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NOTICE.

FAMILT AND Dierasina CHEMISTA,

By Appointment to His Excellency the FERNO and His Royal Highness the DUKE OF EDINBURGH, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DRUGGISTS PERFUMERS, PATENT MEDICINE VENDORS, DavGGISTS' SUNPRIMES,

And.

BRATED WATER MAKERS.

SHIPS' MEDICINE CHESTS REFITTED,

PAWOKE SHIPS. SUPPLIED.

Firm, A S.-WATSON and Co., or

HONGKONG DISPENSARY.

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THE DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19TH, 1888.

UNLICENSED KROTKEI. Ying Ayan, desóríbed as a shopman, was

an anlicensed bons of ill fano at No. 11, Bon-

F.R.M'S SUPREME COURT FOR OHINA AND JAPAN.

We are informed by Mosera. Malchers & Co. The French cruiser Deeres, Commander De Mentesqnen, arrived here yesterday from Baigon. that the British stomer Compton, from Aat

From Tientsin wo (Mercury) hour that Lior eft Singapore for this port on Monday charged by Brothel Inspector Lee with keeping

1. ham Strand. He was required to find two sure. Heng-chang is going to Paking sooner than

ultima.

norainy.

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twolve months, and in default of doing so be was committed to prison.

INGUILING TREAT

labour.

accidents.

A HONGKONG DYNAMITER.

PIRATES.

3rd, 4th, and. 6th August.

LIMITED.

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"rstensfor** of Mosers. Maselt & Co slammer to the Chinono flag, hive been absurdly minn- derstood. With extraordinary assumption Mr. Drummond Exes a signillestion upon them whien ko says tre "evidently mean to infer; "a charge

beon called in.. Who refused to lol the sufferer take the quinine, whether it was the A. S. WATSON members of Lis family, the native medios or big attendants, is not stated, but it en

was expected. He goes up to have an audiencé We are informed by the Agents (Messra. that the latter threatened the interpreter with the Empiress and the Seventh Prinos. Butterfield & Swire) that the Osean Steamshies of $100 each for his good beharioar for/Barone M2. B. A. MOWAY, ASSISTANT JUDGE. which is absolutely incorrect, which we r F. W. LEMAROHAND T. THE AGRA BANK, pudiate, and which we do not gas that Mr. Druuntaand has the slightest right to make. Wo Go-through whom Dr. Thassos tad prescribed. Amongst other things het endeavour to get Company's atsamor Orestes, from Liverpool, left,

This was a notion in which Mr. F. W. "pent to infer" nothing of the sort, in spite It also appears that His Excellency Lr Hosd.the whole Chinese Nasy organized an a proper Singapors for this port yesterday wasting.

footing under the control of- en Adminity ut CHANG, brother-in-law of the E-Viceroy, Tientsin, and to aging about financial matters, teaser Hideyoshi Marz, Capt Black, arat Abarcos by stripping the back off them, soris sighty shares of the Park Tin Mining in foto that the words contain, or are intended to The Rising Sun saya that the Mitsui Bassan Peter Groen with damaging a number of trees Shaghai, suot the Bank for the roten of the nature of our intention. We farthers deny Tal Ahing, fisherman, was charged by P.S. Lemarchand, lately manager of the Agra Bank at of what Mr. Drummond calis the "evident"

hud advised him to take quiring for bie The British steamer Hothne reported on her rivela: Nagasaki at 10 am, on the 27tb alt with carly yesterday morning. fever. Tot here we find a high mandatin arrivalat Shanghai thaten 23rd July at 5.80 p.m. Japaneco disasted schooner, the Kohaya Maru,

The defondant admitted the offence, and anid Company held by the Bank and for Tls. 19,500 pois, any arrière ponse or insinuation of for its detention. The hearing of the asss any sort whatever; for they were written by prevented fom oboying his own inclinations, hilo approaching Oeksen on her passage south, in tow, which she had picked up, in distress, under he took the bark for dyeing purposes.

Comupied three days. It appeared that pres of the reporters of this paper, who has she observed signals #ging from the light-house the following circumstances: The Kulaya Mary

Bo was fined $2, and in default of payment he vlone to August, 1988, Mr. Lancoband had never, wither in public or in private, to our know because he wished to follow the silvice of for urgent medical assistance. One of the ship's is a vessal belonging to Kagoshius, and want our

ledge, given evidence of any interest respecting foreign doctor, and dosed to death by igao. I boats landed after the vessel had anchored, and chored at Sakishims (Loochon) or the 17th July was committed to goal for fourteen days" hardborrewod money from Mr. B. D. Benjaminths nature of the "transaction to which Mr.

and had given him as security cortain share rant native physicians. The Viceroy of fanart that Mr. Baanders the light-kooper, was At an early hour, while the captain was sabers

scrip, including the Borip for the 80 Perak Tin Drumond refers. The paragraph, we say, was apparently suffering from apoplexy dad was un-pa business, a gala sprung up, encking bar to

Choaar Atanng, coolie, was charged with ex-in question. The latter was not, however, so. written by him as embodying new of general | Chiblijs a completo convert, wobelieve, to the conapipus. He was talcon on beard and conveyed break away from ber Anchorage and drift on pleding a dynamita cartridge in the barbour, estapanied by any transfer deed, and it was shipping interest, and we maintain that the

mod flat at low tide. The masts were at once Western system of medicine, but even his to Amoy, which was reached nort morning.

eet away, and as the tile rose she fonted of racks, early yesterday morning

close to tho Praya wall, off the Motiragor Barred that. Benji skont not dispose of words "usaging" and "reinosfer" are in high example is not sufficient to inspire faith The British gauberte lehast nod Dering re drifting out to soa. For nine days endeavours

tho shares without the plaintiff's consent. In mostly and correctly used. Further, wo are not He was found fishing beside the Fraya wall a letter which was put in evidence the plaintiff are that Bora Ensarli & Co. have ever is all on to overcome the opposition of native turned to Port Hamilton from Nagasaki at 10 wore rade to ronch Kinshiu, and at 5 am. en

by the very contraient means of a dynamite saggested that Benjamin should keep them in rede any public statement as to the nature of NOTICE-To avoid delar in the execution of doctors. The fact is instructive as ebawing on the 24th ult. The Pegasus arrived at the 2611, about 200 wiles of Nagasakį, who was Nagasaki from that pluse on Friday forening. sighted by the steamer Fuleyoli Maru, bound

cartridge quite oblivions to any danger of his strong bor. Benjamin, however, was in the their tranenation" with the China Merchants Orders it is particularly requested that all the strength of the opposition that has to be the 24th alt, and the Merlin arrived on tho from Shanghai to Ruoliautau, by whom she damage to the masonry of the wall, or any of habit of keeping his evourities at the Bank Co; and wo therefore fail to see on what ground

and In this way encountered in Fanquishing prejudice, 28th. The chartered eruiser Pembroke Castle was taken in tow and rendered every assistance.

the scrip in question the use by us or anyone sise of a word which He was Bund 9, and in default of payment found its way to the Hanks, and in the may not accurately describe it can be called in business communications be addressed to the similar opposition was raised to foreign has arrived at Fort Hamilton, from Hongkong. The fideyoshi provcoded to Kuchinotan at 1

was committed to gaol for two days. with a company of marines for shore daty. The

returns sent to the head offtoo af socurities tion. With regard to the other articles to medicine and surgery in Japin at first, but lag-ship Audacious was expected in Nagasaki pus. the same day.

told against advances these shares appeared to but which, with no exception, he does not in

which Mostra. Russell & Co's lawyer objects, The Douglas Stonraship Company's new

Tau Chinese season were brought, os remand the credit of Benjamin's tennt. The plaintiff now the Western methods are being adopted on the 1st August. The Cleopatra will relieve

the Champion at Nagamki.

stoomer Haiphong arrived here from home on before the court, sharged with unlawful peses id he wee not aware of this fact, though he donte, we are perfectly willing to accept his in Hospitals and Government establishments

Sunday, and is now lying off the Company's sion of money, clothing, &e, to the rains of $300, signed pro formed the raturas in gestion. On the word for it that they are incourete, and to give full publicity to his contradiction end disavowal. The P. and O. stemor Sumatra, Captain whari. She is the largest vessel of the Con the property of Cann Hi Hing, which had besa 25th August, 1893, the plaintif left for England fps art satisfed with this, to will have an souttered all over the empire, and watch Worcester, which arrived here yesterday from pany's Best, her registered loanags being 1.160. piragically stolen, on board & jankut Basskiwan, on leave, and in the following March, while still that before long the Chinese Government will Yokohamu, v Kobo nad Nagasaki, reports The vessel is of the spar decked class, being on the 30th June last. There was another count in England, he for the first time received in opportunity, in Court, of bowing wherein they recognise the importance of reform in this having sighted the British ship Fallace, on the about 270 feet long over all, and 34 feet beam, against them of being in an armed junk there for formation which led him to believe the seripro wrong, and in fact, of eros-xamining wit direction. The dreydful and dire need of ath instant, in at 9027, and long 16.50, the and when loaded down to Plimsoll's mark will an unlawful purpose; and a third of having loft was deposited at the Bank. In April o nèamos, in no way connected with this office, who and addens with ommnnications addromed to the Hospital and Ambalanes. Corps for the Were showing signals of distross Bore dows, have a draught of about 21 feet 6 inches There Yaurasti harbour without a clearance on the 28th laft England and arrived at Shanghai are ready to afirm them to be right; so that the

lowored a bont, and proceeded to bring her Cap is a mail forecastla break forward, a wida bridge Juna.

June. He resumed

entire history of the "tranaction," and parti- the management The statement of the complainant, Chun Hi the Bank on his arrival, and asked Mr. Campbell, ularly that part of it which has been in promes Editor, not for publication, bat as evidence of good Lotiese armies in Toaquin and Formosa tain on board, which he stated that he had oxamidships, covering a fine chart room, &c, Hing. was to the effect that he was the master of the zooountant, who had been seting as manager eince the conalusion of peace between Francs

perioncel a typhoon in which he lost all his ail there is another dockhouse which containe daring the Franco-Chinese hostilities mustards, mizen meat and rudder, with heavy list the first class passenger 2000mmodation. The the Fat Ho fishing junk. On the 30th June fast during Eis absence, to deliver him the serip. Mr. and China, will be minutely explained for the

been painfully apparent to the Peling benefit general

source of great and profound gratification to us, Advertisments and Subscriptions which are Goverancet, and if they havo any and making two is thras knotz an hour. The enbins aft of the sou giving bartha for twelve barbour, ut a place called Po To Oi, early plu met Mr. Lemarokand on the tug on his reas we have best mach maligned lately from

face is a passol of 1,358 tons, of Windsor, passengers, all being well atted up and with all posite Shaukimo, and while there a pirate jank turn to Shanghai Mr. Lemoreband said "If T orderad for a fixad period will be wind tang or sympathy with suffering the and cosmusded by Captain Smith. She was modern appling cos for the health and comfort of came up and attacked them. He and his craw can't get the shares I must chuck up the Bank many of being ajar kunda kave will lose ro time in forming small a Corp. on a voyage from Nagnanici to this port with's the pusongers. The stern of the vessel is jumped overboard in a panic, and he went along and go to law for them," and on a subsequent censed us. of being subject to impropor in- We should like to sue the Chinese seriously wary of coal, having left that part on the 27th covered in with a rounded iron hood. The en the coast for some distance till bo got to a place ccossion he said to the wilpose Now like a fuences in suppressing the numberless inttors take up this question, without delay, and

gives are of the usual compound surface con. where he could and a sampan, and there he good fellow, o't ron give me those shares we have roosived attacking Moss Russell & Co. -end a body of young men to Europe to bei

With regard to the mesent removal of Mr. densing type, of 186 horse-power nominal, and engaged a boat to take him over to Sbaskiwan, Witnese caid How can I give you too shares in the etrang sat terms, one correspondent even |uggined as surgeona and physicians for the files from the post of Assonser at the Mixed on her trial trip they propelled the vessel at anticipating that the pirates would go over there You can take them if you like, but if you do I going so far as to, accuso as, in so many words, Court at Shanghai, the Daily News is glad to spoed of twelve knots per hour. The Haiphong as soon as they had loved his junk. He had not shall make a protest in writing." It Angust, 1884, of being in Mowers Russell & Co.'s pay! The it would be a proof that the lea-bese that s protest is in course of being drama was built by Messrs. Wigharn, Hichardson, & bron at Shackiwa long when he saw the pirate Mr. Greenwood came out nis Inspector of the steady refusals with which we have meet requests sons of the recent war bad not been lost ap with reference to the mutter. The same Co., ef Newcastle-cn-Tyne, and she was brought junk coming noras, and he want and informed Bank with powerato sospend the plaintiff if he and demands to insert paragraphs and communi upon them, and that they were not callous Papor soya, in auother issue An interesting out by Capt. F. Ashton. She will run with the the police. As soon as she was anabored, in thought fit. The 'plaintiff applied to him for calious dutrimental to the honour of that fra others on the coast, and may possibly also be sent pastor Mackie, with a party of police, baarded the shares, but Mr. Greenwood said he could have involved as in personal controvareies of a crisis is approaching in Consular nattare. Mr.

the junk, and as they did so the gray endeavour not give them ap without a reference to Lon- by no means agreeable naturo; and judging from Hughes is about la go home on a year's leave, to the Cape of Good Hops."

ed to escape just as the crew of the complainant's don, and he socordingly referred to the head tho cerimonione tone in which we have been as and according to precedent Mr. Giles should take

The Courier has the following-We ridiculed junk had endeavored to escape from them. All office, stating that he had fully satisfied himself siled, we should say that there would be no diff

eulty whatever in inducing our aggrieved in- Ce the cause of Medical Reformis place us Acting Consul-General Tho Tao at the time the great unval victory by which the but one jumped overboard, and he was arrested that in no way was Mr. Lamarchand & party to formants to some forward and state in a Court tai, however, is credited with having lodged two Chinese men of war were sank at Bhsipoo on board, while the other nine defendants tampering with the Bank's money in the matter of Law that which they were not allowed to state ho prejudices of the people will quickly dis-port objection to this arrangement; and it new Roads, with the loss of gas Chingman who was wore either arrested in the water, or after they of these shares, that he had net in any way in the North China Daily News. It is, of cours salve, and they will become anger to obtain remains to be seen whether he will be allowed in drowned getting into a beat, and one Fronok Botashare. On the junk bang, searched, infringed his agreement, and that the Bank's legal wall known that the transaction in question was dictate. Happily Sir Robert Hart's credentials man killed on a steam-launch. It turns out that quantity of property was found which the plain adviser was of opinion that the Bank had no alaim that relief from pain which their own doctors are on the way to Peking, so that Mr. O'Cover, the frigate which sank was never torpedoed at tiff identified as big, and on the defendants ar on the shares. The reply was that the shares proposed in and declined by other merchants in are unable to afford in cases which neces at any rate, will be no longer in a position to all. The divers have been all round her stern rosted considerable sums in silver dollars wore were zct to be given ap. The present action Russell & Co. is scarcely likely to be misunder the fretinstance, and the presentaction of Messrs.

state other than treatment by simpler.

play lacqasy to the Chinese mandarina.

and examined her carefully and find her fonnit. The case was remanded on several 40-

was noeordingly brought to resuver them, toge A correspondent writing to the Japon Gazette hall has received no jajar whatever, being casione in consequence of Capt. Daare having ther with damages. The defence set up was that stood at Washington. As regards Mr. Drum- mand's suggestion that we should apologise, wo under date 26th July, from Hakodate, says: apparent that the Tassels were prudently anuk informed his Worship that he had received an the Bark had a right to retain the shares as The British steamer Japan returned from the It will probably be remembered that the British intentionally by the Chipese by opening the sea- application from the Commandant at Kowloon against Benjamin'e account, that the plaintiff need only say that we see nothing to apologise.

for, and therefore decline to do so. cocks. The smaller veesal will be raised by City, Col. Lai, for the rendition of the prisoners was stopped from now claiming them by reason Kowloon dook yesterday. The British steamer steamer Greathon Hall run on the rocks near Messrs. Rayd & Co, we understand, and may be on a charge of piracy. The diplomatic corros- of his representations made to the directors that Nakts will go over there today.

Fukuyama on the 19th January last. She was expected in Shanghai shortly. The frigate is to pondence for which the case was remanded from the scrip was held as security for Benjamin's subsequently said at auction and etched ven The German gunboat Fitis, Lient-Commander 3,003-the purchasers being Japanese. The be raisel by Messrs. Farahans & Co., and when time to time, came to nothing, and the prisoners indootedness, and that the Bank had at Hofmeyer, arrived here yesterday from Shanganlvage oporations so far have been successful.sharives in Shanghai, people who have belier were not realitel.

The repurchase by the China Merchants' Hs Worship now dealt sammarily with the of Benjamin's loan to the plaintiff. If Steem Navigation Company of the stosumers hai, which port she loft on the 5th August At about 3 pm. on the 34th instant the vessel padoes will be able to judge for thamsa vas how case by canviatios the prisoners, and sentencing peared, however, that the loss to the Back which they sold to Maasra. Russell and Com the steamer Tehsin, and Captain Lant of the very Aapitared appearanez, her deck-houses, much damage was really done. We hear that them to six months' imprisonment with hardon Benjamin's account did not accené until some nany, has been the cassion for an endless fire

Captain Petersen has resigned command of tamed into port. She presents, however, a Bentiutha has taken his place.

fo., having all bees demolished'; and as she is a very ancient craft, the necessary repairs will be so costly that we fear the will prove a white elephant to bor new owners, and probably the wisest plan would be to take out her engines and boilers, which are said to be in s fairly goed sondition, sad break up the hull for "all iron." The Amoy respondent, of the Macaease says that several steainers have lately arrived in Amor from the Pescadores, with the sailors who was releay by the French. Many of these soldiers are now committing barbarities thore. Ou Saturday, the 10th alt, at I pan., About 209 of them arrived with spears, swords, the house of Mariano Espiro, constable of the sto, and commanded by an officer, surrounded Spanish Consulate-General. The soldiers effected the entrance through the windowsand roof of the house. Espina keeps in his house unemployed salon. At the time the saltiors enteran the hose sight Manilainen vera sleeping thera. They were attaccad and enriously wounded by the soldiers. The house was ransacked. Three of the men are now lying the hospital in a precarigua condition Que with 20 wounds,' one with 5. and another with 1, and they are anti expected to live. The sailors defended thera selees with their naked hauls, baring no weapons, The cause of this extraordinary and unexpected Shea Ping ching, formerly Tae-tajof Shang-tions of dividenda, thus bringing up these funds to scenerenec, it is said, was that the soldiers went hai, and Su Chang, a Marinha, formarly Judge to the horse to arrest some Chinose gamblers. The Spanish Consul-General has protested and of Hunan, to join the Tsang Yamen. represented the affair to the Tutaj. t is also THE NEW CHINESE MINISTER TO sail that all the other Consuls will join and mako

ENGLAND. this barbarous attack

prosentations to the Chinese authorities about

Honakona, Auquer~12TH, 15.

Tax prejudices entertained by the Chinese against the Wealern arutem of medicine and practice of surgery still exist in some quar tora apparently, in spite of the many benefits conferred by the various Medical Missions. It was hoped that to 1- large oz- tent these prejudices had town dissipated, and that the advantages of the Westeru methods of trenting disease and injuries had been made sufficiently manifest to the more

intelligent clames by the many auras wrought and the successful operations performed by

the self-denying and clever practitioners whe bave devoted themselves to medical mission

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to the sufferings of their soldiers, nor utter- reckleas of their lived If the officials

The U. 8. flagship Trenton laft Kagaaski for week's craies at 2.30 p.m, ou the 29th July, Admira: Davis and staff remaining behind.

The British composite seron sloop Wild Som, (8), Captain Juka 8. Halifax, arrived in Yokohama on the 30th ult. from Ilongkong.

The Daily Netos says that the steamer Bea clathe is now in Doyd's New Dock at Shanghai for repairs, as she damaged some nine of her pintes in riding over a rockot at Amoy.

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Lu the Tao-tal of Formosa, to whom the foreigners on that island recently addressed testimonial for his care of them during the late troubles, was expected in Shanghai at last ad- vices, probably on his

...to Peking.

The Frenchcruiser Roland arrived at Nagasna from the Pescadores on Monday morning, the 27th July the ironclad Turenno, tag-ship of Admiral Banter, arrived from the same place. the following quing, and the gunboat Bagit laire in the evening.

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ed in the dread effectiveness of the French tor-

HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION,

the Chinese Raggest that she should be raised by labour. building a caisson ell round her and pamping it out! As a still more certain mathed. it is sug seated to dam up the three entrances to the Shei

a harbour-they are very narrow-and then If gates were then put out the harbour. in the entrances, an unexampled floating dock The following is the fortieth report of the would result, and the Chinese could make that Court of Directors to the ordinary Lalf-yearly their principal naval etation on the coast. The general mosting of shareholders to be held at the situation is an excellent ono, being almost or actly in the centre of the eastern coast of China City Hall, Hongkong: on Monday, the 24th and the extraneos could ba atly defended instant, at 3 p.m.- against a zaval attack. We cheerfully make prest of this suggestion to the high naval an- thorities of China.

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GERMANY AND ZANZIBAR.

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A squadron of ve German dips-of-war has arrived at Zanzibar..

[row, C, MAILY NEWS." *

PEKING, 5th Angust. THE TSUNG-LI YAMEN. An Imperial Decree has boon issand, ordering

last.

least a lien on the shares to the amount

-TRE SALE OF RUSSELL & CO'S STEAMERS.

six auths after the date of the return sigawd of sarcastic remarks in and out of print. There by the plaintiff is which the skares appeared oa

these

security against Benjamin's acroant. On this has been a constant tondoasy from the first to point the Judge, in seaming up to the jury, assert that the cale last year was merely ooilasive, id:Can you say, theo, that the representa that Messrs. Russell and Co. were only the nominal owners of the steamers to save them tion made by Mr. Lemarchand in Angust. was the proziustó enuse of the loss? Are the Bank from the risk of being captured by the French, managers one after another, for a number of that no money had passed between the buyers years, to goon, nerer verifying any of the returns and sellors, and that the steamers would resume upon which they are noting? And is the first the Chinese flag as soon as the war was nter. maker of this return, which has been transmitted, the public has no means of knowing what earried on frum your to paar—is ho to ba thể the arrangement really was baton Li Hong- To the Proristors of the Hongkong & Shangha, person held personally responsible ? In other chang and Masers Russell and Co..

Banking Corporation.

assertions had no possible valid foundation, Gentlemen,The tentors have now to babait te words, is there to be no dity cast upon the man you a general statement of the affairs of the Rand who actually makes the advance to sea for him. and appear to have been Lased on tas ad balance sheet for the half-year gading 30th Jane self that the direnmstances justify it not that there was no such movement in The jury found on a series of questions the money market last year sa the paywat The pet profits for that acid, includius $61,570.14 submitted to them by the Judge, that the cash of the consideration for the transfer brought forward from last account, after paying nil agreement between the plaintiff and Ben- of the C.M.S.N. Co.'s property zould have charges, dedasting interest paid and due, and making neovision for bad grá donbtful debts, amount teamin was that Benjamin had only the right, and on certain remarks supposed to nos vos dao, and rouneration to directors, harro to pledge them; that the Bank had sustained no absolutely nothing in the first of these facts to $99,512, of which, after ta ring ont rebate on bills to retain the shares as security and had no right been made by Li Hang-chang himself and his subordinates to third parties. Thore, yas From this aud; the directors recommend the pay damage reasonably resulting from the ropre-warrant the bond fides of the transfer being im mant a dividend of two pounds sterling per shen,atasions of the plaintiff contained in the re- which ou 60,000 shares wil beorh S629,253.99. The taras; that the plaintiff dosled the shares Pigned, for it was quits pornble, and indent was mors than caco alleged, that the payment for the differonen in archange hatween 4/6, the rate at which from the Auting Manager in June, 1984, when Le dividend is the red, and 3, the comment rato of their race was $150 par share; and that the property was deferred for a term of years, as TA the any monta to $141,333.72

verdiet was for the plaintif for $12,000 with Sgards a large part at least of the parchuse The dire tur pro, na placing 200,000 to the re- erro fand, not $100,000 to the rearve for equalizz

money. As to the remarks attributed to. Chi. par ceat interest to date. $18,120, less any amount that may be found to be das from plain must be remembered that the Chinese generally nese officials connected with the company, it 35,505,00, sud 500 600 reapsotively.

tiff to Benjamin.

felt a xaioral chagrin ut being obliged to sell their chief commercial enterprise to a foreign

asens for appropriatina 28,416.27.

The balance $50,773.23 to be brought forward te the credit of Low profit and lose account.

AUDITORE.

The oceani have been audited by the Honourable Phineas Kyrie and Mr. Jobo Nangrågor.

THE LOSS OF THE BRITISH BRIG firm, and therefore minimised as much as possible

" ARGOS".

work in China, But all their success and all their efforts have failed to entirely dis- arm prejudico and correct ignorance. In his report on the work of the Medical Missionary Society's Hospital in Canton for the year 1884, Dr. 3. 0. THOMSON mentions two is. alances that show how easily heatility can be excited against the mission, and how po- tent prejudice still is in high official circles, In the first caso Dr. THOMSON ways that, in spired probably by the demonstrations lap, front page, Messrs. Russell & Co. have been As will be seon by the announcement on our Angust against the doman Catholic Cathe-nominated by special appointmont Commercial dral, and influenced alau by unfortunate Agents for the foreign business of His Er

cellency the Viceroy of Chili. official proclamations isused about that time,. a riotous crowd collected, threw atonca al the Mission House, and doclared they bad come to kill the foreigners." They also posted an abusive placard on the outer gate of the hospital, "advocating native physicians. an ugainst any foreign insportations and de- meaning the morality and purpose of for- eigners, generally," A reward of £100 was at the same time offered for the boeda of four persons, the first native assistant and three of the Mission's most prominent oup- portern. It is only fair to add that upon the posters being pulled dowu and forwarded to the Authorities an official reply was at once put up in several places, in which the Hospital was, amended, and riotous persons were warned not to interfere with it and ordered to take heed to themselves. This was very entisfactory, but no more than might have

The Douglas stemmer Thaies, Captain Pocook, been expected from amanderia of the eri

which arrival hare yesterday morning from the The contemplated abandonment of the Bussian finding we were closing on the typhoon, the wind Coast Parts, brought intelligenes of the loss of lightened perceptions of His Excellens Naval Yard, at Lunse, Nagasaki, way, wo bising being W.N.W. and the barometer still failing. CHANG CHIH-TUNG, who, thongh distinctly | Sun, hear, caused by the owner of the property, cased down boflet the typhoon pass to westware British barque M. A: Dizon at Takao. On Reservofor aqualization of Tidands.. sati-foreign iu ha tendencies, hy well war Mr. Ships, demanding an exorbitantly lengthy | Privari sundory the glass was still falling the night of the 2nd stent revere gue sat in, of the good work doue, by the Medical Mister of agreement for the lease of the ground, with heavy lle of rain from W.N.W daring which the M. d. Dizon was driven asbor sione and understands the philanthropie shtually agreed to reasonable terms, and the ad- the weather was improving, with the barometer The Captain, officers, and crew managed to got ject of those institutions. The olgazious vortised sale did not take place,

stationary; stood back to the north until 10.30 phcards and he riotous demonstration ny--lə In spite says the Bising Sun) of the un- when the barometer spain fell, and there safely to there, but there is no prospect of enving sgainst the Buapital were nu donat, the soni animous wish of the foreign community of farious Balls of blinding rain. Stood the vessel. The U. A. Dizon was a vasal of Nagasaki-expressed in a petition to the United back to the soutard, going at a 9 kot speed, 415 tons burdon, was commanded by Captain J. States Secretary of State for the retention in til 2. a.ra. on Monday, when the barometer Cook, and was owned by the China Shipormere' office of General A. O Jones, as United States again became steady, with an inclination to rise. Association of Shanghai. She was under cbur-PROFIT AND 708 ACCOUNT, HONGKONG AND BRANG and spray rendering it impossible to see more than Mr. Vincent Smith. It is hardly pessible that the

and there was an improvement in the weather. of the populaca by some of the horribl. Cansal bers, we are privately informed that his The wind had a gone threagh W., S.W., and ter to load angar a: Takao for Yokohams.

Successor has been appointed, and will probably stories that are o freely got up agsins arrive by the mast u. 9. rasil stoner. The bocomo S. At 4 am the barometer commenced to risa donidudly; so stood back on course at full foreigners of a moment's notice by devigning | recipient of the appointment is, wa bòlïre, a

speed for Shanghai through a heary.confusel Mr. Birch. natires in China. Fortunately they quite

Rea Mads the Heraus at 8 am, and came to missed their mark og this sension, swing to

of some oil-intentioned person or pets who had worked on the grane sud for

A engger merehnat in Tokio has (says a Jana- peso vernacular paper) rescired an order for a Const. It is said that the Japanese Minister large quantity of copper through the Chiasse in Poking has sent to the Foreign Ofte anerder for 300,000 in of copper.

The report of the probable amalgamation of the Kyoto Unra Kaisha and the Mitsu Bishi Inisha is said by the Mainichi Shimbun to be erroneons. It is in contemplation to stabilsk ww transport company, with which to incorpo- rato both these celápanies, and conduct the coast ing trudo ou an entirely different system.

صبح

It is reported tết Choo Chi-mei has hean appointed to proceed the Marquis Teeng in the posts ho at present holds.

The Shin-pas mentions ex-Tao-t'ai Liu as the

The P & O, stearder Nepal, which arrived at Wong on the morning of the 3rd instant. reports:Left Hougkop at noon on Fri day (31st July, and had fins wonther El. Sunday. In the morning it was fins all round except to the N.E. and E., where there was blacs bank of clouds, out of which the sparos. At 4 a.m. preparations were made for a probable typhoon; the barometer continued to full, and the direction of the wind ons W. At noon,

LOSS OF THE BRITISH BARQUE "J. A. DIXON."

ABSTRACT OF ASSETS, AND LIABILITIFS, HONGAONG

AND KHANURAI BANEINO CORPORATION. 3TH JUNE, 1885.

ASERTO.

Cash Indian Government courtis Billa discombed, loans and medita Bills receivable Bank premises Dewateck...

Paid-up capital Reserve fund

LILDILITIES,

Marine insurance mincount

hoces in circulation Deposits...

$19,7 2,861,10 2,43,220,15 35,700 439.47 ...,844,01.79 499,012.30

....

$ 1,377,886.89

...53,457,97,87

The Nagasaki Rising Sun gires the following account of this disaster:—

the noradit caused by this unpleasant necessity, There is nothing manual, when a man is obliged the pressure of circumsteress to dispnes of some cherished property, in his saying "Oh, I've merely parted with it temporarily, and I going to take it back again directly I get things arranged." Nor is it absolutely unprece danted for the bayar to say Wallyouknow, if you want it back again, and are in a position to take

On Saturday, the 25th July, every indication: was experionood Loro of a severe typhoon pass ing to the westward, at no very great distance, and asbsequent reports have fully borne ont the indications. In the harbour no damage was sus- taised, but in the more exposed places on the it back by and by, I've no doubt we can come to 107,891,74 const the loss of life and damage to property has terms." We do not say for a moment that. Messry, Bassell & Co. mads aren say such half- doubtless been considerable. Amongit the oa $8,49,500.sualties reported are the loss of eighteen coal Promise to Li Hangchang, but it would be 1,500,000.00 junks af Takashima, and the stranding of the natural enough if they did an so, and would not 1,400,000.00 British brig Argos. The Argos, Captain Thom the least. One argument that has been used by invalidate the completeness of their purchase ir $90,000.00 sen, a very old vessel, of 289 tons register, well- 203.816. known on the past, is owned by Mr. Niis Möller, those who deny the bord fides of the sale is that, of Shangha. She left Yokohama on the 7th the company was offered to certain English and Gerasz firma bofore Mesara. Russell and Co. on the 25th July she arrived - within, 8

wiich was refised Mr Shiga, howevDr, Brez 16 pastogol-castle, and in two hours foned for Bawazor's Hoad; and became a total rook. Els payable (inclulag Drafte un 57,834,914.3 July, in bilast, bound to this port. At 3a.m. took it over. All this really proves is the anxiety

The Band of The Duffs" will play at the the prompt intervention of the Authorities. Officers' Mess to-day, the 12th inst, commsacing In most cases riole pan be averted in China Bpm The following is the programms

March...

"Camp Life"...

Valse"Germany"..... National Bouquet The Bose, Shurook,

& Thiatie' Selectiva. The Pirates of FentanOS Air do Bellat...Los Etoilas

Verdi

Sobot

anchor inside Gutzlaff at 5 p.m. on the same day. The lowest reading of the Board of Trade mer- ential barometer was 29.18 at about 2.30 a. en Merday, while the aneroid registered 740.00 if the officials will only act promptly and Over Lea Terres Sicilianos"...

..Benedict milliméters, or 29.213 inches. At the commence. firmly, but unhappily they hava nat almira | Fandice que Fossini ment of the bad weather there was a heavy ses Kols Rela from N.E., with the wind W.N.WN. C. Daily

News. Selirat A severe galo was experienced at Shanghai on Eaton the night of the Sad and morning of the 3rd

inst For several days proriously the barom A correspondent writes to the N: C. Daily ter had been gradually falling, and the steams News from the North A men you do not which arrived from the North, East, and South dream of is now being proposed as Inspector reported a hory swell and strong galea. On General " It mor be of interest to give a list of the morning of the 2nd there were strong gusts the persons whose names have cocurred to us or of wind coming from various quarters To have been mentioned in public or private sa awards evening it was blowing pretty stiffly, and the cards :---

preparations were made by cargo-boat men to gat their craft to a place of shelter during the night the bad wonther increased, and between 2 and 3.30 am on the 3rd appears to have been at its wurst. When daylight cams, the wind had con sidorably lullod, and the damage done since dusk

deen disposed to extend their protection to the unwelcome foreigner until soviters look li bloodshed. In this respect sa improvement has, however, been appstem recently, the Cantral Government having, we believe, bujn pretty strict orders uponthe provinciidofiiais to take wolice moxaurea to prevent alioki by native mobs on foreigners or their pro- party. The destruction wrought on Shameen by the sub in September, 1888, entailed the indemifcution of the sufferers by the Go- vernment, and thus the actual losers were the Authorities themselves. This sort of thing

is of worse hot to be borne with equani

mitz, and we may effect that it will operate

for the future so render the Kangtung

officials energetic and quick to suppress riot

or dianrder. At Hangchow, too, where the

protest, the Hospital. No doght similar

Mr. James Hart. Mr. Q. Dotring. “ Mr. McLeavy Brown. Rev. Dr. Martin. Bov. C. Holcombe.

Dr. Mangowa,

tháng

Hoa

Ng Choy.

M. Giquel

POLICE COURT.

-་-------- Angast 11th.

BEFORE MR. H. E. WODEHOUSE.

LARCENY.

Tang Aohning, coolie, was sentenced to four- teen days' hard labour for stealing brass to the value of 4 cents, the property of his emphyars, the Hongkong and Whempes Dock Company, at Hang Ham, on the 10th inst.

Chun Ohui Bing, coolie, was charged with stouting clothing to the value of 82 from the house of a carpenter named Ckan Kam Mni, at Wanebsi, on the lith inst

He got into the house in the night, and awoke the carpenter by some incautious noise, while taking out the clothes,He was chased-and- caught oataide by a boartably,

In default of finding a suraty of $5 for his good behaviour for sir weeks, the prisoner was committed to gaol.

dor. Bankers and shortsight drawings 60 our London Office against hills co- ceivable and bullion shipments).

** 44

KLF

Front and loss account...

BAT BANKING CORPORATION.

30 JUNE, 1885

To amount written off :—

Remuneration to Directors 10,000.00 Rebate on Bills not das ... 1,121.79 To dividend acceant -

£2 per share on 69,900 shuros

£120,000 at 4/6 per $

To dividend adjustment account.—

Difference in Exchange betwoơn 4,6, the rate at which the dividend is declared. and 3,64, the current rate of the day. To serve fond Torserve for Bqualization of cividends To balance carried forward to cart half-

Desember, 1854

By bolanos of Undivided Froits, Slit By amount of Net Profits for the six months ending 30th June, 1885, after deduoling a sipenas and interest paid and due

LESERYE IND.

Li Ayik, ocek, was charged with stealing Tu balance on 30th Jans, 1:35 24, the property of his employer, Sanitary In- By halce, ontist De 4,490,000.00 apoter Germain, on the 4th Lust.

By amemt transferred)

fen profit and lose 190,000.00

Mr. Germain said that on the 4th ho gave the

AN UNSOUGHT FOR BATH.

wiles of Iwo-shima Ughthouse, and only re- of Li Fung-cbang to find a parobaser for theTM quired daylight to beat in to an aushorage. Be property before the French could attack it; and 14,444,927,SA

whatever ferma, may have bean offered to these tween 3 and 4 a.m., however, the wind rapidly ju- 939,548.00

croneed to a gais, with a rory heavy sos, reader English and German drze, which have never been made public, it does not follow for a moment. The gsle 55,429,201.6ing it impossible to gain the harbour.

continued during the whole of the day, the rain that the same or similar terms were accepted by about 1 mile ahead. Late in the day it cleared ante American officials who affected the transfer up for a short time, and land was discerned on the the flag on the steamers were hoodwinked by lee bow. Every exertion was made to keep her both the sellers and the buyers; and supposing off shore, but the tide and ses were so strong that which the ennica of Misera, Essell & Co. i

for an inzient that they were purtion to the fraud 11,12179❘ all afforts failed, and at 11 pm she struck on a

reef, which afterwards proved to be situated close pate, it is very unlikely that they would have to Matsu-skima. The captain and crew were taken at home such reports of the transaction, as 63,2-3.33 off by some native boats from the adjoining island, would have induced President Arthur to special- and all of them, with the execption of one of the mention it in his message to Congress. Wo olliesma arrived bars at 2am on Tuesday, the 28thy bo srtain that the documents most have July. We hear she is badly damaged, and will be in perfect order which satisfied the keen 144,319.73 bomo a total wreck.

ayer of Mr. Rakrell Young, Mr. Smithers and General Stahal. The length of the magotiations connected with the repurchase of the steamers is

100,000.00 180,000.00

50,118.2 MESSRS. RUSSELL & CO. AND THE other proof that there was no concocted agro-

"N. C. DAILY NEWS"

ment to thia offoot, mado at the time of the sale to Messes Russell & Co. If there had been wach 939,549.06

The following is a latter from Mr. W. V. as agreement, the affair would have been put 61,570.14 | frammond, Heura. Russell & Co.'s legal adviser, through in a day or two, and it is certain that

to the editor of the N. C. Daily News:

the Chinese, jealous as they now are of fersigu Bir-Ea your issue of this morning, you have interference, would not have taken over a largo 877,977.92 pallixhed a paragraph-ocumenting thus-number of Mesars-Fussell & Co.'s employda, or Some of the steamers that Mosers, Bussoll & zelained that firza as their foreign secretaries, 93943.00 Co. have been managing for the last twelve Another cracial question suggests itself. Could months will be retransferred to the Chinese flag Mesars Russell and Co. heve compelled the this mornings" do. By this you evidently mean China Merchants B. N. Ca to take back the 4,500,000.00 to infer that Mesra. Kuselt & Co. have not been property now that war is over? Undoubtedly the proprieters during that period, and bore they could not; and as agreements must be merely managed stearners that were in reality reciprocal it is equally evident that the China Chinese property under the American Rag Merchants could not compol Masira Ruseall During the past year, and specially of lita, you & Ca. to transfer the property to the We have given publication to various statements on should be sorry to think that way internationa? his subject tending to raise the same inference, jealousy was at the bottom of this sustained 500,000.00. In your issue of the 21st July last, you pablished attempt in some quarters to impate, mala fides what purported to be a letter from an ocasional to a leading firm in our midet; but it is difficult correspondent at Tientsin, and which contained to find any other ground for these repeater. aust growly libellons statements, and concluded insinuestions In these remarks we have been treat the matter generally, and with- -599,000.39 | by stating that Mesara. Russell & Co.'s owner- ouroful

ship of the steamers in question was "nominal at any reference to Mr. Drummond's letter to And fictitious."

our marning contemporary, and that journal's

1,500,000.00

BEZRYK POR EQUALIZATION OF DIVIDENDA.

400,000.00

count

F.D. SARBOON, Chairman.

· Koogkong, 11:4 August, 1885. ...---

I am further lustruoted to inform you that

HANGCHOW..

A very strange ramone maskes us Dily could be aseertained. Fortuulely only the neap defendant $30, of wlisa 38 was for his own Neval through Chinees sources from Tientsin tidas ware on, and they do not rise as high as the wages, and the rest for his chair coolies. The This gravely asserted that the King of Xares, springe by a couple of feet or so. Had it not defendant did not pay ike chair coolies, and dis has secretly arrived in Tientsin in person, on an been thus, a great deal more damage would un appeared. Complainant did not find him until To balso on Seth June, 1985 urgent visit to the Viceroy, and that his unex-oubtedly have been caned, though enough was Monday, when he discovered the man among the By balos, on 31st Dev., pooted presence will prevent the latter from prodana to requires good many days' work to repair. Singapore passengers on board the Austro- By umpant transferred) beading to Paking for the Emperor's birthday! The foreign shipping in the harbour de uat seem Hungarian. Lloyd's steamer Elektra, which was irona profit and los ao. $100,000.00

to have suffered at all, but several house boats then learing, The prisoner then sail he had Medical Missionary Hospital was attacked on.

The O. S. 8. Co's steamer Stentor gives the and sarge boats were washed axbors, and the lost the $24 in gambling. the 29th ult. by a riotous mob, the Authe following report of her voyage up to Staghai band was damaged at several points, while the The defendant repeated the statement in rition displayed covaideiably alacrity in from this port Left Hongkong at am on roads and streets were covered with branchos of court, and he was sentenced to six months' hard

I am now instructed to inform you that the reply. Apart from those writings, we can see spatching soldiers to disperse the roughs and the 31st July, and had moderate and fine weather trees and other debris. A steamer from the Isbour.

up to the evening of the 1st instant, when the north reported a large junk sunk in the Light

The subject was music, and how appropriate purchase of these steamers, and of all the pro- unthing in the circumstances of the sale and perty in question, was an absolute purchase by resale that are not consistent with the most wind set in strong from the S.W; with a very Draft Channel with no sign of life about her. William Osmund, watchman at the Hongkong curtain airs are for certain cosions. That's Mrs. Russell & Co. and a thoroughly bond fids absolute good faith on the side of the foreign motives condused to make the offends dirty appearance to the northward, accompanist Some fears were entertained for the safety of a Raps Faotary, was summoned by Mau Casang so," said one; but the most appropriate music transaction, and that Messrs. Ensial & Co. wore party to the recent transaction-Shanghai in both places anxious to prevent destructionby vivid lightning, falling tarometer and high parts of ladies and gentlems who went out in a † and Taxi Ahan on a charge of assanit, and there. to any occasion that I ever heard was in Sect- ander no obligation, legal or moral, to rese!?! the Courier.

and confased saa from the N.E. Buspecting the boasabout on the afternoon of the 2nd, owing to was cross-summene issued by Cand charging land. There was a travelling chiropodist there steamers and property to the Chicess.

who went round with a brass band." Well, we were running into something unusual, the their not returning the same evening. It ap- Man Cheung with azmulting him. engines were slowed for three houre, when the pears, they went to Tungkudno and anchored in Mr. Osmand and his wife were out for a walk, where did the appropriate musio come in."-

It was this way. Whenever that man want tractation of the statements you have publish

unless you publish within next few days a full weather moderated with rising barometer; then a creek, when all the exew left to go on shore, and when near the Slaughter House they came

30th July proceeded on our course fail speed. Un 2nd The tide drave the boat up the bank of the creak, to the Military mest van, round which there were inta on bistand would play "Bet the corned, felther inferring or alleging that the tran- 4 sangers ist vomered here last erosoly Western physic. This case, which has been August, at 8 am, the wind veerol to WN.W. and when the water fall the boat was left lagh some coolics amusing themselves. Just as thor caring horn comes."""

saulion was a merely colourable, and not a bond already quoted in our columne, was that of. from We app. barvitor falling rapidly, position all night and up til 2 pm nert day of the coolies, throw a lot of water on top of the feeling of the people of this country by the quan- Russell & Co. for having made or published auch mandarins, old hardly have failed to loal to barometer alightly falling: coon, strong breeze (and dry. The pleasure-sockers remained in is gut abreast the vas, the defendant, who was one The Chinese at one time measured the irritable tds sale), and an apology satisfactory to Megers, and vigorous interference on the part of the no less a personage than the Ex-Vicirur of beary guste, of wind from N.W. with a very hey had to are their lost and return is van and it went over on to Mr. and Mrs. Os dits of china broken in a year. A Chinese histo statements, I am to wommence legal proceedings loss of life, and a much more serious loss of the Two Kung. That oficial had called high and confesed sen from the N. We now Shanghai, which they noobed 13 pin. in a mand on the other side. Hr. Osmund said berian observes: The merchants of Canton make against you for libel. I am. Big, your obedient Property than is actually the sata. in Dr. Troмsan, who found him suffering northward of us, and that we were on its wouth reperta that the centre of the typhoon entered water, and he was sure the defendant could see European passions, and as often as the sale zug-

Yesterday was the birthday of Koan-yin felt sertain that there was a typhoon to the native craft. The Hey. Father Dechevrons shunted to stop the man from throwing the the sale of their brittle ware in the barometer of servant.

W. V. DEUMMOND,

Pa-sa, one of whose temples adjoins the hospital. from a rapid weak pulse and general malaise, western adre, slowed the engines; at 9p.m. the Hangeher Bay at 5.30 am. on the 3rd, going him perfectly well The coplie ld he did it wants they say The last year has been a pas

Last evening there was a large gathering.of contracted at that warshy spot Whamps, werd, when the weather rapidly improved with metor was lowest at Bicarei nomaly 740.74 want for him with a stick, and gave hika sovorak: ported to the extent it was some Jɛara ago; Eng

devotees at this temple, including many women weather getting worse, stood ship to the south in o westerly dirention. At that hour the baro- quite unintentionally. Mr. Omand, however, alolate one in England" China is not now im

This is what the editor mye pes

sad many men of focen choracter. Dr. Main, and he prescribed for the patient ne rising barrastar At midnight preceded on millimetres-or-29,104 inches. The wind was blow with it

| lish' manufactured articles have superseded the It is not necessary that we should avail whe has been spending a few weeks with his cordingly. But the Ex-Viceroy was not our course. From 7am to noon on the 3rd strongest between 3 and 4 am, thewing a velo-

Beth casos wero dismissed.

use of the brittla waro of Asia; and the wise men onreedres of the few days gron which Mr. family at our sanatorium fear the West Laken, allowed, though he wished to du no, to take had heavy rain, sfterwards clearing up. At 7 city of U7 kilometres or 0.5 miles su bour in a

of the Celestial Empire now say that English Drammond is good enough to allow na We had not yet returned to the city. In his absence p.m. andlord of Chinsan; 8.30 am. a 4th N.E. E. direction; and between midnight and Chung Alap, carried woman was dried $10 man have subdued all their anger, that they have will deal with the subject at once, and in the two sealous native Christians, not in the Dr. Thomson's medicine, and died under proceded and arrived at Woong at 3 pm, on 6. s.m. 492 kilometres or 331 mailas were regis for unlicensed possession of a small quantity of no matrimonial strife, and therefors seldom break Brat place can only say that the expressions in employment of the Mission, undertook on the dosing of the native dosiore who had the 5th

tered.

prepared opium on the 10th inst.

cups and saucera.

our pangraph of Saturday, referring to the their own responsibility to open the Hos

of property or interforence with foreigners.

We have said that Dr. Thomson bas

given an instance of official prejudice against

OPIUM CASE,

Shanghal, 1st August.

evening