was charged with being associated wit! Henry Neiman of 21, Muirhead Boat prostitutes and concerned with establish" ing a brothel at 3, Dixwell Road on the 14th May. Detective-Sergeant Vaughan produced a bill for furniture supplied to this address to which accused had signed his signature as guarantee. By order of the Russian Consul-General accused was fined Roubles 50, or in default two weeks imprisonment.
Ar the Mixed Court on Friday morning, before Mr. Wang (Deputy Magistrate) and Mr. Twyman (British Assessor), Wah Sze-yuen, the proprietor of the Yet Hing Dairy, Sinza Road, was charged with adult terating milk with water, contrary to Municipal Regulations. Mr. T. N. Hu-gall, Inspector of Dairies, etc., said that samples of milk were taken on two consecutive days, the 7th and 8th instant, and on analysis were found to be adulterated with 25 and 30 per cent of water respectively. The defendant had previously been cautioned and he was sentenced to one month's imprisonment.
Ar the Mixed Court on Tuesday morning, before Mr. Wang (Deputy Magistrato} and Dr. Barchet (U.S. Assessor), consi ble time was occupied by an enquiry into the circumstances under which a young native girl had been detained in a brothel. It was ascertained that some time ago the father and mother were in Shanghai, the father afterwards leaving for the country. The mother, who was fidently not blessed with an over-abundance of brains, put her daughter into service, as she thought, with a woman who promised to give her $2 per month. The mother left her daughter with the woman and went to join her husband. On their return to Shanghai recently, the father made enquiries for his daughter and found that she was in a brothel, the woman into whose care her mother had given her being the keeper of the house. The father, anxious to get back his daughter, then became the victim of a number of confidence trick men, to whom he pai various sums of money on their promising to bring him back his daughter. At last ho came to the Court, accompanied by a representative from the Door of Hope. A further enquiry was held yesterday afternoon, at which the Magistrate elicited the names of the men who had victimised the girl's father. Warrants will be issued for the arrest of these men and the girl is, with her parents' consent, to be in future in charge of the Door of Hope.
H. M. pisratcu boat Alacrity left Shanghai on Sunday afternoon with mails for the fleet at the Saddles.
Two U.S. battle-ships are expected at Woosung on Sunday.
H. M.S. Alacrity, after delivering the mails to the fleet at the Saddles, proceeded to Ningpo.
Tue Austrian cruiser Aspern arrived here on Sunday.
Tue German gunboat Luchs left Shanghai on Friday evening.
Tue Italian cruiser Marco Polo left Shanghai on Saturday.
Tue O. and O. 8. Doric, with the U. mail of the ist instant, arrived at Yoko. hama from San Francisco on the 19th instant and is expected to reach Woosung on the 27th idem.
Tur N.-D. L.S. Roon, with the German mail of the 24th of May, left Singapore for Hongkong and Shanghai at 10 a.m.) on Friday Tue M. M.S. Tonkin, with the French mails of the 29th ultimo, left Singapore for Shanghai on Monday at 5 p.m.
Tue French mail which left Shanghai on" the 13th ultimo per M. M. S, Polynesian, was delivered in London on the 16th instant.
Tue English mail which left Shanghai on the 17th ultimo per P. and 0. 8. Chusan, was delivered in London on the 20th instant.
Tax str. Telemachus arrived home on the 16th instant.
Tur str. Suevia arrived home on the 20th instant.
Tae strs. Rhein, Océanien, and Sarpedon passed the Suez Canal homewards on the 16th instant, Tux str. Baralong passed the Suez Canal outwards on the 20th instant.
Tue strs. Bayern, Benalder, and Shimosa passed the Suez Canal homewards on the 20th instant, Tue C. M.S. Haeting, which arrived here from Swatow on Saturday, reports passing, at 6 am. on the 15th instant, off Dodd Island, a four-masted barque bound north. Thick and rainy weather was prevailing.
Tae ©. N.S. Taiwan, which arrived here on Friday morning from Hongkong, brought 19 cases of treasure, 29,610 copper ingots, G5 bags of mail for the British fleet, and 190 bags of mail.
Tae Blue-funnel liner Prometheus has already gained considerably on the Glen liner Glenturret in the race home with the first teas. The Glenturrot left Foochow on the 10th and the Prometheus on the 11th, but both steamers left Singapore at 5 p.m. on Friday, the 17th instant.
Tax str. Loongmoon, which arrived here on Tuesday from Hongkong, reports On the 20th instant, in Lat. 29.25 N. and Long. 122.30 E. saw the sailing vessel Lucia (Shanghai) steering northward.
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