1874-05-05 — Page 3

CHARLES DICKENS-WHY DID HE

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I found myself a litle giddy, and extremely uncertain of the sense of touch both in thể lóft leg and the left hand and arme,” – Thosa are unmistakable signs of central disease, abent which there could be no doubt. He statestkit be lind an Inward conviction thus, whatever i was, it was not goub, and that his heart had tueu fittered by the Stapleburat accident, and want ed a little helping: This the, stelliscopo firmed. Sir Themse Wutsoo qam ovomited on the 23rd April, 1869, and the following notes upon the case were taken by bim —* Af ter unperal irritability; he found himself glôdy. with a tendency to turn round; desiring to put something on a small table he pushed it and the table forwards andesignedly. He had som

DESTINATION.

LONDON 156 SUEZ CANAL MELBOURNE AND SYDNEY SAN FRANCISCO

THE DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY MAY 5TH, 1874.

Vessels Advertised as Loading.

TEBUKLE AMIG

CAPTAIN

AT

FOR FREIGHT AFFETTO

To bи DIANATCHEE,

Diyence (str.),.... Barton Stather... Ondo.....

Windward ...

"Do y Chikum

Do puratio Spingne. Lord of the Isles

SHANGHAI.

Do

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Gwalior (e1.r.) Ndao (atr.). 'igra (str.) Ostberica... Mezzalah (str) Babar (str.) Amazone (str.) Sylvia (str.). Achilles fute, Nizam (atr.)

SWATOW, AMOY & FOOOHOW Yesso fatr.).. SWATOW AND AMOY Fnon.co.Jan

Por Sale.

Balierfeld & Svirano

kong Rozario &

kong Russell & Oa

Vogel, Hagedorn & Co.:

Hongkong Yogel, Hagedorn & Co...

Vogel, Hagedorn

PM.E. B. Co. Hongkong Gibb, Livingston & CO

SP.M.

On the 5th ipát, Qoluk despatch juick despatah.. Quick despatobi Quio dospatak.... Quick despatch.. Ou 13th fest., Quick despatch::

1681 inst, at noon

gkong Donghua Lapfair & Co To-morrow, it 3PM.

Mesangories Maritimes. On 18tinet, at noon. Slangkopg Fredorio Degaster... Janiok; déspatol. Hongkong Moaangories Maritimes...ck despatela.

.......... P. & O. S. N. Go. zingakep. (Quick-dampatol.

Maaigerien Maritinien zaiok dempabob, Bengkong WM: Pasta & 5%; qa Quick dispatch:-

Batterfield & Spe

On the 7th Inst P & 0,5. N. Co.....

nick despatob langkong Douglas Laprik & OO 7th inst., at noon.

ugkong Itouglas Laprak & Co... Today, at noon.

For Sale.

SHOWING in every Deporticat GENERAL DRAPERS, SILK MERCERS,

Ir seeking for the use of death of England's second greatest author of fatition chargater, we must consider his life from his earliest days, -His boyhood was one of great hardship, bodily and mentally. He was insuficiently nourished, lothed, sind lodged, hp to adolescence, and - from the degraded position be held during his boghued which he took to heart most strongly —both his body and sympathics were stunted,

In person hu wa small- and spare, sad al though of a prodigions imagination, and of a highly sensitive and sympathetic nature, this

Davis YOKOHAMA Great Republic (atr was confined within kimself, and be had no

SINGAPORE, BATAVIA, &c. Legislator (st.)...

Da Da Varequver (str.). outlet for the display of his talente until map-dd feeling of tranturity &bout his left: 18SINGAPORE, BOMBAT do hood. His youth was grushed wi bin him, and if there from something unnatural about his his powers, intent and corosive, eat away his heel, but he could lift and he dit no drag SINGAPORE AND PENANG... vitality.

leg. Alas he spoke of some strangeness of bi SAIGON, SINGAPORE, But how geelilent must have been bie spirita fole band army and missed the spot or which he TOKOHAMA

SAIGON With what hopeful joy did be greet the appear. wished to lay, that hand, unlom be carefully pange of his ftrat little skotch in print. He was looked at 10= felt an bureadiness to » boy again, and now all the pet-upsardour lift bis band to his bend, especially his left of his youth was lavished on the most humour. hand, when, for instance, be was brushing bis ous of his werke, "the immortal. Pickwick,” hair." The stato ikus described abowed plainly His health improved; manhood brought himh a that he and been on the brink of an attack of complete immunity from the black thoughts of paralysis of big Inft side, and possibly of ap his previons career

plery. He appebred to be well, his mind un. We need not toack upon this period; he was clouded; his pulse quiet; his heart was beating hoppy and prosperous in bis. liboncs, and his with some slight excess of the natural impulse: benith woo good-wo will, therefore, omit the He told me he hid of hate sometimes, though years up to 1853, wlso a sundition of restless. ; rarely, fost vor misused a word, and be forgat ness, of which be bade previously complained, muutes and numbora, bet bad always done lo began to take a more frm hold of him, that Sir Thomae Watson eventually one. the attacks became more frequent. He was tioned a completion of the readings, with unkoppy is bis-homo, and be had cenetnal caution, and quoted the folowing pertineat. longings to rash away to Puris, Bonon, remark of Captain Cook'a :-"Proventire mea: Switzerland, somewhore; and writing the resuros are always invidious, for when moni A maining two-third of the nest number aloft in anoin, the recessity for them is the least ad for SPRING and SUMMER WEAR, 004- goue quias Ind-roon. I have been hanging apparent over it and got restless. Want a change, 11 Woskip over a period of comparative quiet, A large and onrefully selected, Assortment of

bik Stupid" In the the year 1353 be says, when be again undertook some readinge, to * Hypochondrinosi whisperings tell me tout reimburse the Mesare, Chiappali, introducing nm rather overworked. The spring dose not the murder of Nanog by Sikes a most azeitig com to fly back again directly, as it always did place of acting both to rescer and nadiens, when I put my own work aside, "and: had no, as the following record of the paleations of his thing else to do. In 1957 the unsettled, heart, taken by Mr. Beard, his medical a restlers feding but become more confirmed tendant will show-Ordinary pulse, 172; his home was distasteful to him; he so gut | niter Copperfield." 96; • Marigold, 99, * Sikea plasares in the society of others which he and Nuzey, 12(again, 118, Oliver Twist siewald huvi obtained at home..

12 andao on. What could be more sopclusive Quring the composition of "Little Dorrit" and this evidence of the injury he was doing And also in Bleak House, he felt it strain self by theag readings. In March, 1870, be upon his invention, which cansed him sortaigi ničce, “My uumasin.caa and hamorrhage ban misgivings; and he and an apprehension of come back with an aggravated irritability that some possible breakdown, at which the end it has not yet displayed. You have no idea. glit be un any moment beginning Bisola wint a state I am in today from a violartrush puradite mure too often laid aside for other of it, and yet it has not the lightest effect on excitements and occupations, Here are hisą my general deal à that I am aware of... The own views on the ambject Too late to say put end was how rapidly approaching: Occupied Supply received monthly, ?*** the enrou and don't rush at bille, I DRVG on Edwin Droad, his last written worde Ladies' DRUŽB MATERIALS in French How to read but in sotion. I am becoins in wore, and are preaching the Baturvetion and Chest TAFFETA. Plus, Figured, and Cacok

pable of rest. In confident I should raet, the Bife. During dinner & angular expres-ed Jupanga SILKS. break, or die, if I spured myself; much bettorsion of trouble and pain came over bis face; be to, die doing,"

onde use of several incoherent tering, and Again I had the strangest servous mise upon attempting to rise be sank down heavily ries before I stopped. If I deuldn't walk far upon his lott sido. : On the ground," wore the and fast, I would just explode and perish.at words be apoko. There was effusion on This araving for walking exercise, when was one of Lie-obaracteristics, was evidently usture's effort to counteract the tendency to sluggish liver whichwao habitual to him. This was shown by a tendency te bœmorrhage from the bowel,

the brain; he breathed sterteronsty through the night, drawing big list, breathing ten minutes past six, on Thursday evening, the 9th of June, 1870, in the 69th year of his age LAWTE

To recapitulate A youth of hardship bodily and mentally, the growth stunted, the wind repressed, of biliona tendency, relieved by occasional humorchage, and immense bodily Txertion in walking.

This foot symptoms, which gave him so much trouble, were evidently misnodeytood, both by himself and those he consulted. They were treated as a pond, discas either for gout, or injury firm nold, or aver exertion. They wer in reality, un autory" from the nerve cen tren, probably, in the commeusement, the lower portion of the spinal cord pa

from which he occasionally suffered. A bont the timelig avpamtion from bin wilo took plate, in 1869, and he commenced his public rendioga, ad these are the two causes which, in a few more years, resulted to his premature | In mid-life, up to the age of 45, his death. On the breaking up of his home he health bad been fairly good, and if the became very intimate with Fechter the ator, dowestia break-up which took place about thon at the Lyceum,und the All the Year Round this time, had hean armoga differently, te office being newly opposite, bere was a cou would not bare entered into the thuntrion stant interobunge of society-if Dickens was schemes which led to the public, readings te not to be found at the effies, he was sought at eventual oause of death. However, it is useless The theatre, and vice versa with Fechter This ovnsidering what might have been, we have but intimacy led to a fast life, and Dickens and to consister what was. ANA Feoblarinated in couples. In 1964 ha felf the strain of his work, and in February, 1965, that formidable complaint in his foot broke out, which at certain timce for the rest of his

·lifa degewoil-bin, more or less of tunt wijnk he Poked upon as a sine gad non for this heaith bodily exercise. Now follows the third and crowning catue of his prestare death. He was in the Staplebunt accident, 9th June, 1865, the results of which bethes opcake of: "Ition greatly, by sereia shock to the nervous am curiously weak renk no if I were recover system generally, and the sens of disease in ing from a long illness. I begin to feel it more particular, the great exertione be wont through. in my head. I writa balf a dozen notes and in America, the exposure to cold, and the tan faint and sick. I am getting right, rough and long railway jonnieya, uidad very though still low in pulse, and very nervous: much to his troubles, but it was the immense Yesterday, 1 ful moronbarea than Inve since atrais apon the airoulatory systems (proved enecident.csunat bear mailway travelling by the condition of the paleo of the readings res If this letterà curried in the head, the the murder," which was the last straw: lo Danse of death is more easily understood

To recapitulato. 1. A sovore strain upon the system of the brain, flooding that great or nervous system; Brot by the public readings, ga" with an inaudatioof Quid which drowned requning chantant railway travelling and the out the birthplace of Pickwick and so many exertions of a most crecientione natur. 2. A other character of fotitious Erglish history, faat and irregular life with Fechter, exhuasting Charles Dickens died on the 9th of Járe, 1820, bus physical power; and ard, the Staplers aged 68, of serious poly accidunt probably using slight conclusion of the spinal cord and train.

The Staplehurst ucculent increased the affec

an entire Etook of NEW: GOODS adapt

LADIES COSTUMES, POLONAISES, and OVER SKIRTS, in Batiste Holland, Pique, Swiss and Scotch Book Muelin, and other now Light Materi

LIN MORNING WRAPPERS

PRINTED CAMBRIC and STRIPE MUS

SILK CASHMERE EMBROIDERED JACKETS and MANTILLAS of the latest

denigag

All the Newest Spas in Ludies WHITE, BROWN, DRAR and BLACK UNTRIM MED STRAW HATS, MY Also, the Italian CNIP HATS. ⠀⠀ Boys' and Girls' STIVAW HATS, in great fariety.

ROMNITS MILLINERY HATS and BONNETS.

All the Noir Studca in French FOULARD, a material most entable for Costumes and Su mor Wear.

STRIPE MOHAIRS

The New TUSSORE CLOTH in Spots and Stripes.

STRIPED and FIGURED GRENADINES ALPACA LUSTRE in various shades, Fatinya

New COLOURED BILKS, 1 Pisin and

HARED. MOIRES.

BLACK and

A Large Blook of the beat makes in GROS- GRAIN and GLACE SILKS.

Freudit CAMBRIOS and BATISTE, Plain Coloure.

RAMS, WHITE, FIGURED, and STRIPED PRINTED CAMBUIGS, Scott GING. BRILLIANTES, and SATIN STRIPE MUS- LINS, suitable for Ladies' Morsing Wrappers EMBROIDERED LINEN and FLEETED

SET

LACE, COLORED LINEN, MUSLIN and LACE FHILLED SETS

LINEN and MUSLIN ĦABIT SEIBTS and SLEEVES

Swies MUSLIN

GODIOES,

* MUSLIN and “ULLE RUFFLES and RUFFLE TRIMMINGS

Brussels and Real Maltese Ch COL. LARETTES.

HEM-STITCHED and LACE HANDESK CRIEFS.

Cab's LACE EDGED FRILLINGS, for trimming Under Linen,

G473

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COURT DRESS MAKERS,

MILLINERS,

QUE ENS ROAD

HONGKONG.

· FOR SALE;

JUNTO WINE, în Casks.

Lisbon WHITE WINE, in Onake, MADEIBA, in Octaves

Old. FORT WINE, fa 1 dozen Cases." JEREZ DE LA FRONTERA, io 1 dozen

Onses. Apply to

J. J. DO KRMEDIUS.Co. 14d fit. Hongkong, 28th April, 1874.

FOR SALE B JOHN DURAND &

Vessels on the Berth.

FOR SINGAPORE AND PENANG HE Steamship

**NAMOA”

Captain Westoby will to despatched for the bove Porta TO-MORROW, the 8th instant,

For Freight or Passage, apply to MAGADOUGLAS LAPRATK & Co.

83 684 Hongkong, th May, 1874.

FOR SAN FRANCIBOO 180 Belcish Stenmahip

"LORD OF THE ISLES," Captain Joseph Dowdie, will loed bere for the abore Port, and will have immediate despotab.

For Freight or heango, apply to

VOGEL, HAGEDŐRN & CO. tf 677 Hoazkong, 1st May, 1874."

DE FOR SHANGHAI – THE German Steamer

TH

Vessels on the Berth.

A STRAN POR""; SINGAPORE, PENANG, POINT DE. GALLE, ADEN, SUEZ, MALTA, BRINDISI, ANCONA, VENICE HEDI DALERRANEAN PORTS, AND

SOUTHAMPTON

BOMBAY, KADRAS, CALCUTTA, AND POENTEN AVAUSTRALIAN MOME

Post-Ofice Notifications.

A mail will stoas.

The Main for Shanghai, per Ningpo, will blows at 11.30 a. to-day, the 5th instaut, iu- #tead of at the tiese previously notified..

For Swntow and woy--Per Turn-tre-fes, to-day, the St. lustant, nt 11:50 AM

For Bangkok-Per Danuão, today, the 5th instant, at 4,30 PM,

For Singapore and Penang.-Per Namen, to HE PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM marrow, the Cth instant, at 3.30. F...

NAVIGATION

COMPANY'S Stpanaskip For Swetow, Ampy, and Fouoliow-Per GWALIOR Captan N. W. HARIWOOD, E88, on Thursday, the 7th instant,-at-1130.

with Her Macetya Waile, Passengers, Specio... iustoad of at the time previously untified.. and Cargo, will leave this for the above places

SATURDAY, the 9th May, at noon,

- Garge will be received on board until noon, Specio and Parcels at the office until 23. on the Suidpan Me

|

MAILS BY TER "ENGLISH PACKET"

The English Contract Packet" GWALIOR," will be stared with the usual Mails for Europe, Ac, on SATURDAY, the 9ib-May,

For Particulars regarding Breight and Pas-at noon.

Bago, apply at the T&O, B. N. Co.'s Office, Money Orders on any of the Money Order Hongkong QONTENTS AND VALUE OF Ofices in the United Kingdom wibe graded PACKAGES ARE REQUIRED.until 5 r. on the 8th May......

A. Writham. Dealarption of the Contents The Prist Office will be open until EP.. on and Value of the Packages for the Overload the 8th May. Honigla required by the Egyptian Goverment Letters, &c., may be posted during the night and must be delivered by the Shippern to the in the box loft open for their reception." Company's Agents, with the Bills of Lading or with Parcela; and the Company do not hold themselves responsible for any Detention, or Prejudice which may happen from the incur rootmoss in such declaration, s

Letters for registration will be received until 10 am, on the 9th May,

Letters may be posted until 10 a.. on the 9th May, without lato fe

Letters posted aftor 10 . on the th Thy Company reserve the option of forward-May, will not be forwarded class the Lude ing all goods slipped by their Steamers for Fee of 18 cents eneh no well as the postage is Euro through hgypt, either by rail, or by prepa Opal in their own Steamers, or in vennela employed for the purpose

hippers are particularly requested to note Black Bille of Lading. the terms and conditions of the Company's

A, NÕIYER, Superintendent. Peninsular und Oriental Steam Navigator Jole Office, Hongkong, 27th April, 1874.

-U, 9, MAIL, LINE.

FACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY.

THROUGH TO NEW YORK; VIA PANA MA, TOUCHING AT YOKOHAMA

AND SAN FRANCISCO.

THESE GREAT PUBLIC leave TRES. 8. GREAT BEPUBLIC" will leave hama, on WEDNESDAY, the 38th May, at 8 F., instead of the tinte previously nutised, Johannsen, Master, will have quick despatch as taking Passengers, uile, and Freight, for

Japan, the United States, and Europe... For Freight or Passage, apply to

BORDEAUXSILVIA

WINES. BEANCHY FRERES & Co. BRANDIES, above STARTUP & KENTISIT'S SHULRIES and PORT WINES.

1

J. LEMIKE.

Sto 296 Hongkong, 10th February, 1874) FOR SALE

HEOPHILE ROEDERER&Co.'s!

CHAMPAGNE, (Genuias Mask) ——

in Pinte

Gladiateur,

Carte Blanche,

Carte Noire

V. LEMBRE,

3m 207 Hongkong, 10th February, 1874,

MARKS AND CHAPMAN

24 QUEEN'S ROAD, HONGKONG,

HAVE YOR. BALE

MUBIO AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. CLASSICAL MUBIO, COMIO SONGS,

⠀⠀ SACRED DUBTÒ, ke.

PIANOFORTES TUNED, and all OTHER STRINGS, and all other SUNDRIES,

WM PUSTAU & Co.

Agania

f: 655 Hongkong: 30th April, 1874

OURAN STEAMSHIP COMPAN

FOR LONDON við SHEZ CANAJ.. THE Company's Stengebip

TH

ULYSSES !!

*****

as

will be despatched on the 5th May. Inanrense risks accepted on babhll of the Company under.

Ou Tea 271, all riske, 18., F.PA.

Silk 18 For Freight or Passage, apply to

dolMSE

WEST BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,

Agente.

144 599 Hongkong, 21st April, 1874.

UODAN STEAMSITIP, COMPANY.-

FOR SHANGHAL Taking Cargo and -Passengers at through rates for HANKOW, NINGPO, and PORTS &

DAMAN JAPAN P THE Company's Spouwship

ACHILLES ".

INSTRUMENTS REPAIRED. LESSONS on the PIANOFORTE de VIOLONCELLO INSTRUMENTS BOUGHT OR TAKEN IN vill be despatched on the 7th May.

-For Freight or Passage, apply to: EXCHANGE

BUTTERFIELD SWIRE.

Od 851 Hongkoar, 1967 April, 1874,

NOTICE,

COMPAGNIE DES MESSAGERIUS

MARITIMES. SARA PÁQUEBOT POSTE FRANÇAIS, “

Tro 566 Hongkong, 15th April, 1874.5.

NOTICE

wwww.

[[\HB Pablíč are hereby informed that tha

Underagat Shop has been established for many years, solely dealing in FINE TEA which is carefully fired, and selected by ex- [perienced men in cur employ, from the serious

INSERTIONS, KO It contains no mixture. As some

Rao LACE BOGINGS and INSEETIONS, Foreigners were applied with a spurions mix- in all makes.

}ture, we themfom applied our trade marks to Every Width and Colour in FAILLE, svay box of Tes we all last year. Our Out Capkin

tomers are requested to observe our TRADE RIBBON to miteli,

Company's Steamship

*MENZALES,"

Moares, will be despatched for

- TOKOHAMA -

Agents.

The latest time for posting Lettere a this Office is 11 d., hd for Newspapers, Hooks, or Patterns 10 AM on the dib day.

Lato. lettore (bat Letters only) addressed to the United Kingdom via Brindisi, or to Sin gapore, thay be posted on board the Pucket from 11.30 A. to the time of guiling, on pay. ment of à Zato e of 49 cents each in addition to the postage.

FW. 1TCHELL,

Postoaster General Office, Tiongkong, 27th April, 1874.

Gebral

MAILS BY THE UNITED STATES FACKET." The United States. Mat Packet GREAT REPONLIG will be dispatched on WED- NSDA NESDAY, the 13th stunt, at 3 r., with this

For Fokohama, San Francisco, the United States and the United Kingdom.

The Post Office will be open for the reseption. of Ordinary Tatters; "Booke, Newspapere, &c. until 2.50 P..

"Letters can be posted on board the Packet from 2.30 PM to 2.50 r., on payment of a Trato Feo of cents in addition to the Postage.

The Prepayment of the Fostuge to all the abova places by this route is compulsory. Correspondence insufficienty prepaid will ho forwarded by the English Packets.

Through Pataenger Tickets and Bills of Lading are issued for transportation to Yolan bama and other Jeran Ports, to San Francisco, to porta in Mexico, Central and South America, and to New York und Europe, VIA PANAMA. A Steamer of the Company will leave Shang, hai, vis the Inland Sea Forte, about the sass date, and make close connection at Yokohama,

Goricepondence addressed to Tokobaina and At New York and Aapinwall, Passengers the United States minst be superscribed per bare election of various lines of Stempers to GREAT REPUBLIC, and that addressed to England France, and Germany,

the Cnited Kingdom must be emperscribed Freight wit be received on board until P.."with San Francisco.

of the 12th May, Parcel Packugen will, ba received at the Office until 3 FM. of the sure- day, All Pargel Pankages should be marked to addreas in full; value of same is required.

For further informations to Eassage and Freight, apps to the agency of the Company Praya West.

G. B. EMORY,

Acting Agent. Hongkong, May 200, 1874.

XUTIE

COMPAGNIE DES MESSAGERIES

SAMARITIMES. PAQUEBOTS POSTE FRANÇAIS.

STEAM FOR

F. W. MITCHELL,

Poolmaster General. General Post Office,

Hongkong, 2nd May, 1874.

MAILS BY THE "FRENCH PACKET." The French Mail Packet TIGRE will be dispatched on SATURDAY, the 18th instant, at noon, with the Mail

To and through the United Kingdon vie Maverilles; France and other Continental States (in a closed mail to Brance), to Saigon, Singapore, Galle, Australia and New-Zealand, Aden, Seychelles, Rennion and Mauritius, Sez and Alexandria.

The Post Offee will be open for the reception of Ordinary Letters, Newspapers, Books, &... PONTx.in. on the 10th instant, after which

no Letters can be received.

SAIGON, SINGAPORE, BATAVIA,

DE GALLE, ADEN, SUEZ, ISNAILA, PORT SAID, NAPLES, AND MARSEILLES

AL30,

BOMBAY, ST. DENIS, AND PORT LOUIS

10

N SATURDAT, the 16th May, 1874 at noon, the Company's Steamship TIGRE Commandant LECOINTAN, with MAILS, PASSENGERS, SPECIE, CAR GO, will leave this Port for the ahora places. Cargo and Specie will bo registered for on dan as well as for Marselles, and accepted

Money Orders on any of the Money Order Offices in the United Kingdom will be granted until 5 p...on the lath instant.

Letters for Begistration will be received" until 10 a.. on the 10th instant

F. W. MITCHELL

Postmaster General,

General Post Office,

Hougkong, 2nd May, 1874,

It is bereby notified that the rates of postzge chargeable bexacforth on Letters addressed to the United Kingdom, and to places beyond the Pucko, will be the earse as those chargeable on Letters forwarded by British Packet vi Brin

break down the delicate wails of the venus SATIN, and WATERED RIBBON 15MARE; without which none will be genuine shortly after the aira of the next French,ransit through Marseilles for the princip United Kingdos, when forwarded. by French

THE PROPER QUOTATIONS.—“I should like said

French medical charlatan, to place

A vereattack of illness in February 1865, put a broad mark between his past life, and over the dyor of my urgery au inscription, what remained to him of the future. The either in Latin or Grock, borrowed from one of lameness now begun in his left foot, which the great Authorn Give Stag the prefer never afterwards wholly left him, which, was one," remarked one of his patients nothing attended with great suffering and medan anal that so oft, Daste's, 'Abandon experienced physicians. He bad persisted in hops, all pa who enter here." “Dis ordinary exercise during à eavy snow aboring, and to the last is bad a fury that his illos was merely leal Bat that this was an error

ie certain, and it is more taab probable that if the nervous danger näd d'aturbance it implied bad been recognised at the time, Lad warning might have been of prica

COMMEROFAL INTELLIGENCE Set MATTX, EVENING.

and SILK SCARVES.

A Choice Assortment of FANOT SASHER

Baby LINEN Ladies' UNDERCLOTH. ——— ING, LONGOLOTH SKIRTS, CORSETS, 20

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Ladies and Children's BOOTS and SHOES of Dawson's experler.make. DEN BLA

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New Patna. 1555 to $558, quiety New J. Demures. $56 to 3543, nominal; Old Fatma, $810, nominal: Halse, $15, quiet. Importe

less value to bit. February, 1888, he per steamer Hindostan from Valcutta, 1,263 wrote: "I have been very unwell, want of mus. chests Pain, and 16 obeste Beagres

rue power of the baut. Of coures I am not

eb foolish as to suppose that all my work can

have been rebierce without soma punalty, ED UN LONDON

„EICHÄNAR.

Bank Bills, on demand ABIL

AND AT SHANGHAL

PORTRA

AND R. TENSENT'S ALE and

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Crown

JOANVAS.

ORNAR ARNHULD, KARBƑEG 100. từ không Hongltons, lite v 1867,

YEE CHONG LOUNG,

DANA Honam, Contón,

1m $14 Hongkong, 3rd April, 1874. **NUW READY. ROUND VOLUMES of the TRADE RE

PORT for the year 1873 Price $10.

Apply at the Daily Press Dice: Hongkons, Net January, 1874. (VHE UNDERSIONED begs to inform the

|HONGKONG, KO NAM, AND CANTON:

tant he bus shops established at one places in 1 bae name of HING KRETS de save: I HONGKUNG, at the Central Market,

No. 1, he has constantly on finnd BKEF MITTON, POULTRY, BREAD, VEGE TABLES, and DILKAN'S STORES, Ee, of the best quality, BARILERIN

“In HO NAM and- OANTON SHOPS, the foregoing biolo, with the addition of SPL Į BITS, SÓDA WATER, A., and GAME when Gentlemen and Famillez desfrace of patron. ing him, are coquested to apply at his abrope as above, where at of prices of articles will

rate all the year round.---

Mail!

O. BERTRAND

Principal Agent, 672 Hongkong, let May, 1874

ENOTTCE.",

COMPAGNIE DES MESSAGERIES.

MARITIMEEN ROO PAQUEBUT POSTE FRANÇAIS,

AHD Company's Steamship

"ANAZONE" Captain Champendi will be despatched for

ASHANGILAT· shortly after her arrival from Europe.

C. BERTRAND," eg Hongkong, 1st May, 1874.

Principal Agent,

FOR SAN FRANCISCO, HE 41 American Barque

“HORATIO SPRAGUE," Captain, S. K. Suall, will load here for shore Fort, and will have quick dcaputol.

For Freight, upply to

I have nation for some time a decaded on Bank Bills, st 80 days sight, 101 to 4/5E YOURLAR'S GUIDS bo faraindes, which will be applied it the same 653 Hongkong, 1st May, 1875.

in my buoyancy and hopefulness."Again ---

Bank Bill, at 6 months

Orodits; at 6 months' sigh

"I are, as 1 bad in the last series of readings. aparious feeling of soreness, ail round the

body. Yestorday, I was so unwell with an in-

ternal malady that occasionally at long inter-

Documentary Billy, at 6 milian”.

rals troublew me a littlerit ad attended, with Or Box-Bauk, 3 daya

be sadden loss of so much blood that I felt O VALCUTTA,→Búnk, adays'sight

it more exertion to read afterwards, and I par O BANDHAL

seda üleepless night, but I am in good force

dad spirits to-day." On Faceday, the 19th

out bia American, readings; bo nanaänd larga

Newther, 1967, ha arrived at Boston to Curry

Bank sight o

Private, 30 days sight

SHARES

suas of money, but "knocked inany nails utong kong and Shanghai Bank Shares.-30 bis colin," the weather was wretched; and percent. propiom.

ae was noyer free from cold and cough Union Luearance Society of Canton, new shares Mr. Fields writes He went from Boston tớ $50 per share prening. New York, currying with him a avere outnerb, China Traders Insurance Company's Sharej contacted in our cliwatej be was quite - $1,600 per share, and belstall appetite-the strain opon his strength China and Japan Marine Insurance-Tis. 97

por mbare.

andperres was very great during the months

Bhares-13 per cent premiu.

REDUCED PRICE $1 Containing the nuance of all the Articles of Trade, okjasts of Natural History, Furmalares det, with the Punti, and Mandarin Proam. ciation.

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

The Daily Press. Ofice

NOVEREADY.

IMPERIAL QUARTO,

ENGLISH AND CHINESE DICTIONARY, PUNTI AND MANDZ RIN PRONUNCIATION,

An A20-CHINES TACTIONARY, published fst the Daily Press Office, Hongkong-

*

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*FOR SAIGON NOW BRADY 1y45 Hongkong, 13th May, 1873 TELE German Bark

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By Dr. DIYAN, with many Additions, Cortés tions, and Dr. WILLIAMS Orthography.

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WING KEE COAL SHOP

B Proprietor of Wmd-EEL-buy bags to

inform thə rahlia ibat bis Shop bas heen established since 1865, at Endicotta Lune, and

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the

will have quick denpatch as above.

For Freight, apply to DAYTREDERIO ·DEOENAER,

· of 64+ - Hongkong, 28th April, 1876 BEARS TOE SAN FRANCISCO,.

THE 41 American Barque

WINDWARD,"

Copt Stannard, will load here for the above pork, nod will have quick despátub,

For Freight, apply to

VOGEL, HAGEDORN & Co.

Af 591 Hongkong, 20th April, 187

FOR MELBOURNE AND SYDNEY,

OR comprehensiveness and pratical rovios tint be has always a great quantity of BEST

this Work stands unrivalled. All the new 00AL fù store for sale. Gentlemen or SutpHE41 Clippor Barga words which the Chinese have of late years be testers wishing to patromae him, are requested compelled to coin to express the numerous ob- to 'spply at bia Shop, eye

science gozerally which the rapid advance jectain moobinery photography, telegraphy, and 1y 1543 Hongkong, 16th August, 1871.

of foreign relations has impread upon them, are hara given m érinen, Bach and every word is Coylestrated and explained, forming exer

NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE

INSURANCE COMPANTY F

INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER AND SE20IAL ACTS OF PARLIAMENT,

he remained, and only a man of frou could Have Chinese Insurance Company.--$205.paz abate accomplished wont be did. He was aboustou Borghong Fire Insurance Company Shares ad to talk and write much about eating and a $505 per share, drinking but I have seldom seen a man est China Fire fasurance Company's Shares $138 and drink less." Again, Dickens, writen "J per share. cansot get rid of this intolerable coll My Victoris Fire Insurance Company's Shares landlord invented a drink of brandy, run, and

2121 per share. anew, dalling it « Booky Mountain stieczer BongKong and Whimspon Deek Company's kari eid it was to put down all less effectual

Åhares--40 per sont dismount, sucezing, but it hasut yet had the effect. I longkang, Canton and Macao Stentionat have tried allopathy, homeopathy, cold things warm things, southings. Bitter things, Shanghai Steam Navigation Company T, stimulants, barcotica all with the mme 114 per share result-nothing will tough it, I am so dest Hongkong Gas Company's Share $75 per beat when I some off that they lay me share. down or a Bofa after I have been washed Hongkong Hotel Company's Maree-go per and dressed, and I is there extremely faint for cent, discount. a quarter of an hour. In that time I cally and Indo-Chinese Bugar. Company--$94 por conty of sunce, sukiering & clearzes not (HE Undareigned, Agents at Hongkong for 200 right. I am scarcely exaggerate what. I undergo Eros elpeplessness. I rarely tuzo yoy brankast, but un sag and cup of teate avcu toast, or bread and butter. My amal dinner at three, and alisile grael, or sans sach Dried Mussels, (large) 10 bags at 332.00, by -light thing, when I come home at night. is my Man shing loung to travelling trader

daily fare-and in the ball I take an egg beaten

discount

SALES ON MAY 4, 1874.

de reported by Chinese,

Chileflak, 10 packages, at $4.50, by

Mac

elses for atudents blh most instructive nature. Both the Court dud. Punti promanations are given, the ascente being carefully marked on the boot principle hitherto attained. The typh trophy displays the success of an attatopt to in the size of body, thereby elcating a vast make the things And Knglish type correspond

previously attained, and dispensing with those

Established 1809.

CAPITAL 22,000,000,0

the above Company, are prepared in grant Vuor margins and vegant, epacca which have Policies against It, to the erent of £10,000 beretofore clarastarized Chinese pubhentions on any Building, or on Merchandise in the same To illustrate the vast scope of the work, the thy following rates, subject to a discount, of following fute are subunited for bonsideration. Chalmers Tocabolarly contains about 16,000

Detached and astot-de and Chinese Dictionary about 100,000, whilst removed from Town, and Chincharacters, and Medharat's English tarbed Dwelling Eques up in shoiry · beforð gong-in, and “fnother, shing-kong to travelling trüder, og between fun parte, whicit I think pulls me up led ice, 800 piculs, ut $1.90, by Tyc-lesale work contains more than 50,000 English their Contents esterà per cent, per annum,

During his terrible travel from Albany to local trader."

words, and upwards of 500,000 Oliness aburac

Othor Dwelling Bousas, sough bad somewhat spared him, but the old treuils bad broken out in his foot-extending | chong to travelling freder, sometimes to the right foot, and lined bio

did not last One day on Culking to his offes,

tere. Again, despite all the granman and 3 strictly au suob, and Black Pepper, de hoge at g1115, by Shun other elementary works as yet published the their Contents

atudent of the difficult language.absolutely ro quires examples to display the various empll hope, to, and their Con- dations and squivalents of different words weh tent have one general meaning. Of these examples

Filmow, 20 hage, at $1900, by Hoping to for the whole time ho pamained in the Statos, local trader vandaa

Lile Bujar, 280 beg, at 308, by Kwong The rest he obtained on the retura voyage seemed to cutively recruit his strength, but it wing thing to local trader.

White Wax, picces, at $68.20, by Kwong Dried Inly Flowers, bags, at $19.80, y Kentg wing-shing to travelling trader.

Das Seeds. O bega, nt $2260, by Ty-foorg align to travelling trader,⠀⠀

he could read only the Baires of the Aurever wingsbing to travelling trader

the shop-doors, that were on his right. He attributed it to medinine, but in this to was wrong for it is su'occasional sympton.in benin affection. Eis right foot also troubled bin, but he could always throw off all the

koma when there many great asertion to

origina

Sir Henry Thompson, who had boon consal

ed for the amdition of the feet, gave it, a his

opinion that it was gout, Mr Hywa thought

„Godowns, Of008,

Above I month, and not a exceeding 8 month...... Abare 3 monsta, and

BURTON STATHER Capt. Carphin, will have immediate despite for the above porte.

For Freight or Passage, apply to

SA BOZARIO OD 582 Hongkong, 1718 April, 1874.

A FOR SAN FRANCISCO: fallout the Americas Ship" Malay THE 41 Clipper Stip

ORACLEAN Ergaiaga, Master, will have early despatch so

For Freight, apply ta 370 Hongkong, 1641 April, 187

RUSSELT & Ood!

THE 11 French Bargne BOREAL

leaving Saigon about 15th Jane next, for Hunteriden or Bueuda Ayres, les, room for about 100 tons Light Freight,

Apply to

MONA LENDSTEIN &C. 641 - Hongkong, 27th April, 1874.

"TRANSATLANTIO FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF HAMBURG.

THE undersigned Luving been appointed Tuded above Dompany, 210 220 gared to accept risks cine Are at current. raties, subject to a bonne of 20 per centová

BEMESEN ở Công t

Brand Agersts. 19 Hongkong, 16th November, 1872 NOTICE,

this work contain more than five times us SHORT PERIOD INSURANCES, lidbodie many as any other Dictionary hitherto pub Mot azoceding ten days, of the appeal roto.

Not execoding one For practical purposes the arrangement of the work is so nomplete, that a refurence to its pages enables a person who under stands. English to communiosta effectively with nativen who understand nothing but Chinot exceeding 6 months nese. In this reapset the work will, ba fonna indispensable to all Europeana residing in

Above & month... the full annual rate China, and to the natives themselves if ex

GILMAN & Co. plains subjecta fully, with which very few m

7% agenté, deed of them are perfectly noquainted,D

1908 Hoogkcag, Alat November, 1675. partics résident in England and interested in LONDON AND PROVINCIAL MARINE Not China it cannot bor be invaluable occnsionally.. It comprises nowards of two thousand largo

THE OHINA FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED, SO HEAD OFFICE HONGKONG;: GENCIES all the Treaty Ports of it was on affection of the nerves und ausles A China and Japan and at Singapore, priginating in cold. Both these gentlemen Saigon and Penalty. were, however mistakor, as we shall know ig Biske bocepted, and Policies of Insurance the end. From Blackpool he writes My grantal at the rate of Promium current at the quite pages. whee and doudness are all on the left side, above mentioned Porte, And if I do not look at anything I try to touch No alarge for Policy fees. with my left baud I do not know where i

The tremendonly overa ̧ nature of this work a little staking me. A

JAS. 2. GOUGHTRIE,

Hongkongylet Normaler, 1871,

Redrelary

[! 865

INER & Hội

JU, RAGNOSPER ROW: WH BELL "DAILY FEES. OFFICE, HONGKONG

INSURANCE COMPANY.........

"THE" Undersigned having been appointed

Agents in Hongkong for shenborg Com pany, are propared to grant Marine ziska st

Tent rates.

AUGUSTINE HEARD & 00, 471 Hongkong, la March, 1874.

THE QUEEN INSURANCE COMPANY.

All following rates willbe charged in future or BHORI PERIOD Ineumocës, viz rounding: 10 days, Ipf the annual rate,

do.. Bet arobeding Inonth, i do

Above 1 month and not-

exceeding 3 months..., Above Sunthand not k oxoceding 6 month...

EDWARD NORTON & Oor Agents the Queen Insurases Compang, tí 242 Böngkong, 22nd January, 1870.

places of Europe,

Shipping orders will be granted till noon cargo will be received on board until t specie and Faresle until 3 P., on the 15th May, 1874 (Parcels are not to be sent On board; they must be left at the Agency's Office. Contents und value of Packages-are required.

For further particulare, apply at the Com Prop's Office.

d. BERTRAND,

Principal Agent Hongbong, 2nd May, 1874. THE CHINA TRANS PACIFIC STEAM SHIP COMPANY, (LIMITED.)

HE Company's Steamor

THE

VANCOUVER,"

Gonceal Post Office,

F. W. MITCHELL

- Postmaster General.

Hongkong, 20th April, 1872.

It is hereby notified that henceforward the postage on letters addressed to Denmark, wheo forwarded vil Southampton, will be 28 cente per half-ounce, prepayment optional. Unpaid fettera will be subject to an additional charge on delivery.

F. W. MITCHELL,

Postmarter General, General Prat-Office,

Hongkong, 22nd February, 1873,

It is hereby notified for general information, 2800 tons Register, Captain Graw, expected that the Purtain Leiters addressed to Nor on the 7th instant, will have immediate despatch way, when forwarded via Southamptonj will far SAN FRANCISCO, vis YOKOHAMA, henceforward be 36 cents for each half once, taking Passengers, Mails, and Freight for Js | which may either be paid in advance, or it may pan, the United States, and Europe.

be left to collected on delivery of the Letters

charge on delivery.

F. W. MITCHELL,

Through Passage Tickets and Bill of Lading Unpaid Letter will be subject to an additional are issued for transportation to San Francisco, Bad, Principal Cities in the United States, Canada and Europe, via Overland, Railroad and Atlantio lines of Steamers."

Passage Tickets are now issued us the fol Jowing reduced rates Prove BLON TONG từ FORDHAMA.

Cabin,

From HONGKONG to YOKOHAMA Rul

$75.

return, Cabin...$120,00. From HONGSONG to SAN FRANCISOV,

Cabin

From HONGKONG to SAN FRANCIBOO

and return, Cabin,

From HONGBONG IO SAN FRANCISCO,

Storage

$50.00 $100.00

$100.00

From HONGKONG to PORTLAND (Me.)

BOSTON, NEW YORK, PHILADEL PHIA, and BALTIMORE, let Clnas, $365.00 From HONGKONG to LIVERPOOL,, 1st-

Glaso, cá con patapinyanjarm

$40.00

From HONGKONG to BARTS, 1st Class, $465.00

General Post Office Postmaster General:

Hongkong, 23rd August, 1870.

The Fait Office of Victoria (Australia) having given notion to the General Post Office in bus dem hat alicles of Jewellery received in that Colony are chargeable with Custom Duties, the undersigned donsiders it necessary to make this Begulation known to the Public, and to otate that any letters or packets containing articles sent through the Post are table, with their contents, to be forfeited.

FW. MITCHELL,

Postmaster Gerenal.' General Post-Off:60,

Hongkong, 2nd January, 1875

It is hereby notified for genera! information that on and after the let August next, the Commission chargeable ou Money. Orders

At New York, Passengers have a colection of issued upon the United Kingdom at Hongkong,

various fines of Stekmart to Europe,

This Stenzer has expellant accommodation

for frat-class Presangere, and estries an op perlonged Surgeon und Stowardess.

For further particulara, so to Passage or Freight, apply to:

RUSSELL & O

41681 Honkong, 2nd May, 1874

AS, WATSON & CO. "M CHEMISTS AND DEUGGESTS

Agents

Shanghai, and Yokohama will be as follows,

་་

is

On tas not exceeding £2.18 centa. Above £3 and not exceeding £5.36 Above £5 and not exceeding £7.54* Ahovo 27 and not exceeding £10.72

F. W. MITCHELL,

Postmaster Generol. General Foet Office,

Hongkong, 25th July, 1870.-

Arrangements having baou made under which Maile for London arriving at Suez from Olan by Privato Ships will be forwarded to: Acotiaation vis Brindisi, it ja berchy notified) that the raice of postage, which must be paid in advanca, on correspondenou addressed to the United Kingdom so forwarded, will be at tal low, 4 cents per bait, nance,

For Lottersun For Newapapar For Books and Pactorne

HRH THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH

BLE. THE SOVERNOR, "A BEG to source that they have just

ceived a Choice Assortment of PERFUMERY and TOILET REQUISITDE.

1976 Hongkong, 19th June, 1873

OBN SKINKER, SAN FRANCISCO,

CALIFORNIA."

Sole Agent on the Pacifks Conel for Winchester Repeating Arain and Ammunition, Du Pont's Blasting and Sporting Powder Lake Superior and Pucifio Fase Company's Safety Fase,

fly 721 Hayv

NOTICE.

not exceeding

enthu

21

ouncefcents,

13 Covory additional4.

W KITCHELL,

Postmaster Generat. General Post Office

Hongkong, 20th December, 1871

It is hereby notified that henceforward the The rates of postage which must be poid in advance, chargeablo on Packets of printed papers or Order to meet the wishes of the Antive patterns of Ught weight sent from "Hongkong

Chinese Teeth

For a packet put excelling 1 ounce

in weight, and qua mimagkaan 3 conte For a packet above 1 ounce not ex

oceding ances

For a packet above ounces not ex-

eceding 4 ounces.

8.

Paper has been, from the commencement of the Packets via San Francisco, will be as follows Chins New Year, jeaned DAILY instead of on vi allerente dage us befais, fat book, and

The Paper has been Established for nearly Twenty Tears, and is, nato Editorial Manego ment, under the Dirsotion of a Well Educated Chinese Comtoman, givta reliable demmmercial Land eight certafor every additional four ounces. and general information, and has the esmo These rates apply to Printed Ciromlars, Prise position with, the Kative Commuunity no to Al- - Tista, Market Reports, and all printed paperw vertisements and Nows a the English Daily other than Newspapers, as well as to Booke Press with the Foreign Community. The and Trade Patterns or Semples. -

F. W. MPTOHELL. Charge for Advertisementa will be herato-

Pastminster General. General Post Office,

Hongkong, 24th April, 1870,

fore,

Hongkong, 23rd February, 1874,