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are not to"

than they can be acon. If a

recoguising this fact, and being grateful for | pontamen

any information from outside which may call Attorney General,

We

his attention to abuses existing in his Dee understand that HE the Lient partment, flies into a passion and scorns in-vernor will probably not the Commandsat of sinuations which were neither thought of nor the Tauth Regiment to allow the Hand to play in the Pablic Garlene-a requeat which, judging made, he will never be able to grapple with from the well known courtesy with which the the difficulties which surround the Depart-fficers of tual Regiment fave always cited in

THE DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER

however, that the matter will carranged.

orlain at Visona is reported to.

Tuxnel has been opened, (Calcorta, September 21st,

Fast a Maserlmanso seriously Justice Norman, Calcutta, on the affects of the wound at

Ringaroza, Sept. 22us, e been lied against the ngento sada Conamission, who were ap fire into the complaints made by

of the Briten.

SKADE OF HONGKONG,

PATRIK

THE ABANDONMENT OF THE

COLOMBO,"

The following official decision reposting, tho abovevangelis published in Saturday's Sarata

BINDING.

Firstly at the British barque: Colombo, Tonnage $84, Official No. 47884, sailed, wound and son-worthy, from Sagon on the 19th Ang. last for Hongkong, Indon with Rise, having nine Chinme Passengers and a row of twelve en all tokl Tixt on the 1st and 2nd September, when about sixty miles from Hongkong, the vessel was in a "Tin-foeng," and bäng on her benm ends, it was found necessary to cut away the fore und main waste. The vessel lonked considerably, an that on the 3rd September 'at 3.in.there was six feet, water in the hold..

nd-Fengers in them with intent to remain

25th, 1871.

CANTON

Statuto square miles Plain north of Taion-tang river (cumpri ting the department of Kai-bing und pertions of those of Hanhaa and Uing- chau) paie

2,600

ninges between theece of very coarse e

all of which This terrace

General-On Weat Indians, sealing, 'riting | LETTERS BY BABON VON BICHEO-Ling between them. They give an opportunity and 'rithmetic. Where's Creagh? Sbooting, away as woul. But who payahim? No pay only

FEN TO THE SHANGHAI CHAM-to the rivers to adopt a meandering.core. org d in estimates for quilorinity, eaving to

BEN OF COMMERCE, ON THE The large nos of those are navigable in their Colony Good service ulonez-good Benvena!

PROVINCES OF CHEKIANG AND lowest pourae by small junka, beginning at Wynt to investigate. No me-all right -Sr- | Y

NGANHWEE

some distance below the place where the river cENTARY OPTATE.-Tato pasad.

(Continued.)

reaches its own branch of the Yangtee plain. Churub at Hondurna did not fall down when It is with some hesitation that I undertake On the King river, which I descended, Hou, Austin lift, setablished church on ree. to present an attempt at estimating the number of shipping-marts, distant from each Boadas Go-oral doesn't like soft atutul population of the province of Chokiang. other from ten to fifteen miles, mark the head you are, folgen, don't sily buyib ug about some correct figures in respect to the sta-seasons, with the rise and fall of the water Special Fund-Oh dear quite forgot here at it is desirable that we should arrive at of junk navigation as it shifts in the different I-SECRUTART OF STADE.

tistics of China, and I cordially invite con- in the Yangtse. Most rivers are navigable Choras Sir Richard in coming got out of tradiction to my statements, if it tends to by bonts far beyond the highcat of these the way-Exuntomnes.

correct them.

so near their head- marts, but generally not so If the area of Cheklang is compated on waters as in Cheriang. St.His Excellency the Viceroy of the Two The Master gát vat 1wo boats, placing the crew Kwangs has not yet left this pinoo, e role the great inap of China published in ‹Wu ́ Another important feature in the configu ou favoured by the Chairman by the vessel until daylight. The boss of the kin. His intended departure, however, ie ceng, we arrive at the following detailed ration of the country is the existence of or of Commerce with a letter obiet-mate buying three of the orend eight not at all magretted by the Cantonese, who figures:"

terrace of from 80 to 100 feet elevation, and im by the Baron de Meritona, passangons in it was driven away, leaving the ve, of use, tong folt that his advanced age

updalating surface, which intervenes in many subject, of which the following master and seven won standing by the land the delays of nature have roodered him.

and the billa. Li The statements which it At daybreak renewed efforts were made to bring of the ravis duties appertaining the high and Eldre or less unequal to an efficient discharge

made up of inclined

Je. rning information having been to ressol under control, but thees being na-

posita, varying in composition, om this Colony to the Chinese/Sucoesstil, the mkator abndoned her and made important office, which, for a number of gear 2. Area of the basins of the afluente to this: are cut off at a level on the top.

his way to-longkong. On the 12th September, he has had the bonour to fill. Simperfost ie a certainty such as to demand information vetom The Minoter, of the Co-be memory as to ongelim in some instances, 3.

covers a large space; if represented on a most amarching investigation tombo having been sou drifting about, the fe cxperioncu grent difficulty in calling to mind.

geological map it would appear in the shape Minster churtered the Stonn-ta Fume" in the names of those peons whose duties fro Hongkong, Zlat Sept., 1871;

of numerous elongated

dividing tongues, go been good enough to address which he wont is quest of the vessel, found her quently summon them to his presence. Upon 4.

rivers and rivulets. In the single triangle t of the cruisers, or, more ne

and towed her to Hongkong, and there bouclied taking biasat, as he is shortly expected to do, na

formed by the cities of Ning-kwo-bien, Ning- le member of the great souncil of the ustion 15.15." the gomplete blockade of bisher,

kwo-fu, and King-bien, it covers probably inse gunboats, sui tanak my

Secondly-The Cours considers that the Fakin, he will, I think, he found wanting. For Thject.

5,140 several hundred square miles. It is an in- mwater, offore, and crew need every exertion surely it is imposible for one-best-by-the-

... 7,620 Jurious element, economically, as it produces to save the ship, and were jostified in abandon-humition of age to such degree on he is, tunsin of l'ambi river.......

throw any light pun the deliberations of an

1,800 nothing of value, and, though overgrown will:

18 gress and loose chrubbery," almost barren Thirdly-That the master task proper and scibly songupt and select a that is supe

800 for the practical purposes of the present in- prompt action in peeding to requer the posed to be, which directs the affise of this resel when uewe of its being uflost renched empire. Greatly to the disappointcont

immersed in it are of the Curatonese, a Eroelleroy on-ohoong- him.

or about 30,000 square miles, if the islands is off at the slopes

I however, of STY

fertility. Their Fourthly, The Court returns to the mastero, the governor of this province, left on the She's instant for the neighbouring province of

are included. his certificate of Opetency.

Those portions of this ares comprised they constat is what I have called the Tatung

of the terraces. Kwangs The five days which immediately

The formation of which preceded that ve which the departure of th

under the numbers 1 and 4, and having in doing honour to one who, as a severnor, in southern extremity of the plain of the lower, where I first observed the terrace and governor took place, were spent by the Viceroy, aggregate arga of 3,750 aquare miles, are the strata from the mart of Tatung on the Yang evidently mech beloved by the people. Thus, Yangtee, and, like the rest of it, densely the strata of

of which it is courposed. during the period in questive, the Yaman the populated. Although it was undoubtedly.

general character southern Ngan Viceroy was, in huner of Lent chain yn ne larger in formier time, sa avenge of 500 hwei is determined by those features which continued scene of festivity and rejowing

fales and dramatic representatione forming habitants to the square inilo la pan the three great bells, from a geological point of namely, the division into the programine, for cats succeeding day. In very high estimate

we include in it

the consequence of Lou-oheong-yow's removal to country and district cities. I add

subdivision of these view; two mil-

geographical Kwangi, His Excellency the Viceroy holds lions besides, for the fire departmental cities.to very numerons ewall ridges which par of hours, in addition to his own sand of office. It results from my previous description by W. to N.E. by E.; the gradual setting

take in at which is attached to the governorship f

the trend of the former, from SW.. that the rest of the Chekiang the province. His powers, responsibilities, pad

province is

to day to anmunaties in a few in on thie enhject, reserving tog ber

e to you, addressing you is days a complete exposition interesting but complicated ave in fast to go back to its 56 author of 16, set forth Lite ich the Provincial authori

accepted it, the small in. si-deant government at n it in toto, and finally, Vinterusta of this Colony eed, of the sodacious de entary Tales of interna. the forgetfulness of Inwa ted with Custom Houses.

fore. that the object is ecial study at the same ifted at once to tell you din virtue of what prin

which, aveur sonable; in the Brožo

ed on the high seas, nu

pentes most certainly

If this no were coin.

C. Mar, First Police Magistrate, ** E. H. CAN, Aeting Harbor Master. S. GOWER, Izoficial dactice of the Ponce W. M. GILISON,

Funtora. WH. WHITE, Mercantile Marine. Confined, HENRY WASH WHITFEILD,

Major-General and Lieutenant Governor, Hongkong, 16th September, 1871.:

ESSENCE OF COUNCLE.

Clerk reads Minutes.

DE 130RETARY OF STATS,'

i

Estimates-donial Scratarya Department Hon. Bytte What about those boys now

8.

plain 1,500 Basin of the Tsión-tang river, 14,856 g. m., of which in Ngno-hw, 3,180, in Cheklang mga mapagimet12,710 Plain south of Tsion-tang rivar caņup. portions of Shan-bing-fu and Ning-po-fu)-1,250 Áron of the basins of all affluents to this plain and of all cost rivera bótween

Shau-hing-fu and Ping-yang-hion

Ares south of the latter... Area of upper, coures of some river

flowing into Fo-kien-------

Total neon.... 95,425

2.

3.750 square miles at 500 inhabitants po

Inkubitapta

habitants. The

The

I bare mentioned--

theu to pay.import du¡ how are they getting un: £500, £500 £100 | pecuniary gains are, therefore, greater than Tery billy; and although it contains about, between these ridges. of branches of the n it rot P Thought they were grown up now. they were before. If this evils and effete 3,000 square miles of tolerably woli populat. Yangtse plain, which increase in extent as

Colonial SecretaryAll got Barths but favourite of imperial royalty be not well auped broad valley land, this is more than gel, it would be again Wodehouse. Suns charged for interpreters soported in the disobarge of his duties, by able counterbalanced by large tracts of country

It would be called cording to an agreement.

counsellors the Cantonese will havo, still get which are nearly uninhabited. I believe Imitted by everyone

port Duty is only explain the nature of nocuunta o non-official complain of the gusatisfactory way in which down at 100 to the square mile.

Hon, with knows all about it will instar seacons, thaw they have, küberto lad, do not overrate the population in putting

Business, bien novar. gaderstand the affairs of the province bare of.Lite beer, ported? With member.

We have then vill pase it by in these things. The gentlemen-not doing inter-directed.

Hongkong is a pretera work and being charged for as inter it would appair the chief magistrate of the eatly nu Cus pretera, the mount must be put under come euty, or district of Sta-moove-yoon, hue bud ied there; but heading; and so goes under Dolomal Spentary is authority that defantly set at sought So is errone A Departmental detail.

This official, few days ago, sent pay duties at Nos-utils (blogidly), that's lapid. In

tive officer, together with anmber of Bley should Hen. Ryxis-Wiw gets that £2000 Tron-Buldiers to a fillage which is within his

sarer P

Colonial Secretary-Nybody,

i jurisdiction, to apprehend a notorioue offonder. . ཇ་ ་༥ ༥ Hon. Ryria-Thon acbody had better pay that the eldere, or gentry, of the village, stir. No sooner had the prisoner been apprehended. Thought the ffice abolitiod when Mr. red up the people to resist the officer in the it Forth was pensioned.

the liberation of the prisoner. This desire, os execution of his datỷ, and to obbin, if possible,

ourly common higher view of

1 doueiderations

bo Interests of

atkok, I Lud In the firat uperintendent of to sbey orders uatified nor rea. Ebold that the Arpment

Colonial Secretary-Perbaps it is abolished. How do you know it isn't P

32,250 square miles at 100 inhabitants per

square mile.. TAAKO M

1,675,000 3,225,000

square milenakem Population of Hong-chan Kia-hing, Hu

chau, Shou-fing. Ningpoon If we add for the Behang population on tize

coast and islands. 1,000,000

inhabitanta, or 225 to a square mile.

We got at a total of 8,300,000 It is my opinion that these figures are too

the part of the contry, was speedily effected, bigh, and, that an actual geneus would show The Chief Magistrate of the district, Guding, no more than five or six millions. To quote thereford, that he was utterly noble,

.ment from its very nature. The staple reply the amusement of the public, will, we trust, be kirun in u loose manner, and under advice framed in atrics MBOTONOURT, Go-† gave orders for the immediate decpatel of the observation, I got to consider 80,000 m Yangtze, tea is grown thromhout the hills.

to the question put by the Hon. Mr. BYRTE, edo to,

on Friday, was that the REGISTRAE nezd edly say he had not sent out the despatch hineef, but that be was glad his attention

had been called to the report, which was of a

very serious nature, and that he would at

thanks to the elasticity of the laws and Ona

'captured bim this morning on board the Can of common sense, it is as a matter. for tabould alan be mentioned that a notorious tons of the Chinese, at the mercy and at the house-breaker, navod Ho Alock, was also arcaprice of the Mandarina, from which they had na less astonishment than regret, that rested by the above named gentleman and Mr. Luped to get free on, coming to establishing he should have allowed the natural Gray, the warten, last night, between and themselves or British territory.

You will actice. Sir, that I do not in so short evar propre which a man feels with regard o'clock, behind the houses in Bridges. Street,

7

paucio. TAN

Ilon. Byrie-Not woch,

Hon. Austin. (Izsieumitgly.) And Canton, gentlemen? Plenty of work (looking towards Hun. Keswick) and increase, of stemmers steamer every day, you know.

proofs, which frequently us, of

Fourlinned to inge throughout the greater part

we recede from the southern boundry of the province and approach the Tangter; the intervouing between these plains and the hills of a barreu terrace. In the southern belt the scenery

I still almost as lovely sa in Chekizug. The valleys are narrow, the streams clear as crystal; the steepest billsides covered with vegetation. People are searce, bat hospitable and goodnatured. The hills are, however, пиле stripped of their wood then in Chekinng,

owing ស population of the yulleys below, to supplý the wants of the

which recesses in the hills are too remote, provided they still contain some timber of value. Bat even the hills adjoining popu- long districts near the Yangtee are rich in with those of the northern provinces vegetation, cbietly in shrubbery, if con

817, i compared Hun. Keswick-Why bore is the sating man

Nganbwei is known to be i

e among the most at this table! Misrepresentation-

Galanial SecretaryOb ab-SECRETARY

quence of the disaffeótion of the gentry, to an river covers about 1,200 square miles. A although the Taiping rebellion was here en-only one instance. The basin of the Fau-sui productive, and to have been among the OF STATE

provinces of China; and est populous Hors: Ryrie and Rowett.We would reapot provincial capital, for the purpose of conferring to a square mile, it should contain 1,200,000 of life and property na in Chekiong, the pro- port his position, repaired with all haate to the the above rate for the hilly districts, of 100 attended by at least as great a destruction desire of what is called the Central Gove to maintain at any price amicable relations.

Sally subasis that two and two wake four.

on a master a grave, with the Viceroy A The

Le Comtel Sterntary. The sustine cutforends took place between these officials, the motul number on the basis of personal dativo power of the country is still great. eunit but be compromised every day by orders

are with fustructions which was no Boor ended than the Viceroy actual Between the southern which I may designate as at lesat dangerous, from the SECRETARY OF STATE. 19.00 The Chinese residents in the flory have liah anbject..

mut to say extraordinary, on the part of an Eng veramental style of accounts, is feunt by any car veste da deh and Ting-Taing to the sons habitants as the highest limit within the Foremost in rank as regards quantity and

means necessary that two and two should make of the action.. The

Maristnite was of-

or range of probat

of tea is the department of Hwui- sent io a petition, praying that the lamp carry- Bat, fically, is this all Amiredly not. The foursometimes it may "be mors, sometimes dered to accompany the expedition for the pur

quality Dr. Williams puts the area of Chekiang

have mentioned D. regalation may not come into forse before objections of Sir Richard MsDanill continue les m 9 pm. On the whole the request reeing ronin all their force. A [native] Custom House

pose of demanding, in the most peremptory at 99,150 square miles, and the number of chat, the trade of which The Acting Anitor-General-Tentirely agree manner, the giving up, on the part of the

in connection with the Teien-tang basin, in batle, na the necessity for carving the Jumper Consular agent at Hangkong, would be with my boat ruble college. I bare trivesti gentry, of the missaer, whoat they bud inhabitants, according to the census of 1812, which the greater portion of the department earlier tour must necessarily bannoying nothing mary for less then a opy, and the Chigeted my I mean he accounts with the grape-so ilegally resoned from the hands of a at 20,000,000; this gives an average of 671 is situated. The tea markets for the rest of once make the most searching enquiries with to a large number of men returning from work nese population residing there would be a the ast care, and find everything quite right. Of properly appointed offer of justice. On the inhabitants to a square mile. The discre- the country are Tunglin, Tating and Wahu,

ahsolute moray of the Viceroy at Canton; be. course we put down the amounts we hope we arrival of the gravels at their destination paner between this statement and my own regard to it. Such is the answer which pay

The public will be doubtless glad a borosuse no one man ohange the geographical puai. are going to get, and if wo don't suoived in do. The demand in question was at ones wads, is due, in part, to the destruction of life by to all of which the tea la carried down ca man imbued with a particle of dignity, and a that Chun Apo, the man who buscked down tion of the plage, and because the large portioning so, why its a bad job, and its no use talking. To it, however, as was a car

rivera. navigable

The exuberant Fertility of the soil in the grain of common sense, would as, once have Mr. Douglas recently and escaped, has been at of the Chiness catablished at Hongkong having about it or erging over-apilt milk. Cume, dr. was givenne pos, anticipated, a real the the Taiping rebels. But it should teach us

is not excolled given; and as the Hon. Mr. SMITHis inbred length deposited fa geol, Mr. Donglas having their families and their interests either in the Byrie, (coazjag) when you send home your in-lio was ordered to pour the contenta of the At the same time to accopt with distrust lower portions of the province i

statistical figures made up by the Chinese with a particle of dignity and & grain ton boat, and landed him safely at his residence City or the Province of Canton, find themselves, balance 8:15et, urethers not some little disore largest guo, with which his skip is armed, into Government. The number of 671 inhabi.by anything I have seen in teraparate eli

the offending village. This order was, of Ne

rates. No experse has, therefore, bean spared course, obeyed. It failed, however, in prod. tants to the square mile exceeds by more than Hone, Howett, and. Byrie thought the doing thus tired effect, inasmuch as tire. Bere ono-half the density of population of Bel. in protecting the fow lands by embankments

and introducing a perfect. systemu Planation entisfactory, as they did not 200 say and the villagers, fogether with the offender, gium, the most thickly settled country oftion. Both deserve the highest admiration. likelihood of getting a better whoor they were an anxious to protect, fed to Europe, and nearly four times the average On the King river, I have waited for milea

Colonial Secretary British Packet Agents a place of greater security. The matter. I be density of population of France. These I pra to his special Doparimen to carry him away A scratch four-oured race was pulled of on the fronden of the part, which in trath does Aaroy Röd; Canton 4), if you please, gentle- I have just, referved in only one of the nisiwy borne iu. wind that Belgium is eminently were from eloron to thirteen feet high, the a letter even touch upon the grave question of want a little more money., Shanghai #100; lieve, rominus in abeyance The fact to whiet portions appear quite upnatural, if it rough fields of homp the stalks of which so far as to induce him to make the very on Saturday afternoon-over the usual hall mil sot exist at the present line, atal will bave no men

too, in in large quantity, and founded accusation against Mr. Rynze, of course from Burraws Wharf wastward. The existence, sxcept in the regions of spoonistive Non-Umfioints. Unie I wo don't quite plasse. ho manner in which the laws of China are, so an agricultural, manufacturing and mining state of the helde promised a rich harvest.

fouca in the order of their stations, were as theory.

Its enough to be "squeezed by officials in the ionally in e peegnence, I fanny, of the min country, while Chokiang, with the crcoption The fact that these naturally rich regions bringing a serious charge against him flowe, Station No. 1 being nearest the Praga :-- The rospect which I entertain for everything Colony without sabandising all the underpaid governor of the lundarins. who tre the of one-ninth of its area, which undoubtedly

It is all very well, and it must be owned,

which emanates from the Government prevents assistante in the Corenlutas. Well, narer

vary cures of the can disregarded by was formerly among the most densely in. are situated on the Yangtao, and commu-

habited not a little amusing' for Mr. Smira, to dự

wy bare making mention of a letter which it is mind, we out stand the £100 for Shanghai, As those over whom they arginted to rule.. nounce in terms which would have requirad

suppoeed was written by one of the officials of the Packet Agent there only does his own work. On Friday night, the 15th instone, this city with 20 of the globe, is covered picate directly, by water with other recima interspersed by a few valleys in which there is a surplus of population, this Colony, but which, ituppaars private

Hon. Austin.And how about Amoy F

was visited by a must vident thunderstorms It Whoever has travelled through the pro-render the rate at which the country is being qualification had they been used by Bras

and confidential." It in not my part to deny so

Nob Officiala fid not see it; positive un assertion, but at the same time it up-

of the night and so long and heavy were the vince must consider the number given by resettled more rapid than it is in Chekiang

The against WARBEN HASTINGS, the non-official

# wise liberality government erhibits pears to my that is a question in which the vital

showers of ran with which it was leaded, a the so-called cenas as perfectly absurd. If member who ventured to express Lu opíion

reduced towards the new settlers, and it is astonishing feterasts of this Colony are at suke, it might

nose great destruction of bouachold pro- the number of

what numbers of them have come to son- that the Registrar-General's office was not

bo desirable to nek for some enquiry with the

millions, the average VON, Agh a Texty. In the Si-wa street, of the Tartar quarter. to one-half millions in.: Hon, Kosnick thought steamer overy day of the city, not to refer to other planes ten density of population would still have ex. thern Named in the last two or three single object of ascertaining for instance if the document in question has been neither com- must be a great bother better allow it. Ryrie municated to the Provincial authorities, or Rowett werd not quite decided, but the were, on this occation, destroyed. The ceeded that of Belgium. It is not probable years The travellar bas often the greatest difficulty in making saquires regarding the transmitted to Pekin with the object to raise Acting Colegial-Trancer having given them of life, however, in consequence of the fall that it ever has been up to so favourable

ing of theie dwellings, was. I'um glað. Buy,

road to some neighbouring country or hopes of the realization of projecte which I gona lesson in the first principles of the by no means great, ac person only, a proportion in the most flourishing times. sider impossible, and which, in short, are no besiness, and told them that perhaps the pri oath of sight yours of age, having been killed.

It should, bewovor, bo romarked, that there place. There are instances where only the thing more than financial expedients to hide ap vate steamers might not take the lotters, they in inspy attrats of the dify and ite mybarbs, she is no other province of China where the twentieth man one moste is an old resident, temporary diffentias.

yielded in taco of this awful contingency, and water, in eonsequence of the heavy rains, rose figures giron by the census appear to bave and it is those exclusively who are at all In a subsequent letter, I will endeavour, Si, et came the £40.

Moreover, the street being closely barricaded-Chekiang. Still it is diffenlt to be convinced new men are from Hupé, but many are natives of Homan, Honan, northern Ngan. junde is, or is not, to be permitted, and contre and Red and Yellow started unusually

$16,833 gentleme gentlemon, the Registrar as is the case in all Chinese cities and towns of their general truthfulness if a gross errero, and even Azubuen much Kwerchan sequently they may at lupat be croused if, well together, Yellow if anything a triffe before hearing that something has been done ia que Red who were rather too long on their first

Hon. Eyrie delighted to make the acquisis y sight--the water, as a matter of coureo, Las been found in one instance. unce, heard of him before at Canton: Sowethouderot reading. During this same 8-From the Borders of Nganhwei to Wuhra the destroyed villages they find easily a

thunderstorm, and, ulso, in eonsequence of the

on the Tanglee.

house that can be rendered habitable. Each of the Government Departments calculated roke. Blae made no start at all, and fall to pieces alocat immediately. probably on account

body says that somebody else there heard of heavy raina wii which it was nooorapanied, a

an unoccupied piece of to work inconceivable harm, they ranture to fhasing unavoidably changed one of their crow

him, dr someghere thereabouts, a little valua portion of the large temple at Houin fell to The pass which I crossed in going from man or family selects

starte immediately to work. ble isformation about a Chinese Custom Honas esk for information as to the truth or other at the last moment. Mr. Mankwen, who was to

the earth with a great crash. The lighting. Chebang Into Ngantwei sppears to be the ground, and

is put having leaked out of the Colony into the Laboweger, as far as I can learn, does not appear only convenient passage scross the boundary Bat if before that time the former wher

After tw

two years ha-rs have palled, was jeapacitatel only on Satur

possession of it. wise of the reports which have reached the day morning, and the gentleman who palled 2

perial Maritime Cestome ofice. Anybody to have done say great amount of damage. le range dividing both provinces, east of the turns up, the squatter is obliged to take other It is not right or seemly for officials to be was perhaps but ncestomed to the boats used

now anything about it

is reported amongst other slight canalties, it chan-fu. Yet it is in little usa, because the c Chorus of officials, (doprocatingly), I may, you this respect that an ol buly had the heir of direction of the trade of the unwilling to afford every information in their here, an tio has only recently arrived in the Cokny," Bed, however, soon made up the slight.

the heads of valleys and low ravines, which the rivers. power on matters of with direct importance ground they had lost at the start, and for about Lee-a-sum, compradore to Mr. H. Burrowo, Į koow.

the storm iseted, it appeared as if the four The atms of the pass, Trien-chin-bwon, is have naturally the priority in the use of to the commercial interests of the place. An third of the way the two bosta raned well to was charged by his master with barbouring in Hon. Byrie.--Bai I do thongo.

water from the hills. They got it still per- Hon; Smith (Butta voce) :-Don't much like using of the thunder was almost deafening, owing to an old fort built on the top of it at fest official should carry with him the appearance gether, Yellow working pretty hard, and Ited the bones thru Chinese. They were all, unoord- at least of frankoess, and courtesy, and not pulling tolerably well within themseless. The ing to his statement, bruthers of seren, but to appear bere un Begistrar General-awkward and the Baches of lightning were so vivid and defence against the Nganhwei side. It ay puro, and free from decayed organic Red coreva then began to steer rather wild, were fined 10 cents each for their lodginge. questions and all that surt of thing, but suppose so uncomfortably fear as to take one ap shows that at some former time the pass was matter. The furthest recesses in the basine exhibit the patulent intolerance of conceited by and brought his boat right across the way

therefore quickly regained to SELLING LIQUORS TO BLIJORA.

must, well, here goes, I will do the indignant-prehensive of dangor. Towards its close there of greater political importance than now cultivation. The region next below can use ignorance. The suggestion that a man who

Did you say me?

was a strong wind from the North, which caused Its altitude is no more than 1,000 feet above Hon, tyre. No, Mr. Treasurer, did not wrote a letter stating that a report existed

spank of you. Beport going about concerning yos, and I suppose those of my neigh the level of the sea. The range to which only such water as has already done the ser- Bours, to rattle. Sach sudden squall, it belongs consists here of granite. It has a

vico of irrigation on many ricefields above. of a flagrant abuse in an important publie

Begistrar Generals Dice, no:, being booked have during the past few months boon of auch general altitude of about 2,600 feet, but risos They rang second in the speed of resettling Department should be prosecpted, which

frequent occurrence, as almost to nenustom ta,

is conspicuous where a river is acce was made by the COLONIAL SECRETARY: the end, when some of the Bed mow began to

The Acting Culonial Treasurer: The Regis, and our hunees, to them, To Chinese boats, eastward to about 5,000 feet in the two bondpanied by benar bettomiend, in its upper trar General is a particular Friend of mine: they are often times vore fatal. As for example, summits of the Ti-Tienmushan and Tung-course. On every rivulet coming down to it we a painful exhibition of the narrow fil in strength, and Yellow putting on a really named Kwong-angre, id that he did on 2142 won't hear this. Will ye thread on the tail of the sudden binst of wind which I have just de Tienmushan. About sixty miles west, the the waving ricefields prove the reviving of spirit in which office in Hongkong beautiful apart brought their boat up to within September unlawfully permit a large nurus my coat P

serihed capsized scar to the "Dutch Fully extremely rugged range of the Te-whang- Hon, Ryri-Certainly not.

cultivation, while the fine alluvial land, not- regard the important functions confided to small ball leagth before the finish, Hed thou zled ferusions dag to be at large which bit

has. won the race, having pulled in capital style complainant's child on the left leg very seria them. What can be wore, to the interests from beginning to end. The odds were very ly. Complainant stated he is watchman to Sayle take it as traded on. He made a obarge, ba and of whom it is said nine were drowned. 1 day curdling to sneruid measurement by Mr. wat heen tonched by the plough since the

Aating Colonial Treasurers, Well then, I win that in which were eight men and too women, shan rises abruptly to about 6.000 feet (ac-ithstanding its inviting appearance,

also observe it phasing, that the steamship Hollingworth, bounded distinctly east and rebellion. First ia demand, however, is the of Society than that saad reports should be each against the Yellow cren doing soything & Co, bis daughter was playing near the bone,

Spark, when on her voyage from. Mnoso to thần sympathy sad indignation on the officials Llik instin, pissed a fobing junk went by two low and much used passes broad allevial land in the lower course of thoroughly sifted, so that, if well-founded, the, us, the two ansat important cars, stroke and defendant's day came out and hit her on and three, only promised to row on Friday the leg. The child in our testid to the abuses to which they direct attention may bowering, in order to make a name, taking the name, stating that the dog now to court way Hs Excellency.-Bettor abut up this kind of with ber keel upward, un to which were eling. Though not the direct continuation of the the rivers; that chiefly which is enclosed by

to the ing three al bar crew. Captain Brady, who is Tien-inu range, it belongs evidently remedied? And is it not an undignified pro-Lilacs of Messre. Steveas and Wocks, both the same dag

Defendant atitted that two women were quar."

ton. Keswick hat due word. Looking at who for his contesy and kindness of heart is well portion, and the distinctive character of which ceeds at the quickest rate.

in command of the atomistip in question, and same belt of rangas of which this forms nebankments. Here the restoration pri ceeding for the Government members to fire good onre, and both unable to row at the last

moment. It is very much to the credit of the relling near the banse, and the child ran to see the thing practically can't something be done known, very considerately went out of his course is their geological structure. I crossed this I have it from the month of officials, that up, as though they were very grievoutely bart, crew that they did as well as they did. Their them, when the dog ran out of the house to gefoy" the Department ? because people venture to believe that one or style was very good, thongh No. 2 was rather Mr. Ensuell fined her 33, or the choice of 14 days' Colonial SecretaryETARY OF STATE er less unfortunate even assitor. The belt now between Fanuni and Ningkwo-hion, the ground is given to the settlers free of "sloppy, and did not do his work fly. It is imprisonment; the woman returned into court, du please be quiet, and do something useful. aid, however, which he so generously offered to where it has a width of fifty miles, and tra- expense, and directly by the government.

bestow they declined to accept. In the neigh two of the departments in the Colony are not exactly perfect. The time has long passed Plessing to notion that the officera of the 10th and asked the magistrate, if he would allow Now, here is the Crowa Solicitór wsata bisbourhood of this abiparenka oraft, there were relied formerly in it from King-te-chiu ip But the settlers were upanions in naming

beyond

price, varying from 800 to 4,000 azsh per Regiment wore represented in the boats by the dog to be shot, instead of the fine, as she salary doubled.

three or four Chinese Eshing junks, the crankings, by way of Ki-men-hien to when even, in the most distant settlements, three of their number. We hope to set was very poor woinsa. This was acceded to, Ho. Byri-Yea! a clerk too. Really, of which were evidently, quite unconcerned wai-chau-fu. The whole belt in composed mow, which they pay to the punti-jin," people accustomed to au air of freed on: will hearty co-operation in nil matters, weis!, sport. and the dog was accordingly taken down to can't see it, y

ing, and otherwise, between the military and the the cliarge room, tied up to one of the cell doors, Colonial Secretary-We are working him to with regard to the perilous position of their skip of the most ancient system of formations that fa, the original wrecked countrymen, who, as i have already taking part in the structura of these regions, peara it is tacitly bear with the "insolence of office" "when general community. We know it will not be and summarily executed, three or four obots death Hon. Fanucofote (oh, that he were stated, were clinging for safety to what rs and is one of the two bands of them which I the survivors in such villago carried to this extent. The temperate speech the fault of the officers if this be not the case, having to be placed in his bread before be akaf bere und -HORETARY OF STATI

Hon. Keswick.Secretary of State be- of their shattered burque. There a montioned in another chapter as being beirs of the abandoned fields and to hold

I think, bo no doubt thut these shipwrooked of the Hon. Mr. Keswick, which he was and we are sure that the community will not Had of his mortal coil. The woman then dar.

allow it to be theirs. The race, but for the deriod away the caroase.

think portkips this detail need hardly be ar

mon were afraid to leave the wreck, whez invit. parallel to the axial range of the Nanshan on them entitled to an indomnity, perhaps be

village was ranged by the Secretary of Staté, cannot wa

ed by Ceptulu Brady to do so, est it should be its northwestern side. The other of these case mar Colonial Secretary Jb, yes, of course you seized by the anfeeling barpies was were hover Yangtse, where I know it by own observation agreed equally in the statement, that they

bando

a single family or clan. extenta along the southern bank of the by ing around can

all that could be wished, but the marchants

in this Colony have to lock upon this ques-

tion is a very different light from that of an

opportunity of displaying their eloquence at

the Tegislative Council. They have thous

sands of pounds at stake on whether a per-

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ricious interference by the Chinese with their Mr. R. D. Starkey started the race by gun to give faller details, and leave you at liberty Clerk of Council-The Registrar General to such a height us to inundate sbe very houses. been so much exaggerated as in the case of acquainted with the country. Most of the

to make any use of this letter that may be seen fit to you.

BAKON DE SERITENS

General $16,362,""

I am, &o

POLICE INTELLIGENCE. 23rd September. BEFORE J. RUSSELL, Esq.

PAULODGERS..

of Yellow. However the Red stroke, apparent. Lean.yow, an ex Water Police Constable. y fearing a foul, put on a light spart and took and Chan-e-cheong, an old geal bird, were each his boat well abua, taking Yellow water. The sent to gual for three months, and ordered to latter gave way slightly, also fearing the foul and security in fas, hering her sanght, golling Red the gained nearly a length a half, and liquore to ships in the harbour. this diatrice was kept till about 100 yards from

almost precluded from delivering by an affection of the Blues, was a very lively one, aud tempt on the part of RE. the LIEUTENANT no doubt there will be plenty of coorgy of the GOVERNOR to close the discussion when My name sort resurvel and produced against the appranskiog gube-day, the Regatta, which from SKira's tirade had been made, is sufficient all we can learn bids fair to be greater us. to show that there are grounds for a feeling sess than ever this year. on the part of the public of distraes of the Registrar General's Department as a de partment, and without any referencs to the individual or individuals at the

LATE TELEGRAMS.

London, Est. 19ıb. The Iron Duke is to be the Admiral's Flag

China via the Suez Canal,

· EXECUTION OF A DOG, J. Astouts, Joao Costa commoned a "woman,

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know, you must not any you want to know, you her head singed by the electric Auid. Whilst side of the boundary is on either ground. The favourite places are firstly,

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head of it. Mr. KRWICK's experience in whip on the Ching station, and has left for} uninterextiog, consisting merely of small chairing himself). By Jove, I masta't pitch into they succeeded in finding, und sppropriating is P is enclosed a belt of nearly fortan heirloom from former generations, and the

The remaining onson were insignificant and disputes, street gambling, and tb antal petty

JXencer.

NON OOMPLIANCE WITE ORDINANCE. Mr. Charles Osmond, for the Honorable tha Hegistrar General, summoned Pantai and Wong-ning, bouseholders of Nos. 70 and 76, Hou. Keswick Then I vots we do. Ia be

Let me now go on to observe what a autuing. for nearly two hundred miles, from the south- pay nothing whatever to the mandarins, and Square-street, for a breast of Section VII of forably compelled to do the work? Not Toen is approwling, Lands of robbers, as is usual, eastern foot of the Lui-shad, west of Poyang that they enjoy great liberty, such as they Ordinance 7 of 1863, for: not reporting, then- | 1 vots against the increaEO. elves us the householders of said boneve, De

are beginning to ply their natural vocations. lake, to hour Wuhu. It confprise the Ta were not accustomed to in their nasive pro- (Chorus of non-officials), And so ney all of war instance, on the night of the 13th instart, hwn-shan ranger, and probably cred vince, fendant stated this was the fault of the shop- The Judge of the Sanimery Court, Acting a band of thirty five men, armed cup-pin-hwa-shan, and forme another important It seems indeed that the Chinese govern. Find $10, or fourteen days imprison Attorney-General, and Acting Chief Justice catered the village Tai-koug, which is situat feature in the geology and geography of ment acts with great wisdom in this mattor, ment. Figes were paid.

Don't know though; if there is more worked a few miles to the west of this city, and a southern Ngathwai there should be store pay. Catch ma doing tacked the residenos of a gentle to Hunan, 260 miles south-west of the Li-shu welfare of the Empire, and the question may The Hong-chan is of surpassing economical importance for the more work withouse rise. I consider-tobeck Tea Oloog-Heng Upon affecting admittaneo,.

continuation. Butween these probably it t

appear justified, whether this wisdom is not Shangliai, where much more is known of The majority of the Commissioners appoint.

them; forgot I was Attorney-General,

to themselves, in z of one thanand two Hour Rowett.-Don't pay toy clerks on that dollare. It is said that those faules miles in width, tunch at the oval measures, vastated regions only the Chinese thau is the case here, has led him fed to examine the new Treaty with Fraseia are

of more recent for present methods applied for

resettling de pricciple, I can tell yun.

remained two hours and upwards in the

which are

repetition

Etion of thous Yote Breck of.. us—if it may be said without egotismilar unfavorably inclined towards it

The Committee have adopted the Treaty with

* The original text of this portion of the letter mas

house, which they su suvorsfully pillased,

Thong Hon. Keswick.--Just let the Bishop know although their presence in the bosse in question

parallelism of these three great belts applied in many former fustances of similar experience long ago led us, to the conclusion Franos and Germany, with slight changes, as follow

we are all disgusted with him.

was kaown thronghost the village, the populas repeated in the large number of small nature that have or may have happened is that such a system as that of the Protectc which has been accepted by the Chamber, bal

Le respect que je proferre pour tout ce qui tient di

Colonial Beoretary-Noblong my pidgin." the German. Plenipotentiarios bara refused Gavernement, in empêcas de mentionarii a lettre que rate of Chinces is fraght with danger and ratify the Treaty in consequence of the modifies suppose aroir été éorite per uur des fonctionnaires

tion of which consists of a thousand als, o mountain chains of which they are made up, the history of China. If one considers the Clerk-The Police Eatinate {grosos).

os dared, it appears, to attempt to make them but acs so plainly exhibited in the river state of atter depopulation of the provinces liable to sunee. This apprehension has been - enation.

Colonial Secretary-$10,000 for pastage prisers. The consequence we that these coarsen, owing to the circumelanie that, as infeated by the Taiping rebels, and pare de cette Culonte mais qui serait, parait il, privcs of concl fully realised by subsequent events, and there The Assembly adjourned to December 4th,

dentielle. Il ne m'appartient pas denier noe affirok-money, da, du,

rasesla rosneged obes a anfe retreat with their wa proceed towards the Yangtee, brauches of with it the records of the devasta Maw a positive, toutefois il me semblo, que datin uns Hon. Ryrie-$10,000! That's pretty my gotten gains. This orcamtangs is only the allurbil plain accompanying that river Bane provinces committed repeat cau be no doubt that Mr. Keewier euterated

It is stated serious difficulties have arisen, at qacation ou le interêts vilas de detta Calenie sout en Colonial Treasurer.—Only an estimato-only | «other instance of tas strict alleginano wnish what is now the very general feeling of the Berlin in conrquence of the modification of thejen, on pourrait, il me serbin, denunder une enquête an estimate; sent the money home; we've the Chinese, at all Limbs, pay to that precept, ruch more and more, and with inoressing gone by such as took placo, fo

I nothing to do with it.-SECRETARY OF STATE. which declares that self preservation in the first width, upon the bills, extending and remify the accession of the present public, in erpressing his opinion that the Commercial Treaty by the Assembly Advice dans l'unique, but, &c. Be. -

LONDON, Sept. 21st,

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