CHINA.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3193, 14 May 1879, Page 2

CHINA.

[MOM THB OW» COBBWMKiaKT OF PBKM Aewfor.] ;

Ho».Q:KON&. March 10. I * J&inisler^o- China, ftoni' ©licutta,, on theJLQth s mst,, ; 3«>/p"&p,a3£E , \-i The British 5 ihip; Golden Spat has been, lost pn ft hank a l^.tje,below DawsqnPoinf,: The Hakka insurgents in Hamau-'aEe, still fighting, and hare inHiiftaMttsfWr defeat on the ImperMM^r'mxeym&yp alsp r captuM ■, niandaTi|i. | amounirbritjpa exp6rtedfrom Chinafe tp'iMstraliai and JPTew Zealand has been "as 5 fillows l-^From Ist June, 1876, to 14th March,., 1877,,,tEe"total was 16,048,897 Ib 3 ilfr&m lM>Juriepl?B^lo3a«f Marci 1878,16,186,638 lbs: and from Ist Juno, ?LB7B, ;to 14th Matqh^ 18^9, It b,e seen frqm t\xe. foregoing the 1' exportation of tea'has fallen bff each year. The A:S.Ni jCo^^'^stieiJnepiOcean took from this port for Australian colonies op the 9th inmnt f9,Bo(J^^^: KAb^utaia.jn. on; thejl% iijftf a^dfl^iig, seignie, accompanied by murder, wair made by pirates in the outer harbour. A fishing; "junk lying opposite Gorernmßiit House and under the guns of the fort was boarded t by; pfratep, r Trhey^ weire^armedi 1 with ,B^prds anc^ reyolfers.' EesistancJß was offered by! the crew -k>f3 the junli. The owner w,as killed, ; and' two of thje crew severely wounded. On the pirates gaining possession they- seized and;bound the rest of the crew and put them below;, cut the cable, and msde off; with the junk. No clue has been gained to lead to the identification of the pirates. '' '

Another outrage on missionl at Tohkeim

is reported... It appears that one of the "Otensi demanded a black mail from a native preacher at Jikkan, and not qbtairiing it instigated a riot, during which the mob smashed the, door of the chapel and took away the mission property, seriously injuring the native catechist. The local authorities declined to'interfere. '-'" '" '

Shanghai, March 14. The British steamer Taiwau, formerly

called Lenore, engaged in the coasting trade, was lost on the 15th ultimo on rocks

at Bird Island, in the Formosa Channel

The crew and part of the cargo was saved. The vessel was fully insured.

News has just reached Shanghai of a horrible accident at Taku—-an old P. and O. steamer —the Aden—was there used as a hulk. Last Friday she received a considerable quantity of cargo, a portion of which was placed on one of her sides' between decks. She gave a great roll, alarming the numerous coolies engaged, who, in their fright, made *-TUsb>^6«««ng the hulk to topple over. The water rushed in'at the, open ports and/ speedily sunk her. About 120 coolies were aboard, 50 of whom were clrownea^ "^■^'w ■**»*

There is no longer any, doubt j[, a^ c^ina is about to manufacture 'goods which hitherto she has imported from England a'hi otlieri cbuntrieß. /Mjacbijrrerjritarra woollen manufacl6ryTija':Jthe North yv£st has just been diipatched; ,f|om Shanghai, while orders hate -been England for necessary machinery for toe Shanghai woollen nfiillß.; It ia said^htfTiftUttftiery will cost £25,000,' and that the mills will emplbyathodiandhanagJ ■iLibliigCtang, the Governor- General of China under whose auspices the mills afe about *7<to started, has given greats'offence to the foreign merchants of ..Shanghai by say ins, in an*4 official'dgcuWeni;' " B&'Pfiovg&fchout^

-plang o£ the.foxeigP .tongoia Shanghii. They excel in the power of cheating one and all. Th*^,g|wrindkyoo first and goto law with you afterW2rd^%ou lose your (^estfon'df tine you'grt^jofitibei^Tljlii Excellency, however, explains that this does not apply) $K*HtfdjHtgn merchants, but only to those who had swindled him, by selling him powder which would not explode and guns which could not be The Chinese press is now strongly ad* Tocating.tlid fortiiatiorf Of aChinfie Company for trading in foreign countries. A number of Chinese^nerchants hare set* tied in Japan, and it is urged that it ii j«iiottO^iS»yT)^M triJAllaJ»lTfpland, America, Australia! or any btlpfooun* tries.

M rAh v;Ai"ni*ri(ftn'. mining Wtmm*7 j#M recently, on behalf of the Chinese Govern* ment, visitedriflterai/diltricts in North China to prospect for gold and silver. He has; returned without flnding: aav lio^mtiqps of the precious metals. Examina* oti6n'rin<ither;diitriMsaw:tob«^fcd^ , v The ice r has now broken in the North, "ana" Bteamer. h^rfldnrineiWed; ftW^f from Shanghai. .■ . „ ■, ■. ' Mwwf f.frriiiiiiinn.iiiiiii ;#»«■ oHf : ,|f fore the E.M., in a case brought against consumers of water (JKhOr'pay for a domestic supply only^for a breach of the Water Supply fiegulanons, the magistrate decided it was » eoatraven•lion of the l«w^to use the,aHpply;for wash* Ing Se' front,' of building, par.mellf, &c, and'inelcn' eaieil-fini'lrasinflioled. Consnmeri by, najpterjcan, of cpurse, use as much as they like.

F(sr m^Td<rnW^me^W%i)# it to any one particularrlndeyet I firmly be* lieve that tlbere ate prominfeßt who in their ininaoit souls will diseoverfa it an apt description of themselfM^r, say, some of; their dearest fr?eifilv£--might havejsomf.jfamt vestige of ,!reaiowe and chance of; amendment^but eljimpalp^bte,fc^ho»r^^ari^ala&i mere accepted commonplaces, cants and , bablemeoti, which 'mean only ' Admire me, call me an excellent stump-drMor-I f l ;:bjm;Vha:i^^^ *hei»*AHis thought, What thmight he ihad;rliei.iibr. r mant, inspired only to invent vocables and plausibilities V wh'ie the "tongue goes so the thought is absent, gone a-wool* gathering; getting~itself ™drttggßd:^with the applausive' He^r, hear! '—what will the giver o^t|als^iM^h«^inner light of his mind is" gone' outf all his light is mere one is onrtheriiKht^Oijq^it^-^^glei.