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In consequence of the douth of Mr. Protais sieff, the acting Russian Consul at Hankow, Jr. Kohrberg has been appofated in his plan.
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King Kulakaua, of the Sandwich Islands, has sys the Singapore Times) nent his artist. Mr. the Sultau for the Palace at Horolain.
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THE DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, AUGUST 310, 1886.
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OLLA PODRIDĂ. on the 8th, and the residence of another, Grabetic was looted on the 9th: The "Catholics gett Grootr: "Hell a pound of toe!-Which will the slightest protection from the officials It is you have, black or groom P-Serraut: Shura, now it woll-known fact that over twenty parrot. syther will do. If for an onli woman that's of the rioters are soldiera bolonging to the three nearly blind {" regiments that garrison the city. The Thotai's
The Magistrate has issuać another instalment
At the Western Virginia Conference of the
LesDON...Mr. W.M. Wills, 151,Cannon St. Paul Fotrosite, to Johors, to take a portrait of their guard. Beyond the fact that the penalties stel of raneiving mong they should, by Chiangcussive short riss crops have raised the price moned he was found to be in an apopbetic fit. in.
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NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. Communications on Editorial matters should be nidensed "The Editor," and those on basiness The Manager,” ani rot to individziała by netas.
Correspondents are requested to forward their nam and address with communications addressed to the
Cholora, the Mercury learns from private ad vious, is raging furiously throughout Korea in Seoul especially, where the inhabitants are said to be decimated by this fearful scourges,
It is none of our basinass, yot we would strongly recommand the Shanghai Courier to get a proct reader. The person who now per. forms the duty ia aridently acquainted with the English language.
On the 23rd July, at Shanghai. Mr. Hens, on behalf of the Fraporor of Austria, pressated Mr. A. Krauss, head of the form of Mssara Carlowitz A with the Decoration of Chevalier of the Order of Francis Joseph I
A Bausa gunboat, the General Leg, which loft Manila on the 37th July or long keng in order to have certain repairs and altorations is bor machinery effected here, had to put uk the next day to the Cavite amenal, one of her angines having broken dawa.
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from America. While she was rabsarring the A story of, Miss Mary Anderson reaches na part of Juliet an eminent physician; an intimata friend, was present. The performanes delighted Phim till towards the conclusión of the play, when his countenance wore a troubled expression. When it was over he went up to the actrees {"My dear young lady," he said, "you are wrong in one of your offante. Don't you know that à carpus fonsat stiffen for at least six hours after death?" "My dear dnotor,” responded Mary. slowly, specking in deep, rich tones, and adopting strug American twang, do you think I'm going to keep my audionas reaiting for sin hours while I sifon?"
And
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
Monday, Sad August. EXFORT CARNO. Par steamship Surat, sailed on the 29th July: -For London-310 balas fiue silk. 32 pgs silk place goods, 8274 lbs, congoù, 233 bale" wanto nük, sad 14 packagon aundries. For France— 184 bries fino silk, 9 packages wilk piese goods, 20,000 ha congos, 16 bales. wasta wilk, and 3 packages Rundries.
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Captain M. A. Camarok, R.E., has been ap- THE RECENT BIOTS AT CHUNGKING., in watchmaker was plundered in Sebab light ot so many con- pointed to act as Colonial Engineer and Sar veyor-Goueral and Comptroller of Conviata,
Currexia, 7th July, rise been dragged on The Marquis and as President of the Fire Commission, Singa.
The racont rivia have bon qualled, and quiet TRENG will find the Viceroy of Chihli and pors, rice the Hon. Major H. E. MoCallam, RE, again reigas in the city, but as country round
granted leave of absence. Prince Cator willing allies, but against any
about is in a very nettled state, sad rumoura
M. Goanod will shortly com nouce the com- The Comercio says a legram has been rear constantly brought in of fresh depradations own body-guard has also participated largely attempts bs may make to impel the ganch of Straits Settlements, Malay Statas, &ontato forward be will find the dead weight coived at Manila from Madrid directing that the out the wealthy, and all Canin in the plundering. A relation of the Magis position of a new onero, tas libretto of which is contar Mantar, melon is being constructed whose houses have been pillaged sad then burn trate and another seltier lot the crowd in the foruded on Alfred de Muster's drama Da ne of the large majority of the Mandarins op at Hongkong by the patriotic subscription rais- Yesterday tan men were arrested and attack on the Consul's house. There is not the badine pas ava l'amant., TRE COMPLETE EDITION WITH TREATIES, posed to him. Nevertheless be way by abled in the Philippines, is be he supplied with a brought in who were taken in the act of plunder-rnst remote shadow of a doubt about it, as they
The Dake of Edinburgh, as President, has prð. $5. to do semsthing to leaven the lump, and stam launch and the electric light at the cost a ring. They appeared to be in no wars fally recognised by a namber of people.
hurry at all, for as mon as they made the attack The Catholic Mission lost batween twenty and sontod Madame Treballi with the badge of the $0.will certainly prove an important auxiliary
amesonger starbed for the sity where the thirty thousand taels in sycee belonging to the Royal Amateur Orchestral Society, and boga that The Spanish Government is again inviting owner has his place of business, who, en receipt of Bishop of Chantow, which had just been red she will war it whenevercha etteade the society's to the forces of progress now silently en-tandem fer the opaatiasion, for a railway from the intelligo, collooked a number of his friends and was being propared for shiprzent to its dos concerts. This badge is a small gold breach in doapouring to stir into metivity this great Manila to Dagupan. The toaders will be opened and started for the econo, When he arrived home tination. The greater portion of this money in the shape of a row.
simultaneously at Manila and Madrid on the 14th he found & part of his promise in flames, and the known to have been carried off by the soldiers, but afumberous empire.
October next. The upsot priss is $4,354,473, on mob leiearly carrying off his affects. When the and runners bolonging to the Magistrate's ya Madame Bulfo has sold to the trustees of the which the Government will gasrautos interest ton incendiaries were arrested the remainder man. The Too, or Profect, has done nothing. Beltish Muson the 31S. sketch books of her The German gunboat Nautilus, Captain Ret-at the rato of sight per cont, per annam. skadaddled. Many others have shoved the so I have not even heard of his issuing a prociams. husband, the late Michael Willian Balle. These fale, sul use of the rioters have boon arrested. tion. The Tastai and Magistrate hire each of will form a fiting appendix to the autograph gar, loft the harbour yesterday for a ormiso.
Miss Era Davonport and Mears. Neil O'Hrísa | One action alone, I think, on the part of the Dis-thom isaned a number of pruolassations that were calleation of the fall secres of this composer' and Charles Tyrrell left Shangbai per steamer trict Magistrate will prove conclusively that he not worth the paper they were written on; sim- operas already deposited in the national library.
fosser for Awoy on the 24thli alt, en route to was in sympathy with the movement. I stated ply worded to mean nothing. New York. The Mercury says it was their inten- in my last that an attack had been made on a
Cardinal Manning, who a few days aga com- tion to give a performance in Shanghai, but prominent Cathalie's cosiiracy, and that a number of essa to the sonundrals who wears wounded in pleted his 79th year, was originally in the Civil We read in the Independente that Mr. Wowing to the steamer leaving earlier than was of the mob were killed and wounded. Authentic the assault on the man's house before mentioned Service. When he left. Batiel, after fuisking Wotion has received from the Portuguese Goerpasted, the scheme was knocked on the head. accounts put the number killed and woanded at whose name is Le Bur isel, making s 8 of his university career, he became a pleck in the NORTHERN & Mowers: Hall & Holh had vornment the dcration of Kaight of the Or The Company was alsoiteli disappointed at the about forty; sixteen are known to have been are hundred cash och per man, he also inmod Colonial office, but after a short time, Gading
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Walsh. Shanghai. NAGASAKI Messrs. The G. & J. Trading Co. der of Chrk.
Mosser not calling at Hongkong; she goes from either killed on the spot or tu hata sinos diad of theen thousand cash to buy a coffin for cash on the war unganal, he rigued his past, and HIGO, OSAKA.. Messrs. F. Walsh & Co.
The Act, informus us that the Austro-Ian-Amor straight on to Singanore.
their wounds. Now this entigifone apo that was slain. Numerous honsos in the country returning to Orford obtained office at Marton. of a mother and father of the prople gave enol round abont have henn plundered and then YOKOHAMA ....Messrs. Kelly & Walsh.
garian Lloyd's steamer Poscúton, from "Trieste,} The Saigns of the 5th ultimo has a long of the wounded two hundred cash to buy a burnt down. A school belonging to the Catholio' MANILA... Messrs. Diaz Puertas & Co.
loft Singapore for this part on Sunday morning.article attacking the Didly Prass for, at is dieins to heal his wounds. SAIGON... Mossra. Bohroader Frères and the lab instant.
If this piratical Mission som t er twelve toiles sway way at Methodist Episcopal Church. (says Truth) a mo alleged, taking the part of the masters of our soundrel had not been in sympathy with tan tacked by a mob who were driven off, sevscal tion was made u sud a committee of bachelors Gardes.
The British three-masted schooner Hopewell Lai atnamers which were condemned to hear mormont, opon what grounds can his generosity were arrested and bandol over to the magistrate congentalats Mrs. Cleveland a hor mariszo is now (says the Daily Nears) being converted Penalties at Saigon in consequence of sanggol bonecanntel for Every one knows that tag. In this one the mob were sourly all paste of and to kiss her in the old-fashioned M schodist into a larcha, having recently boun sold to Chi- in written in the untul bysterical style of our violento, and in this case, whers,overy mis has mentioned by name in the report to by the married Mashadists, on the ground that opiuma bating brom found on beard The article laws of Chinare extremely severe on robbery the neighbourhood: many were forngnised, and style. This was, however, necesfully opposed contemporary, hat we are completely toystified sionary's so kad bien plunderou and two of the officials. Apvatting to Chingo law these suit might be distasteful to fer husband. The Agent informs as that the Memagorias as to its motive, seeing that this journal has their houses burned down, and in an assault anhoall be beheaded. Maritimes tester Tragaddy with the next not criticised in any way whatever the unofonding men's house wherein the
On Thursday afternoon, the 24th June, & The whole provipeo seems to be in a very unsat- outward Frenah mail, onvan Saigon at daylight action of the Saigon authorities in the casse in world be robbers wore
wounded-for tasted state, and rancars are in erontation of painfully sudden tenth carred at Lord's queation. All we did was to record the facts as magistrate to issue may to them is, in my threatened distorba oss in several other districts Cricket Ground, St. Joh's Wot. During the to-day for this port.
gathered from the column of our contemporary minion, simply offering sucouragement to them There is in the boat of times in this perines & progress of the match between the Australians itself, and to remark that the masters of vessels to commit further sets of lawlessness, and it is very great number of people why are barsiy able and the Middlesex cauty tosin. Captala Hyde, proceeding to Busyou would do well to be en so looked upon by all respectable Chinese Into aks on a premations subsistence, and three retired mister of the P. and O. Company, aud- donly fell, and on medical assistanos beinŸ su,WY- had been inflicted our contemporary are almost nose law, have been arreste au decapitated on of that staple commodity to about double that in no information, the remainder of the articles the spot, as it is well known they actually oater-ordinary year. It is from this class that trouble which he shortly afterwards expired. being taken up simply with expressions of jubi ed the house with no other object is view then is to be feared, as on the slightest pretext they A Pailadelphia physician says that a great lation as the circumstance that forolen vessels that of planter, and also that the wounding was are ever ready to plander. The Isis Viceroy daal of what passus for heart dissue is puly mild should hare boum subjected to such penalties all doze inside of the bone. In the rst in-shortly before his death, is said to have had ar dysparain, that norvausaess commonly is bad: Besing, however, that these have not yet been stance, hail he taken any miestas at all the rosted and boboaded a large number of such temper, and that two-thirds of the so-called anforced, hat that the veals are liberated on affair could have been stopped. He was in characters, and rumours have just reached bare maturis is nothing but laziness Laurination: Siving security, and that certain changes forvis that this American Mission premises of the execution in the capital of many more of he says, is responsible for a maltitude of ills, and have been made sings in tan regulations at some four miles from the city were being plus the same class. These carroti measures are be giros as an matance tas case of a clergyman Saigon, it would seam that the justice of the dared. He started for the soens to put down necessary, for nothing short of detafire wil sentences passed on the vessels is regarded with mob with seven runners or policeman. Who intimulate these lawless characters The thor teaspoonful of sweetened water, and do off who after proaching a gran wocki tökə a somo doubt by the French sathorities,
be arrived he made ancoral arrests, and the mob oughly effective mossure adoptel in this city like a bribe, under the impression that it was a The Shanghai Courier says: There are partially souttored. This action on his part is have quite restored confidence. Twararmants bona fide sudative, sigue that the depression that bax characterised rangly criticised The idea of his going that of soldiers have arrived from Lu-choa, and diatanes from the city to disperse a mob with others are hourly expected. The street barriers Chinese enterprise in those atlement that only seven man is looked upon as simply riving have been put in guail order, and are watched as last two or throo yours is passing away, and that constance is being gradually restored. The his consent their doings, as be might just as night, so that lawless charactors have un chauss well have taken fifty or a hundred with him, to Galiret. Trado has not apparently suffered at We are requested by the Spanish Coneal to Chinese were taught a savers lesson by the as he has belonging to his office between muli, quid business is going on just as usual-Mer Riate that Mr. P. R. Beltran was simply Clerk speculative mania that seized the place, and of to the Consulate and not Aoting Vice-Consul. the many locul Chiness enterprises started, oal and two thousand in and around the city, and
cury Correspondent. A Shipment of thess Filters in three useful. Heltran bimself, it appears, furnished the can be said to have been successful. The always veul handred soar at hand.
return for the Directory, wherein he is styled Photo-lithographing works in Soward Road, consequence of this action on his part was that Acting Vive-Consul
Hongkew, proved a brilliant success, and the the mob re-assembled and followed him into the Shanghai Paper Mill, which is running night city, then commencing the work of despoilation. and day, is generally believed to be masking a fare stated. Nine missionary establishments and returu to its promoters and stock-and the consulate or cousul's residence have been
The summer vacation at the Tang woo holders. Mesars: Major Brothers introduced totally demolished Two of farm hate bean Photo Lithography into China at their Tien-burned; others have simply been pulled down College here has commenced. At the end of the shib-chai Works at the corner of Peking and and earring off; and plundir of every sort is piled assion the anal examinations have taken place. Chekinng Roads, and the auennys attained up-about the streets for sale, andar the very open and the foreign peafssors, with their families, stimulated the Chinese to establish the works in of the city effeiala, including & Taolai, a Tour have betaken themselves, some to the Wastora Mars Trail A lesson is thrift might be Hongkew.
The Colonies are profiting by the great show We now bear on what we believe refert, a district magistrate a colonel, and the Hills, some to Koren, and others to Chaton, taken by the Corporation of the City of Tedan to be gooi satiority that Kerars, Major Brothers skeletons of three roximents of soldiers, that is, Shanghai, and Japan; and one, Mr. Oliver, is on at South Kensington to bring their resouras from the Edinburgh Town Council. This latter have just sold their Tina-ebih chai Warks to With the numbers of Fanaers and detectives be-ia on his way from Burps. Mr. Bookbill has En South Africe, said Mr. Wilmot, we have an the offere- foll pay roll-and a few men. his way to Europe on furlough, and Mr. Bussoll more vividly then ever before the home pablis. body recently reived the Marquis Troug, the Chinese for the cum of Ts. 75.000,-nud it is aging to the different offeinls oftheas the started for Shanghai The Netherlands Minis to the present time dur ap 6 tons of diamonds, Chinese Ambassader, and instead of having rumoured that they are to be worked in ons are thoroughly posted as to everything. ter is nas expected at his post here at the end of rained at £40,000,000. What is there in "Monte samptuous tanqust, they provided cake and wine, jaction with their bisberto rival establishment for which £10 198, 7d. was paid. In London in Hongkaw. The enterprise is a good one: beween the Magistrate and the thep to leave on a well-corned furiouch. Oficialits diamonds by the ton has hitherto been It is a well-known fast that there existed ili August, and the Secretary Mr. Bhein orpoots (Cristo" to aquai that? A colony which weigha one or two thousand pounds would have heen
there is a remarkable field for it in China; sud, American Mission people, arising out of some basinuss keeps the new British Ministar in towo, nadreamed of even by French romanners. spent."
judiciously managed, handsons returns should trouble that occurred fast Saptambor concern. He seems determined te rastor the situating vet, enormens as has been the yield of brilliants, The Macas Independente says that fatters
ing their residence in a temple soma ten or and make himself thoroughly acquainted, and at the ostrich is probably a more valuable asset from Lisbon talk abcat the sppointment of
ThoSaiguanas, in an article headed Acquired twelve miles from the city. There was no onoo, with the ins nad oats of the large Consular thau the diamond. The valus of its feabbers is Minister Monipotentiary to Chins and add that rights." deals with the manner in whish French stored about it, as it has been tea shop gossip servior of which he is the responsible head, and (estimated £759,000 per annum, and the ostrich, the Corner of Mnene, who is shertly at isinale in the wet ta med triple wain services for the last nigu, mouths mees or less. There with the still more responsible diplocatie re-anlike the sins, continually reasure its store of
Pre Ease folly. Vifrichas once All latters for publication should be written on bue
nected is not invested with the powers to rare appointed, and incidentally refers to M. Cous trouble at the same place on the 6th lations. The heaties of the Botlist Templos wealth. present Portugal in the Court of the Colestial sturs. The following is a quotation from the of June. One or two persons were arrested; and on the hills the parity of the air and the pleas worth £250 sie now be bought for 625, but the ide of the paper only.
Empire. It is ounced also by some papers article:-What astonishes as is at a Depua proclamation issad that said a good deal and sant walks all fail to draw him from the Giga valus of the fasther crop keeps up notwithstand-- Advertisements and Subscriptions which are not that Sabor Joaquim Tosé da Grága will be ́op- ty has not been sent to us, but at M. de Pres-meant nothing; then followed s petition fention. The German Minister, and Mr. Arenting. natarad for a fizet period will be continued until pointed to the post of Minister, but the fasinet should have selected as Governor of Co. sundry fangsites of the neighbourhood with have paid a flying visit to Tientsin, and His Da- eonstermandad.
dependente doubts the armuracy of this assertion.chin-Chins a man who had unintention of being some twenty pdl names upon it. The principal collenes, as a matter of course, has boon rateived We Photographic Neon) alluded Istely to the disagreeable to him, for, likos prudent Ministar, actor in this drama was the man they beaght the by the Viceroy. The members of the German ramour as to the real reason which indased the publicationed July a fire broke out in the Tantai's as sending them to a distance
The Shen-pas states that about 9 p.m. on ta he has always favoured his adversaries by property fram. It is not prourally own by Logation are expnoted shortly to remove to their Russian police to summarily eloss a photographie The mot of foreigners that the Clinese when petitioning a temple in the Western Hills, Es Chian Studio on the Nayaki Prospect same time sinen. at Wuhu, when twenty-one baasos, which formed Jules Fergy, which we heard a few days ago, is official say anything they think fit: if seventy The family of the British Minister occupy It was discovered (so it ja saartad) that the in- part of the yamen. were burnt to the ground. The foreign fir engines and the civil and militoristio Without beating about the per cent. is false there is not the last prosity at Huiang Chinh Send the Belgian Minister, tention of the "arties" was to lak, uns tire
buca. what do you think of M. 4 Frycient F tached to it, and often this magistrata's answer | Hoi Lang Tan We host bada very hot week. Czar's portrait si mach ar bie Ws. Since Chon | Lary officials from the City, arrival promptly she was asked. I dare not say aloud what I felts them they are burs and there the matter Rain us at last fallen and cooled our tempera- many mes surious datails bare reached this the scene, and ai 11 o'clock the fire was well think of him, and M. Forry, for I should run aonds. Aga u the paras signed to a pitition se ture and allayod our interminabia dust.
ongatre, soms of which have ralurong to the hand. On account of the large crowd which had great risk of being soat on a mission. In fact itaot the least evidenes that the petition has been On the evading of Monday, July 12th, we were seizure of an intsenal mobius shaped extetly elected around the years, the Tartai ordered began with M. Paul Bert, who was sent to Touquin, got up by the parties boss namit beara It favoured with this most brilliant illuminatinas. like a photographic cars. This diabolical ap- the doors of his treasury, which contained about Bart was trucklasons to 1. de Freycinet is a very common practice for two or three meu and about wilight & house ear the Custom paratus was so structed, it is said, that bamb Tla. 490,000, to be closed and guarded by soldiers,
was friend of Gambatin; and was sprotad of to certa petition and sign it with a dozoud or and a tree, close to the British Location, on the could be fired through the tuba, which could No disturbanes of say kind, however, cecarred hing only too faithful to his memory. Next is more of the most rasgostable men's aamaa osaal, were both struck with lightning, without have been sinel at its vistin on the pratert that Ir is gratifying to note, na a proof of the
Some time ago wo (Daily News)mentioned was the tara of M. Rourier, who wassent to Rome: uf their neighbourhood. without aron asking however any asrious damage being inflicted. On the operator was focussing the as-called samara. inquiring bant of his mind and of his pra-that the orers of tha Hean and Paztah bad re- then of M. Spuller, of whom it has basu and still their permission or
BRAN informing them of the claps of thunder was no load and so ar The story, if trus, is indeed a most neplassant pressive disposition, that the Marquis Tstvo, ceived rewards for conraying Prince Ch'un and is a question for an embassy. Thereafter came of the fact, If they happen to find it out that some imagined one of the nitys had one, and it, is to his hoped that the details are. The Chinese attribute the injury done after all, only the entoons of sa ingeniously lo after being, relieved of the caros ant re- his salta on his tour of inspection Captain Mdomowan, who was set down in Tunis: then and chjack their names are simply scrated fallon.
The official always takes notice of by lightning da thunder. We had such nother votive correspondent's 'imagination. One let Lancaster of the Paulah, and Captain EM M, Thissó, a mediocrity too disposed to start an out. sponsibilities of his post as Chinese Minister Andres of the 77604 have now been decorated appsition propagands in the lobbies and for such petition acording to virgunstunees brilliant display on Friday night, th 16th, with it be noderstood that cameras pound on their to the Churt of St. Jarona's, should devole with the Fourth Class the Order of the whom a mission to Venezuela was inventat; and generally considered from a financial point of a magnificent downpour of rain. Our weathor tripods may be infernal machines in disguise. and the lot of the open-air photo grupher will anme time to obtaining a hefter knowledge Double Dragon. The decoration consists of a last of all it is M. Cunstans, a man of great view. When these matters are taken into can remsins still hot and mugg
The youthful Emperor is to assume he certainly be far from a happy one, espacially in silver modal. onamelled blue with two raised talent, but dangurous because it is impossible atidoration, it will be seen how vary wasy it is of Great Britain. Rehne been to Edinburgh, dragons rampart round a tlas stone in the this mousut to give him portfolio that he for a souple of had characters to make a great rains of governmout at the beginning of the Russia Leeds, and Manchester, and has there seen centra. The ribben of this class is purple with wants, who is sont to Peking, furnished with lead of mischief. In this instazes the former unxt Chinese year. He will worship Heaven
One of the boys "now hanging out in Detroit for himself most that those great contres of two dragans embroidered on it. A diploms as irresistible arguments" Our runtemporary goea ouer of the property and the conoocters of the at the winter solstis at the Temple of Beavou
companies the melal.
on to say that the minor pasta ara filled op nu aforesaid petition are to blame for originating and some lucky day rext February will be coumarea and manufacturing industry hara
the same principle, troublesome journalists and the riol, and the roagistrate equally so for not fixed on which Kuang Hu will ascant the was gabbed in Pennsylvania a few months ago to show. Before finally quittior England as died at the Government Cirit Hospital
On Sunday night Police Sorgaant. George others being got rid of in this way.
taking the necessary steps to put a stop to it Dragon Throne. The Empresa Ragent speaks for some swindling game, and was locked up in at once. It was not until all the missionarles' highly of the proficiency he has made in country all pending examination. He was he will probably make further visits, and from gleurisy, trets which he had suffered for a
The Lancet of the 19th Jene pablishes a spo-property bad bean destroyed and private proper his sluties and how diligently and understand the only prisoner in the building, and he hadat gather additional knowledge. His Ex-considerabla time part. The deceased was a ial Hospital Sunday Faal supplement, contain-1 was sharing: the same fate that effective ingly he scanes memoriuk. His marriage will been in there fifteen minutes before he felt that ing an article headed" Within the hospital walisuydress wore adopted to stop the mischief take plac, of coaras shortly after his accession an hour's work would let him out. It was g calloney has also, we note by a late telegram, man of Eua physique, and sora molocaribed as a matter of foot narrative by a sures very simple and very offective were at the lateat, the year after nert. in cogul tambla-down affair, built half a century ago, and
there were not many stronger man then he in the gons on a visit to Germany, The Muqui Fores. He contracted a Finlant end, however, special commissioner." It is an interesting and adopted that had the offes of stopping the rint to his age when he will jasnyme the government, the turnkey was a young Quakar. As he re Treno in a.man of considerable culture, and which was added to later on, and it finally got touching doseription of hospital work, and can in the city in a very few minutes The soldiers the period fallies with that of Trang Chi. A caived his prisoner he said."I think I sball also appears to be something of a stateaman, tied apun his lurra and killed him Sauet was hardly fail to ascite the feelings of any reader ware malled ont, armed with their big knives and similar coarse wilt bless be followed in the place the on thy beacur not to escape."
Toumber of the Masonic fraternity, and the balf of the institutions in support of which tridents, the barrier gates in the streets were matter of the betrothal, the futars Empress bariel" replied the prisoner, "I want to stay right. Naturally an intelligent student of men and funeral procession started fram Zetland-treat it is written. We regret that our colomus do used, and strict orders were given to arresting already fired according to some. It would here and see this case through." He had fan ran rasaners like the ex-Minister would desire trat 4.30 yesterday afternoon, being joined in by ticle, which is long, but we saxy remind potx was raspisal, and not above half a dozen arrests fal Emperor it, for me, the Empress could hours after supper he had no trembla wrenching not afford spaco for the reproduction of the arany on pussing with stolen goods. The affect be well for the plugsical darelopment of the youth of the corridor and so opan call and about two gather so much information about England various of his brethren of the Craft, as well as a
number of his late comprados, in the serica. readers that although we have in Hongkong no ware made, though a number were stopped who, throw aside "old custom" and allow the Ema couple of bars off the corridor window. Wait and the English people as possible, and
Hospital Sunday Fand to appeal to our pockets when they hav antlers stond, dropped peror to reach manhood Lofore installing him asing for the jail to get quiet be lifted the sash and Concerning affairs in Tonquin a letter from those who are so disposed might contribute to their plander and took to their heels, the chief of a harem. This mistake was committed elitabed out on the sill for a drop to the ground, be has wisely not been satisfied to take anton, dated the 21st July, has been received the cheering of the patients in the Civil Hospital guards at the barriers, quietly appropriating with the last Emperor, and the result is well but at that instant he heard a voice from beneath Londoa as quite the mirror of the kingdom.br the N. C. Daily News to the following effeat! We make the following extract from the artiale hsa, boon any length of time in China that involved in assuming tàn wins of government that thy bonear might not be ga safe as my by contributions of dowors, broka, pictures, etc. the spoil. It is well known to everyone that known. There are surely higher considerations him saying "On sacond thought I concluded Vast as in the English metropolis, and -The filibustering expedition headed by Ling
vigilance. Get the hack or I will blow thy head varied its attractions, the Scottish canital Shang-ta which has so far defied all the offerte in the Lancet :-"Now, tell me." demanded the to chung, or take by violent is punishablan a great Empire than throwing himself
alf? The prisoner but only gat theu,
but the of the French to expel them from Touquia, is clergyman. "didn't you find it trying, basing to by decapitation on the spot. Knowing that the once into the stares of a farem. Let the country al cab held him safely until he was taken into. "and the different great provincial cities have gaining strength every day. It appears that pass 3500 operators through your hands every low are so stringent with respect to that orice, fosi-that-if and bir people are bis firstvare match to show, especially to those interested the chiaf has firmly established himself at Yang year they must have been a great strain on it will be dioult to pocomat for the officials' The Chinese are quite idiotio in the matter of court.
Lo Ta or Yang Lo Shing, where he hea his head thanervous system." Remembering that during atter disregard for their own sountry's laws in early marriages. No doubt we Westerng ore in the various great industris enterprises quarters. He has taken the style of I Ping for Dror's operation the house-surgeon was on his this matter, in allowing the ach to hold posses generally too much on the other side.
An ntirely novel form of primary battery. which have their handquarters in Munches his troops and bas over 120,000 followers under knees a quarter of an hour, with his head and ion of the city for three days, plundering pa We are threatened with extansive opening of suitable for controlling an installation of electric ter, Birmingham, Glasgow, Lead, Sheffield, bim, wao are now busy cultivating the plain of eyes within a few inches of the operation, sich play homes. When the fact was reported to our drains this saner. The order has oue ghting on a small scale (such as is required in Yang Lo for their food. The country oscopial intense application, cuntinued day after day him he hastened to the au caly to find forth to hure thew eleaned, bar surely if the private houses, &c.), the invention of a Mr. Bradford, Bristol, & Having seen some su to furnish everything hat opiura and to throughout the year, while living all the while a few parsons picking up what had been loft, authorities have any regard for their own health and bead Porno Kensington. thing of the commarcial movement in Londern firearms of precisinu. but to get mines amidst the defected efferers of eye diseases, everything of any value having boon car and comfort, and toit of the people, tiny will Woodhouse and Rawson, of West Kensington. don, it is "well that the Marquis should ob.which aband thereabouts are being actively mus involve a etenin appalling to those whose ried of. In his fory ho asized a pisse af forbear at preseat. This is a work that should The battery consists of 20 oils, each consisting Tho-Chiness of a pater and inner vessel, the one containing worked and the gold finds a ready market on the lives are spent in more pleasant placos. "There wood and belaboured one of the rob that had be undertaken only in winter. parva the industrial foress at work'elsewhere, Chinese frontier, being sold to the Chinons offi strain," the surgeon admitted, and then boas arrestad outil he was quite tired cat. He police here have a nasty habit of opening drains, carbon and the other zinc plates, both chambers norder that he may, before returning to his vinta who Luvo'savings to carry back.– he went on to describe the case of a house-mrgeon then ordered his runners to set to. sad they did excavating a few feet of earth or a few bucketfuls being hermetically closed. The electric action tilla.... in s great London eye hospital, who, while work so with a vengeance and beat him all over. They of mud, and then leaving the whole thing for etablished by passing a stream of chlorine gas Haiphong... native land, so how the English nation exter
When this is imme. theough the battery, and the slootricity is cou There was a widespread rumour about the ing than daily for others, was himself attacked then dragged him to the yigm and again best months, sometimes years. for the markets of the world. The know-colong yesterday morning to the effect, that by an insurable eye disease, which in tias- him, giving him one hundred blows with a clebdiately in front of your door, or shop, or chapel, veyed as it evolves to a series of stamce calls, Perence
whonee it is connected with the lamp wires, ledge acquired by the Marquis Terms of Beltran had been naught, basing been arrested year or two ago-made him blind. Still, in spite which left him very near dead. Het tas magis. the rise becomes unbearabls.
by the Polies at Ysamati. The original geolus of this terrible affiiation, he kopt at his post to trate been a little more energetic, in the begin. The 15th of the rat moon-ext Fbruary Although by no means solving all the many diff- Engisait and the English people during his who started this yarn runt haye telt flattered at the last, helping cheerfully to saru the sight of aing he would bare had less trouble.
some time-is the day fixed by edict just issued gulties preventing electric lighting from being wwsk term of office as Chinese representative in the way in which it spread, and for a timere others while his own was gradually parishing, From the district of Yow Yang-taon comes for the assumption of the ruins power by the introduced into car homes, the form of primary
ceived general grədənça. London cannot fail to prove most useful te
Beltran was not What an example to those who would stay the rumour that the magistrat had been wounded present youthfal Expezor. The throne-must battery above described a distinct advance en un fresh as to be caught napping is that course of the aniverse if they happea 16 bave in trying to protect a priest who has been a still be supported of the Seventh Pringe and the anything hitherto schievod in this direction. him, and will enable him to advise his. Oorway after the martuess he has shown cald, or rail at Providenes if aflicted for a saltad, but there are so may rnments in able ragout aunt Two men were killed by a be notion of the bastery is said to be constant. ergesent on questions of foreign policy when in getting pain of the very rice couple of days with a pimple!. Working on radiation it in extremely diflent, to ascertain landlife in a deep drain at the Methodist Mia the entire installation can be erected in a collar
roned sim. he has lavaated with to the meanwhile growing blind, to the last! The annals the truth. ha returns to China if ther will only avail time there wore numerous inquiries ss to the ex-of every Loudon hospital are full of similar cases bank of the river, Bloat one handred miles loosened the soil which contained the old found.od is ení? to be limited to the half-yearly renew. Binse
In the city of Foochon, on the ion the other day. The late heavy rain had ur cupboard, and thenmennt of attention requir themselves of his experience and well podition which set out in search of the Kwong of heroism.
from here, the Catholic Mission buildings were tions of some of the Mission premises which have al of the zino plates. The invartion is desidadly gang.. matured judgment. It is,sincerely to beong, for suck a lengthened absence was sqrce
plandered, but the magistrato of the district took had to be taken down to permit of the recbasser clever, and, as far as can be judged from a brief LATEST TELEGRAMS. energetic measures to stop the rinting, and the excavations. The Mission was not to blame for inspection, satisfactory in its working.
troulle wont no fartbar, showing plainly that the location of the foundations over the drains, LONDON, 31st July. the officials have the men at heal it stop law and honce bave reosived half compensation for THE FORMATION OF THE CABINET. less proveedings when they wish to pat them in the disturbance and expens to which they hare
been pat.-N. C. Daily News Correspondent. Lord Cranbrook, has been appointed Lord
It is very unfortunate just at the present time President of the Privy Concil.
that the three highest offices of the provises are
11
Eater, not for publiation, bet se evidence and
Listes.
Ondora for axter, copios of the Daily Press shonid
be samt hafors [1 8.1 on the day of
After the hour ho supply is limited.
The Daily Press.
HongKora. Arsust 3rd, 1986.
hoped that the Peking Government will expected, though it was known the Launch might be away two days or mora, as those who not, n in the case of KO BONG-TAO, went in her expressed an intention of going ont quietly shalve the Marquis Terno on his 150 miles, if noosary, in pursuit of the barque The British steazaar Gífsland, which arrived Arrival in disins, from the four that his bore yesterday from Shanghai, reports having opinions will be too pro-foreign. It will be sighted the launch Wi Seat Capohi Point, hard indeed it sa officiate reward for dis-board Northward.
that the sparrow had been caught in a spider's
web which hat strength enough to pinton back
the bird's wings. The victim was extricated from
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A remarkable ercat, which is raported by a correspondent of the Cleiburger Zeitung, roads more like a chapter from the history of the Re formation spook than an incidont of the present age. The Roman Catholic inhabitants of Acsa, a village in the county of Stahlweissenburg,
Hongkong Gas Company's Shares-$130 per
share. Hongkong Hotel Company's Shares-$197 pr Obina Sagar Refining Company, Limited-10G
share, buyers.
Luzon Sugar Reshing Company. Limited--377 Hongkong Lee Company's Sharos--40 per
share, buyers. Hongkong and China Bakery Company, Limited
---$120 per share. Parak Tin Mieing and Enolting: Company
-$10 per share, Parian and Senchie Das Simantan Mining.. Chapan, Limited parshamn, sellors. Selangor Tin Mining Company-35 par share,
nowing!. Perak Sugar Cultivation Compaus Tls. 18 per
Hongkong Rose Manufacturing Company, Li-
mited-855 per share, sellers. Hongkong and Macao Aless Manufacturing Co,
Limited-Par, nominal, Chinese Imperial Loan of 1884. A-2 per cent.
premium Chiness Imparist Tean of 1884 D-63 per cent,
prominn. Chiness Imparial Loan of 1884 0-8 per cent.
prawiam. Chinese Imperial Government 1855 Dollar Lona
-3 per soul. premiat.
F
share.
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE.
From Montre, Paleorie a vo's Exaidens.) Angust fort. Thṣrmometer—A KM There center-
Themomsterpa
Thermometer-2.xx. (378) 6×3b!... Thermometer) 3,32. (Vać balb) Thermometer = r. (Viggbulb).. Thermometer-WIDT
"Thermometer--Miniwara (over night.......
HONGKONG TIDE-TABLE.
83
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A
Junto De keptár, 1988.
HOON WARI.
LOW WATER.
Почека
Tonghace Heidi'.
Height.
Mean Time.
Mun Time
1. In
B+
The height of mesh sea-lövel has been determined at 7.205 fent who rozez of the tide-gauges the Victoria Natal Yar), and the Low Fater Ordinary Bpring-Tides, to which datum the height in thesë Pablon preferred, ar 5.59% Jest abre
cers.
The heights in the Tabismarked with in zaion (Wigg below Water Ordinary Spring Tidee, and should be subtracted from the annetanta givwa ubor
CHINA COAST METEOROLOGICAL
·STATION,
REGISTER.
Tel Augiast, 1946, at 4 1,38.
Wind.
39.80
320
Hauskang... 50,00 11304-
28.01
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29.30 39_15
Bad Aupark, 1988, al 10 4x
STATION.
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27.51
The Esrooster has risen but gradienta comilana matkar sier for S. winds. The temperature la high, the bư
derate, and the wosthas deady.
W. DOBERCK. Hongkong Observatory, 2nd August, 1886.
METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER.
Praries On date | On date
day.
at 10.23. at 4 p.m.
Barnity
11 is rumoured that a hitab has occurred in the vacant. The Vlorey has died and his suscassor The buffalo gnata, the posts of the Lower owoplation of the Cabinet, the shiva of Bir has not yet arrived. "The Chang-kain is out of Mississippi Valley, bave done a work of destrus have had a grievance against their parish priest tinguishod services abroad should always be
Says the Forchow Beks of the 24th inst. Richard Assheton Cross having been overlooked, office, having recently gone into mourning for tion among the stook of Tonusesse. Reports of for some timo past. They applied to the Bishop the cold shoulder on his return. But dufor sparrow was noticed struggling violently to get
one of his parents. The provincial trenarer is cattle, korses, and mulos having been gonded to to remove him, and, if their report of this man. turately jaloney and enspicion are rampant free from something in a shrab at Mamoi, Tait Richard Cross was Secretary of State for also dead. The provincial indge is now the high-death by those insects are 2000ired daily. A duct be trus, hs is certainly unfit for the offop of the Home Department in the last Salisbury est offcial in the province. And the military coloured man named Sheiss was stung and obokod a pastor. The Bishop refused, so they opposled Cabinet and also in Lord Beaconstield's Gov. at Peking, and a cabal mmg possibly be get goda Aurborago On eroination, it proved
examinations under way also adds to the Jawless to death. He was found dead, wvidently a victim to the Hungarian Minister of Worship, who do
·erament-Bo. D. P.A ap against Tezno marely, in order to prevent
element as among the military students there is to the gants, which swarmed about the corpso.clined to interfore. Herenpon, after a pescadentrometar ............... LATER
always a large percentage of reckless characters, Ghats were crawling in and out of his ears and which was ecaman in Germany and Switserland appratar the infusion of any further progressive ideas is the Cabinet Councile. The Chinese offi. the clutches of the spider, which was not of ex- THE COMPLETION OF THE CABINET many of whom have participated in these riots. noso. His month and nostrils were filled within the fifteenth matary, the Communal Council Direction of wind tordinary dimensions, the body boing about The Cabinet is now completed. Bir Richard The latest rumour now is that the acting trea- gants. Swarms of gonty had settled in bis wide of the village convuked a full meeting of all the Force of wind...... ajal who becomes imbued with a desire for the size of pigeon's egg, but the logs short and Crasin se been appointed Bocratary of State for aurer has ordered the local Meals to strictly stretched ovas, and rese feeding on the sight. adait inhabitants in order to settle what action Weather improvements and reforms, and 'who con-thick set. The web wax us Coursa za strong sow- India; Lord Stanbape, Seratery of State for will fall. In few days 12070 the military ex and a halouf gauts bovated around the dead men. Minister will help na," said the President, "we ezrry out the laws If that is done many heads less erbs. His othing was filled with guns, they should tako. As neither Bishop mor ing cotton; it had to be unwound from the bird's scientiously and perseveringly seeks to pro-wings before than little fallow would fly away the Colonies and Lord Stanley, President of aminations will be concluded and the students Breiss had been in the Languille swamp, mad it is must now help ourselves." He made the bold mote them, is certain to multiply the nambar which he did pretty quickly when once he was the Board of Trade.
have left for their homes. Then we shall so supposed that he tried to ran away from the enggestion that the entire parish should go over what turn matters will take.
grants. The fonecta vrem so thick, however, that bodily from the Roman Catholic to the Evan of his enemies and to render continuance in freed. Besides the above interesting objects of
12th July. they drove him wild, and finally, becoming gelical-Entheran Church. His advice was adopt Notwithstanding much that has been done in hausted, he fell prositats, and was then smother. nd wilbout que dissentient. A deputation was the way of precautions to keep the poove by the ed by the swarms of gusts. The death of Basis sent to the Evangelical Lutheran Consistory re- diferout wards the offlpials have failed entirely must have been horrible choked into aternity by questing to be ressired into communion, and in to stopt any effisiant method to suppress rioting, soëthing living myrists of insects. This is the one single day a hendroc, and thirty:tour Catholis Soldiers have been brought into the city, but soord casson record where buffalo guats have heads of families registered themselves sp Pro confidenen has not been restored. The house of destroyed huzman life.
'testants.
natural history, two cobras hars been caughtalire
LOSS OF A STEAMER. the path of progress difficult and painful, there this year. They only lived a few days. We hear that a talegram has been received With all that has been written about the vi. Being tonehed up with a stick to make them lies stating that the German steamer Prins Albrech: vance of China, the real truth is that the vast and raise their heads must have hastened them has boon totally lost in the Mediterranean. She to an untimely end. A fowl hilton by one of majority of the mandarins desire no change, them died six miantes after. It is supposed, they wat on a voyage from Hamburg to Singapore,
Hongkong, ets while the mass of the people are inort and came in the wood imported from Bangkok.
at p..
20.68
+8
9.77
20.71
B5
77
ZA
W.S.W.
8.W. 3.W
1
8
10.
-
0.18
17-BANGERTER radaced to 89 togross Fahrenheit und to the level of the eos in inches, tenths and bundesdibs.
-Taxarxa in the ende ka degrass Fakehit
azz In perpentage of saturation, shobamádíky u airasturatury with molatore being 100.
<-DIRE OF THE WIND to two podata. A-ON OF THE WED 0cording to Bombet Boris. K-STATUOR Zan Wanyaga: 1. bus ; C. detached oloads : 23. finishing win 1 B. Jag ft. phony: 1. ball; la light. ning) D. orevelat F. gassingese were equally: K, grans 6. show: T. thunder z V. visibility; T. Kur (wwƐ)/
kadr in inakee, teatiu and hundredths,
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W. DOBERCK. Hongkong Observatory, 2nd August, 1888,