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MUSICAL AND DRAMATIO NOTER Conoordia quotes aetatement to the affect that in Bestou (17.8.) there are two thousand

são teachers.

504000.

THE CONDITION OF SERVIA The Vienna gorrespondent of contemporary writes that The state of things in Servia affords a pore filling therad for t weiter of comelies than for the polisign. It comes out that not only the areopala bit the State, coffers

THE DAILY PRESS FRIDAY OCTOBER 29, 1875,

THE CALIFORNIAN BOY SPROULATOR.

The New York payers received contain n zubount of the extraordinary career of Ohur ca Kuchet, the Californian #bor speculator," by of nineteen, Koobol, who was without capital or available means of his own, operated in the

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Vessels Advertised as Loading.

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Mr. W. H. Montgomery line, says the Musical Standard, boon appointed ulinian) diretor at Covent Garden for the ensuing. Christenes buve been emptied by the sathianatiophan stock market on a scale Bossely, inferior to LONDON SUTEX CANAL... Nentor (str.) ................

piona of liberty, the grant turcophages. The the King of the Comstock, or the chief La Ovids Mugical states that Wagon: hae Minister President on neither and nor write, magnaton of California Street. This adventur written a new intrudnotory scone to his "Tana-two of the Ministers have been sure of murous and enterprising youth; amara broker's häuser," which will be heard for the Brat time der, onu of conspiracy and in the Final clerk, with no capital oxeept kia nation safialty at the Vienna opera shortly,

Committee three member of the Communist and craft antually risala in the magnitude of be Signor Salvini will, according to the Glasgow party have been chosen by the Skuptohinn stock transactions the veteran millionairee who Evening News, appear ne Othello at the Theatre For want of money the Prines is chliged to give ure popularly supposed to ventral ile marac, Royal, Glasgow, in the last week of March or up lus journey to Odesad to the Emperor make corner, and send, stooke up or down 10. Alexander, and to defen bis marriages Prinos cording to their pleneure. His operations thos the first week of April nex:.

The directors of the Glasgow Orobestral Potur Kangeorgievich, the pretender to the får kocertained during the first 20 weeks of Udon bara received from Mr: Arthur Sullivan throne, bus marched into Boauia at the bend of last January amounted to 150,000, while during a formal sectptangrof the post of conductor of dorps of volunteers, and now all the adherents the months of May and Jane they figured up of the reigning Obrenovial family condemn the to the incredible sum of 2540,000 His traceno! the cosmerte daring itby coming senson.

Mr. Jobo Curwen has devoted the money invasions, while the members of the Omladina hens from the beginning of the to the lat prceated to him as part of a testimonial somehonp the most disreputable epithets on each of July amounted to over $1,100,000 timo buck to the establishment of u Glovorothyw: the ovtedy is comparable. Meanwhile, we will m

the moderate men and those having largs pos- ROMANTIC EFISOUS OF THR DUNGAN, Scholarship in the new Tonic Sol-fa College

M. Ambrotan Thoms is leading a rotired life bessiona sive huntening to loays the country. SHERMAN & CO. COLLAPSE In bis villa at Argenteuil, and giving the fun! During the best of the war fever in che did any It may be remembered that a short time be tough to a grand opera which is shortly to be work, and should the winter prove a severe one fore the failure of Dusean, Sherman and Co. their receiving ther, a young man named Leslie produced under the title of "Francesca Rimini." the datress will be fearfpl

absconded from New York, having defrauded Considerable ausazeient lins been oaked in

them of a large sum of money. He caped to: Berlia by anadvertisement in the Fatel Myers halt.

GRERES AND SLAVS to the affect that "A"Indies orchestra, will or Rouse foreign Jourants (anya the eager Canada, but soon afterwards voluntarily re without custume, are open to an engagementhones) are catered into cojectares ne tu turned sul gasg himself ap, Acting upon infor. Concordia states that Mr. Howe, of the Hay the attitude which Greece will anaeme regarding mation received from him, the firm instituted an market Thostre, efter many years of honest the disturbances in Herzegovian, the gravity of action against a women of the town named Kilu good service to the cause of the art heesporna, which is acknowledged oven by the Ottoman Shaw, to whom Leslie said, he bad given the which are pardonable enough, race Batope A Reuters, telegram from Melbourne, dated seems to be ignorant of the work which has been September 1st, says: The visit of the price going on in the Eust during the lapse of me donna Maiko. Lim de Murska to the Colonies 30 years past, Before 1840, it is true, all the has evoked extraordinary cutrustaser. There Christians of the East, then known under the was grand torchlight prosomion in bor bonour, somnion designation of Greeks bad but ons

Mr. Mermote Jeanne d'Arc," which his -been promised at the Frenes opera for some ponro, will be praduand before the 15th Decem ber. The chief parts have been nesigned to M. Faure, Chartes FIX: aide. Frans, Jeanne d'Are; and Mane, Miolin Carvalho, drade Sorel.

A music publiaber in Philadelphia offered a prize of one hundred dullúra for a song pronos of the great Centennial Fabibition, which takes place next year in the United States, and the prize was won by Mr. Howard Pual. One of the saye" that Mr. Paul wrote the song in the train while travelling from Chicago to New Tork City,"

£24 le the modest on fixed by Herr Wagner as the price of a stall for the first porforsiense of the four-night opera, the "Nibelungen Ring, at Bayreuth, nort August. 30 is the price of the fall score of the opera £75, besides, tra- velling and hotel expenses, for four nights of muale! A premont we can put up very well with Mazart's Don Giovanni, performed us our Italian opera-Bousora guidon.

group the "jovanile lend, and takai ta elu preps. They have files into inspre use has made run affidavit in this suit, in which lip*°*°*°*_** _H

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FOR FREIGHT APPLY TO

Butterfield & SWITH. 1 Butterfeld & Swire...... ong A MioG. Horton...

Jardine, Mathieson & Co... tampon Vogel, Hagedorn & Co... Hongkong Yogal, Hagedom & Co. Whampoa Vogel, Hagedorn & Co. Hongkong Hasell & O........ Whampoa Hened & C Hylampos Orphant & Do

&O. Co.

Hongkong PM 8. 8. Uo. Hongkong Malobers & Co.. Hongkong Gibb, Livingston & Co.

.................Messagories Alarities Flongkong Yuan Fat Hong Hongkong Douglas Lapraik & Co. Hongkong P.&O. 8. N. Ca..

Batterfeld & Swire

„P. & O. §. N. 06

Birley & Co.

ungkong: Douglas Lapraik & (...........

Remedios & Co

Yessels on the Berth.

FOR BANGKOK,

THA Steamship

told the whole story. He had become infatualod with the woman, and at her instigation he took the money from time to time and gave it to her, with the andestanding that they were to go to LADIES Lurope and live there together. A was bly. objzot, their liberation; and thete nuion under ato Canada, acc, Enys. Leslie in Um aldavet, Obristian Prison Through the power of her while she change the money into Engllab noble kistoriasl remizisvences, Grevos sursised oarroney or atovling bills then she was to join WOOL SLIPPER and CUSHION PATI afect of fascination over all the Christian home there with it, and we were to go to Europa plasinashiting the South Bustera pemania of together," On the 20th of July be made bie in Europe, who were subject, moreover, to the spiritheft from his employers about $28,010 and SILVER FOX, MUSQUA3B, and OTHER

aal jariadiation of the eminently Greek barok giving all this except $500 to the woman, he

INVITE INSPECTION OF THEIR

RAJANATTIANUHAW," NEW GOODS:

Captain Hopkins, will be despatched for the WHITE and COLOURED KID above Port TODAY, the 30th instant, at 5 PM.

GLOVES.

For Freight or Passage, and First class-de- commodation, apply to One, Tro, Four, and Sir Buttons,

YUEN-FAT HONG

50 1686 Hongkong, 25th October, 1975, *** Newest Designs,

OOFAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY.

of Constantinople. Since that time other Charel went to the dept to take the train for Canada. aspirations and other interests have sensible But on his way he was met by two men who modified the relations formerly existing between represented themselves to be offers they Greeks and Slurs, and, oquesquently, alo, the were, in fact, confederates of the woman, Ther political situation of the East. This has been the fook him in a blcset ostringe to a sequestered-

A FUEL TRIMMINGS.HN CLOTH JACKETS TRIMMED WITH FUR

BAND FEATHERS

OTTOMAN SETS. NEW TUCKERS.

Agents

FOR SHANGHAL ··· Taking Cargo and Pangore at through rates for HANKOW, NINGYO; and PORTS in JAPAN.

Philadelphin pourasia, ía spenting of the award, inevitable result of the waking no of the spirit part of Central Park; where they scircled him BEADED JACKETS, READ TRIMMINGS HE Company's Steamship

of rationality, a sentimoat of which tha Alva of and took sil.be money from him, except barely Turkey had until than bota vagues and imper- enough to enable him to ronel Canada, After fect nation. The antagonism of the bean arriving there he received a letter from the adroitly Larned to account by Russia. Daringoman which convinced him that shehad played. the last 30 years, all the efforte of ber Easterni false, and be returned to tell his wretched polidy have been directed towards the creation story, and to aid his robbed employers, if pos of an imposenble gulf between the Greeke and Bible, to recover their money. This woman, Eila Size of Turkey. The Gracks, for a long whila Shaw, in said to be us beatifu!' as she is vicidas, duped by the platonic deckarations of Esaias and to be specially killed in the art of luring diplomsey, only became alive to their mistake young men to destruction-Poet's Corre by observing the constant predisposition of epondeat.

Rumia to, side, with 'their enemies, and to tko ndgantage of ber good relations with Turkey by obtaining for the Slava concessious disgstrove to Hellenisti, or by contriving to make capital out of the snorifices of the Greeks and to, turd then to the profit of the Saggins,

ta

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

OPIUM

THURSDAY, th October, 1875 Business in both descriptions of Bangal drug bas been done to-day at advanced rates: Dow

Application to Parliament is to be made nort mossion forta whip round of 3 per seat, from the proprietary seat holders of the Albert Hulk, The Bill will be almost uasnimonsly opposed by the Rebters, who are, of course, moot unwilling to waste more money on an unsuccessful the Montenegrins, and the Bulgaritus. To cite tas at a high ae 36173, and Now Benares at venture. Besides, they have Liready paid high but one instance, the Cretan revolutarved $600. Tor the latter description in partionlar spricce for their sente, and it is obviously unfair to open our eyes to the Easter potty of the the market indicates an upward tendency

to attempt to compel them to throw good money Russians, the Serviane, the Bulgarians, and the Malwa remains us last noticed.

Montenegrins. While Russia Toudly declared " after bod

The Mescom Gazalto "mya that on the first her sympathy for Grease and tog Cretans, the overing of the sojourn of the Dake of Edinburgh Serriane made ofert 198 for an often KK a Nij Novgorod, Count Kontafrapy bad defensive alliance, without, bowover, bringing „arranged a conceft at the hotel of the fair with Lumastera · to un-issue, and the Montegrins the performers of the urohestra of the Itsban confined themselves to preparations for invading Opera. When the orchestra performed the Bosnia and the Herzegovina. During three Galaten Waltz, composed by the, duke, his years wo lavished our blood and our treasure. Royal Highness, who had noticed someimger- on the lut:le-fields of Uandin, while con 'inting festions in the execution of his music, took the place of M. Riabor, the leader of the orchestra, and binal conducted the baid.

There are trougles in the minor musical world of Paria. Malle. Soliciter, for instance, who wes. disatisfied with her part in MM. Meilhac, "Hatéry, and Offenbach's new opera-boufic. "Ls Boulangere." wiehed to bure it partly re-written, The authors agreed to do so, but the manager of the Tariétés instantly dismissed her. The casc came on in the law scurts recently, but was not-desulod. ML. Bolaang is elas suing the director of the Gotté, to recover the forfeit of 26,000 fr. (£1,000) for the con-production of "Don Quichotte," on the 1st Septeinber

ON LONDON

f

Nayast Styles.

„APPLIQUE TABELEA US, BEADED LACE QUIRASSE. BAMPORE, ROYAL SRINUGGAE, AND CASHMERE SHAWES. H¥MALAYAN QUEENSLAND, AND

SNODOWN SHAWLS," For Indiea' Chair Regs

New Blampes in Gentlemen's

SOARES.

858, Hongkong, Sth September, 1875,

ANTENOR will-te despatched on or about the 204b-instante

For Freight or Passage, apply to

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE, Agents, 1879 Hongkong, 28tli October, 1876.

FOR COOKTOWN AND SYDNEY, Taking Cargo also for MELBOURNE.

Eastern and Australian Mail Steam Cowpany's Steamer

“BRISBANE,"

Captain R. Balfour, will be despatbed sabore FELT HATS, SHIRTS, COLLARS, AND TOMORROW, the 30th instant, at Noon.

For Freight of Paseo, apply tožen

GIBD, LIVINGSTON & Co. 94 1581 Hongkong, 2nd October, 1976.

OCEAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY.

ron LONDON, via BUEZ CANAL. THE Company's Steamship NESTOR”

DEATH TO WRITE ANI'S.“ THE Undersigned a ovo se order upply of ALFAN'S PATENT CUM-

20UND for Preserving Timber from the Bavages of White Ants

One Prokage will prepare 200 unperficial feet EXCHANGE.

of Flooring. Price 50 Cante per elenge

WR NUTLEY For B. Davies, Role Agent for China Bank Bille, on demand, Bank Bille, at 30 days sight, 1/01 to 4104 | No. 6, Stapley Stress, at Ost, 1875; [3m 1481 Bank Billy, at 6 months' sight,471) » Uredita, at 6 monthy" sight........... 476 Documentary Bille,at&ncaths” m

sight

$/

to look for the co-operation of Russia and On BOMBAT.-Bank, on demand 200 the opening of a Servisa and Montenegria On OALUUTTA, -Bank, on demand 2201, conga; Or three yeate, unaided and with OSHANOTA

BHARLS-

Hongkong and Shanghai Bank Shares-11

per scat, discount. YANKEE Union Insurance Society of Canton, now shares

$600 per share, ma

our own resources alone, wo held in cheet Bank, sight inam the whole power of Turkey, welded by her Private, 30 days" sight. 734. best genérule, only to find ourselves at the home fast smitten down, by x humiliating declarar tios, Imposed upon us by & congress of the Burgen Powers, and which declaration Bussia was the first to adriae us to go. In the moan- timo, Russia, while continuing to encourage ne in our serogels, imprezested ns, at Goontre sophs, as the only really radoubtable enemies of Turkey. The Slavic populations, on the the band, were mude oat to be the natural ulliss of An Anneing tale in told of an opem oorpaar the Empire gutaat the inordinde ambition of who, on the point of tarelling from Bucharest the Greeks, and, as such, fully worthy of

China-radero Ice Company's chara

$1,270 per, shara, ka

DELIQUE per Dozen

ELICIOUS GINGER BRANDY,

SPIRITS of WINE, for Lamps,

per Doran..

HONGKONG DISTILLERY 00. 1209 Hongkong, 6th August, 1875.

UG DE MONTEBELLO ARTE

BLANCHE CHAMPAGNE-- Quarte$15 per case (1 dozen.)

Apply to the big

5. discount on 25 Cases

BOURBON WHISKEY, $12 per onse (1 dozen.)"

"FOE ŠALE BY✨.

HEARD &o. China and Japan Marine Insurance Lie, 95-975. Hongkong, Bord June, 1875.

per abaro, LEN ZA

“AND R. TENNENT'S ALB and

PORTERA W

to Pestb, rocently bearme victims to the troubles Ottoman solicitude. Anli Pasha probased the $515 per share. P ia Berzegovina. Their works were searched centrality of Seyia by the evacuation of the

Chinees Inace Company-$100 per share. Hongkong Fire Insurance Company's Sharo China Fire Insurance Company Sheres--$142 Victoria Fire Insurance Company's Charte

$167 per share... longkong and Whampoa Dock Company's

Shareo-42 per cent dizebant, Hongkong, Carton and Marso Stoamtiqut Co.'s

Bhares-11 per cent, discount., N Shanghai Steam Navigation Company-Ta

Gá per share,

Hongkong Gas Company's Shan-875 per

abnce. Hongkong Hotel Company's Shares-55 por

cent dismant

Chinese Imperman-£103.

DAVID CORSAR & SONS"

CANVAS. Long Faz

Orown

ARNOLD, KARBERG & Co. tf-1130 Hongkong, 11th May, 1867.

··FOR SALE, HAMPAGNE. HEIDSIECE & Co.'s MONOPOLE, China.

Apply to

***DEETJEN & Co.

A Bola Agenti for China and Japan

ef 11 Hongkong, 23rd January, 1875,

NOW ON SALE

will be despatobad on or about the 30th instant.

For Freight or Passage, apply to

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE, Agents 1574 Hongkong, 31st October, 1875,

FOI SWATOW, AMOY, AND FOOCHOW.

HE Steamship.

THE

«NAMOA,”

Captain Westoby, will be despatchwil for the above Porta on SUNDAY, tha Slet instant, at daylight

For Freight or Passago, apply to

DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & Co. 1500 Hongkong, 25th October, 1875.

FOR AMOY (Direct)

THE Spanish Steampr

y

**ZAMBOANGA” Arschavala, Master, will have immediate day spatel for the above Port,

For Freight or Passage, apply to

REMEDIOS & Co. 1612 Hongkong, 28th Otober, 1876.

OCEAŃ ¿TEAMSHIP. COMPANY, S FOR LONDON, TH JUEZ TÜBİN ALG

HB Company's Steamship

“AGAMEMNUN”

TO BE DESPATCHED

On ar about 50th Inst." On or about 10th prox. Quick despatch,

Quick despateb.

Quick despatch.

Quia desputab.

Qalet despaťah.

Quick despatob

Quick despatch.

„Jonisk dospatali.

On Lát próz, at 3 P.M.

On 15th prox., at 8P, Quiot despatch.

flo-morrow, at noun..

On 4th prox, BÍ BOOR, To-day, at 5 p.3L Tomorrow, i, nekin. Quick deapatob.. Oor about 29th inst Qoz deepatol. Quick despatch. On alat inst.. daglight Quick despateb.-

Vessels on the Berth.

FOR NEW YORK.

HE 11 Amerfoon Ship

THE 41

"MIDNIGHT,

Post-Office Notifications.

·A mail will store

For Bangkok-Per Rajasattianukur, to-day, the 29th inat, at 4.90 P...

For Manila-Por Leonor, to-morrow, the 30th. inst., at 11.30.4.2.

For Cooktown and Sydno-Per Brisbane, to-morrow, tay 30th instant, at 11,30A.M. At private ship rates, viz, & dente per ounce.

For Swatow, Amoy, and Foocho-Per- Nathen, to morrow, the 30th inst., at 5. P.M.

MAILS BY THE UNITED STATES PACKET.

Tho United States fail Pagket “ QAELIC will be despatched on MONDAY, the let of Nowomber, at 3 P.M., with the Malle

For Yokohama, San Francisco, the United' Btates, and the United Kingdom.".

The Fost Office will be opon for the reception of Ordinary Letters, Books, Newspapers, & until 2.30 P.M.

Tistters can be posted on board the Paskat from 2,30 PM to 850 r., on payment of a Late Fea of 12centa in addition to the Pontare. The Prepayment of the Pastage to all the above places by this route la compulsory. Correspondensa insufficiently propaid will Go forwarded by the English Packets.

Correspondence addressed to Yokohama and the United States must be aitperscribed per "GAELIO," and that addressed to the United Kingdom past ha sapersoribed "vil San Francisco ALFRED LISTER,

Postmaster Generat

Hongkong, 19th October, 1875:

G. Wallet, Muster, will load here and at What General Post Office, poo, and will kare quick despatch.

For Freight, apply to

VOORLY HAGEDORN & Com 1390 Hongkong. 19th September, 1876.

OCCIDENTAL AND ORIENTAL

MAILS BY THE FRENCH PACKET. The French Contract Packet will deepathod on THUESDAY, the 4th Noventbury with Karls to ma through the Unical STEAM-Kingdom vid Marseille; to Europe, Saigon,

SHIP COMPANY.

TAKING THROUGH, CARGO AND PAS SENGERS FOR THE UNITED STATES AND EUROPE,

IN CONNECTION: WITH THE CENTRAL AND UNION PACIFIC AND CONNECTING RAILROAD

COMPANIES

AND ATLANTIC STEAMERS.

THE 8. 9. GARLIC, will be despatched for

San Francisco, viä Yoköhama, on MON- DLY, the 1st November, at P.M., taking Cargo and Passengers for Japan, the United Staten, and Earope,

Connection is made at Tokohama with Steamers from Shanghai.

Freight will be received on board until 4 v.. of the 31st instant. Pareol Package will be cosived at the Ofios untit5 P.. asup day. All Faroal Packages should be marked to address in full; value of wee is required. ⠀⠀

Return Passage Tokate available for 8 months are leaned at a reduction of 20 per cant

regular rates

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For farbber information as to Freight or Tassage, apply to the Agency of the Goldpauy, Prays West.

G.B. EMOBY,

Astiny Agont, Hougtong. October July 1875.

NOTICE.

COMPAGNIE DES MESSAGERIES MARITIMES PAQUEBOIS POSTE FRANCAIS.

STEAM FOR

AIGON, SINGAPORE, BATAVIA, POINT

DE-GALLE, ADEN, SUEZ, ISMALIA "PORT SAID, NAPLES, AND MARSEILLES; ALSO,

BOMBAY, ST, DENIS, AND PONT LOUIS.

N

THURSDAY, the th November, 1815, At Company's Steamship: VIVA”: Commandant FzzUBIAIS, with

Singapore, Galle, Anatralia, New Zealand, Adon, Seychelles, Reanion, Mauritius, Sues, and Alexandria.

The following will be the hours of closing the Mails, &o-

+

A

Wednesday, November 3rd,

52.3., Money Order Offios closes. Port

Offic loses except the Nigr Box. which remains open all night.

Thursday, November th

7&.M. Post Office opens for sale of Stamps, Registry of Latters, and Post- ing of all correspondence.

10 AM Registry of Letters ocdaca."

11. Post Office closes except for Late

Letter

11.10. Letters (but Letters only) address- ed to the United Kingdom or to Binga- pore may be posted on payment of a Late Fee of 18 cents extra postage, until

11,30 A.,, when the Post Office CLOSES

cntirely.

ALFRED LISTER,

Postmaster General. Gabaral Post Office,

Hongborg, 3rd Geraber, 1875.

The following reduced Ratos of Postage will Books & take effect from shie đay :—

Letters. Newspapers. Patterns. PORTWUAL... Certa Conts. Ccale,

Vis Southampton, 34pero ₺ 6 per 2 oz."" AZORES ISLANDS,

Vit Brindisi,

Via Marseilles, par 10.8 14 per 2 oz. Via Southampton, 34 per 1.0.8 per 2o. CANARY & MADEIBA

ISLANDS

Via Brindisi,...S4 per oz. 8 12 per 2 oz Vi& Matscilice...

Vid Southampton, Speros. 66 per 2oz.. HONOLULU, AND

BAWA

VIA Brindisi |

Via Maramilles, & per joz 10 14 per 2 oz. Via Southampton, 30 per 1 oz. 8 per 20%.

ALFRED LISTER,

Postmuster General, Genal Post Off

Hangibng, uth Angust, 1875,-

MAILS, PASSENGERS, SPECIE, and CAR. The Post raster at San Francisco has given GO will leave this Fort for the above placca notice that lettere despatched from this Colony

Cargo and Spocie will be registered for Lon-whether through the Post Office, or a cou don as well as for Marseilles, and accepted in siguen letters) by the United States Mail transit through Marseilles for the principal Paakoto, will not be forwarded to any places.

ink Ordbra wut be granted toon, Postage Trees Amories to such places be prepar

K Cargo will be received on board until 4 PM in morica Postage Stampe, bai will be re- Specie and Parsela mntil 3 P.M. on the 3rd turned to the Office November, 1875. (Parcali are not to be sent

Such letters should either be prepaid in both will be despatcted on or about the 10th Nor.on board; they must be toft at the Agency's Hongkong and American Stampa as above, or

For Freight of Puasuge, apply to ** Ofen.) Contents and Value of Packages are posted to aa Agent in the United States.

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE, Agents, required.

This notice obicily applies to the following 180 Hongkong, 28th October, 1875, For faxbher particulars, apply at the Complaces, the American rates of Pastage to which

pany's Office.

are as follows L O. BERTRAND,

Principal Agent. Hongkong, 25th October, 1875.

FOR LONDON,

(Via SUEZ CANAL) Steamship

“GLENBARN,"

dae bere from Shanghai on or about the 5th)

SALES ON OCT, 29, 15 RETORTED E7 OHLINESS,

White Wax, 2 ploose, at 881-50 by Kwong- THE CHRONICLE AND DIRECTORY Proximo, will retaire immediate despatch R wing-bing to travelling trader,

Dried Lily Flourira, 12 bags, at $9.00, by Kwong-wing-sale to travelling trader.

White Bugert, 170 bags, at £8.16, by Kwong- wing-shing to local tradera diguna

Gream Pexy, 600 pouls, at $1,57, by Tue-hing to travelling rader.

Mushroom; 2) as, at 857.00, by wong- Cookwo to travelling trader

Cuttlefish, 15 bags, at $22.50, by Kwong-look wo to travelling trader.

China Root, 50 packages, it $5.40 by Chin- tack-otioung to travelling trader,A

Vermicelli, 30 bage, at $0.40, by Kwong-tang- tai toʻtraveling trader

American Flour, 50[bz., 500 bags, at £1.45, by Wing.ch obg-chan to travelling trader...

White Pais, 2,000 pieule, at 32,00, by Kwong- mow-tui to travelling trader.

Esilona Peas, 7,00) picuis, at $180, by Kwong now-Lai to travelling trader.

NOW ON SALE:

IMPECIAL QUARTO.

ENGLISH AND CHINESE DICTIONARY,

PUNTI AND MANDARIN PRONUNCIATION.

18

FOR 1875.

BIS Work, in the THIRTEENTH

year of its existente, is

NOW READY FOR SALE

› It has been compiled and printed at the Daily Pross Ofs, an ornal, from the treat and most authentió sources, sud no paina- have been spared to make the work com plate in all respects.

In addition to the usual varied and voluminous information, the value of the. ORBONIOLE AND DIRECTORY von 1875 bas bean farther augmented by a

CHROMO EFROGRAPH

abaye.

For Freight or Passage, apply to WWJARDINE. MATHESON & Co..

Agenzia. 741597 Hongkong, 27th October, 1875,

FOR TAKAO AN

Schoones

ED

AMBUL

0.8. MAIL LINE.

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and were found to contain awords darzuri, factase which. Tarkey still hap helmets, cuinusacs, ko, which were forthwith try; and that of the Montenegrine by the scized by the authorities as contraband meni destruction of the block-houses which she had tions of war BiMoravo, the director of the erested in their territory after the disastrous troupe, was brought affore the police authoris campaign of 1859. The Grand Vizier at the sams ries, and although be deplured be was lease of line drew up, under the jaspimlion of Gasorat the theatre nt Feath, and the suspicions articles Ignatiew, the faners firman which embodied in were properties belonging to the singers in prinsiple the creation of a Bulgarian sarebate "L'Africaino" and "Dox Casse de Besan, be independent of the Coumenical Church of Con- was still up to Sunday log-kept in durance standingpto, and which was destined, two or three vile. Unless the story prave a casurd, as it yours later, bringabout theochimthat ass now probably will, the authorities will only bave defuitively adored the Grecks and the Bul- BBgcosded in covering themselves with ridicule. garians Theso concessions once scured, Servia We must, says Figaro, for the next few months and Montenegro broke off their negotiations expect plenty of taupy tales from Bayranth, with Greece; and Rusat loftily disavow Here is one of them: By means of certain Clearly, we were duped by a poloy not remark: ingenious contrivûncés, it is said that the votre able for its generosity, accing that, thanks to stage can be enveloped in vapour, and that this the blood we were shedding in torrente for the vapor u, by means of various colored lights, common enuse, the Save, without writing a worked by some moret mechanism, be made to blow, sustobed the advantages which they had imitate cloude, foge, rainbows, and all that sorterer been able to obtain by forse aburme. The of thing. This is a pretty tale to be solemnly oonduct of Servis produced in Grecce a very printed as su item of news in any other but a sorry effect; and thus it is that, notwithstanding comie paper. If auyching of the sort is in the advantages of an alliceos with that Prins tended, which of course it highly doubtful, it pality, puolis sentiment still racile with disgoat would be interesting to know what ingenious tacoondust of the Servun Cabinet towards expire contrivance will be adopted to keep this ing Crete. Graece was similarly unfeceived with wonderful vapor within bounds on the regard to the Bulgarien question. At the Atago, and to prevent it getting jaw the audieback of the Bulgaris we encountered the torium, or down the taroste of the ein geraasan, alongwith the Servium and the Uules the story prove a plisé caxard,which it ather Shwie peoples of Turkey, so much was probably will, we shall no doubt find that the thin the case that for a moment there was a novel mecbanian afores.id is only scremeful in struggle between Hellautam on the one side, inducing a rainbow to proceed from the apper fasl Slavic nationality on the other. The gallory, and rest comfortably in the pit

Slavs, in fact, even pay forward inguinary In the cures of un appreciative article on pretensions to Macedonia, identifying them the Theatre Françain, in the Quarterly salten me the fellow-qountrymen of. Alezuñider Berion, a useful summary is given of the legal the Gress and Aristotle Not content with the caillon of this famous moiety. Its present vast regions scupied by ther prolife rave, condition it practically ewes to a decree digated they meditate further, to espel Fleniou by Napoleon 1 at Mossow, which decree, bowfrom the bogaties which it has made illustrious ever, was subsequently modified by the resola-and where it bad had the glory of laying tions of 1850 and 1859 The Moscow Deore the foundations of modern civilization. That was founded upon the original conejitution of i would indeed be, in the eye of all who are the moiety by Louis XIV, in 1860 Wa me able to appreciate the services which the Bet reminded that the sociélares aro shareholders, lefic race has bestowed on the orman kind, an who divide the profite of the company among "odious profanation, Such was the state of rola- its members, aecording to cerkum rules. To be tious between the Greek and the Slays of Tar-

An ANGLO-CRIBESE DICTIONARY, pubiqled admitted a sociétaires. the, úrtiet must have key when the news reached us by telegraph of the

at the Daily Free Office, Hongkong served in the thustry, as pensionnaire, during breaking out of the Herzegovinian insurrection, the space of one year though this regulation This anno present-way wibbe seater

comprehensive and pristidul aervice has sometimes han anspended. All clairer stood after what we have above set for this Wo stands untivalled. All the now are submitted to the process of re-election at the nos received with the interces and the anthu words which the Chinese have of late years been und of the year; and, after twenty yesin silam which it would have orokąd ten yours ago. compelled to coin to express the vanemus ob- service, they amy retire with a pension of 6,000 Nowadays the predominant ilcs song the jeten wachinery, photography, telegraphy;and ranes, paid bail by the government, and-bal! Greeks is to cultivate the most friendly relations in scienos generally, which the rapid advance by the administration of the theatre. This with Turkey. The interested policy which he of foreign zolations has imposed upon them.sen administation, under a president who is all- Sievs bave so woll taught us has replaced the bere given in antero Bach and every word is important, devalve upon a committee composed policy of sentiment, and almost every one is fully illustrated and explained, forming ezér of tiz socistuires and smo pensiounaires; the now convinced that the interests of Hellenism; bisce for students of a most inafreotive naturs. conscaship of an inspector-general; two me menaced as they are by the rising tide of Both the Court and Fanti propagations are NEW pectors, and two sub-iaspestors. Bosiños Padslaviam, Jequire that nothing shall be given, the ancents being carefully marked on thead, there are, a librarian, Land" "gonerál, dras calciated to weaken the Ottoman the best principle hitherto attamel. The typo- manager, sa. well as skat valuable fandtionary Empiro ju Europe." This ides is not "bore of graphy displays the succese of an attempt to a stage-manager, who he chosen from the yesterday, and nothing less than a rising of make the Chinese and English type correspond companyja

the Greek popriation in Turkey could drag in the site of body, thereby effecting a vast The New York Clipper hos the following jaws into a war against the Porte. In 1884 the economy of space, sohieving a eleanoes not taresting details of the tires and sirecre of the "Hellenis: Goverowant did el in its power previously atmained, and dispersing with those varions members of the Tokes Family Tho to prevent the revolution in Candia, and it vast margins and, recant spaces, which have Yokes Family were all burnin London Fawdon wouly, when the Cretans, our brethre, drow heretofore characterized Chineso publications. in 1847, Frederick in 1848, Jessie : 1969, the aword, bint the polisy of sentiment, the To illustrate the vast scope of the work, the Victoria in 1854, ozd Rosina in 1836. They all impulse of our hearts, apved people, and a following facts are esbmitted for consideration. made their debuts at the Sarrey Theatre, between vernment audisguisedly to brace the use of Thaiconra Vonabalarly contains akant 16,000. the years 1855 and 1566, Fawdon first appearing | Mie gieopin of Candin. On this present wpcasion Chinese odaracters, and Medhurst's English in s proteraimo; Frederick iu a fare called the Greek prese, has confined telf to the repro-and. Chinese Dictionary about 100,000, whilet **Sesing, Wright Jestie as the original Teddy duétion of the news of the insurrection pub this work contame more than 59,030 English in "Dred, or the Diamal Swamp Victoria nairbed by foreign journals, wishing thereby to words, and upwards of 000,000,Chinese obara Groxetive in The Avalanche", sad Resina as leva cothe Government the most entire liveriyof tem. Again, despite all the gammers and the body in the three of "Mr. and Mrs. Pernetion in a matter which, he will have been scio, other elementary works as you published, the White, aha being than not quite six montbe trobes but remotely the interest of Hellen nur student of this dinoult language absolutely re ald. For a number of years they sustained the With a view to cut short, any and all conjectures, quires examples to display the various apple feading children's churoters at the Surrey and we have, on our past, endeavanred to give an cations and equivalents of different words which Ningro M various other London theatro Among the ruct potion of the metal position of Grace have una general meaning. Of theag examples Shangkuk main obareatem in which they won distinction were towards Torkey and the Savio populations this work contains more than ve hues an

any as any other Dictionary hitherto pub Hankow milĮ Prince Arthur in "King John,"the Frins of which inhabit i Lerant Haruld

•River Porta fiabed, Wales and the Duke of York in Bigbard IILE

For practical purposes the rangement of Chases · and Henri in "Belphegor Little Picide in "The A patent medicine me ruently posted band..

Neuschwang Spoiled Child," and the leading characters in bills on all the gravestones in a cemetery in the work is so complete, that a reforchde

The Four Mowbrays. During their career at Massachusette

so ità pagas enables a person who under Zhantsin and

Paking that time they noted with Sampel Phelps, the Bowie montog ago an Oregon man named his stands English to communicate of madaly Jete Charles Kan, the Jato G Y Brooke girl baby after Oneen Victoria, had wrote to with natives who understand nothing but Chi Naga WaOreswick Barry Sallivan, Charles | the Yuver to that effeat. Not hearing from der nene. In this reapers the work will be found age, Denied Mathewa In 1801 they formed the present Majesty, be changed the child's name to Hannah, Indispensible to all Europeans rating in Bokuwa combination, and made their first appearance na went out and pounded the first Englishman China, and to the natives themselves it ex as the Vokes Children af Howard's Operettashe mat

plains subjects tolly with which very few ins house, Edinburgh, Seatinnd, Desember 25, 186 To own a cheap newspaper in this well-dood of them are perfectly squinted. To Magild They began an engageurant at the Alabra jartracted age is generally considered by the parties raideat in England and interested in Singapore London, se tou Five Little Yokeace, in June, individual won: 50 iman ediktely enrobes a Ching it cannot bat be invaluable optionally London

It comprises upwards of two thousand large 1802, and then made a tour of the provinces, olu upon the party which must be at least"| performing in various theatres, when they made recoguised to the extent of a simple "Sir," und | Guarto pages. thair first appearance at the Lyceum Theatre, it is douliful whether the editor lives who has London, Desember 28, 1868, soding in the mod been made to prefer the proprietorial pantomime of "Hopty Damply. On Sep ragacst. To the credit of liberal and Conser tember 1869, they began a throspeare Live Garments the modest petition has been

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