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LONDON, June 4th. The betting was 100 to 1 against Signorinetta, the horse which won the Derby yesterday.
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THE CHINO-BURMESE FRONTER
'SUPREME COURT.
Thursday, 4th Jane,
IN APPELLATE JURISDICTION.
BEFORE THE Full Court.
- THE-MURDIZ-TEIA L.--
The legal points raised by the Hon, Dr. Ho Kai in the defence of the three men who were found guilty by the jury last week of the triple murder near Shatin in Decembar 1906 were argued before the Chief Justice (Sir F. Piggott) and Mr. H. H. J. Gompertz, Acting Paine Judge The Hos. De Ho Kai (in structed by Mr. G. K. Hall Bratton) and accompanied by Mr. M. W. Slade, appeared Davies (Attorney General) appeared for the
for the prisoners, and the Hon. Mr. Reos
Crown.
Mr. Slade stated that this was the hearing of amotion for arrest of judgment on the ground that ovidence duly objected to had been impro- perly admitted in the course of the trial. The evidence to which objection was takea was given
LONDON, June 2ad. Mr. Pease replying to Lord Rounidshayby Sergt. Wilden.
The Attorney-General-The objection was said that Chins had not yet accepted the ton from the Bench, demarcation of the Chino-Burmese frontier known as Scott's line, negotiations had
occurred at intervale bat no settlement had beau arrived at as yet.
Mr. Geo. L. Tomlin, the well-known Secretary ITE LEGRAMS. fnoultios; and that the tension which it provokeď'J is in itself a useful training. I do not believe of the China Fire Insurance Co. left for home this. A cat or a boa constrictor will he abeslutely by the P. & O. steamer Sumatrs to undergo a idle until it perceives an object worthy of ite Appetite; it will then astch it and swallow it surgical operation, which it is hoped will prove and once more relapse into repose without entirely successful and enable him to make an thinking of keeping itself in training. But it serly return to the Calony. Daring Mr. will lie dormant and rise to the cecusion when Tomlin's absence, Mr. C. W. Pemberton neta it ecour. Those people who talked of games
to me to undervalus repess. They forget a Becretary of the China Fire Insurance Co.
At the Shanghai Mixed Court on May 27th, that repose is the mother of motion, and ex- ercise only a frittering away of the same."
He found that our wise elders of Oxford a baker called Yu Tang-taan was okarged with were not wholly wise; let us shelter bobindbeving squirted dirty water from his mouth over himan he says it, nor accept one jot or tittle bread intended for sale, thereby endangering the public health. Insp. Hugall" of the Health of responsibility for so serious & statement. Dapartment stated that he caught the nocused It is again our Chinaman speaking. in the act of squirting dirty water from his They most of them seemed totake for granted mouth on to some brand which he was making, addressed me in a kind of baby language; one of them spoke Frenob. The professor who spoke to me in this language told me that the French possessed no postical literature, and be said the reason of this was that the French language was a bastard language that it was. in fact, a kind of pigeon Latin. He said when Frencbman says a girl is beaucoup helle he in using pigeon Latin. The courtesy due to a host prevented me from suggesting that if a Frenobman said bancoup belle' he would be talking pigaon Frenek. Another profesor said to me that China would soon develop if she adopted a
Iarge Imperial ide); and that in time the Chiness might attain to a great position in the world, such as the English now held. He said the best means of bing ing this about would be to introdues criokes and fostell into Chins, I told him that I thought this was improbable, because if the Chinese play game they do not care who is the winner; the fun of the game is to us the improvisation of it as opposed to the organisation which appeals to the people here. Upon which he said that cricket was like a symphony of music. Ia a symphony every inst amont plays its part in obedience to ons santral will not | for its individual edesotage but in order to make a beautiful whole, Sh it is with our games, he said, 'every man plays his part not for the sake of personal advantage, Ent so that his side may win: and thus the citivan is taught to sink his own interests in those of the community I told him the Chinese did not like symphonic and Western masie was intolerable to them for this very reason. Western musicians seem to us to take a musical idea which is only worthy of a penny whistle (and would be very good indeed if played ou a pouny whistle); and they alt down and make a score of it twenty yards broad, and sat a hundred highly-trained and highly-paid It is the contrast between musicians to play it. the tremendous apparatus and waste of energy on one side, ad the light and play tal character of the business itself a the other, which makes me, Chiaian, as incap- able of tappreciating your complicited games us I am of appreciating the complicated sym phonies of the Germans or the elaborate rules which their students make with regard to the drinking of beer. We like a man for taking his fan and not missing a joke when he finds it by chance on his way, but we cannot under stand his going out of his way to prepare & joke at a certain £xud date. That is why we consider a wayside song, a tane that is heard randering in the summer dark, to be battar than twenty concerts."
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CHINESE IN BRITISH COLUMBIA.
LONDON, June 2nd,
MACEDONIA.
LONDOS, June 2nd,
Hi Lordship It was simultaneous as a matter of fact.
HONGKONG LEGISLATIVE
COUNCIL
A meeting of the Hongkong. Legislatíve Council was held on June 4th in the Council Chamber.
PRESENT
HIB EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR, SIE FEEDERICK JOHN DEALTRY LUGARD, |K.C.M.G., C.B., D.8.0.
Hou, Mr. F. H. MAX, C.M.G. (Colonial Secretary)
Hou, Mr. W. REES DAVIES (Attorney- General).
Hon. Mr. A. M. THOMSON (Colonial Tres.” suror),
Hon. Mr. W. CHATHAM, C.M.G. (Director of Public Works).
E. A IRVING (Registrar
Hon. Mr. General),
Hon. Commander BASIL B. H. TAYLOR, R,N (Harbour, Master).
Hon, Dr. Ho KAI, M.B., C.M., C.M.G. Hon. Bir HENET BREKELEY, KC. Hon. Mr. II. E. POLLOCK, K,0.
Hon. Mr. We Yrx.
Hou, Mr. H. W. SLADE
Hon. Mr. MURRAY STEWART,
Mr. C. CLEMENA (Clerk of Councils).
MINUTES.
The minutes of the previous meeting were read, and confirmed.
FINANCI KINETE,
The COLONIAL SECRETARY, by direction of H.E, the Governor laid on the table Financial minute No. 24 and moved that it be referred to the Finance Committee
The COLONIAL TREASURER Reconded, and the motion was agreed to.
THE APPROPRIATION BILI
Mr. Slade read the evidenes objected to, which related the finding of the watch in the first prioner's house. His Lordship objected to the evidence bat had allowed is to go in order that it might be,argued on a motion for arrest of judgment. It was clear that Sergt.he COLONIAL SECRETARY moved the second Wilden gave ac oulion of any kind to the reading of the Bill entitled sa Ordinalice to prisoner prior to asking him questions or authorise the appropriation of a supplementary sum of 8166.735.85 to defray the charges of the year 1907, searching the premises, and the sergeant was
Mr. Justice Gompertz--In making the arrest undoubtedly guilty of an iĺlegel agt.
or for entering the premises 2.
Mr. Blade-For searching and taking the watch without any authority. I think he could be safely indicted for burglary. No man has a right to enter a man's house and take property away in this way.
The Attorney-General-We are not trying burglary now.
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The correspondent of the Times in Van If Chinese dealers refuse to handle Japanes couver wires that the Chinese Board of goods, there is nothing to binder the Japanese doing so themedves. Is, many instances where Trade has telegraphed to the Hongkong Chinese to British Columbia. They have they have relied upon the Chiness in the past, Guilds requesting them to end the push-of they will take up the business themselves, and we have no doubt their cosas will make also circularised the treaty ports of China. thousands of Chinese both sick and sorry that
This action is due to the representations of they were misguided snough to ruin their own
Mr. Mackenzie King, and owing to the basinesses in order to comply with the appsalsumed influx of Chinese. The Exclusion of so-called patriots in Canton. While we think.
-League is again active. the Government ought to be prepared to des with a propagande against our allion, we belle re the Japanese are quite capable of handling the
The Chief Justice-It is absolutely pertinent, Mr. Slade-A constable has a right without Chinese boycott themselves. The Chinese, not the Japanese, will havo oinao to regret long eat
The latest phase of the Macedonian ques-warrant to arrest a man whom he knows has the resort to this futility as a means of re- establishing Chinese patriotism-Straits Timsation is that Sir Edward Grey has sent committed a crime or when he has a strong Russia ansther Note, suggesting certain reason to believe has committed in orime. If he sees a crime committed he can purene the modifications and suplifications on points offender on to private property but beyond tust
It is believed that his authority does not go. If he has an already largely settled. an agreement is assured in the near future.
thority to enter a man's house he may do so; otherwise be may not. This evidence having been obtained in the m'aner indiested the question for the court is whether the whole evidence can be received, it having been illegally obtained. Mr. Blade went on to tracs bor confessions were at ous time forced from prisoners and afterwards used against them, arguing that the law at present held that con fessions before bɔing admitted must be free and voluntary. On the broad ground of the illéga- lity of the mentor in which the evidence. was obtained he submitted that the whole of, the evidence ought to be rejected.
THE DERBY SURPRISE.
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Wednesday must have been a glorious day for the "bookies" at Epsom. The winner of the Darby, Signoriteit does not appase to his va book even thought of by the tipatars, and although Primer (the sacoud horse) ant Llangwm (the third) have figured in the betting lists they were not generally opusilared to be in the running."
KOWLOON.C.C...
ARRANGEMENTS FOR OPENING NEW PAVILION.
By special permission the 105th Makratias will play on the Kowloon C.C. ground on Saturday. when H.E. the Governor goes to open the new pavilion, Their programme will
Fantasio.....
.....Costa German Cavallini Jares
March............. ·Israelitos ...... Four Danvas. Morris England Salection. A Greek late
Bootch Mödley. Valse Sourire d'Avril....Depret Song. Forty years out.
After the King's horse, Perrier, won. ib dne style the. Forty-ninth Newmarket Biennial Stakes on April 23ad he became the Derby favourite and the betting was 5 to 1 against Perrier. Our latest telegram quoting the betting s. 61 to 1 against Perrier sal Norman III abowed a decline, and the result of the great classin
The beat of it is that our Chinese visitor The most knew he had arrived too late. admirable Englishmen woro all dend. As be put it,
The English knew how to play on09, in the dage of Qasin Elizabeth, then they had Ms quos and maigle and Morris danese and A gentleman was ashna d if he did not io. speak six or seven languages, tantie the award with a deadly dexterity, play ones, and write good sounais. Men were broken on the heat for an iden; they were brave, cultivated, and gay; they fought, they played, and they wrote excellent verse. Now they organise games and lay claim to a special morality and to spoiler won the Darby. mission; they send oat missionaries to civilise ne savegas; and if our people resent having an alien creed staffed down their throats they take our lind and bien our homes in the arms of Charity, Progress, and Civilisation." -
rass is that
The Chief Justice said the illegality of An interaph tennis match between the eatering the hour had not occurred to him. Hi,K.C.C. and the Kowloon C.C. will be He had treated the matter as to the illegality
begun abort 4.45 pm The three Hongkong of the confession.
The Paisna Jadge-You have two points? doables are Hannock-sad Pinckney, Carr and. Satterthwaite, Dr. Atkinson and H. R Phelips Mr. Slade-Yes. The first is the illegality The three Kowloon doubles are P. Klimaneck of the whole evidence and the second in the and J. Clelland, W. N. Edwards and E. Allegality of entering the house, Fowler, and another pair,
Majesty's horse was naplaced. At the time of the Newmarket raco-it-way pointed out in one of the raports as a singular fast that the winner of the Forty-ninth Biauniel takes had It was hoped, however, that Perrier would prove the exception. When Perrier was being taken by the bokmen at to 1 against, Pelmer (the second horas) was buing taken and offered at 20 to 1.
Signorinatia, the winner, is owned by Chers He was longing all the time-to- see a
lier Ginistrelli, and as the hores does not appear Chinese village once more, built of mad, to have ran in any of the great reose in England fenced with mud, muddy-ronded and muddy- this season we may presume that Signoriastia baked, with a muddy little xtremo. “And was brought over from the Continent specially everywhere the sense of leisure, the absence for the Derby. Neither in the betting lists in the latest English papers nor in the rather fall lists of hurry and bustle and confusion; the
telegraphed to the Indian sporting papers does dignity of manners and the grace of ex- the name of this horse uppear. pression and of address," How gladly,
A telegram to fadia in the middle of inst
a
A FOOCHOW TRAGEDY.
On May 7th, ultimo, there took place at the Buddinist Monastery outside the West frate of the city, known in Faachow as Sa Siong Be, tragedy that shooked even the more hardened
populace. ofthed that one of the priests had been consed of theft, some say he stole a priest's robe, some say is quantity of ink. On May 7th
The Attorney-General contended that the evidenes as it appeared was clearly admissible. There was no confession.
The Chief Justice remarked that confession was a general term which covered slatements and confessions.
The Attorney-General differed with great submission and drow a distinct pa batween admission and confessipse. He proceeded to argue that the finding of the box was avidanos
went on to argue that the statement as it
there were special ceremonies in connection with the burning of the priest's heads as they irrespective of any sistament made and then took upon themselves the priestly vowe other priests objected to the accused brother appeared was admisible. attending these ceremonies. He asserted his
Tho
tho Shanghai baker whose offence, is de would we exchange with him for the month gase the betting against Primer (oward innocemos and deslared that his accusers had no
green grass besprinkled with golden cups!
Yesterday the plane total rose from tì 13 casse to 622.
Me, H. H. Fox has been appointed. British Conal at Canton.
A Chinaman, who was sitting on the gun. wale, of a Staf Ferry launch yesterday morning, Gillies rescued him. fell overboard, but a boat from the David
udds against Llangwm (owned by Mr. Barclay by the Duke of Portland) se 25 to 1 and the
Walker) were the same.
It may be added that 184 horses were entered for this year's Darby.
DEATH OF AN ARMY OFFICER.
BOTAL WEST KENTY LOSE A POPULAR
LIEUTENANT,
comrades.
proof of their ebargos.
The argument was adjourned till Tuesday.
that be was siezed by the other pricata, hung up Reports from several different sources agree
A NIGHT OF MYSTERY. by his bands tied behind his back, both, eyes cat out, and the ports of his lege cut, then a There is no doubt that Mr. C. F. Carter pile of wood was salarated with kerosing, the does all that he claims to do and the anonce- priest thus mutilated but still alive put into &ments we have read of his wonderful perform. wooden box, such as is used when priests are
ances in other places are by no means prag creinated, sad burned alive.
He is undoubtedly ons All this was done in the opeu, and there weregerated or overdrawo. many vilnos. These were greatly horrified and during the torfürs made apa paras of over $30
and offered it to the ab ott if he would stop the proceedings, but with no success.
The Fukion News, the Daily Newspaper published six days each week in Pooch City, reported that four of the nader priests had brin, the abott timesif don gio haur for the
of the affair until it was all over!!
One of the comments made by this paper on the affair is "Are the priests greater than the officials?"Foochore Echo.
HOW TORTOISE-SHELL IS
OBTAINED.
of the most remarkable "magicians" that have visited Hongkong and his stay in the colony ought to be as romperative to himself as it is interesting and bawildering to those who go to see him on thy stigs. Isat night he had a larga audience before him and in the first overture, he occupied the stage hintself for forty
| The CULORIAL TEEXSURE RECUnded and the
motion was agreed to.
The COLONIAL SECRETART-I move that the Bill be referred to the Finance Committee.
The COLONIAL TEEASUREZ Seconded and the motion was agreed to.
THE MAN MO TINILE. The ATTORNEY, GENERAL moved the second
reading of the Bill entitled sa Ordinance for
the transfer of the properties of the Man Mo Temple to the Tung Wa Hospital. He added-- It appears that certain hareditamenta and
on behalf of the Chinese community in HongTM premises were some time ago vested in trustees ong, the Man Mo Temple, and it is now desired to transfer this property on behalf of the Tung Wa Hospital. The ordinanos was framed with care before I came here and is acceptable to the Chinese community.
Hos. Dr Ho Kai seconded and the motion. was agreed to,
The Council resolved itself into committee
to consider the Bill olanse by glance.
Ún resuming,
The ATTORNEY GENERAL, having movad the anspension of the standing orders, moved that
the Bill be read a third time.
The COLONIAL SECRETARY seconded and the motion was agreed to.
CHEMISTS AND DRUGGISTS. ORDINANCE,
The ATTORNEY GENERAL moved that the Conneil resolve itself into committee on the Bl entitled an Ordinance to provide for tho registration of chemists and druggists and to regulate tha sale of prisons,
The ConanIAL SECRETARY seconded and the motion was agreed-to: ----
In Committee,
Hon Dr. Ho KAI moved the following newsab- suction (2+) of section 11: “By any person bolding a-foreign medical diploma-who at the time of the passing of this Ordinance is bonakde engaged in medical and, surgical practice in. this colony- provided the medicine. Le supplied is for the use of his own patients only." There are, be said, a certain number of practitioners who are holding diplomas-from the University of Tientsin and from the University of Oregon. Those Chinese gentlemen who have boon trained in western medical science have been in the colony for some years and are in the habit of dispensing their
own medecines to their patients. It would be bard upon them if the passing of this Ordinance prereated them from continging this practice. `I do not wish to encourage strangers who hold foreign diplomas not recognised by thús Colony. We have our College of Medecine here. No. injustice will be done to those actually practising in the Colony.
The COLONIAL SECRETARY-That is B system of protzotion,
Hon. Dr. Hộ KA-They have continued ki. long. We don't want to deprive them of the privilege of dispansing medecines to their patients.
The COLONIAL SECRETARY-You allow the. Hongkong qatided men bat don't allow the men who qualifled in Tiontain or Oregon here.
How Dr. Ho Kat-Yes,
after
The COLONIAL SECRETARY-That is pro- testing them,
Hon. Dr. Ho KAT subsequently withdrew his amendment on the understanding that certain. verbal alterations be introduced to achieve his objech.
scribed in a paragraph elsewhore, but there are others with whom we could clasp hands and ster brotherhood. Of such is MAURICE BARINO's Chinese student at Oxford, a interview with whom that jour nalist publishes in one of the last mail papers received. For English exiles. we. bogin with the question and answer that struck us most forcibly. "What do you. like best in Bogland" asked Mr. BARING
A Singapore paper of May 26th By:- At the Bakit Timah Road Cemetery, yester and the Chinaman said he likel best the A Chinos Tafperial Edict of May 27 ayahy trening, the remains of Lieutenant Baron gardens, and the little yellow flowers Owing to the fact that the country Tound Fagh Frederick Leir, of the Qrden's Own that are sprinkled like stars on your green about Peking has not bad a raffoiancy of rain Royal West Kent Regimoat, who died earlier in orime, the abott himself denying any knowing" | minutes in what was described as a bouquet of
tho presence of many con grass." The buttercups in the English since the opening of the summer term. We the day from enteric fever, were laid to rest in The cofie, novared with the Union Jack, wAS wendows! What a note to strike in the recently commanded Prinos Chan and others
to pray for rain, bai, In spite of Our prayers, placed on a gun-carriage at the General Hospital, humid heat of the Hongkong summer! no rain has fallen. Therefore We again order the B. Company, to which the deceased had bes Still, a
notices Chinaman who
the Prino-s Chui, Li, Tsai Jay, Teni Hema and Paattached, following, with the band to little yellow dowers that are Aprickled Lio, and the Imperial noble Tsai Fa te proofed comtery whors a large gathering of officers was Among those at the graveside Vers
The use of tortoise shell is a thing which once more to the various temples to offer Major General T. Perrott, Dilloor Com- pver the green grass of England is an observer we cau listen to with great respects spooïal prayers for rain on the 2nd day of the manding the Troops, with Lieutenant Hal- ought to be discouraged by humans people. A
5th moon (May 31)..
his aide-descamp, Liantamaat Gay repra. Waiter in the New York" Evening Post," who sendisi Mie borsalaney ile dupernor, he visited the island £1 Conosios on a tartile and sure enough, when we study the
Anderson, E.C.M.G., Colonel Johnston, hunting axpedition, gives the following rest of the interview, we find a keen An old man in a village near Glagow was in RA.M.C., Captain Dundas, D.A.Q.M.G., Major of how the shell is obtained. The tortless apparently impossible forts, wental vision, aud thoughts as clean the habit of cooking enficient porridge every Redley, commanding the West Kent not killed, as that would lead to extermination Saturday to last him a week. On Friday Major Ford, D.8.0., Captain Hilton, VA in a very few years. They are fastened firmly and clearcut us the cuckoo-bad.
resumed. His pre-morning the remaining porridge was very salt Captain II. Jones, Naval Intelligenus Offoer, to the ground, by means of pegs; then a barch of dried leaves or seagrass is spread evenly over ference for Chinese rural architecture is and cold, so he had to give up the struggle to Major Wolfo Flanagan, (in sharge of thee beek of the tn-tle and set afire. The beat
arrangements). Lieutenant Wilberforce, com- explicable, if not to be supported by us; eat it Bus such a thing as waste was not to be mending the ring party, Colonel Hawkes, is not great enough to injure the shell, merely but his reflections on the English cult of drout of. He tried again, but without sucesss. Captain Fraser, Captain Thrupp, and Captain using it to separate at the joints. mist's blade, very similar in shape to a chemist's Ekker are wholly pleasing in our eyes. He therefore got out a bustle of zhisky, and Belgrave. The led the seruter, mailitary apotain, is then inserted horizontally between Perpent:
poured himself out a glass. Now, Sandy, he chaplain, condanted the service, They talk as if these games and these sports said to bimseti, "if yo eat that patriteh, yo'l tumber of beautiful floral tekene, sent by the same which are gently pried from the
units of the command, were placed ba Farions
Great are must be taken not to injure wore a solemn affair, a moral or religious ques-hae that whisky." He nearly finished his meal, around the grave, over which three volleys were the shell by the mash heat, and yet it is not tion i they said the virtues and the prowess of but once again stuck. The thought of the froil, before the Last Post was sounded by tion by sufficient amount of warmth. The until it is fully prepared for separa- the English race were founded on these things. They said that competition was the mainspring whisky was too much for him, however, so he buglers, and the company dispersed.
Docessed, who had accompanied the draft of operation, as one may readily imagine, is the of life; they seemed to think exercise was the finished hit porridge. He then poured tho goal of exis enco. A man whom I saw there whisky back into the bottle, and, with grin, the Regiment which arrived in the Colony in extreme of gravity, and many turtles do not Deostuber 1907, became a Second Lieutenant on survive. Most of them do live, however, and and who, I leszat, had been cho su to took the said to himself, "I did ye that time, yo auld June 4, 1904, and three weeks ago attained the thrive, and in time grow a new covering just young du noscunt of his wisdom. told me that inle.
rouk of Lieutenant,
an a man will grow a new fuger nail in place competition trained the man to sharpen
of one he may lose,"
his
foroad
mysteries. There were card tricks feats of leger lamain, and as oo, all' done with a neatness and dexterity that charmed ovary one, while the overture concluded with the magical divorce, in the course of which a lady is made to vepish with a startling rapidity. The cupboard trick was perhaps the must mysterions in the repertoire of the magicina, and the audieno» left wondering how it was possible to do such Price contributed a weird performance and an excellent entertaiment was concluded by the master himself in the role of Ching Ling,
Mis Abigail
The Bill was loft ia committee.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved that the
PUBLIC HEALTH AND BUILDINGS ORDINANCE
committes stage on the Bill entitled an Ordiu-
ance to amend the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance 1803 and the Public Health and Buildings Amoudment Ordinance 1003 b
The COLONIAL SECRETARY seconded and the motion was agreed to.
On clause 38, referring to the provision of sprogimas,
LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS.
The H.A.I.. Segovia left Tsingtan on the 3rd DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS moved
that the following proviso boudded to the clause inst., and may be expected here on Sth inst. a.m.
The Apear str, Japan from Calontta lef#Provided that in the case of chimneys or Singapore on Wednesday afternoon, and may smoke-fluss requiring to be extended to a greater ths 8th inst be expected here on er about Monday morning, height than 5 feet above the roof any extension in xcess of that height may consist of iron The str. Karenga esiled from Singapore on
pipes."
Larried, The IG.M. atr. Prinz Waldemar left Sydney 3rd inel, and is das here on or about 9th fast. p.m. on Tuesday, the 2nd inst at noon, and may be expected here on or about Wednesday, 24th insty
On olaues 44, referring to the proposition to` demolish the upper storeys of every third house in Insanitary aurons.