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Intimations.

DAKIN BROS. OF CHINA

LIMITED.

CHEMISTS..

GENTLEMEN'S TOILET REQUISITES.

XE have an assortment of Brushes and

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LEATHER TRAVELLING COMPANIONS: To contain all Toilet necessarles. Can be rolled Into a small compact parcel for travelling.

With or without the fittings.

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(With Interchangeable Blades), Their blades, made of the very best English steel, forged very thin throughout, and bardened and tempered to the highest degree of perfection. will retain a keen edge for an incredible period, and with fair usage fast a lifetime.

Arbenz's Razors never require grinding, and need but very little stropping indeed to keep thera in perfect order. Arbena's Interchangeable Blade Razors are the most compact and cheapest high-class Razors in the world, as a set with 3. 6, or even iz extra blades take no more room than one ordinary Razor, and after the first outlay, for handle, body, and case, in the event of loss or accident any number of new blades of

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OUR AERATED WATER MANUFACTORY I replete with the best Machinery, embodying all the latest improvements in the trade. The greatest attention has been paid to appil- ances for ensuring purity in the Water supply, to secure which we have added a Condenser cap- able of supplying us with 3,000 gallons of distilled water a day, and are now in a position to compete In quality with the best English Makers. Our Sweet Waters cannot be surpassed anywhere.

The purest ingredients only are used, and the utmost care and cleanliness are exercised in the manufacture throughout.

FOR COAST PORTS, Waters are packed and placed on board ship at Hongkong prices, and the full amount allowed for Packages and Empties when received in good order.

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DEATH.

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At 13 Victoria Place, Eastbourne, on October 18th last, aged 36 years, JOHN WILLMOTT, of the Hongkong Dispensary. Much esteemed and deeply regretted by all who knew him. Friends will please accept this intimation. [1465

The Hongkong Celegraph

HONGKONG, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1889. '

TELEGRAMS.

THE PARNELL COMMISSION.

LONDON, November 8th.

THE HONGKONG RELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26,

things as they are and that the barometer is A DECRET in the Paking Gazette of the 6th fast. distinctly rising towards peace.

PARIS.

orders the degradation of Ch'ung-wen, the Super- visor of Instruction, who recently denounced the Grand Secretary, Chang Chih-wan,

PARIS, November 11th,

THERE will be an Emergency meeting of St. Any Boulangist demonstration at the opening John Lodge, No. 618, S.C. In Freemasons' Hall, Zetland Street, on Thursday, the 28th instant, ai 5 for 5.30 p.m. precisely. Visiting brethren are cordially invited.

of the Chambers to-morrow is forbidden.

THE SOUDAN.

CAIRO, November 11th.

Osman Digna is at Dangola, engaged in col- teciing and organizing forces for a march North. wards.

GREECE AND TURKEY.

LONDON, November rath..

In a debate on Crete in the Greek Parliament,

M. Tricoupis said that Greece had steadily tried to cultivate cordial relations with Turkey, but such were impossible; henceforth Greece must sim at one day vindicating the rights of Crete.

FRANCE.

November 24th,

In despite of the opposition of M. Tirard, the

Chamber of Deputies has passed the bill for the

abolition of the match monopoly by a majority of sixty. M Tirard's defeat has caused a great

sensation.

LOCAL AND GENERAL. H.M.S. Calliope left Singapore for home on the

Foth inst.

THE P. & O. S. N. Co.'s extra steamer Venetia. from Bombay, left Singapore for this port at 10 a.m. to-day.

WE are still compelled to hold over a mass of interesting matter, but we hope to wipe off all

arrears in to-morrow's issue.

THE second session of the resuscitated Literary Society will commence on Thursday evening, when the President, Dr. Chalmers, will deliver an address.

AN Emergency meeting of Perseverance Lodge, No. 1165, will be held in Freemasons' Hall, Zelland Street, this evening, at 8.30 for 9 o'clock precisely. Visiting brethren are cordially invited,

THE statutory meeting of the Lamag Planting Co.; Limited, was held at the offices of the General Agents, Messrs. Gibb, Livingston & Co., this morning. Mr. B. Layton presided, and Mr. H. L. Dalrymple, Mr. A. P. Stokes, and Mr. Harton (secretary) were present. The Chairman stated that the business was going on satisfac. torily, and there was nothing else to repost The proceedings then terminated.

THE Agents inform us that the O. S. S. Co.'s steamers Yason and Deucalion, from Liverpool, leht Singapore for this as follows The Jason

on the 23rd, due here on the oth last,, and the Daucation on the 24th, to anive on the rst Dec.

THE INTER-PORT RIFLE MATCH, In the Rifle Match between Hongkong, Singa- pore and Shanghat, to be shot on the Association Range at Kowloon to-morrow at a P the following will form the Hongkong Team:- Mr. E. L. Woodin, Major James SL Clair, 189 A. & S. Highlanders; Major Knight, R.E.; C. Ford, E. Rubinson, F. G. Collins, W. Robertson, H.K.P.; E. J. Moses, Sergeant Major Merson, R.A.; Colonel Sergeant Delaney, 58th Regiment Reserve-Capt. Paterson, 1st A. & S. High

landers.

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THE St. James's Gasette is informed, on most unreliable authority, that Mr. John Burns his placed himself at the head, of the school strike, and that the following demande will be shortly formulated by the Strike Committee:---

1. The school-day to consist of six hours'

an hour each for work,

play, with not more than two intervals of half

2. Only regular verbs to be employed in the declined, not conjugated. Greek exercises. All "blackleg" verbs to be

3. The propositions of Euclid not to be enter- tained.

to

All quadratic equations must be allowed come out with rational radicals, 5. No distinction of sex to be tolerated in

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NEW TRADE REGULATIONS FOR JENCHUAN AND CHEMULPO.

The Hai-kuan Taotaï of Tientsin, in obedience to instructions from H.E. the Viceroy, has promulgated the following regulations governing trade with the Corean ports. These regulations are the result of certain representations made to H.E the Viceroy and the Corean Foreign Office by the Chinese Minister, Yuan Thotai, who deeply deplored the smuggling irregularities that are being daily practised in Connexion with the

Corean trade.

1. All sailing vessels coming from foreign ports and destined for Chemulpo must first proceed to Jenchuan, and there clear the vessel and pay the fawful duty of her cargo.

2. All sailing vessels, foreign or Corean-owned. wishing to take cargo to Chemulpo from Jenchuan, must first report to the Customs of the fatter port.

3. The agents or owners of all sailing vessels wishing to proceed to Chemulpo from Jenchuas. must first deliver to the Customs copies of their outward manifests. And if the vessel be foreign. owned, the Consul of the owners' nationality should request the Commissioner of Customs to clear the vessel, and detain the ship's papers until the clearance paper has been issued from the Customs. And if the vessel be without her papers, the Captain should deposit a bond. guaranteeing that his ship shall return direct to enchuan after visiting Chemulpo. If the vessel de Corean-owned, her papers should be detained at the Customs

4. The Customs Authorities at Jenchuan shall grant to every sailing vessel wishing to proceed to Chemulpo, the necessary clearance papers, in which the kind and quantity of goed composing her cargo should be distinctly stated, in order to facilitate examination on arrival at their destination.

5. The captains of sailing vessels, on arrival at Chemulpo from Jenchuan, shall deliver to the Customs Authorities there, the ship's clearance papers received at the port of sail, in order to 6. The hearing of German cases to be adjouro-ure the necessary permission for discharging ed sine dis

French nouns.

7. All home-lessons to be done during school. hours.

6. In answering questions on history, the same freedom to be allowed as is granted to professed historians; and the number of dates in any given century not to exceed ten.

9 The right of "striking" to be restricted to pupils.

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THERE is no dispute that Woodyear's Circus down at Bowrington is extremely popular, since a tent-full of people will ride down so far every evening to see it. Last night was no exception, and a rattling performance one from which everybody came away with a grin stereoty, ed on Ihrir features-was given. Miss Alice Moore affected all the" masculino cardiac says:-The ponds inside and outside the wall riding and innocent smiles. No one would OUR Tientsin contemporary of the 16th inst.rrangements very seriously by her graceful think, to look at her, that she has

cargo.,

6. Salling vessels wishing to take return cargo at Chemalpe, most report to the Customs and obtain from them the necessary permit, with a description of her cargo.

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7. Any siling vessel desiring to discharge her cargo at Lung-shan may be permitted to do so, with an officer of the Customs to supervise her discharge. And if any vessel wishes to discharge or load at Yang Hua Tsin, her Captain must notify the Customs authorities of Chemulpa, who will examine the cargo and then, permit the discharging or loading to be proceeded with.

8. Sailing vessels returning to Jenchuan with cargo shall deliver their inward manifests and clearance papers received at Chemulpe to the Customs Authorities at Jenchuan, and pay all the authorized duties upon such goods as are in tended for exportation.

9. Officers of the Customs, when called upon to examine the grods, shall do so at the Customs sheds, at the wharf, or on board the vessel, and the goods being removed to inconvenient localities for examination.

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be enormously expansive, and as the Board paints out, would result in a vast squandering of funds. In the neighbourhoo| of Ching-hus is seen what in a very rare sight in northern China, An entire waste of the stalks of the crops, which are elsewhere so much prized for fuel. Here the the edge of the fields and burned, a spectacle stalks are simply raked into gigantic heaps at

adapted to send a thrill of anguish to the breast of any Chinese, who has lived where fuel la tollfully gathered one straw at a time, and where

reason for this recklessness is the trifling cost at nothing in the way of vegetation is wasted. The which it is possible to procure coal, which is but a few cash a catty for the beat. It

Cheng-ting to, the walls of whicharenet those just described, and its internal cool, bris an even greater contradiction of the outside than | that of Tingehou. Most of the business activity a' Chengting fo is centred in two cross-streets, in the middle of the city, while by far the larger part of cultivation of crops; indeed very extensive farms the area within the walls is devoted to the are to be found strictly within the city limits. This was once the capital of a considerable par! of Chins, but the population is now estimated principally important as being the point at which not more than fifteen the sand. The place is the traffic to Shansi diverges from the route through Honan. The former road turns wes through Huai-lu hsien, sixty distant, to Pingisa auriking commentary on the loss, from the ting-chou two hundred # west, the centre o point of view of political economy inflicted the iron industry of Shansi. Tai-yuan fu, thị upon China by her lack of roads, that this cheaɲ- capital of tant province, is five hundred & ness of fuel extends but a few miles from the distant and the latter city is covered, will minca, beyond which coal is high, and stalks are sand, the result of incessant crruptions of the Hut'o (or Pluto) river, which breaks throug!

burned as elsewhere. Ch'ing-hua is situated near the foothills of the Shansi mountains, and the mountains from northern Shaust carrying bat ten 77 distant from deuse plantations of devastation in its train. It is probably the bamboos, to which reference was made in these destruction caused by this mighty torrent, columns not long since, in an article on tree- as ruinous as irresistible, which led some of the planting in North China. The line which sepa- early travellers to speak of the deserts of Chibli.' rates North China from Central China may be. The river sweeps through a wide area of nearly said to pass' through this region, where the 100 miles in its changes of course, and has for vegetation alters in several particulars from that nges been a Vellow River on a small scale, but of the less favoured regions to the north. Is in this part of its course has no embankments. sheltered situations, the bamboo is elsewhere Whenever the railway embankments are built in found to some extent in this latitude, even farther the track of this stream, it will be well to have north than in Shantung on the northernsides of the them examined with frequency and with care. mountains, bat that is in a region of warra springa. Shua-te fu, about four hundred ♬ south of The village of Heil-lang-chen where the workers Cheng-ting fu, is a city apparently of no great in bamboo congregate in a large and busy place, commercial importance but it is the centre of

and the bamboo exports from all this district particularly rich region, the inhabitants of which

are very large, and go far toward supplying the are proverbially relieved from the necessity of

supplicating heaven, as they are able to raise from Tientsin. Enormous quantities of bambos wants of those parts of the country not reached very good crops even in dry years, by means of came down the Wei river to Lin Ching, which irrigation. About one hundred and twenty 77 is a centre of industry in every variety of bamboo south of Shun-te fa is a very ancient and famous work. Whether this magnificent grass could city, named Han-tan hsien, which is in a condi- ever, be coltivated in this latitude to such an tion of extreme decrepitude. It was but a few extent as to be available for use in repairs of miles from here, to the north, that Lu Tung-pin, the banks of the Yellow River is doubtful. who afterwards became one of the Taoist "Eight From Hual-ching to the crossing of the Yellow Immortals," baving fled for his life, found Chung River at Meng-bsing is not much more than Li-ch'uan, the first and greatest of the "Eight a hundred ff. The bridge over this stream Immortals," boiling millet. While looking on, will have to be on a larger scale than most La Tung-pin fell asleep, and dreamed that be of the public works which have thus far. became Emperor,, enjoying the honours of this adorned the provinces of China, or the results position for an entire life-time. When he had will not be satisfactory to such of our readers as grown old and was about die, he awoke, and may be the prospective tourists. Whether the found himself in the same old temple where Great Western will be opened to traffic within he had fallen asleep, and to his amazement the the present century may be considered most millet which was at that time on the fire was

uncertain, but if it should be, it must follow the not yet cooked. Reflecting on bis dream, he general line which we have indicated, on account perceived that all the riches and honours in

of the mountains to the west, and the innumer- he gave up his office, for he had been a the world are but emptiness. Upon this, able marshes and branching rivers to the east- ward. How far it may be able to awaken this. district magistrate in the modem province ancient and semi-extinct portion of China from of Kiangai, followed Chung Li-ch'dan into the sleep of so many ages, is a problem of the retirement, and was finally rewarded (as highest interest, but one which only Time can

satisfactorily solve, and in the pre-salution of which we are all very liable to go wrong.-V. C. Daily News.

NOTES FROM CHINESE PAPERS. **

dropped to its original value at Ningpo. Fairiy We are informed that the price for rice has

I have been frozen over during the past week, the smiled precisely the same sweet smile at❘ shall not cause unnecessary delay, nor insist on south of Hanitan, but nothing now remains of good rice can now be got $3/10 per skik.

temperature falling on Tuesday, to 13 deg, below freezing point. in Taka the ice on standing water froze to a depth of 4 Inches. It is probable, however, that a spell of comparatively warm weather will follow. The migratory fowl- are becoming scarce, large Blocks of gette going south occasionally passing over the settlement.

THE Band of the A. & S. Highlanders will play at the Officers' Mess, Murray Barracks, this evening, commencing at B15 o'clock following will be the programme - Grand March...."Triumph

Valas Selection Song Selection

Roblo

The

Robinson "Goldene Myrthen'

Rip win Winkls" megy. Planquette. O wert than in the guald Blast (and) The May bells and -- Mendelssalyn.

the Flowers "Reminiscences of England"...Godley.

AT the Legislative Council meeting to-morrow the Orders of the Day will be

1. Report of the Finance Committee. 2. Mr. Ryrie, pursuant to notice, will more:

That the Executive be requested faclay on the table the existing agreement with the Opium Farmer and all papers relating thereto. 3. First reading of a Bill entitled "An Ordi. nance to apply a aum net exceeding One Million Two hundred and Eighty-seven thousand, Nine hundred and Eighty-three Dollars to the Public

Service of the Year 1890.”

Second reading of the following Bills :— 4.

iBF8.

a The Supplementary Appropriation Bill, (6.) Expenses of trial, &c. of Criminal Lunatics. (c) The Trade Marks Ordinance. (d) Naturalization of Leung Shit. (e) The Merchandise Marks Ordinance.

The Police Force Consolidation Ordinanca (Amendment). (e.) An Ordinance to amend Ordinance 14 of

1862, (Patents).

any an audience of half-sayage Malays who had scarcely seen a white man, much less girl, before-right up through the jungle, where the alleged band. went on one elephant, the Company on three or four more, and the tent on the one astern. We forget how many rajahs she has driven to making a becatomb of their one of her cavallers to say "No" for her to, more hareems, but we know that she has had to get than one. That dashing young artiste Frank Schadell improves every time he comes here, and he gives some extremely smart exhibitions of bare-back riding, his five-boree act coming much nearer to the realisation of the circus poster than is undal in these deceptive days. · And thos Japanese whom the wide-awake Woodyear lassoed in their native Nippon are just about the cleverest artistes in their way that ever came here. The bald-headed party who was christened Ska is really wonderful with knives and balls-the average Juggler cannot begin to shew within five years after him. Scadask! balances a bamboo, and hoists tubs, well, too, and the smiling miniature Yum Yum whom he tosses about so lightly and cleverly is a thorough little artiste. Young Lee gets his living on bis head at present, standing wrong- end up on a two-inch pivot stuck in a long pole, whilst he does a variety of contortions very gracefully. Means. Harland and Love sing the same old ducts in their great Ghost sketch, and amuse the audience mightily farten minutes. They are going to give the Two Othellos a show to-night, The two Valare Brothers who de

ro. Should any injury be done to the goods by the Customs officers in their examination, decide, conjointly with the Consul of the owner the Foreign office ball delegate an official to of the goods, upon what damages are to be justly paid.

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11. Aside from the New Year and the great national festival holidays, the Customs at Chemulpo will be opened for the examination of cargo daily from sunrise until sunset, and no avoidable delays will be caused to shippers. Between sunset and sunrise, however, no goods that have not been examined shall be allowed to be discharged or loaded.-Shih Pao

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THE ROUTE OF THE GREAT WESTERN IN CHIHLI AND NORTHERN. HONAN.

On the 11th of the present month a native boat with 28 passengers started from Ichang to Sa-ho, on the Yangtze, When the boat was came up and upset the craft. Thirteen persons nearing a place called "Tiger Shoal" a squall. were fortunately rescued, but the remainder were drowned. //

remarked) by a situation among the "Immortal Eight." The village where (about B.C. 800) this took place is still called Yellow Millet Dream, the name by which this transaction has paised into Chinese literature, especially into poetry. The traveller who spends a night in Hantan hsien will find the walls of his inn scribbled. over with allusions to 'Yellow. Millet, in all varieties of poetical combination. The old capital of the state of Chao was situated ten it but a mound, marking the former site of the city wall. The space within is wholly under cultivation, thus enforcing the doctrine of Li Tung-pin's dream. Many other relics of a remote the rest a great sumber of gigantic mounds, of antiquity are to be found in this region, among which there are said to be seventy two in all. They go by the name of the “Tombs of Ts'go- | tano but no coherent account seems to be obtainable as to their real origin. According to the popular belief, they were originally intended by that astute strategist as granaries, being filled with fabulous quantities of provisions for his rapidly-moving armies. Others affirm that they were never anything but earth mounds, the vast size of which was designed to convey the notion to his enemies that Te'as is'ao had great reserve-supplies. Others suppose them to

A letter from Yunnan states that in the Malo-tre be really graves. A simple-minded peasant district 1,103 miners recently broke into open on whose land one of these tumuli stood, being lot. They first killed the mandarins who had asked why he did not dig into it to see what was charge of the money belonging to the mining inside, replied with horror, Who would dare

Taotni Li of Laichou district in Kuangtung Province, in the early part of this year, subdued the aborigines at that place, but these now having broken out again, Taotni Wu has been dispatched to go and subjugate them. He started on the 26th of inst month, with soldiers, to carry out his commission.

disturb them ? About seventy ff south of Han- company and stole the sum of Tis. 15,000 in There must be multitudes of travellers who tan is the city of Tr's-chou, so called because it is sycee. If this trae, it will be hard on all kinds are already planning excursions over the new the market for great variety of pottery which of mining enterprises, as they employ so many midland railway of China, now that its construe finds its way all over north China. The kilns, men, tion is rendered a matter of entire (un) certainty, however, are at Peng Cheng, fifty forther who will be delighted to learn in advance what fato the hills. At present the only outlet for the The Chinese, Manchu and Mongolian soldier sort of a country they are to traverse, and what great amount of goods manufactured here is by stationed at Peking in former times were former- the principal cities through which they will pass water, through small river called the Fa-yang I drilled by their respective officers twice a are like. To gratify this desire is the object of or else on wheelbarrows, which are slow and month. These troops consisted in allef twenty- the present article, which however deals cumbersome. The waters of this stream are four rins (each yin consists of goo men), but now exclusively with that part of the route north of pre-empted by the people who live along its banks, it is proposed, to hold a grand parade once every the Yellow River. Not having as yet visited six months in the year, for purposes of irrigallon. month of all the troops, and a special officer is the flying leaps are very good in their way, though the remainder of the route, we do not feel that it is opened for navigation about the seventh to be appointed to inspect them. handicapped by the absence of their colleague, freedom in description which is so desirable moon, and closed again on the opening of the whose leg is not quite op to work yet." Mr. Lavarti Lee's trick equestrianism in neat, but he

both for the writer and for the reader, Let it spring in the second moon. Tr's-chou appears It is now sanctioned by the Throne to export always looks as though he performed under premised that there two principal highways to have a large business, and it ought to be

from the capital of China to the south. These more benefited by the railway than any city-rice from Kuangtung Province to the extent of protest. The clowning of Myrtine is very fanny, divide near the city of Chou-chou, south-west of which we have thus far mentioned. It was once 50,000 picole, and no more than this quantity. and his sprinting powers simply incredible. Peking, the eastern branch extending south-east a part of the province of Honan, but during the Daly to be paid on such exportation. In former And, lastly, the trick horses are really admirable through Ho-chien fu in Chibli, crossing the Grand present century was exchanged for three cities tunes it was prohibited. The barrier at Chang- To-night much of the programme will be altered Canal at Te-chen in Shantung, thence trending of a smaller rank, and Ts's-chou is now in Chihil.

chow (probably entrance to Canton-Whampos, WE take the following from Messrs. Wheelock-it can bardly be improved.

in the same direction through Yea-chou fa, and Chang-té fe, the first city in Honan as one goes we are informed, will be removed. The differ & Co.'s Freight Market Report, of the sixt

Hell-chou fa in Kiangsu, In this latter region | south, is a place of some importance, situated on ent Foreign Ministers after the Franco-Chins inst. :-We have no alteration to rep it in Home

the cart-roads gradually disappear, giving place | asmall river which is navigable all the year round, freights since we last wrote on the 8th Instant.

to rivers and canals. The western route extends and which is tributary to the "Grand Canal Coastwise, there has been a large demand for

southwest from Chen-Chou, passing through Pao- which empties into the Felbo at Tientsin. Two steamers to load from Newchwang to Southern

ting fo, which is about three hundred and twenty hundred farther on is Wei-bul fu, on the bank ports, principally Whampoa, and a good many

#from Peking, This city enjoys the unusual of the so-called "Canal," which is here, but a Wen Tung-ho, President of the Board of settlements have been made at very high rates s

distinction of being a provincial capital in name | small and unimportant river. Wel-hul is not a Revenus and P'an Tsu-yin Acting President of the Northern ports will not close as soon as was

only, asthe Governor-General has been instructed city of great trade, nor is it likely to add much the Board of Works, telegraphed on the 18th expected, steamers arriving from there re

since the Tientsin massacre to make his head-to the prosperity of a railway corporation, but it instant to Lu, Provincial Judge of Chekiang, port still very mild weather, The fixtures for

quarters for at least nine months of the year in in sich in memories of the Chou dynasty, if the asiding him to start a subscription among

those the coal-carrying trade between Nagasaki sod

the latter city, which has in effect become the stock-holders are interested in that circumstance, officials who are natives of Kiangsu,holding office this have chiefly been done in Japan by

new provincial capital, owing to the great The tyrant ChouHsin whose crimes put an end to in Chekiang province, for the purpose of airing altamers arriving there homeward-bound vis Mr. Rodyk applied for the adjudication of Lo amount of important business which must be the Shang dynasty (B.C. 1,123) lived in this region. the distressed people in the Prefecture of Soo- this port, In the grain trade from Wahn and Tsu Hing, of 121 Queen's Road, as bankrupt.transacted at that central point. Pao-ting fu is Chang-to fals the ancient Halang-chew, and in- chow. The energy displayed by the above- Chinking for the Bouthern ports, there is no He said that the liabilities amounted to $24.000, a comparatively small city, not more than termediate between that city and Wei-hul stands named high officials at Felding is accounted for demand; we bear that the export of rice has been and the acts to $32,310. The assets were not

four miles in circuit, but its wall is lofty, and in Chi-hsien, where there is--a temple to Pi-kan, from the fact of their balling Soochow pre- prohibited. For London via usual ports of call readily realisable, and as a creditor was about

a good giste of repair, far excelling" that of u relative of the tyrant Chou, who had this sage. fecture as their native place. and Suez Canal:--The berth is now occupied by to sue, his client sought adjudication in order that most other provincial capitals, being surpassed killed and cut open that he might ascertain petits peop Holt's steamship Ulysser and C. S. M. S, N. Co. he might obtain protection, and that the creditor perhaps only by Singan fu, the capital of Shen- whether Fi-kan really had seven openings in decree from the Imperial Throne, dated steamship Depack, rates of freight being the might not have a preferential claim.

si. The ground within the city walls is mostly, his heart | Two hundred and seventy is from same for Tea, vis: 405, the former

37. d. protection,

SUPREME COURT,

IN BANKRUPTCY.

(Before Acting Chief Justice Fielding Clarks.)

A CHINESE BANKRUPTCY.

war asked the Taungli Yamén to remove the Obstructions, after peace was restored, but the Chinese did not pay attention to the request,

the 8th of this moon, (November 20th

The utmost sensation has been caused by for general cargo and the latter 327, 6d. His lordship granted the application, occupied with buildings, to the exclusion of lakes Wel-hul is the city of Hual-ch'ing fu, in the states, that since the rebellion: ceased and

statement made by Mr. Molloy, M.P. for Kings County, in a speech at Sheffield. He states that the secret diary of Pigott and other documents have been discovered which demonstrate the complicity of the Government and the Times in pablishing the forged letters.

AUSTRALIAN FEDERATION. The Australian Colonies are generally averse to Sir Henry Paikes' proposed convention, and consider the present Federal Council sufficient for their needs.

MR. RUSTOMJET'S PIANO..

The former will be depatched on the 16th instant and fatter on or about the 29th instant. Katey asked by the Malls are 401. Mr. Wilkinson repeated an application on for Tea and 375. 6d. for General Cargo, The behalf of Messrs. Kelly and Walsh, for an order Norwegian barque frabel has arrived and will to restrala the Oficial Assignee from selling

of Sorabjee Rustomjer, shortly be ready to load, rate gos, per ton of piano among the nasets. 50 cubic feet. For New York, sta usual ports bankrupt. of call and Suez Canal :—The steamship Col-

His lordship directed him to communicate with lingham with part cargo from Japan is on the with Mr. Reece, and try to settle the matter. berth at 5oz. for Tea and 45s. for general cargo and will be despatched next week. The Clay- wors left this on the syth instant with a very large cargo. The boats to follow the Collingham are the steamship Patkan and steamship Benledi, In order named." The American ship Mary L. Stone patch, leaving the selling vessels' berth entirely to

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THE SUBSCRIPTION GRIFFINS.

of stagnant water, such as adorn K'ai-feng fu, vicinity of which is a small but very destructive the coast defences were established, the the capital of Honan, and many other import-river called the Ch'in, which is not navigable,

LORD SALISBURY ON THE SITUATION. is now fully engaged, and will have quick des drawn for this moming at Mr. Kennedy's Horis One hundred and fifty beyond Pao-ting la is shut for months together, and in others there, icies under their, Jurisdiction They are also to j

ant cities as well. There is a large amount of All its energies appear to be devoted, like those soldiers stationed at all the important places, business done in Pan-ting fo, and it is the of the Huto river in Chibli, to doing as much must receive their salaries in full, in order that natural centre of a rich, farming district, as well mischief as possible. It is the only tributary of they may perform their duties property and as the outlet of an extensive system of routes the Yellow River from the north, for hundreds cheerfully. If he been reported that there into the mountains, leading to Shanai. Pao of miles. The situation of Hual ch'ing fu, elders than there are, and often the soldiers exists such evil, practices as representing more ting fa is situated on a small stream to which that of Ta-ming fo and Kuang-pling, fa, and foreigners have affixed the name of the city, but Ho-chien fu is Chihli, of Tung-ch'ang fu in paid short, by their superior officers, thereby on active service have their pay deducted, or this river is a very inadequate outlet for the Shantung, and of Pu-chon fu in Shansi, is causing discontent and neglect of drills, whereas traffic of a large centre, and has the disadvan badly chosen. All of these important places the officers, take case, and enjoy all kinds of tage of being entirely dry in seasons of low are in low and damp spots, and in case water, for a considerable, distance from the city of the overflow of the streams near the luxuries, and spend money freely, at the same A railway from Pao-ting fa to Tientsin, if well they are all more or less inaccessible. In tolerated, and all the Governors in receipt of this

time neglecting

"their" dulles," "This cannot be managed, would be sure to yield rond returns, some instances, the city gates have to be kept Decree tre to ante, and to report any delinquen the city of Tiog-chou, with lofty walls and strong entrance through one of them only." Hual-chẳng gates which convey an impression of great is probably a larger city than, Welshul, but its make a careful report, which must be sent in within two months, was customary in former security, bet unfortunately there does not appear trade apparently bears no comparison with, that to be anything within worth securing. The of a market town forty to the north called is but none has come up to the prescat. In buildings are mainly confined to the principal Chinhua, a place which is specially referred to times past the infantry from all the provinces streets, the remaining space being mostly in the memorial of the Board of Admiralty, on guarded the State, but as they were utterly occupied by cabbage patches. The circumference the subject of railways. This largo market town worthless, the coast defences were established. of the walls is affirmed to be forty 44, but the is important as the outlet of Shansi, being Jedlémy s man by pu well-known tendency of the Chinese to gravitate directly connected with Tse-chen fu and Lu-an fai la Xiangel recently an expectant mandarin. to round numbers, and to round numbers the in the great from region of southern Shaust, the was given a petty post, and as he was rather in diameter of which shall be as large as possible, former city about one hundred and forty // distant, straightened circumstances it was a book to get does not frapira: entire confidence in these the latter nearly three times as far, by dificult, even a small position ; but before going to his measurements, until they shall have been con- mountain roads, impassable even. for. Chiness | new post, he was compelled to employ a female firmed by those of the railway engineers."""One" carts. To construct branch orailways from servant to wait upon his wlie, in order to keep hundred and forty ♫ beyand Ting-chou, Hias „Chẳng huat

sa to either of these Shaoul cities would i up style." While he was consulting whaîn

Record Dean,

The third batch of Subscription Griffins were

November 11th.

Repository, with the following results p the Governor Goodwin, Departures for London More Colour, Speaking at the Guildhall, Lord Salisbury via Suca Canal: The steamship Glamorgan 35 grey ann 1.35| R. C. Gore, rejoiced at the signs of increasing wealth on all shire 17th instant, and ateamibly Anckiser 20th. 34. black..

1.30 Capt. Collinson, sides, which he hoped would not be jeopardised instant. Departure for New York, via Sues 35. brown

1.37 M. Grote. by the disputes between labour and capital; be Canal: The steamship Claymore 17th instant. 36. white (cream head). 1.38 C. 1. Hutchings,

Quotations are:-Newchwang, 26 Mex. cents 37. bay referred to the enormous progress in Egypt per plcul. Chefoe to Swatow, 18 Mex. cents 38. white. under the sheltering help of England, but and per picul nominal. Nagaind to Shanghai. 39. grey ........ that the invasions during the present year and $5.40 per ton of Coal neit, for steamers for do Chestnut

vessels, $1.40. Settlement during the|41. white

walling

the overthrow of Emin Pashs prove that the time fortnight Verwaarts, German steamer, 612 41 white for Evacuation has not yet been reached. He tons, one month $3,500. No disengaged vessel | 43. grey c “said that England's policy in Europe was to keep lin portilha

1.35) S. G. Bird. €1.373 D. McCulloch,

Lo W. H. F. Darby, 1.41 M. Grote, pa 1.38 R. Gubbay. 1.399 W. C. Murray 1140 J. Gray

1:43 GAT. Velich.