the following had arisen from the shortness of provisions, and ordered all the defendants, excepting telegram

"the apprentices, to be discharged, and each London, Feb. 1-The Northern Euroy to receive $3.00 compensation, and that 50 have verbally aubmitted the scheme of guilders (44.9.4), which had been paid by Count Andrassy to the Forte, the others the Captam to recover the eight men who ran supporting them. The Porte promises to away, be paid in aqual shares by the Ind, consider the scheme. #th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th defendants, and a man who is on board the ship aiok, at the rate of 20/24, each.

YACHT BADE.

Alashing rase was mailed to day for The Storekeeper's Cup." The sourso was from Kowloon Coal sheds eastward

round the Channel Rocks, thence down through the Harbour round a Mark-boat off Cow e chow; thence round & Mark-boat

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fisposita ten years ago.

There is a rumour of a new line of stra contemplated to run from Bhanghai to Yokohama, in opposition to the Mitsu Bishi

Mall Steam-ship Company, Idem.

HOME NEWS.

It has been decided to build at Pembroke dookyard two armed despatch vessele, double screw, with engines of saven thou and horse-power, indicated. They will each carry ten guns and have a displace ment of about three thousand seven hun- The probable cost of these dred tons vessels will be 100,000 sach

the body of a whole kangaroo only partly digested. While waiting at Cascade Point and Snake Bay, Mr. Smitherst had succeed- ed in taking photographs with his apparatus,

that a good idea of the general cheraster of the scenery in the interior will therefore The Regent of Malang has been created be obtained." In the course of the discussion a Kaight of the Order of the Netherlands which followed the reading of the paper, Lion. Rumours are purrent of a marriage the President stated that the Church Mis between Prince Alexander and the Princesssionary Society had within the last four year Beatrice of England.

established ten missions on as many island. on the Coast of New Guinea, and wers steadily feeling their way into the interior. The credit of this work, however, is due to the London Missionary, not the Church Missionary Society,

A reward of $10,000 is offered for the ra- apture of Tweed, the exMayor of New York, who recently escaped from custody. Mormon has been sentenced to two years imprisonment for polygamy

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Judgment was given on Dec. 29, in the case of the Die Nuvilme Sicle, which published an article from the pen of M. Sarcey on the 9th ult, maintaining that the Association of Sainte-Enfance, which col loots gifts for saving Chiness children, is an immense fraud and a vast imposition. The tribunal sentenced Mr Sarcey (the originator of the polemio which has been carried on in the newspapers on this subject), M. About (manager of the Dic-Neuvilme Sicle), and the printer to pay jointly 1,000 damages. MM. Sarcey and About were, moreover, fided-1800 each, and the Diz Neuvième Sidole was ordered to publish the sentence.

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Quotations.

HONGKONG, Feb. 5, 1870.

OPIUM-New Patna, qash... 0024

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13.

aredit, 607 Old Patna, cash-

orodit, Now Benares, caah, 606

credit, 570

Old Benares, cash,

credit,

New Malwa, aah, 586 credit, 500

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Allowance Taels, 4a 8 Old Malwa, dash, 590 credit, 595 Allowance Taels, 40 16

CAMPHOR QUICKSILVER, ... SALTPETRE.

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Exchange.

The Staatsiourant contains the following entre fiel According to a tologram from the Japanese Government, addressed to the Japanese ambassador at Vienna, dated Tokio, December the 8th & Portuguese, named De Roza, had tried to defraud the Bank, 6 months sight, Datch Company at Yokohama (query the Dutch Trading Company) out of a sum of three millions of dollars by means of a false letter of credit, said to be drawn by the Japanese Government, on a pretext that

ultimo, Antonio da Silva, V. S. Deputy The endoavone has miscarried, and he has At about 2 p.m. on Monday, the 27thmen-of-war were to be bought for Japan. Marshal, and an assistant named William led to Ameries or Europe, and perhaps Warner, prosseded to one of the gin saloons intends to try his luck there by the same to arrest several mon bolonging to the means. The ambassador hereby warps all Kearsarge and Tantic. Om entering, to their persons against this man," surprise, they found about 26 American seamen in a state of inebriety, from a too free use of the Garibaldi's poison. Immedi-

Credit, 6 months' sight,......

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Shanghai, demand,

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On Caleutia, Bank demand,...R 225 Bombay, demand, ....B 225. 721 Shanghat, 30 days'-aight, ...... 73 Sycco, Bar Silver, 17, dwts. B., Mexicans, ... Gold Leaf, English Sovereigns, Australian Sovereigns, Discount,...

Bhares. Hongkong Bank, 7 per cent, preza H.K. Fire Ins. Co., $547 China Fire Ins. Co., $143 Victoria Fire Ins. Co., $89 H.K. & W. Dock Co., 36 % dia. China Traders' Ins. Co., $1800 Union Ins. Society of Cauton, $600 Chinese Insurance Co., 4418 North China Ins. Co., Tus, 825

J. Marine Ins. Co., T. 107 Yangtare Ins. Association, Tla, 590 HK, C. & M. 8,-host Co., B dia. ex div. Union 8. Navigation Co., The. Shanghai Steam N. Co., Tis. 74. Hongkong Hotel Co., $60 dia," Chinese Imperial Loan, £102.

Temperature. RoRexona, Feb. 5, 1876,

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Morning Prayer at 11-Reader, The Rev. J. 8. Ladds, x,.; Proucher, The Managers of Exchange Banke no doubt Bishop of the Diocese; First Lesson, Pro-have a warm day's work now and then in verbs, 1; Second Lesson, Matthew, XXI. signing a fresh batch of notes, and they to v. 23; Venite, 6 Mercer; Te Deum, 7 might well be spared the drudgery which is

The total quantity of tes delivered from Mercer; Benedictus, 2 Mercer; First Hymn, wholly needless-the costly engraving of

the bonded warehouses in London for the No. 128; Kyrie, O. F. A. Saugeter; Second the plate and the character of the paper ately on seeing the marshal, a cry an if from week ended the 18th inst. was 3,061,9821b.,

constituting the real Bank note security, Hymn, No. 448,

a pack of savages was raised marshal, you of which 1,997,0111b, was for home con Where can be the oppression of a tax and your negro, we will kill both now,"

sumption, 689,1711b, wasremoved constrise, amounting to a payment of interest at and an instantaneous attack with knives, 245, 232b, was exported, 125,9061b. war one per cent. per annam upon the Banksticks and stones, was made on the local sent coastwise for exportation, and 3,7631b, note circulation of the Colony? There is executioners of Yankee law. The marshal was for ship' stores, The duty received not bot weappy time the equivalent finding several knives in too close proximity amounted to £48,948, which, when compar. would not be happy to use the equiolent to his breast to be agreeable, and seeing ed with, the £68,976 received for the pre- of two millions of dollars under similar seven men attack his confederate Warner ceding week, exhibits a decline of rather conditions.

who had nothing but a small cane with more than 7 per cent. Doubtless the present is a favorable mo- which to defend himself, finding him-

Daring the week ending Des. 24. D: ment for entering a plen od mixerscordiam, self overpowered by four most excitable but I venture to submit that it is not men, battling with them whilst on his Dudgeon, of the London Missionary Society, the cost of circulation, of about one and back on the floor, and sincerely believing now home on furlough from Peking, has a fraction per cent per annum, which that his own and Warner's lives were in been addressing several mostings in London. Spoile the Banks' dividends, but the money imminent peril, was most reluctantly comOn the 10th inst, at the Young Men's borrowed five and six per cent, which palled in self defence to resort to the last Christian Association-rooms, In Sloane- the Banks can now as ill afford to pay a extreme mesure, to draw his revolver and street, he interested a good number of some of those since wound up the sight fire three times. Self preservation is the young people, and not a few of their per cent, at which they received large first law of nature. Two of his assailants uniors, thered together, by Miss Butler, (Taken at Meurs, Falconér & Co.'s Frémitsi,

were wounded, and the others at the smell the sealous lady who has formed the Feb 2-It is believed the Porte will Although the proposition of the Commit of the powder kedaddled in double quiak Children's Medical Missionary Association accept Count Andrassy's scheme.

tee with reference to the reduction or redis time. Whilst on the ground, one of the men and the same evening he addressed. a Feb. 1. The majority of the life senators tribution of the stamp charge on Bank made a meat Molent attempt to stab Da mesting at the Presbyterian Church in On the 10th & numerous elected in France are moderate Re note circulation appears inadmisible, their Silva in the heart, which was only frustrated Belgravia, publicans. MM, Buffet and Dufaure were suggestions with regard to the ad valorem by the thickness of his cost. That cost pro company of medical students and other not elected. It is expected that M, Buffet stamp on Bills of Exchange are entitled bably nay & the assailant from now languish guests accepted the hospitality of Dr and will resign

to the cordial support of the Community,ing in a felon's cell under the capital bharge Mre Farley Clarke, at Harley-street, Caven The Democrats have introduced a Billas aled the increnee of Partnership Proof murder. A Japaneko ran to Dr Silva's dish-square, to whom De Dudgeon gaye & into the U. 5. Congress to impose a duty test and Power of Attorner stamp, to assistance and for his temerity got a severe brief history of medical missions in China, coffee upon of three cents per pound and which might advantageonely be added a cut on the head Warner repaired very & most amusing account of Chinese medical fifteen cents on ten.

tax on Proxies and on Dogs. I am well rough handling. The two wounded men science, or rather rescience, which provoked

The following is given in the London d pleased that so great a unanimity of opinion were of course taken on board to be dealt explosions of laughter, and short descrip prevails as to the inadvisability of any with by Court Mathal. It is the act of tion of his work at Feiring, necessarily China Express, dated December 24 ima paneral reduction of the stamp duties, and either a coward or a madman to use a bowie curtalled by the lateness of the hour. On reserving to some future occasion any knife, and the introduction of is into our by the 17th, Dr Dudgeon mek a few Dec. 10, Ballona (str.) from Hamburg te remacke as to the value of a stamp taa etall community cather be too strongly Members of Parliament and friests of the in Hongkong a principal source of deprecated, of too severely punished.

Anti-Opium Movement at the offices of the

Shangbai, The condust of the Proprietrem of this Anglo-Oriental Society for the Suppression Dec. 16, W. L Lewis, from Cardiff to

Manita, sit, Dear Sir,

rowdy Garibaldi dram shop, which is a dle of the Opium Trade, befors whom he laid "grace to the settlement and a source of most important statements, not only as to Des. 17, Lord of the Isles (str.), from Lone

nightly annoyance to the neighbourhood his observations upon the effect of oplum in don to Shanghai should be thoroughly ifted and proper China, but to the opinions and intentions Dec. 17, Anna, from Cardiff to Honge punishment meted out to her Throughout of the leading statesmen of Peking with ong the struggle she urged on the unfortunate; many of whom the Doctor has had intimate seamen with such exclamations in Kill the scquaintance. We hope that next year Dr Dec. 18, Stentor (str.), from Lávarponi ša marshal and his negro. We can all under Dudgeon will repent his viale so the metro- staud the evil effect of stish words on the polls and have the opportunity of laying heated Imagination of men, thready madden toms of his vast stora of information before as by the rotten poison applied to them larger audiences. by tale sample of the feminler gender. We russ the Qonal will thoroughly investigate her conduct. Idem.

Feb. 1-The Princess Beatrice is engaged to Prince Louis of Buttenburg, sea an

The Duke of Edinburgh shortly aztimes

Obituary-John Forster,

off Chúng Hue, thenge round & vessel | a naval'command for two years.

moored off Yow-mu-tes, back to Cow-e-chow and Chung Hue, and finishing as the 8, 8. Parotteet

The vessels and stations were 1---

1 Wave

2. Maskes

B. Naiad,

Naomi

A fresh breeze from the Eastward with strong squalls and occasional ne rain made the lookout to windward rather diamal at the stert, and Ways hauled down s oduplu of resfa and housed topmaat. Masker, ted

Police Intelligencé. (Before the Hon Qe May)

(8th February, 1870.

FOND OF FOWLE

Long Asing, a hawker, was charged with stealing a fowl belonging to a family in Canton Ballar. The defendant was iden- tified as having been three times in geol before, two of which are for stealing fowls, Mr May sent him to alt months hard Inbour, and ordered bim to and security in Howu two resis also, but kept her top recommended for deportation.

fot for twelve months, in default to be on sud. Nami housed topmast and singlo- realed her mainsail and forensil, while

AN-ÖLD EATEN.

| Tatonüe,

Yous faithfully,

GRANVILLE SHARP,

SPORTING ITEMS,

To the Editor of the " Outra Maman

Homerond, 8th February, 1876.

It may interest some of your sporting reader to know that the Sulky lot attempted a trial this morning, between their poules Sulky and Tallapoosa

The attempt was noticed by Mears nivey and Patil, who at onde sent me and * China boy back to watch it..

COOKTOWN.

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At the meeting of the Geographical Society. on the 13th inst., when Sir Henry Hawlinson socupied the shelt, a paper by Mr Octavius

THE FAMEL There is a new rush, and a Stone, on the discovery of the Mai-Keess of

1, the Chins boy, and a Horse keeper or Wated canica Whole lower walls and top-running away with another man's trousers Irosion on to mais, and we all got wear a good one, at good, wong tay ta crot Sandy baster Biver, and on as yorage of Elatoves

away

came on to raid, we all wet and Oakey turned out tipke partier who to New Guitar was and waking of the which reza ass out to dry. The defendantThe pantes afterwards went home with brought the news luto Byer's Town state inimbitants of that country. Ale Stone Frid At ten minutes past ning they gets wanidebilded as having been in geol several put a trial, so that we were all sold, without bini ike raak is good, but water bring her by actin thess google are bloody and

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