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NOW BEADY FOR SALE....

THE CHRONICLE AND DIRECTORY

· FOR 1878.

(With which is incorporated "TR CHINA

DIRECTORY.")

This Comprehensive Work, now in the SIXTEENTH YEAR of its oxistents, has been

ORIENTAL SUGAR REFINERY,

LIMITED

NOTIOR:

THE DAILY PRESS TUESDAY, APRIL 2ND, 1878.

HE Undersigned, having heeene LESSE

of the HONGKONG DAILY PERUd. And REGISTERED UNDER THE COMPANIES OF The BUSINEEA Conected therewith, will cualpel

LINANCE 1985.

the same on his own sacount from this dâte, ARTCHATTERTON WILCOX

| CAPITAL $703,000, IN 1,400 SHARES OF Delly Proza Office,

$500 BACH

CONSULTING COMMITTRE.

compiled from the BEST and MOST RELIABLE To be elected at the First Meeting of the Share SOURCES, and ne pains have been spared fo render it CoMPLY EVERY BESTROS

It contains

THE DIRECTORY. FOR HONGKONG.

THE DIRECTORY FOR CANTON."

THE DIRECTORY son WHAMPOA,

THE DIRECTORY FOR MAÇAO. THE DIRECTORY FOR TAKHQI

THE DIRECTORY rcz HOMÓW.

TAK DIRECTORY FOR SWATOW THE DIRECTORY FOR AMOY PRE DIRECTORY FOR FORMOSA TRE DIRECTORY FOR FOOŁHOW. THE DIRECTORY FOR WENCHOW. Tar DIRECTORY FOR NINGPO

Tan DIRECTORY FOR SHANGHAI.

THE DIRECTORY » CHIURIANG TEN DIRECTORY FOL KIUKIANG. The DIRECTORY FOR WUHU.

TRE DIRECTORY ros HANKOW. THE DIRECTORY FOR CHEFOO.

THE DIRECTORY Fon TAKU. THE DIRECTORY FOR TIENTSIN. THE DIRECTORY 265 NEWCHWANG. THE DIRECTORY FOR PAKING. THE DIRECTORY FOR TOKIO. THE DIRECTORY you YOKOHAMA. THE DIRECTORY FOR NIIGATA. THE DIRECTORY FOR NAGASAKI. THE DIRECTORY FOR HIDGO. THE DIRECTORY FOR HATODATE. TRE DIRECTORY pon PHILIPPINES.

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THE DIRECTORY FOR SAIGON

THE DIRECTORY FOR HAIPHONG.

Tax DIRECTORY FOR HANOI ·

Tas DIRECTORY FOR BANGKOK

THE DIRECTORY FOR SINGAPORE. With brief descriptions of Hongkong and the Treaty L'orts of China, Japan, and the Philip

pines.

It also includes mass of useful information in addition to that usually found in works of the

kind.

inting to Commeres and Ehipping

It is further onbellished with a Cbrero-tho graph of a PLAN of VICTORIA, HONGKONG":"

FOREIGN SETTLEMENTS OF SHANGHAI:

CODE of SIGNALS in at the PEAK;

holders.

GENERAL AORNTS," Mesurs. II. KIER. & 6,

M

AGENTS ÅT SWATÓW: Mesars. CRAIG & Co.

FANKERS.

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA AUSTRALIA, AND CHINA.

JOLICITOR

WM. H. BRERETON, Esq

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شیند.

This Company has been formel for the purpose- of carrying on the Business of Sugar Rafinare under the Weinrich Patent, and also the Busi-

Hongkong, Jannary, 1978.

A.

NOTICE,

9. WAT 8ON AND CO.,

FAMILY AND DISPERSING

CHEMISTS,

DUKE OF EDINBURGH,EN WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DRUGGISTS

PERSUMERS,

PATENT MEDICINE VENDORS, DRUOGISTS' SUNDAY MEN, And ABRATED WATER MAKERS,

PARERNOER SULFS SUFTLIED.

pronounes su opinion upon the position of LATEST TELEGRAMS: affairs, toy low for the British Government

justilled in its action. One thing appeara exceedingly plain-Russia is no longer com. pliant and renasuring she is now insolent, domineering, and unyielding. She will not submit the conditions of peace to the pro- posed Congreas she will in defiance of Eurqporn, opinion, rob Roumania of Boss arabis. All that she cares to do now is to induer Austria not to enter into any alliance

REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

SUPPLIED TO THE DAILY PRESS

| DY SOUTHERN ROTTE,

SHANGHAI,

that the comt would certainly not look on it with incompetant to take part in, Every steamer thin favour, He cantorded that the rule of law was come here Kop will increase the trade of the that probets gightly granted should not basa-plan; and that the Chinese thaves fear this ankled. This was's probats rightly granted to is proved by the energetic notien they are taking one of the sentorn at the request of the in Kingpo and Fohlden to favour a dontitipance patitioner agents. On the ground of law of the old method of supply. The Noman is alone ethmitted that the petition et ubade busy surveying, The Momen left on. fall the ground. He also submitted on Monday for Foochow N, C. Daily News, Cor- THA AU hit that Mr. Wilson would not be respondant LONDON, 80th Mate wed, as a trustee towards these benefi

oiaries, to niako such bargains with them, to say FRUTARING FOR WAR IN ENGLAND.I give you $1,700 and take your interest. All uur troopships are being prepared for 693. over. ). Such bargains were not und conid not be

The last mail brought news that the King of Tor Bossgrafieid said in the Hours of Lords, allowed. The balance now credited to the estate: Belgium has orastad Mr. Morel a Keight of the relative to the zosarves of the army would be no doubt that £1,700 was at the time thought to We hear that Feng, lately Total of Shanghai; in reply to a question, that the Queen's Measago ander bee will to this discharge, there was riosas Consul for Belgium at Skuartani.

must be bomitted, be paid to throwbonefinumins Olas of Loopold, in recognition of his long sor--

proennted on to Ist of April, and that the dis- be something near the amount of the stato Shou Taulat of Chinking; and the lato Arsenal bussion, on the subject would taxe place on ile but the was shown now to have boan in parasteniluns, are all ordered to Peking; and mistakelThere was more at the credit of the there is much speculation among the Clined un estate at that time, as was shown afterwards by to tas metive Nothing reliable, however, apor thers being new a balanes of 83,200, after reȚAT to have transpired in the wor

esscre

with England, and if she can succeed in this By Appointment to His Ticallousy the Go. move she will soap her fingers in the face of anon and his Royal Highnots Europo. Manifestly Russia insolence is the

bravado of success the belief that she holds th the key to the situation. Tait Rues and T FOLIOY OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT, Turkoy have concluded a secret alliance, In reply to a question put in the House of ing Mr. Wilson the swcunt of his advance with Though sorry that ill-health should be a causo, offensive and defensive, there can be little Commons, Sir Stafford Northcote said that the interest for the exenter had treated it ng an wo are sincerely glad to learn from the Garette doubt, and any Tower talsing hostile mee British Government felt that the time had come ad, and was perfectly right ic cuing so of the 23rd February, that, as a matter of fast, This chowed conclusively that the statement that Shen Pao-ching wishes to reign his office. He sures against one would have to fight both. for dovided steps, and would conext Parliament there was only £1,700 at the grell of the esiste has done quite enough for glory in taring ap This fact, Fendors Russia exultingly con on them. He denied that the British Govern was a mistake, and that the document was the Woo-sung milway, and we might have a fident. She le quito content that Turkeyent had hindered the meeting of the proposed made taler anistaken idea that it was change of making the two or three knittred yards

Wilson had entirely misconceived his duties SHIPS MEDICINE CHESTS REFITTED, should exist nominally so long as the CRA's en Congress, and declared that they only. W nad only over its that of Cemetery road, tindera more enlightened one- desired that the treaty of pendo batween Russia as trusted, he could not buy up the interest of It is satisfactory to learn from the French influence is all-powerful in Constantinople. and Takoy should form the lams of the dis the trust in this way; while the oxeontor hed Municipal Minutes that Regulations have been The Balkan peninsula in practically under cassion,

asted all through perfectly regularly He got agreed on at Peking between the Chinese Go - London, Blet March the will only a short time ago, he proved it in vammant and the Foreign Miniators, for the con her thumb, and by such and Alliance Os that above referred to would be rendered

ZETURN OF 14XATILE TO RUSSIA that court ta tuo proper ingat way; he that found aeration of the pyet of Shaught. A tender has General Ignatiaff has returned to St. Fotors that a certain sam of raonar bad baon paid by Mr been accepted to build the new Quarton for the permanently subservient to Russian rule,

Wilson," and he arranged for the return of this Municipal Staff, for Tis 6,750. Fire men were money with ressionable interest at the first possible taken on to complete the strength of the (Bure the Sultan as well as the Princes of Rong:

VIENNA, Slat March. moment. He now held the remainder of the postal police force The recent increase in the manin, Servin, Montenegro, and Bulgarianorton OF THE TREATY OF PEACE BY antate, subject to the order of the court, with tax on carriages plying for hire is not to apply. being really tributary to the Czan, The

the intention of paying it to the persons bonafi, to foreign-owned vehicles, graspt omnibusse.- be British Government have themselves chiefly

cially interested, but if the court and the Daily Newca The to thank for the awkward position in which

wide ortar. the money was at the disposition of the court, Ha therfore submitted, Both on the they are now placed. Lord BoatoreFIELD

Jaw so the merits, that this petition must be

age HOME The USB Alert made her appearance.barn blistered and uttored, threats which were

Bismile.

Mr. Hayllar replied, and confented that the on the 14th nlf, an her way from Tekolima to never carried into effect, while some of his

CONSTANTINOPLA 31st March.

petitioner did not olsim to take any benefit ont Shanghai, and after a stay of ahmut twenty four colleagues displayed depicrable vacillation.

of the estate, but that he having poid the beneft. hours procvedel nú har voyage to that port. BOTUKDELE RE-OCCUPIED BY THE TURKS.

Feries in full was now the only party interested. Dar nettlement anz lost s prominent member Bojukdero, previously evacuated by the Turkish. A number of letters and other documents in the death of Dr. J.E. Painter, U; S. N. WIRE troops fis consequence of friendly diplomatic were put in evidence, and the case was adjourned event occurred on the 13t al. His sudden do- representatious from Russia) has been re-occupied until this affersoon for Me JC Suta to press totally amatpected, and the great

pare a statement of accounts by Turkish Artillery,

NOTICE. To avoid delay in the execution of s of Sugar Hodner, lufarer and Ording it is partionatly requested that an Sugar Dealers goverally at Hongkong and Swiss communications be addressed to the tow in Chine.

} By the Weinrish process the mosses sal Firm, 3. S. WATSON and Co., er other impurities are spondily and inexpensively

: removed, Taurtag the residuum a Sue Bugar fit for domestic use or for exportation to any part of the world. It is highly valued and sought after, by Chinese sul Japanese merchants. Plisse Sugars ure paricatly inodorostata to colour and high charme qualities for any length of time, and they are rot liable to absorb muistare.

It is intended that the new Company shall take over the grazad and buiklings at Hongkong. m occupied by the Oriental Sugar Beanery, with the Plant und Macbinery thervin The ground, which has a water frontage of nearly 900 fest, comprises nearly two nares. The Buildings and Works are quite now-and in complete ordar, capable of refining about 1,000 pics of raw Sugar daily. It is also intended to take over the ground and premises belonging to the Company at Brator in China, with the valuable Plant and Machinery thomo. The last mentioned ground contains about. 13 acres, with excellent water frontage, and is otherwias, oligibly situated for carrying on the Company's works. The works and buildings are yet unfnisbol: when com. piled they will be capable of refining at 1,000 pienia of Raw Sagar daily. They will be finished before the next Sugar sasen, or about the 81st of December next."

The Proprietors of the Oriental Sugar Ro. finery have agreed to sell the whole of their Property in Hongkong and Shatow to the Com pany for $500,000, of which $250,000 will be laken in shares, subject only to a share of profits, by way of Royalty, to be paid to the Patenter for the cofe right of using the Patent in Hongkong waad Chine. Of the balanss of the capital, alous $100,000 will be applied in finishing the Com. pany's promises at Swatow, leaving thoremaining $100,000 available for working the Business

HONGKONG DISPENSABEY.

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NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS- Coinmquication on Editorial matters, should addressed The Editor and to Maungar," and not to individuals by name.

Correspondents are requested to forward their name and address with volumesfestione, addresnod to the ị. to, ant for publication, but at erilains of good faith.

The Daily Pres

HONGKONG, APRIL 2, 1878.

Averetal dig

It is momi-oficially stated that Coral An. draagy has declared that Austria rejects the separato Tredly of Force between Russia and they, as clashing with European and Austro,

gran interva

SUPREME COURT."

April 1st.

IN PROBATE.

BFORE Active Cause JUSTICE SNOWDEN,

IN THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM WILSON, Da- CEASED; PETITION TO ANNUL THE PROBATE GRANTED TO ONE EXECUTOR AND TO GRANT IT TO THE OTHER

appeared for Mr. Keswick, attorney for Mr. Mr. Hayler, QC, instructel by Mr. Brereton,

Alexander Wilson, the petitioner; and Mr. Toller appeared for Mr. J. B. Smith, the areenter to whoun probate had hoan gritted.

IN ORIGINAL JURISDICTION. BEFORE THE FULL COURT

- In the case of Lam Ubu She and another v. Cheong Shi Wan, the court granted a rulo- nisi, for, a new trial returnable on Friday. Thoir Lordans expressed no opinion as to the verdict, but granton to rais ni ca the ground put for word by the defendant that the verdict was against the weight of evidence and not on the other grounds of misdirection and non-direction;

POLICE COUET.

1st April. BEFORE. C. V. Union, Esq

| DRUNKENNEZA.

NAGASAKI.

popularity he had attained among those who knew him made by sad volamity the more to be regretted. It was well known that during the laster part of his stay in Nagasaki, ho suffered from ill health, though fey, expented so sudden a termination to the carsor of one who possessed go kind and genial o heart, and who, in his amiability and sympathy with distress, won over roudly to help those who stood in noed of nid. Der Painter has done good service for his country both in the Military and Naval services, having been actively ombloyed in the fortner during the Civil War, and in the latter, belas boon pinned in rusponsible positions in this country. Ha Fanaal was largely attended, the remuine haing followed by nearly the whole of the fore anlation, and almost all the natives who had become naquainted with the fact of his death-Bising Sun

#HIGGO"

had been slated in the firun by his role, the my default one doy's imprisonment

down and would not wait, Pined fifty conts, in | dva on the hoach beyond the Kobe Iron Works

It is intended to distribute the profite in the following manner Twelvo per ount for interest un capital will in the first instance, be annually paid theroout to all,Shareholders, seven per cent, vill bo written off the angel valuation of Plant. the assertion that "seventy millions of human compared wità 1,902,000lbs., exported in Felt-tocacy on business with. The deceased beques- Highlanders, was charged by P.C: 608 with being near the mine by river and sea carriago. Two

A Chromo-lithograph Plate of the NEWorking ords, and will be so hudol over to the

Company on the 31st day of March instant

The Company in purchasing the Oriental Sagar Rofineries will take the Imsinos as it stands, together with all the engagements and con- traits already entered into, comprising arrange ments for the purchase of Raw Sagar, And disposing of the finished product in the various

Also of the various HOUSE FLAGS (Designed expressly for the Work);

and

MAPS OF HONGKONG, JAPAN, &c.

that not half the number mentioned tre

is not very deep. The both parties, and through him it was arrangeā

gambling, with athers non in eustody, at sight at Tokio. It is now being worked by a Japanoso 'clock that morning at Douglas's Wharf.

The prisoner admitted the charge

All lotters for publication, should be written on ane: The Opposition at the sama tipo bebavod dis. side of the paper only.

gracefully, preferring party to patriotism and doing all they could to embarrass and weakon the hands of the Government, Mr. GLAD- BTOND, who appears to have lost his hend altogether, is largely responsible for the war by the encouragement he and his motley following gave to the Russians to first com mencs hostilities with Turkey. Whatever Tre anti-Chinese agitators in the United may be the firel issue of the present madly States are always eager to seize upon any item involved state of affairs, future historians that appears to strengthen their case or is wil, we believe, record the fact that at a most calculated to alarm the people of California, momentous erisis in 1877-78 England was The short extract from the London Times of without a statesman among her Ministers or the 20th ultimo, is quoted in the Sau Frana man of sense among the leaders of Her cisco Press with evident zest as an additional MAJESTY'S Opposition. argument for the limitation of Chinese im-

The German back Helena, Captain Velguari migration. It is to be regretted that a

Mr. Haylar, inatafing the onse for the peti jourant like The Times, occupying as it son, arrived hero on Sunday evening Blindationer, explained that Mr-Wilson, whe formerly

Sievol Nelson, a seaman on the American ship Copper smelting works are being-built by the first vessel this season from Chefoo. When carried on business her as a storekeeper and North Star, tens daarged by district watchman Japarcs near Kobe. The superintendent, a dose the foremost position on the British she left there were a number of vessels loading shipchandler, as one of the Arm of MacEwen No. 6 with being drank The prison on the Japanese who sanka English fontly, states Press, should have lunched into the seas for Snutow

Frickel and Co.. left here in weak health, and died 20th uit went into Chinese shop and broke the works neo intended for the smelting of cop tional to such an extent as appears from the

Mesera. Thomas Watson & Co.'s Tes Beport in Scotland, on the 14th Decoraber, 1806, leaving telegraphic summary transmitted from Lon-states blint the quantity of To exportal for vill dated the lath May of the same year. He threa pots. When taken into custody ho laid per ore from a mino near Ikeda, and the sitna. don to the United States. In the first place; Calentts in February last was: 1,944578ths, as

has bech chosen for convenience of water car, sent petitioner, who advanood him about $5,000.

Jahu Buston, a private in Her Majesty's 74th | ringo, it being intended to bring the are from ary inst year.

thed the whole of his property to big sisters, and five per cent. will be written off the anaal beings are now starving in the famine- valuation of Buildings, which together will form

The British bark Anal, Captain Braithwaite, Mary Wilson, now Mrs. Eell, the wife of Dr. Bell drunk-P.C. 609 sail that on Sunday he was on frenade are in process of constraction and the the Company'e reserve fund te mest deprecistian stricken provinces of North China is a seri- for nie, ek nature island and another safer, rite of Me. William Swith duty at the ticket Ground, when he heard a prosess to which this particular ore is to be anh- ory of “Police." He went in the direction of footed will, as is understood, extract the silver in Plant and Bailings. The surplus after those ous exaggeration. The estimated population dusk. She has been about 120 days out and land mother of Mr. John Grant Smith, who the ory, and saw the prisoner dragging a Chinn first (of which the ore contains a considerable deductions will be distributed as followsviz.,

and ho appointed his orconte Alexander and had no complaint against the Chinamin engine is required for primumg purposes, and man by the queue. The prisoner was very drunk, quantity and the copper afterwards. A small two-thirds thereof will be divided proof Shansi, Shaubing, and Henan cxcceds been spoken at different times by several vessels had taken out probate here, in equal stores,

that hayo since urrived in Hongkong,

Wilson and Mr. J. G. Smith. The money Witness released the Chinarean. Then the prt then it is exported that 2.500 kwame of vro amongst the Shareholders by way of dividend, that mumber, but it must not forgotten that and the renisining one-third will be paid to the the famine does not extend over anything Society have agreed, in response to a general was tolen ont for many years, the estate in-

We are informed that the Hongkong Choral it appeared, was left in the firm and no probiste soner assaulted him and another constable who will be got through in day. The specnister The larger Directory contains the diflorente Patentes,

came to his assistance. The prisoner was token is a mine niner residing in Robe, who, bosides. Treaties and Conventions made by China and

Paras Company will be managed by the fien or approaching the entire area of the provinces. iesire to repent their performance of Trial by oreasing in vaine, interest being added to it to the station le a chair, but was very violent out the mine already mentioned, as others also in your by year. There was not a word to be said the way. His Worshiy final bus prisoner six Aws, Bingo and Bitchin The ore in those Japan. with foreign countries, together with H. Kran & Co of Hongkong, as Conural Agents, It is, unfortunately, spread over a vast extent Jary shortly, the proceeds so be desotail to

wards the funts of the City Hall. A new against MacEwen, Frickal and Co, in the mat- various Acts, Ordinones, and Regulations re-and a Consuiting Committas to be elected by the of country and many millions are put to the mediatts is, we hear, to take the place of "The demith went home in a shillings, in default three dass imprisonment. latter places is, however, of a different quality,

Sharehollors, desisted by a compelent staff.

UNLAWFUL POSSESSION,

reqniving the services of washing machinery, found, as a matter of fact, that nothing had Messrs, Ortiz & Co. of Swatow will be the most dreadful straits, but it is to be hoped Family Shakespeare

Wong Auran was oluseged by Police constable and though it is intended to set up such machi Agente of the Compang at that piece

been paid to the beneficiaries nder the will, No. 129 with being in unlawful possession of the uary in this establishment ultimately, and bring Yesterday morning Audio Branca, a astiva either by way of interest or principal. Then, The Company Ens secured the services of a suffering from actual want. The famine is Malta, a trimmer on the British steamor j unfortunately, there arese a family din piece of wool procured at a quarter to eight p.m. the ore here to be crushed, that further develop--

ent of the scheme is a work of the future. The thoroughly aeiont Practical Refinerazd Chomist shooking enough and requires no exagger-Zanzibar, tried to commit suicide by outting his once. A friend of the family, a Mr. Ton the 31st instant. Worship fined alero, says the News, cannot fail to recall the from the works of Mr. James Ikean, the amiation is order to make its dimensions appeal throat, He was at once ramieved to the Hospital practising as a writer to the Bienes in Snot the prisoner 10 in defualt six wrom impri-O-maba mine can, which coupled so much of

The care was proved and heat Sugar feffner of Clyde Wharf, London.

the time of the Osaka Joto Saibansho-how many The Refinery in Houghout is now in full to the hearts of the philanthropic. The cross the throat, which he had an incised wonnal bind, seemed to have arted as the friend of senest with band labour

years ago? That'ore was to come from Dear accounts given from the North are and beyond man has appeared somewhat doranged for the that Mr. Alexander Wilson should give his wro Chang Awang was charged with hawking Ikeda, ocntained a good deal of silver, was to lin ...missory notes of a certain date to the two bens-without a license, and calling out his wares. brought to the Koba Iron Works to be smaltai, care, and it is certain that the poor are last few days.

ficiaries under the will, with the consent of their The Todian papers, referring to the prusprots husbands, for saurs of £750 and £360, £100

Hit Worship fined the prisoner fifty cents in And in a exbesquent issue, the same paper setually perishing by the thousand and bodies

sfatos that the mine above alluded to is tha very lie unburied, for the survivors have not the of the crop of tea, elate that in the Darjeeling having been advanced to one of them sometime default, three days' imprisonment

DGAMBLING.

Omabu mine, the legal position of which is now! strength to perform the last melancholy office settes is bly aande in the Terzi and the previously, and receive a receipt in full and re-

Leong Ahap was charged by PC 275 with bature the highest Court of Appeal in the Empire leaf is coming out well in the hilly but although for their departed friends. Bas, on the other there is still a good deal of moisture in the loss of all the rights of the beneficiaries. The

speculator, and indeed has been in process of mackata.

hand, great numbers have been succoured by ground, rain is much wanted to bring out a satis-Pissory notes were made and the release was factory Bash News from Kumach says that given. No inventory had been taken, tho esteto

being worked sine the beginning of this year. The Ocoutal Sagar Refinery, Limitedt, will the timely relief provided by the subscrip- Central Asian donkers can more willing to pur Kad never, of course, bem properly valued, and

His Worship fined him twenty conte; in de The experience of the News does not farish any have the advantage of a choier of market thations of foreigners and nativas in the aid okane tea this sonson than last, and several large parts grood, to accept the so as sinon those fault one days imprisonment.

other instance of such profond "contemp agreed same upon.

A SURPICIOUS CHARACTER

The Information; It is stated, kus blen tele- Patent Sugars meet with ready sale at remur.era. tive prices, fu freat Britain, the Coutinens of in kind afforded by the Chinese authorities.contracts have boon alcady onterad into.

In May, 1875, Alexandar Wilson, by his At-

Leong Atik was charged will being a sospi- graphed to Tokio, ka Europe, Amarin, and Anstrolls, whilst the au With regard to the suggestion by the The One of the offers engaged in taking the commus tornays, Jardine, Matheson, and Company slona charter

The Osaka Nippu mentions that in Betomura, Tan Chronjels and Directory is the only in trade is teing steadily developed. In fact

recently concluded, and who had occasion to reapplied for payment of William Wilson's

Inspector Lindany maid that on Sunday the Mimosalto, veins of gold and copper word dia- publiantion of its kind far Chins and Japan, the Engar trade in Chinn is now in its infancy. Times that the people of North China will be and the case, tells us (ays Et Comercio) that estabs, which thor stood on the books of the prisoner was in flue Queen rond West watch covered eight or nine yours ago, and two years and it will be found invaluable in all Pablit, snit of its future saccess there can be no doubt pouring into the United States in myriads, in one of the districts of Pampanga there is a firm at $10,950, mid the firm gave & promissory ng sune session who were drunk. Witness indugu a mine was opened froin which 31 pieuls of this is a wild statement not consistent with woman represented to be a hundred and twenty-note payable na the lat Jrly, 1577 to that kauwa the prisoner for the last two years. He copper ore are obtained every day. In Ashimori, pany have bas offered the property and sol, probabilities. The majority of these people re years of age. Her oxsot age asznot be veri-year M. J. G. Smith proved the will and she had never done any work during that time ox Biolia, a coal mine was opened seven or eight

The favonrable terma upon which the Com-

fied, but there are proofs tant she is at least stained probate on the 2nd April, 1877. Instead $5 for, with the Lists of Rosidenta, Port Direc right to as the Patent at nilke a source of have no knowledge whatever of Americs, and bandrol and twelve, and her appearance is such of paging off tho noto to Jarding, Matheson and cept when in gaol, but spent his time in lettering days ago, and it is said thers is also copper at

road. When witness grrasted the prisoner security to the Shareholders anft & proof of the coraparatively for possess the means of going that it is not extravagant to add twelve se four Co., the sum of £1,998 was remitted to Dr. Bell at the public lenses and along the Queen's the same place. onfidence of those whose entarprise and ospital there. It is possible, certainly, that the foou youre more. She is an inmate of the hoe in July, 1877. La ropas the ants paid by the he said fag Lo was chair ocalia, in the pital, and is accompanied by her blind daughter, petitioner with interest at the rate of five Hongkong Bunk. The compradore there, who have originated the business.

There is now due to the patateangages all the coolies, denied any knowledge The Memorandum and Articles of Association trees may induce a greater number than usual some sixty years old or mere. She preserves Ler per cent,

A report on the trade of the North-Western. may be inspected at the Offous of the Company, to ases their fortunes abroad, but the idea sight, but be completely lost har haaring. In of the deceased the sum of 5000, and the ut. of the mesomer. The prisense hati besh convicted Province with Thibat shows, pozac curious fea- the Philippins there are many cases of longevity, tion between the parties is winter Mr. Aloxfre times of larceny sizes November, 1875 The imports into the North-Westera togetliar with the following Agreements, viz-uch an erodus as that. spoken of by The the dataila of thioli will be supplied to us by the release or whether it is due to the beneficios month's imprisonment with hard labor, Provinces are shown to be R 2,88,560, the ex-

ander Wilson is entitled to this under the „MACÃO.......................Mr. L. A de Graçan

His Worzaip sentenced the prisonas to one 1-An Agrement of the 2nd of September.Thunderer is quite out of the question. The census returns of 1977. Mosers. Campbell & Co.

under the will. The learned counsel.com.. 1876, randa between the Orioutal Sugar Refinery

Tozta from the North-Westera Provinces to „Messrs. Wilson, Nicholls & Co.

We anncurard some time ago that His Exool-tended that in 1875 the estate was valued at

The fly Rs. 45,081 Borax is by far the of Houghong and the Wing Tung Hing Hongwriter of the article was clearly not well ac- Masars. Wilson, Nicholls & Co. for the supply of Raw Material on certain terms quainted with his subject, or he would have knoy Kwob Snag-tao'a diary had boon suppressed £1,500 and that amount having heen paid by the

most important product of Thipot, and Rs. FoodRow Mossrs. Hedge & Co.

110,551 is the value of this import alone, Tho and conditions,

by the Taung-li Yamén in deference to attacks petitioner and arolesse given by the beneficiaries, NINGFO Messra. Kelly & Walsh, S'ghai.

Agensent of the 25th day of March, known that Chinese immigration is very made upon it by a Censor usmed Hc. The N. C. The estate beaats his Hoving tus manay trans-

Elling off of tas price of horaz-owing to the SHANGHAI LI1Mueurs, Hall & Holtz,

discovery of largo felds in America, is to be re- SHANGHAI... Mussra. Hells & Walsh.

1870, maklu betreem Hana Kar on behalf of the different to that from European countries. Daily Nowe now states that the denunciation is forred to his accent, if it had been lost he would

gretted. The price of this endnot has recently HANKOW and Messra. Fall & Holtz and Kally owners of the Oriental Engar Rafinery at Hong-The Chinese do not pack up thair valuables commonly reputed to have been prompted by Lit, have suffered, and as the firm had chosen to go

fallen about fifty per cent, and may E RIVER PORTS

Walsh, Shangliai kong and Swatow of the one part, and Robert

meresch ʼn figure which may prove utterly Germany, To coautorset the too favourable benefit was his Why Mr. JG. Smith should CHEPOO and Messrs, Hall & flottz and Kelly Craig. Esq., for and on behalf of the Company sud emigrate in whole families; only a solitary the late colleague of Kwob, and now Minister to on trading with it from that time to this the NEWCHWANG S

& Walsh, Shanghaief the other part, whereby the party of the first member of a family goes abroad to seek his reports given in the diary, a survey of the foreign have come in April, 1877, to get probate of an

Henry Hill, Breman on the British steamer manerative. The whole supply comes through relations of China, written by Kwob before his estate which, ercept as regarded themselves, bad Zanmilar, was summoned by John Moate, steward Kumaon and Gurtiwal: deed the whole Thibetan TIENTSIS dad) Messrs. Hall & Holts and Kelly Part agrees to sell to the Company the above-fortano, to return in dus course when he has deportere, kae lately been published. It is in. Yoon weand up, he was af n loss to know. of the same ship, for making new of abusivë lan trado na registered; comes; thenga our passeŠ..

& Walsh, Shanghai. Dentinsel promises. NAGASAKT.The C. and J. Trading Co.

An Agreement of the 25th day of March, amassed sufficient to start in some way of stuet with the spirit of patronising saporiority, Smith's object was to revert to other friends the guage and threatening to throw his overboard leading into the districte. Although Rumson Hrogo, QSARA. The C. and J. Trading Co.

1878, made between William MoGregor Smith of business in his native land. The Chinese and recommends a return on the part of foreigners money which the petitioner said was his; he on the 29th instant is a large tea-producing country not a single in China to the position ocot-plad by the Dutch now turned mand and said," You got that YOKOHAMA.....Japan Gazetta Offico.

the one part, and Hana Kior of the other part, eling with the utmost tenacity with, we

Joha Teata, stoward of the Zammbar, sald-On pound of tea returned & going into Thibet, in the 17th century, when they were "troufed release signed by a misrepresentation. The Friday Last I was a witness at this conre. When though we hate not the slightest doubt that MANILA DAMrs. J. de Loyzaga & Co. whereby the said Willam McGregor Smith SAIGON........Mr. J. H. Bloom,

sgreed to make over to the Comineny the sale way say, almost superstitions reverence to with entire benevolence by his Sacred Majesty arrangement having been offerted when I left with the chief oficer, the prisoner of more or legs is smuggled in. For of the report says Kimann tes, whiol is taken by right of using the said Patent in Hongkong and the soil of the Central Kingdom, and are any It is greetal that opium and mis. Smith was at home it would have to be a very dressed me, "You have been to the girt and BANGKOK MARTY Malherbs, Jullion- & Co. China on the terms therin motioned-always-loth to leave it, and gerer emigrate tries he got rid of as a matter of course, as strong case indeed whink would indage hie Lord have tried to throw my life ewny Tan told Kabulis vi Amritsar, is ucl expired us an article ery loss of revenue thas caused will be compon ship to believe that The petitioner left the strutry I did call you and of trade. This is owing to prohibition in Thibet, It is intended that the whole of the Capital with any intention of bidding is dust sdiensated by the withdrawal of the Consalar esta muy in thus Era as a pentation. The were es now. Fe followed by down: to Me Aayon' This would seem to show that even if the Dar.

the matare of which I have not yet acertained. $150 per Share on application for silotment. The Celestial Empire, the Flowery Land, as bishments and unval aquadron, which will then two points-First, did the petitioner make the where I went in I did not take any relies of

no longer be goossary.

beneficiaries eulor to that document by any him, na I thought he was exblled About urveling Thibet cood were opened we should not $150 per Share on allotment.

they fondly term it, is to them the fairest of

inisrepresentation on his part? and if he did na 'clank pn the prisoner is on board and have touch chance of supplying and Inege quantity $100 one calendar month after allotment.

could it be said that that document was tot wanted soine money. I told him to go to the she received the gold medal of the Royal Geo oftes, Narain Sung, the Castral Asinn traveller, $100 three calendar months after allotment.all realins, and it would be difficult to induce

in every way a' emplète rolesse to hum for ohiofoffour. He taun commenced to abuso mo and all his dealing with the estate? He had been threatened to throw me overboard the first sbance graphical Society for the results of his trarols, Interfering with the ostate without having ob he hail, making use of a dreadful osthave records the following opinion with reference to tained probate, and the relauso referred to that, a'clus he came aft ngein with a fd in his hand Thibes On the whole, the Tibet trade has but the document was given with the fall idea I wort and Bant worself in the captain's cabin not much room for further development Popa. that all parties were then paid off Beaune I would not give him any engar heating on the other side is scatty, and the people SrB.--In a recent ofiterial, I notice that you Mr. Toller said Mr. J. G. Smith had no is abused me again in niost disgraceful langpage, not over progerous. Sometimes they are su appear quite satisfied with the statement of in- terort en ons skis or the other in this matter. Akon sectual steward on board of the annbar oppressed by some tyrannical governor. spector Orley that the pasties of blowing meat He was simply the exsputor who had come into said I heard the prisoner neo bad language to that they heartily wish the posseful Britier rulo in their country, and expect that sooner or later, le not followed in Hongkong For all I know, that court and proved his testator's will and the last witness. He shook his fist at the steward they will be blessed with it. The roads may the United States have no cause to fear any the Tripóctor may ko tan most estimable of men, taken the usual cath as exscator that she in a threatening manzar.

Prisoner mid-It is false. That is all I have sudden Jounst-like swara from the great but he is either docetred or is deceiving you would duly and faithfully administer the estate To the General Agents of

As proof of my previous statement with regard Now the benefiofuries of the estate were two to say. Chinese hive, The Times notwithstanding to the blowing of nest, I send you two speci. ladies living in Bratland, they had not been TERORIENTAL SUGAR REFINERY, LIMITED."

His Worship Oned him in default, ten The distress in North China may induce anmens-one of mutton and one of veal-bought served with this pitition in any way, and Mr. Jays'inoprisonment. GENTLEMEN,Havlug paid to your Baakers the sum of

being a deposit of $150 per extensive migration to the more scantily in Hongkong Market and out from what are Smith therefore falt it his duty to come forward Pecsecutor. The prisoner is a dangerous man Dastanchion to the development of trade is the Share un Shares in the abors Com peopled provinces of the Empire, Fuumar called prime joints, and they are full of air or gas and protect (Leir interests in the matter The I should like to have him bend over te koop the warhof a good goverment in Thibet. If appears

sail it what you may. I vật thờm from joints | question the court had to decide was simply, peace, tr pay, I hereby roquest that you will allot me FAVOURABLE COMPARISON ilat number, and I agree to become & Afeber und Kroichow to wit; but that it will mare in the presence of a gentleman whose position this, was this $0.00 to go into the pockets of

of the Company in respect of auch Ehares, or to any very material difference to the emigration respect of any less number you may allot me to the Pacific States of America we de not and to pay the farther soms mentioned in the for a moment, believe. Prospectar and Articles of Asecoiation of the Company, and I request that my name may be

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His Worship-I have settled the case. The oilu, unlere indeed there is an overland in revised in Hongkong, who le quite willing those ladies in Beatkud or into the pocket of so is in my hands and not in yours. "to" béar Testimony to 'tàs truth of my statement Me, Aloxstater. Wilson, the petitioner. "Home"

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to us, however, that Om game is hardly worth kroale to China for which tho Chibose appear to be by no means no antions as ourselves. The obstructions and oppression satsed by the Thi - Now, I' ask you, Sir, presuming you have or he thought the circumstances showed that he

befian officials are painted in rather lively colours, dinary disociminatica, do those, saopics I send was a guy eccentric old gentleman who had

though we can hardly call an import duty of ten you appose to be blown or not? and can you entertained a very wrong opinion of his rights.

£29rd Harlor cent a particularly oppressive tax. The pil advance a theory which will account for the all through a seamed to have shanght There in an oxtonlinary demand at prosont fering by the oficials is another matter, al is, appearance they present to the rebuttal of my that it was his right to make what money hs for foreign opium, The Chinese have abstained we fear, separable from any out of native go, statement that they are blown

could ent of this estate, and he appeared to from getting any vil Ningpo, under the fear of verbtient Englishmas Now, Sir, I will go a step further I have bave soted under that itse all along for saves, steamera arriving and bringing the amg direct as meat blown in the Hongkong slaughter years Although regularly rosolving internet ha The result is that there is more to be ha, and The Lady Buperior of an English convent in are going on in England for war; the resarves houso, I did not, what & Best wrote you, intend bever paid the bensalaries of the state on the native stock (y reason of the bad arug) is Cuoiods who had recently arrived at her post going the length of #ving the treble I have cont Then, socording to the affidavit, it was not mall and commanding unprecedented prices, rail the other day, it is reported, with some of are being called" up, troopships got ready for doze, but I shall be repaid if I can know that l 1878, when he was strongly pressed by the Grout hopes were entertained as to the supply she her hours to pay a formd visit to the Abens of sea, hornos purchased ready for transport, by branching this subject I skal lave swakened different parties that any settlement was arrived Europe would bring but these have been diasp French convent in the neighbourhood. They the authorities to repress the recurrence of so af. He first said he had lost the will, then he pointed, inasmuch as no opium was on board. As were very koupitably received, and pressed to | viage traing, we, and all the arsenale and filthy an abomination as the blowing of war tried to settle for all sorts of small outrante, may be supposed, the high vices, de, have cut off partake of the refreshments spread out bafora 1678, of neval yards are busily employed Lord animal food. Yours to EAP.then he said he had got, largo claim against the or dininis to a greatflagron the daily luxury, them in the refactory, but ware so sistaudans

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elabe. Ultimately, Sowever, the parties bene and in proportion to the praying le the willing that the good Abbean was quite concerned, after of $150 per Share on Shares inuet, has resigned because the Government

being a deposit Desar, the one pesce Minister in the Cabi Wo must confoss, that the specimens of most laially interested managed to get £1,700 out of meas, at present, to pay anything for the sacrifice they had gone she gave en noseant of the visitors, Oriental Sugar Refinery, LimINED.”

submitted for our inspection had a auspicious him. There was no doubt that when he rail-How is it steamera cannot get freights to temptromarking that they were strangely melancholy, appesanse, and we therefore showed them to that he meant it to be a full dischorgo against thêm calling hare an rorta South- Jenks and could not at all pit over the death of their For The Chartered Bank of India, Aastais, decided to call out the reserven, aard i would and Chian

seam that there can no longer be any doubt Inspector Orio, who arplained it by stating all aloite on the estate and he was to bare ble arriving ofery day ladon, with oil, whio con denkey"Yes," she said, "every land wanked

that there is always a ostain amount of ini bendit of any balance. It was it a upeo modity commands mos: remunerative sales, and then to eat or drink they always replied with the Ministers have resolved to take up a position in mast by thealt rusaing into the vacuuka Jation ca bl-part na tha atord counsel with fores Melthere fright great demand. In ambernia), shake of their houda - Zobre <ne, est “sion and adkowa to it, be the cost what if they, avand by the bload hoing namped out of the Noy chị "was the first time he hat heard that short time the cotton will be coming Large, mort One 288 is dead Those Baglisa: sre

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