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Horezona. FEBRUARY 9jK, 1884

A Few weeks ago we commented at some PLAN OF FOREIGN CONCESSIONS, SHANGHAI. length on the unprotected condition of this

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THE DAILY PRESS ĦATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9TE, 184.

The Pasifio mail atuamér: City of Polia, with American malla, do; left San Francisco on the 24th January for Tokolımıza and this part.

Dy kind permission of Admiral Mayor, the Band of La Fittoriouss' will play a selection of | muito pn the Cricket Ground From 4 pan, to-day. The chartarod transport Hankcis went round to Aberfoon yesterday to go under tho share thare in order that to discharge, the big guns brought out by 'her.

The Agentiinforica ze that the Musangeries Maritimes steamer dxfyr, with the next cub ward Frenos mail, left Balgon at: 2 pt. Thursday for this port.

Wo weald direct attention to the grapble description of Sonny and the rest of the wor in Tongain in the letter of our pastel carrespondant, which is published fa, another adlawn.

Testerday morning His Exosllanay Majas Conrad Sargent inspected the draft of a fr the Royal Engineers, Royal Artillery, The Kaffs, the Army Hospital Corps, and the new Battery of Artillery brought out by the Han Now, and expressed his satisfaction with their Appearance.

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

LONDON, 6th February. OPENING OF PARLIAMENT. - THE QUEEN'S SPEECH,

vernment.

Hak-kis, though they show them but sanat morey | may klok over old women's vogalable stalls and the said Nicholas Molle and J. G. Goix, at im when they get hold of them. Boveral times when swagger abant consumedly in Nam diuh and Haid. mense risk and personal exertion, in consequenzen - the troops had almost forend their way into the snong; of Bontay the same thing may be done of the volumus of smoke and muffocating hest, In tines, the Black Flags salzed the bayonets with with impacity, bat nowhere can any one of them company with divers other paranne sainted in their nako haude, in regalar Ghost fashion, and go boysad the range of French guns, The moving cargo, and at last soccoded in phing toppled the barly Algerus and Foreign Legion"pirate" or Black Flags would be down upon the des, which was, after great difficulty, sub- The Imperial Parliament was opened to-day feet day's fighting that the works wors tonate if he was misraly paltad with stones. The dete semained on bear the said steamship until mon down the slope." It was only ab the and of them immediately. The wanderer would be for dad; that the said Nicholas Maalle, and J., 7. by Royal Commission.

taken, and then every inch had to be fought for, ardinary thing would be a spear-thrust, and all danger was over.

9.That the said Yate Chong Kad/arrived at The Sposa trom.tko Throne, which was read Independent witnesses of the strugg'a malaiada pint of rails and pobbles from a blunderbus by the Lord Chancellor, commenoss by go-that to Flogs were driven from Phao-sa. It will to a long time before the dales in really during the continuange thereof her hors that it was nok till their ammonition gave out might be anticipated with reasonable con Elenes, the steamship shortly after the fire broke out, and gratulating the country as the maintensa of Howarar that may be, at midnight, animated by an trenght to a peaceable condition.

Tap Chong Kao, assisiet iz company with divora féisadly relations with Foreign Powers, and says for from Lia Jany-fa oftwo handred thousand It will be musk longer if the projoate at pre other persons in working the pomp, and freely that the exchange of communications which dollars to the can who would retake the works, out seething in the Gallio brain are attempted exposed himself to grant danger and risk in his has taken pison between Hor Majesty and the they all one back again. The fighting was zu. You are aware that the idea is to surround Bac-endeavours to evorerme the flames. That the Plans of the French Republls relative to thet e cron a determination as rar, and pinh completely and destroy tbs garrison to the said Yap Choang Kia took an solive part is it is oron assorted that the French crore mo. last mosa, oren it thore should be twenty-five removing the cargo to get at the fire, which had lats insidents in Madegarone has orallemed mentarily driven out. If they were, they forced thousand of them. Unfortunately for the gas-Ivkou wat betweou desks as hereinbolore mon the cordial anlatanling that has a long ex- their way in again, but the struggle extended risen it would arm that the heights round the tioned that he tonderod material service in aver sovers! hours The best evidenca of bha town enoe,taken. this sobema in quite feasible, nabdalng the flames sts time when no assistance inted between the two opuútiles," The Japan Mail boars that a well-known fem

The action of the Treaty between Great desperate state of the French and the anxiety in This seeping scheme is talks of hers in the could be obtained from the graw of the steam- which they wore, is the recorded fast that memost matter-of-foot way by naval and military ship in consequence of their having desorted the bas pirtained permition from the Korian Go-Britainffand Japan is nearly complete, and a lottar, soalot or open, from officer or man, was officers, by civilians and lostors. The argument vessel: vernment to prospect for mines in the Interior Treaty with Korea has airondy hoon signed. allowed to be despatched on the night of ths is that is will be a imond salutary “example” 10 That at divars times daring the con.. of the qountry. Gold and silver are not included.

With regard to Egypt, the Speach says that 14th December. Bo thing it would have and that under cover of the scare produced, the nuance of the Bro osistance was readored by a been, if we had bad correspondents there! French General--Négriar is the man whom en- pump belonging to a Chiasso gunboat lving in in the permit.

the polley, of, tho'[Government remulos an. French offer remarked to coe in an sfasire mo-mour points out as the leader of the attack will the river and by sarines belonging to I. Ï. M. The Danish starse Activ and the British changed.

ment, They would have said it was a Frenohmakoa dash on Lang-son, through the hills, and Customs. stasmer Moray left the Cosmopolitan and

so close the gate from Chins. Langaon should'| 11That in rendoriaz the servicca heróiabo- The principal monsores for the Bosion arodofest."". Abordaan dooks respostively yesterday. The

Between the Phao-sa works and the "puter cortainly have been taken lang ago, but that fore mentioned the said Walter Wilson Barasit British tropship Hanium and the German then aanmorated. They include Bills for the enceintes is a distans of five hundred yards er does not russu that it will be taken now, ther Nichols, Barnett Nichols Jonkics, Nicholas steamer Chucksburg were docked at Aberdeen, enlargement of costpation, for the franchise, more. The road leading up to the town was easily or at all. There are signs that the sains Maalle, Yap Chong Kan, Cart Otto Kopp, and and the British dispatch-boat Vigilant at Kow-and raform in local extension of Municipal Go-lined on both sides by Louses, Thane sera to may set in early this year. There has already leon yostorday,

have been tolerably eubstantial, bat now nothing been a great deal too much for our comfort. In 1This Tost mentonge Is little mirad, but pro. remains of them but a few heaps of aches and the rains the country between Boeniah, and

bably means that Bills for the ouiargunent of the rectangular stono water tanke, which the Sontay would be fupraatiaskla seceration of lands by tenante, for the ten-Tonguiness are fond of building, but hasily sion of frasobine in the counties, and for the ever seem to use for their legitimate porpors, extension of and reform in Munisipal Govern. When there in water in them, it always appears ment are included in the Mielaterial proto to covered with green aline, but move tre quently there is nothing but rank groms, with an Summs-Ed. D,P.N

occasional sapling. To right and left of this is LONDON, 6th February,

cultivatod land, with here and there a jeed howne DISASTROUS DEFEAT OF*BAKEB

or two. The paddy fielda that are now dry TASULA.

would huru bein heavy going for a Pytchley man six weeks ago. The muddy patches of to. day werb shesta of water on the 15th December. This outer enecinte le an exceedingly strong earthwork roughly polygonal in shape and de tended in front by a moat fifteen or twenty fest wide. On the lovel ground between the walle

well-grown banabous, covering a depth of from and the ditch was a trable or quadruple fence of

four to six yards. At the gates the most was studded with spiked bamboos. A stockade of high thick logk masked the front, and on the sppromobto the slender pink bridge was a formid abio chevaua de friae of sharp-pointed stakes and

13-That the antimstad value of the said hoc collyrops. The lines them also were

starship, har cargo and treight no tie time of solidly evvstructed and the shella which baret in

the event heroinbefore calated was as follows:-" The steamship Seleebin, was of the value of, thom did but very little damago as far as effect. -ing-a-branch-w-on earned. The main-attook- Mr. Francis mad the petition of the imthree hundred thousand dollars, her cargo was of

stande on the North-west front, and the nam. pugnante as follows ***

the value of three hundred and fifty thonsanl | bor of empty cartridges lying about here, insite On the minotonth day of December, 1883, dollars, and the gross amount of fràight payable the works, showed the severity of the firs to Alfred Buiwer Johnson, Solleitor for Waltempon delivery of the caryo at Now York,w The Daily News to-day publishes a taligram which the French were exposed. The Chinos Wilson, Barnett Nicholls, Barnett Nichols Jen.ve thousand dollars.

saunon; however, were of the most worthlosskins, trading together andor the asue oratyle of 14-That the said Walter Wilson, Barnott stating that the tribes in the neighbonchaoof kind. Not only were the pieces of old-world. Wilson Nicholls and Company, aware of a watse Nichols, Barnett Nichola Jantina, Nicholas Koroska have ricon in favour of the Alahdi manufacture and housy-combed with age and bost, Nicholas Moalie, owner of a cargo beat, Yap Moalla, Tap Chong Kaw, Carl Otte Kopp, and J. Korosko is situated between the fat and seglect, but they were for and badly placed. The Chong Koa, a native of China rosident in Amoy, G. Gotz claim the eam of one hundred chorand pond cataracts of the Nile].

soatraforts along the lies of works were pointed Dark Otto Kopp and J. G. Golz, trading together dollars as compensation for the salvage sorrives GENERAL GORDON'S MISSION.

out by the French oftarra no conolueis proof as Gerard and Company, owner of a water boat and lower hereinbafora votated.

That in Toriilention of what be so alleges the The advance of General Gordonfen bis special that there had toen European guidance in Son. and altered.

1.That on the 4th day of November, 1883, said Altrol Balwar Johnson prays love to refor tay, But the way in which the gums were mission into the Soudan has beca stopped.murated was far more conclusive proof the other the steamship Selembria (whereof one Samuel to the attestations and proofs to be by him BRITISH OCCUPATION OF EGYPTIAN way. The dosan or twenty gans there were on Fowler was Mastor) arrived at Amony in the ashibited that the worshipfal Judge would be the front attacked by the French were placed Empiro of Chins from Yokohatan board to Now pleseed to decree the said sama of one bupdvol thousand dollars out of the sum of five hundred each cramped positions that they margely Tork, having on board a vary vainable cargo. covered more than the country directly in front 2.That the said steamship lembria and fifty-five thousand dollars, the estimated valu of them. Here and there, too, there were zquaro was of the burden of 1992 tons or thereabouts of the said steamshiy, cargo, and freight, fo bodeg wooden trough-like construotions ran through and had on Lourd a szer wonsisting of the sald to Lis said parties no a compensation for the said salvage services, and losses as to him shall emma the body of the wall, presumably called loop- Samuel Fowler and 37 persons,

3--Shortly after midnight on the morning of meet, together with their expornos, and also to holes, but absolutely malonu except when a body i

The Star of Southern China Ledge. Canton, will be conscorated on Thursday, the 14th inst As will be soon from an advertisement in another column, all-Freemasons will be made cordially welcome on the scension of thin inating coramony. Wor. Bro. Christy is the Master of the Lodge for the current your,

The Lynch Family Bolicingers and Vocalists, new on a tour round the world, may be expootag to arrive hors by the next P, and O. mail steamer The Company bas bad a very successful career (in-India, "the press of which soustry spikk in; the highest tarms of their performances. From Hongkong, the Bellringer intend proceeding to Shanghai ond Yokohama,

As an melanco of the saocese of manufactur: ing enterprise in Japan the following, translated by the Japan Mail from the Choya Shimbun, is interesting: The Bulpburio Acid Manufactory |at Mita, Selabu, is doing a thriving businem, haring extended its exportations to Germany, Chins, and other foreign countries. The sharo holdere held a vozeral meeting last work, in order to consider the establishment of branch offices and the further extension of the trade.

The impression seems to pravail that, ahoald the Franco-Chinees difficulty be amicably settled Uhins will reopen the Rinkiu question. This, combined with the return of Admiral Zenomoté from China, has given rîsa to a feeling that the relations between Caina and Japan are usually strilued. The fact of the ear departure of the Amcki Kan, under Rone-Admiral Metsumara, for Chins and Aanm, bas given now foros to the rumour-Hachi Shimbun."

of ecobanging power on the part of the people.

Latart advices from the Booden stains that Bakor Pasha, with his fores of 4,000 man, with which he was advancing to the relief of the garrison of Tokar, has boog completely defostad near that place, and he kan contained a loss of two thousand men. He is now trading his at to Baskin.

LONDON, 7th Fohranny.

THE DEBATE ON THE ADDRESS, The House of Lordy last night voted the ad- drese in reply to the Royal musange after short debate.

The debate in the Commons on the address continues,

SERIOUS ASPECT OF AFFAIRS IN THE SOUDAN.

PORTS,

Troops from the British garrison at Adea hava nocupied the Egyptian porta in the Gulf of Adan.

Bailory and Marines from the Indian egurou assembled in the Bed Ben have occupied Suakin.

J. G. Gotz exposed themselves to groat danger sed underwent mnoh extra fatigue and exordium. 14-That if it had not been for the said sore vices and for the Assistanco rendersi by the Mosavhile everything here is at a stand-still, water boat belonglag to the said Curl Otto. pending the arrival of General Millot with the Kapp which was of tho bardes of 99 tone, and raisforompts It is a guestion whether he the pamp on board which war capable of throw- will allow dorrespondents to go to the front, anding about 193 gallons of water per minute, by iho follows tho advice of those now in power, the water bent bolenging to the said fem "of ho will not.

Wilson Nicholls & Co, which was of the burden of 40 toan, and the pump on board which wraa capable of throwing about. 60 gallons of water per miqute, and by the oarge boat belenglaz to the mid Nicholas Moale, which was "of the burden of 20 tone, and the pompen board which was capable of throwing abces 100 galiase of prater por minato ant by the water boot also balenging to the said Nicholas Monile which was of the burden of 35 tons, and the pumps on board which ware mapable of throwing respec tively 70 and 65 gallons of water per miunts, and by the varios beats sad sugines belonging the said Chineso gunboate, and to the Custom Horso authorities, the said steamakip Setembria must have been totally destroyed...

SUPREME COURT.

3th Febrasty.

IN ADMIRALTY,

BEFOGE ZER HON. BIS GLOBOS PHILLIero, CHIEF JUSTION, WITH CAPE, H. G. Taox SETT, EN, (HARBOUR MASTER) AS NAUTI CAL ACUNSCOM.

WALTER WILSON AND OTHERS V. THE BRITISH

STEAMER ** ŠELYMERIA." Mr. Funncie, instructed by Mocura. Sharp, Toilor, and Jobneon, appeared for the promornota the Attorney General (Hon. R. I. O'Malley), instreated by Mosers. Brerston, Wotton, and Dunoon, for the impugnants,

of troops was unfortunate enough to pass direct-5th November at a Bre broke out on board the condemn the said impagnants and the ball given

The reply denied most of the above allegations and stated -

1-That the said steamshid arrived at Amoy in the Empire of Cbfaa on the 4th day of No. vamber last from Kobe bound for New York.

2-That the gold steamship was of the burden

to esqm-rate ia sa Advertisement, bat include peace with all the great Powers, but it is the prisoners were found guilty of obtaining est, and from the insignißeant height of a natten work was in the contro. The Chingmon defonded jing that there was gunpowder, on board stored of the sníð steamabip in a boat with a pump and

TREATIES WITH CHINA-

Great Britain. Nanking, 1842-

"

Tientsin, 1855-

and all osiers not shrogated France, Tientsin, 1851

Convention. 1800

United States, Tientsin, 1858.

Additio. 1869

+

Fakin, 180

Germany, Toisin, 1851

The following are the orcats for the off-day'ı | The LIST OF RESIDENTS now contains casion we drew attention to the fact that cas on the 23rd February: Steeplechass the same of

for very many years past-aimoet from, Cap valnad $150; for pil ponías; waigas ELEVEN THOUSAND, TWO HUNDERD, AND the date of the acquisition of the island for insbes; distance twins round; entrance £5,

SEVENTY THREE FOREIGNERS

$10 Cortot for non-starters; entranou fees and

ly in front of thous. In addition to this, not steamabip Selembria shout smlishiga, sad at the on their behalf therein.. prranged nudes one Alphabet in the atriotestit has been in contemplation to effec-forfaite to go to second pony. 2. for ponies

sven the best nss that oculd have been made of very oatset the hose which was stored under the orlar: the initiala as well as the aurasmes tively fortify it and ronder it really, what it that have cover won any rece in China or Japan;

THE WAR IN TONQUIN.

the bad materiat at their disposal was obtained. bridge was destroyed and thereby the pumps and boing alphabetical.

The Black Flags acam to have handed over other appliances on board were totally rendered is in appearance, the Gibraltar of the East. entrance $5, with $10 added; weight is

distance from the quarter-mile post, one round

FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.]

the artillery to the Tucan or Kung-si militis. logs for purposes of extinguishing the fire; Among the other contents of tho book ars, When the idea of converting the island into and in; $10 forfeit for non-starters to go to

and thess men neither bad the skill or the which soon became to sasumo slarming propos. HANDI, Slat January, 1884. An Anglo-Chinese Calendar, Monatine of Sana strong fortress was first mooted the port second pony. There are zaren entries for sash of

onninge necessary te marre the guns. It svazis | tions: ris and Sunset, Falipses, Festivala, &o., No.

the events.

Now that things have been pretty well tiẞiet | undeniable that if the ounnon had been employed i That soon after the outbreak of the said of 1,993 tons or thereabouts, and had on board a A fall Chronology of remarkable aventa since was new, ita trade was in its infancy, the the adrout of forviguors to China and Japan, availablo land fringing the magnificoot bar-

"The Mat Nishi Shimbun's Fazan (Korea) carap at Boatay, the French offer ne exposition to with anything like the anorgy which kept up the fire the said steamship was deserted by the greater row consisting of the aid master, Bommal A description of the Festivala. Fusta, &,bour and climbing the gostler slopes of the respondent writes is a most raclancholy tone any one going up to see the pisse. A passagem em fire, the French would never have portion of her era, who took to their beats with Fowler, und 39 others, all of whoni, with the ex-

observal by Chinese, Miomelass, Pargees, bills was not densely covered with hoaacs, residence in that place.

resposting the future of Japanese trade and on beasily arranged in a estive boat, and taken Boy, or at any rate, not till after a long their offents and lay off at some distance from ception of one, a Chiasman, rete Earepeats,

siege. As it was, the fight hore, though severe the steamer.

3-Between 11.30 pm, and 19 o'olak on the Jews, e, with the days on which they fall.

Ho anya, the awful ( the wind is favourable and the bossmen not too snough while it lasted, was nothing like tho 5-That immediately upon the outbreak of mid 4th November last a fire broke out on board Comparative Tables of Money, Weight, Mea-godowns, factories, and stores, in which pro-depression of brainses continues, and the softer lasy, the distanseof thirty miles or thereabouts struggle at Phua-na,

the said lira the attention of the neighbourhood the sail steamship la Lhe lapap-room, situate fing of residents is so great that it is no anco27. sures, &c.

Divided commuels no doubt helped the French was aranead and several persone, amongst others amidships on the starboard sides and the have be porty to the value of some twenty millions mon thing to sou deserted children, or to hear of can be assily compassed in daylight. It is avan The Hongkong Postal Guile for 1384.. Arrivals and Departures of Exile at and from sterling is represented, nor were the tranquil coses of sueldo should this state of things last possible to get passage in a Gorozoment steamer, greatly. The Chinese "rogators," as they are the promovants, went to wint la extinguishing longing to the said atousship was destrayed by

styled, soon to love drawn off early on the morn. the dames.

the fre, but the pamp that was worked by the 6-That tho said Carl Otto Kopp, immediately dankoy ongins with steam from the main bell | rough longer the question of permitting foreig bat as those craft are alwaĝe shock full of goldiers ing of the 15th. Then Ida Jung-fu mud the waters of the barbour dotted with bugs steamore, to settle indiscrimzisafaly in PLEAD mest and sommisarist stores, the gain in time and Tosquiaese Prince appear to have had bicker- jon diso›voring the cylatence of the £ro, in com- Lars applied water on deck the x & bàs fre Sonlas of Commission and Charges adopta? by mors from all parte of the world, constantlyarita The fact probably in that the extreme dignity is barily worth is abernce of comfort, angs, and in the end neño bist the Black Flags (pany with one Roberts of H.I.M.'s Customs, at the rate of ahont forty galicute, Dud

tha Chambers of Cammeree of Hongkong | loading and discharging cargo. The need for depression in buslnase is duo to a natural does! The country between Hanoi and Soutay is of the where the entry was effected, there is a long the usid Carl Otto Kopp's water boat with great condered useless for extinguishing the fire.

seem to have fought. Clors to the west gate, started across the river in a sampan to fateb hie, was not nor either the other appaltoos on board defensive works has grows pari pass with the The Korises are so pour that nu trade worthy same general charotar as that farther down the street, sonstituting the Chinese quarter of the diBoulsy, in consequence of the absence of the That the und steamship nevor was de increase of the city in wealth and importance of the sure can be expected for many yours to delta. There are the sates alteroste high banks town sad inhabited la grast part by the loadere part of the grew of the said water beat and through serted by her orew or by any person of ber seem but the War Department, while nonually come.—Japan Gawile.

and low shelving fiat innde, sccordingly as the of the Makkin. Up one side of this street went the porecent exertions of the said Carl Otto Kopp nor did they at any time during the fire take to of closely printed mattor, to which reference is

Judgment has been delivered at the Bwise foros of the current beats on the one shore or the the Tarass and the Farsign Legion and up the and Robarts the said water boat was brought their boats with their affects and lay off at one constantly required by rasidents and the receiving a considerable contribution towards hasing purevedial or political rotina with the expenses of the troops stationed bore, Cousalar General Court, Yokohama, in the case other; the same wide stretches of paddy fields; command of Admiral Courbet, who was one of the forepart of the midships hows on the port side, the sot of petitios, Lat on the contrary ther athor the Infantry of Marine and the direct alongside, the said ateamship just abreast the distance from the ssid steamship, as alleged în Chiens, Japan, or any Mens Countries sabriced are only now beginning to recognise the de-of Messrs. Ludwig and Trüb, who were recently the astas abundanes of bamboo and gastos fentet fust to surmoout the works. All through the where there was that it was now a few minutes stayed by its suld atesoship sad took all proper

charged with extensive frauds upon the Hong- Within the wasps of the CHRONICLE and sirability of guarding Hongkong against korg and Shanghai Bank, in connerton with vilages, with here and there the trumpery little second day the fighting centred in this roat. past one, and nearly all the crew of the steamer steps to extinguish the fire, and with mucosa.

Turning ad counter-turning morenante we were in the bonts and lying at some dis.. K-That Carl Otto opp in the said sat o The Counts of the Appendix are too raany possible attack. Happily Grost Britain is at avances apon silk. The Court found that the four-houses which the French call pagodan. At made by both sides, but all the while the hardest tanso from the steamer, that in spite of a warn potition mentioned came alongside the port side

charge of embezzlement was not sustained, but this season of the year the Song-kol is at its low.

almost every house, Thay vory early found in a room on the starboard side and glose to the hose or board. Ho passed the boss up ou dok folly to put off a measure of precaution micner under falar protero sad sentenced to without which it cannot be said of the Cu-ix months' imprissament. The charges were bout imposible to son any distanos laiand out that the system followed by the Franck from Are the ld Carl Otta Kopp took the hose on and some of the crew of the said mahip were brought an der section 263 and 246 of the Gar. Still, from what I could see during occasional the beginning of the campaign was to be carried bound and comuneed working the paup on put into the boat to work the pump, which they lony that it is prepared for all contingencies. wan Criminal Code, and set out that the accused trampe on the tank to relieve the manetang of out here. No quarter was asked for and pone board is water boat; that an explosion took did, but it was of no as to extinguish the firs was given. So it went on till close on nightfall,place, and that then the remainder of the crow as it would throw very little or no water. That That the indifference and apathy of the past had obtained ovations to the amount of the journey, it was apparent that the warlike when Lin Jang-fa's house was reached. From of the thesmes deserted too; that by the said sx-tiba usil Carl Otte Kopp did not work is hose

$198,438.19 from the Hongkong and Shanghai is about to be exchanged for something like Banking Corporation against Solitions casts operations se recently conducted in the imme the axtansire outline to be traced in the ashes plesion the hose who sat in to close by the on the said steamship or work the said pump in a pulsation of interest at the War Office, flestes of deposits of silk and silk waste, and diste neighbourhood had had but a very transient and the pieces of ornamental stone and planter. norale, that the said Carl Otto Kopp, after the boat at any time or in any suy to the danger is due to the strong and urgent ropronta- further that they, without the knowledge and effent on agricultural doings, Ploughing was work still to be se, this must have beens vary repairing the said damage, continued to work the and risk of his life from explosion or otherwise.

6.That William Wilson, Barnett Nichols, consent of the said bank, unlawfully taped of

fing building. With ita capture the fighting gamp to the grant danger and risk of his own tions. of Sir GEORGE BOWEN. In conse-goods which they held on seppuat of the ban going on everywhere; the eromen and children using to have practically ceased. The French-ifs, as the plates to the midships house were end Batnott Nichols Jenkins, in the said set of quence of his despatches on the subject,

were levelling the surface with wooden maallote, man devoted themselves to the renegoking of the than -red but, and the said Carl Otto Kopp had petition mentioned, came alongside the sald The griffins wars so well pleased with their last and all were too busy even to throw stones at me, detested chief's house, and the Black Flags drow great diffeally in aging his own man werkingteamship in a beat with small pump and beekod up vigorously by General SanoT, a race that they have determined to try bonclusions

of water on of towards the oitadel, which is not much more at the pumps; that the said Carl Otto Kopp con-hore and played strenu second battery of Artillery has just been soutacain and last night area or place they probably would have done in the neigh than two hundred yards off. What the value of tinned his shorts to extinguish the fire until the are, but that it was raty ineffective as it Wag Bʊ smail, and that the oxid Walter Wilson, out by the fankow, and the rate ressal up for another sorato affair. This time bourhood of Haiphong. Near Bantayindes it was the despateles discovered to Ela's house may the fire had been got well ander.

not been Umited quite diferant. On the right bank, at any rain, the have been bui not yet appeared. The lobbers from That the palā Walter Wilson Barnett Barnett Nichole and Barnett Nishola Jenkins brought some heavy guns for the forks. mua, man who have pulled in folds were quita dasarted, and the few people ons Hut are at any rate, of ne practical value, unless Nichols, and Barnett Nichols Jenkins, being also would not go near the frontii sfter the go- Two officers of Engineers versed in torpedo la regatta but won

admitted.

beading of anti-brooch mandarins. The import tained that the fire was on board the said steam-curred any risk or danger from the fire. That practice hare also boon attached to the land thongs some of the previous performers dia? 84% noemed quito prepared to run, with or withone they result; or have already resalted, in the be. Jaroused by the `alarzu of fire, and having sacer-† powder bad exploded, and that they never in- apt exter again the number was propter this man. The beadless bodice, which still continus of Lf Hang-chang's commentsations may or ship, immediately brought their water boss and about half an hour after the fire amidships of garrison, and exporiracate in torpedo practice before. Rooke, the winning stroke in the to come down the river, no doubt tend to shake a may not have important result. Perhaps the arcived alouraide the steamer a few minutes af the said steamship was extinguished little new reinforcemeate announced to have left for Mr. Kopp; that the said Waltor Wilson and zmothering fire was dincovared in the No. 2 hold will shortly be made. These are substantial, was an absentes, being content to reben man's nerves,

hir laurels, Strokes were ballotted for as before, From a onary view, Bootay seems a place France are not altogether unconnected with the Barnett Nichole Jenkins, having climbed up the forward; that some of the crew of the end steamas admissions of the justice of the claims wet and the freelected ware Corial: (18), Brevitt(15),

side of the steamer, by means of a rope com- abip took off the hatokes and broke out cargo to What followed in long since known to you. wensed to adjust the hose, while the mid Barnettged at it, but that the maid William Wilson, up by the Governor of Hongkong for a mere Buschmann (?), Brownlow (7), and Sanwhich has no natural sdrantages of say klod. Poral of these dosamenta. effective protection of the Colony, and we As it was stated that Bussmate was not likely Take any level country with a slops upwards to The Black Flage drew of nader cloud of Nichols remained in the water boat to superin-Barnett Nichols and Barnett Nichols Jenkine to be able to attend regularly, Skanks, who had in central point, se gentle that it is almoet impos night to the mogātains which He north and west tawd the working of the pumps; that the mild did not assist in this nor was the fire raging be hope that they foreshadow Lord. HANTING six votes, was asked to eat, and as he declined, able to detect it, and you has the general appear of the town. The French enters the citadel Walter Wilaps, assisted by the said Barnett twoan deska as alleged in the avid act of patitisa. Onters in Council for Government of H... Na decision to sanction the commencement Mr. Adds, who had a similar number votes, ance of Bontay. For the torn, take a random early in the morning. The entry was, in true Nieuole Jenkins,commended to play on the flames; That it was not dus to say efforts or exertions, consented. Crawn, boats, and stations wäre then collectkin of the ordinary, heavy, Chinese brick irresponsible. á handful of Tursos and Etrangers | great risk, in vonsequence of the strength of the Wilson, Barnett Nichola or Barnett Nichols modern Gallio fashion, utterly unauthorised and that after immanes exertions, coeumpained by imments or otherwise, of the said William Subjects in China sud. Japan, 1865, 1877 of that scheme of fortification which was, iswa for, and it will be man that five man was houses, katerspersed with the wrotobod, wattled. Iappromoked the north gate, posbed it span, and i flazzes and the denen warms of smoke, and of the Jenkins, that the ssid Gres were extinguished

we are not mistaken, practically decided picked for ali bost, so that in the event of a Rules of H.BM. Sapromo and other Courts

upon some time ago. This project will, it is break down all trouble will be avoided, and a bambas, cand-plastered, thatob-roofed whaatios entered and feand no one faside areapta for heating of the plate on the top of the midships but mainly be the well directed efforts of the mid,costsome four hundred thousand pounds man will be ready to pull. The results of the of the Annamees. The altadel is a quarter watahid Anname women and obtidres, and house, and the danger of the explosion, the pro-crow of the said steamship, and with the a

¡ drawing were as follow':-

in more or so of still more lushless youths.grans of the fire. In that part of the sad stoom. Jalotanes of the Custom House vaginos. sterling. The cost of these works abould, as

7. That the said Master,Samual Fowlar,while slops A dag was then improvised of length of the ship ma checked; that it was there discovered ** Licksit,"

#quare wrection built of big *Bean," (otroka.) Haltoon (stroken,) Cornish (stroke.) conglomerate, for defensive papones nobod waistcloth) of a Taras, the handkerchief of that the Ere was raging between decke; that the going to the where to promra atsistanos wel tall a good decent bricks. Für waren oleer, and a strip of the bias cummerbund seid Welter, Wilson and Berzet: Nichols Jon Wlobglas Mealle, in the said not on petition men Jackson

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soundings there are the Bang-kal, too far off of a Foreign Legion man, and the hoisting kios, existed as bereinbefore mentioned by the tiened, who was the stovetore of the said steam- Schland

of this ebareobaristio tricolor on the tower wasanii Barmott Nyhole, in company with divers ship coming to the fire in a email boat at the re- Denby

Shepherd to be of any use, except as a means of bringing the first zolies Admiral Courbet had of the other persons, proceeded to tamore a portion quest of the said Master the said Nicholas up enonies; a little river running of a distance Doenpation of the citadel. Inside, the rios stares ≥ of the cargo in order to get at the Gro; that Moalle retorned with him to kis atère and six hundred yards or só, round the western and } were the priznipal captures made. There was after working for considerable time their there the said Master hired a small pay and northern fscos, some low spars from the mayorkuin amount of bar-silver taken, but the efforts were snowned with suncem, and the said paralised souse new hose from the mid Niobolas: range of hills to the west, but too distant to afford China as to have carried the greater part Walter Won and Barnets Nichols Jenkins, calle, and afterwards with him went to the About handred and fifty amistad an bersiabafore ruentioned, sasuended in Custom Hoase, sad thero the said Master him. away with them. anything like a secure place of retreat. Beyond posion were found, as ning an elephant, sings dead, extinguishing the flames; that the said Walter self made arrangements with the authorities for this acthing but faé cultivated country. Buta anda amal areanal. It was obvious, however, Wilson, Barnett Nichols Jenkins, and Barnett the use of their fire engines. The exid Moholas oloser examination shows how wnok own be done that all who left carried their arms end cartridge Nioholi remained en by the said steamship until Molls then by the direction of the said ster |Had the fire ongive and pump placed on sargo with the mood unpromising material. The Black belt with them. The French have made all danger was over.

clean swoopet all the buildings inside the sitadel That the aid Nicholas Moallo, having been boots and taken alongside the said steamship, Flags bave roads the bank ass of there the since with the exception of a few of the bettar-class also aroused by the alarm of Aro, proceeded in a That the said Mastor put some of his owa, men, The return match between Ireland and repra-last May, though it seams sourcely szedible that hats for the officers, the Royal Pagoda, in which amento aosrtain if any senistance was required; on board the oarge boat and they worked the sentatives of other natipalities was commersed the whole of the earthworks now existing eax the Colonel Comandant in dondelled, and the that on his way he mat Bamuel Fowler, the Cestom Horse engine, which threw a god a trend on the Cricket Ground yesterday after, and have been constructed in the short period of seven the roof with grain and contained peoriaisns to presnes som pumpe that the usid Nicholas by the Master from the said. Nichet 10, and huge gramzins of zice, whlób were piled up to meter of the said steamship, who requested him of water on to the fire. That the pump irired will be continged to-day. The World first assumed the defensive, and did exceedingly well, putting months.

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for probably a couple of years. There is also a Moalla Immediately returned and pat a powerfal was of no use, as it was presk and defectiva, esd together 242 balore their last stick fell, Idest. Just now the river runs twenty feet cader the various all ballding wed by the Black Flags pamp on board his oargo boat, and proceeded to would not sor never threw any water on to Drift as top marar, winning a bet with 77. level of the Bontay bank. At the time of the as a powder manafaatory, with regular compact the some of the fre; that on his way he was she fire, and the new hone was of no ass as it Ireland had one wicket down (Ceron's) for 15, attack in December it was considerably higher, mozte for the saltpotre, sulphur, ad charcual, joined by the said 3. G. Gets, who was also ge- would not fit the pump of the said stonship. and after a zan and a leg byo were added, time but chill there was a fairly hish river leaks. The French es tinkering it spintosu arms stereng to procure assistance; that the two on arriv. there being no couplings. That there never was was called. The soorya are d

thousand foot from this are the Hues of Phuo-as, There is no doubt that La Jung-La showed ing at the steamship, immediately commenced any other bost of Nicholas Moxle at the fire or Phuo-tho. Thesesorez a river face of from half- good judgment in abandoning the citade). It to work the pump; that shortly afterwards, anwich pamps that would throw water, and that smile to three-quarters, and on either side run conglomseste walls would son have fallen before other cargoboat belonging to the said Nicholas Che said Nicholas Moulle and J. G. Gotz did not downto the water. They are of considerable beight the French guns and the whole garrison would Molle arrived with an engine bolenging to the personally exert themselves, por did they and are formidably constructed with pantralorts, have been trapped. It duas qut out to have Custom Hores authorities, which he, the said nusist to moto any of the cargo nor expose or traversen, to afford protection against a flauk mosuted more than sixteen or twenty guns Nicholas Moallo, had precicurly given order to themselves to any risk or danger from the Gre are in the rest of xizmuce balug forood at any altogether, and those, if possible, were more rosive; that the said Nicholas Moalls and the nor feven the explosion of the gunpowder, as they point. The bamboos which masked the whole wretched piossa than the ordinance on the math said J.G. Gots had maah dificulty in persuading and their men would not approach that part of face have Epen out over alan to the ground by works. The raceh have cleared a wide space the men se ramiain at the pumps in equence the ship where the powder was stored till after the Framab. Marshy land protect a good desi all round the front, sad have driven, wide open of the four of an explosion which afterwards the explosion. of the front, and these swazipe wore much more ways in sil direptions out into the open vantry, took pices, and it was only by pwsonally setting 8.-Tast Yep Chong Kan, in the said act on extensive at the time of the attack than they nevedsarily snorifaing the houses of the town them an example that they succeeded in dolog petition mentioned, never was on board the ald are now. A road running from the river bank in the prosoan. This presents a most palate, ao; that after the explosion hall taken place the beamship daring the said fire nor did bo sver straight up to the citadel onts the earth works apparazos at present, Only about one base said Nichols Molle, having the asid J. G Gota expose hitaalf to any imager or cink nec take buy at right angles, and it was round the gate-(now in fifty yards is occupied, and gat it appears to superintend the working at the pumps, proactive part in removing the cargo, nor render any regissed by a large blockhouse, built of brisks that it is dangerous for a man to walk alone needed to bring up his water boat, on which materials eesistungs in subduing the flamos. would urge that no more time should be lost, The base of the Audacious played or

obtained from s pagode pulled down for the par- through the streets after dark. Fossibly this there were two fixed pumps; that on bringing up That there never was any danger of the the pose)-that the forest fighting of the 14th Destate of things may improve later on, ba the raid water boat the anid Nicholas Mölle said steamship being totally destroyed. That the that the fortification of the island should be Ground daring the afternos. A fall soovast poler Look jilate. The Turow are the first it wild not do so very fast. If we are to immediately set the two pumps at work, and even pomp ay board the asrga bost of the said Catl commenced without further delay, so that of the match will appear in our Monday's faze, to be sent up, and they wore beaten hack time judge from the other towns in Franck on reduced the fire as that part; that shortly after Otto Kopp was not capable of throwing abort the Chinese Govorament, as well as foreign Players are requested to be no the Ground pens after time, while the Farsign Legion and the supation. Nowines have they as yet more than wards, at the request of the said Bamuel Fowler, 180 gallons of water per minute. That the pamp powers, way me that England had no inter-dans son look today. The match is a Infantry of Marine tared no better. It was more military grip on the country. They hold be, the asta Nicholas Nosila, passed ap on to the on board the water hoak of. Wilson Nichole &

good ans and mineb Interest in taken its it. It is partianlarly notlood that the Flagman took the towns, but nothing more. The Chasseur deck a spare boss belonging to his water boat; Company was not capable of throwing about 60. tion, of either retroceding the island to China te be hoped the game will not be spoiled by steady sim every time they Bred, and the loss of d'Afrique may jingto his spars down the Bouls that it was soon discovered that the fire bad gallons of water par minnte, and that the pump or of allowing any enemy to gain a foothold players being found alasing this morning. The two hundred men and twenty.bwo officers in half vard Marty of Hapkeng: the Turco may clear barnt through the deck, and had reached a wooden on bosnil the outga bost of thead Nicholas Koalle Besson is in the raus, so aricketers abould make an hour testifal to their steadiness. The French the streets before him in Hanct; the ordinary bulkhead which separated the vealbunkers from was not capable of throwing 300 gallons of water the most of the time lete thers.

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