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be as good as any of his predecessors, hether be extorts a treaty or directs the noslaught of the Muscovite Legions. We sball soon know the meaning of the new ambiguona but alarming phrase, "roica- tion of frontier." The Russians will not Waste much time at Peking, and probably after one or two faterviews with the plenipotentiary the Taung-li Pamen will yield, without further discussion, to the Admiral's convincing arguments-Japan

Herald.

,

T. following passengers were booked for Hongkong and Shanghal, by the P. & O.

and M. M. skamera -

From Marseilles, Sept. 5, por M. M. Yangtze, Mr and Mrs P. J. Aughes, Mr and Mrs Mowat, Mr Coustoux and Mr Cordier for Shanghai.

From Marsoi los, Sept. 19, per M. M. steamer Ava,-Mr R. J. Webster and Mr Laver, for Hongkong.

From Marseilles, Uot. 3, por M. M. ato mer Demnah-Mrs Krawick and two children, Miss Churchill, Miss Wilson, Mrs Buakissa and two children, Mr Edward Henderson and Miss Henderson for Hong- kong. Mr and Mrs Arthur Anders for Shangbal.

From Southampton, Sept. 1, par P. & G. steamer Verona,--Miss Denham and Capt. 350. Bayley.

From Southampton, Sept. 15, Rev. Mr and Mrs Campbell, Miss Murray, Rev. Me Watson, Rev. Mr Thow, Mrs Brown and daughter.

THE UNION INSURANCE 80- CIETY OF CANTON,

MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

The seventh ordinary meeting of the above Society was held at the Society's Office this afternoon, when there were present-Hon. P. Ryrie, who presided, and Messrs II. Hoppins, F. D. Sassoon, W. H. Darby, A. P. MoEwon, D. Mac- Calloch, F. Henderson, T. G. William Ron, W. F. Hnghee, H. H. Nelson, J. H. Cox, J. T. Chater, J. A. Moseley, T. Jackson, H. Smith, B. N. Mody, A. Coxon, and N, J. Fde, Secretary.

The Chairman-atated that Mewors D. Sassoon and A. P. MacEwen retired from the Directorate by rotation but were eligible and offered themselves for re-election. He proposed that they be re pleated.

Mr MacCulloch secondod the motion,

which was carried.

The Chairman said they bad to regret the departure of Mr Lowock from the Colony; the Directors had elected Mr Darby to fill his place, and that nomina- tion, he hoped, would meet with the approval of the shareholders. He moved accordingly.

liamson and unrried.

The Chairman state that the bonus and dividend would be payable on Mon-

day next.

There was no other brui

characters Sai blog, purporting to be the name of the maker, well-known goldsmith in Canton, and the words "Chut Kam" pure gold.

Defendant was sentenced to three months' lapelsonment with hard labour.

TURNING CATILE LOOSE.

Five Yau mah-tes people were abarged with "turning loose catile, to wit pigs, upon the publia thoroughfaro" thore, and were fined in sums varying from ten to twenty-five cents; one man had over twenty piga Oue woman, whose place had been blown down by the late gale, was discharged.

THE

CHINA MAIL.

فني

AND AFRICA

DOW exist, our correspondent COD- In view of the interest that is taken tiques :-

in everything appertaining to the career of Colonel Gordon, the following latter regarding the Slave Trade, taken from the Times, is worth reproducing-

SIA,—Our correspondent in Jeddah,

on board, formed of whatever guns or by the Government in various factorios ILLEGITIMATE TRADE IN RICE. SLAVE TRADE IN THE RED SEA taken to put down the enormities that

will be soon handed over to private divi-

The following is from an article in the weapons tould be procured. The Dragon

duals, so that there will no longer be a Japan Gazette under the above heading: stoamor, Capt. Harvey, badleft that morning possibility of speshing ill of the govern It is a fact, sufficiently demonstrated, without her customs clearance, ou account ment for competing in trade with

people. This is indeed a sensible Iden, as

that no unofficial Japanese can send a of the tide and she was to wait at Takuthe authorities are said to have only started chartered foreign vass to an nuopened until the papers were sent overland. A factories for the carrying out of each enter port; but the Mitau Bishi Company, and special mensenger trum El. M. Consal, prices a private people could not easily the Mitsu Bussan Kwaisha, and one or

engage in, with a view to handing them two foreign agente of officials can. writing on the 30th of June, gives a directing the Dragon to proceed without

over to the people when everything was in Why? Because officials can and do deplorable'account of the increase of the dolay for assistance, arrived while she was thorough working order.

It is rumoured that at a late Cabinet evade those obstacles which, to non- slave trade in the Soudan nad the Red getting up stram; shortly after she had left meeting the Emperor expressed hils wish officials, have all the furce of the must ses since the departure of Colonel Cor the row and the carnage began. The that the industrial and agricultural enter stringent laws, The principle of the don. If you can find wom in The Appin steamer, Capt. Russell, 1-tool 1. M. prises should be stimulated as much as protection afforded to the Mitas Bishi Times for the extracts, it will do more to Navy, passed up, gave her all the shot and possible. Therefore offices to attend to Company is absolutely indefensible. Its enlighten the English public and to thess affairs will be established in all the effect is to stop all private trade, to alarm the Egyptian and Turkish officials powder on board the Dragon to be used, if cities and prefecturos, where as yet that confine the profits of the coast service to than anything short of action in Parlia su individual who, supported by government. The Timer is a power in Egypt Fung Ayau, & printer, 38 years of age, becessary, upon her arrival at Tien Talo, baa not been done. Money is to be lent to wan fined $25 for being to pomesston of pre-xbich offer was gladly accepted. There people who are poor, and shitoku who are

unemployed will be given work. We do ment money, has never yet accounted and is feared by pashis and their un- pared opium, without permit of the Opium

were thos two ships sant to the rosene, one not know whether these measures will for his stowardship of the national derbugs more than all the laws enacted by their own Government against this Farmer, in default one month's imprison. ment, and $50 for relalling opium, in de- American and one English. After this the really socomplish the aim of our government property.

or not.

It is gratifying to know that one of iniquitous trafic. fault two months' imprisonment.

Dragon proceeded to Chefon with all speed,

Soveral saké brewers at Nishinomiya, the first acts of a national asembly will knowing U. M. guabuat Grasshopper to Hiogo ken, have lately applied for permis ho to inquio into the constitution of

Įsion to establish a beer brewery. The com

OTIUM CASE.

STABDING CASE.

George (or John) Warren, 26, was charg- ed with cutting and wounding Alexander England, on the 30th alto.

Certificates were put in from Dr Marques to show that both complainant and defend ant were in hospital and unable to appear

England wa with safety at the Court. suffering from a wound in the chest, and Warren from a braise in the oys and a

I have diawn a veil over more of the honors related to us, as they cannot be Our

he stationed there. Upon arrival at Clipany propose to raino a capital of 120,00v / nad privileges accorded to, the Mitau ever and in civilised countries,

hours after, ahe departed for the scene of the carnage but arrived too lato. The result no doubt is still fresh in the mind of your readers. For instance the beautiful and accomplished and young Madame Le

aharoholders.

all

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"I think a very good thing would be to start a colony of slaves under English missionaries in some of the healthy placra in the Sondan, say the Bogos Country, or on the highlands adjoining the Alys- ginian frontier. There is not a singla establishment of the Church Mission Society in the Sondan, and the places I havo mentioned are quite adapted to Europeans, as they are healthy and the soil is good.

"A good English agent is required at Siont or at one of the towns on the Nile to report what goes on there to the Consul General in Egypt, and one Consul to be appointed to the Soudan, with a oving commission and residence at Khartoum, to proteot commerce and watch the slave trado. Khartoum is now sat out of the world; it is only nighteen days by post from England, the post going every week, and it is in direct foo the Grashopper's call-gun was fired for pen, to import

To investigate the correspondent thus writes:

talegraphic communication with Cairo. liberty-men to come

necessary machinery, and Bishi Compsay.

No one can be more utterly disgust-An agent or trading Consul for Souakim on board. A fowongago foreign employés. They hope to be title and original tilla of sale; the prices

able to entirely supply the market so that actually paid to the foreign ciler, anded than I am at the state of affaira at and Massowah is likewise needed, to he one will be lasported. The leading as the prices paid and advance-l for the presoat, and I sincerely regret that also under the Consul General in Egyp in the enterprize is a well known saké maket, ships on transfer to the Miten Rishi Colute! Gordon has gone from the with residence at either port, which be Sawanaka Chabel, and there are 63 other

Company. To ask why Mr Iwasaki country where he was working auch might thick fit. I sbonki say Sonakin,

He has gone, and I do not think

natuere is most trade there, and it is A middle class operator of the Osaka Ystaro is privileged to so high a degree | good. Mint, hoticing with sorrow that there was to allow him to hold a position there is a respectable inhabitant of the only thirty-six bours between the two no watch factory in span, and that there (auperior to that of any other person in Soudau thai ie not sorry, and many look ports

You may maku any uso you like of lady, to the Yamen to look for her murdered sign countries out of the watches imported, that he is onpowered to dictate toms, reigned in the country under his rule, his letter if you think it." hushand-amongst the infuriated rabble.selt his son to Switzerlad in the spring of

upon which the produe of this country and wish that he or some other English. On I make better use of this letter The young man returned lust April, and a

of the African dominions of Egypt, factory has been established at Hibokochi,

Until the monopoly known as the | The slave trulo is just as brisk as Nisbidaru gory, Osaka fu. The same 2,500

Miten Bishi Company is done away ever it was; and I am convinced that ven has been granted by the government as capital, and the father and son are now with, no business in grain export cap to expediticus have already started for busy

door. toaubing the trade to a number of

slave raiding As now the Soudan is students.

In order that an extensive export of split up again into different pashalics, The Tokio Arsenal is now making 100,000

Kraiu taay be carried out, it is necessary each pos-ha only being responsible for the that a choup an abundant supply of country be governs, there is no supreme

GENERAL BUTLEx has been making a vesela can be obtained to convoy rice head to put a stop to lawlessness, and

pontically California's wanderful climate, from the producing districts either to an the few soldiers and utter want of police los Angeles, wherein he praised open port, or direct to its destination in and preventive service make it an easy opposed the l'anama Canal scheme as iul

mioal to American commerce, and stated That such matter for the slave-dealers to get their other countries for sale.

that if the United States is indebted to means of transport now exist is disproved slaves down to the cosas and abip them. by the simple fact that, if the Mitan Bishi Company was prepared to carry on the same terms as foreign vessels can be chartered for, the capacity of the entire deat, withdrawing all the vessels from the unprofitable lines of Shanghai and Hongkong, would be insufficient for a teath part of the trade that should be conducted by a country like this.

wound in the thigh. The case was adjoura Majson went in the attire of a Chinese there was a Erat proût made by for the ringare; and how it comes ta pasy lock to the tira when justice and law

ed till Friday next.

THE COUNTERFEIT COIN GAAL.

fore

This case was called and further romanded She was datorted, seized and stripped of all 1877, we learn the business of watch working shall be transported from diet 10; man were again appointed as Governor than by requesting its-insertion in 7

till Monday next; no evidence was taken.

(Before the Hou. M. S. Tannochy)

DISTURBANCE AT THE OPIUM FARM.

Chan Ases was charged with creating disturbance at Bonham Strand West, this

morning.

bar clothing, strung up to the gaze of the murderers, her breasts cut off and every limb of her body mutilated. Find a gun- boat been stationed at the place she ought to havo occupied, one of this need have happened. The natives boasted at the time that the French could not go to war or do them any harm at their hands were

P. C. 601 stated that at 7.15 a.m., being ea duty at Buobam Strand West, he sawfall with the Germans at about thirty people in front of the Opium Farmer's office. They were making a great noise and wanted to rush into the uffice, He turned them all away, Defendent re- fused to go and called him an ledian devil When apprebended defendant was violent, and the people in the crowd all called oni

Tab. Defendant was fined three duliare, in de- fault fourteen days' imprisonment with hard labour.

Swatow.

I think not. alities?

the

stand of the breach-loading rifle invented by Col. Murata.

A marchant ship has been built for a Rua sint firm at Hirano's Ship Huilding Yard, time. Tahikawajima, Tokio. the purchasers are swell satisfied with the workmanship and skill displayed that they have, it is reported.

at the place. ( given an order for a man-of-war to be built

(

SAN FRANCISCO LETTER.

From an Occasional Correspondent.);

district.

Hence arose the mission of Chung How to France to negooiste; with what result we all know. Now here at Swatow the "Inevitable gunboat," as It used to be called, is a thing of the past. I speak of the last twelve months. There has been ons sces about three times during that period, each staying about 36 hours or en in port

SAN FRANCISCO, July 17, and then going off nobody knew where. In my last I told you that the hand, A Custom house cruiser (Capt. Cocker) of the assassin bad not been idle. The

past three weeks, have, in the way of The statistics showing this results of certainly lay here for a period of a few cool-blind murder, and suicide," out last your's harvest, published in the months of the time I mention, but she has Herod-ed Herod." The files you will Chingai hakka Shinpo, and quoted by long sinos taken her departure. isitive by this mail will give you details; the Tokio chamber of commerce as trust. understood that these gunboats (Chino) hat what astonishes a stranger most is worthy, give a surplus "over the fuli are suficient protection for all nation the fact that the principals in these mat average crop of seven million koku, or I write this, notters are almost invariably found amonger seventeen million picule; and this, if the the would-be respectable classes. And statistics are substantially correct, is tho through belog in perous! fear myself then the Fress think it no shame to pro- quantity the country can afford to export altboagh "it is sweet to be protected." fess that martier under sentimental pro- as the xcess over the full consuming question if in this commnuity of Swatow, vocation is rather a virtue than a crime. power of the people. In plaer, has ever, we bave any such man ne Colonel Lincoln The very firfamental axiom of law that of a prosperous trade in the bands of the or the sturdy gunner Welsh. We would life must be respected at all costs, is ap- people, we find foreign vessels entering no doubt, sell our lives for what they or rently lost sight of. With slackness Japanese porta with cargoes of rice from

on this head, follows a necessary train of Saigon! worth to us, as the Shameenites meant evils. Morality, in all branches, and The present conditions of the coast to do. I say the day is not yet arrived discipline are a discount. To assure trade prevent the people who have pro- when the docility of the Chinese rabble, wyself of this, I paid a visit to the State duced this large surplus, from being able Delightfully to make use of it, and compuls them to which Sir John Pope Hennessy so devently prison of St. Quotin

situated on the shores of the San Frau- keep it hoarded in godowns, preyed upon worships, la to be depouded upon.

cisco Bay, it affords a pleasant asylum by insects, and gradually deteriorating for some sixteen hundred criminals. I in quality, besides losing heavily in should have said sixteen hundred and interest upon a capital locked up in , for there are six female prisoners, produce, torealisable because the govern- yclept "ladies." Female morality in ing classes of the nation have chosen to San Francisco is of so exalted a type, grant the exclusive privileges of the coast und judicial gailastry so unctnously tra le recapitulated in this article. SIB,--When a morebuut or Bank manager sucks his accounts, for the purpose of mis leading those with, for the Buy have to to female criminals bears the unheard stood that if the people had been allowed 1. When you to ensploy the cheapest vouscle on the deal, he is called a swindler, and very pro- of ratio of 265 to perly sentenced to undergo a lengthened hear the manner of life of the maset market there would have been by this term of imprisonment when the Governor line prisoners, it will not be difficult time very large amounts of silver ex- of a Crown Colony does the same thing, to imagine that of their geutler sistors, ponded in the grain producing districts there are people to be found, not themselves Of the 1,000 men-nalefaciers, 1,100 districts of Japan, and the ory of dis- breas raised in different parts of the exceptionally dishonest, who call him a were Roman Catholic (Trish

financier. I do aut quarrel with brilliant

country would have been unheard,

of

GORRESPONDENCE.

THE ESTIMATES FOR 1881. To the Editor of the "CHINA MAIL."

October 1st.

Times?

I am, Sir, your faithfully,

CHARLES H. ALLEN,

Secretary. British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, 27, New Broad-street, EC., 23rd July

anybody for the Chinese, it is to England, who theoretically and practically controls the shipment of the Celestinis,

The soldiere on the enant of the Soudan are mostly Egyptiana, who, hav ing been convicts, have worked their

As regards Blogging in the Army, Colonel timo out and now serve in the army;

Stewart, C.B., related in bis memoirs that a they are underpaid, underfed, and under-party of ofloers were one evening disenssing clothed, If when on duly they come corporal punishment, some of them being across a slave caravan, is it likely they for, and some against it, when one of thum observed would stop it and conduct it to the who had not spoken before quietly

"Well, gentleman, you authorities, who would likely enough say

eay this, and bat I toil nothing about it and take backahesh you may say that about fagging,

d- until from the owners themselves? Would you lately for was worth

lead received my three dozen." This was they not much more probably pocket a

the testimony of an officer who had risen reasonable bribe and allow the elave from the ranks; and so, without adding any dexters to wand their way to the comat pinion of my own, I will merely remark and never report to their officers what that there are two sides to every question. bad taken place?

A man

caigant, that the percenture of male From the foregoing, it is easily under-tie, waiks them into the town, destroys

Take is very little style about cheen.

Are

disadvantages in a way. Then a mean,

We take the following from Bell's Life of July 10th At the Carrick-on-Suiz Athlete Sports, held on Monday, July 5th, 1880, Mr P. Dowin is stated to have cleared 65 tot 24 inches in the

in the high jump, Kight well-known gentleman signed the following

CERTIFICATE.

Wo, the undersigned hereby certify that

Carrick-on-Bair Athletic Sports, clear the height of 5 foet 27 inches, the same having been measured from the centre of bar, and the ground properly tested with a spirit Level,

P. Dowin did, on this 5th July, 1880, at the

(Bignatures). This wonderful jumper began a series of

la 1870 he

victories in 1976 when be beat Biathwayfa (C.V.A.0.) at 5 feet 7 inches. cleared 6 feet and foot 1 inch on two separate occasions.

And

The Times xys the second half of 1880 has begun under the most favourable aus. pices for the general trade of the country. of the railway traffic returns, The promise she tankers Clearing bouau statistics, aud the monthly trade unit navigation accouals, which showed from time to time

during the half-year a steady and large increase of trunas tions, has been fally kept by the railways and banking dividends already

auboisced. Not only have transactions

from Massowah to Hodeiuuh, and from railway divi euds.

Thu

case of most of the companies which have

yet made dividend announcements to be

The Chairman remarked that the meeting was a small one but this he did not accept as any bad omen. The report of which he now would move the adoption had been in their hands for some days and had been published, and as he bad before had occasion to remark, when the accounts which were made public wore sati factory, the shareholders generally kapt the away. He therefore looked on small meeting as rather a favourable sign than otherwise. The report now A correspondent writes from Swatow, before them was a fairly good one. They under date, Sept. 27th, reviewing at some would be glad to know that the business length the proceedings, as reported in our for the present year, so far as they had gone, was satisfactory. The remaining columns, of the Shameen community on portion of the profits of 1st July yielded the occasion of the recent scare there à bonus of three per cent, and a dividend | through disturbance, and animadverting

"The slave trado is being carried on of $8.60 per share, in addition to a sumarongly on the absence of a gunboat from

in the most open way, every steamer of $3,876.79 to the Reserve Fund. The the scene of the affray which might have

that loaves Souskia has slaves on board claims still to be paid had been very carefully estimated and fully anticipated, spread to such an extent as to require the

In the steamer Yembo, in which I crossed the sea, there were 19, IS of whom, and it would be found that the sum intervention of such an aid to the peace reserved for paying them would bs and safety of the foreignere resident there,

however, had liberation papers.

amply sutulent. ilo proposed

sight, and a noted slave-dealer, had five the Our correspondent remarks that it is a

from Mecca whom I know very well by

adoption of the report and the accounts,

matter for grave reflection on the part of

with hius, four boys and a girl, who were Mr Nelson seconded the motion, which

the foreign reddents located in the different

supposed to be his domestic slaves. To was carried.

ports of the Flowery Land" that when

my certain knowledge this man goes backwards and forwards nearly every an urgent case like this arises there I Do

month. He can carry on his trade with English or other gunboat to be had on the

opunity, and he is only one of the Station to protect the lives of the European

many that do the same, He goes to the residents, who are beholden to Macao for

Governor or official in charge and saya, "I have so many slaves that I have the mural force which was brought into

bought, I want them liberated." Papu play on the occasion. Foreign residente

are made out for them, he leaves for should not be put to their wits end in the

Jeddah, passes the slaves at ibo quaran event of such a distortsues breaking cul as endangered ho peace and comfort of the

ths of liberation taken out at Souakin, sells the slaves, and returns by good folks of Shameon theotherday. Shuld the Foreign representatives not abs to this

next stomer to Souskim to boy mare, There is no law to touch him, no treaty Could they not arrange to have one of

with England whereby be does an illegal Mr Hughes seconded this motion, their gunboate present at every pors tu

act, and he can snap bis fingers in theague which was unanimously carried.

faces of the officers of our ornisera. This augouted, but, as was generally anticipat

the circumstances of the half fyear,

the Mr Hoppins proposed the re-election Protect foreign residents in cases of such

sort of thing is done werkly, not only to

transactions have resulteu câu with the lu augmented of Mr J. H. Cos and Mr lunes as audi-emergency 1 In them is vested full power the latter epithet, so long as it is carefully can), 300 Chinese, and 200 Protestants.

Jeddah, but to Sacz from Souakím, und profil This is specially tors, which was seconded by Mr Wil from their respective Governments to detined; and if it is meant to imply the The main buildings formed a large

unprecedented fue wiltul suppression of important facts, and quadrangle the enclosed space being a uphold the dignity and preserve the safety the misrepresentation of others, it may be pretty flower garden. It was refreshing It gives a man no opportunity to balance Lodeidah to Jeddah. This is the easiest crease of gros trafic, amounting to over of their respective uatione. In it too much appropriate enough. In these latter days, to see a group composed of two mur- himself on one leg, lean half over a great way for alavedsalers to work, but still £1,750,000 for the half-your on the railway's to expect that all the gunboats should not however, there seems to be such an unsettling derers in the first degree, two in the table, and job a real ivory ball with a cue the majority are carried by buglas. If the United Kingdow, has proved in the

our ethical ideas, that the terminology patinually cluster about the Admiral's applicable to the old-fashioned times of our second, and a burglar, engaged at the held across the small of his back. There have a weitautheplicated case of 800

od innocent occupation of picking the dend is a running to first base, or going over slaves being ran from Sheik Barghut, es made divi

hall,

and stations gigolosoly to the balmiest of grand-fathers should be entirely changed. leaves and flowers. Not quite to agroo-three fenced for the hau hit, which and just worth of Sonakim, to Jeddah, avour

to whion there is anything but

was once considered now nothing more than a

aan, ten days ago. The three buglas that' urgent business to all them and at which it may happen, an

cautious," or, usable was it, to find some forty priser le six-by nine man, with a bulging fere took them away were partly loaded with incautious statement," within some sixty feet of twenty repent- there is no shadow of a shade of an excose and the grussest breach of good faith is ing rifles ready loaded, also revolvers, the bead and a watery eye and spectacles, oan mother-o'-pearl, and also took cargo that for their remaining.

The gallant of merely diplomatic management," at least sole guard being a young unarmed man, whip a man twice his size, whien is an belonged to the slave dealers.

qutes.

The present Governor of Souakim is Cars" are not to be blamed for arranging the delinquent is poor and without The prisoners were at work on a house anomaly calculated to disturb the equili-

the same man that told me in 1876, when The Colonial Estimates for 1881 have adjacent to this guard-room, and were

A CONTEMPORARY has unearthed the I was Vice-Consul, that the slave trade did Chun Asing, coolle, was convicted on for their enjoyment of as agreeable a

occupied much of the public attention, actually on the walls of the prison.following curious specimen of English law not exist and there were no slaves in evidence of the larceny of a side of pork, climate as possible, but the cass might be and the more they are examined the more ind luncheon at the expense of the which was in force 110 years ago, and has Souukim. He is a bigoted, fanatical old this morning, and having been previously convicted of larceny on 24th last month, pat thus, that had the gunboat which unsatisfactory are they found to bo. Nothing State, and was admirably waited on by never been repealed: All women, of was sentenced to His wooks' imprisonment went from Macso really had occasion to open on justify the all information a couple of convicts. The convicts whatever rank, age, profession, or degree, reprobate, and be ordered a man to be

are at Canton and done some signal service in regard to the

sud the lounged or est about the grounds, chat whether virgins, maids, or widows, that shall, tortured quite lately to try and make omission of the outlays in to the State, their boaums would probably the administration of the C. D. Ordinance, ting, smoking and chewing ad lib. At after such Act, impose, seduce, and betray him say he was implicated in a murder tendance at Church is optional. The into matrimony any of his Majesty's male that took place. He had him strung up Oban Aming,.

pleaded guilty Audiz, a boatman, 24, or have been burning with jealousy and their with the scarcely concealed suggestion that few patrols were private clothes, and subject by scents, paints,

"Ponderay there is a

coumatics, by bis thumbs till they were aut to the Sentenced to three weeks' lapri- chagrin would have been deep and long dical Department, as compared with former seemed on the very best terms with their washes, artificial teeth, fales bair, Spanish bone, and the man had witnesses to

wool, iron atays, hoops, high-heeled shoes, lasting. As it is the Mono authorities have years, it is difficult to obaraterise; but I am charges. Of industrial occupation there et cetera, shall incur the penalty of the inw prove that he was nowhere near the been landed up to the skies for their prompt | ***

was plenty, and a good school; and that now in force against witchcraft and like place when the murder was committed. if my definition of 1 the expression be Lat Asin, a coolie, 24, for stealing a gig, action, a course of action which would been in your leading article of last night, you good I could find. The whole official conviction, shall stand null and void." specimen of men that now have power per pau, value a dollar, from Russol Mio,

the uncomplaining and easy- particularly, becoming on another power speak of"

of arrangement seemed of the wildest That was certainly a very sensible enoot in the Soudan as soon as Gordon bas that had more at stake than Portugal bad going nature of the Finance Committee

the Legislative Council. i should feel dis obaracter. For example, some half milement. six months; the first and last fourteen daye even England. No doubt did the Foreign posed to speak rather of their wicked and from the prison I went to an inn for a coffee, tea, and cooon were far more largely ally the Soudan traffic, is a disgrace to STATISTICS recently published show that The African slave trade, and especi He had been once con- Representative have to defend himself be unwarrantable abandonment of obvious duty. glass of beer, and was much surprised consumed in 1879 than in 1878, whilst on the oivilised world, in general, and that

are in a position to foree the necessary to find a couple of convicts at the bar the other hand for the ftual tribuust of the House of Lords information from Sir John Hennessy, and or the Commons, or the Seunto, his excuse they cannot plead, as an excuse, that they enjoying a cap of that which not only the gratifying fact that no less than four- the Turks and Egyptians should be al- OBTAINING MONEY UNDER FALSE FRETENCES. onld be that the gunboats were urgently do not know how, as the Senior Unofficial cheers but also occasionally enebriates. tean millions less was spent upon beer, lowed to carry it on now they have been and spirits during the past twelve so in with the Chen Arró, discribed as a servant usem. required alnombate, and he would so doubt Momber, not so many years ago, appenlei, Oli, remarki 5 this pontienen home tea morta than in that prooding it. This European Powers is inexplicable to me.

On host, re- ployed, 28 years of age, of Kowloon, was

diminution is equal to no less than 0.8 charged with obtaining money under false get out of it with a slight reprimand, but he State, on a very similar matter, liat now- College often give me a look-in."

cent, on the total quantity consumed. For The very rulore and officials of Turkey pretences.

would not be so leniently dismissed by the 4-days it is graceful to support the Governor,

The venality of the Judges, and the is this to be accounted for by the depres. and Egypt that conduct the affairs of The complainant Lee Alum, washer tribunal of publie opinion, all that the matter how strongly his actions may be uncertainty of Justice, render California sion in trade and manufactures, which was State with foreign Powers have all of

disapproved of, and the members of Council, man, recently returned from San Francisco, now laying in Kwong Un Fai, stated that Authorities mould have to say to bim would with one exception, have now become merely disgraceful, even in its own eyes; and equally prevalent in 1873, especially when the slaves and euntohs in their houses, the prisoner, who was previously a washer be that he had committed an error of judg the ions arrived in by His Excellamy and that the people of the State are awaken- the bad, years shows an increase apou dealers themselves, who only pander to the humble instruments of recording the there are not wanting signs to abew Aguros prove that the consumption daring and are more to blame than the slave- man to him, met bim in the

and of ment of course, but the voice of public opi. hie Inspector of Schools,

that during the previous years of plenty. the last of those who buy what the slave ing to the sense of the degrading post-Taken together, the decrease in the don dealere have stolen. I dislike the sight fored to sell him a ring,

valged at 8

tion they hold, not only in the eyes of lamption of alcoholic liquors, and the of a well-fed and sleek pashe, and I of $10 and nion would not return the same verdict on the sum of:: paid him

the world at large, but also of the increase in that of harmless beverages, think very Englishman ought to hate ring produced. A bystander told the cuo. All credit is due to the Macao witness to and out whether the rug was Authorities for their promptitude in going

United States itself.

may fairly be cited as a proof of a tendency them, not for their dishon sty and cor JAPANESE ITEMS.

There is a lull in politics. The Re- in the right direction. Hon:Wanted | bis money, to the rescue. Well do I remember, writes |

(Harald's translationi),

pabloan Journals are as blatant, and I The forthcoming number of the Geogra. ruptaees alone, but for owning servants but prisonse ran away, Boing orouken, our correspondent, the Monday morning and the money demanded of him, he i

It is said that the money lent by the may say as blaskguardly as ever, for phischs Mittheilungen contains Mr Hegel's and small boys that are unsexed, and Ensed to return it, and a gleea into when the Tientsin massacre conrred, government to various private companies eclipsing the Democrats. The Chinese account of

which no European murder, mutilation, and every brutality custody

·Witnens brought the Ang on the There was not a vestige of a giuboat there will be soon all called in, and the whole question, as usual, is vering the in Chinese TP from Kaldis to Turfah;"; therefore being accessory to the orime of |

that it was gold. But for at the time, of any nationality whatever.

amount lent to one company. topron he would 201 HAY All tho foreign-realdents made & stampede Zaeshi 1-A rumour is sarrent that it has the "engineer hoist on his own petard."

We take the following from the lighteous soul of "Uncle Sam." It is traveller appears to have visited lace that a strong race can use against a Clohen at Mesore Falconer di. Qale Premier, Father Goes did.so in the seventeenth that

interesting to see so manifest a case of

The town consists of two bought it.

I do not believe it is known by fortresses, inhabited by several thousand Wong Apak, the man who warned the on board the Shanghai Bloom Navigation been discussed in the Cabinet and almost

You must be warm in Hongkong Taranishis, Dungans and Chinese. It lies many in England that hundreds of boys: BALOMETER 9M.... deolded upon by the members of that body compliant, gave córroborative evidenos of Co.'s steamer commanded by Capt. Stel that a foreign loan of $520,000,000 hall baj now. It is said that the way to enjoy in the midst of the desert, its fields being that are taken in slave raids every year the sale he warned complainant because he had seen the same man selling spations which he kindly placed at their disposal, negotiated, an over yen 160,000,000 in a cup of tea and a warm fire is to know irrigated by water conveyed through up are subjected to the barbarity that is rings before.

particularly of the ladies and their children.

redeemed. Even though earrendy

Thianshop. The Russian traveler, not formed unskilfully, and the poor childron Chow Adanne, coolie

the corroborated tho! She was bauled out midstream for factber | 2008 20, yet our government wil may that it is snowing outside. The ther-derground canals from the foot of the inflisted on them. The operation is per- THERMOMETER➡9 AM...

I doubtles mometer here is a steady 45° F. above,

tako samo stop to relieve the present ican. I was asked the other day if the withstanding the obstacles placed in his are buried in the sand to prevent ex-

way by the authorities, succeeded in paying Wo (Kiiza Zasaki) are Sung Cheung Chau, shroff of the Court, safety and a stalwart artillerymau named cial distress."

flying visit to the raina of ancient tensive bleeding. What perosutage of them lives no one knows, but it is said said, the ring weighed 21 candareons, Welsh, late of Her Majesty's Service, who anxiously awaiting the day on which the imaginative Hibernian who presides

over your destinies, had been unveiling Turfan, about thirty miles farther aset, was composed of copper and gold, twenty had been engaged in previous battles, took

government will adopt such tezaurės, Five per cent being copper. The ring

It is sald that the various mercantile and any more pictures and insulting any near a famous place of pilgrimage (Mezar). to be very, very small,” was worth $1.80, The ring bore the charge of a buitory which was improvised manufacturing enterprises now carried on more flags lately.

Police Intelligence.

(Before the Hon. Ng Choy > Friday, October 1st,

LAROWNIES.

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