No. 4431,-SEPTEMBER 12, 1877.]
TEITY THEPT,
Chun Asze, a gardener, was sent to one month's hard labour, for stealing a blanket from a Chinese passenger who took passage In the Namoa to go to Swatow
FIGHTING,
U Ashst and thres others were charged with fighting with poles at Wing Lok Street. They came to blows in consequence of a dispute over the sale sud purchase of some cakes. Fined $1 each, and to give security in $10 to keep the pace for one month.
PEETY THEFTS.
Lee Awal, cook, was charged with steal- ing some iron bolts and free plats from Captain Sanda's Slip. The defendant was cook to the Chinese workmen, and he took
the man's tillin to them and was returning home with a basket of wood chips. The Indian Watchman, Juman Khan, searched the basket and found concealed therein the old irons.-21 days' hard labour.
Trang Ahing, a coolle, was found inside Captain Sanda's Slip with some old Iron and nails in his possession. He did not belong to the establishment and had no business
to be there.-7 days' hard labour.
CORRESPONDENCE.
A KEYLESS REQUEST.
To the Editor of the "China Mail."
Hongkong, Sept. 11, 1877.
The British barque Miaco, from Glasgow with general cargo, arrived on the 4th September, 111 days out
H. B. M. gunboat Curlew arrived from Labuan, on the 6th September.
The American ship Swallow arrived on the Cih Sept., from Singapore, in ballast.
The German brig Tartar arrived from California on the 6th Seph, with general cargo, 81 days out,
The British ship Zamora arrived on the 8th Sept., with 400 tonn coal from Hong kong.
The Brit. barque fienus, with coal from Cardiff, arrived on the 7th September, 122 days out
The British barque Penrith left for Lon don on the 4th September, with sugar and hemp.
The Spanish brig Constancia left for Laginmanoc, Tayabas, on the 4th Sept., whore sho will take timber for Hongkong,
The French barque Maria Charlotte left for Salgon on the 6th Sept. in ballast,
The British barque Hope left for Kobe on the 6th Sept., in ballast.
News from Laoag, North Ilocos, to the 5th August last says that the public health was much affected owing to the want of money, as the natives were driven to the necessity of living on unsound food, cones quently cases of dysentery and fever ap- peared, causing a considerable number of
deathe.
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the mountains into this beautiful plain; and men, of whom 150,000 were to be always stantinople has 7 foot and 1 mounted com- I think the situation is one of the most present with the colours, and 60,000 men pany; other hattalions have 4 companies on foot and 1 mounted. The total strength of ploturesque I have ever seen. There are in reserve or on furlough (htlat.)
2. The militia, ar Redif of 102,000 men, the gendarmerie is 83,000 men. A rogular: home exceedingly fine temples here, most gorgeously decorated, and the scrupulons divided into equal parts of first and second army corps of the Nizam, according to its theoretical composition, should consist of 24 cleanliness of everything, the perfect repair ban or cail in which the places are kept, the beautf- 3. The sedentary or territorial army battalions, 24 squadrons, and 15 batteries, fully paved courts, and fine flights of stone Mustahfiz-consisting of 300,000 men. The or in round numbers, 22,000 Infantry and steps with sever a weed between the flage, total of these forces amount to 702,000 men. cavalry and 90 guna. Taking the seven The period of service of each soldier was corps at this average strength, which may be the freshness of the gilding and coloring on the decorations, prozent a remarkable laid down at 20 years. Of this period the fairly assumed, the active army would con- contrast to the sort of thing I have been infantry soldier was to serve & years in the alat of 154,000 men, Infantry and cavalry, previously nocustomed to in China. One aotive Nizam, 2 years in the Ihtint or with 630 guns. To these must be added of the temples is situated on a little head-reserve, 6 years in the Radif or militia, and the reserve; but these have been properly land over the river which rusken and bolls 8 years in the Enstahfiz or territorial army. formed only in the first five corps, each beneath; and from a charming little pavilion The men of the mavalry and artillery distriat of which furnishes 24 battalions of in the grounds you look to the right up the branches were retained 5 years In the active the first and 6 of the second ban, or 80 beautifully green and well-wooded valley. army and 1 year in the reserve. Thirty reserva battalions; for five corps this gives a of the Min, while to the left the Cheng Ta seven thousand and five hundred men were force of 150 battalions, or 120,600 men. The plain, which from the number of trees to be raised annually by conscription for cavalry of the reserve are without organiza- planted along the roads and round the the service of the active army, whence they tion; the reserve maan, therefore, esu only houses has all the appearance of being well would pass in due course to the militia and be counted on precariously, probably, for wooded-is aprend out.
sedentary army. The militia (nadif) is form the formation of irregular sorps, but being From Kuan Haien, I ascended the Mined from 120 militis districts, each of which trained soldiers must not be quite overlooked. River, but turned näide up a tributary to furgishes one infantry battalion of tire first If may, however, be admitted that, with Li Fan Fu, the last Chinese station but one and one of the second call, the former these resourece, the Forto is able to mobilize in this direction. Here I was amongst the consisting of younger, the latter of older a regular army of 800,000 men and about Su Mu tribe of the Manies, who now have soldiers. There are therefore altogether 800 guna. Irregular corps can be found bean driven out of the valleys by the 240 militis battalions. Any conscript can with great facility in Turkey, and on the Chinese, and mostly inhabit the tops of the purchase exemption from service in the proclamation of a religious war it is believed mountains. Their style of architecture is active army, when he le at once placed in that two millions of man could be armed very like the Thibetan, with flat roofs, the militia; these battalions are annually for the defence of Islam. In addition to stone walls with scarcely any window, and called out for four weeks' training, daring these forces Turkey has claims by treaty a sort of upper story over a portion of the which period the roarults who have pur right to the military services of the vaseat roof. The official who presides over each chased exemption from the active army States of Egypt, Koumania, and Servis; village is permitted to build a high square must also be trained and disciplined. A the two lattor must from this point of view tower to his house, and these are very pro- large number of recruits constantly avalled be disregarded, but the military condition Hongkong Bank, 45 % prem.
Union Ins. Soalety of Canton, $900 minent and characteristic features in the themselves of the privilege of purchasing of Egypt, which country has already ren- villages. In the valley, all the way are exemption from active service, thereby dered assistance to the Porte, la worthy of Chios Traders' Ins. Co., $2,900 raias (and some evidently quite recent) of materially aiding the revenue, but at the some consideration. The Egytian rogular Chinese Insurance Co., $253 Mautze villages, and now and then you see
same time filling the ranks of the militia army goalsts of 18 infantry regiments, Yangiero Ins. Association, fis. 775 a new Chinese village built within a few with raw recruits. No cadres exist as yet formed like the Turkish into three batta North China Ins. Co., Ts, 860 yards of the ruins of a Mautze village. In for the territorial army. This force can lions of eight companies each; 4 rifle A.K. Fire Ins. Co., $650 the mountains, in the neighbourhood, they therefore only be calculated upon to furnish battalions; 4 cavalry regiments of 6 aqua China Fire law. Co., 1187 The Gleneagles arrived at Woosung yes-report glaciers, which is more than possible, irregular corps, and to these a considerable drops each; 3 artillery regiments of 12 bat-
for I subsequently found the snow line was contingent can be added by embodying the teries each, one-third of them horse artillery, H. & W. Dock Co., 22 die. terday (Sep. 2nd.)
upwards of 12,000 feet above the sea, and Circassians, who obtained settlements in S garrison artillery regiments; i ploneer bat-H.E. C. & M. 8.-boat Co., 14 dis some of the mountains that I saw must Turkey, and the Tartar tribes who emigrat tallon of 8 companies, and 1 pontoon train. Shanghai Steam Navigation, T. 80 have had at least 2,000 feet of their summiteed from the Crimea. These irregular gorps This force, therefore, has a total of 58 bat. Hongkong Gas Co., 875
Hongkong Hotel Lo,, $60 covered with snow. From Ll Fan Fu, I are generally termed Bashi-Bazoaks. The talions of infantry, 24 squadrons of cavalry, Chinese Imperial Loan, £105 retraced my steps to the Min River. All Bedouins of the desert could also bring and 24 batteries, or in round numbers,
Temperature. this neighbourhood is a land of marvels; over from Asia a considerable contingent of 60,000 men and 144 guns. The infantry is indeed I think that it would make a very irregular cavalry. The Turkish territory armed with Remington rifes, the artillery
Their organization is i good race with the Holy Land for first is divided into army corps districts, which with Krupp guns. place as a miracle country. Obin Tai, who are again sub-divided into regimental and obicity upon the Russian model. The army han a great love for the marvellous, was battailon districts, perfect, at all events, on is raised by conscription from the inhabi never tired telling me of the astounding papar. Up to the year 1874, eix army tants of Egypt proper. The officers of this things that happened here, and wiled away corps districts existed in Turkey. In that army have been obiefly educated at the many an hour of marching.
year a seventh army corps was added, that Military Academy at Cairo. Faw are raised Near Mao Chou there are some magni of Yemen or Arabia. A Tarkiel array from the ranks they are far superior to THERMOMETER--> A. M.... ficent snowy peaks, and early one morning corps of the Nizam consists of the following the Turkish officers, and have to pass a rounding a corner of the rooks a magnificent troops: regiments of infantry; 8 batta special examination before attaining the pyramid of virgin snow suddenly burst upon lion of rifles, 4 regiments of cavalry, 1 rank of captain. They are much better me; this was lighted up by the rising sun, rogiment of artillery, 1 company of Sappers, treated than Turkish officers. Egypt has and thrown into relief by su almost black To this are attached, of the militia of the further a well-organized. Gendarmerie of shadow over a rooky and bearer mountain, first ban, é regiments of infantry, 8 regl-5,000 men, whose officers are all selected Soveral well- About four days before reaching Sung ments of cavalry, I regiment of artillery from the regular army. Pau Ting, and at about 7,000 feet above the cavalry and artillery without cadres organised corps of Negroes and Bedouins the sea, I suddenly came into a pleasant and of the militia of the second are also embodied, some of the latter The irregular country, which lasted till crossed the ban, 6 regiments of Infantry. The infan-mounted on dromedaries. mountain pass that divides this river from try regiments of the Nizam generally con forces of Egypt, including two regiments of the Lung Ngan Fou river. The number sist of 3 battalions. Those of the Redif of Negroes from the Soudan, are estimated at and tameness of the birds was something the first ban consist of 4 battalions; those from 50,000 to 60,000 men. astounding. I had very few cartridges of the second ban as yet consist of I batta with me, and only shot what I wanted to Hon only. The battalion is composed of 8
THRRE is much difference of opinion as eat. It was never necessary to look for companies, with 27 officers, 1774 combatants, them, as there were alware plenty, galking 28 matant and ubos The to the angdiony of allping
On the one hand, it is urged that if men off after a dead or wounded bird they used dress the red fez is worn. Thoir shoes are
China.
BHANGHAI.
:
News brought by the British gunboat Curlew are that cholera morbus was making its ravages in the Northern coasts of Borneo and Sandacau, and for this reason the said SIE-In glancing at your "Correspon-vessel did not tough at that port on leaving danse" column 1 happened to read Labuan for Soolos. request from "Sigma," who was modest enough to ask me in particular, and the world in general, for a solution to the mythical character of my recent letter, bearing the plain title of Things in Par ticular." The facetious plumbing, ruling, and aquaring which he gave to these effu sions forcibly remind us that the terrors of the dog days are not only passed but that Sigma" represents the coming" man by turning up" as public instructor. It must be delightfully refreshing to "Big ma's" immediate friends to peruse, in such dull weather, those tremendona and neatly turned adjectives with which lie can so ably qualify extraordinary words and seriten- cas," and equally can they be congratulated on his homely figures of speech that possess auch a hearty Jovian ring, united with such Samaritan lore, as is rarely vouchsafed to ordinary, plebrian mortals. He has made a praiseworthy effort, that must not pass unnoticed, of endeavouring to find, even in the midst of darkness, a key" to the no- fathomable mysteries with which, he tells us, his present existence is savironed, and which may be briefly onumented, according to himself, as a singular inability, arising frem mental obtuseness, in understanding the drift and moral of my late spistles which were not vulgar saugh in diction for his capacity.
I can well afford to smile at the magnani- mous way he has of shirking what is to hlm and my other late opponents a very Kecessary and commendable tank, viz-to judge others charitably, and discard that odions kind of misrepresibain lately came before the public, in the Chine Mail, branded with the witheringly qualifying phrase, "deliberate falsehood There is, I apprehend, no "key" required to unlock the meaning of that ebarge; and, until it is disproved by him at whom It was defiantly hurled, I shall consider it a doubly sacred duty to abstain from fur ther parley with him or the acrimonious clique, of which he is an acknowledged and well-known unit.
We hear that myriads of the insects, resembling small caterpillars, which have Occasioned so much wonderment in the Settlement during the last weak, settled on a camphor-wood aheat of drawers in the bod-room of a resident in the Nanking Romi. No sooner had they settled than they formed themselves into divisions, battalions, out-posts and pickets; and thes, with the industry of ants, commenced, to weave & web of considerable dimensions. The outer and main line of the web were of astonishing strength, while the inter- vening lines were finer and more artistically executed. Their work was watched with great interest, and many opinions were expressed as to what it all was. Not the least amusing one was the suggestion of an engineer, that the little creepers had been sent from above to weave a net to protect the Woosung Railway until further cou sideration had been given to the project. We fear the Chinese will not view them in this light.
ho the road wide and
to come out of the bushes three or four at of the natural colour of the leather; their are permitted to fire at great distances they
(Taken af Meatre Falconer & Co.'s Premies, Queen's Road.)
HONGKONG, September 12, 1877. A.M....
BAROMETER
30,082
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Shipping Intelligence.
The following is porrected from the latest London and Colonial Papers :-
VESSELS TO ARRIVE, AT HONGKONG.
When left. Nams.
Feb.
From.
Remarko.
Sunderland v. S'pora
New York
Cardiff Cardiff
17, D. McB. Park, --Astrea,
19, Cygnus,
28, Birling,
27, Fortune
Antwerp
Cardiff
Hamburg
8, Staghound,
Liverpool
Antwerp
Autwerp
Cardiff
Melbourne
Liverpool
Hamburg Penarth
Penarth
Liverpool London Falmouth Ponarth
Hamburg London
for Canton
The hearing of an action was commenced in H. B. M. Supreme Court yesterday (Sept. 3rd), before R. A. Mowat, Esq., Acting Assistant Judge, and a Jury, in which Captain Lyell, of Chefco, claimed Ts. 2,000 from Captain R. Paul, the com- mander of B.B.M. gunboat Mosquito, for the wreck of the danie Gray, about eight miles from Chefoo, in January last, when
a time. They are not the same as the small and handy knapsacks are black; will be liable, while only inflicting compar plaintiff, who was salving the cargo, was taken as a prisoner from the wreck to Che- Shanghal pheasants, for they have no their arms are various; the Martini-Henry atively little damage upon the enemy, to foo in the Mosquito, and charged before the white ring round the neck In the moun-ride is the adopted weapon of the infantry, expend an undue amount of their ammuni-
8, Rota, Censul with impeding the salving opera-tains are Ibex, wild sheep and musk deer, a million of these arms having been ordered tion, and consequently may find themselves Ar
13, Vega, tions, and with threatening to throw the and two or three days away from the road, in England and America, but as yet the short of cartridges when they arrive at The Redit of the time when their fire will be most effective. paymaster of the Mosquito overboard. For Red deer are found. Sang Pan Ting is troops are still to a great extent armed witholoser quarters-that is to say, just at the the two offences he was muleted in fines the last Chinese atation but one on the converted Sniders, amounting to £55. It is now claimed that road to the Koko Nor; everything in very second ban are armed with Enfield and On the other hand, it is argued that the his arrest was anjustifiable, and that he is now about the place, and the Chinese Remington rifles, purchased in America very act of firing lends a great moral sap-10 David, With regard to my "extraordinary words accordingly entitled to damages. The case population rapidly increasing. The Mon- A cavalry regiment is composed of 6 aqua-port to the advance, by taking away the 11, Naworth, and sentences," I must say that the cynical was only partly heard, and was adjourned, gols bring in here vast quantities of skine, drons, and consists of 98 officers, 885 com- feeling of moving defenceless under the 12 Chandos,
18, Alstra, On the batants, 45 non-combatan'a, and 898 boraca. enemy's fire; and that, moreover, very sneer levelled at them instead of disparagThe case was concluded yesterday (Sept. deer's horus and musk, for sale.
The pastures near, there are large herds of yaks They are clothed like the infantry except considerable damage may be inflicted upon 15, Sophia, ing tends to bring the facetious and learned 4th), in H.B.M.'s Supreme Court.
Four aquadrons are armed with This latter opinion is very forcibly ex-19, Melusine, "Sigma" more into "note" and under jury gave a verdict in favour of the plain and oxen. The Yak is also extensively that they wear high boots over their trow the adversary by fire from a distance. 16, Meteor,
used as a beast of burden, and 1 can testify sers. the well-carned smile of contempt from all tia, and assessed the damages at Tia" 300.
that the beef is excellent. My landlord at lances, sabres, and pistols or revolvers; the pressed in a work recently published by two 26, Martha Jackson, those who have read my lettera, and who Defendant has also to pay the costs. can intellectually speak of, and give an Franklin B. Hi hmond, the man who Sung Pau-ying was a Mahomedan trader two others with sabres and Winchester Austrian artillery officers, "On the value 26, Alexandra, opinion about, their etymology. Let him escaped from the U. S. Consulate à few who had been to the Koko Nor, and des.repeating rifles; these latter are still of two of infantry fire at long ranges," in which 27, Kate Carnie,
A battery of tako aim more coolly and deliberately whom 30, Ciluranm, consult his dictionary more, and weeks ago, was resterday (Sept. 4th) tried cribed the journey in winter as something patterns, one containing 12, the other 16, it is pointed out that men will naturally 30, C. R. Bishop, "equireen satire less, and then the before Mir, B. Bradford, Acting Vice- terrible. The country to the East of this cartridges in the magazine.
wanted" key might present itself even Consul-General, for obtaining goods from is inhabited by the Sifan, a people in field artillery consists of 4 officers, 100 they are at a great distance away from then Je in the eleventh hour of a mental dark-sovers! tradesmen with Intent to defraud. appearance very unlike the Chinese. They combatante, 7 non-combatants, & guns, and when they are closer to the enemy, and nees, rendering fature requests less lmper The circumstances of the case are well have some very good ponies which, after 114 horses. A horse artillery battery is that it will be much more easy for the tinent and more recommendable to the known; the prisoner, who virtually offered the little animals I had become accustomed similarly composed, bat with 171 horses. latter condition. The Deutsche Heeres-Zei- right side of practical actice. It may be no defence, was sentenced to 60 days' hard to, looked gigantic horses. I crossed the Formerly an artillery regiment consisted of tung, also, in an article on the came ques ridge that divides the Min from the Lang 12 batteries. divided into 4 battalions of 3tion, recalls to mind the enormons losses Interesting to inform Sigma" that those labour. whom I have endeavoured to shield from The day of the small river gunboat, whose Ngan Feu river, at a height of something batteries each, one of the battalion being suffered on more than one occasion during recent upmanly aspersions cannot be proud function was to He within the mouth of over 12,000 feet, and ther rapidly descended home artillery, but of late an additional the late Franco German war by the Ger of my advocacy since they do not know me, creeks and beat periodically on the tomtom a beautiful valley endosed by immenso battalion of field artillery has been added man reserves and supports from Chassepot 13, Dartmouth,
to each regiment, which therefore now bullets which had passed over the skirmis-14, Denbighshire, pine-covered mountains. I never saw a Indeed, I am not the least ambitious to warn pirates to commit their depres pheasant once, over the ridge, and the consists of 5 battalions. The batteries of hers at which they were aimed; and infors 14, Helicon, that they should, as I require no more tions elsewhere, is evidently nearly over. prominence than that which my present We mentioned, some time ago, that the climate seems very diferent; from the the 5th battalions have, however, in many from these experiences that vary great 17, Oneida, position afforde ms. That ought to be Governor of Chekeang was talking of having extraordinary verdure here, I should think instances not been as yet completely formed. damage may be inflicted upon distant bodies 18, Benry Lippatt, small steamers built to replace those in his it must always rain in the upper part of The field artillery are clothed like the infan of the enemy by systematic long-range 16, City of Halifax,
try, the horas artillery like the cavalry. The firing. The Heeres Zeitung, therefore, urges 19, Lord of the Isles, London Penarth jurisdiction; and we find from the Gazette this valley.
From kers I came down the valley through normal arm of the ariillery is the Prussian that men should be carefully and constantly 21, Clara, of the 23rd August, that the idea has been already put in practies in Kwangtung. No Long Ngan Fou and Mom Chou, back to steel breechloading Krupp gun. But many instructed in this kind of firing during 26, R. C. Rickners, London v. Newport less than sixteen small steam lautches have this place, after a delightful journey and different systems of bronze and steel guns time of peace, in order that they may be, Cuba,
able to develop to the utmost on the field been introduced for Police purposes on the generally very fine weather. Up to to-day are still in use.
7. City of Limerick (s.), London three grost rivers which intersect that pro-I have not had anywhers a really hot day. mitrailleuse have also been started, but of battle the power of the long-range wea
10, Agamemnon (a), Liverpool A PECULIARITY of the German service is
Gaxhaven vince. Their total cost has been Tla 98,860, Here, it is always dull and overcast, raining have not as yet beau attached to any pon which they now carry.
I walk of the artillery regiments. Turkey is rich
10, Niagara, The cavalry are generally the large amount of theoretical instruction, Horse, and they cost per month Tis. 4,148 to off and on, but as yet, not hot. maintain. The ides is an excellent one, about here, and no one takes much notice in horses.
purchased at an average cost of £12. niso to the non-commissioned officers and 14, Abernyte, and if honestly commanded and used, they of me except the littk boya-N. Q. D. mounted on stallions of Turcowan breed, which is given, not only to the officers, but 18, Jessie Jamieson, Cardiff ought to be of great service in soppressing News.
Their draft horses are obtained from men of the army. The Revue Militaire de 18, Carl Ritter, piracy in those much-rexed waters.-N. Ở
Bessarabia and Hungary at an average cost Etranger gives an outline of the course of 35, Globe, D. News.
of £32. It is worthy of remark that the studies, which is as follows:-General in-, Ferdinand, The following observations on the troops in the remoter garrisons are usually struction is given in the school, which is ganization and strength of the Turkish supplied with part-worn clothing not con- held in the evening on five days in sach Máy army at the date of the declaration of war, sidered good enough for the regiments week, by officers of the regiment or garri. 9, Goodell,
No organised son, and sometimes also by civilian profes. 5, Abbey Cowper, translated and abbreviated from Colonel quartered in the capital. Rustow's work published at Zurich in 1877, military trala exists in Turkey. Baggage sore. Non-commissioned offloars are re-, Edward Barrow, Antwerp will be interesting to many of our readers and provisions follow the respective corps quired to have a good knowledge of arith 19, Norman Gourt,
The first attempt to form the Turkish on carts or baggage animals. The sanitary metic, including the addition, subtraction, 30, Wylo, army on a European model was made after arrangements are very defective. Much multiplication, and division of fractions, Juns
enough,
I am, &o.,
ANODYNE.
Manila (From the Manite Papers.) Another batch of five criminals, who re- ceived their sentence together with their ahlefs, executed on the 9th August, also suffered the penalty of death on the morning of the 1st September,
The 1st and 2nd prizes in the September drawing of the Manila battery correspond with tickets numbered 10 and 7515 re spectively, and the Diario says that this time the big prizes have not gone to China but to the provinces, being Isabella (Cage yan) awarded with that of $16,000. For
hands of the Government.
The Oceania learns that an industrious and intelligent resident at Manila intende establishing an Ice-making machine there of the new air compreuing system and without the use of any chemicals.
last, there were no import of either gold or
silver. The exportation consisted of $4000
worth of gold dust and $8000 worth in gold
baro,
MIECHUEN.
We have been favoured with perusal of a private letter from Bir Baber, dated the 6th July, in which he describes himself as drifting down the Min River in delicious weather, winding among low hilla covered with fir and insept wax trees.
THE TURKISH ARMY.
A few batteries of
2, Marco Polo, 4, Melbrek, 4. Faugh-a-Ballaugh, London 4, Rhuddlan Castle, Cuxhaven
F'dinand Brumm, Portsmouth 9, Elmstone,
London Cardiff IL Candidate,
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Ponarth
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for Amoy
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Cardiff
New York Cardiff
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AT SHANGHAI,
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New York
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AR CELZOO,
To the South-west an enormous mass the destruction of the Janissaries in 1826, cannot be said in favor of the Torkish and to be conversant with the weights and 4, Bormanu, want of telegraphic communication it can- of rock thrusts its head and shoulders above but was hardly followed out with energy officers. The subalterns are in most ra measures lately adopted in Germany. They, Birohvale, not be ascertained whether the tlaket 5410 the clouds. I first detoried it from until 1843, in the reign of Abdul Mejid. spects hardly above the level of soldiers. must be able to write an essay in a clear and 8, Navesink, has been sold or has remained unsold in the distance of more than sixty miles, and Their system in many respects resembles. Up to the rank of major they receive cloth-concise style on a given subject, the hand 14, Adolph,
knew it at onse. It is the holy mountain that of the Fresalan. The Mahomedaning and rations from Government the same writing to be flowing and legible. They 30, Hopewell,
8, Leander, of Omi, on the borders of Tibet, and the population was alone made liable for milian the men, and the four officers of a com- must also be able to write a good letter, July bourne to which I am journeying is its tary service, and even these were allowed pany have only one room assigned between expressing their wants or their wishes in
many exemptions which still, for the most them as quarters. The field officers are in plain and intelligible manner, and they 11, Golden State, summit.
"I am roughing it in a somewhat compart, hold good, although since 1885 the a better position, and are well paid, but must have a general knowledge both of 17, Belle Morse, plete sense; no bed; no mattraan, and Porte has endeavoured, without much their professional attainments are as a rule history and geography. The soldiers must
The following not much above those of the subalterns, be acquainted with the first four rules of Mar. During the second fortnight of August Chinese food. The day after leaving Chung-success, to reduce them.
Theoretiel in-23, G. F., king was so appallingly hot, and the inn we Mahomedans are for the most part free Promotion is a matter of favor, and there arithmetic, and be able to write a clear 16, Bessie Morris,
27, put up at so insectivorated, that I slept from liability to serve -Those of the is no incentive to study. The discipline of report of any occurrence. on a hill side with a coolls to fan the district of Constantinople, on the ground of the men, however, is on all sider admitted struction is also given four times a week- mosquitoes away. In a few days I shall be ancient privileges; those of the Island of to be exemplary they are remarkably namely, twice by officers and twice by noR
counterpoise to the Grook patient, sober, and contented. The army commissioned officers, on matters connected Ver. among mountain snows; and as my extra Candia, as eluthing consists of three pocket handker population of the island those of the serps is divided in tims of war into two with garrison and field duties and on mill 7, Alcosits, chiefs, I fear I shall have to wear a blanket Albanian District of Soutari, to guard the infantry divisions, and each division into tary art generally. Instruction relating to 25, Babylon, There were no bayers for the frigate Be. all day.I shall probably be back in Chung-Montenegrin frontier also the Inhabitants two brigades, but in time of peace the staff the arms they carry is also given to the of several districts in Armenis, Kurdestan, of the army corps is alone maintained, the men once a week by the master armourer renguela and the gnabat Circe, offered for king in about six weeks time."
Mr Gill, dating from Cheng-tu, 29th &o In the provinces lable to danseription troops being often detached on service or of the regiment, and in the mounted bran sale by auction on the 8th September.
The following ia the Manils Customs June, writes have returned here again the purchase of exemption, or replacement garrison duty. There are also many ches of the service the veterinary surgeon return for the month of August isst of from a most delightful expedition, which by substitutes, was also freely permitted, special corps, garrison artillery, border holds a class once a week. Each regiment Articles subject to the exportation duty took about a month, and which 1 thoroughly so that the whole ability for military battalions, &c., not attached to any army is allowed 800 marks a year for the pur- corps. Efforts have of late been made to chase of the necessary educational appli Article, Kilograms, Value Duty enjoyed. I left this with the intention of service fell on a population of about ten or Raw Hemp, 2,750,000 $240,106 $5,513.86 going to a place called Li Fan Fu, about at most twelve millen inhabitants. The sounest such border forces and others with ances; and, if it is required, money is also 278.98 six days journey, but when two days latest reorganization of the army was dom the regular army corps, and in consequenos granted for the fees of the civilian isetruo Hemp Rope, 189,480 81,037
1.63 out from this, I found unexpected facil munced in 1869 by Hussein Aval Pasha, the strength of the latter very considerably bors. The theoretical instruction is given 8,067 205
by lectures, the lecturer, however, frequent 6,878,587 597,170 8,020.9B ities for going to Song Fau Ting, on and was to bave been completely carried
The corps of gendarmerie (Zaptishs), addressing questions to his listeners, to Coffee,
587,976 191,094 1,761.83 the borders of the Koko Nor, which I out by the year 1878 According to this
246.61 determined to avail myself of I was at this organisation the Turkish army should consists of BB battalions of varying strength keep their stisation fixed to the subjest ka Draing-wood, $18,767 14,847
time at Euan Haien, Just at the point where consist of-
1. The active army, or Miasm of $10,000 (and organization. Que bajjallen in can. 11e stenting. Total 1,914,789 16,781.04 | the (unselled) Mis kivar dabonskur from
The rates of exchange on the 3rd Sept. were on Hongkong, sight, 2% diu, on Amoy, sight, % discount.
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Sugar,
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LOADING FOR OBIWA AND JAPAN FORTS. At London.-Steamers via um Canal. (leuertney. Radnorshire.
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Rutlandshire. Mikado.
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