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THE CHINA MAIL.

74th, their power to please require no com A cornet solo by Mr McKianou was very well played indeed, and the songs and choruses were all well and carefully sung. This is, we believe, the first attempt at this sort of entertainment the 74th banda- men have made. The meeting separated about 11 p.m.

cheerfully borne by the local offices. has been postponed until Tuesday next, prised members of the band of our gallant There is such a thing as overburdening the 4th March. the "willing horse" and Mr Sharp's Buggestions point in that direction. We are informed, however, that an Tuz charge of embezzlement of $1,000 appeal is on the point of being made to preferred against the compradore of Mosara the said Home Companies, through their Narzey Keasowjee & Co. will be proceeded agents here, having for its cbject the with before Mr May to-morrow at 10a.m. purchase and maintenance of a second Steam Fire Engine for the Volunteer Fire Bridage, and it will be interesting to learn low it is responded to.

THE Japanese Troupe perform this evening; and we are informed that the Band of H. M.'s 27th Regiment, which is well spoken of everywhere, will play during the

OUR morning contemporary at Shanghai publishes a valuable translation, extend- entertainment. ing over several columns, of certain im- portant native documents which form the prospectus of a Joint Stock Company to be established at Shanghai for spin- ning yarns and weaving cotton cloth by

machinery.

This afternoon the 74th Regiment, headed by their Baud, marched to the Race Course, where they were inspected by General

HRDGs & Co.'s Weekly Shipping Report, Pagoda Anchorage,, 15th February, 1878:

Arrivals. During the Week-Feb. 10, Namca, from Hongkong; 11, Europe, from Shanghai; 12, Douglas, from Hongkong. Departures During the Week-Fab Kwang Tung, for Hongkong; 11, Hao Kwang, for Shangha!; 12, Namoa, for Hongkong 14, Crosby, for Shanghe, 14.

The Straits.

(Singapore Daily Times.)"

The the railings on the starboard side were also It carried away, and the hurricane deck abandoned their former contrast. case of Leo Afat was differant. was true he came back to Hongkong, mashed in several places.. The hull of the

We learn from Salgon that the Independ bat bere the question arose whether vessel, we understand, has sustained no the plaintiff was entitled to liquidated damage. The collision took place about ant de Saigon, which consed publication stituted agreement. It was not very anchored near the place for the night, and and that the first number will appear on damage, be not having signed the sub seven o'clock in the evening, and the Tunsin sings the begining of 1877, is to be revived, H. M.'s troopship Himalaya, with the. material to decide whether the stipulation yesterday morning she was towed back to the 1st March next, under the editorebip of was to be treated an ons of penalty or da part by the China Merchants' Company's M. Henri Vienot mages, as ho thought the amount claimed str. Kiangtsen, inward bound from Ningpo would be a fair amount to award if it were The Martha has not yet returned to port, 27th Regiment on board, arrived alongside treated sa penalty. There would therefore and from what we could gather yesterday the Tan ng Pagar wharf this morning be a verdiet for the defondants in the case afternoon it seemed doubtful whether she (Feb. 16th) from England, and will leave of Ho Afo with costs, and in the other would do so. Her head gear, we are in- in a fow days for Hongkong. She brings case there would be damages at the rate of formed, is all torn away; but this seems to Major Geddes, 18 officers, 887 non-com- one year's eurvlee, with costs.

be the only damage she has sustained. Her missioned offoors and men, 5 ladies, 30 visit to Shanghai has been very eventful women, 63 children and 2 female servants It will be remembered that she arrived in a of H. M.'s 27th Regiment, who embarked Sobeffer. Kalser, $40 60.This was a damaged condition, and it was necessary to at Malta for Hongkong, Surveyor J. M. claim for money alleged to be owing on a expend about The. 23,000 in repairs to make Fleming and Mrs. Fleming, 18 officers, 1 This incurred financial lady, 1 child, & patty officers and asamen promissory note. It would appear that the hor seaworthy. defendant had given a promissory note for difficulties, and she was purchased at auction of I. Me navy, 2 officers of the Army $60, and this note bad been handed to Mr by Messrs. Farnham, and Co., who executed Medioal Dept and 1 officer, and 2 ladies Scheffer by Mr Benuvegni In liquidation of the repairs. This accident occurs as she is of the Royal Engineers Dept., for Hong although he acknowledged the note to be that Captain Mitchell, her new master, had previous instructions from the Admiralty genuine, but he produced a letter from Mr a misfortuno with the 37. A. Dizan, a few owing to the crisis in the Cape chall be ro Bentivegni dated subarquent to the note, in weeks ago outside Woosung, and her mate deived in the meantime, the Himalaya will which Mr Bentivegal said he would make happens to be ex-Captain Bloane, the raaster sail for Hongkong on Monday next. him a present of the money, as he did not of the Lunan when she was last a month wish to have his same mixed up with that of ago. hia (defendant's). Mr Bentiveget bad written off $10 for a dog which he had purchased from the defendant, but which, it was alleged, the defendant had since sold for

The translations are too Donoven, and put through various evolu. Lulu, for Shanghai; 14, Europe, for Shang-a dobs. The defendant dentud liability, leaving port, and it is a strange coincidenos kong. Unless an order countermanding

long to permit cur reproducing them in tions. They returned to Hongkong at these columns in their entirety, but the about 5 p.m., and were at once dismissed gist of them may be briefly indicated.

to their barracks. The first is a petition from the original promoter of the Company, Peng, au an expectant Taotai, to Li Hang-chang and Shen Pao-chen, giving full part oulars of the scheme and requesting off dial sanction to its being executed. He thus atates his proposals :—...-..

hal; 14, Douglas, for Hongkong.

Shipping in Port.-Ling Feng, Sheldrake.

THE OXFORD PROFESSORSHIP. -The sum of £211-6-3'was collected in this Colony in aid of the Fund for the Endowment of a Chiness Professorship at Oxford. The following statement to the subsoribers has been issued:--

$20.

W understand that the U. S. 8. Ashuelot is likely to remain here for some time. She is eaid to be in a very unseaworthy condi- tion, and we believe she is to under go

The defendant, in reply to Mr Dennys, Your Committee in presenting tho so said:-I did sell Mr Bentivegni & deg for came, and here 1 sought information Shanghai is at present doubtful. She will companying statement of the accounts of $10. The dog did not come back to me,

To Shanghal accordingly your petitioner very extensive repairs--whether hore or at regarding the methods of spinning and probably be completely stripped, nothing the above Fund, have the satisfaction to he was a very good dog. Mr Beativegal or weaving in vogue in foreign countries,...

Oxford on the 22nd February, 1876, the would not have run back and forwards to I therafore humbly propose to establish a being left but the frame, an all the wood-Bounce, that by a statute promulgated at his coolies must have illosed the dog or he spinning and weaving factory in Shang-work is said to be positively rotten, and Rev. James Legge, D.D., L.L.D., M.A., was me. Mr Bentivegni sent large pleces of paper hal with machinery of the newest, most in a heavy sen her decks open up, rendering nominated (for his lifetime) Professor of the like posters on which he had written " Doli- Chinese language and literature at that verup my dog" I did tell the dog at Canton Ingenious, most substantial and most profit- able kind; to buy, as is done in the west, living in her anything but a pleasant University; that the Inaugural Lecture was for $20. I had never received any money delivered at the Sheldonian Theatre, on the from Mr Bentivegni for the dog. I did not 480 power loots; and to hire several existenos.

27th October, 1876, and that Professor know he had written off $10 on the pro- foreign workmen skilled in spinning and

Legge then formally entered upon the missory note. He may have written that in January, hut he never told me anything weaving, to teach the work to our people, and to impart to them a knowledge of the

duties of his office.

about it. I am a sausage maker (laughter) length, breadth, weight and thickness of

Det-ndant bere aald that he did not under- stand sufficient English, and got out of the plece goods according to foreign standards. With no freight to pay, no insurance, and

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a quality of cloth equal in texture to the foreign article, the ofoth produced will be put on the market at a much cheaper price than foreign goods.

RETURN of Visitors to the City Hall Library and Museum for the week ending February 23rd, 1879 :---

Monday, Feb. 17th, Tuesday,

Sunday,

European, Chinese.

3

624 718

999 065 .508

The statement of accounts show that the net receipts amount to £3,063, available for the purposes of the Fund."

Mr Daunys said that the remark was little suggestive, but he only wanted to ascertain what business the defendant fol

Pending the decision of the authorities of the University of Oxford regarding the permanent endowment of the Chair of the Chinese Language and Literature, this sum has, with their knowledge and the ouù-lowed, eurrence of Professor Legge, been deposited in the names of four members of the Com Bunday mittee as Trustees, with the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, and bears interest at five per cent, per annum. Those Trustees will pay the accruing interest half-yearly to the Professor,

18th, 3

19th,

2

674

20th,

78

21at,

76

2204, 23rd, 75

-276

44

Totais, Grand total, 4,824.

Wednesday, As this is a matter which affecta inter- Thursday, national interests, and is, moreover, an Friday," Innovation, i have the honour to request Saturday, Your Excellencies to memorialise the Throne for permission to establish a com- pany, and for official recognition of the pro- moters as the managers, on behalf of our merchants and people. On all foreign cloth woven at the factory it is clearly understood that there shall be levied a tax equal in amount to the Customs Import dues on foreign clothe, and on its being went into the interior for consumption, it shall be exempt from likia, in order to ensure uniform treatment of both classes of goods, and not to make fish of one and flesh of another. Tia 600,000 will be raised in shares in the same manner as the capital of the China Merchants' Steam Navigation Company was raised, and this will form the capital of the Company.

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4,548

We have to saknowledge receipt of "An Anglo-Chinese Calendar, for the Years 1680-91 ; bý (3. M. H. Playfair, of P. B. b. Consular Srvice in China." This little book, which is issued from the Foochow Press, "is intended to form a continuation to the Anglo-Chinese Calendar Manual of the late Mr W. F. Mayors, which was

carried down to the end of the current

Aa might have been anticipated, Li year." It is printed in the Roman charac, are ter only, and contains the days of the week Hung chung and Shen Pao-chen, delighted with this new scheme for as well as days of the month. By its ald austing the foreigner. Li states in his wo note that the Chinese years dealt with reply to the petition that if the scheme will begin on the days here given:- can be worked successfully, "the profits 1880, Feb. 10; 1881, Jan. 30 ; 1882, Feb. made by Chinese merchants will daily Increase and those made by foreign 18; 1888, Feb. 8; 1884, Jan. 27; 1885, merchants will daily decrcase." He adde. Feb. 14; 1886 Feb. 3; 1887, Jan. 23; 1888, that the approval of the Emperor has Feb. 11; 1889, Jan. 80; 1890, Jan. 20; been given to the scheme, and concltides and 1891, Feb. 8. "his second letter to Peng with the follow- ing significant remarks

The foreign wo kmen to be employed ahould be selected with the gre to care, to that men who have realy worked in European factori s shall be enga ed, and See that not loaters or raw imposturs. your contacts are prop rly made. As you have an assured sum of Tis. 500,000, there will be no difficulty about raising the

Your Committee have also to record, that by the munificence of Sir John Davis, Bart, a Scholarship for proficiency in the Chinese language and literature, of £60 per annum, temable for two years, has been founded, at the University of Oxford,

By your liberal response to their appeal, your committee have been thus enabled to falfil their engagement with the University authorities, and they trust that the arrauge-. ments made will meet with your approval. manent constitution of the Chinese Chair

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IN CRIMINAL SESSIONS.

The British barque Palestine, bound from this port to Mauritius, and in regard to We regret to record the death of Captain the safety of which some anxiety was felt,

News was received here on Monday last Paul, lete of the China Merchants Com-has, we learn by telegram, arrived safely at pany's steamer Kiangching. When the her destination after a long passage, steamer left Shanghai for Hankow on the 6th inst., he was slightly indisposed, and that the British schooner, Laura Gertrude, gradually became worse during the passage Captain Hedley, was lost off the East coast The grew were all safely up the river. On the 11th ho took to his of Borno. bed, his ailment being a severe attack of brought down here this morning by Captain of pleurisy, and on the 18th he died. The Millington of the British barque Indian, were brought to Shanghai. vessel was then in Hankow, and his remains but Captain Hedley, it is supposed, was

RANKING.

**February 4th.

▲ CHINESE MILACLE.

They also hope that before long the per- (Before His Lordship the Chief Justice.) appearance of a bleeding wooden dragon in

may be taken into consideration by the University, and finally settled.

By order of the Committee,

J. B. TAYLOR,

Hon, Seca. ALFRED HOWEL London, 31st December, 1878.

SUPREME COURT,

IN SUMMARY JURISDICTION. (Before Mr Justice Snowden.) 25th February, 1879,

25th February, 1879.

REGINA V LOW AMO,

The prisoner was indicted for stealing 30 gs of four on the 25th November, the property of the master of the American barque Coloma, and there were also five previous convictions against him

The Don. Acting Attorney General (J. Russell, Esq..) prosecuted. The jury comprised Messrs. A. Johnson, W. Boffey, N. A. Siebs, F. R. Ragora, A. A. H. Bo talbo, J. A. G. E. Le Gloy, and D. Mun cherjee.

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A BEAUTIFUL TOY.

drowned.

The Japanese man-of-war Sieki, arrived" here on Bth instant, after a voyage to several European ports, and is atlil in the barbour.

$4,400.

on Monday last, and realized

The proposed imposition of now tates in Java has caused much consternation among the European residents of that Colony. A oopy of a petition signed by all the aropeans of the leland against the mes another columă, sure, with comments, will be found in

The sad nows of the almost total destruo

tion of H. M. 24th Regiment by the Zuius has caused much excitement here and fur- ther news is being anxiously awaliod.

FORMIDABLE ENEMIES.-Guesta at hotels in New Jersey are not permitted to mash mosquitoes on the walle, but must gat 'em down on the door and choke 'em to death. and ring for the porter to draw off the corpse.-Detroit Free Press.

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capital. As soon as 'recuive a report from by the Band and Pipera of the 74th: Plaintiffs agreed to go to Australia and there magistrate accepting it. Olsen was made made of paper and bamboo. The wildest The tool used is an ordinary triangulas

aeals.

The Russian war steamer Bayan arrived The city of Nanking is in a state of un-here from Hongkong on the 12th instant The bulk of the condemned British ship, precedented excitement. About 20 from and left next day for the Baltic here, there is a village called Ting-bilang, Sarah Nicholson, was put up for sale by and close by the village temple there is a pond which has been dry. ever since the oldest inhabitant of the place can remember, But two days ago, it was suddenly found to be full of water, with what appeared to be a log of wood floating upon the surface. This was a mysterious event enough; but it was nothing to what followed. The villagers Alis Lordable then read the law on tho tried to drag the log ashore; but it resisted esse, and said that, after Mr Bentivegni had all their efforts.. Then they endeavoured to written that letter making the defendant a chop it into firewood where it was; when present of the $50, he had no right to make lol the first chip of the hatchet produced a over the promissory note to Mr Scheffer, stream of blood! Now here was a miracle At the same time he thought it would be in broad daylight, and the excitement of nothing but right for the defendant to pay the bewildered villagers increased a hundred- Mr Bentivegui the $20 he had received for fold. It was destined, however, to turn the dog, especially as he had received a into very serious superstitious awe; for present of $50 from Mr Bentivegui. He upon closer examination the supposed log of (His Lordship) did not make the order, but wood proved to be a gigantic dragon, fifty only anggested to the d fendant what he feet in length, and evidently of supernatural ought to do. Judgment for the defendant, origin. The news of the prodigy spread like wildfire over the country side, and in a with a sto

very little time reached Nanking. To-day DRILLING EQUARE HOLES BY CIBOULAS numbers of people have been going on MorION.-We were invited to witness this horseback to the village to test the accuracy novelty, but as we were unable to attend of the story for themselves; for the sudden at the time fixed for the exhibition wo subjoin the particulars as described by the miraculously-filed pond is not an every Mining Journal: Mr Julies Hall, of day event, und just the very thing to Chancery Lane, has really succeeded in fascinate a wonder-loving people like the devising a method of boring an absolutely Chincse. The dragon seems to be having square hole with an ordinary carpenter's what vulgar little boys call a high oldtime brace, and that, too, with a rapidity which of it, for it is being entertained with musical is really marvellous-quite as quickly, in performances, singing, if not dancing; fact, as an ordinary round "hole can though whether the wounds it received in the bored with the same brage in the qual house of its friends before its recognition manner. By replacing the common brace have been properly poulticed I have not by an ordinary hand drill stock, Mr Hal heard. Tho burning question now is whe can with equal facility put a 1 inch to 14 inch square hole throngli a thick place of ther the mysterious beast is going to be brought in state to Nanking. If so, do brass, copper, iron, or stoel, and that, too, doubt there will be a very imposing ceremony with such accuracy that the subsequent and all the mandarins will turn out to give fishing of the hole is entirely unnecessary. The facts of the oase were simply as the visitor a reception proper to his exalted It is not surprising that this equare-hole follows The prisoner was bumboatman origin.

drill formed one of the most attractive Ho Afo v. the A. S. N. Co., Lee Afstand bad induced a man named Olsen,

novelties at the Paria Exbibition, and se the esme. Bis Lordship now gave judga member of the crew, to allow him Those enlightened and benevolent offioured the recognition of the judges in the H.M.'s 27th Regiment were-lauded from the troopship Himalaya this morning. most in these cases, which had by arrange to take away the far for which he gave cials-the mandarins just epoken of-have award of a silver medal to the ingenious Olsen was discharged lately been amusing themselves and the inventor. The utility of the invention is The first lot lauded a little before 8ment been taken together. Mr Francis Oleen some money. D'alook and to disembarkation was com- appeared for the plaintiffs and Mr Brereton by the magistrate, as the only evidence other children of Nanking with a beautiful only surpassed is its almplicity, the whole for the defendants. The claim was for against him was his own confession obtained toy, called a clay ox. I know not why it is secret of the invention consisting in so pleted in about an hour. The men marched liquidated damages, being twelve months' in a manner which would not permit the called a clay ox, unless it is because it is holding the tool that it will "wobble." to Victoria and McGregor Barracks, headed wages under an agreement by which the

a witness for the Crown. aign articles to work on board any of the

The jury found the prisoner guilty of Company's steamers for the term of three receiving, and he pleaded guilty to two years. There were in all about 800 men previons convictions, but denied the others, engaged, who all left this in the Mecca, a nolle prosequi was entered in those three, chartered steamer. They all received two as His Lordship said there was not sufficient months' wages in advance. The steamer evidence against the prisoner. Sentence was was wrocked on Thursday Leland, and the reserved till Thursday, when all the pri passengers were all landed there. News soners found guilty will be sentenced, reached the island of the strike of the Company's European employers, and the they consented to cancel their agreements Chinese were informed of this. Ultimately on condition of being brought back hero and being paid one month's wages. They nearly all signed an endorsement on their agreemente to this effect. There were a them, and these with one exception (Lee Afat) signed a separate agreement, Afat said he was asleep at the time the signing took place, and was never asked to eign anything.

Ele Lordship, referring to the original agreement, said that he had never seen a more thoroughly fair, he might say liberal arrangement. It was so perfectly fair and clear in its terms that the most ignorant coolle could understand it. It was clear law however, said His Lordship, that when

The China Navigation Company's str. be clearly shown that the parties Interested any substituted agreement was made it must understood it. The evidence in the present Tunsin, Captain Mackay, scores just now to osse, continued His Lordship, showed him be having a run of ill luck. It is only three that the men quite understood it. No weeks ago that she had a collision with a doubt, the Company's Agent having heard junk and was laid up for a week undergoing of the strike did not consider it desirable to repairs, and now a similar misfortune of a tended to make this charge at all future send the men to Sydney, su it would have rather more serious nature has befallen the Southern capital, otherwise the people been the signal for an immediate outbreak her. She left Shanghai, for Ningpo, at the entertainments, to defray the expenses against them, and it was no doubt as much neual hour on Thursday afternoon, and was which these pleasant evenings naturally in the interests of the Chinese themselves navigated down the river by her commander, incur.

Nearly $20 were collected last not to have gone there. Some rather hard who, when clear of Wooning, left the deck language bad been applied to the case, in charge of a subordinate offloor. Anchored It had been a little beyond the smell beacon was the

OPTUM POISONING. evening. The programme was very attrac although in a legal sense.

Deaths from opium-smoking and opium- tive and lengthy, The Arst part consisted contended by the learned Counsel for the American barque Martha, belonging to plaintiffs that the substituted agreements Messrs. Farnham & Co. The Tunen, it is as usual, of songs, music and recitations, were obtained by deceit, fraud and forge. Baid, attempted to arose her bow, but failed, poisoning are by no means rare, and fore-Des Eugane Arme dream was delivered in a He (His Lordship) thought he was bound and the vessels became entangled. The igner hating as the people are, they never lose most finished manner. The Shah's visit to in justice to the defendants to say that he jib boom and bowsprit of the Martha caine any time in rushing round and imploring did not at all copsur in the expressions in contact with the funnels of the Tunsin, foreign askistance in any case of emergency. England by Professor Iloilarhamesfce was made use of in the slightest degree, Men uprooting them from their positions; and, The treatment adopted on these occasions sung lo such a purely Oriental manner that were never more fairly treated every within a few seconds of each other, these includes liberal doses of quinine and of the worthy professor was loudly recalled, care had been taken of the men ; there had massive iron structures fell on the deck with a strong solution of mustard and waters been no attempt at concealment of the states tremendous crash, Fortunately they tell accompanied by a vigorous administration of The pianoforte duet by two ladies was of affairs at sydney, and the choice had almost straight aft, and the thick woodwork shakes, pokes, and kneadinge, Sometimes bean offered to them to go on to bydney around the hatches through which they had the process is successful, but as often not. very pretty, sad the fair performers were

as passengers on conditions of their girlag towered, considerably broke the force of I think it was Charles Wesley who wrote, deservedly applauded. The instrument is

up their agreements and on this the learned their fall, otherwise it is not improbable however none of the best. Two four-gart counsel for the plaintiffs had urged duresse, that they would have out through the hur

Can with a dead body compare I songs and Violin solo concluded the first and could this have been shewa it would loaze decks, which, in this class of steamar, able powers of the Court; but His Lordship covering of the starboard paddle wheel and part of the performance. And the second have been an interference with the equit is not of over substantial planking. The Not all the gay pageants that breathe part consisting of Negro Ministzaizy gave id he had searched in vain for any evid. the greater part of the six deck houses Whatever experienes good Mr Wesley may very great satisfaction, and when we say ence of coercion, and he was convinced the running alongside its a little inboard, we have had of breathing pageants, it i contracts were signed voluntarily by each almost entirely carried away, the only pare evident that he never saw the corpse of a What the Black Brigades the Chairman man holding the pen, and all the men the remaining being the doors and woodwork Chinaman who had died from the effects of (Rev. Ale Henderson) called themmomplaintled amongst the rentawvoluntarily | in the passage,. A best, the davite and | spiņu;==Shanghai Courier,

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the Taotal of Shanghai, I will a dress the The 74th men are housed principally at Throne, commanicate to the Boards what has been arrang: d, and issue the requisite Murray Barracks, but two companies are at Welling on. The troopship will accord In buying machinery, hiring workmening to present arrangements leave for Home and erecting buildings, you and your onl lesgues must be most particular. Don't on the 17th proximo. The following is move without plana. The reign hongs in list of the 27th offisers Majors Geddes and Shanghai excel in powers of cheating; one and wil they swindle you first and go to law Berring. Captains-B. B. P. Phillips, J. with you afterwards. You lose your money M. Kerr, F. Coffey, N. E. Carr, P. Stain. to begin with, and when there is a question forth, and E. Barton. Ideutenants. W. of fine, you get no justice. This is perfectly Hare, A. J. Irvin, G. H. Michaelson, H. unbearable.

Whether sooner or later, this scheme, I Stopford Tunnard, John Anstey Bennett, hope, will be a success. What is important John James Purdon. Quartermaster few who had not their agreements with in sound management and not official cor- respondence and Imperial Decrees. When W. Windrum. Sub-Lieutenanta-H.A. your machinery is bought and your build. Young, F. A, Sanders, P. R. . Thompson, Ings erected, then I and shea will protect and R. L. B. Steele. Baudster-Herr you from interference from any quarter,

Werner,

It is worthy of note that the use of starch and China clay is not to be dis carded, for in the details of the scheme Tas entertainment at the Temperange Hal attached to Feng's potition, two thousant evening drow together a very large and picals of these articles are allowed to audience, Indeed the rooms were crammed every thirteen thousand piculs of raw to overflowing, every inch of space being in cotton. Five Englishmen are to be em ployed in the establishment to teach the requisition. Had the centre wall been Industry, and if in three years they do down, no inconvenience would have been not make experienced workmen of the felt a small nominal charge was made for Chinese, they are to be fined,

admitalon last night for civilians only, all others being froe, and we believe it is iu-

BEUTER'S TELEGRAMS. [SUPPLIED TO THE "CRINA MAIL."] (Per R. B. A, & V. Polegraph Cole Line.)

LONDON, 23rd February, 1870. The Army estimates amount to € 5,625,000.

CAPE TOWN, 4th February, 1878, The British troops have assumed the detersivo and Pearsons Column is entrench

ed at Ekowe.

The Commander of the forces at the Dape is going to join him,

LOPAL AND GENERAL.

We note the arrival from the Count of the Hon. G. French, Chef Justice of U. B. M. Bupreme Court at Shanghai,

Ir will be seen that the Chamber of Com merce meeting, adverthed for tomorrow,

Loe

This concluded the Sessions.

Folice Intelligence. (Before the Hon. C. May.)

25th February, 1879.

SELLING SPIRITS WITHOUT A LICENSE, Chang Akwal, s shopkeeper, was charged with retailing saushoo without a license at Too-qua-wan. The sale was indisputably proved by P.C, Butlin No. 57 and a Chinese detective, and the defendant was fined $60.

China,

SHANGHAI,

(News.)

'A CHARM AGAINST SICKNESS.

enthusiasm prevailed in the densely thronged

readily understood. In drilling with the thoroughfares as the Chefu and two Che drill, and the reason of its action will be bit fired tightly in the usual way the cut hsiens, gorgeously apparelled, appeared in solemn state and reverently poked a hole in is, sa is well known, in a circular direction, the preposterous effigy. Thence outpoured but with the new drill the "wobble" catises a number of tiny calves which were distri- the out to be in the direction of the hole, butted among the multitude, one being put or from top to bottom, each of the three by for the delectation of His Excelloney the flat sides in tara making a downward ont Viceroy. it is a pretty little game, and ad- whilst rotating, the ond of the drill cutting mirably suited to the mental capacities of the bottom of the hole perfectly smooth at the innocents who take part in it.

the same time. The motion of the cutting facea is regulated by a guide-plate between -To-day, the 18th of the 1st moon, the the drill-stock and the work, so that the people of Nanking are all permitted to dis-hole is made with greater accuracy than is port themselves upon the city walls; a pri- usually done by roand drilling and filing vilege which is not recognised on other days out. From the smallness and extremes The reason is weighty and just. On this rapidity of the cut the hole is finished so day, a walk upon the city-walle constitutes usar to truth that it might almost receive a charm by which sickness is warded off for a perfect cube, and the amount of power necessary is very small, The apparatus is the whole of the current year; and as we

one which is likely to be generally adopted have this assurance on the authority of no less a personage then Her Imperial Majesty in engineering establishments, and will no the wife of the Emperor Hung Wu, founder doubt prove highly remunerative to the of the dynasty of Ming, it would be rank inventor heresy to call its truth in question. Indeed, to judge from appearances, I should say that the local faculty will run a fair chance of being utterly ruined before the year is out, THE WEATHEE AND THE STREETS. We are having another fall of snow, and the city is in a most blissful condition of dirt in consequence. There is a legend of á a gutter at Peking. Our streets here are man having on one occasion been drowned in

of the masterly inaction" policy which hardly wide enough to permit such a triumph distinguishes the municipal authorities of would be drunned by the dosen, thoroughfares are often under water for yards at a stretch, necessitating either cir

wading. quitous routes or a little healthy exercise in

O appearance of

lovely age on earth isso fair?

Shipping Intelligence.

The following is corrected from the latest London and Colonial Papers, &c.

VESSELS TO ARRIVE, AT HONGKONG,

When Name

left. Aug.

9. Urania Bent.

From

Liverpool føla O'ate

Fenarth

The

17, Ollurnum, Осве

16, Japóbice, 19, Hermann, Not.

Liverpool Bramen

8, Jan Peter, 21,-Fulda,

Msaalels

Hamburg

29, Romaire,

Cardif

18, Blenheim, 21-Kong Seo (.),

Flushing

London

Cardif

31,

29, Toviet (4), Friam

(

London Liverpool

Liverpool

"Londen

23, Glamis Castle,

Jan.

8, Diomed (e), 11, Sootland (5),

LOADING YOR CHINA AND JÁBAN FORTE,

At London-Steamers via Sues Canal Gleniffer,

Glenfalloch, Marionethshire. Galley of Lorne

Carricke.

Bailing Vessel

41 Liverpool Douestion (.) Sarpation (s.)

- At Glasgow. Glencoe (1 ) vir Londo