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from a junk which had been taken by pirates, (a matter we gavo the then latest particulars of in Tassday's issue), we have now the following further particu.

larg:

THE CHINA MAIL.

THE shanghai Mercury hears from a private McUloury recalled, said he had been Baume that the death of young Mr Wallarpanished by the militars authorities for the sault on the constable and for dis. Modhurst, the nowa of which extired by orderly conduct in the streaks on the night the last Frenchinali, onourred in a somewhat of the 9th. tragic manner. Our contemporary says: -

Caso dismissed against defendant.

It appears that he was at school in Jersey,

UNLAWFUL POFESSION. and was in the habit of patronizing a

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NAGABAHI.

Express, (July 24). Threo small wooden steamers are padër construction at the Government Works, two at the Slip, and one at Tategami.

ready for launching.

port, and an auch he would be acquainted with the entrance of the barbour. He took service on board the Hungarian at Shang. had on the 6th instant, 6th May last], os Parser, at a nominal salary [la. per month], and acted as Pilot in bringing that steamer into this port on the 12th instant, Pilosing by unlicensed persons la probibited by the Chinese Pilotage Begulations (General Re- last, the 7th instant, as the German barquealation VII) under auction from Her Ma- chemist's shop in the neighbourhood for with unlawful possession of a pawn ticket Others think that the Chinese Govern- not hear what the British Minister said. One of the formor, a twin-screw, is almest

jesty's Legation (vide No. XIX. of the Ge. the purpose of getting iced drinks. On the noral Port Regulations for H. B.M.'s Uon-occasion of bis last visit be had some iced salates in Chios, of 1st March, 1877, also sherbet and water, and withle as hour or Sir R. Alcock's Circulars No. 7, of 24th so from the time of his drinking the concoo april, 1867, and o. 11, of 3rd November, ton he was desd. Boadosh was the tot 1668) Pilotage, however, is not comput. of poison. It is supposed that, owing to the Land, carelessness of the chemist, some strych- sary. A Bhip-master, may, as I understand, do his best to find his way in and out by the nine must have got mixed with the drink: anassisted efforts of himself and bis crew, Many of our readers who remember the without breaking the Pilotage Regulations bild it be sorry for his fate, and will In the present case, if Mr Thomas had been ympathise with Sir Walter and Lady Medhurst in their trouble. We nuderstand a regular and permanent member of the araw, I suppose that could have that there has already been an Ingest, hot the result, and intends to apply to the anthorities for a further inquiry.

About 1 o'clock on Saturday morning

Tek Li, Captain Peterson, was making her way up the river to Canton, under taw of the steam-launch Fri Ma, and when within about 24 miles of Mak-chow, the voice of a man apparently in distress was heard from the water. A search was instituted and a Chinaman was found in the water appar ently in a helpless condition and nearly

drowned. He was taken on board the bargue where he received every attention.

The long pending suit to the Tokio Jato Sailansho, in which the Netherlands Trad ing Socisty sought to recover moneya alleged to have been trandulently obtained by certain Japanoso, has at length been decided in favour of the Defendants. The judgment will, in all probability, be appoal- nd against

The U. S oorvalle Swatara left for

On being interrogated he said he had boon | bsen ald But his angement as Purser,/Sir Walter Medhurst is not sati-fied with op in Jervola Street, maid defendant live in the very neighbourhood of the nothing or asem to know nothing about it. Thursday. H. B. M.'s sloop of war alb

longer. A claim for ten years' pay, at that if the Rasalana chose they could take the neighbouring mountains, the Govern Taels 6,000 per annum, would give me Peking in three months. Be sald if the ment declined to accede to the request." Tia 60,000, and a similar sum ought suburbs cunld not be burnt as a means of protection to Peking, be had better take to be added for my having saved my life and, provented seriona complica the young Emporor and 6x the seat of government somewhero clee. The Princs tions, making a total of Tla. 120,000, asked if he could get foreign beip. The with which cum I might reasonably re- French Minister replied that they would Chan Akwan, a rico pounder, was abarged tire with honour from the Service. get none whatever from France. We did This Teamed rather to discontout tbe Chan Atack, a carpenter residing in the meat ought to pay Tls 200,000, with Prince, and Col. Gordon seemed no mantal on the 13th instant. Po Blog shop, Sai-ying pocu, said that on promotion to the highest rank and dissatisfied with his visit that he left at the 29th Jane, on returning from bis meal, bonours obtainable in the Military Ser- once for Tientsin. The Colonel is stoppis: ha found the look of the door removed and vice, leaving it optional to me whether at the Tai Ma Miao, where the Foochoose on going tuside the shop, he missed 9 saws, I retired or not. You will, of course, see Ambassadors were stopped a month ago. 25 chisele, 4 axes and 12 planes, of the the difficulty of my doing anything in the

There is a rumour among the Chinese total value of $12 The matter was re-matter, being an Officer in the Chinesa to day (9th) that some of the Ohios Mar ported to the Pulics. He claimed the axe Imperial Service, dependent on the chant steamore ars to go to Baakow for troops. (Perhaps H. E. Li wants the aid is Court as his property. It was one of Government for employment, and mar

of some of his flom braves) Wo have Kobe on Wednesday, and H. B. M.'s gon those stolen on the 25th June.

El On, accountant in the Hua Kot pawn ried to a Chinese lady, whose relations inquired at the U. M. office, but they know boat Foxhound strived from, Hongkong ou

and the pawce the axe at bis shop on the 1st July, place I was nearly murdered at, and H. E. The Trotai does not go to Tien tross is expected from Hongkong Yesterday be returned for the purpose of about 80 miles from the place I had tain, but will proceed in few days to

0. S. fa

flag ship Bichmond from Yokohama. ate The repa

repaire to the Russian iron-clad Minin redeeming the sro, and as he bad in the made my home for the future. On the Soochow as soon as the District Magistrate meantime beard from the Police something other hand I am a British subject, and Moh has returned thenco. Bis stay at are not yet completed; consequently sho have to remain ia Dock until the next respecting the are, he gave him lato

Men of war in harbour: custody,

was travelling at the time of my narrow Natking, was prolonged by special invita

not for any particular political reason, spring tides. the 11th inst., from a man in the streat, entitled me

Defendant said he bought the ticket on escape, under a British passport, which but owing to the entry of the new Viceroy British, Fly and Foxhound; American

to the protection of the on his new datias a great gathering of Ticonderoga Russian, dia, Minin, and. but he was unable to identify the man, officials and gentry of Chien-Si Cho, an offers took place there, and considering Digit.

A two-mile race between the first cutters well as elsewhere in China. All I can that the Intendancy of Shanghai is the Convicted of uniawial possession, and do in the matter is to leave it with Provinces, It is quite natural that the pulled in the barbour at six o'clock ou most important in the Two Kiang from U.S.S. Avatara and Ticonderoga was

imprisonment with hard

Taceday evening, starting down the bay doubt see that justice is done me by long his stay there in order to inform and the Obinese Government, which can himself about all important matters regard. Although tho struggle was a well con- have no reasonable objection to treating info bear that a special bureau has been result from the commencemeat, for in tested one, there was little doubt of the wo handsomely in this matter, geeing

in Shanghal for engaging

of the strenuous efforts of the icon- foreigners for

sbout two hours in the water, and as there was a strong current running seawards at the time, the poor fellow in his then ox- hausted condition would soon have been beyond the reach of help. On arriving at Canton the Captain took the man be- fore the Commissioner, to whom he made

longed to a junk which left Hongkong early in the month for a small village be- tween Kwan Point and the Bogue Forts on the Annaghoy Island The cargo consist

at a nominal pay, suggests that there was something fictitious, that the engagement was not permanens, or bond Ade, but was a device to ovado the Regulations. If snob an engagement be held legally sufficient to sustain his piloting the vessel, it may well neem that a door is

opea for evaalen of the Regulations and frustration of their policy which for obvious reasons, does not regard the Pilotage service se suitable to be con- restrict it to a limited number of authoriz ed persons, serving undor established ralen and at Axed rates of remuneration."

Tun passengers for New Zealand by the Chandernagore who survived their fearful aufforinga and distressna in New Froland, which they thought to make their own, are in poor houses in Cooktown in a sad state. They say they were deceived from the be

atste of affairs,

and he had no witnesses.

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a statement to the affect that he be ducted on the principles of free trade, but ginning and had no knowledge of the real sentenced to pay a flus of $10, in default H.M.'s Minister at Poking, who will no Governor-General asked the Taotsi 'to pro finishing opposita the Ticonderoga,

three weeks'

labour.

156AULT,

relations.

VICTOR Eago, a the occasion of the recent Mr Dowdall appeared in support of the Camdens Festival at Lisbon addressed the following letter to the organiser of the Prosecution.

Mr Wainewright appeared fete: "Camoens is the poot of Portugal, assaulting one Chen Choung King this that what I did was as much for the lately open the Chinese army to the deroga's orew, the Sostara's fine boat gra-

personification of

Pou Alam, a osulker, was charged with

morning.

Complainant said he was

od of a quantity of opium and general in support of the Appollanta. & the Court Camoens is the people which, hi defendant's partner. This pprentice to national good as for the saving of my scene of the coming war. This is not in con- dually forged ahead and camo in an easy

passengers on board.

that extraordinary

Law Notices.

goods and there were about twenty native had had no official fatimation of the death noticsable on the globe, has mado

Late on Friday of Captain Harry, the case was proceeded noticed in history-has, like Spaio, seized night, when everything seemed to be going with an if he were alive. For the prosecution the land, and, hke England, the son, has well, balf a dozen of the passengers audit was contended that the case was one of faltered before any obstacle. She started never shrank from any adventure, nor denly showed themselves in their true clear deception, Thomas only receiving one from little and has conqaszed all We colours by making an ominous display of shilling a mouth for the position of purser,anlute Camoan."-Catholic Register. arms and weapons of various descriptions, and took complote control of the junk. The remaining passungers wore ordered below, and in the scuffle which ensued he- tween the pirates and the crew, two mon were wounded, one of them seriously, and one man knocked overboard, who was for- tunate enough to fall in with the Tek Li It has sinoo heon asportained that two hakow bout, which were approaching at the time, contained parties of con federates and that the cargo was tranship-cular. It may ha of Interest to note thesed-toroutery, coount and rehome of

pod to them, after which the crew were re- losed and the junk permitted to continue hor voyage. The people on board the bar que say, that about the time of the Rileged attuck, they distinctly heard several re- ports of small arms, evidently at some distance. It is feared there is very little hope of the miscreants being traced.

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in which capacity he was placed on the books. The ossa for the defence was that the law had in no way been broken, the Captain being entitled to plot the ship himself or take the advice of any person belonging to the ship; Thomas did beloog to the ship. Judgment reserved. There has been a deal of writing lately

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG,

Monday, 16th Aaz, at 11 am.

PROBATE JURISDICTION.

Rr the goods of W. H. Spencer, de ceased.-Petition for Probate, (Stephen and Holmes, Proctor.)

It the goods of Kwok Achsong, de- about the U. S. Consul Service in the Farcasal,-Petition for Probate, (Brereton East generally, and at Shangbal in parti- and Wotton, Proctors)

utterances in the U. 5. Consular Court at bangbal, of Mr J. J. Henderson, who lately rosigned the American Consulship at my. Appearing the other day as legal advisur in a case, Charles Eugene Hüt Matthew Tysou Yates, agent of Elizabeth Adams Eli, still pending in the U. S. ourt for the Consular Court of Shanghai, before . N. Denny, Esq., Consul General Tax following is the order of Service at St.acting judicis ly, he took occasion to make John's Cathedral, to-morrow, twelfth Sau- certain remarks on the Consular adminis day after Trinity

tration, judicially consi lered, which sup Matine.Yenite, No. 5 Monk; Positas, ports what Consul General Wells had to 88 and 84 Monk; Te Doum, Stainer; Be-say on its general administration, The Dedictus, No. 123 Monk; Anthem, Pray motion made by Mr Wainewright for the for the peace of Jerusalem; Kyrie, Misna plaintiff was to set aside so injunction de Angelis Flynn, No. 204. nificat, Trimmel in F: Bune Dimitus, Trimmel in F; Hymn, 286; Hymn 23.

Petition for Probate,

ÜRIGINAL JURISDICTION. Sands and anr. 1. Hongkong and Wham po Dock Company, Limited,-Suit 54, Notias of Motion.

Police Intelligence. (Before J. J. Fraxeis, Eng.) Saturday, August 14.

ASSAULT ON A MARRIED WOMAN.—A KEHEADING.

Sung Chong Kun, a cook, who was

morning about

balf past 8 o'clock he was out in a boat with defendant. He was gulling, but as be did not exert himself to the satisfaction of thod fendant he took up an oar and struck the witness with it over the ear, and on bis arm and back.

(Shows an ugly out on the init ear)

Defendent said the boy was very lazy and would not work. He had warned him saany times but he would not listen to tim, so be chastised him this morning and

truck him with an oar.

Fined $10, in default three weeks' im- prisonment with herd labour, and to pay $5 amanda to compisinant, in default, ten dage farther imprisonment with hard labour.

Canton.

18th August.

At the hour of despost slumber about

8 o'clock this morning, the rattle of en- gtuo wheels and ery of firemen at the forry ombarkation atope aroused me tụ a ova

their numerous occupants, that impelled to | prompt crossing of the river, to aid in the rescue of families and patients. Happily the danger to those objects of deep con. cern was over in an hour; but meantime 14 large shops on the two sides of the Į neighboaring street ware wholly destroyed, and some others were infared by fire or water. The tide was very low at the out-

own life.

traffiction,

Some hundreds of deserters from the certain forever, with the dismissal of winner.

in Niugpo and Chefon. Army in the North West have optored They were dismissed for economical rea- this province with their arms and angs, and because the Taotais considered accoutrements and committed some de- that keeping foreigners in their employ predations near Pah-cho. Several per foreign aud not in accordance with the would have an appearance of being pro- sons have been killed and many wounded; chauvinut tendencies of the ruling powers the latest news from that quarter is at Tiants. Contradictory as these facts that General Lio, Teh-shulen, had may appear, yet they are quite in sovor

a few of the dance with Chinore notions and practices. succeeded in capturing leaders and dispersing the rest.

An unsuccessful attempt was mado s

Christian notable of this city, named

have been apprehended

Noon, Ther. 84, indoors.

of

TIRATSIN.

there are

Daring the past three days the atmo- sphere has exhibited apparent indications of a coming storm. In the month of July, a steady strong north-east breeze, with a threatening sky and a falling harameter. pleasant weather in store. can scarcely be accepted Thursday evening was the highest that has been witnessed for years.

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Be an Asanrance of The tide on

The Jupauses Government having grant- 1 permission for the sale of the Bolivian barque Catalin, (which vessel, owing to the bon-existence of treaty between the rospective countries, is debarred from trad- ing hero,) wa now haar that a sale bas boon cocted, and that she will hoist the Amer- icon flag in a fow daya.

Singapore. (Times)

Evensong.-Psalme, Oakeley in F; Mag. granted in April 1879, whereby the rents obarged yesterday with assaulting a married brask of the fire, but soon the inlax came few days ago to assassinate a wealthy the Empire of here, but preparations of business, and his demise will be learnt

exposed in the stocks for three hours, and woman convicted, and Beuterosd to be with a rash that assured the success of the Boh Pao-cho; six of the eight assassine are pushed forward at the utmost speed. to three months' imprisonment with hard when placed to the dock, Bls Worship having consented to a rehearing of the case on the plication of Mr Juok- non of the Hongkong Bank,

The American mail ben not been signalled

fireman; whose eforts, fortunately, wore thwarted by only a very light breazs from first to last. There was anxiety and fatiguo, which for Dr Kerr, who had wa already, may Bay "kis hands full" was an infliction at an untimely boar; but the rebound from a seemingly im- pending disaster brought compensatory reflections, no doubt.

Uhina.

BBANGHAI.

PIONEER

No nows has as yet reached us from Colonel Prejevalski, and it is not likely that he has been able to penetrate into

August ō. Our last word from the south is of great Thibet, where the Chinese Resident excitemont in Shanghai and along the Suag has managed to indame the Yangtze, pocasioned by the rumour that Lanas against foreigners generally and civil war is imminent, because of a rupture the missionaries ia particular. A pap Government, that Li has been accused of between Li Hung-chang and the Foking bearing the seats of the Tale-lama, the hoing a traitor, &c. hooanse he is not in

in King of Thibet, and the three prin- favour of war. So far as appeare there is Re the grade of Pung Wah Kwong, de

The explosion at Telok Ayer yesterday oipal Lama series, viz. Gaden, Sera, und no occasion for such a rumour;

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fternoon (3rd), enperintended by Mr Djupong, is being circulated even on the

no indications of a civil war visible. The Baplies, was very snccessful. 3,400 lbs of administrations by Official Administrator for

frontiers of China, calling the mission Government is doubtless annoyed that the yuupowder and 376 lbs. of dynamite were sanction

He the goods of Ahmie Oblon, de.

arica demons, bastarde, and products of the Viceroy orgia pesce, and especially on the exploded, displacing about 7,000 tons of ceased-Potition of Registrar for Admin.

vilest creatures of the human race. Thos preparedness. The wise heads at

cky ground. Poking cannot understand why, after the The last Overland Mail gontained the istration.

Re the goods of Chan Asing, deceased. 60iousness of alarm, and the first glimpse English are especially named as beusta large expenditura for arsonsla, gunboats announcemeat of the death on the 22nd Juno at Harmseuratth of an old and wall- through a window disclosed danger to the worthy of death, and whoever lodges, and war material, they are not in a Et cen Hospital and contiguous buildings with peaks to, or in any wiso has anything dition to cope with the foreign bartarian. | known Straitsresident, Mr Charles Bortles to do with foreigners, are like them, They are reported as saying "the bar- farrison, the only surviving partner of the devils, and stupid traitors &c., &a. The barians have never entered the palace, and ate firm of Middleton Harrison & Co., one copy obtained is to be forwarded to a we don't think they can do so now." They of the oldest established firms to the place, It was Scientific Society for examination as a forget that without a disciplined army of and latterly of Harrison & Do

courageous men to use these implements kanwn that Mr Harrison had been in a curions document,

of war, they are practically peoluse; a fact weak s'ate of health ever «lace he went This city is full of candidates for the which the Viceroy well knows, as well as came two or three years ago, but he wa examinations, and many brawl take so fact that such an army is not to be believed to be getting better, and his death place at the hotels, restaurants, and found in China. But while ignorant, and must have been somwhat sudden and no- brothels, visited by the students and hence dissatisfied, on this point, the "wise expested. He was one of the few residents heads" are too wise to break with the most now remaining of the old style before the their friends.

powerful and influential man (probably) in introduction of steam and electricity and

this juncture.

the consequent revelation in the conduct All is still

quiet

with regret by many friends hers and at Colond Gordon has returned from Pe- home. Upright and straightforward in all king. Ho went there, we understand, with his mercantile dealings, Although perhaps despatches

and attendants from H., Linot so muccessful as some of his neighbours, hoping to persuade the Tsung-li Yamén to and as he deserved to be, in private life la make terms of peace. He was received by was gezial and kind-hearted to a degree, that body politely, but his mission was a stihough somewhat shy and reserved mi failure, the prevailing sentiment being in first to strangers. Á

aad life-long great favour of

TYRE

friendship subsisted between him and the He is now established, it is said, as the toto Hon'ble Mr Whampos, which did the (News)

Viceroy's private advisor, and feels, as does to one to them both, and the sight of We hear that very hot weather has been the Viceroy, that war is a foregone con- two together presented s

a singular contrast, the thermometer

stalwart, nglabman being tall and experienced la Paking,

clusion. Hence, while deprecating it, but the

Mr Whatever may be the merits of the con-

registering over 100 degrees in the shade. troversy between those partios, this Injuno

The steamship Waverley was to go into segno alternative but to fight, unless and the Uhinsman short and chubby,

tlement,

which is not anticipated, the Vice singlehearted aporisman in the place. Ho Fouchow is also expected to duok roy is bending all his energies to make the was a first-rate shot and he did steamship

to the proceedings on which It was issued were

tow days in the course of a low

beat

keep up unauthorised and void from beginning to the crowd and first saw the defendant the one hand, and Afghanistan,

We are in a position to deny, on the bent arrangements he can to meet the van interest in our annual Bages than

coming storm.

any other resident, just from sheer foto of end. Elizabeth Adams Hill has been, and constable was just putting out his hand to other, were sufficiently disquieting to ex-

authority, certain rumours which have been

The U. S. corvette Ashuelot, with H.E. horas and sport, for he never batted, and, is, deprived of her property without due seize the defendant. I saw the defendant oito deep interest and not a ättle per-current as to the resignation of his commis Mr James B. Angell on bourd, reached bere although he had always one or two horses process of law. I regret to say that the do nothing what he had done befon name flexity; and if we permit the scope of sion by Colonel Gordon. Colonel Gordon last evening. Today the new ministes running at every

during ble long case in this respect is not an anomaly in

I do not know. I saw the up i

complainkot the Consular Courts of the United States there making coins. She was charglug vision to extend to Turkey, we do not so was at the last advices at Tientsin, and was called upon the Viceroy, and expects to residange here, sometimes gos qut from carrying out object with which he came leave for Peking on the 7th. Commis home at great expeast, he was by no means in China.

the defendant with being one Outrageous surpations of July 13, The Manchester Quardian authority and power over the lives, ther- of persons throwing stones at her hour mach marval ut fresh verifications of old to China of endeavourlug to persuade ABsioners Swift and Trescott, with the ladies uniformly sucessful. saysThe prohibition of the export of

the Kaldja questiou, severe heat is passed. tles and property of American oltissan by Her son was there also, bleeding at the opinions that were based on obvious re-Government of the inadvisability of a war of the party, romain at Chefoe, till the victories were always popular as they deserved to be. In him the Sporting Cub grain roma Rundla will be a gorions matter their Consult, ignorant, or regardless of the nose. I saw no blows struck of stones semblances to the impracticable attitude of with Russia for Germany, where the rye crops are law, or both, have too often put to blush thrown. There were in the crowd some China's rulers, as we do at the tamerity taken in China on the scene of his earliest 92 or 93 in the shudo, whereas we be followed by his successors, and the place As yet the mercury has only risen to has lost a member whose example may well Beyond the interest which he has always cially poor. Under the circumstances it

the ocolies. seems likely that Germany this yese will the very name of justion. If necesary, of the Bank Shroff, somu of

ranging about 98* to a resident who enjoyed the rapat and be notwithstanding the grain duties, the old records

could amply sustain this statement from and two or three of the Bank beatmen. that coincidently hazards dynastie so military guessses, he has, we believe, no anally Lave

ulterior aim in view.

102 Lass rain has fallen than ordinari esteem of the whole community. RIP. important customer of American surplus with the extraordinary judicial

this Court. Not content There was a large crowd.

vereignty.

On the 17th of July last, a letter way, and we are hoping now that our hot Tang Achu, one of the Bank Shroffe, grain.

a powere

P.S.Since the 7th instant the effect of forwarded to the German Cocaulate days may soon end without reaching the Constantinople, July 13-The English vested in Consels, they have in many cases said he was sitting in the Counting Room steamer Khalifas, of the Euphrates line, has usurped the functions of the Legislature in of the Bauk. The windows face the Fraya, the Northerly gale near Japan has been General by 0. N. Denny, Esq., United maximum of hotness for Tientsin, and that States Consul-General at Shangnal, which we may not hear of drowned crops as for a order to accomplish their purposes, and Uefendant is employed as cook to the folt, the temperature being, 81 to 80° and he had received from the mate of the few years past.-N.-U. D. Neto Uor. been attacked by Arabs, who maintained

their victims have found it easier to endure Chiness who reside on the premises.

Yes fusilade for one hour, but did not succeed

their in boarding ber. The Quartermaster and

wrongs than

terday morning he saw a number of coolies the barometer ranging from 20° 55" to 29 German barque Marie, who in it accused to right thom,

throwing stones at the boat people. He 70'; the South-west Monsoon freshening Uaptain Thomashewsky, the master of the Banks, and he could not recognise any of

ashore, because he thought she was unsea- ers and one heavy squall yesterday marked worthy, and went on to express the opinion His Worship affirmed the conviction and by a violent thunderbolt that fell on the that he still intended to do so. The writer said that he had hitherto prevented the | sentence awarded yesterday.

river near my residence; and Chinese re-captain from doing this, and had kept a at half must yesterday morning (80th) in separate log. The letter was dated the consequence of the death of Mr W. G. 16th of June. It was written from the Geldie, one of the engineers of Her Ma- Straits of Sunda, and directed to "The jesty's despatch vessel Vigilant. The de United States Cousul-General, Shanghai." censed gentleman was found lying insensi- NOTES FROM SZECHUAN.

The barque in question was bound from ble on the deck of the vessel on Thursday CHUNG-MING, SZE-UHUAN,

New York to Chiue, and was to wait at forenoon, and was at once conveyed to the Western China, 8th July.

Gutzlaff for orders frum the

at British Naval Hospital, where he died the agents at Herewith I enclose a copy of an Shanghai. Herr R. von Kreucki, tae Vice- same night. The funeral took place at 9

upon the receip of the o'clock. extract from a paper published at Shangus that the ship had arrived

Gutzlaff,

The Mainichi Shinbun contains the fol

and profite of certain property alleged to bave boon given to Mrs Hill by the plaintiff for her sole use and benefit had been paid into the United States Consulato-Gonoral, at the time wo go to press,

We shall pro- bably have the American and French mails The case was one which, Mr Henderson both in to-morrow, all of a heap. From aid, was substantially a suit by the plain

tiff to deprive his wife of the seats of her number of telegrams by the American mall

soparate estate. In the course of his address reprodused by the Yokohama papura to

Mr Henderson said :— hand yesterday, we pick these three which really give the only nows of any import ewbodied in the batch:-

Landon, July 12.---A movement is afloat in the House of Commans to present an address to Premier Gladstone, assuring him of the willingness of a large number of the members to support bin in contioning the

zession as long as he may desi necuðgary to carry out the Government programme.

B

I saw A

A. C. Demée, a clerk in the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, said:-Yesterday shoni 0.90 I arrived from Kowloon in the launch. went along the Praga towards the Bank. crowd at the door of the Bank, and

saw two China before reaching the crowd men running away towards the Cricket Field, sud on reaching the crowd I saw defendant to custody. When I rembou

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Previously to this local cause of au-

BOR

tion should be dissolved at once, because that the constable now in Court bad the ziety, the tidings from Peking on the the old Dock this moruing (10th.) The Diarquis 16eng should affect some set. | Harrison was perhaps the keepest and most

a of a number

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the

out the

one passenger were killed, and the Captain very trustworthy authority, Label's Jak- did not think the coolies belonged to the the past three days, with occasional show. Yessel, of having tried to run the vemel

wounded. The Turkish anthorities at Bag-rasberichte, says that up to the end of 1879 dad promise to investigate the outrage.

Keupp kad supplied to the Chinese 150 them. ME F. H. BALNOGE, of Paking, requests slege guns and 275 field gaas. the Shanghai Mercury to deny a rumour, which he is informed is current in Shang- hai, that be in the Peking correspondent of that newspaper.

Our contemporary accordingly contradicts it very explicitly romarking that the rumour is a very high compliment to the style of ita Peking cor- respondent's letters. There on be little 400 ADING to our Kobe contemporary the Italian curvette Feltor Plesni left that port

AT LABGE WITHOUT PAKSES.

port one life lost.

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YOKOHAMA. {Mail.)

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Shipping Intelligence.

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A OENERAL mooling of the Singapore De- bating Society, was to be held at the Ma sonic Hall, on the 4th August, when the Kwok Pak Shing, a shopkeeper, U Asam, subject for discussion was to be the rather inmate of a brothel, Ko Achana, a servant, delicate question,-whether living in the *d Wong Aching, a single woman, wers morality in Europaans, alike as regards suffer fourteen days' imprisonment for East has a tendency to lower the standard of woh fined in the sum of $5, in default to business and political and social mattera being abroad in the streets between 1 and 2

B. J. A. Brig o'clock this morning without passen.

13 Waga, 25, Channel Queen, doubt, styls aside, that the Mercury has ¦ on the night of the 28sh ultimo, for Korea, or even days' imprisonment with hari, in which it is said that I have be immediately procasded to her in the gun lowing letter from Kochi Ken: Since

Lan Kwai Fong, a cook, was fined $2,

28, James Bailey, paid Tis. 1,000 for lusses sustained during Wolf, accompanied by the Bacretary of the patition addressed to the Government

29, Great Admirs), got the best Peking correspondence of any calling at several places on her way down labour, for similar offenes shortly after the murderous measult made upon me at the Consulate-General and a member of demanding the datablishment of a National

Si, Dorothes, the Inland Sea, and at the lalaud of Tan- midnight Lant night. paper in China.

shima. From Korea, it was expected the

Chien-al Cho. My attendants, who lost the firm who are agents for the ship On Assembly has been returned to the peti- 31,

Optioners,

the chicks and heimin of this pre-June,

81, Orion, corvette will proceed to Hakodate, which Thres women and one man were also most of their property during the affair, being interrogated, the mate, whose name

3, Caberfeldth, A case of some importance to shipmastersport it is anticipated she will reach in Sepoharged with being out of doors at a late naturally expect me to pay them for is Zippelius, was quite uns le to sub fecture have become greatly agitated.

appeared to

to Those parsons who were originally in fa- tiate his statements, which has just been heard before Chief Justice tomber.

hear without passes, but as they all gave their losses, when they see it publicly atas

be

His so-called groundless.

separate your of the Government, have now joined French, in H. B. M. Supreme Court at

some fair and reasonable excuse they were announced that I have received money log was found to be absolutely unintelli- the party who insist upon the rights of the simply asuttoned and discharged,

enough to cover all actust losses, which Shanghai. The osas is a special one from

von Krenoki and the officials with hita WAS H.B.M.'s Court at Swatow, on Summary

but it is very different. I have not that the man's mind was affected. convictions in the cases of the Queen (the

only not received anything from the Vice-Consul allowed the abip to proosed to places throughout the country. One of We bourhood of Sapporo, and work upon it Chien-Si Officials, but have had to pay Tientsin, and has written to the German these prisons will be erected in the neigh Thomas, master marloer, and (2) A. Hurry to decide whether the Dorby stakes, which goedt, again appeared on a charge of very heavily for the privilege of having authorities there about the matter.

in Osake, maater of the steamship Hungarian. The are claimed by the owner of Robert theng a constable while in the exesu.saved my life and prevented another are informed that the subject will there be has already commenced. Another will be:

and the site having bern already Axed, operations will shortly begin. After (Mercury)

the balding at Sapporo la completed, ali ▲ telegraphic transfer has been made convicts sentenced to transportation to-day (91) on bobait of the Taptal to the the new code will be forwarded there.

The Nishi Nichi Bħinbun Says that from A prosperous native from the Land information received respecting the presont Cakes, who sent the Prime Minister a condition of mining industr

industries in this coun toz of New Seson's team, has, we hear, try, it is enabled to state that the mines received a letter of thanks from sir, at And, Innal, Arakawa, Qasrnuawa, and Straitomo, and also the iron mine at The Uotion

¡REAT excitement prevails, says a London telegram of July 9th, in turi sirelee owing to Bend'Or having accidentally bean changed when a yearling with Tadcaster, belonging the same owner (the Duke of Westmins

to

complaint of M. Linklater) v. (1) Johutes), the stud book having been badly kept.

The Jockey Club, in Qonsequence, declines

Devli, should be accepted. Tattersall's Club has decided, however, that the bots are un- affected by the mistake.

(Before the Hon. Ng Oboy.) Hugh Sharkey, Private in the 27th

TER ALLEGED ASSAULT BY A 'SÆDION.

I would be but fair, if such wore the case, 2018. The conclusion rived at by Herrs proposed to construct five new son

of his duty on the 9th fastant. cause for war with China, like that of thoroughly investigated,

Some of the Sergeant Noble, 7th Regiment, said that the Margary outrage. on the night of the 9th int he was in town gentry of Krei-Cho, however, subscribe and saw defendant and another soldier a small som monthly to defray my ex- near the Clock Tower. Be told them to

14 OLD TIENTSI" writes to the Editorfor return to Barracks as it was near 9 s'alook,penses here, until some arrangement has amount of 257,000 to London.

the Shanghai Marowy as follows t-

Shortly afterwards he saw them near the been arrived at in the matter, and Ice House, being pursued by some Indian have been told that Chien Yab-ying, Constables. He stopped the two men, and Governor of Kwai Cho, rejected

The vict Establishments in various suitable

under

tor. That la the sesond, which wan keard that the Chinese had captured a Bussian 7 the complainant put his hand on defend counter-alalm laid egalast me by the Gladstone's so in again likely to be sat Kamalshi, are in's very flourishing condi

mines

the accounts

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LOADING FOR ORISA AND JAPAN PORTS,

obarge la the first case, which came before Mr Conaal Gregory on the 18th May last, was a charge against Captain Thomas for oclawfully piloting the British steamer Hungarian from ses fate the port of Swa-

In July telegram of Router's from Los tow, he not being a Hosased pilot for Swa-

don, date doubtful, brought us the sad news on the same day, was a charge against Cap explater, 2 Mr Prjovalaky." Ivan sure you ant's comrade's shoulder and claimed him Chien-Si people, for the expenses incurred taln Hurry, for unlawtally employing Cap Router must have mistaken, as the Russian his pelsoner, and charged him with by them in burying their four dead men, on foot. The Chinese prometer, who has tion. As regards others

the total unsatisfactory, explorer,

reforing to pay chair hire. The man who Mr. Frjevalsky (imagins some tain Thomas to pilot the Hungarian, Capt.

defaulter the

Glouose. abare market, has nothing silver Baging an Amaridan explorer, Me

was arrested than struck the constable, and curing fourteen wounded, and for recently figured la law Courts here as a are tins

ilver averaging only 600 daily yield of Euphrates.

A native paper says (——"

The commandor Thomas zat being a flcanned pilot for Swanleg) quite safe and not taken prisoner / He did not ser the defendant^strika the something else forthe widows or rolatives to do with it, nor has Poug, who will be

of the dead. On dit that the Governor paid out. Some mandarlas from the North of the German man-of-war Vinste, lately Jobu Nicholson. tow. Both defendants were convicted by by the Chinese. By his last letter, received constable.

Joseph Meleery, a Private In the 27th told them that as H. L Majesty permit are going to find the money to carry it applied to the authorities for permission to the Court below, but judgment was posted about 2 days ago, bo is exploring Regimens, said he struck the complainant ted foreigners to travel in the country,

at Peklug 30

through.

exerciso his crew at targak practice with Deucalion (6) -tô tlug the first city on

We hear that during the distinguished the application was rejected. Another ap the night of the 9th instant. The de- they ought to go and protest against it at soldier's visit to Feking, Prince Chan the t guus in Yokohama harbour, but -poned pending * Referencs to this Court, the Twang-ho entering from the west the The case submitted by Me Godsul Gregory province of Kan-sa, to the S.K. of Lake Ko-fendant did not strike the constable. Peking Some friends recommend me konor. It is quite impossible that any Complainant, recalled, now said he could

Colonel Gordon, told him he must first purpose, but to be carried out in the neigh | Adolph. more recent intelligence about Frjevals not tell whether it was the lant witness or to put in a claim for compensation, as it sted him what was to be done for Peking. plisation was then submitted for, the same Bakon Adala en (1.)

At Newcastle, NSW, Mr Thomas was late Master of the ky tha this one could have reached the defendant who struck him, as he beams will not be convenient for the Chinese burn the suburbs; the Peluce said it could borhood of Hakoarte. On account of the stçamur” Fyochow, a regular trader at this would-be omniscient agents of Reuter, giddy when he received the blow.

| Government to retain my services any not be done, then the Colonel told him (number of woodcutters, ão, employed on Cashmera.

for the opinion of this Court is as follows:

me

At Lonicky-Steamer via Suez Canal,

Ajax. Sailing Fewele,

At Liverpool,

At Hamburg,

L