1878-03-28 — Page 3

No. 4597-MARCH 28, 1878.]

10-FLAT RACE, & mile. Ist Prize, $8; Hongkong as well as of the local com-

2nd Prize, $4.

Dawson (74th), Ist prize. »

Bergt. Carter (74th), 2nd prize.

munity. The generally-mlid westher, after a tediously-stormy Winter offers an add

THE CHINA MAIL.

it

Other entries, A. Scott (74th), J, Ruso tiòrial attraction to a trip by steamer Kiu same food as the third class men. Some of to Shanghal of $1647-71, which sum has be two brothers from 15 to 18 years old, money much oblige, in this time you do me

(Audacious), Vongy and Appasamal (Gua- | kiang for Friday and Saturday. fascary).

11,-CONSOLATION BUR, Ist Frize, $41].

2nd Prize, 82.

Pie. Skinner (74th), 1st prize. Pts. McCrovy (74th), 2nd prize. Other entries, Ryan (74th), Finaley (Fifilant), Ruse (Audacious), Vengy and Appasami (Gun-lascars), 12-Tua or WAR, open to Navy, Army, Police, and Civilians; Teams to

consist of 10 'man.

Wednesday morning.

SERIOUS DISTURBANUES.

We hear to-day of incipient Reballlon on the North River, as the consequence of the floods of last Summer, some thousands having banded themselves together in the Thing-guen district and marched into the district of Fat-Kong,-where, it is said, the The first tug was between team from the Magistrate was killed. Rumors are rather Blue Jackets, and the 74th, the lattor walk- ing away with them almost the moment the seriously disquieting thenos, belog to the word was given. The Marine Artillery then affect that great numbers of the people are went off with the Royal Artillery, although the latter made a bold stand. The Police on the brink of starvation and that a then challenged the 74th Regt, and owing general civil commotion is imminent. The they say to some misapprehension, as to authorities here have sent about 2,000 whether it was the mark on the rope, Tungkoon braves, it is said, to the scene of or the men which had to be pulled over the the ontbreak; but that force would soom line, the Folios, who were said by the Judges inadequate for the emergency and It is to have lost, were not satisfied, and chal-obvious that efficiently-healing messures on lenged them a second time. Winning the toss the part of Government must combine for places, they chose the side the regiment measured rellef of want with the exorcise had formerly had, and after a hard tussel

of power. Already we hear of a great discomfited the military. We may say influx of beggars at Fat-shan, and it however that they had all their work out apprehended that thousands may find their out, and as the 74th had already pulled way here, if food is not supplied to them at twice before, they were, to speak, handi- their homes in the districts where dearth capped. The Police were not by any means

provsils. picked man as those sent forward were the only ones available on so short a notice, So onded the sports for 1878. We append the names of the man who composed the various teams.

74TH HIGHLANDEns:-R, Crawford (Cap. tain), W. Dempater, J. Eadie, R. Morrison, W. Spicer, R. Cavin, J. Gallagher, G. Kay, R. Game, and D. Bi.

POLICE-MoDougal, Mackey, Beckett, Curry, Delergy, Simpson, Smith, Charten, Robinson and Morrison.

BLUE JACKETS:Miller, Bishop, Oldem, Reese, Alley, Squire, Leaman, Waycatt, Lamp and Endicott,

Remittances have already been made to the North by the local Famine-relief Com- mittes; but in view of this freak emergency at our own doors, they may conelder that the remainder of the contributions should be locally applied more directly under their own supervision, rather than form a part of those destined for wider distribation at the North; to which point the general be nevolence of the public of various countries

27th March, evening,

is directed,

:

Another correspondent, under date of yesterday, gives the following vernion

Some 4000 or 6000 of the population of R. M. ARTILLERY-Binney (Captain), the distressed district of Tang Yuen (asy Dyer, Satterly, Jackson, Eggarty, Temp-authorities and are plundering the sur- 300 li from Canton) have risen against the kinson, Perry, Carr, Bagnell and Benton.

rounding country. It is apprehended that ROYAL ARTILLERY Clare, Reynalds, the raagistrate of Fat Kong has fallen into Fillingham, Schultze, Bolter, Atkins, Arn-their lands and lost his life. The news hold, Taylor, Franois and Smith.

has just arrived, and the Governor General has despatched a forces of 2000 Tungkun braves to the sosue of the disturbance."

Police Intelligence. (Before C. V. Creagh, Esq.) 28th March, 1878.

FOND OF PIE.

INQUEST. POISONING STRANGE CASE.

We hear that on the occasion of Admiral Patterson's recent visit to this port thore was a little unpleasantness between His Excolleury and the Chinese officials, in connexion with his reception by the latter. in our next lane we hops to be in a post- tion to publish further information on the anbject.

THE FAMINE IN THE NORTH.

account of experiances in regard to the The following are extraois from a long

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Quotations.

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Do. of 1877, £103.15),

Temperature.

had been supplied to the men before. On The Honorary Secretary to the local of the fowls of the air. Another was half liberty to trouble in your honor with these the evening of the 21st, the meal was served committee of the China Famine Rollef clad in rags, in one of the eave honses lines; if you kindly remittance, extremely out about 5.80 o'clock to the third class Fund (de A. Forbes Angus) requests us to which open into the road. Another, half oblige in these days. I have purchased four men. I and the six other cooks used the state that he has sent a second remittance clad and half eater. Saw what appeared to bungalows, and now to much require the you do in such a time remit too them vomitted while eating, others imamadi been collected for the sulferers from Foreign moving at the rate of old men of 80 years, money ately after eating, and others at 7 o'clock and China friends.

each loaning heavily on his staff. Saw a belp, thousand obliges on me; and besides We took soup at the same time with our

young man carrying his mother on his of this took place a marriage of my brother's rice and other, food. I and the other cooks

back. She was far gone, and about to is now extremely desire for money, extremely also vomitted, so I reported to the doctor,

breathe her last: On seeing me observing oblige your,

Iromain, Sir, Your most obedient sorvant, who gave us some medicine. As I could

closely, he begged for a few cash, the first not work I went to lie down. Next morn

who did so aivos I left Tal-yuen-fu. The Rangoon Daily News. ing about 7 o'clock, some of the 3rd class

regular beggars are all dead long ago. A passengers who had not taken the soup the

few li further on, a woman about 40 had fallen and was trying to rise, but could not evening before and who were all right,

Saw two heads. From Pagoda Anchorage we learn that from her second knee. same to rouse me to get up to cook food for them. I got up, and my attention was firat the Arsonal gunboats Alpha and Beta were stuck up in cages, to be a warning to those directed to the soup that was still remaining dooked together on the 19th instant in who rob and steal, Saw hate and shoes in the iron pan, as I suspected the soup. Messrs John Forster & C's Dook at here and there along the road, but no dead found some sediment like sand, and in the Mamoi. On completion of these repatra bodies near-perhaps all that was left basins in which the mon took their soup, I the sister craft Gamma and Delta' will, we between men and wolves.. found a similar sediment. Seeing thus I understand, take their place in the Dook. Feb. 2nd, 580 i 8,Saw twelve dead, bogan to recollent that on the evening of the We believe that It was the original inten all stripped of their clothes, and among 21et about 4 o'clock. I. saw, the man now in tion of the local admiralty to make use of them one woman and two boys. At Hung- Court, Cheang Ahoi, go into the galloy, and the patent slip belonging to the Arsenal, tang-bien, a group of three were lying to- dip a basin into the soup, and as I thought but it was found that in order to do this it gether. They appeared to be a boy, bis then that he wanted to steal some, I called would be necessary to remove the heavy father, and grandfather. My servant said out; he then threw the basin in the soup guns from the vessels and thereby incur bo raw several more, but I only state what I saw myself. On the snow, we saw marka and walked away. At that time I did not additional expense.

A well-known firm of London Tea Brokers of a struggle and blood, but no dead body suspect anything further than that he wanted to steal some of the soup. But inform as in a elronlar recently published near; yet it was some justification of the seeing the men suffering in this way, I by them that "Thanks to the iniquitous warning to men not to travel singly along QUICKSILVER,

Two more hoada untae to remember what I saw the evening time-bargain system upheld by the body of these narrow defiles.

SALTPETRE, bofore. I met the man on the morning of uanters styling themselves the Wholesale hung up in cages on the trees. For many: the 22nd inet, and he walked away from Tea Trade Association' the door is still, a large number of trees on both sides the

Exchange. me I went up to him and caught him. kept open for gamblers to enter the tea road, as far as the eye could see, and on.s I asked the 2nd mate to detain him until market, and it is by no means improbable level country, were stripped of their bark Bank, on demand,... 30 days' sight,.

3/10 a I could report to the Captain. The 2nd that, era long, a combination of so-called to a height of 5, 10 and 20 feet, for food.

There were also

6 months' sight, ... ... 8/11 mate then took the man by order of the capitalists may be formed to raise prices" Most woro elm trees.

3/111 Captain up on the bridge and searched The writers conclude this moralining essay groups of several houses with doors and Credits, him, I saw a packet of some powder found by quotations from the Holy Scriptures, windows open, and jars and other trifling Documentary, months sight,.. S

Their occupants were Bombay, demand Eupees, ... 223 on him. The powder was not of the same Now, we always regard with a certain utensils inside. colour as that I saw in the ecup. The 2nd amount of suspicion and aversion people either gone away or dead; but nothing had Calcutta, mate then told me to ask the man whether who quote from the Bible out of season. been touched, for they could not be turned Shanghai, demand, he had any box, and he said he had none; Old Will of Aron was good enough judge into cash or bread.

As a break to this long catalogue of ml. but I knew where he slept, and at that place of human nature, and we would advise all there was an empty box, and in this hox London Tea Brokers who are given to sory, it was delightful to sea (for the snow the 2nd mate found another packet of pow quoting the Scriptures in their business was all thawed here) wheat very extensively der similar to what was found on his person. oiraalars, to ponder over the soliloquy of own, Though there be drought elsewhere, The empty box was placed between the bedì Shylook father Abraham, what these they have abundance of water for irrigation of the man Cheang A-hot and the 2nd man Christians are; whose own hard dealings at this place, and they seem to make the in Court Woo A-chok. About noon on the teaches them to suspect the thoughts of most of it. I could see in all the villages 22nd I received some information from two others."

along the road considerable quantities of straw, indicating that they had had a good passongers in reference to the 2nd and 3rd:

orop of grain; but on Inquiry I was told the man, Y A Yin, and the Captain had them

crop was very promising up to the time detained. The two passengers who gave me and Ches Achew. Fong Achsong told me

leaving them nothing but straw. when the ears-oame out, then a sudden the information were named Fong Acheong

food and mildew destroyed their hopes, that he saw Woo Adhok put something into the soup, and Chee Ashew told me that he famine in the North, written by the Rev. abundance of water for irrigation extended saw the 3rd man in Court Ya A Yün meddle Timothy Richard from Tai-yuen-fu, ander only over 30 15.

Feb. 3rd, 2004 S.-Saw seven dead-not with my soup with a basin. When I heard this, I reported to the Captain, who, at the date of the 14th Feb., to the Hon. Seare- ore woman; but there was an old man with Again grey balra and an infant jaet born. suggestion of a passenger, deferred his ar-tary of the China Famine Relief Fund - rest of the two men until the arrival of MY DEAR SIR,-In former letters I gave the trees were barked, but there was no Mot cartloads of the vessel in Hongkong, As we came in a general account of the famine in this wheat in the ground. through Lyee-moon, they were arrested and province, taken from official records, and man and occasionally foot travellers. These banded over to the Police. On the morning also some particulars of the state of suffer were armed, some with a bright shining of the 22nd, after I had given the lat man ing in and around the provincial capital swords, some with a rusty old knife, others into custody, I went into the galley and from personal observation. It is my in- with spear and clubs, all with some Jasnes Well, a seaman, residing at the

examined the basins in which the passenger tention now to give some particulars con- weapon or other; even children in their Sailors' Home, was charged with throwing

had taken their meal the previous evening, Deraing the central and southern part of teus carried them. Some were glad to the contents of a ple-dish over the compra.

I collected the soup remaining in them and the province. But the region is so exten-keep close to me as we were riding, though dore of the Sailors' Hone. It appears that

found à sediment of some powder. I show Alva to travel over, and the time so brief we did not feel any safer of their company. Taken at Messrs Falconer & Op.'s Premica the defendant was to the act of taking the

for inquiry, that the acconut must neves At Siang-ling-bien, 30 i south of Plug-yang

Queen's Road.) ple out of the dining-room and carrying it

After the arrest of the men and before rily be very incomplete; yet I have seen Fu, there were two men of straw (effigies)

Gionekone, March 28, 1878, to his bed-room, when the compradore told kong, on the 21st March, as is supposed from they were handed over to the Police, three and heard enough. It is said that fami- nailed up to a wall on one side of the street. hit it was contrary to the rules of the poison, was resumed this afternoon (28th) Chinese deck passengers came to me yester Hiarity with suffering makes one less liable on the other, opposite, was written in large BAROMETER 9 A.M....

characters, "The poor people." Here we Home he could eat as much as he liked in the dining-room. The defendant thereupon by Mr O. V. Creagh, Coroner, with Messrsday morning, and reported to me that one to be affected by it. Familiar as many turned our faces backwards for Tai-yuen

of them had his carpet bag out open during kinds of famine suffering have been to me

Fu. emptied the contents of the dish on the

the night and more than 250 gold paita for the last two years, this last journey were stolen. They suspected that those me southwards made me so sick at heart that I compradore's head. A constable was then but be again assaulted the complainant. Dr. Thomas Pott, surgeon, was called :-I WA slept near to the owner had wolan hie istou I could return with my eyes closed muney. I reported this to the Captain, who and ears stopped. To see and hear was Floed $1 in default 2 days' hard labour. am a doctor of medicine, and now in medical ordered me to go to search the boxes of painful in the extreme. I cannot write all charge of the Doucalion. On the 21st Mar, thote near the owner. In the pillow of the Some things are too horrible to be described BRUNKENNISS,

3rd man there were found six gold coins, except in general terms. But to begin Francisco Frank, a seaman unemployed, it was reported to me that several of the The Folice then came on board, and handed

Jan. 28.-Stopped at an inn 30 li south, was fined $2 for being found, drank in the third clase Chiness passengers were taken ill the three men over to the Police. When A little before starting, I saw in a street of Holywood Road, There was a previous con- shortly after taking their evening meal. I board the Police shop, I saw the 3rd man Tal-yuen-fu a man lying on the road, about viction against halm, which he admitted. went at once to examine, and found almost rhed, and a number of gold coins were to die of starvation. Carts were blocked up

found concealed on his person. I heard Y and had to go round by another way.

Jan. 29, 1408.-There was a fall of an Tin Anak, lessee of No. 2 Pork Stall, all the Chinese passengers had been vomit- Ayun say to one of the passengers that Taipingthan Market, was charged by Ining, and the floor was full of vomitted food. there were some more to be found on board inch snow in the night, Saw four dead on

the steamer, The Police then took him the road, and one unable to walk moving since we passed south two days ago-a Feb. 5th.-Fresh ones dead on the road spector Orley with endeavouring to have I suspected something was wrong and or- back to the steamer, and then returned with about on his hands and knees. One of the mother and hor son in the morning. In A pig cleaned in the Slaughter House which dered plenty of warm water to be given to two bags of gold coins,

dead was a boy of about ten years old, the afternoon, at Hung-tung-hion, the dead All who took their meal with us that carried by his mother on her shoulder. were actually in heaps on each other. It When left. Name. From Remarks. atated that he found a pig lying in the them to encourage sickness in order to empty evening taken ill except eight, but She was the only bearer, priest and mourosz. was here we saw a group of three together Slaughter House which had died of the the stomach. I then gave them come medi- they did not take the soup as they were sea-She laid him on the snow outside the city a few days ago. To-day three more are Aug. 'measles. The flesh was quite unfit for

The deceased were all in good health wall, and the last sight I got of them was, heaped together, two women and a boy. On 14, Regalus, human food. Tam & Poon, the foreman of eine to relieve the retabing. The cook told sick. the Slaughter House, stated that the pig me that some bad men forward had put before taking their evening meal on the 21st. abe standing at some distance off on the the main street there was a man dead, with Sept.

The symptoms I felt after vomitting were

one side, and a dog watching at some dis-the edge of a big stone between his teeth. 3, Andreas, was brought to the Slaughter House to be something into their soup. He did not weakness in the knee joints, pain in the tanco on the other

Ho had nothing better to eat, so he died Oct. killed at about 3 p.m. of the 28th instant.

mention any names, I know it was poison shoulder boues, violent pain in the stomach, Jan, 30th, 270 4 8.--Saw two dead, one biting the stouo! Others had been thrown 2, Anna Berths, The pig was healthy at the time, but about

heaviness of the head, contracting pain apparently only just dead, and dressed in into the river. One of the innkeepers 19, Ondar, midnight it died.; witness informed the of some sort that the passengers had taken, about the heart and great thirst. The more good clothes. He could not be a poor man, asked me if I had any medeles to cure the 25, Benedicta, owner and the Inspector. The defendant but they did not exhibit any symptoms of water I drank, the more I perspired, and I A few li further on saw one walking like famine fever. It commenced about the whon told that the pig had died, wanted witness to clean it, but he would not do so. any particular paison. Bad food might pro felt very cold. I am sure the soup from drunken man. After passing him, I beginning of January

which I took the sediment was the same one stopped and told my servant to get some The defendant denied that he wanted last duco symptoms like what I saw with these used the evening before. The galley is a cash out to give him. It blew a little wind, Feb. 6th.-Other fresh ones on the road witness to clean the pig; he asked him to men. Most of the men became better to- opet place, not enclosed in any way, so that and whilst we were getting the cash, a puff dead, One a young woman, another a throw it away. Fined $3 or 2 days' towards the evening, but some of thera con- any one there can be sson from all sides. It a little stronger than the rest made him Suffice that they had not parished from middle-aged one, I will not. describe; prisonment.

tinued to be bad. The next morning I is not a galley but a cooking range.

fall. To give him money there was use want, but had been robbed and left to George Robert Gorham, second officer of less, and we could not stay i visited them again. I found the girl Wong Amni was dead; I went in consequence of the Deucation, was next examined:-On the Jan. 81, 310 i 8-To-day saw fourteen perish, The one I saw a few days ago on the report of her death. There were four of 22nd inst. I saw a souffle between the head dead on the roadside. A stocking was all her knees was now dead about a hundred them who continued to suffer much from cold- Chinese cook and the 1st man in Court. I the clothes ens had on, and so light was yards off. Saw two men grinding some ness of surface. I gave them bismuth and asked the cook what was the matter, and he the corpse that a middle-sized dog dragged thing very dark. I went up to them. It a preparation of opium to allay the severe said he found the man poisoning the soup. It about. Two of the dead were women. Taci Ahing, a hawker, was fined $1 for pain. The woman, Chun Angan, was the I took the man to the Captain, who ordend They had received a burial, but it consisted front ragged garments. As coal rises in throwing stones.

next one who died; she died on the day fol him to be put in irons. I did so, and a few in nothing more than moving them from Fries, house timber is in demand, and lowing. Leong Awah and Wong Asam minutes afterwards the Captain told me to the road and placing them with their faces People are now palling down their houses were very ill then, most of the others re search his person and his baggage, I found downwards--that was all. Want or cupidity and splitting the wood for fuel. (To be continued,} A number of beggars were got rid of tooovering. They died on the 26th. On the on his person a small purse, in which there of the passer-by had desit kindlier with was some powder; I packed it into a pisce one than the other, for they had not taker 2nd, the cook showed me a basin of soup, day by being sent to their native places.

at the bottom of which I saw a whitish of paper and gave it to the Captain. I then her clothes. A third was a feast to a score searched a box and found a packet of pow of crows and magpies. One man had snow sediment; he suggested that somebody had put it in. I could not understand him very der, similar to that found in the man's over him and was untouched, a proof that A number of men were fined 20 cents for easily. The next day he again shewed me purse. The powder was then handed to the he had been there for three days at lesat, India presented to Parliament has just been A STATISTICAL abstract relating to British gambling,

the basin, and I put some of the sediment doctor by me by order of the Captain. A and that no dogs or wolves would be near. into a bottle. Subsequently the 2nd Offer quarter-master was told off to see that the Whilst the road was thus strewn with the lesned. The area under British administra-31, gave me one packet of powder; he said he doctor's orders were carried out during the dead, there were plenty of pheasanta fattion is 900,834 miles, with a population of 191,065,456. The Native States comprise The proprietor of the Sin Li No. 6 Salt found it in the possession of a Chinese pas-night in regard to the treatment of the sick enough close by and a fox and a rabbit on 573,052 miles and a population of 48,288,978.

the hill opposite where the poor women fish lan was summoned at the instance of senger; the Brd Offloor next gave me an- passangere.

Mr James Rorison, third officer, was had fallen, and whilst ducks in the river Including the French and Portuguese pos Ispector Orley for having sold fish by other packet. I have not examined the retail contrary to Ord. No. of 1858, Sec. contents of the basin, some of which I put called. On the morning the girl died, he appeared none the worse for the famine, sessions, the total area of all India is 1,484,160 square miles, with a population VII, which provides that no article of food into a bottle, and I cannot say whether the went up to relieve the 2nd officer; he found Another paluful contrast forced itself on me of 239,078,595. Of the 191,000,000 in

A lot of magpies were making habitants of British India, the religions usually sold in markets can be retalled powder in the bottle is the same as that in the 1st man in irons. The man made signs that day.

the packets,

to him to take him forward. As he wES an unusual din, and some were picking up outside of a market,

about to do so, he saw the man put his feathers. When I came up to them one of denominations are given as follows Mr Wotton appeared to watch the cake health before this; none of the desk pase take out a paper which contained some dead men and women have I seen on the Mahomedans, 40,807,128; Buddhists and 10, Braemar Castle (s.), London

hand under the cover of a ventilator and their number was dead. But how many Hindus, 189,843,820 Sikhs, 1,174,486

powder.

DISEASED FIO.

had died of the monales. The Inspector

LARCENY.

Man Ayat, & qoolie, was sent to days' hard labour for stealing a plank,

THROWING KTONES.

BEGGARS,

*: GAMBLING.

SELLING FISK,

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on behalf of the defenda^t.

The Inspector ats ed that he acted ander Instructions from the Registrar General. He produced receipts hearing

the stamp of the defendant's shop. One was for & cattles of salt fish called sun-kal-u, the amount being. 1 mase 7 candareens 6 and the other was for 4 candareens of titah valued at 4 candareons and 9 it. Te caso was remanded until the 30th instant.

Canton

The adjourned inquest on the bodies of Wong Amui, a girl; Chun Angan, a woman; Leong Awah and Wong Asam, male adults, who died on board the steamer Deucalion during the voyage from Singapore to Hong-ed it to the doctor.

A. J. Gordon, N. J. Gomes, and T. L. W. Ginger. as a Jurv.

By the JuryThe men were in good sengers were ill. Bad food would produce all the symptotos I saw in the men.

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Feb. 4th.In the same inn with us at Ping-yang Fu there were some forty carts that had come from P'u-chow Fu for grain. To keep order, volunteers are enrolled and paid by the Government in that Pre- feature. This was told me by one of the volunteers who accompanied the grain carts; otherwise they would be robbed. A woman

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Ping-yang Fu came up to me in the street and asked me to go into a house. On ask- ing what for? She said, there are young girls here wanting to be taken away.

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Shipping Intelligence.

The following is corrected from the latest London and Colonial Papera 2—

VESSELS TO ARRIVE. AZ DONGKONG.

Nov.

1, Elizabeth Oatle,

2, Cadiz (4.),

2, Johann Smidt, 3, Minna,

Cardiff

Flushing Roads

Cuxhaven Hamburg San Francisco

Antwerp Liverpool London London

3, Elizabeth Shields, Hamburg

20, Jetti,

Cardiff

Dec.

was millet bucks mixed with old cotton

1, Glengaber, 2, Otto, 4, Devana,

Flurbing

Hamburg London

13, Sir Harry Parkes, London 19, Sedan, 19, Forward,

25, J. E. Worcester,

Cardiff N'castle (...) London Liverpool

Miscellaneous.

26, G. B. 8.,

Jan.

B. Korso,

17, Hylton Castly,

Penarth Greenock

22, Belle of Oregon, Liverpool

Antwerp

30, Elizabeth Childs, Flymouth 27, Earl of Devon,

Wandering Jew, Penarth

Feb.

1. Oxfordshire (a.), London

2, Por Ardus,

London

X, Olympia (8),

6, Glaucus (4.),

7, Nourmahal,

Lady Panrbyn, Lodore,

Oushaven Idverpool London

Sydney Falmouth

9, Hedwig,

Cardi

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London

AT AMOY

Cardia

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LOADING FÜR UKINA AND JAPAN 29255, At London-Steamere via Suut Canal Loudoun Csatle

Gleneagion Viking,

Madras. Burmese.

road without any weeping, except the Jains, 1,832,811 Christians, 807,682 Yesterday morning, as the ship was en mother over her child, et most others, 6,417,304; and religion not 10, Egeria (6.), Sit Apoey was called 1-I am cook for the

10, Sarah Nicholson, Bydasy known," 632,227. Chinese passengers on board the Deucalion, tering the harbour, witness put the 2nd and affected me that day was what an old man

We hope that none of our readers are Have been employed by the firm for Ave 3rd men, in irons by order of the Captain said in our climbing Ling-shan together. years now. We left Penang on the 18th, He saw the 3rd man searched and a quan We had just passed a young man dead on familiar with the precise terms in which and Singapore on the 17th. We had over tity of gold coins were taken from him, the road, and then he said in the most an English tailor intimates that his little Sept. 20 Chinese deck passengers from Penang, Every attention was paid to the sick men touching manner - Our males and don account must be settled To account 1, Carl Wilhelm, and about 270 or 280 passengers from and witness explained the manner he did keys are all maton up, and our labourersare rendered £. s. d. NAB-Your early atten Nov. Singapore, and altogether about 800. Of that work during his watch,

all dead, how to it, that G: d. leta us poor tion will greatly oblige." Contrast with 5. Catharina, these there were about 18 third class pass The Coroner said he was quite sure that pople üle like this 1. Haw two wolves in this the Orientel grandiloquence of a native sengers, The two classes do not have the every attention had been paid to the sick the twilight looking out for the dead, In Indian tailor's letter on the same toplo to same food; the third class had an additional men. The Inquest was at this stage, ad- one village was a notice put up that those an officer is a regiment of the Bengal Native REFERTION OF THE SKILLIANT BURLESQUE dish of either fowl or duck and meat soup tourned till to-morrow afternoon, at 280 who rob sad steal shall be put to death Infantry

at every meal, but the rios was the same for clock.

without mercy. In another village a notice

"To Lieutenant-th Regt., N. IN both classan. They had also salt fish and

was put up that it was agreed by the "Kind Bir,I humbly most respectfully villagers that should any one be" anruly, beg solisit the favor of your that I beg to he shall be put to death without mercy, inform you that your promised is passed to People dare not travel singly these hills. pay the amount, and interest is more in Penrith, (Herald, Mar. Sisi,)

Feb. 1st, 450 ti -Travelled have a day. creased, the whole amount Es. 300 (Three) entertainment; and we trust that they will cooked in the same pan. On the gist, the The United States corvette Monocaty, Bar six dead, of whom four were women. hundred rapees.) Will you do so good then be rewarded for the amiable and per soup supplied to the third alsas passengers having on board Admiral Fatterson, the One in an open shed on the road side, with enough highly on me if yatt kindly remit Aurrera (.) Diomed (a) Bevering efforts to amure which were pre-shrimps, and vegetable root called koli Squadron in Chios and Japan, arrived in was in the river, but the water was hot Shell feel much obliged your by doing so,

was made of pork pig's stomach and Commander-in-Chief of the United States only a string about her waist. Another me a draft on the Loodiansh Tresanry Mabel Claris, viously so svou seful, by the pressues of They had also salt fish, fowl, and pork port on the 17th Instant from Amoy, and deep enough to cover and frece her over, because I hare much desire for the money pot a few Ladies and Gentlemen from pooked with yam. Those articles of food | left for Shangbal yesterday,

so what was exposed was at the cruel guercy in these days, therefore I have take the Wenchow (a.).

OF BOHULUE AND BEMUS.---

On Friday night, by request and a regetables. The deck passengers had fält general, desire,—the Amateur Dramatic fish, vegetables and regetable soup. I am Bociety will repeat the above attractive the head cock and have supervision of the

booking The rice for both classes was

China. fooutlow.

Robert Henderson.

Bailing Vessela.

At Liverpool

Priam (6) Victoria ()

At Greenock