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Paris, 29th June,
The Carta de Paris and Prince Philippe, Duo
Prince Jerome Napoleon kus left for Switzer- Prince Victor Napoleon is at Brussels.
land.
By dacres of the President of the Ropabile, M. Constans has been appointed Ministar Pleni-
Lownow, 6th July, potentiary to Chins.
The following are the election reticus up to Tuesday
Unionista........ (Hadatouites....znysusatpena
Tories... Lam Parnellites
101 40%
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Mr. Geschen has dosa defauteż. The Right Hon. 'G. J. Goraben sal for the Eastern Urizion of Edinburgh in the last Parliament, being returned by a majority of 2.613 over his Radical opponent Mr. Castellon. Mr. Goschon then received the Conservative vote as well as part of the Liberal reta. The Liberal element in the constituency bas Dow evidently gone solid for a Gladstonite.- Ep. D.P.]
LONDON, 7th July,
The following are the returns of the elections up to Wednesday:--
to happen. The Board of Revenue mogt We recently published ilonequital by a court deemed satisfactory. They then sent out for the
WEDNESDAY, 14th July. potential of departments has declared martial sitting at Hanoi of the sub-officiers verlaat Californian who was to be plucked, and ulurged with causing the death of a soldier nam. the fourth defendant appeared on the spong
EXPORT CARGO. against the milway, and ovon Prince Ca's Led Okolowitz, of the Foreign Legion A similar They sat down to a game of fantan, the first terious Thibet will be a mystery no longer. The
with botanists, topographors, surveyore, and Per American ship St. David, sailed on the and Ly Hong-orang yainly sank to reruzae case is reported in the last received number of the defendant playing against the fourth, and despatches of the other day tell of the orpedition, its decision, Timo no doubt will softan Avenir du Tonkin. Captain Garnot, command. complainant saw that he won stadily of tather inquiring parsons, which is praparing at 9th July For San Francisco-17,700 baga
The Arst defendant wished to anə: ing the 3rd battalion of the African Light In-latter. prejudice, and if the experimental line said fantry, stationed near the Dap-can, and Ser the colour of his opponent's money when he Darjosting, on the borders of the Himalayas, tories, 589 bags topices, 200 bags saltpetre, 180 by the Tiuntain correspondent of our Shang-geant Boxeraggi, we charged on the 2nd June had won about $10, and the fourth defendunt travel through Sikkim and Thibet to Lbs, on bars reppor, 50 bugs nutmegs. 33 bars beans, d'Orléans, his oldest son, have retired to logland,
with causing the anth of a soldier named Clé produced some rolls wrapped up in paper with a missing from the Empress of India to the 350 boxes oti, 334 hores wines, 415 packages bai morning cantemporary to have hean just went, who died after being aabjanted to punish song yellow spin on the top, like calls of money. Grand Lams. Mr. Colman Massaley, fia Isador, 1.343 zolls metting, 928 packsgus fee, and 3,562
Ts will no doubt gaze upon the face of this divine packages mershandise. THE COMPLETE EDITION WITH TERATIES. | decided "upon by the Prince and Grand most for breach of liscipline. Captain Garnut nad he said they were full of gold coins.
PLANS, &c., pp. 1,192
Quotations are: ... $5. [Secretary prores auccessful it will la time distin aished himself in Formoss, where he ob- fourth defendant then wanted to see the first being, and thus to blessed as no Europeau of this THE SMALLER EDITION pp. 752
surely pare the way for the more extensivo tained promotion and the Cross. Both the man's money, and this latter then came over to generation has bean. How securely the "Abode
cused were acquitted.
the complainant and told him he had no money of Snow." as Thibet has born onlled, has been The Fade Mecum for every Resident in the adoption of thin great revolutionary and pro
atud asked him to join with bim in making naalased against the outer world is stident from This year's New 'Malwa $520 per picul, alles of Kublow's Trade Review of the 9th alt says bank. Complainant then gant to the bearding the fact that no European alive has ever Fer East, from Peoang to Vladivostok.
gressive sgupt.
In a short time-three wooks from to-day-shouse where he lodged, and got out over 200 seen the great city of Lhase, and no Fine Last year's New Malwa $540 por pioul, allos, of It must be confessed that the locality new spook for German industry will open ap by rupnes, with which he returned to pluck the pigeon liimat, except one, has ever sean it. The
the auguration of the absidised mail steara from California. Ther made up & bank, and Jesuit missionaries, with their ardong, their Old Malwa ................................ is well chosen for a pioneer railway. A shi rics to Australia sul East Asia. The went sharen to play against the fourth defond indomitable courage, and their contempt of
Patas (Old). line of a few miles in length has already first steamship will sail on the 30th inst. from art, the Californian. The latter, however, per danger, frequently visited Thibot between Patna (New).... Momsrs. Quelch & Co
Bremen for Australia The eroat deserves to sistently was, in spite of the first defend the beginning of the seventeenth and the Messrs. C. Garard & Co. been laid from the Kaiping Coal Mine to be commemorated in a special way, for it real ant's skill at shouting, and soon all this com middle of the present century; the Abbé Hno, Ruaares (New).... 5124 Meagra, C. Gurard & Co. convey the mineral to the water for ship-17 marks ad important parind in the industrial plainant's rupees were gone. He went to his who resided them for a short time in 1846. was FOOCHOW.. Messrs. Helge & Co.
ment, and this line is to be extended to the bistar of this country. How the subvention house and got a fresh supply, bringing the the last Europass who saw Lhasa, and he has NINOPO Messrs. Kelly & Walsh, S'ghai. BHANGHAI Messy. Hall & Holta.
sewn of Lutai, a distance of swenty-six miles soheme will succeel we caabot presume to pro- total stacant up to that mentioned in the left us an account of the city in his remarkable phesy. Its practical working not fail to be okarge, and this also we quickly somepod in story at his travela Sabanquently, one of the SHANGHAI... Messri, Kelly & Welsh, from su Ko-chong, the present terminus. Accoropanied by many difficulties, and it is quite by the Californian grasahorn, and the complain native explorers trained by the Indian Survey NORTHEEN& Mers, Half & Holts and Kelly Tatai is situated on the Pitung river, and to be expected that success will only come gra- ant was actually in debt. On the exouse of go- Department, who leave long wandered throngh Rivu Porta
Walsh, Shanghai.
dually. Se, there can be no doubt that, gresting back to bus lodgings to get some more monar Indian geography in a spectral fashion, with NAGARAZI... Messrs. The C. & J. Trading Co.in neersible to steamers of moderate draft, as is faooxenditure upon which the Government the complainant got out of the place, and after initials or ambers in place of names, visited which will be able therefore to go up have embarked. they are making a good inrest a time he gave information to the polica A Lassa twice in disguise, ones in 1866 mens. Even if the interest do not come back ruid va made on the house, and the defendants and Grain in 1974. "A" as this explorer there and loud with coal. From all at once, it is sure to penta ono day, and pro- I wore arrested thoro, or running away from the was styled, who died in 1892, and is now Messrs. Schroeder Frères and the railway will probably be extended bably the rotaras of later years will make up plans. Some money was found on the defend generally known as the Pandit Nain Singh, is
Gardée:
eventually to Taku. The line will roo for any paucity which may have to be put with Ants, pho stated that the complainant had simply car, prinsipal authority on the geography of TorquING, Mr. Ch. Dupont.
gambled with therz narl lost and what money Thibet: up to his time even the latitace sad BANOKOK... Mara. Rammy & Co.
through a level country and will therefore
they had was what was left of their share of the longitudo Lhases were acertain; ita population is still unknown, and is variously winnings. SINGAPORE.....Mesam. Baylo & Co.
be an inexpensive one to construct. The PENANG... Mesars. Maynard & Co.
estimated at anything between forty thou-ON COLOMBO...Monro, A. M. & J. Forgason.
enst indeed is estimated at Tis. 250,000 only,
sand and eighty thote.nd. CALOUTTA Migro, Nowman & Co.
and as it will soon develope a considerable
almost every point of view, it is perhaps the most remarkable of all the xotasekable Contral Asian SYDNEY AND
mineral traffic and materially aid in cheapen- Moara. Gordon & Gotoh.
cities. It is situated in a valley 12,000 ft, above BRISBANE
the lovel of tho sen; it is therefore the most the cost of transport of the produce of the Kuping mines, there is every chance of
olevatest city in the world, and it is probably niso, ita proving a profitable amezulation. If the
on account of the lofty mountains which ar
It is also ore of the most important trading centros be line is tended to Tako it will still further
round it, the most difault of nocess.
tween Chiao and the Caspisa, for it is the entre- prova ita prospects. That it may fully
pot of the trade of the whole eastern part of
Ynnan and Shu'an, from Cashmere, Nepaul, sad Bhutan, and from Western Mongolin and he whole of Thitat. Mureover, it prisela mundo liness, Lhas would be the holiest city that ever existed, for it is a huge monastery, or rather songaries of monasteries, some of which can tain thousands of priests or lamas. In eleven of these lamassorios in and around hassa there are, according to recent authorities, 20,400 monks; and ns. these are supposed to ho onlitate, shazo is an air of truth about the Chinese adays that Lhasa is inhabited by lumas, strampats, and ange. This holy charactor atbobing to the city has made it a Central Asian Mecca, and at certain seasons of the year it in arowded by the pilgrims of a hundred tribes and races. It is therefore, the more surprising that only a single Englishman has ever sarcoated in reaching it; and present is a favourable opportunity for recalling this journey of three- quarters of a century ago.
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NOTICE TO CURRESPONDENTS.
at the outset. ›
They mars each convicted of keeping a plan for public gambling, and were aned 3200 such, in default of paying chick they were committed for six months hard labour.
KIDNAPPING,
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The Avenir du Tonkin, commenting on the appointment of M. Rocher to be head of the Castes Department in Torquin, says: It is necessary that the Customs administration should not only fntil the requirements of the French and the natives of Tonquin and Anram but that it should conform to the commercial and CustomS nances of the Far East This is why, and wo have pleasure in repuuting it, M. Rocher's ap pointment has been sowell received. An assiduous collaborater; with Sir Rabort Hart, personally known to Liitmug shang, and a friend of the Viceroy of Yainen, familiar the answer all expectations we most sincere principal Chinese merchants, habitusted by a arrested on board the Isakow or her arrival in Central Asia, and is the goal of traders from Hongkong and Shanghai Bank Shares-166
with
Wour Fax Ying, tardor Yan Aobat, doctor, and Leang Akwon, hawker, were before the
Chin into the Colony for na orart on remand, chirpad with having brought a womat zaned unlawful purpose on the 2nd inst
It will be remembered that the prisoners were the Colony on the 2nd inet, snel woman, ep- prently suffering from soma naratie denn was sent to the Tang Wab Hospital. On the way down a Chinese trader, who was a passorgen, do ticed a suation in one part of the steamer, and
ties of $25, or one of 850 each for their good The defendants were required to find two sure behaviour for treive months, and in default doing so they were committed ic gaol.
Come out of Babylon, O.my
ON SHANGHAI
Quotations ago --
SHABES
per cont, praminm, buyers. Union Insurance Society of Centoo, Limited-
$96 per share.
hina Traders' Insurance Company's Shares-
880 per share, sollars. North China Insurance-Tis, 300 per share.
sbare. Yangisze Insurance Association-Ts. 118 per Chinese Insurance Company, Limited—$180 par On Tai Insurance Company, Limited--Tls. 148
per share. Canton Insurance Oo, Limited-987 per
shere, buyers. Hongkong Fire Insurance Company's Shares
$4174 por abaro.
share, bayers.
Chios Fire Insurance Company's Shars-387
per share, buyers. Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Company's
Shares-114 per cent.prem., sellers. Hongkong, Cant, and Macso Steamboat Co.'s
Shares--866 per cent. pram. Indo-China Stanm Navigation Co.'s Shares-
Par. sellers.
30 per coat. discouet, nominal.
per share.
abare.
Hongkong Hotel Company's Shtros-$197 par
share, buyers.
Chine Sugar Refining Company, Limited-$98
per share, bayars. Cazon Suger Relining Company, Limited-879
per share, sallars.
Hongkong Los Company's Shares-340 pic
share, buyers.
Tongkong and China Bakery Company, Limited
$120 por share. Perak Tin Mining and Smelting Company
-$10 per share
| hapo, for any disappointment with its work-long raidence in Chins to the commercial train 4-will assuredly tend to defer-stil-further actions of the Chius Rocker will no doubt be more extended introduction of the railway propuse a Customs system on the linca of the Chinese sarvion, bai gdapted to the requirements into the Contral Kingdom. The very modest of one local commeros, of which nus of the prin- commencement decided upon by the Chineseoipa! is the protection of Franch interests. The raw & crowd round the woman, who appear advocates of railway outerprise will no doubt stoms service of the protoctorale ought noted to be in a stoper Sororal in the crowd to be simply a fiscal sertles, but ought to aim at wanted to give bar sugar to revive her, but the come us a surprise upon those in Europe being a service regulating the imports into defendants would not let them. They told bin and America who have now for some time Annam and Tooqnin and establishing effective that the woman was the first defendant's wife, boen cagerly expecting the Peking Govern-protective dusa in favour of French productions and he was bringing her to Hongkong because she had boon unfaithfal. Ho snooseded in giring ment to launch into the formation of a gya- In the course of an arulo on the recent dis the weaan aagar, and this partially rorivad her tem embracing one or two large trunk liras atrons lose of the A. S. N. steamer Ly-ce-woot and she then told him that the first defendant on the Australian east, the N. C. Harald saYS:
was not her husband, and that she did not want following the route taken by the Chinese-The loss of the Ly-ca-moon on the coast of to go to Hongkong. The defendants than told Imperial Telegraph lines. Bat the Peking Australle removes or of the few landmarks if him to mind his own basiness, or he would get Authorities have, in the first place, not decided such an expression or be ased of a steamer of something more than he bargained for, and he the old days in the China trade. When steamers went away, bet spoke to the parser about the construct these railways at all, and who wore frat run to the north of Engkong it soon mattor, and the latter pal the sus in the banda) they do so they will probably ouly auttertake became evident to the grant boutes that it would of the polica npen arrival in Hongkong
be an isimons advantage to them to have the
The wuman was now able to actand to give Theraus Mancing was the son of a Norfolk one section at a time, na they think they can auritest advices of the European and of the opiam evitenes. She said she had hem brought from clergyman, and was born in 1772. After a distio- afford it without incurring too heavy a debt. markets. Private steamors were accordingly des- her assive plass. Chung Fa to Canton by guiebed career at Cambridge, he appears to have The letter addressed by Sir ROBERT HART to patched from Hongkong to this as soon as pos- the defendants. She was a little stupidel then, baon sized with a desire to travel through Chi-Chin und Maxila Steamship Company, Limited aible after the arrival of the mails there, and she di know how. At Canton sha was na, suit be began to study the Chinese language, HerT TO SCHERZER, the Austrian Consal-these made their way as fast as possible up the stupified by she did not understand, in which ultimately be attained consider ble Douglas Stoamahip Company, Limited-$58 General at Genoa, in which he gives denial coast, and anchoring in Yangtse Bay sent and was brenght on to Hongkong by the de profitiones. Charles Lamb, with whom he con- to the accuracy of the reports crediting the messenger across country to the houses of their fendanta She was not the first defendant's tracted a lasting friendship, and who loag cor- Hongkong Gas Company's Shares-$130 per
owners here. Those vices in daticipation of wife, and she had como acainst her will
jrasponded with him, endeavoured to get him to Chinese Government with an intention to the wail wers ofton of the highest importance The Sest defendant said the woman was his abandon his whim. Lamb advises Maning to sanction the construction of a largo schone enabling the portuara boro to operate to the best lawful wife. and she bad been unfaithful to him. try and cure himself. Tal hellebore. Pray 2 of railways, and which has found publicity advantage; they were in fact like the possession She was not dragged on board the steamer, but ta artad the fired. Read no more books of voy
of a private telegram nowadays. Generally she was stupid from not having slept for two axes; they are nothing but lias;" and years af- through the Vienna Neue Freie Presse, has the firms who owned the steamers were from one rights. The other two defendants denied allterwards when Manning had returned to Caeton
from Lhases, Lamb writes: Still, in Chins!| doubtless done wore to put an end to false to two days in advates of their competitors, and orledge of the matter, Communications on Witorial matter should be impressions on the subject in Eareps than opines marchants bamo wary, it was very sul
foolish priesthood.. although after a time the Chinese silk, too, and
Down with lols-Ching-chang-fo, nad all his addressed "The Editor," and these on business "The all the purely anofficial expressions of opinion dom that some goot and not be done when
friend! In 1866 Manning set sail for the East Mzunger," and pot to individuals by nsus.
India Company's factory in Canton, but be ap Correspondents are requested to forward their name that could be recorded. It is better that the advices were important. Besides, in those
pears to have discovered that it was impossible to times agents were sent up to the silk districts and addram with onenautontions addressed to the the delusions under which Europe and to purchase silk there, if the London packet.
BREACH OF HANHOUŻ RASULATIONS,
penetrate Chinaand Central Asiafróm that poizź, Editor, not for publication, but es evidence of rood | American ireamasters and dangers have then the only one to which ang attention was
Cheung Hing, master of the steam-banch probably on conuat of the easpicion with which paid, eucouraged operations, and doubtless there We waysur moned ou a charge of unpaçoss the obeys of the factory were watched and bocu Inbouring should be dispelled, and Sirard manus of buying black and green toas with ly blowing the whistle of his launch in the after about three years spent in improstog his ROBERT HART's letter will have servad out any one bore haing the wiser. Probably the karbour.
knowledge of Chineze, spoken and written, he ful purpose in aotring speelation at cost on Hellesport, whose remains are long ago found Akh castable depood that the lannna lagproceded to Calcutta to attempt to reach China
be subjoer, but it is a pity so many false bepas. sounded, in the mad at the bottom of the river sistent whistling for angers.
aquist resting place, deaper than plummet over alongside Gibe's Wharf, and kept up a par- from the side of India. Ho reosired no official recognition, which irritated him so much that he The defendant bound ovac in paraons?refused to give any account of his journey on werò raised in the first instance..
balow Woosung, was the frst elemer employol in this way. But, if so, at was soon followed sonarity of 350 to be of gual behaviour for six his return, and the details did not se fight until tanny years afterwards, when a relativo gave his by the American built Yaeyize, a wooden padále months. Tas hew Governor of Maois, in excoassion to steamer that was for many years great;
rasnuscript diary to Mr. Clements Morktam, was printed Luin his work on Thinsk pablished. Senhor da Boss Axposted to arte out befourite. Torber-sped and onfort fore the end of next month.
The Hellespont balongad to Mesars. Jardins,
six or seven years ago. Accompanied, then, by Mat boson & Co. and her rral to the oki drm of
sirls Chinese errout, without encouragement from thesudassor of Warran Hastings, Manning Messrs. Dent & Co.; and both steamers were of on the 12th inst.
On Monday night the prisoners wars found on hagan bis adventurous journey. He left Rang groas advantage to the trade of the east. It was not a nual thing for any steamers other thabar the boat, and ono way soizod thoro, while
pore in the autama cf 1811, and planged inte o colossal mountain ranges of Bhutan and those which carried the fortnightly mails to rua the ather threw something into the water and between this and Hongkong, and the P. & 0.lintaved overbyard. Ha swam to Pottengar Tibet. He travelled as a Tartar doctor, but is ssels were almost in every ropot ancomfort-frent wharf, and was there arrested by Acting is not clear that his disguise was of mach to him or that ha world eat have fared quite as able to travel in, and too salt for the requira P. S. Whitchell.
Tay were sentenced to a month's imprison-well had he gcne in his proper charuster. ents of shippors The private steamers bad excellent commodation for their passengers,mul with karl labour.
Unfortaustuly, his diary is full of querulouS wbo, besiries, were not troubled with the vexatious
complaidinga about his servant, the people ha Edward O'Neill, seaman was fixed 81.50 for mot, the ill trentment be received at various regulations which the P. & O: then imposed on travellers. And, even after the delay neccesary disorderly conduct and salting a constable in points, and givas little information on many to allow the owners of the private craft to skim i the seqution of his duty. He was lying in the enbjects of great importance. However, in any market that tarapted them, it generally read the worse for drink when an Indian eo- December be reached Lhassa, which he describes happened that they delivered their maita here stable proceeded to lift aim np. The defendant as a commonpara town. The habílations," he many hours and occasionally a day or two before thee assaulted the constahls and made a dia says, "are begrimed with sant and dirt; the ave the P. & O. steamers found their way into port. torkance.
nues are full of dogs, sora grawling and gnawing bits of hide which lie about in profusion, and This was an advantage to the whole community. and was very much appreciated The owners
Wong Ayau, a boy of 15 years, was convicted cuit a charmel-house smell; others limping and of the Hellespont, having found it necessary to of stealing o lamp on board the Canton steamer looking livid; others ulnerated; others starving replace hor by a steamer of greater speed, the Frag on the 15th inst. He was arrested and dying, and packed at by the ravens; sons Chery Chase was built for taom in Englaud, with the lamp in his possession just as the etes- dead and prayed upon. In short, everything She was sunb a terrible glutton for coals, that mer was leaving her wharf. He was sentenced asetas mesa kad gloomy, and excites the idea of after sa experience of some months she was rig- to fifteen applications of the rattar to his breech, something nursal.“ Even tho mirth of the in- ged as a barque and west home with a vargo of and to be detained in gail until the flogging was tou. Hor speed while on the coast was some-administered. thing that had previously been naknown bara; and it was nedersince that she had beet 01- stracted on the model, with improvements, of the packets batwesu Helybead and Dablia.
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The Daily Press.
neay July 15, 196.
We here alors disonanted the purserne and varied repors that have within the past three years been bruited concerning the im-
The silk yield at Canton this season is expect. ed to be a fall one, bat at Shanghai a deficises of 15 per caak. is anticipated.
The Agents (Messrs Russoll & Co.) inform us that the Union Lins stenar Prins Gorg. from London, left Singapore for Hongkong on the 12th inst.
We are informed by the Agents (Messrs. Ring- minence of the intituction of railways into sell & Co that the Dining Laxe steamer Chins. Mr. A. R. PoLqUHOUN was one of Cairngorm, frum London, left Singapore on the most stngoisse predictors of the coming! Tuesday for this purt.
of the iron way, and at the time br wrote there certainly did 194m soma little lik-lihood of
bring the innovation suctioned. The Franco-Chinese koatilities had se ured the Chinese avarament and abown them the mirability of more rapid means of transport overland both for troops And
matériel, and it was honed that this obvious nead might
war
The French oraisar Sagittaire was expected to arrivant Shanghai in time to take part in the calebration of the Fête Nationale (the taking
of the Bislille) yesterday, the 14th st.
Thors will be sait in Admiralty at ten o'clock this morning, the claim being made by the pro- prietor of a Chinese jkok against the German barque Herman which, be alleges, collided with his junk in the Formosa Channel, and sack it.
prora the lever that would dissipats preventerday, reports that thera sppaara to bas da
The Government Astronomer, ander date of jedice and stimulate the mandarins to action pression to the wast of Lazu. and that gra- Several of the most influential officials in the dients sonth of it are moderate for 3. winds, Empire pronounced in favour of the railway, moderate for N.E. winds along the southern coast of China, and for 8. winds along the OT- and the veteran warrior Tso TSUNG TANG. therz ooaat. though hawed by the weight of his rays and infirmities, roused his zuergies quĜrjonte
A Berlin paper says:-" It appears to be now Je to me a powerful and a bayond doubt that the Chinese Government has postponed the railway question, though it is be. the Throne on the sunroma importinas of lieved that negociations may be resumed before- strengthening the coast defences and the long. The rapresentatives of the German syndicate meanwhile remain at Tientsin, nu urgent necessity for railways. Unos the decision having been arrived at respecting their atrength of these favourable signs the snow. stay or return."
ball rumour was anon ratio motion, and ere
We hear from Canton that about a thousand
LATEST TELEGRAMS.
LONDON, 12th July.
THE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. The following are the returns of the elections
to Mouday:--
Vaionists
...:. 05 Gladstonites... Terios Parnellites
155
292
77
$89
lone the varione roates were picked out, the oferal Liu Jang-Fa's troops were despatebo pioneer lindolementioned, and among other to garrison the forts at Whamper on to 8th sobernes mootedit was actually reported that inst. by order of the Viceroy. It is reported A COALITION MINISTRY EXPECTED. A coalition Ministry under Lorda Salisbury a line from Cintas to Kowloon was shortle among the natives that this step has been taken
in consequence of the demand by the Foreign and Hartington ja mootad.
to be commenced. The rumours travelled Cousals for the removal of the obstractions in
to Buropa and America and caused many s
fatter among financiers and ironmasters there. Meantime the Press in each country
the river near Whampon.
The N. C. Daily News, referring to the con- struction of a short lino of railway in conline.
tion of the Koiping railway announced by its
FROM "L'AVENIE DE TONKIN."]
Bao, 2nd July. THE FRENCH PRINCES.
The Princes connected with the families of
tack up the matter and warmly urged Tintain correspondent, adds:" We learn that boch manufacturers and financi9rs to pristel forms and specifications for the material. the Pretenders to the Crown of France have
be ap and doing, in order to accure shared, have been issued to the Sradicates and been strack off the army list.
others in Ticatsin, and that the money for the
THE NEW FRENCH MINISTER TO PEKING
BELÖNIOUS PURPOSE. --Chin -Anhol add· He Alsi, bratman, word largil with having ban on the cargo boat of one Young Chan Kwear for an unlawful purpose
***DIBORDEELT CONDUCY.
LARCENY.
OSZE FÀ CASE.
PUBLIC GAMBLING
CORRESPONDENCE.
We do not hold ons sel resresponsible for the opinious expressed by cut Correspondents,]
AN EXPLANATION, T
TO THE EDITOR OF THE "DAILY PRESS."
habitants he thought dreamy and ghostly, But
Pasjan and Suoraie Dia Samantan Mining Company-Limited-4 per sharep-aliara.......... delaug Tin Mining Company-35 per share,
dominal
ehara.
Parak Sugar Cultivation Company-TIs. 18-per Hongkong Rope Manufacturing Company. T
initod-360 per ekare, sallars, Hongkong and Muso Glas Manufacturing Co.,
Linite-Par, nominal. Ohiness, Imperial Loan of 1394 A-2 per cent
peamirim
Jhinesa Imperial Loan of 1531 E-64 per deat.
premiera.
Chinese Imperial Loan of 1894 C--3 percent,
promium.
Chinese Imperial Government 1835 Dollar Loan
3 par cent. premium,
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE.
{For Nasons. Farcosse ® Co'n Rugiszen,) Joly H Thresomster –0 Ậ tới Thermometer-)
Thermometer-end calight on 186- Pomoratior—a> {F«i balb).
Thena om star-de.x. (Wot high.............. Therarter-Mazimura -- Torniometer--Minimum (over night)ental
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HONGKONG TIDE-TABLE
13 July, 193ß,
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CHINA COAST METEOROLOGIGAL
REGISTER.
Beth July, 1686, at trac Wind
STATION,
Maria Haiphong.. Ilangkong
Shanghai......
STATION.
2.
1413 July, 1859, 41° 10 AM.
Wind.
the palace of the Grand Lama, which was set on Time. a high hill, strack him with surprise. The 17t Chenng Awai, rasiding at No. 7, Wallington. of December, 1911, was a great day in Manning's stroet, was summoned at the instanos of Inspeo-calendar, for it was then ho was first proscuted T. 10 tor Stanton ou a large of keeping an agency to the Grand Laura, who was at this time sovan for the sale of tsas fa lottery tickets at his house, years old. This child seems to have strangely and being convicted, he was fined 850, in default affected the traveller; "he had the simple squ of paying which he was sent to gaol for three unaffected manners of a well-educated princely IS
obild. His face was, I thought, poetically and moiths.
affvotingly beautiful; he was of a gay and oxoer- Kwok Akit, trader. Au Sui Tuk, honse coolie, fal disposition; his beautiful mouth parpotaally Y and Wong Ahang, water coelie, were charged unbending into a gracetal smile, which lamina- with bagating a public gambling house at No. tad his whole copoteanne". And in another 10. Hing Exp treaty on the 13th inst
plane he makes this entry: "1st Dec., 17th of The house was raided by Inspector Party, 10th moon This day I wanted thee, Grand whe spoiled a game of fantan that was going on Lama? Beautiful youth. Fane poetically affo and irrested the defendants. The informer ting: could have wept. Very happy to have seen pointed out the first defondant as the man who him and bia blessed emile. Hope often to see conducted the game, and the third as the stroft. him again." Although Manning does not giva The first and third defendants were fined $20 a very glowing account of Lhassa, Huo, who saw each, and the third, in default of payment, went the city more than thirty yours after, spoke of to gad for three months. The second defendant its appearance as imposing and majestic, and dwells with enthusiasm on the multitude of aged paid a fine of $5.
tres which surround it with a girdle of foliage, on the lofty white houses, &c. Marning maired in Lhassa until April, 1812. hoping that he would be allowed to level by Sining into Amy Szechu'an, azd so thruagh Chine fo Canton, bet the Chinese refused to permit this, sad in June. Nagual..... 1812, he reached Bengal, after ajourney which nowheep? Englishmanhadever performed beforeandwhich, notwithstanding the succeeding years of adven SIR-In a paragraph of your to-day's issue, ture and travel, no Englishman has ever perform- header"Licensing Heating I observed that yat. Mr. Macaulay, with his large train and in the gnad things to come. Syndicates construction of the line is to he found by
my mine was cffered by Mr. Sterne as his with his letters from the Chinese Government; of ospitaliata word formed in Germs and Chinese."
waste for opening a Pablie Honas; as I will, it may be hopal, soosed in garing on the never entkoriend Mr. Eterno to use my name fue of the Grand Lama,es the solitary Manning, as Fines and dermatchad ranresantelivan, who
An order has been issued by the Residact
aneh, I shall be obliged by your inserting those with no resources but his ora, Ald seventy-five came out to the Colossial Bumpire with boan-General of Tongula to the efort that all Asiation
few lines in your paired paper as a contradiction
On his arrival at Calcutta, Manning refused Foo to what he sid teous offers of cheap money, clocead, it is in the pormanent employ of Europeans Living within the limits of the towns of Hanoi or Hai-
Thanking you beforehand for the favor to tell any one about his journey, and soon at 50.00
alterwards returned to Canton. In 1817 ho true, with some awkward conditions, but on phong.sra to be registered. A photograph of
remain, yours faithfully,
went with Lord Amherst's mission to Peking as esar terma da regarde intereat,
the servant is to be attached to his registration
interpreter, and Babsequently returned to paper. Penalties are provided for failing to But time went by, and to neither pere- comply with tas provisions of the order which
Hunghong, 14th July, 1985
England, where he resided until his death in 1840. He lived in sestusion for the greater part grinating members of eradicates nor to will probably prevent its becoming such a dead
Thero died in New York on the 1st Juże Ca. of this period at Berly and Dartford, leading a agents in Europe or America bure the Chi-letter as the Eugistration law of Hongkong.
voline Terbass, whose case attracted and will at somewhat occentrio life. His library of Chines pase Government shown kov disposition to The following is taken from Pack, the well.
tract mach attention from physicians. The New booka isnow to be asen at the rooms of the Royal launch into large enterprises of this kind. known Anterican satirical publication
Ho Aobeung, ssak, Taze, à. Sz, farmer, ChanYork Tixtes remarks that the death itself Aciatic Society, in Albemarle-street-Pal Mull Chinese Minister calls the attention of B. Akan, doctor, and Lai Atazn, doctor, were charg, there was nothing remarkable. She died of me fazelle. We must confera wenever thought the China Bayard to the fact that his Government had paid with conspiring with others not in oustaly parities, and the Coroner would not have been would be in any hurry to see the railway an upwards of $200,000 indemnity for outrages to cheat Chad Krong, a supercargo, of 490 ro-called open to take cognisance of the matter bad Lord Albemarle, in his work Fifty Yours of: accomplished fart. Fete is an unknown uppa Amerienne, and he quotes the words, As pes on the Uth inst.
physician been present within twenty-four hours My Life, mentions a late Lord D.'s eccentric ha- The complainant said he was employed by the of her death. The pevalier sirvamstances of the bit of giving vant to his thoughts aloud. He was quantity in the Central Kingdom, where time would that man should do to you do yr eren
so to them, for this is the low and the prophetsapster of the San Sing shop, Bonham. Strand cana are wholly physical. Mise Terboss was sea frequent gast at the Pavilion. His knowledge in of little value, and as the urgent necessity The Secretary resingly replies, "That's some
On the 9th instant he was walking in the street venty-seven years of age, but soon after bar ale of good living led him easily to detent a great Barrington ***
Toupetare for the railway ceased with the re-establish ose of that old Confusins of poure, I sp
when he met the second defendant, who asked venth birthday all development csasod, and to the falling off in the Royal cuisine sinon the decease pose."
him where he came from. Complainant said he hear of her death she coined in form, slature, of George IV. Sitting next to King William, famuty vient of peace between Francs and Chion the fret Jasira for it bad gradually died out A Cricket match Hongkong Cricket Club cane from Mauritias, and the defendant asked and organisation a child. Cases of this kind have her exclaimed in his deep bam, "What a change, Dication of wind ....
The Navy, will be played to-day, Friday, sad. it becompuy the to me house, where he been recorded, though the uretary few out to be negli pats and hot shampagne! Fame of indiment smong the more conservative classes. Then Saturday, commencing at 4.50 p.a. sack day. would give complainant a letter to deliver to however, have attained the age of Miss Terboss, Oa anther oasion, the King and Queen, when Weather
friend of bis in Maaritina. Complainant went death rually herring, before twenty-one. Duke and Duchess of Clarence, dined with Lord perans want no change, so long as to present The following are the team
with the moan to a house in Lower Laar Twenty-five years of age in the extreme limit. D., who handed her Royal Highnese into dinner. danger menaces them. The past has been glo-
Bow, where he was invited to sit down and Miss Terboss was only four feet four inches in Boarcely seated, he began to soliloquise aloud- have smoke and some tou. The first and third height. She was remarkably quirk in taliretually, What bores those Royalties are! Ought I to rious, they are, let us perpetuite it as far as wo
defendants soos made their eppearance, and the and antil within six months of her death enjoyed drink wine with her as I would with any other woma P-and in the same tone contiuned, can,and deferthaireduction of thenew fong:
conversation tamned on gobling. One of the good health. The case will be reported on led and dangerous Westera innovation until
defendants asked the complainant if he could fall in the medical journals." An autopsy wana May I have the honour of s glass of wins with chest at gambling, as he said ho knew of a man held, and beyond some organic peculiarities tho your Royal Highness Towards the end of the last moment. If necessity forcon un to
who had brought a lot of money from California, ezaniners simply found the perfectly formed dinner, he asked her again.With great ples- dopt it in self-defence good and wall, bat
and who was exocedingly fond of gatabling. hody of a girl apparsally elerau years old. Atare, my lord," she poplid, mailing, but I hav The first defendsat esid he know how to wheat, the request of the family this brain was not had one glass with you already." The bente,
and so she has!" was 15e rejoinder. and he gave a specimen of his skill which was examined.
not otherwise. Meantime they are content to take the risk. This we foresaw was likely
CARKET CLUT.
W. Braso Robertson
G. 8. Laxon
A K-Trovere
6. Grimble
A. Shepherd
M. D. Graha
A. A Lyd
F. A. Harris
A. De C. Scoulaa.
CE. Helworthy
F. Saunder
NATI.
Lt. Robinson
Lt. Dalton
Le. Rotham ~~
Lt.-Routh Lt. De Bobeck
Lt. Plumbe
MT: BIG
Mr. Gin Brown
Mr. Wonderbil
Mr. Whitaker
AN Other
The
M. Constars, who has been appointed Minister Plenipotentiary to Peking, will leave Marseilles by the mail of the 10th July to take up his post.
POLICE COURT.
14th July.
BEFORE MM. N. G. MITCHELL-INNES.
A SWINDLIKO CONCERN.
F. P. SOARES.
LDK
Bangl
Wladi
92,10
作
(200
The Barcanter has en in Hongkong. The appears to hoa Lepression. of Kazon. Endiente sauth of it are autemte tar, wloda, moderate for N.E. vinds along the _arethery ponek of Clune, and for 3. winds along the morthera cost. The temperatura in high, the humidity rather low, and cloudy weather pro:wila
W. DOBERCK, Hongkong Observatory, 14th July, 1886.
METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER.
Prorlas on date On date
day,
at 10a.m. at p.m
at 4 pm.
09.04
84
81
E
0
"D.08
3.—MANƏTEYEN rodased to $$ degrees Fahrenheit and to. tta laval of the sea in ipohon, tentar and bendendie
-even is the shade in Chorality a -Extorer in pervestage of estoration, the
with molare being 100
co Fanfor
bu
K-FOTOS OF DE 20
IF THE WEATHER; B, Water ECUA lowda D.
3.drisshing rain + - Bog .boor B.hal; D.Light nine, O. overene Pine showers: equally H.sun)
Bow; 2. tàunder; Y, viability 1 W. dem (W) 7-Rise in implies, tantha no bandeydiba
W. DOBERCA.
·Hongkong Observatory, 14th July, 1588.
Gladstonites. th
Unionists
121
240
463
Tories..............
Parnellitos vermədənim
The Russian Government has actified that Batoam is no longer a free port.
LONDON, 8th Jsly. The following sea the returns of the elections
up to Thursday-
Uniocists Gladstonitos Tors Parnellites
50
1BL
234
65.
483
LONDON, 10th July.
The following are the feturns of the elections up to 8aturday
Unionists...... Gladstonitos...
Tories........ Parnellites
119
72
573
Mr. L. IL Courtney and the Marquis of Har tington have boon ro-elected.
Mr. Leonard Courtney sits for the Bodmin division of Cornwall, whore in 1835 he was elected by a majority of 1,153 over the Tory candidata As one of the Unionists he was probably opposed this time be a Glastonita candidate. The Marquis of Hackington Tas retarosd in 1885 for the Kassondale Division of North-East Lancashire by a majority of 1,992 over his Tory apponent. He was to bo opposed at this section by Mr. Michael Davitt. the Home Baler, who presumably went to the poll-ED. D.P.1
LONDON, 12th Jals.
The estimated final result of the elections :-
Unionista
Gladstonitos..............................
Tories.. Parnellites
77
187
$20
84
670
Sir George Trevelyan has been deforted. [The Right Hon. Sir George Otte Trevelyaar Bart, late Secretary of State for Sotland, was raturned for the Hawick Group of boroughs last election unopposed. Has desertion of Mr. Gladstone, however, displeased his constitnouts, Kal kr has donbiler-bear-onated-by-a-lade stonita-ED. DP}
HONGKONG,
The psal week has been very quiet, and no thing of interest has occurred to excita the publis mind except the continued disastrous fall in ex- change and the deslize in Rank share The first oneral, mesting of shareholders in the Dairy Farm Company, Limited, was held on the 9th inst, when the Chairman explained the posi tion and prospects of the Company, which som ex ollent. Some larga additions to the Company's herd are shortly expected, when it will be in a position to supply the Caluuy with par milk at a low prica The members of the Hongkong Sketching Club held their twenty-seventh ex- hibition in St Andrew's Hall on the 9th insi, which proved more successful than ninal the ar hibits being numerous. A number of cases have been brought in the Supreme Court to restrain Chinese from selling mistahes said to hare boen raads in Japan, the band of which is a fraude- Heut imitation of Swedish and other European makers. The Japanese Consul but addressed a letter to the Daily Presa maying that the imita tions complained of ware not manufactured by Japanese at all, but that some four years ago socle were made by a Chinese firm at Kobo. On the 10th is a scratch boat race was rowed in the harbour, thro boats contesting, when Kare- blumo (Glass stroke) won by a quarter of length; same distance between second and third. 4 contract for a silver Loan for Tha. $03,000 has boon concluded between the Kwangtung Gorora- ment and the Honghong and Shanghai Bank, the amount being paid over on the thirst Marine Ceart was held at the Barbour Offics on the 12th inst. to investigate the ginumstances attending the loss of the British steamer Comp ion, on the istaud of Balabso in the Palawan Passare recently. The Court found that the loss of the sessel was due to an unexpected ca rent, the sat of which the master had no mOKEJUS of asoartaining, and they saw no reason to deal with his certiflosts or those of the ofloors.
spacis licensing meeting of the Justions was held on the 19th insh, when the Lionee of the Hongkong Hotel was transferred from the late Manager to the Secretary of the Company, and the Boenes of the National Hotel was sle trans- ferred to the landlord of the Grand Hotel, the two inns having been amalgamated.
The tulsticker sfel piracies are being vigorously fought against now by the agents of the Exopesu bouses whose trada marks are being soplod and whose rights are being infring- adur on. Several cases have been brought ieloce the Supreme Court, and will be found reported in car Supplement.
Zetor da Silva Pontes, Vien-Consà in Chian for Brasil, arrived here on the 19th inst. by the P. & O. stoummer Rohilla from Shanghai. The Brazi lion Consulate has been temporarily abandoned,' no Senhor Pontes is on his way to join the For- riga Ofos at Eio de Janeira, but will first go to Londen, where he intends spending a short time on leave,
A centrot for a silver kan for Tis. 300,000 has been conelcdad between the Canton Authori ties, acting on behalf of the Chinese Imperial Government, and the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. The money was paid over on Friday, the 9th inst, and ita pamant is | spread over a term of years. The loan was LS-
gotiated by Mr. Oscar Brandt.
The dead body of Свіпадки таs found al Wunchat on Saturday morning, the 10th iust., with a rope rozed his neck. The rope was broken, and the other and was fastened to a bongh of & tres abere him. It is therefore, probabis he hanged himself until he wna dend, and after Glas the rope gave way with his weight. The unfortunate ma. WAY the victim of a foul disease to a terrible extent, and it is likely this may have induced him to commit saioide to and his sufferings.
The rotaras of the Collecter of Stamp Revonus for the first six months of the present year aro pablished in the Government Garette. They stow that $84,404.40 was collected as against 376,326.35 in the corresponding six months of Last year, exhibiting an increase of $8.169.65. The largest increase is shown under the beads of transfer of shares, probate, conveyance or assign. round, bills of lading, sad policy of insurance The largest decrease is apparent under bill of exchange or promissory note ($1,259.60), and charter party (8594.15).
Wa hare to acknowledge receipt of "DA rectory of Protestant Missionaries in China, Korea, Sism, and the Straits Settlements, cr rected to May, 1886, by the Rev. Dr. Farnham, and published at the American Presbyterian Mission Pros at Shanghai. It con alus the names of 628 Missionarias, male and femala, thus distributed Clins, including Hongkong) 599; Korea, 3r Blan, 24; and Brita Softiemonte, 8. The Chips Inland Mission is by far, the largest
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