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No. 1894
BIRTH, At HBM, Legation, Peking, the oth March, the wife of J. N. JORDAN, of a daughter.
MARRIAGE..
At Wenchow, on 20th March, 188, at the British Consulate, and afterwards at the China Intant Mission Chapel, by-Rev. W. E. Soothill, ROBERT GRIEHSON to JENNY C. OLIVER, both
of the C.LM.
- Ipanguang Celegraph
MAIL SUPPLEMENT, -ISSUED GRATIS TO ALL SUBSCRIBERS.
LANGKUNG, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 1898.
THE EUROPEAN RESERVATION
ORDINANCE.
MATL SUPPLEMENT.
Hongkong Telegraph.
THE Courrier d'Haiphong reports that by an order from the Minister of Marine, all military And naval correspondence in Tonquin and
·Aunam are exempt from postul charges.
CAPT. FREEMAN, of the American barque Pilgrim, reports having spoken at Anjer the British ship Clun Robertson, from New York 10. Shaghai, on the 17th Februsty, off St. Paul's sland, in the Indian Ocean. The Clan Robertson signalled "all well."
THE following appointmems are gazetted in Macao: Major Vaquinhas to be Inspector of Fires vice Captain Pesson, who has been appointed Conductor of Public Works; Mr. F. M. da Rocha to be a member of the Board of Missions, vice Captain Barbosa, retired. THE Amoy Gasttle states that Don Tomas Ortuño, consul-general for Spain at that port, will shortly proceed home. un furlough. Mr Fernando Gomez de Bonilla, consul at Shanghai will assume charge of the consulate-gencial al Amoy during Señor Urtuno's alience..
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 1888.
"MONSIEUR DIE JARDIN, the newly appointed French Consul at Melbourne, and family, arrived n the 2nd instant by the Messageries Maritimes teamer (ruouaddy, from Shanghai, en route for Singapore and Melbourne,
Says the Foochow Echo of the 24th ito.-We can now confirm the statement made in our last issue referring to the settlement of the Fockoan nissionary trouble, on the terms as stated in that paragraph I remains, however, to be seen of the people of Feckoan are willing to allow the re-building of all the churches burnt, as settled by the
Viceroy..
fus Shanghai Mercury pablishes the following Chinese felegram from Chinking:-4th days and Moon. The repair of the gap at Ching-chow is impossible. It cannot be completed by the Spring. The water has risen in Wei-sze and Chung-lo, and the water in the city is several feet deep, There is great consternation in the city, as in the third moon the water always rises considerably, and the distress of the inhabitants will be great.
THE Nagasaki Express publishes the following
THE shares of the recently organised "Société française des charbonnages du Tonkin have, says the Courrier-d Haiphong, been quite a success. Above 3,500,000 francs have already been subscribed, being 500,000 in excess of the required capital.
TWENTY mortars which were manufactured in the Arsenal at Nanking have, according to the Peking Gazette, been supplied o the Klangnan Defence Office, and distributed ainong the forts on the banks of the Yangtze. The Nanking Viceroy reports that arrangements have been made for ensuring that proper care is taken of these important weapons: but it will further be necessary that the men who have to handle them are properly practised in using them, in order that, when the time for action may come, tlicy may be able to aim them correctly and adjust them for the proper distances. But it takes some tens of men to work the pieces, and if a slight be very serious. It is therefore" proposed to mistake should be made, the consequences would expend about Tis, 20 a month in hiring an experienced an na gunnery instructor, and to allow $3 for each gun for the cost of bags, oil, petty supplies, ele,
The N, C. Daily News correspondent at Takow writes that, pace Mr. von Branit, the Telegraph Convention is very far from being an innocent thing The line between Takow and Taiwanfoo,
SIXDOLLARS PER QUARTER.
The parcel contained the following ingredients:- 4 cz. Hydtic Borate and 20 oz. Chlorate of Potash in, one glass bottle, a oz. Precipitated Chalk and 20 oz Chlorate of Potash in another glass bottle, 3 drs. Copper Oxide and 10 oz. Chlorate of Potash in a third bottle, and Jib of Sublime Sulphur or lower of Sulphur in a paper wrapper. The. bottles were each carefully wrapped in corrugated paper and packed side by side in a row with the sulphur beyond them, but were all placed in and box. I is admitted on all hands that chlorate of potash and sulphur when mixed (though there is some variance of opinion as to the degree of mixing requisite) would be liable' to spontaneous combustion or explosion from friction or concussion, and there can therefore be
philanthropic money grubbers and jobbers that the Canadian-Pacific mail steamer Parikin table of Japanese subjects at present residing who knows nothing of law? And further, as mainland, and the Viceroy of Fukien had to pay there. were a bag of shot and some pin-fire
IT was currently reported in town on Monday Just had got aground on the Japanese coast in the Inland Sea, somewhere-between-Nagasaki-and- Kube. The Agents of the Parthis at this puit are without any information on the subjus, kaest it appears that the vessel sustained very little damage, and procecdel Yokohama after
ded
SAYS the N. C. Daily News of March 30th- The Velor, from Hongkong to Newchafije, patt into Shanghai on Tuesday morning and her master, Captain M..Ken, who had been sick for four days. The vessel Chen proceeded in charge of Mr. Wulff, the Chief Officer. Capraial Kallien was taken to the General Hospital where he died the same night, and the funeral took place on Wednesday afternoon.
The Hongkong community, outside the Fiil house property who have made them
setvis se notorious, will hail with joy the Ordinance introduced into the Legislative Council un the 27th ulto, by Governor nes Vaux for the purpose of reserving in this city of Victoria a clearly defined district nslow'ng off the rocks. European residences. This decision has not been arrive at a moment too soon, and it is to be hoped that no delay will be permitted in the passage of this much needed enactment through the Council, The difficulty of European residents. finding house room at any thing like reasonable rentals has for yours past been a substantial and standing grievaner; that difficulty, owing to the wholesale purchases by Chinese of all suit- able properties in the market, and to the policy afopted by foreign owners of trans- forming what were European reallenges "Into Chrine-shops-and-dwelling houses, has of late assumed the dimensions of an unbearable hardship. The very centre of the city has been invaded by Chinese, and unless summarily checked, this invasion can only result in foreign residence. becoming a practical impossibility.
in Corea -
--At-Fusan-Males
--2,481
+1.384
Females...
-1,097
"
A Cheanali-Males......
Females
*537
298
855
At Stoul-Males serving
Femalt.............
126
69
195
Total
3-53!
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A RECENTLY prepared retsin, says the Hinge Ackroyd inhved for costs on behalf of his the road in the jurisdiction of Pu-erh Fo, thereposts when this happens, it is reported that Mr. Noodt, whom he knew, He took it up,
News, shews how terribly destructive is the of flower Tokyo," as the fires so frequent in the capital of this Empire are styled. During last year there o carted no less than 671 co sions, which resulted in the burning down at 3495 houses. And the year-just-cinace ww.not characterised by any exceptional activity on the
part of "the fire fiend "to borrow a favourite expression of the sensational reporter.
That difficulties may crop upin opposition which left here for Port Darwin on the 20th ulin, the verici, and he accordingly granted them and so contrive to evade the barriers. It is only rear was guarded by a battalion of artillery, repaired to the ship and found that an explosion
to this proposed restriction is possible, but hardly probable. His Excellency, in his explanation to the Council, very fairly met any objections that are likely to be made The cither by foreigners or Chinese, Government has a perfect right to insist on the most stringent regulations being carried out in. the construction of houses
THE Tientsin correspondent of the Shanghai Mercury writes on March 20th-There is no further news about the Yellow River. The missionaries. lately returned from Shan- tung say that the water flowing. by Wu-ting fu has very little force and is not much lower than is usual in the winter months. This goes to prove that up to a few days since, when they crossed the Yellow River, nothing can have been done in regard to closing the gaps. Another fortnight will bring down the spring freshets.
The Governor,'-
Governor, we venture to think that the objection WITH all due respect to His Excellency the raised in the Legislative Council on the 27th ulic, in the discussion on the Rating Bill by the Captain. Superintendent of Police, with reference to the definition of "tesensent building," which phrase does not appear in the Ordinance, was quite in order and very much to the point. The Colonial Treasurer is a peddling busybody, where chief
doubt that they would thus forma aim appears to be to raise trouble and dissertion on the most trivial pretexts and for na earthly
dangerous compound, and in case of explosion good to the colony, and Mr. Deane had every
would prove destructive to anything near it, The parcel was sent on board and placed fight to point out any inconsistency or blunder
with 18 other parcels, a list of which, signed . which disfigured the Ordinance under discussion.
by the third mate, has been put in evidence, If the Governor is so particular about purely
in the mail room, and in that room there were legal matters being left to the legal member of
also copper, case containing blue lights, trouncil, it is pertinent to ask why this Rating
one copper case containing rockets, one tin case Didinance, which is admittedly a legal matter,
It was put up as a sop to foreigners when tea and some mails. The parcels were chiefly was not drafted and brought forward by the says, was the first ever set up in the Empire. containing a regulation flare-up, one chest of Attorney General, instead of by the Postmaster, feng shui was rampant againt them on the Christmas presents, stationery, books, &c., and flis Excellency is a stranger here, we take the large ind maily to the Great Northern Company cartridge cases, capped but not loaded. The liberty of informing him that Mr M-Deane knows more about the Ordinances of Hongkong lake down the overland line from Foochow to-Formosa left-Hongkong on Christmas day and After a calm passage arrived off the Swalow than any man, in the colony, the Acting Chief Amy. For some twelve years the charge for
30 words between Takow and Taiwanfon, under River about 2 a.m. on the day following, going Justice alone excepted. But beyond all this, we strongly object to even an official member thirty miles, has been $1, Now the charge has up to her buoy as soon as daylight permitted, been raised to 10 cents a word from Takow to and she made fast about 7 a.m. The mail room being publicly dictated to by the Governor as to what he may say, or may not say, in the discussion Taiwanfu, and 14 cents to Amping, which is up to that had been in charge of the 3rd mate, who three miles farther; and not less than ten words kept the key of the room and whose duty it of any question before the Council,
was to look after the mails and parcels. The are charged for. Chinamen are allowed, a
Jarcel addressed to Mr. Noodt had been placed discount of so per cent. on all messages sent to THE following memorial appears in the Peking places in the island. Chinese in charge of the' by him on the after shelf of the room and it Gazette:The Viceroy Ts'en Yü-ying proposes fine assert that "they are obliged to make the remained there, until the steamer moured. About 10 raise a revenue from the tea grown in Yunnan, present heavy charge on account of their agree that time the chief mate, accompanied by the ird mate, went into the mail room to see that At the Supreme Court, sitting in Original in order to provide funds for the local army.ment with the foreign companies." Even, a furisdiction, on the 315 alto, hefure Mr. J. which is a great source of expense to the Tru-heavy shower of rain breaks the line down, and the mails were properly sorted, and in looking over the mails he saw the parcel addressed to Russell, Acting Chief Justice, Mr. E. 1. vincial exchequer. In the native districts along the operators are constantly away from their ate five ranges of mountains noted for the pro-
the line is broken, or nothing is said, and looked at the address, and then put it down clients, Messrs. J. Garrels and E. L
euter, in the suit lately instituted by Mr. Uduction of ten, panely I-pang, 1-wo, Manual, the sender only knows of the delay by finding again, not on the after shelf, but on the forward
Man sa, and Yu-le. The tea is high-flavoured Ez-Wan against them for damages arising ou
and full colored and superior to that of other subsequently that bis message did not anive owest of three shelves, about two feet above. of a false and malicious prosecution. As a
the ground, the copper cases containing the until hours or days after he sent it.
blue lights and rockets being on the top shelf, dict was returned in favor of defendants, provinces. But from want of skill in the pre-
The Diario de Manila's Sooloo correspondent, and the bag of shot being on the ground below his lordship reserved the question of costs, parntion it is found to lose both colour and using this incision on nome legal-points and aroma when exported to a distance, and its con under date the 5th ulto. gives the following Mr. Noode's parcel. About a half to three- precedents. The Attorney General, who appeared sumption is, therefore, contined to the adjacent account of an engagement between the Spanish-quarters of an hour-after-leaving-the-mail-room, forces and the natives, on the 3rd uito. At 4 the chief mate left the steamer in a sampan to for the plaintiff, asked his lordship to stay the provinces of Sechuan and Kuangai; while at the same time the lekin revenue derived from it is
a.m. the alarm was sounded and shortly after go ashore, and after he had got about 600 yards decision about costs until his client moved for a new trial, which nieasure he contemplated, but very small, because the dealers travel by the wards 2,000 men were up and ready for a march from her his attention was attracted by the noise, against the enemy. The whole column, whose fan explosion on board. He immediately. A TELEGRAM WAS received this morning (3rd his lordship ruled that the costs should follow way of the Jincha River and Huang-ts'ao Pa instant) atating that the small steamer Adelaide,
necessary to introduce the methods-of-prepara-matched-out-till-to o'clock, when it reached a had occurred, in the mall room. He went there, tion employed in Canton and Fukien at the place called Fanyali, where they rested awhile. viewed the wreck caused by the explosion and arrived safely at that port last night, having made to the defendants. the passage inside thirteen days, after experler C VICE-ADMIRAL SIR NOWELL, SALMON, V. C., the establishments where tea is manufactured for Later on the forces moved in the direction of found the mall room almost entirely destroyed, and ing very rough weather in crossing the China new Commander-in-Chief on the Chita Station, export, and then there will be, a brisk demand
were received by a well sustained musketry fire condition. He says there was an acid smell, and Sen. The Adelaide, which was built by Messrs. arrived here yesterday morning (30th ulto.) from for Pu-erh tea on the part of the important firms Pagui.Dapu in the vicinity of Sarriol where they the carpenter's room adjoining also in a similar Geo Fenwick & Co., to the order of the North Manila in the ironclad Audacious, which was and principal dealers, with the result that the from the enemy, which placed a few men hors he at once noticed that the partition dividing the mail from the carpenter's room was burnt and Australian S. N. Ca., is a handy little craft, 112
Heroine, and the sloop Mudine, the despatch now been arranged to establish government and halted on a vast plain called Panghina charred in an ascending, line from the spot feet long by 18. ft, with 7 feet depth of hold,companied by los cruisers Constance and lehin revenue will profit exceedingly. "It has de combat. The column proceeded on its march vessel Alacrity having shown her consorts a factories, which will purchase all the leaf picked
force. Skirmishers were thrown out, and an and has behaved splendidly under adverse circumstances.
clean pair of heet on the run aerose from the in the hills, manufacture it and re-sell it. Skilled rasa, where the enciny, mustered in strong where he had placed Mr. Noodt's parcel, which was gone. The copper boxes containing the Philippines and being snugly at her buoy when workers and all the necessary instruments order to nivance given. After sharp engage blue lights and rockets were lying about in the ment, the village, where the enemy was located debris, Battened in, though their contents had Nos Canton, Foochow, and Hankow tea districts; was stornied and taken, the number of dead and not ignited. The cartridge cases were torn, but the squadron slowly loomed brought the mist will be procured at the same time from the which enveloped the Ly-ec-moon l'ass. withstanding the depressing influences of fog and experienced officials, will be employed to wounded being considerable among the natives, none of the caps had exploded, so far as he could saints and lightnings the customary superintend the carrying out of the scheme and bust amounting to only four with the Spanish ascertain, and the bag of shot, had been burst salutes were indulged in, the Victor Emmanuel prevent the evasion of the lekin-Approved forces, including their Commander don Victor
Diaz. On the same day the column, having open on one side, and the shot was scattered about. The third mate corroborates the chief mate's evidence, though he differ in the form of leading the way, followed by the shore battery, by Rescript,
accomplished its object, returned to Sooloo, and then the Russian corvette Koreyeta paid the
sual compliment to the British Admiral, the AT the Supreme Court in Criminal Sessions on
of the position of the flare-up light on the the following:-Ting-an, the newly appointed other side of the room to Mr. Noadt's parcel, flagship responding to each in turn. Admiral the 28th ulto, before Mr. J. Russell, Acting Chief In the Peking Gazette of March 8th we find the charring on the partition, and gives evidence Salmon landed this morning at Murray Pier, Justice and the following jury-Messrs. D. Wood, where a guard of honour of the 58th Regiment M. Hansen, R. Martin, C. J. Gonsalves, J. M. Commander-in-Chief for Manchuria, has recently which had not been mentioned by the chief mate in his evidence, and says that had also was in attendance, and proceeded to pay the V. Ribeiro, G. A. Caldwell, and R. N. Olley, arrived in Moukden and has reviewed ten customary visit of ceremony to His Excellency Charles Dawkes, a private of the 58th Regiment, battalions of the troops known as the Sheng-tzu disappeared after the explosion. In addition to the damage to properly, three men were, was arraigned on a charge of indecently assaulting Ying. The men kept good order, moved with Miss Rhoda lligent, on the afternoon of the regularity, and performed their evolutions skil injured, and one who was standing outside the 5th of March. The Attorney-General, having fully. The Krupp field pieces were also handled galley-way, about four to five feet from the mail. stated the case for the prosecution, particulars with ease and rapidity. The Commander-in-room, is said to have been shot with small shot of which we have published, called the Chief considers that with regular drill the force will in the arm. I am satisfied from this evidence following witnesses; Rhoda Bigent, the com- certainly prove a most valuable body of troops. that the cause of explosion had been reduced to plainant, James Duffy, constable of the He has also had the contents of the military Mr. Noodt's parcel; all the parcels have been Naval Hospital, the woman Kwang Ah Kim, chests, the stores of weapons and the horses satisfactorily accounted for, and from the evidence Sabiso Thomson, an engineer, P.C. Singh, 617, of the force all inspected and counted. The A. Macauley, P.S. 30, and John Maxwell; these money in hand with the muzzle-loaders and of Mr. Woolnough, who has made a careful examination of, and has tested a flare-up light were cross-examined by the prisoner, who was breach-loaders furnished by the Admiralty have of the same description and make as that which undefended. The case for the prosecution been distributed among the three Manchurian was in the mail room, that it could not be attributed being concluded, the prisoner stated in bis defence provinces; and the muzzleloading rifles belonging to that. It is no doubt somewhat difficult to under- that on the sth March he went down to Happy to the force itself have been issued to the stand how the shot could, have reached a man Valley with four more soldiers of his regiment men for ordinary use. The Mauser cifles and
ave means impossible that the explosion, forcing the prisoner did not remember seeing or doing any. been placed in stare and not made use of shot against some hard substance, may have thing until the complainant gave him in charge; These and the other rifles, and the carbines and given it an upward direction, or that the mas prison could not say where his friends had revolvers in stock have been counted, and the shot may have been stooping down at the time gone; he was taken by a Sikh policeman to numbers found to be correct. The cavalry and
have been injured by something else than shot, the Wanchal Police Station and there charged artillery, horses were in good condition, and of the explosion, or indeed that the man may with an indecent assault. Heary Arthur Luard, none of them missing. The memorialist has There is no direct evidence on the point. Sama lieutenant of the 58th Regiment, having deposed ordered a similar inspection to be made in Kirin attempt was made to show that the carpenter's as to the prisoner's good character, his lordship and Heilung Chiang, the results of which he
room was more injured than the mail room, but I prefer to base my conclusions on this part of summed up, and the jury after a short retire will report to the Throne as soon as they shall ment found the prisoner guilty, but recommended reach him.
the case upon the evidence of those who were. on the spot at the time and saw the debris, rather than on the evidence of those who on him to mercy. His lordship in passing sentence sald the prisoner's offence was a serious one.
the defendant's behalf and in his interest, visited Taking into consideration his previous good
the ship, when the débria had been removed conduct and all the circumstances of the case,
and after her return to Hongkong,....... No other explosion he would inflict on him a sentence of 12 months
satisfactory explanation of the imprisonment with hard labour.
being forthcoming, or even suggested, I can' come to no other conclusion, sitting as a judge or jury, than that the explosion was caused by the contents of Mr. Noodt's parcel becoming mixed, though how that came about must remain The Governor of Honan reports in the Peking
in oblivion. At the same time it is to be remarked Gazette of March 6th the recent death of Yang
that the box la which these chemicals were packed, remained in the defendant's shop the Kuei-fang, General of the Nan-yang Brigade,
His lordship said In this suit the plaintiff night after it was packed, and there is no The late General was a native of Hunan and entered the army as a private soldier in
Company seek to recover $511,54 as damages evidence before the Court by whose hands it the year 1857. An intrepid and energetic
from the defendant, who describes himself reached the plaintiffs' ship; and in the interval it asa chemist and druggist, for shipping is quite possible it may have had a fall, and the man, he fought with much distinction throughout
on board their steamship Formosa a parcel battles have got broken, which there can be no the whole of the Taiping Rebellion, serving in many campaigns in Eupci, Anhui, Kiangsi,
containing chemicals of a dangerons or doubt would have opened the way to a possible Kiangsu, and Chekiang. When promoted and on granite foundations, and with massive teak damaging nature without having previously mixing of the chlorate of potash and the sulphur, entrusted with the command of troops, he work columns, placed on neatly cut stono declared the contents, whereby an explosion. The only remaining question for decision is, did the defendant declare the contents of his parcel, proved himself a good disciplinarian, and bases, supporting the high temple like roofs.occurred and caused not only injuries to some cool and collected in the moment of danger. The design is very much after the pattern of the of the crew, but some damage to the ship and or in other words, did the defendant's note or At Loping in Kinngsi he was attacked by a Confucian temples found in all large cities. To the goode laders on board. The facts of the memorandum, together with the marking or case are as follows-on the 24th December last, labelling glass with care, sufficiently wain the vastly superior force and was only saved from the east and on the west of this are two other destruction by the brilliant courage he displayed. series of fiue buildings, with ten sultes of rooms in consequence of a letter received from Swatow plaintiff as to the nature of the goods. I am Though shot through the foot, be charged the in each building A colonnade and porch in asking for "the necessary ingredients to make clearly of opleion that the defendant, did not enemy on horseback and completely routed them, front, with door-ways and broad glass windows one green, one blue, and one red light (Bengal perform the duty cast upon him both by law,
having the apart from the bill of lading, and When peace was restored he was appointed opening to each front room, and, with open brick Brigadier General, at Fusing in Fukien, and Work Venetians in the rear or bedroom,Broad Ingredients, sends to Mesra, Douglas Lapraik with the plain it Company, a evidenced by the afterwards acted in the a me capacity at open courts separate one series of rooms from & Co., who are the General Managers of the parcel receipt and bill of lading. There has, no Ch'i-chap in Chakiang. He was then ordered the others. Two hundred suites of rooms plaintiff Co., the parcel containing them, with doubt, been some difference of opinion as to the to raise a regimcat in his native province of are provided, intended for one student each that the following written request or memorandum proper definition of the word drugs, but it We take the following from Mesara Wheelock Honnn and join the army of Tao Tsung-rang is, 150 students from Kwang tung, and go from Please to grant parcel's receipt for parcel seems to me that by using the ward, drugs, the &Co. Shanghal Freight Market Report of in Kangsu. He thus took part in the campaign the Kwang-si province. Various other buildings herewith. Contents-drugs, values. In anewer defendant or his assistant was using a misleading. March 10th Our freight market during the against the Mohammedans, where he again for boarding halls, teachers' residences, &e & to this request the defendant received parcel word, and that anybody, with no special scientific past fortnight has been very quiet in the absence greatly distinguished himself. In 1879 he was are all rapally approaching completion, many of receipt, having printed on it in red ink a notice knowledge, would naturally infer from the ward of disengaged steam tonnage, and we have no made Brigadier-General at Nan yang in Hogan, them now under substantial roofs. Marvelous that the receipt was granted subject to the that what was meant was medicine the in itself, it is the more rarvalous when same conditions as contained in Douglas Lapraik Ingredients In the present case, it is admited, charters to report in consequence. Tonnage is, and did good service by the care he took in still wanted for the Nagasak coal trade at repressing bugandage. Lately it became necess it is remembered that it is only for eight & Co.'s steamers Bill of Lading. These Bills were to be used to compos coloured lights, that increased rates, and there is also a large demand i sary to give special attention to the preservation months ago shice the ground was firal broken for of Lading contain a clause to the effect that if is, produce in chemical effect, or
encouraging to see such chemicals, liquids or other cargo of a dangerous Crow's definition, they were substances, which for steamers for the Newchwang-Swatow trade, of order in Honany, and be patrolled the country this work, Je
cavity
consérvative or damaging nature be shipped without being could play a part in chemical action, and there The British ship Yolanthe, 1,553 tons register, is at the head of a troop of horse While thus anaigns of
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Badingata cost
or damage to the ship cargo or to any person or of the hill interest, whatever, should fall on the hippers, chemicals, or their consignees, or owners of such cargo. The parce the bill of la "which was shipped on the
steamer, shipper to the plaintif Formosa for Swatow, was addressed to Mr. give warnli Broodt, and was labe
Flass with care, but aware of it Braga p nts was made other. 144 in faurant v. Barnes,
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THE hearing of the suit U-Tz-Wanz, the two German Insurance Companies was resumed on the 29th ulto, at the Supreme Court, in Orginal Jurisdiction, before Mr. J. Russell, Acting Chief Justice, and a special jury. Several witnesses were examined for the defence, after which Mr. Ackroyd addressed the jury for the defendants, the Attorney General replying for te guy after His lordship having summed up, the jury a short retirément returned an unanimous verdict to the effect that plaintiff had made a fraudulent claim. Mr. Ackroyd asked for costs, which were granted.
in what are well understood to be the European districts of the city; if these districts have never been legally defined, their boundaries have always been thoroughly well understood. Without going closely into the legal aspects of the case as regards the rights of property owners to compensation, we venture to think that the saving clause in all leases, reserving a discretionary right to the Government to grant or refuse permission to erect buildings different to those previously constructed, removes that point outside the region of doubt. All municipalities
In the competition for the Brokers Cup at the Hongkong Rifle Association Meeting, the at home reserve the right to insist on
veleran marksınan, Mr. E. L. Woodin, shot in new mildings being uniform with those
a manner that recalled some of his brilliant already constructed, if such be deemed
performances of nearly twenty years ago, when desirable, and the conditions here must be Concily identical. The other possible
small-bores' were the fashion. The conditions were ten shots at seven, eight and nine hundred objection alluded to by the Governor that the proposed measure might be
yards. At the first range Mr. Woodin commenced with a miss; he then made eight bulls' in characterised as "class legislation," need
succession and wound up with a magpie,' thus totallin 43. At eight hundred yards he started scarcely be seriously considered. The bill does not prohibit Chinese from living SAYS the Bangkok Times of the 17th ult.:-The with an outer, then made an inner, found the bull at his third attempt, got off the mark at in the European district; it merely insists coolie strike has come to an end, after causing his fourth shot, scoring another outer, and they all had some drink together, after which the ammunition, corresponding to them have who was injured, in the arm, but it is by no
great annoyance and inconvenience to shipping and detaining several steamers here for days, then placed ball-a-dozen buite, in succession waiting on cargo. The Siamese postal officials, this equalling his total at the shorter range. At the final stage Mr. Woodin was agiin unlucky have consented to let the coolies have their
to miss the target with his first shot, and then letters free this time, but they must not do it again. It is a pity, we think, that Government eight bull's eyes were registered in fine style, the did not give wider publicity, to its late circular last shot scoring & magpic, and for the third regarding the carrying of Chinese letters, before tinc totalling 43. With a total of 129 for the taking forcible action in the matter, for had three ranges, Mr. Woodin was a capital second sufficient notice been given in Hongkong, to Col-Sergt. McClure, who headed the list with Swatow, Singapore and such like places before 133, and with a little more practice the veteran hand, all this trouble might have bean prevented. would probably have won the Cup, as the two misses can only be attributed to want of practice. THE Manila Comercio publishes good news from McClure, who won the Cup with a score of 135 the Caroline Islands. The natives were gradually out of a possible iso, shot most consistently becoming friendly with the Spaniards, and trade throughout, his thirty shots including 16 bull's was increasing at Ponape. The Morning Star eyes and 13 centres. Mr. Woodin, it is worthy of note, recorded no fewer than 23 'bulls. An arrived at that port and conveyed Mr. Doan to the island of Truk, where a missionary had died. The Kanakas whe work in the settlement get an average of 50 cents per day. The barque Pepita from Manila, 110 days out, had not arrived, and fears were entertained for her safety. She had on board 950 tons of coal for the navy. The thermometer marked 24 degress Centigrade in December, and from 26 to 29 in February, News has reached the Penang Herald to the effect that the Rajab of Tenom and Tunku Umar are waging a determined war against each other on the west coast of Sumatra. The former is being greatly assisted by the Dutch, but the Tunku is more than holding his own, and the strong position he has taken up will require a much greater force than the one now opposed to bin to cast him from his coign of vantage. The chief is plentifully provided with the raunitions of war, and in the few skirmishes that have already taken place, he has exhibited both energy and skill in war tactics. It is reported that he recently sallied out of his stronghold with but a handful of men; nevertheless he put to ignominious fight more than four times the number of his own slender band.
on all buildings within the restricted limits being constructed on European principles; and surely such a restriction in a British settlement cannot be deemed excessive or unreasonable! On the contrary, we feal quite assured that the Chinese community, who are ever ready to listen to anything that is fair and reasonable, will at once adinit that the Governor's proposal, Although perhaps it may press hardly on some individual interests, is calculated to greatly benefit the public at large. At all events, the time has arrived when some thing must be done in the interests of the poorer class of foreign residents. House rents have become simply prohibitive, and wehold that it is the duty ofthe Government to find a remedy for what bids fair to make a decent home in Hongkong impossible for any but the wealthier classes. The proposed reservation of a European district will tend to relieve the over-crowding and to the reduction of the existing exorbitant rents; but His Excellency must do more than this to achieve the aim he evidently has in view There are all, in spite of the land sharks who have infested and fattened on the colony for so long, plenty of excellent sites for dwelling houses at the disposal of the Government; let these sites be offered exclusively to Europeans who will undertake to build there for their own residence, on favorable terms, and a real grievance will be removed without in any way prejudicing the Interests of the colony.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
THE German crolser Carcia left Shanghai for Nagasaki on the 24th ulto,
HUNG-CHANG-returned to Tientsin from Pau-ting-fa.on the zoth March.
M. CONSTANE, the Governor-General of French Indo-China; left Touron on the morning of the, 22nd ulto. for Saigon,
the only disengaged vessel in port. The Glen" steamer Gialloch will abortly proceed to Nagasaki to load a cargo of coals for Singapore on owners becount Quotations are New twang to Sato 28 Mex cents per picul,
team, demand) Chefoo to walow,
Our Shanghai morning contemporary. "believes that the establishment of the German Bank in China about which so much has been said lately has been postponed for a year. WOODYEAR'S Clicus, according to the Rangkek Times, in doing excellent business at that port From Bangkok the Cirous will proceed to Saigondents Aralikence will doubtless"find its way to Hong, Hong and Shanghat
other veteran shootist. Major Ellis of the 58th Regiment, performed in brilliant fashion, totalling
fa for the three distances.
A CORRESPONDENT of our Foochow contemporary gives the following account of a recent visit be
paid to the Governor-General's new College at Canton-It is situated a little-way beyond the suburbs to the northwest of the city, in the midst of rice fields. A beautiful brick wall on a granite foundation 18 feet bigh enclosos a square with one thousand feet frontage cast and wert, and over eight hundred feet from south to north. A central series of spacious balls, open courts, and side colonnades extend from front to back. The buildings are all of a substantial character, walls of hard brick
the march he caught cold, and an old woud Chion broke out afresh. He returned to his head tow quarters and put himself under medical care but the treatment was of no avail, and he died part in January last. The memorialist requests that (Majorty will be pleased to bestow some substantial mark of bla favour, on the deceased officer, of which request the Emparor F,hi'approva),
eith Mex:
picul, demand) Nagasaki to Shanghai, ion of sal best, for pleamers demand; skipy for selling vessels; demand. - S
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SUPREME COURT.
·IN SUMMARY JURISDICTION. (Befors Mr. A. J. Leach, Acting Chief Justice.)
March 29th, 1888.
DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP CO. v. W. CRUICKSHANK The following judgment in the above sait was delivered to-day-
ack suficiently for