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HE Undersigned are prepared to grant Policies against Fire to the extent to $45,000 on Buildings, or on Goods stored therein, at current local rates, subject to a Dhcount of 20% on the Premis.
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For the
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Volga Commandant GUIRAND, will be despatched for TOKUHAMA shortly after the arrival of the next French Mail from Bür pe.
O, DE CHAMPEAUX, Agent. Hongkong, March 23, 1880.
NOTICE
COMPAGNIE DES MESSAGERIES MARITIMES. 'PAQUEBOT POSTE FRANCAIS.
The Co.'s Steamship Commandant Araş will be despatched for SHANGHAI shortly after her arcival from Europe
G. De ORAMPEAUX, Agent Hongkong, March 23, 1880.
COMPAGNIE DES MESSAGERIES MARITIMES,
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Ex Tanglad
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CREAM DI TARTAR,
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σ
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Per City of Peking, for Ban Francisco via Yokohama, 12 Europesas, and 515 Chines
Far Halong, for Amey ir, 80 Chi
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Per America, for Balgon, 270 Chinese. TO DEPART Per Agamemnon, for Amoy, Mr J. Maiễn, and 100 Obiness; for 8banghai, Mr M. Pedemon.
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The British steamer. Tanis reports': Strong head winds throughout.
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ត
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11
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cash,...
A
21
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34
#
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Ola New, Benares, cash, 685
cash, - Old New Malwa, credit, 795: Old Malwa, credit, 800
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Demand,
13
30 days' sight,
*
Credits, 4
4 months' right,
1
Documentary, 4 months' sig India, Wireles
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Auction.
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General Memoranda. THURSDAY, March 25 page
No 5211-MARCH 23, 1880.
the verdict of the fading journals of all pinch of hunger. Now that showed shades of opinion does not appear to ne how difficult it was for the Government cose the Government of either neglig or anybody else to deal with such a ence or indifference. One very remark state of things. The Government were "able fenture of the debate is the strong asked to execute great public works.
and well-defined colour which has been They might as well be asked in such given to the ill-advised agitation, headed cases to constract railways to the moon." by Mr Parnell (member for Mentli, and Hear, hear.) And as to roads, what then absent in the United States). To was the good of making them under such our mind it is conclusively shown that circumstances? Those rocks and bes Mr Parnell's anti-rent-paying move ther-clad hills could not be improved. mezit is not only mistaken but absolutely The people, however, were there, and so wicked. And more than this: the dis- long as they hired in, auch numbers on trees has clearly been taken advantage that kind of land there world be always of by these agitators for furthering their the danger that a similar state of thing own dangerous schemes for undermin to the present would happen stain. As ing law and order. If Ireland could be they walked through the property his but saved from such self-nominated | hon, friend the landlord said that he saw friends, a better state of things might the people could not hich the position soon be entered upon, and her capacity in which they were placed, but he would for producing famines be happily curetake care they had "Indian most and tailed. Prominent amongst the debatem other things; bar that they must look to on the amendment to the Address may him, and that they should not look to be noticed the name of the Hon. D. Rhun in vain. (Hear, hear)These bard Planket, member for Dublin University, times, he might add, pressed severely on who spoke very ably on the Government the Jandlord as well as on the renant. side. Mr Plunket is a brother of our They pressed hardly on the tenant who present acting Police Magistrate, and his could not pay, but there was abo the appearances and utterances therefore tenant who could but would not be al possess a certain amount of local inter-lowed to pay. (Hear.) His hon friend eat. From his speech on this occasion and himself gave what help they could, Noon-French Mail Isars for Forts of may be obtained an excellent ides of and they appealed especially to Mr Ro-
Call and Europe. SATURDAY, April 3 :-
3 p.m.-Ausilon of Household Furniture, to, at Mr J. Inglie's residence, Praya West. FRIDAY, March 26 →→
Local Banks okšs.
Daylight-Kwangtung leaves fer Coast
Porta Noon-Tenders for War Department
Contract close.
Sanörday, March 27 :-
9.30 pm. Meeting of Shareholders of The Chinese Insurance Co., Limited,
at Head Office..
MONDAY, March 20:-
Local Banks elosé. WEDNESDAY, March 31 :-
WEDNESDAY, April 7:-
3 p.m.-Occidental & Oriental 5. B. Co,'s Steamor leaves for Yokohama and Sar Francisco.
the Distress, its causes, remedies, and binson, who had been all through the political lessons and we reproduce a famine of 1847 and who understood the Daylight-Mitan Bishi Mall loaves for portion of it for the information of those whole business thoroughly. A more kind-
Yokohama via Kobé.
who have subscribed, or those who pur-hearted man could not be, and, having pose giving something, to the local told him their story, he said that every funds. There is, it must be admitted, a thing should be dont which could be feeling of dissatisfaction with the lack reasonably or wisely done to relieve.. of practical statesmanship displayed by those poor people. (Hear, haar Now the various speeches, especially on the a good dent had been heard about fixity first day, and this finds expression in the of tenure and pensant proprietorslup as Times and Daily News; but all concerned a specific for the state of things which HONGKONG DISPENSARY, unite in giving the highest praise to the few young speakers now remaining in the House who can claim the rank of public orstors. The Daily News of the 9th says:-
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The following is corrected from the latest London and Colonial Papers, do,1--
VESSELS TO ARRIVE,
Left. Aug
AT HONGKONG, Name
For AMOY.—
9, Eliz. Rickmers,
Fer Diamante, at 11.30 am. To-morrow,
the 24th inst
17,
Coldstream,
Sept
28, G. Broughton,
From
Penarth Antwerp
Flushing
For SHANGHAI
Qol.
Per Yangleze, at 11.30 am. To-morrow,
the 24th just.
11,
Pyu,
Antwerp
24, West Glen,
Antwerp
25, Palestine,
London
25, James S. Stons,
26, Bernhard Carl, (for.
Swatow)
30, Mario Luito,
AND
Nov.
11, Naution,
16, Kinde
19, Josephi,
22, Fleders,
25, Formos, Lies.
25, Carl Ritter,
Now York
Penarth Antwerp
Hamburg Penarth Flushing Antworp Hamburg Bamburg
For SWATOW, AMOY, & FOOCHOW — Per Kutangtung, at 5 p.m., on Thursday,
the 20th inet.
For STRAITS SETTLEMENTS
BOMBAY."
Per China, st.0a.m.; on Friday, the 26th
inst.
For BANGKOK.-.
Per Dale, at 8 am, on Friday, the 28th
inst
For JAPAN cia KOBE-
Per Niigata Mare, at 5 p.1., on Friday,
the 2nd April
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Australian Qulonier,
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OYSTER BISCUITS,
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SODA BIRCUITS AMERICAN SOTT FELT HATS, Hongkong, February 23, 1880, *
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|8 W (in «qr.) [ 20/21, Order, 2 balss Printed T81 Cotton, from London. --
O DE CHAMFEADX, Agent. Hongkong, March 23, 1880..
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81, Melbrek,
Feb
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2, Menmuir (e.)
4. Loudoun Castle (s), 5, Crusader (4),
New
Now York Cardiff
York London
London London Liverpool
Antwerp Penarth
continuous European Supervision. Hongkong, June 1, 1876.
existed in Ireland. It seemed to him, however, he must confess, rather cold comfort to offer auch people as those of whom he had been speaking fixity of tenure Exity of tenure and peasant "We should be the last to complain of proprietorship, while rooting them to the intrusion of eloquence into Parlia the soil, would leave them in bad years. mentary discussions. We are grateful liable to be made the prey of famine and to Mr. David Plunket for showing in fever. (Hear hear.) Hou. members the most conclusive way that oratory is had heard of Siberian prisoners who had not an extinct or dying art in English been allowed to perish in the snow. To DRUGGISTS' SUNDRIES, NURSERY REQUI-political life; that the faculty of debate make peasant proprietors of such men us BITES, TOILET REQUISITES, ENGLISH, doca not linger only among & few those of whom he had been speaking,
veterans, and that among the younger loaded us they were with debt, and des members of Parliament there are not void of knowledge or enterprise to start only men to whom you can compel with, would be productive of the utmost yourself to listen, but men also to whom misery. In saying that he must not be you can listen without compulsion to understood as speaking against pessant whom, indeed, you cannot help listen proprietorship under other circumstancen. ing. We boldly nse the pinral number, He was now simply dealing with is as a for Mr. Planket does not stand quite specific for the distress which at present alone among contemporaries of his own prevailed in Ireland. There was another political position. As a stirring speaker consideration which occurred to his mind and rattling debater, copione without as he saw his hon. friend followed out of over-exuberance, now elevated, now the villages which he visited by old. playful, without mounting on stilts or tottering men and women who, holding sinking into buffoonery, a hard hitter, up their children in their news, blessed PASSENGERS aniving in Hongkong, or any yet a fair fighter, capable of giving and him and prayed for him, and that was to other persons who may desire to con-willing to take knocks with perfect good contrast what he saw with the proceed- sale the files of local, China, Japan, temper, Mr. Plunket is an agreeable ings of the loudmouthed, swaggering, American, English, ludian or Austra-relief among the readers of carefully agitator, who, followed by a Fenian mob lian newspapers, are invited to call at written and the reciters of minutely and attended by a brass band, told the learned speeches, who are gradually people of America not to send their the "Orina Mail" Office, where over abolishing the art of Parliamentary money home to this country because the sixty newspapers, dailion and weeklies, debate in the House of Commons. Bat governing classes here were not to be from thuso countries, are from to-day while we welcome eloquence, on which trusted; who thanked God at the coIN- ever side of the House it may show mencement of the distress that the rain itself, with the cordiality which should was coming down in torrents, soaking always greet a stranger, we miss in the the turf, rotting, the potatoes, sud poison- EN The publication of this issue commenced debate of Friday night any indications ing the food of the people, so that they of large practical stateemanship, or might be more ready tools for him to in at 8.15 p.m.
sound theoretic economy. We trust cite on to a bloody resistance. (cheers.) that Mr. Mitchell Henry and those who Mr O'Donnell rose to order. The hon. may succeed him in the discusmon will and learned gentleman in addressing the anpply this deficiency. The personal House had dearly apecified the hon.” questions with which the House was on member for Meath ns the agitator to tertained have been, perhaps, suficiently whom he was referring (Haar, hear.) talked over. Mr. Farnell's language He had stated that that hon. mestober and conduct may merit all that. Mr. had thanked God for the famine in order Plunket says of them; the Government to rouse the people of Ireland to a bloody me We learn from the Honorary Secretary may be that monster of iniquity which insurrection, He should like to know Mr. O'Donnell's amendment portrays, whether the hon. and learned gentleman (Mr. R. D. Starkey) that the subscrip Each party is at liberty to believe the was in ever in making use of such ex- tiona to the Irish Famine Relief Fund,
Newowels (NEW) London. Newalls (New)
flod for rolórenos.
The China Mail.
HONGKONG, TUESDAY, MAR. 23, 1880.
THE IRISH FAMINE RELIEF FUND IN HONGKONG.
The Speaker said that if the bon, and
a bloody insurrection, such language could not be Parliamentary (Cheers,) Mr Planket should be sorry to have
(Loud ones of Withdraw.") What he meant to say was this and I to the heat of debate he had said nuyching
received in this Colony, including more worst of the other. Let this be granted, pressions. than 83000 collected by the General not for the sake of argument, but to Chamber of Commerce here, already avoid it. But being granted, the ques-learned member had charged a member amount to over $20,000. Of this sumtions remain, what has been done and of the House with inciting the people to £2000 have been remitted by wire to what ought to be done ?la the Duchess of Marlborough's Food The Twics gives body to the same and #1000 to the Lord Mayor's Fundidos in the following lines transgressed the rules of the House, in Dublin. The Flon Secretary adde “When Mr Charles Lewis and Mr that it is confidently anticipated that | O'Connor Power, Mr Plunket and Mr the total sum contributed by the Colony Sullivan, follow one another, we know will excued £6000." On the principle what to expect. There was plenty of stronger he was willing to withdraw it that generosity has invariably a good brilliant Thetoric, animated declamation, that the hon, înémber- effect upon the giver, whatever it may and animated gesticulation, but of poli-in his speeches onlled the have on those who receive it, we must tical wisdom thera was not an abundance, the people to the storm and to the rail congratulate the community on the Mr Plunket won en vratorical triumph, that was descending, and said that the above result. We have already express not for the first time, but he is of suf elements were fighting on his side ed the hope that, when the present ficient rauk to be reminded that some (ongers), and that no inference could be trouble has been met, some scheme may thing more than oratory is wanted in the drawn from such language'save this —— be agreed upon which will prevent the government of distracted nations," that the people would be themselves the recurrence of these distressing epoche
Meath hed
of
of his agitation
ation could have other onle to a
Newcastle London in Irish life. The aspect of the political Mr Planket, during his speech, made more ready ins
horizon gives hope that such a reform these observations
(hear hear Newport
ay again; that Penarth may be brought about as will meet all the Perlings the House would now allow no other result, and lid
circumstances of the case, and satisfy him, as a refer to the vague disquisitions result, than to incite the Newcastle (now) { all concerned, except perhaps ilie umpria- they had been hearing on the rights and bloody resistance to the lawn (Loud Authorp cipled agitators who mistake disorder and wrongs of landlords, to throw a little cheers,) Well, of course it would be Antwerp
riot for patriotism.
light upon the question of the distress in said sthat he had spoken of but one Flamburg
Ireland, which it was really their object andlord New York
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THE DISTRESS IN IRELAND ANDperty of Sir A. Guinness, and between Ireland, as there
HOW TO DEAL WITH IT him and his tenants there reigned the bur be knew. While the subeoription lists of the most absolute hurmony and peace. landlords in funds to relieve, the distress in Ireland Every element of agitation: was absent, spite of all the are still unclosed in Hongkong, it may An immense number of the tenants on the won not be out of place to draw attention to that property farmed from one to ten those the debates in Parliament on the sub-acres of land only. They were not ten ject. The discussion begun by the inant farmors in the English sense of the thier had troduction of an amendment to the Ad-word they were labourers working ou dress in the House of Commons, in their own farms, and the wages of thes which the Government was charged labour for one year was the following
but had they with neglost of the timely warning and year's crop of potatoes. Now information which were given to them, happened to these poor people during the the and with inadequate measures for the past year? The wetnoes of the season alleviation of suffering. This indiot had almost destroyed their crop of potent ment called forth many able speeches toes. Usually they had both for and against the action of the themselves and the pig, Government, and the discussion, which himself und the rent extended over three sittings, was brought there were not end to a close by a distinct rejection of the upon; and they amendment by 128 to 12 The debate hear.) Moreover they owed not as reported in the Landon dailies, throws & Hite rent-that had not much valuable light not only upon the be demanded of them in their origin and extent of the suffering, and circumstances but some the time (end of February) when it was perhaps, to the shopkeeper So far back w expected to assume a really serious as December last they stated, and they aspect, but also upon the remedies now were most truthal and honest people, proposed for present relief, as well as that they had consumed almost all their hola the bearing the visitation may have on ordinary stock of potatoes, and that they not future legislation for Ireland. The would be obliged to eat their seed pata IRI division on the amendment will farnish toes. Some of them said they could hold against him sinong the people, ample proof that all parties in Parlia-out fall the middle of February, but al- hear I was a lamentable thi ment (ns well as out of it) are alive to most all of them confessed that about such language had been used, and used the necessity of immediate action; while the end of February would come the by some speakers of great authority in
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