› No. 8913.—August 20, 1891.]
STEK SUICIDE OF A CUSTOMS ·
OFFICER Mr Wine hold an inquiry at the Magie tracy to day fat the circumstances cun Ugated with the death of C. Weston (43), who committed raivide by shooting hiniself on Saturday last.
JM Leary Brown, Commissioner of the Cuinera Marition Customs for the Kowloon district, acid was on board a customs Jaanch at the back of Stonecutter's Island In the afternoon of Saturday last. While I was there Mr Weston, who was one of THE HONGKONG AND WHAMPOA
DOOK COMPANY, LIMITED., our lanach ofloor, came alongside in a cus toms gig and came on board. He said ho The following in the report to be pre- wanted to talk to me of osttain ratsented at the ordinary half-pearly meeting tem partly oldal, and partly private. I told him that if he had anything to say of shareholders, to be held at the offices of he could write an usual, or when he came the Company, No. 14, Praya, Dongkong, in next Wednesday on the leave he had got for that day he gold bome and see me and on heady the 24th inst., at 3 o'clock explain anything he wanted to explain. par. - I may may he had not yet been found fault with. for any breach duty. I cuticed when bo came on board that homele strongly of spirits and was under the infit ence of liquor. When Texplained to him the proper venae to take he said no more. He went away in his gig scemingly ustis. fiod. When about two or three hundred yards away an officer in the launch I was in pallod out to to that Weston had shot himself. The boatmen in his gig stovi
Wa atramed up and waved their arms. over and the gig was alongside in less than two minutes. Isa Weston still sitting in tho será with his head. Ioaning over the gunwale of the boat, bleeding freely from a
oned in the forehead. We took the girl from this love to be daduetid.
Directural fees... $3,500,00 Auditors' fous .............. 400.00
12 tow to Lai-chi-kok and loft the body in charge of the ti owaiter there. The body was buried here on Monday morning. thought very well of Weston as regards zal and sobriety, although not as regards intelligence, but I had so much conidence in him that I placed him for some months in charge of a launch. Iam not aware of any cause for his committing suicide. He bad money in the savings bank.
He had native wifs here but no children. Dr Cowie said he examined the body of the deceased and found a bullet wound in the centre of the forehead. The bullet
had penetrated the brain and the bones of the craniom were fractured. There was no
wound of exit. Death must have been The wound indst have
instantanenga been self inflicted,
To the Shareholders of the Hongkong and
Whampon Duck Company, Lamitan. GENTLEMEN,-The directors have now to submit yon" their report with a skate. wont of accounts for the hifpent on led
'30th June lust
The total ceipts for the six monika are $1,013,021.00, and the net profit after paying interest das and all charges, amounts to..........
$232,390.48 to which is to be added the balance brought forward
THE CHINA MAIL.
hie heat!!
THE INFAMER'S AND.
EUROPEAN ECHOES. Fientia, July 24-Tho Neue Fris Press ya that Orown Price Furdinand, of Romanis, will artly visit England, when he will be formally betrothed to a daughter of the Prince of Walon.
A MITILA GO53£1.
It is semi-rsticially confirmed that the general sections will take pluso in 1892,
NOTES.
rer pieces of the vale of 1,00)-rais, absorbing the 7.200 contos of reis voted for the purpose. The treasury ccount is in proving, but a great Bnancial operation is sbsolutely necessary. The deficit for the current year in estimated at £3,000,000,-
are not necesary for defones, and which in a festive mood during the ceremony, and Me Francis, then asked for a rule nisi | third of them who had worked with him. In foot, the transmision of parcela, is rẻ |:
London, July 24.-LeCaron, the inter must therefore be recogisited as aug canive, interrupted the minister by drawing núi a calling on the defendants to dio sanna self during the whole of the period and had garded as being quite as much a maitor of
This, however, is a defiante matter, which bottle of whisky and offering a drink to the why an injunction should not be issued grown old with him and that their user bargaining na the purchtra of a pignor, who testified against Mr Parnell and
is for the present mure oney to disease in reverend gentleman and wilnases, besides ad an interim order restraining them from and acts would, and even this day. did, there is a monopoly, ench phat affico tries the Irish patriots generally during the prosesding with the male of the property inform the history of the country, to be to underbld its rivals, and armpetition wittings of the so-eulled Pornell Dormis conversation, than in print, that as a master. Leking some himself. The person tried in of fact France has not in any way threatened ¦ vain to stop Clarke's ferovorent actions and question,
looked back upon to the future by their sometimes verge on the indicrous. Since gior, has hea at the point of death from a His Lordship granted the application children and childrow's ohildren, ta be cris the institution of female post office clocks tumor in his stomach. It was too weak to the peace between herself and Germany Bading matters grooring warns patent of and Sxed the 28th inat, for the return of ticised for good or for bad; many in England; how truly complain (équbt andgegaan oporation, and the pliysielane aface 1870. It has only once been seriously batter hurriedly finished the ceremony and the order calling on the defendanta to show, opintons concerning them would Joubtless quite groundless he there not beengate in ap. The tumor daally broke of threatened and then it was by Germany. withdrow amidst the indecent joues of the cauGe
less be formed by the course they took from would-10 paralizers of stumps who its own accord, nad a temporary improve. Englishmen have eenry good will ta Gerwolding party. o inde complaint, how- in the ovents" that wors now pasting have been kept waiting at the ecunterent in the afforor's condition is the re- many, as they, or least those of them who ever, upon Clarke, and he was brought into undor their notice. There was much to do while the post-mistress, and her sistant at Booner or late, however, the abscess are Liberals, invoerery good will to France. pours and punished
PORTUGUESE FINANUS. and sharp vigilante was necessary, but assistant compare rates of last Suaday's will form ogrin and prove fatal. LoCaron. But they think that Germany is quite while Gud granted health and strength and fashions? In China this deplorable state in at a asaside resort nursing his strength strong enough already and they don't per
as much as possible. His worst enemics, ceive any daty lying upon them to makeba to the Fost anys that within this hat six London, July 23.-A dispatch from Els- the revenues could afford to keep steamers, of things ie roversad. There onch poet of the work could be accomplished, and oven few has its tonta who go round at very even those who were to kill him for his hor any stronger,
months £4,000,000 in gold hve been with. if he did not alwaga risit their abodes yeur short intervals to cash place of business to treachery to the Irish cause, could hardly
Tho often recurring goesip about the drawn in Portugal. This drain will, howe by year the mombers might be sure that if beg for the privilega of forwarding their wich him a worzo fate than is hanging over
afarquis of Hartington and his intentions erer, diminish from the beginning of the anything bappened of importance he letters. The bankers are the beat our
toward the Duchess of Manchester is again month of August, the principal payinenta, Ha tomers, and as post time drawe noue {post would be present almost immediately. and he might divido his text of erries of time is fixed at the open ports by the do
brought forward by a statomont in the including that on wheat from America, 39 paars within the country into three partage of the loud stenuret) will so
Freeman's Journal to the effot that the two having buen met. Portuguese gold and parts, 13 of them hat been almost con- tout enter a bank and interrupt the clerks
will not be married. The writer on the silver coins have almost entirely disappear. Journal claims to have positive information. It is the intention of Senhor Caresiko, atantly devoted to the work of aup reasing with an entranty to be allowed to convey head hanting song the Dyaks, frequent the lattera thap lave not yet copied. He
from an uncentionable source that the sinister of finance, to remodel the mone expeditions by a and land and to a life of is dissised for half-an-hour and mon
Vienna, July 24-Russia has made large idea of marriage has been abandoned, the tary system on the basis of the vinage of trying arts and keeping watelor; the while two or three rivals will appear with purchases of guru and the Government is reason for the alleged breaking off of the 2nd 13 years had heen divided between ex the sun reqstent. The Tuoky man is he who storing large quantities of grain sup; lice: ongagement, mauzosing it to have existed, is not given, aud many woll informed people peditions and aro percuful pursuits, happa to come in as the letters are seal. The rise of prices in cereals in Germany is
pronounce the stateinent a canard. largiving and such like, and the last 13 had od. Prepayment is optional, no line being partly due to kussing buying. been almost entirely devoted to the regular levied on nnpaid latters Pen nga is
Labor, July 24-The preeminen on political and social duties of a settled and known euphemistically an "wing allowance, pand storting has advanced to 23 per cent. peadofui country; Hose who had boon and on the cover of the letter ta niwaya The Bank of Portugal announces that it young wit hima! lind during noted the amount paid, de due. Postage will supply employers of laborers with a
[ 3,620.20 the earls portion
poriod stampa have notor, apparently. beonlimited amount of silver, but further been strong and able to carry through the thought of. Some day dawn upon supplies will be necessyry to pay troops und $235,0.68 work in mountainous regions of jungles, one of these benighted us how vast are labcrere ou public works.
Bubject to all kinds of exposure, vow them the bocfits of our stamp wetom.
Berlin, Joly 24-At Posen to-day a hardships were not required, they, as him then hasten to supply bimaalt with a varied drunken soklist as amack through the reif, were getting old, hat could attend to and picturesque aerius, which he will disposa strests, aword in hand and killed a priestor at the famoral. the political business and the welfare of the -of-to-Western-timbance at a highly and physician before country; all this was history and would satisfactory profit. Meanwhile his nativo pawer-d. act be forgotton nor would their names and custbiners,, as a rule, do not prepay their
London, July 24.-Advices from Sufia $232,040.680s after their lives were pact; three postings, partly because a Chicaman haten
THE GUARDS" MUTI SY. The directors recommend that a dividend would last na wectories of some now long to pay ont nouer when he can possibly state that deep intenst is felt in the
London, July. 22-After the parade in for the half-year of 7 per cent., or $109.376. Passed away were still in bis mind as fresh avoid it, and partly because he considers Balgarian capital in the outcomes of the
honor of the Kaiser, the sectid battalion he paid to the shureholders, a bonus of as if they had ceased to exist only yester that his latter is far more likely to be cur- Ceburg fatuily coacoll, which it is ex-
speedily to ite destination of pected will be held at the tute
of the crack Coldstream Guards. quartered $10,400 to contributing shareholders and day; he would mention fire who had lait ried safely
the curriara har an intercst ju its prompt Duke Josuph in Hungary in a few dayi.
at Wellington barracks, thaterht a holiday $10,000 to the foreta et That $30,000 hiatrical names and deeds babind them be written from the value of Kowloon, 18t there was Data Fatinggi Ali uf Kachdolivery. The question is not, as was the The meating is understood tu mos: doeply
due them, and two campanias fistly refused $20,010 from a berlom, and the balance ing, and there was Atang Aing of Sim- ease in England Efty or sixty years ago, in concorn Prince Ferdinand, inasmuch as
to parade. The officers argnod the matter with the privates, bolding up to them the $62 663.63 carried forward to new account. anggang, 3d and 4th Abanga Tak and any way a sentimental ons; no Chitin man it is believed to have been called to discuss
An ufficial denial is given out in Brug prospects of exile from England, and the The ducks and workshops of the Cum Apoy of Saribas and 5th Abang Alie of is so unreasonable as to feel insulted at the matrimonial prespects of the Bolgarian
sels of the report that Belgium hnd ad- privates foally consented to patado, but pany have bean fully employed during the iba in Rajang Thean fivo antes would having nothing to pay on his letters. Caseater. Prince Ferdinand and his mota.r
their behavior becamau no glaringly insubor last six months, and it will be observed never be forgotten as they wem engraved tom only requires two classe el correspon are to be pressni, and the Princess to hated to the Dreibund.
The town of Schwalzburg near Oppou-dinate that the officers marched them back that the gross carnings have beau iarger in the anuals of this country. With this dance to be prepaid in full-letters to indi-phanie, widow of Prince Radolph of Aus-
tria, and her molber, the Queen of the Bul-hain, has been destroyed by fire; hardly to the barracks and ordered thair com- than those of any precious half-year.
His Highness ended bis rowarks under his gent rolativck, and begging epistles. first banding.
gins, will also attend, together with so house is standing. Maby horses and cattle mands to be confined three days as puolah Feral others connected by birth or mar perished in the flames.
ment. Current riage with the Coburg family. gossip has it that the real purpose of the gathering is to disones the possibility of a matrimonial albance between Ferdinand and Staphanie, an event which would to qairs the anction of the Emperor and Eu- press of Austria and the King and Queen of the Belgians and probably arouse the op- position of many other Courts.
front last recount ........
leaving available for appropria-
tion
3,900.00
The operations connected with the lay- A Chinese boatman in the Customeing cf the slip at Kowloon are progressing employ said that while the boat was being satisfactorily, and if no delay occurs in the rowed towards Weston's launch he heard a delivery of our timber from Mauls, the report and on looking up saw Weston work will be completed in the narly part lanning over the gunwale with a revolver in his band. He was dead. He had not said anything aftor learing Mc McLears Brown's launch. Ha seemed to be under
the fußuence of drink before he went o board..
His Worship Food that the cause of death was a coli-inflcted injury.
SUPREME COURT.
IN ORIGINAL JURISDICTION. (Before Sir James Brissell, Chief Jushes) Thursday. Ang. 20,
**
BONGKONG AND SHANGHAT BANKING CORPO- BATION AND OTHERS VAĽŠKA J. M. FOREBA AND OTHERS.
This wasan a parts application for a rule nisi calling upon the defendants in show Cause why injunction against the sale of certain property should not issue, and why a river and manager should not be ap- pointed; and also for an interim order restraining the defendants from selling or in any way denting with the property in question.
of next year.
ALL. WOODIN, Chairman.
CAPITEL LÜCKENT. Anrits.
Aberdeen.
To veice of Abchdeen Docka, ni
per irst statement Namount expended on name pletion of note tongulve and men wall.....
&
..... 162,499 M
4,089.14
166.571.64
25,000.00
101.871 64
£49.467.17
- Hint vention of last
Kowloon. To valur of Howloon Dock, su
per extacon-
Tu rout
pelou of uw ook verdi........ To worst expended to date remotite hill mł back of
Imelting
7429452
4.10.34
to utu
1.540.05
To amonat expanded
Laying down No slip....
New Deck.
To valus of now inek, an per
bus statement.....
To laud commission paul Mess Danby, Leigh, and progr
... BAUNYE
1.00 Ch
H2524.70
Tea worst witam ut last
Ni mtbs
Cosmopolitan.
--... 75,00109
Mr Francis, Q., instructed by Measra Towne of Commopolitan Dock Johnson, Stokes and Master, appeared for tre plaintiffs.
Mr Francia said the so1ion was per- baps a little peculiar in form. It was an action by the five banks car- rying on business in Hongkong against Joha Morray Forbes. How Qua, Chow
plant stats BAY, 199.0 To ridue of one patent defiling rachize udied fans six muvit
fees arouat written of last
in mouths.......
Tus, launches, and fighters.
Fong and Creasy Ewens. The Uve bakso vite of Fed Fish, ia per
lum statement...
Less amongt wutten uff last
six months...
To value of ten
85A03
823,081.68
27,90€ On
4,000,00
1 st
Per last staterarms...
inches, lighter, and baala,
amount written off last six monthe
86,291.82
5,0010
N
To sundry debtors Toofanaterial on d............
LIABILITIES.
were joined in the action on the sup tion, which he thought would be found correct, that if each of them had conseRC ed a separate setion in respect of the sime matters his Lordship would either orir them to be gouzolidated or would proceed with one and order the orbors to stand over. The defendants were precisely the same io each case and the subject matter in dispute was the same, and so far as he knew there could be no different defence in any of the cases. The banks were in the position of By shareholters for paid-up capitat...... evoution creditors, having obtained judg- | By Adminulty lown 42,000 Ds. ed. Ένας συγχωριανοία 2,504 Os, $4. ment against all the partners in the firm of Russell & Ov. jointly and severally. The plaintiffs had come to agreement among themselves, so the estate was not likely to be sufficient to extisfy all their claims in full, to proceed jointly and divide whatever "Boy sould get pro rata between that He would point out that suppose one of these, banke was sying the othare By aundry crocitnra would have to be made defendante, and heBy balance of profit brought
forward from lactagoount
80
£17,166 1. S. 4/2
By Admiralty has exchange adjustment By Enloug Land Investment
therefore thought, from all points of view, By
that there was no irregularity in join
ing hom as plaintiff in this matter,
The notice of motion was that the Court
would be asked to restrain the defendanta
& Agency Oompany, Limited,
Lin
On his second heading Bia Highness said that by the records of trade of the
try a found that since two years ago when they were before assembled, popper had fallen from $20 to $14, gambier from $9 to $6, ango flour from about 30 to 20 cente, er picul.
In the year 1898 there were 6 sagn fac tories in Kuching and now in 1890 there were 9; in 1858 140.000 picuts (14 la-sas) of sage were exported and this year the estimated export was 180 000 pienis.
Pepper exported in 1888 was nearly 9,300 pisals and last year it was nearly 17,000, almost doubla Gambiur stands about the same, so that there has not been
clo.
of
Ho will
NEWS BY THE CANADIAN MAIL.
A CURIOUS FARISIAN HON.
could be avers
FEINCE FERDINAND'S MARIAGE.
GOD-SEND.
Arch-
BANISHED TO AIBERIA, The Bishop of Coyne has ordered the
St. Petersburg, July 23.--It is offiomlly pricats of his di cess "not to say, maes, Bor attend the foreral, cor recommend be announced that Capt, Schmidt, of the deceased to the prayers of the congregation Russian navy, who was reported as having in any case where intoxicating drink, is been expelled secretly last April for telling the plans of the Oronatait fortifications, has supplied at the wake of a docused person just been santaneed to banishment to Si- The Natural History Moadim at Kon-beria. It was proved on his examination that he fell into the hanßa of usurers atid sington has received a novel addition to
was induced by them to all the plans to a its shelves in the shape of ten thousand spidors. The insects were bequeathed to person who betrayed him. the institution by the late Court Kamer. bury who spent a good part of his time in collecting them.
Arrangements have been cumpleted for the lighting of bonfires on the hills to a long distanco in Ireland, on the night of the release from prison of Mere Dillen
and O'Brien,
London, July 23-Tho Tines frie
An epidemic of the typhus fover in rag-
Tan senior privates were also placed un- ing at Gert and Lourints near Leipsic, der arrest with a view of trying them by several deaths necurred daily and the court-martial for insubordination. Ninety people of the locality are in a panicky of the guardsmen thereupon - barricadod themselves in a room of the barracks, re- condition. London, July 26.-Neural indignation
The Shah of Persia has deleg ted using to amerge until the ton privates dozen noblemen to visit Germany and should be guaranteed the sing treatment exists in Paris over the disgusting asses which attended this morning's oksention.
study the models employed in the varius the others, The crowde were disorderly sud ribald and
oas branches of the Government service. Gen. Harding was finally bailed in, and, The Shah is a great admirer of German by a judicious speech, anaceoded in quietlog the Place de Lazoquette has coldnes wit. naseed such utter disregard for decency.
Glasgow, July 26.--A shosi of over one official methods and has in view numer-them. The siguificance of; the runtinous The many nights that the rabble had wait.
hundred whales was rewatly driven by the ous reforms in his own country which sentiment eno be ju god when it is nodar ed in vain for the fatil event made then tides into Wideford Bay, near Kirkwall, will probably be based upon the reportatood that the Coldatrens Guards is the wild and clamorous when the low's tragedy Orkuey coast, and hundreds of the inba- of the delegates.
oldest corps in the army with only a single was known to be at band and aren the prehitants of that district, armed with wespens The 17 year old boy Pratt, who turned exception.. say increase in the cultivation of this artisence of the condemned did not prodnen of every description, rallied to the spot the wrong switch and sont a train on the
that silence which neually prevails at the
and began slaughtering the huge creatures Manchester ship coal railway prer an Catta Percha and Battans keep up in supreme moment on such occasions. Some and dragging their caresses ashore. Not embankment causing the loss of eleven the report of the mating of the Cold-
crowd professed to be very a single one excsper tleo prito and have if anything incred in qanotity. The experta and imports of lets angry because the woman Borland hid unique in whaling annals.
There is no doubt that bave made a fair increase of about half a been reprieved. million dollars, the rautket was bealthy and curiosity to so the woman die was the chief inducement for the greater number of miserables who have been making the drisk shops of the square hair lodging planes for number of nights past. One keeper of a drinking shop claimed to have arrange eats for special information from the jail and to come and His Highness said he touched on
know when the execution would occur. it markedly to B1 it within the minds of
ilis place was thronged every wight for a these present This day he had appointed week and he reaped a rich invest. To 54884T to be kept as the Rajah Muda's birthday:
it was not exactly the time, as September pouple of this kind an execution is a most to Presidose. Bakrascoda....... The contents are imprisonment Pintar claimed he had dis and compel him to rest for some time. 6th was the day of his birth when he would fortunato occurreios and they are also a secret. Ir is bulieved here, however, that covered the philosopher's asune aud He slipped on the wet deck of the Hollen ba woventeen years olt. painted to be kapi as the Rajah Muta' the general public on the other hand there hay will offer some sort of a compromise could couvert a sovereiga into a pieco of | zullen to-day and injurod his rigat kose,
This day was an apporters of expital punishment. Among
birthday instead, to suit the meeting of General Conneil also certain public amusa. 26.067.50❘ments, but the chief recent is that he him-
357,949 45
15,201.00
1.
rise of trade gradul and firm, which was better than that it should rise with suddan jumpa. This ended the remarks on the 2nd beading.
The 3rd and most important was now to
ali (the Rajah) perhaps would be about from this country in September and not have the opportunity of bringing the at ter before them.
ried out.
tion
timos and aro inclined to think the andden the vicinity have been suffering from hard free gift of so tauch eatable and saleuble muster providential.
This
the acene was lives has been sequitted the charge of stream Guards, and' states that it was doa The people of manslaughter. The magistrate who dis.o the work of the young soldiers.com-
company for imploying Loys at switchen.
severe during the Kaizer's visit. posed of the case strongly censured the posing she battalion being exceptionally The Prince of Wales denies that ho used caused general il-feeling when the hat. contemptuous language in speaking of the talion was ordered to parade on Monday. The disposition to refuse to ubey ordere Birmingham Radicals apropos of his_ro- New York, July 26-A special from Lucent visit to that city to upea the new Law was quelled by the offcams, hawerst, and
the battalion paraded as usual, ara, Chili, The British ganhost Courts. Daphne bra arrived here from Iquique. Pinter, who was charged with having at. She is the hearer of important luiters from tempted to obtain $4,000 from Edvin Jorge Montt, Commander-in-Chief of the Streeter, of the Bond Street Jewelry Com army and navy the Congressional party, pany, has been sentenced to three year
DONOJESSIONALISTS WANT FEACE.
THE KAISER MEETS WITH AN ACCIDENT. Christiania, Norway, July 25.-The Kai- ser has met with a slight but an nging accident, which will spot his whaling p
The trouble in not suriou, but the doctors
with the Government. Rumors are alvat | gold throw times its weight. is a growing fooling against public execu-in this city, and are gonerally believad, that In the Wesleyan Conference at Not say that the Emperor must not be the the insurgents are weakoning. It is said tingham to-day the President delivered an leg for quite a long time. The projected that they contemplata a mosequent upon address strongly condemning the win of ontain excursion will have to be aban Balmaceda's forces at noce as a last resort. gobling and making pointed allusion to domed in onsequence. The general health. They are anxious to have the struggle eat-
thus recent baccarat scandal. He closed by of the Emperor remains grod.' iled at ones and for good. The Govern.
offering a prayer for the conramon of the ment forces to sing her,
Prince of Wales, to which the members of the Conference responded with load amons. MES MAYBRICK ORANTED A KEW TRIAL.
A ROTAL ENUAGE ENT.
KES BROWN POTIER,
EUROPEAN WUME AN HARENH Loudon, July 28.-A disputen from Constantinople ya thu nquiry regarding, the young English girl rescu-d frouz cute- pultury marriage to a Kard ha brought to His Highnea explained that he had left light the fact that a comiderable aember of
London, July 21-The Urquharts, par in his will directions as the time of his young women from Western Europe are
Javlon, Jul, 26. --The excessive atten-
ents of Mrs Brown Potter, bavu telograph- London, July 23 --Mrs Maybrick's solici, ad from Paris, for publication, a denial of Bon's coming of age should be when he bad detained in the fares of Asia Minor. The
He now kidnapping of Russian women has been tions paid to the Prince of Naples by the 11,884,62 reached bis seventeenth birthday, 77,153. proclaimed his son Vyner as his succesor known for ame time, and the Russian recu and Prices of Wales, during his tor says that he has been advised by Sir the report cabled from America by private 2:44,980.04 whenever it please? Gd to take is wathorities on the frontier haro protended visit here have convinced the public that Charles Russell that his case can be ro- news agency, that Mrs Potter had married the reports of a probable matrimonial opened and a new trial aad, grounded on Mr Kyle Bellow in China on hearing a $2,871.006.76 life, and directed that seven days after his ta tako steps to put an end to the evil,
death the Rajah Mada shoniel by publicly abugh they are believ d to to sharers in alliance between the Italian and British the refusal of the suurston company to rumor that her husbsal ked procured a established Ľajah of Emawak,
This herofits of the slave trade. Now, however, royal familia has some foundation. Its tas policy. The solicitor intends to divorce. They indignantly denounce this rry out this rebane. Much wax evidenco report as a wicked and malicious invention, the startling allogation is made tail Brown that the Emperor Willis ationgly 1,669,500.00 entrusted to the Moab sa of Cotueil baik often not of good char (cll are induced to favors auch an ovant as tending to bind the
has been collected in america. Mrs May without the shadow of foundation, an to European and Native ta si solarnly car-se their houses in London and Paris and interesa of England and Italy, and the brick is in Woking jail and suffore mach either Mr or Mrs Potter, and trust that all papers in England, and America," which AN ATTAGE ON MORALITY OF ENGLAND, His Highness said he and now enpleted are brought to the East to live as the wives strengthen the Triple Alliance. The Qaven from ill-health.
published the original story, will print this Paris, July 19-A paper in this otty is contradiction. 7,481,77 what he bud boat at anrous to do for of wealthy Terks, immured in harems for has lout the Prince of Wales the royal
Friends" in Londont' have aue years past and felt his mind much life tima. It is known the supply of gacht Osborne, for a cruies of the Solent easier in conwy Banco.
He anded by stat female slaves from Afries and. Am Bus Channel, and be Prince of Naples will join pablishing a series of ertides making some wired Me Urqubact urging that proesadingsuki
tavélations in regard to the for criminal libel ba ina ftuted agaffet all- og that if there was no caue to detain been much diminished of lacing.th the yachting party and have an opportunity horrible his he would visit Rusland for about & vigors ares for the suppression f f continue the courtship of the Queen's prevalence of immorality in England.who have had anything to do with the din 200,000.00 monthe shortly but his going entirely de-
the slave trade and the only bi-ci n that granddaughter which, if rumor te oorrect,reat Britain is described as the female oraination of this slander, the moment Mirs
slave mart of Europe, The interesting Potter arrives. 258,823.00pended on the state of pubic affairs,
has prevented Muslewe generally son has already been begun,
statement is made that every country mani sion in England has its padded room, The proceedings of this 10th meeting looking to Western Kurope for a supply, closed and a Royal salate was fired in her little dunbt that in many cases, young is that Lord Salisbury bad pledged Eng destruction are kept in a slavery worse
has been the scom of religion
London, July 25.-he report from Berbersin girls who have been lured to their 286,147.58 of the Rajsh Muda's birthday and of his
European women have been indied by and to the Triple Alliance has been cererely than death, and Gually secretly put out of $1,571,909 18 | Coming of age.
agis acting in behalf of promet Turks criticised by a number of English Liberal the my. Itu anigrate to Turkey ani sce-pt kustranda politicians in specoles to their constituents
of the Monturi faith. As ng us no con
outer work! the plaint ranchas the authorities are powerloss to interfere.
THE ITALIAN PRINCE IS EVOLAND.
at credit of this account
lan on mortgage of 7 per
Los juyment during the
kat six months.
300,000.00
100,000,00
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$32,000. 40 3,620,50
RAVENUE ACUDTET,
and their agents by an order of injunctions of inbour, material, and working
from selling or in any way dealing with certain pieces of land in Victoria registered
expenses at the company's three ostal hhahwentinen To interest..........
To Era insurane. 1s Crown rent
-
as inland lots Nos, 83, 118, 120 and 121 and marino lots 203 and 203, and asking that a To ad olio expen, salaries, statiouncy, receiver and maunger should be appointed. and rent.... The three defendants were actually at that Te telegrams
To drawing offer expenses sad salaries... moment advertising portion of this pro- To pražs perty for sale, and it was therefore ubao- Intely necessary for the preservation of the property that the sale should be supped Br earnings of the sxmpany's three The defondant John Murray Forbea was Browne, not earnings........
establishmeeti
Am
Brons on prasio, &...
106,682.42
9
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739,858.94 21.760.76 BAM19
1,480.58
16,642.53
461.75
232,290.5
$1,013,021.05
$ 0.
1,006,009,90 15.01
I. GILLINS, Secretary.
THE RAJAH OF SARAWAK. PROULAMATION OF VYREE EROOKE AS SUCCESSOR.
THE POST OFFICE IN CHINA, (Conditt Mogazie.)
There is
ENGLAND AND THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE.
DANIKET REUOKATRUCTION.
during the week. The most important Londons, July 24. -The period for roppani speech on the question was nude this even struction of the cabinet depends upon ing by Mr des. Bryce, the Liberal mcaber Smith's health. He has been if enough of Parliament tur Aberdean Uity, south
division, and who was Polition) Secretary though to runder it improbable that he will for the Foreign Ofice in Mr Gladstone's ever reappear as a minister. Unless he im Cabinet of 1888. After dealing with home proves he will withdraw from public life wholly upon taking a peerage. The Duke affairs M Bryeo referred to the reports
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Quotations.
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Exchange.
HONGKONG, August 20.
Ou London
Bank, Wire, ...
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Credits, 4 months' sighty: 1, 414
On demand, ...
On demand, Uredits, 60 On Bombay-
Wire, On demand, On Calonita
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For many centuries public despatobes have been conveyed through China by
The reception of Prison Henry of Prus ans of a department of the Board of sia in England has present é a marked War. Post-roads, originally excellent but uptrest to that of his brother the Kaiser. now disgraceful, radiate from Pekin to all Henry also is a grandson of the Queen, but parts of the supire, and at dietanoes there has beer no demonstration on his that Lord Badabury had pledged England of Rutland, who has long been an invalid, He said will alou retire, Mathews, home secretary, regulated by the traynes of the country accout and he has been accorded only the to support of the Triple alliance.
The new cabinet, aro stations where a enpply of hotees anal oficial civilities. The Princo of Englishmen were courteous to the will get a judgeship.
supposed to be kept much as lu Naples is the here of the hour, and the Emperor William during his recent visit with Chamberlain, Gurat and Hartington as one of the partner in the arm of Messrs By transfer fees.....
156.00 Siberia for the furthering of official grand fele of the Marchioness of Salisbury and cherish warm and friendly feelings numbers, who will add a furtiter Liberal! element to government legislation, must Raseell and Do, and was the registered
17.1 scrrespondence. Despite the haduras of in honor of the Prince on Saturday was one for him, but they had not the slightest have time to settle into working colission owner of the lots mentioned. Assuming.
61,618,021 05 the roads and the generally dilapidated of the most brilliant of the on. The idea of sacrificise the pericot freeds of for the moment that he was only the regis.
PARNELLAH WANING STRENGTH. condition of the ponies (they are hardly big future King of Elaly is a barmless le king their country in foreign polities. They bofure risking a dissolution of parliament. tered owner the plaintiff's axacations were
enough to be called' homes), surprising dis- young man, with a thoughtful but not a are convinced that the exclusiva prepons
London, July 24.-No more striking
· ́ goodʻzgaivat him, In the old title he ap
tances are, on argent ocasions, Pered handsome face. Ho is desperately devoted derance of any ons power in Europe is peared as trustee for the partners in Russell
by this means. In theory the greatest to garlic, a habit which is not likely to bad for Europe and particularly bad for proof of the utter loss of Parnell's strength could be given thun in the character of the speed is some 230 miles a day, and it is recommend him to English cur any as gland. That is so even beter delegates surrounding him at yesterday's sed Co. but now Grown leas÷a wore after- werde issued in his pùs name and his Lord-
claimed that this is often actually attained. was shown by the wide both given bim ponderant power happe to be Úer- ship would see from subsequent documents
Bus in this, for China, rapid means of coni on Saturday at Hatfeld by a prominent many.
If Germany, were to crush Frangs convention at Dublin. It was a muating On Paris that he was treated as trustes of the com
(Sarawak Gunette, let August.) munication the general publis
not per lady whose companionship he sought. He for good and for ell to corrow (s hypothesis for which careful preparation had been pany and the company dealt with the pra On Friday, the 31st day of July, the mitted to share. any auore than is may inie said, however, to be botter yersed in by the way which is au absurdity on the making for a long time, yet hardly any man of local os, general prominance could perty as if they alone had a beneficial in General Connal (Council Negri) was us-Engined avail itself of the services of a military education, being scvers and por- face of it, for the days when great natione
be got to attend. Campbell, M.P., in no Faults accord with a r. quest from the sould be crushed for goud and for all are longer Parnell's secretary, Mrs Parnell terest in it. Mr Francis thou read aftda. sembled at the Astana when H. H. the Queen's Messenger It is not to be im- vite by Mr F. de Bovis, tanager of the Rajah told the members he had one matter of agined that a veritable nation of shopkeep German Emperor the Prince of Naples vill past), it certainly would not improve out having ondertaken active secretarial duties. Hongkong and Shoghat Bank, and Hon, importance to bring to their notice but that ars like the Chinese would remain, owing visit Berlin after the completion of his stay chances of good relations with the con- The education bill passed the third reading TB. Whitehead, manager of the this he would reserve for his lust Tomarks to this refusal of their Government to in England.
OF core we heartily desire in the House of Lords, to-day. Chartered Bank: He then went on to before them. At the commencement of the convey their correspondence, destitute of
THE BURIED ALIVE' CONVENT.
in the interests of the whole would say his Fordship
that proceedings. two.bow abers were sworn postal service. They have indeed a very com- A letter from Naples states that thenan world as well as ourselves, but it is Jehu Munay Forbes had the legal estate in, Mr E. Somerville, Resident of Bintulu plote system of their own entirely independ- kouw aa The Buried Alivo' And who by no measts clear that to increand the Times says the Imperial Bank at Melhauras London, July 24.- dispatah to the that How Que we the primary beneficiary and Tuan Haji Paugeran Osman of Muka. ent of the State, In every town of any size were removed by the authorities from the strength of Garmang by nite siliance and that Greasy: Ewers and Chow Fong H. H. The Kajsh want un to say that the may be seen tou or a dozen shops with the convent of that name, have all been placed or
har duspended. The liabilities are £150, euro 000. 16-is stated that the depositore will were his agents boro. Presumably it was Council met on this occasion for the teath sign sin Ch, Isterios, or postal es In other and less vigorous institutions. peace," The very contrary is probable. It
be paid in full, How Qua who was directing the sale. A sitting and it was held a year before its tablishment, suspended outside. Their The coolesiastical authorities who were at is cotamonly assamed in England that the question might arise as to what interest the
anal time. He said that he would divide business is to carry, not letters anly, but Brat opposed to the change as interfering Triple Alliance under no circumstances sixth Earl of Wicklow, died today, Lond London, Jitly 24-Cell Ralph Howard, official arcignon of the Court might have in his remarks into three beadings, let, casual small parcols, ackets of silver, and the with the pledges shumed by the nans have take the offensive, and that, therefore, the Glenmare russeeds to the title. the property with reference to other pro romarks on the Constry and is pesa his. like, paually to other towas in the same given their consent to the transfer. The stronger it is the sorer is prace? seadings, but he thought at all events that tory, 2nd on the proants of irade, 3rd on province, but also on osasion to other promuns lived in almost perfect seclusion. The Vienna correspondent of the Lon-
London, July 24.Ed Head, the whole. partias having only partial interest ought the principal subject he had to communicate vinos. They are in fast general carit ro, Kach nun wore a check Teil and was ein: don Times was indiscreet enough to tell us safer of the programmes of the Kaiser' nos to be allowed to remain in possession | to them,
or perhaps it would be fairer to say, they ned to her call. Korps in urgent cases only a few days ago that political cicles Guild Hall procession which contained adj and that a receiver and manager should be As regards the 1st Bis Highness said soupy much the ste position in Chius they held no camaulestion with any one. are taking the lead of the press tapat vertisments of Malihusian literature, bad appointed. ⠀⠀ He thought it was to be grave. that every country possessed a history of paw as did the agents' at Harwich of The inspectora declared the cells were tiring already as to whether England'e
Taken at Messrs Falconer de Co.'s ly doubted whether the bankruptor pro its own, that is of events that have passed, Dover of the Postauunter-Jeneral at the ing graves. The building is now to be adhesion to the Triple Alliuace will ensure trial in court to-day, brought by the
government for selling immoral book, Dr. Premises, Queen's Road. }'r medinge hare affected any of the partners and Sarawak had now fifty-two years of beginning of the eighteenth century-sahanged into an elementary school for 1
puor long peace, or bring events quickly into The magistrate decided that the advertise BanoNr.4.3 excepta Meram W, H. Forbes and history. His said he was glad to meet all falloons are the packares committed gira.
the sphere of action. The armaments of C. A. Tomes, and he did not think that thone who lived in all the outstations as he to their charge. They have no fixed tariff
the continental powers are to costly and eats contained on the covers of the pro thors could be any adjudication of bank found it impossible owing to the work in-varying socording to weight, and ther General Booth, of the Salvation Army; the governments are so utterly able to games were disgusting and obrane, and ruptoy so as to affect the whole firm. Itoreasing year after year to visit them all appears to be no limit, within reason, 10, who sailed for South Afrion from Suth- alteriate the burden of them so long as any sentenced Head to one months imprison TE DHETER 9 L
ficent. Tas men who sold the pamjöleta
1 P.M.... Dr parcels they will ampton on Saturday, intends, it is said, ous power continues to are with the retail on the streets were also arrested, seemed to him there could only be a per- and see them in their own localities; the size of lettern fozal adjudication against Messe Forbes therefore meetings were desirable from carry,
Du $83 The large for letters is fairly to organise companies of the Salvation concealed object of making war at some cautioned and disaharged.
DeWut bulb) and Tomes and that the oficial assignes time to time to canew feelings of friend- constant, hat, in eatimating the cost of Army suong thu more or lesa converted Futura tiare that there it considerable
Do. could only cisim their interest in the part ship; out of 52 years in the history of conveyance of parcels the sixa and shape Zulus and afterwards to import them as doubt abroad as to whether the thres
A FESTIVE BRIDEGROOM.
1 PM Saranak be bad been in the country 39 alone scom to be taken into Boouubi & au wasddleût exhibit at Sulvation Army allied punere
maka London, Juy 24:Obarlee Clarke yester
De. 4 PM 79 years and when he looked round the rough eniculation is then made, which the triumph to the United States and Great it plain that some time trust he placed today we ausd in court for creating & dis-
85 sembly be knew there were about unyaonder: la at liberty-if he can to ubate.. Britain.
their tolerause of the preparations which turhange while Feing married. Clarke was
Elis Losdabip said that question was full
of difficulties.
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