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Charlie Dalrymple voformi by a line from this Colony, calling at Wel party who have bocato halvei, communicating with Japan, nadrnment ap to the then being carried straight to Victoria, V.I., says they are known port and ohampsgro and Vancouver, This enterprise woukl readily be started by a private company ifị the British and Canadian Governments
has been reled by the iz orman overkament in would either grant modente yearly salis the course of negotintings concarang Hao
Blow A German-Harburg tìm with" "à dies or subscribe a portion of the cap in Thembio. Me for yere vainly ital. The line between Vancouver androured to obtain the payment a sum of Fiji, New Zealand; and Austruis would £25,000 from a Chiarman who was well able to face a debt. The debtor always sought and speedily follow, and the entire cingire found protection with the Camere afinal with its widespread sections, would even Whilst the recent negotiations are pending itually be brought into close ntact by the raked the intervention of the farmen
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CHINA AND-JAPAN, THE FINAL PAYMENT OF THE INDEMNITY The final payment of the indemnity in terms of the Shimozotoki Treaty took place on 7th May (the dus day, St. Boing Sunday). The bulance of the intomulty and one year's evouga panies of Veiliatwej waro padd to the at the Bank of England Bir Halliday Macartney satoil tho Chinese and Mr. Koike, the g the payment, brof the amount
mado ja the Deputy Go le Bank Sled over by prosenta. finda by
i ongitai nas the capital of the Empire cmnénete, recommend ft. Only those for
kor utlend of Chinese Ritoge Sver ther thoëd to be reminded that Paling and Nanking are not tantes of cities to the extent London and Liverpool are, bat are merely literal translations of the handing we have taken stod in for this article, Peking being "northern capital, obecne war.
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for without fading Keng Yus Charago names of SDS and time of closing sales
: ht 10 Sumbe Willson, Store reported at 890,27
Canton, and Maos08 pban Triscos: W • SHIPPING Hongkon
hire found buyers
fsloking quist, at that Crete, Indos have ruler
niet with ittle, or ad Longg His Tong bauisies at fel. Dinalas are still wanted in 1pLum Polcasuall Lote 1:58, but lar. Er parock are chlain ablo of that rathon milks continus ma Manila resident outirely out of the market. An enquiry for phil Mercury, de water. Obiza Mutuals, et quotations beste ruited the best account of the fight to business K
were changed *** REFINERIES China at America offour who wAB astion and width is published hadde in/mallets at 163 for temats,
sors Hotels truth, gives molesing qidet at Alch sellers Eluards, the most certainly continus neglected and withat.
MistaGFujoins a fair basi fought nobly with what they had to ght with. Myfriend the slipper of the Don Juan de Austria pat through during theels at rate
Charbonnages remain unokaöged. simply shed out under fall stem laying to 1 and 67, the market oloanifque ram the Olgorgia (Austria about 1200, tetumadoss Applicons Olympin 6,600), fired his torpedo, which very The delivery of the English mail war began nearly did for the flagship passed about 3 feet should be made before che "Alring off her nose. They had to work their engines Beve changed bamle at 385 at 12.40 yesterday.
to avoid collision, and the Amorinity admit they Bainerals no 80 quits and 70 cont were in a fun. Das of the Spaniarda ekello have roled rather quister with only weat right through the Baltimore and exploded $3.50 and closa at $9.50. after passing! The Amertean onsaltion or strong and in dead but almo dently are very small, and there are no depbir business, se few stondote It is one saving plement in the struggle that hatda at 359,984, ml $56, tam both sides compliment cool others ass in and still exists, and headers seem way tends to cuften affairs. The Austria ou indisposes to part even the onignesd hor attack was simply hammered flat by quick guldó viz, 8:8. The tough cland firing fonding guns from the other ships and funtly stiled with a sheb ja ber angina rooza,
11 M, Hatter eft for Manila Just night There is one case of plague yesterday und
death
Colonel and Madame O'Gorman arried it Shanghai on the 5th Twin, after & brist trip to Weihaiwe
The following appointment has burn made st the Adaralty Deputy Inspector Geroral Thomas Bolster, to Hongkong Hospital
The Hongkong Water Polo Associatica has pablished a handbook giving a brief history of the game, the rules of the Association the for the competition of 1598, and the Acatent Swimming Association's water polo
Now has been received at Shanghai of the death from smallpor of Mr. A. M. C. Raab, ang Brit Coneal at Chinking. To de cossed goutloman had only been a few days IR linking when he was attacked by the disease and died on Bad June.
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NANNATH SPANISH COMED.
The steamer Tou will rem another of
Aura al-Kampeon wires an
Moure Farmer and Harper's Sunday Excur the artlegy farts for the hu lans to norri, hesting Market Street Wharf and completely ellenood thro
at about tax o'clock. In weather like the pre-admit, that the crai Bent nothing could be pleasanter or more strouls by thell invigorating an a day on the water.
Amooting of the Committee will be held te-day to propose the postponemmt of the Gyakkata to the 25th inst, on account of the on be passed a notice to that effuch will be 18th being Waterloo Day, andahould this propem
posted on the Jockey Clüb board at the lab
Qua or two changes that will interest Chira renders bavo just taken place in the London 124 office of the 1. and 0. Company. Mr B. H- Joseph, the Bogretary, has been appointed an Assistant Manager, and his post a Secretary lled by Mr. Johnson, also a former China hand
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We (China Gesette) are gives to understand that the Constablo of the British Commulate- General at Sacul, who is charged with using the death of a Korean, as previously reported: is not afr. Wyara, but his success, whose
a cop in the Comentato lore. Mr
and fix men and wounded seven admit that three Army officers were killed eighteen men wornded, but state that the damage done to the batteries was neimmortant
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COMPLIMENTARY REFERENCES. The New York and other American,
Wyers happy leth Seoul Istaly for home, - papers have had some very complimentary
ing to say of Gonsalem
* greker of quina, may
Alter
hanghai Book
orotary cheg
and Narkingsizera capital. Few clues of the offcals in the world have to abtring a history as the paced to the river aide pity, Nanking I world be didenitment Immells!
drew what SAR to say how many timed it has been taken, aud re-takan, besiged and fought for how many greatert hegts (on 17:20, tens of thousands have set their blood within oorded above in favour of the and without ita walla The Tein rulers made it Brament Largo BUD their chief city in the fourth century, and a met on one or two previous s recently publisher bistery informs us that Pei instalments.Cheques of sub thing during the whole of the Ming dynasty as these drawn on 70 was only a second-rate ally, wird all the attention before been seen A of the Ming rulers was give to the embellish, ment of Nanking Here they remained until the conqueat by the Manolize when, byder pairing suloide the of them endod itself and bid dynasty in the riven Bowing by the city walls
Hongkong and Shanghai Bank chegas which that Berk hul £11,000,000
The portion of the Chinoso loan, asngrëf paid over on 7th
secount of the Japankre Bank and paid into the
Sings the advent of foreigners Nanking has 19. Our readers are well aware, played, an portant part in Chinoes history, And Bou J KA-Hate for semis time been aware, Hero in PERMA
thaginipre than ramour that the central my mi thecome fature once mora put on srial yellow. Should this come to pass,
the results to faina thos) od they affect on the of stents Got the demity can hardly be other In Peking the ruling power hos
They ta
han remained. What the Hanoveriana) might, "tha. med had they governed dryland, Swith
Krogular
nhanged once the Bast with ful surrounding, have remover of this vary heart of the Empire & The move lpt: Judy in fact to the foundation of Chirset patriotiga white today is non efistant - To country at large the change would doubt
most welcome and altag the Yangtze from port in particular the effect could sorely te
wire than bongal Nanking is so much
trade Touber
in touch with the ratside world than For
that a much needed stimulus would lat
be given to the old world worthies who
tho
The Hivun pa of the 2nd June-negyvenation with the Spanish American War, sant dafore 11.9.ms. on day of publication ther that rats were ineceiited with a preparation of the the following, which speses in a pepe just toportant i muted to if Lanaiti, ugsat of this pity, and recently published accounts
Telegraphic Address PRESS-AL.C, vite,
PJ) Bor. U
Telaphone No. 12.
DEATH.
1 of the Chineman who died frota plagusband, being one of the many ealogistic cu the Peru, and all quickly secured giving forences to the geotioman who so ably rape every symptom of the germination the plague montent this important port our "ÁMĚSTÍCAN Laccillos. It is a matter for g congratum cousins Consul-General. Wildman is Billing At the Government Civil Hospital, June 10tion that no trice of further bis hae Fern his deHonto position with rare tact and with great VIOLET ASTIE, second daughter of Edward covered on board the steamer, which is still credit to himself and to the United States, STATSFIELD Aged 1 year and 10 incutie 1285 dulzived off Wada.
A Washington despate of May 9th reads. The most important feature of the Cabinet Carmail at the recetas Mansion in-day wae à disimazion of plans for govering the Philippizee, At flest it was proposed to form a Commission composed of Admiral Dewey, Consul General Wildman, of Hongkong, and Consul Willams,
The Daily Press.
Hongrong, JUNE 11th, 1898-
Shanxi, the ba
bal was
mpleted
revenue collections are kept looked up to increase stringency and thereby foros up orchange.
6The Government objets to the Linds schems on account of its possible expor The Chamber is content that to stabi manently a gold coinage on the lines of orament's scheme would cost for more than
20,000,000 Lait 'Govertimens contemplate and that to worry qut the Lindasy scheme £20,000,000 would be more than mufficient. Mornover the Chamber bulieres that a large- majority of aathorities in India onnidor that a gold coinage is unsuitable to this country, apart. from the probably enormous "expanse of estab. *-* linking it.
7-Another objection to the Government scheme is that to throw at ouoo a buge quantity of silver, on the parket, would farther reduce the price of that metal, thereby seriously in- juring both producers in their competition with silver standard countries and the great Team of bolders of silver in India.
8-In covelusion the Chamber would again and advocate the adoption of the Lindsay schome br Chinese some modification of it, for the reasons already This stated in ita letter to the Government of India, onstody which is quoted on page 9 of the "Gazette. ad and Extraordinary" of the 4th May, and would Bovara respectfully press ca the Currency Committen sante the urgent necessity for the prompi adoption be the of measures to relieve the present torsion in -India, which is intersally felt to bars become Glor. intalnicable
be
I have the bonor to confirm the following bat telegram despatch by the Chamber to the Com kade mittes on the 7th instant:
"Madras Chamber Commerce strongly pro ketosio sghiuat adoption Government Tudia Car
ronoy proposals involving violent contraction ourroney which disastrous to trudo necessitios and prosperity country. Approves Lindsay. schema er modification. Letter follows have the honour to be. sir, yeur most obediant Rervant,
(Signed) Grorah G. ALBUTANO,
Chairman.
REGIMENTAL JOURNALISM.
In his reminiscences as editor of regimental The journals, Lient. Col. Newnham-Davis writes in the Naval und Military Megame-Tommy taan Is not a born journalist. His idea of humour is loyd to tell of home Sergeant being seen coming and from the Sargeants' Mese with a little too mngh bined liquor on board, and he is very disappointed Usha when he does not see his effusion in print. the Fare other contributions bass tog Buch portance military rigoar about. the amusing Jisits of a fheident occurred at one of the plains stations erman ship is Inilo, when three Corporals out shooting region of the canze Boros what they took to be a litter of ervice cffixed wild pig, and shot ono of the butchas.". Yong journeys They turned out to be domestlos animals, and lent acate stage the kamble agriculturist who swaed them y step on or appeared to the orderly room, and obtained" Americe, and the payment for his loss. I thought that there on: three-fourthe might to humour in an account of the shooting ata now lies in the expedition told by a participator in it, and he projected bring. asked ons of the three Corporals to write s -populated. districts description of it. This was what he got me Sacies with the insin
in Asia must still
joantilo marine of Gor,
resistibly, Gezinany's soa 3 Corpis-Reg.
nt service are approaching
ifend will soon maryase them
Smbers. The German spirit
feoping up step by step, and
Bir bar the honour
to report that the detail as por margin proveeded on the 3rd instant, on a shoot. ing expedition.
The game obtained was
da per margin, for which the
Fayes.
I have the honour to b
Sir, Your obedient Servna!.
dry call the attention of English Piga, domostio, 1. detail is now under stop- fact that at this moment a German steamship company, the Hamburg Amortcon Ling 18 the greatest in the world, that the largest curgu steamer in the world is the Gror- mas steamer the Pennsylzania, and, finally, that a Gersu Royal Mail stenciar, the Kaiser Wil helm the Great, is the fastest ship in tbs world. These are three records all won from England."
A
THE CURRENCY QUESTION, LEFTER FROM THE MADRAS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO THE LONDON COMMITTEE,
A cops of the following communiostion has been received from Madras by the Secretary of the Ceylon Chamber of Commores, and has been sont to us for pablication
THE ENGLISH MAIL
The P. & G. steamer Verike, wiib the Eng- lish canil of the 13th May, arrived yesterday. The following talograms are from Ceylon nat Indian parora ———
PROGRESS WITH TOE IRISH LOCAL GOVERNMENT BİLİ
London, 5th May. The Irish Local Government Bill has passed through Committee of the House of Commers. THE PARLIAMENTARY WHITSUNIIDE RECESS.
THE DERBY.
London, 25th May. The following is the result of the race for the Derby
Jaddah Batt...
Dunlop
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BUILDINGS - Hongo grey theEmpire. The sight of the SARAB Aly fumer on the passage up or down
Hoida would be a constant rominder of that outer niense with: mall edles, world of which they are so iguerant Bad yet so furtice auged hende at for case affected by It would not be many file for larger years probably before the Emperor would be
the proud pousser of his own yacht, and then the offer al 220 without "goodbye to the exclusiveness which has adhitherto been the rain of this magnificout land. vou Island have boen we would give him a right royal reception Now, arl 8291 for old in Shanghai, reception much as he a me to
$228 VALOR BLP never dreamt of, but which would serve polders refuse to part of a double purpose, being at once a TOO thing also, tongepard under this of foreign good will, and imple evidence of
our having emerged from the barterien condition in whtou l has been taught to suppose na That this proposal band have Bome to the front as this particular atmeture in Soignificant. There can be no cuestión sa The Peking correspondent of the NC. Daily profundity of the impression made on the Pek- News writer ander date of this 2011 Maying mind by recent event. The unprecedented Two ninst Important, controls, ware signod manner of Prince Henry's reception was an out- The Convention establishing commangial re-at the Trung Taries during the past week ward and visible sign of an inward sad terrible chroofly batween France and the United States Both wers first reported by the Yamba to the drond, the dread of approaching absorption or has been signed.
Throne in aparta memorials and afterwards extinction. Nor this fear unfounded, ar approved by Imperial decree. The first of these all the world now khowa. England may have a a contract with Te Rasio-Chinese Bank failed in some part hat the result of her
The Chamber of Commsros, for a Wilway one hundred and forty miles long effort has been at any rate to save the from Talyaanfu, the Capital of Shanef province, body of the Empire, Oren though
Madras 19th May. ta Chengtingfu la the province of Chifli, the extremities man on lopped off
From the Hon. Mr. G. G. Arbuthnot, Chair stingin, on the tronk Possibly the feelingin Paking is akin to that
London, 25th May. Lint large dily south
man, Chamber of Commerce, Madras. lina known ca thị L. Han, zov, under con- whier than in a street fools as he
To the Secretary, Indian Currency Commit The House has adjourned until the th struation. This contasarimolades mining watchos ung fire lowly but surely ap
proxime for the Whitsuntido recess. pelvileges along the and the building of onehin home. It is time to gather los, India Office, London.
THE PLAQUE IN CALCUTTA, Sir, I have the honor to state that the go. At the inement Bassis
Calcutta, 26th May. Ho bring all the Jeverage of her Madres Chamber of Commexner has taken into
Brerything is quiet bora Nafas) cases of Dr. Notification (Accounts and finance tanto, piagus have occurred and the cha The codefract mit by far the more in commisition to bear upon the northern earnest consideration the Government of India's
No. 2,048 A., dated 4th May, 1839, published in Laing has been acquitted ea the charge of Anglo Italian radicale, for working out, iron, prove her agents hare not minced matters
a Gazette of India Extraordinary" of the shoating two men in the recent Bowanipore and forblem throughout Central and Southern of lato asian diplomacy has been of the
riot, the Magistrate being of opinion that bis Shaug with privilege of building railways and Cromwellian typo, which offered a proposal samo date, containing papers on the subject outting oshala to join trunk lines cr anvigable with the band and cocked a pistol with the the establishment of a gold standard in India action was justified in the exercise of the right of China will fool easier when hail and setting forth the Government of India's pro-
of private self-defence. between the possis with regard to the same The Chamber visere this contract is for a period of fin
considers it to be its duty to lose no timo-in lay- years, during which the control enrolytonsand miles intervene vested in the Anglo-Italian syndicate Pussian frontier and her capital. But it
be sall that, however contiguousing before the Indian Currency Committes Its The French oruiser D'Entrecasteaux Las been
As exporta have long since prononhusal may
**róvaros, of Charter to Taking may be to fasian power and ter- strong disapproval of these proposals sad its reasons for this disapproval. Tho Chamber is going through her trials before sailing for China, and was the other day the scene of what
and cool it readily be staleonors.ritory, no ships ou reach it as they can
Yanking That is true. But it is equal aetonished to frd that is the face of what has might easily have been a very serious accident,
sign is by long odds the greatest instal con-
ly true that, having a satisfactory anderstand occurred during the last two years, and espect ens of the tubes in her boilers giving out, with
ceron ever made by Ching the result that there was a quel of steam of Manila, but after a lengthy discussion this the seat of ke Tang Yasin and can
Your correstenilsut Haash the contracting with Eugland respecting the Great Valley, ally during the last six months-namely, the ex- the danger would be reduced to a minimum, tree stringency of the money market and tho mingled with llanies into the stokehold, and vas abandoned for the present, as it won
and, if the worst came to the worst, it is for universal ontory and demand for the adoption some of the stakere were severely burned. She loved that Admiral Dawes was fully able to affric, avond doubt that the result of the work- JUDGING for the announcement made by is fitted with The D'Allat water tube boilers, take care of the territory pending the series of grof this plan to a completion will be varty casier for the Court at Nanking to move fur of measures to relieve this sirtageney-the Darby before the start of the race, was 100 to the Pacific Cable Company of New York
Admiral Stark, the newly apported Controne, when, the subject would be brought the the Empire and certainly puritable ther inland to a place of safety than it wonkl Government of India should now put forward 1-910h against Jaddab and Dunlop, and 30 to
As more than six-touths be from its prosent position. With careful proposals involving the immediate withdrawal against The Batt
Disraeli was first to get away at the start, that the surveys for a cable between mander-in-Chief of the Rician Proifle Saunders, de Me Best news of the drzical of the the capital of this syalicato is rapresected by steering we are of opinion that the Chiasse of ten crores of rupees from the currency, of conet of California and the Hawaiian Islands will have Odessa by volinter det Banter folgexpected and overtus 1.38 MrFoglish Brus of prominence, and the suginoers ship of State, which of late has been amongst which six crures are to come from the outside Jeddah being among the bet
chant Flow end of this current week, says the have been completed and that arrangement des and Line Emprure of the 13th May, patch of the battle, the New York Heuld re-
which was bringing Admiral Dewoy's first loss and in generally are a consist of Englishmen the breakers to such an extent that the hae public. The Chamber cannot understand how the ronzing followed by The Batt and Disraeli. and Americans it is coidain that wility and threatened to break up, may once more emerge Government has failed to sos that to carry out This order being waintained threagh the furzes are being made for the establishment of the direct tee Port Arthur. The same towel takes port says The State Department has the orgy will combine to make Shanel groat into smooth water with the prospect of a long such a shame would in all probability cause a where Jeddah was stil well behind. Descend- on entering the straight. 'lbe Bat: and Waat- line within sighteen mouths, it would seem out a numerous party of marine engineers of bonour of receiving the first news 1: cums in mung nu manufactoring centre. The Kobe and prespans voyage before hor. Parti- most seriona fuaacial crisis and widespreading the bill The Batt asgamed commend, and -The Chamber observes that Government age were on level terms, Jeddah running into that the project of a Pacific cable is likely up grades from the Black Sea and the the shape of a cablegram of three words from Chronicle of some time in October last had a cularly may this be the case if, thanks to no Baltic superintend the construction, and Consul General Willman at Hongkong and was long artide by a Russian travelio describing understanding between the three Powere most the wonderful minoral walth of Southern aud interested in maintaining the status quo, we
chooses to assume ab initio that the currency with pasti Jeddah and Dunlop then soon to be translated into a fact. If this he equipment of las new dockyart and arsenal at as follows:-"Hongkong. McCullock, wad-
Port Arthur.
"This is
have come to xa end of the political tompests at present is naduly rentout, but this hypo gradually improved their position, Teridal lead- the usual form in which out Shaasi end urging that the should he the case, how about the propoærd "all
which bare au conetantly threatened as of late, thesis the Chamber cannot accept. It would ing as they penned the stand, and coming it s naval movemente ure reported by cable. The developed and forsign Auspices. It won
-Mercury.
rezark, however, that one advantage of the winner by three-quarters of length, ono and "British cable to connect Canada with
Lindsay sohems, which Gryverament has rejected, a half length dividing second and third. despatch was received by Assistant Secretary. List the Chinese have at last been brought to
is that It would leave to natural causes to show Eighteen harees in all started for the Derby, Cridler, who was turned ont of his inpresised realise this and have entrusted the antler to
Chevalier Duntti's syndicate. sat at his offee in the State Department by a
whether this is or is not the case. If it is, then. The twelve in addition to these arody men- SCHOOLBOY SLIPS. messenger boy at 649 o'clock of the morning of
under the soleme rupees would, flow in grads. tioned being Dieudonne, Heir Male, Thoon, May 7th. The naval authorities were promptly
Recently Truth offered a price for the bast ally probably and automatically, to buy gold Archduke I Hawtineb, Bridegroom, Sosen- at the Government minimum of 1s. 6d. and berg, Cherrybeart, The Virginian, Perthshire. anthontic blendor made by a schoolboy. The
The being despatel which was expoetod to surely followin
when they reached a corisin amount they might, Calverley, and The Wyvern. following are some of those sent in from Dewey. Adeniral Dewey's flest despatch
Henry VIII was bravejcorpalant, and cruel for gold to replace the gold reserve
if noosary, be legitimately melted and sold against blondonne at the start was sovon to two. railways, viz., The Hankow-Canton, the La
The came at 9.35 a.m."
Jon, and another. The first of the reads has he was frequently married, before his death, to
HD. GLADSTONE LYING IN STATE.
London, 26th Mav doubtless been given to this syndierto, but there
widow, had mu utser in his leg and great deri Chamber's brief, however, is that there is no redundancy of carronoy, und that as soon as must to come mistake about the Z-Han, as I
Mr. Gladstone's remain arrived in London understand on good authority that King site of sharacter.
The British Constitution is what you may was established, which the Chaanber believes minster Hall where the body will fie in state confidence in the efficacy of the Lindsay scheme to-day and were placed on a catafalgus in West- Leopold himself telegraphed HE. Li Hung- ent a sound one, but on account of its insolent
would not take long, gold would flow in which til Saturday. chang that the Belgians would build the Leposition it suffers from fogs.
could be used not to attempt the Sisyphean Has and furnish the capital, if not required by A schoolboy, being questioned relative to task of stablishing not maintaining a gold Sheng Total to commence simultaneously from
Adam, was asked how Adam know everything coinage, but to buy silver for coinage to both unde of the line. U.E. She has been "I suppose his mother told him," he replied. holding out for this, as he is rory noxions that
Schachmaster: Why was Jerusalem aucitish what would have been found to be the
Boy (aflor a careful unduly contrasted currency. the road should be completed within three rounded with walls?
3-1t som to the Chamber that the do Bash, however, is waing out again, age)To keep out the milk and honey" เร bat in what capacity we are unable to say,
What were the last words of Charles I. He mirant note throughout the whole of the Government Despatch of the 3rd Marok is that bald ng ble head and said, "This is the head of the volums of the currency must be made to be a traitor!"
consistent with a la rupeo, and that if it is But unzelsten: with this it is redundant bad saust be contracted. But the Obamber, ventares to think that a sounder argument is that the volume of the currency must be consistent with the coñitry, and to endeavanr to secure a 18.
unwise "Rud, fatul policy.
for decision
FIREMEN REFUSING DUTY.
▲ TRIVIAL EXCUBE,
syndicake.
telegram receive) in Paking the day before yesterday from A. W. Baals stated that Washington with the Chinese
Minister, Wa Ting.fang, to construct throm
I snems that at Maitila the electric lamps Fiji, New Zealand, nud Australia ca part of on the sen front have been extinguished, to pre a British electric girdle round the extrusive Following that, the Americans sont a vessel vent the Atoericans from seeing lov mack. waist of the British Empire? The scheme near shero sightly to sweep the sea front with zingọt glend; in fact, it is very touch alive, the vessel's search light. This, at first, annoyed notified, and awaited with intense interest the Carey-Wahbarn syplicate had signeil con
be Spaniards a good dual; bat rising to the but it weeds some fresh stimulus to induce situation, crowds began to gather nightly to the British and the Colonial Governtoents | injoy the show. Then the Americana theaght interested in hurry up so that they shall they re, perhaps, putting themselves to esed. Less trouble and the search light exhibitions not be forestalled in this great and truly were skeppal-Straits Times, notional undertaking. Recout events have
A correspondent of a home pagar lares that, again in a woost telling manner accentualect
At the Harbour Office pasterday afternoon conseguent on the recent trouules in the Par the great need--for the better security of East, the Gevoramcat are considering the
before Commander Rumsey, Charles Stewart, eats of nevetorating communication, sakinly Willium Chalmers, A Black, and John Taylor, British political and commercial interests-
the Canadian Pacife Railway and the areon on board the British steamer Progle of a system of telegraphie communication Facilis Ocess. The new Transatlantio mail wore sharged at the instance of William Part, which shall not be at the mercy of foreign line to be provided by Messrs. Poberson azıl master of the said vessel, for disobeying the lawful commands ai comptainnot and rotusing ships or foreign companies. The shore ends Tato will give a 20-knot weekly service to of the cables should be landei on British Calin ts. but it is felt that a sitalar duty on Juno let ou the high seas on boar: the rvice is nodod westwarde from Vancouver. aidship. Mr. Master (Maasra. Johnson, Stokes. farrtory, secure alike from foreigu ob- It is thought that Shanghai should be pai and Muster) appeared for the prosecution andTM servation or attack. This cannot be too within twaaly days of Liverpool by a route Mr. Looker (Meente Descoli and Ha-toge) for
euning all the way through the temporate the defence.
Captain Peart said that just before noes on strenuously insisted upon. It would be zone.
the 31st ult they ware at anaher near Bangkok difficult to over-estimate the importance of
Peking has houn taken in badly, wo learn from when Charloe Stewart came to bin and said he
--
LATEST STEAMFR MOVEMENTS. The P. & C. steumer Pealar belt Singapore for this port on the 9th instant, at 2p..
The O. 8. 8. Co. steamer Tartine left
What was the new of the Cities of Refuge They were used by those who had uninten tionally vommitted micide.
Bombay is it in a hollow surrounded
by
rain.
keeping open communications bath for the a coerexpomicat of the N. C. Daily Noers, by a could not out the perk supplied for the meals Singapors on 7th instant, and may be expwoted hills, and the climate is such that the indaki- / the requirements of tiads and tas prosperity of
the bud any attempt to cut the exhles, und this win the first move in the game that may any time be commenced, of which the Hispano-American War is now furnishing an object lesson.
The British and Canadian Press lurve bean paying some, but not much, attention
to this scheme, and in some of the Austra lian Colonies it la regarded with favour. Recent events in the Far East have attracted notice to the fact of the virtual malgamu- tion of the British and Russo-Danish Tele-
to arrive here on 12th instant.
Thehhe Lins" stoomer Radnorshire, from London, left. Singapore on the 8th instant, and is dus berean or about the 15th instant,
The C. P. steamer press of China, from Hongkong, arrived at Amoy on Thursday, at 8 a.m. and sailed again for Shanghai at 3 p.ro of
tants are compelled to Eve elsewhere.
Lendon, 26th May. The betting on the placad horses in the
Bitin look ap
Later.
Fully 170,000 portions of 3 classes visited Westminster Hall to-day to see Mr. Gladstone ring in state. The coin is closed and le plased on a high catafalque. Ferfect order prevailed."
London, 27th May. Upwards of one hundred thousand people visited Westminster Hall today to sen Mr. Gladstone lying in state.
The widow of the decmend has arrived in Lendon to attend the funeral.
UE TERRIBLE DISASTER IN THE BAY OF
BENGAL
Calcutta, 26th May. The British India steamship Lindula, voyag.
A boy, anked what sana was, said: "Pleased, tapes at the experps of these would be an ing from Calentts to Rangoon, broke her shaft
We know that. St. Peter was crucified with
several of bis epistles.
created.
sake of preventing surprises and to nip in vigu swindler who gave himself ont s an adding that he was not quite an alligator." Bugisha amet Wilson Fretending to leva Complainant replied that if he lint tell him
sir, it's taking your cap off to master and miesas."
The band was takoa in tow on Monday by the same Sir Claude Macdonald's letter of introduction, tuo day before he should have been glad to ge
It has already been proved that by the Company's steamer Mecer. On Tuesday the ho segursi a letter from the Hongkong and some salt boot, but pork had been ordered for
bis head downwards, because he mentions it in artificial contraction of the currency exchange haweer parted, and in manevring the Mecca Shanghai Bank compradore to . . Hu Yu the following day, and it would have to be fon, Director of the Imperial Railways, and pater. At eight o'clock the following moru
Methwish was the longest man that erar ond be temporarily forced up to the 1s. 4orcesed the bows of the Tandula hich collided level; but so far this has worked no good, bat with and sank the Mecca. The captain, twoen victimised him to the extent of one hundred ing, when the vessel was staan, defendants same day.
lisvi.
Austria is watered by the Danbo and its evil, for no one believes or will beliere unfitgineers, and about Bity others were drowned dolls. Two guests of the Hotel de l'ekin lentine to bir and asked for their breakfast.
a minimum is established in the stability of ex
ANOTHER ACCOUNT. i was in the galley.
tribulations.
Calontta, 8th May. him sixty dollare "until the Bank opered," and He told them
change, and consequently capital has flowed from, What was the Sulio law A law which for instead of te, the country over since the News reached Caloutta this morning that the Is an author's note to the sixpenny edition aivua wore" takes is to his woulideney in the fast which was there. He said the engines of "Ring Solomon's Mies, just faned by bade any one eyning to the throne whose maximum rate was reached. If the Govern. B. 1. aleaners Lindula and Mesca had collided, other good-natured confiding fræsigners and They replied that they could not out the break. sun lotal of over five hundred dollars. He got and the officers were eating it. and surely I Mazars. Cassoli and Co., Mr. Dider Haggard mother wasn't a woman.
ment proposals were adoptól, no doubt for a and the latter had sunk. Particulars are scanty At a board school in London the other day tiras exchange would be kept at is. id. by the at pressut, but, so far, it appears that both! away with his plunder, but Sir Claude Macdonald they could eat it the remen could. Charles remarke-The auther anturas to take this had him arrested at Tungku by a wire to Tien- Stewart said that until he got breakfast he opportunity to thank his readers in all parts of the children were ast an essay on "Kindness to teiu."
would refuge duty. Sabsequently the others the world for the kind roseption that they have Animals," and one girl wrote: It is quel to aide contraction of the currency which they steamers foft here for Baugoon on Monday. said the same, and they had not been to work accorded to the successive whitions of this tale cut off dogs' tails, us some wicked men do, for involve and the extreme stringency of mensy Soon after leaving Sauger the Mecca kroks her The Norwegian steamer Brand, Capt. Han slave.
during the last thirteen years. Ho hogos that what God has joined together as man must patwhich would prevail; but no confidenes would propeller shaft and signaled the smile for
Rather the reverse, as pablo ren, which was aburo ou Blaze Shoal. By Mr. Looker-On the 31st they had in its prosunt form it will fall into the Baude of sender.”
in tow, but the hawsar parted. The Zindulu, graph Companies, and one writor has urged arrived at Singapore on the 3rd Jano, basing hashad ment for breakfast. They had frogh an even wider public, and that. la cute ta como,
A small abid of 8. when asked, "What did opinion would not tolerate permanently the stance. The latter took the disabled steamer that this is a special and andesirable been succesfully towed off on the 1st by the meat for dianer and for ten they had hash again way continue to afford samoment to those your godfathers and godmothers de for you "evils flowing from contracted currency while manovring to po a freek hawser, for- 6--The following figures will show the large cibly collided with the Mesia, which sank. The anomaly in the Great British naval station The Ford wae bound from Antwerp to rise.
Tangong Pagar Dock Co's. tugboat Mercury. The day before they had hal or ourrs and who are still young enough at beact to loven promptly replied, "They did promise and vow
They had curry and rico twice a story of treasure, wur, and wild adventure. three things in my name. First, that I should withdrawals of capital from India which have captain two engineers, and fifty native passen- Ha for the man far better then the
reneuses the devil and all the commandmente necessitated the high Bank rates raling daring gers. Wore drowned. It is believed that the of Hongkong. We are not inclined to join Vladivostock with musobinery and ironwork, week,
the past two years. The figure are taken from collision occurred 200 miles from Bangor, and all went well until Thursday, the 26th ait. articles required thom. It was not a fact There was an amvaing froidont in the Houso in the distrust expressed by this writer, or
the last puhiebed statements of the Presidency whon at 7.30pm the vessel nuerpretedly ran that for five days those mon had nothing of Commons the other night. The dobeta in tontertain any doubt of the good faith of aground on the Blootoim Shost, and remained but pork for breakfast, dinner and tea Thero Comittee on the Irish Local Governmisat One grimly humorons Incident has vs the Banks in March, 1896, and Marob, 1899, which Linda andved at Diamond H
morning, mush dansged. The were two Mahommedan fremen on board. They Bill had been proceeding quietly and smoothly Pariu correspondent of the Daily Chronicle) er be taken se the height of the busy maGION- the Great Northern Telegraph Company, thers us stated until the Ist justunt.
AMERICAN TRANSIMILAND EQUIPMENT exteen-cot of tho commencement of hostilition
Gort Other " but this does not prevent us from foaling rese, hencer made no water, and it is would not have pork; they had salt boof and until, without warming, the somnolent mem
Doposite. Deposits, Advanoon. Cash.
London, 27th May. oot expected that she is materially injured, eggs,
AE. May, the cook, then are evidanese wore suddenly confronted with Mr. T. M. between Spain and America. The body of the ill deeply impressed with the necessity, from Lough the estont of the damuge, ififig, will
ustrioaangep Toussaint Fonvertiefer some Healy's "minning word" puzzle. In his own
1898. 507,00,000 1,135,000 7,208,60,000. 542,80,00
Diásports and six sullers ar still. 16073$8,00,000 680,90,000 1,106,00,940,387,00,000 for the convoyance of the remainder of a political point of view, of an all British Bot bo kaawa until the vessel has toon surveyed, with regard to the food. Iuraply, to Mr emphatic manner lus wanted to demonstrate time abeolate master of San Domingo-was that ho didn't care a fig or batton for somo buried by order of Napoleon in the little cable being stretched across the broad Paci. The Captain attributes the stranding either to Looker, he said be ate the pork and enjoyed it.
a strong custerly set of the current or to the Mr. Losker admitted that in refusing duty of the arguments advanced against him. But cemetery of the Furt de Jou, our Pontarlier. Dec. 32,00,040 260,00,000 162,00,000 185 - the American troops ordered to Manila.
For some time part negotiations have been ju pro- These figures speak for thecitalve when It to considered doubtful whether the Amori. the meu did wrong. They did not complain of after saying. I don't care io. The occupation of Weihaiwei and the pressave of the Iron on board affecting the the quality of the pork, but they and had pork" he judiciously selvoted the word "dump" gross between the French and Haytian Govern. it is considered that at the reh, 1888 can will be able to more large bodies of troop ,development of British interessa in Chim compass, or both. They sighted the light on
the One Fathom Bau aul two minutes so continuously that their gorgo began to rise, and thus got out of a palpable difinity and ments for the transfer of the patriot's reninius the ordinary surplus of the Gover for some time to come. A large proportion of ment in their lies-Cransaries in Calcutta, volunteers are still equipped, and nothing has only emphasizes the necessity for an alterna-before tho vessol struck, un tus cars wa When the meu asked him for a change the penis of laughter from the entire House. But to his native soil. M. Hanotast now considers tive telegraph line which should not touch at accordingly allorer to clear tho shoul, bet the captain did not tell them he had arranged for a it was a very wear thing all the same. With that it would be inopportuns to allow a demon, Andras and may, agnet from the balades yet been done towards the outfit of the 75,000
aloniations of theo on Board as to the position fresh diet, and as he held out no hope that thoro little more Bre or fervour in debats, the ora stration which might be misinterpreted Togs with residency Banky, amounted to over mes last called out.
Three thousand Spanish troops now occupy erores, it is evident that thoeo belansen any foreign shore from one side to the other of the vessel were falaided immediately after would change they said they ould not torior doubt might easily sve given rise to sant Onverture will therefore remain unete
an offlaini call to order. work any more.
kuined until after the war:: of the great ocean. Hongkong has now wards by For radhing aground-Free Preas.
which are taken by the Government from their Algecires, apposite to Glamlar.
ROULTIES.