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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, JANUARY
On Monday, the 7th inst., the snow at Ningpo was six Inches deep, THE P. & O. S. N. Co.'s steamer Gwalior leh Bombay for this port on the 13th inst, at day.
light.
ELEVEN steamers left 'Nagasaki between the
It is reported from Peking that the Marquess We would remind owners of race-ponics that the Tsing has been offered and has refused the Stewards in charge of the measuring will be in Attendance to-morrow morning, As a largo Governorship of Honam, THE "Ewo" Shooting party, led by our well number of griffins have to pass the standard it is known local "Sport," the Hon. J. Bell-Irving, to be hoped that owners will facilitate matters would appear to have had a grand time during by bringing up as many to-morrow as possible so as to avoid a crush on Saturday. While on 25th and 31st December with over 9,000 tons their annual trip up country. Their bag totalled this subject we may call attention to a thirteen hundred head, which must have afforded paragraph published on Friday last in which of coal,
capital shooting. They report game to be abunda complaint was made that on that date no Stewards were in attendance at the Grand Stand to measure the ponies. The complaint was not well founded. Rule za of the end the week previous to the day of entering" bye-laws of the Hongkong Jockey Club, should and not a week" as assumed by the writer of the paragraph in question. Besides this it has always been the practice to measure the ponies during the week on which the entries closed, and only a griffin" could bave imagined otherwise. With regard to the bye-laws they are as a whole practically obsolete, and should be entirely re
H.M.S. Cockchafer left Shanghat for Foochow on the gth inat, en route to Hongkong via Tamsui
THE Portuguese gunboat ie Lime, Commander Santa Barbara, arrived this afternoon from Macao.
AN Emergency meeting of Zetland Lodge, No. 525, will be held in Freemasons' Hall, Zetland
Street, on Friday, the 18th instant, at 8.30 for 9 pm. precisely. Visiting brethren are cordially
invited.
We are informed by the Agents (Messrs. Arnhold, Karberg & Co.) that the China Shippers' Mutual S. N. Co.'s steamer Moyune, from Glasgow and FLORAL & ROSE WATER, CRACKERS, Liverpoal, left Singapore last night for this port,
and may be expected on or about the 20th inst. THE steamer Chingwo, which arrived at Yokohama from Kobe on the 6th 'instant, ftcncountered very heavy weather during the passage. At the height of the gale a heavy piece of machinery broke adrift in the 'tween At Shanghai, on the 8th instant, the wife of decks and smashed two plates in the vessel's CHARLES IBURG, of a daughter.
DEATHS.
THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY, Hongkong, 19th December, 1888.
years.
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ORDERS for the Hongkong Directory and Hong List for the Far East for 1889, which was published on the 7th inst., should be sent to this
ant this seaso0.
IN a Police Court case reported in our issue of last Saturday the offender against the majesty of the law was described as a stoker hailing from H.M.5. Merlin, whereas he actually belonged to the Myrmidon. The mistake was not ours, and although the stoker's offence was not a very serious one, it is only fair to the crew of the ferlis that their record should not be unjustly soiled.
Mr. J. J. Poynter, a tidesurveyor in the Customs Service, took place on Tuesday, the St that The deceased joined the Custome in 1863, so that he had been some 26 years in the service. He was stationed at Chinkiang, and on the 30th ult. came to Shanghai for medical treatment, but died on Sunday.. He is spoken of as having been a very liberal man, and was highly respected.
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modelled; however, "An Old Sportsman have something to say on that subject in his SAYS the N. C. Daily News —The funeral of usual series of articles after the entries close.
The following appears in the Peking Gazette of the 15th December:-The annual subsidy sent to Peking from all the provinces is. T. 2,000,000, the distribution of which is arranged beforehand towards the end of every year by the Board of Revenue. Of the above amount the sal revenue at Canton was required to furnish Ths. 200,000 for the present year, and a further centribution of Tis. 50,000 was called for to meet the oxpenses of the Imperial Household, Tis. 190,000 of the total have already been forwarded, and the Viceroy now reports the transmission of the remainder, Tis. 60,000, which has been sent in bills drawn upon This has been supple- Shansi bankers, mented by a remittance of Tis. 1,830 to cover porterage, loss, by exchange, and similar
THE Shanghai Courier of the sthlastant, says: -The cold has been intense during the last two days. There have been falls of now up the Yangtze and at Ningpo, and steamers coming in from the North of course report thick ice on decks. Frost was severe in Shanghai last night, and there was good ice on the Hongkew pouds. Steamers in the river, at 7 o'clock this morning, which is equal to 13° of frost. At 10.30, after the sun came out, there were 7° of frost. THE following are the Orders of the Day for the enceting of the Legislative Council to be held on Thursday, 17th inst., at 4 p.m. --
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both vessel jeopardy, leaving it a matter of time and prompt action to avoid?
that she was
Mr. Caldwell, for the plaintiffs, submitted that how when first sighted, which perfectly justified on the evidence the Pioneer was on the port the Morning Star in continuing on that side. But assuming for the sake of argument on the starboard bow, he argued that at that distance, and under the circumstances, she had a right to port her helm, and expect the Pioneer to do the same. If the Pioneer was only a point or two to port it was her duty to port her helm, which she did not, He urged further that the marine regulations another in such a way as to endanger collision laid down that if one ship was approaching it was her duty to slacken her speed, and quoted Addison on Torts to show that, even if the Morning Star was improperly steered, her contributory negligence did not exonerate the Pioneer if everything possible was not done an the side of the latter.
His Honour reserved judgment.
THE HONGKONG LITERARY SOCIETY.
Comparing the attendance at the meeting when the formation of this society was decided on and that at the inaugural lecture last night we should say the HK. L. S. has lost its novelty very early, and stands a very fair chance of following it's predecessors. For this reason-Dr. Cantlie, the promoter of the Society, set the ball rolling last night with a lecture on the future of the Anglo-Saxon race. About fifty ladies and gentle. men attended some in evening dress and zome not. This caused a sort of secret misunder standing at the outset those in "biled shirts" wished they had come in a little quieter attire, and those who badn't registered à resolution to dress next time. So the audience was not com fortable. Then the room-St. Andrew's Hall- was far and away too large. There were over thousand cubic feet of space, in which the voices two lights to each individual, and about forty
most confusingly. Lastly, no one cared whether the Anglo-Saxon had found his home or not. After which short preamble we will stop expressing our own opinions, and reproduce those of the speakers.
At New York, on the 28th Nov., 1888, of typhoid fever, ERNEST FORESHEW, aged 33 At Home, on the 2nd inst., ARTHUR HOLAH, barrister-at-law, formerly of Shanghai. (By | Office, or to the Agents whose names will be report that the thermometer was down to 19 assessed in the following sums as contributions of the Chairman and Lecturer rang and echoed telegraph).
At the General Hospital, Shanghai, on the 6th January, 1889, JOSEPH J. POYNTER (Tide surveyor, 1.M. Customs, Chinkiang), aged 47
years.
At Shanghai, on board the U.S.S. Omaha, on the 8th January, 1889, EDWIN WELLS, Chief Engineer, United States Navy, aged 51 years.
At the Hongkong Government Civil Hospital, on the 12th January, 1889, HENRY SMITH BIDWELL, late of Shanghai.
The Hongkong Telegraph
HONGKONG, TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1889.
TELEGRAMS
(Renter)
THE SACKVILLE INCIDENT,
LONDON, January 13th. The papers laid before Parliament show that Lord Salisbury declined to discuss the alleged offence because he considered the action taken by the American Goverment contrary to inter- national usage.
found in an advertisement in another column. The numerous orders from the Coast Parts are being filled as rapidly as possible.
We have to acknowledge receipt of Meiklejohn's Japan Directory for 1889. This useful work appears to have been most carefully compiled, and contains a vast amount of useful and inter esting information. An admirable plan of Yokohama, specially prepared for this work, will be found invaluable to visitors to that city. AT the Police Court to-day J. P. Gutierrez a clerk in Russell's office, living at 32 Shelley Street, charged his amah with disobeying. He -paid her $3.25 per month, on condition she had no followers, and the other night a man was in the cook-house. She said it was her son- he said it couldn't be. The magistrate dismissed. the case as trivial.
MR. EDWIN WELLS, chief engineer of the U. S. S. Omaha, committed suicide by shooting himself through the head on board his vessel in Shanghai harbour during the night of the 8th instant. A Court of Inquiry found that deceased bad com mitted suicide in a fit of temporary insanity. A post-mortem examination showed that the brain was adbering to the skull. The remains of the unfortunate officer, who was very popular with his shipmates, wers interred with naval
THE CZAREWITCH. The Czarewitch has been betrothed to the honors. Princess Alice of Hesse.
(From Straits Times.) SIR ROBERT MORIER AND COUNT HERBERT BISMARCK.
The Cologne Ganelle accuses Sir Robert Morler, now British Ambassador to St. Petersburg, and formerly Minister at Darmstadt, with having conveyed to Marshal Bazzine the news that the Prussians were crossing the Moselle..
Sir Robert Morier has published letters written to Count Herbert Bismarck in December last, in which was enclosed a denial elicited from Marshal Bazaine in August. Finding that Count Herbert had mentioned the accusation to several persons, Sir Robert appealed to him as a man of honor to publish an official denial of
ao foul a libel. Count Herbert refused to do so,
(From the Courrier d'Haiphong,) BOULANGER ON THE STUMP.
PARIS, January 3rd.
General Boulanger has issued a manifesto to the electors of the department of Seine in which he repudiates all idea of a dictatorship and states that he demands the revisiop of the Constitution, He attacks the policy of intrigue and of waste, which is an effect of parliamentarism, and declares that the country is everybody's patri-
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THE question of Coolie emigration to British North Borneo, according to the Frenter, is engaging the attention of the Government of India; and it is hoped that this new outlet for India's surplus population will be opened in a little time. The Government are said to be only anxious to see that arrangements are made for protecting the interests of the emigrants and ensuring their health and comfort before sanc- tioning the measures in such cases, The climate of Bomeo is believed to be well suited to natives of India.
THE elections for the Shanghai French Muni cipal Council were held on the gth inst. with the following resulta:-
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1. First reading of a "Bill for amending the Laws relating in the construction of Buildings in the Colony of Hongkong."
2. First reading of a Bill entitled "The Stone Cutters' Island Ordinance, 1889,"
3. Second reading of a "Bill to Amend The Cattle Diseases, Slaughter-House, and Markets Ordinance, 1887,"
4 Committee on the "Reformatory Schools Amendment Bill."
THE Shih Po gives this curious story which it heads "A Woman's Revenge":-Outside of the South Gate of the city of Tientsin, Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Feng lived as neighbours. For a long time their relations were of a most amicable. nature, not even so much as a harsh word having passed between them. The other day, however, a sow belonging to Mrs. Feng happening to knock down and slightly injure the front door of Mrs. Wang, the latter at once proceeded to claim damages, which was refused. Whereupon a fierce altercation ensued, which terminated in Mrs. Wang's threatening to take her own life, as she felt herself to be the aggrieved and injured party,
Mrs. Feng, upon hearing of this direful threat, and fearing lest she should be helplessly implicated should her enemy carry her threat into execution, resolved at once to take time by the forclock, and steal a march upon her enemy by taking her own life, and thus turn the tables upon her. She accordingly threw herself into a deep ditch with the intention of drowning herself. Fortunately a countryman who was passing by rescued her, and taking her back to her home, attempted to effect a reconciliation, with but partially successful results.
A REGULAR communication of the District Grand Lodge of Northern China, E.C. was held in the Masonic Hall, Shanghai, on Monday the 7th January, 1889, when the Right Warshipful District Grand Master, Bro, Miller, appointed and invested his office bearers for the year, as follow-
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Tur Avenir du Tonkin reports that reconnoiter. ing parties are every day advancing towards the the northern extremities of the provinces of Thanh-hoa and Nghe-an, and some of these detachments composed of officers and a few soldiers having proceeded on a ten days march beyond the last French station, were very hospitably received by the Maong inhabitants, One of these parties met some Siamese people who had crossed their frontiers and were occupying several places belonging to Annam, The whole
January 5th. The department of Posts and Telegraphs has been annexed to that of the Minister for Com-district is, in fact, occupied by people who in
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charges. The Customs Revenue at Canton was during the present year to Peking--Foreign Customs duties, Tls. 160,000 for the Peking subsidy; Tis. 120,000 from the six-tenths of the same duties for frontier defence on the North cast Tis. 6,000 a quarter for supplementing the salaries of Peking officials; Tis: 40,000 for allowances to the same officers; Ts. 120,000 from the four-tenths, and Tis. 200,000 from the six-tenths of the Foreign Customs receipt for frontier defence preparations, and Tls. 300,000 as the fixed annual appropriation for the Privy Purse of the Imperial Household Department, The Viceroy and Hoppo report having remitted by bills the third instalments of the various assessments mentioned above.
SUPREME COURT:
IN SUMMARY JURISDICTION. (Before Mr. Justice Leach.) NOWROJEK V. THE STEAM LAUNCH CO. In this case Mr. Dorabjee Nowrojec, of the Victoria Hotel, proprietor of the ferry launch Morning Star, claimed $292, from the Steam Launch Co., Limited, for damages incurred in a collision on the 6th October between that vessel and the Pionier. Mr. Caldwell appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Francis QC, instructed by Mr. Holmes, represented the defendants.
Mr. Caldwell having read the pleadings, Kwok Ayan said he was steersman on the Morning Star ferry-launch, and had been for eight months. On the 6th October, at 6.15 p.m., the launch left Pedder's Wharf for Tsim-sa-tsol, and on the way, when off the Meanée, a steam launch emerged from behind the Meanes, and was beading straight for the Morning Star. Witness blew the whistle, and put his helm to starboard. He put it hard a starboard when the launches were about 200 feet apart. Until then the other launch was coming straight on, but she afterwards ported her helm. Witness had the engines reversed, but about a minute and a half afterwards the launches collided. bow of the forming Star. The latter was The starboard side of the other launch struck the still going ahead, but slowly. She went astera directly she touched the side of the Pioneer. The latter was going full speed ahead, and did not stop at all after the collision. The Morning Star was injured by the collision-she leaked a little. It was dark and calm at the time, and slack tide.
By Mr. Francis-I am a licensed steersman, I had just got round the stern of the Means before I saw the Pioneer. The Miance was.00 the starboard bow all the time. We were going about six miles an hour, and the Pioneer was going a little faster. She was about 100 or 120 yards away, If neither of us had altered our course we should probably have passed safely, but I changed my course to make sure.
Yua Chow Kwong, the sailor who was on the look-out, gave similar evidence.
Leung Asoh, the engineer, stated that on the passage, in question he received a signal to reverse the engines a little before the collision.
Francis Xavier, the fare collector, deposed to seeing the Pioneer change her course when about 100 ft. away, and run on to the Morning Star.
Mr. Francis then briefly stated his defence, which was to the effect that the Pioneer was keeping the rule of the road, and keeping to starboard, but that the Morning Star ported
be called.-
Dr. Chalmers, the Chairman of the Society, presided, and in opening the proceedings made a few preliminary remarks. The Committee, be said, had not been idle since their election. It might have been thought that they were asleep, but he assured them Dr. Cantic hardly ever slept, except it might be at the Sanitary Board (laughter). They bad carefully laid the foundations of what they hoped would prove a permanent and very important institution in this Colony- thear hear) and the scheme would probably be ready to lay before members and intending members within a fortnight That institution, they were convinced, ought to stand on a broad basis, and form a worthy literary, and scientific centre," to focus," as one of the members said, "the intelligence of this high-cultivated com munity" (Oh Oh and laughter). They would, with the consent of the members, call it "The Hongkong Institute," which would be divided into different departments to suit different tastes and accomplishments-debating, lecturing, read. ing, even chess and draughts were mentioned. Each sub-division should have its own officers, and separate annual subscriptions, Ladies and gentlemen should be equally, invited to become members (Hear hear). Admission should be upon the recommendation of six members and the consent of the General Committee, the entrance fee being the same for all, very mode- rate. One-object which had been lost sight of, had been provided for by the Committee, Reading-room, which was a great want in the colony. Unless they were members of a Club there was no place where they could procure a book that they had not in their own libraries, and it was hard that they should be reduced to reading the local papers (Laughter). He hoped that those present, and many others, would join the Society in that bighly-important enterprise, not for their own sakes alone but for those of the young men and others who did not know what greatly benefit by the provision of intellectual to do with their leisure time, and who would recreation. He then introduced..!!
merce. The chiefs of the 4th and 5th departed their village) ; they now pay a double tribute, THE lollowing Monkay news under date the 1st / her helm and ran into her. In support of this ferred to talk of something they knew less
NEWS BY THE AMERICAN MAIL,
The O. & 0. 5. S. Co.'s steamer Gaelit, 17th December, arrived in port this afternoon. Capt. Pearne, with the American mail of the We are indebted for the subjoined telegrams to our San Francisco exchanges -
ATLANTIC CITY, December gib, " Dominick McCaffrey and Charley Mitchell were to-day matched to fight a ten-round battle with hard gloves for $1500 a side, the match to - come off in or near Jersey City, January oth. The articles of agreement were signed by their backers. Both men will go into training at once. McCaffrey will remain here, but Mitchell expects to go to Long Island. The feeling between the two men is very bitter.
MEXICO, December 9th. A volcado has broken out in the distant Stale of Tabasco, The political chief of the muni- · cipality of Huimanjillo reports to Governor Sariat that the moantair of Mono Pelado has been in cruption, ejectingvast quantities of reddish-tinged water, which, flowing into the river Grijota, dyed tred for a long distance. The inhabitants are greatly alarmed, and apprehend that the moun Thin will next begin to eject lavd. Very few details have been secured, as Tabasco is remote from the milways!"
OTTAWA, December 9th. Newfoundland, recently bad a narrow escape from being forced into the Dominion Confedera- tion. It has just been revealed that the province was about to be sold out, Sir William White. being promised the Lieutenant-Governorship and Mr. Bond, one of the prime movers, the Chief Justiceship. Sir John Winter and his co-workers were to get the boodle, Mr. Morin, to go into the Cabinet. A telegram in regard to the fund to be raised in Canada leaked out, giving the New- fundlander an inkling of the plot. The matter. will be investigated in the Dominion Parliament
MADRID, December 9th. Sagasta has been Intrusted with the formation of a new Cabinet, It is admited by him, as
considerable difficulty in completing the task. claimed by his opponents, that he will have
LONDON, December 9th, The great borse Ormonde is seriously iíl. If he recovers he will be taken to Newmarket, thence in June to America, where he has been sold.
December, 10th.
"In the debate, on the Irish estimates in the Commons to-night J. Ellis, member from Not- tinghamshire, moved to reduce the amount voted for the Irish police by to,oco. He pro- tested against Irish constables procuring evid ence for the Times and forcing witnesses by threats to appear,
Balfour replied at some length.
After further debate Ellis' motion was rejected. In view of the fact that go per cent, of the shares of the Inman line of steamers is held by Americans, Labouchere asks the Minister of the Navy whether the Inman Company receives or will receive a subsidy for placing its steamers at the disposal of the British Government as fast cruisers in the event of war.
The outcry of the Indian newspapers against Lord Salisbury's, unwarranted insult to Mr. Naoreji, an unsuccessful candidate for a seat in Parliament, in referring to him as a black man, finds an abundant echo in England. The Premier's remark has been strongly censured by Liberal and Radical clubs, and finds no defenders anywhere. Its chief effect politically seems to have been to produce much sympathy with Naoroji and a strong feeling in his favor. The Liverpool Junior Reform, Club has invited him to a special dianer to be given in his honor, while it is proposed in some quarters that be should be offered a safe Liberal seat in Parlia went on the first vacancy that occurs of that description.
Gladstone, in a letter, says there were only the best and kindliest feelings always between Bright and himself.
The Government has ordered the troops stationed in the Mediterranean to proceed to Suskim, They will be replaced by troops from England.
The Rome correspondent of the Times denies that the Pope has authorized Catholics to vote at the Italian elections.
NEW YORK, December róth. Rear Admiral Leroy died this afternoon. Ha t
was promoted to be Rear Admiral on April 1, 1874, and was retired March 24, 1880.
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; CONSTANTINOPLE, December roth. The steamers Welly and Golden Grove werd beached near this port to-day. They bad been in collision, and both were badly damaged.
PARIS, December 10th, The Chamber of Deputies to-day adopted the Budget by a vote of 383 to 115. The amount of the sinking fund is fixed at 17,000,000 francs.
Numa Gilly has declared that he is not the author of the work "Mes Dossiers," for the publication of which he has been sued.
WORD. BERLIN, December 10th. Prince Alexander of Hesse, uncle of the Grand Duke Ludwig, is dying. *4 Mar
ST. PETERSBURG, December roth. At a meeting at the Foreign Office a high military authority urged that an ultimatum ba sent to the Persian Government that Russis would occupy Persia unless it cancelled the treaty opening up the Karen river country to the Eng lish. De Giers opposed such a cou
a course and urged moderation LONDON, December 11th.
The 23rd inst, is fixed, as the date of the
the King will try to force through the new Constitution without discussion of amendments.
Doctor Cantlig, who, before commencing bis lecture, expressed regret that he, who had had to Private dispatches received here to-day state do with the organisation of the society, should that the German steamer Cremone, plying have to deliver the first lecture, as it seemed as between Hamburg and Haytian ports, put in at though he had got the movement up for the sake Port-au-Prince on November 25th in a sinking. of lecturing. He had not had much time to get condition. It is supposed that the vessel was together ideas for his subject, and he was afraid 'run into by a Haytian gunboat while endea they would not hear much worth listening to,' voring to run the blockade. but he would give them a hearty, welcome, as
PISTH, December 10th, Dr. Chalmers had done, to joining what they Thlity persons have been bitten by mad be the glorious career of wolves near the villages in the neighbourhood hoped would that Society. As a Literary Society it was of Orsoy. The majority of them, have already quite ambitious enough, and even, if they died, after suffering great agony. developed it to its full extent, so as to embrace all subjects, still it would preserve its original outlines, and be a Literary Society. It had been suggested that the subject for the opening lecture should have been The benefits of literary societies," but if anything could be dry and commonplace it was that. They all knew the advantages, or imagined them. The advantage lay in people who were well acquainted with various subjects coming and giving the rest the beneft of their special knowledge they wanted mento give their ideas off hand, their own ideas, thought out whilst walking along, the street, about their own branches of science or work Men had a dislike to talk "shop"-they pre- about. Now if a lawyer talked about law he listened to him, but when he started talking about something else he didn't always They wanted to hear about manufacturing goods, or ships, or astronomical pursuits, or botany, but they did not want a man to go and read up some outside subject and talk about that. There man would only tell all he knew about it.
He then proceeded with his lecture. He traced the emigration of the Teutonic races from Hungary to Italy, and Gaul, and latterly to Eng., land. Here they lost themselves subsequently in the mixture of futes, and Danes, and Angles, and Saxons, but at the outset they found only the Celts. These were a bard, heathen, warlike people, independent tillers of the sail on the three acrce and a cow principle The favaders had to fight the religion, the habits, and the politics of the dwellers, and though they drove them back and conquered them they had not finished In Wales the religion and politics of the people were stil faherently different from those of the Midlands and South of England. He then referred at length to the tide of emigra zien, which still swept westward to America, and in pursuance of his argument, said when Britons went out of their native latitude into either mord In the Parnall Commission investigation tropical or frigid regions they d generated. He to-day, Police Inspector Ardle testified that asserted that in Canada, in the Southern States, outrages Increased in County Mayo after the and in Northern Australia the native-born anti-rent manliesto was issued. On cULE- English were an inferior race, and only in examination, he did not know the Government localities possessing a climate similar to the supported a secret society in Ireland an A English were they equally intellectual and counter-force to the National League Ne energetic. He urged that the present generation David Freely testified, that because he paid of young Britons were superior to any past rent the moonlighters visited his house and thet generation as a whole, except among lown his son. He had on reason to believe the league dwellers. This he attributed to the hardy Celtic was implicated in the murder. influence which created an enthusiasm for manly sports
ture of M. Jacques, President of the general came, here in connection with the guns brought | Chief of the Customs department, and of bis | Aorning Star was steered all right for a while was nothing too humble to be interesting assembling, of the Servian Skuptschins, when
council of the Seine.
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inst. is published by the Avenir du Tonkin of Chan Lin Ho, one of the Pioneer's crow, who been made Chevaliera of the Legion of Honour. THE Tamsui correspondent of the Shanghai the gth, "The Chinese, held the blockhouse was looking-out at the time of the collision. He
THE SEINE ELECTION.
Mercury writes on the 3rd inst.:The steamship which they had taken the previous night, till 4 said he saw the Morning Star come round the stern of the Meanes, and saw her swerve round January 6th.
Choysang anchored outside the bar on the 29th o'clock in the morning. For a short time great towards the Pioneer and run into her. The Republicans have accepted the candida- | ulto, to land Mr. Donald Spence, who probably fears were entertained for the fate of M. Darillon, Mr. G. D. Scott, a passenger, said that the down by the steamer Pechill. These are the employees. It was afterwards ascertained that after passing the Meanes, and then changed her last gans of this charter and the Pechiif leaves on being hotly attacked they had vigorously course, causing a collision between the two to-day for Shanghai, taking with her Tis.defended themselves and succeeded in retiring 172,000. The Governor's treasure-room must to the Residency.. The Castoms staff left be dwindling down after paying such large sums to-day for Haiphong. On the night of the for guns and ammunition. The weather is very 28th December both the Residency and the changeable; we have an occasional fine day, and blockhouse were attacked by the Chinese, who then rain, or wind. But for all this the health for a few consecutive nights previously had been of our little community is first rate, without any attacking the citadel. On the 30th December lover.
fire poured on them from the
LOCAL AND GENERAL. OWING to extreme pressure on our news columns, a mass of interesting matter has unavoidably
been held over.
THE 'agents (Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co.) inform us that the steamer Glenarty, from London, left Singapore on the 13th inst. for this
post.
Masses, Adamson, Bell & Co, agents for the Canadian-Pacific Line, inform tia that the steam ship Batavia, from Vancouver, arrived at Yoko bams this morning, and will leave for Kobe and Hongkong to-morrow.
vessels. When the collision was imminent the head of the Pioneer was turned about four points to ease the blow. He heard no whistle,
Mr. Woolley, another passenger said he was sitting on the starboard bow, when he saw the other launch come round the Meaned. Ho watched her, and saw her green light for a while, to the heavy and then her red, as she came across the Pioneer's
they tried to take the fort, but desidency and the bows. The helm of the Pioneer was, ported to
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Ex-Empress Eugeniels going to Paris to receiva the chiefs of the Imperialist committees
The Zanzibar correspondent of the Timer anys of the vicissitudes, of Indian traders in East Africa: When the rebels withdraw from Bagamoyo the natives in the German service
"A" dispatch, from, St. Fetersburg" says the Rothschild, have contracted to construck at Batoum fifteen reservoirs for storing kerosene with a capacity of 150,000 foods each. The Russians demand that the Government restrict operations.
THUS our Shanghai morning contemporary-quan-dao, they failed. They numbered above ease the force of the collision. A very gallant deed was done on, or rather off, 1,000 men, most of whom were regular soldiers, Mr. W. G. Humphreys gave similar evidence
Mr. Francis, for the defence, submitted that even yet. They H.M.S. Cockchafer on Saturday night the 5th armed with repeating rifles. The only wounded
on ourpart werea militiaman and two linh'. The | the Morning Star infringed the rule of the road,' I. Scotland, and would see that in Ireland; in will foot the houses of the traders, tenz inh, Mr. Hodges, sub-lieutenant, was coming assailants came so close to the fort that cartridge alongside in a sampan when bis foot slipped, and belts were afterwards found at the foot of the para he fell into the river and went under the sampan. pets. The whole of Mon-kay has been evacuated; A matine, though he was in his heavy great coat, Hal-ninh is also deserted, excepting the quan pluckily jumped into the river and succeeded, after duo, where a number of inhabitants have taken an interval, in pushing Mr. Hodges from under shelter from three to four hundred natives have. the sampan, when they both came up. By this repaired to the Residency. Re-inforcements are A TELEGRAM was received in town this morning time they had drifted some distance, and the now amiving as two gunboats are coming up the stating that the Ocean Co.'s steamship Priam,night was so dark that the boats which had river, a period of tranquillity is anticipated, been sent from the gunboat at once, returned which is sure to ceass the moment the forces whilst en routs from England to the Far East declaring that it was impossible to find them, are withdrawn. The enlisting of rebel bands is has become a total loss on the coast of Spain. We should hope that the marine will get the still going on in China. No how has been No detalls of the mishap are given......
Royal Humane Society's medal for this very received from Father Grandpierre for ten days, gallant act, performed on the coldest night of and fears to entertained for his safety. The We are informed by the Agents (Messin, Gibb, the year and with the dread of the river that has Chinese are spreading the rumour that Thuyet, Livingston & Co.) that the "Ben" line steamer naturally settled on the seamen generally since who was captured by them some time after the Bintarig left Singapore for Hongkong yester. the best swimmer on the Rambler was drowned, capture of the ex-king Ham-nghi, will be kept in The same night Captain Maxwell in coming prison, on Chinese territory. It is meedia to day afternoon. She is on her way to this with alongside slipped off the sampan; but fortunately calculate the importance and the consequnces of a cargo of coals from Cardiff for the naval caught the companion and only got wet up to this event as it most certainly involves a very
clever diplomatic manœuvre, his waist. authorities.
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and that the Plenser took the best possible ineasures. As the evidence showed, there was no reason, until the latest possible moment, when the Morning Star attempted the desperate nicasure of running across the Pioneer's "bows, for doing other then they did. The Morning Star curved in apparently with the intention of running under the other launch's stern, and until she was very close and she made a slight turn to cross the bows instead, there was no possible danger, and it was a nice polat, then whether it was beat for the Pioneer to go full speed ahead and try to cross her track first or stop and let her go first. Though a collision might have been averted if the latter had been done be submitted that they did what was best, and at least dimi wished the force of the collision. The question was not did the Pioneer act wrongfully then, Dr. Chalmers, at the conclusion, announced however ; it was whether the forning Star did that Mr. Francis, Q.C., would deliver a lecture & not, by her reckless act in the first Instands, put i fortnight bence un "Our Colonies!!!
Several landlords testified that tenants had asked them to keep secret that they had paid rents, owing to fear of violence from the league, A preliminary meeting, was held yesterday to mrränga tha law reform campaign for next Marshe