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THE CHRONICIE-AND DIRGOTORT

For 1878.

With which is incorporated "Tax CHINA

DIRECTORY")

a proof of improved training or grantor valour as of dogged persistence. As a matter of fact them was u rent contest butyeen the Chinese army and Tacdos Bea's vete. ranu. The Amoore death caused divisions among the Kashgarians, which resulted in This Comprehensive Work, now in

the panic, confusion, and surrender of town after SIXTEENTH YEAR of its existence, has bona town irithout staking a blow. The Chi- dougėled from the Drst and Moar Rutina nes did win som engiyoments, but Diey SouLogs and to pains have been spared to worn.chofly fought with the Dunganics, who rander it COMPLETE in EVSBY RESPECT..

were worse armed and loss disciplined than Trostles and Conventions made by Chitus and Chinees might leam to stand fire, if allicered The larger Directory contains the different themselves. It is qufto possible that the

Jugan with foreign countzios, together with by foreigners; but under natre offers there Endal Adta. Ordinances, and Regulations all clans of hen over becoming really lating to Commerce and Shipping.

effcative as opposed is European troops, The ordinary military mandarin is one of the Idlest and most careless of mortais He will not submit to discipline himself,

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By Appointment to Hik Exoollens the Go. VERNOR and his Royal Highness the DUKE OF EDINBURGH, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DRUGGISTS, PERFUMEES PATENT MEDICINE VENDORS,

'DRUGGISTS' SUNDRYMAN,

And ABRATED WATER MAKERS,

The Rev. T. G. Stby wili sondast the sorvicos at Union Clearoh to-morrow.

We hear that the man Newman was rather obstruperous in the gaol yosterday morning.

The Cantou steaner Kishan, Captain A. Bon.

ning, arrived hero yostering afternoon at ten

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same time the trap deer at the head of the staire was dropped. The peisense than wont into room on the tret door and tried to close the door, hat he was arrested by a likerg- The trap dos was tried to be forced open, but it war too sorely stored on the inside. Withoss had his earpenter to besak away the floor, which he did, and then opened the frap door. The door as similar to that always used in gambling. housos ad spring lock upon it. There was a poln pyr the trap dope suspended from the bonus which fill on the door when it was closest, sie that he force from below could open slie tasp door without breaking the boom. There wore many people rushing from the room on to oak, a fan ton square, counting atiok bond, and the roof. In the room were threo tables 2106

booka. There were two liddors leading from the cook ross, one to the goot and another to the roof of the adjoining hans.

bia having played in the house. He had known Sota Aming, the informer, guve avidanes na to the house as a public gambling-house for the past six months, when the prisator was watch, men all the time martens p

The prisoner said he went with his friend into the house to get out of brain, He was a ailes in Ma Was-lane, but he forgot the name of the skup in which he was employed.

His Worship Good the prisoner $20 in default two months imprisonment with hard labour. If to fus to paid the intermor to receive $5.

STORE CAMILLES.

In Ayik and five others were charged with haunting a public gambling-house,

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Pelice Bergvant Flynn mid that in consequence forlore received from Inspector Grims went to No. 5, Gilman's Bazner with a party of police: The door of the ware was open and they went to to top door, wore he found the prisoners lying ON BOMBAY, Bank, sight.. upon muts. There were no gambling implements | ON CALCUTTA --Fank, sigh about, but the house was fifed up as a gambling. ON SHANGHAI ----

cuso. The trap doors all had spring looks upon Bank, sight

Private, 30 ve night...

thom.

Saro Aming, the informier, gare allar evidence to what he did in the previous cas0 is to his having gambled amongst the prisoners. Ho said he knew the fiat prisoner to be the master and recognised the other prisoneras vateline and gatallers. #

His Worship discharged the prisoners. All the prisoners denied the charge.

3rd August

Bhrone a Roy. CHAKERS MAY“

DRUNKENN95,

Joku Collaus, a scammu unemployed, was

Red Peas 50 pkgs, at $2.15, by Kwong Wo Cheung to travelling trader

charged by T.0.2, with being drunk and incato nabis in the Queen's read West.

The prisoner had been three times in gaol for drunkenness and was then allowed iced and

lodging in the gool as a dostibete. Bentenged to fourteen days' imprisonment with hard Inboar

Edward Shilloher, a sermon, was charged by

P.0 48 with being drank in Gago street

minutes past two delock, Laving mundo a very good run in Ave hours and forty minutes.

Our readers will be glad to note by the ad- Pince fifty cents, in default, one day's imprison- vertisement in another column that Miss Elcisment. May has rejoined the Open Company-and-will:|: Willian Bratt, a seaman on the British ship take the part of the Grand Duchess in a repeti Fontenaye, was charged by P.C. 526 with baing tion of that opera at the Theatre Royal, this drank and incapablo-Fired fifty cents; in do- avening Miss Agues Danger whe is, we un falt, one day's imprisoncoat. derstand, a talented masiviali; is announced to give two vielin soloa

„UNLLWEUL POSSESSION.

Pan Ashes, was charged with boing in unlaw. fnl possession of a spar, belonging to the Tung

CHARTERS DESPECTED.

to

than

prozs. Great efforts have been made from it 10 Ronroaly refuse to sanction such tempted to evail themselves of the mucia

*more.

NEWS FOR THE ENGLISH MAIL: who would thus have easy access to them: their haplons victims, and they will probably The Consul General would of course live in feel the weight of the baraboo as well; ng Harana, in communication with the supremae suffer degradation. As we have often before GAMBLING IN HONGKONG.

authority." This recommandation deserves pointed out, however, thesystem of administra- and will, doubtless have due consideration. tion is mainly responsibly forthebussy and Cambling is a vics which the Authorities from the Chinese Mission when it arrives in the corruption pressilingamongst the offende. here have always found it impossible to sup Havana and the various Consular

ments

made.

Cons appoint- The vast majority of them and inquiond Tho

remunerated, and some rearcely receive obvious, and the Cuban Auth

thoir rice. They are therefore casily deviation from the provisions of tho

to squeeze t suceeded in scotching the ovil, and have treaty, If the Spaniards wish to revive the opportunities

people: long te prosent souls of re- never dealt it a coup de grace. Some time drooping prosperity of the leland once justly maneration exis

exists, and every mandarin main-

of gambling, a series of prosecutions followed, to the Chinese they are anxious to attract as special occasions, so long will the corruption since when we called attention to the inercceo denominated this Fear of the Antilles they tains a crowd of idle and dirty hangers on; will adopt a truly liberal policy with regard with the sole chfect of swelling his retinue on showing activity on the part of the police, but emigrants Unless they do so, they may and squeezing flourish unghocked - lotterly little come to have been done in this rest assured they will not securn the ad

direction. The out of the gambling detan, vartagea of Chinese labour. dives, like the goodness of Ephraim, is of a flooting character, and needs continual rous ing to keep it even intermittently existent. It is high time that something should be done in real earnest to grapple with this monstrous evil, which is carried on to an ex-

CHINESE EMIGRATION TO PERU.

As

TAKU TO TIENTSIN BY RALE

The rumour to which the N. C. Daily News givea currency with reference to a projectod The Takio Times, in the course of an article railway from Tuku to Tientsin is hardly, we think, 60 "astonishing" us our contemporary headed China and Feru," falls foul of us for suggesting that the Chinese emigrants to seems to

it The

to the to consider

opposition to Forn should be allowed to ropar their pas- Shanghai and

tent unsuspected by most people, and is alike sage to the Agents of the Company through emanate from the Vic Railway did not

courts

something like the

believe

to the advant

strong

ad the

un

of Chihh, and is was a scandal te tas Colony and a disgrace to its the Chlaese Corsul. Our Tokio conten- not levelled so much at the railway itself as Government. It is all very well to moralise pory evidently writer with a strong biss; we against the foreign enterprise. The Chose about gambling at Macao, but we quastion wrote amply with a

is view, if possible, of halp officials entertain an intense dislike to fo

solution of the whather the vice is more provalout or soling tower china relief from them of reigers Buring vested interests in China. dangerous there as it is in this port. Wo

how to give

o evil of a An istelligt native, who has had consider. to be have it on what we believe what at the that the suggestion to gire. Feru another our bearing one day the policy of tho pro entirely too redundant population After declaring able intercourse with officials, expressed in lible Chinese war present moment

are not less than trial is teal and safe, but giving no re-cressive Orinamas in eighty considerable fan-tan houses in various son for the assertion, the

the Tokio paper pro- following lortus:The Chinese are not All purte of Hongkong, some erou in Queen's caada The only measure of security sug- en conservative de

inany Rond, besides a

a large number of smaller places gestad, na valueless in the way. of protection Many quite seve where the There are me 18 regularly carried on as Don Quixote's shield, is that China sand

mining machinery, ateau.ors, eight other establishment a representative with the Srat Ict of work Son of 1

other forsiga improvements devoted to gambling i

telegraphs. MALEK ON AUGUST:2980, an ESPORTED. BY

in Wai-sing, lottery men, to

to visit estates on which her people are and appliances as foreigners themselves. They CHINESE.

tickets. Hung Tyo te travelling irader.

It will be asked, no doubt, how it is employed, and report upon them; and fur- wish moreover to see then introduced into Black Pepper-200 bags, at $7.80, by Kwongasih

possible that such things can be in a Colon ther to see that the new inaigrauts enter Chin, but the

the reactionary party is still Wood Ol-10 kg, at $11.65, by Ewong Wo where gambling is not tolerated, and as into no engagement except of their own free and stubbior, and progress inust necessarily Choing to travelling trader.

has heen organised to prevent infraction, will. But the only way to ensure this is to be slow on secount of their opposition. In of the law Weanswer, bribery and corrup see that the mon themselves are free to set good time, however, the more liberal tion among the Chinese offcinia. Is must aside and utterly repudiats the whole con Lope to go those itjproveanauts introddeed Fangus-10 bages, at $89.00, by Kwong Wo first be understood that large profite are trust stun. Wheu Peru has given sub-into the Middle Kingdom, but they will Cheung to travelling trader.

made by the manager of Gypsam 10 bags, at 89.00, by Kwong Wo blishments, enabling thems

of these far-fan esta-stantial guarantee that the Chinese there the introduced by natives and not by fo-

to pay bentry sums subtled shall have Cheung to travelling trader,

justice shown them if Cuttlefish-10 bags, at $20.00, by Hop Hington

in hush money. According to the informa make complaints, shall find impartial Corey ignoro, Railwaye will be made, telegraphis

constructed, and minos opaned by Chi

Chinsen tavelling-trador

tion supplied to us from native sources the open to them for redress in the avant of ill enterprise, by Chinesey, and under Chi- managers of those eighty fan-tan gambling usage or wages withhold, shall be free to nase managemant Foreigners may be asked houses pay as much as nine dollars a day in come and go under such equitable arrange to assist with their knowledge, but it is ears. HEINEMANN&Co Freight Circular and other officials, while the Wai-sing esta servant, then, and not till then, can we put control over such undertakings. Chim for The following Settlements are taken from various squeezes to the lukenes, detectives, manta ng elsewhere exist between master and not desired that they shon! have any British ship BERTIE BIGLOW, 1132 tons, to blishments disburse some three thousand faith in the promises about free amigration,

the Chinese is

is essentially

the motto of the London, private terms,

dollars a year

ar in bribes. Nor are the Chinese Now we should like to know why a Chinese now party represented by IA UNCHANG, American bark Lor Moons, 881 tone, to cficiels the only parties who make a purse representative in Perk would be valuteless as and while it 15 rondy to udopt all muas

New York; private terms.

out of the gambling.. It is exceedingly pro-a protection to the American bark ALBERT RUSSELL, 63 tons, fitable to bouse owners. Not do they the Takie Times, to take it for painted has whether of foreign origin or not, cabulated granted that to develop the resources and extend the New York, private tercia.

charge

nearly

double the ordinary re

rent to the Chinese representative would connive commerce of the country, it is most American ship Sumps R. MRAD, 1,117 tons, gambling managers, but they deman

fat oppression and cruel treatment of portraity to foreigners to invest in Fat to New York

York, private tarias,

to wink with a deposit countryman? Even if verging from titty togel erwida d

disposed

their

aud augment their interests British bark ANE, 606 tona, to New York, carretem a guy try hundred dollars to at any injustice, which we should be very slow in China. It Cho Chinose, including

shnet, private

secure them agamat any contingencies. The to samo, the Chinese Consul in Porn even those entertaining the most advanced manner not fail to remember that the eyes of the opinions, are excedingly jealous of their in- Francisco, private terms.

ia which the native employes of the Govern Briteb bark KATE TATHAM, 275 tone, Foocowment have been gained over. A now and zealous humanitarianis would be keenly able to do without the foreigner altogether,

to Sydney: 795 in fuil

more effactual crusade against this national scanning his conduct, and that his Govern- and will do British bark HaweneaNE, 296 tons Whampoa vica of the Chinose is

unprofitable. is content to look out after the interests of his

have said we do not rumber country- German bark MARCO POLO, 358 tons, Whamps and ils reputation dragged through the mire. to pay their passage money to the agents of very astonishing or unlikely. A project kas ta Tienu and back to Hongkong tiú Now- Those sly gambling dens are the haunts of the steamer through the Consul would be to long been on foot, and may now, for all wa skwang, 12 cents per pioul, 35 lay days. all kinds of bad characters, and they are far renew the contract system is wholly incorrect. know to the contrary, be in course of fulfil German brig CARL, 215 tone, Whampoa to Tiont- more dangerous to the

peace and good

der It would be truo if the planters advanced the ment, for the cona

construction of a

stall mater But 15 cents per pical, lay days.

or railway from the new cal Be in Mauno The Government should at the employers in this case would not be able to Gorman brig Sorate, 300 taus Whampoa to promptly and vigorously in this master, and withhold i cent of their servals wages. The who planned and sanctioned

Tiuntain and back to Hongkong vid New-leave no stone unturned to trace ont the sum to be paid by the coolie would be trented the saare who are Chaux, 45 Eats per pioul, 94 ley days.

corruption which German banke PAPA, 391 tons, to Chefoo and affirm to exist among Chinese police and by the same rosas. We au ree no objection athing sturendees about the Tightsit ruil

our informante positively as du ordinary debt and would be recoverable of the line from Take to

to Tientsia. There is

hack, 17 cats per picmal: if back mid New other officials. Tas substantial rewards for to this plans, of his labour to the} its advantages i

Jong na the emigrant lands in

It has been mooted before, and elawang, 22 erats per pioal, 30 hy days."

way projeat. Callao free to

are too obvious to need much German bark MANILA IL, 616 tons, to Shanghai

highest bidder or to the employer he most pointing out. Taku is distant from Tient- (Cole), $1.70 per ton of 20 owk; and New

faucies. The Tokio Tintes says that when sin some sixty-seven miles by water and. cheong to Hongkong 18 conts per pical; 30

Fern has given proper guaraulers what only forty by land, and consequently a they are more than have been already giren saving in time would be effected by

by the ilway which. of railway is not very clear than the industrious construction THE OHINESE IN CUBS,

would Mongol

find his own way to Peru, as greater at first sight. he has found it elsewhere, and me he will because the rasigation of the river Pei-ko is The report of Mr. H. A. Cowren, Har Ma doubtless flud is to any country where he is peopliarly tortuous and dangerous. It is often JESTY'S Consul General in Cuba, which we not too shamefully ill-treated and can earn a most difficult for steamers to thread their published on the 18th instant, is of great tribe more than will supply his modest neces-way through the crowds of junks and other interest at the present moment, when the sities for existence." This is greas nonsense, ostive craft which, line the approaches to aaki to Hongkong (Deals), $1.75 per ton of SES TIs, is on his way to that island. We he affects. It is a fuct sufficiently

as Tientsin, while the river constantly requires

An inquest was sponed at the Government Wak Hospital-Sentenced to twenty-one days' British back SARAH BELL, S12 tons, to San losses are few owing to the complete warld would, so to speak, bo upon him, that dependence, and would like very much to by

Hospital before the Coroner, Mr. C. V. Crough, and a jury cotiposed of pesata. A. E. Cope, J. H. Cox, and A. A, Cordeiro, on the body of a Malay malo, named Invline, who was assidontally killed by nz swaing boom falling upon him--- The inquest was adjourned until Monday after noon at half-past two o'clock at the Magistroy.

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DIETH.

haring the svideos of a coolio who was working with the deceased the inquest was adjournud une

Henday aftornous at bull pust two o'clock at the Magistracy,.

CHINA TELEGRAPH COMPANY'S LIFE.]

JANDON, 21st August. SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION TO THE SOUTH PACIFIC.

Captain Sir George Nuros has been appointed to the comand of II. M. B. Alert in a scientific

deurise In Pie, Sombi Preilo.

REFUSAL TO SURRENDER BATOUM

TO THE RUSSIANS, The Lazis have refused to surrender Batoum. THE FORTE AND THE TREATY OF ****

BERLIN.

Yesterday at the Folies Court a coolie was sentenced to twenty-one days' hard labour for unlawful possession. When he was takes into the gas he was told to give up all that he had about him. Ho replied that ho had nothing. Upon being searched before having his bath some prepared opium was found consented in his qusus. Ha vse takes bolors the Hon. C. May stantinople have urged the Porte to insist das and was fined 35 or fourteen days' hard labour.sively upon the unreserved execution of the His défenes was that he had quits forgotten that the opian was in his quero.

A correspondent of the Straits Times writing

On 14th instant, Mrs. Jony D. Horuszre, of a from Mauriting on the 3rd July, saya with regard

301, who survived his birth only a few hours.

The

Daily Press.

HONGKONG, August 24th, 1878.

The British and French Ambassadors et Cou-

Trenty.

NAGASAKI.

A suilor from H.1.G.M.S. Cyclon, who came

to Chinago immigration there that the 131 Chi nose immigrants which arrivol in that port in shore lave on the 1st instant was returning June per Norfolk, "have come to an overstocked the reset on the following day during the market, for though boar of this description is gals, when the compan capsized and he was un- bardly ever to be see it our agricultural districtsotanately downl. He bly was rocavored

to Treatsia and back to Hongkong vid Now- Eong, unless the Gaung ment would expect him to keep a very sằng Chiptir best to render, his stay in

shrang, 42 cents per pioul, 30 lay days. sit down quietly and reo its power defied me To by allowing the emigraata quoved by se duhmi contemporary is in

that 10 Bay

zia and back to Hongkong vid Newolwang, of the Colony than liceused bones conducted} memes and the coolies repaid it to them.to) in /6 stothe wharveson the river.

lay, daya. German bark HERMANY, 441 tons, Newohwang to Hongkong, 21. conte per ricul, 80 lay am bark TOON KRAMOM, 74, New

days. alurang to Hongkong, 17 seats per pioul, 35 lay days. N German bark FarmBRICE, 524 tons, Newchwang

to Swatow, if eants per pioal, 30 tay days.

information be offered, and there is little doubt that evidence will be forthcoming sufficient to throw a good deal of light upon some very dark doings.

mentioned as the

this moter's

1178

Italian bark BIANCA PERrIca, 666 tens, Naga Cian Consul-General to Cubu, Mr. CHUN and the writer can scarcely to my orions dredging, on account of the shifting hatare

20 awk, 20 lay days," kat

STEN

had

British FONTENANT, 695 tons, Nagsanki to could have wished that Mr. Cowress report that the Chinese coolie possessed of

Hongkong (Coals) $1.80 p

RAPM

would be aruall,

For ton of 20 ow, a contained a little fuller information on dollars would not dream of enjoy of its bad.. The country across which the the present condition of the Chinese in the only Chinese cigrants who could i proposed line would be kid is almost a dead yet the Chinese traders and their employés nfl on the 3rd instant near the Custom-Hause, and British Itark MARQUIN OF ARGYEE, 500 tons, Lo/but from what he does say it word He to pay such a sum for a passage to another by trifling. The expense.rected by the

Ere fairly treated. They hara not suffered or thre

of whom ge to Java, the Straits Settlements, Caine Merchants Compary very great.

show evident signe d bard tâmos"; and they are beginning to leave the island," A's confirmation

of thin atatement wabote that the Norfolk took back 145 Chinese passengers to Singapore.

was interred on the following day. We holiore

one of the boatmen also lost his life.

small observatory, an offshoot from that Tokio, has been erected at the backs of Ours hill,

behind the foreign residetoss, which, from its

hon att

present

comed

de.

sovereigns eprang from a racs of warriors, ob-hird, with a snakes in ita month. The whole now Liternal Loan is to be applied for the con: British steamer KILLARNEY, 1,000 tons, to Bia ration of their first contract to naturaliec as gemigrants complished by rail most comfortably in two.

ao is

20 lay

days.

lavel, and the engineering difficulties would. Haiphong and Touron and back to Hong that they are doing wel on the whole, and co

speculativu traders, many consequently, and the kung, $2,000 in fall, 50 lay days. Betish back. Para zroni, 576 tons, Phan-tik Bay from the oppression of Government until Borneo, Cochin-China, the Philippines, Aus- It is noodless to expatiate upon the general Sous attention has recently been directed to

(Coobin China to Hongkong, N.100 in full, recently, when a law was passed obligingovery tralia, and Autorita. But the most ma A number of purione, paid a visit to the Sun ( present appearance and position should be of

40 lay day

onst majority advantages of the railway. At the Chinaran at the end of his first contract to of Chinese emigrants, ever to countries comine if a tourist or

traveller wishes to kavel the efforts made by the Chinese Gororument Shing ovallers by Q2009's road, vastardag. Args earvior in affording valmble records of all British barie Jo JASON, 504 on Quin ranger in for a second turni ur immediatal pamtively bear the Central Kingdom, have by land from Taku he must go to improve the efficiency of their army. Un-į to see the prontation cap to the officers of the astronomical Degurances in this part of the

28th Regiment. The cap is a very handsome country. We trust to sas before long some good fuil Coamong to Hongkong, $2,100 in leave the country: Of this act the British thoir pasange money by their own horseback. In the form by cart or on

Edvanced

case be ha to der the acre vigorous monarchs of the Ta-28th Reginent. The cap is a very harisons work done in this diraation and are glad to nots Goraan bark GRAINE BRONS, 402 tons, Quinlion and is the more surprised at it since the the amount with heavy interest. How is the road of the most primitive and rag

4.85 lay days:

Consul speaks in termis

of just indignation,

countryman-they go a bond to repay endure some eight hours' jolting over teing dynasty, notably the Emperors KANG dieter-n-on-it-ure three-dolphins sms this establishment, which will have fall ocupa.

and back, 18 cents per pioul, 80 lay. days. and Krak-LONG, a great deal of attention was porting a bowl, twenty inches is diameter, with tfen if the work is done thoroughly it district. German bark MALVINA, 479 tons, Wanglam to considerate to the Chinese. He describes Low as the fare to San Francisco js, it has

Government had hitherto been humane and emigration to the United States conducted?

Cscription, stwens the

journey be ac paid to the condition of the army, for these

Chinese tigas upon it. The bundles are in the eo full of interesting meteorological eranta. form of dragons.

Hongkong, $1,900 in fall, 35 lay daye. The Mai Nichi Shimlar says that part of the

"on the On the top of the cover is a

the porniesion accorded them

the osp

e advanced to most of the

the hours or less by

lass if required. great question Companies

industrions Mungol, in conne tainail the Dragon Throne by conquest, and is mounted upon an bony pedestal, the amp and struction of a new wharf at Yokohama, which is opore and Poning, $8,700 in fall.

Spanish subjects or to choose a foreign Cou

Bunge in connection with this rumoured schero

for several reigns held it by the sword. Baheight. The eup fully weighs down 8250, A English Hatobi, and by which ships of any size gure and Patang, 82,000 in fall, 18 lay an act of the greatest manity and linese coolie, could never find his way to Perutional and a determined man, no podesta togatur being thirty-three inches in to be some twenty che longer than the present Spanish steamer ZAMRIANGA: 657 tons, to Sin- all, through whom they obtain à cednia, as the Tokio Tines incorrectly terma the Chi- whether the Contral Government will sune- The Viceroy of Chilli 19 very unless his fare was paid.

all not allow him to p

to be thwarted; but will he be able to for it so powerful easily to Dubel, sisamar JAVA. 393 bons, to Bingupore believe «unt they are ill-treated upon the or

thement will

,of course which they work." Those he had went to arrival in Pots play 2020 ant porsuade his brother Ministers that sich

end to the new emi

new emigration sch

schome German steamer FELLONA, 789 tons, to Saigon seen were well fod and clothed Muuy of indeed, the Peruvian Government chooses to casy of Bocess to forget has always

unless, railway will not onder Peking dangerously ad Mantong and back to Hongkong, $3,000 ( the Chinese have become rich and pronstrálian. Colonies do for the same alagsously & WAS Approaches to the capital,

for his passage out

out and out, like some of The Imperial Government of their the citizens," and an instance perous

rded the mor

repair and

improvement of they maintain more than one prosperous emi thentro. There are not more than att emigrants continue to be more birds of pas- the fortsat Taku do no: i

aftyage this could hardly pay. Properly carried of vigilance on its part in this

in this respect. We thousand Chinese coolies now in Cuba, and out, we repeat there can be no reasonable trust, however, that the state Viceroy will the number, of course is gradually

declining,

we threw out in stocead in suggestion we

ag time wore on, and the Chinese people cont

followits insurption engraved on it, my Pea constructed to this what from the Railway

Bad Penang, 83,000 in full;

filver phils is laid ou, the pedestal with the i may load or unload daego. A tramway is to be Isya

aneros Eriends in Hongkong as a token of the “sented to of the 29th Regt, by their Station.

esteem in which the oorps was held during the time it was quatre in the colony. Hongkong, 5th January 1876." ·

MARINE COURT.

23rd August. BEFORE J. F. MOURN, EBQ

REFUSAL TO JOIN A SHIP.

ASEA SERPENT CAUGHT AT LAST,

Captain Drever of the British ship Norfolk which vessel arrived in Mauritius from Singa pere on the 25th May, has addressed a letter to the Commercial Gazette, at the former pert from which the following extract is taken

I kavu learned much about our old friend the “Sea SerpentTM" since. I lust wrote. “I was for- tunate enough to capture a rory fine specimen of the genuine Sea Susko abent seven feet long, with bad But tail, peculiar bead, and on fla body alternate bands of bright yellow and black It is very stout in proportion to its laugh. It had several small, barnacles, on its back, and this may account for the mano" described

in full, 14 Iny days. German steamer QUINTA, 864 tous, to Baigen

in full, 16 lay daye.

estates

"that are t at

for hita

If his flo-

in case of VOLT

castle

and Mantong and back to Hongkong, $8,500 Progress the. British Consul. mentions that of English emigrants. But while the Chinese and the recent indicate any

HONGKONG TEMPERATURE...

Maria. FALCONER & CO. KERTEKL)

Anaid.

retter-Mogurtomar

Brits-1.

Therasunete

Tentedly howed their shoulder to tie yolzo, the Manchu princes, like true Orientals, gare themselves up to sensual pleasures, and took little interest either in the government of the vast inheritance which their ancestors had gained for them, or in the military or ganisation of the Empire. Captain BRIDGE, R.N., who lately read a paper on the "Arts of War in China and Japan," directed attention to the adoption by those countries of the naval and military systems of Europe, and

Antonio Joseph, Gorge Swanson Daniel Read, mentioned that China possesses two distinct William Ferguson, and Christian Williams, sea- armies, the Banner force, ecosisting chiefly of men on the British ship. Mary Fraser, wie Manchus and Mongols, and tlie troops of the said ship, with refusing to join their ship.

clurged by Lael James Doxter, inaster of the green standard, composed mainly of Chinese the article. This morning they requested to bo The complainant said The prisoners, ara on and estimated to number fror 600,000 to

takon before the Harbour Master. I brought appearing. like a bunch of sou weed in 800,000 man. The Manchus are hereditary them on shore in my owa bint are took thom the Ductalus Frigato's son serpent aboouut solbars, cud havo no choice but to servo, before the Harbour-Master. Each man saw him the sketch in the Landon News of that dato, ond of 1848. The bond also is singularly like Feparately and they were ordered on board thair -Ay they are wretchedly paid and are de. own ship. What I was down stairs I told then didiculed by some eminent professore. Although barred from engaging in any other occu- to go into the boat, which they refused to do lotion of serpents, and has the largest python the Singapore murenm contains a splendid col- saying they would ge to gaolfirst, they were not. pation, their lot, as the- cunquering race going on board; if they did, they would make or rok nake in the world (wentythree test is not a particularly enviable one. The trouble. The second preener usel vivlend and long, there is a spectam like mine, and the above numbers of the Chinese, troops, Bikeabusive language saying "Dany soul to following is how we captured it I was going"

shore in the boat at Singapore, and ob those of some European armies, have bell if I go on boardthat ship T's have the boat-

swain's life if I dio for it." The constable ordered ving the snake I maburred the boat and existance for the most part on paper. We them to go into the bout. bat tuny still refused the 150 struck it a hoary blow with the boat doubt if there are more than 200,000 troops so I took out the commons. The second pef. Iraid All right, hant him in." And it came in book, axolating Ilave knooked its head nil,” in all China, unless the Castoms guarde, ., Boner is the ringleader.

the boat darting out its fangs furiously and P.C. 520 gave cozmoborative ovidonoq. be included. The Manchus make fairly good

giving us all a thorough fright, for it is of a THERMOMETE deadly poisonous nature. It seems it was a fish trecpe when drilled by foreign instructors,

za come of the Chinese can be made tolerable. soldiers; but the latter are not a military raca

The frat prisoner, in defence, donted having fused to go on board. He said ho had a bad leg and could not work. He wanted his discharge

that the serpent was gorging that was knooked out of its month, and not its head off. There

The second privouer said he liked the captain was a great lot of fish about the serpent.

emanter-1.4.

Tarameter÷D A.M. (WER DuJH), Thorisontaal. (Wat bulb).

Timonetar-simum jover night),

22N50

25.000

39.820

CHINA COAST METEOROLOGICAL

as all the emigrants were males, Mr.

objection to the

y deerase

convincing the Government of the

PAR rightly considers it of the greatest im-ourisme of the 29th June, the assertions of fact that, while conferring immense advant the Tokio journal notwithstanding. The

The ages, a milway to Tientsin need in no way portance that, in the event of the odigration neers and insinuations thrown out against endanger the safety of Peking, und obtain its being renewed under the

the new treaty between the firm of Messre. OLYPHANT & Cu. by the sanotion for the undertaking.

and

Spain China,

a considerable proportion

of the emigrants should be women, and the Tokio Times do not strengthen its cause, as society formal in Havana for the importation they are wholly unmerited and uncalled for,

DE Chinese Inbourers proposes that twenty-five

gent, should be

women,

per

new emi- gration society in Cuba of which Mr. Cow

We have heard nothing of this new

OFFICIAL SQUEEZING IN THE FAMINE DISTRICTS.

SPAIN AND SULU.

WE Ivo received information time in the early part of July the Spaniards forced a most unjust tresty upon the feeble Sultan of PER speaks, but presume it will shortly at The Tientsin correspondent of the N. C. Sulu, by which Sulu anladi her dependen- tempt to carry out its programme, which Daily News nacrates nu instance of corruption cies have been made over to the Crown st appears to be to land codies at Havana in Chinese officials which it is te he feared is Spain. It is doubtful if England and E- free

# representative case. A. Mr. Bunn, who had reps will allow this to pass. On any engagement and at perfect a

for leaving liberty to choose their own work. How volunteered to aid in the work of distribut Manifa the emisaries of Spain would not the trosty the emigration in be202 whing telief in the fammo districts of the North, even let tho Saltan hare a copy of i ther the emigrants will be to pay and went to the Ho Chien prefecture some as it is called but would only proruise to

or whether the whole four weeks back, has returned, and says he send him a certified copy, or you our passages, cost of their transport to Cabs will be defrayed found that those who were appointed to as ment. Au act like this would make old Ad-

Government of that colony remains sist him, of 0

[of a ̈ whèm ă

a Mr Bat and Mr miral

for a comunand in these, miral KEPPER

REGISTER

Aagurt ed.

their

Hor

XORK.

Autor,

SHANJ RAT

XAGA

BAROMETER,

BAXT.

by the

very much. His rason for refusing to go I have it well proservod, and to me it is of thoronitar

board was because the boatswain had threatened

ما

to

to be told. Unless the latter course is

Am the action of the Chinese Author

adopted, the Cubans will, we imagine, judg

ing

from

long

some such docu-

ties in connection

with the emigration to one fifth of the cash giron them. Investi heen complating bitterly of the treatment Peru, find that the new trentyle of

of Hitle offect. gation

the former ranking as a district seas and it is to be hopod the present autho were principal parties," were rities will take the matter up in a way that lo the

the lovers of to ratura comes the low people poor.

vo fair play. The Sultan has established this beyond a doubt, also to which he has been subjected. Ho is a Mr. CowrEn slows that Caba requires a thut a number of persons had been severely feeble man, altogether given up to spiana and as a rule have little stomach for fighting, to break his neck, but he had never been tenebel grastest intorest. I bave often offered money to

1900002078074701010101 large and permanent supply of Asafe labour besten to compel the return of the money smoking. His chipfe are almost as bad, to enable her to recover anything liks her and to ouforos silence on their part." Mr. and the whole appear to have been bribed. of which fact the history di our wars with He had sean the bonbwain shocta masu on board nativos to get ma a genuine 996 anake (because attache 640 670 9.0 66.0 20.977.4 25.0847 mer prosperity. The island is indeed, if Bund very property refused to have any more) There is still, however, some "po" whe

there are many serpants aver in the water that on Window Y * + 2 ars few in number, and it would be difficult against the boatswain. The fifth prisoner said water). But they always said or indicated that

The third, fourth, and fifth pesoners also spoke are only women fold scales and others food s to raise a large force of theta. The Governo was treated like dog by the boaterain, who, they did but like to meddle with them, meat of Peking has undeniably of late years also swore at him. Ho us never struck. He manifested considerable interest in the imparer swore himself and never bad since the day

be was born.

China furnishes abundant proof. The Manchus mother ship.

provement of the army, and a good deal of His Worship sentenced the first prisoner to money has beer expanded is the engagement forfait six days' pay and the other prisoners were sentenced to twelva weeks' imprisonment

· POLIOR COURT.

22nd Angust.

BEFORE U. V. UREA, ESQ.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

OFFUM,

better

at:

0

Ery. Thermometer.............. 81, 87.0 84.0 84.0 32.0 20.0 (83.8 (99,3°

Wit Thurinametais.

Weimar

edly

The Chinese

The Cuban

thair

condi Government

FRIDAY, 23rd August. Quantly fallen Bales of Patna to-day at 9582), sad of Be nars at $580. Malwa sotod at $790, for good drug. The stock of Patna is given at 2,100, chests, of Benares 650 cheats, and, of Mat va 300 ekosts.

EXPORT CARGOES,

of foreign driil instructors and the purchase of with hard labour, to the order of the captain... improved arms of precision With the cxccp- tion of one or two regularly drilled corps, how ever, mora particularly the troops under the control of the Viceroy of Chihli, it is doubtful whather any lasting improvement has beon effected in the discipline and purrounel of the army. General To Tatno-raka's forces certainly have, after a long campaign, con-

Inspector Grimer said that he landed on ... Fer steňmabip Pekan, for London - 2,625 ducted with great patiendo perseveranse, Thursday morning with a body of rotor polius bexos 10,417 half-ouest, 181 chorts, and 792 and some strategic skill, succeeded in re in plain clothes, and went to No. 8. Chhnan's packages. Ton, 717 bulos Bill, 20 cases Silk Pleco conquering Kashgaris and restoring a little Barnar to exeente the warrant produced. When Goods, 213 bales Waste Sik, 100 bales Coooons, he got on the first for the prisoner was stand- und 20 peokager Bundries. For Continent 919 lest prestige to Chincqo arma, but the ciring at the hand of the stairs Directly he now bales Silk, 46 balek Waste SUL, 50 balas Cocoons, crustunee can scarsoly be taken so much is withouses he called out something, and at the and 30 pokages Sundries,

*Ter steamship Toucer, for London ---Cungou, Chun Apang, Jusalked us a tailor, was charged | 100,0041b8; Scented Druge Pekou, 16,800 lbs, ⠀⠀ with haunting a guabling house, contrary to 50 pkgs. Silk Pieco Goods, 261 pkgs. Waste Ordinanse No. 9 of 1870, coction 5.

Silk, and 682 pkgs. Bandzioa ·

82.0 2.0 60.0 A10 78.474.0 78.7 toting det

-0.48 0.86

HARON ETEK, laver of the usa in mehes, ters, and hundreds. “ Thankomeres,In Fahrenheit degress and taun, kept in t epair in shado situst:qu

appear,

it

Bain will yet

Bud

ve slom protection, and, Ar. Cow. One would have thought that the poor story just imposed upon them, and with very

hoisted 4, more population than to do with these officials and returned to people, ker when the Spanish flag

undoubt Tientsin to inform the British Consul there in the market place at Meimbong it was in

Uff of the by emigrating, if

the facts, which have doubtlas since very short time torn down, and the re- been communicated to the Viceroy. Unfor

Unter- tolerably can farnish

erident

ont that

in her presens à guarantees for their treatment on the tunately for the reputation of Chinese sube trouble if she is. The peorlay

as subjects of other nations. The ordinate officials, this is pot the first case towards these Consul General will, of course, be

be of the kind orposed during the famine. not submit in 1851 to a similar treaty to lat able PAR points out, any able report from ing people of Shantung and Chibli, who only little extraneous support say such ne az, bim will stop the immigration. It would obtain just enough from the rehef supplies English gunboat could afford--the result of

1878, would have be July 4,826, however, that the cruelty to their to stain life, would have been safe even the attempt in Asiatic employés which formerly disgraced from the cupidity of

of Chinese officials, but the the anze These islands might indeed be the Cuban plantors is now a thing of the fact that they were not shows to what an converted fato z paradise. Anyone with the past, and with the new guarantees for fair extent aqueering is carried on in the comforts and conveniences to be obtained i

&

little

chance of its re- Middle Kingdom, No poverty-pa so abso. Hongkong residing in such a

Inte but what a Chinese official can manage Port of Buly

would say he had diec s attention to one to extract some nits from the nitserable vered the perfection of friantal life. It is The British Consul dinws at STAPROF WRATMEL 3 Ciện làus aky C. Cisaly

condition in the new Treaty with China which ono no distress, howerof

spots of parth, hat all ho thinks might be improved. He stystors to think that these ornal and unfool owing to its wretched overnment

avaricious naturen, cum soften one of the fais

is satisfae defaced with misery f fatine, dirt, and slaveg Vice-Conanla ara to reside at the dif- tors to ferent ports of the island, where they would ing wretches, who have no bowels of compas should Spain violate lles-grotocol with Eug prove quite uselcas, na China bus tie com- sions for the wogs of their fellow creatures land and Germany made in March, 1877, and merce hore, they should therefore be stationed will be exposed and punished. His E. be allowed to take the territory over in thie at the principal towns in the sugar districts, cellency L-HUNG-CHANG will certainly abow way? England and formany must be beard where their countrymen will be employed, no lenimpy to those who had no morer or in this matter,

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•Vielsky, W. Barin, 2 fm. The letter pl toiudicate way furred over the main mange af Cake

Kiek —The kooroot valej Ive than proriosa 24 hours (post) are registered from 3 to 24, kod, the quantity of waig falien,

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climate

the