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FINDING.

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this common system of writing, —which in remphis suformation wan regelvad, verter Arother British vassal- has been lost on the and told him my evidence. I think he took it the Slat continued to throw margo overboard. (no deck log. The steamer was not slował the nature of things must be ideographic day that these mer Angers Captain Pinkta Philippine cour, bring to the want of Ught downinwriting: There were that's present Boat the coolies away at night and most of the daring netsh. The patent log showed a Pajol, went saborà bear Cooktown, while on kapan to warn mariners of the dangers which my son, two men in the next house to me,a kuaporan. On Wednesday and Thursday, tried to correct register në far as I know. It has not rather than phonetio,—and replace it by a voyage from Foochow to Eydney, has been got abound in thay quarter. That ranal, bearing lighter, and an interpreter. We were not all- tow off again, and continued to work all the to be hauled iz to his road. I have been two purely phonetio syalem, and what will re- off entoly, end has prevented on her voyage, the namo a fustralia struck towards the end asked together. We were called in sad questioned pumps. Tag boat arrived from Tientsin and 1 year on this run, and have male sight or The best Hemady for Acidity of the Stomult The various tribar (we may for

of list month, bà, Ban Nicolas shoil, hear separately. I did not hear what my son said. Do wade arrangements for her to remain by the ship. niso trips put this pince. The On Sunday morning, between 9 and 10 30 31uila, and remained that by lab advices. The not know whether my son heard what I sail. On the Red August, the Yibang serived from NI W. westerly was a proper course to take INNEFORD'S FLUID MAGNESIA,

convenience call thew) of China will either lock the storm letzch carrying the Bethel danger lce in the immediate neighbourhood of Re-examined My family house is in Men Shanghai, with pompa and appliances to get the us between Reet Island and the Promontory. resolve themselves into separate nationalities Bag will call alongada any ressed hoisting code Manila, and yet has been inadataafely guarded I don't deal with defendant's shop now because ship off under hangs of Mr. P. V. Urant. I consider it a safe course. It was food tide.

Fenant C. to convey men ashore to 11 am neragüinst. Some time ago, the local authoritier he began giving me short weight in rios I live Worked all 3rd and 4th getting boilers and The Court the widjourned. or will fix on some new mediam of comics at St. Peter's Beamen's Church, returning made a vigorous effort te mark out the danger very neat to him. I don't know what sort of a material on board. On the 5th pumped all the Da the Court roopaning in the afternoon, INNEFORD'S FEULD MAGNESIA.

munication. Prosisely. Dr. CRAWIDED would shout 19.30 in a permanent way. A Ughthouse was not un business he did before the fes, An opposition bolds out, and got all ready to two off. On the the statements of P. Waltheral (hind Oilcar The best Mild Aporians for Delicate Constity: let them fix upon Mandarin as their tions, Ladies, Children, and Infants, and for

Captain Hall of the steamer Spendrift, which on the shoal, but the ses made short work of it shop started at the beginning of the yone. ith tried to tow off with the Harms and Yu-G. Duncan (Chief Engineer), John McCracken » uns in Warm Cimator. DonEPOX & Co., Chomists, medinm, and at them toarn to write it by arrived at Singapore on the 17th August from time to waves swept both it and its keepers To the Court Dafondent was only in my shus, but parted the bawear on the rocka and-3rd engineer), Pator cintyre (2ud engineer) London, and of Druggiata and Storakosperm thranga.. { nienne of my invention. Ho rejoices in the aut full overboard on the 30th of last month. pas a bad job. The shoal remains a standing son money in order to keep him from Court, so I one of Company's steamers to come and assist out men (Chinese) were hoard Capt. Barrier Liverpool, reports that his moatswain, Mr. Fan-away. Sions then the authorities are given it houses on two occasions. He wanted to give my did not quecood Telegraphed to Shanglist for two quartermasters (Manilamon), and two look- thought that by so doing the whole vast while the steamer was in the Gulf of Aden, and danger to ships passing that way. The perlla that he could not give evidence against him for in towing her f

Very well known, and the shoal is marked committing arson. I do not know myself how Lieutenant-Commander Maxwell said the mase of the venerable Rteraturo of China Ay drowned.toalety dialinetly on the charts. It is that dangerous the fire conarzeda

witness bad better pass to the foal aban- The decision, which was rather lengthy, was night (ho assume thus it would) be swept The Band of the Northamptonshire Regiment on stormy nights, when disaster hosomes moat Mr. Johu Andrew, cross-examined, said I doamons of the resul

girou at ball-past six o'olook. Ths captain was will play in the Public Gardens, to-morrow, from imminent. Several vessels have come to grief have hars the parifoulars of poltay offorbid on

Captain Barrier eatin.d-On th 17theteamer found to have committed na aerov of judgment Productions; what be desires is, like another are times" away. He can aos no beauty in any heather still 10 p.m. The following in the progenitapa it on such cosasions. In the interest of goods, furniturs, and alething of the Kat Loeng Kowshiny and tags Flares and Vicehas started and his master's certificate was stupended for Newton. the so-faring emanity, the Philippine Goshop, dated 14th October, 1887 No. 175. The towing and parted the hawser than times, and six months with the recommendation that a SHEH WATI, to destroy all existing hooks Fantas. *Reminiscenons of Offenbrob" Conradi. veroment shonki sa to this sborteeming without amount is $1,000. It is divided into two parts: wo then gara up the attempt, the water having chief officer's certificate bo granted him SMSAD-

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goods, 300 Enruituro and clothing, $200. falien and the son was breaking koavily on the whilo. The sosond officer Charlos Kilgour was and replace then by a phonotic literature action (“Rose of Castle”.

The premium, 813, is pail for a whole your racks, and the ship was bumping hoarily. At also censured Tho shergs of looting against Gavelte......"Stephanie"" free from the dabasing effects of

There is no return. There is no note of inspes. 4 p.m. rudder post and redder brake off, and four members of the cram was not sustained, and heatheniem and saturated, with Oaristian

titti attached.

et mm. vont all coolios aid the Chinese portion the prisoners were dischargul.—Courier. thought." He would find, however, as SHIF

Leung Kan, ro-examined, said-Whon Lmot do of the crew out of the ship, not doing fondant and told bita that his house was on fire it unle to keep them any linger on board. HWAwari did, that the Confucian Classics

did not seem much put about. I saw my father At 7.30 held consultation with Mr. Buchanan, which he believes to be hastening to that

sleeping on his bed when defendant went the Marits, Superintendant of the Company. away after the second conversation. My father the officers, and all the Europeus on board, hourno from which, hieroglyphics never re-

was not present at the conversation difondant and considering it a great risk of life to tum” are 100 deeply plsuted in the hearts

lad with me I slept home on the night of remain on board any longer, I garo the Land- memories of the Chiness to be rooted

the 19th inst. I went out on the morning order for all hands to have the ship. Wont out in one generation, or in two; though in

ftos: 20th between 5 and 6 o'clock. When on board the Haran for the night. The weather I went out my father was still asleep. I was radically getting worse, and we had to rua bristles

got upstairs 1 met defendant coming down again, but made no farther efforts to tow her off, returned about 15 minutes afterwards. Before into Port Arthur. We boarded the steamer We met half way. He didn't say what he had and we finally abandoned her on the 18th, whan cons to the horse for. The whole of the con. the steamer in Nanzing came to our belp. versation took place upon the stairs, and, after it By the Court-When I shaped the course I went up I saw my fathar coming out from his mentory tea miles of. But the night was clear, was over, I went upstairs and lay down. When from Sentry Rook I intended to pass the Pro-

room. All defendant said to me at the second and when I maile the land I should have hauled conversation with my father was "You are of off it. I got in too okiso. amall boy why do you want to sues such a Q-Do you consider two miles a suficient dia- lot of trouble. You have no grudge against me.

tance to pass that point at night! I bare none against you. Why should you go to ourt and give evidence against me." my younger set is nine years-old. We all live Lenug Yee, ro-called-My son is 18 years old, together in the same home. On the morning of the 20th, defvadent and I sat on one bed in the passage. My son sat on the next bed.

At this point the osso was ramanded to Wed- Lesday next.

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The Courrier d'Haiphong of the 19th instant the end they might surviveonly in paraphrases sys-Amongst the passongote from Franse by the last mail we observe the name of M. Fopp, or retain their predent firm at the risk of chief engineer of the Saa été franghias des char becoming as unintelligible as the Rookgy bonuages da Torkin, an radiostion that the Changes, which Dr. Leads says is a work on works, already commenced some time ago, will be actively pushed en We also note with plon- divination and Professor TERLEN DE LA are the return of M. Bavier Chauffour, who will an inventory or vocabulary. st one accompany M. Fopp to the mines and But in this iconoclasma justifiable F The place him in charge Confacian Classics contain nothing that is immoral, and much that is excellent; they should be help, not a hindrance, to any candid propagandist.

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A Shanghai paper states that the Governor of Formoss has promised a thousand feels per annum towards the sapport of the Shanghai Zoological Garden, and other most meatorial support by applying it with apneimona of the stereosion with other high offloials of the fauna and flora of Fermas, besides offering his Empire on behalf of the garden. That looks will turu put, is the best sense of the woril, a very promising, and we hope and trust the sobame couplate success.

POLICE COURT.

4th August

BEFORE HON. H. E. WODEKOYSE.

ALLEGED ARJON.

In Aynk, muster of the shop No. 26, Holly wood Real, which was destroyed by firs on the 19th instant, was brougat up on a charge of be- ing bonearned in the alleged incendiarism in connection with that are

Mr. Stokes appeared to presente on behalf of the Straite Ipearance Company, and Mr. Wotton appeared for the defence,

Mr. Wolton ohinched to Mr. Stokes appearing for the prosecution on the same grounds as in the other case.

His Worship said that this was a different oase from the other, being a private prosecntion.

Mr. Wotten said the matter had now been saat before His Excellency the Governor for decising, and applied for an adjonremsat after hit Wership Lind bad sufficient evidence before bin, pending that decision.

His Worship asked if Mr. Stoke had any ab. Fotion to an adjournment.

An

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After some disocasion hail was fixed at two

sureties of $500. or money deposit of $1,000.

Mr. Stokes replied that his intention was to make this sharge part and parcel of the 2 charge against theother three men, and treat the

two charges as one. He did not objest kept under arrest. He then called Lang Kan, adjournment, provided the present defendait be

the witnessin the other case, whose evidence did not materially differ from test already given.

John Andrew said-I am agent for the Straits Insurance Company in Hongkong. The thefend-[We aut obtained a policy of insumate from me for $1000 on the Kat Fung shap. The policy was taken out in October of last year, and it pires in October of this year. It is taken out Then the name of the shop, the Kst Fang.

CORRESPONDENCE.

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A SHABEBROKER ON LICENCE FEES.

A—Tes when the weather is clear. Q-When you took your last bearing of Che set out of your course? foo Blaff at 8 pm. did you find you had been

A-She had set a little of the westward, Q-What enrrent did you expect to End on approaching the Promontory?

A—A current setting to the N.W« from the northward of the island.

Q-How many times have you done the trip before F

A-I have been in the ship nina montha' Q-You say st 11.35 the offler reported rain and thick woother coming on, and you went on dook and saw land ahead. Did you think it world he a good thing to haul out then P

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A-The land was N. N. E. and to the casward. and it would probably lo a quarter to twelve | ilongkong and Shanghai Bank Shares—161 · thon. Who we left Chefoo we had about 500 toas of ergs---about 2,000 packages of general cargo, and some 3,000 packages of old iron. the deviation of her compassos

Q-When was the Leesong swang lost for

Not since I have been in ber. Q-How long have you been in har? A-Abant nine months

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Orders for extra coples of the Daily Press should be out before 11 the day of publication. New ideas!. Young Chinais full of new idena, Company's Schools in Edinburgh, perhaps the the amount of the policy. Neither more or brokerage will only be two dollars and a half on nn, record of the date of the last swinging of Canton. Inearance Office, Limited-892 per

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE "DAILY PRESS. Bin-With forence to the paragraph in By Mr. Wotton-I personally inspected the your issus of the 23rd instant, may I as your articles I was insuring for the shop. The Katiga correspondent whether it ever occurred to Fang shop was abanged from No. 84 to No. 86, his mind that the share brokers a paying to the mind. I took no inventory of what I was their contract mater, siz, one dollar for every and is not now in the same premises as those I Gaverament a very heavy stamp duty on all insusing. I made a clean examination of what I such contmet, whether for aus hundred shares was insuring. I made no written estimate as

oc for five nuty, in which latter esse if the to its value. Thace ne memorandum showing transaction is done with another broker, the ita vaina. I condidered the value of the shop The policy was not given to me by the defen- dant. I can produce a prosa copy of the polio in my books. It will show the premiams that bare beou paid. The application for haravo came through the compradore. Through enquit is, they will only socord them the contempt Yes, but I had only just taken charge at ries I made I was satisded that the munster of the they mort shop was a respectable man. I saw him after

Leach side.

tioneers should pay stamp duty on all noscunt If your correspondent proposed that aur sales, the starsbrokers would certainly not be sarprised at your correspondent's ideas, but as

A SHAREBROKER. Hongkong, 24th August, 1888.

Q-Do I understand you to say that you have

Lho ship?

A-Yes.

know when bie ship was last, arung for devia

Q-Do you consider ita master's business to tiner

The Lering, and we almost every day tako courses we usually steer. I have no doubt what. observations for the deviation on the particular

sar that the deviations were actually corroot. I know the deviation on this paritaular course may takou on her last trip to Newohwang, for I took it myself. That was not a mouth", before the aesident. A record of these observations was kept in a book on board, but that book was lost with the ship.

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The two arguments, usually brought for wird in favour of a phonetic system for writing Chinose arc, that it takes a missionary maay years to learn the present charactere, and that it is extremely difficult to express by their means any exotic iden. Now are says:-Although the training senson does not The N. O. Daily News of the 20th instant far from declaring that the Chinese charac- open officially until the lat September, there tars are easy to write or recollect, but the large gathering at the Grand Stand on Saturday morning. Thanks to the energy of strange fact remains that a Chinese child the olerk of the course, the training courge was will be absolutely ignorant of all book. th splendid condition, though dusty owing to the winds, so that some of the ridere behind learning till he is eight years old, and at others had a rather disagreeable experienes fiftees will freely compose the most elaborate The El Dorado brought down eighty-seven essays without any ald but his memory. As griffins, forty of which are for Hongkong.

Sin Nanning will bring winety ponies. for the second objection, it is all but un founded. A Ohioans cannot easily write A correspondant referring to a paragraph down the foreign word electricity, but be bas paper, says that in the book of Goography in simongst the "Oils Podrida" in yoaterday's readily adopted the ides and has neatly and so at the Elebgkong Public Schoct the Parsnes forcefully_expressed it by the symbols-read are called a set of lindoos and said to be poly, in mandarin tien ki, or "breath of lightning."theistic in religion. He mentions another in uso jub legst galte recently) in the Merobent fand, what is more to our present point, can largest educational institution in the world. which is literally peppered with gross errors and express them in graissful and liomatic Chi-absurdities, the population of the cities of Enrope nese. De Quraux would put a scientific being givbu as they were about half a century leader in the Times into perfect. Attie Greek, go. Ostend is said to be the on y seaport, in and the authors of tho Prize Banye at the

Belgium. Shanghai Polytechnis. find no difficulty in

An stray of a sericus rature and which nearly the re between 10 and 11 am. ou the 19th inst. letter in your valued paper, and anglosing my Requesting you the favour of insorting this terminated fatally for one of the belligerents. He was at my office in company with my coroard-I remain, gens, etc.. On the 3rd August, at Croydon, England, Jontrapolating the modern terms of technical took place on board the barque Highlande, pradore. Edo not speak Chiese. The con SILVERLOOK, formerly of Canton and Shanghai, aged science. Nevertheless, a phonetic system which arrived at Skogbai from New York on rersation was carried on through the com-

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would be a decided convenience, in spite the 18th instant. It appears that a day or two pridors. The master of the shop was in the of its dangers, and it is possible enough had a guarrol, in which the only Englishman in Inoutin. He bad the policy with him. Tha before reaching Shanghai. some of the scament compradora's room with the compradore when that A similar epirit to that which the arowd gave a "plus" to a Databaz The compradore said "Here is the owner of the Kat evoked the Eomaiji Kai in Japan (though latter shipped out his knife and stabbed the Fang shop. He produced his policy and the the enthusiasm which launched that has wound. The wounded man was taken to the fire doeur? He answered through the Com

Buglishmau chest, indiosing a avere book." I said to the compradore, "How did this faded) inay some day arise in China. If is hopital on the vased's arrival, and is reported to prelors, Through carelessness by spilling an

A Naval Court was opened at the British HONGKONG, August 25th, 1898.

dees what direction should it take? Dr.OBAW lesh Hound, a more sorstah, on the shoulder I asked him where his books were. Ho produced enquire into the droumstances attending the he rapidly recovering. The Dutchmans got a oflism." He said it was not a agresino laza. Consulate, Shanghai, on the 20th instant, to Ta Chinees Recorder has been much exerjects to plaip romanization, which he

FORD's disciple, Mr. DUNGAN Kar, ob during the row-Hrcury

the paying in book, but said the others were all standing and abandonment of the British The beamship Leesang, official No. 91,874, on a reef "cived of late with. what certain of its corros anys, "at first sight neone neither easy ship-owners and, skip-mesters occurred dwingt time I saw him was on the first day of the fof-rocks-off-the cast ond of this Liauti-shand what distance did you intend-to- pass off-Root-Chins Sugar Refining Company, Limited-8182__

burnt. I saw the last witness in the bar. pondents call Chinese Phonotop-in plain or legout, requires, pen, paper, and ink, the page ont of the steamer Chung Chow, supradora had soon him before. I told my Newchwang, and also to furestigets a charge of trial on Tuesday morning. I do not think my Promontory, while on a voyage from Chefoo to

per share. A-Six or seven alles. The wind remained Luzon: Sogar Relining Comping, Timiled-855- Eagliss, with the question whether Chinese forelen in appearance and mode of use, she from Cardiff. The crew of the vessel shipped compradoro, that there was an informer in the looting made by the master of the vessel against southerly and S. E. daring the night. I did

which serivad at Singapors on the 15th August.

por share.. own be apolt as it is pronounced instead of reverses the order of writing," and which in Cardiff for Singapers direct, at £14 for the dabatungt, ear. What the chief saticies insisted of G, Brown, sg, F. B. M's Vico-Conan anled out was not bonus it was thick,

matter. He has not bear tour office since that certain members of the orew. The Court don not coecider it thick then. Tho zonson I Hongkong lee Company's Shara+--$79 par as now, retiring a separate character for is supposed by the Chinese themselves to run, to the discharged on serival. When the the chapters when the potior to his out. B. B. Maxwell, Esq. Lisatabant-Commander H. but becanes I thought it well momo on worse. Hongkong and Chine Bakery Company, Limited each word. Coconsciously imitating bisbe a threign language." Dr. Chawrend's vessel reached Aden, it was decided to take I do not remember a large gushtity of oil being BM's Cosechafer: J. C. Felgats: Bag, Easter Haniamion a quarter-insters wore sisering. 85 per share.

some pilgrims ta. „Testitch · As soon. sa'thiy was Baddhist predecessors of a thousand years system is, to adopt de oative method of made known to the orew, they refused to in the shop Thine might have been some oil of the British steamship Lord of the Taies; and They are man who have been in the ship erer Porak Tin Mining and Smelting' Company uro ago, the Rev. Dr. CRAPED bas dividing a word into an initial and fina!, seed any further in the ship, claiming that t

in the shop. The goods were miscellansons. L. J. Hughes, Esq, master of the British atening I joined her. I oinsider the vessel has -I liquidation. boriously compiled, to use kia own words, much as if we were to consider the word man in the original agreement. A Court of Laguire until the policy and books were obtained.

bacs carefully stored as rols We were go. Punjom and Sunghie Dus Semantan Mateg The stamination of this witness was adjourned mer Soochow waa doviation from the voyage not specified

After the Court had been daly constitutedig 10 knots at the time. I had confidence - Company, Limited-811) per share, noun. "aaretem of phonetic symbols for writing to be inade up of me and an. He draws was held at tast part, the members of the court

Loun Tu said-First witness is my son. Captain Barrier, who was in command of the in the offour of the rat watch that he would Perak Bnger Caltivation Company-Ts. 18 per being the Commander of HLM.S. Scout, the

Havamals Tai K. Tem a tailor in Hollywood Leesing at the time she ran on the rocks, was steer the ship carefully, had no reason to the dialects of China," while the Rev. HAN-erpendicular line, on either sido of whichVice-Consul, the StatPaymaster of the Scout,oad. I have not seen prisonar since the date called and examined. He gaid-I was master think otherwise. In the middle watch I was on tongkong Rone Manufacturing Company, Li ZAN BRICH bar evolved a shorthand kipbajke aðḍe an glphabetimi arrangement and the thaster of the British-ship Esse The thres des away from me.. I heard a great noise July Isat. We left Chufon on the 27th July watch from eight to trelra. He made no spasial A 8 Watson & Co., Limiled-100 per-vent... ·

mitad-883 por shaze,:" of the Are. A fice took place on the 10th in of the British atomship Lessant ou the 29th the bridge myself. The second offace was on bet. Of course aither invention is preceded strokes and twirls that he sysakes each court found that the men wore parfestly justifled, in the strestasi blowing of whistles, which woke rounded the Sentry Rack at 6 pm, set the course led or when I want on the bridge Hongkong & Kowloon Wharf and tortown Co., by an apology for its appearance, which character glitter with ita distinctive parts indasement for them to proceed to Jeddah

remark to me about the position of the ship when in the notion which they had takoa; and a 80

me up when the fire began. I have had no con- N2 Westerly magnetic, to pass the Lian-ti- | apology, equally of course, involves a 'deain-ready for the immediato reception of the awarded each man 2 extra the posta. of the

veraction with any persen out of my house. At shan. Promontery. The weather was fine and did not myself 200 any of the passongara hug. Limited-$165 per share, buyers. ciation of the present order of things. Now mid” tãs an example be applies his court to be paid by the owners of the vessed. I asked him to have's cup of tea. He spoke Teft orders at 8 pm with the affloor of the quite clour ou that point as I was busy with Chinese Imperial-can-of-1834 B-5 per sent. 7. that evening defendant came to my house clear, light SE wind. Took laat bearing of gage broken open. It was reported to me. I Singapore Insurance Company, Limital-$15 Chefoo Blut at 8 pm. S. Fasterly, magastio. think it was by the compradore, but I'am nat to me and-offered to give my-son-monoy if he

other things. I think it was done after tän men Mr. R. E. Wainewright writes as follows to the would not go and give evidence at the Folies watch that should the weather get in thick or Shanghai Marcurg-As I am alluded to in Mrs. Churt about the fire. He said "Tall your son bery or if there was any particular change, I on back from Port Ariane. I a ono mano in your adtag article in last Tuesday's issue, A. J Little's letter to The Sentinel, reproduced nut to go up to Court to-morrow, and I will give was to be called, and I gave striot orders to make taking some glothes into boat, and that man is you $4 or 85 to drink tea" I said "I do not a good course. I left the bridge shortly after one of the prisoners. He had a slik gora linal I shall be gind if you will allow to make s

know what my son will do." Hareid You are p. and retired to my room some time after with far, sud sailors do not generally have such

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it seem to go that full justice is not done to invention to Malther xi. In the Mandarin. the many excellencies of the Chinese charac ber: (the written character; for we are not defending Chinese morals). Is it, or is it not, a convenience that all the world over a waris shih-erk ko menta. ("when Jesus hadow remirks with regard to it. I certainly bare, his father; cannot you persuade him not to do 9. the weather then haing Ane and clear. If articles of ofothing on board. The pitont log Société Francaise des Charbonnages du Tonkin single stroke, as thus, I, is understood to in-made an end of commiading his twelve dis-for many years, been opposed to the system Isaid I cannot He then went away, was called at 11.35 by the second offer, who re- / was overboard from the time we left Sentry dicate uoity? that the mathematical symbol ciples"); then we were brought up by the lanugurated by the, now repealed, Baylith Anti. He came again next morning. During the first ported that it was getting rainy. I went on douk Book. At midnight it showad 63 miles Hongkong Bigb Level Tamways Company, For multiplication, division, and what not appalling combination dati, jiog, or isioy. If contagious Diseases Auts, and I am opposed to oversation my son when defendant cams are common to all Europe? If you can foreigner who has studied Mandarin for many Shanghai, but She Little it back next morning it was a little after air the contemptible parody of still surviving in of converastion. esme bring his indebtedness, home to x Frenchman years cannot make out this, what, think you, she thinks that I told her that I had fought for o'clock. I was in bed. I heard defendant call whose language you dɔn't speak,by waving will the bapless Chianae render do with it? aninek as all that I did for her was to ARGOTT / 20W Hiz. He said I will give your sou $30. We took it to be the highland of the Tinn-tjahan setting the other way, to the westward, and I Mrs. Batler. I rather ran away for Mra, Butler, to me. My wife woke me up and I wont out and before his ayes a chit inscribed $2, what does Troly, as our northern contemporary saya, ber up to London when elie was threatened it you will order him to go to Canton, and from Promootory, and continued on the same douras soled on it. We had a clear night, and could it matier that he reade it deus piastres, and these things be toys. The practical anocess with personal violence at Calahostor. But it is Canton to Mars." I said F don't care how until midnight, and then hauled out N. W... 800 a safe distance, OH JUB, "wo dollars ?" You hare established) of the romanized tibles at Ningpo, Swatow, to trouble you. What I am anriana'to do is to 70. It is my son's business." He then wented land right ahead Put the helm hard-a-star- Lessang, was the next vitnas called, and in not this trifling misstatement which induces me map you give me, I cannot settle the thing for to pass outside of Beef Island. About 12.20 sight Uharles Kilgour, the second offer of the a communication with him which any amount and other southern missionary centres should disclaim, I do most emphatically, al coupon away. My son was also present at this con board immediately. She turned right round, and answer to members of the Court, he said I was of dinning Into his ears two dollars" would serve to continge Dr. GSAMFORD what all bis sibility for Mrs. Little's statement to the silent venation. He was at the doorway of my room struck the rocks with her head off shore. Stopped offtear of the first watch im board the lessang never have sacserded in doing. Extend ingenuity has boon poured into a sieve. The stitites: Unisipal Como, stockings topple Rud barn witthur upon a bed when thuiscint bolds and found she was making little water in the Captsiz as to the ovire est from Beatr

that the Council licences pro-and heard what passed. He gain wothing. He the engines and swung all the boats ont; sounded on the 27th July last. I was not cuneated by bhone very obrious trutha to their fullest ex-advantages of familiarizing the Chinese to amertain and to explain to bar the working of came in. Defendant was sitting on the bench the main hold: She was afloat from the bridge Ecol. An allor of the watch I did not araming tent. Let us imagiza a cerise of symbole to with roman letters are so palpable, and the her, more than once, that what the Connd did that the house was burnt. He said "When the the engines and tried to work her off the rooke, the ship on passing tha đam ti shan Promon- the system in force, and tried to impress upon when I same out. The defendant inakad sorry forward, and from the funnel aft. We started to see what distance the couras set would pissə have been agreed upon by all nations to to presant every definite iden; than a member minival that any reasonable being should information which he had upon the subject, her wis it Your sou may get into trouble over holds ont at 1.50 stepped the engines. Fired done the trip many times before I know from my of one nation could communicate, on paper, bave wasted the years and the paper which are regular Express at while son does not want that 390. All right, if he from Port Arthar to land the passengers. About would take us the usual celana from the Pre- assertions regarding it are somewhat surprising it. If I win I might proseouts your son. Your signals of distress in hopes of getting assistance experience it was a safe course for the ship and with a member of another, with whose las-Tr. Gawrond tells us bis feat bag cost complains, I leave insca to piliere that she had has to engage a lawyer and gefa late frouble, 4 am, I sent the second mate to Port Arthar mentory, that is, two or three miles. A vessel is gungo he was totally unacquainted. Substi hin on system which is neither the fiab, the tallest explanation given to her, and that she ha has not ght Bfty cents to pay his fine with. Los assistance to take off the pugengar, and to safe thrus quarters of mis off the Premastery. tats for all nations" the peoples of eastern flesh, nor fowl of the various methods of ought to be wall aware that the editorial depart I did not speak to him any more after this. telegraph to the agents at Shanghet. At 4.30 I do not know when the ship was last song for Aria, sud for the "series of symbols" the romanization, nor the good red herring of more to do with the issue of it than ren had the only two conversations I had with him.

ment of your morning contemporary hai no He did not come back a third time. Those were the weather was rapidly getting worse, decided deviation. I had only been in her three days.ATIOĴU

to send the people away in our own boats, and } It was gloomy weather. It was clear garly in the existing Chinese characters, and you have, the old Chinese characters.

I do not know with what amount of accuracy.

By Mr. Wotton On the second occasion that the first bost left at 4.45, and by 5 o'clock, or there. | night, with sanalle from the nautward, and it satuk in effect, a very fair picture of the condition

Mrs. Little has reprodoned Miss Safford's second defendant moe to me it was six am, on abouts, all passengers and most of the orse wore in a steady drizzle about balf past elevou oojook. Tolo statements, hat, as they stand in the former's the 20th On the blight of the 19th my son had ont of the ship. The engers, the enginçöra, and Q. Did i dnks you that the ship should be makin

.wight ktter, they embody one of the most baseless and gone to bed in my house. He had slept there myself remained by the ship with the remainderhauled out more mischievons calumnias ever attered.

all might... He went ent of the house a little of the orew, At 5 30 the chief enginter reported ¦ · A-I did not consider It nessary to haul Barkong after, six o'’albok on the morning of the 20th all the fires out and nineteen inches of water her out from the land up to hall-post slowen Hobo The following move from Maono has been re- All the time the conversation was taking place I in the boller room, and the boilers lifted two o'clock. I thought I oculd ass four or five Knila kon ceived from an offload who has all facilities and could ses my son from where I was. He was feet, with the water rising rapidly, The saip milas distance, and when the rain set in I - make himes!! readily understood. Some The M.M. steamer Melbourne, on her voyage is, to a certain extant, bound to know The lying on the bed. He was not in sto same pool was then straining very heavily amidship and called the Captain. When he can on the

years ago, when Mr, Brance accompanied account of had weather, to put into amoy for Abundant measures have been taken to prevent got up from the bed my man followed him to the ship with all hands The weather was getting far I could you, and I told him four or so miles SATON,

from Hongkong to Shanghai, was compelled, on sanitary condition of the colony is satisfactory tion when the defendant went away. He bad bumping on the rocka. I prepared to leave the bridge the first question he asked ma was how the Duke of GEROS Korea, he found him-same hours

the spread of the diasass among the inhabitanta, staircase. fie did not go down with him. It is finer towards 7 am. the rain olearing as and↑ It was his suggestion to han, the ship out. I wolf without an interpreter, but was easily

and so far they have proved suscennini. No not a habit of my son's to sleep in my house, the barometer rising, and we desided in romais paid particular attention to the steering. The on the contrary Captain Burros, anthes ofhear, heen sleeping ontaide. The only rensen was be mach fluer, and the Chines tags Tunisas and the bridge looked at it every fire or tangk deaths' have been reported for the last two days, Before the fra, during the hot weather, he has by the ship. At 10 am the weather was steering compass is out of the line of walk on Tokiu and a child, who are quarantined on the Green case It was very het. There are ten people in Leeshan came out from Port Arthur, bringing minutes, but having just joined the ship I wa

บ Talend and have been attacked, are progreasing our portion of the house. There is one flat and Captain Calder and the harbour master and anxious to know how the mon stored and looked Bopstungu We would remind these of our readers whe free pratique within a few days No other case house belong to my son. He has a bed in my the assistance they would give us. The tugboats Westarly the course I sterol

favourably, and it is expected that they will have a cookiefs. None of the small rooms in the Captain Mathews, and they kindly offered all after them. I was not steering the degree. M as yet, a thing that is not. Each province, Bank that the half-yearly mosting takes place the shods at Chailhas, the ck are left there, work Ler the military. It is & catoin of mine to ve damenced transporting the passengers" and I had to call the Captain when I made the warm, and rüher dry weather powta

are shareholders in the Hongkong and Shangha have taken place on that Janni A to those in room. I do not work for any particular firm. I brought on our boats and grew with them, and in the night order book, if I remember rightly, ench village almost, has its own language, at noon to-day, ́and though as a general rule a knowledge of

but the others have been taken to the Taips go to the horraqke for job orders. I have been ingangs from the steamzer at once. We found land or there was a change in the weather. [The M. Chassagnon, who represents himself as a church, which is quite isolated from the doing this for over ten years. My son goes for that a considerable portion of the passengers Captain's night order book was hero produced.) I Mandarin will carry a man through all norib, illusionist and mesmerist, has arrived in the costeato-launch and the telegraph line to commu. He has not been to Macan within the last six The steamer had thou are feet of water in the avoiding passing junks: The fact of the night villages there They have at their disposal Macao every now and this. He goes onde a year. luggags had been broken open and footed think I starboarded more than 1 ported in central, and weat Clins, yet when he comes loay, and, we understand, proposes to give nicate with Macao in case of need. A petition months. He came back on March last with his main hold foar feet in the fore hot after getting thicker was specially brought to my to Fubklen and Kwangtung be is utterly at performance next wook,

de going round for signatures praying the Go mother. He hul bean st Manso since January hold comparatively free main ballast tank notice by the light of a peezing junk proving to Torment to remove the sheds and their sumates last. I have hopes in Maeso. He was there free, and fore and aft compartments free. be mgoh nearer than it had appeared to be. I from the Coolhas, one of the grounds for that the whole time. He has not beor doing work Considering there was a posiblity of getting law land about a quartor to twelve and thought stop being that that being the bathing place the daring the last few days. Before that he has the ship out if the meather opt fine, I sent it was the promontory little on the starboard inhabitante are deprived of their enjoyment, always been at work. He has never got into into Port Aribar and tried to get jonks and bow--about thros quarters of a point Ishould formatter, magn Now, the medical authorities have particularly trouble with the police to my knowledge. I do coolies to salve the cargo. We had presions to think. Afterwards, at twelve o'clock, I Toupetare memoi We understand that from the 8th October advised against taiting cold baths, as a precaution not believe that he has over bean in gol. I this been throwing the cargo overboard to lighter thought the land was Heat Irland. I did not unidity with its score or so of tongues, could bold next to 31st March, 1889, the Lords Canizale against the disease, and the petitian therefore am able to support him. Ho assista me in sory the ship: No lighten arrived that day, and we the bearings of the land, it was so far off and Brotas of wind

Force of winding together but for some strong common band, soners of H. M. Treasury, London, have fixed will likely meet with no favone at the hands of ing. I craversed with the defendant on the as continued to throw the cargo overboard. On the indistinat that I thought it must be Roof Island, Wrether UKU in their case personal attachment to the the exchange of the dolm at da. 2d for Army, the Government. The victims have lu most came and occasion of bis visit in a loted tope. By 19th the weather was much finer, and I went into and I mentioned this to the captain. The cap Rate

igning home? What keeps the different Navy, and Consular services.

themselves to thank for their own remissness in sou hạt never told me how the firm occurred. Part Artbur myself and succeeded in getting tain said he would not run any risk, and to make kombayunatas endowed to 29-éogress Talareuksin si not reporting the early symptoms until it is too Nobody else has ever told mi. I do not kane thres small jusks and sixty coolier...I avail on the he would put her volalde of everything. I beleral of the gas je tachos, tiba ya faniwatka. peoples of the Eighteen Provinces, in one A telegram was received by Mr. P. J. Hughes, late. Our correspondent reiterates bis stated anything about it. I know defendant vary well, the heat of the Femob Byndicate in Fort Arthur did not see the course changed. It was offer the rebat Empire instead of allowing this disintegrat-EM. Consul-General Shanghal, on the 17th out that the sanitary condition of Maono is and always patronize hirs. I have known who placed all the materialo he bad at my disposal left the bridge. I did not mark the position on - ing element of difference of Inngange fall instant, from Mr. Goot, B.M. Consulat Ning excellent, and that he heard from the lips of a hit for thres or four yours. He has di- I took off a large pump, then loaded the fucks the chart when I wu zahired. The captain was po, to the effect that the British bargae Chaespectable medical gentleman that there has ways kept a chandler'a elop, I do not know from the steamer and sent them into Fort there, onad 1 hebore he did it. The orders -play in the fact that by means of their com- Leaubriand had lost ber rudder and was in dis not bem a single case of Asiatic cholers as to whether he is a respectable man. I have had Arthur. Tried to tow off st high water but I turned over when relieved were “Lud ahead suon aystem of writing they are all able to feous in Barren Eay, and requesting that a tug one or two cases of cholorale flaarhoon, that is no conversation with any body about the Bre, ald upt succeed. On the 30th tried to salve on the starboard bow, caure 20 W, wester

beat might be sent to her asstance. One of nothing more than what happens in all tropical. nor told any body about the two conversations cargo again, but would not get junke, and throw ly, but I believe the captain is going to change which are the avenue to public life. Dentroy was diapatotied, to kaip kerenDaily Now! Slalat kad ungamosis:

the Polloe about it. I have mucken to Mir, Btoist, gelsed on the water shorst in täsi kain ball. On a watch. It is the only log we ws. Wa kovo

gar to Kioto, and, among aduentad people, ta 378.75-

able to obtain the information and supplies us that the D. D. B. steamer Iphigenia, from The Agents (Moers. Siommon & Co.) inform he wanted by writing the Chineas signs for Hamburg left Bingapore on Thursday afternoon them on the mud. Another point; as we for this port. well know, the Chines spoken language is,

sea A Hakks cannot understand his Pauli The Agents (Mesara Adamson, Bell & Co.) neighbour. Hot diversity of language has inform us that the C. P. steamer Parthic, from always tended to division of nationality, Who Vancouver, salled from Nagasaki for this port

Mireet on Thursday at 20 p.m." believes that the Austro-Hungarian Empire,

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take part in the competitive examínslienabe Shanghai Tug Boat Co.'s beats socordingly, countries. Captain Gil died of conchialinom- defoudzot isit with mom. I have only spoken to the cargo overboard; started the pumpe and it The patent log is always seen at the end of

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Hongkong Observatory, 24th August, 1888.

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S. now, 2. thunder1.V. vinsbilings We Law (wet)" : Raze in froken, tenths and bandhudba.

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