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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 188.
Tuk Tyd Demps states that Mr. Minami, Japanese Consul at Hongkong, will receive shortly an additional appointment as Consul at Manila.
i'deaths of M. Lalanne, a merching of Phuong dam, and M. Desjacques, Paymaster of the Troiluy at Langood are ecoviet in Trenquin papers
DURING the gales that recently prevailed in the lippines several native luggers and schooners as reported to have capsized at various points of the Archijretago. Says the Straits Times of the "q instang: Mr. W. McGregor Smith, who holds lagge con cessions of land in Muar, returned from Europe
the P. & O. thail steamer Nepaul.
H.M.S. Heroine and Mutine arrived at Yoko hama from Kobe on the 6th Inst., and were followed on the 7th by the Sapphire and Staff
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from Port Hamilton.
LAN alteration in the Customstari with regard so a certain class of Italian products limparted mo indehhm has been sanctoned by the
French colonial 'authorities.
TR. J. J. Quin, British consul at Hakodati, who Acting Assistant Judge at Yokohama, will be was recently appointed Acting Consul and temporarily replaced at the former port by Mr. HA CRE
THR deaths registered for the week ended June 9th reached the rather alarming total of 170, diahrra accounting for no fewer than 41 described as choleraic,
H.M.S. Porpoise, Capl. R. W. White, left this morning for Shanghai and Nagasaki, and the Austrian corvette Fasmin, Capt. E. von Wohlge:
muthy for Yokohania,
FROM a Saigon telepon dated the gth inst, we tearn that the intended journey of M. Richaud, the Acting Governor-General of French Indo
Tire monument raised to Gumbolta_in_bl China, to Tonquin has been postponed..
armysel Square, is enimpleled, and will, be inaugurated on the 13th July, it took three francs., years to complete and cast altogether 350,00
THE Marquis of Lan-down, who has recently returned frod Canade to Eneland, proposes in cave London in September to take up his appointment of Viceroy of India. We regret to learn that Mr. A. Falconer, second the other night of heart disease after twenty. A SUPPLEMENTARY credit for 991.785.franes ha master of the Central School who died suddenly years service, has left a widow and five daughters been opened on behalf of the general Budget
provided for, with the ex eption of a 50 life Indo-China for 1888, and will be classed under Fund for their benefit, and subscription lists division of Cochin-China and floating defence policy. It has been decided to start a Trust the hending of Maintenance of the naval have been placed at the Clubs and principal | the Saigon river.".. stores in the city, to afford friends and sympa.
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WASH NORTON'S talented company: will give including 3 Europeans, whose symptoms are thisers an opportunity of supporting a good THE Straits Times says that Captain Vincent,
their second performance at the Theatre Royal, the attractive character of the entertainment mati at an early hourthis morning, a Chinese City fall, this evening, commencing at 9 o'clock. FOR unlawfully slaughtering a bullock al Yau and the merits of the performers should ensure butcher was haled up to the Police Court and a crowded house
sentenced by Mr. Wodehouse to pay a fine of Tate. Japan Mail learns on the best authority $50, or in default to undergo six months that the statement published on the 7th instprisonment with hard labour,... by the Japan Herald-"that" Major-General for the port of Yokohama has, if not abandoned, been at least shelved"-is untrue.
Palmer's scheme for the construction of a harbour
THE Captain of the American ship Freeman who was arrested for killing a Japanese sailor.in May, 1887, has, according to a Japanese native contemporary, been tried at Boston, convicted of the crime of wilful murder, and sentenced to death. An official of the, Kanagawa Kencho and three Japanese sailors, were specially sent witnesses at the trial-
Pulse
Verona on the 8th instant, Captain Vincent bar) Master Attendant in the P. & O. mail steamer a well-known shipmaster, who had been in the Singapore Hospital, was sent home by the
beer in Hospital for the last B or y months.
stood up in his pulpit, ant-reading, from a RECENTLY a humble worker in the vineyard paper--announced that he had received a letter from "Our deal brothah-the. Rev. Dash Blank-Bathurst, The tailer here came to the initial.letters N.SW. and came THE origin partesian wells, says a scientific of lucidity shot across the dense blank of his sedimentary rocks enclosing in their great thick- to a dead stop, too. Then a marvellous gleam contemporary, may be traced to the existence of
brain-pan, and he recommenced: "As I said, ness a succession of water-sheets or water levels dens Brutbah the Key Dash Blank-Bathurst uniform character under whole countries, like deab friends, I have received a letter from your occupying distinct stages and extending with North South West." The toceedings closed the strata to which they are subordinated. It with a collection in aid of the Melburne heathen, is necessary to remark here that by the term palm-leaves and had several wives apiece.
water-sheet is not meant a real bed of water
THE Shanghai Mercury regrets to hear that Mr. Shufeldt, of the United States Consulate, mei with a serious accident on the night of the 15th by the Japanese Government to appear as who-the preacher said-went about dressed intred in a cavity between solid masser that serve inst it appears that after visiting at a friend's gay the Imperi d Russian Consulate, Shanghal, house, on coming downstairs he missed his foot- ng the rah Jane, 1898, the wife of J, E. REDING,ing and fell, severely cutting his head and of a daughters
austeining injuries that will invalid him for some MARRIAGE.
Om Phd 79 „înstand, at 11.B.M.% Cansulue- Generals Fuinn Chege Banghai, JEANNIE -afonydates "pid-Caphy, Wanke, to Jong HALL
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him may have given orters to the and officer. To the steward 3 of coursé gav orders about my own requirements, and also regarding the crew; I told him to give them nothing tea and coffee,
On fiding 'The stowaways on board i runde an entry in the lig about then, "Ther" "Captain" "ol" "gae "Matterhorn came abo -Į about ton, and stopped to dinner at half prist twelve. Afterwards I had aglass of brandly. We were on deck the affron walking ab
suffering from dianlura and piles I was hthore After leaving Bombay, I was very ill indeed, frit s not, unable to attend to my datica
Bombay about the times a week. The th
to see a litter of pigs which were born We deck after leaving Bombay; I came out once, March was not my ürst public appearance.n
did not get the host out at im; she had bren out all day. The captain of the Mallerhorn
the stowaways, the chief mate, and Captain was ready to go away at 4 pm, and I gave the Fate orders to have the stowaways renty. I don't know how many of the crew went away in the boat. I saw thy boat, leave the ship with Williams: I don't k my crew were glad 30 get rid of the three mes; I think they brought them on board ;"I don't know whether tre crew fed them. When the mutiny took place the mate caige aft and reported it to me ; le said he had been knocked down by a crowbar; up tá that time I had no reason to suppose that the. crew were in a mutinous state. 1. then my revolver and went with the mate isto he was suffering from a blow with a cowb the fore hold; the end officer was nu derli, When fired the revolver 1 was in the tween decks; fired into the fore hold, and aimed at the dark place where the man v supposed to be. I hired the first shot from the 'tween decks, and the second shot from the ladder. I fired the third shot from the lower. On going down the after hatch Imer Kumbuck: hold, the pistol was old, and got out of ouder.
I did not speak to hing he said “I would not go the 'tween decks, after asking Captain Williams to take charge of the ship. The shots, did not hurt anybody fat the 3rd shot the main gaine
THUS the Strat Times :-it is rumoured, THE choleraic epidemic seems to be spreading interstices in the cracks of all rocks. Continuous as walls to it, but to water veins filling the minute with what degree of truth we have been unable, without a single preventive step being taken by and regular in sand, the sheets are usually discon to ascertain, that the appointment of Mater the authorities. We have a Sanitary Board,tinuous and irregular in limestone and sapristane, by an officer of the Royal Navy, who already experts Attendant, Straits Settlements, has been accepted. Sanitary officers, an array of eminent medicat in which the water only occupies more or less. Sand-more deaths. Since Saturday spacious fissures. When--natural issues are holds a similar appointment in another colony, there have been the alarming number of sixty- wanting, human industry is able, by boring, to i burê în convey Governor Costa to the Hors If the rumour be cortect, ali, we can say is that seven deaths-five in the Gaol, two among inake openings down to the subterranean waters down there for live pounds." } went down inng
THE Portuguese gunboat Aio Lima, Commander St. Barbara, left to-day for Macio. We were histformed as to that.vessel having come City; the Bio Lima cathe to participate in the naval demonstration of mourning for the fate" Delegraph meter Frederick 111.. Senhor da Costa and family are expected here from Finor by the Menmuir, on or about the 27th' inst. -,
TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 7868.
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THE FUNERAL OF THE LATE EMPEROR
Losos, June rith,
The funeral of the Ete Eingerer will take place on Monday at the Fredeas Kirche," Potsdamn Widespiga & grief is expressed for the Emperors death. The Prince and Crincess of Wales, with Prince Albert Victor of Wales, have started for Berlin.
THE NEW EMPEROR,
The arcession of Emperor William the Secon has been notified abroad but the publication of the edict willes deferred till after the interment
Webin Straits Times.) „TURKEY AND GREECE.
Losos, June 6th, The difficulty between Turkey and Greece has revived.
THE UNIȚE) STATĖS PRÈĢĪDENCY, The Dundikati: Coperation of St. Louis ža: nominated President-Cleveland.
ZULULAND,
A force of Bangs with British reinforcements, are about to start for the purpose of chastising
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June 8th. The Oginquennial Prussian Dier Lay has been published alone, without the letter
THE VOLUNTEERS.
expecting promotion." it-is very hard-lines for those tiere who were
The Japan Herald says that the Japanese almost all from choleraic diarhea, not counting
Government has at last agreed to a proposal to build piers, and thus improve the port of Yokohama: The present plan contemplates a M. MASSIE Surgeon-Major, says the venir du 5,000 feet pier to extend from the Admiralty Tonkin, has returned to Hanni after having wharf, and a breakwater 3,800 ft. long opposite cinded a very interesting journcy of explore the northern end of the fort, at Kanagawa. The ata in the Lang-son region. He has realis funds to be used in the undertaking are said to overed and surveyed most of the gold, silverbs, 3e 2,000 w, the amount of the Shimonoseki and lead mines which in former years paid indemnity returned by the United States, besides luts to the Aunamite Govement while they
worked by the Chinese, who abandoned 300,000 jen advanced by the Treasury. the after the war. M. Massie has forwarded GEORGE WHrre, aged zi, a private in the 5th Resident-General a volumianus u port on tegiment, was this morning charged at the Police Court by the Manager of the Seaman's Club with being drunk and creating a disturbance it that building or the 15th inst. Defendant persisted in entering the building and demanding drink, although he was told by the Manager that not being a neber he was ineligible in being refused drink he struck the plaintiff and afterwards' assaulted a constable who attempted, to arrest him. The charges being admitted Mr. ・Wodehouse fined defendant Sio, or in default 14 days in gant.
Bra mings, which will be published in the
allein die Comité d'Etudes,
We (Japan. Mijail) observed recemly in an American paper that large quantities of last eason's tea were left over nusold in the United States. This taken in conjunction with the fact that a telegram was received yesterday (June in Yokohama to the effect that "Arrivals af new tea meet with little attention," would I seem to indicate that the extensive shipments ne being made will have the effect of gluiting the market and further reducing the pice of a commodity which, it is said, is already quite low enough for people on this aide of the water...
Last night the six prisoncis who were applied fo. be the Chinese authorities, having committed 14cts of piracy and murder in Chinese territory, taken from their cells to re marched down to the Chinese gunboat in the harbour. They Arbited quietly to the locking of their faters, and were chained together, but when they saw with ovel Twenty Sikhs, waiting to escort them, In partai Quincey and Delective Seigeant Mann,
ty threw themselves down in great terror, Calling out "Save life." They were promptly fouled down to the wharf, however, and taken off to the gunboat. The authorities on the ather
le will look after the life-saving AMORIAL service for the late Emperor Frederick was held in the Theatre of the Club German Last night. There was a large attend
of German residents, the visitors including Excellency the Governor and Lady des Funeral and Mrs. Gordon Cameron, the vinbers of the Executive and Legislative Councils, the various foreign Cun ul, and, a considerable number of naval and nilitary fficers. The Theatre and its approaches were most tastefully and most impressively draped with the usual emblems of morning the Club
pay all possible respect to the memory of the mighty Head. The service, a most impressive
An orda fry the Minister for War, Mr. Stanhope, divides the Volunteers into brigades for the purpof facilitating rapid prganization in care of wational danger.
Mr. Stanhopes antiopes that successful invasion can shortly be renigel so improbable as to prevent any attempt being made.
THE UNITED STATES. The St. Louis platform realirms that of 1884 anal endorses President Cleveland's last message Tauria is nominated Vice-President.
(From the Courtier d'Haiphong) THE BOULANGIST PARTY.
PARIS, June 11th.
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• THE NEW MILITARY BILL
Jong rath: The Seunte has adopted, after a first reading the new Bill relating to military affairs.
A JAPAN vernacular paper is responsible for the subjoined --The Chinete in Yekohama have entered into an agreement by which all the signatory parties have bound themselves to ship no goods in the vessels of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha. Any party acting contrary to the conditions of the agreement will have to pay a a fuc. This action on the part of the Chinese merchants is said to be due to the carelessness with which freight is handled at the different agenties, by which it has become sen-damaged ne broken, alsa that when complaints were rent lie agents, saying that they (the agents) were in to the Head Office, they cast the blame.on
alone responsible."
a Chinese coolies (says the "Bangkok Times of the gth inst.) are certainly becoming masters of the situation. When the Deuteros was fast leaving Bigkok, her pilot, in the customary manner, ordered the cargo-boats to clear, free of the steamer, and as these instructions were not attended to he gave orders to have their ropes cast off. Upon this a Chinaman jumped from n lighter on to the deck of the Deuteros and as saulted the Caplain, who, however, managed to repulse his assailant, but in doing se narrowly escaped being torn open by a sharp hook which & rice-boat coolic aimed at him from between the railings and, not content with this, the whole of the cargn-boat crews commenced pelting the Deuteros with sharp flint stones-a. convenient handy for special occasions. ..
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European residents, and sixty tag the Chi- nese. In the Tung wa Hospital alone there have been, from Saturday till to-day, 53 deaths, the fatal cases admitted during that perid There is gross negligence or apathy somewhere, water-supply at the fountainhead and daily we Daily we find dangerous tunatics polluting our read of the farce which they, supported by the magistrate, play at the Police Court. What is live-dollar fine, or a foraight inprisonment needed to stop the wholes le poisoning is not a where the lives of the community are seriously endangered.
SAYS the Bangkok Timer:-Life on board the Mangkut appears to be, like Gilbert and Sullivan's policeman aptly puts it "not a happy one," that is, judging by recent events. On tiuis vessel's last trip to link the chief-engineer seems to have confiscated, just as the steamer which he found in possession of one of the was te ving her moorings, two tins of opin Chinese 6temen. The other nine, heating of this capture, immediately iruck, work, and thus Captain and officers were forced to get the vessel-to-Kohsi-hang-as-best-they could While lying at that island a quarrel, broke out between the shore coolies and the crew, which assumed such an alarming nature that it was found necessary to signal for help to the Austin Friars and the Qua Pas, two vessels anchored near bye. The former promptly, sent her European crew, hasuly armed with whatever could be picked up at the moment, and the Bua' Pan contributed her Malays who, "eager for TITE
Mongkut's grindstone, sharpened their inur
Tray," immediately proceeded to the derous-looking knives and complacently awaited orders. The shore canlics seeing these, very business-like arrangements. considered it wise to retire-leaving the fighting for another day, so in a few minutes more they were this prompt assistance ant licen forthcoming, it all over the side, retreating pell-mel Had is difficult to say what might have happened, and we once more strongly recommend that drastic and effective measures be taken by Govtament to meet these ever-recurring Chinese rio's. "A stick in line, saves nine" says the proverb (or something like it), but then again perhaps those on board the Mongkut are not entirely blameless in the matter.
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depth, brings up, together with fine sand preservation as to show that they could not Lesh water shells and seeds in such a state of
have been more than three or four months on hay so ejected fresh water ma'lusks, fish, and the rosage, Some of the wells of the W. je Rir crabs, still living, which must therefore have made a still more rapid transit.
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SUPREME COURT.
IN CRIMINAL SESSIONS. (Before the Hon. J. Russell, Acting Chief Justice.)
ALLEGED PERJURY.
rushing out shouting" surrender," and dropp.de his crowbar on seeing that the mate cover d
which it causes to jet up to the surface and some times to a considerable height above. The idea of undertaking such works in search of water is. old as the bills themselves. The Egyptinas had recourse to the method cooyees ng and they were executed in France, at Anels, in has come. The water levels of the creiaceuuskuown on board as a deserter from the Amy the twelfth century, whence the name Artesiar him; he went right aft; to the boat. He wis strata, from which the French artesian waters Myself and the mate then crawled aft, mid issue, are not always of advantage; but in
there found the other two men in the after-ya. constitute the most farmidable obstacle which fut, and there was room to move about. They the north of France and in Belgiums they "As the ship had iron in her-told she was not miners have to encounter in reaching the conl
did not offer any resistance, but abused ne beds. A striking confirmation of the theory
very much; they went up the after hatch. has been observed in Tours, where the water. of the source of supply of the artesian waters
When the man Mortimer demanded that they spouting with great velocity from a well to yards
should go into the forecastle for their cluties,
obliged to let them go. but they hami : he said "let these men go and get their clotlu."
that, because he was trying to take command of clothes; I know they had not because they brought none on board. logged Mortirner for
except by the demennour of the men and other the ship out of my hands. I was not very excited, circumstances.I would have fired a dozen shots had it been necessary: I had had trouble with Mortimer before this; about or 10 days afer Teaving Bombay I was sitting in the cabin reading when he 'shouted come up here, you all---", down the skylight. I am not accustomed to being spoken to in that way I did not log him at the time, and did not say anything to him but I told the, chief mate about it; he said he did not hear it. The day the stowaways went away, I called all the men aft and The Sessions were continued this morning,
ordered Rumbeck into irons. Next morning 1 the jurors being Mosers T Waugit, AF-
made an entry in the log about him, and trad... Apcar, John Huty, and H. C. McLean. Ribeiro, O. Baptista, A. D. Gutierrez, A. Gt over to him when he said "ain not the quan, captain." The carpenter, I think, put the irons. on him, between 6 and 8 o'clock, I took them aff about half an hour afterwards. He was the man who bove the missiles at my head, and that was partly why I put him in irons. The next day I put him in irons again, but I don't remgin ber how long 1 kept him in; I should say not more than 48 hours. He complained of the irons being rusty, and I had, them cleaned. I did not make an entry in the log as to the time he was in irons; he was never in irons after the.. 26th. I am not hound to enter the answer of a man who has been logged; it is not my duty; if they give me a written answer, 1 pin it to the page of the log hook. He was confined in the best romm in the cabin, and could open or shut the inner
March 26th to May zzud till we got to Manil door as he pleased; the cabin had a fine window in it, and he was kept in this room from
He was visited every day by the steward and occasionally by myself; was supplied with had an hour's exercise every evening. He did soap and water was in fact well treated, and
not give me much trouble except once, when le
I had no idea that he was uncomfortable because the room,
was not on a icef, the ship grounded on the the best in the ship. Banka shore, about to o'clock in the morning, where she remained till 4 or 5 in the afternoon. got out two boats, and she afterwards cave off easily, though I had hawsers out to keep her turbance, although the men were very disrespect fiul, calling me by very bad names. Two or three did not give me much trouble though Mortimer and Brennan, were very disrespectful were not free from creating a disturba but I cannot say what the dates were; f should any it occurred, a dozen times. I did not leg them for this; there was amongst them consisting of Sharkey, Sherman, Ryan, Bolson, and Mortimer. Am sure had no power on board of my ship for putting.
Labi Bux and Faith Deem, Indian watchmen employed at the Kowloon Wharf, were charged with committing perjury at the Police Court on
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The Attorney General prosecuted, and stared that on the day named two Chinamen were charged before Mr. Wodehouse with stealing a bag of flour, belonging to the first prisoner. In giving evidence the present prisoners stated that they bought the flour in a shop, and employed a coolie to carry it to the wharf. They further stated that, when walking in front of the corlie
rushed out of a shop near by. The case was they turned and saw him drop the bag, which was picked up by the two Chinamen, who dismissed by the Magistrate; and the charge of perjury rande.
Mr. Wodehouse, police magistrate, stated that the prisoners were the principal witnesses in a case heard before him on the ist inst, in which of four. He dismissed the cast.
Conditte Having evidently spared no pains to supply of which, it appears, are always kept their families, who believed them to be dead. They two Chinamen were charged with stealing a bag commenced talking to the man at the wheel.
nie, was conducted by Pastor Hartmann, who
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Ismail, the police court interpreter, proved interpreting the evidence given by the prisoners
on that occasion.
in the Pacific Mail Co.'s office in this colony. The Emperor Frederick as amnesty was prepared, the prisoners came in and affered. 850 for a from going further on. There was no serious dis
MANY of our readers will regret to hear of the death at Yokohama on the 5th inst., under preached an interesting and appropriate sermon exceedingly distressing circumstances, of Mr. with considerable eloquence. The band of the George Washington Baffey, a very old China Austrian war vessel Fasana-ho German man hand who for years held a responsible position of-war being in the harbour-accompanied the musical part of the ceremonial.
Mr. Baffey hailed from Chicago and was at one MANILA papers report a desperate attack made time in affluent circumstances in Hongkong, but by a-armed band of highwaymen on horseback like many other smart men be proved his own on a house in the Sumacap parish in the province worst enemy, and gradually fell from his high of Nueva Ecija, on the 29th ulto. At three state. During the later years of a most event- o'clock in the morning a body of police went in ful life he drank the bitter cup of poverty to the arsit of the marauders and after exchanging dregs, and was frequently dependent on friends a few shots with them succeeded in capturing who had known him in belter days for the three of their number. On the next day twenty absolute necessaries of life. For some time past The Spanish Cabinet have sent in their collde- | arnul men on horseback plundered a few houses
he had not been in this colony, and many of tive resignations,
in the same village, and after another engage those who knew him here were under the ith- ment with the police, decamped, leaving five of pression that he had returned to the United their fraternity in the clutches of the emissaries States. However, poor Bafley was fond dead of law and justice. third attack was made on
from the effects of laudanum, in the International the 2nd inst. on the same locality, but on this Bowling Saloon, No. Bi, Yokohama, on the occasion the outlaws, although pursued by the afternoon of June gib. An inquiry was held by police, escaped unhurt. At Zambales, a few the American Consul-General, when evidence, weeks since, the police, on hearing of the was forthcoming to show clearly that the deceased approach of an armed party of rabbers, went out had committed suicide. The following was the to meet them but only succeeded in capturing
official finding- four of the women who accompanied them, nine horses, some small arms and a portion of their plunder.
THE SPANISH CABINET.
THE ELECTIONS IN BELGIUM. The elections which have been held in Belgium have not brought about any sensible modifications in the numerical compasition of the patties in the-ald Chamber. It is said that the general tendency of the new Chamber will not materially differ from that of the oll
LOCAL AND GENERAL..
THE U.S.S. Mariai left Yokohama for Yokosuka and the Esser for Fusno on the 6th inst. DON BONIFACIO ROXAS, an eminent merchant and capitalist of Manila, died on the 8th ins aged 74 years.
DOCTORS Jolet and Machenand and Surgeon Major Lacroix have been appointed members of the Sanitary Board of Haiphong.
THE Japanese authorities are stated to be con sidering the advisability of constructing large building, similar to the Rokumei-kan, in Uyeno Park, Tokio, for the accommodation of foreign visitors.
We are still compelled to hold over "Inquirer'a letter and our comments thereon until to-morrow. An article on the Douglas,Cup disputes ant "Sporting Gossip" have also unavoidably been "crowded out?
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Says the London Telegraph-The heroes of the best-known American legcurl and of one of Gur most pathetic English poems-Rip Van Winkle and Enoch Arden-have turned up. together in France. Two French soldiers have cut back from Germany, to the astonishment of were taken prisoners in 1870 and in the course of Prussian soldiers, who were set over theri. For their captivity they, canmitted'serious assault on these offences they were sentenced to long terms of incarceration in foitresses, and were not allowed to communicate with their friends. Nor when peace came in 1871 were they included in the the bag deposed that he was criployed in One of the two Chinese charged with stealing prisoners of war micused. On the accession of store in Wing Lok Street, On the 31st May and it included the Frenchmen, who straightway bag of flour. This not being enough, they went set out on their return to France. They reached out without buying it. One of them stayed near Issoudun, their native town, to see several by, and shortly afterwards both rushed in, and changes. One found his wife married a second declared that witness and another employé had time, and the mother of many children. The taken a bag of flour belonging to them, which other had left bis wife in 1870 on the eve of her their coolle had dropped. The police came, and confinement, and returned to anda son of 18,. ultimately witness, and the other man were whom he had never seen, and who had been arrested and taken before the magistrate, but married some months. The return of the men discharged. It was quite untrue that they had was announced before they appeared, and the taken the flour-none had been dropped in front whole village, as well as their wives, had of the shop by anyone. The bag the prisoners heard of their long captivity and unexpected claimed belonged to his master. arrival. The situation is certainly complicated, The other Chinaman who had been charged and it is impossible to anticipate the denon with the theft gave similar evidence. ment. Eighteen years is a grave gap in a man's or woman's life. Martin Guerre was a French- man who had been absent zo years, but one day he returned, and after some hesitation on her part was accepted by his wife and took possession of the old home. All went happily for some years, when a second Martin Guerre appeared on the scene, and, after a long lawsuit, was found to be the real man--the first finally confessing himself an impostor. The medical annale New York supply case of oblivion to marriage which is almost unique. A young, stockbroker in good business, who had been married five years and had two children, met one day with a heavy fall in the street he was taken, to a public hospital, where he lay for months between life THE BRITISH SHIP CHILD WALL" about it as he was in only for five minutes: and death, suffering from a severe injury to the brain, and unable to be moved to his own bome. Finally a delicate surgical operation was performed, and he recovered conscionances. Contul, umed. I mar year ofago, e' of which I have worked for the benefit of American trade in the East. In trat dimo When he was well enough, his father, bis brothers, my enemie, of which I have nane, or my friend of which I have and his wife and children were brought to see madu, cannot chargo ma with a slaglo selfih act, rit axilər, soldier, ma cint, and aalle, clerk, and gentefaranti. Isuppose that
him. He recognised his own family, but Blaredir. Denays for the crew. -- they shonow tufas the clock which those people I was asociated feebly and with lacklustre eye on the others. He with made, would not allow this, get frues them is There is so sentiment in business Quite said he "could not understand the joke." The
k them how much they know about they are worth the asking,
was told who they were, but, with a sickly smile, sue, but like meat wiss says is only an excuse for wrong dulu surgeons then explained that in some cases of brain A Fool's mouth is full of wise anys. I love mix Bible toque injury the patient, on his partial recovery, remem-
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t-That said Halley was'n nativa bern cidaan ofthe United
ad-That he died ni his lodgings. No. 91, Senlegpent Yokohama, Japan, en june sih, 1881, 284.10 o'clock pm from the effe ts of sme narcoti pol-on, supposed to be laudanum, jaken by with
keyrther and that when it was discovered that he had aken the poisos, which was some one and one half hours befors his death, he was unconscious, but that "very effort was made by twa kiliul physicians to resuscitats him and every attention pomible shown to him.
Signed;
CI. GANATHOLE,
US Cup General J. BATRICK,
Kat,Auociates,
The deceased had written two letters addressed to the United States Consul General, one being identical terms. We give portions of the latter. a rough draft and the other a fair copy, almost in
The master of the shop also corroborated, The master of the shop 47 Wing Lok Street stated that he sold flour similar to that kept at the last witness's shop. He sold the prisoners a bag of flour on the 31st May. It was not the bag the prisoners had claimed as having been afterwards stalen from the street..
The Sikh constable who arrested the two Chinamen at the instance of the prisoners stated that the former denied the statements of the latter. There were traces of flour just outside the shop door.
The prisoners were found not guilty by five to two, and discharged.
these men in Irons for such conduct. I did not feel that way disposed before Mortimer called me by that epithet. I did not feel, secure unless I arrested Rumbeck and Bolson. On May 11th it was Sharkey's turn at the wheel from 4 to 6 in the morning at 5.30 he was relieved to have his coffee. I did not hit Bolson with my fist that morning; it is not usual for me to turn a man away from the wheel; I turned him away because he was insolent; ho told me not to "make a fuss about it "the ship being off her course. I was annoyed by the man's answer, or possibly I should have given orders to the chief officer; afterwards, I told him to send a man to relieve me, I had had trouble with him before that; he had been inso lent to the mate and had niso
been destroying our life stock. I had put him in irons once before, but did not make an entry
BROWNIE" refers to the departed Postmaster as an honest, painstaking, and much-abused public servant." Honest is a relative term and the person, will be remembered, who shame- from "Brownie's " point of view=" Brownie” is
lessly used the columns of the China Mail for the purpose of inflating the shares of certain local joint stock companies, Docks amongst others, when they were quoted at starvation rates-his friend of the Post Office may be a marvel of uprightness; but the general públic will probably prefer to form its own opiniop on the subject, and we have excellent reasons for believing that that opinion will pince Lister," Brownie" and the China Mail on the sanic level. Mr. Lister was a hard working official, and no doubt had abilities of a sort, which, however, were almost invariably exercised in the wrong direction, sothat, instead of being a benefit, they were a great disadvantage to the colony. He undoubtedly was subjected to a deal of severe Jahri Talk is cheaps takes money to bury and Ibers the past up to a certain date, and cannot Bombay. The men were put to work at one should never he able to command our shine at all
anal rus quade the B. R. Grate the recall more recent incidents. This was the case-nary duties, but they got no ment; they got if such things were not done. I did hot try
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nothing and estat fou R. •,*
Good bye. I am not Jogic but it la practicable and there are thalusands who can give my scheme si the logic in which I am Lacking.
If you will see buried, please allow no sellous ceremony. eligious ceniony bus would like a masonic if I am entitled to it, which I doubt you, Melkiojohn and Keil will honour me so much to see me buried, but if this is too much I do not suppose that, the. Grand Blaster will complain for want of ceremony any it re then he will complain of my hosting to join kim, asking for rest, knowing how
0.3Y-BASTRY.
A Emergency meeting of Zeland Lodge, Nocriticism-not-abuses the China atfimposter $25, will be held in Freemasons' Hall, Zetland ignorantly puts it—, "but he had only his own 'Street, on Saturday, the 23rd instant, at 8.30 pedantic, arrogant and studiously, offensive con- for 9p.m. precisely. Visiting brethren are due to thank for it al Mr. Lister was surrounded cordially invited.
by so many pigmies in matters of knowledge and abity that he imagined himself an official Welgarn from a vernacular print that a Japanese demi-god--and he was only a crusty, naicow naval squadron, consisting of the Takachiko | minded and egotistical pedant wrapped up in a Kan, Naniwa Kan Kuso Kan, Kaimon,Kan, huge but teaspaient covering of inordinate self- I am. - Tenriu Kan, under the Command of Rear conceit, it is a great boon to the colony that Admiral Ito, will visit the ports of China and Lister has left it, and it would be no great loss. Consul General, Corea this summer, culling at Hongkong were his Boswellian toady of the China Mailto
quickly follow his example,
route.
with the stockbroker; he remembered the friends of his youth, but the events and acquaintances of the last seven or eight years, including his wife and children, were forgotten: When the patient in that case was able to get up and go about his father and brothers took him to the church where he was married, showed him bis signature, and gave him ample collateral testi mony to the fact, Then he accepted the relation he could not recall, and resumed his old life but Juso madame vouly! I am now going to take the ad and hope the time when he wooed and won his wife
not until a year had elapsed could be recollect
C. R. Greathouse Esq.
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CHARGES AGAINST THE CREW.
This case was resumed this afternoon at the Police Court before Mr. Sercombe-Smith. Mr. Wilson again appeared for Capt. Watson and
Captain T. Watson, cross-examined by Mr. the chief mate did not report any stowaways till Dennys, said-I left Bombay on March 3rd and the following Sunday; he did pot say he had been told the men were on board before leaving
he told me he did not care for the official log. On May rath he was not allowed to go to the wheel on account of being disrespectful, he was not a good helms-man. I never told. him that I was going to keep him without food or water till we got to San Francisco. I made an entry on May 14th that I should not give him food or water till he obeyed the chief. look-out, but I don't know the reason. It is a officer's orders. I heard him refuse to go on the common thing to starve a man if he will not do his duty, and I consuierthat it is a right thing; we
to:
bread, tea, coffee and sugar, I don't knowtrice him, he was trying to pull the cabin what meat-they-got-from the crew did not down, and I got a piece of rope to try to make sea anything but a Portuguese brig.I met the him fast, but we could, not secure him ho Sir Launcelot about 8 or to days after sailing shouted murder, and the crew came alt; there from Bombay; she was bound to the Mauritius, were no marks about his body; he yelled like a I made no attempt to put the men on board of madman when nobody was touching him. All the her. Qu.the 24th I fall in with the Matterhorn crew came off and said they would do no moreiluty had not been on decks every day up to that if Rumbeck and-Bolson were not let out of irons. time, though I was frequently on deck, I often If Bolson had not complied with my willic came out and had a look at the weather and should, have starved him till he had given to. officer, and never give orders to anybody but of them, and Brennan sold "hit those two went back again." I gave order to my chief The crew carte, aft about 7 pm, nearly all