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both nationalities to clear out from enemy's ports and attain safely in their own or neutral ports. England does not make war upon peaceful traders,"

MANKA SHIPPING-Arrivals March 28, Felli Mendelsohn, from Hongkong; Chew rell, from San Francisco: Albatros, from Labuan: Tejo, from Labuan; April 1, Flores de Maria, from Hongkong; 2, 8. E Duman, from New Castle ; 4, Delis, from Swanses; 6, Humboldt, from Hongkong Kalsar, from Hongkong; 8, Portis, from

San Francisco,

Departures-Mar, 28, Chalmette, for London; 29, Ellsworth, few New York; Villa de Rivadavia, for Hongkong; 81, Salisbury, for London: April 6, Ellen Munroe, for San Francisco; Pacs, for Amoy via Laguimanoo; 7, Galatea, for Liverpool John O. Munroe, for London 8, Flores de Maria, for Moluccaa.

Francos India for Liverpool; Felix Veuels, Leading. Bonanza, for Sau Mendelsohn, for Liverpool; San Lorenzo, for Hongkong.

MATHE GREAT TORNADO AT

CANTON.

|

THE CHINA MAIL.

wa ovuld soo people struggling in the water. | and struggling human beings. I went and A junk now us had hormat, a thick one, helped to rescue the persons buses in soapped in twa. On the fat shore there was Mesars Arnhold, Karberg & Co.'s godown,” a huge wood-pile, which the whirlwind

After crossing the canal, the tornado, distributed all over the river. · A heavy venetian blind was torn from its hinges as I have previously explained, took a near me, and I saw it carried sa high as rather deviating course northwards, the mast, when other matters took my Walking along the western wall yester attention from it. It rained heavily all the day to beyond the Five Story Pagoda, time, but it was no water-spout that bad due north of the city, I could see no passed us. There was no water about it signs whatever of the devastation, so that it was a whirlwind. Some very large hai- stones, or rather is many cases pieces of the whirlwind could not have in any los one or two inches in length and say Down in the streets, however, the course instance approached near that boundary.

an inch in thickness, came down with the rain."

Another woman corroborated the laat wit- ness's statement, and said that she called the constable.

Sergt. Bremmer said he was on duty when the primer was taken to the Station yes- terday, he was drunk and very noisy. the Hospital; the child had been dead some Dr. Wherry proved receiving the body at

hours. The body was fully nourished but violence on the body, and he was of opinion dooply jaundiced. There were no marks of

that death resulted from disease.

..

The enquiry was then adjourned until Thursday at 4 o'clock, to enable a post

mortem examination to be made.

CANDIDATES FOR VILLAGE SCHOOL- our treasurer, or supplied to the Cathollo Missionaries here for that purpose in answer to their application.

MASTERSHLIPS...

The following Report of the Examiners who conducted the recent Examination of Candidates for the Mastership of the Anglo- Chinese Elementary School at Wong-nai

for general information Chiang, is published in Saturday's Gazette

It seems to be generally acknowledged now in Canton that the disaster was the work of a whirlwind simply, and not of a water spout. One or two of its freaks on board the Chinking were of a most astonishing nature. Two or and a half or more in diameter and un- three iron stanchions, perhaps an inch attached to anything, were broken short off as if they had been struck a sudden and heavy blow with a sledge hammer. Singular to relate a ventilator near to ruins of their house dead. Looking at employ of Mr Humphreys, and £d Akof, the examination of the Candidates

Police Intelligence. (Before the Hon. 0. May-) April 15, 1878.

NEGLECT OF DUTY

In view of this, I take the liberty of writing your Excellency, to inquire if the vote you so kindly passed in Hongkong can be conveniently sent by remittance to our treasurer, F. W. Lemaroband, Esquire, Agra Bank.

of the tornado could be traced, as a line feeble resistance to the fearful violence of utter ruin. Unable to oppose but s of the wind, the frail habitations of the Chinese must have collapsed like so many matsheds. In one or two places, also, it was evident that extensive fires

Road the houses of one or two well-known had raged, but all these had been got under yesterday afternoon. In Canal Chinese shop-keepers have been demo- lished. Tong Cheong, the tailor, and his assistant were both taken out of the these stanchions, and on a more exposed the immense piles of debris almost un- position than they, was not shifted or touched yesterday I should say that damaged in any way, but the wind had third of the bodies of the victims had rushed down it into the hold with such then to be recovered, Doubtless there defendant was an overseer, and his duty scholars of the Government Central School, Jam, Your Excellency's

As it in, we are dependent on the sympathy and aid of friends at home and abroad, and we are thankfni that theme. have been granted greatly beyond our expectation,

if Your Excellency cau meet our request, by making the arrangements necessary for the transmission of the above vote, uan Committee will fool greatly obliged

"We bave received from England nearly Tl. 80,000, and about an equal aux from 1. A Competitive Examination was held, other quarters. Our hope was that the at 2 P.M. on Tuesday, the 2nd April, at the balance of it amounting to $150,000, with in accordance with Notification No. 57 in so-called China indemnity in the hands of Government Gazette of 30th March, 1878, the U.S. Government, or rather the

Government Central School.

Interest thereon for the last twenty yours, 2. By ordor of H. E. the Governor, the would be accorded to us for this benevolent examination was condnated by the Acting object the salvation of the millions now Inspector of Schools and the Acting Hond-starving in China. But our appeals bave master of the Government Central Bohool. remained unanswered to the present time. The Acting Second and Fourth Masters of Should they be listened to, and this large the Central School gave their assistance in sum come into our hands, the honour and supervising the Candidates whilst writing credit attaching to it would be heralded out their papers. Two of the Chinese far and wide, and be a means of blessing Masters of the Central School assisted the in the highest nomre, Examiners in judging the Chinese Reading and oral Chinese Explanation. The Chinese Assistant Masters of the Central School were Joseph Pereira, late watchman in the present, for their own instruction, during

head gardener, were charged as follows.

practical teaching, for which purpose a class Mr John David Humphreys, sworn,

of 50 boys was put through English Reading cultivation at British Kowloong. The lat stated that he had some ground under and Dictation exercises by the Candidates.

3. Seven Candidates, all present or former

violence as to lift up the grated

presented themselves for examination. CANTON, Monday Evening. Arriving here on Saturday evening I covering of the after hatch in the cabin are also bodies still lying in the Canal at was to supervise the labour of ten Chinese Arranging them in the order in which the

Shameen. I had to turn out of my way gardeners. The 2nd defendant was head have spent the greater part of my time passage

examiners would now class them on the Complainant charged the lat gardener. since in obtaining information respecting

Beautiful Shameen is a complete wreck yesterday in the course of a walk along

rames are as follows:-- reporting the 2nd defendant's absence. He the fearful disaster which has fallen upon throughout the course taken by the whirl the Canal Road to avoid stopping on the defendant with negloot of bis duty in notasis of the results of the examination, their this place. With this object I have wind across the concession, Some idea corps of a man who had recently had occasion to believe that the 2nd defen

been taken out of the water and daat had been absent from his duty from travened the whole of the devastated die of the bar in the not that one of the laid there, partly across the road, with trict from Shameen to the point at which gathered from the fact of the mat or two thrown over him and a the tornado left the north-western sub-massive granite seats, perhaps six or swarm of flits busing about the exposed urbs of the city and dashed away sorous seven feet long and of proportionate

The tornado did not thickness and width, was lifted from its portions of his body. Fortunately, the the open plains

European dwellings on the Canal Road, strike the wall at all. After leaving Sha- supports and deposited a yard or tabiefly residences of missionaries, were meen it proceeded for about half-a-mile away. The houses in Bhameen which

out of the range of the tornado. Away in a north-easterly direction and then took first had to experience the fury of the up in the city the Hung Shing Temple A somewhat irregular course to the popu- whirlwind were the British Consulate, four suburb at the north-west corner of Messrs Arnhold Karberg & Co.'s residence, 500 Genii damaged. Crossing the rice on Mr. Humphreys apoke to him, and

was demolished and the Temple of the the wall. As to the total number of the Mesars Jardine, Matheson & Co.'s re-fields the tornado, with apparently unsaid that the man had gone to Victoria by Notification No. 67, as published in Govern Gazette and our local paper, and to, the

Gopp & Co.'s residence

(From our Special Correspondent.)

a

Ons unfortunate celestial," who had

the 6th until the 10th of the present month, (e) Chan Man Kwong, and on the 8th of the month at 7 a.m. ho (6. Li Fuk-te un.. want to count the men, and all were pre-o. Tem Sz-chiu, sent except the 2nd. defendant. The 1st Ch'an A-hings defendant was present and said that thee. Ho Tung,.... absentee had gone to Victoris at 6 o'clock, Chi Chi-ming, and that he had slept in the gardener's) Lái Sham-kiú.. quarters on the previous night. This was found to be false, the man having been Canton since the 6th instant.

The 1st defendant sald he was excited

had gone to Canton to see a alck relation, and that he told the 1st defendant to inform Mr Humphreys of his absence, as it was The lat defendant was discharged, and too soon early to him himself, the 2nd and 85 or 21 days' imprisonment,

with hard labour,

obtained; nor is it likely or possible that and the German Consalate, these house in the crowded north-western suburbs, any reliable figures will ever be forthcom- being nearest to the river, and extending and I hear vague rumours of its having ing on the point. I have heard it placed at from one limit to the other of the track, 1,000 and some half-a-dozen other totals, taken of coume broadways, of the tornado, ed away further north, spreading des the highest reached being 40,000. When, The British Consulate is not much in trustion through the villages as it went, however, I say that the tornado was jured, comparatively speaking, although about 200 yards in width, and demolished a portion of the roof is gone. Messrs. experienced some of the violence of the about seven-tenths of the houses it Arnbold, Karberg & Co.'s residence is tornado upon his establishment, is said to have observed that the one piecy man encountered in its course of about three also not very greatly damaged, although topside must have been relly Lushee miles through the baddled mass of their godown behind is entirely demo-

That is at all events an im angles. buildings which constitute the western lished. The greater part of the west suburbs of Canton, some ides may be wall and west corner of Mesars Jardine, provement upon the "dragon" pidgin formed of both the number of lives lost and the extent of the damage done. I heard it stated yesterday on pretty good authority that the Mandarin of the die talet had reported a loss of 8000 lives, but lahingute that estimats must be Included the seriously injured as well as the dead. Another report current among imagine, be only useful in future as fire. shore in the canal road shops, and probably to be held on the body this afteroom.

Matheson & Co.'s residence in carried away, and the roof smashed generally. From the road the remains of a mosquito curtain can be seen clinging to the rafters of the calling of a bedroom. The farmi ture both in this house and that of Mere Gepp & Co. adjoining will, I

wood. Iheard of a piano having been split into two in one of these houses, one half being found on each side of the room, but

(From a Correspondent.)

On Sunday morning the bodies of the drowned boaf people began to rise in one siderable numbers, and a large barge filled with offes was at hand to recive them as they were discovered. Many have not been recognized. This has been the case also an

throughout that part of the suburbs destroy- ed. It may be accounted for by the fact that many persons passing along the streets would see the impending danger and would

the Chinese is that the native hospital has placed four thousand coffins at the disposal of the municipal authorities, but It may be a question whether the hospital if the report be trae I fancy something precipitately take refuge In the neareet authorities bold such a large number of heavy must have fallen on the instru-house, only to meet, with a similar fate to suffins in their stores or could ohtainment Mears Gepp & Co.'s residence hear that many have died of fright, and them by the time they would be required. is completely unroofed and gutted. One that persons have been brought to the hospi I am inclined to doubt that more than singular feature in the wreck of this tal and there died who had apparently a- residence was a tree, having a trunk a thing the matter with them except excess

ia as follows:

that which threatened them outside. We

INQUEST.

Fears at Fears at Chines English Bladies. Brudis.

207?

Most obedient Servant,

WA. MUIRHEAD, Honorary Secretary, China Famine Relat

Fund.

p

GOVERNMENT House, HONGKONG, 9th April, 1878. Reverend AND DEin Sin,-in reply to your letter of the 4th instant, I have the pleasure of informing you that I have paid 815,000 to the Treasurer of the European Committee in Hongkong for the Chine Famine Fund, and $5,000 to the Treamrer of the Native Committee,

in 1976.

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20.7

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7. 7

8

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3. One of the Candidates, Lai Bham-ki, expressed a wish, soon after the examination had commenced, to be allowed to withdraw, examined in all the subjects detailed in and forthwith retired. The others were

the headings of English, Chinese and Practical Teaching.

4. All the Candidates, without exception, did remarkably well in English Parsing and English Dictation, also in Chinese Reading and Chinese memoriter Writing, but all

were more or less defiolent in English speak- ing, and all, with the exception of Ho Tung, were ignorant of the art of saking questions (in English). It should be noted, however, stood in front of a class. that none of the Candidates had ever before

SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A WEST INDIANx. the American barque Quickstep, was charged John Williams, a seaman belonging to

with being drunk and disorderly, Sergeant

5. The Examiners can recommend but one Bremner stated that the prisoner was of the Candidates, Ch'an Man Kwong, who brought to the station on the afternoon of passed well in English, very well in Chinese, yesterday charged with being drunk and and indifferently in Practial Teaching, as a disorderly. The disorderly conduct was Candidate tolerably competent to teach an partly that he, in his drunkentress, had Anglo-Chinese Elementary School. roughly played with a child only six days Examiners regret their inability to recom old, and the abild had since died. He mend any of the other Candidates for a der- would sak for a remand, as an inquest was tificate of Competency,

Remanded until the 18th Instant.

SUPREME COURT. IN BANKRUPTOY/ (Before Acting Chief Justice Snowden.) April 15, 1878.

Mr White appeared to

The

hays received considerable sumin from I am happy to say that both Committees muniacent donors in this Colony, reaals due in no small degree to the publication of your former letter in the Hongong

other authentic statements you and the

Members of the Shanghai Committes have from time to time, put before the pubile.

Believe me, Reverend Sir, Your faith fully,

J, POPA HENKEBBY. The Reverend Wm. Muirhead, Honorary Secretary, Chins Famine Eelist Fund, Shanghal

Quotations

Hoxerora, April 15, 1878, OPIUM--New Patna, cash...$677) ¤ BRO

credit

»

19

Ola Patna, cash,... None

"J

credity

New Benares, cash, 5524 a 555

credit,

Old Benares, cash, None

credit,

New Malwa, cash, 745 credit, 750

19

Allowance Taels, 6020 Old Malws, - cash, --

credit Allowance Thela,

QUICKSILVER ... SALIPETRE

FIE

Exchange.

FL

ATK

30 days

Sycee, ...

20

་་་་ ..wa

600

271

.**

Mexicans, wi

Engilah Sovereigns, Australian Sovereigns, ***. Discounty car" BAN

* Shares.

t

28,90

* 5:24 5.25 m6 to 8%

Hongkong Bank, 55 % prem. Onion Ins. Soglety of Canton, $1,825 China Traders Ins. Co., $1,250 Chinese Insurance Úc., $240 Yangteze Ins. Assoc., Tis, 820 North China Ins. Co., Tla, 950 E.K. Fire Ins. Co., $695 China Fize Inn, Co., $172 H.K. & W. Dock Co., 9 % prem. H.K. O. M. S.-boat Co., $15 dis Shanghal Steam Navigation, Tis. 22 Hongkong Gas Co., 875 Hongkong Hotel Oo, 256 Chins Sugar Refining Co., 1 % dis Ohinese Imperial Loan, £108,210 Da of 1877, £108.10/.

Temperature.

(Taken al Muture Falconer di Co.'s Premia

Queen's Bond.)

6. The experience gained by this Ex- amination bas suggested to the Examiners the desirability of encouraging and utilising, for the public benefit, the apparently- isting desire among the best scholars of the Central School for employment as Govern CAMPHOR met Selioolmasters, and of taking some staps towards meeting the growing demand of the Colony for more Elementary English teach- ing outside the Central School. With this 4,000 persons were killed, while pro- | foot or more in diameter and still car of fear. The speotaole" at various pointe amination in bankrot Pass his final ex- end in view, the Examiners hord record Bank, on demand, segur

their opinion that a rigid continuation of the

| 30 days' sight,

6 months' night, bably twice or thrice that number may

Mr Dennys said he appeared on behalf newly introduced Questionnaire system for

Credits, PE 37 be more or less injured. A large num. rying most of its branches, thrust, trunk along the line of devastation in the suburb of one of the judgment creditors, Mr practical exercises in Colloquial English Documentary, 6months'sight,... 5/1)†

is past description. The houses are literally ber of the dead cannot yet be recovered foremost, through the lower verandah, levelled with the ground, but the tornado Kwok-shing-im, on account of Mr White speaking, and further an increased staff of both from the debris and the water. and apparently only stopped in its on-seams to have maintained its breadth of one having altered his statement with regard to paid Monitors to be specially trained in the Bombay, demand Rupeos,... 222 almost untouched, while parties of muni- catching the columns etc. of the veran- the whole way. The tumanse force of the (Mr Dennys) client's original claim was are urgently required. It would be neces Yesterday I saw hugo piles of rubbish of 80 vecane nadred and fifty yards pretty, aconrately the appuya) 3 chain mistro uirguity of a sokoolmaster's, profesion Shanghal, demand, cipal watchmen carrying bodies, enclosed day off had been absolutely wind may be gathered from the fact that in for 360, bal had been subsequently re- sary, however, that the Head-master of the Bar Silver, B.

Central School should set apart, for the in lightly and roughly constructed coffins, twisted off its stump and carried across some places the large paving stones of the duced to $800.

streets have been lifted up and thrown a His Lordship said that the adjournment purpose of giving these Monitors theoretical to their last resting place, was a frequent the lawn-s distance of about fifty feet short distance. Two large temples have having been granted at the request of Mr and practical instructions in the art and Gold Leat, cur sight among the hills and high ground to the strange place where it was been demolished, and the fragments of the Watson, porhaps it would be as well that methods of tenobing, at least one hour every to the north and west of the city.

found. The German Consulate has suf idols lie round in helpless confusion. It Mr Watson should put whatever questions day, besides employing them in practical teaching in the Preparatory Class, and re- One of the most interesting and fored vary considerably and is partly will interest the friends of Christian mis he had to make first,

unroofe L Messrs Thomaa Mercer & sions to know that there has been no damage Mr Dennys concurred and said that par- quiring their attendance at his weekly vainable accounts of the catastrophe is that kindly furnished me by the officers Co.'s residence, Mesara Desson & Co.'s to mission property. The Chinese are re-haps Mr Watson's questions would prevent examinations. This additional work to be of the steamship Chinking, which was residence, and several other residences marking on this fact, which they seem to the necessity of his (Mr Daunys) examin. thrown on the Head-master with a view to procure supply of properly qualified moored at the time off Shameen directly in the track of the tornado are also more regard as significant, especially when they ing the bankrupt further.

look at the ruins of their lately rich and In reply to Mr Watson, Mr Whits said teachers to fill the vacancies of the Village in the path of the whirlwind. What may or less damaged. The lightly constructed gorgeous temples. An enterprising native that he accounted for entering in the cash Schools as they occur, would further neces be termed the official report of the vessel cut-houses attached to the most severe photographer has been taking views of the book under date of Feb. 1st "Errata as sitato an immediate addition of at least one ly damaged of the residences were, ruins from various points, which will enable per book $250," that it was for payments English-born Master to the staff of the of course, entirely demolished, but Canton residents to give their friends a very which should have been entered before. Central School, lost the efloiency of the About 3.80 on Thursday afternoon a the only substantial buildings in vivid piotare of the affects of this salamity. He afterwards said that he could not account Central School be marred by this superaddi- terrific whirlwind passed over the ship. Shamest that completely collapsed under It is hoped that a large number of the trees for the entry without overhauling the tion of a Method Class for teachers to the The barometer did not give any indications of its approach, being as high as 29.09. A the effects of the blow were the silk will not need to be altogether removed; but books. The reason, he said, for the goods siready heavy duties imposed on the staf of

such of the branches as were epared by the being sold in Duddell Street, was owing English Masters. cloud apparently of smoke, pieces of paper, godowns of Messrs Arnhold, Kar wind have been out off with the saw to save to his having been turned out of the house

E. J. ELITEL, leaves of "treem, ete, was observed comingberg & Co., and Siemssen & Co, and the them, and it will be a considerable number rather abruptly and having no place in

Acting Inspector of Sahools. ALEXANDER FALCONEE, up from the south-east, shout three miles Municipal Police Buildings Those of years before they will recover their former which to put his goods; he had been kindly off. It was travelling up the south-west erections were all levelled, Six persona luxuriance.

given a place first by Mr Farra of the Hotel Acting Head-master Central School. bank of the river. When about opposite were taken out from the ruins of Meera

do l'Univers, and afterwards by Mr Bain Hongkong, 6th April, 1878. to tit suddenly changed its come to Arnhold Karberg & Co's godown, three

of the Ice House. Mr Dannys seized the about N.N.W. and swept over the ship,

goods, and be (Mr White) asked the per- An Inquest was held before the Cotoner mission of Mesere Jackson and Smith, of

CHINA FAMINE RELIEF FUND. carrying away the after awning, with stan dead and three living; a fourth has since shions, booms, and other things.

The following letters are published for The died. Another native, unknown, walking midship awning was split, and the sten- in the same neighbourhood was struck (C. V. Creagh, Esq.) this afternoon, at the the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, to sall

LONDON MISSION, nett) was handed to Messrs Lane, Craw aldone broken, In the midst of it the buoy on the head with a flying brickbat, or Government Civil Hospital, on the body of the goods. The money realized ($366 general information in the Gateils

SHANGHAI, 4th April, 1878. moorings gave way, and it was with diff something of the sort and killed instantly, a female infant child aged six days, who ford & Co., who had handed it to the Bank's

To His Excellency Governor Pope Hon. culty that we could get round to let go the An iron lamp-post was also bent, twisted, was said had lost its life through the rough Solitors.

nessy, C.M.G port anchor. We, however, managed to

In reply to Mr Watson, he said he believ let it go, the wind at the time blowing with and partly forced out of the ground, treatment it had received at the hands of a od that the reason the amount in favor of

Sir,--It was with feelings of unfeigned great fury. The vessel was forced over on while a tree on the other side of the road West Indian named John Williams. The the Bank which appeared on the Schedule and special thankfulness that we received Its side, and a quantity of water came into was absolutely rent in two. As to the

still stood at $813 was because the Solicitor notice of a vote by Your Excellency in the the cargo porta, damaging a quantity of trees generally, one half of those in the following gentlemen were sworn as a Jury had not yet soconated to the Bank for the Hongkong Legislature of $10,000, cargo. Two cargo boats lying alongside, tracks of the tornado are demolished. Laat Messrs A, Chayne, S. J. Crutch, and J. $566, but Mr Denny's would perhaps ez account of the China Famine Relief Fund. We have also observed that the vote was one containing 800 bags of riss, and the ly the bridge leading over the Canal at Cook, other 100 bags of wheat just discharged the back of the Concession presenta a

Mr Dennys said that he had obtained a sustained by the Secretary of State, and Ting Foong Chun, the mother, was first judgment against the bankrupt for $200. we could not but sejolos at the munificent from the ship, were capsized. The ship's boste being in the water at the time, had pitiable spectacle. Its eastern parapet called. Through her tears, she said she was blesses Lane Crawford & Co., advertized grant of the Hongkong Government under considerable damage done to them by cargo has been hopelessly destroyed, the large

The letters we are receiving from the boats and floating wreck, and the covers of slabs of stone of which it was partly married; she had forgotten her husband's the furniture for sale, and he (Mr Dennys) the suspices of Your Excellency

had agreed to the sale, believing that the the ilfe-boats were blown away."-

constructed being in one or two ins name. The deceased was her child. Wite Bank had a prior claims on the furniture North continue to be of the same distress. tances hurled to the other side of the news was lying down about 3 o'clock yester on the condition that if the goods resized ing character as before, aggravated only by

de of t

day, and the prisoner tried to take the child more than would cover the Banks claim, the onward course of time.

Her Majesty's Consul st Tientsin, who When left. Name, the balance should be held for his (Mr ** I was sitting in my cabin writing, when Mr Lindberg, the officer in charge of sway from her; he was drunk, and because Dernys) client. Mr Desays also stleched is one of the Chairmen in our Committes my attention was attracted by the people the Shameen Police, gave me the follow the refused to part with the child, he the billiard tables, and did not admit that there, has just written me that the appear 8, Korzo, in the Jenks alongside firing off pistols, gnosing description of the tornado and the

the Bank had any priority of claim to them snce of things is worse than ever, the Elvetico, and crackers, and making a great noise, demolition of the buildings in which he slapped her face and took the child sway White had assured him that he had to spring drops are totally destroyed, and 17, Hylton Castle, Greenock On going outside I heard a humming noise | was at the moment-e

He tossed the child up in the air several other property, and shortly afterwards Bled nothing but the most gloomy prospects are 9, Belle of Oregon, Liverpool and may the whirlwind approaching, the centre being like a thick column of dust 41 was lying down in the Municipal times. A Constable was sent for when the petition in bankruptcy when it was before the starving millions. There are

20, Elisabeth Childs, Elymouth with the top spread out. It was revolving Buildings at the back of the British Con- man gave up the child. The man was discovered that he had a quantity of plate, rumouse also of serious rising in Shani 2) Earl of Devon,

of considerable value, and a piano and #to. and Henan, which is only to be expected sta furious rate, and coming up the further anlate when I heard a fearful noue outside, taken to the Station, and the child died The Bankrupt aid he had not sent in in the airumstancer and the Government 91 Wandering Jew," "Penarth bank of the river, When it had got oppo- On going out I saw that the further bank about 6 odlook. The child was not ill an inventory of the goods he had retained is utterit paralyned by the condition of

te to it shanged its direction and came of the Canal was lined with people looking before. 4 o'clock yesterday. There is a for his own use; His Lordship therefore things. Large supplies of food are at their 2, Per Ardus, right across the ship, spinning her round, in the direction of Shameen. I heard the and placing her head, where the stern had roar of the tornado before I got ontalds. been. The holdings of the boog to which is burst upon us almost immediately and We were stored gave way, and the ship I saw the godowns near my place falling. would probably have gone ashore had not I went inside again to escure my property. She Chief Officer fortunately succeeded My Chinese boy was there, and I told him In reply to Doctor Wharry, the witness in Isthing go the anchor, The junks several times to get out of the building, alongside were forced up against the ship but he would not do so, I had just es said she had noticed nothing peculiar about and thus prevented for a time from cured my papers when the place fell in the skin of the child. It was not more capsling, but no sooner had they got away and my Chluate boy was knocked down yellow than usual. The child was healthy from us than over two of them went. A and seriously injured. was not hurt before the man hadled its the really large number of nampang as well as some myself. The Osoal presented a fearful junka were capsleed in ons vicinity, and appearanon, being full of smashed boats | thought the man hurt the child.

An eye-witness on board the same ves sal gives the following description ---

WAY.

it

Fortuguese woman who resides in the same house, and the man in custody called to see

her.

plain.

Bloxomone, April 15, 1878.

9 AM

1. P.M.

BAROMETER

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Do. (Wal bulb) 9 LM. Do. Do. 1 1.2 Do Do. 4 R.M. Do. Maximumn

Do. Minimum over night

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80.050

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VESSELS TO ARRIVE AT HONGKONG. From

Penarth Cardif

Jan

Nettmahal, command, but altogether Inadequate to

8, Lodore, meet the wante of the case, while the means of conveyance are alike unequsi to

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19, Madras (6), The Committees formed at one Instance

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