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HONGKONA, DECEMBER 4TH, 1885..

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THE DAILY PERSS, FRIDA, BHOSUBER ka 1888.

The Agent informs that the Goldental & shire Begiment was prent yesterday and play Oriental S. Ce's steamer Gaalto, with the ed on the Ground duris the afternoon. The American mail of the 10th alb, bas arrived at Yokohama and sailed for this port yesterday following in the noore MÀ. morning.

The Foothose Echo "roparts that a Honan

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with other minerale ongars in the Tangon dis purest galens is not expected to dress up to more

Did yon see whether she stopped or reversed trict. Above the Tang-onand Badexing districts than an assay value of from 72 to 20 por con | we arrive at mute recent formations. On the bank, and as may be seen by reference to reports of of the Wat-kong (bras inferisure of M. Hechor) the ticketings at Cambarus and some other seats her engines -She did not stop at all. Till the near the Groot Dragon Temple Pass, occur of the minoral are trade 60 per cent. ors is a time of collision she was going at six or seven 2 Fosella of a decidedly more recent, probably of good fair average for dressed ore. As is wall boote, and I saw no change of spood or of course

upper accena or middle tertiary ago. I suocesi. known, any fine metallic powder, however heary fill the collision

soldier was secuted by the river side at Pagode Anchorage on Treadsy, the 24th ultimo, for the a. A. Brawat, Phase10 Mk winket, b Plamhe 15 saloarenus matter and coloured by iron peroxide-out of the question. murder of a man from whom he had attempted. de O. Somlan, u magley, to steal some money. The disbanded soldiers are capt. Katrin, h Plomin awaiting passage and in the meantime seem to w. D. dirahast by Plusbe have talian charge of the place and sanex every ..Smith, Dawson

A. Lloyd, Bar thing they can lay hands on. The tradesmen Major Riddel, e Flambe, b Da for some time refused to open their shops, but owing to the nation of the authorities they have regained confidence.

To-day and tomorrow an Eleven from Ire and will attempt the hard task of defeating "The World" ut Cricket, and a tough context may be anticipated. The following are the Elovena

JERLAND.

THE WORLD.

I. F. Whyte (Caps) C. S. Barf

A. H. Christian, E.N.

T. E. Devian

M. D. Graham, Northam

G. Grimbly

A. J. Leach

A. A. Lord, Northam

Capt. Pearann, R.N.

J. Plambe, R.LX..

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"AGAMEMNON", "Daring." A match was played esterday at Kowloon between elevens from 8. Agamemnon and Doring, which resulted uneasy victory for the Daring. Following aroje fall scores:

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Al Reed Redde, and, Rose

J. Friscoli, e Base, b Bazil

D. Ongi.Oliste, Hashbridge

1. Dolan, Bowe, à Rathbridge

Anot or lttle?-Mook. She heeled over so that I could not use her port rail.

Did you so the vela como apart after the collision-Yes. Just as tho collision took place the Gumfrun stopped or reversed the engines. She put over her helm to port, as I could plainly

But why do you say, she stopped or reversed? Was any of her propellor out of the water P About a quarter of it.

After the collision did she go ent--Her head- went off to the northward. She remained two or three minutes, and then she went off on bor

How was ur head at the hamsat of the esllision, an arus you can judge?-I cannot day exactly, but I should think sho was string betwest north and north-east.

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nationalities unlass on the ground that ng-Play will cornmezos to-day at 2 p.m. punctually. W. Then sat out, Bushbrid Guthrasitic shalos ervoeding of which is fost in hoight abore sea lərək; surrounding this ) is my first steamer, I hava bean in her year

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On which side wore the junks anchored P—All the war along botwoes the south side of the channel and the land both to the oastward and the westward of the Thira.

Tid you as two jonks ander sail to the west- ward abeat that time? Yes.

Was there anything mado yes look at them parolarly-N

Oa which side of the Glenfruin was the Com

INTIMATION,

districta as regarde laxation is that of the consideration due to poverty and the ob. UST LANDED A Largs Supply of ligations incumbent on the rich. While

Fazer Lengvas. professedly following out this principle the PURE CONFECTIONERY,

Capt. Fesco, Thempas, Erer Lt. Robinson, ab emith... legislature trials the well-to-do owners of

The Hongkong, Canton, and Mosso Steam-Bub-Z4. Christian, bot out...

ed in obtaining at this point from some Chinese it may be, avon gold and platinum, may be held How far we the Glenfruin from year stera, Comprising

pleasure bouson or show places at Kowloon bost Company, are once more to experieuse.op-Puble Comber, e Board, Gr

Kloyd, ke Riddell 12 labourers who were working there tão carapassin auspension in vator and any attempts to clean is your opinion, when the collision took plaosP...... PINK, WHITS, AND BROWN STOAD CANDY, on a mora favourable footing than the work-position on their Canter lino, The British. de otrok, e Llop, b

Erm, b Joazlan

of o largo turtle and some fragmentary romains this mineral by even the most approved of mo- Between 600 and 700 fest, Steamer Woh Yeung, oward by Chiume, in ad

When the colition took place could you see Obocolare Cœeave, DESERT CHOCOLATE, ing classes in the City of Victoria. The same vortised to raz regularly thrice a week, Masers. H. Plante, & Egan Lurd, Mature, of despodous, erastaceans; these fomila were dern prosessen mest result in the loss of very

H. Dis son, Puth Essa

found embodied in an urgiilangnus marlor cal- large proportion; the mineral, being so very much the hull of the Camorta?--You N-o-u-o-A-T,

sonaideration, however, is not extended to Arnhold, Karberg & Co. have undertaken to not Com Langler, Grabe

caroons olay, and may be looked upon as de softer than its enclosing matrix, could not bat When the tre vossels caras together did say... Torre, BARLEY Sugar, Lazor. Drora,

be reduced to a most impalpable powder long thing happen to the Gamaria-Los, she hosled the owners of plenare houses or show places agents in Canton. The Wak Taung is a sore. I. L. Manali, Egan

14. Hensford, Lord, bls. 20:00 oitedly representative types of eavens ago.

Hoturning now to the Boges and ascending before the anolosing rock had been suflciently over to port. PRALINES A LA Ross.

at the Peak. Aad hero, as further showing star of 18 tons, and is commanded by Cap-Dr. Wester, rod qu

tain I. Witt,

the East Rivor, near the town of Shok-lung we pulverized to under any process of separation may observe a highly tonsilitorous red sandstone based on gravitation available. While as to hand Comera, and Sueabed Almonds in great the inconsistenor characterising the action of

the Government, we many montion incidental

made up of quartz grains roundel and modified dressing up to anything to the standard re- Is that in the matter of ground rents and

by attrition, cemented together by a base of rod quired for smelting purpose the idea is quite leases Kowloon is treated much loss liberally

A microscopio esamination of this alcareous We will now pass to the groups of islands than the Peak, although in the matter of

and-stone show it to be full of fragments of immediately to the south of Hongkong-ths are her radder go over to the starboard sirla lamellibranchs, probably of triassa or arly Laws, Lems, and Ky-pong groups. The two taxation it is proposed to treat it as

sacondary age. Leaving this spot and traveling former presont geological features almost in-She stopped entirely, no mozo speed ahond In the stricken district.

further up the river to the town of Ho-Ves va every way similar to Hongkong, but more wholly poverty

have a mountain limestone formation, whilst on gravitio is charater; the granite, as in Heng. matter of their leases the Kowloon lot-

journeying to the southward, keeping insila the Bong, is traversed by segregation weins, but the holders have undeniably just ground

granite mountains which skirt the ses board of islands, so far as I have been able to obtorre, for complaint; in the matter of taxation

southern Kwangiang, the coal beds (as yet show no markedly prominent traces or evidence bat partially explored) and extensive iron doof porphyritie or basaltio laval intrusions. The course. they have escaped a portion of their fair

And what was the position of the Emmorta posits of Kwai-shin, a district of the Wei-chan mest Southern group, however, which is marked share of the public burdens. But what

prefecturé, amo arrived at. We now come assrse on the charts as the Ky-pong group, pregoats when the vessels came apart?-I cannot any to a shall we say to the Attorney-General's as

to the seast range of the provinen, whers, all features ofan ereedingly instructive andlátarast point, but her head was to the north, zero to keeping some fow miles on the Isadward, ing nature. Coming upon the greapas I did for the westward. tounding proposition that the admixture of Europawns in the population is a reason for A. K. Travers (Capt.)

northern and western side of the range, we the first time from the seaward, seeing the most J. M. de Robnok, f. N.

passions. leationlar deposits of crystalline southerly islet with ita feldspare and ridge upon calaite, generally grey, often white and mc-ridge of rocky oryatala glittering in the first taxing the place where each admixture exista E. Dawson, K.N. W. H. Darby

choroidal in its form of crystallization, but oe dawn of a glorious autumn morning, the rugged were heavily than places where thoro is a

Dr. Ffalliott, S.

Did you sos where the Glinfrain went after casionally vained with pyrite. From the small solosulu peak of the larger island redesting the HON NOR.

extent and markedly lenticular nature of these first rays of the morning sunlight leaming ny warda-She went on towards Graan Island. Gover Capt. Katarin purely Chinese population ? It is trus the F.Koo, M. L.1.

You say that the Glenfruik was going six or learned gentleman asociates wealth with the Capt. No-maa

Cover 4 deposits, coupled with the absence of easily re-in the back ground, the spectacle was one of a & Fawa Europeans sud poverty with the Chiness, & Smaran, M.

cognizable fossile, I rofar them to paleozoic pre-nature calculated to impess itself apon theme-seven knots, and then she stopped immediately, . Mandonsi & Anakbelógy ...tet. Bushbridge, b Elever a HN. Thorn, M.B.

Sobably upper Silurian ago. Apparently contemmary. The group is composed of an irregularly what was it that stopped her -The collision, Polwuth......... but why draw the distinction between the Dr. Wheeler, E.N.

***poraneous with the above are a series of black shapod faland gome two miles in length having in my opinion. fan sat, & Carer......

indurated in upon its southern extremity a peak shout £80 Have you been long in leathers Po, that Wiges, & Wallace b-Rual.bilge Polith character, the salonting matter 3. Mured, a Wallace, b kawa..... sot onl It seems that the Hon. Malcolm Fraser, the Finckstone, notating, Fowseth... 11 minutely diffused authrasite. These shales are larger island area araber of rooks and islets, and a half. the rate of taxation? Moreover, the associa- Colonial Secretary of Western Australia, bus been

markedly characteristic and may safely be pro- the larger of which are to the south of the main Eyene jeg by!, midce 3, DO

2 nounced of Bilarian or lower palmozofs age, istud; "the base of these islands, where exposed tion of wealth with the Europeans and pover-offered the Secretaryship of Mauritins, but has

Now, Jesting the coast line of Chias at the mouth as they are to the fall sweep of the grast Pacific ty with the Chinese is in itself inaccurate; declined it. The Freemantle Herald say:-Al-

of the Tung-po valley, on the north of Mixs Bay, Ozean, erozion wouli naturally be expacted to go thongh the Colonial Secretaryship of Mauritius

where a mass of intrusive quart porphyry, mark on more rapidly than at othor points, reveals the there are happily mary wealthy Chinamen ranks third in the Civil Service appointments,

B Dylan 14 ing an era of plutonie distárbance in this distriat, existenes of a rock in which, metamorphic potion in the colony, and, unfortunately, not a few and generally, as in the cage of Sir Frederick

b Maddeford poor Europeans. In the letter of the Kow-Broome, londs to a Governorship, we think that

an antydamas hask the all ateam watering the valley. an almost produced the appearance of a tras the Hon. Malcolm Fraser has done wall in dealin

bladdeford 34 using a picturesque waterfall, we have arrived granite. As westond the mountain peak asoft loon lotholders to the Jan. P. EXRIE reading an offer that might to toe "hot" for him.

© uzib Maddaford. at the small islands on the east coast outside highly silicious fragmentary rook of comparative-

the Tyverûu pass. I have not landed on allly low ponific gravity and evidently of volcanic orta at the time of the collision ?-On the south; · at the mooting of the Legislative Council on vo believe he is looking forward to an appoint,

these islands, but-from-the-blanched-argillaceous origin begins to be seen Soms of this laval on her port sids. the 11th altimo it was urged that kigberAgent-General for this colony in England. This ment more congenial to his feelings, that of

appearance of the weathered crast where the matter is highly micaosus, other specimena Crosa-examinal by the Attorney-General rooks have been exposed to view, and the gameral somewhat loss so, by far the greater portion, The Khita was about 800 feet from the stem of rates should be levied on the Chinese than appointment will shortly hava to be made, and

contour and manner of weathering, I judge the lowever, contains large quantities of feco silion my ship. oa Europeans, following in this respect the know no one more suitable for the post than

greater part of these islands to be probably some in a most minutaly comminuted form, which, "And how far was the Glenfruin from you when THE Legislative Council cau bardly be cre-example of Shanghai. In commenting on lacy of Colonial Buocetary of Mauritius is about

so well-tried an offloor as Mr. Fraser. The sa

variety of ourite or quarts porphyry. The ad- together with an abundance of muscovite is she was lying at her buoy I samast Lall that; dited with the display of much wisdom in this letter we maintained that the Chinese £1.259 per snuum; at present Mr. Fraser re. SOME NOTES ON TE GEOLOGY OF cont coast rangs contains a central mair, mas in small glancing scales and some felspathic she was for far off. Bix tagusand feet; but I

of granite with intrusions of various forms of matter, forms a ground mass in which are in cannot tell that oxnolly. the coarse it has adopted with reference ring in the colony were entitled to the priceives eight hundred pounds per annum, but that SOUTH KWNGTUNG.

ancient lave, diabase, nralite porphyry, and the bedded fragmentary portions of biotite and Have you spoken about this matter to Samuel to the apportionment of the municipal rates.vileges of British subjects and that the prin

Levert) forms of basalts, varying more in fineness lepilomalom korneblende, angito, magnetite, and son sisse posterday?—Yes, we talked over the Prafatarlly I would wimit that scientific in or coarseness of crystalline texture than in chemi- some other minoria Namerass fragmentary matter last night. The Kowloon lotholders have gained their ciple of differential taxation on account of

You talked over the evidence he had given?- point, and are to be taxed at a lower rate race was inadmissible. If, however, it be

vestigations of any kindhore especially gesto dal composition; the vary from a corsa grained orystals and grains of quartz of larger size also thas the residents in Victoria of at the Peak once admitted, as the Attorney-General seems

be entered upon withonpreconceived notions, eng abounds in segregation vains of its compon prevailing colour is grey, except whore by wea gical resourch, in order,tips of any value, must delerite to typical almost vitroons basalt. The occur seattared through the maas, giving the Yes.

granite of the caset range na well as of Hong rock a somewhat porphyritic appearance; the or Pakfolum. The only reason assigned for to admit, that differences may be made on

The mind should bo s hut unul impressions ent minerals. This has been very fully exemplithering the ferrous oxide has been per-oxidised, their more favourable treatmort, so far se account of race, then we have no hesitation

are received upon it, frol without is the result fed during the tinselling operations now going staining the rook in patches of red and brown *can be gathered from the discussion on Wedin maintaining, in opposition to the A-|

On the smaller island of the group occurs of actual observation andxperiance. These ro- Aqueduct at Tai-tama comprehensive scheme large plates and veins of a glassy fissured variety on for the construction of the Price Rosorvvir and

Have you bean many times in Hongkong in nesday, is their "minerable poverty." The torney-General, that Chinese and not Euro-at the second reading, mazed the other day by

The Hon. F. M. Mackwood M.LC, Cegion, aurka have been called 8th by certain expres-including the construction of a large reservoir of quartz alternated with plates of misa several the dinige P-Yos, about a year we have bea Colonial Treasurer says his owùr theory is that the police rate should be the same allen tenements ought to be the more heavily the Acting Colonial Secretary and seconded by sions of opinion as the misst of metamorphic a dam 90 feet high, and the boring of a tannis inehas thick, soms of which present the pa- cunning from here--twelve or fifteen times

And do you always anchor in the same place? taxed. Probably the learned gentleman the Attorney-General, raised a very sensible action, and the possibilitjof the large adjacent 7,000 feet long throng an intervening range of culiarity of being at one end the blackest biotite over the island, and that if Victoria paye 81 would not think of seriously supporting the objection to the re-enactment of the yearly con island of Tai-o-ban bog & country of gacins hills, for bringing the water of the Tai fara sauding off into light green or almost colourless-Yes, about

How was the Glanfrain's head so she was ly- valley into the City of Victoria. Sono few days and transparent muscovite at the other. Emged per cant. every body abould pay the same.

tinuing Bill to make tomporary provision for position he assumed in respect of this ques-securing the status of French mail steamere and primitive schists wit possibly interbadded ago I came across a runes of prystalline onloits with those veins of miss and quarts, the whole iny at her baoe Westwards, pointing towards "But then comes in the practical consideration in the discussion on Wednesday, but within the parts of that colariga messus which lasrenus deposits of Aron age. The fact of pure white and of a beautiful opaline nacreous boing in a series of plates fusters or ter Green Island. I do not think she was always tion of the miserable poverty of the Chinese his remarks were of so extraordinary & Straite and Hongkong. He desired to know whethers argues nothing gajah

is on all fours with that passed year by year in the small quantities of magnéto having been found lustre, unlike any previous specimen observed by rages one after the other gradually rising, beading that way, but I think that of the time

contention that myself. The mass is sauztially made up of osour large tabblar prisms and veins of fald she whistled she turned on her tooy.

In what way did she turn on her buey f-That in there little fishing villages, where every character that they can hardly have failed to ther the home Government in seking the Council rechas opinion is mostfalciens one. Although rhombohedral prisms, but presenting in places par varying in colour from pure white to dark

a lamellar structure resembling argentine, from red, the colouring matter being invariably farrie I did not sos. ten-cent piece represents a considerable sum; attract the attention of any caraful reader of to re-encot the ordinance had given the Colonial science is slowly wrestingfrom Natars her most which mineral, however, the specitzen differs in oxide. These foliispare crystallize iz monoclinic Then how do you know she turned P-Becanes and it is desirable to make the faxes as light the report. This, however, is merely iudi- trar mich at any hope the Cantal secreta eberiched secrets, yet stil the great laboratory ita perfect purity and ahsonee of eiliss. This forms, but in the granitold formationes exposed by the tide set towards Groon Island, and therefors se they practically can be in such miserable dental,

The real ground on which the be ramleded the Council, in the last Session held of the universe axist modepf oralation, ronotions, mass of calcite has evidently been deposited from erosion at the boss of the island triclinic forms, I think she must have coma round.

What she was at her bncy what part of villages as thase of stonecatters and fisher-Council has gone in adopting differential out almost assured hopes that this Bill would and mechanical effecta a yet andreamed of inquens solution, and pours tear some line of although somewhat weathered and disigared by men who hardly know what money is. Ootaxation for the various districts into which Mackwood oxpressed, he thought, the general

joint, canred, it may well be, by seismic dis exposure, van be distinctly made out. On a spot her could you see ?-Her forse side and her star: never be brought before them again. Mr.

our philosophy.

Larbance. The granite for some few feet in dis near the centre of this smaller island I observed board side about all the way. Magnetita, as we wellknow, is an smential tanos from the deposit is infiltrated by calciomwhat has boas apparently a ministare crater or Was she the only steamer thereabout P-Ter. this score the lotholders at Kowloon are to the colony has been divided for rating put-would never be brought before them again. It ingredient, in fact it for the colouring matter carbonats of no distinct crystalline structure orilice during, scris period of volcsuit activity.

Tow when he said that be hoped that this bill

Was she the only one under way P-You Barated at 7 per cent. only, although they poses is that the rich should be more heavily was a principle which was very repugnant, that of hasalts and some oltblack or duck-coloured at of the granite in such a manner as to some seven or eightfest in diameter. The rock in sway I think

Bocairing. Forttered between the orystalline This is now completely flied by a neok of quartz What was she whistling for P-For her going are neither stonecutters nor fishermen or taxed than the other glasses of the commu-commercial vourpany, absidized by the Gorruptive rocks, and this stall quantity of ragusuggest the idea that crushing and disorganizing which this volanie pips occurs appears to boat.

What was her object P-I do not koor, the yet poor. Included amongst those who arenity. It has failed to carry out its purpose, ernment, should have within their barboars the tie which in the format dissinutive modular of the granite nour its line of joint by the sazio form of rhyolite (quaris trachyte). The most fairway was clear all the way.

status of man-of-war. This position had, the to escape at the lower rate is the wealthy but has succeeded in making the incidence honourable mamber very truly painted ont, been masse has been found ions of the deep ravines forea which caused the crack or fault has slowed Jînstructive lesson to be gained from these massas What de vessels whistle for in thot way?-To Duck Company, is respect of its clear the way, and tell other vessels to take some

order and mode of orystallization. In every sin other way. property at Sam-shui-po, Hung Hom, and hope, therefore, that at the text meeting of great opposition in Crown Colonies viseshore: bean formed by the altertion of pyrite or by the I have lihowiss collected su extremely interest-gle osas out of many hundreds of amplas Aberdeen. The bumblest employee of the

that practically all for Majesty'n Golomite decomptaition of ferris storide by the steam al-ing set of specimens of alteration prodasta illus. not one specimina contra of quarte enclos tents-At the time the moste and I spoke about Dock Company, if they live in Victoria, are

The Hon. the Acting Colonial Secretary simply cost always present during periods of volcanio trative of the solvent and altering power of paring or truly surrounding massss of fuldiyarit. The safe said he thought cho was golag colating water, which, entering the soil as rain, the latter. howovuz, contains numerous enclosed seven knots, and I said I thought it was only six. to be rated at 82 por cont., no matter what

confined himself to the statement that he was activity. diffenly they may have in making both

You were talking about her ?Yes, she was D anable to give the hon. member any iuforia-

sharged with carbon dioxide and other matters quarts orystals. Hence Thars ared that in tinn on the subject. The legislation in the three being worked by a Cinese Company, are progress, exerts a far more native fores than asid, the zond Zaag in excess of the amount

absorbed from the atmosphere in its downward ranite and other rooks containing free silicie aica built ship. ends meet, while the Company itself

But I thought it was the whistle which at Colonies of Ceylon, the Straits, and Hongkong situated at Tam cbsa, inthe San-tak district, would be possessed by pure water alona. Amongst which the bases present can take up in a state tracked you? It was all together, pay only 7 per cent. The Council therefore

was first taken up in the year 1881 under instrua

You say you saw the Camorta's hull at the The Agents Mass. Gibb, Livingston &tions from the Secretary of Stato; the fam and are some miles to witward of the Bogas those specimens are calsite, manganese di-oxide, of chemical combustion, has crystallized out as cannot even claton to be consistent in the ap Co.) inform us that the Ben Line stoamorporary" provision geems likely now to become a Forts on the Canton Rix. I am bat impor. Johiozite, kaolin, and some others. I will not the molten mass slowly solidised, the tilics thus (time of the collision, was she higher out of the

Bonalder, from London and Autwerp, loft Sin-permanent ere.

fectly acquainted with thi gaalogy of din. weary my readers with theories or enjotures crystallized would not be again taken up by any wator than the Glenfrura -YEA, the Glenfruin on the subject of the chemical reactions which subsequent futon, thus accounting for the was deoper loaded, and the Camerta's focoscastle gapore for this port pasterday, en route for Yoko-

The second Volunteer smoking concert of the riot. The bold staff hallands of the Bages have been necessary to bring about these changes basis nature of those lavas which have not boon was much higher.

What is the rail of a ship ?-The topside and The flag-ship Bacchante arrived at Trincomalee season took place at Hosdquarters on Wednes including Tiger Island itself, aro unquas The remarks on the geological features of the accompanied by the requisite amount of highly

The gunwale Yos, the gunwale. the lith November from the Seychelles on day evening and proved felly as successful and tionsbly primitive ergsteina reka, principally mountain range opposite Hongkong will apply heated water or steam to take the axoois of upper part of It? her way to Barmal, and left on the 12th, with good attendance, including a few honorary memotions, which by asperindaboat pressare, and the rare deeply seated ravines coaming its side,

enjoyable as the preceding one. There was a guisa, and the more sent stratified forma quaily well to the island itself, which may be silica into solution and redeposit it in orystalline

TL B described as a central granite boss, kaving in form. a view to taking part in the expedition against bora and visitors, and every item of the pro- the solvent action of bated rater extend Intrusions of illic and some other ancient

Hongkong, 2nd December, 1855. King Theebaw.

gramme appeared to give complete satisfaction.

brasive rooks, from the occurrence of puceros lines of joint, take a remarkably trappaat forma

to

plication of the principle of differential tax stion which has been adopted. The sugar refineries at Haet Point and Quarry Bay are to pay per cent., but we think it would puzzle any one to assige soy reason what ever why they should be more heavily taxed than the Docks. The Council has been led into the absurd position it has nagymed by the adoption in a crude and undigested form of the semi-socialistio theory that taxation abould be so arranged as to fall möre bear ly on the rich than on other classes of the community. We do not propose to diacuas this theory as a theory, but we do maintain that if it is to be adopted at all it should be applied consistently, so that all the poor may reap the advantage it is intended to confer

Council a racommital of the section fiting the rates will be moved, and that the pris- ciple of differential taration will be altogether eliminated from the Bill.

bama and Koba.

The Austrian corvetis Balda, arrived in

income in Westorn Australia is oqual to the bigbor amolament received in the Mauritius, and besides, there is the enjoyment of a good climate, genial polety, and the absence of the creole ole considered, we think Mr. Fraser has done well in ment, which is at no time desirable. All things studying bis personat comfort and convenience by remaining where he is.

Government of status being done

Skrig....... Song....

Her in

PART L..

"The old Bugade" "My Maria"... "Termat McPigg"

Penang on the 17th, and the Austrian garbout Nautilus on the 21st ult, both from Singapore. Song "Bay of BisenAY read to Rangoon to watch Austrian interests Recitation The Life Bo1 The lattor, and perhaps both vestie, will peo-Cuine book to Erin during the war with Upper Burmah.

Bong "Lored and avoi The Straits Times of the 24th altims save Song

FART II.

Tho mines in tho trlor. which are now

of its component minerals..

and vary in anlour from the hisakast basalt to nearly white quarta porphyry, the doony of which has, near the village of Aberdeer, coca- aionod the existence of a considerable mass of

SUPREME COURT.

3rd December.

IN ADMIRATIT.

CHIEF JUSTICE

Amigo? Only myself.

How many carpenters are there on board the How long were you standing looking at the Genfruin up i tiron of the collision ?- About five minutes.

What makes you fir thạ speed at six or seven

At the time of the collision what course waS the Glenfruin taking -I cannot say the course exactly, but it was towards Green Island; it had been so the whole way.

You say that when the collision occurred the two vessel wore at the Khiva, what do you mean by that P-It did look at that time as if all three vessels ware in collision together:

How do you judge the time of the collision P I guessed it because we have breakfast at eight. Up to the time of the collision you had not expected it at all? No, I never saw the Camoria until then, only the Khira.

Did you see the folant and the Ingration there ? Yen.

Where was the Tulani P-About 500 feet north sad west of us.

on their class and all the rich be subjected that the Spanish corvette Dona Maria de MC Song Drinking, Drinking" Gr. Morden.some speeitueze in my possession the mineral re-oligoglass, and our onoclinio, orthoolass; its by Mogare. Sharp, Jahnson, and Stokes, for the and the Ingraban was next to her.

indisputable fact that nowhere is the pinch

of poverty as severely felt as in large and

www.ww

(sulphate of baryta).

THE BRITIAN STEAMER GLENFRUIN ***. THE DUTCH STEAMEN CAMORTA," AND THO

"GAMORTA" Y. THE GLENTËTIM. The Attorney-General (Hon. E. L. O'Malloy), instructed by Moasre. Wotton and Dascon, ap. And the Ingrahan -More north, & little west pearod for the Glenfruin; Mr. Francis,instated of ns. The Lotan wan the narest ship to us

This concluded the examination. The examination of witnesses for the Camorla

POLICE COURT. 3rd December.

On that

CUTTING AND WOUNDING.

We are requested to state that the nort ex-Major Tripp officiated as chairman, and he was ug over periods of timeand years which can lavas. On the south side of the jaland those in- bibition of the Hongkong Sketching Club will supported by nearly all the offisers of the Corps, only be reckoned by th million, have been be held to-day in St. Andrew's Hall, City Hall, including Licat. IfoCallan, whom the members metamorphosed from the detritas of a pro. friends from 3 pun. till dansk. when the members will be happy to see their were pleased to so among them again after his Archman world. The panity of mining or even of quarrying operations going on in China, cox- trip bowe. The following is the programme: pled with the jealous heitilty of the natives, ren- Or. Swales.ders the obtairing of a to naweathered surface Sorgt. Miles. of rock a work of extrane diffiralty. Accurate highly refractory material which, however, does Berone THỂ Hox. SIA GEORGE PHILLIPPO,

Gr, Dade.goological research is, whr thees untoward air- not in itas!! poses aficiont plasticity to be of Gr Cornish Camstancos,, carried of wader discouragements much us for the purposes to which such material Gr. Rawlinson. The mine at Tamshads, I believe, an extreme being adopted for its rednotion and utilization. Sergt.-je, Clarks and diffutting which we almost insurmountable. is generally applied without some special menus

Corp. Laumert.

ly poor one; the mine worked is good enough, The granito of Hongkong variea but ättle in The Pope leade a happy life" Mir. Tripp, the main fault being the it occurs veined through finoness of grain, being as a rale naither very Song.... Pretty Lips...

Gr. Preutics. the country rock in as amal threads that there coarse nor very fine. It contains tro feldagur to the obligation imposed on wealth--and Kad is daily expected at Singapore from Europe Bong...

"Mom behind the Cloads" Gr. Atkins. is not enough of it tipay for working. From forystallizing in triclinic forme, audosine and the squadron Brotherly Powell. not in the haphazard fashion adopted by Philippine station. The inoreact to consequent Song Berichtend Wives de redes, furred to I find to be avariety of bournonile as prevalling type of mics is lepidowlane, bat both Camort the Legislative Council. We will go further on the recent action of the German Government Gunner Dads's Dermot Me Figg" given in fine, satially sealphide of antimony, lead, and cog.biotito and massovits are found in some speci and say that whatever argumenta may be in referencs to the Caroline islands.

humorous style, was enthusiastically entered, and per, in which a varyig portion of the lead is mens, the former in larger proportion than the was continual

Jurjin Jurgenson said-I sm carpenter on advanced in support of the theory, as a One result of the establishment of the branch by request he gave the "Glades of Blarney," replaced by silver: the occurs with copper and latter. Hornsblends or amphibole is also an theory, it is impossible to give it practical line of steamers of the Messageries Maritirees which he sing with so much afant at the preran saphides, the later much predominating, essential onstituent whilst goessionally small board the steamer Amigo 1 was en board that and other minerala can be made out. The morning I saw a collision betwatin two steamers

BEFORE ME. H. E WODEHOUSE. Lifu Boat" with great feeling and expression, application, with any approach to fairness, between Saigon and Manils (says the Straits Ties Doncert Gunner Hawlinson recited The and a little blendo; the gangue in heavy spar prisms of schorl ftoarmaline) dichroite (folite) steamer on the 17th October last.

Time) is that passengers from the lattor port and the audience demanded an crowe. In ros

Asording the Wee River to the Shin-hing colours of the Hongkong granites vary with that at about half past seven o'clock The steamore under the existing circumstances. The At-for Europe who used to come to Singapore by pozes, to their, call (innnor Rawlinson recited Sorge, where the rive, st either side of this of their feldspare.

Ita estbaring has been in collision were the Glenfruin and the Camorta.

Chang Ayan, shoemaker. was charged with torney-General safe:-"You cannot tax all the Spanish line of steamers and there embarks the Charge of the Light Brigads." Major Pomt execeding a mie in width, has out for it-most erratic, leaving in placed boulders and other Our steamer was lying on the north side of the the Chinese outlying villages in the colony on Marseilles, are now taken to Saigon.

on board of the steamers of the M.. Co. for Tripp's song was scored, and in response be solfa narrow channel a ravine nearly a mile in more irregularly shaped massses resting upon 30 chancel, about opposite Jardine, Matheson's hayeg out and wounded Alfred Pawors, ship's

gave The Sailor's Grase" Ganner Prentiss length through arauguf hilisorossingitsoourse, or 40 feet or more of thoroughly disintegrated buoy, I know the steamer Khire, she was lying mate unemployed, on the 236h ult.

The complainant said he was living at Lemon's - the same scaleas you tax the richer and larger

The Pang Gazette announces that Mr. John in answer to another vigorous e-core, eang Oh we see rocks of probally primordial (Cambrian) matter which may be dug out with the pokaz at her buoy that morning, on the south side of the centros....

Where you have a very poor, Allan, of Messrs. Bandilands, Buttery & Co., is Jenny what's the matter with your hair? Gasner sage and of fragmented or sedimentary, in the The prevailing colour of this debris is almost shunne). The Khire was lying with her bows boarding hease, and on the 28th it, he went into purely Chinens population, as in the Susuki- to be gazetted as a dxd Member of Council Swales, by request, ang "The Powder Monkey main of pellitic origi, forming an extremely brick red from peroxidation of the large quantity pointing direct to the stern of the Amigo a triffa a house No. 17, East-sterat, to sell a clothes bag; not being offered what he deemed sufficient for wan district, you should draw a distinotion for Fenang. The Garette is told that this is due in aditivo to his two songs an the programme, hard variety of greywicka. In some parts near of ferrous oxide contained in the hornsblade and on the part quarter. I could not say in points The place was a second-hand clothes shop, and between them and places where you have a

entirely to Mr. Oecil Bmith's advice and saya the and lit the other two, it was capitally rendered the gorge referred to this ok may be observed mica which formed an ingredient of the original how much. I would not say nearly extera.

Mr. Francis-How was your steamer heading the article, he turned to leave. At the dam he. thanks of the Settlement are due to the late Lieut. Woolley was also called for, and had to grading of into flag, hers suficiently in both of strike, and dp. salting the intrusise at about half past seven-I sonnet say exactly made a stumble on some shaped wood, and pres

a finegrained The Hoes of joint referred to akovo sro large admixture of Europeane and a large Administrator for hasing at last obtained for give his famous wong saiu The Buffellt rated in charactor, is much used by the Chi-porphyry rook ap into huge prisgas or tabalars to points, but I think it was hotworn north ting out his hand to save himself, he placed it on amount of wealth." But how about the Penang proper representation in the Legislative Farmer, the shorus being something image as a whetstone te sharpen sige-tools upon. masses for the most part placed on edge hat and north-east. The Khisa was heading in about an old woman's shoulder, who was sitting in the

Council

sa usual. A call was then mads for Mr. Byris, To the casted of the gorge, as this range of occasionally where the dip joints have been in the same direction.

doorway, and caused her to fall down. The poverty which it always to be found side öy

Who was pracht, and that gentleman gave

About what part of the channel did the colli-peisousr, who was in the shop, picked up a larga side with weahh? It is a well known sad From private săvices to head by the Maha the Highlsud sword dance on the stage. An-hillsappresobas the North River basin, evidences closer oontiguity the prismatic arrangement

Khiza.

- you fightes my mother," He then trashi wo (Styria Times) sarn of the other nail was mads for Dr. Lookhead, who of plutonic action begin to manifest themselves in has been reversed and the tabelar prismas lie with son take placeThe steamers met at about the Be, und rushed out of him arying out. You failure of Mr. D. T. Barmas, of Masar, also present, and, the worthy doctor tiroumsribed patches of indurated alates and their macropinskoida vpwards.

Quitting Hongkong wearrive at thalargafishand In your opinion where was the Fhiva'e buoy atatruck complainant on the band with the le. with a large liability to the Java Banir. Mr. Save The Metiregor's Gathering," amid silicious shales, which by the metamorphic action wealthy cities. Victoria, being a young end. Bauermann was a German produse merobant of much applause. A call was next made for Quar of adjsant cases of suciant letras have been of Taleskan (great looming up or pror-shadow the timeof the colision, so far as you could judge?. Complainant tried to explain to him thatitwas an Macassar and owner or part owner of the steamer termaster Sergeant Jones, R., another visitor, changed to crystalline sahists and the arousing mountain). The geological features of this I could not say exactly, as the Glenfruis was analdant, but the defendant struck him again. dust, the mysteriona danpport 299 of those but he found a very able substitute in a fellos sively hard form of Lydian stons used by the island, the main ridge of which has a mountain between me and the Khina's busy, and I could and he tarned to run, whereupon the defendant thrust the ebary handle of the file into his oversupply of labour, the poverty here is Captain (Hansen on the voyage from the Monou-ommissioned offleer, who accompanied him. Chinese in place of ensery. Ascending the North peak the Tai-ao-sian proper, which is nearly not eas it.

River are very extensive mineral deposits of oeal $,000 fost high-re ossentially those of Kong. Did the collision coour nearer to rea or ourer back, through his clothes. The defendant mast not so great in proportion to the population as lucess to Hongkong was recently recorded. self and sang" The Will o' the Wisp "in ospital and icar, azsenis aulphides both orpiment and re-kong; characterized by a total absence of cal- to the Khis Puaror to the Khird, on the hîm again, coming down the next street, and

style. God Save the Queen" brought a most siger, resics, as well at common prrites (iron carous

track him ngálu with the filo on the head end it is in older cities where the supply of labour

pleasant evering tea close.

or any other kiad of stratified south side of the channel. sulphida) iron anida, tale and hydrowica formation whatever. Some insignificant do- Was it nearer the Khiva than to the middle back. Witness ran away, and get a constable to is always in obronio excess of the demand.

schists, together with some other hydrous magposite of magnetite have been found on the of the ahannel?-It was nobrer to the south arrest the prisoner."

Richard Lawson, a seamna also staying at melan zamerals known to Chinese as was shek, south side of the island, and on its caster side.

Did you see the entrain before the collision? Lemen's, gave evidsnes of a corroborative na fibrous gypsum, Docurring in beds with blac axtronity, at s haight of some two inndrad fost clays and shales of early or middle secondary above sea level and about one millo from the beach-Yes, I saw her leave her boy, and I watched tare. He mid they were surrounded by a crowd ge, dolemite or magnesian limestone, ordinary near the village of Mbi-wo, is a sigall waterfall her all the way from her busy to the point of of Chinamen, and he was struck, too. He told the prisoner ho should get a white policeman to | bine or mountain limestone, in some cases where the stream of which is nearly dry during the collision.

Was she in the fairway or not P-All the way arreet him. The prisoner told him to go away. approaching mass of intraive las grading winter months. Lealing up past this water- into a red veined marble, coloured by iron pero fall is the public footpath or road from-i-wo she was in the south part of the fairway. She or he would kill him, and he might get a white xide. Iron exists in sanguificent deposits at red village to the village of Tai-ho on the northerus at no part of the time on the zorth side of policeman, but he would get plenty of Chinees.

and kill the peliceman, too. Both he and com haomatite of excellent quality Magnetite also shore of the island. Close to this waterfall and the fairway. occurs in places in considerable quantity. But crossed by the footpath corries an intrusivo MAGIS Was there anything to prevent her keeping platnant were sober, SURRENDER OF KING THEEBAW.

phur, probably of volcanic origin, is provxred at of quarta porphyry containing galens (load on the north side of the fairway F-No, the fair- the Kau-yau Hang, a small stream some for sulphide); the ore exists in throws and small way was clear all the way. The British Expeditionary Force has occupied miles above the town of Ting-tak; the coal is crystals so miantely diffused through the anh- At what speed was she coming ?—At six totor, and he pointed out the prisoner as Muudalay without fighting.

of variable qualities, occurring as it dows in wide stance of the porphyry as to give but little hope even knots. ly separated localities, frost "Lok-cheong on the of success to any but the most sangnine of King Theebaw has surrendered uncondition west to Nam-hong on the east, and southwarda mining speculators. I first became aware of fairway at all P--No,

almat extending to the range of bills through this mineral deposit soma time during the year

Dr. Wharry, Superintendent of the Govern which the river outs its way at the wild and ro 1870; the place has since this date been visited by the collision No. mantie Taing on gorge. The best in an ex one of the most eminent geologists of the day who Where were you standing at that time at Civil Hospital, said he had attended the callent anthracite from locality near the range gave it as his opinion that no true lode szistad. was at that time on the starboard side of the oczoplainant as that institution for several sight. the various districts. This, however, spikely to be on ze the other, after having pro-

of mountaina separating Hangteng from the Some practical mining engineers who have visitatorn, cleaning the dank. The first saate of the lasersted wounds on the maly and loins. He was siljoent province to the methward (Human) ed and expressly inspected the deposit kavo add Glenfrein was there too. At the time the not badly hart, and was discharged the day after peste to have boon a mistake, since the bably been well bambooed for some hours, is

This match was commenced on the Cricket This deal in extensively worked by the Chinese, ed to this opinion that the place was, on a mining Amigo loft ber buoy I was standing at the admission.

The prisonor asid the complainant pushed bis point is not even hinted at in the arguments brought to the river bank, where a sort of cost-Ground on Wednesday and continued yesterday. who bring it down the river by way of Lok locality, not worth a second glance. From this rail with the chief mate, looking at the

mother down and the people in the stroot, sooing made use of in support of the differential angalar frame of three upright and a number of At gunfire the Military had only fairly com- cheong, town on the north western apper deseription it will be seen that the matrix of the Glenfruin, and not working.

erone-bamboos has been erected. On this ko in

so-called lode is most decidedly folnitio sol cal Why did you not see tho Camerta before the it, made a great noise and beat him. He did not taxation, and, furthermore, the Council has tied St. Andrew wise. The hards and feat ara menced their second innings, having lost two branch of the river.

Again returning to the West River and second-rous in charactor, and that as there are no collision --The place where she lay was fall of beat the pomplainant. The flex found by P8. gene some little way towards the adoption then sometimes out of a vertical alas dis wickets for da mars, but bad boery odds against ing this stream past the thin-hing gorge, we calcareous or other stratified rocks in the finizi junke, and I never maw the Cantorta at al until MoDonald wore his tools

Tam AS, the defendant's mother, said the of the principle that the so-called municipal mbowels the suffy, and he is left to die and them, the Maral man having it together 310 in encounter crystalline schiste, purple slates, and by the lode cannot past through that which does the actual collision.

to hang until the basis of the fold and the birds their gesond innings. The scoring yesterday was shries, a fine grained silicious slate coloured notariat Asto galeas containing 86 per cent of

Did you hear any steam whistling that a complainaat pushed her down, and the people in rates are to be regarded as part of the general of the air destroy his body. The very last pab-exociant, the Navy having evidently collared the black by minately ditiased anthracite this slats land, why, of orgree we know that as lead sembines tax from gither of the steamers Yes, from the the front zde & groot geban

| lished news from" "Mandaljen sporti fifty of these |

She whistled before the left her very hard and much used by Chinese to grind with alphur in the proportion of 207 to 32, Glenfrain. revazue of the Colony. The enly argumentoonitong at on, I may safely say "Yet bowling of their opponents, arintian making their ink upan), mko-plaamite, mica and rigifs which in 86.61 por coat that is the proportioa | buoy, and continued whistling all the way down tempted larceny, also of assaultand of cutting and advanced in support of the distinctions there are persofts who deprecated any interference 28, Captain Pearson 62, Robook 42, and Plumbe | schists, mountain limestone, marbis, and sarbe looking on the matter from the point of view of There is nothing pocular about her whistle. which have been drawn between different with the tyrant who revelled in such crusīties. 83 compostivaly. The Band of the Northampton- niferous Ume-stone shale, Pyrite associated p Isboratory experiment, but in prection the Before the collision did you see any altorativo." hard labour.

rapidly growing city, without any marked

The Indian Daily News asks: What were Indian tes growers and tas morabants about that they permitted last year $85,000lbs. of China Nevertheless. even in Victoria poverty daca tea to be re-exported from Bombay to Persis, exist to some extent and it is entitled to tha | while only 40,000lbs. of Indian tes were shipped same ccosideration at the bands of the to the country? There is a huge market for tea in Central Asia, from the eastern border

legislature as poverty in the rural districts. of Thibot to the waitern boundaries of Persia By ng conceivable argument. whatever mo the policy be justised of rating a man of limited means in the City of Victoria at bigher rate than a wealthy corporation like

which is at present almost wholly supplied from China, In order to gains hold upon it, Indian tan growers would, of course, have to estor for the spasial taste ja tas which the blusse manage to suit so admirably. Bat the thing ought to be possible, and with sa much less distance to

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the Desk Company simply because the carry the product, Indian growers ought to be establishments of the latter happen to be able to oust the Chius article to avory, largo beyond the city bounds. We were under the extent from the market." impression that the reason why the rates had The Burmah correspandent of the Indian bitherto been fixed higher in the City than Daily News gives a brief description of some ally."

horrible crucifixions which azu said to be com elsewhere was that there was supposed to be mon under the rs of King Theobor. He

• substantial differenes in the cost of policing says:-Those executions are managed in this way. The victim, or criminal, for he is just as

LONDON, 2nd December. THE BURMESE WAR

OCCUPATION OF MANDALAY,

- CBIQKET.

-Ander & Nave.

P.S. MoDonald mid the complainant was

sóbst when ho came to him about this mst-

the man who assaulted him. Behind the

Did she alter her speed in coming along the door of the shop he found three large file,

and the complainant picked out the sharpast ons Did you use anything the Cazuerta before as that which he was stabbed with.

The rdsozér bad twigs been convicted of at-

wounding, and he was mentegoed fo mix monthis"