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Intimations.

4th DRAWING."

THE CRINA MAIL.

Notices to Consignées FROM LONDON & PORTS OF CALL

HE British Steamer Guy Mannering Thaving arrised, Coreignges of Cann

Chinese Imperial Government Loan 1877. are hereby informed that their Goods are

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that in conformity with the stipulation contained in Nor

the Bonds of this Loan, the following numbers of Bonds to be paid off at par, on the 31st of August next (1879), when the Interest thereon will cease to be payable, were this day Drawn at the Offices of the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING COR FORATION, 31 Lombard Street, E.C., in the presence of Mr. GEORGE HENRY BURNETT, Accountant of the said Corporation, and of the undersigned Notary.

NUMBERS OF BONDS DRAWN.

-1146 Bonds Nos.:-

'.

being landed at their risk into the Godowas of the Undersigned, whence and/or from the Wharf or Boats delivery may be obtained.

3186 Instant will be subject to rent.

Cargo remaining undelivered after the

Optional Cargo will be forwarded on, an- less notice to the contrary be given before

No Fire Insurance has been effected 11 am. TO-MORROW, the 28rd Instant,

Billa of Lading will be countersigned by

GIBB, LIVINGSTON & Co.,

Agents.

Hongkong, August 22, 1879.

could see the stara riss out of the horizon. Came through Balintang, thick dirty woa. ther, force equalls and beavy rain; on 24th, 25th and 26th had very unsettled weather. to 0 48, falling very gradually, weather al- Barometer in the three days fell from 29.90 ways looked bad to N.L., stood to S. W. on the starboard tack as we expected bad wes- ther, wind during the three days veerad from N.E. to S.W. round by the North; 27th, weather improved, Barometer rising stood on toward Bongkong, made Lema at 4 a.m. 28th.

POST OFFICE NOTICES. - MAILS will close *-**- For HOIHOW (with mail for PAKHOI).—–—– Par Kinngchow, at 7.30 am. To-morrow,

the 29th lust.

au31 For 3WATOW, AMOY, & FOOOHOW,—

Fer Namoa, at 9.30 am,, on Friday, the 20th inst., instead of as previously notified.

COMPAGNIE DES MESSAGERIES MARITIMES,

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES,

CONSIGNEES of the following_Carge

are requested to send in their Bulls of Lading to the Undersigned for counter- signaturo, and take immediato delivery.. Tale Cargo has been landed and stored at their risk and expense.

No Fire Insurance use been effected. ̈ Ex Yangisé.

My Charles Bonnet, 1 case Shirts, &c.,

from Marseilles,

Ex Peiho.

Mr Anderson, 1 Trunk, from London. Messrs Wyaing & Co., 1 case Samples, from

London.

1 parcel Samples, from M. (in diamond)} Shanghai.

G. DE CHAMPEAUX, Agent. Hongkong, August 19, 1879,

Not Responsible for Debts. Jeither the Captain, the Agents, nor

Owners will be Responsible for any Debt contracted by the Officers or Cras of the following Vessels, during their stay in Hongkong Harbour:--

For AMOY, TAIWAN, AND TAMSUI.— Por Albay, at 11.80 a.m., on Saturday,

the 30th inst.

For COOKTOWN, BRISBANE, SYD-

NEY, MELBOURNE, &s.— Per Brisbane, at 11.80 a.m., on Saturday,

the 30th inst. 12 cents rates.

For

SAIGON.

NE 308 FOR TO-VORA*

Shipping.

10a.m.-Namoa leaves for Coast Ports, 5 p.m.-Ningpo leaves for Shanghai.

THE

HONGKONG DISPENSARY,

Established· A.D, 1841,

香港大樂器

A. 8. WATSON & Co., FAMILY & DISPENSING CHEMISTS, -WHOLESALE-AND-RETAIL, DEVUOISTA,

IMPORTERS or

OF

Dauggists' SundRIES, NURSERY REqui- SITES, TOILET REQUISITES, ENGLISH, AMREIGAN, AND FRENUM PATENT MEDICINES -MANUFACTURERS

Soda Water, Lemonade, Tonle Waler, Glugerade, Potass Water, Sarsaparills Water, and other Aerated Waters.

The Manufactory is under direct and continuous European Supervision, Hongkong, June 1, 1876.

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[No. 6086-Acoust 28, 1870.

case. Having been proved to be guilty of a felony which made him liable to penal servitude for ten years, the prisoner. ought not, we think, to have got off with less than two years imprisonment. The Chief Justice himself appeared tofba oon- scious of this consideration, as he not

only laid some stress upon, the Jury's

recommandation to mercy, but intimated his decided intention to punish receivers far more severely in the future. His Lordship's remarks on the publication of the article to which allusion has been made were not so clear as could have boen desired; and it is not easy to dis cover exactly what the action taken by the Court really amounted to. If, in consequence of the appearance in print of the remarks referred to, Leong Abo was sentenced to nine months intead of three, then publico justice was a gainer by that circumstance, because the pri soner richly deserved a much greater punishment. This crablike or reversed influence which the Court hints, at, however, did not extend far enough apparently, and it is almost to be regret- ted that the remarks were not sufficient. ly strong to have moved his Lordship to pass the sentence we have suggested. The

Per Thales, at 2.30 pm on Saturday,The publication of this issue commenced record and career of Sir John Smale in cer

the 30th inst.

Per Yangisss, at 6 p.m., on Saturday, the

30th inst.

For TOURON.--

Per Schooner Floral Slar, at 3 p.m., on Saturday, the 30th inst., instead of as previously notified.. For PORT DARWIN, COOKTOWN,

SYDNEY, MELBOURNE, &c.—

at 7.46 p.m.

THE CHINA MAIL.

HONGKONG, THURSDAY, august 28, 1879,

tainly such as may well dispense with the assurance that he has never been unduly. influenced by anything or anybody, No one will ever seriously question. His Lordship's independence of action. In- deed, the unhesitating conviction on the part of public writers in this Colony that THE recent efforts made by the learned our Courts are, one and all, far above Chief Justice to punish receivers of stolen any undue influence whatever, may pos property will meet with the heartiest sibly lead to a lesser amount of careful. sympathy of all lovers of justice in Hong-ness than might obtain did a less satis kong. Having had an opportunity of factory state of feeling exist. In ad- watching Sir John Smale ever since he ministering what he honestly believes to Per Charlton, at 11.30 am, on Monday, first sat on the Bench, we can safely say be strict justice, however, His Lordship

the lat September.

Per Olaf, at 11.30 a m., on Saturday, the 30th inst., instead of as previously

notified. For SAIGON.-

MAILS BY THE FRENCH PAOKKI.--

print."

that he could seldom be accused of and every other English Judge and having advocated laws different to those Magistrate are but an expression of the in force in England. Sir John's policy, concensus of the public right and the if such a terra may be used, was to medium for the assertion of public law; The French Contract Packet Peiho will adhere as nearly as special local laws and as such, while their rulings and con-

be despatobod on TUESDAY," the 2nd September, with Mails to and would permit, to home law and practice. duct are fair subjects for comment, it through the United Kingdom and It is therefore gratifying to find His need be no disgrace for any Judge to Europe, tiá Naples; to Saigon, Straits Lordship asserting, as he does to-day in admit that he has seen and considered, Settlements, Batavia, Burmah, Ceylon, his judgment in Regina v. Loong Aho, though he ought not to be unduly in Indis (via Madras), Australia, Now the suitability of a special Ordinance fluenced by, reasonable remarke "in Zealand, Tasmania, Fijl, Aden, Sey to the "circumstances of this Colony." chelles, Réunion, Mauritine, Suez, There are few men now in Hongkong rud Alexandria, This is the best

well as the worthy opportunity for forwarding Corre- who know so

the Bench what the spondence to E. Africa, the Cape, occupant of St. Helena, and Ascension.

circumstances really were which so MADUAP, British 3-m. schooner, Capt. J. The usual hours will be observed in closing fully justified the passing of the Miller. Turner & Co.

laws for the suppression of piracy in these waters. Had Sir R. MacDonnell The $17,000-Conspiracy Cass, in which done nothing else for Hongkong, he are concerned Chun Shun Yee and others, certainly would have still deserved credit was brought before C. V. Creagh, Esq., for stamping out violent crimes both on sea and land.

AGNES MUIR, British ship, Capt. James Low-Meyer & Co.

To-day's Advertisements.

FOR SHANGHAI. The Steamship

"NINGPO,"

R. Cass, Mastor, will be de- epatched for the above Port TO- MORROW, the 29th Iost., at 5 p.m. For Freight or Passage, apply to

SIEMSSEN & Co. Hongkong, August 28, 1879.

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For £100 Sterling each, — £114,600.

For the HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION,

(Signed) GEO. H. BURNETT,

Countersigned,

W. W. VENN, Junior,

-

Notary Public,

2, Pope's Head Alley, Cornhill, E.C.

LOAN 1877.

Accountant.

„LONDON, 12th June, 1879,

CHINESE IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT | demption, will be Paid at the Office of this

CORPORATION on and after that Date.

For the HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING

CORPORATION, Agenta Issuing the Loan,

T. JACKSON,

Chief Manager.

val

THE

THE COUPONS falling dus 31st August current of the above LOAN, together with the BONDS DRAWN for Ro

Hongkong, August 25, 1879.

SHIPPING.

ARRIVALS.

29

Aug. 27, Echo, British barque, 369, Tozer, Newchwang July 16, Besne ARNHOLD, KARBERG & Co.

Avg. 28, Ningpo, British steamor, from

Canton.

Aug. 28, Atalanta, German steamer, 783, G. Petersen, Holhow Aug. 27, General.- MEYER & Co.

Aug. 28 Rajanattianuhar, British str., 933, . T. Hopking, Bangkok Aug. 21, General.-YUEN FAT BONG,

Aug. 28, Bellona, German steamer, 789, Ahrens, Nagasaki Áng. 23, Coal.-BUTTER FIELD & SWIRE,

It

Aug. 28, Brisbane, British steamer, 981, Raddell, Foochow Aug. 25, 700 tons Tea. -GIBE, LIVINGSTON & Co.

-Aug. 28, Yottung, British steamer, 286, D. McDougall, Swatow Aug. 27, General. KWOK ACHRONG.

Aug. 28, Star of China, Britlah ship, 794, E. B. Biakor, Newcastle (N.S.W ) July 17, Coal. ARNOLD, KARBERG & Co.

DEPARTURES. Aug. 28, Norden, for Foochow 28, China, for Shanghai, 28, Churruca, for Manila.

OLEARED.

Oraiglands, for Saigon. Named, for Coast Ports. Ningpo, for Shanghai,

FASSENGERS.

ÁRKIVED,

Per Atalanta, from Holbow, Mr William- won, and 200 Chinese,

Por Rajanattianuhar, from Bangkok, 75 Chinese.

Per Brisbane, from Foochow, 14 Chinese. Per Yottung, from Swatow, 160 Chinese.

DEPARTED.

Per China, for Shanghal, 1 Cablu,

SHIPPING REPORTS,

The German steamer Atalanta reports: Left Holhow on the 27th at 7 a.m. Arrived in Hongkong on the 28th at noon; had fine weather for the first part of voyage, latter part squally.

The British steamer Rajana'tianukar re- porta: First part experienced light vari- able wlods to Cape Padaran, from thence to port moderate monsoon with fine clear weather throughout.

The British steamer Brisbane reports: Light S.E. winds and cloudy-s_heavy southerly swell throughout the passage.

The British steamer Tottung reports: Light easterly winds and fine weather.

The British ship Star of China reports: Left Newcastle with light southerly winds, came in between Bougainville and New Ireland, crossed line in 149 E. on the 4th August, had light 5, winds in N. Paside. From 12th to 18th, had very clear weather,

the Mails, &c.

MAILS BY THE BRITISH PACKET- The British Contract Packet Cathey will be despatched on TUESDAY, the 9th September, with Mails to and through the United Kingdom and Europe via Brindisi or Southampton; to the Straits Settlements, Batavia, Burmah, Ceylon, India, Aden, Egypt, Malta, and Gibraltar. N.B.-This Packet carries no mails for the Australian Colonies, E. or S. Africa, nor for Mauritius,

2.16 r.M. Registry ceases.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The next FRENCH Mail may be expected here on or about Tuesday next, the 2nd proxy by the M. M. str. Iraouaddy.

The Junk Registration to-day, and further remanded till Saturday Ordinance and other measures cleared next at ten o'clock, Mr Hayllar, who, in the place of pirates; and the stringent structed by Mr Brereton, prosecutes, belug measures passed against marine-store engaged in the Supreme Court, dealers and others interested in piratical commerce, purged the piratical haunts

and all bave proved fatal. We learn that orders have been given to the natives to report at once every case of cholera to the Portuguese physicians,

of the Praya Lanes of those who had We hear that there have been several casos profited most largely by the murderous of cholers in Macao. In the Chinese hos use of the stink-pot and spear on the pital, out of tez attacked by the malady, high seas. It is now maid that such eight have died. On board several junks in stringency is unnecessary, Mr Hennessy the faner harbour, five cases have occurred, MAIL BY THE UNITED STATES PACKET. has already hinted that the registration The United States Mail Packet Be'gic, will of junka is now a form the necessity for be despatched on TUESDAY, the which has passed away. Take both these 11th Sept., with Mails for Japan, Sau" stringent measures" from the local Francisco the United States, Canada, statute-book, and there will be no guaran. Honolulu, Peru, &c. will be closed as

tee whatever left for the continuation of follows:-

our immunity from piratical horrors. So

A PAINFUL came turned up to-day at the much for the origin and raison d'être of

Polles Court. Pang Afak, a miserable the "stringent measure" so strongly objected to by the counsel for the pri-looking wretch, who said he was very soner in the present case.

hungry and had had nothing to eat for three To the effect of this strict law-that days, was charged with stealing one awost the possessor of property known to be

potatoe from a hawker's basket. Ells Wor- piratically stolen should, it convicted, be held to be guilty of a felony, unless he ship asked the complainant to withdraw the proves lawful authority or excuse for its charge as the prisoner looked very sick, to possession-much ingenious and plausi which request the complainant gave his ble objection was taken by prisoner's assant. After telling the prisoner that he counsel (Mr Hayllar). The points thus must not steal any mors, his Worship raised by the learned Q. C., which were ordered him to be sent to the Thang Wab highly proper and appropriate in the prisoner's defence, were fully endorsed Hospital. and "improved" in an article published

2.30 P.M. Post-Office clozas, but Letters (exeopt for Non-Union. Countries) may be posted on board the Packet with Late Fee of 18 cents extra Postage antil the time of departure. Correspondence for Non-Union West Indies (xpected the Bahamas and Bay); Monte Video, Paraguay, and Uruguay cannot be sent by this route. Hongkong, Ang, 22, 1879.

HOURS OF CLOSING

THE CONTRACT NAILS,

11s0

The following hours are observed in closing Malls, do, by both the British and French Contract Packets ;- Day before departure,TM==

P.M.Money Uxder Office closes; Post Ofive closes except the NIGHT Box, which remains open all night.

Day of departure,-

ceases.

74,M.Post Office opens. 10A.M.-Registry of Letters

Posting of all printed matter and patterns cesses.

11 a. M.-Mails olozed, except for Late

Letters

11.10.-Letters may be posted with

Late Fee of 18 cents antl 11,30 when the Post Office CLOSES

entirely.

by our contemporary of this morning. WITE reference to our local paragraph of Had the writer of that article regarded last night to the effect that the Band would the subject from the broad, impartial not play in the Pabllo Gardens until next stand point of the public good, instead of Tuesday evening, we may explain that the looking at it with a special and one-sided Band played last evening, through a mistake. legal eye, his conclusions would have been

sonnder and his discretion would have The verbal order sent to the Bandmaster commended itself much more readily to was "not to play without a direct order, the reading publio of this intilligent and the corporal who carried the message, community. Mr Hayllar put it that the through some inexplicable confusion in natural reading of the statute altered his mind as to what had been told him, the ordinary rules of evidence," and that under it "no shopkeeper would be safe," rendered the order to Herr Werner

the Band was

to play! Our contemporary goes even further that than the special pleader. The article a direct order to the contrary wore sent has it: Indeed, no one would be safe. later on. There were a few visitors at the If a person were to buy from a hawker Gardens but not a large attendance, anı

unlem

11.40 A.M.-Lato Letters may be posted any trifling article, say a real of cotton the programme was ourtalled. We trus

on board the packet with Late Fee of for instance, and it afterwards appeared. 18 cents until time of departure.

General Memoranda.

that the article, whatever it was, had the original programme will be carrier been piratically stolen, the purchaser out next Tuesday. Everyone is lookin would be in precisely the same position forward with great expectations to th as the prisoner in the case now referred production of Herr Werner's compositio to, unless he were able to produce the "The Voyage to Hongkong," and it wil hawker, which he would probably find it

SATURDAY, August 30:-

Noon.Albay leaves for Amoy, &c. Noou. Olaf leaves for Port Darwin, &c. impossible to do." It is added that such be a great pity if any confusion or doub a prosecution would "be considered arine next week as to the evening or hou an absurdity," and we venture to when this promised treat of the season i SUNDAY, August 31--

Goods per Guy Mannering undelivered consider that it is still more absurd to be given. The Band will perform at th after this date subject to rent. to dite a possibility which is 80 Officer's Mess this evening, commencin TORSDAY, September 2-

unlikely to arise. It is now over ten

about eight o'clock. Noon--French Mail leaves for Ports of years since the ordinance was passed,

Call and Europe.

and the effect of the law has been that

9 p.m.-Meeting of Zetland Lodge.

9 p.m.-Meeting of St. John Lodge, No.

618 S.C.

WEDNESDAY, September 3-

3 p.m.-Meeting of Shareholders of the Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Co., Limited, at Club-Chambers. TUESDAY, September 9:

the inestimable advantage of security WITH reference to the anticipated distur to trade by the almost total extinction of ances at Pakhoi to which we referred som piracy in these waters has been perman- ten days ago, we have private advicemu ently gained for the Colony. As against to the 30th inst, which give us the welcom this, what can Mr Hayllar or our con temporary offer by their proposed alter-intelligence that up to that date there h

ation of the law 7

been no outbreak against foreignern." T While it is earnestly to be desired attack which had been premeditated he Ngon.English Mail leaves for Forta that nothing may arise to interfere with been put off till the 254b, by which time to

of Call and Europe.

the course of the law in such matters, Prefect hoped to be on his way to Canto it may be questioned whether the unduly THUESDAY, September 11:---

3 p.m. Occidental & Oriental 8. 8. Co.'s Steamer losses for Yokohama and Ban

Francisco,

lenient sentence of the Court on Leung leaving the little difficulty to be met by 1 Aho is calculated to sufficiently impress successor. The Midge left Hongkong on t the native mind with the gravity of the 16th, and could not therefore be far fro