No. 6814-Mar 30, 1885.]
-TELEGRAMS.-
SIR KADRY PARKES' SUCCESSOR.
LONDON, 29th May, 1885.
It is positively stated that Sir Robert Hart will succeed Sir Harry Parkes as British. Minister at Fcking.
LOCAL AND GENERAL. PARBED SUEZ CANAL-Haverton, April 13; flarter, April 19; Orestes, May 4; Benarly, Cardiganshire, Casmira, Gulf of Buez, Telumon, May 12; Iraouaddy, Sagivation, Tercer, Ulysses, Pinor, Gra-
THE CHINA MAIL. wis made with regard to the use of the Ar 10 am, on Sunday, the 26th April, the money of the Hospital site, namely $8000. Mr Stekos, of Messrs Sharp, Johnson and certificate was with regard to the stowage of cargo and trimming of the ship. Lay- This netica was brought to recovering Kagiand they had vary bad weather. and the transfer of the property will bo boats in the Club and the division of the P.M.S. Scalradia, whose departure had Over $7000 have already been subscribed; Stokes, represented defendant. rowing men into three classes, each to be been delayed by the white soumen, at the completed without delay in order that Dr S037.44, the value of 66. barrels of Frouch The Captain road several extracts from flour, part of a consignment of 910 barrels to the log hook, which showed that from the A instigation of the Union, refusing to work, Ho Kaf may comunence the building
The land purchased will be held by the plaintiff by the Benalder. Plaintiff refused 6th to the 9th January the vessel on-
and the
to take delivery of the 66 barrels on the countered a hovy head na, and was con- "pportioned the use of certain boats. report on this subject had been drawn up until the Chinese firemen wore discharged, Official Trustees of the Society; by a sab-committes. A motion was prossed the Heads and presseded on her Deed of Trust will provide that the pro- ground that they had been completely tinuously abipping heavy sons. Speaking
course to San Francisco, with a full com-i posed and passed in favour of purchasing plomont of able-bodied seamen and tire.perty shall be permanently used for the spoiled on the passage out, through bad from recollection, Captain Ross said the wards of 30 of the GG saaks had been
purposes to which it is now devoted.
throa una aculling boats, and it was also decided that 8200 should be voted from the Clab funds to provide for the International Cup at the next Regatta. At the election of others for the ensuing gear, the Hon. T. Jackson was returned by acclamation as
JOHN CHALKERS.
Subscription List
Further subscriptions will be published men, all of whom had good discharges, and not a run of whom belonged to the Union.
en as they are received from time to time. She had over a thousand tons of coal on Money can be paid into the Hongkong and bond, all the mails, and a number of pas- Shanghai Bank for the London Mission
Flanlan, the eongers, including
ex-champiin Hospital.' caller of the world. The agents thus won the day and beat the anion in a fair strug- gla lasting over a week, during which time in the balanco, it being uncertain up to the very last moment how the dispute would end. As tho Zrutandia will have no occasion to stop on her way, except to land passengers and wails, she has no further obstruction to fext, at any rate during her Mosers Douglas Lapraik & Co. prosent voyage, aml may be expected to The Hongkong & Wharapoa Dock
and her nails within contract titno. men anturally feel very sore on the
stowage.
flour was exposed, onpecially to damp, it would deteriorate.
To the Coorb-From his oxperienos & surovor and ship master, he should say that Mr Marty was justified in refusing to tale delivery of the easka as they were lauded. They were in bad condition, and not so good as the rest of the cargo. Up-
Mr Marty, in giving his evidence, slip encountered a very heavy galo, in temporarily repaired with tin
which the ship rolled and pitched very Ho Ataun, gedorn keeper to Messrs
vills and Kutsang, May 19; Nuta, Chairman, and in the ballot for the other the fortunes of the different partins awayed The Eastern Extension Telegra 285.71 Antwerp. He procured the figur in accord-vessel of that description. In coriaequoneo repairing Bone of theRo wore flattened,
May 26.
very evenly
Tho
ou
וי
Co ine Matheson & Or.
Messra-Jurdine
The
Russell & Co. Ilon. T. Jackson
Lane Crawford & Co...
said all the damaged barrels had been honvily, from the heavy beam and hond Gibb, Livingston & Co., said ho remember. repaired; seven now barrels had been scŁA. As a proof of the bad weather, ed a cargo of tour being stored in the Tha heads and stays of he might mention that saveral ships were godown. It was carefully stored. Squae of supplied, some of the old caske had been ronewed, missing at the time, many ships hallo barrola war broken. Those were re but the casks were badly repaired. Through to put back, and the steamship Orient, palced at once, and at the most were some of the cake the flour stil filtered, which passed his vessel within a quarter of never open more than two days A for The casks were not now in the same good a mile, in the galo, arrived at Port Said days ago about ten barrels were repaired. condition as when they were shipped at two days late, an extraordinary thing for a Thero were 60 barrels altogether required. ance with an arcangonant le lund with Mr of this bad weather he entered a protest but none had their heads knocked in. The Roque, of Haiphong, and he had to deliver at Yokohama, where he hoard a claim four did not come out of the barrels.
This completed this defendant'a cONO. them to the latter port in the same good had been preferred for the damaged condition an they were when shipped. He flour casks. He saw this cargo landed Mr Stokes then addressed the Court, Could not deliver the prosent consignment and he thought it was, with the ex contending in the first place that there had because the goods were damaged.
ception of nine oil-damaged casks, in boon no breach of contract, unsmuch as excellent condition. What was the value of the four?
He acknowledged defendant now offered the goods to plaintif he Each barral cast about 811; tho axact that some thirteen caske required repairs, in the same good order and condition as amount depended on the exchange. He and that the repairs on these had been received them on board; and, in the second rent-in-a claim to Measts Gibb, Livingston issufficient at first. Since then they had plass, that defonchat wasnot liable, under the & Co., alunt a month after the ship heen properly repaired. To repair these terms of the contret. In support of this con- arrived, for $799.51. In respect to nine the staves on the oil damaged casks lund tention, he argued that there were soraral barrels, Mesra Gibb, Livingston & Co., had been nard, in accordance with the wish of clantes in the bill of lading by which of 8687.44, Mr Marty, who said he wished the stares defendant was specially areupted from balance of paid 8106.7, leaving
and the marks to be the same as the liability for damage. For instance he was damage he had sustained.
Ho considored that the repairs not liable for damago arising out of the bad Cross-examined plaintiff said he did not original. profer any formal written clairs until the had been very well done; and the present management of the ship by himself and 20th April, because he had about forty condition of the cargo is very good indeed.officers; and it was provided that ho was interviews with Mess Gibb, Livingston & He could not refuse to accept delivery of it not liabla for damage canned by stress of in good order in its present condi- weather, an was abnurlantly provod had
8
INJ
20 280 250 260
250
Co.
250
A. S. Watson & Co.
250 250
260
- 300
100
Linstead & Davis
100
19
Siemsson & Co.
100
Gibb Livingston & Co.
100
the
Holliday Wise & Co.
100
CHilman & Co.
-100
13
E. D. SAB5001
100
Reiss & On.
100
17
11
Carlunite & Co.
100
11
Arnhold Karborg & Co.
100
p Chater,
Es
100 100 100
uffices the following gentlemen were elected. The next ENGLISH MALL, por the P. & O. Secretary, Me J. II. Stewart-Lockhart;
Do'a ateamor Ancona, loft Singapore for this port on Thursday, the 28th Treasurer, Mr. S. Addia; for the Bath- inst., nt. p.m., and may be expected lieuse Committee, Messrs R. K. Leigh, here on or about Tuesday, the 2nd F. Grimble and A. Danison; Boathouse proximo,
per the O. Committee, Mosste H. J. H. Tripp, Ise The next AMERICAN MAIL.
O steamer Arabic, left Yokohama Hughes and T. Glas; and for the Gymna and a disgraceful disturbance occurred Mosers David Sam & Sons on Saturday, the 30th instuit, at daylight, and may be expected hero on in Committee, Mosara G. D. Bäning, Saturday afternoon near the Royal Hotel, D. Caldwell, Een
large number of men following or about Friday, the 5th Juno. F. W. Koch and C. P. Lloyd. The meet-hacklog,' who is said to have bean boast-W. Davis, Esq. The O. 8. d. Co.'s, steamer Nestor loft Eining closed with a vote of thanks to the ing of the dofont of the men. They hosted Messrs Melchors & Co.........
and assaulted hita, and would probably have kicked him to death and not a con- pere for this port on the 28th inst.. and may be expected here on or about the gist inst
stable pluckily intervened, and succeeded in effecting a rescue and a capture at the same time. On Monday, Thorns Green, a Welsh seaman, was sentenced to months' imprisonmout, by the Bench at the Central Police Court, for aasaniting the black leg and also the constable, win at tempted to quell the disturbance.Sydney afazi.
The Shire Lino steamer Flintshire left Singaporo for this port on the 26th instant, and may be expected here on or about the 1st proximo. The
8.
Glanariney loft Singapore for this S. part on the 27th inat. The B. S. Wingsong luft Singapore for this
•port on the 30th ina
A NUMBER of extract articles will be found
on our fourth page."
Taz French corvette Kerguelen left here
for the Pescadores to-day.
Mussa Jardine, Matheson & Co. inform that the S. S. Wingsany left Singapore for this port to-day.
Lis
Lu Mascolte company, as advertised, will perform Maritana, on Monday evening. when there will no doubt be a large
Chairman.
tach a gom.
SWO
0.
זי
די
H. N. Mody, Eng. Jobu Pitman, Esq. Messrs Mayor & Co.
Mes George W. Childs is said to have the finest collection of table china in Ame rica. Her dinner plates indude Sevres, Worcester, Derby, Dreadon, Minton and Copelands; no two, as a cule are alike, and Many of her plates have cost several hundred dollars a dozen. She gives orders to people c
of
experience to be on the lookout for very rare specimens. It is said that for a dinner of twenty persoria Mrs WHATEVER may be the merits of the dis- Childs can, without difficulty, set a table puto between Finglaud and Russis, there is tho decorations of which alone will repo-one thing certsia, and that is that Britain sent an expenditure of $30,000 or 840,000.is mulloring in reputation among continental. J. Ede, s. Tue pressure of the Afghan crisis is Êtated nations. Though the annoxed paragraph. Bain, Esq...
to be making itself severely felt in the civil departraepite of the Government of Is All business not of a routine nature is practically at a stand-still, the Vicorog having little time to dovote to matters not connected with foreign and military affairs. Any undertaking entailing extra expendi- tura is compulsorily shelved. Among other tmportant questions
policy regard
ay not represent the opinions of all class of the contineat, it indicates the feelings of the majority. It is taken from the Hobe of the 18th April --
audience: the nests are boing takon up of things is the Goverected-by-this state and correspondent sya, were confident the
rapidly.
A SPECIAL Criminal Sossions will be held on Tucaday for the purpose of trying Wil- liant Brown, the boatswain of the Rhasing, on a charge of having caused the death of John Davis, one of the faremon of the same
stanizer.
fug ercation That wantto was to have boun talcen up this Sisalisan, but as there is apparently no money to spare for the advancement of education the subject
is likely to be held in abeyance.
9. M. Hozier' and ' A Fickl Oficer' give
It
The Borneo Co. до
The Hen P The Hon. F. Stewart, LL.D., P. Ryrie D. Gilliss, Esq. No. Wichteg Boy
N.
J. J. Francis, Esq.
The Een. Sir G. Phillipp
The Hon. J. M. Price .... The Hon. J. Russell, LL.D.
G. H. B. Wright, Esq, M.A. Messrs F. Blackhead & Co.
Bu
50
Du
DU
50
50
50
25
*
71
+1
W. C. Humpreys & Co.... Framjee Uormusjee & Co. 0. & O. S. S. Co.
25
25
31
P. M. S. S. Ca.
BY EB...
A. P. Happer, Esq.
Thoo. Sampson, Faq
D. Nowrojes, Es
Maura N. Mody & Co. D. Ruttonjee, Esq. H. L Dalrymple, Es
Vienna official circles are quite satisfied with the turn affairs have taken. From the boguning leading persons there, tho Stand- English Government, would give way and war should be thus avoided, so that they H. C. Brown, Kan regarded the promised solution cou-F. A. Gomes, Esq. plintent to their foresight and judgment, . . Imano, Enj and are content to speak benevolently of William Wotton, Esq. English moderation; but in diplomatic, A. P. Stokes, Esq. military, and general political circles the B. L. Dennys, Esq. word cowardice in mare generally employed. G. R. Lammert, Esq....
What is the use, it is anked, of alarming
R. Esq. in the Fortwi itly, prssimist and optimissunid and disturbing this Boursce by E. D. Tata, eq
WH. Ray, F views of English fighting strength. The parading your resources in the four corners
hed D
D. Noronha, FR former, while allowing that--exclusive of the world if from the beginning you In our advertising columns this evening the garrisons in India, fruland, Egypt, &c. resolved courageously to retira whenever W. K. Hughes, Esq. English R. M. Hobson, Esq. we have in Britain alone 126,000 trained the gauntlet was thrown down? will be found the report for the year 1884 guldiers, and the Volunteer force, declares prestige in Europe, But to sek ui Asia, of the Directors of the China Shippers that we have too for men, too fow ships, has suffered mere sines Thursday than Mutual Steam Navigation Co. Limited (of unfilled arsenais, and guns of an olsulate during the whole Egyptina campaign, which Mossra Arnhold, Karberg & Co. are pattern and inferior power. The butter is everyaliere openly said that England maintains that the Government, by the cannot fight, or ske he would. The the local agents).
evidence of its own retorns, disposes of 261, Vienus papers are not slow in calling things
by their real name.The article in the H. Cooverjee Setaa, Esq. fit for immediate duty, and with lett is honded Pea without Honour, 000
A. Rodger, Esq. We have lately received a great number of only 35,000 of them under one your's serand is a lawent over Finglaud's rapid de- Masses E. N. Melita & Co.
Mohta & Co. which it holds to requests to the affect, that reports of cervica. The men are just as good as ever;
to be unparalleled in and, in spite of the alleged difcalties of
us al-John Thorburn, Esq. tain cases should not appear in the Court cbilization, are scattered over the whole ready gained so much that she end now Eruat Kehre, Eat proceedings published in this journal. In world. This is exclusive of 108,000 mi order to provent misunderstandings, it the Militia, and 181,600 efficient Volun. pass sa a lover of peace, while England has B. Pabaney, Haq
toors, bringing the total number of trained proved her inability to defend either Af- A. R. Marty, Esq. Vopis, Esq. should be borne in mind that it is quite men that could be relied on in extremity ap ghanistan or India. The Deutsche Zui useless to ask that such a 'farone' should to 471,000 men, without cannting any fung admits that 'Russia was right in the Augusto J. do Rozario, Esq.
disdain she has shown for England's fan-J. II. Stewart-Lookhart, Es. faronmades. All the protests and threats G. Fergusno, Esq. extended to any nue. To grant suchared regiments.
Earl Thomas Kerr, Bac applications would be an interminable busi-A BLUE-book has been sued containing about Penjdeh waro empty bluster.
Granville has secured peace for his country, More, Eng
C. ness; and by far the best way to keep such statistics respecting the strength and combut, at the same time, has invited Russia G. R. Stewart, Log.
Exq Parlane, matters out of the reports is to keep them dition of the British army during 1884. aoon to repeat her safe promenade towards W,
Berat, the seizure of which would be as J, M. Armstrong, Esy. out of the Courte.
From the tables given it appears that the easily arranged as the present difficulty. A; Sed, Esq. effective strength of the regular army was Ir is not often that our Chinese fellow-sub-181,227 on Jan. 1 last year, and 183,216-The Vienna Algemeine thinks that Russia James K. Rebbeck, Esq.
may be content with her victory,
Hor Geo Esq. 1.
the average strength jects in this Colony indulge in humorous on Dec. or chaffy remarks, but a ramour of this nature now in circulation amongst them is rather amusing. This is to the offoot that
the money to pay for the bus now promises of our local Bank-(9300,000) is to be raised by a subscription of $100 each by 3000 subscribers, and then a luttery is to take
mon
Clase
Russia, it concludee,
R. C.
of
Co., hefare that date. at each of which he as he considered the cargo was now in bean the cause of the dunge in the present
preferred his claim verbally. An employee tion.
His Lordship pointed out to Mr Stokes that he could hardly bring forward that defence, as Captain Roes and his officers had all sworn that the cargo was landed in excellent condition.
Mr
of Messrs Gibb, Livingston & Co. went a like good and condition as it was when it case. with pos
plaintiff to inspect the goods, and the was put on board. Ho had been several employee kaew the goods were not fit to royngen in the four trade from New York, take delivery of. This flour was a very de- and also from San Francisco. From the licate article. It contained 12 per cunt. of condition he found the fi caske in he should gluton. did not think any tour which not have expected a claim to be preferred.
Stokes further pointed out that from came to Hongkong contained such a large In repairing the casks they con
casks they could not have percentage of gluten. It required very de- heen open more than half an hour or three the tenor of Mr Marty's letters, it
appeared that if this had bean an ordinary consign- licate haidling. It was easily manipulated, quarters of an hour each, however, in casks, as it was well packod Cross-examined, witness said he did ment he would have taken delivery of them, and well hooped. In the contract it was not call a survey because he did not and suggested that the barrels were not stipulated that the flour abould be sweet spent any of the cargo to be damaged. taken delivery of because the war having and fresh and have a temperature of 13 in The custom was, when cargo was oxbeen finished, the French Government were dry weather. Mr Roque had a contract with pected to be damaged, to call a sur not at much in need of flour. the French Government.
port vey immediately the ship came into p Mr Stokes read several fottore which had He did not examine the four after it was passed between plaintif and Messrs Gibb taken into the godown before he left; Livingston & Co. The latter, in their he did so when he returned to Hongkong, asid 30 por cent. of the casks were 31 days afterwards. He knew Captain slightly damagext. Mr Stoles pointed this Burnie had made a surrey at the request le believed the report out, and also that in all plaintiffs lottats hoof-the-agents simply complained of the marks of damage shown was
25
-
23
20
now made so much of
cient
His Lordship pointed at that more re- infexcenes than evor had come out within the last two racnths.
Mr Wotton said. Mr Stokes' suggestion was ridiculous, and that Mr Marty's action wasimpelled solely through thegooda having been spoiled, and knocked about as it He con-
on the casku, and that no mention whatever stated, de by Captain Burnie, who I was in evident they had been..
cathe breakago, in my made out rough, caroles handling his case Captain Burnio's report covered Plaintiff explained that bo drew attention end had storage, and not through insuf- the whole gratud, and showed early that to the sovore damage on the 2nd April, and tradict those statements as regarde bad of the defendant. Plaintiff was still per- all the time the four was deteriorating. In stowage and rough careless handling up to fectly justified in refusing to take delivery, answer to further questions, plaintiff mid the time the cargo left the ship's side, and claiming for the loss he had sustained. the caske se they were now were aceptable There was no new wood, hope, or slaves Both counsel quoted numerous esser in as to appearance, but the goods wore in esed in the barrels. Three or four of the support of their contentiona. His Lordship such a condition that they were not mar-barrels, five at the most, were very badly said he would look over tho authorities
damaged, and a quantity of the
Witress was able to cou- the goods were damaged by the negligonse
kotabla.
Mr Wotton bero wished to put in a ratour in the oil-damaged caaks was gond cited and then give judgment.
was turn- port which had been sent to him by Caped into the barrels which were short.
tain Burnie, who had surveyed the goods. He weighed three or four of the tasks Mr Stokes objected to this report hoing marked with 100 kilometres, and found put in unless Captain Durnio was examined, these contained 250 lbs. of flour. No tour Mr Wotton and he did not intend to call was spilt from any of the casks, nor were Captain Burnis; ho did not know whether the stares burst, and the four was only the other side intended to do so or not.
exposed when the barrels were being re- Mr Stokes said he did not mean to state paired. whether or not he intended to call Captain Burnie.
Me Wotton said it did not matter to his case whether Captain Burnie was called or not; "
it cut either way.
20
20
20
10
1%
15
15
10
15
10
เบ
10
-10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
20
10
10
10
10
10
ing
on
W. Est
10
Esl
ንብ
34
Canton.
Mosses Cohan and Gubbay... MOBSTA D. M.
10
10
Canton, May 29. The Chinese are still busy enlisting sol-
10
ተሰ
10
Justus
10
A.
T
for the year 183,014. The Army Reserve reputation and influence in Central Asiz are. W. Broker, Ran ubered 39,280 in Class I., and 7.731 in enormonaly increased. She has gained a J. W. Jameson, Esq.
on Jan. 1 of IL, on
year. military position frora which she can ever. E. Bowdler, Esq. ... the prosent year. The strength of the Militis and Yeomanry cise pressure upon Afghanistan and Persia. J. 01 the dates of inspection in 1884 was 113,787 and 11,488 respectively; whilst the Volunteer force un Nov. 1, 1894, stood at
H. R. H. M... 215,015. Of the regular army the average
Engh McCallon, Esq.
Lembke, Esq... strength of the force at home during 1884 89,994, the number abroad place to decide who is to be the winner of the 93.010. The proportion of the gdiers and despatching them to Kwang St.Messrs W. R. Loxley & Co. prize, the new and handsome Bank build branches of the service was as follows The Chinese Government is determined not H. M. M, Ally, Eng. inge, done, pillars and all. The winner is Ovalry, 16,908; Royal Artillery, 31,727; to be out-manoeuvred by the French. Some R. S. Woonwalla, Esq. then to leses the promises to the Bank for gineers, 5,079; Infantry, & rather strango reports have reached us about Charles Gould, Esq.
128,796. Tho 10. army in
in Egypt
WDS
several
-
1,
THE HONGKONG CHARITABLE BOSPITAL REPORT.
0.-S.
Mrs Hu Lai Shi (for building) Mrs Caldwell
On Tai Insuranco
a Taurano Gu. Wai Yuk, Esq. (for building) Wong Wing-sheung, Esq. (for build.
ing)
for building). Ng Ping-Bain,
Rec (for i Lo Kok-pang, Esq. Ng Ping con, Ean
VICTOR HUGO.
Mea of the Time gives the following notice of Victor Hugo, whose doath has just been announced ---
Hugo, (Vicomte) Victor Maria, was born nt Besançon, Feb. 26, 1802, his father John Dehoussier said he was chief oficer being a colonel in the French army. From of the Benalter. They experienced a strong Besatigon ho was curried to Elba, to Paris, and to Naples, before he was tire gale up to Cape Finestore. There was a very to Rome, heavy head sea, and the ship rolled and it years of age. In 1809 he returned to ched heavily. He superintended the stow-France and received classical instruction at age of this four, it was usual to stow it in a religious house. The first volume of his six hights, and in this case there were only "Odes and Ballads
appeared in
in 1829.
The report was not allowed in he put in. Plaintiff, in answer to the Court. said that on a previous shipment of 1400 maske two or three casks in a hight. The advant-his tales, Hans of Iceland, and by the Denbighshire only two cases were da age of this was that there was less pressure Jargal,' were written about this time. maged. These were refused and paid for. on the casks. Only nine casks were da 1928 he published a second volume of aptain George Cotton Anderson said he maged, and these were damaged by oil. Odes and Baliade, which exhibited a
Yesterday, at the The rest of the cargo was landed in perfect change in his political and
and literary opinions, hu never saw casks landed in and in 1827 le composed his drama, a godown good order:
'Cromwoll." In 1829 lo published his
of a Condemned 'Last Days
Criminal, tho terrific intorcat, of which occured it an im- manae anccesa M. Buge prepared nfur ther attack on the stiff and unnatural
he
was a marine surveyor. request of Mr Marty, visited At Wanchai, xud inspected 6 barrels of better order. It was not true that the heads French Boar. The casks had evidently were off some, staves knooked in of others been damaged and been repaired; all ware and hoops aff. If this had been so, it would mora or Ime repaired. He noticed that seven have han impossible to sling them out of barrels
wera differently hooped from the the hold.
-xamined witness said he saw the other. Ho knew that the barrels contain.
Fronch Hour generally were marked greater part of the barrels go over the side, the head
three of those he examined and he wors positively that he saw none had no mark. The barrels seemed to damaged except the nine barrels damaged
have been generally repaired; the hends
contents
ge
the
of
radiant la lutte style
26, 1890, and it caused a seons of first played at the Thétre Français tolle confusion. The Academy went so
by oil. He had given strict orders that it far as to lay a complaint against his at-
private
"
ed all the barrels which came before him, Hugo, who published a number of dramatic and none of then were damaged. None of pieces
various merit, after many
of
the bands wore off. Some of the barrels struggles was admitted into the Academy might have been damaged in the lighters.
and stays. I putting on new heads, the nny barrels were damaged to let him know. tempted innovations at the fout of the His attention was not called to any murethrae. Charles X sensibly replied that stays of the barrels would have to be slack-
than the oil damaged barrels.
in matters of act he was no more than a oned and this would allow the air to
Giles Peterson said he was third officer rival into the flour. Hoshould say that the bur
Shortly after the Revolu He su- on board the steamer Benaid r.
tion of July, 1830, his Marion de Loras, rola were sufficiently injured to caus
be damaged by exposure to the perintended the discharge of a portion of which had been suppressed by the censor air. It depended on the state of the at the cargo of flour, and all that be saw, ex-ahip under the Restoration, was brought 'Le Roi s'amuse' was mosphers as to how long it took to spoil cept the nine oil-stained barrels, was land out with sucess the four. He should say a wook'e exposure ed in good condition, in as gond a condi- performed at the Theatre Franquia in Jan., during the damp weather hete would tion as ever he saw flour landed.
1832, and the day after its production was Oros-examined witness said he examine interdicted by the Government. M. Victor be suficient to damage the four, French flour would certainly be injured by three weeks' exposure last month, ooneldering that to be the dampest month of the year He would say that the barrels be examined were poz in a like good order a and wudition
Charles S. Barf aaid that s the time the by Louis-Philippe. In 1849 ho was chosen as when they were shipped, from what ho Benalder arrived he was shipping clerk to President of the Peace Congress, of which saw of the repairs. Ho should the dam Messis Gibb Liv ugaton & Co. He thought he had beau
I age was probably caused by tough handling Mr Marty mentioned to him that the Hour 1963 M. Vietos landing amber.
Latowage on board the steamer. If G† was being danty did not ask for dee { fused to i
zed by or bada
exposure. So Mr damage was caused through bad stowage, he was aware
of the the Captain should have called for a survey livery
goods from alongside. the
of four слав
the in of the goods before they were removed.
Gruas oxamined, Captain Anderson said godosen. Alunt a fortnight or three weeks he was not a marine surveyor before l after the car was landed he went to the came to this Culony; he was a shipmarter, godown with one of Mr Marty's assistante,
He
anw
30528.71 ....8 250
260
100
100
100
300
100
100
100
100
Taj
Kwong Cheung-tai Da
Yan Wo Co-Fung Sui, Esg.
Ring Co.
100
100
100
80
Ho had seen four carried in bags; a great
Hap Hing
Co. Yuou Fat Co.
60
60
50
If tho air was very damp, it became saw all these covered with milddew; it was spoiled by them
asks; thero
little dent
50
Ng Tian fong, Esq.
a term of years at $18,000 por sanum 1885, was 15,260 strong: in the Colonies the conduct of the French soldiers in To-W. du Flon Hutchison, Esq This would be a very pretty little gambling and in the East Indies (including drafts on ishsbitants of the country is said to be auch 4. M. Humphreys, Esq.
(including drafts on pariage out), 26,013; quin. Their attitude towards the peacefal E. Cambhey, Ex.
James A. Fle, Esq.... transaction, and would beat Tar-fa and the passago out), 57,026 the general total at Manila Lottery into nothingness. No doubt home and abroad on that date being 188,857, as is not calculated to reffect favourably on A Friend
The total effective strength on Jan. 1, 1875, western methods of warfare. The conduct some of the would-be subscribers will be
1805, 213,988. similar comparison of the strength of the of the soldiers in camp we are informed is much grieved to find that this brilliant was 196,192, and on Jan. 1, development of the late for gambling Volunteers gives the following result; too bad for report. We can only hope the sxiate only in their own fervid imaginations. 1834, 203,565 efficient, out of a total enrol reports are untrue. If what we hear is mert of 215,016; 1874, 161,100, out of So wags the Celestial world in Hongkong. 175,387; and 1864, 128,707, out of 170,644. correct, that many of the soldiers are pri soners that have been drafted into the army, The funeral obsequies of the late Staff Com Ten Suigonnaia of the 24th inst., contains we need not be so much surprised. We mazder F. A. Johnston, R. N., took place the following story of the terrible ex might, however, reasonably expect that a at the Cemetery, Happy Vallaf, at about perioases of two deserters from the Foreign nation which boasts such a high oivilization 6.30 p.m. yesterday, the procession leaving Legion in Tonquin-Three months ago as France, would conduct her warfare in Taol Lau-tson, Esq. the Naval Yazd at 6 puntually. The two soldiers of the Legion Etrangère, car-
manner worthy of that civilization. ried away by their adventurous spirit, left cortage was one of the largest ever SPAN
their post at Hung-ho They followed the Hongkong, nearly a thousand officers, banks of the Red River for some time,
liv sailors, marines and soldiers following the ing by hunting and by ishing, and were
Choy Chee Mee, Esq. andisturbed in their wanderings. One remains to their last resting-place. The pro-fine day, however, they sturabled across
It is time to give to the supporters of the Wong Chiu-hing Esq. cession was led by two companies of marines post of the Black Flags and were made above institution same sccount of the pro-Kwong Mas Tai Co.
Man Mau Co. with reversed armas. These were followed prisoners. They were not summarily are gress which has been made.
The undersigned desires to express per: Sui Bing Long Co. by a large party of bluejackets, and behind cuted, the Black Flags no doubt hoping to
gut somp informations from them. They sonally his thanks to each of the Firms and Kin Tai Lung Co.... them the Band of the Buffs, preceding were conducted to Lao-kal, where one of Gentlemen whose names are given below, Man Yuten Lung Co the coffin, which was carried on a gun-carri-La Jung-fu's Heutenants, after having ex- and to some whose names do not yet appear, Man Hing Chan Ce age drawn by bluejackets and covered with arned them, required them to show him for the courtesy with which he has been re- Teun Tseung Co.
how to make cartridges, indicating that ceived. The prompt literality of the Hong Yi Ou Co. the Union Jack, upon which were placed their lives depended on compliance with kung community is abundantly shown by Elo Mel, Esq. the deceased officer's sword and hat and a this demand. The legionaries were placed table Hospital which have been received in Chan Kim-int, Esq
the following list of donations to the Chari-
Wing-shing Co. number of floral wreaths. Major-Genoral a fix. They had never been enge the course of four months; and this result wo wo Ki Co.....
in the manufacture of cartridges, nei- Dameron, Commodore Borant and most of ther had thoy the necessary tools, is still more remarkable when the present Kwang Cheung Wa
depressed state of business is considered. Kwong U-we, the Naval officers at present in the port The mandarina would take no excuse.
The Chinese are following the good ex Woo Lin Yuan, Esj. followed the body and were succeeded by a with killed before the eyea of his compar- ample set thou by Europeans, and when Wong Hok-lau, Esq. large party of petty officers, bluejackets, ion. The demand was again preferred to the wealthy Firms have all been applied to Shing Fak Tong, aum total approaching at Kwong Fang Co. marines and men from the Buffe, besides its coonhis again, protesting in least to the European
inability to
Sundries through H. Wicking, Esq. mandarin one. comply with & considerable number of civilian residents. ordered his wxecution; but with moch The District Committee of the London Baked Missionary Society have decided to associate The Rev. F. A. J. Gace, Chaplain of the facment of cruelty. The fugitive
& Finance Committed of with themselves as Royal Naval Hospital, conducted the burial be allowed to write a letter to Hang boy and the Hospital the following friends and be the Black Flag officer allowed him to do an,
All important service, and after the conclusion of the sad at the same timo promising that the letter uelaotors of the Institution. reremony, three volleys were fired over the should reach its destination. Immediately matters of detail will be referred to the
one of the attendants struck off aft
aft ear with
Finance Committee:
The Hon. grave by the firing party of the Bath.'.
LL.D. Stewart, his sword. The legionary still had streng
The Hon. T. Jackson. to take the pen and paper which Tmz annual meeting of the Vistoria Re-
were given. him,
E. R. Belilios, Esq. and notwithstanding his creation Club was held at the Club's borrible wound he wrote the account of
Architect. gymnasian this afternoon, but was con- what had befallen him. The letter was ad
dread to the captain of his company. cluded the late to enable us to pablish was not quite finished when his other se fall report of the meafing tonight. The was chopped of He went on,
Creasy Ewans, Esq., Soliciter. Wai Yuk, Esq. Hon. T. Jackson was in the chair and over writing a few words more to give further
details of his sufferings. A saatence in Tseung Se K, Esq.
in
and one of the desorters wer
TE.
Lờ
howaren,
W. B. Davis, Esq.
C. Falmer, Esq.,
Dr Margon.
Dr Ho K'al
forty members wore prosent After some Chinese written by his aptors completed The District Committas consists at pre-
wonk
4
་་་
50
1841; and WAS -created a
a pear of France
far na
Jersey,
да
After resided in exile in
himself of the
Guernsey, and elsewannes-
Aud and re ty leaned Aug. 15, 1859. On the fall of the
native empire, however, he hastened back to his Republican movement, and was retuta al to live ountry, entered heartily inte the the National Assembly at
which
He first name to the Colony in 1839, and when he saw one or two canka with the soon quitted in dioracauty
bu
sailed out of it for oror seven years. He heads of Ho did not think theva were March 9, 1871, the ending, on
had been a surveyor here about three years, Large quantities of four had passed through his hands as toaster and officer of vessels.
deal of it came hore from in
characteristic opened at anyone's r. quest,
letter to the President, M. Grovy Threa Orose-examined witness stated that he weeks ago the Assembly refused to hear thought Mr Marty first complained of a
Garibaldi i; to-day it refuses to hear
then but the to Brussels, but
T
part of the cargo boing damaged a fortnight rosigu my sosh! 16. Hugo chon repairod or three it was landed.
Government,
The affect of air on flour was to make it knew about 75 barrels were damaged,
He
alarmel by his violent
Communists, were some of avowed sympathy with the and his in on the heads and expelled him from the country. He then exposure. Dry flour absorbed moisture, sides. In one or two cases you could see sought refuge in the seclusion of the little. and, of course, became sporled. The damp the four through the barrels. He remem. town of Vianden, in Luxemburg, where he might go right through the four in a barrel. bered that one of the officera reported that composed L'Anade Terrible. Returning A great deal of that which cama in bags was nine casks were damaged by oil; but he to Paris in July, 1871, he pleaded earnestly spiled. Be supposed the reason shippers did not remember of any mention being for the lives of Rossel, Ford, and the other continued to send itin baze, after they knew made of other damage.
Communists, to no effect. He accepted the large quantities were spoiled, was because
Captain Edward Burnie said he was a ma- but 31. Vautrian defeated Him M Victor mandat imperatif in the following elections, rino surveyut. He surveyed some casks of taken the 66 canke he examined as in gou
Bugo has order and condition; they were suspicions flour at Messrs Gilb, Livingston & Co.'s go
50
60
BO
50
EA
DO
the wood was dear. He would not hare
ទេ
05
40
OK
20
20
20
10
bringing
it
ho
as some of them were in doing so. Some of the staves ware all out of shape,
30
$2530
$5525.71 Europeans,... Chinese,
Total, ... ...88056.71
In answer to the Court witness said if the casks were damaged by the coolies bringing them ashore, the ship would still be reapon sible.
first
GG
....82530
Mr Stokes thon opoined his case, stating
General,
...87003.71
For Building,. April, 1883.
-$50
given au account of this period of his career in Actcs of Faroles, 1870-71-
in appearance could be seen that the down. He forwarded a copy of the survey to hoops had been started, and the heads had Mr Marty Messrs Gibb, Livingston & Co. 12, published 1872. He wrote mach after Napoléon la Pedit, appeared at Brussels been ronailed. They might have hear da ordured the surrey. He now produced the nitted Francs in 1852. His satire, ged to some extent by the coalios in revert of a survey made a few days ago in 1862; Les Châtiments; at the same
His orders had then been carried out. He thom schops, but be together move thought the caska were thoroughly re
place, in 1853; and Contemplations, at if they could have been squeezed
Paris, in 1863. His fame rests principally pairod and fit to be transhipped.
on his Notre-Dame de Paris, which has Cross-examined-When he saw the casks been translated in most European lan
were badly broken,
bent guages, rind is known in England under the about in all shapes: some were oblong, title of the Hunchback of Notre-Dame Bode were square, the stares and heads of Hia semi-historical and social roapuce, others were smashed in. He attributed 'Les Misérables, translated into vine lan this to rods are on guess, wars, bladed, ther that has would be able to prove that the When goods were found damaged on boarddon, New Madrid, Berlin, St Petors casks were not damaged as alleged,
a ship, it was usual to call
Hlebury, and Turin, the Burvey, Captain Rain master of the steamer De- could not attribute the damage to any other 1862. This sins fullowed in
ed. named. naider, bald that on the voyage out of which causes than those he
thapuadical work on Shadapers--not likely have been to nid to his reputation. portion of the damago this claim arcse, his ship left Antwerp on due to bad weather, but the greater portion L'Homine qui Rit, appeared in 1869, the 26th January and arrived in Hongkong
To M
M. Victor Huge Has
has been a on the 32nd March. This four was takes he thought was due to carelessness.
prolific writer. on board at Antwerp, and stowed with many cases, it could be seen still that now and a list of his works would exocod out
NÓW Ł heads had been putia. He thought
that limits. Amongst extra care under his personal supervision, he would have been willing, aven although land are Claude Gusuz, a tale; Lucréce
those best known in Eng He meant by extra care that car was
to store the barrels only in thres in a his attention was drawn to them, to receive Bargis, Marie Tudor Buy Bina, Lad taken to tier; they were usually six in a tier. Be thou as in guod order. He did not think Burgraves, and Marion che Lurme, plays remembered ordering part of the cargo to four could hurt wush by exposure, as they and La Pain, a bock of travels. bar-stowed, as they were putting four received hundreds of thousands of tons of it!
most recent works are L Légende des barrels In a ties. After supervising the in bags. When he first surveyed the four. Bibcles, now saries, 2 vols., 1877 Histoire d'un Urime, 2 vols, 1877-78, being an ac AR. MARTY. 5. H. BENALDER,$687,41. cargo finally he was antished the cargo was it was in pol gedowns at Westhai.
Re-examined The air did not seem to count of Louis Napoleon's coup d'etat; and Mr Wotton, of Men Broreton and properly stowed. One of the principal
SUPREME COURT.
IN LUMMARY JURISDICTION. (Before His Hon. E. J. Ackroyd, Prisne Judge.) Saturday, May 30,
might
Femarks from the Hon. Beuretary regarding the interrupted narrative. The prisoner cent of Dr Chalmers in Hongkong and the the working of the sub-committees and had his nose out off, then his right hand, Rove. T. W. Pearce and E. K. Eichler in
and he died a for hours afterwards. The Canton. the report of the finances of the Diub mandarin kept his word, as the letter was The undersigned undertook to collect in had been read and pareed, a proposition lately delivered to its address at Hung-hoa. Hongkong the balance of the purchase Wotton, appeared for the plaintiff and prints in the examination for a master's damage Californian Bour, Of course if Le Papa, a poem, 1873,
Brussels.
Lon
April
Jast
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.