No, 7426-JUNE 4,- 1867.]
WE hoar that U Tea Wau, who has just been acquitted of a charge of arson, has
brongiatan ction for 450,000 against the agents of the Insurance Com panies for malicious prosecution and falso imprisonment,
One of the most complicated canes that have bean tried at the Supreme Court for some time has just come to a miserable deponement. Everyone will remember low almost every other night during the months of January, February and March the fire bell rang out the arm of a fire in the Western District of the city. Some of there fires were doubtless the rent of an unforeseen accident, but with regard to others the attendant cironmatinees were of so suspicions a nature as to lead one to think they were the result of wilful incendiariam. However, the Insurance Companies, the people,most interested in the matter, took
by content with, even in the ease of the Hotie. dat trustworthy insurer at Doubtless it is impossible to dispenes with Chinese compradores in carrying through the business, but the whole of the wek abould not « bi left to them, and there ooght at least to be a thorough item of inspection by a European. In this onse practically thing was deng to ascertain whether there were goods in th house to the value slabod in the potior, and no question was naked about insurance in other offices. Suot procedure would be considered at Home, where the risk of deceit is infinitaly then here, a lax in the extreme, and here it opens up a way to unli mited swindling. The German officer- ara be smired for the pluck with which they push their basinska, bat it the business is gained at the make they apos themselves to, it cannot be very profitable. There is another lesson which this case and nearly all the cases of Ere that leve occurred this year teach that is, that
love their bouses, ou un alanın of fre being rised, without seeking in any way to ex taguish the flames. Some of the most praze kod had the least trouble been taken by the inmates to search for the origin of the fire and endeavour to extinguish it. This also is a matter which the Ingurates Companies would do well to consider..
THE CHINA MAIL.
That a lingering impression will, at the same time, main in the minds of many. that the erting system has again failed. to got at the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth,' in this mat-
ter.
Tait an officia inquiry into the cause and origin of all fires is very much wauted.
That Ginger has been added to the industrice of the Colony, and that we are golug to make it hot for the Jamates folks at the
Home market
BROWNIE.
THE CHARGE OF ARSON.
COLLAPSE OF THE CASE.
A
no steps to gift those cases in Court and the amething must be done to punish men who that this is not put forward as an original Smith, Alexander. Levy, Edward. Georg our little bills, when the Chinese power has export, ha becomes immortal. MARIAN
Police or the Crown might be well excured in not ruking a trial for arsen-a charge which it is always most difficult to prove At Ja, however, a cass ocenrred in which two Genau Lousand through out it has been German houses who have been the greatest sufferers-were severely bitten and were induced, doubt less by the large issues involved and the fact of the ink being divided, to bring an accusation against the insured party. This action, which was brought in connection with a fro that occurred at Nu.
srious fires that occurrel could have been
Tas Amoy Gaths hosts that Edward Allen. has had a shot at a Tiger near Kang-bae.
of 120 yards. The animal was going fast mid the shot fell just behind it. Mr Allen hoped for better fortune is following day.
remark, as I have seen it enggested in the now page times without number. That, all the time, if such an inquiry took place after try fire, it would be in degree invidious, while the great bulk
ever thought highly of my soribbling I didn't believe it was the most ridic farrago you had ever eien 1
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Quotations HONGKONG, June 4.
New Benares, canh, Ola
Now Malwa Allowance, Tue)
480/482
92/48/2
Ok Malas Gest
650/60
Allowance. Tsela,
98/48.
Forsian, Oly, cash
450/80
Allowance, Tuela.
Noneto32
Porsian, Pacer tied.
Allowanien, fonts .... 32/06
Exchange
RONGKONG, une di
On London-
Bank, Wire,
31
On demand,
90 days right,
4 months sight,
Credits, 47
Documentary, 4 anonths' sight,
On Paris
On demand,*****
Credits, 4 months sight,
On New York-
3/11311
n3/17
CHINESE AND THE HABRAR That a drain lutely made at Teini-les-tapi have a perfect comprehension of its aimas
CORPUS." E appears to be intended to empty itself and justhods. Then, again, both Russia
(Alta California;) Land. Great Britain, maintain legations, nt into a bay where there is no tidal flow, Peking on an adequate scale, and omit none Whon King Jolin soceded to the demand and Kowloong residents are asking the of those formalities and evrentials which of the Barons and gave them the seeds of diference between that and the big veruriental point of view.
sower ure su congenial and impresive from an habeas corpus, jury trial and other privil-
his majesty hesitated iental point of views China three two peos, a major would have bosimide of OPIUM-Nor about 10 scheme proposed for Causeway Bay That somebody lately set fire to something
great nations havo, it cannot possibly be this wit of right by the Chinese, who land and that some Insurance Compraics, were
denied, found account. They may be fearers by fales personation on certificates ed, disliked,inted evon, but they are issued to others. ment to py for the damage dona, is
thoroughly and habitually respected. How Ws the Restriction Act passed, it gave is it with us From the very first we have to all Chinese in this country on the 324- generally blaved; but that there is a
takena coures which is humiliating, byro: 1 day of August, 1882, the rights of domicile class of chichons that do not always come
oritical and fluirahical We should never and freedom to go and come secured to home to rook, la equally apparent
have advanced a foot nar gained on con- them by the Burlingame treaty and its Jession but for the guns of the English, and amendments, but the Act that out for ten That the less thereby impressed upon
we have invariably waited until they spent years all new-comera, original immigrants Theoretically, all the needful blood and treasuro, and then of the exoluded classes.. competing Jurance Offices is this that
The hearing of the case againat U Tez orawled in behind them and demanded thes, the trumber here at that date should it is clearly much easier (under present conditions) for fun insurer to effect Wan, who is charged with setting are to (under what is called the most favored be subject to decrease by death and the doable insurance, that it is for an under his house, 34 Bonham Strand, was continuation clause in the treaties) our share of permanent re-deportations to Chice; and It cannot be too strongly at the end of the ten years these two privileges. writer to get adequate satisfaction fored to-day at the Supreme Court, sitting in sorted that China dislikes all foreigners causes should show a material Itasening of any alleged irregularities in connection Criminal Session, before his Hon Mr Jua and wild hare none of then if she could the ranks sheltered by treaty rights, w
tine Russell, Acting Chief Justice, and the help it; but that, when she has been forgod Now, while it cannot be truthfully said, thetowith.
of the point of the bayonet to admit then we believe, that the number has increased, following special jurors: Mesa Fullerton sands of English, suo cases little about tous wo are being cheated out of the benet of all Houderson, Win. Danby, John Grant and hundreds of Americans who follow in who go back to China to live or to die for their train. We even come boldly in with when a Chinese is once certificated for baan humbled and the gint d'heure de Whan he arrives at Hongkong his return 0. D. Harman, and Jaha D. Hutchison.
Mr Brereton, instructed by Mr Deacon, Rabelais has arrived. After the destruction certificate has a definite market price, men of Meseta Watton and Donoon, appeared of Catton the Americane collected pay for sured by the difficulty in approximately du for the prosecution and Mr J. J. Francis, all properly which was scrificed, down to plicating his personal description in the do- Q.C instructed by Me Wakingon of Meants dressing gowns, slippers and meershamoument. The Hongkong dealer secures his caldwest and Wilkinson, appeared for the pipes, and one individual put in a claim of stock of certificates and thick hunts for men defense.
$15,0.0 for loss of peace of mind to the description. These are schooled in Mr Brozeton, atthe opening of the sitting, In just three cases have we made belli California geography, or given a map of Sun of the insured would only too: grant?id he wished to rooull the last witacsegerent demonstrations." Two were credit Francisco to study, and when their hund- furnish the fullest particulars with the board yesterday, Messrs Wolton & Dancon's able: the landing of a force at Bhanghai in mouy is paid to the desier, they are shipp view of assisting in the suppression of alerk, who would cortify that the slip of 1884, to act in conjunction with others ed for this part with their cartilostes, which Bron and similar crimes,
paper found between the loaves of the book against Chinons troops threatening the entitle them to the benefits of the writ of was in the same handwriting as the state-foreign settlement, and the attaolt by Comhalamcorpus.
maniler (afterwards Admiral) A, H. Fogts. Jo ach gang so shipped is a negotiator, Mara Pusta & Co.'s Office.
on the barrier forts in the Canton River in who undertakes to land them. He meets Me Francia objented to this evidence 1856, after he had been fired on and was the Gunas dealer in hubois corpuses and being heard, as it looked too much as if it compelled to do something. The third was accutes the ribs. It the men' come any had been manufactured in the interval one shont, which an immense amount of where near the description on the certificate (Taken at Messrs Fotoner & Co., Premises
practically impossible to His Lordship said Mr Brereton should fablohas been narrated and falso sentiment they carry, it is and he must point out to the jury the uttelling hore.
Chores right to bail, and when one has been in the working of our local Bank will not vious comments that might be made on such When the prison of Bir Frederic Bruce on bail a few days hia schooling is pissfent, bo carried out in their entirety, as these a course. However he would hear what the arrived at the mouth of the Feito River in and he answers all questions like a forty involve the maioral of the pressul Act-witness had to say 1850 en route for Tientsin and escorted by niner. If, however, he baya a doubtful
Witoes said he had only
the feet, the Minister was informed that he case, the dealer hunts upa resident Obinese compared the two documents eine he came into Court. could not pass, but must take another who desires to to back, and at the heating aubstitutos him for the real party, and he He found the bandwriting was the same,
Leong Hing, tes merchant, said it was
betrays the requisite amount of ignorance not customary to carry on the too and drag
to be remanded back to China That it has bon whispered to me that cer- business, in one shop. In cross-examina
tain youthfil Snanciers connected with tion, however, he admitted that in & Jarge the same exblishment have folt aggrerose draze might be kept on the ground and for on the first floor. In a Chi- ed at a refilincs to them in last week's new house such a thing, ocurred very
Murmura and last this ba true, I seldom, hasten to express regret, se nothing is aver further from my thoughts than to intentionally hurt the feelings of any
He saw a tiger and fired at it at a distance That the existance of such a system would meat of loss drawn up by the prisoner in lesson risks, and would directly work to wards lower rates of promisa concut- mation much to be desired by all persons in or cat of business.
+
On demand,...
Credits, 60 days'
On Bombay
|
Wire,
On domand,
On Calcutta
Wice,
Un doband, On Shangha
On demand,... 30 days' aight,
Gold Leaf, 100 fine Sovereignn,
94 Bonham Strand, the property of a trader, roke, out on the other side of the river, that it is to brhoped the talked-of changes certainly bare go this evidence yesterday, expended so the true story may be worth.present their landing. If arrested they]: BAROMETRE
named U Taz Wan, about nine o'clock on the evening of the 24th March, cartainly had not so secure a basis of probable incri- minating faobs 28 some of the other casos, but doubtless the large sum of $40,000 at stake was a strong enough motive to induce the Insurance Companion to risk a trial, The two was brought bafors Mr Wodehouse at the Folico Court and a good deal of sonzational evidence was gives, which led the Magistrate to commit the prisoner for trial at the Supreme Court and to
At about 5:am on the 20th ultimo a ürə
oso to the old houx of Messrs. Fordon & Co., now the Oustoms Bank, st Foochow of the Chinese Customs, which was in The fire originated in the look-out hours
darge of shroo opium smokers, who wore bliged to jump into the river to save their houses and shops were destroyed. ires, one of them being drowned. About
Foochow Echo.
Taz Fuschone Echo of the 28th, ultimo yeMasters of the new arop continue té pour in at the rate of some hundreds per hem, and Chaazees are feet hard at work recording their valuations and opinion of the various districts; from many we hear
appear to grow that the crop, as a whole, is infertur u that of 1886. Prospects look tory glony, and unless buyers canL ADO- derate their desire to get on with It? and play a waiting game, we fear us good will be done, albait, as out of our local experts has been heard to remark all tons don't ise!!
ing Chief to less useful sphere, and we can't well pare John from Chiu yet a while.
one.
That I may occasionally write somewhat censoriously, but that badinage need never be aken up seriously, and the nime I have assumed ought to be sulli cient guarutos of the entire absence of
fix ball at the large figure of $100,000.xpressions of great dissatisfaction, while all But it was evident from the first that the evidence, however startling its character, was tainted and highly unreliable. The chief witness was a confessed accomplice who and he had got $100 to aid in setting fire to the place. This money, whether it was got for this purpose or was, according to the statemente for the defence, atolen SAYS the Foochow Eche of the 25th ultimo : from the premises after the fire, was hand difficulties are at last likely to end in aThat it is matter for wonder whose reat
Wo learn that the Australian shipping ed back next day, at the prompting, it wasntisfactory mamer, and that thanks to the
lees or bargling fingers can be traced ip said, of conscience, fortified by the advice That there was, how
the iniquitous proposal to cancel marine of a clanshan.
osrtificate ranted previous to the year over, another motive, not so worthy
1884-ure that is filling the bearts" as remorse of conscience, for this speedy
of our andent stunts and engineers repentance 的 ona who weighed the
with sadne, and not without roason.
venom.
animity and exocedingly firm attitude assumed by the entire community, there ill be only awe baumer placed on the berth for Melbourne and Sydney respective
The formues with which the question has been dealt should convey a salutary lesson to any who would assume a position
By some means or other not satisfactorily on shot by half they so acting.
or antagonistis to the interests of the op- explained, boros belonging to the Chinese trader, U Taz Wan, had got into the poNew York, April 29 The Tribune's Session of the accomplice and his clansmen Boston special of the 23th says: Baroly and had been stowed away in the board is greater hernism and unselfishness wit
fally gained and duly paid for. nessed than was shown last evening by a
Mr Palmer said bond. exsuined the house and the godown at the back and had found no trace of tea. The debris in the godown would lead ons to suppose that the place had been empty rather than fall
Crom-caminod-He would not be sar priest to hear that bent leads of rubbish and boon talten cut of the place before he visited it.
tion.
coume
This declaration, coming from lately-conquered power, was more than Bir Frederic could bear, so he simply asked the Admiral to break the way for him. Then ensued the celebrated repulse of the British for the painful details of which there is no room here. It cost them the lives of some of their bravest and most distinguished naval officers and many fine seamen But they took royal revenge for the defent next year, when their own column, under Sir Robert Napier, and the French, ondor General Collinet, asasolted the works un one side, and a powerful. Dost of gunboats bombarded them from the other; and when one fort was carried and another blown up alment in the twinkling of an eye.
The Surveyor of the Port and the Dis rict Attorney's office have exercised all kinds of Caucasian ingenuity against the ounains of these pigeon-pattering pigtails, but there is no other than Chinese tuti- mony to be had, and that is merely pic tareque perjury.
Temperature.
82.700 *$6.36"
Quase Road,
29,890
Do
-1- Poffi
29.850
Do
80
TEMOMETER
Do.
Do
Do. Do
4.P.M....
(Wet balb) 9,
Do.1 FM 79
Do Do,P.M.
Do
Maximum 1 82
Də. Minimuna ner night - 79
CHINA COAST METEOROLOGICAL
WREGISTER-
JUNE 3, 4 P.M.
Staklen
29.81 87
oridoncs could have the least doubt, ilirectly opposed to the wishes of ani That it is a grava inconsistency to offer be raad over. This being done, he rose and bargo, he went this bargo climb made him, a Flinsistant from way ranglisten 39, 76 7380
with one had a more valuable certificate, and by the other to take away the broad
Nagasaki
stock. 30.91.499
Wind.
0.38
from a mer or engineer who in eatisfied fence. They unssiniously found the pri izresponsible Jucks' to do); buờ, in damp are very moderate for S.W. winds. The
with the certificate he has already law
to
The baromoter has fallen and gradiente
temperature and the humidity are high and overcast weather pravails.
W. DOBEROK, Goverment Astronomer. Hongkong Observadory, June 4.
A system of preliminary examinations has been adopted, by questioning them aboard ship and making a verbatim record of their answers. Under-tain systers, some are sited our and would be remanded, but no matter how erroneous their answers of how obvious their false personation, they Altor the disastrous occurrences early in are entitled to the writ and to bat, and if Manils. By Mr Dinby Judging by the strength the fight of 1850, Adastral Hope sent for ondered back to Chinn others again falsely Haiphong of the beam he would say that the room reinforcements, which were waiting in personate them and go home to the Flowers Hongkong above the shop would hold 25 tous. Du beata Nour these boats was a small char- Kingdom, admiring monuments to our Amoy..... oulating according to the onbic capacity heterod ateamor, called the Toey-wan An lawa
Shanghai leaving a little margin. abould say the place would contain 100 tons, the United States steamer Poushattan drew On a recently-huded stormer ran the footho
kenw fublime too much water to come in, the American holder of a return certificate which repre Nagasaki, Fang Chosug spoke as to the registration Minister and his staff had been transferred sented him as a resident of Winnemucca Wostock, 20.99 49 of the house. He produced a paper witch from bor to this small vessel, that they Nevada, at the time ho pocketed his chop- showed that part of the house bad boon might, as usual, follow, in the wake of the sticks wail went back to China. In his
JUNE 4:10 ́AM registered for tea last yes,
Egtral On the Foey-un was also Flag preliminary oranination he declared tha This closed the evidence for the proscou Officer Tatuall; and, when he saw the Bihu kent all the way to Winnances from Manila... 29.88 851 79|
Wtish boats waiting for a tow, he rashly vo San Francisco by water. His schooling had Haiphong The foreman of the Jury, Mr Fullarton funtered to give it with the little passen beeg defective, and he mistook the Oakland Hongkong 29.86 76 88-281 Henderson) then asked that the indictment ger ship, and did so. Then, enturing his ferry for a through boat to the sink of the Amoy
n the Admital. Du Humboldt. Another one whose certificate Foocho.. said the Jury had sleeady group this on the man their vordict. they did not think there ed od deal and hot pan work the British big, failed in his meteorology, for ho was any use in calling evidence for the dogs (a very natural thing for brave and declared that it snowed here often four feet
Of course it is a parody on the discharge of his duty, the ecx- soner not guilty.
Mr Brereton, who did not hear rightly swain was killed by a shot. It was give such cases bouclit of the writ, but who what the foreman said, rose up in evident on this occasion that the fig aflicer used the dares take the responsibility of denying or bewilderment and asked his Lordship if the expression, Blood is thicker than water suspending the habeas corpus
guilty.
plication, sounds, As it sounded then, again pointed out, in getting the Chĺpcso His Lordship said the jury could scarcely particularly well, and has made a capital ovirament to concur with us in abrogating return a verdict of guilty without hoaring text for pooms and essays. As a matter of the rator certificate. Then those who go the defence. They had found the prisonus fact, however, this officer's course was buck, no to stay, and marry with them no not guilty, and he agreed with them that the wholly unjustifiatde, from the traditional certificates to all to a fresh lot. It was it, and to the level the sea in inches, toniks 2. TAMFRRATUIz, in the shade in degrees, charge inade by Lu Ngok was not suppor. American standpoint. Had we ever adopt the intention of the Restriction Act that and bandredths,
ed a vigorous and aggressive policy, or we should get the benefit of all who dis Fahrenber team-We consider. it was not given the English substantial hacking as
The
har or go home to dia or stay. But its 3. HUDY, in percentage of saturation, the use to be put before a jury in the form (with almost no comercial interents at Practical operation is to take our Chinese humidity af air saturated with moistare belag
stake) did the Fronat, it would have been not merely immortal, but endow them with ne His Lordship said it appeared to him, natural and right mough to lend them aererlasting youth, for the old ones go back. Deanottox or Wino, to two points that although thara might be some stilence and in that hue of trouble. But us and and young ones in their places. Fonse or Wixo, soseding to Bashfort to support a civil actor there was Our Minister, passed in by a kind of brok door, rode to Peking in a yellow sati; and nothing to prove a criminal action. might he
that the defoodust tried we lifted up our hands and thanked God to make the most of the fire and that we were not na thans wicked English, incrowood his claim to more than who attack the poor Chinen Yet, really. That the baptions action of the Homo ent sort of thing from setting fire to the with a blend sedinte casta beli. Evon he scnally lost, but that was very differ our officer had committed an eat which astion would have been an Companie might lead to the belief that house, He then asked about the man Loinevitable and
Nyok, who confessed that he set the house with Chinose, it is surprising at it was not; and we may be sure that the astuta Mr Francis
it for futuro GRS. · detained for at least 24 hours,
Mr. Brutetou He was charged at the Magistracy and the Magstrate discharged
The Chief
ing house whore these men resided. The freight conductor on the Boston and Al- That, underthe old aystem, an officer of jury had returned a verdict of guilty or not which, although somewhsi dubious of a The remedy, lies, ds. We have time and
boxes remained there for some days after bang road, near East Brookfield. A freight the fire and were then mysteriously train left Springfield in the afternoon in taken from one house to another, antil, share of Coudsetor James Deblok At Bouth Spencer, while going up a heavy about a week after, they were handed rode, the train broke apart, When the tho over to the Insurance Companies. Dar-frain banda discovered the mishap,
locomotive was reversed and the forward
ing that interval there is every rosson to portion of the train backed after the run- auspect that repeated attempts were made away otrs Conductor Debloia was very to ronder the possession of these boxes the anxious to stop the ears, for ho know that
racans of equoazing money out of TT2 Wan, sad that it was only when the efforts in this direction failed that informs tion was sent to the Insurance Companies. There can also be little doubt that, in the
if they wore hot checked before reaching East Brookfield they would be in collision with a passenger train at that point and probably cause much loss of life,
After a chiuse of a hundred yards the for- ward part of the train came within a few feet of the other portion. Conductor De- blois mounted the top of the vir car of the
proceedings that took plzoo during this 10 forward portion and prepared to jamptothe terval, a Dhinaman named Wong Chek other part. He knew that in order to stop. Lung, a man who does not bear the best and control the runway darn it would be of characters, was inextricably mixed. One necessary for us one to jump to the run- away cara before they met, and gradually to of the boxes on being opened was found to check the speed of both sections. Deblois contain books which seemed to show that resolved to make the leap. A minuta later he made the effort, but the distanen was the balance brought forward at the end of too great and he fell between the ears. the year was altogether different from what His body lay across the track and the locomo was represented in the statement made by live and cars of the forward portion of the train passed over hint. The unfortunate U Tez Wan, after the fire, to the Insurance man was literally ont to pieces. When the Companies. But even this fact, which wild care amo in sight of East Brookfield, might have gone to support a charge Stationmaster James Corcoran, with great at stterapting to defraud, ws 10 free presence of mind, turned the switch and lot the cars on the south siding and they were from tail In fact the case from bogia- thrown from the track into the river mos sing was tainted by the dirty hands of the dows, / accomplice and his clausen, and it was quite as likely a supposition that they set fire to the place to the hope of gain sa that U Taz Wan himself set fire to the place. The result, although no other could have been expected from the first, le sarooly a
FRAGRANT, WATERS' MURMUR- That the proposal made in your columns by
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the mercatile macins holding a local cartiicate roukl take the more valuable Home certificate when it suited him, while using hit Hongkong qualification; but that, under the absind interpretation now placd upon what seems to be favourablsoncession, a real hardship is to
be inflicted
That the Fife lesurance sitanten romsias abchangel, which may be conated a gata to the loal Companies, as it gives timo for quiet asideration of the points in solved.
that it was presented to us
It
1 BAROMETE, redened to 82 degrees Fahren-
6. State of Wsatiran. A blue sky, 8 de- Eptronat troubles are, like the poor, altaokaloloads, & driesling, rains, f fog, gloomy, ways with us. The editor of the Kickapoo | Ahaû, 2 lightning, overcast, p passing showare, Sentinel, on the watch tower of Dakota, aqually, rain, snow, i thunder, viability,
w day (wek),
Jet Tarleton-We told this red-headed says that he feels called upon to explain
la inchan forth and handesaka Our difficulty with that dirty copate,
slosh to stop, keeping company with our daughter, but found him ou our front called hints gressy tramp, we grabbed him by his whiskera mud we kicked him in the eoul of the back, and wy regret that we cid not fracture his spines s
Money Orders.
they were first-rate faathor and living on fire would ask to have him officials of the foreign office made a note of porch at 11 o'clock Tacaday night We Money Orders are issued at Hong
in clover, but that the fact is they are not, as theshare quotations of even the best of than show couniderable deprecia tion during the last few years
him.
to not know
Bu was going home and it was growing
OUTRAGE BY BRAVES NEAR That shosaCompanies who like to pay for why the Magistrate did so. It is don
FOOCHOW
dark. He had a lonely road from the tram, the privilege of affording indemnity to trary to all practice for the Magis The Foacher Ed of the 28th ultimo and he was getting along as fast as he could their polty-holders are likely to have a trate to exercis mich discretion, to saya-Frem reliable native sources we when he suddenly had a suspicion that
discharge nman who has confessed to baro full information regarding the outrage am was following him purposely. The good time of it in Shanghai,
such a crime, and I do not understand why committed by a band of Yiu-yung Won-faster lio went the faster the man went, and
is
That a didult if not impossible tack he should have done a The practice is doing Braves, on the 16th instant, at the they came to a cetvegard. Now, fis said before time directore of the local Com clear that where a man by his own confea-village of Yang-kon, on the Min Rivor, to himself; Tl find out if he's after me,
sion admite such an offense the Magistrats about 50 miles above You-ping, These so- and he started through the cemetery. The panies who may ruscivo instructions from ought to commit him and allow the called Braves constitute a secret society su followed him. He dodgod around a Home to warry oat a course of action suthorities to take farther action, which is composed of vagabonde, disbanded grave and his pursuer dodged after Jum
- Mr Francia-I believe, be discharged him soldiers, and teamen out of simployment, Is made a detour of a family valt. Still diametrially opposed to the interscia
because he did not holiavs a word that he they represant men from Yin chin, Kiang, this forbidding shadow after lan round and entrusted to them by shareholders heroad, and the late and that it will be a case of Vader
kong and Shanghai on the following coun tries and paces
Amoy Azores Is *Bidgium. Bermuda
* Canada Canton. Cape Colony,
Certoti.
Madeira * Malta *Mauritius
Natal Newfoundlane
† (Constantinople) ****
Cyprus. Danmark.
Egypt. Falkland Is. Foochow Gonbia
Germany
His Lardalip Whatever might be the end Ful-wan province, and some natives Around At last he turned and faced the Gibraltar-
of Fu show. They have musil yellow
which Eng, Bezonian? Speak or din value of the evidence against another, it was fag and secret signs by which they recogwhat do you want. What urs Gold Dist
a correspondant signing himself Practi cability, recommending that a fea should he chargoût en each chest of opium, as if That,
satisfactory one. There remains still, fait wore's Chinese emigrant, was not tinlf the minds of most people who have a bad idea, and would have helped to pay followed the case, the suspicion that the
the lary
of the Superintendent of Im house, No. 84 Bonham Brand, was set ports and Exports fire to. And there is besides thin the That, speaking of the Imports and Exports strong suspicion that, be the destruction of the house due to accident or acson, the occupants were guilty of grom neglect in ahaadowing their horse without trying in any way to extinguish the fames, at a ime when doubila a little prompt action wonld have saved everything.
The case that has just been concluded in not w cumaaling one. It will doubtless make Insurance Ofions still more chary of risking a prosecution, even when there strong suspicion of area and, in view of the many suspicious fires that do coour, this raust be considered rather end result But it torches one or two lessons, which the Insurance Companies as lonať bờmo of the Germee Insurance Companies-world do well to take to heart. The case, if i reveals aything
reveals that
the measures taken by the two German Offices to guard against recklessness and arsen are totally inadequate by the nondition of Chiness risktThey were alown to bu puch as very few insurance Delces would
Oce, it is inexpedient to suppress all mention of Opiuta, uven at the risk of shocking the foalings, of globe wotters- of "Exeter-hall sympathies, because the opon indefnitents of auch a description seems to point to s subsequent recording of all Imports and Exports: That a simple ordinance for compelling re
turns of all Imports and Exports may cume in time, but that this passibility ned, not interfere with the completures of Mr Superintendent Seth's present aigu-buard.
That it might even be a good move, in
a
whitever Batigkuk may got its really evidence against himself is each other. Some of these signs are a go
whisky, its prime drinking water is im ported fun Hongkong.
That, although the present Head of the
official rub and grooves.
That, mat|| be learns to sprva the public less in his own and more in the people's way, be pill be always liable to nasty
tambues
me for Bay, do you always like this] I'm going to
up
Bankow.
B
Hawall
Bothow!
Hongkong
Holland.
James Russell
red cloth, a particular picco of paper, a house to do a job of carpentering, and the doshlo loop in the lower part of the queue team-conductor told me if I followed you and a turning under of the first batton of land the place. Are you going home at the upper garment next to the neck.
From some time previous to the day of
the
de acmined to play a joke upon the popular monthly. He accordingly wrote a long
clarez article which ha caled The Essence
Japan. Lagoa
New South Wales. New Zealand.
North Romeo,
Norway, Port Darwin.
› Portagal, ****
Queensland.
* S. Helena,
Seychelles Shanghai
Sierra Leone. South Australia
V Straika Bettlements.
3.—The Commisson
* Sweden
Switzerland.
Tasmania United Kingdom:
United States
Western Australia. Weat
Indies (British,
charged is as follows
« THE POLICY OF THIS UNITED
STATES TOWARDS CHINA,.. (A. A. Hayes in Atlantic Monthly) Fost Office grows grey in his anxiety to with China: the Russian and, after them Two of the powers have delt successfully
estack, proboction papara were offered Two favourite Looland
India brighteat of American magazine writers, * Italy. sorso the public, he fails so understand longo intertallo, the English. The former among the people for a certain sum, ofbator to the Atlantic sud one of the
and sange their shares in the Orient al manner, money, which belling posted on the outside the way to accompliat his purpose. and their influence at Peking has always of the house would sure against illege
- Danish, and Dutch), 2.Orders in the Countzen marked * are Thut one of the great stumbling blocks in bu grest, Just as ibpy prass eastward About one third of the village are asid to
of American Flumput, and read it to a forwarded through the London Post Office, his way à au undue scase of official ways and southward in Central Aus au do they have purchased these papara.
The people were so confident of an attack number of his frisude, who said it was one and are paid less & small discount of about ad patiently, but with grim persistence, a of doing dinge, * a... conseq០១៩។
quan vance upon the northern borders of China, that on the 10th instant they began sending of is very best of bis compositions. He 2 fo the 21, for which the remitter should tendency to get jammed in his own Japan, and Cores, and ward a Batisfactory their families away and be the 16th nearly employed some bus to copy it, and sign it allow. All such andern man be expressed
open port on the Pacific The authorn all had left. The officers having provisualy W. Ferry Pains, and sent it to the in British currency ling of Eastern Siberia madu a great stride Lissavered some of the signs of the brave and with this request that, as it was 2 in 1853; and in 1887, the Russians, trick & palice guard was ordered to be stationed siden effort, the outer would give an according to the ontrenor the Order in
oplaint in writing to aid Paine He drawn in the upper half, and in 1875 the lower half at varios, posate to examine every one of the foland of Sigaation. The reinsdy coming in or out of the village, sud erdered siled a fortnight, but hourd nothing of his Up to 2 27 or 810, or 90.000 e for grieyauces is ratifcation of the the people aut to harbor any stranger paper, when, being in Boston, he dropped feunters, and when three of their cunntry either in Weir home, inne or opin dens in the office of the antio, and, meeting That this is on the whole, much to be in men were socicontally included in the to that a dash on that of the 16th the 11. James T. Fields, adroitly turned
greited, but that, on the recent occasion Tontain massaare of 1870, witty man vilage was closed, but a great many re-the conversation cup
mained catalde on the bills sound. which Thave in mind, the Chamber of troia Rumos-la, il faudra un grand mereu braves were discovered on the opposite Folde replied. We got dead Emily, nor will more than two mich Desere d morceau On the next day, about over one hund nuked tan de was logo wasted Mrs (unless drawn on Inging Than Pi50 in the
wus written on Commens really could not help it
The English by the early days of their side of the river, and soldiers were sant of manuscription hamour ; bat
o pour, be listed in the same perzon, in favour of troublemle than ever, and that the mitted to Blights and indignities which soteral of them, including ringleader ng baket the other lay a long article clitstops & Money Order on the United King- quality of the Cantonese domestle is would now soont incredible, but, after hoy to carrist the little yellowing, and he The Bance at American Humour
dom for even gums not exceeding $5 are had ones adopted a firm policy, they ex fed executed on the son day,
which should have been styled esence grafted by means of Postal Botor in to deteriorating
lout with considerable furco, In three
One of the cause of the above trouble is
Hoog afatui I havo – THOTËT, “2017 That this is probably owing, in some ma wats, Livité of 1840, 1987 and 1880, they old to the andden.fall in the price of Nonsense, for more: absurd farrago whith neu Bogazat)s notice or the
Lorell kong Postal Guides, b sure to the facilities which exist for wrong one concession meet other from to firm it was payin tools per men, on to the Crugprice of the
ditur adversaries; and the comroercial
there was ou profit on tea, and large and informed Mr Fields of unsure as to the tapeek of the attang Coumber of net were thrown out of employ of the hole The saftor turmed all so Brita battalion Back polley, his two mons, these with the disbanded addiers sad tours, and declared i visa one of Lowell Frextrada alble and it is the vagabondi, more suficient to engage TokenIndeed Is is, bespanden Me Lo
wl and the best one I ever played. sent, and those with whom it iscile them to organise for plunders
maid epigramatically. Pour enterrem ges
de karratu
de humour, and the subject,
£1 or 155, or R 70 0.60 £10 or 800, 2100, 0.80 - R10,... $100.
No Order mass exceed 210 or $50
commercial benne, to obtain retums of 27 That Chimes sørvaniz are becoming interurse with the Rowery Lado, zub surround them, and succeeded in ospturing weando use it. I threw into the wuate the same paves, by the same to
Exporta and Imports, amila: to thums in Singapore, but that much can only be ob tained through the good-will of these "concerned, spite of all kinds of penkitisa. That, while regret #111 felt in some qua tom at the sollspes of the Araut brow cution, it carno bo sald than the Jury. wars very for wrong on the eridanos zub. mited to them.
omnigra
верт
a Chitaman has not attempted
te stack's Reparation Office like host
and
fo
faculties now annoyed 10-China by fogaen, the "ger days all to, three taals 10 berautoTORS
called between the Forte vf, Guinx-by uthurahin means of Postage Stamps, zubject to
charge of one parents or ossing diem 1 by Money Orders og be granted at Hour kong or Bhanghai on Port, where thare les Agencies of the Hongkong Port Offer
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