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Brins with these Departmenta neo frequent, and oftest of an organ baturn.
EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT, (page 2).
Mestival. College Schobrik The Cdonial Secretary reads a minute by Major General Camaren, recozunending as Saliolarship of $150 per abarm, for four years, in commation with the Medien! Collogo recently established in the Colony,
Civil Hospital.
Altor discussion, the question is put to the yote atal carried by, 5 to 3 that the amount should be red at $120 per auma
The Committe therefore recommend that this item bo provided for under this. Establishment. (6.) MEDICAL ENTABLISHMENT, (page 27).
Some of the Mombers of the Committee ro- mark that it has come to their knowledge, that for some timen part, the general working of this Hospital has been very mutlufactory, great neglert hating bren shown, in our case in par ticular, in the treatment of patients.
The Calamitten therefore recommend that a Commission be appointed to saquire into he treatment of patients is and the general work ing of the Government Civil Rosyita).
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MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES (page 35). The Surrogor General calls attention to the necessity for wow furniture for Government House, mist of the present furniture being
With the foregoing additions and ang gestions the Committo recommend the Bill to the able consideration of the Council.
The Committee thơm adjourn sine slin,
POLICE COURT.
25th November.
Beras ML N. G. MITCHELL INNRA
TUE, NAMUAB RENDITION CARE.
the decision to this case..
SUICIDE OF TRE NAMTAU MER. DERRIC IN VICTORIA GAOL
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MAIL SUPPLEMENT TO THR "HONGKONG DAILY THES§§," DECEMBER CEH, 1897.
EPIDEMIC OF FIRES IN
HONGKONG
BRITISH KOWLOON. Kowloop, 3rd December, 1887.
CHINA'S PRODIGAL SUN.
The same paper gives the following aevout pidly, and is less than a quarter of it hour the cockloft, Lai Chi Hing and Young, came there have beon m wide or desert, belts of wrikes, and plunges, be throns himself against
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previous to the 29th November. Special orders own protection she possesses a large complement tion, also built of nel plating, sud the officer ir separated from the next house lower down the of an impalpablo dust laden with death dealing | was a trail much resembling a road ever were given for mon of decanted's class, and in of quick-firing Hotöhris and Gatling guns. A
charge can then may the signalling under his street by a passage, while at the back there in organismus, may be the cause of this sickness and soft watly, but still passable, and constitut The Cosimit ton kansidve the request a reason. the case of deceased special, orders were given | powerful movable electric projector is also immediate observe in and control. Right over garden, so that 'hers was litia room for the dire mortality rently en prominently brought to the what the villagers valled s “good gos“ able one, vel remmend it te tho favourable | efter the 28th November in consequence of his supplied. She has been towed out. We hand stands the forward military mast with its to sprusd. The house was a two storyed on pable serios; bat to transfer the evil to this Nor was the exure sion devoid of amning. Lor consifloration of the Guvarımegak,
being exprots to be handed over to the Chinese into the following dowription of her from armoured fighting top. Upon the bridge winch soupied on the appar floor by a District Wato-side of the harbour is so manifest an injustice that on reaching the edge of the Yi-ch'ung's. Magis (51
Government. The orders were given to Aman the Singapore Free Press-Hornost pro roofs in the maing-tower and signal-station ave man and his family, and ca the lever floor by I hope the icon will not be soriously on taztaizal, trate's jurisdiction, the traveller son fouad That Din. I told him to watch the man very par minent features are a turtle-back which covers two powerful electric search lights and a ne denlies. The thes broke out on the appar flone It must be son red that the locality you zo- any rosd in better than none. This effigial ing ticularly and allow as one to come upar-hi. Ihor forward, and her broad low funnel. All about compass by White after Sir William whit the watchman was out on duty. Two comrnoud as amissible for conversion into grave perhaps too busy in saltling my the accounts with gave this order about eleven o'slock that day, the other deck Fittings, guns, search light, Thomson's design, Agais we leave the duck and good streams of water were obtained from yards is the watershed whence all our drinking the bantmen who had operated the very grimi; The docensed was searched before he was placed &o, for whigh it is diffesit to imagies whers new sur ressarches below. Through the orew's fire plugs lower down the hill, que verkul water is obtained. I would recommend the ice forries which we have deenribad, had found in the ball by Ng Kam Fok the receiving room in to ho found to work them, bara bees quarters we go where the Charan blize-jackets by the Volunteers fire engine and the other by micotion of an uninhabited islet and a steam ue loisaro to dapat ten to raise a slovel full, ofloor. It is not a general custom to search removed for the vayage and are on board one are squatting round in dozens of little good. the pawnbrokers' manuel, but the roof and four launch free to all to be kept up at the Goveru of dirt, or to lay down's stalk of millet. In the mes on remand, but it is in rendition onses of her bigger consorts. The Yarrow's desk is humoured groups busy with their oktop-sticka bad fallen in bafora they sent the water up, and want expense as the best way to dispons of the venusquence, cack cart of the scores which con The deceased male u complaint to the Suparin-rounded of so as to get rid of the water. A find their chow chow. We next descend into the all that was left to do was to urfinguist the Lead wifhent injury to the living. The cost of tinned to pass daily, sat out for itself on a ropage tendent that he had boon boater by na' offibor. light rail protects her crew from dropping over- forward torpedo zoom, and examine the torpado. burulug timber amongst its debris.
the servion would he as nothing when compared at discovery. The pestants, rendered sub- The charge was proved to be faise and ho was doard and a footing on the curved surface is tabes, one of which, is directed in a fized line. Some time after the fire was extinguished, with the incalculable benefit conferred, and the thripic it may be, by chronic misfortunes, punished by being placed on sip and water. scoured by the use of a Bart of cork felt or lino straight ahead and two others on the port and report was made to the Pollon that six persons, colony could well afford it-Yours, &c. would kindly direct the carter into by ways After the order was given to Barch docussed Ileum with which the central portion of the starboard how respectively, the former of which who neonplied the cokloft on the top Goor of the
which they know to be impossible. Then, when ---“ went to the hall and the officerslowed me a piece deck is covered. The torpedo fistings are oraolly. trains over an are of 60 degrees and tre latter house, wore missing. A search was at ones in
his art and naitala were hopelessly embedded string which he had found in a corner of the hall | similar to those in the larger vessule. The over ons of 35 degrees. Our guidó, lifting a Įstituted and two of the bodies were found, and
in a bottomlesá qringmira, they would reap- where the man was placed. (String produced). † Yarrow has two njection inbes side by side under hatch in the floor, requests us to notice the several hours later the remaining four wore dis-
pear, and anggest that if the parler,were dea There was a red mark round the descasod's nook the turtleback at de how and only a little carved turtle-back armoured deck which protects covered, all in a terribly obarred condition.
cagoge help, fris eart ould he got dut; this My opinion is that this string had been handed above the water-line. These are worked in the vessel from panetention ned the water liza JNQUEST OF THE SIX PERSONS DURNY,
he was, of coniae, forced to do, only to repest to him by a prisoner from the tailor's shop. The room occupying the torn part of the brist widah gud thus guards for most vital parts from in An inquest - was held at the Mortuary on the
the prooosa farther on. In the cenrae of a opium might have been handed to Lim outside in forma the quarters of the crew. There is plea y jury. In the forward part of the ship ve notion 2nd instant an ibo six bodies hefers the Caroner, A Sharing correspondent contributes the | fortsight, this species of materal, or nona- conct or inside the gaol; it is not impossible of houd room, bat a stove just outside the door the air compressing machine by Schwartz Mr. H. E. Wodehouse, C.M.G., und a jury com- following to the N. C. Daily Near
taral evolulon, hud daraloped a track which The deceased might have been able to conceal makes the atmosphers decidedly stuffy. The Kopt of Berlin, and not far from this stands the posed of Messrs. A. Duer, G. M. Duauso, and There is a saying current in China, that the was loss bad them the others, and which the opium notwithstanding the contoh. There chief points of attraction aro of coares the boiler-hydraulis engine of Sir William Armstrong, T. F. Alonso
Ingmorial Caual is a Jowel-box, and that thể | accordingly, all carts took. At ono nritical has been no remisanes on the part of the offer room and engine-root where is developed the builder of this vessel. varywhere the He Lam Krai, the first witres called, said Yellow River is a Prodigal Son. It is said to point all tracks conducted to a long lane of water in charge of the deceased so for so I can sea. If the astonishing spood which gives to this type of sectric light is laid on, and the bulkhads bear the with of district watchman No: 26. We have boon from the will of the Emperor Chisof saknown depth, the brink of which was a man wishes to commit suicile in the pool be vessel all its importance." The boiler, steel of tween the samorous compartments are a pro-live in the first floor of a house in Pound Lane. I Ching, that the familiar soubriquet of this fringed with an indefinito stretch of fathomiess could not be prevented unless he is constantly toung, carrios 160 iba pressure, and when re- vided with watertight iren dous. It is gatdog do not know the number of the house. We have stream took its rise, by which it has come to be mad. This was the lowest point the plain, under the ays of the officers. The deceased was quired the furnace can be driven forced somewhat late and we bare now seen most of the a family of six who live with me. Wo occupy kuowu as “Chion'a sorrow." The world is doubt. and which had been_first repaired--but it bad place in the bail becanes theen was an officer draught, to fan which compresses the air in ship, so we bidgood-bye to our friend the Lisaten- the whole of the first floor. The ground floor is less by this time made acquainted with the fast not be touched. Here one had du opportunity generally there to look after him.
the atoke bole running at as many as 7000 rem and thank him for his kindness in showing occupied by some night sett coalies. On the first of the terrible disaster, which has come about to behold what, lat og hope, is not, often seen, By a fur-The deceased had no visitors volutions a minute. The engines are fasivave what was to to be soon about the Cheap Yzen. foor is a cock loft occupied by the six params through the rapture at the close of the 8th Chi-res in China, boats and earty struggling quito unßt for me. Moreovas, certain furniture since the last committal, not sings the 5th of ad epact. They are on the triplo Pastelow wicked-looking, Farrow which accompanies first floor is divided into two bed-rooms and a sit wart of Nal Tenr-fi, or RS it is more frequently squs diffeally. Four or five on weighted
There is just time for a brigt poes at the desod, and another man who escaped. The nose mona, of the banks of the Yellow Hiver tarough the game waterway, andi wila moarly ilat had been purchased some years back had November.
principle and can do 480 revolutions a ifucfie. greatly deteriorated owing to its removal to and Dr. Cootlio said-I held a post mortem ex- The patent thrust bearing supplied by the Admiral Lang's Squadron.
ting room. Dea of the bed-roome vas uncoopied, called Pieni and Chang. Of the aspects of little flat boat so as to make it almost impossibly from Mountain Lodge, at the Fox. The Comlasting together with Dr. Marques, and found kers is of novel construction, the Banges taking
the other was occupied by myself and children. this great calamity from the Housu and King-to move it. Long strings of carts came to the mittor recuguard that a sum of $:0,000 bo not thứ holy to há goll fed and wall developed the thrust being arranged on each side only.
My hushand done not sleep in the homes. Last man side, wo are unable to speak, but the Shina-elgs of this morsas, qud the drivers naturally spurt under this handling for the purchase of There was a mark around bis nook about sir The after part of the torpedo-boat je cccupied furniture which they understand to to absolutely inchos in length extemding from the middks line by the Captain's cabin and berths for himself
night, about 9:30 pm. I was asleep on the bed ng side may have some points of interest. stood shivering on the brink, and "feared to with theme of my children, the other threo ware The Yellow River, as we all know, haz burch away." The ocitical points are at necessary for Gererninent House,
of the neck to the back of the left ear. It might and the ohlef engineer. The crow would ruiker
Felesping on the ground. We went to bed about on in the habit of ewinging back and the farther siege where it is necessary to have basa dens by the cord in Court. The po have steamed out than benn forret out, nɛ the
7pm. During the night I keep a lamp burn-forth, from the south the Shantung pro dirba Ligh, shelving slippery bank, plange favour-ture of the mark was canand by the cord being weight of the tow reps kapt her nose well down,
ing on the table, doar the bed. I awoke wontory to the north sings the Han dynce down the other side into a dnap hole, omorgo Plocal obliquely. fo my opinion desto ro and so instead of rising to the son she rather
FIRES IN QUEEN'S ROAD BASË.
and toand the partition on fire in several places.ty. The northern routes have bran variona and and servynbla up a difficult slope beyond. Cart sulted from coma. Among the confiats of the went through it. She has a quick roll and ia An alarm was raised of about a quarter to awakened my children and cried out "fire" complicated, and so far as we are were as after cart miten the trip, and emerges afoly stomach there was opium in a gooked form, and this way was rather lively for the comfort of seven o'clock sm, on the 29th alt. indicating a sent the elder ones consisting of a son, aged 108 ascortaromblo with precision. A good man Than comes a halt. A cart has Ingan the as- that distinctly appears to be the case of the thear on board of her. She carries a captain, fre in the eastern district. The fire originated in twelve, a daughter-in-lar, aged sight-down of Shantung or of Chili is marked at sundry out of the back, the shift-male is ourly at ita throo engineers and three stokers (these Messrs. the top floor of No. 163, Queen's-road Bast, oc stairs first and I fallowed with the two youngest points along the sea board with dotted lines, e mamit, the forward unde which is bitched by Aman Din said-I am a turnkey in the gaol. Yurrow's men) four British blue jackets (pen-copied as a Chiress family bouse. The shop ches. My oldest sou, aged fifteen, went out fret, losing the phrase "old month of the Yellow bong ropes to the sale, slides down the bank and On the 28th Novomhor, in the afternoon, I re- sioners,) and a cook and steward.
halow was a jinriokaba factory. The ses spread directly gave the alarm. Two men from the River" where there have been many months gives a mighty tug to drag up the cart, when ceived ordure from Mr. Jones to watch partion.
Coursus. That this in the presta, down be goes into a Serbonian bog'. Ha larly the deceased, when he returned from the of a visit to the Chứng Yurn:-
whole boase, was in dames. Some time after dowa into the street just babind ns. Li Yueng case is evinced by the Magistracy. I watched him until I was relieved We were courteously received by an English the outbreak a manual arrived and began to daw that his wife had not come down and wont sands which wind their barron way fringed with willow tree, slips into the deep pit, and falls at 6p.m. by another sfeer. I samo on watch lieutenant, who kindly showed us about the ship. throw jato of water ou the burning was back for her, but parished in the fire. The lamp sand dunes, and filled with a variety of cours prons in the muddy slough. His nose is painted again on themorning of the 20th, at 6 m. The First of all, after a brief inspection of the of- The Volunteer Brigade's engine and Govern-in my room was an earthenware onA. It barned rising gine, with a tough root which is dug up upyard in aepiestión, but his body as a whole in Chip Chongqias Wong Chan was brent docossed was then ali right. I shifted him to bears socommodation, wo divs down into the rent engine No. 5 proceeded with all posible nut oil. When I awoke the lamp was ont. It was for faol. There are many such tracks in Chit under water. His motionles. Ito it drowned! before his Worship, this being the date fixed for another plies to give him his show, and before after-torpeds room, the main object of interest busta to the spot, but by the time they arrived still in the same plade on the table. The table and northern Shantung. One of they runs a Seeing that worst has come to the worst, the I put him in this other place I swept it care- here being the egresa tubo for the Schwartzkopf the hope was completely gutted. The Foton (ca which the famp, stout was not on fire, few miles went of the Canal, in the sub-prefco- driver rapidly disengages himself of his gar this was a case in which the Chinese Govern cerner quietly till about seven sm.
His Worship, in dallcaring his judgment, said fully. I searched him also. Its sat in that torpedois, which is the pattern supplied to theas fars, however, ran out the hose and played upon There was to fire on the staircase whou I wout bure of Té Chou, and it is deputed to have bean ments. He plunges into the refreshing pool, ment, by its effier Mr. Kow Tang Seng, applied for water to wash himself, and I gave it him some S or 4 feet above the water line, and an end. The Government Brigade sin that night. No one was in it last night. I was un
He asked reasels. The contre of this tube appears to be the smouldering rains until all danger was at dowu. No one scorpios the sitting room of a the main course of the Yellow River in the days wrestle with the doad aula, which gives a gul- for the rendition of Ching Cheong his Wong Al 7 am. I gave him his punishment dict, and discharges its torpedo in a fine right astern. the Volunteers were able to cope with tho, tra able to see what had caused the f
of Yang Li, the coad Emperor of the Eni vazic movement, springs to its feet, rolls about Perhaps Uynasty (A.D. 605-817), as is witnessed by an unsteadily jiks a trig in a squall, rocks to the Chan, who was charged, that being a subjes of when he saw that there was to fish with it. hehe Schwarzkopf is not very dissimilar to the did not get up steam. The honges adjoining a way have taken the wick from the lamp and insignificant village naar 78 Chen, called Huan port side, slips, collides with the willow tree, Chiun he did on the August ma within refused to sat it, and sat down again till half. Whichical, but is made of phosphochrons Inthe one in which the fre cecarral, N. tfit and drawn it to the partition. I baro offer seen the Be Tol or bank of the Yellow River the territory and jurisdiction of His Imperial post seven, when C. Roche, another officer, case stead of steel, and the tearing arrangement is 165, wore very slightly damaged,
again falls. is hargersed. points his se rat come to the lamp before. It is an open lamp Majesty the Emperor of China burglariously and relieved ino. I returned at aino o'clops and constracted differently,"
In the year 1857, the Yellow River, which for "prard, and again expires And for aught break into sul enter the promises of the Cheung found an was not there, having gone to hospital.
The fire is supposed to bave originated through like a saucer, with a wick on the top. There a long time hat boya lowing south of the pre.we kuon this particular mule, or some other to Fat pawnshop and did stent and take away there I remained in the hali till half past ten, when I by compressed air, the reservoir being situated we understand, was not insured
The torpedo ta ejected from the egress-taberulouscous in the burning of jous paper. c. vay to fire cutaide at all, it was all in my room. mentory, bust its banks, and came northward in whom he has bequeathed the ase and baboof of from certain property and goods holonging to
Lo Chí Hing suit--I am a night soil coolie a mighty torrent, occupying the bed of what was this rondbolo, may still be floundering in the the proprietors of the said pawnshop, amely came 14, the office at eleven o'clock from the sort of shant near the door of the room by Queen's-road East, was discovered to be on fire, with six other persons.
came down to the Superintendent's office. En above the tube. There is no overhead rail with About five d'olook the same afternoon No. 161, living in the laft of No. 31, Pound Lane, then termed the 'T'a Ching He, which at ones me to the great interraption of-trafle on an
The other porscna were Chan Kin Man, and others, and farther that hospital. Ho interviewed the Saperintendent which the torpedo is stung along to its place in but the fames were extinguished by the manual Lai Ayonny, Choi Akiu, wife of Lai Yeung, Lai desetation must have been similar to what has the spirits of all travellers. To those who are became and remained a great turbid flood, The Imperiul highway," and to the depression of ader, thus a place foresaid to the pri are then returned to the hall. I then noticed the tabe. Lying on the right are a couple of from Me. Dorabjee a bakery, which was quickly Agut, their mon, aged twelve, and three men lately taken place in Hons. By degrees the familiar with what Mex., Williamson genatis soner did kill and warder Ip Ngok Shui, a mark on his neck and asked bite what it was Hotelkisses, and in front a fow Gatlings, all on the spot. The fire had apparently been compared Li Aobenng. Li Tak Hang, and Lo Ateci, surviving inuabitants breams accustomed to the called "Old Highways in China," these 6x-
• others whose nicknames worn Choang All Ping I put Liu ou one side, and où searching the falling so many gans as there are on board, pome Miner hun har i Kanan teard he sail that his jacket collar was too tight. diamcanted and well-grone dy the labour of leap municated from the bouse burnt in the morning. Lai Yuanng was a night soil olie, aged sbont invader, and by mighty, dikos struggled to rexperiences of flood and mud will seer 500 com- At half past are the house ou the other sito, 40-years His wife was about 86 years of age, train it. How ineffectual those efforts have monplase to be worth marration. It is true that the this case, hatch of Ennud in a truer of the hall the piece of a twenty-nine of sorts, in the nacong state of No 165, caught fire, and was completely due their sun sbcut fuelve years of age. Li Artering hast, may be ascertained by a casualglaise at tire they are the essence of sommor plan. No traveller the depositions in this vast, he is Warship produced. It was rolled up. Immediately af high polish, being too much for the number of troyed. One Gorerament engine al stora was aged sboat forty, Li Tak Hang about fiftusu. volumes of the translations of the Peking does not meet flete at times, and all fenvoltors. was of opion that a prinz facie was had been forwards Mr. Jones cemo and I reported the the crew to attend to. On our way to the poop mantals were brought to play on it and pre- and Li Atasi about thirty six yours of age, all Gazettes especially for the past six years. Governest them at all times, when waters break loose, proved spruinst the prisoner to the extent that matter to him. hwas commrned in the attack upon the Chong before. He could baye hanged himself between staal tower which forms the support of the big THE RECENT FIRE IN WELLINGTON to bed between 6 and 6 pm. There was no
I have never men this string deck vs pas up stairway through a circular anted the flames spreading further.
night Boit coolies. We were all sloping in the ore have come, soon, and been conquered. Ma oircumstance which happens in any particular conkleft on the night of the 1st inst Fat pawasiop. in which property to the amount the gates during the night with that cord. At gun mounted abor. In a rack running
We went as of tacle have been so much wasted as if place on an average of perhaps one year in three of over 320000 was stolen. He further found 11.45 I noticed that the deceased was drowsy round the inside of this towar are two or three
nried in a polar ocean. Square miles of earth ar for. It is exotly because they are com. that prisoner did kill and warder Mun Kai Lemand I called Mr. Jonas's notice to it.
in the cochloft beddes the persons named. have been heaped up, and vashed out again onch monplace that they deserve narration. They score of bright-bladed bearding-pikes. and as he misions of the party whe attacked the
On Tuesday evening just as the fire at Wan. The cockleft was divided into three rooms, one summer. There is a broad balt of Shantung,are not exceptional instances, but they are Thomas Stevenson said-I am a turnkey in the Immediately front of this stairway in a magnohai was being got under the sumidoring rains behind the other. The front room was occupied which, like the valley of the Nilo, luas contracted a chronic, uniform and universal Nor is it yards on otsible for the made relied geol. On the 25th Noramber I was on night ains hatch of steel extending down without any at the sons of the late fire in Wellington Street Li Ayeung, his wife and child; the second thronis habit of gutting drowned. For sumu years, the Yellow River alone which works such he was responsible for the murder of those inty in charge of the hall. Decease was con- lateral opening whatever to the aftor magazine.barat into fame and burned brightly for some
was occupied by Li Cheong and the most the groat highway from Peking to Chi Nar-fai There is not a river on the immoasa plains persons also. The connection between the attack fired between the gates. There were four other The big Krapp on the poop is now inspooted tirae until an engine was sent down which play operont on to a passage. The cackloft is reached of water from ten to twenty miles wide. This the same. The so-called Grand Canal, the Fu upon the guard-house and the burglary at the prisoners there also. On the night of the 28th and is swathings of painted canvas partially reed on the fire for several hours.
by myself and Li Atbi All the rooms has been interrupted each eramor by a waste torth of the Tangisze which is not liable to de pawnshop was so close that be was ecopelled to about 8.30p.m. the deseased walo a good deal moved for that purpose. It is a 21-centimét re boheve that the prisoner was also esterned is of noise and tried to vomit bat could not do sa, broosh loader and is of 35 calibres, that is to say SMALL FIRE IN STAUNTON STREFT with below is by this fight of steps. There When the floods use with sudden violence, tiug-fu river and the Ti-ho with many losser hy a flight of steps. The caly communication occupied a district fortile and full of villagen, Yang-ho, the Hu-to-lun, the Fun-ho, the Pao- the burglary. The finding of a gdantity of the and then he lay down again. atoleu property in prisoner's possession confirmed
its length of bore is equal to thirty-five times its On the evening of the 29th it. are brake enough for snyone to get through. There was ges were utterly washed away, and oregs baried astrally working rain and devastation all the were windows in the sockloft, but not large through a huge gap in the double tanks, vil-streams and tributaries are thus threatening or P. Konnedy said-I am a turnkey in the goal. diameter making it lose apen 24 fest, which out in the servants' quarters at No. 4, Stamton that biliof. He should send the depositions to On the night of the 8th November forme on looks enormously long in proportion to a die street, a kerosine lamp in the amal's room having through gether with his report to His Erellebey the duty at midnight and remained till 6 m. on meter of a little over eight inches. By means of beer apset, which set fire to the bedding. The firs bars ou the outside. On the 1st Inst.. chout contrived to plant a little wheat in the soft re.eight hours around the globe, attract in China
no opening on to the roof. The only one out of sight. Late in the antamn, the waters
time. Disastera which occarring in Hungary, Governor, and pending his orders the prisoner the 9th. I was in charge of the hall.
which Q man, could pass natally enbsided, and then some of the survivors Italy, or France would be heard of within forty- would be removed to and be detained in the gaol.soners there were all asleep. At 6.30 am, the piece this large block of metal is worked with ease and the sighbears without any general alarm
The pria two-handed kay applied to a pin in the breach was extinguished by the occupants of the hones 9.15 am I was awakened by arios of "Fire" sidam of mud, and were asteemed fortunate if but little attention. They are too little kwa lecessel get up and tried to vomit, bat be sold in and out of the slot in the breech in which it is being given.
in this room balow. I called out also and 70 it was rouped in time to escape the flood of the They are too commen. They are supposed to be not do so and went to sleep again.
placed. The branch-piecs ia locked home by the SERIOUS FIRE IN WING ON LANE.ing down. Tɔe staircase was not then on fire. f year, the waters cam again. Half way between Chinone is remarksti:
down into the street. I had no diffenity in pet-cext suramer. In the fifth asion of the current remedies Yet the recuperating power of the In ebarging the jury, the Coroner requested application of the key to a scoond piti.
Drowning, freezing them to consider carefully their verdict. He spacious shield of 2-inch steel with bo said that this was the second mass of suicide velled top and sides protects the gunners from kong. For nearly
Fires threaten to become epidemic in Hong on fire. No vce from the cackloft came down take boats, which wore provided by the Magia depression. Heipless as they obviously are, I was the partition on the first thor which was a-chon and Chi Nan-ta, it was noorssary to and starration seems to net as but a temporary Ching Choong, alice Wong Chau, who was committed in the gaol while prisoners were the enemy's fire. Tovers the got nearly half bas rung its daily alarm, and in some case
weak past the fire bell behind tu as I get into the street trale of the District of TR Ch'ong, to torry pasand hopefuss as one would expect them to oder Retention in Victoria Geol, on a charge of pending the orders of the Governor to be handed its length and is placed in front of the central oftener. On the 30th ult the usual and re
the staircase fom the stront door caught sngers over about fifteen miles of water. A b, they riso from their temporary extin- having cocomitted burglary and murder at Nem over to the Chinese Aathecities The jury had rivet Vavasseur patent mounting spon which now only too familiar atara erishad baried.
at Boon alive any of the fised tariff was charged for this service, and org guishment and "do the sext thing.”” It is e ta, in the empire of Chine, committed sine on heard at the evidence in this case and they the weapon is carried. The training gear isly about half-past five o'clock
other persons Tuesday, the 29th ult. Bia rendition had been would be able to say whether in their opinion netuated by a bandwhard on the right snd the diating a fire in the Central District, and can identity Lo aisoi, my brother. I saw his an allowancs for food only. The result was
she were in the sookloft. I which was entirely inadequate to repay the toilght truly amazing to sse aquare miles of have seen the bodies in the Mortuary. involved. The Magistrato made the boatiner end which would not bear the weight of sithar * - applied for and he had bea caxmitted by the thoro was any lack of vigilance on the part of the elevating and deprosaing action arranged it a shortly afterwards a dense column of smoke body dug ont this morning. He was sleep that of the total number of boats appointed, barely subsided, which had got been tracked. xn or boust, and from which the waters had Magistrate pandling orders of His Excellency foot official in the provention of encies, ur sirailar way upon the left. Ia obedience to these and a raddy glow in the vicinity of the fantkoring in a white jacket, and I saw pinces sticking some could not be found when wanted, others ever by both mon and beast the former guiding the Govorare. An ingest was hell on the 30th whether there were not reasonable precautions the gao ni with the greatest facility and wharf correctly showed the locality of the con nlt by the Coroner, Mr. H. F. Warehouse, and taken.
anoothness. The graduated rantal are on deck fingrution. The tire, which originated in a Chi-br. I saw the other bodies taken out. Thers that it was actually more economical to hire drill, which ent a slit in the mind, and deposited to his body the. That is all I recognise him moved az slowly and so delayed the passengers and the latter drawing a simple sharp painted a jury composed of Merers. F. W. Koch, J. The jury returned a verdict of suicide. In is market at points indicating where the fire nest lodging-house in Wing Ou-lane, rutziag Lang, and M. Songa,
arriving at that dosision they did not consider from the gou can be concentrated along with between the Queen's-room and Praya, udarere no others missing. I do not know how the other boats at utaide prioos. To make the therain grains of wheat. The abnudant moisture said-Deccord was first admitted to the gaol officere, but that reasonable precantivas lad been ject 400 yards distant, Iron plating is laid and in a short time several houses work in a
advantages of this semi-oficial transit luminous, and the warm autumn sus caused the wheat to John Jouce, chief wardor of Violaris Gasl that any blame could be attached to the Gaol About the 1 Soptember last se rogue anu taku by them.
upon the deck to protect it from the burning blare. The lane and vicinity was a exere off to me lig wifs and child, and was unable to re in such cases each man that touched a car, promise of an abundant harroct. What will bu come down into the street. He went up again samad in making the fifteen miles, and (as always absolute desolation prevailed, there is to-day the vagabond, I the warrant of his detentice
powder dropping from the muzzle. A very redire ocofusion, the tenants making desperate turn. I did not make any attempt to pat the had to be reckoned with by himself; and au un a charge of burglary and murder in the
arkable application of electricity is supplied efforts to ase their effects, and being with tre ort.
done with the new dispersed Indies of fatal empire of Chins is lated the il. October.
to the sighia of the Krupp gous for tight- dificulty in some cases indgoed to gait the burn- nothing burning who I awoke except the parti cert either on a beat or off. If the boat were not know. The untold sad animaginable horrors ARHIVAL IN HONGKONG OF THE firing. Instead of the usual motal points ing buildings, Whon, however, it become aption which is made of wood.
I lost all my poperty. There was army of bande were always required to drag & He gares many as Wong Achau, alas
| watera, which were ones tha Yellow River vo do
Ching Actooug. He was a man of abont
NEW CHINESE MEN-OF WAR, two tiny incanarot lamps are used whose parent that the fire bad really got bold and that
all, as was often the case, it was necaasury to of its latest outbreak any gaver le revealed, thirty-three year of age. Yesterday morning ho
light can be reduced to the faintest spark the occupants of adjacent houses were in danger the ranting of the human bodies were received which are prejudiced against long wading warn district city from the walls of which but two came to the offics about eleren lock to see the The four Chinese men-of-war recently built When theas two sparks are in line with the regular stampede took place. The Barrow lane, at the Mortuary. They are numbered 1 and 2. placed on the best, after reported poundings, man exapod alive-quare miles of villegas Dr. Marguse sail---Last night at 11.30. p.w.lift the carl entirely from the wheels. Dankaya, We hear of whole prefectures submerged of a Superintendent. I noticed that he had a mark in Europe tw in England and two in Gar. objet aimed at the gun is 'aid true; the search made narrower by articles of furniture being 30. 1 is the body of a male sint. It is berat pashings, pulling at the bit, and general maa obliterated in an instant as leaves are turned round hie ek as if there had been a string many arrived in Hongkong on the morning light of course can be used to illaminate the ob placed on nither side, greatly impeded their
and it. The skin was not broken, but it was on the 29th November. via the Palawan jeet at which it is sought to direct the fire of the afforts to secaps and in the general shots the 80 as to be almost unrecognisable. No. 2 is that pulation. In the confined space of one of these unier by the antsime plong. Ching has many
His face was very dashed and his lips were passages from Singapore, and exchanged the gun. The quick firing biotchkiss gana are well only axit, the month of the lane in Queen's read, is also mach beraed. The other four bodies at (or stood) all day and longert if he wore balloons, not to speak of laus syndicates Lisentoured. He was sent back to the bail, where usual eslatos Fine weather was experienced worth coking at. The shoulder pirou is pes the other and of the bras being saveloped in
of a female adult far advanced in pregnany. Itery and baky pants, the happy passenge needs-railways, telephones, min, banks, and ha has been kept stil where he was vuder special for the first part of the voyage, but after lear-vided with a cushion of strong tubular indis- flames, women and children were trampled ander were brought at 8. u.m. to-day. They are marked an Ooordental for rapid transit. The route but to our opinion what she is most and observation. About a quarter to twofte 1 ing Luzon strong N. men-oon and houry ses rubber to ease the real the firing is dous by fout. No one appears to have been cariously in. 3. 4. 5. aud 6. No. 3 sppears to be the remains of lay through "Imperial roads now become canada first, and without which all these at much slee Went to the lull. Ho was then being arched he wadron is under command of Admiral trigger attached to a metal pistol-hadle and the jared but several women and children were x-
will be as useless as the trilobites is Gonern- s your persim, about fifteen years of age, I with, here and there a half drowned, village by tlo offer in charge of the hall, Men of Lug sad consists of the Ching Tuen, Captain breech-piece and extractor are similar to many tricated from the struggling mars, by the Pelice, venius of an bulk The sex is nodistinguish-where an ergots supply of bread-only sould that chas na frequently searched. His face Yih, the Adminle flagship; the Chile "Yuen, rifle patterns. There is a back-sight flap grain a state of insensibility. Owing to the parable. No. 5 is the remains of a male adult. No. 6 be procured. No animals (arnept donkeys) could
a mumble to distinguish the sex. No. 4 is the emerging from the flood oak and drippingt. pregated & stapid appeance. I waited while Captain Tung, the King Tuen, Captain Lui; dested to 2,000 yards and the sights are altar-nasa of the street in the locality of the fire and is the romaine of a child. All the bodies show be taken ou the small passenger boats, and all he was being searched. Ta then sat down and the Lat Tuen, Captain Kow, sud the Yarrow, nately a point and metak: the foresight is of the the dificulty in getting at the burning houses, that they have been exposed to the action of an atos and horess had to be led by a wao special caught hold of the rail as if going to sleep. I torpedo boat, commanded by Captain Lewis. There ordinary coas pattern, then saw then was something wrong with him. were also on board the Ching Yuan Capt. Cukier,
The next thing we look at are the 6in, Arm- extensive âre, and it res-only owing to strenuous intense fire for some considerable time.
there appeared to be every likelihood of a very
ly engaged for the purpose.
The correspondent of the Courier writes on 1 had him removet to the European yard into Dr. Dorn, Mr. Kingsworth. C., Liant strongs mounted on sponsons for broadside Gro. efforts of both Brigades that the destruction on the 1st lust. I was on date in Pound Lane at still remaingt six miles of solid land, before the Soul 16th November, as follows:-The Korean
Daniel tal. A.P.S. 91. said-Abent 11 p.m. the open air and gave him in charge of R
Kearns RN, Lieut. Leon, and Messrs. Ap Their nouatings are similar to those of the of properly was not greater than it even the sorno of the fire. The fire was well down by Yellow River was reached. Despite the enormous Ministers Pak Chang Yong, for Washington, When at length this water was cromed, there the sabject of the Koran embassies, ander date European prisoner with orders to keep him con- Aleky, Darby, and Warren, engineers.
Kruppe forward and aft. There are ulan in this now stantly walking. At the same time out for The Ching Fues and Chih Yuu are sister ships part of the ship four pouder Hotchkiss quick the satisfaction of finding themselves first, and the house. I wont in by the side door, and on one above, forming the wide beit which we have Seoul a for days age, unaompanied by any
The Volunteer Brigade had again this time. I was told that there were persons in volumes of water escaping through the gaps and Cho Chun Whe, for Facope, started from - the hospital warder, wat tak him if he saw any built by Sir W. G. Armstrong, Mitohol and firing guns. Away forward is the most formid- case to send for the doctor at once, which te Co. Limited, Newenstlo-or-Tyre, and are fast able portion of the ship's armament where two little time in getting to work. One hose was it down and found it to be the remains of two the middle, the Yellow River itself was full to holy he joined at Yokotama by Dr. Allen. who. under the direction of Foreman Ross lost very of the joints trationd a obecret mass. I got described, all of which bad a strong on foreign attaché. Tho forteer will however, pru. did. Dr. Marques came about half pet pa oruisers. Their principal dimensions are 268 feet grof Krupp guns exactly similar to that situated laid up the lane and played on to the fire from ham budies. They are the bodies No. 1 and the top of its axtural banks, and on either edge believeating at that part. The pier and remained with him till he died. The date long, 38 feet bread, and 21 feet deers and they aft are mounted beak by jowl upon one platform that, whils another was carried right up through. This boss was the only one bucal. The ran a swift and powerful current like a mill mission will, if ind forsign attache of the last ranand warrant was the 28th Novem-have a displacement of 2300 tona. They are which is trained by hydraulic power. These, like hanse on the Prays, from the roof of which a next house was almost uninjured. There is no race. In the midst where all is generally after its arrival in Europe; but, as the Ministr ter, and I believe his case was concluded that 30 tour protection, but have an under-water their sister weapon on the poop deck, are covered magnificent stream was poured down on to the water enpply in the neighbourhood with the ex-a staeth oven flow, appeared a tumultuous is porodited to several European powers, it is day so far as the Magistrato was commrod. He steel bok, which covers all their vital parts for nearly half their length by a stack shield suf- burning ass. The volunteers and start caption of a hydrant at the top of the Isno for hoiling, bigsing rapid extremely dangerous will be acted. It is thought by some, how- was committed to gan pending the orders of They have also a number of water-tight baltoiently large to profes: the crows of both guns up steam and commenced before the Goverment boots, His Excellency the Governor.
uncertain from what astippslify this footiory kends, arranged bath longitudinally and trans Dr. Marquessait I am enrgson in charge ofversely, and a doable bottom. The steel dook is Infants are cradled is trained right and left being used. Superintendent Wodehouse and of a report which reached me this morking I went arches of what had once been a fine bridge over waily through the ufuris of Russia and
The tossaire platform on which the twin engines arrived, the whole of the five angiom
to navigation. This was the point where the Gaol hospital. I saw the deceased in the turtle backed, nol any shot striking will glide with the most perfect same by was man controll. Assistant Superintendent Horspoel dirented the with a number of coolies to the remains of the the Ta-ching river, but which was atterly de- the United States, the person fired upon for Hugh McKay, P.6. 67. said-In conséqueson the water cane jato sollision with the broken Fer, that; as the mission has been brought about hospitalattaelook yesterday morning; hocamo upwards. The sides of this deak are below the wa- ing the hydraulic machinery. Just to the rear for a certificate that he was fit to be put on rice tarline, whilst the centre only rises just. about tro hydraulic shot nad powder hoists leading the Superintendence of Messrs. Brewer exut badise, among the ruins. They were all iring essively easy ferry boats do the work of Rassium, and that it is not at all improbabis
efforts of the man, while the engines were under base No. 31, Pound Lane, Wo found four stroved thirty years so. Four large and er and water as a prison paniekent. is sentenent Under this deck all the vitals of the ship from the forward magazine below. A couple of Wagner. Owing to their close proximity to the gloss forether. I had them at once removed to transit, and as is visual in such streams, are that this matter bas: bao quiosly arranged thie (to Russia) important post, will to a was three days ries and water. All sentencespre arrauged, engines, boilers, magazines, steer wire ropa derricks mounted on the rear edge of Praya theras no lack of water, but for sotee of this kind have to be referred to me Birst for ing apparatas, c. A slight additional the platform facilitate the conveyance of the pontime the fire defied all attempts to extinguish it is no reason to suppose that there mud and sand a considerable distance up the Brut. I hear that the Ministers are not to confirmation. When I felt his pale I found it protection the bunkers are arranged to protect doruus sumanition to the breech of the Krupps. It spread rapidly on both sidor of Wing On
The Mortuary. They are the bodies 3, 4, 5 and dragged by main foros, of men doandering in here before the departure of Che from waabenting strongly. I thought, he had fperind the vitals. Between 400 and 500 tone can he Immediately behind these huge weapoussards Fan, the end nearest the Praya presenting wore any other portega burut. I had his taperitare tasen. It was 91arried in them. Of heavier guns the two vessels what will be admitted to be the most wonderial the appearance of a tannel of flame, and was on duty on the Chinese Recreation Grenadite the trunk of a tree is worked by a gang of ont croientials and retro to Keres, leaving giver, when at a sudden bond to the west, s halt make a permanent stay abroad, but, agreeable to caked him how he felt, and be it felt welsch carry thres 21-centimètre Krupp guns, part of the whole ship. This is the conuingle through to the houses ou the nearest
Daniel Heli. 4.F.8. 91, re-valled, said-I is made, a lore sail raised, the clumsy rudder commands from the court of Paking, will pre- and that his bowels were open. I ordered him ring brobygd zone asteru in a tins with lower, ballt of messive steel plates, and it is not side of Gilman Street. Bore it made several
about -2.30°) 9. on the 1st irst. I heard mer, and the spotting passage is rapidly accom- Korean Charge d'Affaires, subject to the non- Thirure on secount of his feverish stato, au thé nel, mounted on revolving. Vavasseur car too much to say that one offer stationed here is attempts to take in the far side also, the alarm of fire and looking up sur in plished. If it is a success, the ferry boat is trol of the Chiese Arabassadors at London and set hire for rats and water. I usted rings with steel shields, and worked by by suable, by means of the elaborate concentration but they were happily frustrated. About a what direction it was. I went as quickly as I deftly turned into a cover, and anchored nearly Berlin. Fuiling in her offorts to stop the Night discolouration on the left of the busk.drantica. Two 6-inch Armstrong B. L. gina of communicatione, to direct and to fight the quarter to seven o'clock the feration obtained the sould and fraud that the front of the house on opposite to the point of departure. But if the departure of the embassies altogether, this is I asked him how a gut it, and he said it was make up the heavier aloss, these being placed on whole ship. It seems to be almost a regular apper hand; and though every now and then a narod by his jacket. It might be caused by a Furasseur centre-pivot mountings in pimples," telephone exchange. Facing the entrance to the sudden outburst of fame showed that the fire or on Bre. There was no sign of soyons be it most with great labo be tagged up stream Oliness representative keeps his eye well open, the top door was burving Bercely. About three current is struck strong angle, the craft is perhaps the best arrangement that China could tight collar. At about uno pr. I was called by the apousons are known, which give a fire
or four steps of the staircase, from the top, swept helplasty down reas for a mile or more,ake ander the cirenmstances; but, unless the tower there is a small wheel for storing the was at thoroughly extinguished, it was maning inside. I enquired of the people standing again to the case of landing Mr. Flores to come and sawise doossed. I shoad, on the beam, and astefu. Thoir crews, sa abip by hydraulic steering gear. Eleotrio bat- was at the Civil Fapital at the time. Ierrised in the large gens are protected by altelds, which tenes are attained to the wall for the simultan over. About Falf an hour afterwards the and was told that all had escaped. I heard no lay over the old track, but followed the onter of alust to isolate the Kerence from the Chinese ostf that all danger of it spreading further was round whether there was anyoza iu the house, debarcation," to Chi Nan-fa, the road no longer Korean protégé, Rassis will doubilese do bar From this print of and maintains a strict surveillance over his about 140, and found symptoms of opium pol revolve with the guns. The lighter artaments gas discharge of the guns trained upon one ob Volunteers' engine and threa of the fovernment cries. The smacke was blowing right into the the huge diken which the Governor of Shan. Logation, so na to keep open soning. He was drowsy, the pupils much con- cousint of eight six-pounder quick-ring Hotch-jabt, as well as for the despatch of the torpedoes aurines stopped work, the other two engines, and from the uppebrates 1 mm of opinion tang die erected to hold in steak the food, for dependent channel for Russian negociations with tracted, and his lips momewhat fivid. He was kiss, und als Gatlings. This armament is sup-from their ejection-tubes. There are electric contiauing for some considerable time later. In walking in the yard and was brought to me iu ported by lear torpedo guns, one firing shed, belle connecting the sonning tower with the tor all thirtson houssa wire completely destroyed, that any one in the hocso naust have been suffe the proper cart route was under water from the the King of Karea. the hospital. I asked him in what way he got one on either beau, planed somewhat forward of pedo rooms, both forward and after, captain's while several of the houses on the Prayo, at gated by the time I arrived. The height of the overflow of a tributary of the Yellow River.com- into that state. He said he was sleepy, that was midships, and one astern. Each reasol has two looping cabin. &c. all. I said Le had taken opium, hat he denied masta with fighting tops. There are two sets of
right angles to the lase, have been somewhat, as near as Locald judge, is about twentying from the mountains to the south. Such, for it. I gave him mastard, and hot water. He triple expansion engines, which were onnateef telegraph and gong to and from the engine outbreak remains a mystery.
There is on tas right the ordinary Chadburn's damaged by water. As usual the cause of the fret high, the depth fifteen feet, and the width flou or six years past, has been the general said he did not want it, and we had to use furve od by Mesars. Humphreys and Tennant. The room, and there is besides an extensive system
condition of the vicinity of the Yellow Elver Inspector Baker, in charge of the case, said he the profecture of Chi Nan-fu. The moment the to compel him to take it. He romilod very little. bailers can be used on withor or both st of engines, of speaking-babe indexed by brass plates boar
had seon the bodies and the second witness idon-great track cocarsed in Homan, sa fatal to that that of the small bor Li Apat. There wors ns The orrow river fifteen miles wide which had W. H. Talbot, the Secretary of the Nip Says the Japan (@asette of the 21st November: fified No. 5 as that of his brother, and No. & province and to An Hui, all this was charged. suspicious circumstances in the case with regard so desolating an effent, Rowad away almost as pou Yusen Kaisha, left here this morning in to the firs. The woman's explanation was quite quickly as it came. The real Yellow River too, the Bei Fable for Mexico, and probably Lender. possible as to the outbreak.
no longer came, and its channel became quite It is understood that Mr. Talbot's journey is Le walked thers. His bowels were opened ed by the Valcon Campany at Stettin. They in charge in conraction with the Ein gan station,
This concluded the evidence, and the jury repless for navigation. Great junks were help connected with a proposal to establish a regula: FATAL FIRE IN POUND LANE. turned a rozdict of aveidental death. a recond time. I ordered pints of coffee to be are armenrol cruisers or fer coast defence. They the forward training-engine, the after Hotchkiss
lessly stranded. There was but a few inches line of steamers between Yokohams and Mexico; Still another fire. The bells gave the alarm. given and also rushed out the stomach with the have a draft of 5 autres, and are protected with and 8, A. magazines, the hydraulic steering gear, about half-past nine en the night of the 1st inst
of water in the shallower benda, and in the deeper the sweaters will call at Honolula. stomach pawp All the time he was getting an iron belt of 8 inches, the turret for the guns, the forward sin magasine, and the forward Sia.
rewoken botwoon, the water had settled into clear- We now learn. (says the Japan Mail) that fro having broken oat at No. 31, Pound-line nere drowsy, bat he protestod that he had taken which is a revolving one, having D inch steel shell room. There are similar connections with the below Caino-road a little past Baxter Hore.
mess, and there was no current whatever. Thus after all the schooner Arctic was captured by no opium. Thad an electric shook applied to plating. The principal armament consists of forward Hotchkiss magazine, the forward torpedo Mr. Horspool, Assistant Superintendent of the
came to ́s suddeo and alzapet exactly thirty years | Russians during her trip worth. As far as re bice and continued-to-we-other appropriate two twenty-one om. Krapp gone, two guns of room, the torpedo head magazine and the sfter Government Brigade, was the first officer on the
of malignant vielense, the fary of the waters can understand she was found one ne morning remodio. He was not able to walk when I saw Then, cevaral amall revolving guns, and four torpedo room. To the port and starboard en spot. At first only a small supply of water was
being transfected sisewhere. Within a few days restively close to say about thæos milesfrom. him. He died at 9.40 on this sime right. Itules for the discharge of torpedoes. Tho- gives there are also separate tubes. This con- available, drawn by a small hand pump frou e
of the departure of the watera, the old roads on-Robin-Island. Konsthing like trap seeme hare since made a post mortem vamination tesele, which have no rigging, but only a single bing-tower may be looked upon as the brain of hydrant in the neighbourhood, but under
the plain south of the river were re-opened and to have been laid by the Russians on the island. gether with Ir. Citie. We found in the pola must, with fighting tops, are propellert by the ship with a sensitive nervous systess roach. Horepool's direction
in a fortnight what had lately been an impossible who waited their opportunity which was stomach some rice and some blackish matter like two rota of triple expansion compound engines, ing to the remctest part of the veal, And to are the heas adjoining, the window,
swamp, was actually dusty. On the northern when she had been left by two boata donblo TO TÅE EDITOR OF THE “DAILY PRESƐ.” opium dress. My oylain is that ha died from which drive twin-rrows with about nighty reto. that the whole en bepat into full play by one ahutters of which had caught. Mr. Wole-
plain, the process was slower. The lack of united banked and then, seddenly making a rush for nn overdose of ɑpium.
lutions a miau.
- 811,-- I observe a suggestion in your editorial sotton se couepistons in Chiuso alimíra, was i their own boats, were sbie to watch the dretic John Jones, recalled, said-The deceased was
mind with the instant intelligence and obedience bouse, the Superintendant, came suan after-column of Wednesday last to create a vast ne here mure conspicuous than ever. The Magicainst as soon as her own boats. The schooner a The torpedo boat, which was constructed by that electrio communication ensures proves that wards, but seeing that the fire was not likely to cropolis open the Kowloon side. It is perhaps trate of Chi-ho, the diatrist sort to the pro. Rais were then lowered and she was towed to the kept in the hall at the entrance to the first land. More, Yarrow, attained the extmordinary the warship of to-day has been elaborated into spread he left Mr. Harapool in charge. The natural, as following the first rule of nature, the vincial capital, had had the roads through his island. She la said to have boen two days under in During the day he was not in a cell; at speed of 283 miles an hour on her trials on the cus of the most marvellous mechanicnt combi Voluntase Brigade under Mr. Foreman Roas instinet of self preservation, that you Hongkong section of the bed of the late Sfteen mile river arrost, and it is somewhat difflout to understand night he ass het Wor gates. There was an mesarred mile in the Thames. She officer put over bi ught and day, one during torpedo gros for the discater the carries the nations that even this mechanical age has wit. alan farned out, but there was little for people should prefer to poison others in pre-repaired. that in the woftast mad had boon how her captors allowed her to go at all baring
Sohvatsko nosed. the day and one during the night, not always the torpedoes, two being fixed forward and one
them to do. The house in which the Breference to being poisoned yourselves; for there carped on one side, stalks of the tough Has once meized her. She returus perfectly clean, Close to the rear of this conning tower and parred was the lower one of pino offer. Nothing was noticed about him revolving uns abaft the funnel casing. For har just in front of the chart-room is the signal sta three at the upper end of the lane, and was yards, which in fine dry weather take the forministered in small doses. The product schooners north.
a block of is little doubt that the worm mats from gravu | liang, had been unal for filling, and earth ad- and matters do not look promising for the bihar
red.
pm iu-
that from the beam and forward guns upon an to the latter axit, spread with great rapidity ire occurred. It broke out in the room beliw.
HoLan Kwai, ro-called, suid-sawLiAyenng it used only be added that a whole day was con- spring up rapidly, and where only yesterday
FIRE IN A. GODOWN.
I then gave him another emetic-alphate of the neonsaary changes to effect which can be ex-ing English and Chinese names. Among the zine. His stomach was paralysed and be tomited peditiously made. Each ressal has two powerful parts of the ship in communication with the alt, about the sama time an enthrosk occurred Besides the fire in Wing On Lane on the 10th vary little. Tavs lite in sized the soap and electric projectors of 25,000 canals power, whilst sonning tower by one group of these tubes are in Megars Butterfield and Swiro's coal godown he was meds to walk very quickly, and tric lighte
acted During the interval the whole interior a lighted by incandescent elce the fare military top, the electris engine-room, M. Luckily it was act of a very serions nature afterwards he was taken to the open yard to
the after sbell-room, the explain's saloon, the fand was speedily extinguished. The two German built vessels were construct-atter 8in. gan. Another group puts the offlour
cantur
proved sufficient
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