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No. 6898. JANUARY 10, 1885.|

TELEGRAMS.

ral Wolseley has chosen the latter route for bin advance. When his troops have crossed the desert and arrived at Mattammah and Shendy they will still be about 100 miles

THE CHINA MAIL.

Eas following paragraph, taken from a New York exchange, will recall to the minds of older residents a cruande agnipat the jere- i gularities of certain U, S. Consular officials

CORRESPONDENCE.

THE WAE IN THE BOUDAN.

LONDON, Jan. Dth. A British force is marching upon Me- tammch, near Sherdy. Should there be a lower down the river than Khartoum, As in Chinn, in which this journal took part. night's pajer, that you have sounded a

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steamer there in readiness, direct commu- nications with General Gordon may be opened up immediately.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Passes Canal:—Glencarn, Feronia, and. Anterior, Dec. 28; Stentar, Dec. 29.

The next FRENCH MAIL, by the M. 31. Co.'s steamer Djemaah, passed Cape St, James for this port on Wednesday, the 7th inst., at 0.46 p.m., and may be Sunday, the 11th Instant,

we know, however, General Gordon has a hambar of armed steaners at his disposal, and he has been in the habit of sending thesa vessels down the river, to harass the enemy at Shendy, and even so far as Berber, which is 200 miles lower down the river If the British troops than Khartoum. have started from Ambukel on a march to Shendy, res stated in the telegram, they have a desert route of about 100 miles to savors. When the neighbourhood of

The civil ajon referred to was taken against the official bond and sureties, and the ex-Coneul appears to have mundo no defence to the suit. The result is as fol- lows:-

A verdict was rendered in the United Status Court at Cincinnati Nov. 24, in favur of the United States against. David H. Bai lay for $50,000, fous collected by Bailey as Coneul at Hongkong, China, and not ne mounted for. Bailey mado no defence.

IN

British Columbia has received 17,050 Chi-

to this

TRIAL OF AN OSCILLATING

PROPELLER.

expected to arrive here on or about Shandy is reached there will probably be our years, anys a San Francisco paper, price for a road commodity--look at thi and quartered in the house in the town there wore counted 120 strokes, of the as she chase without payng it? But it aomo heavy fighting, as the Mahdi will Do nção immigrants, and the total Chinese old P. &O., and too niton there have been expected to arrivo within a few days, and code to drive the boat the same distany statue shall not have the effect to

The S..S.. Nagato Maru left Singapore for doubt do what he can to check the advance

this port on the 6th inst!

of the British force before it effects junction with General Gordon, either by land or water.

We note the arrival today, by the M. M. 8. S. Tanais, of Mr J. W. Jameson from Keelung. M Jameson went to Roslung a

Further in acceleration of the nails, over and abova vacated by the Chinese. their regularity. We often growl at the forventoms by the transport Bichon are

is que of good grounds for complaint; but it

zens.

few weeks since, with several assistants and Mu Brace Shopherd's Hongkong Almanuch the necessary plant and material, to efect for the present your, which has just been the necessary repairs to the steamer Dore published by Mesara Kelly and Walsh, is, Tully, which was laid up at Keelung. Thawe observe, considerably increased in size.

This is the second year of its publication, Quo fourth of the bushicas done in Victoria, distances at 12 knuts an hour, and even trom four to five, Tinned and salt meats | cannot porsilly be used, the invention un- work, which included the fitting of new boiler tubes, was completed on Wednesday bust, and on the following day the Lord Tally loft for Yokohama.

Tuz Sino funnel steamar Hector, from Shanghai to Hongkong, was spoken by the 5. S. Tanais, on the 9th inst., 16 miles of

the Cape of Good Hope.

and the first edition consisted of 88 pages, whereas the present one contains about 150. It is entirely a work for local re- feronca, the information given rauging from spacially prepared calendars and astronomical tables for Hongkong, and a guide for business purposes, to wages and income tables. In his prefatory re-

But

any pro

The Chinese occupy a position within a

and found thous in he sill counterfeit ; oop-

But no one contends for any such absurdi», per washed with silver.

ty-no one maintains that any such debt THE P. & Ỡ SUBSIDY.

Defendant stated that his friond gave A very accusful trial has beon made would be due or that any one would bo To the Editor of the CUINA MAIL. hin the coins to give to his clansman. Hoof an oscillating propeller invented and authorized to collect it. The theory of 10th Jan 188. did not know who his clansom was. His patented by Mr Robert Wilcox, engineer, hospital dues being a debt while the vessel Sın‚--I was glad tv see, in your last witness had run away.

of Molbours. The experiment was 200-is away is based on the erroneous idea that His Worship sent the defendant to prison dacted on the oustting leading from the that when the master deducts them from noto of warning about the threatened stop for six months hard labour.

Yarra into the West Melbourne swamps the wages of seamen he discharges abroad, and a number of professional gentlemen ho thereby becomes a debtor to the Govern page of the mail subsidy. The proposition is startling enough to any one who holda

were present to witness it. The boat used ment for them. But if this wero so, then a stake in the Basteln trade, but is almost

Affairs in Formosa.

for the ocasion was 13 feet long, and druw he would be accountable for them, DO bewilders one who looks back to the tuna By the M. M. steamer Tonais, which as many bekes of water but these dimen- matter whether he ever brought his ship when mails here were few and telegram did arrived this morning from Yokohama and sions were out of the proportion to the back or not. But the case of a vessel ro

exist, The amezing advance that has

winature engine of horse power which turning home with the same traw sha been made in our postul facilities during Keelag, wear that the transport Choter

identically the sÁGIN the last fifteen years must unt be forgotten, arrived at Keelung on Tuesday, the 6th this circumstance with the fact that only footing as if she had disebarged her first

was employed to propel its and coupling carried away stands and I do not think that one, as given suffic.com propinence inst., with reinforcuenta for Admiral-two 6 inch blades were called into re-grew and shipped a new one sbroad. consideration. Apart altogether from the Courbet consisting of 800 men of the 6-reely trial, as one of speed was Then if hospital dues were a debt or carcely complute As it was, the boat liability of the vessel to the Government, question of money--and you must bear in phyrs. These troops have been landed was sont along over a distance of 700 feet why could she enter and dear at avery mind that you must always pay a good

in 5 minutes 10 seconds, in which time American consulate and stay away so long blades per mile. A a previous wrist may be argued that section 13, Rovisad with the ordinary screw propeller, under Statues, which doelares that the repoal of the same conditions, it took 4 minatori population of the Province, estimated on

relcase any penalty, forfeiture, the basis of arrivals and departures, in the clearest facts in the commercial history it is not thought that any decisive action Mr Wilcox's invention may be thus briefly or liability under such statue, 110- place at 20,000. This, however, is not of this century that, once slaken up out sit will be taken matil after the arrival of those describes. It consists of a hollow vertical as the rapealing net ahall so expressiy allowing for the tamerons escapes into the its lethargy, the G. has made im-

trunk, which goes through the bottom of provide,' e-saves the right to collect hos United States, which must have decreased mense strides; she is now swept past all troops.

the vessel, dilforing in this respect from pital taxes. But this section obviously. the Chinese population of British Colum-compatitors, and she has now perhaps Keslang itself is in a very disturbed state tho seres, who shaft works horizontally refers to seated interests, where no act re- a considemily. But the colony is over the Linest merchant fleet that ever sailed and it is unsafe for a European to walk in the stern, and underneath the vessel mains to be done by a party incurring a

size speed her vessels cau stocked with Chinese, and anless it gets close at rivals on who is nou ve been though the streets clone, particularly after ball at right angles to one another, penalty, or liabilty to makes it completa relief from the scourge it will speedily be

and issuing from the doly

The number -43 according to the opinion of Chief in the unmo deplorable condition as a vine the ships which now perform the 11-kuce dark. Fresh provisions are almost unprt of these blades will of course determine Justice Marshall, oven vested rights of the yard that is badly infested with philloxera sayages, possess the power to do the same curable; an egg costs a dollar and a fool the speed of travelling; and whereas in the Government would he lost by a repost withent

caso of the screw more than one propellor some such reservation, But the point more than that. As an instance, must ald the capital, is in Chinese hands.

mako is, that the master or owner of a residents will remember the experience of ure procuratie, but at fully doable the der notice imits of the empigment of avosel incurred no debt or liability for hor

practically unlimited number of blades, pital taxes unless the vessel was either sold Courses, rendered visible at night by coming up from Singapore to Hongkong in anal price.

eleven or twelve luminons paint, are being employer in The runa now. made by the English nu which for some time har hou extremely a firm hold of the water, and therefore fote the law imposing the tax expired

aghinst the monsoon. days

The health of the troops Always submerged they are never without abroad, or returned to the United States be the present Nile expedition for the first steamers of five days and a half would have bad, is slightly improved, the weather fer never liable to injury from exposure over My contention is not that the Act time in military operations. At the War astonished us a little in that daya tho inst fortnight having boun auch dryer that is a cratak disc, with which the liability for Lite tax before it went into

af to surface. On the inner end of the 26th retensed say vessel that had incurred Office this soat

resent application of view of the watter should, therefore,

bottoms of the feathering rods are connect operation, but that it discontinued the tax. science to military uses has met with seive the inlost custeration whoever any than for some weeks previously. warnt encouragement. The tracklessness serious change is proposed, or threatened in

el, the apper and of which communicates debt or liability cannot be said to be re- of the desert is wall known, and it is bo- our postal arrangements.

with rollers running over sliding paths. The leased or extinguished until it has been give

the overland transic to Brindisi apaide Keelung,

mewas the blades are unde to fenther, and as in the hospital tax was only nemtingert and was proceeding unitor anil. Having a says: The interest taken in the previous mense assistance from theso compasses, fancy that the Postnrster General in Lon-

And reconnoitring parties will derive in

by penny to toe so abeard that I can

can hardly

the feathering gear moves only once at the right and could not become perfect befors strong, favourable vind, aho was making edition of this publication has been the which the indication of the needle can

notata United States be

end of ench Birke, the amount of strain the arrival of a vessel at don ever seriously

the notion. suggested ascertained to. the darkest night.

it i between five and aix knots an hour, and

Expe-

is almost inappreciable. The samo port. But if it had not ueried by an arrival upon great inducement to the editor to en-rience has slapwn that Tunsinous paint ex-Assuming, however, that where there is

ranark hoped to be able to reach Hongkong with devour to increase its usefulness by adding poul to light during the day renmins sunkce thero cast be some bre, the sty New Your's day on the Recreation Ground, doped froto two friction rollera.

A match between the above took place of the engine ascillates, which is made to ing so the opinion of Chief Just Marshall applies ale to the shaft which before July 1st, it could not ceerue, accord- out assistance. We hear that the steam-further sabjects and information to the effective during the succeeding ten hours of make a most unistakoablo protest against resulting in a decided victory for Amoy, by Wilcox clafas for his Invention that by its posing it had

certainly falls this contemnity to

Mr in Ponnington vs. Coze, after the law in- tug Fams left here, this morning to render present edition. This additional informa darkness.

Section cxpirad แม

13, Lovised any retrograde step bang taken by a bowling and Belding of Amoy were

adoption a vessel may be built of as shallow Statutes, only protocty tion extends to a concise description of the Tuz Nichi Nichi Shimbun says:-The

Home authorities.

a bolished the Colony, ils Populations and Finances; the steamships of the Koyo Unyu Kwaisha means of which he trip from London to1ng; the howling of the Champion was not machinery being located at the bottom | right

I have lately seen very good, especially so the fielding of Hard-graft as possible, while, at the same time, Act of June 26th trista. The pamphlet which speaks of railway by

to collect tho tax after Jus of the vessel, F

gives her greater stability. 30th. As to the equity of collecting hospital THE Japanese have not only crested a no-Chirove, Calendar and the weights and have been constructed, an tho public are India would be made a six-days 1. That equal to fint of the Amey, but their fold-Ti should also be mentioned that in the dues, I will add that a very large proportion bility, but they apparently intend to pro-measures used by the Chinese are also well garo, for use in war in accordance

case of steamer so fitted the oflour on of seamer quit in debt to their ships for vide this bran new aristocracy with some given, together with Wages and other use with the requirements of the Naval Depart

the bridge may reverse or alter her course stops and vagos advanced, and the burden at will, the reversing gear being altogether of paying the tax for them falls on the some means for maintaining its dignity. ful Tables. The Tide Tables have been ment. In the case of all vesela chartered

independent of the other machinery-Age. owner. At any rate a Yokohama paper informs us

extended and the Meteorologioni obsera by the Government in connection with the that the members are to receive special sions recorded in the Colony have been Koreas trouble, onders have been given for grants of public loan bonds to the uracunt of averaged for the proceding 15 years, a work their being provided with mails for the movement of guns, and for their equipment 220,000 each for the maintenance of their which, it is believed, has never before in other details for the work in which they positions and families... This may be a bee undertaken. We note soars erros-may-be-employed,-bat-na-yet-no-gun ports. excellent provision for the nobles, but the in the business guide, owing to recent under the orders of the Goverment we bo

Of the steamships"wow" whole matter seems to be a retrograde step, shangas, but on the whole the work boars liore the Oni Mart has

George Stevens, a private in the Bulk, and a just cause of complaint. for the tax-vidence of careful and oven laboriotte

laid down, The Oni Muru, the Yumpeared on a charge of assaulting Li Chi, payers.

Mare, and, we think, others of the Uniona shop keeper in the Central Market, an compilation.

Company's recently built steamers, are pro- the 7th inst. According to compaingal's

Taking

the Yama ovidence the defondant came to

his shop, with gun ports.

No. 8 Central Market, and wanted to bay sono carats. He picked out ton and asked the prica. Complaint and six cents, and defendant then put the carrots into a has and handed it to a man who was with bin, who walked away with the bag. Defendant than paid complainant three couts, which the latter derlined and defondant then struck him a blow with his walking stick and also with his first. He was not neuch hurt. He called a constable rnd

210 defendant in charge. At the police station the

constable paid the six centa. Defendant stated that he asked con plainant the Cents. When complaint the carrots and thought

The tetor hud broken her main shaft, marks for this edition, Mr Bruce Shepherd loved the officers in charge of exploring Posal which would render it possible to few hulred yards of the French lines out-shding pathe shit in and ort, and by this incurred. The interest of the Governinent.

any assistance required.

V

Wise at the Police Court.

This is one of the largest seizures of tho drug which has occurred since the monopoly

has been in the hands of the Government.

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CRICKET.

IRELAND IS THE WORLD.

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CRICKET AT AMOY.

H. . . CILAMION! reysus AMOY.

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abandonment of subsidies and the Brindisi is nere in accord with the times than thing was certainly better. route seans to be.

PROGRESS.

Police Intelligence (Before II. E. Wodchinese, Esq.) Friday, January.ti.

ALLEGED ASSAULT.

o said three neked for

for six cents, he handed the carrots Play we reamed in this match shortly back bat corap'ainant would not take their. George Price, another private in the after eleven o'clock this morning, Captain Pearson and Mr Druitt, who were not Balis, gare evidence to seeing as he was passing the market a number of Chinese out yesterday, continuing their Immings.tting upon the defendant. He did not Roth players added considerably to their see the beginning of the row. scores before being separated, the Captain being eventually disposed of for 78, while Mr Druitt aucceeded in putting together the splendid score of 147 before being caught out by Mr Stopford,

Stuart added 36 to the total, when he was given out leg before wiekat. Mr Flutabe played a capital game and carried his bat out for 35. The Irish folders and bowlers were pretty well tired out when the last wicket of the World's foun fell for the grand total of 363.

No further evidence was taken, lis

Appended are the acures

3. 4.

1st Innings. Sus-Liont. Curey, run out......... Private Tutaun, b Lens.. Amb-Licut Ansluther, b Albett

Kita, Mance, li Abbott Johnson, Harlon, b Deas. Lieut. Mowry, Asbott..

Prep, Hayterther, ↳ Deas.

A. İl Hurbriga, e Harding, h Albutt. Mr Will, and T. -kicaut, Karunia, not out..

Substitute, Way, Alholt. Extras: Wideid ..........................

2) Intringe. Bub-Israd- Carey, MUL OLI Pevate man, e Harding. Abbott Sushi Anaither, et. H. ure, be it A. Bület, omdb Titan A

Jolor run out....

Lic. Mowbray, is Thanting.

Corp. Shyudier, run our

A. . Baioris, HOL Gut..

3 Vis, Hanling..

Time. Honde, a Hunding. b Lens. Sabuftuta, e nalive, h Aubeṭt..........

Baton: "Widere di, tipos 1.

Total 2 inge.

LMOY.

1rt Innings

rit T... 1 Arstrutlar.....................

Mr Harting J. R.. Mowry.

32 Lra & Mawlaay, SELE

Bruce F... is lowbras"....

are e lett, b Mawberry.......

A A daw Ticable Autotr............

Mr Deas 0.1 Mowany, Turnatt.... Hr Aucban C., Mowbray b Anstrather...

Er Abbott It... amana sud.

Rev. My Boutch, e Hayather, blowby Mr Wany C., uat vak...................

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Wides o, Byes 15, L. Bye 1, Nɔ balls 1 23

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COLONEL MOSBY ON HOSPITAL DUES,

I have the honor to be, Sir,

Your obedient servant, {niticed) JOHN S. MOSBY.

U. S. Consul,

P. S.-I have just been shown a publish-

The following is a copy of a lutter which will in a measure explain itself. "The let- fer is dated at the United States Consulate,od decision of the Treasury Department, Hong Kong, Oct. 6, 1884, and is alreas declaring that no hospital daca red after od to Mr. John Davis, Assistant Secretary June 30th, but that they mast still be of State, Washington.

collected from vessels arriving since then

Referring to my No. 310, 1 beg to submit up to that date-which is aquivalent to say come additional reasons and legal cuthoring that in such a case thera is no law to ties in oppositions to the right claimed to collect the tax, but that it must be colleotod. colloet hospital duni up to June 30th InstI shall conform to this decision, although from vessels arriving in the United States palpably wrong, until it is

is reversed by the after that time. I havo net allowed masoarta, ns I am confident it will be..

Ilave also received since the above was tere to chargu samen with this tax when paying thon lf at this consulato since Au-written a Department Circular of July 30th, qust 11, when 1 received a copy of the which informas consule that the shipping shipping bill of Jime 26th last, although Act of June 26th abolishes paragraph 181 whics provides for

I have been informed that a different con- Consular Regal dues by consuls.

tors.

Atruction has been put upen it by collec- the collection of

I admit that it is a hardship not to Then if a consul has no right to colleet. pernit musters to charge the tar to their hospital dues up to June 30th from a vessǝl sailors, as it may be charged to them when gold abroad since then, neither has a rol- their Tessela get home, but my answer has lactor the right to collect them fromra vewal been that because un unlawful action entering a United States port since then.

I have the honor to be, Sir, malo from them is American ports may

Your obedient servant, (signed) JOHN S. MOSBY.:

V. S. Consul

is no reason for my allowing it from sea-

men in foreign Forks. I d

I do not propose to

CHINA COAST METEOROLOGICA

set of one wrong as compensation for an uther. Besides, the owner ce mister who may be compelled to pay the money way have his redreas, but to the sailor it would be an irreparable wrong

In construing the Act the policy that dictated it must bo kept in view, which, as stated in the title, was, to remove certain bnrdens on the Amoriam aerchai marine." There is nothing uncenal or unreasonable in the after Juno th Inst from the constraction that relieves a vessel arriving tax she would have had to pay bad she ar- Bolinao rived on that day. A rensel arriving in Manila the United States on Jatas 30th had to pay Haiphong, a tonnage tax of thirty cents, whereas if

payment

of a

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she had got in on the next day it would akong 30.1661.4 has frequently happened in changes of the Nagasaki 50.26 have been only six cents." The same thing Shanghai 30.3442.662 L Atariff laws: goods bave some in one day Wi'ostock 30.26 0.5 K

duty free that were subject to a high duty

the

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AT 10 A.M.--JANUARY 10.

This cook and hawker who were arrested Tus forenoon B. B. M.'s troopship Himashiro Kart as a type of the lator vesasia, it yesterday by Police Sergt. Man in the laya, Captain Pallicer, arrived here with aay be noticed that she is pierced for two

gons

which will be carried on the matu dook act of landing about a thousand taels of number of naval and military reliefe. She amidships, the dock of course being special prepared opium from the S. S. Fowen, left Portsmouth on the 20th November ly strengthened to this end. All that is wore this morning brought up before Mr last with the naval men, and, c) the 22nd necessary in her case, to receive on board,

say, a couple of 17-centimetre breech-load The opian, November, called in at Cork, where she ing Krupps, is laying down the gun slides, which was worth some $600, was confis embarod contingenta for the Inniskillens, and dismantling the officers' cabins, on which ated, and the two worthy importers, who at present stationed at Singapore, and the the parts open. These steamers could for a short run, easily carry two tlunsand were doubtless acting in conjunction with Buffa, stationed here. The disembarkation | troops.—Japan Mail some more spbstantial man, wore sant to of the military reliefs commenced here gaol to undergo three months' hard labour this afternoon, about three o'clock, the in default of paying up a thousand dollars men being brought ashore in two of the between them.

Naval Yard launchos, and landed at the Faval Yard jetty. After the mun had re- ceived their kits, which were brought ashore in a lighter, they were drawn THE chartered Fronch transport Chander-up in marching order, and proceeded Major, with 1,000 troops of the Legion to quarturs provided for them

RATHER ROUGH ON SHIP- MASTERS. Etrangere, arrived at Singapore on the the Murray Bartacks, the Band of the

worakip Gning the defendant $2. 27th December from Algiers, but had to Regiment heading them and playing

ALLEGES LARCENY OF A WATCH AND TRAIN.

Cnder the above heading, a correspondeat Chia Asti, chair coolia, was charged with anchor in the quarantine ground owing to number of lively airs on the way to the

stealing a watch and elmin, value about signing himself a victimised Shipmaster, some cases of sickness amongst the troops. Barracks Though the men are somewhat

$17. the property of ano Edward Smith, ou writes to the Straits Times, or the 31st The Straits Times says that two French sol- youthfal in appearance, they seem to be

the 31st uit.

Bitter Cardier, & single woman residing December, as follows :-- diers deserted the same night from the wall developed physically, and are mostly

in Hario Street, saul flat she engaged the

M1,-In September 1884, I shipped a Chaudernagor, while she was coaling at of a fairly good stature. The following are

defendant and three other coulies to remove Tanjong Pagar wharf. As the transport the nanose of the officers, and number of

ber furniture to another boost. The watch crow at Singapore and, as usual, gave and chain, which belonged to her nephew, customary advance of one month's pay, was getting under weigh on the morning of men who have arrived :-Mujer MacLaur,

aged sixteen, was in an otatory in her real wook before the advance was worked out, the 28th, and when rounding Now Har Lious. Blackburn, Battenshaw and Parry,

while the unit wat be heure Lasoars and a Bazdary deserted at Hong vessels stay away a long time-there is one Bolinao....

the day before. Again, many American After the removal she missed them. Sho boar, a soldier also jumped into the water, and 165 non-commissioned officers and men

did not know whether defendant had taken oug, just as I was leaving the For: for now in port at Elong Kong that has been Manila. 30.0877.67 The representatives of the green com-the articles, but one of the four coolies must The guard fred a shot, hitting the man in for the "Buffs; Lient. Young, and 15 pri-

a few days, taking with them clothing that twelve years on the China coast-so that Haiphong. 30.1870.289 the arm, but he succeeded in swimming rates for the older battery of Royal Artillery; monced their second innings too late to have done so. The other three mon could I had to supply then with, costinx 62.66 collectors of customs and consuls will be Hongkong 30.2561.871

the close of this Amoy 30.1256.081 NE engaged probably until astiore. Two other soldiers inmediately Quarter Master Sergena: Beaver, and have any hope of saving the game, but not be found

As there was no further evidenco the each. man. On my return to Hongkong, century its collecting hospital dues, if the Shanghai.30.2135.000 afterwards followed the example of their non-commissioned officers and soon for the although two or three of their beat men defendunt was discharged.

I reported the desertions. to the Shipping practice is to continue of making vessele Nagasaki. 30.36 wounded comrade, and the sentry fired five Royal Engineers; Surgeon Parker and wore again particularly unlucky they im-

Master, thinking perhaps to have these men pay what would have been due and they Wostock 30.02 14.2 NE stopped from shipping and brought back by arrived at hung on June 30th last, or shota at them. One of the men was seen three lion for the Army Medical Depart proved upon the form of their first innings,

the Police. Instead of which I had to pay at that time had bean sell and transferred above water after the shots, but the other ment; and Quarter Master Sergeant the score standing at 134 for six wickets

up and look pleasant a dollar for each man abroad. Hospital taxes would thus be like lad disappeared; either he had sunk or one Brown, Staff Clerk

Sy To Ya, of Boi-ping, mandarin, was (86) just for an official againg his man, the Creek tire-a thing that could never be Thore were also when stampe were drawn. To this amount charged with boing in pussession of absati Ruvi

ndvise shipmasters to boware of the extinguished. (The Consul han quotes legal of the shots had hit him,

brought out by the Himalaya, Mrs Parker, Mr Hodder, not out, contributed 38. 110 tacts UE prepared opium without a uncouragement, they get, and not to report authorities at great length comport his puri- and ten soldiers' wives and fifteen children.

desertions at There was nothing special about the permit, on the 7th inst.

Hongkong unless they have tion. And so, I say, that the fact of the ar The Himalaye also has on board 10 bowling on either side; Druitt, who took

some spare

rival of a vessel from a foreign voyage before dollars. The same fate awaits the poor nantioal July let last created a debt for hospital dues, officers and 194 seamen, relief for II. .four wickets for 39 runs, out of 80 balls,

laborers or substitutes for sailors."

The and that any demand for them must was apparently about to put into circula-M's ships on the station. These will not being the most sitecostel.

on the fact of such Ghant Serang prowls round, picks up all the be

predicated be transferred until Monday.

The match was of course decided on the

syees, kabuss, and such like that are out of rival. A ship arriving niter June 30, was £rst innings, the World thus winning by

employment places a discharge in their no more chargeable for hospital dues under hands, and walks them to the Shipping the old law than for tonnage does. There Office, signs them on, gote a month's advance is no distinction in principle between the for each man, out' which (unless I have right to collect tonnage dues and hospital been misinformed) he deduers from 20 par duas as to the time when they accrved. cent, to 25 per cent. From each man; they The first were grently reduced after Juno are then taken on beard, and his trouble is 30,-the latter entirely abolished. Ore at an end; but not so the Master and off- tax was no more a debt than the other cera, ustead of getting sailors, they find before the vessel arrived. The collector they have only nautical laborers, and out of assessed our tax on the basis of the vessel's Su Aki, described as a hawker, and Lunga okom of such men 1 cannot ind man to registered tonnage the other on the zum- Astin, a servant, were brought up charged put on a rathue or pass a waiting on the ber of seamen employed since she lant with boing in possession of about one then-ship ringing. Should you have occasion to entered a United States part. As I have and taels of prepared oniam without a engage one of these men at Hongkong, he said, the Shipping Act of Jung 26th has no has to forfeit 3 days pay (storting three proviso excepting the case of a reasel then valid certificate on the 9th inst.

Angur Meun, A.S. 8, was on duty at the days for nothing) simply for

INSPECTOR Quinsey affected a very smart

capture, this morning, of a Celestial who

The Himalaya will leave here shortly for

tion six dollara' worth of counterfeit cośa. The Inspector was standing in the Queen's Road Central, when he saw a Chinaman home, with 120 time expired and invalided 209 rant. coming along with a small parcel in his military oflioors and men,, and also a

The Band of the Buffs, by the kind

hand. The moment he sighted the tetes- number of time-oxpired naval officers and permission of the Colonel and officers tive officer, the man with the parcel atop men. A home paper lately stated that the of the Regiment, performed a choice ped, turned round, and entered a house Himalaya would return home via the Cape

which happened to be a photographic of Good Hope. “ studio. Smelling a rat, the Inspector followed the man into the house and over- hauled his parcel, which he found to con- tain forty-eight 10 cent and six 20 cent | Cathédral,—

pieces, all consisting of copper washed with silver. Tho culprit was brought before Mr.Wise this morning and sentenced to six months' hard labour.

The coins were very good imitations of the genuine article and bore the date of 1881. It is probable they have been brought from Fatahan, where it is well known there is an establishment un a large scale for manufacturing counterfeit coin! and silver

washing

SERVICES OF THE CHUROR OF ENGLAND FOR TO-MORROW.-1ST SONDAY

AFTER EPIPHANY.

8am-Parade Service, Morning Frayer

and Soron, Ruv, O. Chesontt.

11 m-Morning Prayer, Lilany and

Sermon, The Colonial Chaplain.

The Colonial Chaplain

St. Peter's Church,

6 p.m.-Evening Prayer and Sermon,

The Bishop,

St. Stephen's Church (all Services in Chi-

nede.}

11a.m.-Morning-Prayer, &, Bora J. B. Oet and Fong Yat au. Peacher, The Bishopt 6.80 p.m.-Evening Prayer and Sermon,

Rev. J. B. Ost and Fong Yat Sau.

selection of music during the afternoon,

and there wore a large number of spects- tors. on and around the ground during the latter part of the day.

Wa appond the scores of today :—

THE WORLD

This Janings.

Capt. Pouron, R.N., 90...9. Quxon, b Rice, G. 8. H. D'Agh, o Rico, d Coron,

Drulit, R.E, a Stopford, b Lloyd,

H. Rt. 11. Jurit, & Hodder,...

C. U. Stuart, i law, b Hendry........

0.B. Bart.& Ioyd, h Hondry, on

V. Daugel, Hulder

J. 11. Finmbe, not out,

[Bajose A GIKise, Esq.)———-

ANT OPITA KATIL

the steamer flankow at 3 p.m. on the 7th, Acting, Police Sergeant Mann, 89, boarded and upon searching the defendant's boxes found the 110 tacle of opium in court com cealed at the bottom of the boxes. The Sergeant first asked the defendant if he had any epiam and he said he had not.

Defendant was fined $150 and the opino confiscated.

(Before A. G. Wise, Esq.) Saturday, Jan. 10,

IMPORTANT SEIZURE OF OPIUM.

few

RE

4x0.20 14.0

W. DOBELCE Government Astrosomer. Hongkong Observatory, January 10.

beit, and to the level of the sea in inches, tenths

1. BAROMETER, zeduced to 32 degrees Fahren-

and hundredthis.

2. TEMPERATURE, in the shede in degrees, and tenthe, Fabrenheit.

3. Bometry, in percentage of sataraison, tha humidity air saturated with moisture being

4. DIRZOTION OF WIND, to two points.

FoxCE OF WIND, atording to Beaufort

ar 100,

・mover.

could aries

Sealt

8. STATH OF WEATHER 6 ble sky, o do techad alouds, d drizzling rain, ƒ tog, s gloomy, fe hail, i lightning, o overcast, p passing showers, equally, snow, t thueder, visibility, dew (wol)... 7: Riza, in inches, tauths and hundradiks.

Quotations: HONGKONG, January 10. OPIUM-Now Patna, saal,... 6081

Old

caab, 570/721 New Benares, cash,... GOO Ola

事

W

-31

»

12

Now Malwa, credit,... 549 Allowance, Thele.... 32 Old Malwa, credit,, 550 Allowance, Taeis, 40 Persian, Oily,,

Allowance, Tacla

Asian, Paper tied,... 610 Allowance, Tacks...

Exchange

Wira, Damand,

Last year the team from the Ould Coun

playing against the World, made a total

If the contingency on which the tax be of 322, of which Mr Rice contributed 06. Canton wharf at 1.10 p.m. yesterday and name out on the ship's article aving his abroad that might return after Juno 90 Thoreault was, however, we beliove, adrawn saw the two defendants leaving the wharf. I have often thought that the men who came payable never arose during the battle. The wearers of the green have cor- The first defendant had six of the packess have sigued articles have been exchanged, existones of the law, it 6.15 p.m. Evening Prayer and Sermon,tainly not been so fortunate this season,

of opium produced in his possession and the or inferiur mea sett in their places. It may after it ceased to exist. The error consists second defendant had a basket containing be only fancy, so cannot vouel for it. in treating the more contingent liability of

Malsy crews more. The sergeant followed the men, who

years ago were con- a master while on a foreign voyage to pay ran into a hotase and were apprehended sidered good sailors, but I fear they have a tax on his return as being a debt attach- when coming out. The opium was found been enticed away by better wages, and ing to the vessel. While my interpretation in the house. Defendants told the P.S. where they are out of the reach of the of the law relieves shipping from a burden that the opium did not belong to them. Ghaut Sorang.

unlawfully imposed, it deprives the Govern Bank, Defendants now denied carrying the opium,

Could not the standard of these men ment of nothing to which it was over but were fined 500 each, or, in default, be raised by a voluntary examination in entitled. In the opinion of Chick Justice

30 days' aight, thrus toonths hard labour; the opin as seamanship, for which a small fee might Marshall cited it is said that there

4 months' night,... be charged and a certificate granted. is a differuca between relinquishing Credits, would williugly give su extra-dollar and right which was complete when the Documentary 4 months' sight, steady employment for such men, and zo under which it accrued ceased to operate, India, Wire, Sa Fat, aricepounder, was charged with doubt other shipmasters would gladly do and ons depending on a fact afterwards to

13 pen. No one contends that the owner Shanghai, dumaud..... Boing in possession of lifty four counterfeit the same.

happen." or master of a vessel owed the Governinent. soite on the 10th inst. Inspector Quincey.

30 days sight, privata anything for tennage does before the on- Gold Leaf 99 fine... deposed that at 9 o'clock this morning he was THE New York market is extensively tered & United States part. A vessel Sovereigns, in the Queen's Road, just by the Sing Ho-supplied with foreign eggs. We thought might all around the world for over tul, when he saw the defendan: couing along with a small parcel in his hand, our ass cast of the foreign yolk for enter at every U. S. consulate on the globe When defendant caught sight of witness to good more than a hundred years ago and never pay one cent of hospital dues. Taken at Mara Falconer & Co.'s Premkot,

Boston Transcript.

Now, if the hospital duet she would have turned round and went into a photographer's

to pay for all peamen employed during the absence from the United States constituted a dent she owed all the time, then if she agak at the sea debt would survive, and the master or owner would be liable to pay i

Tazer are two routes across the desert, by AN interesting discovery has been made at taking either of which the British force New Zealand in connection with the Tick- advancing to rescon General Gordon will borne case. Some ammunition casos which Bvoid going round the great bond of the have been stored in the maizive at Nile. The longer one of these starts from Wellington for a long time are marked the point where the bond commences and Transport Osprey, fur Melbourne and Sydney, dated 1804 to 186, which showe strait across to Khartoum; the other that the vessel rest have traded there in goes starts from Abakol, about thirty miles the early days. At the Tichborne trial, round the bend, and goes to Mattammeh, the claimant stated that when the Bella was lost he was picked up off Bonth which is on the river opposite Shendy. It America by the Deprey, bourd for Me - Apposes from today's telegram that Gene-bourne.

F. B. C. Hare, absent.

H. Taylor Handry, AB. Cattell, b Rica,

Extra

TEELAND.

Total....

Second Tarium.

.B. Coxon, e D'Asth, b Bar,

C. P. Lloyd, + Pamley ↳ D'Aeth,

0. Rice, bhart

Chat, Marusan, b Druitt,

R. C. Hodder, not out.

3. C. C. Hendry, ₺ Phumbe,

W, 0. Lyne, o Pearson,

W. Watson Pika, nat oitt

F. G. Stopfart, ma A. Coxon,

Total

confisosted.

COUNTERFEIF COIN

abop, Witness followed bin and found the Ax honest Hibernian, in recommending parcel in court, containing 48 ter coat pieces a cow, Bald abu would give milk year after Bud 6 twenty cent pieces, in his band. year without having xlves; because,

Leung Chan, the shroff at the Police said he, it runs in the brade, for she came Court, bad examined the 64 quins produced of a sow that never had a calf.'

dentand,

Temperature.

Qicen's Roud.). HONGKONG, January 10,

TerasrowNTER—) AM.....

Do.

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IM Maxima De. Minimum over hight 01-