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No. 8074 OCTOBER 30, 1891.7 the Paris Lagation did not beat the samG seal as that of the 31st October. The led to the interesting disoovery that the signa ture on the May letter was practically for-jesty's tractor ged. The discovery of course pet an end to the Focohon pisa, and the Legation and the Bark had to face ease of manifest swindling.

The Banks de Paris of Des Pays Bas was not the daly institution which received the

THE CHINA MAIL.

THE QUREN'S BINDUSTANI. The Queen By last advices from Petan the Pahang hes for some time past been diligently enriver has riser sufficiently to admit of the gaged in the study of Hindustani, and the Punjona Company's launch Sinyum pro Mahomedan. gentleman who is Her Maceeding upstream

groat favourite at Court. When the leaders of the Hygienic

engress were presented at Osborne, Hafa MorMEETS OF HOLLAND REGIMENTS Abdul Karun was aprofully introduced to After some delay, says the lawk, it has the Indian delegatos, and of the removal been settled that the 79th Cameron of the Royal Household, to Balmoral his Highlanders are to leave Edinburgh Castle next February for Malta, and not for name appeared for the first time as a mem bez of the suite.

Bradford, as was originally intended. The

Tho

OHINESE SECRET SOCIETIES.

Mr P. B. Maxvoll, of the Singapore Civil Service, writes as follows to the Spec- tator in regard to an article about Chiness Secret Societies which appeared in that

newspaper unes

attention of this emancipatod son of China, NovEL PHOTOGRAPHY. - young man lock f landors will relieve them on their ratura or modification of the by-laws as passed by aned by us was one of tolerance, is worthy |

It is said that tha Prinoces Mand of Wales

refuge in a thunderstorm at Warren, O., Am of 30,000 frs, was borrowed from the other day, under a large maple treo. large Branch business firm, towards the Lightning struck the tres and lolled the LORD SALISBURY AND LORD RANDOLPH payment of which a cheque for 10,000 fra man. When bis ulathes wore removed por- One of Lord Salisbury's political frience took iranges of the branches, bought, and sent him a newspaper containing Lord on London was given, after great pressure leaves of the tree were found pictured up Randolph Churchill's predictions to a Cape had been brought to bear on the Genstal. on his breast and other parts of his body reporter respecting political prospects in with the minutenons of a photograph. 000 Engiand. The friend received back a slip The cheque was returned aupaid. From of the witnesses of this surprising phonof paper inscribed with the following ex- his friends also he borrowed liberally; and menon inquires: If electricity, will tean-tract froni Coningsby The political the correspondent of the Siecit, who fursmit such impressions thirty feet upon a grapes ware hour for Dir. Righy; a prophet no more sensitive surface than the human of evil, he preachad only mortification and despair to his late nishes the interesting details we have given, akio, why way it not do il "or an indefinito repentance and

colleagues," places Cheng's debts in Paris at not distance? less than 200,000 fz. Ia strict law the Clubeso Legation in London and Paris is as not declined joining the family circle extraordinary general mesting of the not responsible for the fraud preen Copenhagen and gone on a round of shareholders of the Jeleha Mining and tised by its Secretary, 16 must also visits to English country houses without an Trading Co. was held in Singapore for the object. When recently an alliance with a purpose of making the alteration agreed on at the ist general meeting with regard to be admitted the Faris bank did not take German prince was privately propcase to all the precautions it might have done. her, the otsatly declared she would havoc article 8 of the articles of Association, Still, considering the high position Cheng-marry out of England and would wod with which has been altered to rad The nono but an Englishman. She will now, remuneration of each director for hianer- ki-tong ecoupled, being in charge of the with tas consent of her parents, meet at vices shall bo the sum of fifty dollars per Legation during the absence of the minist- the houses at which she visits a member of month for every completo catgirler mouth

the nobility on whom, it is said, she has he continass in often." er, the Chinese authorition may, to have

cast friendly and encouraging glancea. carried. their reputation yield to the rapresenta. Moreover, the avoida meeting the foreign tions of the Franeh Minister of Foreign princeling who wished to gain her heart Affairs, who has

has taken up the case of the and fortune. bank. It will be interesting to know what punishment the Chinese Government will mest out to Cheng-kl-tong, who, according to last advice, bad gone to Tientsin.

The resolution was

A DEFECT IN THE LAW.

Before Mr Wiss at the Police Court to day the mastor of Messrs Butterfield and Swiro's steamer Whumpon was chargod

permit from the Harbour Master. Four the thrills leading vigo on Sunday, Chinese wore ales charged with conveying the 26th inat., without having obtained a to and discharging into the Whomped cer- taits cargo in contravention of the Souday Mr A. P. Stokes, Acting Crown Solicitor, Cargo-working Ordinaues.

for the defonce. prosecuted, and Mr Francis, Q.C., appeared

TELEGRAMS BY THE GERMAN with which ho had dealt with certain per

sona soncured in the strike of carpenters and joiners.

MAIL

RUSSIA AND ENGLAND ON THE PAMIRS.

London, Saptombar 28.--Mesars Wilson, Allahabad, 12th October,Newe has Shipton, and MoCarthy, labor leaders, all been received that the Governor-General of of whom spoke at the Soctah duckers Rian Turkistan has crossed the Ala demonstration, implied that the country This seems to indiente that special impor vas on the eve of a great labor revolt, Londen, Sept. 28.-A number of Ger- tance is attached to the recent exploration involving a strike of half a million workers, of the Pamirs. With hita in Mr Charlos Petersburg The object of the journey is for East Africa, presumably to take com- of the additional native forces by not known. Bliot from the English Embassy at 8.man offrors have embarked at Hamburg which Germany has decided to roinferos hor troops there.

THE HONGKONG BEGUMENT.

SUPPRESSING THE OPIUM EVIL, Melbourne, September 28th.-The Ge vernment intends during the present so jact the abolition in the colony of the vice sion to introduce a Bill having for its ob- of opium.amaking A draft of such & Bill visions. No opium is to be permitted to enter the colguy except for medicinal par- has heas prepared containing drastic pro

poses, and no stúp is to be allowed to carry more than 60 lb. weight of the drug Importert will have to goll to medical practitioners ur rogistered chemists, and the local manufacture will be prohibited.

d

that the projected withdrawal of the British London, Sept. 28.-The Times declares East Africa Company from Uganda, would be a national calamity. It would result in anarchy in Central Africa, and also in the massacre of the missionarise, The Britis such a catastrophe, which, if it takes place, will be dus to German expansive rivalry.

London, Sept. 28,Said Pacha bas, it is Government must, it ndds, Lasist to

said, declared that Lord Salisbury, the the question of English occupation of Egypt British Premier, will consent to reconsider

Lennon, September 28th.Count Cap. if not succeeded by any other Pewer. rivt, the German Chancellor, states that the Featoo-Russian rapprochement has o casoned no alarm. Ne Government, be adds, desires war.

purely sanitary point of view. Board had been asked to frame these by-laws and it was now for the Govora- iment to exercise its own judgment either by enforcing them fully or in pact.

De Ho Katured that consideration of

My own impressions about these Societies the matter bo raferred to a committee com poted of the President, Dr Ayres, Messrs differ from the official and popular Euro pean view; and as I lived surrounded by Mr Humphreys seconded.

them in the Brite Settlements for soms Francis and Humphreys and himself.

Mr Francis moored as an amendment "That

your column my side of the shield. the Government be informed that the Hoard ftoon years, you reay be willing to give in Your remark that the policy at umt pur- Lat Battalion Argyll and Eutheriand High-soo no reason at present for the alteration

Allahabad, 8th October.The Battalion

London, Sept. 28. The Saltan bas from Hongkong,

thom and auctioned by the Legislative of serious attention. Is it not remarkablo Council, and leare it mulirely to the Execu- that from 1780, whom the Bust India Jom- now about to be raised in India for service ties to enforce tea in whole or in part,pany first established settlement in the in Hongkong, in to be known as the China adopted vary drastic rassures in the effort adzainistration of the Colony passed from E. J. Barrow, 7th Bengal Infantry. Cap. thing ho offers rawards for the capture of as it in the exorcise of ila discretion thinks Straits of Malaces, down to 1867, when the Regiment. Its commandant will be Major to repress brigandage in Turkey. For one

Dr. Ayres accended.

Calcutta be

the Colonial Oflice, the Govern-tain Faithful, 33rd Punjab Infantry, will brigands dead or alive.

London, Sept. 23. It is expected that" Ultimately Dr. Ho Kai's motion WES

mont

of India persistently abstained from probably be Second in Command, with interfering with there terrible Chinese Captain Retallick, now attached to the the forming in Russia will reduce the re 35th Sikhs, as Wing Commander; Lieute venus of the country by 100,000,000 The Board then adjourned.

Societies; not requiring oven registration, th as you have been led to suppose, but learnant Woodenek, 20th Punjab Infantry, roubles. shoir clubs an we are in England to form possibly be the Adjutant and Quartermes SUNDAY WORK IN THE HARBOUR.ng its Chinese subjecte a free to form and Lieutenant Stewart, 46th Sikhs, may lodges of Framanna, Oddfellows, and tor, respectively; while the following of other similarly mysterious bodies? Yet ders are applicants for the post of Wing that Government was a despotism, and so Officer, Lieutenants Eckford and Bagley, night naturally be expected to have the let Bengal Tofantry; Berger, 30th Bombay

Indian administratora knew what they same horror of Secret Societies as Roman Infantry; Roweroft, 35th Sikhs; Watson,

ware about. They know that the Societies Emperors and Roman Pepos. Rat our 30th Punjab Infantry.

in question had no political object whatever. of insurrection, or claimed political rights, in our possessions; that they never dreunit or plotted attacks on the rights of property Government and the institutions under or, in short, eree entertained towards the Mr Francis admitted that quantity of which they lived any sentiment but res coal for the use of the vessel had been pat poet and thankfulness for the protectier on beard on the Sunday in question, but be and freedom accorded to them. They knew contended that banker coal did not come also another thing, that the Chinagian THE SANITARY BOARD.

within the scope of the esotion (5) of the belonged from his birth to another socisty A meeting of the Sanitary Board was ordinance on which the charge was basad, not easily subjected to abolition or supptas-

Chinese are as claznish as Highlanders are ars-minimum foo £50, maximum £500 Tax now religion of the 'Kreuzer Sunala held this afternoon. Hos. J. H. Stewart which reads. No cargo shall be received ou sion or rogulution, his triba ar clar. The Tho penalties proscribed in the draft Bill

Lockhart, Kagistrar General, presided, und board, loaded, worked or discharged from has now taken root at Vushini Volaichuk, there were also present:-Bou. F. 4. Dan any vessel within the waters of this colony or were; and the most trivial disputa, blow, or imprisonment for not less that one under the auspices of o sect called the per, Acting Surveyor General; Mr G. Hors-on Sunday unless a pormit from the Har- or insult in the market-place between two month nor more than twelve months, and mee of difference tribes, swells at once into such imprisonment or fine may be inflicted Perhortai. The originator was a wealthy

Mr Stokes submitted that the ordinance a riot, every tribasman within hail joining at the diterotion of the Court. nobleman, and all the devotees up to the pond, Acting Daptain: Superintendent of hour-astor has been tirat obtained'

Polic, Mr J. J. Francis, Q.D., Hon. Ho

evidently meast that cost should be in the fray. The Societies which they join present are men and women of the bighar Kai, Mr J. D. Humphreys and Mr fl.

St. Petersburg, October 18th. M. de sort of intelligenes. The estats of the McCallum, Sanitary Superintendent regarded as cargo. Certain things were on arriving in the Colony are furnied by

himself and by

and his founder, is worked

spooisily exemptor by sub-section 3 of the wealthier colonists of their race, mainly Giers, Minister of Foreign Affairs, who is section 2-but caal was not exempted. The to protect their poor and ignorant tribes staying in Italy, will pay a visit to King at the town of Mouza, to-day in disciples, living the life of the ordinary peasantry, whose dress and babits they

sub-section reads, Cargo aheli not include men in case of sickness or while out of sur SUPPLIED TO THE CHINA BIATL

bare adopted. When there is act enough

ave! The Czar has authorised the visit, which is work to do on their own lands they hire

mails, personal luggage, live stock, ice or ployment, and for burial in the event of compacy with the Marquis de Radini. articles of food of perishable nature death. That those hosis or chiefs have regarded as evidence of His Majesty's

It great infustice over the cank and file, dan- (Via Bouthern Line)

themmives out as labourers, or work for nothing amongst their neighbours, trying MB COOPER'S MULTIDUDINOCO AFPOINTMENTS, required for immediato consumption."

www antirely against the spirit of the not be doubted, sny more than that they CONSERVATIVE VICTORY.

doctrine. Tho to inculcate their now

A letter was read from the Colonial ordinance to say that it meant to allow frequently interpeno in disputes and quar LONDON, October 28.

theory of their faith is that the present state Secretary asking on behalf of the Acting vessels to load banker coal on Sundays rols, and so prevent lawsuits in the public

Governor the opinion of the Board se to

without a permit.

Courts, just as the varly Christians had Mr. Smith, son of the late First Lord of the human race is so irretrievably cor-

Mr Francia said that what the ordinance their disputes settled by the heads of their of the Treasury, has succeeded his father rapt that it is beyond all remedy, and that the advisability of appointing another officer as Acting Sanitary Surveyor while the bast thing which on happen to man-

cargo only. That was the coject of the became proverbially their dice juridices. Momber for the Strand Division, dehind is to die cat. Consequently they for Me Coopor is acting as Vice President of prohibited was the loading of cargo and communities on the dics dominicus, which

mentioned feating Mr Gutteridge; Radical, by a majo-bid marriage, or any form of union between the Board.

in meetic tribunals are the best in the world a minuto attached Dr Vanilia rdinance set forth in the proumble lawyer may well donh: whathur auch do ths sozes, hair principal occupation when

NO

cargo shall be whether, among other things, they may not rity of thres thousand

the daily ask is over being the exposition said-low age officer can hold the ap- and cargo only w

pointment of Surveyor, General and Sani-US The majority at the last election was of the Gospels after Tolstoi. As there

be described as cargo, or part of the those which are public; but it is not un- Over 3,000]

very little danger of the best spreading, inry Surveyor in addition to his over dalies received on board,' &c. Bunker oval sonid abnue their powers much more readily than

Water and as they are comparatively hatralose, the

Authority &c &e it in difficult to

BUTACO Case in which the same point language but his own, and of the institu terfored with them.

Dr Ha Kei wrote-Would it not be better had arisen. He mentioned that the owners tions of the strange country in which he for the Government to appoint another of the chip had sent naties to the Harbour found himself, is often willing to take his oficial member to be vice-president and master of the intention to put harker coal chance of this, and prefers a Chinese to

preliminary WHEN Captain Younghusband, on his ar rival at Bozni Gumbaz, found the Russian lat Mr Coupec continue in his office na on board on the Sunday in question, but English Judge, without a tr

Sanitary Surveyor? detachmenta on the Little Pamir, and heard

Mr Franois wrote-'I agree with Dr Heo reply to that comesication had been furawearing of the jurisdiction of the latter.query Eliot of the British embassy has of more to the North, he sent of Lieutenant Kai. That Mr Cooper should remain n Davison to the Alichur Famir 2 disc Sanitary Surveyor and to a member

the main body of the Board is what was the strength

admissible, but bis) This was before receiving the notios to quit cominiation us

vice-prezidant rast ba

Mr Hum which he eventually had to oboy, cwing to

reason why with his having no encort with him to enforce cancelled; it is a blunder."

phreys wrotn I gue his right to remain on neutral ground. the assistance of a fally qualifed stof Mr

Wood's Lieutenant Davison journeyed past Lake (Sarikol), and then turned to the Cooper could not full the duties of Smit Raub, 23rd. October.--Total amount of North-West to another lake, the Yashilary Surveyor and Acting Surveyor General amalgam is 3,600 ouvoer; satinated quanti-Kal, into which the Alichur river empties temporarily. All bis fiocs were once Dr Ha Kai said he thought it would bo itself; he reached the village of Somarlash, practically bel by the Surveyor General' on the Western extremity of this second

Very incourenieut to appoint another mat lake, having crossed the high range in

as Acting Sanitary Surveyor for a short

TELEGRAMS.

"

(From Singapors Papers.) THE CHARTERED MERCANTILE BANK. London, 23rd Oot-With reference to Thursday's telegram, the losses men- tioned sa due to the speculation in silver should be road no gauerà speculation in liver and not as a speculation of the Hank.

RAUB.

The following telegram from Mr Bibby, mining manager at Raub, has been received by the local socratery :---

19.

of stone crushed for above 920 tops.

Expect to finish crushing about end of Text week.

The following are the different messages which have corde, showing the state of the above crashing at different periods.

lat. 2nd.

368 oz. 180 luns stone.

200 бола 700 oz Sod. 1,541 oz.

4th. 1,000 oz.

300 tong

"

240 tour

Total 3,609 oz. 920 tons

gam will yield at least 1,200 ounces of gold, and they may yield more.

ABSENCE OF DE CANTIK. A letter was read from De Cantlie stating that he would be absent from the colony for six weeks.

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In

dection

not

RUSSIAN CIVILITIES TO ITALY.

Humbert

peaceful resolutions.

THE PASSAGE OF THE PALDANBILES-NOTE

FROM THE FORTE.

London, October 14th.-Lord Salisbury, replying to a Note from the Porte notifying entered into an agreement with Russia to the British Government that Turkey has

say he assumes that any privilege in this relative to the passage of the Dardanelles. direction granted to another power equally belongs to Great Britain.

THE INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS,

Authorities have 2o1, up to the present, iv-imagino, uniwas some duty is uglected. /ship's freight. He referred his Worship to likely that a Chinaman, ignorant of every Congress has decided to recommend that

which the principal passes are the Bash tima, but he quite saw the impracticability

Me Humpitress though; it would be rather advantageous than otherwise to have the Sanitary Surveyor on the Board.

Guabaz and Khurgoch He was then on the borders of the Afghan Province off Mr Couper being at once a servout of the Shighnan, which marchos with Chinese ter. Board and its vice-president. ritory, and e no doubt thought that he cou'd not possibly he interfered with by the Russians. The latter, however, had practi- eally taken pussession of the Alichur Pamir name runs, and they promptly ordered

Dr

mads.

His Wurship said he could not agree with the Acting Crown Solicitor that the word 'estgo' included everything outside of the exceptione. Ile thorofcre found that no offence had been committal and dismissed

casa.

CORRESPONDENCE.

COMPRADORES) BEETS.

THE CHINA AND MANILA S. §. CO, E. NO CHAN TONG.

To the Editor of the CIN MAIL.'

31

I never board of any such unnecessary oath, and I had a fair share of Chinese cases in my Court, the oath, if taken, must have baen more houcured in the breach than in the absecrans.

were, as well as

BIK

The British Committee of the Indian the next Congress be held in London in the spring of 1893, and that no Congrats taks BRITISH TRAVELLER IN CENTRAL ASIA. St. Peterburg, October 14th, Mr Elcot returned here frour Central Asio.

place next year.

A CANARD.

London, Aeptember 28th-In unveiling a statute of laidherbe, the distinguished French soldier and writer, President cordiale hetween France and Russia. He Carnot affirmed the existence of an exdents also declared that France would use the now London, September 28th Russian authority is opposed to Ruasis taking part situation in Europe to preserve peace.

in the coercion of China, as a Bus4/7«. Chinese Alliance would be an effectual

East weapon against England in case of need in the Far

London, September 28th-The riots in connection with the Salvation Army proces Many persona have been infared.

sions have been renewed at Eastbourne.

Sir William Harcourt has been initiated

on President of the United Order of

Oddfellows,

Certain members of the Russian mobility to have embezzled have been shown relief of the famine-strisken people. thousands of roubles intended for the

The P. & 0, 8. S. Roms which has bett seriously damaged by fra at Greencak is with new engines similar to those of the being lengthened by forty fest and fitted

Arcadio The R. M. S. Carthage will probably take the Rome's next royaco.

Sir John Lubbock has resigned the chairmanship of the London County Conseil.

Alderman Evans bas basin chosen to ino- esod Sir Joseph Savory as Lord Mayor of London.

A Canadian agent is shipping sixty. wagon loads of eggs to Liverpool.

The Teutonic, a steamer of the White Siar Line, has broken the record for the passage to Now York, her time being five days sesen seu hours.

London, 1st OctThe Canadian Parlia ment has been preragued after a long and stormy session, remarkable for the dificul ties caused by the charges of corruption against men bers.

"Mr Childers, the member for South Edinburgh, intended to resign his seat, bat yielding to pressure, he has consented to retain it at the general elections.

and valley through which the river of that thyron-It is his vice-presidentship spur of the moment like dash in the pan (which sospend all trado) &s whitor rien of drunk. The struggles of the men in the phenomenal.

Northern

India.

been in

is objected to

C.

tha

PARNELLITE JOURNALISM,

Two new Puroellite papare, to be named the Irish Independent and Erening Herald, are being catablished in Dublin.

TAR MIDULE PARK PLATA.

The drama 'Idler,' the author of which is Mr Haddon fhambers, as Australian, and which was produced at St. James's

Owing to the famine in Russia five mil- for another season and its success a Theatre & few months ago, has been staged

lion inhabitants are unable to pay their taxes.

The visible supply of wheat in the United.

London, 2nd Oct-The British revenue returns for the paet quarter reached a total of twenty million pounds.

EVERT man has his prios, but brides are given away.-Life,

AD. CHAMBERLAIN DENOUNCES MR.

GLADSTONE'S PROGRAMME. London, October 14th-Mr Chamberlain, There can be ro question that the Chin-speaking at Cardigan laat night, denounced ose population was occasionally turbulent Mr Gladstone's Nowcastle programme s and quarrelsome; but they broke as other absurd and dishonest, and said that his heads than those of their fellow country-suggestion of ecoting from Egypt was mon. Liven when the 40,000 apoken of cowardly. in Harper's Magazine were *ocoupying

London, October leth-A telegram re- Panang, the police and military and otlus engaged in putting down their occupation carved from St. John's states that a large recollect, unmolested steamer carrying cattlo from Montreal to uuinjured It is likely enough that Dandee bas hours wrecked in Saint Mary's Bay on the Newfoundland court, and, with the organisation provided by the Societies one aspeption, all the hands aboard, to the October 30th, 18DL SR,-To jadge by your report of the facilitated the spread of such disturbances; above case the rights of Curapradores in but, on the other hand, as their heads were number of forty-two, were drowned. The alse this important case went off on the stance, as little in love with rows and riote disaster, the captain and crew wera ail this happy Colony are oxiromoly great, or merchants and traders and man of sub. survive alleges that, at the time of the on a question of form of argument gather similar purecise, they were often valuabis water among the cattle are described as be

allies to the authorities by pressing peaceing most pitiful.

London, October 15-A late despatch Mr Francia taid the Government and not than on the question of sabataner. Russett ful counsels on the troublesome and rostfrom St. Jobu's says that the reported

Mr Ng Chan Fong Presumably these 3,800 ounces of amal- him to leave. He was not allowed to rajoir byen turking of what they were doing, and Co. were the general agents of the less, and also by giving timely information wreck of a cattic-steamer on the New- | Statas in 34,900,000 bushels, ·

was Mesara Russell and lo's sarvant, and of braving trouble to the beads of Captain Younghusband, and took the else they would have seen the stapidity of. S. S. Co. Argume

the days of Indian rule our Executive and atory originated in the statement of an route to Yarkand.-Times of the thing. They must now either appoint

Limaelf his own dobt out an Acting Sanitary Surveyor or cance! Mr as such had a special right over common police. Unless I are strangely in error, in foundland coast is untrue, and that the Cooper's appointment as vice-president. creditors to pay

in this way. asers to plata common sense to be that

But as soon as the administration of the During the last fow days (says the Liver-Ferally he had nothing to say against of the monies of his etaplayers, the answer police officials often received valuable aid insane sailor who was lately wrecked.

Mr Cooper, for whom, indeed, he had the

Colony was transferred to the Colonial Of- pet Courier) rumours have

highest cateom, and although differences had the money collected and kept was not circulation to the effect that the Moslem arisen between Mr Cenpur and the Board his employers and he knew it.

Does not Equity apply te servants as well tice, the policy of the Indian Govorament in place propaganda in Liverpool had received an these had been the resnits of the extraor

as sto ordinary people! la a man who 16- was reversed. The transfer took important accession to its numbers by the diners positions in which the Government

and a riot which broke ant among the Chi-to-day, resnited as follows:- conversion of a clergyman of the Ketak- had placed him. It was inconsistent, how.ceives trast uucy-Rossell & Co. were Apr, 1867; the chief Indian efficials were lished Oliurch, and after enquiry we have ever, that Mr Couper should be Vice-Pre-merely trustees of the money for their replaced by new and inexperienced men; nese in Penang in the following August now received definite information as to aident while be tucapiod the position of one principal, the Company-with notice of the

Lok as happily dealt with us the conversion. It appears that for some of the ufficers of the Board. He moved, facts, to be allowed to commit a fraud on the months pass the roverend gentieman haaThat the Government be informed that fand for his won benefit. Truly if so 'the

of tho retention of Mr Caucasian is played out, and Vive la might have been, and resulted in been in communication with the officials of the Board apps Surveyor but cannot Compradore is the org.

Itoh loss of life and destruction pro.

16th October-Sir R. Morier, the Mosiera Institute in Liverpool, and had Cooper as Banitary

From your report it would seem the caso poriy to the two different factions. The

now Govern-backed, I think, and I am British Ambassador at St. Petersburg, is been making numerous inquirice on doc-approve of his retention at the samo time of

collapsed very suddenly, without manele

bound to add, by the general feeling of the here on leave, and is being consulted by ---- trinal points. About a month or so ago the office of Vice President."

Pamir question. Mr Humphroys-As a matter of fact I talk." the reverend gentlemas come personally

I hope the energetic new general mana. European mercantile community-aversed the Government in connection with the to Liverpool. He attanded overal of the think antil quite recently the Surveyor

India, and declared war against the 25: Teviot, Oai 6; Bentlarig, Glengarry, } public services and lectores at the Mosque General held all the offices that Mr Coopergers and to ir Committee won't let the lhe policy of a dozen Governor-General of THE RUSSIAN LOAN TAKEN UP IN FRANCE. matter drop without carefully considering Societies; his successors followed in his The Reason loan of twenty millions 9 Salazie, Iphigenia, Polyphemus, 13;

ir. Brougham-terrace, West Derby-road, now holds.

fooletops, and ultimately, as you my, the almost the whole of the money being sterling has been covered seven times over, Mr Francis-He never was an officer of the advisability of an appeal. Glamorganshire, Chase, 16; Bombay, and last Sunday

PUZZLED SHAREHOLDER. public service was cun-

Societies appear to have bean, in 1898, the Board.

Te subscribed in France. was present. The ring and evening he * Pinguicy, 29.

altogether forbidden in the Colony. It is Mr Humphreys The office did not exist, HOMEWARD BOUND-Hindustan, Sept. 181 ducted by Mr. Khalid Smith, the

said in Singapore, you add, that the Fes, Oct. 2: Status, Macduff honorary secretary, and the lecture was but the duties were performed by him. If

pohoy has been quite auccessful, and that Telemachus, Tilus, Zandura, 13; Me-given by Mr W. H. Quilliam, the pre Mr Cooper is a member of the Board the

the dangerous Booletien lasse been blotted sune, Radnorshire, 16.; Malwa, Aglais;sident of the society, the subject being point as to his being Vios President is not

out. I hope so; but I fear that this is worth mentioning, except ze a zoub to the Afghan, Darmstadt, 23.

The power of thought,'

ahate your suspicion promature grow. the publio servise the reverend gentleman government. The O. & 0. 0 . . Belgis, with the had an interview with the leading oficials, AMERICAN MAID of September 8. fuit and declared his determination to re- Yokohama on Friday, Oct. 30th, at nounce Christianity and embrace Islam. daylight, and may be expected here on Ha repented the Kalmar Moslem con- fasston of faiths, and sigued the roll of mam or about Thursday, the 5th Nov. The Uchadian Pacific Railway steamship berrhip of the association. For Empress of India left Vancouver for Japan, Shanghai and Hongkong on the 25th Oct.

COMING ELECTIONS. London, Sept. 22,-Mr John Redmond -Parnellite intends to contest Cork Oity in place of the late Mr. S. Parnell.

The osadidaoy of Kilkenny north, va. cant by the death of Sir J. Pupe en nesty, has been offered to Mr Davitt; the priests support the nomination.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

PASSED BULL CANAL.

Outward Bound :---Chipe, September 1; Anchises, Zanzibar, 11; Poofing

The P. and O.. Thibet left: Singapore for this port on Oct. 25th, and may be expected here on or about Oct. 31. The 0. 8. B. Co. a seamaip Palinurus let Ringspore on the 20th Det, and may be expected here on or shout the 2nd

The 5 * Laighining, from Calcutta, left is

gapore on Dot at ut may be expected here on or abunt Nov.

The R& 0. z. Bombay kit Loador to

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The « ↑ Tzichiow, from Vancouver, left Yokohama on 28th inst. for Hongkong

is Kobe and Nagasaki.

Bombay on Oct. 27th for this port

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NEWS BY GERMAN MAIL. (From London papers to September 20th.)

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Mr Francis-I think them, deserving of a comedy, the first of his work designed that they are only lying low. They hava, |

snub for their inconsiderateness.

Dr. Ha Kai seconded ir Fransıs'e mo- tiou, but disclaimed any feeling of spitu to. wards the Government.

Mr Humphreye moved as an amendment : That the Government be informed that this Board approves of the retention of Mr Cooper as Sanitary Surveyor and approves of his retention at the same time of the office of Vice President."

The amendeout was not seconded.

apecially for stage representation. It will

be first produced at Daly's Theatre, New no doubt, lost their best mambore, and York, after which production it will be they will fall into bed hands. I am afraid published.

"General" Booth hee had an enthusiastic reception at Sydney, N.S. W.

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London, October 18-The race for the Middla Park Plate, run at Newmarket

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THE FAMINS QUESTION.

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THE PROPOSED SALONTA KOUTE FOL THE MAILS.

The question of adopting Salonica instead of Brindisi as a route for the con. veyance of the Indian and Australian maila is still in the enquiry stage.

THE au who lets his wife, split all the wood may mean well, bat he shouldn't be allowed to do all the talking at prayer. meeting-Ram's Hom

CONTENT-Elderly Firt-1 arranged so nicely that you should sit next to ms at table I hope the arrangement enite you. He-Oh! you know that I am not hard to please-Fliegende Batter

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MANIFESTO BY THE PAINELLITE PARTY.

London, October 13th.A, manifesto has that the Colonial ordinances have blotted bear issued by the Parnellite members to them out in no other sense than the penal the Irish people, announcing their deter- code has bloited ont treason and morder.mination to uphold national freedom, and to costince the struggle until unity is re Parliamen An influenza opidemic prevails at Met- Will Chinese tribesmen be really prevented

from forming Associations among them. established' and an independent THE Standard contains an amusing account of how Stoke, the elephant neut by the

bourne.

Lord Baudolph Churchill itae been burned saires! If not, their Associatious will be tary party is restored. A convention of Quoen to the Sultan of Morocco, was pre-

in effigy by the Boers on account of his re-only mero secret, because contrary to law; representative Irishmen will be called to flections on them and their country. and their members will be less well-dispos deviso means to achieve programme of their sented to that Potentate. The Sultan was

The Bishop of Manchester, in a recuted to the Government. slace the latter late leader. The manifesto also says that the in camp, and the elephant was, therefore, marched into the interior to bo presented. The motion was carried by the votes of Only two previous instances are recorded the proposer and secunder, Mr Humphreys disocurse addressed to Men of society, makes war on them. The authorities will Purnallites can have no followship with the from voting against it, and the other members said. Bring the fashionable gambling and be left more in the dark about them than scaeders who have disrupted the frish party Sabbath breaking of the present day to the they used to be,-a darkness of their own and loaded with calumny and hounded to

CIRCUM IN A KAILWAT COLLISION. of clephants brought into Morocco.

seserted to have been sent there from declining to vote. Timbuctoo, and the other was presentad

French Racks, October 12-A serious about gambling, if it does not flow forth out of the Societies thosa pacific and B wealthy sons of prosperous commerce who Two petitions against the enforcement of from the sin of covetousness, if it is not by the Fugiah to the reigning Sultan of a THE COMMON LODOINGHOUSE REGULATIONS. tent of reason and Scripture. Ask yourself creation, since their legislation has driven death the facemost man of their race. hundred and fifty years ago. The actual

at 2 a.. this ceremony of prosentation on dingly qua of chegulations on on behalf of the col great atimulus to sullisliness and unnatural eras often tougher

Billie between the special conveying remain unknown until the row a goods train, took must have been exceedingly quaint coolio-houses in Wanchai and the other en excitement; it it is not the deadliest foe to heads, of a rougher order, will perhaps Willis' Cirons from Mraore to Bangalore and morning between alliux and Franch mind." and pictures, with via hard on bust of Tong Kun ourlies, were laid on steady industry, unblemished integrity, manage to r

must not conclude without a ward of Rocks, when five natives, including two a large zed cloak, with his howdah on, with the table along with a letter from the Eolo and general healthiness of body and his mahout on bis week, and with two at-nial Secretary asking whether in view of And of the fashionable Sabbath breaking. tendant codes, was marched into a large the matters set forth in the petitious, the which showed itself in Sunday dinner explanation respecting the theatrical st. Bremen, were killed and twelve injured, open space surrounded by troops, at ore Beard deemed it dosirable in any way to parties, and lawn tennis, and the like, lattitude attributed to the Chinese chieftain nine of them seriously, including the end of which sat his Sheriffiau majesty on aller or modify the by-laws framed by the thom ask themselves, Do not these indul- who defied the English Gropped to hang driver Falls Cirens Company escaped folded up so as to form Board. The petitions complained of dif- genees prevent that communion with God him. Khu Tian Pek, the head of the Toh uuburt. The two sogince were telescoped The É and 0. Go, a steamer Feretia loita cap bedstead Sultan was immebeair Aculties in the way of complying with the on the toly day which our evil natura and Peh Kong Saoisty of Penang, ves tried; and the two firemen were jammed between On Shanghai

#em-chair.

For a by-laws and of the cost of lodgings buing our world-worn lives no sorely sised and with two or three others, for a nerder said them. No relief was obtainable till bite plessed with his new possession. whole hour he kept the elephant before increased and contained a reference to a pro farther, Does not this presumptuons to have bepa committed in the rivia of a'uluck this zaorcing, and Mr Fillis and his him, minately inspecting the hordah and bable exodus of oublies from the colony in defiance of religious feelings, and, if you 1887, and all were found guilty. If he over troupe did all they possibly could to

like it, of the religious prejudices of made the speech attributed to him, he relieve the suffering during the long wait.

The station master who gave the line trappings, and sansing him to be fed, the case of the by-laws being enforced.

The President said the Sanitary Super Christian mon, do ininite harm to the young relied, not on the valour of his warriors, watered, and washed in his presence, e directed the howdah to be removed and intendent and himself had made up vol and the ignorant 1: If these questions only but on the opinion of the Judges (and, I clear has atesonded, and the Police are on subsequently replaced, and displayed the aminous retures with regard to thes

said at once. Give up the fashionable Council) that never had there been a clearer alek-up cricket match will commande keerest interest in all matters concerning common lodginghouses of the colony at atted of vue kind of anawer, then he think, of all or most of the Executive the look out for

to-morrow, instead of 11 s.m. the management and habits of slophants, analysis of which showed the following gambling and Sabbath breaking, even case of convoted charge, perjured evidence, London, September 20-At a demon-

The total number of taste houses though the great world abould spear at you and perverse verdict. facts. saking many questions, and saversing wishing to play should be on the frealy with his Ministers on the one subject was 404, of which 224 were overcrowded. and call you seperstitious."

A copy of the Freeman's Journal nos re- which engrossed his attention. The Star-The total number of ladgers was 9,474 ground at that tizio.

dard correspondent notes that, owing to the the number allowed under the by-laws was cently placed in a cofu in Dablin and the efforts of Kaid Maclean, an English offing 9,691, so that the houses would actually coffin burned, the charred remains beisgaur. Fhe death of Lurd Methuen is reported., ACCORDING to a special telegram in the in the Sultan's sarvice, a portion of the accomcaocute more than the number at mounted with a wreathed tin kettle,

The Times columns contain a quantity of asow began to fall at Visdi- Sheriffien Army is now well drilled and present living in them without over.

armad with Martinis and Winchesters-a crowding, the 28th inst. We may there great change from Biteen years ago, when Mr Francis said no reason had been sorrespondence on the rival claims of total Last the long summer is at so the troops are undrilled, and had no shown to the Board for altering or modify abstinence and moderation as regards the

ing the regulations in any way, from a use of alcohol better weapons than the long Azab ride,

We learn that telegraphic adviess have been sceived, Es the affect that Ianciare quoted in London at 26).

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