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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1893.

The Hongkong eleg

Telegraph.

HONGKONG, TUISDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1893,

TELEGRAMS.

› THE ANARCHISTS IN LONDON.

LONDON, December 3rd, Despite the prohibition of the authorities an immense crowd of Anarchists assembled yes terday in Trafalgar Square. After repeated' warnings, the foot and mounted pollen charged and dispersed the crowd,

THE FRENCH MINISTRY, A Cabinet has been formed consisting of M. Calmir-Peries, President and Minister of Foreign Affairs, M, Bardeau, Minister of Finance, M. Spalter, Minister of Education, and M. Mercier, Minister of War. It is considered that, TOM SMITH'S CRACKERS. #1 regards war, the tendency of the Cabinet will

be decidedly moderate,

BURNT ALMONDS.

MIXED SWEETS.

CIGARETTE CASES, CIGAR CASES, CARD CASES.

In SILVER, ELECTRO, SNAKE SKIN, RUSSIAN LEATHER, &c.. CIGAR & CIGARETTE HOLDERS, PIPES. Hongkong, 13th November, 1893, [1304

THE ITALIAN CABINET. Signor Zanardell! has been appointed sident, and General Baratiesi, Minister of Foreign

Affairs.

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Out her last trip from Yokobama to Shanghal the Saikyo-maru took over $400,0ão in trosanga but whether a gold or silver our informant

THE Caledonian Ball at Shanghai is said to || A CORRESPONDENT wrhing fom New York to have been "an immaise success.”

our Shanghai marr ing contempor.ry on October 14th, abierta:-The new Chinese Minister- Yang Is, has been favourably received, but we fall t- learn what kind of pr asure he is bringing to bear on the United States Government. If be pushed the sights of the Chinese and the demands of the treaties, better legislation might be secured, but as it is the impression prevails that he to satisfied with the now B.. If so, a

wotteth not,

Tux Japan Gorilla of the 38th ult. states that the French cruiser Ixconstant touched ground

wene Mihare but was successfully floated off right; but we doubi i:," with the assistance of the Texryo-kan.

It is stated that the salvage claimed by the ship dris, (carrying a cugo of keroseney from Shanghai Tag Bout Company for bringing in the where she was aground near the Saddles, | amadats to Tļs. 7,000,

We have received from the Imperial Maritime Castors the Customs Gosalia for the third quarter of the current year, containing the usual returns of trade for the treaty ports, and other useful Information.

AREGULAR meeting of St. John's Lodge, No 618, Street, on Tuesday, the 11th instant, at 8 for S.C., will be held in Freemasons' Hall, Zetland

8.30 am. precisely. Visiting brethren are cordially invited.

THE German steamer Amigo, which was sunk Pre-ship Bantams, and which has since been snder In Hongkong barbour to July Inst be the steam soing repairs by the Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Co., went out on a trial trip this afternoon, | No particuları bave yet come tá hund.

SPAIN AND MOROCCO.

MADRID, November 17th. The Spanish army in Morocco Now Dum- A. S. WATSON & CO., LD. bers 20,000, in two brigades, or four divisions, under Generals Ortega, Salcedo, Bersiz and Mella, with Martinez Campos in supreme com

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General Maclas has completed the entrench- ments in front of the forts.

Spain is mad with enthusiasm over the war.

November 18th.

The Bey has had another interview with Gen, Macias, and appealed for the stoppage of the works at Si Guarlach fort, and for the free admission of the Mors to Melilla for trading

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General Macias referred him to General Martinez Campos,

Preparations for a renewal of hostilities are In active progress.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

THE British cruiser Daphne has gone to Hankow to relieve the Redpole.

H.M.S. Alacrity, with Admiral Fremantle ca board, was expected to arrive in Shanghai from Hankow and Yangisze ports, on Sunday last.

In the Oxford lists published yesterday it should have been noted that W. Wanderieach war din.. tinguished in English and J. Hance passed in drawing.

THE resorts of the voyages of the City of Peking. and the Telegraph Co.'s steamer Ricorder, which will be found to our shipping columns,

PINE, APRICOT, CHERRY, LIME, GUAVA, are unusually interesting.

and other

FRUIT JELLIES

in great varisty.

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CRACKERS.

COLOURED OPALS

MOUNTED IN PLUTE,

representing favourite subjects.

THE Canadian Pacific Railway Cols royal mail steamer Empress of India xxrived at Nagasaki at 7am. yesterday, and left again at 6 pảm thờ same day for Vancouver, via Kobe and Yoko

kama.

ONE of King Lobengula's chiefs is named M'Bogo. The clans would appens to be preity widely tprend over the free of this terrestrial apbere! We wonder If M'Boga can play the bagpipes,

On the eve of the departure of H.M.S. I. périeurs from Nagasaki, a'smoking concert was held at the Bowling Club In honour of Capisin McQubae and his officers, who presented the Club with a handsome billard trophy.

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WITH reference to the correspondence, etc., referring to the Bank of Chins, Japan and the L. and C. Express, which we reproduced in Straits, Ld, from the Landon Trees and yesterday's Telegraph, the following paragraph from the N. C. Daily Nims of the 1st inst. is especially interesting A meeting of the Chinese shareholders (who bald some Bocco shares) in the Bank of China, etc., was held at the Canton Gelld yesterday, to consider the recent call on the shares. It was decided, we les, la invite the Committee of the Bank to call an extraordinary meeting of the shares bolders at which it is proposed to protest strongly "gainst the,cali on the shareholders,

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drawn up by the Chief Justice for taxing costs in an account of the trade la Teensier the Summary Court were passed.

THE BUDGET.

Last

arcas

and Marco Polo when he was la Yunnan would tenan has always been a favourite province travel on the well worn routes of commerce, « with the Mahommedans, who would ascend the precious stones and medi Ines, by the south-west. Irrawaddy and reach it.it inland province, rich in

Slam, Barbara remarks on the miny Moth shipa..collected, there. Oplum, scarlet puhta The Colonial Secretary moved the first reading And copper were la d-mand in Pegu. Berma the Appropriation Bill for 1894. Last year's bad na sea coast at that time but goods ascended to Ava and orcanied eight days the Irrawaddy incloded averal exceptional windfalls. revende, $1,336 933, was phenomenal, and Is getting an. Odium and your water were year's ordinary expenditure was $1,882,474, 16, sixed there, wire carted cloth and velvet.

required with totalling $105 904 more than the revenue but very much in the hands of the Mahommedan, and extraordinary expenditure was $460,363 modern trade in precious stones to

Peking $123.983 had been with the consent of the Secretary of State put down to the new loan, so that instead of a deficit there was surplus of $118,079. The present year was begun with and estimates of revenue and expenditure balance of $35,106 of sarets over liabillies, showing a surplus of $,7031. months up to November 1st showed $1,700.455 revenue, against an estimate for the whole year at $1906 000; the last two months generally turned out below the average, betiere were some small items for the whole year still to be included. There had also been voted same $50,000 for extra works, against current revenue, and there would still be an "exchange" ingen vole on the sterilog accounts; but it could be confidently anticipated that the estimated sur- ples of

The ten

governments,

This appears to be the bat way to account for the reported

production of oplam early last century in the westera prefecture of that pro- vince, Yungchang.fa. But it must be remem than this date Then we come to Malacca, & bered that Barboss's book i two canturing oldar

port, of which he remarks that it was in his opinion the richest in ibe whale world. Gold was very abundant there. Eray article of commerce was la request there and all sorts of of $7,021 would be substantially exceeded,

persons and nationalities met there. Here ware Tus Shanghai native papers record the death of As to exchange, the Colony still gained Ite

to be seen the Javaneno amuros who lurz'cand the military humperer who officiated as heads. gold laan at 31 per cent an against one of 43 in

themselves with hemp and opium, killed or man at the recent execuilon outside the South silver, and would be the gainer, unless the

wounded all persons they met, and riedw.unded by a hundred asgallants striking them in self- Gate. The ordinary beadaman had declined the dollar should average less than 12, 3d, during his place after a me gentle persuasion from his job, and the trumpeter only consented to take the whole period of the loan.

defence. When the author comes to speak Hongkong stood better on the London Stock Ex- for the Malabar pepper and the drags of of the Chiness be mentions their fondness superiors. The native papers say that the change than several Australian amateur executioner made a hash of the husi- | which proved, he thought, that Londou Saanciers Cambay among them opium, to which in ners, and falled to cut off the criminal's head at had better opinion of Hongkong's prospects

this instance he says the merchants gave the the first stroke, whereupon the latter opbraided than some Hongkong people had.

tame anfang. This is the Arabic and Perslan Ma. F. van der Plardten, manager in Chins of his clumsiness and blessed his ancestors in the depreciation of silver necessarily induced fleeing in the Greek opion. In the Chinese the Eastern Extension and Great Northernusual animated Chinese style. The poor caution in framing the estimates, and on the work the Pentsao, oftum is called a-fuyung. Telegraph Companies, courteously informs sex cationer was so upset, according to the other hand caused increases in some items of Stace Barboss wrote some six'y years before that cable commurication with the Seychelles veracious native historian, that he returned to

expenditure." The dollar had been calculated at

the publication of this Chinese medical treache and Mauritius is now open, and that the Azores his quarters suffering from some mysterions 2 61, in drawing up the Budge', though

we, learn that this Mabo-medan name must

telegraph system, have also recently been connected to the genera! "deví! ” disease, from which Le never rallied, at present the rate was lower, but But it may be conjectured, it was changed for have been in common use by Chinese traders, dying last Tuesday.

was expected, as it has been for the last ten the more modern Chinese term ya pies through years. The revenue for 1994 was estimated a $3,107,000, and the expendiate $1.998,745 trade. The Portuguese took ile place of the some revolution in those who controlled the out counting "loan ilems; "thus showing a

Mahemmetans in trade and the European surplus of $8,465. There would also be $348,000 name of the drug was substituted for the for extra works out of the loan, Retrenchment in salaries was going on slowly, UN VACANCIES

Mabommedan." occurred, some $32,000 per assum having been anwed already, though not all was shown directly on the estimates. The Signalling Commission, instead of economising recommended more expense, pending negotiations with the War Office,

Morz Post Office blundering. The the N. C. Daily News of the tet Inst. Owing to arme mistake on the part of the Hongkong Pes' Office, Hongkong papers and letters dated from the zoth the German wall brought as on Tuesday papers to the 4th alt, only reached de yesterday, while ard letters of the 25th ult."

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THE Secretary of the Punjam Wining Company advises us that he is in receipt of a telegram from the mines manager to the ffect that during last month the mill ran 25 days, crushing 480 tons of are which yielded 500 ounces of gald. It is added that the manager has hopes of better results from December's crushing.

COLONIAL COURT OF ADMIRALTF.

(Before Chief Fustics Fielding Clarki). December 5th.

THE "DRAGON" COLLISION. The cross-actions between More & Selmand

Captain Miller, R.N. assisted the Court as Nanical Assessor.

"The

which was carried.

The Colonial Treasurer seconded the moitos,

ARREARS.

longer felt as to the bealth of the Viceroy Chang and the P, & O. S. N. Co., arising out of the It is reported from Hankow thar anxiety is no

at Hankow on the 25th November; but so for launch, were continued to-day, Mr. J. J. Francis, Chib-tang. Me. Consul-General Bock anired collision between the tug Dragon and a smail nothing is known of that gentleman's move-QC, Instructed by Mr. Wright (Mr. V. H ments or what shape his negotiations with the Deacon's office) was far More & Selmand, and Hupeh Government will take.

The Colonial Treasurer moved the first read Mr. A. J. Leach, Q.C., los rocted by Mr. G.C.Cing of the Supplementary Appropriation Bill for Master Johnson, Stokes, and Master) was for 1891, and sald-For the service of the year, the P. & O, Co.

$6773,000 were voted, and $1,88,000 expended, showing an excess of $108.000; for extraordinary expenditure. $680,000 were voted, and $450,005 spent, showing a saving of $219,000, of, after But in order to adjust the accounts of the Colony, deducting the excess, net saving of $111,000. have now to ask the Council to vote on ac- count of ordinary expenditure for 1893 $147,000, sad an account of extraordinary expenditure for 91 $87,000, or a total of $235.000. The Council has, however, alttady voted $161,000 for ordinary and $86,cod for extraordinary expenditure, total $347,000. The principal cate of the excess was the thinte inth month (put in that year's accounts to bilag 'the financial year level with the ordinary yesi) and the fail in exchange.

THE Chinese banks in Shanghai are refusing to take foreign bank notes in consequence of the numbers of forged notes which are in circulation, The forgeries are said to be fairly good, except that the small writ! gunder be printed characters is badly den, while the reproduction of the engraver's name is clamps and blurred. It la su-pected that these counterfeits are execured in Japan.

COMPLAINTS are heard on every hand servecting the physique of the average ricksha coalie, and not without reason, sa almost anyone having occa ion to engage a 'sicky' for a run from the Click-tower to Wanchal or West Point well know. Seeing that the Government issues licences to the Vicksha proprietors, it would appear to be a comparatively easy matter for the authorities to bring about some improve. ment in the direction indicated.

The coxswain of the P. & O og Dragon was cross-examined at some length by Mr. Fran it.

W. H. Day, "gunner" in the P. & O. office, described the Dragen's course from Cap-sal moon just before the collision. When about ico o 150 yards from the Esmiralda sperd was slackened and the whistle was blown. On passing under the steamer's sterm, 60 er 70 feet away, the tug was going abour's knots. Some 50 ft. father inshore the Dragon whistled again. Then a small fearch began and con- tlaced whistling, and the Dragon went to Pedder's Wauf. The launch was about two port a letir, instead of beading direct for points on the starboard baw of the Dragon, some 30 feet away, when witacas saw her, and heading nearly straight acro the tug's course.

His lordship Then the collision had become absolutely laevitable before this witness saw the launch,

K. L. Collingwo d, clerk in the P. & O, office. said he was on board the Dragon, and when about 150 ft. past the Esmeralda shorewards he saw the launch approsching, then more than 100 ft. away, and near the stein of the Thales, which, was at the whaif Witness was quite sure the launch was near the stem of the Thalis. She altered her cousse, though he could not say right, but he could not say whether she had what her course was at first ; she turned to the been doing so all the time, or not. Did not mo what "under a part helm " meast.

Chan A Sto, one of the Dragon's crew, explained the position just before the accident.

His lordship said it was quite clear the Dragon stopped and reversed onl, after the collision was Imminent, and so there was no need to call the

THE smartest.voyage of any steamer.to Hongay' and back was completed yesterday when the date, Captain Peck, dropped archor in this por Charbonnages Co.'s chartered steamer Rivers, it being fort n'x days, to an hour, since she left Hongkong bound for Horgay, where she loaded a fall cargo of cost there and got back to her port of departure—a smart piece of work that reflects Anita credit on all concerned, The Riversdale left again for Hongsy this afternoon, THE Italian steamiðip Glava, Capuafa Fengine to give bis story, Sojord, bound In. yesterday from Bombay, via Mr. Leach suggested an adjournment, as it Singapore, came through the Green Island Passas nearly one o'clock and there was no further dying the Yellow Jick, owing tatt are having widens ha would like to look over the evidence been a case of small-pez on board at Singapore, before addressing the Ceart,

being ferred that some fefringement of the Port Regulations might result from steaming A GENTLEMAN Was walking recrnly in the son of the Health Officer, although no Gresh up to the usual suchorage without the permis.. aelghbourhood of Woosung, says the N. C. case had made its appearance since the ship was Daily News, when he came upon two ceffinsfomigated in Singapore. There being zo symp- of handsome and artistic designs, suitable to all roughly made from materials which had served toms of small-pox on board, the steamer was

other purposes. They were not for spart and allowed to proceed to her busy, tastes and at moderate prices.

one bore the legend “Made in Germany," the ather "To be stored in a cool plaer."

A Large Assortment of ENGLISH AND JAPANESE CHRISTMAS CARDS,

THE Japanese Oficial Gazette gives the total number of dysentery cases occuring to that country during the current year, up to the 17th pitimo, a1164,055 or 90.000 in excess of those 'reported last year. "Thé deaths in all were

38,401

and it

His Thedship:-Well, will you promiss not to speak for more than ten minutes? (Laughter.)

Mr. Leech :-I will promise not to be an hour! After the adjournment, counsel addressed the Court on both sides, and his lordship reserved judgment.

The Colonial Secretary seconded the motion, which was carried.

ADJOURNMENT.

The Governor said the Catined would next meet on Wednesday (13th) in order to get the Budget passed this year,

THE OPIUM QUESITON.

·V.~~~~THE UNTRODUCTION OF QIUM INTO.

CHINA,

As far back an 1830 a Chinese Censor addressed a memorial to the Emperor of China Io which he expressed the opinion that "at the time of writing the people are lo maltitudes planting the poppy and selling the drug

there

is reason to fear that failure to 'op the cultiva-

as of the poppy will eventually become more ruinous than the effects of that brought from beyond the sea," etc. The memelal In and misleading nature of be arguments of the Anti-Opium League of Great Bricin, ard such a complate 'exposé of the - shallow

the translation of it in Mr. Slade's work, above mentioned, is so thoroughly reliable and to the point that we offer no apology for reproducing it at this juncture in the controversy, in the belief that is will be read with interest by those Dozens of other telling quotations might who seek the truth about the o,ium question.

be taken from old official records. bit this one will suffice before.winding up wth a resumé of the whole question.

The memorial referred to is as follows:- "Shaos Chingb-wah, censor, superlatendent of roads, &c. &c, in the province of Cheb keang, presents this memorial, in order to obtain the imperial will on the subject of which it seats.

Opium in a product of fign counties, and at first only oce alan ily included is the list of mer feines. Subsequently, villanous people le- duced others to use it ; and in this way the con tamlanting practice has passed from one 14. another, til it has spread over the whole country. it is, indeed, a flowing potion of a3 small las seated to planting the poppy a' d preparing the

natives have

lately drug for sale. In Che

tehkeang.my sarive province,

the planters are the most numerous in the d-part ment of Taechow-foo; next to i, in the number ef coltivators, ara. Ningpo-fea, Shaoubing-foo, Yenchow-foo, and Wanchow-loo, The made of culiare, as I have heard it described, is this she seed of the poppy fs town in the roth It is generally, but very erroneoa sly, supposed month of the year, and in the 4th maith that the British Gov mment and Brlfah of the following year, when the heads are merchants can be held solely responsible formed, they are ent open and the whis for the Introduction of oplem fato Ca and juice exudes and is colleted. In this manner,

causing the first China War, which srosa may be obtained from oze mow of land [bout, out of the seizure of opium, and other

6600 square feet] four or five cat fox (ið 192. overt and judged arts, by this Chinese per catty], which is tolled down to the con A11:horities at Canton la 1818, And thesistency of solt clay, The article they pioneers of British commerce with China who obtained in Taechow-foo, is called the Tee Jelg Tore the heat and burden of the day are 1.0, the Juice of Taechow. There are some al so charged, by prejudiced fanatics who ought to who obtain opium from a species of the alc know better, with having sown the seeds of decay and hibiscus and hence it is named the jule a of and wide-spread distress which it fa alleged the the alces, or of the hifficus. These two Winds use of oplum has caused throughout the vast of oplum are qulin like that which is brought Empire of China. Το assert that there is from beyond sea, and there are large & manier not vestige of truth in such allegations of petty traffickers, who, going continuelly from not sufficient evidents on the point has place to place, sell the drug, and thus openly to be adduced and authorities be quoted and knowingly violate the laws. If this now be We have already done so al considerable considered trivial maiter, and is not i stardicted, length to show that the effect of the wholesale it will, eventually, become so general that. production of oplem in China has caused a con- government will be afraid to interfere, The alderable decline in the trade in Indian opium ald people, like flocks of ducks, ran after gaini and that more oplum is produced in China than; for it is supposed that from an scre planted with At the Magistracy to-day, before Mr. Hartinge

enters her gates from India's coral strand, poppies, ten times as much profit can be gained Tam Ho, Government contractor, was charged

and we will now prove conclusively that opium" || sx from one planted with sice. The people, with leaving an open drain unprotected in front

was cultivated and smoked extensively in the therefore, presuming that government will not of the P. &O, cffice. Police, constable Dickion Cheung Chi Shi sued Cheung Kam Tin for Middle Kingdom hundreds of years before the man strict prohibitions, go to the uma excess, stated that on Tuesday night, November 28th, $5,000, being twenty months' maintenance at shlon of Dent, Wetmore, Matheson, King and without the fruit feary and around all the cities, two men complained to him of having faller $50 per month. Mr. J. F. Reece was for the others carried Indian, opium to Canton In the Cillages, hamlets, and markets, belonging to the down the hole he went and saw a cutting 3 ore and Mr. G. J. Phillippa was for the twenties. For the sake of those misguided apartments named above, every pisca is

&fendant Chinese Withers Just about long enough 4 feet deep, entirely unprotected. The two man

philanthropists whose libraries may not be as covered with popplest and at the inhabitant, to speak a single sentence;

had been drinking. Mr. Crook, in charge of the Mr. Phillippe said he had a preliminary objec. complete as many of them could desire it may Both men and women, old and young, are Lesrard Counsel Some sentences last a life-Desing Department, and Mr. W. K. Leigh, and on the ground that plaintiff, as a wife, could be stated that interesting facts relative to the played in the produc ion and sale of oplem. Lime!

that on Tuesday morning the hole bad barn at sue her husband the defendant.

questions at lasus cas be gathered from the 2 bow, within lets than ten years, the evil has Ailed in, up to a few faches from the surface a wife, but produced ▲

Mr. Reece said the plaintiff was not suing an pages of "A Warifve of the Late Proceedings jej read over a large part of this province, not only THE band of the 1st Shropshire Light Infantry and it was amply protected. They did not see which the claim hased. If the plaintia Regliter) pablished in Canton in 1839, the tb. 1 work of the husbandman.

written contract on in China," (by John Slade, Editor of the Cafres by laging salary on the good, bus greatly retarding EOM AND AFTER THE 1 OF JANUARY, Mest, Marrey Barracks, this evening, Com for the oversat but for the F.& d.. Co, upheld, lez in this Colony mariage of Indian Ocean published by the Hakluyt Fabalen; Kwangiang, and Yunnan, the people will play the following programme at the Omicerit in the evening. The low being down of defendant the claim could so framsiation of "Barbosa's Travels in the 1AP 1 have heard, úlia," that in the provinces of the sort conferred to rights on the woman Society thirty years ago, and the records pirkince and sell oriums and hence the drug is

a legal marriage in England would. The of the Journeys of Marco Polo Barbon's called the Juice of Fubklen, the face of Kwang.. pilotiff relied on the fact that the parties had work was Erst written in Portogues but 19dkg) de, according to the province in which it agarated, and that the so-called husband had later on the distinguished traveller, who served is produced when a written promise to pay,

After hearing the evidence, bis lordship produced a Spanish edition of his memblis issued-dec vees gefast the introduclan of under the Spanish flag for a number of years, in Conald miệng that your Majenly has frequently stongly advised the parties to settle the case,

He wrote about wew to settlement

the arrival of Vasco cars bsequens to fhialgopis in order to stop villany and pre

de Gama in ladis; went Calamity that the people ma

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Is the collision case ta the Supreme Court to-day

Learned Counsel: How long was the time between your fint sight of the launch and the blowing of the whistle?

mencing at 8 o'clock ----

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The defendant was

THE Shanghat Mercury of the rat fast, on the Chiasse shareholders of the Bank of China, Japan and the Straits, Ld.:-A very character. inle piece of Chiness dodgery to being tried by the Native shareholders of the Bank of China, up their calls in London, Hongkong Shanghai and elsewhere, but the wily Celestials who have got hold of scrip at panie prices, or for ao price at sil, fancy they know a trick worth two of that,

IN SUMMARY JURISDICTION.

(Before Mr. H. J. Ackroyd, Pužine Judge)

HONGKONG MARRIAGES.

ALL SUBSCRIPTIONS MUST BE FAID IN THE German ship Carl Friedrich, bound from The Foreign shareholders ara choirfully paying | which was accordingly adjourned a week with &ttes rounding the Cape," Barhoan), describes { panílitudës ; ; tasting the poppy and selly ag

ADVANCE.

BIRTHS.

Ai 8, Astor Terrace, Shangkat on the 2013, her crow, as far as is known at prasent, kare But they saly think they do. It is well known

instant, the fe of GRORGE D. SCOTT, of dangbier.

lugbi Dhoon Villa 33, Broadway, Shanghal, on the 30th Nov mber, 1845, the wife of ALFAZD

GATZIY, of a daughter.

DEATHS.

At the Bangkok ́Hospital, on Thursday even- lag, November 23rd, H. S. DEANK, late of

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

hdd this fternoon, where Code was,

A meeting of the Legislative Coudel

Ceylon, and Perak, aged 49 years. Aberdeen the Hon. Tommy had gone away, and thero | the object of these gentry to force the Bank fo Chater, Ho Kai, J. J. Keswick, and E. K. Beliios, work published, in the North China Daily and the people daily dcrèase in affluence,

papere please copy.

On October 30 b, at Nantucket, Mass., U.S.A. Captulo ALFRED G. Cary, aged 45 years, 9 months for many years in the service of the Hongkong, Caston and Macao Steamboat Company.

At the Government Civil Hospital, Hongkong. at midnight on December 4th, WILLIAM STEWART, Commisilon agent, late of Peterhead, #ged 47. years.

New York to Hongkong with a full cargo of kerosene oil, hat, according to telegraphic Information received here yesterday, he

the trade of East Abies and the Malabar, the drugs and that, if this cannot be effectus ly wrecked off he cost of Borneo. The whole of

coast, which find really embraces that stopped, there is reason to tear. last the off scis of Burma, Malacca, Java and China. The of the flowing polson, spreading over every turned up safe and sound at Singapore, whence that influential Chinese shareholders here have the new of the wreck was wired to this colony. been spending large ramp fa talegraphing to the

to judge of the state of teade at the begining of fat m'beyond se 11 f my bounden /cut to writer mentions the imports and exports at all province of the empire, will eventually he come the ports he called at and thereby enables one mineralang than the eff c's of that ly ought register, bull at Quincey. Mast, in 18ye and intervene to do all sorts of impossible things in O'Bilen (Colonial Secretary); Mr. W. M. demands, however, a century, beleire The Carl Friedrick was a vassal of 2.208 tone Chinese Minister in London, to try to get him to Sir W. Robinson (Cercor); Mr. G. T. demand in the Orient, he mentions eplant of deź the Lieat-Govern:z of Chohkeang, and the is owald by Mare, Rieder, Belman & Connecting at which from 70.000 to 80,000 Gedman (Attorney General); Mr. E. Bowdler smoking commenced, but it was then eagerly terimine, the object and devian and for the 16th century, Among the articles in general request last your ta jesty will be pleased to of Bremen. Messrs. Reuter, a 80,000eilng Director of Public Works); Mr. A. M.

great offices of all the other provinces, carefully are the Hongkong agents of the owANĮ, KURI "There were represented, to consider the Thompson (Acting Registrar Geuren); Mr, N. G. Han of the call, which they exa determined not

sought for 14, 3 drug. In that curge slopping the cut fration of the poppy and THE Hon. Mick was feeling lonesome, because to pay unless they are absolutely forced. It is Michell-lones (Collal Treasurer)': Capt. R.

we and that the oplam of Adan

Procaction of plum, faithfully car ping isto Rumsey (Harbour Master), Messrs. C. P

a higher price than that of Cambay. In the execution your Majesty's commands. Then the would be no questions asked in Con cil. So the liquidate if possible, as they believe they would

course of an interesting: review of Barbois's urces of the evil will be effectually closed up, takes in that event, get a very handsome return per

isofficial member. Office Gbat asked him ona

Will the Gav romment inform the members of share from the wreck. No doubt, too, they

Nowa a few months ago, the writer produces Whether my humble views are right or not, it evidence of the early use and cultivation of aplam, is stil my day to lay them batare your fajesty, Council What is it that has eyes and chak sar: would, if they succeeded with their clever Hitle has a mouth and can't take a drink, and yet cam schemes, but they forget that if the call is not and confirmed.

The minutes of the last meeting were read In China from which we take the following s In view of the forging facts the theories jump as high as the Clock Tower?

paid their shares may be cancelled and instead

"In the ancient world when Hippocrates founded of the Anti-OƑlumile is re p'cling England's And the Colonial Genius replied:-The of getting anything they would hold so much.

CORRECTION.

the Greek medical school and when Calaus and alleged a shame opun war and the Government is unable to supply the information, waste paper. The conduct of the Chinese skars-

crtonius Largus wrote in Lilla en Matrei a averlaatiduo of inter du ing) and forcing Wall; then, I'll tell you it's a dead moke!·) holders in the Hank in a 500 db):ct-lesson which | „figure, thus stating the probable excess of } Was Asia Minor, But-when the

Medica, the only producing country. I z oplu the seductive drug See? Ears, and can't hear mouth, and can't other banks ought to proßt by and be very

couraged mig pitics, in the Katuns' bant: 1e

on the Chinese" should |Cillohe## 12 | Best molds for biolute, fallacies, and the Carefal In future about allowing Chiasse to hold

Taifa champione, if their lova, for faltplay. their serip... At yesterday's mesting a ressintión

Arabs established jeppy gardens of M

pay with (hift fervid: protestations, was passed making the Total to write, for the ROFREME COURT RULES, 2

the convenience of their unde, Then, Inter;

fan cari// cpportunity to proclaims British Cousal to get him to interfera-with the

they did the same is Bontbay at kine unkno On the motion of the Colonial Secretary, time préviens to the discovery of the book's pas

rong the the motopan that after all the maximi }) Bank fisisting upon the call being paid

repaded "by the Attorney General, the inler, aga 10 Yodia by the Portugu

TZEKO, MAS NAPitäs di prævalebit must have

take a wal

Al Government Civil Hospital, last night, 5th | * But you said it could jump sa high as the instant, WILLIAM Stewart, of Peinhard, aged - Clock Tower, and a dead moke can't Jamp, 47, Commianton Agent. The Funeral will pass No more can the Tower)

Mos ument at 8 am, to-morrow [óch 2001.) Micky and the 0. G, sie sow the best of ! pale,"

MINUTES

The Governor explained that in his opening address yesterday be subtracted last end of adding temus over sediary, expenditure for 1803 of 83,000 whereas it should be $140,000.

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