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Later authentic particulars regarding the attack on Myinoo are that the Myinmoo police post contained 25 prisoners, and that the dacoits made a determined attack on it at midnight of the 2nd May, rushing the gate and burning the post; the stacoirs were driven out and no prisoners escaped, two Punjabce policemen were killed and two were wounded, four Bunnan policemen were killed,

No news has been received of the occurrence al Kyouksai. Lieutenant Williamson with six men of the Mounted Infantry and Mr. O'Dowda the Assistant Superintendent of police, and eight Punjabis attackell a strong body of dacoits at Myotha while patrolling in a thick jungle, our losses bring: Lieutenant Williamson, Mr. O'Dowda and two men of the Munster Fusiliers killed, and two men of the Munsters wounded. The cause of this is said to be young officers committing an error of judgment in attacking too strong a force. The original fire at Kyouksai was purely accidental, the Herald's accounts are officially stated to be highly imaginary.

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the Doard to take part in the work of liquidation. But it is very hard and thankless task, and we did not find anyone who was willing to undertake the work, so we therefore propose to carry it out ourselves.

The resolution which has already been given having been unanimously passed.

Mr. Wheeler proposed a vote of thanks to the Chaliman, and this having been accorded by acclamation, the meeting adjourned.-N. C. Daily News:

hope of moving. Heaven in the people's favour. The prayer was heard, and on toth May the weather began to clear. In the evening it looked doubtful again, but that night the rain ceased for good and the stars shone out lustrously. The Hupeh people are congratulating each other and thanking Heaven.

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mounted infantry, also of a terrific fight at cate with whom they had been in negotiation. Myinmu and the capture of the fort by the dacoits But at the same time a breach of fith of that and the burning of the town, stating that the kind cannot be treated, as such in a legal way, Punjauli police were surprised, but eventually as people at such a great di-tance sually take recovered the forty it states also that the gleamer care not to undertake or bind themselves to any Päkktan was attacked, hot saved by the captain. thing definite. When your Directors entered statements nie musitely dispelleredimo negotiations with the Syndicate, the Jalter here though published in detail. The Herald undertook, if the shareholders agreed to sell their states that Kyoukse was originally burnt by the property on certain terms, that they would send dacoits a fortnight ago, My information contra out an expert to inspect and report upon the mine, dicted this statement, stating that the fire was and to float a company; and in the event of their accidental. There may have been a sow at succeeding in Boating the company, they would Myamu, but the report is probably highly give us the terms that had been agreed, upon SILK EXPORT TÓ AMERICA. exaggerated.

You will see from this that we relied upon their good faith, and the matter was lift to the care of

One of the mast notable fiets relating to the our agents, and we had beeninder the impression,

Eastern export trade is the rapid growth in the up to the sath of this month, that the Syndicate United States of the silk maufacture, which was taking steps to report upon the mine, eitherises in a few years to rival those of France by sending a man out from some, or securing a

and Italy competent local one, by which they would be

The rise and progress of the American silk decided whether they would go un, or would not

industry is recent, and is the result of the high go on. We have been waiting patiently to hear import duties charged on all foreign manuictures, from Penang, where we have our agent, as to whether or not this expert had been sent, but and, conversely, the low duties levied on all raw products intended for the American work-shops. 10 far we have not been able to discover even the name of any expert employed toy means of this artificial aid large factories have been founded, foreign artisans have been go there at all, or have our London agents engaged at high wages, and by dint of the schools ever given us the slightest information as to

of design founded by rich and patriotic citizens who composed the Syndicate, or anything about

in so many cities of the republic, good chemical it During all this time expenses have been

methods have been invented, and intelligent going on, and we had to keep our own engineer

warkers, mostly women, educated, so bat at the mine for three months longer than we

Anierica is now able to produce plain and figured otherwise should have done, in order to have silks: brocades, and furniture stuffs, which him on the sput till the expert arrived. But we although dear are of the finest design, tint, and have at last been obliged to allow him to quality, and, as the methods of manufacture are, away, and the mine remains exactly where it

so far, more genuine than those of Lyons, the was when the negotiations with the Syndicate fabrics now produced in the United States surpass were begun. I will now for your information all foreign tissues in durability. read the communications on the subject which

As we will show, the figures of the expon we have received from our agents in London, convey a lesson to the rulers of China, which Messrs. T. A. Gibb & Co. On the 2nd Decem-they will do well to consider: in connection with. A-Landon-telegram in another part of this ber they said If report is good there will be no the decay of the silk and tes trade. The export issue reports the death of Professor Leone Levi,difficulty in floating a company" on the 9 of silk to the United States from Sha ghai,, the The eminens statist. According-to-"-Men-of-the-December Expect-to-have-a-report early exprincipal silk market of China, in 18-7-%, was Time," Leone Levi was born at Ancona, in Italy, year, say February," 16th December on July 6th, 18. He was educated for ments with expert not yet definitely fixe" merconite pursuits and arrived at Liverpool in 27th February, Simply waiting expert's report 1844: three years later he was naturalised and which as already named to you we expect became a British subject.. Mr. Levi being struck to receive next month. On receipt of this with the want, in so great a commercial commu-letter, knowing from our own enquiries has produce of the Italian and Freach filatures. atty as Liverpool, of a Chamber of Commerce, nothing was being done in the Sfrails we wired

A few years ago Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & with a supplemental tribunal of commerce for the na follows on the 2nd March," Must have sonico, Russell & Co., and Ivesen & Co., invested settlement of commercial disputes, agitated the thing definite without further defy," They farge sums of money in erecting filatures on the question as one of public interest. His appeal replied on the 6th March "Expect every moment bes Halian red French models, and at great was successful, and the Liverpool Chamber of to hear." On the 30th March we wired again- Comitierce was established in 1849, and numbers "What is the reason report not yet to han!? expense engaged foreign superintendents and upwards of too members This important and they replied on the wrd April "Have tele-overseers, male and female, to teach the Chinese women the ways of winding and preparing silk example led to the formation of similar institu- graphed las: Saturday week, no reply yet." On frontcocoons. Atfist the new industry ibrove well. tions in other commercial towns in the provinces. the 27th April they wired again Expert refuses. The Chinese work-wonen were opt pupils, cocoons In his capacity of Ilon. See, of the Liverpool report, do not know the reason. We wired on

were supplied in aliundance, and the filature silk Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Levi procured in the 5th May What are you doing at ut rein? prepared as Shanghai sold bely in Europe at formation respecting similar institutions abroad, and on the toth they replied "Syndicate have

very high and profitable prices. The industry and was enabled to produce his "Commercial decided decline further action." Now, gentlemen, was likely to ex end in cons.quence, with great Law of the world," 1850, a second edition-of--this-is-a-briel summary of the steps that we have hear fit to the Chinese producers of cocoons, who which, under the title of "International Com- taken, and of the information sent us from

now Lund a neke and large market, and at the mercial Law,"appeared in 1873. This work London as to the action of the Synlicate." The

same time employment at high wages was given gained for the author the, Swiney Prize awarded following is the very latest which we have

to large numbers of women and children. But, by the Society of Arts and the College of received from Landon from our Agents, Messrs.

un seeing these evidences of prosperity, theIf-you take-n-severe-cold-and are Physicians, and from the Emperor of Austria T. A. Gibb & Co.:-

Chinese officials at nuce' faxed the cocoons to and-the-King-of-Prussia their great gold medal

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threatened with a fever, with pains in 1-SQUEEZING-MACHINE -Leadenhall St., London, shpril, 1882-suction-exam frat the new manufacture was for science and art, Mr. Levi suggested the

prevented. We believe that but une filature is the head, back, and limbs, one or two utility of an International Commercial Code, and CAR J. Du, E

Secretary, Perak Tin Mining and Baltising Company, la, now at work in Shanghai,'and that its operations lectured in the subject before the Chambers of

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had been reasonable there night now be twelve Brougham and the Earl of Harrowby was held letter of 17th January and 3rd February for which we thank

filatures instead of three, as the United States break up the cold and prevent the fever. in London on the subject, and the result was that. We have also received through our Shanghai friends your

would absorb all the prepared, silk that could two Acts were passed, 19 and 20 Vict. c. 60, and myrist as follows What is the reasest report is

A coated tongue, with a brackish taste, have been supplied. As far as Shanghai is 19 and 20 Vict. c. 97, whereby the mercantile

concerned the new industry has been destrayed, is caused by foulmattor in the stomach. laws of the United Kingdom were made uniform

to the great loss of thé, government, and the on many points. Since then, considerable-adcs news which we will ence communicate to you.

people also.

A few doses of SETGEL'S OPERACING Piste- vance has been made towards unity of com- mercial legislation even la foreign countries. In 1856 be read a paper on "Judicial Statistics! before the Law Amendment Society, and after- wards prepared a series of resolutions and a bill on the subject which Lord Brougham introduced in the House of Lords. Hence the publication of the annual volumes on Judicial Statistics for England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland. Mr.

not to Jund" to whili we replied-' We selegraphed fast Samirday week have no reply yet."

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Wa erg

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Now, of course, this is all very mysterious and remarkable to us, to receive a letter like that stating that they expected every day to hear from the mine, when as far as we can ascertain the Syndicate did not engage or send a man to the mine at all. And as it stands, therefore, we can

only give you this very plain, very brief, but at the same time very unsatisfactory statement of what has taken place. It is due to us to make this statement as it might be said that we ought to have done better than we have done, but we thought that we had placed the matter in very Capablo hands. Our agents have now had it in

hand for five months, with the result which you

Levi has written on Taxation published in Raised, and How it is Expended," 1860; and many of his contributions may be found in the Journal of the Statistical Society, the Transactions of the British Association, and the Journal of the Society of Art He has also written a "History of British Commerce and of the Economic Progress of the British Nation, 1863-20 (1872), a second edition of have already heard. From the notices which we see which, bringing the History down to 1878, was in the daily papers it is evident that the Tin Ring published in 180. Work and Pay;" "War, has collapsed, the price of tin having gone down and its Consequences," &c. In 1852, the Council from 163 to £91 in one jump. The inference of King's College, Londen, allowed him to give is that this has been the cause of the declining evening lectures on Commerce and Commercial

on the part of the London Syndicate to take Law, and he was appointed Professor of the further action, though it is no excuse for their Practice and Principles of Commerce in that

breach of faith toward us.. However, it is usale-6 College. His contributions to statistical science to refer to this further now, but what I wish to are extensive. He was called to the bar af call your attention to is the last quotation for tin Lincoln's Inn in 1859, was created Doctor of we have vis: £91 per ton. What the further Political and Economical Sciences by the University of Tupingen in 1861, as a Fellow movements may be we cannot say; but it is not of the Statistical Society, and of the Society of likely to go much lower, and it may possibly go Antiquaries, a member of the Society of Aris, back to some extent.. and a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. In 1881, Professor Levi founded in Ancona, his native town, a lectureship on the Laws of Connerce in relation to Science and Moral and International Laws and the King of Italy nominated him Cavaliere of the Order of the Crown of Italy, and of SS, Maurizio and Lazzaro

PERAK TIN MINING AND SMELT-

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At the time when the Syndicate commenced negotiations with us the market, had risen in price enormously. For many years previous to that the price bad never touched £90 a ton, so that 49 is really a very high, solid price. For the years during which we have had a know- ledge of the tin business the price has been generally from £75 to £8591 is a price at which the mines in Cornwall can be worked at very handsome profit ineed. They are very deep mines and it is expensive to work and prepare the ore for smelling, so that our mine which is not deep could be made to pay, if those A special generál niccting of the shareholders in Cornwall can be worked with profit. Besides, of the Perak Tin Mining and Smelting Company, the freight from Penang to London is less than Limited, was held on Wednesday afternoon, that from Cornwall to London, so that after all May 16th, in the Shanghai Club, Mr. W. V. our property with the market at £91 r inaius Drummond presiding. There were present just as valuable as it was before this recent Messrs. R. Francis, and E. J. Hogg (Directors), speculation arose. I may tell you that we have R. E. Wainewright, G. H. Wheeler, ti, H. Joseph, |·lost no time in taking steps, since the receipt of H. Sylva, H. A. Ritchie and C. 1. Dudgeon, the late bad news, to place the interests of the (Secretary), representing in all 1,961 shares.. Company in other lands i London, but I do, The Chairman in opening the proceedings | not think that it is at present desirable to state' Bald-Geatlemen, as there is now a quorum of publicly before the shareholders the exact nature

3,466 bales; 1866-7.5 526 bales; 1855.6, 7,583 bales; the gradual falling off has been caused artly by the inferiority of the silk, and, to a great extent, that the American market requires, preferentially, prepared silk of quality equal to

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satisfactorily," but that must be a matter of All patient waiting for the present. I may before concluding and for the satisfaction of the shareholders mention just one other matter that will interest them. I have reason to know that the Resident in the State of Perak has recently visited the site of the ruine; he has always taken a very great interest in it, although he had not been there for some years before. I am not in a position to submit to you the exact terms of the opinion which he has expressed about our lode but I may say that it will soon be published in the State papers that come out at Singapore under the auspices of the Govern ment, and that it is very favourable to us. It may be that when this State report teaches home, it may, taken in connection with other matters, be found of very considerable assistance; to us to parting our property fox rare favourably post ion. That is all I have to say, gentlemen, but if there are any points upon which you would desire any further information will be happy to answer your

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of Hopeh and Huñán (Hukwang). This Steamer has superior Passenger accom- NOW Hongkong ordinance, under which the company exists. The shareholders have already at a

Envoys at Peking paid congratulatory visits. former meeting autho ised us to take stops

Another mad dog has appeared, this time for the purpose of disposing, of the assets

inside the Great South Gate of Shanghai City the Company, and in consequence of that

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It was killed by the people by blows of sticks.

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the country people are longing for fine weather fouricen days later to confirm the resolutions

to get in their barley. The shops are not doing which you will be asked to adopt to-day may

much business this year except those that deal say that the special object of passing these

in foreign, and Canton sundries and sea-weed, resolutions to place the Company in liquidation

of which four more have started this year. Rice , first to put the Company in a better position

is very dear this year. to transfer is property at any moment should occasion offer, and secondly to reduce our Expenses to a minimum, as the moment we place the Company in liquidation we can close the Hongkong agency watch At present the ordinance obliges us to keep open. I regret to have, to say that the news which we have received from London since our at meeting held hero on the 8th March, has been apluvour able to us up to that time we had every reason here being no questions the first resolutions to think satisfactory progress was being made, as that be company be, and it is hereby, put into our agents at home gave us to understand that a liquidation/ was duly seconded, and carried, ́as...The spring raina in Hupel, Province were report was expected every day front, the mines, alated in our summary in yesterday's issue, fexcessively heavy this year. The Yangtze was But on the rath of this month we received a The Chairman aid With regard to the rising at the rate of 6 inches in 24 hours, and that the Syndicate deci Bed to second resolution, the names of the shareholders many of the low lands were already flooded. On telegram stating take further action. That telegram, which was in this résoluting are simply the names of those oth of May the mandarins set up an altar and allegather unexpected, the Directors regard as a shareholders on the Board We had thought at prayed for fine weather, at the same time pro ang disimet breach of faith on the pail of the Syndir ons time to get svine of the shareholders outside-hibiting the slaughter of animals for food, in the

About the 10th April, owing to the very heavy rains at Chao-chow-fu, in the Canton province (about 40 miles from Swatow) the Han River overflowed its banks and the dykes, protecting the country from a serious inundation were for short time in great danger, The Great Weste dyke at Haiyang Hien had to bear the brun but fortunately owing to the extra care which General Fang, who is a native of this part, had bestowed last year on strengthening this work, it stood it out well and the waters soon subsided.

CONSIGNÉES of Cargo are hereby informed that all goods, are being landed at their risk, Into the Godowns of the Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company, at Kowloon, whence and/or from the wharves

delivery

may be obtained

Optional cargo will be forwarded unicis notica to the contrary, be given before Noor, TO-DAY.

"Ng Cialins wil be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns, and all Goods remaining after the 29th instant will be subject to rent;

All Claims against the Steamer must be presented, to the Undersigned on or before the agih instant or they will not be recognised

No Fire Insurance has been effected Bab of Lading. tbe countersi

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F. Blackhead & Co.

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