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Intimations.

Volume Sixth of the "CHINA REVIEW."

No. L-Vol. VIS

-OF THE

CHINA REVIEW'

00.

CONTAIN 8-

Chinese Studies and Official Interpretation

in the Colony of Hongkong. Constitutional Law of the Chinese Empire The Tang Hon Chl, Modern Chinese

Novel

A Chinese Primer.

The Law of Inheritance.

Intelligence.

-Noten and Queries:-

Charters Effected.

during the last week :--

The following chartats have been effected

British bark Woodville, 714, hence to London, private.

American ship Henry S. Sanford, 1159, hence to New York, private.

German bark Berths, 442, hence to Hamburg, private.

Britial ship, Baulan, 760, Amoy to New York, private,

British bark Glamorganshire, 456, New 25 lay days. chwang to Hongkong, 26 cents per picul,

to Hongkong, 373 cents per ploul, 28 lay German bark Malvina, 499, Nowchwang days,

British bark Georgina, 314, Newchwang to Whampoa, 30 centa por pioul, 23 lay days. British bark Nimrod, 605, Nawohwang Short Nottoes of New Books and Literary to Swatow, 24 cents per piqui, 30 day days. American bark Quickstep, 828, New- chwang to Swatow, 22 cents per pioul.

British bark Merae, 629, Newchwang to The Educational Curriculum of the

Swatow, 28 conta per pleul, 25 lay daya. Chinose,

British bark E. M. Young, 845, New- Restoration of the Old Sounds of the hwang to Swatow, 284 conta per pical, 24

Llay days

Chinese Marriages,

Studies in Worda.

:

Chinese Language.

Notes on Chinese Grammar.

Russian Sinologists,

Assyria and China

The Word "Swallow,"

Corrigenda-Chinese Studies and Official Interpretation in the Colony of Hong kong.

China Mail Office, Hongkong, September 1, 1877.

Not Responsible for Debts.

Neither the Captain, the Agents, nor

Owners will be Responsible for any Debt contracted by the Officers or Oreo of the following Vessels, during their stay in Hongkong Harbour

ABERLADY, Britiah barque, Capt. Nicoll. ---Jardine, Matheson & 06.

VISCOUNT MACDUFT, British 3-m. sch'ner, Capt. Wm. Wright.-Borneo Co., Limited. CRETERION, American ship, Captain W. LullSiemsson & Co.

WOODVILLE British barque, Captain Nielsen,--Win. Pustau & Co.

ALPHINGTON, British barque, Captain G. Cunningham.--Wieler & Co.

CONNE, British barque, Capt. Robert zon. Wieler & Co.

CHIYAMAN, British barque, Capt. Mau.

Kenzie-Chineze,

ANNIE 8. HALL, American bark, Captain OH Nelson.-Douglas Lapraik & Co..

RAJANATTIANDHAR, British str., Captain Hopkins.-Yuen Fat Hong,

CIZURNUM, British ship, Captain Shrewsbury.-Wieler & Co.,

MELUAINE, German barque, Captain Th. Paloger.-Melchers & Co.

NOW BEADY.

CHINESE DICTIONARY IN THE CANTONESE DIALECT Part I,

A to K, with Introduction. Royal 8vo, pp. 202.-By ERNEST JOHN EIrel, Ph.D. Tübingen,

Prist: Two Dottans asD A HALF. To be had from Messrs LANE, CRAWFORD Co., Hongkong and Shanghal; and Messrs KELLY & WALEH, Shanghal

Hongkong, February 8, 1877.

To-day's Advertisements.

FOR SHANGHAL The Steamship

** EGERIA," PAULSEN, Master, will be de- spatched for the above Port da THURSDAY, the 4th Instant, at a p.m.

For Freight or Passage, apply to

SIEMSSEN & Co.,

Agents.

oc4

Hongkong, October 2, 1877.

Occidental & Oriental Steam- Ship Company,

TAKING THROUGH CARGO AND PASSENGERS FOR THE UNITED STATES AND EUROPE, CONCZION

American schooner Annie S. Hall, 456, Newchwang to Swatow, 284 cents per ploul, 25 lay days.

British steamer Pernambuco, 648, Hong- kong to Saigon, $1,200 in full.

British steamer Penedo, 652, Saigon to Manila, private.

German steamer Casandra, 928, Swator to Singapore, $8 per head, 10 lay days.

British achooner Viscount. Macduff, 299, heuce to Balphong and back, $1,800 to full, 25-lay days....

British-bark-Anezi, 468, cleared for

Guam.

British ship Sydenham, 1088, has taken the berth for London, rate nominally £2 per 60 feet.

British ship Northampton, 116), has taken the berth for Singapore, having been ordered to that Port from home.

SHIPPING.

ARRIVALS,

THE CHINA MAIL.

POST OFFICE NOTIFICATIONS.

MAILS will close For BANGKOK.—~

Per RAJANATTIANUHAR, at 3:30 p.m., on Thursday, the 4th instanty Instead of as previously notified. MAILS ET TEE TORRES STRAITH PACKST,—— The Australian Contract Packet BRIS BANE, will be despatched from Hongkong on MONDAY, the 8th October, with Mails for Singapore, Somerset, Cooktown, Cleveland Bay, Bowen, Keppel Bay, Brisbane, Sydney, Tasmania, New Zealand, and Mel bourne.

Correspondence cannot be Registered after

3.15 p.m.

The Mails will be closed at 8.30 p.m. Correspondence for New Zealand must be specially directed via Torres Straits, or it will be sent via Gallo, Correspondence for Southern Australis dan” be sent by this route if desired, but as a general rule it in better to send it via Galle Hongkong, September 29, 1877,

·Des

MAILS BY THE ENGLISH PACKET — The English Contract Packet KHIVA

will be despatched with the Malls for Europe, de, on THURSDAY, tho 11th October

The following will be the hours of closing Wednesday, the 10th October,--

the Malli, ad

5 r.M., Money Order Office olosos,

6 P.M., Post Office closes accept the NIGHT Box, which remains open all night,

Thursday, the 11th October,

to

MEMOS. FOR TO-MORROW. Shipping. NoonGlenearn leaves for Yokohama,do.

General Memoranda. THURSDAY, October 4

No. 4448-OCTOBER 2, 1877.

the penalty of a flogging probably exer- calling himself the Rev. John Paul, who is cisca as powerful an influence over immo again in the settlement soliciting subscrip diate acts as an actual flogging does over tions. In his usant subdued and plaintive subsequent ones. The first prisoner who manner, he offered me his book this morn was sentenced to be flogged yesterdayg, and I noticed some fresh names in it. I looked at him and sald This poor-house sooms to us to be a very fitting subject isn't built yet, is it, Mr Paul? He for the lash. This scoundrel, m com- answered 'It lan't.' 'I said "What be- p.m.-Egeria leaves for Shanghai

pany with others, had attacked a native. comes of the subscriptions, then He FRIZAT, October 6

merchant in a public street near the made no reply, but took up his hat and Praya during broad daylight. The pri- walked out. Is he an importor, or not ?" Noon,-General Weekly Sale by Messrsoner threatened and wounded the un

Lane, Crawford.& Co.

fortunate man with a dagger, and he

(L. & C. Express, Aug. 24th.) was dragged to the ground and rob start a daily newspaper in London, similar Mr James Gordon Bennett intends to bad. In addition to this the priso in style to the New York Herald, of which ner had been previously convicted he is proprietor.

SATURDAY, October 8:-

Goods per Aus undelivered after Noon, subject to rent and landing charges. 4 pm, Sale of Houses, at the Upper

Station Street----

SUNDAY, October 7--7

Goods por Glenearn undelivered after

this date subject to rent. Goods per Egeria undelivered, after this

date subject to rent, MONDAY, October 8:--

4p.m.-Brisbane leaves for Singapore, &c. TUESDAY, October 9

3 p.m.--Mosting of Shareholders of the Canton Insur. Office, at No. 7, Queen's

•Road.

THE

Post Office opens for HONGKONG DISPENSARY, of Stamps, Registry of Letters, and Posting of all correspondence.

10 .., Past Offos closes except for Late Letters Registry of Letters cenEDS, (10,15 ▲, Letters may be posted with LASH FEE of 18 cents extra Postage till 11, when the Post Office Crosse

entirely, (11.30a.m., Letters (but. Letters only, sadressed to the United Kingdom Via Brindisi, or to Singapore, may he posted on board the Packet with Late Fee of 48 penta extra portage,

Oct. 3, Fryer, Chinese steamer, from to Canton:

Oat. 2, W. E. Gladstone, British barque, 634, G. Gallichan, Bangkok Sept. 9, Kies. -WM. PUSTAU & Co. -

273, J. Neumann, Newchwang Sept. 20, Oot. 2, Gustav Adolph, German barque, Beane. EDUARD SCBELLEANS & CO.

Oot. 2, Pisciola, German barque, 239, H.

11.50 M, when the Mall is finally

closed, Hongkong, September 24, 1877,

Shipping Intelligence. The following corrested from the latert

C. Grafe, Newchwang Sept. 17, Beans-London and Colonial Papers

SIEMSBEN & Co.

485, 8. Quiboux, Bangkok Sept. 10, Rice Oct. 2, Maris Louise, French barque, and General CARLOWITZ & Co.

Oct. 2, Amboto, British steamer, 973, Brown, Salgon Sept. 26, Rice.A. MAG.

HEATON.

VESSELS TO ARRIVE, AT HONGKONG.

When left. Name.

Feb.

Mars

5, Carrizal,

Established A.D. 1841.

mument

The

of manslaughter, when he escaped with The Chinese Envoys, accompanied by a four months hard labour. If flogging on number of officials of the Chinese Embassy, the back is to be abandoned we presume paid a visit to Chatham on the 17th inst., that floggings in public will also be where they made an inspection of the abandoned. Seeing the terrible punish-visitors were received by Colonel Sir J.

School of Military Engineering ments and torture to which Chinese Stokes, K.O.B., by whom they were con offenders on the mainland are subjected, duoted over the various schools at the Hongkong must be becoming a perfect Royal Engineer Institute. They after El Dorado for the Chinese criminal class, warde witnessed a field-day at the troops on the Great Lines, under the direction of ISMAIL PASEA, the Turkish General who of luncheon at the officers' mess of the Major-Gen. G. Erskine. After partsling in said to have fought a severely contest- Royal Engineers, the visitors in the after- engagement with General Terguka noon proceeded to the Royal Engineer en-

ThunDAY, October 11-

soff, is, we believe, in command of the campment at Wouldham, on the Medway, Turkish forces to the south of Kars where they witnessed some experiments in He is said to be over sixty years of age Magnay. The Assistant Chinese Envoy pontooning under the direction of Major Noon-English Mall leaves for Ports and is a Kurd. At the commencement Lieu Ta Jen, accompanied by Mr F. Lien,

of Call and Europe."

of the war he was acting as Governor of Attaché, visited Stowmarket on the 21st, Erzeroum. The announcement that bad and inspeated the works of the Patent weather prevails in Bulgaria may quite Safety Gun Catton Company (Limited). Possibly herald the close of the present A number of interesting experiments were campaign in Bulgaria Military move mede. A box filled with a number of slabs ments appear to be impossible in Bulga of wet gun cotton was placed upon a fire to ris after the commencement of the rainy Prove that there is no danger of explosion season owing to the fearful state of the containing the gun cotton was consumed, In ordinary cases of accident. The box roads. Whether the Russians will re- and the blocks of cotton as they were dried tain their present positions, or, with were soon to smoulder, but there was drawing from the whole of them except nothing approaching a blaze. A charge of Nikopolis and Sistove, hold these dry gun cotton was igulted on a slab of wat places until next year, so sa to cotton and burnt without injuring the wat ensure the passage of the Danube, re-fired upon the same slab of wet cotton cotton, and next a service detonator was mains to be seen. The great difficulty without doing any damage. When a dry BUNDRIES, NURSERY Raquin maintaining their present positions charge and a detonator were combined the SITES, FOILET REQUISITES, ENGLISH, will be the procuring of supplies whole exploded with a loud report. Se

AMERICAN, AND FRENCH PATENT Probably, however, the importance of veral other experiments followed, the whole maintaining their hold on the Bohipka closing with the explosion of a small Pass will outweigh other considerations, torpedo in the neighbouring river. A din- and induce the Russians to accept the ner followed, at which "The Health of his Excellency Lieu Ta Jen" was drunk. His risks of wintering in Bulgaria. The Excellency in responding said, while he present positions of the Russians are no doubt very excellent ones, providing they are able to hold the forces on the fanks in check, While the Russians are able to concentrate overwhelming forces at any selected spot with facility, the Turkish armies in Bulgaria are divided and unable to support each other,

香港大樂

A. S. WATSON & Co. FAMILY DISPENSING CHEMISTS, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DRUGGISTS, IMPORTERS

DRUGS

Or

MEDICINES. MANUFACTURERS

or

Bods Water, Lemonade, Tonio Wates, Gingerade, Potaan Water, Sarsaparilia Water, and other Aerated Waters,

From. Remarks, The Mamfactory is under direct and

Cardiff (Brest Feb.23

continuous European Supervision. Hongkong, June 1, 1876,

admired the experimente which had taken place, he hoped gun cotton would not have to be used for war, but for mining purposes and engineering works." been pretty numerous during the last Arrivals and departures at Hamburg have fortnight, but still the shipping trade during this period has been of no great importance, as most of the vessels coming and going

Oct. 2, Mosquits, British gunboat, 450.17, D. M.B. Park, Sunderland v. S'pore The publication of this isrus communeed and a third army has to be maintained were either from European ports or were

Astrea,

4 guns, 60 b.p., Lt. Comdr. Paul, Foo-18, Cygnus, chow Sept. $0.

Oct. 2, Hot Chong Ching, Chinese gun-27, Fortuna,

23, Birling, boat, from a gruiso.

DEPARTURES.

Oct. 2, fariteles, for Amoy and. Mändla.

2, Albay, for Holhow and Haiphong.

a, Tibre, for Yokohama.

2, Ave, for Shanghai.

2 Yesso, for Coast Ports.

2, Gaelic, for Yokohama and San

Francisco,

2, Taiwan, for Amoy and Tamsul.

2, Banian, for Amoy.

2, Seaman's Bride, for Bangkok.

2, H.M.S. Curlew, for Amoy.

CLEARED.

Sophie, for Newchwang. Penedo, for Saigon.

Fiscount MoDuff, for-Haiphong. Osaka, for Guam, Northampton, for Singapore. Annie S. Hall, for Nowohwang,

- PASSENGERS. ARRIVED...

New York

Cardiff

for Canton | #1 8.55 p.m.

Cardio Antwerp

Apr.

B, Rota,

Cardiff

13, Vega

Hamburg

Ман

8, Staghound,

Liverpool

10, David,

Antwerp

11, Naworth,

Antwerp

12, Obandos,

Cardiff

18, Alstra,

15, Sophis,

26, Martha Jackson,

26, Alexandra,

27, Kate Carnie,

80, O. IL Bishop,

Melbourne Liverpool Penarth Liverpool London Falmouth

June

2, Marco Polo,

4, Melbrak,

Hamburg London

4, Faugh-a-Ballaugh, London

4, Rhuddlan Castle, Cuxhaven

7, F'dinand Brumm; Portsmouth

e, Elmstone,..

Per W. E. Gladstone, from Bangkok, 114, Helicon, Chineas.

Per Marie Lanise, from Bangkok, Saamen.

Per Amboto, from Saigon, 66 Chinese. DEPARTED.

London

11, Candidate,

14, Denbighshire,

17, Oneida,

Cardiff Cardif Cardiff Cardiff

218, Boury Lippett,

19, City of Halifax,

19, Lord of the Isles, 21, Clars, 28, Cuba, July

New York Cardif London

Penarth

Penarth

Per Tibre, for Yokohama, Mesars Lind son, Beckham, and Barry; from Marseilles Mrs Sutton, 4 children and servant, and Mr Pelegrin.

7, City of Limerick (a.), London Per dva, for Shanghai, Messrs Stanford, 10, Niagara,

10, Agamemnon (s), Liverpool. Cuxhaven and Roberts from Marseilles, Eister 11, Horna, Antoinette, Joséphine, Francoise, Mar 13, Jessie Jamieson, Cardiff

Liverpool guerite, Nathalie, and Carletta, Mesars 14, Aberayte, Liverpool Biogniere, Jean, Vio, Prosacol, and 18, Carl Bitter, Schepel; from Galle, Mr Palita

Cardif Per Gaelic, for Yokohama, o Chinese; 30, Ferdinand,

26, Globe,

Deal- for San Francisco, 2 European, and 88 81, R. Elokners, Newport

Cardif UNION PACIFIC AND CONNECTING Chinese; for Liverpool, Mr Kraest Descon. 51, Andreas,

Per Mariveles, for Amoy, 1 European, and 18 ObinesÐ,

IN

CENTRAL

and

WITH TH

RAILROAD COMPANIES

AND

ATLANTIC STEAMERS,

FIHE 8. 8. OCEAN 10" will be de spatched for San Francisco via Toko hama," on thə "name" at 8 pm, taking Cargo and Passengers to Japan, the United States and Europe.

Connection is made at Yokohama, with, Steamers from Shanghal

Freight will be received on Board until 4 p.m. of the

PARCEL PÄCKAGES will be received at the Office until 5 p.m. same day: all Parcel Packages should be marked to address in full; value of saris is required,

Return Passage Tickets available for & months are issued at a reduction of 20 por sant, on regular rates,

For further informations to Freight or Passage, apply to the Agency of the Company, No, 87, Queen's Road Central.

G. B. EMORY, Agent, Hongkong, October 5, 1877.

CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE. N NOTICE is horoby given that the Ordi, nary General MEETING of SHARK. HOLDER in the shove Ofiloe, will be Held at the Offles of the Undersigned, No. 7, Queen's Road, on TUESDAY, the 9th Instant, at 3 p.m.

JARDINE, MATHESON & Co.,

General Agents, CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE.

Hongkong, October 2, 1877.

FOR SALE

HAMPAGE

1874,

HEIDSIEGE & Co.'

MONOPOLE

DEETJEN & Co.

Bengkung, October 3, 1877,

Per Albay, for Boilow, 50 Ohineso. Per Banian, for Amoy, 6 Chinese! Per Seaman's Bride, for Bangkok, Chinese.

Aug.

9, Anchises (5.),

10, Paps,

11, North Star,

Cardiff Cardiff

2011, E. P. Bouverie, Penarth

14, Regulus,

Gardiff Penarth Cardiff'

Por Taiwan, for åmøy, do, 20 Chiasse. Per Yesso, for Coast Porta, 1 European, And 190 Chinese..

TO DEPART.

Per Fugeu, for Shanghal, 100 Chinese. Per Penedo, for Saigon, 150 Chinose, Per Fount Mabus, for Saigon, 7 Chiness.

14 Mong Glen, 14, Patrie,

15, Cashmere,

18, Benarty (6.); 18, Deucalion (5.),

9, Birohvale,

Deal London

Now York

Cuzhaven

Glasgow

THE CHINA MAIL.

HONGKONG, TUESDAY, OCT. 2, 1877.

south of the Balkans strong enough to resist a Russian advance through the Pass, but incapable of striking a blow at the Russians until such a movement be made

coasters, and many of them in ballast. Of arrivals from the Far East I have to report the Elise, Schmidt, from the South-sen via Singapore; Sei, Valle, from Alyab Islands Feronia, s.s., Schults, from China

Dorothea, Melchertsen, from Rangoon; of departures; the Egeria, 8.5., Paulsen, to China tid Penang, đc,, and the Leechmero, 5.8., Cunningham, to Singapore, from whence she will proceed to the Amour. At Bremen there have arrived the Richard Hettmeyer, from Rangoon ; Fluelin Livingstone, from Bombay; Andreas „Biok- Bulmers, Budelmann, from Eagoon cia St. up departure from Bremen has been the Eng Thomas, where she had put in leaky. The tolish barque Fluellin, for Bombay, In

REUTER'S TELEGRAMS. [SUEFLIED TO THя "CHINA MAIL.”"] (Via Southern Route). THE WAR. LONDON, 30th September, 1877, Bad weather prevails throughout garia: the roads are impassable, and plies for the Russian army are difficult

Sulaiman Pasha is co-operating with Me. homet Pasha.

Two criminals were sentenced at the Supreme Court yesterday to be publicly flogged with the cat-one to receive two floggings, each of twenty-five strokes, and--the other one flogging of twenty strokes. As His Excellency has stated. in one of his published despatches to Earl Carnarvon that he has "suspended all public doggings, and all foggingă of obtain, the Chinese on the back" pending His Lordship's decision on the matter, we presume that neither of these sentences will be carried out until a reply has been received from the Colonial Office, if in deod at all. Mr Elennessy added to the remarks just quoted "The only punish- for Amey ment of this kind to which I now give my sanction is flogging with a rattan in the way suggested by the Colonial Sur- geon In pasang sentence on the men, the Chief Justice pointed out one or two

In Asiatic Turkey a severely-contested engagement has been fought boween Ismail Pasha and the Russian forces under General Tergukaaoff. The result was indecisive,

both sides maintaining their positions.

- LOCAL AND GENERAL

Vessels on the berth no alteration has taken Had it diflcult to fill up. place, but cargo is still scares, and vessels

With regard to the loss of the Denderah, 5.8., which vessel stranded some time ago in the vicinity of the Straits of Magellan, special adviess have been received. It appears that the steamer struck in the Sarmiento Channel, at Point Delgada, some

200 feet from the shore, at a spot where the newest and best charts indioste hundreds of fathoms of water, so that the captain is not at all to be blamed for neglect of duty. The steamer, after a very short time, sunk in three fathoms of water, and very probably

facts which possess special importance at Ar inspection of the Fire Brigade will take

will be saved. The Saxonia 5.5., the same the present moment. "Since this ordi-, place to-morrow at 4.30 p.m.

which ran ashore on Heligoland some time nance (for flogging) was passed in 1865," said Sir John, "about 183 men bave, so 4 SCRATCH four-vared race came off this ago, but afterwards was got off again by the aid of a Liverpool salvage steamer, far as I can ascertain, been sentenced by afternoon, about past 5. The stert was was a few days since brought to publie this Court to be whipped, in each case efected in good order, Sylph and Fictoria auotion on account of the underwriters. publicly. Of these cases within 16 getting off well together Thistle lagging at the low figure of m, 180,000, no bid was Notwithstanding the vessel being offered months next after the Ordinance was behind lost ground fast, and long before the made, and the sale in consequence was not passed 74 men were sentenced to be Bath-house was reached was quite out of effected. flogged. On becoming Chief Justice here in October 1866, I felt myself bound the race. Sulph and Victoria struggled to follow these precedents of publicly hard for the lead the way of the latter, whipping, and on occafions when I have however, was somewhat impeded by the been absent the Acting Chief Justice back water of a steam launch, and Sylph has always followed these precedents, won by a short lead, These subsequent cases are to the num- ber of 109 cases.

These punishments

A telegram announces the loss of the.. Thames in the Yenesel river, 100 miles below Kurska, in the Asiatic dominions of river by the Sunderland explorer, Captain Russia. This steamer was taken up that Wiggins, who has for several years past devoted so much of his time and money to the exploration of the two gtest. Siberian rivers, Obi and Yenesei, with the hope of

have recently been much more rare than THE Chinese gunboat, which has been establishing by way of one of those streams - formerly, In 1875 one man only was lying off Meeste Inglin's promises at Wandrect trade by means of porow-steamere--- flogged, in 1876 two only, and in 1877 chai for some months, made a trip round between Europe and the Siberian interior

No lives were lost through the stranding of up to June two only," Mr Hennessy the island yesterday afternoon, to try her the vessel, which has been abandoned, quoted some statistics in his speech to

show that crime had specially increased engine which have just been fitted by Meturn Inglis & Co. The trial was very su increase on 1667, but on 1874, when tisfactory, a speed of over 11 knots having the number of offences was 1,165 against been attained. The wamel is, we under 1,488 in 1867, and 1,316 in 1873. The stand, one of a series of six gunboats now objects of His Excellency in endeavour being built.

ing to prove an increase of crime'in the

Captain Wigglus and his crew returning home old Handia in Europe. The Kame

and it is believed that at the time of the unfortunate casualty she had but taken in ker homeward cargo. -

THE NEW SPANISH TARIFY.-The Pall Mall Gamette says:-The publication of the~ new Spanish tariff fally confirme the gloomy

pprehensions lately expressed by several Chambers of Commerce. It appears that British commodities as well as those a ported from France and the United Stater are systematically subjected on their an trande inte Spain to higher duties than these imposed upon the commerce of those

Liverpool London Liverpool 19, Felix Mendelssohn, London

AT SHANGHAL May SHIPPING REPORTS." The Brit'ah barque W. E. Gladstone re-19, Norman Court, Gravesend

2, Goodell,

New York ports: Fine weather throughout.

June The German barque Gurlav Adolph re

4. Hermann, porta Moderate N, and NE, winds and Bas weather throughout

8, Naveaiak, The French barque Marie Louice raports: 14, Adolph,

Colony during the last two or ten years Ar the Marine Court to day, Charles H. Bad trade winds from the North in 1951 July Fine weather during the whole voyage 80, Howell,

were not very clearly defined, but, blowing very fresh during three or four 8, Leander,

viewed with the figures of the Chlef Lancaster, Chief Officer of the British

days.

Justice, it might be very readily imagined steamer Penedo, was charged by George The British steamer Amboto reports: 17 Belle Mersey 11, Golden Stathj

that Mr Heuneasy was endeavouring to Weir, Chlef Engineer of the same steamer, Fresh N.E. winds and head sea throughout Aug

prove the deterring influence of flogging with having assaulted him on the 29th the passage, with passing showers of rain 4, Titania,

on the commission of crime. His Ex- September. It appear that the Chief countries with which the Spanish Governs cellency quotes figures to show an increase Officer and the complainant had some In the case of the United States, and even The German barque Pierials reporta i In

to, Mikado,

of orime especially during the last two the Gulf of Fechill light 8. wind, baulibu

years, and the Chief Justice quotes figures dispute about trimming the coals, and the of France, there may be reston on the old Found to N.W. with hard aqualín. From Mar.

to show the decrease of flogging during complainant requested him not to Interlere "reciprocity" principles for refusing to Shantung Froisentory light N. E. and 16. Bolsie Marking

the same period. Within sixteen months with the coaling of the ship. High words concessions. But in our own case we have make ootassijozis that are not met by other Northesly winds with the weather until 23, CF.,

18EB 27, Maxiinaj

after the Ordinance was passed in 1895, arose, and the defendant struck the com nothing to give up, except, perhaps, the arrival.

ays the Chief Justice, 14 men were plainant in the presence of the other wine duties. Our tariff, being based upo POST OFFICE- NOTIFICATIONS. | Var.

fogged out of a total of 183 Boggings

treo trade principles, is more Uberal 10- MAILS will close jus

f, Albestie,

that tip to the present time have been officers. Fined $2 or 4 daya' imprisonment, werde Spaniak trade than the tariffs of Cardia (Spk'nJune24 | inflicted in the Colony, and last year Rice eatges from Saigon to Hongkong Morocco, the Netherlands, Portugal, Ras 26, Babylon

Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Newcastle (N.8. W.) only two men were flogged, and in 1878 Sept. 6, Fetatower, 14,000 piculs 17, Bella, Norway and Sweden, Switzerland, and LOADING FOR 'UNINA-AND JAYAN PORP At London-Sisamère via Buen Canal

only one man. We, however, ascribe to lons 10.300 picula; 14, Yan-Tee, 3,097 Turkey. Yet all these nations are favoured Radnorahira Glenfalas.

other causes than the practical abandon pleuls 17, Pernambuco, 19,600 piensas against us, and in certain branches of Fleurs Castle, ment of flogging in 1874 and 1875, the In port, Anguste, for Hongkong. Sansibar.

theresss of crime in 1876. The constant

For YOKOHAMA,==

Per GLENBARN, ab 11.30 am, on

Wednesday, the 3rd Inst.

For BINGAPORE AND PENANG.-- "

Fer BURMESH, at 1.30 p.m. To-mot-

row, the 3rd Inas.

For SHANGHAI,--

Per FUTEW, at 2.30 p.m. To-márfOW,

the Bed Irish.

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