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arcanged so that either State or taxpayer pounds Images." LONDON, 27th Jan-zeg.
TERRIBLE COËLLERY AQUIDENT IN WALEL.
Lorbor, 6th February, A terrible explosion has occurred at Abr sreben in Madmanthakire, 300 miners are on- tomhed. Later accounts state that 200 are living.
LATER.. and that 40 corpses have been resorored.
80 bodies have been recovered from the oral mine where the explosion occurred in Woo monthshire, and it is fears that 100 more miners are dead.
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Mr. Grafton, er«M.P., and head of ons of the
in al fems of cotton merchants in Mariebea- Ler is dead.
Lettern received in Berlia from Major Wiss manu confrm Dr. Fotors' reported andity,
LONDON, 28th January. Colonel Ellis has been appointed Assistant
Dirotor of Artillery at Head Quartes: Colonel Wulfort in appointed member of the Ordnance Cummitton, and Colonel Blade is appointed Aido de Camp to the Queen and Brevet Colonel in the Army.
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„LONDON, 29th January. A conference of the leaders of the Liberal Party is to be held at Mr. Gladatous's residence on February 8th..
Bownay, 28th Jandary. A private telegram from homm amantinden m heavy fall in the De Beer's South Africa Min- ing shares.
Lorvos, 30th January,
SHIPBUILDING IN 1859.
bable if once the Rossils reached Horst and Jappeared in mourning with appreciativa obituary - were English or German firms. Just before The Mitan Bishi Colliery Oflen, synth's Na happy. Pating: 8530 is bitter than the lows of
Balkh, Sir Charles argos the frontior being notions. The Staten olosul its office to-day. gasaki Express, is evidently, bant on maintaing 810,000.- Ốn that letter Indriand prosecution be (8ir Jonx) left out of twenty taxpayer is reputation for rapid Fading, as evidenced by against either Mahomet Amb or Roberts, as I There no doubt about the boom. En ship: placed under the sole control of Sir Rabart
The funeral was very largely attondod. Nearly porentoen wero Chinese and only three Eur. this frot that their steamer Akoshi arrived at considered the latter an attempt to extort moray building, for the total output of new ships, dar Bandeman or the Viceroy of India, and that our opeans." He did not add that this was Nagaki at noon on the 6th instant and at 7 by threats. I lake lay words without his, helping the year exceeds that of any year on red. any ia Jodia should be increased with a view all the dite and stat of the local jonrass brought about bea and mani amongst was simming down the harbour again with you are entirely ruinadas's threat. Icanrifar The gross tonnage at 1889 is 1.270.00, which is to oantisgeuoiss. He also urges the abolition wore present. The Judges of the High Court Refer and Small Cation Court, profesional men, Euro- 1.520 take of coal on board; the notes time co- it to mean that without Rebests halp Mr. Games not only 366,000 tons above last year, but era of the Bombay and Mdros edmunds.
20,000 fons above the total of 18-8, which was ring to the National Indian Congress, he says pean and native offiotals of the Civil and Niu- the Chinese for which he was, by his empied in loading which was five hours, or at could not make out his claim...
Their steamor John Roberts said-I have been carrying on considered phenomenal. It is alfouit to say how that the time has come for extending the eler-fary services, the whole of the staff of the States public utterances, in some degree respon. the rate of 504 tons per hour, sible, and that great numbers of the Chirague, which arrived the previous day also buslocis in this house for three years. It was of the dst in all dasds compares with the carb of tire local government system through the greater, and a largo eirole of family friends, paid
thoir last tribute of roupest. very quick despatch, being loaded with i true that I was in Inddor. Strest at the time of) say, 1988, lint from a careful consideration of] part of Judia neue bitten by the manis were brought 2,500 tons of coal and 852 tons of general cargo the Are. I was in Pottinger Street, where I am wages, material, ato. I am inclined to put the TH PROGRAMME OF THE SALISBUET,
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. 18 hours,"
keeping a girl. I know Mahomet Arab. He cost price of 1889 shipping of 30 por cent, at
CABINET. to utter rain by it. It might also have
LONDON, 26th Januszy. wrote a letter to Gomer about giving me some least, above the average dosb of 188. This is
LONDON, 8th February.
Phenomenal galss contiousin Reyhan Floods been added that the bulk of the land The New Shanghai Electric Co., Ld, are sow, compensation for the as I was out of employ, rather a serious matter for owners, with traighta England, the organ of the Primesso Leagra, held by the Chinees was mortgaged up to gathe NC. Daily News.engaged in establishing I told Mahomet Arab to write the letter. I declining, and an addition to the toupage of the pablishes a forecast of the programme of thewaledale havo destroyed bridges and are d a inondement light service for indoor lighting, dived my salary regularly during the me world in one year of about half a million tons Government, according to which twenty million a Pay large number of aboaɔ na ontla duge, the last cent, obtainable, and that the capital The installation is on the Morday- Viatoriz altar was in hie employ. I asked for 8300. Gomes more that the angnal wastage. It will tako sterling will be devoted to the extension of the are webing the counts, doing gent dansge it represented was chiefly European. Much stor system, and the machinery teed will did not pay it to me. It was the youngor Gomes good deal of trade expansion to provide re Ashbouras Act in Ireland, and security will be to splundos, piers, do, with thousands of of the land has since passed back into the sable the company to supply some 1.000 lights. I applied to. I had naked hit for the money wonnorativo employment for all thees new visel
Our renders may have seen, within the last few before the latter was writon to him. I askedl **Meanwhile, however, the artiste, builders, shali suffer. One million of the surplus will "de bands of Europeans, and the mortgages days someambatantial looking wires being stratob. bim two or thras days after the fire necarred, engineers, and so forth, are prosporing, and not davoted to free education, and a portion of it to of the remainder are still chiefly held by id along standards on the Band. The cable Gomes said he would give me $100. Tsaid that little slated over the statistics. According to the armament of the Vauteer furce Govora Europeans. Naturally, in view of the great which is not so very honey after all, for a mile of us no use to me. I explained to Mahomet these, as now made up, the Clyde returns the meut will also probably consider the question of
it avly weighs 800 lbs, is composed of 714 Arab, that I was very hard up and asked him to largest output, ris, 333,201 tons, or aver 55,000, farther developing the indian railways.
SHIPPING DISASTERS, disproportion of the population of the two B. W. G. stranded copper wires coated with tin write to Games and ask him for the $300, as I tons more than last year. The Tyme comes
LONDON, 27th January, races, the larger number of taxpayaw must and is insulated with vulcanised rubber and could not get wint I should have to Jesse the Co. anxt with a total of 241,710 tons, an inereuse of
The British ship Loch Moidart has b protected with strong hemy braid, confounded. lony. I never got any reply to this latter. If 3.503 tops. Then comes the Wear, with 217,896 always be Chinese, but it is chiefly by Euro-It is to be supported at intervals of four feet by the woman with whom I live anys that I did tops, the Tane with 110,430 tour, and the wrecked off the coast of Holland, Thirty of the pean capital that the trade of the place in wooden cable suspenders, which will ha fastened not on the night of the fre come home till Bartlepools with $4,109 tons. The Clyde ore worn drowned. The steamer fbo ha foun. I was outpat is, sontrary to expectation, not up to dored off the Noailles, oight persous being drown. conducted, and it is English enterprise that to 7-16 B. W... stranded stool wire, so that slaven o'clock, that is a mistake.
Sir JORN Pors thore will be no strain upon the conducting wire, those at eight o'clock. I had boot drinking on the big totals of 1889, 1882, and 1881, Although ed. Countless other fatalities along the epast haa rasde it what, it is
and the loss is only two par cent of elretricity that night, but I was not drank. I had my senses. It oxceeds every other year on word. The Tyne are reported. Nr says that "bilst they must do per mile, with a current for 1,200 papa lowing all it drunk when I fall down in the mad. I output, tovever, exceeds by 60.000 tons that of justice to the British merchants, they ought through it, the quantity it has been designed to had besh drinking in the app above the shop on 1868, and the largest amount of work done by carry. The lamps that are to be used with the the evening of the fire, I left the shop about one firm in the kingdom was by Palmer's Ship not to do an injustice either to the people or new system will be hauterine ornaments in an aght o'clock. Leonid not see where the fire was building and Iron Company, who have turned put Government of China. No one. we are mom. They are pear-shaped, enclosed in a bell from the hoase in Pottinger Street. I did not 15,000 tons of new shipping in the twelvemonth. sure, wishes to do such an injustice. Every-shaped shade, the lamps occupying the place of look out of the window and say it was our shop The Cisds record gives 250 vessels for its the petals in a flower, which they resemble on that was on fire. If the woman with whom I botal of 335,201 tous, and of that tonnage, one must recognise at once that without the large scale. Some of the lumps are for the wall. live said in her evidence that I did so sh 259,374 represents steamers, and 80,945 saling ships. Compared with 1888 thers is a very Chinese the Colony would be nothing, b, some are pendant from the ceiling, and others made a mistake.
large increase in the proportion of miles. Two hundred and alue of the two hundrat, and fifty equally it must be recognised that unless are used on stundarde. They are of various capacitien maging from 8 to 500 candles, and
The witness said the whalu bf that evidenes was xossals were built of steel, and the average of Eagliati entorprise had en brought to can be naod for from 1,000 to 2009 hours with-
A BAD DODURBENCI ÎN AMERICA.
WASHINGTON, 3rd February. bear upon it Hongkong would have re-cut being renewed. The light is very steady autre. I said that it was a shop on fre, bat Isise shows considerable ingresso. Thus, there
and rollable, and as it emits very litle or no did not say it was my shop on fire. I know it was were 10 reale above 4,000 tons, 21 batworn 3,000 The lanes of Mr. Trany. Chief Becretary beat, has advantages over all other illuminante, ashup because Lynakurst Terrsos is all shops and 4,000, 41 between 2000 and 3,000 Pts of the Navy, has been burned down here; and especially in the summer.
When I reached the tire the police were already biggest is a Red Star liner of 7,000 tons, built bis wife and daughter parished in the flames. there
by Messrs. J. G. Thomson & Co, and the Mr. Tracy was resoned in a souseless condition. By Mr. Wotton -I do not owe Mahamet Arab other notable monsters are, a omple of Royal
LATER any money. I ows it to a Obinaman named Mailers of 5,800, and 5,800 tona rompestivaly. Actong. Ho med to live in Hollywood Road, built by Napists a Paside Maller of 4,940, bat Ida act know wire he lives now, I owe him and a Spanish nor of 5,000 sens, built by $40. I owe an Indian $100. T do not know his Deany; thres North. German Lloyd's boats name. I owe some money to a loan association. at 5,350, 5947, and 4,800 (ane, builts Fairfield;
strike. – Losnov. 206 January 2 I-pannot remember how much I got from the and a British India steamer, of 5.000 tons, badt association. I did not get my rages up to date by Inglis, Amongst the phenomena must also A Lisbon telegram inge the Duke of Palmslie.
I have drawn 314 de zooouut ef be mentioned a five-masted steal muiling-saip of | hse aubsoribed 110,100 for the purpose of buili of the fire. wages. I do not expect to get any more money 5,000 tons, at prosentis course of construction by ing an ironolad. from Gomes. I will awear that Goes has not D. W. Henderson & Co. promised to give me a sum of money. Achoong The biggest record on the Clyde is that of is a money lender at a very high rate of interent Russell & Co. of Port Glasgow, with 46,500 tons Els Worship said he wished to examine of which 30.000 trus were sailors). Then comes Mahomet Arab.
Denny, with 25,230; Fair-fleld, with 23,680 ; In a pantomime entitled Portugal in Africa" Mr. Webber said he was instrusted to watch Soult & Co., Groencek, with 20,630; A. Stephan | which was been performed tá à caron's hare yester- the case for him sad he wished to state to his & Son, with 18.430; Caird & Co. with 13.461 day the clowns impersonated Major Pinto and Worship that be had guerray ou importaul buri Charles Chanell & Co., with 16.020; Barclay Senher Alvaro Castells (the engineer why ress and would return on Tuesday next, whon he | Oncle & Co., with 19.760;.J. & G. Thomson, with accompanied himį defending the fag. The would give every information in bis power, 12319, D. & W. Henderson, with 11,906; R. audienos loudly protested against the perfor His Worship adjourned the enquiry till Tues. Napier & Sons, with 11,640; R. Unucan & Co, roance, and wrasteding from the clown and with 11,257; A. M Milan & Son, with 10.344; handed them to the military police. The circus, day next at 2.30 p.m.
A. & J. Inglis, with 8304; the Loodoo sad was then wrecked by the mob, Glangor Shipbuilding Company, with 8,806, and THE GERMAN EMPRIOR PROPOSES A CONTRE-
ERCE ON THE LABOUR QUESTION, The work in andïse af constraction at the
BERLIN, 4th February. 0th Febrnary.
different Clyde yards, aggregates 166 vessels, An official resoript of the Emperor William's with a farthne thanage of 300,000- big year's directe Pritice Bismark to wind the British, furth in Saxony a serious coalist took place be BEFORE MR. H. E. WODEHOUSE. work in ital. At this time last year the retk Traneb, Swiss, and Belgian Cabinete as to vetween the people and the pelier, who fired on on hand represented 283,300 tone. Fairfield tter they wou'd be disposed to come to a commothem, killing one woman and wounding four THE CHARGE AGAINST & SOLBIÉE, seems to have the largest amount of work on nnderstanding regarding fles Labour question.mun. John Foster, o privato D. Compony, A. & S. hand. w 40,000 tons, but Kepies have nearly with a view to meeting the wisher and needs of Highlanders, was brought up ou remand charged 30,000 tons, Stephone 17,000. Inglis 12,000 the workmen. If the Powers agree to the priz with indesently exposing his parson before Hendersons 13,000, Denay 24,000, Russell & Co. ciple, Princo Bismarck is empowered to invite all Bars and otildren in the Public Gardens on 22,800. J. & G. Thomson's tonnage of hand Powersisterosted in the question to a Conference the 10th instank
exceeds-32,000 tons bat that, of course, includes on the subject. Lonisa Atkar said she was nurse to Mrs. the monster ironolad of 14,000 tons. Mesara Barney's children. On the 10t's inrb about T. B. Bath & Co, Rutherglen, have order 3,30 p.m. she was in the Publio Gardens, within process of about 1,300 tone, and in the garda some other children and amabe. Their ages of the lower Clyde porta there are some 11,000 were all between seven and eight your Wit. tous in curse of construction-Fairplay. mess saw the defendent, expose himself indecent-
"DISPENSABE, HONGRONG"mained what it was before its acquisition And all signed message addressed, thus by the British Crown. Sir Jons Pore
will receive prompt attention.
HENNESSY during his stormy career bere affected to treat European interests as negligeable quantity. His failure follow- ing such a policy, was inevitable.
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SODA WATER
LEMONADE.
POTASH WATER
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Colorel Anderson of the Northamptonshire Regiment arrived here yesterday by the German mai staamer Sachsen.
The Mercury hours that a scheme is on foot. in which a number of well-known residents are interested, to introduce omnibuses in Shanghai.. - The N. C. Daily News beste that a tologram has been received, announcing that Yokotamas in suffering from an undoubted epidamin of in facBER.
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The Agent informe as tha! the M. V, stariner. Djemnah, with the Feuch mark of the 25th. January, lett Singapore for los port yesterday at 6 p.m.
The Fisk Jubilee Singers, eleven in number, Errived bere yesterday by the Germs mail evening at seatre. Eoyal. steamer Sachsen, and tomorrow (Saturday)
THE HONGKONG KIRE INSURANCE
COMPANY, LIMITED.
The following in the report of the Hongkong Fire Insurance Company to be prosented to the shareholders at the scnual meeting to be bold at the offices of the Company. Pedder'a Street, on the 24th February at p
The general managers Lava plenare in subiting so the altarebolders the twenty-first annual rep ́zt of the company.
1888 Account.--The result of the year's working above a balazos at oralit of $45,625, which sua, with the approval of the Counting Committed, it is now proposed to deal with as follows:-
Kerve fund
24,565.00
Benas to contributing sharabofdom, $7.3614-0 Dividend of $23 por share, ........... ... 184,000.00 $245,628,00
MORTGAGES.
The general managers and consulting committee sre satiefied from carotal valuations made by the c pany's surveyore in Hongkong and Shanghai thut the properties bel by the company are suple security for the advances mada.
CONSULTING COMMITTEE.
Mr. 1. F. Holliday having left the colony, the Hon. A. P. McEwen has been nominated to the Tarteant, ! The U.S. corrette Marion arrived at Shang-and his appointment now requires to bo wahemed. bai on the 15th inst. from Chemnlpe, and the The present members 130 Hen 4. F. Chuter, Mesra. U.S. Monocacy arrived the care afternoon from Moda, B: G, Bird, and T. E. Davies offer them.
Balvan for-te.olgation. Chinklang, where she has been falisted by the Patoa.
SUDITORS.
The socounts now presos ad have been audited by sears, Follarbon Henderson 2nd G. S. Coxon and The Agouts (Mesars. Adamson, Bell & Co.). their re-election on andifors of the company is retera inform us that the Canadian Pacific steamed.
Osdors for extra copian of the Daily Presa should be sent befora 11 a. on the day of publicatii,Batavia, with Canadian mails, left- Vanoogvor After hat hour the supply, is limited,
TELEPHONE No. 12.
The Daily Press..
HONGKONG, FEBRUARY 21, 1890.
for Japan and Hongkong si Tazaday morning; the 18th host..
The Gorman flagship Leipsig, Captain Plad. demann, bearing the day of Admiral Beinbard, arrived here yesterday. There was a great deal of saluting doring the day with the numerous men of war in port.
Hough
Hongkong, 18th
JARDINE, Maznkbor & Co. General Mousgurt, Fire Insurance Company, Ld. brusey, 1890.
Balamur Sater, Siva Daçaxner, 1839, Dr.
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To 'capital account-Paid-up capital on 8,000 shares at 830 por store......... To accounts payable--Bundry accounts unpaid... Toaucollected dividend account-Balance
200,000.00
POLICE COURT.
ly before the children and she moved away, but ks followed them. She had not seen the defend- ant there before, because as a rule she always 40.971.30 took the children, opon Boven Road. bat she was certain ma to the feelit, of the defendant, 6,582.14
who was in his highland trust.
The body of a European was found floating in the Harbour, nose Pedder's Wharf, Festerday of this account at afternoon, by P. C. Gray. The body, which was To reserve fund-Acount reserved from ranch decomposed as removed to the mortuary.To working soconut, 1888-Bal
the profite of 1869 to 1337.1,091,486.00 and has not, as yet, been recognised.
anos from last 2000
826,787.89 Add-Saudky promis, 40,
siace collected...
Mr. W. Keswin, in his interesting paper read before the Royal Colonial Institute, expreased great faith in the future of Hong. kong. Towards the close, before touching on the question of defence, he said vessel was going to Nagasaki to be dooked. "What I may term the Inter-Pacific trade, to denote the commerce carried on between the countries ou that ocean, independently of Westora countries, is only in its infancy, sad, as time goes on, its volume will in-four hundred miles per day. crease, until the great eastern seas become.
It was reported at Nagasaki on tho 70th instant that the N. Y. K. skamer Mutsu Mara and the British stanmor Felbridge and born in collision it Yokoimaa, and that the former
The Pacific Muil steamer China whook Jeit this for Sua Franciaco via Yokohama on the 30th ultimo, made the best run on vecord to the
koon te
40,100.69
$266,968.57
Love-Loser and other pay
Mana110,5.0.57 Remuneration to seruling committee and auditors. ....
4,750.00
$121,140:57
Net profit for 1999
lathe poet, arriving there on the 3rd instart, in To working aooooat, 1889-Balines
days 23 hours and 41 minutes, averaging over thin account
From the Chinese Timer of the 1st February
C.
as active highways as the Atlantic is at pre-learn that the river at Tiestein was still en scut. And as these developments take place,fensen, and it in said by escapatant authorities. By bank neonate, Government bonds, And from the Kowloon side of the harbour will not freeze this winter. Thora is plenty of railways are constructs to Canton, and thence, probably, to the wastern provinces, Hongkong will become as large a city as there is room to build upon, and of the tirat
Sit Long Kit, proprietor of the shop No. 27, commercial consequence in the Far East." Boalista Strand, which was really destroyed Independently of railways in-China, -how-Coart yesterday before Mr. S. Robinens. The by firm, was charged with arm the Police over, Mr. Koawica togurde the progress of Crown Solicitor, Mr. Johns, prosecuted, and the Colony in population, in the establish- Mr. Dennys defended. Similar evidence to that ment of fresh industries, and in the growth dissed at the Magisterial Enquiry was given, of wealth, as assured. A perusal of the and the case reueuded till today.
mortgages, 40. Hongkong & Shangla Book- 3 Οι drift ice in the river, bai the Bar is quite clearing Corporation, outrent The latest advices from Newelwang were to thu
62,318.63 effect that the river there was unfroson, which is certainly phenomenal, if tras.
B.E. the Viceroy El Hang-chang celebrated
so on.
THE OWNERS OF THE UNITED STATES.
Mr. Edward Jonkine, former mataber "for Dundes, and brother-in-law to Me- H. S. King, M.P., and Editor of the Overland Mi, bis consealed to contest Bridgeton Division of Glasgow, against Right Hoa. Sir Georgo Otto Trevelyas at the next election.
Mr. Henry Gladstone was married to Mian Mande Stourt Randal to-day, at St. Margaret's;; Westminister, The church was prowded. The Thres Bros wore lo altogether in the fire ignatores to the register were those of Mr. and at Mr. Trasy's house, one of the servants hav. Mrs. W. B. Gladstone, Lord and Lady Roan. ing lost her life in addition to Mrs, and Missbery, and Sir William and Lady Harcourt.
Brisas at tha, Tendon Dooks has decreased Tracy. Mr. Tracy in recovering.
by 13,000 tons in the half year following" thos THE ANGLO-PORTUGUEJB DIFFICULTY.
CONSTANTINOPLE, 31st January, The International Sanitary Board here an- nounce that cholera has disappeared in Mesopota
ia sed Porsia, and that quarantine on arrivals from Busserah and the Persian Gulf is abolish-
The Portognone are straining to acquire all possible territory before the Zarubosi boundaries are delimited.
LISBON, 2nd February
BERLIN, 6th February. "The Emperor William's rescript has caused meh surprise here, owing to the Government's having onls lately in the Reichstag deprecated any further steps in favour of the workmen.
BERLIN, 7th February, The Dmporar William's rescript on the la bour question is not countersigue! by Prinde Bismarck, and it is reported that His Majesty has acted on his own initiative.
A ROYAL COMPLIMENT.
BERLIN, 30
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January,
The Emperor has ordered the let Dragon
ed.
LONDON, Slat January. Mr. Justice Manisty is dead. General Chesnay his head appointed Colonel Commandant of the Royal Engineers vice ord Napier decessed.
LONDON, 4th February. Lord Hartington, who mils to-day for Egypt, remains there fill Easter.
Bir Francis de Winton has returned to Lon-
MADRID, 4th February. The Dro do Ventpensier died anddenly of apoplexy while walking in the streets here to-day.
BERLIN, 4th Fetrtary. Bubanquent to the electoral mestlig at Stass.
don from Seats Afrien
Larnow, th February. Tha adiram in reply to the spe, ob from the Throne will be moved in the Lords by Zerd Rumney and seconded by Lord Stradbroke.
A five-storey warehouse in Gresham-street was burnt out last evening. The adjacent buildings were saved. The damage done by the
dre is immense.
LONDON, 5th Febrnory. Big James Fergusson speaking at Darwen said that he rejoiced at the "Bill for a Factory. Ast which Mr. Scoble had introduced in the Canal of the Governor-General of India, witch, while presenting women in cotton mille being worked to death, woull benefit the Lausashire trade.
trian Poland owing to the failure of crops, and Terrible distress prevails in Russian and Ans
LUNDON, 6th February The strike among the London gas stəkəri
"Tamiow in feared»-
OLLA PODRIDA.
Great Britain is genorally regarded as the country abare all others in which wealth and Three other Chinese. amnhs gave corrobora poverty present the most marked contrasts. Ou tíva evideros, and said they had seen the defend the other hand. It is appond-that-wealth-is Guards, of which-the-Queen-is-Honorary-Com- Įsat several times during the past three weeks.
more equally distributed in America than iu mandant, to wear her initials on the shoulder Donald Christy, F.-C. 68, stated that on the any other part of the world. Mr. Thomas G. strapi. 13th inst, about 4 p.m. he was on duty in the Shearman, writing in a recent number of the THE GERMAN EMPEROR AND HIS MOTHER.
| ended. Pabba Gardens. The defendant was printed Forum, However, smeria, and submits figares to
Basir, 4th February. ost to iritaras as being the nian and he went show tha: this is by no means the case. In 1877 The editor of the Cologne Gazette lips boon ap and scked him for his tame, but he refused Mallirall estimated that one-thirtieth part of the sentensed to a month's imprisonment for repre to give it, till witness told him what it was for English people owned two-thirds of the national duoing on article from the Times referring to Tiefendant id 16, wan hul bire but another wealth, whereas in the United States one-cov in the relations between the Fruperor William and. Boktier
tieth part of the people own that amount. Wable-mother which is regarded as an insult to the Inspector Furry gave evidence that theamals have millionaries. The Marquis of Bute may bolatier, 245,028.00 | and children were in dread of going to the Gar. Worth 24,000,000, the Duke of Norfolk se wash, _REPOLTED KUSBIAN PLOT AGAINST PRÍNOS"
deas and rouny complaints had been made of late, and the Duke of Went moinster £10,000,000, but *33,249.99
The defendant in his defenos stated that it what are they to the Astors, the Vanderbilts,
LONDON, 6th February.. 32,031, 16.61 | WVWA not him, but anber soldier whom he knew and the Goalde, with their twenty to thirty The arrest of Major Paritza and six officers that the lion was ordinarily not only under
but would not tell. Ho did not wish to be re-millions sterling apiece? It would ha aney" at Sofia has caused much comment, and diver. Mawe. Castaust's control, but was really at says Mr. Shearin, "for any specially well-gent accouts are current as to the reason. The tached to her. Notwithstanding this, the Hon His Worship sentenced the defendant to xix infarmed person to make up a list of one run official version states that it was only astar to throw himself upon the unfortnuste woman, who months' imprisonment with hard labour,
Hozgkong & Shangbai Bank- ing Corporation, deposit
150,000.00 Ubartered Bank of India, Ass
felia, and China, deposit accoun
109,000.00 New Oriental Bank Corpora
tion, Linúted; dey will nev Loans under deed of mortgage, &.
sount
50,000.00
190,000.00
In Hongkong
In Foochow
In Amos...... In Shanghai... In Tokohama
Chinese Imperial Government
paper may well be recommended to those bir 65th birthday at Tientsin on the 25th ultimo uvested in boude who look upon Hongkong as merely and all day a strunta_of_officials of all ranks marine Clapham Junction, or a rock in the poured into his gamen to congratulato bin.
sea where a stand and soo ships passing Mr. KESWICH' also made on allusion to the moral influence of the Colony on the great Empire of China, "on whose shores it stands, as if placed by Providence to show what good, government, freedom, justice, and enterprise
The Shih-pao adds Ebongh on the verge ofİ man's allotted years. His Ezellecoy still retains high degree of mental and bodily sigour, and bids fare to pilot the ship of State for another; decade"
Lieut. Hohontowski, of the Russian Imperial Naval Artillery, who was landed at Ceylon from the Ramu man-of-war ddirul Kermilof, se
can achiere." And China, he says, has being toe ill to proceed with his ship, died on made progress, although in many respoots, the 5th inst at the Galle Face Hotel. The cause of death was consumption. His funeral look
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WORKING ACCOUNT, 1889,
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especially as regards internal improvement, place at 5 pm, and was sccompanied by the the administration of justice, the treatment drama and Pipera of the Gordon Highlanders a premisa eneseat-Balanss of this so- of prisoners, the state of prisons, and the and a Bring party of 40 rack and Sle
practice of torture, it is still the China of
the past and full of injustice and abominable cruelty,
The Nagasaki Express, referring to the low the Italian steamer Habiiant, whilst on the voyage from New York to Japan, via the Cape. |with... s vargo of 145,000 cases of kurosine oil,
manded as he had no witnesses to call
BEFORE ME., E. ROBINSON.
CHAROB OF STEALING.
Cheng Won was charged with entering a henge and stealing nine jackets and ona na breils, value $3.50, the property of a tailor in Hollywood Road, ou the 20th inst.
Defendant admitted the charge and his Wor ship sentenced him to three months' imprison. ment with hard labour,
OBSTRUCTING THE FAISWAL
Cheong Chuen, along with several other boat. men, was charged with obstruoting the fairway and not exhibiting a light on board bis boat on the night of the 19th lost.
Ged, Gordon, A. de proved the ease and bis Worship imposed fines from $1 to $5.
MARINE MAGISTRATE'S
COURT.
20th January,
MASTER.
ASHAULT ON BOARD SHIP.
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ТЕЕ ЗНАН АND THE BIELЕ.
LONDON, 28th January,
A Central News despatch froni Brussels rd- cords anothar torrible drama in a menagerie at Puzon. A lish and byens having get, appar- saily by accident, into tho sama dön, wers fight- ing, when Mime. Castanet, a tamer, entored the cage to separate the fierce trules. It appears.
Attendants standing by attacked the faros brate with pitchforks atid with difficulty opalled his to quit his prey, but the tamer was alrendy
dred persuas averaging five millions sterling seditious language, other reports state that the was armed only with a riding whip, and rent esch, in addition to teu averaging twenty plot was of Lussian origin, for the overthrow of her with his talous, indicting instantly such millions rach. No euch list of concentrated M. Stambuloff and to kidnap and murder terrible injuries that she was unable to mure. wealth could be given in any other country in Prince Ferdinand. the world. The richest dukes of England fall below the average wealth of a donou "American oitisous; white the greatest bankers, merchants, A Tehran talegram says that the mob hooted more dead than alive, and was taken from the and railway ang uates of England cannot compare outside the palace on Thursday, consequent upon in an almost hopeless stete. in wealth with many Americans" Taking the test on the Shab having sccepted the translation of of subaal income, the average of the richest hup of the Eible presental by Sir H. Deanword dred Englishman is about 290,000, but the aver. Wol. The disturbance was quickly suppress age of the richest hundred Americans cannot be fed. and the Legation Guards were doubled. less than £240,000, probably oroses £300,000. Tho conclusion is that wealth mast bo far, mero concentrated in the United States than in Great Britain, because where enormous amounts are Begamoyo. placed ins for bande, thit, necssarily implies
EMIN PARRA.
LONDON, 29th January. Bain Pasha is better, but nawilling to leave
BUZLIR, Bed Eebruary.
Holy Trinity Church, in the Minoris, con at present the attention, of visitors is mainly tains many notable memorials of past limes; but
directed to byman head preserved in a glass case nudornoath the pulpit. The vicar, the Rev. Samua!. Kinna, has recently issued an in teresting little book containing details about this caput mortem. It is sopposed to be that of the Duke of Suffolk, father of Lady Jenga
the axacation of his daughter. There is a tro- dition that the execationer did aut, as was usual'
that the great caus of the porple-baro-very- Major Wissmann telegraphs that ho_expects| amall passessions. 'The United States of Emin Pasha to be suficiently recovered to sailey, who was bebouded in 1554, shortly-nitor persons, constituting less than and in sixty ANTI-REPUBLICAN BRAZILJAN MAILORS.
LONDON, 29th January. of its adult male population. The forces at work
Amories are proptically, owned by 260,000 in March for Wgypt..
in Great Britain have tended to distribute woulth It is reported that the Brasilian Government more widely, but in America the diff has been in tuas ordered theexecution of forty drunken sailors presiarly the opposite direction In no viber for shouting "Long Ave the Emperor!" Bountry, and Jenst of all in Englund, during the
LONDON, 30th January.
in sua casus, old up the head of the dake to the poople, but let it simply drop into the basket the supposition being that he was bribed to bring
it secretly to the church and place it in the vault. where it was found by the Earl of Dartmouth.
times.
last thirty Feare, bas the border of taxation bean It is reported that the execution of 40 dranken This story is doubted by a former ric, who 6.5000 BEFORE CAPTAIN RUNSET, R.N. HARBOUR cast se exclusively upon the working, classes, or sailors for shouting Long live the Emperor," writes to say that it is more probable that "the the winery of public taxation boon, used so in Brazil, is untrue. Fine sailors were killed head belongs to some unknews person of later unscrupulonsly for private preßt." Thore is, in a drunken brawl. Thomas Suaile, aineter of the British ship years, the pr sent methods of taxation being con therefore, this prospect. that "within thirty
THE DIN DEFENCES.
In tropical countries dengue fever differs very ALLAHABAD, 30th January. count 5,03159.63 deil, seaman, on board the same ship.
Cukworth, wan obarged with assaulting W. Lun-finned, the United States of America will be Three more of the new type of six-inch guna much in its general characters in succeeding epi- Tointerestaocount--Balazce of this account 120.793.56
substantially owned by less than 50,000 persons, have reached Aden, whers cash of the tire pria-dewis, hence the nomenclature of the disease i To kauster fees soomust-Free-collected
The complainant said that on the 6th January. Donstituting loss than one in 500 of the adult male cipal forts are how armed with a couple of these porrespondingly rich. Some authors, impressed during the yeaPunches
169.00 while at se, he was working in the rigging population. This, be it noted, is not the opinion powerful weapons,
He had boils on his legs and the rabbing made of a disciple of Henry George, but one who, $101,034.10 them werde. When he came down from the though a free trader," is utterly opposed to com. rigging he went to the exptain and asked him mudian, socialism, and searching, or any scheme for some medicine. The captain was sitting for arbitrary limitation of individual wealth. on the poop ladder. Ha sald Get ont of this? and called witness names. Witness went down the ladder, but had not gone far when the oap- "tula called him back into the cabin. Witoses went into the pabin, when the captain best him. |He afterwards guge him some plattes for his legé.
The defendant stated that on the afternoon man mail of the flat alt., Arrived bere Jester-friendly definition the frontier. where the lsewhere, eccording to the circumstances and th
charges secount
Halarice of asistans -Salaries of Surveyors in Hong kong sad Shanghai.......
Sir Joan Porr HERKESSY was presentare: The Rebilant was a visel of 3,365 tons By at the meeting at which Mr. Keswick read net register, and an idea of her carrying capacity his paper, and of course had to break a lance may be gathered from the fact that bar cargo, with his old friend, from who he ventured part of which was intended for this port, measured 7,250 ts, and was, we believe, the largest ship to differ with regard to hie comments upon ment of of orer sont to Japan. She left New the people and Government, of China. The York on the 10th of December, so she must have Roman Catholic Bishop of Peking, who had been well on her rayage, probably in the vicinity
of the Capo. The exact place where she w lived in China as a Ühineman for forty wrecked, or whether any Hvos were lost, was unt peare, after returning from a visit to Europe | stated.
Rent of other
$6.000.00
4,299.33
283.33
3,785,71
Salisters' retaining foes....... Stationery, printing, udvortie- ing, wague of elrode, ... Charges including salarice and renta, do,"appertaining, to agenoles in Great Britain... 39,422.85
count...)
for Jones ad
THE GERMAN MATÍ,
The K.D.L. steamor Suche n, with the Gar
day. The following telegrams are taken from Ceylon and Indian papera.com
BONE INFLUENZA, PATIENTS,
JONDON, 29th Jnotary. Princess Christian is guffering with influonza at Wiesbaden.
LONDON, Kth January. Princess Victoria of Teck in suffering from influcnes.
Lospor, 5th February. Sir Charles Russell is in bed with influenz0. THE KAPER MEMORIAL.
LONDON, 28th January, "A Mansion House Fund to raise a memorial
of the 6th January the complament can to him on the poop. Through the incompetency of the 4,475.26 complainant and others of the crew something had 5,157.2% Whef complainant sue to him, he (defendant) gone wrong, and given hima good deal of trouble.
133.22 was in a bad temper on this account. omplain.
By fire talgade scoonot-For one-half share
ant óume to kim baru-footed and in wet trousers Claims 55,612.43 and said he bad boils on his legs and asked for Medicine. Witness said "Go to the devil What is at brigado exponses at Hongkong and the brauchen, viz.: Slaugasi and Yokohama 6.147.33 the good of putting plaster on your legs when
you have been knocking about in salt water.” As. By ezenkmistion. veround-For commission to general managera and ugunta on pra-
complainant was going away he called him into mis vollesteding
87,157.89 the cable and as he passed him struck bin on the - na above ...
303.349-20 oboek with his open hand, saying "Do you know $495,034.19 when you shipped you told me you wore a sea-
mah." Witness repented of giving him the slap, to Lord Napier of Magdala has been opened, and immediately afterwards gave him something £1,800 has been subscribed. to put on his laga. He had not spoken to the man ATACK ON A MEMBER OF PA' LIAMENT. since until the arrival in Hongkong,
LONDON, 20th January,
By re-insurance account-Paid for re-insur told him (Sir Joan) that the freest country. At the inquest heet Tientsin on the body By oxchange Lecount-Balance of this no-
suos during the your in the world was China! What Sir Joms's of Mr. A. JM. Smith, on the 25th January, by ides of freedom may be it is impossible to the facts were found to be: that Mr. Smith had
(NƑ. T. E. Bullock, H.B.M's Consul, and a inre liby'nocount of ........ imagine, but the evidence of the great ma- been ill since Monday, the 20th, on which dag jority of the Roman Catholic priests and he had, been administering dinge to bimeeli, bishops in China would be very different thing with blu: On the morning of Friday, whick, however, was stated to be vist an unusnel from that of the Bishop of Feking, for the the 24th, he was much better, and was waited tyranny of the Mandarins is with them for at breakfast by his wife and brother-in-ian, when two reports were heard, and be was found constant subject of complaint. To speak of in his bath room, with a ballot through his a country us from where wealth has always brain, and a revolver on the floor. He lived till one o'clock, but speechless and unconscious.
mam
E. & 0,5.
Jardins, Metazoan & Co., General Managera.
Hongkong, 19th February, 1620..
THE FIRE IN LYNDHURST, TERRACE.
Fined $1.
NEW OVERLAND TELEGRAPH LINE
ALLAHABAD, 80th January. There is every probability that in the near future, a through land line of telegraph from India and Chize may be opened.
by the eruption, call it the frenie rongs calapturust roja (Cadix), rosalia, colorado (Spanish Colonies), rheumatic Rearlatina Others, struck by the painful symptoms, called it fiere rhumatismale, pre courbaturala, sribrodynia, or up-da daire (Sainte Croix de Tenerifs', stiff-psyked.. broken winged, or break-bons. fever, ANGLO-BLAMEBE BOUNDAT COMMISSION.
Abou- abon-relcabý ... of the Eyrise Arsha, Aztimaban,. 30th Januszy. dabboo, or needle fever (Tripod and Bar The upshot of the scheme, for enlisting the bary), bucket-bouhou, or subbing fever (Band- co-operation of the Siamese in arriving at a wich Islands). Other vemos have been invented
Kingdoms now come in touch, appears to have environment, such as date fear (Egypt), Ma been somewhat wear sunther Fanjde. Mr.Ngytase feper, Mauriting forer, Chinese foror, pia Elias and party aired at the Salween, and dura, benigu malady (Cadis), the three days' fever. found the Blames ready to receive thers on the The word dengue italf in the Spanish for "dan- furthor bank behind a line of pickets. When dy" an English word, the ase t which was pos- our Commissioner offered to cross, the Siamos sibly suggested the stift, stilte, sind unnatural protested, and made as though they would offer gait of the anfferers. opposition: but Mr. Ney Elina jermsted, sad in the end was not molested. The Sicmes seem
REDUCTION IN PYYREIGN TELKARAFN RATES. ALLAHABAD, 27th January, Consequent on a rise in the exchange, the telegraphic rates from India to England are to be lowered forthwith.
Probably one of the oddest things ever re- -în ne grester_hurry to begin the delfestation corded in the history of modern warfare hap- than General Komaroff and his colleagues were pened the other day in connexion with the under similar olri minoes.
A soltan was sent out from Kachin expetition. Mameit an the south azd another from Bhano on the north to punish a large body of rebels who bare been displaying a little too much soti. vity lately in the asighbourhood of the hai river. The rindezvous was - Muotốn, whiob' it to be concealed for lear of official rapacity and The verdict of the jury was that Mr. Smith
was thonght had boon in the temporary osoups, LEPERS AND THE CENSUS,
ALLAHABAD, 27th January.
tion of the Kaching. When, Captain. Green- whore the administration of justice in grossly has taken his own life while in a state of an
A mot attacked the carriage of Mr. Biddolph, Special attention will probably be directed to way's coluuma arrived, however, the rebels had corrupt is a contradiction of terras. As to sound mind.
J. H. Turnbull, Brat mata of the British ship member for South Herefordshire, and lady, nnnibering the lopors during the coming census left the field olear for them and hastened off op the charge of cruelty, we have only to look
Ogkworth, was oberged with salting the Biddulph, as it was leaving a political meeting operations. T
the hills Captain Greenway promptly copied The Chinese Times understands that hi
esine ou plainset on the 3rd January mid the at- Ledbary. Her ladyship's face was bolly in
the village and made things ready in ant krigstien. A LARGE BUBPLYA ESPRITED. to the state of the Chinese prisons, to the fiscellaney the Viceroy has manotioned a nag
3rd February.
jured.
CALCUTTA, 30th January.
of a possible surprisa In the meantime Ma jauni tortures inflicted in the Courts to extort con departure in Chinese edition--that of physioni
Defendant admitted afriking the compleinant OFFICERS TO BE PERMITTED TO ZIOHANOR
The sutuals of the next Budget statement Blunde l'arrived within hail of the village, and, fessions from unconvicted prisoners, and to Arsenal wil soon possess a well equipped gym recent fire in Lyndhurst Terrace was resumed not do his work in a proper manner and was training. The Naval School at the Eastern The enquiry into the circumstances of the on both ascealous, but stated that the man did
REGIMENTO.
LORDON. 51b Fehranty.
will probably show a surplus of something like seeing signs of activity wi hiu, onncluded that 120 lakhs, or about ten times the surplus of the with proceed to shell the place. Capt in
the Enchins were still in' posseidon, and forth,' the barbarous punishments prescribed, in assim, in which the fature naval floers will at the Magistracy by Mr. Wodehouse yesterday. vary insolent.
An order of the Duke of Cambridge has been forecast:
Greenway's column, deeming "an attack by the criminal code. A careful study of the those other szerelers which do so much to develop kong Fire Insurance Company Limited; Mr.second,
learn the science of the notte art," fenring, and
Fined 91 for the first assault and 82 for the issued wbich permite offers, warrant officere, and Mr. Wolton appeared on behalf of the Hong.
non-commissioned offers of the Tafantry, En. THE FEW MADRAS-FENANG SUBMARINE CABLE. Do so unlikely saturally mistook the official documents published in the Peking plock and seit confdepos. This is altogether as Wilkinson was for Mr. Gomes, and Mr. Webber
ALLAHABAD, 27th January.. giuers, and Artillery to apply for exchange into
Bring for that the Kachins and returned is Casette will disclose more than suficient evi, fit should be the preposterous practics, el watched the osse on behalf of Mahomet Arab. The Duke of Granment was the most adroit linked battalion after eight years, servion Penang will be laid in the course of the next each other with tremendous vigour, and such The New Submarins Cable from Madras to with some warmth, Tha vival columna uttacked dence of the statement that China is still full
Heautored one home or abroad, the Royal Engineers in India
two years and will pass to the south of the Nico- | was doubtless not a lítila astonished at the de bars, thus avoiding the reefs which out the pre-termined stutide of its supposed sutage antus boarding school uses way well be dismissed by Mahomet" Arab to Gonies. The letter in esting announeed. His Eminence masing SIR CHARLES DILKE'S NEW JOOX Bir Joka Port Hear also referred into the limbo of ranities. We have before ex follows:-"After having a long talk with Rohimself by jumping, gloss-logged against the.
LONDON, 18th January.
sent cable.
guairt. It meerned bot unlikely at one time pressed our belief that the poor physique of the berts my advice to you, so a friend is to wall. A less skilful courtier might bars stain- Bir Chaten Dike's work entitled Problemis
· DEATH OF MR. KOBBET KNIGHT, hat the only parallel to thie extriordinary com to the position of the Chinese in, Hongkong upper and governing cina in responsible for agree with Boberts proposities and sign the mared exozses and retired. The Dake entered of Greater Britain
has been published, and is
Caboutta, 27th January. bat would be found in the historie fastenco of and again brought out his old comparit of much of the moral stagnation and intellectual articles with him, as sourding to my idea briskly and cried, "I'll wager one hundred dedicated to Sir Frederick Roberts. In it be Mr. Robart Knight, Editor of the Statesman, the Kilkenny oats, bat happily the binder w
discovered in time. As it was, nobody seems to the autaber of European and Chinese tax-poverty of Chins, Bellering sa we do that mex. It is imposible for you to put anything oromas that I jump higher than your Embebes discusses and dismisses the idea of an Anglo- died this morning. payers. "Some twenty or twenty-five years physical healthicone, we gladly welcome ovasj
tal and moral manity have their ultimate beses in through without bis help, and if he should Grammoni took care in jump a few indbes lower Russian |? tegaty, for the purpose of securing
CALOUTTA, 28th January: hare get hurt-which is pezhape a very curious Turn against you you are entirely ruined, so then the Cardinal, and yua six məkthi four Indian frontier against attack, and considers The tuneral of Mr. Knight takes place to-day | commentary on so vigorous and unprecedented ago the principal taxpayers in Hongkong attempt to further the latter.
(take my advice for once as I want to see you wards Marshal of France.
-- that a Bissau invasion of India would be pro- ' it half-past re. Most of the Calcutta, dailines battle.
- injustice and abominable cruelty..
acid and effeminats, as a park of French the letter required at the last hearing, writer Bay the closet of Cardinal Mazarin without be excepted,
Charles D. Wilkinson, mid-I have found and witty courtier of his time, supplying a fighting service with officers sa