No. 4998,-JULY 9, 1879.]
a Turkish Dictionary and Grammar. Both the Government of India and literature have great reason therefore to deplore his
timely end.
With regard to the appointment of a anocessor our contemporary hopos that the Government of India will not again make the terrible mistake of sending a man to replace Mr Shaw at Mandalay who knows nothing of the country, its people or its language. Either Colonel Duncan should be induced to return to his post, or else an officer like Colonel Borace Browne, who knows the people, their manners and their language intimately, sent to fill it.'
THE Daily News correspondent at Madrid annouaces (May 30th) that, according to the new treaty, Chinamen in the Spaulsh colonies will enjoy the same treatment as that of citizens of the most favored nations, and the commercial relations of Spain and China will be placed on the same footing. TAB Chicago Journal's Washington special saya, May 31st :-
himself, for purposes of fraud. But the oase is sufficiently scandalous to demand from the fugitive's Consul the most prompt, active, and effective measures that the law of extradition and the telegraph place in his hands. The victims of the absconder are entitled to this, and, in the interest of public justice, the responsibility of action rests upon the Consul of the nation of which the defaulter is a subject.
We understand that a preliminary inquiry is being made for the purpose of ascertaining the facts connected with the case of the ab- sconding medical man to whom we referred yesterday, and that his Consul is taking the most active measures possible; but there are exceptional difficulties, which may frustrate justice being done. As yet there has been only one formal charge made of swindling.
As an ill-informed contemporary, says the Japan Gazette, announced with some show of authority that Mr Hennessy, the Governor of Hongkong, is the only officer of the Queen in these parts entitled to a salute of 17 guns, we think it right to explain that the Go- vernor of Hongkong, is entitled to 17 guns, but the Governor of Labuan, a very small Definite information from General Grant's possession, is entitled to the same salute, in party ls to the effect that he will take the common with the Governor of the Virgin Last steamer in June from Japan, which will Islands, the smallest possession, we believe, bring him to San Francisco not far from the of the British Crown. The salute is decided 1st of August. After looking around Cali-ly anomalous; Sir Thomas Wade, who is forata, the General has decided to spend Minister and Plenipotentiary to the groat some time about Oregon and the various Empire of China, has 15 guns only; and Sir posts to that region where he was stationed Harry Parkes, H. M. Minister to Japan, a In his earlier days. As has been already very old servant of Her Majesty, has the reported, he is also very desirous of making same right. Mr Hennessy's improprieties An extended tour in Mexico,
will no doubt end in some rearrangement of the salute. He is a futor and interior
APARIS correspondent discourses in this happy vein with regard to the first meeting of the Congress, which has just been discuss ing the proposed Panama Canal, and the
result of whose labours we have by the French Mail:-
THE CHINA MAIL.
latter journey, and the very complete maps home if he had ong and sleep; If not he of his route. Sir J. Lintorn A. Simmons would take him to the station. He then received the medal on behalf of Captain sald Mind your own business," and Gill, who is now abroad,
***Don't be mucy, watchman." He (prl
moner) thon got very angry, and caught hold roughly of his uniform jacket, tearing off a button. Prisoner strook him, and he then took him by force to the Station, he dragged him to No. 7 Station, he had no one to help him, He did not strike the man... The mark on pri- soner's hand was caused by his hand being pushed against the door when they were
The Prince of Wales, accompanied by the Grown Prince of Denmark, the Crown Prince of Sweden and Norway, the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, the Duke of Edinburgh, and other members of the Royal family, held a Queen's birthday Levée at St. James's Palace on the 26th inst. The Diplomatte Circle was attended by many of the Foreign Ministers, but the Russlan Ambassador, the Italian Am-struggling. bassador, the Danish Minister, the Chilian Minister, the Japanese Minister, the Oolum blan Minister, and the Guatemalan Minis ter were prevented by unavoldable causes from being present.
The prisoner's story which he gave at first at the Police Station and now repeated without variation was that he was asleop under an awning year his master's boute. The Constable wakoned him up and told Presentations were made to the number him, after he had explained who he was, to of 320, and these included Mr Frederick J.go inelde; he said he could not knock at Angler, by Admiral of the Fleet the Hon. the door it rained so hard. The constable Sir Henry Koppel, G.O.B.; Mr Thomas then struck him over the head; be seized Braddell, Attorney-General of the Straits hold of the truncheon but got another Settlements, by the Secretary of State for severo blow with it on the hand. He gave the Colonien; Major-General Alfred Bassa the watchman no abuse; he simply and; no, C.B. (formerly Commander of the "Do not strike me, 1 will go with you Foreas at kongkong) by the Adjutant without that He went quietly to the General; Mr Robert W. Maxwell, Super-station; he did not strike the watchman. intendent of Police, Singapore, by Viscount Monek; and Mr. H. T. Usaher, C.M.G. (formerly of Labuso), on appointment as Goveror of the Gold Coast, by the Seare tary of State for the Colonies.
Canton.
July 8th, 1879. Our community le regretting the retire-
officer to H. M. Minister, but the questionment of the Consul for the Gerinaa Empire might well have reated in suspension, if the improper and aggressive use of the British Baron Von Sodon, who, after about three easigi had not been made on the recent years holding of that office, left here this occasion upon which we commented with morning for your port preparatory to pro- natural indignation.
ceeding, via California, to his new post at Havannah. His Countrymen lose the zealous aid of a vigilant and courteous public officer and the community-le-general the society of an accomplished and amiable gentleman.
We have had a pleasant summer so far, with rather too plentiful a rain-fall the past few weeks and indications of a greater one
A currots incident happened on board the M. Lesseps presided at the opening steamer Alaska on her fast voyage to China.. meeting, and requested the delegates from She had on board about two hundred Chinese, every nation to put their heads together, and it happened that one of them died on and decide in the course of a week which of the passage. According to a regulation of the all the proposed plans-an open way, a company, the body must be embalmed and canal with locks, or one with a tunnel, was taken to China., A Portugese stowaway the most practicable. Of the many distin-happened to be on board, and ho was placed guished personages present, the First Se. to watch the corpse over night; but either cretary of the Chinese Legation, a manda. not liking the job of sitting up with a dead wirin with a crystal button, was most Chinaman, or believing in the doctrine of
applauded, de Lesseps oxcepted, whose the Chinese must go, he seized the poor in portions of the interior by the consider- venerable head seemed rejuvenated at the heathen and threw him overboard.
So,able freshes in the river; the district of prospect of marrying the Atlantic and the Pacific, Next was the delegate from Mox
Biohen, about 40 miles W.S.W. from Canton having suffered much harm there- ico, who had only just arrived; he did not stay even to see his baggage through the
from, and the silk crop in Shan-tak district Customs, but entered an outätter's shop in the vicinity of the Geographical Society's
having also been lojured by excessivo wet. hotel, bargained at once for a new suit, a barber, and a wash; thus Mir Francisco Garay's fresh appearance after a long voy age was noteworthy. The exhibition of the various plans, all on a uniform scale, s
when the doctor came in the morning to perform his duty of embalming, there was no subject to embalm. He lost his fee, and was probably indignant. The Chinese pas sengers were also highly indignant, and if they could have caught the Portugese would most likely have thrown him over after the Chinaman. And the company will probably have a bill to pay on the arrival of the ship in China for non-fulfillment of contract.
Police Intelligence. (Before C. V. Creagh, Eeq.) Wednesday, July 9th.
The Constable on daty gave evidence as to the men making similar statements at the station shortly after midnight this morning. The prisoner had a rather severe wound on his hand, but he did not think it web-a case that required to be sent to the hospital. Be dressed it with carbolio oll.
The Magistrate discharged the prisoner, and sentenced the watchman to pay a line | of $2 for malicious prosecution. The man ord dealt to offer two weeks' hard said he had no money to pay the fine. labour,
The Court had not risen at 6.30 this evening.
NEWS BY THE AMERICAN MAIL.
Our San Francisco files by the P. M. S. 8. China, Captain Lachlan, extend to June 2nd. These items referring to the Cape are interesting, in view of the comments we made the other day on the possible
situation.
EUROPEAN ITEMS.
Cape Town, May 14-Colonel Wood has broken camp at Kambale and formed a Umvolosi River, in order to better cooperate new one at Queen'e Kraal, on the White with Colonel Newdigate. Colonel Crealock is seriously ill with syphoid fever.
in floating the disastrous Lisbon Tramways, Company, has failed. Liabilition, £900,000 Edwin Olark, another member of the firm, falled in the early part of last month for $760,000.
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contract time), he chooses to remain, three times the amount of the contract money la to be forfeited by the forwarding company or party to the relatives of the Chinaman or to the Government, but in case of death - Antwerp, May 81,-Bismarck'e note in the contract is fulfilled by Importlag bis viting the cities of Hamburg and Bremen bones. The Nevada Legislaturo, at its lust to surrender their privileges us free ports, sessions, passed a law against the disinter- and to associate themselves with the Im ment of bodies, in order to stop the Chinese perial fiscal system, is couched in such custom. The Nevada Chinese, to ovade terms na to leave no choice between sub- the law, now bury boneless corpses, the mission and the certainty of compulsion. bones being extracted beforeland by London, Juas 1.-A orrespondent at skilful surgical operators, after the burning Alexandría reports that four French sub- of aromat e josa paper and the pouring of jeste have been pelted and otherwise mal-three full toacups of sanotified rico water treated by soldieră near Cairo.
over the body and around the room. To make up for the extracted bones the clothes of the deceased are stuffed into the apertures. The bones are then boiled to remove adhering flesh, baked in an oven, and packed for shipment.
London, Juna L-A despatch from Natal, May 12th, says: An alteration of plaas is now under consideration, according to which the main advance will be from the Lower Tugela as the base of a flying column, creat Ing a diversion on the northwestern Bank,
Lisbon, June 1.-It is announced that the late Ministry, before its retirement, concluded a treaty with Great Britain looking to the suppression of the slave trade, the development of commerce and the olvilization of Africa. The treaty pro vides for the freedom of commerce and navigation between adjoining British and Portugese colonies, declares the Zambeze river free to the commerse of the world, and grants Great Britain facilities for the passage of troops and munitions of war across Portugese territory to South Africa.
THE RECEPTION OF FOREIGN GUESTS.
ery clear, any coming shareholder can PLANS-for-the-excursion-to-meet-General- fake in the whole matter, dividends includ Grant at San Francisco, we read in the latest
to me. Opinion has no doubt but the canal advices, are about matured, and J. B. MeMil-
ed.
Boribed.
Japanese residents here are not at all pleased with the manner in which the Tron- Bury Department is in the habit of classing. China and Japan together in the official documents, as if these two widely different nations were noited and responsible for each other. The statistionl officers of the Treasury Department never tornish any in- formation with regard to either China or Japan alone, and the individuality of the two countries in entirely lost in their quar tarly returns. Some of the newspapers, following this example, lavariably group news of these countries under the dust heading.
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80 days' aight, ... 742
734
The United States Consul at Newchwaug, Mr. Frederick Baurdinel, says that the utter absence in Korea of the minor articles of (Abridged from the Mainichi Shimbun.) such western manufactures (matches, for foreigners attracted by the reports of the millions of the Chinese, lead to the hope If we receive visits from distinguished instance) as are now indispensable to progress we are making, it redounds that a profitable trade may be conducted greatly to the credit of Japan and is worthy with that country. He recommends that of particular notice. Whatever may be American merchants engaged in the ship the cause of these visits, there can be no ping of United States cotton manufactures doubt that the visitors wish to ascertain to Chius, rather than sit down quietly at for themselves the actual state of the coun. Shanghai, saddling their luportations with try, and we should therefore treat them the heavy expense of landing, re-shipping, with every consideration and enable them a second freightage, and marine insurance, to see Japan as it really is. Now what are should ship direct from New York to wish to know about Japan? their own the principal matters that foreign visitors Nowchwang." observation of our manners and customs, the system of our Government, the state arts and solences, the development of our of our Army and Navy, our progress in the
HONGKONG, July 9, 1879. natural resources, ota, would be sufficient | OPIUM. ~New Patna, cash. ...$540
Old to enable them to judge of the state of this
cash,... → country and what kind of relations with us
New Benares, cash, 502) should be maintained. If our visitom find
Ola
cash, -- that in all these matters we have made, and treat us with respect, and esteem, and as are still making, rapid progress, they will a civilized power; but if we are found to be backward they will treat us with very slight Maritzburg, May 14-There is exciting consideration and unworthy of notice. The news from the Tabels frontier, near Help former is the treatment to which an en- makar. On the 11th of May a great battle lightened nation is entitled to, while the took place at a point between Thringpost latter is usually accorded to an uncivilized and Sachawalla. A powerful Zalu chief country. To be justly regarded as civilized named Matcons, with all his people, num is greatly to our advantage, but to be justly bering some thousands, bad resolved to treated us uncivilized is very discreditable Chung Asung, painter, was charged with surrender to the British. He was joined is feasible, and that the money will be sab. lan will issue from his headquarters at the blanket, the property of a soldier belonging who commanded the Zulus at Gingibolovo, these visitors, should we not be careful and Now as the reputation of this coun- by Dabal Manzi, Cetawayo's brother, and try depends entirely upon the reports of and boole labour that the St. Nicholas Hotel, New York, in a few blauket, the property of a soldier belonging and the remuant of that army, ie chief extend to them the greatest hospitality, execution of the work will depend, so Call-daye, a formal announcement. The fare to the 27th Regiment. The case having having kept away from Cetawayo since Compared with the leading nations in fornia or other western barbarians, having from New York to San Francisco and re- been proved against the prisoner, he was their defeat, through fear. When nearing Hurope our sivilization may be far behind, turn will be $160, and from Chinago and sentenced to three months' imprisonment Thringpast they were unexpectedly Inters but we are not second to any of the Asfatic return $136, Tickets are good for sixty with hard labour. days. MoMillan has the latest advices from
cepted by a powerful force, supposed to be countries, whether as regards our govern. General Grant that he will reach San Fran
commanded by Catewayo, coming from the ment, land and marine forces, arte, visco frous the 15th to the 20th of July. So
salting is a great slaughter of the Zulus northward. the tickets will be good from July 1st to
who wished to surrender, and they were German Prince and Mr Reed may well be A fearful conflict ensued, re-sciences, Industries or natural resources. But although such visitors as the September ist, and will be limited to 4000.
dispersed and driven back, Matcons es termed "distinguished guests" to the Go-
and apparently learning that Lord Chelms-kong, because our situation as regards China caped. It is reported that Dabal Menz verament and the Ministers, yet they are not of as great importance to the people of King Catewayo, elated with his success, Japan generally as the Governor of Bong- ford's columns have made a forward move in exactly similar to that of England with nient, has summoned all his followers and France, and as Hongkong is the most im Umvolosi, at its junction with the Black state of trade there, must always have au Umvolosi. At his back are some of the important effect upon this country. Now
in front is swampy. Here the King evid. in Japan on a visit, our countrymen should highest known mountains of Zululand, Mr Hennessy who is the Governor of the densely wooded at the base. The country flourishing English colony of Hongkong is Native scouts treat him hospitably and respectfully and surronder. He is believed to have collect- Should we desire to extend our commerce endeavour to gain his kindly regard.
Natal are now feared.
we must establish friendly relations with the people of Hongkong and Shanghai, and in order to become friendly with these peo- ple, we must establish confidence in our BAROMETER products and coinage, and as one means to Sickness from sunstroke prevails. Bo desirable sn end we must exhibit to our The Boers in Transvaal are quieting down.visitors the actual state of our affairs. skirmishing, with unimportant results.
Col. Crealook's column has had some
formation that the Chilean wooden vestel, London, May 30.-The Standard has in.
the Caradongs, was not sunk in the fight off quique, as has been reported. Orders have been telegraphed for the greater part coasts of Chile and Peru. of the British squadron to assemble on the
a Chinese question on the arm, can send their Jobs to enjoy the sunshine in Central America.
SARAN
TEE Rangoon Gazette thinks it would not be amiss were Rangoon to follow the example of the colony of Hongkong and avoid holding
Sessions on mail days, especially in a place where the mercantile element abounds, Our contemporary says:
|
Chan Alung, an unemployed coolie, was obarged on the 7th lust. by Ying Atong with entering his house for a supposed unlawful purpose. The case having been remanded on the 7 h lust, was heard to-day.
belonging to a private soldier of the 27th The prisoner was further charged with having stolen a waist belt and rifle sling Regiment.
Both cases having been satisfactorily sentenced to two months' imprisonment with hard labour.
was killed.
centile or otherwise, are harder worked at Haymarket Theatre, recently. Never proved against the prisoner, he was taken a strong position at the fork of White portant place on our way to the West, the
Shanghai, demand, Gold Leaf, 99 fine -Sovereigns,
F
Shares.
26/40 5.19
flongkong-Bank, 59% prem. Union Ina. Society of Canton, $1,300 China Traders' Ins. Co., $1,600 North China Ing. Co., Tis. 1.250 Yangtze Ins. Assoc., Tla. 730 Chiness Insurance Co., $290- H.K, Fire Ins. Co., $740. China Fire Ins. Co., $175 H.&. & W. Dock Co., 5% prew. B.K. O. & M. S.-boat Co., $10 dis. Shanghai Steam Navigation, Tis. 13 Chine Coast St. Nav. Co., Tle. 90 Hongkong Gas Co., $70 Hongkong Hotel Co., $65 China Sugar Refining Co., 41424 Chinese Imperial Loan of 1874, nominal.
Do.
of 1877, do, Temperature.
of the Newark Advertiser, to see a Chinese Ir is a sight, writes a London correspondent Ambassador at an English play. The re- presentative of the Celestial Empire at- On a mail day all offices, whether mer-
tended a performance of "The Rivals” at than on any other days, and a man with was there more perfect self possession. his head full of his own business affairs, He was more reserved than a Boston dragged away from them and forced to sit audience. Watching every movement on
the stage, he yet seemed to have not the P. C. No. 34-P.O. Delargy stated that be Yau Afun, was charged with assaulting as a juror, is not likely to give that un- as if he had no cause of distraction. Now audience roared with laughter at Bob and having observed a large crowd at the Acres. The Chinaman sat without moving at the Sessions held last Thursday there
who would much rather have been attend not even puzzle him. The aplomb was the dant stoop down and pick up a stone which ed all his available forces, and no raids into to the countries lying to the west of China, (Taken at Messrs Falconer & Cols Premises, were several mercantile people on the jury a muscle of his face. Mrs. Malaprop did perer of First Street, he proceeded to dis-state that he has declared that he will never
perse them. While doing so he saw defen- most perfect I over witnessed. The Ge- he throw at him, striking him on the right stable went in pursuit, and succeeded in capturing him in a cook-shop in Queen's Road. After being taken into custodiy pri- soner repeatedly struck the constable on the breast
divided attention to the cases before him slightest emotion excited by the play. The was going up Central Street at 7.15 p. eatly awaits the British.
doubt had to wake up for lost time after lestiale beat the club swell for self-com-shoulder. Prisoner ran off, and the con-able for light transport,
mand.
ing to mail work at their offices. They no
they left Court, fagged and fatigued ne
The club swell visibly expresses they may have been listening to wearisome ennui. The Chinaman does not even reveal évidence.
that he is bored. Sacrificing one's time and patience for the public good is doubtless a part of the duty which every citizen owes to the commonwealth; but there is, we think, no necessity to make the task a more
a
the duty imposed is both a responsible and irkeomo que, in some instancos entailing positive pecuniary loss, and the least there fore that we can do for people saddled with the work is to study their convenience as far as is possible.
The Boston Advertiser, May 81st, says re- garding the California expedition to meet Great
*« A full explanation is about being made to show that it is not political, and that low of Grant's intimate friends are interested
(London and China Express, May*80.)
On the 22nd inst. there was launched
noon.
A bridge across the Tubels is now avail
from fever, is better.
Col Pearson, who has been suffering
London, May 80,-A despatch from Cape Town says it is reported that Cotywaye is retiring northward."
Defendant denied having thrown a stone burdensome one than is absolutely ne- the P, and U, Company, a 3,000 ton steam-tobacco shop and had been but a few from the yard of Messrs Caird and Co., for at the constable. He said he was a cook la a cessary. Nobody loves to be a jurymanship. She is the ninth large steamer built months in the Colony. He was looking on at a fight in front of the tobacco shop at for the service by Messrs Caird and Co. within the last four years, and has the the time that the constable came up, and advantages of all the improvements in seeing the latter running after people, he machinery, fitting up, furnishing and genera also. After some further evidence pri- ral equipment, which the ever increasing soner was sentenced to two months' im- demands of trade have developed. Mis prisonment with hard labour. Black, daughter of Captain Black, one of
(Before the Hon. 0. B. Plunket). the assistant managing directors of the
London, May 30.The eruption of Mt. Company, performed the task of naming Ho Aming, a hawker, was charged with Atna increases in force. The quantity of the steamer the Ancona. Her principal stealing two pairs of trousers valued at 60 aahen thrown out is somewhat less, but the dimensions are:-Length of keel and fore- cents, the property of an old clo" man volume of vapor has greatly increased in cake, 880 f.; beam moulded, 38 ft.; and who bad his stall on the Fraya, to-day at density. On Wednesday night a number depth morided, 27 It. 8 in ; groas meaanre-
Complainant who never loat of brilliant balls of fire were thrown to ment about 9,000 tons.. She will be fitted sight of him, and the watchman who great height and burst aloft like rockets, bia running hard away in the scheme. It originated with J. B, with engines of 500-horse power, on the met
and emittings fory shower. A stream of lava McMullin & Brother, of Chicago. They everted compound principle, supplied with apprehended him, proved the case, De is sowing, apparently in the direction of have obtained railroad terms at little over team from six oval boilers, with three fur-tendant denied the charge and called Randazzo, but its exact line has not yet half rates and will farnish particulars, and aces in each, and will be rigged as a barquen a brother hawker who knew him at been verified. During the whole of Wed. this, it is claimed, is all there is in it. The tine. The accommodation consists of 104 Macao and swore to seeing him come off nesday night lond reports like the rolling charge that the affair is chiefly a specula. first-class passengers, the state-rooms being the steamer on its arrival the day before of artillery were heard. Lon of Horace Porter arises simply from ranged round the saloon. For prompt die yesterday. He (defendant) said this was Rome, May 30-The Istest advices from the fact that the Follman Car Company, charge of cargo ahe has patent steam winches the first time he had been in Hongkong Randazzo report graters formed on two with which he has been connected, is to at each hatch, and two granes in addition but he wore an appearance and had a slopes of Mount Etna, and that a double farmisia about forty additional cars and run at the main batch. She is Atted with face which were strangely familiar to the stuption is proceeding. The Act Reale them with the others on the Pacife Roads, steam stoering gear, and hassteam wludiaas police. It is believed now that he only and Catants road is blocked, and consider The calculation of the managers is that for lifting auchore, electric halls, fos-house, came out of jail this morning after a sizable damage has been done.
do. A sister ship to this one, to be named weeks' term. He goes there now at all about 4000 will go over to meet Grant.” the Ferona, will be ready for launching in events to suffer hard labour for two months.
a few weeks,
Sir Rutherford Alcock, K.C.B., presided Lu Awing, a chair-coolle, and seventeen the 28th inet, at the annual meeting of others, were charged with obstructing Ro- the Royal Geographical Society, held in the sario Street, Ladder street and Bridges theatre of the London University. The Street with their chairs. It being proved, The "talk of the town" for the last two gal (Patron's) Medal for the encourage. however, that the men stayed in the coolle by three days has been the levanting of a tent of geographical science and discovery quarters there, that they removed their well known medical practitioner, who is was awarded to Colonel N. Prejevalsky, for obairs every night to the side of the path conjectured to have made his exit from his successive expeditions in the years 1870. way, and that there was no other conveni- Yokohama (where he has for some years 78 to Mongolia sud the high platean of ent place for them, they were cautioned followed his profession) by the last American Northern Thibet, in the course of which and discharged.
James Hawley, seaman, Sailors' Homs, steamer, to parts unknown, presumably to he made a route surrey of 8,500 miles of practise upon new and unsuspecting riorizas previously unexplored country; also for was charged with being drunk and refusing similar frauds to these he has successfully his journey from Kulja to Lob-Nor in to pay chair hire. Usual fire. effected bere, unless indeed justice should be 1876-7, and for the admirable way in which invoked, and step in to arrest the fugitive he has described these regions and their and stop his career before more harm be products in the published narrativos of his done. We know not, in the absence of travels. Count Schouvaloff received the
dicial process, how many unsuspecting medal on behalf of Colonel Projevalsky, Lenders have been, upon one specious pretext The onnder's medal was awarded to Captain or another; swindled out of their money, WJ. Gill, B. E., for the Important geogra how many times the absconder's furniture phical work performed during two long has been pledged to as many different partiesJourneys of exploration, voluntarily an at the same time, what number of forgeries dertaken, along the northern frontier of he has committed, or how many flue & Pernis in 1879, and in Western Uhins and punsular seal has been illegally used, of hibet in 1877, and especially for the "hich the quipris olnudsensely possessed. traverse-surrey made by him during the
THE Japan Herald of 28th alto, thús refers to the recent disappearance of a foreigner from Yokohama i
A MALICIOUS WATOHMAN.
opened on Mount Etna, endangering Catania, May 80,- Fresh craters have
Blanca Villa, Randazzo and Castiglione. Olouds of aches overhang Piedmont, which is in almost total darkness.
CHINESE ITEMS FROM AMERICA.
The following items are from the New York letter, (May 10) of the London and China Express
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THERMOMETER-9 LU.....
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..... HONGKONG, July 9, 1879,
1 P.M....
29,900
29.850
4 P.M....
29.800
86
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84
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Shipping Intelligence. The following is corrected from the Intest London and Colonial Papers, &c.;»--
VESSELS TO ARRIVE.
AT HONGKONG, Name.
Left.
Feb.
From.
Cardiff London Cardiff
22, Greanfurst Constantins, Hamburg Mar. 14, John A. Brigga, 27, Agnes Muir, 28, Adam M, Simpson, Apr.
8, Leon, 10, Spies, 21, Werra, 26, Triton, 26, Twilight 27, Homewood, May.
The Chinese question has not again loomed up in the proceedings of Congress, which is concerned with political flourish- ing of another order. The duties of the Chinese Legation at Washin. ton must just now be exceedingly light. Nothing will be beard of negotiations on Chinese immigra tion until the return of the Chinese Ambassador. How far the exodus of the blacks from the South will proceed is not as yet determinable; the planters still indulge expectations of retaining the mass of coloured labourers. Many of the "Cali foris Chiness" who have arrived in New Tork have a highly intelligent appearanca The Chinese missionary of Most-street is in prison on the charge of appropriating the porcelain jare and jewellery of one of his American benefactors. Although many of these incomers are understood to be expert mechanics, they do not appear to take to mechanical occupations. Their presence is apparently unheeded by the multitudinous
virtually ostrastses the Chinese, will not population of this city,"
The new California Constitution, which take effect until January next. Laws have bean compared to fishermen's nets, and London, May 80 The Chilean Minister certainly abundant loopholes are being har received a telegram stating that the discovered in the instrument. Some of the Chilean abip-of-war Emeralds became dis. provisions bearing on the Chinese are in abled, and her Captain fired the magazine direct collision with the United States to prevent her falling into the hands of the Constitution. It is certain that so far from enemy,
being run out of the country, the mass of London, May 81--The Portugusse Ca. the Chinese will remain, and, with their binot has resigned, in consequence of inter-economical habits, lay aside money. sal dissension, and Anselmo J. E. Braam corporations organised under the laws of camp, Councillor of State and progressist the State cannot employ them, the con Leader, has been invited to form a new tractors for theas can ; besides, many of the Ministry.
corporative bodies will now be reorganised
· Parú, May 81,- committee of the in other States to escape taxatlon, and so Chamber has decided in favor of the pro- will be free to engage Chinese directly. socation of Cassagnso,
A curious fact relative to the custom of Langland. Chinamen digging up the bones of their countrymen and sending them to China, Hector. has come to light. It appears that it is not Glacons. simply a religious duty that prevails, but that through contracted obligations with the parties or companies at whose instanes they come, they are to be returned to Adolph. China alive or dead." For every Celestial Dot so returned, unless (having fulfiled his | Kvik
Chan Achan, a coolle employed by Ow A Loungi: Government contractor, Tannery Lane was charged with being out without
Catania, May 81.Advices are received light this morning shortly after midnight, stating that numerous freak fissures have and with assaulting the constable in the opened on Mount Etna. The food of lava execution of his duty,
is now very extensive and streaming toward The District Watchman No. 11, who the river Alcantara, devastating the village brought the charge, said he found the man of Able. A long continuance of the crap standing outside of the door of a house, and then is probable. asked him where he belonged to, and saked London, May 51.--Wm. Henry Furchard, 10x his pass. The told him to go to hit who has been connected, with Baron Grani
2. Alex Yeats, 6, Alexander 11, Southern Croat,... 12, Alez. Newton,
20, Menelaue (4) 13, Glamorganshire,
22, 4dolph,
28, Celtic Monarch (s)
Liverpool Cardif London Hamburg New York Penerth
Cardif Fenarth New York Nowosatle
(N.S.W.).
Cardiff
Liverpool
Hamburg
London
LOADING FOR CHINA AND TAPAN POBYO.
At London.-Steamers via Bues Canol Glenlyon.
Celtle Monarch, Fdinburgh, Sunbeam. Viceroy."
Sailing Vessels. Douglas Castle. Sarah Scott.
Chinaman. At Liverpool
Ulysses. At Cardi Joseph Hayden, Belle of Oregoni.
At Hamburg.
At Newcastle. (N,S.W.)
J. A. Bordlam
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