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Intimations.

AH YON,

"SHIPH' COMPRADORE AND

STEVEDORE,

No, 67, Praya Wan. - GRIFFING SUPPLIED WEIN ALL KINDS OF GOAL WATER, BALLAST, FRESH PROVISIONS & OUMAN'S STORES

Of the best quality and at the shortest notise,

Hongkong, May 1, 1876.

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Volume Sixth of the "CHINA REVIEW."

Now Ready.

No. IV-Vol, VI. -OF TRE-

1aCHINA- REVIEW””

CONTAINS-

Bibliography of the Chinese, Imperial Col

lections of Literature,

Imperial Confucianiem.

Chinese Official Titles,

To-day's Advertisements.

LUSITANO THEATRE.

THE MEMBERS of the HONGKONG CHORAL SOCIETY Will Perform the

DRAMATIC Cantata,

BY

W. 8. GILBERT, and Arthur SULLIVAN, "TRIAL BY JURY,”

preceded by a COMEDIETTA

BY

PERCY FITZGERALD, M.A. "THE FAMILY SHAKESPEARE,”

ON

Thursday Evening,

the 28th Instant, to Commence al 9 o'clock.

THE CHINA MAIL.

POST OFFICE NOTIFICATIONS

MAILS will close:

For MANILA.

Per barque Flores de Maria, at 4 p.m.

To-morrow, the 31st Inat.

For HANGKOK.—

· Per Loms, at 5 p.m., on Thursday, the

21st Inst

For YOKOHAMA,--

Per Tidre, at 5 p.m. To-morrow, the 31st

Inst.

For SHANGHAL-

Per Peiho, at 9 am, on Friday, the 22nd Inst. Late letters received from 9.10 to 9.30, with 18 cents late foo. For SAIGON.—

For Parate, at 5 p.m., on Friday, the

22nd Inst.

TICKET-Price Two DoLLans-may be For MANILA.—

obtained from the Committee:-

Col. STUART.

Lt. Col. HALL.

Jas. B. CouGHTAIE,

Q. F. A. SANOSTER.

T. G. WILLIAMSON,

and

W. WHEELER,

Hon. Secretary.

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HONGKONG & CHINA GAS COM. PANY, LIMITED,

URING the TEMPORARY ABSENOR of

Brief Sketches from the Life of Kung-ming.Dthe Undersigned, Mr THOMAS Translations of Chinese School-books. DANIEL COX PÄRKER is appointed Geographical Notes on the Province of

Kiangai.

Bhort Notices of New Books and Literary

Intelligence.

Notes and Queries:-

The Manchu Terms for

and

The Mammoth in Chinese Records. Mohammedan Aposties in China,

The Ki-lin indentified with the Giraffe. Life Saving Association, and other Benevolent Souletics at Wuhu. Professor Beal and bis Orities, Annamese Sovereigns.

Hooks Wanted, Exchanges, &c. Chine Mall Office,

Hongkong, March 12, 1878.

To-day's Advertisements.

NOTICE,

COMPAGNIE DES MESSAGERIES MARITIMES.

ÞÁQUEBOT POSTE FRANÇAIS.

The Company's Steamship

*TIBRE,”

Comit. DE GIRARD, will be despatched for YOKOHAMA on THURSDAY, the 21st Inat, at 6 p.m.

H. DU POVEY, Agent, Hongkong, Marob 20, 1878.

NOTICE,

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COMPAGNIE DES MESSAGERJES MARITIMES,

PAQUEBOT POSTE FRANÇAIS.

The Company's Steamship

"PEI HO," Comdt. PASQUALIKI, will be despatched for SHANGHAI on FRIDAY, the 22nd Inst., at 10 a. m.

H. DO POUEY, Agent.

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Hongkong, March 20, 1878. COMPAGNIE DES MESSAGERIES MARITIMES.

8. 8. PEI HO.

ΝΟΤΙΟΣ.

"YONSIGNEES of Cargo per 8, 8.. from London, in connens

tion with the above Steamer, are hereby Informed that thele Goods are being landed and stored at their risk at the Company's Godowns, whence delivery may be obtained Immediately after landing.

Acting Manager,

A. NEWTON, Manager. Hongkong, March 30, 1978. ap20

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 Vesssle, during their stay in Hongkong Harbour --

QUICKSTEF, American barque, Captain Barnaby.-Captain.

PALESTINE, British barque, Captain H. Booworoft.-Tai Lee.

Loures, German 3-m. schooner, Captain Bahlerloh,Eduard Schellass & Co.

NORTH STAR, American ship, Captalo J. U. Thomson.-Order.

P. J. CARLETON, American barque, Capt. J. A. Amsburg,-P. & O. Co.

TEX L, German barque, Captain T. C. Petersen,Wm. Pustsu & Co.

LORNE, British steamer, Captain Wm. McCulloch-Melcher & Co.

O'Neill-Gibb, Livingston & Co.

KILLARNEY, British steamer, Captain H.

SHIPPING.

ARRIVALS,

March 20, Feilo, French steamer, 3180, Pacqualini, Marseilles Feb. 10, Naples 12, Port Said 16, Suez 18, Aden 28, Colombo March 4, Gallo 5, Singapore 11, and Saigon 10, Malls and General-MasSAGERIES MARITIMES,

March 20, Cairnsmuir, British steamer, 1123, 8. Spowert, Fushiki (Tovama Bay) March 13, Rice.-HOLLIDAY, WISE & Co.

March 20, Nicolaus, German schooner, from Whampos.

March 20, Kwa Shing, Chinese gunboat, 800, N. P. Ánderson, Shanghai March 16.

DEPARTURES, Mar. 20, Felice Mendelsohn, for Manila. 30, Pernambuco, for Salgon. 20, Bellona, for Saigon,

, Chop-sai, Cht. R. O., for a cruise,

20, Moss Glen, for Bangkok. 20, Hansa, for Newchwang.

20, Sun-kee, Chinese g.b., for Cheong-

chow. 20, Quarry-on, Chi. g.b., for a cruise.

CLEARED.

Antipodes, for Hamburg. Optional Cargo will be forwarded on, Mangerton, for Quinhon. unless Intimation is received from the ConTek Li, for Haiphong. signees, before To-DAY, the 20th Instant, Niagara, for New York. at 1 p.m., requesting it to be landed here." Palestine, for Bangkok.

Bills of Lading will be countersigned by Eudoxie Adolphine, for Calino. the Undersigned.

Herbert Black, for Portland (Oregon). Kwangtung, for Coast Poris Galley of Lorne, for Nagasaki. Glenartney, for Yokohama and Hlogo.

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Goods remaining unclaimed after WED- ESDAY, the 27th Instant, at Noon, will be subject to rent and landing charges.

No Fire Insurance has been effected.

H. DU POUEY, Agent. Hongkong, March 20, 1878.

FOR SINGAPORE, BRISBANE, SYDNEY & MELBOURNE. (Calling off the usual Coast Ports, and taking through Cargo and Passengers for New Zealand.)

The Eastern and Australian Mail Steam Co.'s Steamer

"BRISBANE"

will be despatched for the

above Ports on the 28th Instant.

For Freight or Passago, apply to

GIBR, LIVINGSTON & Co., Agents.

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Hongkong, March 20, 1878.

FOR CALLAO AND VALPARAISO,

The 1 French Barque

**MARIE OHARLOTTE," Captain MERONA, having the greater part of her Cargo en- gared, will have quick despatch for the stove Porta.

For Freight or Passage, apply to

CARLOWITZ & Co. Hongkong, March 20, 1878.

*p20 CHINA FAMINA BELIEF FUND.

PASSENGERS. ARRIVED.

Per Peiho, for Hongkong: from Mar. ggilles, Mr Williams, Mr and Mrs Haber, child and gervaut, Miss Bohm, Messrs Marques and Bruce; from Singapore, Mr A. Jaffe, B. E. Correia da Silva (Governor of Macao) and Suite; from Saigon, Mr and Mra Apan and children, Messrs Carllere, Palmassiere, Arighi, Esteve, Couteaud, and 39 Chinese For Shanghal: from Mar seilles, Messrs Hughes and Kuskor ; from Singapore, Mrs P. A. Nicholls. For Yoko hams: from Colombo, Mr Varmocskej from Gallo, Mrs P. A. Brisk.

Per Awa Shing, from Shanghai, Messrs Robert Hart (Inspector-General of Onse toms), G. E. Glover (Commissioner of Ous- toms, Shanghai), and Ling Fang (Mandarin Interpreter to Chinese Legation, Paris).

TO DEFARI,

Per Herbert Black, for Portland, 255 Chinese.

Per Kwangtung, for Coast Ports, 8 Euro- peans, and 160 Chiness.

Per Glenartney, for Yokohama, 2 Euro- peans.

SHIPPING REPORTS.

The British steamer Cairnomuir reporta 1 Loft Fushiki at 6.80 am on the morning of the 18th lost, and experienced strong Westerly gales and heavy sea with snow aqualls for the first 80 hours. From thenge UBSCRIPTIONS to date aggregate to Cores Straits moderate W.N.W. winds $10,393 44, of which Sam Tasis 6,000 and Westerly toa. To Formosa Stratte are already been remitted to the Oom fresh winda varying from N.W. to W. with mitteo at Shanghai by Telegraphic Transfer, high can. Thence through Formosa Chan Lists have been left at the Banks The nel moderate N. and NW. winds, with Hongkong Club, The German Club, Masera hasy weather to Hongkong At 7 am on Lane, Crawford & Co.'s, Mesars MacEnat, the 19th inst. passed one of Holt's steamera Frickel & Co, and Messrs Lammert, off Ross Island bound North. Atkinson & Co.

Gentlemen desirous of Contributing will kindly affix their names, with amount of Subscription, to any of the above Lints.

¡H. B. GIBB,

Chairman Hongkong, March 30, 1878.............

The Chiness gunboat Kea Shing reports! Loft Shanghai on Saturday the 16th at noon, first part of voyage fresh N.E, winds and heavy sea, latter part of voyage light. Easterly winds, overcast, clouds and misty. On the 18th, passed 8; 8. Glenroy bound North, and on the 19th saw a barque boond se South, and 8. 5. Ajam, bound to Amor,

Per schooner Nuevo Constants, at 4 p.m.,

on Saturday, the 28rd inst.. For SAIGON,--

Por Altona, at 4.80 p.m., on Monday,

the 20th Inst.

MAILS BY THE FRENCH PACKER.— The French Contract Packet Amazone will be despatched from Hongkong on THURSDAY, the 21st Instant, with Malls to and through the United.] Kingdom and Europe, vid Mar- seilles; to Saigon, Singapore, Bata- via, Galle, Australia, New Zea

land, Tammania, Fiji, Aden, Sey- chelles, Réunion, Mauritius, Baez, and Alexandria.' This is the best

THE

Tat Earl of Devon, from Antwerp January

6th February.

HONGKONG DISPENSARY, 27th for Yokohama, left Plymouth on the

Established A.D. 1841. -

香港大業

A. 8. WATSON & Co., FAMILY & DISPENSING CHEMISTS, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DaugGISTS, IMPORTERS

DRUGGIETY BUNDries, Nuasmay Baqui» SITES, TOILET REQUISITES, ENGLISH, AMERICAN, AND FRENCH PATENT MEDIOINES MANUFACTURERS

OF

Soda Water, Lemonade, Tonto Water, Gingerade, Potass Water, Sarsaparilla Water, and other Aerated Waters, qr The Manufactory is under direct and continuous European Supervision, Hongkong, June 1, 1876,

45 The publication of this lantas conamenend, al 8.15 p.m.

THE CHINA MAIL.

A FEW weeks ago we noted the fact that

A FIRE of some magnitude has cocurred at the Buta Docks, Cardiff, the loss amounting to several thousands of pounds.

Tax British ship Nourmahal, which had to put back for repairs, again left London for this port on the 7th February.

[No. 4590.-March 20, 1878.

Lord Shaftesbury, £5; Donald Matheson, 2; Bundry Subscriptions, £49 98. A com- mittes is in formation, which it is hoped will give the matter greater scope and a more general appeal to the benevolent. In another column we give a letter from Sir Thomas Wade on the telegram from Mr Davenport.

The enbjoined additional gubscriptions to the China Famine Fund are reported :— Matheson and Co., £100; Robert Jarding, £100 (in addition to amount subsoribed in China); Sir W. de Capel Brooke, Bart., £25.

The Anti-Opium Association will hold its annual meeting on the 12th. Mr MaArthur, M.F., Mr Mark-Stewart, M.T., Mr Pease, M.P., Sir Edward Fry, Sir Arthur Cotton THE Anna Bertha, from Hamburg to this and others have promised to attend

Considerable exaitement has been created port, put into Bahia on the 23rd December

by a rumour-subsequently contradicted to land the master, who was sick, and pro-that the Philippine Islands were to be coded- ceeded again on the 29th December into Germany, charge of the Chief Officer.

MR Hart, Inspector-general of Customs, arrived in the Kwa-shing, from Shanghat, He is accompanied by this afternoon.

Mr Glover.

We note the return of His Excellency the Governor of Macao, from his trip to Siam, some account of which we published a short time ago. In the Governor'a suite are M. M. Azevedo Enais, Lucio de Silva, and Caetano Diniz.

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opportunity for forwarding Corre HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 1878. Ir is satisfactory to note that the sum of spondence to E. Africa, the Cape,10,888.44 has been collected by the gentle.. St. Halona, and Ascenalom. Letters may also be forwarded to INDL

by this Packet. The following will be the hours of closing

the Malin, da, zum Wednesday, 20th Instant.

Post

5 r., Money Order Olee closes.

Office olores except the Nzour Box, which remains open all night, Thursday, 21st Instant..

74. Post Office opens for sale of Stamps, Registry of Letters,

Posting of all correspondence.

10 M., Registry of Letters geasca.

Letters.

to

the Chinese Government had authorised men who recently formed themselves into the sale of a large number of official Committed to raise subscriptions on behalf titles for the parposs of raising funds for of the China Famine Relief Fund. Farther the relief of the starving people in the sums are solicited by an advertisement North. It would seem from a deorse in which we publish alsewhere, a recent issue of the Peking Gazette that even these obaritable proceedings have been made the means of some extensive THE following vessels from and to China san frauds by Chinese officials. The deports have been reported -Jan. 1, British ores recites that the various provincial ship Lord Macaulay, Hongkong to Ham governments having placed the blank certificates conferring the titles in the burg, 85′ 8. and 18- E.; Dec. 80, British hands of official deputies, the latter had barque Chinaman, Hongkong to New York, proceeded to impose them compulsorily 559. and 21 E.; Jan. 2, American barque upon the different, village communities, Benefactor, Amoy to New York, 988, and with the result that in some instancos 16 E. Pazed St. Helena: Jan. 8, Black hundreds of villagers had to join toge-adder, Shanghai to London; Jan. 10, Wylo, ther to purchase a single title of office, Foochow to London; Fugitive, Amoy to which was then made out in the Falmouth; Jan. 18, William Cobb, Hong name of the most influential man among

11 AM Post Office closes except for Late [12,10 A., Letters (but Letters only) except those to and through Aust, alio, may be posted on payment of a Late Fee of 18 cents extra postage, until 11.30 when the Post Office Closes

entirely,

me%1 Hongkong, March 7, 1878. MAILS DX THE UNITED STATES PAUKET, The United States Mail Packet City of Takle will be despatched on TUESDAY, the 28th instant, with Malls for Japan, San Francisco, and the United States,

which will be closed as follows :--- 11 A. Registry of Letters oeasER. 11.80 A. Post-Office closes, but Letters (except for Non-Union Countries) may be posted on board the Packet with Late Fee of 18 conte extra Postage until the time of departure.

Correspondence for Non-Union West Indies (except the Bahamas and Hayti), Costa Rica, Honduras, Monte Video, New Granada, Paraguay, and Uruguay can no longer be sent by this route. Hongkong, March 16, 1878.

them, who was doubtless frequently in kong to New York Outwards: Oct. 16, collusion with the official deputies. The Carl Wilhelm, Cardiff to Amoy, 68. and provincial governments are enjoined in 31 W. Oct. 31, Agnes Muir, London to the decree to take care that this latest Shanghai, 20-8, and 80 W. development of Chinese official corrup tion is suppressed, and that in future the certificates be only issued to individuals who have themselves the means of pur chasing them.

THE Rey. Arthur Tooth, Vicar of St. Pabllo Worship Regulation Act has made James's, Hatcham, whose opposition to the

him the object of much unsought for cele brity, was a passenger by the present mail to Singapore.

An Indian contemporary states that Mr Cameron, a member of the Inland Chinn Mission, arrived at Bhame on January 20th from Yunan and want on by steamer to Mandalay, whence he will shortly proceed to Bangoon. He was everywhere civilly received in Western China.

Brisbane papers and letters announce that Sir Arthur Kennedy, the late Governor of Hong Kong, and now Governor of Queens- land, is succeeding in governing the latter gology quietly and satisfactorily. He pro- longed his firet session of the Parliament without a "crisis," "dead look," or "con- stitutional question," which certainly.counts for something in Australia. It seems that a reaction is setting in with regard to the Chinese immigration question, and that some of the leading men are already becoming vernor sets them a good example as to ashamed of soreaming for help. The Go-

Chinese, the whole of his household servants. being of that nationality, brought with him from Hong Kong. The chief ontory against the Chinese is really among the rowdies, who wish to earn as much in three days of the week as will enable them to get drunk the remaining four,

Referring to the opening of the Song-Ku, The Times observes that this river will serve a convenient roats for trade with China, while on the side of British India the conditions are, as we know, by no means favourable. M. Dutreuil de Bbina, the commander of the Scorpion, one of the gunboats presented by France to the Anamese Government, has been cooupied with surveys in the interior of Ansun Although he was watched by a mandarin, he succeeded in surveying the lower out of the river of Hue, and in sketching & map of the province of Quangduo and Vang-ang By far the most extensive journey in Further India has been that lately accom plished by the naval surgeon, Dr Harmand. In 1877, he traversed the basin of the Se- man, a westerly tributary of the Mekong, between 14 deg, and 161 deg. N. lat then crossed the remarkable island east of Anam from the basin of the Mekong. He Bassak, and eacceeded at last in reaching. is the first traveller who has crossed the watershed between the Mekong and the South Chinese Sea; he found a pass which is only 780 feet above sea-level. Dr Harmand, as our readers are aware, ie now in Europa arranging his observations, which will add materially to our knowledge of the natural history, ethnography, and cartography of Further India.

Grand National Amphitheatre on the 4th The Chinese Minister patronised Sanger's

inst.

Messrs, Russell, and Co., of Greenock, have just contracted for the construction of s large four-masted iron sailing ship for the East India and China trade. This in the largest vessel yet contracted for by this firm, and she will be furnished with all the latest appliances, such as steam winches, son densing engine, &c. This contract has been made with Messrs. Wright and Beckenridge, shipowners, of Glasgow, and the ship will be 1,700 tons register, with other propor tionate measurements.

by to-day's mail, is a statement that a Is the London & China Express, brought plot for a general, attack upon the Chi- nese in San Francisco has been frustrated by the authorities of that City. While me20 we can find no exact corroboration of this assertion, so for at least as recent events are concerned, in the Californian papera to hand, yot the labour agitation in Bani Tum occupation of Constantinople by the Francisco appears to have assumed an Rasian army would, in the present temper aspect that may be remarkably "free and of the British nation, be accepted as a direct challenge to England to try conclu- independent" (for the white labourer),sions for the mastery of the Straits; and Year. but is suredly a disgrace upon any the propar course for England to purane 1874 civilised community. Under the auspices would obviously be to seize Gallipoli at 1876 of associations bearing such names as the once and so secure the command of the 1876 "National Labour Party" and the Dardanelles. This point once gained, it 1877 "Working-men's Convention" a number would be of little consequence who became 1878 (to date) 338,468 6 F.M., Post Office closes except the NIGHT of meetings have been held of late in master of Constantinople. The right of

Box, which remains open all night.

MAILS BY THE ENGLISH PAUKET.- The Engilah Contract Packet Khins, will be despatched with the Malls for Europe, de, on THURSDAY, the The following will be the hours of closing

28th Instant

the Malia, Mo.

Wednesday, 27th instant,-

6 P.M., Money Order Office olosos,

Thursday, 28th Instant.-----

7 A.M., Post Office opens for sale of Stamps, Registry of Letters, and Posting of all correspondence.

10 a.M., Post Office closes except for Late Letters. Registry of Letters censen. (10.16 4.M., Letters may be posted with LATE FER of 18 cents extra Postage till 11 A.M., when the Post Office Orosz

entirely.

to

(11.30 A.M., Letters (but Letters only) addressed to the United Kingdom Fia Brindisi, or to Slugapore, may be posted on board the Packet with Late Fee of 48 cents extra postage,

to

till

closed.

11.50 AM., when the Mail is finally Hongkong, March 14, 1878:

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MEMOS, FOR TO-MORROW. Shipping. Daylight.-Kwangtrung leaves for Coast

Porta.

Daylight.--Glenartney leaves for Yoko,

bama, do.

Noon-French Mail leaves for Ports

Call and Europe,

6 p.m.-Tibre leaves for Yokohama.

General Memoranda, FRIDAY, March 20:-

of

10 am. Poi Ho lestes for Shangbai 8 pm-Meeting of Shareholders of The Chinese Insurancs Co., Limited, at the Head Office, Honghotig, Goods per Prins Frich Cart undall. vered after this date subject to rent. SUNDAY, March 24:

Goods per Glonartney undelivered after

this date subject to rent. TUESDAY, March 201

Gazette.

EXPORT OF SILVER TO CHINA AND THE STRALIS SETTLEMENTS, From Southampton.

China £1,658,865

Straits. €1,484,861

723,801

870,120

1,273,757

758,461

1,764,885..

1,484,438

124,160

Polios Intelligence. (Both Magistrates Sitting.) March 20, 1878.

LABURNIES. Cheng Also, a hawker, was sent to 6 weeks' hard labour for stealing a jacket.

Lee Ance, a coolie, was sent to 6 months" Per Messageries Maritimes steamer Die-hard labour for stealing a pair of trousers. mnah, from Marsilles, Feb. 24 --To Yoko bama: Mr Mukano, Mr. Nabeshima To Shanghai: Mr and Mrs B. Edgard, Mr and Mrs Jezdlar. To Hongkong Mr W, M. Deane,

Tue following passengers have been booked for the Far East :-

San Francisco for the ventilation of feel- Black Sea would be securely, guarded, for Way between the Mediterranean and the ing and inflammatory remarks against a Power which has the command of the sen the world generally and the Chinese in on either side of the isthmus to the cast of particular to which the virulent speeches Gallipoli can hold that position against all Occasionally heard at so-called "working the armies of the Continant-Bombay men's meetings" in England are but milk and water, The chief scoundrels in these agitations appear to be one Kearney, who styles himself "President of the Working-men'e Party," and another equally violent adventurer named Wellock, both of whom appear to have had some experience in what Kearney is pleased to term the "sweat boxes,""&e prison cells.. At one meeting Kearney, by virtue of his position as an American citizen on a free platform" as he expressed it, playfully alluded to the authorities of the city, as "hell-bound vagabonds," while another enlightened American citi zen, of a similar stamp, volunteered the important announcement in the course of his speech that "the Emperor of China had a design through the Six Com- panies to capture this coast 1" Such utterances as these are supplemented by cells for shown of bands on the part of those who own guns, and invitations to those who do not possess auch weapons to "bring clubs and stop the next China ateamar from landing any more passengers." What these "working-man" really want seems to be rather happily hit off in the New York Tribune. These San Francisco communists are,"

says our

Per Messageries Maritimes steamer Ird ouaddy, from Marseilles, March 10-To Yokohama: Mrs Kuster and two children, To Shanghai: Mr and Mrs Paromareff, Mrs Pelham Aldridge, Mr J. F. Goodfellow, Mr Alexander Fric-, bir J. Wod. Toong

ong: Mr and Mrs F. W. Fry.

Per Messagerien Maritimos steamer Tigre, from Marseilles, March 24.-To Shanghai: Mr Edwin Gammas.

Per Messageries Maritimos str. Yangtzze, from Marseilles, April 21-To Shanghal Mr and Mrs J. Ede.

Per P. and O. steamer Peking, from Southampton, Feb. 7.-To Hongkong Lieut. G. F. King Hall, Capt. J. G. Mead, Mr R. C. T. Lawrenson, Mr T. W. Dug gleby. To Shanghai Chief Justice French, Mr T. Watters, Mes Castler. From Venice, to Hongkong Mr Jobana Lauta

Por P. and O. steamer Cathay, from Southampton, Feb, 21. From Venice to Shanghai, vie Bomby: Mr E. Major.

Per steamer Orfordshire, from London, Jan. BL-To Hongkong: Bir Allan Ford,

Yeung Alin, a coolle, was sent to one month's hard labour for stealing wood.

Wong Aoht, à colfe, was sent to aiz moutha hard labour for stealing a cap from a child's head. There was ons previous conviction against him for larceny."

Sung Cheng, a cook, was sent to 8 months hard labour for stealing a 35 note from the band of one George Wesgate, barman, at the Welcome Taveta.

DEUSKERNESS,

Slark Louis Kelley, a saman belonging to the American ship Charger, was fined

50 cents.

nongahela, was charged with being drunk Thomas Kagan, renman, U. S. 8. Afo It was found after be wan arrested that he was a straggler, so he was ordered to be sent on board his ship,

John Brosdabb, and John Lindsay, seamen U.6.8. Monongahela, were fined 50 cents each and ordered to pay 30 cents and 10 cents chair-hire respectively.

American contemporary, the fiercest kind of reformers. They want malfea

AN IMPORTUNATE:DEOGAMI Bance in office to be punished by impri-

(LO. Express, Feb. 8lb.)

Zeah, an arab womat, described as s sonment for life, with no possibility for

The Foxhounds, composite gunboat, widow, was charged with begving at the pardon. They want all bloated bond-Lieutenant Commander W. H. G. Nowell, door of Messrs D. Bassoon's Office. Mr J. holders who have more than a square sailed from Plymouth on the 31st alt for Alex. Mosely stated the defendant had. mile of land to be restricted hereafter to the China station, in the Suez Canal, calling | been to his office and refused to go away! that amount. They want the Electoral at Gibraltar, Malta, Aden, and Singaporo, she was offered $2, which she refused, and Noon American Mall leaves for Yoko-Colleges sholished Chinese cheap labor mander, Bouverie F. Clark, at Davenport, and interfered with the people passing in The Folept, 3, composite gun-vessel; Com Insisted on getting $10; she was very nolay abolished; the pardoning power abolish Atting for the China station, has been taken and out, by holding on by their clothes. Mr ed; but the sacred right to organise riots out for her steam trials, when the following Creagh nent her to 2 days' imprisonment maintained, and pretty much everybody satisfactory mean results were obtained for disorderly conduct. legislated to ploces, but the working-men Speed, 11.2 knots; vacuum, 27 2; revolus of San Francisco, It follows, without today 101.0 steam, 670. The Falcon hea sinos been inspected by Captain Thomas Le maying it, that these gentlemen believe Hunt Ward, of the Cambridge, and has that the Divine Law of labor prescribes proceeded for a week's experimental ernise eight hours a day, and that no working in the Channel.DEN man should profane his brow with more than a genteal perspiration."

hazia and San Francisco, WEDNESDAY, March 27 —

Goods per Fei Ho undelivered aftes Neon, subject to rent and landing charges THURADAY, March 28 1

by

Noon English Mall leaves for Forts

of Call and Europe. §. -Performance of "Trial

Fury," at the Lusitano. Brisbane leaves for Singapore, ka.. SATURDAY, March 80:-

Ionian leaves for London, Tresnay, April 9

9pm-Oreidental & Oriental §. 8. O.

Steamer leaves for Yokohama and Bau Francines,

·LOGAL AND GENERAL.

THz delivery of the French mall was begün

at 7.60 this morning to boxholders, and a # to the general pubilej

The subscription list which has boin opened at the "Agro Bank for the relief of

MORE BEGGAES,

Chang Asni and five others were charged with begging in the public streete, and were ordered to be sent back to their native places,

UNLAWFUL BUSKESSION.

Bin Alung was sent to two weeks! hard

the starving populations in the Northern labotir for being found in the unlawful provinces in China has not been well possession of some nails; iron and marline responded to. The subscribers af prenent | spikes,

or Thomas Wade, K.C.B., 250; W

E. Brown, 225: Thomas Walker, £20; E.

Webb, 101 Chippenham," 10 Hamari

ARKABÍLESS TRICK,

Fang Apha, nemployed, was charged

tan," "#10; John "Edward Wüka; 600; with obtaining 80 cents from a woman