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SAN FRANCISCO.

THE DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11TH, 1871. Vessels Advertised as Loading,

VESSEL'S NAME

CAPTAIN

AT FOR FREIGHT APPLY TO

TO DE DISPATCHED.

Glonaannox (BİT.); Glance Feiga...... St. Pauli... Sumatra..... Do

Joseph Clark MELBOURNE & SYDNEY.

Onward ADELAIDE AND SYDNEY.... Omar & Julia... MANILA......

M. Lopez.. S'PORE, PANG, & CALCUTTA China (str)..... SAIGON AND SINGAPORE.... Fasiyama (atr.).. TOKOHAMA.,

Volga (str.)....................

SWATOW, AMOY & FOOCHOW Kwang Tung (str.)..........

For Sale. SAYLE & CO.,

SILK NERCERS, TAILORS, GENERAL WAREHOUSÐMEN,

Hongkong Arnhold, Karberg & Co...On the 16th instant.

Hongkong Augustino Heard & Co. Hongkong Clypbant & Co..... Hongkong Olyphant & Co.

Qaisk diapatob.

Puiok dispatol.

Quick dispatch.

Joba Mullin....... Hongkong Augustine Heard & Co.................

Raich diepatol.

Quick dispatch.

Quick dispatch,

Quick dispatch.

Quick dispatah.

Onthe 14th inst., at 2 eK.

Quick dispatch.

Quick dispatch.

To-dag, at 2 r.U.

Carver................... Hongkong Russell & Co.... Wm. Whyte... Hoogkong Rozario & Co. Sabater.... Hongkong Gran & Co.. Uriarte... Hongkong Remedion & Co..... Gardner, Hongkong David Sassoon, Sons & Co. Callaghan Hongkong Douglas Lapraik & Co.... Flambeau.........Hongkong Messageries Maritimes...... P. H. Honaings... Hongkong Siemsson & Co... Pitman..

Hongkong Douglas Lapraik & Co.......... Quick dispatch.

For Sale.

FOR SALE:

En "Billed Will” “ Corsavia,” ** Anbassedør," B., &c.

providing for a limitation of five years as the template war as possible, even with batulė term of servitude, and for a free passage back, raging at their own doors. They must now The negalintora had come to the conclusion that find the will, and the money. They have made these were the solo safeguards against practical it thoir affair, taking the responsibility not only slavery, and in adopting this view they seem for the present bat for so manch of the future as merely to have followed the example set by the is jeopardized by an enormous annual burden French and British Govornimante. Clauses to for no praatioal "material good whatever. We exactly the same effect may be seen in a con- wish Mr. Gladstone joy of Lis undertaking, and rection signed in Paris, July 25, 1860, by the promiso to give him our unflagging andourage- British and French plenipotentiaries, relative want to fulfil it to its 'atmost foute should he LONDON via SUEZ CANAL.. to the emigration of labourers fran Indin to the find the task more difficult or troublesome thin | NEW YORK.... colony of Réuniça. Indeed, the stipulations in at present it appears. Meanwhile, bis courage Do. the Anglo-Franca gonvention for this protection must be commended, nor is it fair pet to seadme De of the Indian emigraat are larger and wore that he will not bear his responsibilition to a stringent Ubar those introduced into the Chinese happy condumon. At any rate, he knows what convention. And so important did the pro-awaite him if this splendid display of mastery vision appear to the British Government that means nothing more than a determination to in a second convention on the same subject, buvo his own way, or goes not beyond the des- signed at Paris in July, 1861, the principle of a cription of one of the ministerial prints this limitation of term to five years and free morning, which begins with the following pasaaga back, not only for the labourer, but his announcement: Mr. Gladstone bas ongs more wife and children also, was reaffirmed, and therekindled the catbusinem of bis followers and SHANGHAI... China (sbi.)................... stipulation renewed,

knit the Liberal party into unity? Should an. What are the Chinese to think of these two other panic overtake the country by and by, it Governcovota, then, when they positively refuse may be found that the Promier has done som a convention applicable to Chinese Inboarere, thing more than this, ebiefly on the grand that it contains this sam stipulation ward for word? Cau thoy, draw

THE FRENCH MITRAILLEUSE. any other.csuclusion that this—that two grout The Berlin Militär Wechonblatt sume up an Powers, of Europe deem it unnecessary to pré-article on the Froch Mitrailleuses in the follow- ride the same protection for the Chinese coolicing terma: "While their general efect is that they consider assential when the Indian mack inferior to that of artillery, the mitrail. ryot in concerned? And with what tempor can lenses require an equally complex and costly we expect the Chinese rulers or the people to organisation, and they are no less exposed to luut upon war gror-increasing devands for the enemy's fire. At a great distance they are privileges, Facilities, and immunities of every of little or no valine, a account of their feeble kind for missionary and merolant, while they range, the limited space they command, and Are contemptuously refused nebearing on any the impossibility of accurately diresting their firo. point in which they are aggrieved? The recent Ata short distance they sufferas mooh from lu circular on missionaries seams to afford a very fantry fire aanrtillery. They asunot cover troops, tamistakablead conclusive answer. It mattere partly beaute they are placed bohind them, and very little apparently what the point in question partly because their projectiles neither burat may be. The Chinese Foreign Office has just nur reboand. In an offensive movement they told us what they think on the missionary doings.are of no practical utility, and it is only in or When it was a question of opium, the merchants ceptional ones that they can be employed for clamoured against un inorenge of some 3 per the defence; for example, when there is stok suf- cout, or an raport duty on nu existing rate foient space to deploy the requisite. force of of 6 or 7 per cent, while the Indian fusiliers, at Hometimes bappens in defending a Government Torica a taneit ard export marrow road and on other similar occasione, duty of some 300 per cent, on the sume

We are convinced by these facts that in future article, nė su roubatly pointed out, and raise o

wara the mitrailleuse, will play a much less im revenue of £7,000,000 on the Chinese people portant part than many people seem to believe." against the will of their Government. When *uggling from Hongkong was discussed all co-operation was refused, and the colonista violently resisted overy megaare tending to the prevention of enormous smuggling operations, and coarqueat fraads on the Chinese revenue. Whether the appointment of a cotelor <ffective preventive service on the Coinces comet was proposed to both of which toer ve a mest undoubted right-tbore was but one nnawer, It shall not be, the merebants de Sot like it. It is by auch policy that Eastern na- tions like Obiza and Japan uro driven into nʊ habitual state of hostility, which Booner or later leads to Tientsin' massacres and eventually to

THE MANSLAUGHTER OF ME. YOON.

Mrs. Hannah Newington (alias Flom Dary) Moon vo the same day as that on which Mr. was found guilty of the manslaughter of Mr. F. Pook was acquitted, and sentenced by Baron sancil to eight years' penal servitade, a sentence which took the prisoner so much by sarprise that she fainted on hearing it. Mr. Baron Chaneli seems to have thought that there ware circumstances. bringing "the net almost within the definition of marder, and that the indictment might have been for mar der na well as munsaughter. Apparently he attached weight to the evidence of Capt. war soazange them, and eo enforce relatione Elliot, that the deceased had said of the ne totally indefensible on any principle of racased, in relation to somo previous attempt ciprocity or equity. Such appears to be the of the kind, "It is not your fault thas you history of our intercourse with Cbiza during have not done it already, Fle, for you have the lust decade, and the latest commentary on this text has been supplied by the revolting do tried to do it." It was this evidence, no tails just published of the burning of the coulie doubt, which made the sentence so heavy, abip Dateros Ugaria, mailing from Maono to frankly expressed by the Times of Monday that and not-nt least, we hope not,--the dismay o

agentiaman of good fortune should bare | been stabled to the heart with a poultry-knife- in a drawing-room, by a woman who had just dined with him, after a ride in the park,”--a terribia fiaste, indecil, for soft Bring; but one does, aut mo why it is so specially horrible to put an end to a life that has been lived softly, and has known all the ways of pleasantness though not the paths of peace; surely it is still more horrible to put an end to one that has been lived hardly, and has known as little of the one as of the other. Spectator, July 22nd.

Per.

OUR OWN COUP D'ETET.

{Pall Mall Gazette.)

|

MISCELLANEOUS.

The Emperor Napoleon paid a visit to the Baroness Burdett-Contes at Holly lodge, High- gute, on the 25th July,

VICTORIA

NANKIN AND

XCHANGE, SZECHUEN ROADS.

SHANGHAL

HONGKONG.

of the early arrival of their SPRING STOCK, Hespectfully announce tha. in anticipation

they have greatly reduced the prices of their WINTER GOODS, an early janpection of which they solicit frous futeuding purchasers,

SILES, Plain, Fandy, and Shot. NORWICH REPS, all wool WINGEYS, PLAIDS and JAMLETS. - JACKETS, Cloth, Velvet, Silk and Sanlakin. The various OLANS on ali Wool SHAWLS.

Linen COLLARS and GUFFS,:.... Embroidered Lace COLLARS and CUFFS,

the most approved styles,

In the Juvonile and Ladiem. HOSTERY and UNDERCLOTHING will be found some special lince.

Genta, Wool HOSIERY, SOOKS. UNDER VESTS, TANTS CRIMEANS, CARDIGAN JACKETS and VESTS, SLEEPING SUITS, DRESSING GOWNS. Tailoring under the Superintendense of ax+ perienced CUTTERS.

Lounge COATE Office do.

Walking do

Visiting do.

Dress SUITS

From the best English

manufac

turera.

Light Texter OVERCOATS. Making to order, TWEED SUITS at very low priora.

The FURNISHING we have confidence in recommending that good value will be obtained

Brussels & Tapasty CARPETS. Velvet Pils CARPETS

We now set some of the consequences of "dooming" Parchaea. If, instead of being doomed, that system and its place in the coono- my of the army had beat dealt with in a cantiqua, considerate way-and above all in connection with the only system which dan replace it-Mr. Gladstone might bays avoided the responsibilities he has now taken upon bim self, woll many threatening mischiefs of încalculable range. But doom is the word, when Mr. Gladstong speaks. The word wus prononased long ago; and every morning from that time forward did his trumpeters. proclaim Purchase is doomed! Of course, when the House of Lords dooided that they would take no part in the destruction of the nyata at sa tremendous a cost, till mure was known about the whole prospects of the army, it becsue place in New York. They olaim to be descend- noooosary for the Premior to make his fint good ants of the famous Sir Francis Drake, and to in some way or other at Dace: a piece of wark be legally entitled to property, chiefly in Erg- which probably brought to him one of the baland, to the value of £25,000,000 sterling. picstanements of bis life. He had two lines A bieating of market gardeners and nursery. lof procedure before him, if not three; and they mea has been held in Covent garden, to take

quations, indo pinbility, and the display into consideration the removal of the market. LADIES' and Gentlemen's Kid GLOVES.

·Mr. Mcdburst, British Consul at Shanghai, had an interview on July 26th with Earl Gran. ville at the Foreign-office.

Reocstly a meeting the Drake family took

of exasperation The stall tenants complain that the Dass of

A few made up Squares and Sofa CARPETS. 01L CLOTH for Halls, Passages, Stairs, So. Coir MATTING and MATE. All Wool REPS and DAMASKS, for Curtains. TABLE CLOTĖS. largo assortment. The Eider Down QUILT. Carriage and Travelling RUGS.

SAYLE & Co.

BB. 8. "Priam."

Billiard CLOTH..

BAS

For Sale.

FOR SALE.

DCook bare's PORT.

CHAMPAGNE,-

UFF GORDON'S SHERRIES.

'DE VENOGE & 00.

·FLEUR DE SILLERY.

Notices of Firmas.

THE Undersigned bas this day commanded business in this Colony as GENERAL COMMISSION AGENT under the style of

DA SILVA & CO.

P. F. DA SILVA. Ground Boor of HONGKONG HOTEL

Queen's Rodel. t2 1438 Hongkong, 1st September, 1871. NOTICE. [R. SAML, WYLLYS POMEROY, JR.,

bean admitted partnera in our firm.

BLSSELL & Co. Sm 1213 China, July lat, 187.1.

NOTIC

Post-Offee Notifications.

A mail will obesoi For Shanghai-For Cleater, it 11.30 am.. ilie day.

For Shanghai-Per Oking, to-day, the 11th instant, at 1.30 PM.

For Shanghai. Por Atholl to-day, the 11th instant, at 3.30 Þ.M.

For Swatow-Por Yotiung, at 5 r. this day.

The Mails for Amoy and Manila. per Norna, Instead of at the time previously notified.

will loss

For Singapore, Ferang, and Calcutta.—Por Indian Mail Fasket China, on Thunday, the 11th instant, at 1.30 p.m.

MR day our the 14th instant, at 1.50 1.M.

J. M. ARMSTRONG.

ASS & 00.'8 OUTUBER BREW, in hogs. Im 1425 Hongkong, 23rd August, 1871.

heads and kilderkine,

FOR SALE. DEAL Havana CIGARS,

Superior Manila and Carito

Barclay & Co.'s PORTER, în bogatende. BEST JAMAICA BUM in do... BURKE'S DUBLIN STOUT, in quarts and in boxes of 100 and 500. Manila OHEROOTS, Apply to

pizite,

BASS'S ALE, by Uztaron and Ganadera

in quarts and pinta

Duff Gordon's SHERRIES, different arais. Superior Old Vintage PORT,

Hennessy's BRANDT, 1 star and 3 stars, ; AVH GIN, în red østas.

Krug & Co.'s OHAMPAGNE, in goarts and

pinto,

CROSSE & BLACKWELL'S OILMANS

STORES.

For Singapore, Penang, and Calcutta-For TR WILLIAM HRNEY MOORE and Mr. Indian Mail Packet Historian, on Thursday.'

admitted partners in our firm.

LAMMERT, ATKINSON &.Co. of 1258 Hongkong. 30th June, 1870.

NOTICE.

MAILS BY THE "ENGLISH PACKET", The English Contract Packet " HINDOS TAM will be dispatched with the usual Mails

MR. WILLIAM ABBOTT TURNBULL for Europe, &o, on FRIDAY, the 15th inst..

is authorised to sign our firm from this at noon.

dote.

BIBLEY, WORTHINGTON & Co. tf820. Shanghai, 1et May, 1871.

THE interest and responsibility of Br. J. A. Keck-in our firm, acased on the 28th of July by mutual conscat, and we shall carry on our business, as hitherto, under tha anme elyie..

J. SMITH & Co. U-1410 Chefoo, 6th August, 1871,

Money Orders on my of the Money Order Offices in the United Kingdom will be granted until 5 P.M. on the 14th instant.

The Post-Office will be open until 7 F.M. on

the lith instant.

Letters, &c., may be ported during thọ night in the hoz left open for their reception.

Letters for registration will be received until 10 E. on the 13th instant.

Tattore ny be posted until 10 M. on the THE

HE Undersigned having this day entered 15th instart, without late fee.

Lettore posted after 10 .. on the 15th into partnership as Merobants and Cominstart, will not be forwarded unless the CIGARS,ission Agents, will conduct their business Late Fea of 18 cents each as well as the postage

is prepaid.

REMEDIOS & Co.

if 1189 Hongkong. 13th July, 1971.

FOR SALE. NE 8 HF. Horizontal Steam ENGINE, with Boiler and Mountings, complete. Two Albion PRINTING PRESSES. One Columbian

do

One large Flotting MACHINE.

A Facial Drilling MACHINE.

Oro Orab WINCH,

ander the name and style of NORTON, LYALL & Co.

EDWARD NORTON," ROBERT LYALL.

1 Hongkong, 1st January, 1871 THE laterest and responsibility of Mr. SALTSKOEN in our firm ceased on the 37th Angast, 1871.

WM. G. HALE & Co. H 1469 Saigon. 24th August, 1871.

HLE Undersigned here to-day established at this place a GENERAL COMMISSION and AGENOT BUSINESS, in connection

One Self-acting SAW BENCH, complete, with a Stumn Rice-Mill, ouder the style and

with one Saw.

Que Vertical DRILL. One Donkey PUMP.

For particulars, apply to

- DOUGLAS” LAPRAIK & C». 894 Hongkong, 24th May, 1871.

TOURIST'S GUIDE- REDUCED PRICE $1. Containing the names of all the Articles of Trade, objects of Natural History, Furniture do, do, with the Punti, and Mandarin Pronun ciation.

HAMS, URNESE, BAUON, in time, Truffled PATES, FOIE GRAS, Preserved, PROVISIONS of every description, Ame- rican, English, Dutch, French and Gar man VEGETABLES, in largo assortment,HE

· FINESE, FRENCH DUTTER, in bottles. PRIME DANISH BUTTER, in 7 lbs, Tius, Sill's and Holstein BUTTER, m, kegi.” RUSSIAN CAVIAR. VANILLA BEANS. TEYSSONEAUX JAMS, JELLIES, and

FRUITS, in Juice and Brandy, MENTER'S CHOCOLATE, yellow, broga,

and pink

At

LAMMERT, ATKINSON & Co. tf 906 Hongkong, 25th May, 1871.

FOR SALE

"LARET, in wood.

BOAPILLION and BANDOL, in wood. Breakfast and'. Dinner CLARETS, from

$3.50 upwards. Chateau LAFITTE, Haute BRION,

Rhenish WINES, largo assortment. Sparkling HOOK and MOSELLE, Hant BARSAŬ and SAUTERNE. French LIQUEURS, CHARTREUSE,`&c..

&o,, ABSINTH. Vermath NOWILLY PRAT. Wynand FOKINKS, double Orange CURA-

OOA

At LAMMERT, ATKINSON & Co. tl 507 Hongkong, 25th May, 1871......

FOR SALE, Bolala Arraula from America, England und Germany [NDIA_RUBBER PACKING, Flat and

Bound, all sizes. India Rubber HOSE, all sizes. Beat Leather Snation HOSE, «]) sixes. sadPatent Brass and Iron SCREWS, all sizes.

Hand VICES, Sorow VIC, and Bench VICES.

Gentlemen's Twill SHIRTS, (new_abylon) WRISTBANDS.

his favourite qualities. One of them was that Bedford, the owner of the market, will not put which we yesterday set forth as the least plea-up or allow the erection of soverings for the aing to esraelves. He might have chosen to tell-payers. A deputation we appointed to stop over-regulation prices forthwith, to wait upor the markets committee of the nounce an autan ession, to carry his Bill Corporation, with a view to the wroupation of }- through the House of Commons once more, Farringdon Market by this trade. and then to bare sent it up to the Houes of Lorda with a threat of dissolution if they efused to pass it. This would have been the must regular course of presoduro, and gaile in annardanes with constitutional usage. But, for * variety of vousous it would have boen uxceed ingly incearenient. Believing that a majority the House of Lords-not in this case a mujority of dumb party men. but one deter mined by the judgment and the counsel of the most experienced and ominent men on bath sides deserves to be treated with some of the respect due to the majority in the House of Commons, it seemed to ne undesirable that the one majority should be inde dy at the throat of the other and ebʊke it into obedience. A tions of this morning are: Fatwa 3656 to $6581 more reasonable and scomly thing would have Banarea $5371 to 8640, little deiog Malwa been for the Commons to tako back the Hill for of first quality is wanted by the natives at $670 which, usturiously, it has no truc mind, and for 40 $675, but there is none to be bað. Ministers to have shown in a dignified way that.

BREACH OF TRUST.-A case of breach of Hualin tract was tried on the 26th July at Maidstono Assizon, The acensed was Mr. Silas Corke, H auctioneer and valter of many years' standing, at Sevenoaks, and it was alleged that ho bad diabonestly disposed of £1,100, of which he bad become possessed as executor of the will of lady med Parker. He was found guilty, and sentence was deferred.

as a matter of temper and of capacity alike

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

SEPTEMBER 11TH, MORNING.

The market for Bengai draz bas kept quiet," but steady, during the last two days. The quota

they were prepared to justify their half-scheme | ON LONELIN-

by the production of a wholə one; and, par ticularly, that they quite undaratood and could

explain what they meant to substituta for the

Purobase system. But this was an impossible course; partly from, want of temper, partly

BIOHANGE.

Bank Bills, ut 30 days' sight,... 4/3)

A large parcal of Back SILKS, bought very chesp. trimaned and Lam COLLARS

QUFFS

Gold CORD. UMBRELLAS.

BRANDY, Fins Bois.

SATLE & Co.

Flongkong, 31st January, 1871,

FOR SALE.

Fine Champagne. CLARET, Breakfast.

Dianer, Sparking HOOK

HOSELLE.

Still BOOK.

F. PEIL.

of 310 Hongkong, 15th February, 1871.

FOR SALE, OHAMPAGNE-

OEDERER-CARTE NOIR

Bank Bills, at Stone's so ROGERNE CANTE BLANCHE

Credits, at 8 months* sight.... 4741 to 4/41 Documentary Bills,nt6 months'

sight...........

4/44

3

fror want of capacity, partly from the dama į .. Bank Billa on demand, ging erila which Selection reveals under ex-ON NEW YORK — sination, partly from real difficulty as to Private, 5 months' sight. over-regulation prices in the meanwbila, and ON BOMBAY,—Bank, 3 days' night 222 partly becuase the Purchase systom had been ON GALOVITA,~Bauk,8 days' sight 2214 so colomuty and petentationsly "doomed." ON SHANGHAL-

The first named and more regular line of pro cedure could have been nothing but the instapi barling back of the Bill into the House off Lords, with treats of dissolution and cries of denunciation end contempt. And the House of Lords would probably bara enccambed in the face of the denunciation and contempt, kod this result would bave been of itself deplorable and fajarioas. To some minda itseots a grand and patriotic thing to bring the Upper House

to scorn and to violate its rights and

opinions

Bank, 3 days' night....... Bank, 15 days sight...

Private, 30 days' night.....

SHARES

Hongkong Bank' Shared, Old-30 per cent,

promum.

ngkong Bank Sharea, Naw-57 per cent,

premium.

Union Insurance Society of Canton, new shnies.

-81,500 per bare premium.

ROEDERER CARTE BLANOHE

DORE,

Sidelight GLASSES, best polished. all sizes. Rivet HAMMERS, Engineer HAMMERS. Retobot BRACES, Slodge HAMMERS. American AXES and HATCHATS. Sargent's CABOOSES and FIXTURES

assorted stace

Gas BRACKETS and Copper Gas PIPES. Kerusine LAMPS and CHANDELIERS. American Out NAILS, AU sizca.

Boiler TUBES, pasorted sises.

Also a few copies of the GRAMMAR of the Chinese Language, in two Parts.

The Daily Press Office.

Vessels on the Berth,

FOR BHANGHAI,

THE Gorman Steamship

“CHINA”. P. B Hennings, Master, will be despatched for the Above Port TO-DAY, the 11th instant, fat (2) Two P,M.

For Freight or Passage, apply to

SIZASSEN & Co. 34 1846 Hongkong, 9th September, 1871. FOR SWATOW, AMOY, AND FOUCHOW.

HE Steamship

T

. ICHANG TUNG.” Captain Pitman, will have immediate despatch

for the above Ports.

For Froight or Passage, apply to

DOUGLAS LAPŘÁTK & Co.

- 1543 · Hongkong, 9th September, 1871.

NOTICE

COMPAGNIE DES MESSAGERIES MARITIMES.

PAQUEBOT POST FRANCAIS.

THE Company's Steamer

**VOLGA," Uspt Bambou, will be dispatched for

YOKOHAMA (Dircel), shortly alter tie attival of the next Franchi Mail.

O. BERTRAND,

Principal Agent. if 1510 Hongkong, 6th September, 1971. FOR SINGAPORE, PENANG, AND

Steamer

OALCUTTA.

."' CHINA,” Captain Gardner, will leave for the abore places on THURSDAY next, the 14th inst., ut P.M.

Despatches will clone at 1.80 r..

DAVID SASH0ON, SONS & Co.

·9d 1511 · Hongkong, 6th September, 1871.

FOR SAIGON AND SINGAPORE.

Hubbuck's Boded and Raw LINSEED OIL. THE Steamship

do. PAINTS of all description. BLOCKS, Patent and Common, all sizes, French and German VEGETABLES. Amerionu While UBANS and Green PEAS.

do, Lime BEANS and CLAMS,

do.

do.

MACKEREL, 'in Kits and Tins: Yeast POWDER and OODFISH. SPLIT PEAS, PEARL BARLEY. Garman Smoked SAUSAGES, Westphalian HAMSS

Sour CABBAGE (Saver Kobl); Red do...(Bother do Green

do. (Gruner do.),

BEANS, pickled (Turkische Erbson), Cat EEANS, pickled (Schmitt Bohuen Green CARBÁGIE, dried (Getroekacter Grün Kult), bu Glass Jare.

LIEBIG'S BEEF-EXTRACT. Best Hamborg REEF and PORK. Best Danish Our BRANDY."

At

ROEDERER GLADIATEUR**

SANDER & CO Solé Agents for, Hongkong and Ohina. t 1891 Hoogkong, 3rd Septembar, 1869..

FOR SALE. MONTILLADO, ...

par qr. Cauk 3140. - A do

per l'doz. Case $12. Superior SHERRY... per q. Cask BLOS.

do. do per 1 doz. Case-9.

I'm 1459 Hongkong, 30th August, 1871 Palo SHERRY,

...per 1 do. $7. Superior MEDÓC, per do. 85. NRIR TENNENT'S ALE and Superior BT. JULIEN, per 1 doy $0. Choice FORT, per 1. doɛ. Casa, 19, pinta $10. Hennessy's BRANDY.* $61, V0. $11. Martineau's

PORTEL

LFRICKEL & Co.

· DAVID CORSAR & SONS' Merohant Navy Navy Builod Do... * $61, **$71, *** 89.

CANVAJ. Long Flax Sparkling MOSELLE $18; pinta $14.

Crown G. H. Munn and Co.'s CHAMPAGNE Şİ4

ARNHULD, KARBERG & Co. if 1130 Hongkong, 11th May, 1867.

on every possible nocasion. To ours it seems Quina Traders' Insurance Company's Shares-piota $15.

a most mistaken thing, which has no origin in

$2,500 per share premium.

REYNOLDS & Co.

any but coarse and passionate intellecta :-rat | Obina and Japan Marine Inaumnes—Tia, 88 |), Wyndham St., Hongkorg.

it is missbievous in its general effect upgaarder per share premium.

and dignity in government thera pan be no Chinese Jawurance Company-$75 per share

that Mr. Gladstone did not think fis to take. Hongkong Fire Insurance Company's Shares-

[tt 1488

NOW READY.

IMPERIAL QUARTO.

evil turmoil, the prolonged agitation, the China Fire Insurance Company's Shares-872 ENGLISH AND CHINESE DICTIONARY

question whatevor. Therefore we are pleased

premium.

this comes; capucially, when we consider the,

3355 per share premiąm

universal inflammation of popular passion with

per share premium.

voured was greatly preferable. It leaves the

till it fairly destroyed, and Ministers in pos

which it must have been attended. The other Victoria Fire Insurance Company'a Shares-865

per share premium,

House of Lords in possession of the argument Hongkong lad Whampoa Dock Company's An

Shares-22 per cent, discount.

section of a responsibility which has not the Hongkong, tanton and Macao Steamboat

On's Share $5 to 36 per out. prom.

WITH THE PUNTI AND MANDARIN PRONUNCIATION. ANGLO-CHINESE DICTIONARY, by the Bov. W. LOBSCHEID, published at the Dady Prera Office, Hongkong.

relief of extortad keqaiekoonos. What they do now will be done without the sanction of one Shanghai Steam Navigation Company-Ts. 650 wore and practical service this Work branob of the Legislature, and in spite of the per sbaro premium.

stands All the new worde sustained warnings of the best minde in it. Chins Sa, Saigon, and Etrxiss Steamship which the Chinga baya of late years been com- This is precisely as it should be. If misõhief Company- per cent. discount. must be done through M. Gladstone's means Obins and Straits Boot Navigation Com-in machinery, photography, telography, and in and instruments, it will be something to have pany-20 per cent. discornt.

pelled to coin to express the numerous objcsta

science generally, which the rapid azivanen of

Mr. Gladstone alone to answer for it. It will Hongkong Gas Company's Shures-$80.per | Foreign relations has imposed upon them, are be for him and not for the whole irresponsible share,

body of the Legislature to explum, if it turne, Hongkong Hotel Company's Shares-60 per out, as we confidently believe it will, that he cent. discount.

bas forced an enormous burden apos the coun- Hongkong Distillery Company-10 per cent try in order to carry ent a profitiens experi premium, nominal.

mert, and has spent millions of overstrained Indo-Chinees Sugar Company-19 per share

taxutiva, of taxation which should only be em. ployed for accrtained and orging needs, for the purpose of abolishing bearable file and

bringing unbearable ones into their place. It

js bie undertaking that the extreme necessitica

discount.

SALER ON SEPTEMBER 9TH, 1871

As reported by Chimera,

While Wax, 1 piece, at $94,50, by Tee-kee to

of the army in men, in equipment, in organiza- ratelling merchant.

tion shall be satisfied while these millions are Green Peas, 5,000 pícula, as $2.26, by Kwong

being spent, to prove his apparent theory that mow-tai by vetail.

here given in utense. Each and every word ja fully illustrated and explained, formag exer- visos for students of a most instructive nature. Both the Court and Fuuti pronuntions are. given the accents being carefully marked on its best principle hitherto attained. The typos graphy displays the success of an attempt to make the Chinese and Baglish type correspond the size of body, thereby effecting a vast Goonomy of Apsoe, achieving a clearness not. previously attained, and dispensing with those vest margina and vacant spaces, which bare heretofore characterized Chinese publications,

The Chronicle and Directory for 1671.

NOW READY,

THIS Work, cow in the NINTH year of

This wistence, we ready for delivan

It has been compiled and printed at the Daily Press Onion, as usual from the beat and most authentic sources, and no. paîna have been spared to make the work com. plate in all respects,

In addition to the usual varied and voluminous information, the valuo of the "ÜHRONICLE AND DIRECTORY FOR 1871.” has been further augmented by thu addí.. tion of a Chroma-lithograph plate of the NEW CODE OF SIGNALS IN USE AT THE PEAK; aho.of the

VARIOUS HOUSE FLAGS ;- MAPS OF HONGKONG, JAPAN,

and of the W

THE COAST OF OHINA; besides other local information and sta- tistics corrected to date of publication, tanding to make this work the vade muscim for all Public, Mercantile and General Officer.

As already announced, the Directory is published in Two Forma, Complete at 25,

The scope of the work is no great, and itsör with the Lists of Hesidente, Port Direc

those shortcomings in "more munterial" will be Vallow Hewas, 500 pienla, at $2:16; by-Kwong,atilitarian purposes so complete, that a r

made good by changing one plan of officering; mow-tai to travelling merchant. the army for unother. We are of opioiva test Black Beans, 700 plcals, it $185, by Ewong the dilemma is a wholesome one. It obliges mon-tei by retuil -

the Government to fulfil all their vague! Saigon Rice, 4,000 picule, at $2.23, by Hop promise, and to give us a real army, inhing to Hongkong merchant. stead of horde of ball-grown boys with the most impoverished stores and the meat hopeless commissariat in the world. To replen ish per aramala, to establish,a tolerable com- mimariat, to give the soldiery some knowledge of their business in camp and in the fold, and above all to choose those soldiers from the num

ference to its page enables a person who underetande English to communicate afectively with natives who understand nothing Ent Chi: news. In this respect the work will be found indispensable to all Europeane residing in China, and to the natives themselves it ex- plains abjects fully, with which very few in- deed of them are perfectly acquainted. Th parties resident in England and interested in China it cannot but be invaluable occasionally. It comprises apwards of-two thousand large

Saigon Rice, 4,500 picule, at 82.24, by Hop. hing to Hongkong merchant.

Bombay Collon, 16 bales, at $17.00, by foreign merchant to Chuochow merchant.

Calcutta Cotton, 89 bales, at $15.50, by Paras merchant to Kin-bing-chsong.

Calcutta Cotton, 100-hales, at $16,00, by Faraos i quarto pages.

der of able-bodied men instead of from lado merchant to Ynet-w-toong..

that die "like flies in native service, money is

T-Cloth, 6lbs. 500 pieces, at $1,00, by fomign

"wanted," as well as the sort of will which we merchant to Hongkong merchant.

have not yet discovered in the members of a

T-Cloth, 7ibe, 1,000 pieces. at $1.85, by fo Cabinet too good tad too millennial to con-relga merchant to Hongkong marchant.

TRUBNER & Co.' 80, PATERNOSTER, BÓW; W. H. BELLL “DAILY Prase " Ory:cs, HoxaKONG,

tories, Maps, &c., at 30.

Copies may be obtained at the hily Press ORge, and of the following Agent

Mesers, Drown & Co., Swatow."

*

WILSON, NICHOLLS & Co., Amoy. HEDGE & Co. Foochow

KELLY & Co., Bhanghai. Mr. J. B. BLAGE, Japan Garette Office, Foko

bama

Mesars. TRENIE, & Jo, Paternoster Bow.

London.

Mr. G. Stazer, Cornhill, London,

"FUSIVAMA,

firm of

WINDSOR REDLICH & Co.

DANIEL T. WINDSOR. ALEXIS REDLICH Bangkok, Siam, 15th August, 1871. [3m 1383

STEAM FOR SINGAPORE, PENANG, POINT DE GALLE, ADEN, SUEZ, MALTA, MAR- SEILLES, AND OTHER MEDITER- RANEAN PORTS, SOUTHAMPTON, AND LONDON;

ALSO,

BOMBAY, MADRAS, CALCUTTA,.

KING GEORGE'S SOUND, MELBOURNE,

AND SYDNEY,

The Latest timo for posting Letters at this | Office in II a.N., and for Newspapers, Books, or

Patterns 10 a.. on the 15th instant,

· Lata lettors (but Letters only), addremeď to the United Kingdom viż Brindisi, or to Sia- gapore, may be posted on board the Peaket from 11,90 .. to the time of sailing, on pay- mant of a Late Fee of 48 certa each in addition to the postage

F. W. MITCHELL,

Fosimaastor General. Hongkong, 8th September, 1871. --

General Post-Office,

MAILS BY THE « UNITED STATES.

PACKET

The United States Mail Packet 4 AMERI CA will be dispatched on TUESDAY, the | 12th instant, at 3 Fix., with the Mails-

For Yokchun, San Franõiacs, the United States' end the United Kingdom.

The Font Offee will be open for die reception of Ordinary Letters, Books, Newspapers, de..

until 2.30 PM.

Lelters can be posted on board the Paoket from 2:30 pm; to 2.50 eat, on payment of-x------ Late Fee of 12 cents in addition to the Postage.

The Prepayment of the Postage to all the abore places by this route is compulsory. Correspondence insalliciently prepaid will be

Correspondenge addressed to Yokohama, and

THE PENINSULAR AND ÜBIENTAL STEAM forwarded by the English Packets.

NAVIGATION. COMPANY'S Steamship HINDOSTAN Captain N. ROSEBLA, with the United States, must be superscribed per " AMERICA," and that addressed to the United Her Majesty's Mails Passengers, pecle, Kingdom must be superscribed" via San Fran and Cargo, will leave this for the abore places cisco." on FRIDAY, the 15th September, at noon.

Cargo will be received on board until noon, Specie until F., and Parcels at the office until 2 F.M. on the láth idem

For Particulare regarding Froight and Pas sage, apply at the P. & 0.8. N. Co.'s Office, Hongkong. CONTENTS AND VALUE OF PACKAGES ARE REQUIRED.

J

F. W. MITCHELL. General Poet Office,

„L'osimaster Genoval.

Hongkong, 2nd September, 1871.

It is hereby notified that arrangements have been concluded according to which a reguler

exchange of direct Mails will take place, by

between this Office and Brindiai.

A Written Declaration of the Contents and Value of the Packages for the Overland of the BRITISH MAIL PACKETS, Routeis required by the gyptian Government, and must be delivered by the Ehippers to the Company's Agents, with the Bills of Lading of with Parcels; and the Company do not hold themselves responsible for asy Detentica ne

Prejudice which may happen from the incor

rostnoza in anch declaration.

The Company reserve the option of forward; ing a goode abipped by their Steamers for Barop through Egypt, either by rail, or by Canal in their own Steamers, 'ór employed for the purpose.

venecia

Shippers are particularly requested to noba the terms and conditions of the Company's

Black Bills of Lading.

~NA, MÕIVER, Superintendent, Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Ün's Office, Hongkong, Sth September, 1871.

“THROUGH U.S. MAIL LINE

FROM

CHINA AND JAPAN TO NEW YORK.

PACIFIC MAILĖS. S. COMPANY ·

www.d

IN CONNECTION WIEU THE

CENTRAL AND UNION PACIFIC BAILROAD COMPANIES.

THE STS. "AMERICA,” Captain WARSAW, THE

will have Hongkong for San Francisos via Yokohama on TUESDAY, the 12th of Septem- br next, at 9-o'clock F.M., taking Paasongers, Mette and Freight, for the United States, Cana da, Central and South America, and Europe.

The Maila from Hongkong will comprise, not only correspondence addressed to Italy, but also correspondence sidressed to the several States of the Continent beyond Italy.

The prepayment of the postage on onlinary Letters is optional,

prepaid; the charge for registration being the Tho postûge on registered Letters manat ba a na as the postage ou each Letter.

The prepayment of the postage on News. papers, other printed papers and packets of patterns is compulsory.

The intos of postage are as follows, vis, :—

Addressed to

Addressed to

fItaly.

Switseriand.

FOR A LETTER.

18 cents for each 1 oz.

The German States,

28

#1

·Belgi

Austria.....

The Netherlanda. Day.mark... Heligoland..

Sweden.. Norway..... vezia...

-10

56

For a Newspaper For sach four or Prite Dancer of Book Current, Fuckili and

Paukets of Patterns. cts. 6 c

Italy.........................

Switzerland...7 The German States,6

Austria.....

Baigina The Netherlands. Denmark... Heligoland...

Sweden.......... Norway...... Ruccio.......

10 »

A Steamer of the Company will leave Shang. baj, vis the Inland Sea Ports, about same date, | Captain Callaghan, will have immodiste des- and make close sonuention at Yokohama. „

palch for the above Ports.

The" AMERICA" will be due at San Froupie

F. W. MITCHELL, no October 17th, whepon daily Passenger traina

Postmaster General, and daily Freight trains are run over the Central General Post-Office, and Union Pacific Railroad Lines for New

"Hongkong, 9th August, 1873. York and for all the principal cities in the interior and upon the Atlantic Seaboard. The

Arrangements having been made by the time between Sau Francisco and New York by French Post Office for embarking and dinam- First-class Faanonger trains is six days and barking the British Overland Mails to and trom twenty hours; and the distance 3,313 miles. France at Triadisi, thereby necessitating the expected to arrive here on the 15th inst., will though on these trains, making Drawing Room rate to the Italian Post Office, it has been do- The Silver Palace Sleeping Cars are rus payment by the French Past Offios of a imusit

For Freight or Penage, apply to

DOUGLAS LA PRAIK & Cin. tf 1519 Hongkong, 6tli September, 1871, FOR LONDON vis. SUEZ CANAL, Calling at SINGAPORE and PENANG.

THE Steamship ".

T

** GLENSANNOX,"

be dispatched as above on the 16th inst

For Freight or Passage, spply to

ARNHOLD, KARBERG & Co..

Agents.

72 1523 Hongkong, 7th Septembar. 1971. FOR NEW YORK.

THE 41 North German Barque

**ST. PAULI,"

Cars by day, and Sleeping Cars by night, and terminod to augment the rate of postage on sro of the latest and baat American pattern, letters exchanged in the direct Mails between being naercelled for comfort and convenience. Hongkong and the French Post Office,

At New York, Passengers bave selection of The rates of posture obargeable in Hongkong various lines of Steamers to England, France upon letters scot to France and countries and Germany.

through France will, in future, be as follows, viz,

Through Tickets and Bills of Lading are isaned for transportation to Yokobama and

To France, Algeria, the French Offices in

will load at this and Whampoa for New York, sther Jaran Porta, and San Francisco, for tha Turkey (except Constantinople), and the Offoy

and will have quick despatch. For Freight, apply to

OLYPHANT & Ou. tf 1590 Hongkong, 7th September, 1971.

FOR NEW YORK.. HE A1 Daiah-Back

." FEIGA,” will load at this and Whampoa for New York, and will have quick deepatch. For Freight, apply to

OLYPHANT & Com

of 1405 Hongkong, End September, 1971.

· FOR ADELAIDE AND SYDNEY.

THE ▲ 1-French. Clippor-barque

"OMER & JULIE,"

Overland Eailroad, and to Europe by connecting a Tunis and Tangiers, 22 cents per i onud Linon of Steamers. The Overland Railroadi To Jalla. Beyrouth, Tripoli (Syria), Latakia, Companies Guarastas 12 days time for Silk and Alexandretta, Messina, Rhodes, Smyrna, Mity. 18 days for Teas and General Merchandise, lene, the Dardanella, Gallipoli, Ineboli, Ke. rasaan, Satovica, Samson, Sinope, Sulina, Tro between San Francisco and New York,

bizond, Taltcha, Varns, Galatz, and Ibraila, 22 cents per ounge.

Favorable arrangements have boon made for Through Passenger and Freight to America

To Spain and Gibraltar. 24 cents per 2 ounce. from Calontra, Penang and Singapore, and

To the Grand Duchies of Luxemburgh and Baden, Belgium, the Netherlands, Portugal, water, Amoy and Foochow Return Passage Tickets issued at a reduction Rhenleh Prussia, Bavaria. Wartenburg, the of 20%, on regular rates.

Principalities of Hohenzollern, -Birkenfeld, Value and weight of Parent, Packaged re Hera-Homburg, Lippe, Schwartzlarg-Rudol- quired; all Packages should be marked to ad. stadt and Remen, the Dachios of Nassat, Face. dreas in full.

Coburg-Gotha and Saxe-Meiningan-Hildburg- hausen, Hoose Electoral, Hosso-Darmstadt, the Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, the Free Cities of Frankfort-on-the-Mojus, Hamburgh,

do tries beyon Bremen, and Lubeck, Switzerland, and Italy, To Countries beyond Sea without distinction, 28 cents per ounce.

No Freight received after noon of the 11th prox. No Parsel Packages received after 6 r.M. same day.

Capt. Sabatier, will have quick despatch as Freight, apply at the Agency of the Company, For further information as to Pasage or

Praga West

above.

For Fassage only, apply to

GRÜN & Co. if 1454 Hongkong, Ist September, 1971.

FOR NEW YORK:

THE British Ship

CARINA "GLANCE,"

will load here and at Wherpos for the above purt, and have quick, despatch. For Freight, apply to

AUGUSTINE HEARD & Co. Im 1481 Hongkong. 31st August, 1871.

FOR SAN FRANCISCO. HEI American Ship

THE

*SUMATRA,"

| Capt. John, Mulling, will have quick despatch

for the above port.

For Freight or Passage, apply to

AUGUSTINE HEARD

*£ 1413 Hongkong, 21st August, 1871..

· FOR MANILA. THE Spanish Smaated wohooner

T

"M. LOPEZ"

Agent

T. A. HARRIS,

"Hongkury, August 12th, 1871.7

FOR SALE

THE HABEAS CORPUS CASES.

Uniforin with the Tao Previous Judgments.) ITAHÉ full text of the TRIAL of KWOK-A- SING. THE HON. J. FAUNOBFOTE. -Price 25 cents.

Also,

To Prissia (Abenish Provinces excepted). Banover, Saxony, the Grand Duchier of Meck lenburgh Sohwerin and Mecklenburgh Strelitz, Busby of Brunewick, Grand Duchy of Olden. burg (the Principality of Birkenfeld excepted), the Duchy of Anhalt, the Austrian Province, Belgrade, Serva (Belgrade excepted), Montene gro, Schleswig and Holstein, 30 cants per à

ounce,

To Denmark, the Papal States and Austria, 32 dets per i sunce.

A few copies of CEE-JUSTICE SALE'S per ounce. JUDGMENTS in re KWOK-A-SING ON HABEAS CORPUS. -Prine 25 cents,

Apply at the Daily Press Office.

舖煙彩馨元廣

To Moldavia, Wallaolja, Torkay in Europe. | Sweden, Norway, Poland, and Russia, 44 cents

Pre-payment a compulsory in the case of Lotters for Spain, Gibraltar, Countries berend Sea, Servia (Belgrade excepted), and Mon- tenegro.

Letters may be registered to all the above

CoThat has all sorts of Old CIGARS, and the Austrian Provinous: the fee for regia. undersigned bege to inform the Public places, except Spain, Portugal and Gibraltar,

Captain Triarte, wül bave quick despatch tó the above port.

For Freight or Passage, apply to

HAMEDIOS & Ca ̈

tf 1374 Hongkong, 12th August, 1871.

FOR SAN FRANCISCO,

THE

A 1 American Slip-

JOSEPH CLARE,”

Mr. F. Axoax, Clement's Lane, London, Captain Carver, will have early deaputol Meera BATHS, HANDY & Co., Old Jewry, above.

London.

Mr. L. F. FIBER, Merchants Exchange)

San Francisco,

For Freight or Passage, apply to

"RUŠŠÉLL & Co. #1181 Hongkong, 12th July, 1871.

HAVANA, CAVITE and MANILA, in small tration is the same amount as the portage on and large boxes, beat TOBACCO, and prepuт- cash letter respectively.

ed TOBACCO for Bale at an agreeable pricce, Newspapers and Prices Current cannot be

For particulari, apply to

KWONG YUEN HING,

No. 61, Queen's Bond,

Nest to the entrance of the Central Market,

6m 1484 Hongkong, 29th August, 1871.

炭 煤

WING-KEE COAL SHIP.

prepaid

F. W. MITCHELL,

General Post Office,

Posimaster-General.

Hongkong, 13th February, 1871.

It is hereby notified for general information. that the Portago on Lettera addressed to Nor

THE Proprietor of WING-KER Shop boga to way, when forwarded win Southampton, will

inform the Pablie that his Shop has been henceforward be 36 cents for each ball ouDCH established aizce 1855; 2. Endiente's "Tans, and which may either bo paid in advance, or it may as that he has always a great quantity of Best be left to he collected on delivery of the Letters. 004L in store for Bale. Gentlemen or Ship- Unpaid Letters will be subject to an additional masters wishing to patrouise him, are requested charge on delivery. to apply at his Shop.

F. W. MITCHELL,

ly 609 Hongkong, 4th April, 1871,

Postmaster General,