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Havas telegrams announce the arrival in Paris on the 16th inst. of Count Lamsdorff and bis ontertainment at Inach by M. Delossé. On the 17th MM, Loubet, Waldeck-Rousseau, The retain of visitor to the City Hand Delcassé left for Dunkirk, followed later bý Library and Museuus last weak shows that the other Ministers. nou. Chinese and 117 Chinese visited the former, and 67 non-Chincas and 1,599 Chinese the latter institution.
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By order of M. Doumer, Governor-General of Indo-Chins the Journal Officiel de l'Indo Chine Françaiɛz, hitherto divided into two parts, The Emperor William is ambitious to shine the first for Cochin-China, Cambodia, and Imus, as a author, among his many other hobbies.the second for Annem ual Tonkio, will frem Ho is said to be engaged in writing a history the 1st January next be issued as one publica- of the storming of Tuku forts-from a German tion, reserved solely for the proceedings of the Emperor's point of view, of course.
Governmout. The Bulletin Oficiel de l'Indo- Chine will be published under sirailar conditions.
'The Bengal, with the next English mail, left Singapore on Saturday, the 21st lest., at 4p.ra, and may be expected here on Thursday, about noon. Replies are due to letters despatched from Hongkong on the 29th July.....
We have received the programme of the Shanghai Autumn Race Mesting, to be held on the 5th, 6th, and 7th November. Tan ances President to be ran on each of the first two days, Ring on the third, while thrus events come off on the "off day." Five races in all are
"unfortunate exhibition of sympathy for "violent deeds done from patriotie motives; "while it has the further advantage of showing that in the eyes of the law life is "sacred and is not to be taken lightly, even "when the offence is most grave.
Altogether it seems regrettable that ou "such an important occasion the judges who tried IBA SOTARO found themselves “unable to issue & weighty condomination "of the net and the reasoning by which IBA "has sought to justify himself before the The cases of Mr. Hoss's “ country. murder
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and of MCKINLEY'S murder by Czo1cora are of course very different. We know of no plex urged by the Polish anarchist in extenuation of his deed; In SOTAKO insisted on his patriotism. Czegorz has been found guilty of murder in the first degree and will presumably end his life by elec. is trocution; the Japanese assassin doned to spend his remaining years in prison. In either case can any sane man Unfortunately the discover a romance. death penalty conveys to minds the glory of martyrdoma. The deci sien as to the right course to take in the punishment of such crimes is indeed a hard one. In many ways the method adopted in dealing with King Humazer's assassin seems to combine the maximum of punish mait with the minimum of notoriety. But the punishment, nevertheless, is to many revolting inhumanity. The question is whether such people as Barsci, CZOLGORZ, Pronounced by Connoisseurs to be the and their numerous predecessors retain the right after their crimes to be considered
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the Director of Public Works under the Building Ordinance, and had done so since. April, 1890-nearly twelve years. During that period the works had increased en mansly, wet from the time witness took over hintios ap June of 1000 the stai consisted of an amsistant engineer and in overseer, besides himself. Fora number of years Mr. Hazeland was bie assistant, and he was succeeded by Mr. Savier, Bafore Mr. Hazeland took over the dutica of HEELS- taat engineer, Mr. Semple filled that position, and witness had the whole of his time for Building Ordinance work Mr. Hageland fallawed Mr. Semple in 1892, and betis he and SHANGHAI, 23rd September, 10.47 am. Mr. Xarier were sometimes takou away for
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THE CRISIS IN CHINA.
THE COURT'S RETURN-LATEST
REPORT.
A Haianfu despatch reports that the
other work Mr. Person who resigned in June last year, gave his whole time to the work, and after he resigned there was no one but Mr. Xavior, who in turn landed over the whole of his work to Mr. Crip. The staff asisting witness was now reduced from an assistant
Mr. Bowley-Your Worship will see that engineer and an overseer is an overseer only. there is a beautiful sliding scale, and all the time the work was increasing enormously.
Witness said the work had increased bynt least three times, and he had made repeated repreton- Iations to the head of the Department about DEATH OF MR. J. J.
the insufficibney of his staff. Of late witness had been able to give less time to work under FRANCIS, K.C.
the Building Ordinance because his other work had increased andthe staff under him reduced. YOKOHAMA, 23rd September: Witness said he received notice A and plans Band (dealing with the houses 32 and 34 in Cochrane Street) carly in November. It was his duty to see that plans were in accordance them on to the Medical Officer of Health The
width of the street verified, and Mr. Crisp was with the Building Undinance, and then he passed
sent to do the jou. The width was found to plans were given to Dr. Clark, who wanted the
architect on 17th November lost your These 824, be correct and permit D was issued to the proceedings were in connectionth No. connection with No.34. Atzo time before the and later the same procedure was followed in accident did with inspect the houses, nor did Mr. Bowley Am I to fast, then, that any other officer of tho 1W Dido 201 there was no examination of any kind whatever by any officer of the Departmen, either. bolore
In the House of Comioon on the 10th ult. Imperial Court will proceed to Kaifeng-fa, Mr. Flynn asked the First Lont of the Trea
Hogan, and will remain there for two years. sary, whether his attention had boon called to the proceedings in connection with the forms- tion,f the Pacific Cable Board; whether this Board entered into any contract respecting the construction of the calls before any resulation of Parliament or other sanction was obtained ; and was any mousy paid in the nature - of obtained; and if so, was this netion taken: with instalmoute beforo muction of Parliament vaa
Mr. J. J. Francis. K.C., died suddenly the suction of the Treasury representatives on! this board; and what explanation of these pro- coedings could the Treasury offer to the Hause yesterday morning. He was staying at the tea, boing apparently in good health. The The Chancellor of the Exchequer, who replied,Grand Hotel, and took his usual morning said:-The Trouanry and the Agonts-General of the several colonies interested entered into a contract with the Telegraph Constenction and boy left him to prepare bie bath, and, on his Maintenance Company for the construction and rotura, found him in a 'fit. A doctor was laying of the Pacific cable bafery the sanction immediately summoned, but Mr. Francis of Parliament was obtained. This was in necor.
succumbed at eight o'eluck, the cause of dance with the regalar practice with regard to
death being apoplexy, The funeral takes On the 18trinst, at H.B.M.'s Supreme Court contracts involving subsidies to ialograph.com. Shanghai, F. G. Kesling, proprietor of the St. panies or payments to steamship companies for place to-day. Goorge's Hotel, for unjustifiably assaulting the convegenes of mails. The exceptional. and wounding & Chinaman with a loo, was so feature in this case was that the first instal tenced by His Honour Chief Justice Wilkinsonment of payments under the contract foll dae, to three months' imprisonment with hard labour, and therefore had to be paid, before the The assault tock place in the neighbourhood of payment was sanctioned by Parliament. When Jessfield on the 15th July: The accused the contract was agreed to, I had every reason pleaded that he acted in self-defence.
to anticipate that we should be ablo to submit it to the judgment of the House before this | instalment fell dne, but this proved to be im
fatal.
The steamer Sual, which arrived at Shanghai
from Hankow on the 17th inst., reported H.M.S. possible owing to the congestion of business in Woolcock arrived at Hankow on 14th Septeu: the carly part of the session. I take the entire ber, from up river; Algerine and Snipe still responsibility for what oconrod, but I think my at Bankow on 14th September; Bramble still action in accepting the contract was fully at Kinking on 16th September;" Eadymion, justified, because prices of materials were Dido, and Pique at Nouking on 16th Septem-rising so much at the time that it we land not bor; Plover at Wuhu on 18th September; accepted the contact when we did, wo should Redpole taft Wahu for-up river on 16th Sep. probably have incurred a considerable loss in
the increased price of the calls. tomber.
At Wanchai on Sunday a Chineman com mitted a murderous assault on a boy of fifteen
We are indebted to our contemporary, the Hongkong Telegraph, for the abova telegram.]
SECOND ENQUIRY INTO THE COCHRANE STREET
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REFERENCE TO MR. FRANCIS'S SUDDEN DEATH. Before proceeding with the ouquiry yesterday morning, Mr. F. B. L. Borlay, Crown Solicitor, referring to the sudden death at Yokohama of Mr. J. J. Francis, K., sail-Before proceed ing with the inginess of the Court, I would ask your Worship to allow me to rufer to the great loss which the legal profession in the whole death of a familiar figure in this Court the Colony has sustained in the terribly sudden senior member of the local Bar, Mr. Francis. Worship now socupies. For over 30 years be K.C., who at one time eat upon the Bench your had been identified with this Colony, and had practised in its Courts with distinguished The Freeman's Jourant (Dublin) last month success; and we have become so accustomed to resort to his extensive knowledge and ripe ar cause a gap in the Colony which must long remain anfilled. We mourn the less to-day of speaker, and a personal friend. I am sure your a great lawyer, az eloquent and convincing Worship and all present will join in an expres sion of despest sympathy with his sorrowing widow in her bereavement.
A. S. WATSON & CO. North has led us to believe that prepara-goste, named Li Wo. Ho struck bihu repeatedly gave details of an interview which Mr. Williams perience in all difficulties that his loss will
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other parts of the body, and left him ancon scious. The bay was at first believed to be so seriously injured that when he way removed to the hospital the police took his depositions. He rallied, however, and gave the name of his The man was assailant, who was arrested. charged at the Magistracy yesterday and re- manded till the 30th inst. reported to be doing well.
So many contradictory runours have been vizenated about the movements of the Chinese Imperial Court that it in perfectly impossible to judge what importance should be attached to the Hsianfu despatch quoted in our Shanghai correspondent's telegram of yesterday's date. Recent news from the tions for the Court's return-to-Peking-were--with-ais-fists about the shoulders and chest and being pushed on. The Forbidden City was barded over to the Chinese troops on the 17th instant, and it was reasonably to be expected that, were the desire to return to Peking genuine, the Court would only allow the period necessary for effecting repairs to the palaces to clapse before starting from Asianfu for the capital. It is many months since we first heard of the Emperor's great anxiety to be back in Peking once more. It is true that the story about a probable stay at Kaifengfu is not HONGKONG OFFICE: 14, DES VEUX ROAD Cl. new. Indeed, it has been reported more than LONDON OFFICE: 131, FLEST STREET, E.C.once during the earrent year that Kaifengfu would be mude the temporary capital of the Chinese Empire, or that the Empress Forgzore, 24th September, 1901.
Dowager at least would advance no further AMONG the incentives which exist to prompt on the road to Peking. No such stories,
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Redmond had with Mr. Kenger in Holland. In-the-couro-of-the-interview Mr. Kragor expressed the hope that Mr. Redmond had not been forced to fly from the British Government as the result of his "strong speeches" in favour of the Boers. In declaring his opinion as to the effect of Lord Kitchener's proclamation, Mr. Kruger said, "My people are not to be frightened by such proclamations and spooches. These things can only encourage those who are He then went fighting to continue to do so." on to make charges against the British of Abot nine o'clock yesterday morning, as a gang of coolies numbering about thirty were employing armed natives. Was it tras, as engaged on excavation work in Bridges Street, stated," Mr. Redmond asket, "that there was a great conspiracy to drive the English from at the back of Queen's College, in connection with property that is to be erected thero, about South Africa!"Never," cried the President, forty tons of loose carth gave way and rolled striking the table, "there was no such con- on top of the men working below. They, how-spiracy," Resuming, le moid:-"We only want to be left alone in our country. We made ever, managed to extricate themselves, with the at 60, Ladder Street, who was killed almost years' franchise, which after the Bloemfontein conference we agreed to give them at ones, exception of ena named Chan Cheng, residing many concessions to avoid war. Even the seven
as against our 20,000" In answer to a question covered some time later by the police under would have given the Outlanders 30,000 votes Inspector Nah A search amongst the fallen teaterial showed that the casualties were in reference to the promises made by the fortunately limited to this one fatality. Acting Government as to the treatment of the Boers, Captain Superintendent Badeley and Acting scene of the laudalip to render aid if reqnípad."
such terrible outrages as the murder of the however, had any appearance of certainty.instantaneously, and whose dead body was
Until we learn more of the latest despatch we must give it no more importance than its predecessors.
Still it must not
His Worship replied-Mr. Bowley, I am sure it was a torrible shock not only to myself but to everybody is the Colony when we heard the and news of the great loss sustained by the legal profession in this Colony by With the sudden death of Mr. Francis. reference to the remarks you have just woude, I re-scho them entirely, and I think I need hardly dilute on Mr. Francis's excellent quaities both as a lawyer and a man. As far I em personally concerned, I may say I have lost a great friend. I may also mention that there is a personal element in the matter, and that is--he always carried a very high opinion of me owing to the fact that my father, the then Crows Solicitor, was one of Mr Francis's in Hongkong. I am sure that greet sympathy. will be extended--is extended-to the widow in har suffering. examiners when he was admitted to prxotice
or after the approval of the pisos-There was
no examination.
Excepting with the approval of the Director of Public Worke, the old part of schuilding in which alterations re being mado must comply with the new Beng Ordimpeof Yes.
And is it the Leot that except with the approval of the Director of Pablo Works all the walls of the lower story must be of red brick? Yes,
in
Aud similarly no party wall can exceed 35ft..
On those three points the Director of Public Works has discretion whether he will allow the building or not? Yes, but with refereres to the last I have the instructions of the Director of l'ublic Works not to enforce it in any case. tions made by certain architects in this Colany Yes.
length without s rotuta of oross wall?--Yes.
Was that direction the reguit of representa-
With regard to the bonding of brickwork and the thickness of walis, bas the Director of Public Werke ay discretion? There is a discretion as regards old buildings, but not new balldings.
And does it not come to this, that with respect. to alterations and additions the Director of Public Works has discretion whether he will allow them or not Certainly t opinion on à point raised by Mr. Bowley as the Ordinance, was or was not legally bound to whether the Surveyor-General, nocording to to inspect such alterations and addition. From were foundations to the old walls. It mus plans Band E he was of opinion that there the universal practice of architects not to show foundations of old walls in plans, as it was im; possible to show them corrently without opening them up, which was an unreasonable thing to expect.
Mr. Bowley-Is it the
suntvorsal practice of the Public Work Department to approve of a plan submitted by a European architect without knowing whether the foundations are good
bad-Ye
Witness said he would rather not express an
or
Does the plan show whether the walls or
of blue brick or red brick No. E
Does it shor whether they are prof Is it not necessary, then, to make a personal exarcising the discretion of approving alterations and inspection on all these pointa before additions to old works -It is desirabla. beaded or not -No, it couldn't show that
without Is it possible to inspect foundations opening them up? No,
late President MOKINLEY l others who have fallen martyrs to the hand of an assas- sin; the feet of notoriety has undoubtedly always counted for much. The problem be forgotten that more than one foreigner for the administrators of justice after such who can claim to speak with authority on crimes have been committed therefore is to Chinese affairs has prophesied that the Deputy Superintendent Mackie visited the that he knew England's promises"; adding, It was all done in the ground floor, he said, and look very nies on the outside and yet consist of:
lesson.
practically all the value of the lesson is lost Moreover, at Kaifengfu the Emperor will still be in the hands of his captors. Only in bis escape to Peking can any guarantee of good government for China be given.
"Persia. Great Britain desher atmost to improve mistaken.
desired to lay stress on
a
This plan (B) of No shows that the wall is to be raised 50 feet high, from the footing to the coping Tos, that is the maximum height allowed for the thickness shown,
The enquiry was then proceeded with. Yung Tung, the managing partner of the blacksmith's shop at Cochrane Street, No. 32,
Is it possible to find out whether a wall is said he was now carrying on business at 41,
an 18in. wall may Is it not possibla that had been carried on in Cochrane Btrost. Wing On Streat. Qua-tioned by Mr. Bowley properly built without cutting hole in it?— if they would surrender, Mr. Kruger stated he proceeded to detail the nature of the work. No. "We should be slaves." Asked as to the small iron brackets were driven into the wall two in. walls built without any bonding future, he further declared:-"All we want is on each side for the storing of iron pipes, etc. between them? Yes "desecration" of Peking will be nu effectual punish the evil-doer without giving him the
The Ostasiatische Lloyd of the 13th inst, into enjoy our own. Even now, if we got our This admission tho witness was very reluctant to make. No iron was stored on the verandah of the first flder, not a scrap chance of figuring as a victim in the eyes of bar to the settling down of the Court in its
an article on Russia and England in Persia, independence, we would still manage to
Seasant Garrod was the next witness. He the less stable section of the community. old surroundings. It is urgent that all It has been long recognised that the effect naus should be taken to bring the Emperor says that the recent disturbances and riots rebuild our country, but to enable us to do so
we waut our fall independence." Mr. Fischer deposed that when he got to the scene of the Doesn't plan show that the houses zre Then the lower party wall me of a grester of a more or less public execution is rather | Kwano Hou back. Until he is once more against the government at Teheran were dng to
north-east corner of No. 32, apparently on the ground floor. It took about an hour to extio- height than the upper party wall Yes, unless to lend a spurious balo to the perpetrator in Peking the restoration of order cannot the goremment negotiating for a loan from here (writes Mr. Redmond turned to him and collapse in Cochrane Street he saw a fire in the built on a slope Yes of the murder than to convey a salutary but seem incomplete in the eyes of Chinese Russia. We do not think we are very far wrong, said that he was
both houses, Nos. 32 and 34, had fallen out into deeper
the bright In countries like Italy, where and foreigners alike. In the occupation by says the writer, in concluding that these riots the word "full." Asked as to his proposed guish it. The front walls and verandahs of the foundations of the lower party wall are Chat capital punishment has been abolished, the the Allies of the Chinese capital the greatest show the collision between British and Russian American visit, Mr. Kruger replied that sentence of imprisonment for life in solitary lesson of the unacknowledged war between intereses that are continuaily taking place, not nothing was dednitely settled. In conclusion the road, and the party wall between them had The elevation, on plas
house had falles at an angle towards each in all probability the lower party wall li confinement is doubtless effective, for the China and the world has lain. If the fact in Perin only hat over the whole of Mid-Asia. Mr. Redmond states that the impression left fallen down inside, leaving standing at the back of the fount wall to be at least bet
Witness, from a note he had prepared, eaid pitiful romance of death on the scaffold is of that occupation is to be taken as unfit-At great length the Lloyd attempts to prove upon his mind by the interview was that those portion ten feet in height, The floors in each Doan it not appear, looking af plas
noss was on special duty for ten days dearing up the floor level of No. 32 was foot abpre the Tacking to signafise the--murderer's end. ting Peking ns the centre of government that herealean efforts are being made by both who imagine that Mr. Kruger is breaking up, other, leaving the higher portions lesning than 30 fost P-No, not at angeky
the debris. The sapports for the verandahs were top of the footing, so that the plan was in- found in the side channels on each side of the accurate. If the pan had been drawn correctly nations to gain a preponderating influence in either mentally or physically, are very much against the standing walls or pochons losing and solidify her footing there, while Russia moves
that material had been stored on the verandahs foot high, and therefore not in recordation with heaven and earth to return the compliment.
street, but there was nothing seen to indicate it would have shown that the wall was over 51. When turning over the debris on the ground floor, the Oricance. In plan (Not 2) the party wall The German writer is firmaly convinced that at no distant to this rivalry between Great Britain and Russia to gain the predominating
of No. 32 witness exime upon a large quality was shown to be an of iron rods and pipes in the blacksmith's shop. incoe below, the top level 2 This had evidently been stored on the north a matter of feat, were feet 10 incasa bes
Inst position in middle Ass will bring about a
side, but there were no indications of any the floor level of No, 34, and If the well had height and iren having been stored on the south side been built in accordance with the pian
Oby the merions apses of the precent peaceful relations
There was nothing of the nature of a cockloft have, beon 5 feet di incles un
therefore not of the thicknes The blacksmith was recalled, and denied the Ordinanc
-Tockur, if you lad existing-in other words, war.
Mr. Bowley-Well, shelving for iron pipes seen, existence of a shelving spended from the
his evidence on Saturday thinga-No, it is never the pracdon of the as skatobed by Mr. Uriep, fuspector of build: then plans, you would have found gabal s foundations. That is ings, when hun Tann Chang, was also PWI to examine
The owner, joists above for the storing of iran pipes such examined the foundations belone approving
recalled and questioned as to the position of left to the arahitect.
On resuming, Mr. Fooker again went into the situated in the shop on the ground floor at The steamer Richmond Castle, from New No. 34 of Wing On, contractor. The cookwituese box. He said that in houses bmit an a loft ran right along the party wall, and was slope like those in Cochrane Street he would ten feet deep. It was there when witness not expect the average depth of the foundations Yorks and Straits, loft Manila for Hongkong on the 21st inst, and is drie here today...
The T.K.K. steamer Hongkong Maru, with bought the house, Ho did not notion to be six inches to the floor level As A nails, &c. from San Francisco to the 4th inst a similar cockloft in the blacksmith's shop. rule the lones depth would be more than sir
gard to the plans for the***
goutting plans for via Honolulu, has arrived at Yokohama, and Witness, when the alterations were going on, inches. It depended on the nature of the
The cubicles in the houses were put up by the it was usual, when tenants themselves. It was the case that the tions and additions
the new will leave for this port via Inland Sen, Kobe, moved the staircases out towards the street ground. In The N.P. steamer Duke of Fife saded from bead of each staircase rested against a beam, work as well
which went right across the house from party Cookrang Street, Nagasaki and Shanghai this morning. Yokohams for Tacoma on the 21st inst
The N.Y.K. steamer Rosetta Mara (Austra-wall to party wall. The boam was larger and stising work, and there was lian Line) left Nagasaki via Shimonczaki for stronger than ordinary floor joists, To move to how mrose was
floors had to be moved, zi this port on the 20th Just, p.m., and is expected the staircases the beams on the first and second rather an Importan to arrive here to-day, a m
LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS, The P. & O. steamer Bengal left. Singapore for this port on the 21st inst., at 4 p.m., with the outward English mails, and is due here on the 26th izst, at about noon.
The Imperial Gorman Mail steamer Sachsen, carrying the German mails with dates from Berlin of the 2nd inst., left Colombo on the 21st inst., am., and may be expected here on or about the 2nd prox.
or
BRESCI, the ES84BBIB of the late King HUMBERT. Committed suicide in madness induced by his punishment, and his fut thereby attracted far less attention than if he had been langed or beheaded soon after the cornmission of his awful deed. In the
The Hon. Soc. of the Hongkong Jockey Club great majority of cases of attempted assas. gination the guilty parties have been adjudged informs us that a telegram has boon received insane; even in cases where the crime has from Singapore containing the information that it is expected the sabsoription griffins for -actually been perpetrated the murderer has Hongkong will be shipped on the 25th instantWn Ting-fang, China's representative at Withington, is still busy with his oratory, usually had the benefit of whatever doubt
A billiard tournament will commence on the Adúreasing the Jewish Chantanqua Society may have existed. The recont murder in Japan of Mr. Hosur Toat has furnished 3rd prox., at the Soldiers' Club, the prize being at Atlantic City recently he said: The Chinose an extremely interesting example of the way a massive silver cup presented by the Club, and the Jews have always been friends and in which the tribunal before whom the and a sonvonir for each member of the winning not enemies. Both have been persecuted and of prejudica existed against both. Prejudice culprit is brought to justice may regard the team and a prize for the bighest break during despised at any rate, a considerable degree for this port yesterday, and is dus here to the cockleft for storing beams and planks The Court here adjuched for fo.
grew out of ignorance of facts, and was the result of narrow mindedness. If this prejudice was down on account of vicos or weaknesses, it would be justified; but it was not for these reasons. The Jews and Chinese are despised not on account of their vices-though they may have some but on account of their
the tournament, which will be open to the mem
and Police.
affair. As will be seen from the intelligence bets and honorary members; this including the ahrady given, Ina SerAro, who killed troops in garrison, the Navy, the Volunteers the deceased Japanese statesman, get off with life imprisonment, the Tokyo Chiho Saibansho finding that there were extenuat- ing circumstances. In this connection some remarks in the Kobe Chronicle are worth quotation.
Our contemporary says:
On Sunday night fire broke out in a smash store on the second foor of No. 339, Queen's Road Central. Damage to the extent of $150 was done. But for the prompt action of virtues, on account of their industry economy Sergeant Dymond and Constables Broomfeld perseverance, thrift, and business ability. Thess That Ina's punishment has been reduced and Wilden, who hurried along with a despatch qualities the Jows posses to a remarkable “one degres is a small matter in itself, and box and ortinguished the flames before the degree, and on accost of them aroused the "it may be urged with some force that arrival of the Brigado, considerable dataage prejudice of other people, and thess good imprisonment for life is a sentence far would have resulted. The place was insured qualities the Chinese share with them, and
therefore they are despised. lefs likely to exn't the assassin in the for $7,000 with Messrs. Siemsson and Co.
The Imperial German Mail steamor Preussen on the 22nd inst., p.m., and may be expected left Kobe, in Nagasaki, Bhaughai and Foochew, hero on or about time 2nd pros.
The E. & steamer Australian loft Manila
morrow, ji m.
The C.P.B. steamer Empress of India arrived Ant Finconver on the 17th inst
Mr. P. Tooker, who is one of those already the plans examined, id be carried out the duties of moved, and