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The Thistle, gun voseol, Commander R. S. Hunt, arrived at Spithead from China yesterday.

The Army and Navy Gazelle says:-It is possible, sosording to reports that have reached us, that the Figitant will have to be ordered home for repairs, as some serious defects in her hull hayo been discovered. It is thought that the length of time and the labour required to repair her will make it advisable to send her to a home yard in stead of to Hongkong. In other respecta gho is fit for lengthened service on the China Station, she having been thoroughly over- hauled at Hongkong on re-commissioning in January last.

No. 4852.-JANUARY 24, 1879.]

THE hold which the Canten steamers have upon the daily course of business in this Colony is evidenced by the commotion which is created whenever a break occurs in the usual routine of the working of the steamers. The accident to the Powan has nepersitated the Kinshan making doable trips, and the excitement consequent upon the barrlod manuer la which the cargo has to be discharged and put on board makes the Canton wharf a scope of nuusal bustle In the afternoon. A very large number of passengera loft this afternoon, and, the steamer was not able to leave before about past 5, and even then quite a number of people were left behind.

OPEN BOAT SAILING BACE,

Five boats ontered-Victor Emanuel's glg, Coeran, Sailors' Home, Daphne, and The Small Flak. The start was offected at 1.55 p.m. Stations :---

1-The Small Fish

2---Coeran

3-Sailors' Home

4-Victor Emanuel's glg 5-Daphne.

The course was from the Cool Sheds at Kowloon around the stern of the Echo and sround the bow of the Spanish barque Vi- centa, and terminating at the stern of the Viator Emanuel. The first mark was para- ed in the following order :-

Victor Emanuel's gig The Small Fish Ballors Home

Daphne

Costan.

They paraedithe 2nd mark

The Small Fish

Sailors' Home

Daphne

Coeran

Victor_limanuel's gig.

The winning mark was passed -

1-The Small Fish,

2-Sallors' Homą

3-Daphne,

4-Coeran,

8b. 25m.

3h. 55m.

4h. 050, (Not timed.)

5-Victor Emanuel's gig (do.)

THE CHINA MAIL.

here and at Shanghai regarding the manner in which the duties of directors as such may Occasionally clash with individual moroan. tile interests, It will be a question for the shareholders' consideration at the next meeting, whether speculation which appears indirectly to affect the Board should or should not bo specialy commented upon, That the Board as a boy is in any way whatever chargeable with indiscretion of this kind, I do not for a moment believe. But people will talk, or print ebare lists, and our plain duty seems to me to be to inquire if such things are so; and, if so, what can be done to put a stop to them.

Yours,"

A SHAREHOLDER.

WHO KNOWS?

To the Editor of the "CHINA Maul.” Hongkong, Jan. 20, 1879.

It sooms there's a lack, Sir, of scond common

eonse

The creditors of the firm of Wm. Pustan and Co. assembled at a meeting on the 4th inst., but the only result of their delibera- tion was the election of three gentlemen," Mr. Baketedt, Mr. Roosen, and Dr. A. Wolffron, as a committee to investigate the affairs of the firm. A well known accoun- tant of Hamburg, Mr. van den Berg, is now engaged upon the books, and until the pub- lisation of the accounts no further proceed In placed where most should be looked for, and ings can take place. The solicitors of the The wiesst amongst us are oft heard to say firmn informed the creditors of the receipt of That rascals will soon have it all their own way. of a telegram from the senior partner, Mr. The robbers and pirates are blithe as can be, W. Pustau, now at Hongkong, by which he For bobbies they all say they don't care a D., submits to the resolutions of the som-Because, though the latter are wily

| brave," mittee; and another telegram announces And mostly ou fait at unearthing a knave, Tarely that rascals, when tried, administrative powers over the Hongkong Receive their branch, Mr. Linstead being nominated a

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In parmuance of that power the enquiry held here, and that at the same unfettered control of its customs tariff, euch ship, appears to much Officer to re- time the lorela ander detention was clearly certain supposed reciprocal advantages are quite it." proved to be the one purchased by the to be guaranteed specially to U. S. ships Consul at Saigon opened a Naval Court of petitioner from Messrs Hedge & Co., of and citizens doing business in Japan. The Inquiry at that Port, and, after hearing Foochow." Woo Ah-yuat, it will perhaps provisions of the new treaty have been kept the evidence of witnesses, came to the con This leaves the question open as he recollected, is the samo individual who secret up to this, no doubt, at the request of ofusion that the fatality" was caused by on previous occasions stated that he was the Japanese, but will soon be divulged, the generation of You! air from or by the merely the master of the lorcha; besides We believe it will be found to contain a caren.' which there are other statements said to be claase to the effect that the treaty is not to to whether, in the opinion of the Court, set forth in the petition, that would seem take effect, unless the other powers having the foul air was generated by the cargo to be inconsistent with those made by the treaties with Japan are also willing to agreoiteolf, or the pepper and back absorbed the plaintiff when a witness before the Court at to the stipulation that Japan shall have the noxious vapars from other directions. As Wenchow. The native public horo look en unrestricted regulation of her own tariff. to the damp etate in which the cargo w point of which consists in the belief that treaty may be regarded as a nallity. We neither the Captain nor his Officers had any the whole matter as a great joke, the chief As there is no probability of this, the now put on board the ship, the Court say that this is only a continuance of the victory may probably learn further and authentis control by the Uharter party over its recep which has been gained over foreignore all details shortly. The transaction wears the tion. According to this definition of a through, as the former have (rightly or aspect of a friendly compact, bat which at contract of afreightment, the Master of a wrongly) atways most openly asserted, not the same time has no genuine practical vessel must make his ship unseaworthy, or teurely their b. lief, but their cortain know. value. However, it will please the Japancacperilous to the lives of the Crew, by the ledge as to this boat being the very Man. mind for the tire boing but it is manifest stowage of gonds below which, in his judg- that an agreement which is subordinate to ment, it may be unaafo to convey.. The darin herself.

the decision of the other principal powers, members of the Court, howover, were alive cannot be regarded as of much importance, to the importance of ventilation, for they when it is known beforehand that there is recommended that the hold in which the inserted in it from the upper deck. They no likelihood of Eegland, France, or Ger- mishup took place should have two tubes many, following suit."

also considered that the foul air was no. dancerously prevalent in the mainhold a to demand an inorcase in the ventilation. The Rewer pipes running under our eiroets are provided with mantraps and gratings, notwithstanding which men who actually killed by, the 'impars air they encounter. The best conveyor or disperse

Whether or not any of Woo's present as sertions when contrasted with his past de- positions, petitions, and affirmations, ma. terially strengthen the case of those who contend that this is the stolen lorchn, is a of high interest to all immediately con- question which will, I have no doubt, prove

cerned.

Be this as it may, it is perhaps not un- interesting to point out that one of the defendants named is not a British subject;

NAGABAKI

(Rising Sun)

It appears somewhat remarkable that, almost without exception, every sailing ship laden with korosene for porta in Japan

the election of a similar committee, with It's so very deserts from the law they've defiod, and that neither had anything whatever to mocts with some mishap on her way here, enter thom are not ouìy liable to, but are

I've tried-but in vain-to discover a reason

trustee. Pending the report of the Ham- Why, justin-birds-all rascals, no doubt-arresting the implicated vessel. As I have the Masonic we hear that the Captain has of foul air is said to be a rapid current of

burg committee, the mode of dealing with the estate remains undesided.

SUPREME COURT.

IN CRIMINAL -SESSION. (Before the Chief Justice, Sir John Smale.) 24th January, 1879.

REGINA V. LI AUHIK AND WONG AXIU. The prisoners, who were found guilty on Saturday last of stealing & bangle from & ollild, were brought up to-day for sentence. The first (the thief) was sentenced to five years and the second (the assistant) to three years' peral servitude.

IN SUMMARY JURISDICTION. - (Before Mr Justice Snowden.) Duggleby v. Humphreys, $638.88.-This was a claim made by an apothecary, lately employed by Messrs A. S. Watson & Co., of the Hongkong Dispensary, for three months' wages and cost of a second class A cross-action was OUR CORRESPONDENT "A Real Old Repassage to England.

alao filed by Mr Humphreys, the proprietor sident" will be interested in the following of the Dispensary, for $256.13, on a pro- outting from the London & China Express missary note made under one of the sections It is strange that following closely upon of the agreement entered into between the the announcement of an indignation meet- parties, whereby Mr Duggleby agreed to ing against the Government at Hong Kong refund the sum of £60 to the defendant the leading newspapers should receive (passage money) in case of the agreement telegrams from that colony praising the terminating through the misconduct of Mr sols of Mr. Pope Hennessy. The enlogies Duggleby.

Mr J. D. Humphreys spoke as to the paazed upon this volatile satrap seem to have been uttered by the new Chinese eastom of supplying plaintiff with food and Minister in an after-dinner speech at Gov-drink. The drink, be said, was supplied eroment House, It is not easy to under-at the discretion of his employées, and they staud in what respect these effasions are were allowed all that was proper for their regarded of such impartanos as to justify health. The store boy had to produce their being transmitted here in special anything that he was ordered to by the telegrams. Baron Router evidently did assistants. Supposing one of the assistants not think they were worth sending, and it had given an order for our bottle of brandy would be interesting to know whether the the boy would have to oboy the order. The expense of wiring was borne by Mr. Hen- boy had no discretionary powere, be was en- nessy or the Chinese envoy--the only two tirely under the orders of the European persona on earth who could feel ang tu.assistants, who were entirely trusted, and no stock account was kept. Supposing one of terest in the matter.

the assistants wanted a box of olgare or a bottle of brandy for himself, he would Tas following telegrams are extracted from obtain it through the store-boy, or more properly still through another assistant the Singapore Daily Times:-

Defendout had reason to complain of the conduct of the plaintiff, who had received about

London, Jau. 18-The Times has reason to believe that Yakoob Khan has been offi- cially informed of the conditions of penos, the terms of which are such as he can honorably accept.

The Midland Institute, at Birmingham, which contains the largest Shakesperian Library, has been totally destroyed by fro,

PASSENGERS BOOKED FOR HONGKONO, For Mess. Mar. Amazone, Jan. 20-Yr F. Stewart.

P.&O. Deccan, from S'ampton, Dos. 12-ar Lamb, Miss MoCrae, Mr W; Mac Gregor Emith.

P.&O. Hindostan, from S'ampton, Deo. 26-Me W. Harrison.

Per Gordon Castle, from London, Deo. 7 Mrs. Sangster, Miss Jackson.

The Court rose about past 1 o'clock. Mr Dennys appeared for the plaintiff and Mr Wotton for the defendant.

The case was adjourned until to-morrow at past 10 o'clock.

Police Intelligence. (Before James Russell, Esq.) 24th January, 1879.

ROGUES AND VAGABONDS.

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at the present nusaitable season, That Have been, so anwisely, from prison let out. Perhaps it arose from our Governor's fear Lest they should not spend such a Happy "New

Year"

In prison as out of it ! Who knows? Again- It might have occurred to his wonderful brain That shonid (as 'tis said that they will before long) The pirates again come to bother Hongkong, Our prison would be most infernally small If it were required to accommodate all Who-out of "four thousand"-might have the

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To forfeit their freedom, in spite of their pinok. However! The most that your readers can dare. To hope is that actions like this way ho rare In future,, So now, with my very best grace, beg to decline using more of your space.

Manila

0. W.

(Translated from our Manila Exchan,eo.) A dividend of 5 per centum for the second half year of 1878 has been declared by the BBBCO Hopanol Filipino, adding to this the 4.60 por centum distributed for the first six months of the year, the annual dividend amounted to 9.60 per cent., which is a good interest, considering the depressed state of trade.

The duty collected by the Customs for the month of December last amounted to $118,808 against $121,113 same time in 1877. The total amount col ected during the twelve months of 1878 reached only $1,498,603 against $1,541,488 during same period in 1877, which is less in 1878 by $42,885.

An earthquake was slightly felt at about (9.30 am, of Jan. 3, at Manila and in some

provinces.

Two new steamers are expected bore from Liverpool about the end of the present January for Messrs. Olano-Larinaga & Co., which are intended for the inland naviga tion of this archipelago. The two vessels will be named after the two gallant gene. rals-Churruca and Graving-who diatin guished themselves in the glorious battle of Trafalgar.

do with giving or collecting the information In our Kobe news will be found an account on which the Chinese officials acted when of three more in trouble, and in the case of said before, they were merely witnesses, boon murdered. There certainly seems a really useful articlo, and at first we were appealed to after the lorcha had been safely kind of fatality in the transport of this hauled up and put under guard.

inclined to believe that the cargo being at all times a dangerous one, no first-class vessel would care to take it, but so far from this being the case we are told that these very ships bringing out kerosene often return laden, with tea, and are as a ruis first class vessels and ably manned.

This does not seem to disconcert Woo Ah-yuan, however, nor need it do so, seeing how easily he gets over certain geographical facts and natural laws, which notoriously oppose bis opening assertions about the de- fendants and their connection with "his misfortunes."

The Fung ning has duly returned, and we are of course glad to see her, although I fest she cannot hope for very much cargo at this time. The prospects of her getting good freights after Chinese New Year are cheering. The natives say she is to make three trips per month; but they all seem to unite in thinking that for the first two months-namely while the trade is being coaxed back to its old centre-perhaps two: voyages will be found most convenient. This, however, is a matter which rests en- tirely with those whose interest it is to specially weigh sach considerations.

Japan. (Gazette.)

Ir may not be generally known that fresh butter is to be obtained in Nagasaki, and although the specimen of the native production which we have seen dous not equal in quality, and more especially in appearance, that of Kioto and Yokohama, still it is a great trent, and well worthy of the slight difference in price between it and the tiuned butter we are accustomed to.

FOUL AIR IN SHIPS' HOLDS.

(Mitchell's Maritime Register, October 25)

water. If this hoory is unimpeachable, through the large brick tunnels that are then the constant flow of a dirty stream constructed to carry off the sewage, ought to disperae -all noxious gases, and force them up through the apertures made with the object of allowing free ingress to pare and egress to Impure air. Foul air does not, however, ascend unless it is acted upon by a flow of water or atr, the one or both creating a draught. Stagnated foul air will remain choked up. The mere putting of tubes through hatones will not necessarily compel, as it were, the gases to come u through thom. Ventilators may furnish air from above, but are not dependible for drawing up dangerous gases from below. Motion is required to make foul air cir culate; and whore this cannot be readily attained, as in the enclosed hold of a ship there in only one other way of getting rid of a gaseous nuisance, and that is by sonstantly rising a force or exhaust pump

WHO WAS IT

"Which of you ladies lost this rubber 7 Every face turned pale at the size of it and each lady gave the other a sly glance.

Some one in thle car loat this rubber ! continued the human hyena as he waved it around.

Not a lady moved. Each one wondered. if one of her rubbera had dropped off, ba

"the owner сап have it-I charge her mind was made up to wade in mud two fest deop before claiming that one. nothing for my services," calmly observer the fiend, as he looked down one side of the car and up the other.

Not a hand was raised, but all feet wer drawn under the seat, as if by machinery.

A VALUABLE SOPORIFIC,

The death of four mon from fout air in Apropos of the steamer, and in proof of the hold of a ship is an occurrence of so

When the streets are as muddy as yester the goodwill entertained towards her by rare a character that it appears to us advis. the Wonchowitos (natives), I may moutionable to make special reference to the man. that some stil-disposed porsun or persons ner in which, it is said, the gas was pro-day the cars are full of ladies coming and The Elgin (s) was fitted with a going, and the trick played by a man (said to belong to Ningpo) diligently oir.duced. enlated reports reflecting on the see-wer water-tank for ballasting purposes which yesterday on the fourteen ladies in a Wood ward avenue car should be frowned apor

H thiness of the Yung-ning. This has been dose not appear to have been used. in strongly resented by the Wenchow people, that tank a quantity of cargo, consisting of by every true citizen. If again attempted ver a No. eight and pains taken to show the falsity of pepper and mangrove bark, was stowed. he may get himself into trouble.

16 usually in a dry condition, and when pocket big enough to fit charges which have palpably arisen from The pepper shipped at Singapore and Saigon boarded the car with a rubber shoe in hi We are at last favoured with a sight of atowed in the hold of a vessal it very often bowhide boot, and at a proper moment interested motives. the flag-H.M.S. Sheldrake arrived yester wells to such an extent as to burst the when all eyes were turned upon the car Au appeal made by Mesars. Findlay, Ri- day; but alas I only for s four days' stay, bags and damage other goods. The heat switching past, he dropped the rubber on or has the least aap in it, and gives the see it. Bending over and picking it up he chardson & Co., for the withdrawal of the I suppose we shall not be similarly honoured dries up wood that is not properly seasoned the floor and then suddenly pretended to

Naval officers who care for shooting are selling, beams, or planking the appearance called out: fine imposed by the Customs authorities for for a very long time. not furnishing the manifeat of cargo of the

plover abound; and good sport can always near cheats of tea or hage of coffee, it will ship, Coldingham within 80 hours of her ar-informed that duoke, geose, curlew and of having the dry rot. If pepper is placed rival, has been disallowed.

we had at little exponse. I wonder if the destroy their marketable value by imparting fowlingly ), and whether the above state needed when pepper is stowed under Admiral is a "gunist" (of course I mean to them Ita own pusgeney. Great care is ment will soften his heart, if not on behalf batches in a damp condition. A good of the Wenchow exiles, at least in the in- Stevedore usually manages to keep this terest of the members of his service who article as near midships as possible, and ought to have some relaxation allowed them clear of other goods, It appears that the after the balls, operas, paper hunts, &c., of bags of pepper, as also the bark, which the state. Rod mangrove bark is used in the more attractive ports, have become Elgin had on board, were received in a wet monotonous.-N. . News,

dyelag, and is taken from the tree fizophora gynorhiza, which grows in swampy ground, and is generally found on marshy land. The Since the opening of the Suez Canal, the

mangrove bark should be thoroughly dried before it is tied up in bundles and sent to "Very well," said the man, as he rose steam trafic was so largely increased in the

Tula precaution of up to leave the car. Fm a rubber, shoi two bottles of brandy per Indian archipelago, and so numerous were

ANOTHER of those unfortunate fires which ports for shipment. week, and of the incapacity of the plaintiff the vessels that visited the roads of Bata- owing to his intemperate habits. The via, that the Netherlaud Government had every winter are witnessed more or less drying the bark is not always adhered to, ahead. It won't do the loser any good to braudy had also been obtained from the thought it to construct a new port wide frequently in the native portion of Yoko and, unfortunately, in the care of the Elgin, cal at my office, or to send & boy and hama, has destroyed a large number of it was sent for conveyance without the basket after this shoe, for I won't give i store without payment.

enough for the vessels to lie at more esse. The violence of the wind and the continued houses and rendered destituto many who moisture having been extracted by exposing up."

were well-to-do tradesmen, or comfortable the article long enough to the action of the state of the sea bave rendered it difficult and sometimes impossible to the vessels in householders. This time, also, we regret to sun and wind. The heated steam from the have to record loss of life. Aboat 3.20 pepper would, it is probable, attack the moist

A Paris physician is said to have made the roads for loading and discharging car-

an. on Sunday, the 12th January, while a bars, and decomposition of the latter would

diacovory for which railway travellers wil goes. The new port, which is being con.

stiff breeze was blowing accompanied by be the result. The substantial knees of a structed, is situated in the cape Taudjong the first fall of snow of the season, the fire argoship have been wasted away by the steam cortainly combine to vote him a testimonial Priok, to the east of Batavia, and is to

bells gave unwelcome warning of the ex- from pepper. If, therefore, thick but sappy or Most persons have experienced the misery Whether a man i have communication with that city byistence of fire. Thousands hurriedly be spongy timber can be materially damaged of a long journey on a line where Pullma means of a canal and a railway. The work of construction was commenced in 1877. took themselves towards Motomachi, where by the heat of pepper, we may assume that ears are unknown, and at present there are 3,000 men employed volumes of smoke and bright sheets of moist bark would present just the sort of traveling by day or by night, he will pro in it ander the direction of European engi-flame were scen shooting upwards to a substance require i for the hot air or vapour bably wish to go to sleep after a time, a We cannot find any recorded the best way of forgetting the ennal of th neers. It is expcoted that the works will great height. There was the usual scene to enter. be completed in 1885. The new port is to of panic-stricken people, hurrying hither instance, however, of pepper and bark, in situation. Unhappily, the wish does no

and thither with portions of their offects, entot, generating such a deadly or gase always bring about its fulfilment, and be called Prince Henri.

some of which were deposited to the lee of ous air as to be fatal to human life. The may even be imprudent to yield to drows the fire where their owners had the morti-heated vapour of the pepper alone might influences when you are not more than fication afterwards of sooing them destroyed: not, possibly, be so overpowering as to moderate distance from your destination of coolies were employed in rapidly clearing reader perrons instant'y insensible on baing from a junction where you have to chang out the stock-in-trade of some unfortunate enveloped in it; but the decomposed bark carriages. The inventor in question ha Tender of second hand articles: native of the perennial plant wou'd supply a however, devised a soporttic which he de remen were making brave, but ill dires-noxious fume which, in mising with the olares to be perfectly innocuous, and whic ted, individual efforts to stay the progress other, would be too impure for respiration. has the singular virtue of being limitabl of the flames, or save some article from The tank was open, and, therefore, the pure in the duration of its effeos at the pleasur destruotion, and women and children in air-from above could find its way to the of ba person using it. The time durin the back-ground were sitting shivering in cargo. Some of the foul air was collected which a given dose will operate can be cal the cold bevalling their unhappy lot. The for chemical analysis, and we may yet be ouiated within ten minutes of the setu followed some time afterwarde by the au borities. At present that which killed and a half's journey before him might fee Relif fire engine rushed to the spot, favoured with a copy of the report of the figure Thus & traveller with two hour Victoria, both rendering good services the men is called by the name of foul air," perfectly sare in taking a two hours' deat detachments from men of war came ran. All foul airs mast be of a gaseous nature, or even a two hours and twenty minutes ing up with axes, hooks, ropes and other but there ara several kinds of gases. Had though this last might be a little dangerous implements: native fire engines in abun an open light been taken into the tank a The inventor, who throughout his exper directed their streams on the burning mass, to whether the foul air there was explosive arranges the doses in "miles," or rathe danes planted their hose in the creek and discovery would quickly have been made a meats had railway travelling in his mind but the flames were superior to their efforts or not. We have direct evidence, howey r, kilometres, Golag from London to Oxfor end burned more fiercely than ever.

of its being as poisscous to the langs as the (a distance of sixty-these miles) you migh Half an hour after the outbreak, the fire foul ale in sewers. One man fell when in safely swallow fifty miles, o inalined was sweeping all before it on both sides of the tank and died, and another of the Crew Old man and persona cuffering from anem the street, when, fortunately, the wind fell who went down to bend a line to the body have to take a rather stronger dose the Jan. 18.

A third man went others. The effect of the potion for the The contingents from the various navies dropped insensible Judging from what I hear, the decision now concentrated their resources against down to the assistance of the others, and he drug is taken to a liquid formul some to in Feking by our authorities, as to the identity of the vessel detained with the some houses, which, by means of axes, fell dead.. The Boatswain was the next to appear to be instantaneous. Of course! THE VEXED QUESTIONS.

missing lorcha Mandarin or the trustworthi. Poles aud ropes were demolished and carri- descend, and he expired on reaching the composition is a secret. It has, howeve To the Editor of the "CHINA MATE." ness of the evidence brought to rebut this ed away in an amazingly brief period. The place where the cargo was stowed and on already been tried by a number of the phy

Jerinary 24, 1879.

iosensible. There were then four men dead be experimented on. They pronounce supposition, is by no means conclusive or breach thus made was the means of check the Cook going into the tauk be cedame sician's patients, who allowed themselves SIR-to & Hongkong curls, I propose satisfactory to the native officials; and in- ing the fire, for the flames got no further

About the time the fire was at its worst and two inssible. One thoughtful fel vory agreeable to the taste, having soni Petersburg, and his own successor, the Mar by to-morrow's mail to send to my distindeed from what I can gather would simply two unfortunate women in trying to get away jowed covered his face, mouth, sad nose thing of the flavour of chartreuse. Poss quis Teeng,

The following members of the China Comguished friend Professor. Tyndall a list of seem to amount to a declaration of tem- from the flames, were surrounded and burnt with a handkerchief, and by not inhaling bly the discovery might be of use to othe mission to the Perle Exhibition hays been four of the questions put by Mr Hennessyporary cessation of action, in as far as is to death. Another poor wotaan, Anding fire the foul ait he managed to get to the tank besides railway travellers-for example, honoured by appointments to the Legion of to the native youthe composing the Chein. comprehended by desistance from further on all sides of her, and that essaye was and attach lines to the two mou who were judges in Tichborne oats and to ohled Honour-A Commander, Mr Robert Hart istry class at the Central School,. The fifth attempts to gain possession of the few rot

drowned. The remains of a clerk in a rice ressued. This was proof positive that from preachers who seem incapable of fatigue. as Officers, Mesere J. Hart, Campbell, Colin question I will take the liberty of framing ten planks which are all that now constitute kopeless, throw herself into a well and was unconscious, and by this means they were goers condemned to sit under one of tho Jamieson, Geo, B. Glover, Bredon, and myself, vis. What is the principal element the suspected craft.

in the policy adopted by Mr Hennessy It appears, however, that Woo Ab yuan store were found in cinders, and it is fear whatever cause it originated there was

A PECULIAR and rather ludicrous das bas thought himself justified in filing & peti.ed that more lives have been lost as several rugient contaminated air to suffocate those who approached it, The 260th Section towards the Central School

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tion through the Viceroy in Foochow to the persons are missing

The fire originated in a rice store, the of the Merchant Shipping Act, of 1854 was tried at the Borough Quarter Segalo Tastal here, praying that our authorities hd occupants of which have been taken to the empowers any facer la command of any at Brighton, where thres melt were charge

yacht, in the possession tooved to compel two "British subjects (rie) (natted), he appeared in response to police station to undergo an examination of Her Majesty's ships on foreign stations, with stealing OUR LOGAL BANE,

official summons se witnesses in the case, to into the canes of the disaster. pay to the plaintiff's sum amounting to about To the Editor of the ** China Math."

January 24, 1879, 4,000 for detention, loss of cargo, freight, The Queen has conferred the Albert medel -Sts. As I am interested to some extent vessel, and personal liberty adding, I am of the second class on Mr William Buyers, in the stock of our local Bank, might I in informed, that all these disasters were con late second mate of the ship Harlow, of quire whether it is the intention of the sequent on the false and malicious" in Aberdeen, for gallant condust displayed on Directors of that flourishing institution to formation laid by the defendants before the The groundlessness of thess The Grousion of the wreck of that vessel in take cognisance, in their corporate capacity, nuthorities. The China Sea

of sertale allegations that have been made statementy way conclusively shown at the

(L. and C. Express, Dec. 13th.) In the House of Commons on the 12th December, Mr Ashley asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whe- thor anything has been yet settled with regard to the third olanse of the third section of the Chefoo Convention; and when the papers relating to this subject will be presented to the House-In reply, Mr Bourke said that nothing had been settled in regard to the clause, Sir Thomas Wade was on his way to Calcutta with instructions to make representations to the Viceroy of India on that point. When the arrange ments had been concluded the papers would be laid on the table.

A number of men were charged with being rogues aud vagabonds, having been caught gambling in the publis streets. They were fined variously $1, or impris. oned for 14 days with hard labour.

DRUNKENNESA,

Harry Mille, a seaman residing at the Sailer's Home, was fined 50 cents and ordered to pay 80 cents amends for being drunk and incapable.

Neil McCormack, private No. 400 74th Higblandore, was food $2 and ordered to pay $1.50 amen is for being drunk and dis- orderly and damaging some crockery the property of one Chow Atai, at Holywood Road.

Before C. V. Creagh, Eeg.) Capt. Thomas E. Smith (1886) has been.

Ng Kuu Fung, a soldier at Kowloong appointed Commodore at Hongkong, in suc- cession to Commodore Watson, Capt, Smith city, was charged on remand with attempt will leave England for Hongkong early in ing to forcibly take away a women from March,

The appointments are gazetted of Staff Burgeons-Henry A. Close, for service at slok quarters at Yokohama; Robert Nelson, to the fron Duker and Lieut. E. L. Wilson, to the Frot on the China Station,

His Excellency Kwo will we understand, be received today by the Prince of Wales. To-morrow he will leave for Paris," accom panied by Dr Macartney, and will await the Brrival of the new Chinese Minister for St.

Detring.

We understand that the Spanish Connoil of Ministers at Madrid has again taken into consideration the laying down a submarine bable between Hongkong and Manila!

H. E. Li Ferg-pag the new Charge 'Affaires for China at Berlin, accompanied by his secretary, Mr Token Ki-tong, bas been received by the Emperor,

Show-ki-wan. The case has already been fully reported. No further evidence was taken to-day, and the defendant was further remanded for one week.

CORRESPONDENCE.

* WHAT IS TRUTE1

A letter from Pollock (Mindanao) dated Dec. 17th last, says that there are more activity and life in that district during the last two months than in any other time; the Governor is pushing forward with a will the construction of Government estab. lishments, and the Chinese are erecting houses with iron roofs. The immigrants from Panay dedicate their efforts to the planting of coffee, oond, and plantain, The Chinese, like the birds of prey, are eagerly trying to obtain as much as possible of offee from the Moros at the Malaban and Lalabuan markets, where the Moro, sumbering some two to three thousand, make their rendezvous on Saturdays from different places. The streets of Cottabato and Poliok, while the stg is up, are all covered with coffee, cacao, beche-de-mer, paddy, &c,

China,

WENCHOW.

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