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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 1889.
THE second meeting of the Literary Society will be held on Monday evening, in the City Hall, at 8.30 pm. Mr. Francis, (2.C., will lecture on "Crown Colonies."
ABSENT-MINDED minister (to sexton after the second lesson)--A wedding party wailing in the vestibule. Is everything all ready, Mr. Parker ? Sexton-Yes, air; yes, sir." Minister (straight ching himself up-The children to be baptized will now be brought forward.
THE Rising Sun says that the Corean govern- ment chariered steamer Valor had come to Nagasaki to get permission to load a cargo of rice at Shimonoseki. The Japanese authorities bad refused the request, and the Pelox would have to wait at Nagasaki for her cargo to be brought down in Junks.
AT the regular convocation of the United Chapter on Wednesday evening the following officers were elected to serve for the ensuing year :-Ex. Comp, W. Goulburn, N. E. Z.; Comp. H. L. Stringer, H.; Comp. J. G. W. King, J. Comp. J. R. Grimble, Treasurer Comp. J. White, Scribe E.; Comp. J. Brandt, Scribe N.; Comp. W. Baker, P. S: Comp. R. Thomas, S.; Comp. A. J.-Strand, D. C.; and Comp. J. Maxwell, Janitor.
THE Sou! Correspondent of the Shanghat Afer- fury writes under date the gth inst.:-Since my last nothing of particular interest has occurred. The news of the German Legailon being burned down accidentally on Christmas Esteve, I gave you about a fortnight ago. I hear a strange rumour that the steamship Stenal had been seized for debt in Chemulpo, where she is A. S. WATSON & CO., LTD., laid up. hope it may not be true. The chartered steamship Velor is experiencing same Established A.D, 1841,
detention in Japan, I hear; she is to carry rice from Japan to Korea, owing to the failure of our rice crops. Time is money; dit dat qui cits dat. Why then does Japan detain the Velox 1 The perusal of the report of the Medical Mis sionary Society which was read at its 5th annual meeting held in Canton the other day strikes us as affording a clear proof of the maximum of philanthropic work achieved by the Society with the minimum of pecuniary resources. That out of a sum barely reaching $5,000, 17,200 out-patients, 1,324 in-patients, should have been treated, 2,159 surgical opera lions performed, 337 patients visited in ir homes and 673 seen on country trips, beses about 18,000 other patients visited and relit by the subsidiary Dispensaries of the Ca Hospital, is an undeniable proof that the Meu Missionary Society works with a will and w out the slightest hankering after pecun profils, such as is manifested by all the ot missionary societies, the Roman Catholic chuded. To that auri sacra- fames who pollutes the work of most missionary bodies: Medical Society is undeniably a stranger, we congratulate it upon its better choice.
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DEATH.
On the 25th instant, at Queen's Road, N. R. S. CRAWFORD.
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The Honghong Telegraph
HONGKONG, SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 1889.
TELEGRAMS.
(Reuter.)
THE UNITED STATES AND SAMOA. LONDON, January 23rd.
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MR. Pollock evidently does not drive mura, To-day 3 ricksha coolie sumingned Mr. Da id, Kennedy for striking him with a whip on the fath inst. He was a sleepy-looking youth who was a-trying for earn an honest ten cents by running to a man to see if he wanted a side, when the defendant, with revolting brutality, touched him on the shoulder with his whip as he drove past, and made a little mark, which, however, was not discernible Mr. Kennedy, said that it was the invariable custom of 'ricksha-coolies to drop their vehicles in front of a carriage, and ran away. He always gave ample warning, but they took no notice. He admitted "Aicking the man with his whip-Mr. Pollock, Influenced probably by the fact that the Government had instigated the complaint, one effect of a sentimental effusion some first class idiot recently sent to our morning contemporary. imposed a fine of $5. We intend making this case a text for a few vigorous remarks on the utter disregard paid to street regulations by the ricksha obstructions and other nuisances of a similar type who crowd and almost entirely monopolise our thoroughfares from daylight to dark.
The Foreign Committee of the United States Senate has asked for a vote of credit for $600,000 to fulfil treaty obligations at Samoa; considering it incumbent upon the Government to intervene, forcibly if necessary,
THE FLOODS IN NORTH CHINA. The Lord Mayor of London bas opened sihscription lists for the relief of the people suffering from the inundations in China.
FIRE IN THE IMPERIAL PALACE, PEKING.
unknown.
The fire at the Imperial Palace has been extinguished. The Talwo Gate is burnt, but the Hall has escaped uninjured.
(Special to the N. C. Daily News.) THE YELLOW RIVER.
KALFONG-FU, 20th January, The breach in the Yellow River has been
closed.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
“AN OLD SPORTSMAN': "Racing Gossip" has unavoidably been held over until Monday. THE P. & O. S. N. Co.'s extra steamer Gwalior, from Bombay, left. Singapore for this port at 3 p.m. yesterday,
THE United States bas 68 street railways; Europe, 221; Germany, 47 | Great Britain and Ireland, 117.
JOSEPH RAMSAY and John Osborne, Naval Yard constables; were charged before Mr. Pollock to-day with receiving Government property, consisting of screws, canvas flannel, &c. knowing it to be stolen-Mr. Webber defended. Insperter Lysaght repeated some of his evidence, denying some of Ramsay's statements made yesterday Mr. Webber said that the men were only charged late last night, and asked for a remand, on moderate bail. The case was remanded till Monday, bail being fixed at $500 each.
Is Aurkland, New Zealand, there is a convent of Domincan nuns and also another establish. ment called in sarcasm "the Convent," from the fact that the carryings-on there are, to put it mildly, by no means of a conventual character. When Bishop Luck arrived recently from a trip abroad (he is a slim, active man, and more like a commercial traveller than a high cleric) he jumped into a cab on Auckland Wharf and said briskly: "Drive me to the Convent." The cabby, not recognising his fate, drove his lordship to the wrong establishment. Tableau: THE Russian frigate Dimitri Donskoi, Capt. M. de Skrydioff, arrived this morning from Nagasaki, and exchanged salutes with the port, the flagship and the French cruiser Turenne. The Dimitri Donskoi is a twin-screw armoured cruiser, built of iron and steel, wood sheathed, and launched in 1883. She has an armoured belt 6 in. thick, but her battery is unarmoured. Her displace ment tonnage is 5,"93; she measures 296 feet 5 in. in length by a 52 ft beam, and draws 24 ft. 4 in, having an indicated horse-power of 7,000. Her armament consists of a 8-in. 9ton breach-loading guns, 14 6-in. 4-ton dittos. To machine guns, and 4 fixed tubes for launching knots per hour and she can carry a sufficient Fish torpedoes. Her average speed is 15.52 supply of coal to enable her to steam 4.800 knots at the rate of to miles.
Our humourous Sydney contemporary has the following:-Mr. Terence Gilhooley, of Master- ton (N2), Esquire, day-labourer, dropped in a few nights ago, promiscuous-like, to the local rum-mill, with a raging drosth and no money or credit upon him, and mentioned'incidentally and modestly that his "ould woman, Godblesser! had tin minutes ago presinted him with triplets, so she had." The assembled citizens, feeling that Mrs. Gilhooley had deserved well of her coun- try, and that some reflected lustre hung around Gilhooley, filled that patriot moderately full of whisky in honour of the event. Under the benign influence of copious tanglefoot Terence waxed genial and boastful, and anon gave out an oracu- Tar hint concerning "Quadrupletes, next toime, by the howly " When Mrs. Gilhooley, in the most robust health and with a copper-stick, tripped, fairy-like, upon the scene, and invited Terence to glide with her into the dark and silent beyond to the melody of "Father, dear, father, come home wid me now! Which he did. The citizens desire to see Mr. Gilhooley to expostu- late with him.
TH2 Shanghai Mercury of the zoth instant says:-A rather serious case of mutiny occurred yesterday afternoon on board the British barque Sir William Wallaes. Five of the men had been ashore without leave since Sunday and yesterday afternoon returned to the ship. They commenced to ill-use the cook and threaten the mate, and
finally the captain was compelled to leave the ship and seek assistance. As the ship was lying the Kiangnan Arsenal he first applied the but as they could not do anything for him he came to the Settlement and sought the aid of the police, As the ship was lying out of their jurisdiction they scarcely knew how to act, but the matter was finally solved by dispatching a detachment of marines. When they reached the ship they found that the men had gone on shore. They were however arrested and brought to the Court this morning, but in the absence of the mate and cook were remanded until to-morrow morning. One of the men named Kane is also charged with being drunk and disorderly in the Woosung Road last night. This man is well-known in Shanghai, having been convicted here several times before,
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he said. Popat looked equally sorry, but said nothingHe way marched inside and charged, and (bbathe kell his arms up to be searched, Just as readily as any old pick-pocket. He had found "where after."
He was brought up at the Police Court, before Mr. Pollock, early this morning. The Court was pretty well-filled during the bearing of the case. The "Count" was dressed just as when he went to" take the air"-light clothes, white satin tie, patent leather shoes, long light overcoat, &c. The charge was that he, Charles Court Popow (in Bangkok his names was Köhi), 28, of Russian, gentleman, did obtain $250 from Mr. J. F Webber by false pretences." He pleaded not gulity.
Mr. Webber said :-I am a solicitor practicing in this Colony. About the rath of this month the prisoner came to my office and retained me in a civil action against Lloyd's Insurance Com- pany for £22,000, being the value of the yacht Cushie-doo, of which he said he was the owner, and which, he stated, had been lost off the coast of Cambodia, near Siam. He further said he had left from £6,000 to £7,000 in the hands of Mr. Tremlett, British consul at Saigon, and that it would arrive by the next French mail, in the custody of that portion of his crew of the yacht which had been saved. He also said that his sister and her maid had been lost in the wrecks He stated that he had been to the Bank here without specifying which-and that they had promised to honour his drafts from Saigon when the money arrived. On the 18th inst. he wrote a letter from the Victoria Hotel, in which
he said "Dear Webber-Crew will arrive by local, steamer to-night or to-morrow morning. Documents and ship's Shall see you then. papers savel." He wanted to borrow about $250 to make arrangements for his crew. I advanced him $180 on the faith of his representa tions. I produce an 1.0.U. from him, given on the 19th or 20th inst. He said when of his at the Chartered Mercantile Bank he gave it to me that he had seen a friend who had been in Russia twelve years. He told me that he was employed on business of great importance for the Russian Government, and that for a man of his age he had great responsibilities on his shoulders. He said he was a Russian spy. On the 19th or 26th he asked me to advance him $200 more, I said
could not do so, under the circumstances.. On the zist he came again and said he had seen his friend at the Bank, who was going to advance him $roco next day, but that he wished to telegraph to Saigon and St. Petersburg, and. that unless he paid the Russian Consul for the telegrams he was afraid he would Lost all he had saved from the wreck. "I said did not feel disposed to advance any money, and he said "I know I'm being watched by the police, and I'll let them know who I am before I've finished" (laughter). I told him that I knew he was being watched. He continued that he had received a telegram at morning to the effect that the insurance policy had been saved, and was in the hands of the Consul at Saigon, together with the 6000 sterling. He then said
Won't you let me have $200, as I am urgently in need of it to facilitate my business?" I did not see the telegram though I asked him to let me. He said the Consul at Saigon had sent it., He pressed me very for which hard and at last I let him · have: $150, duced. I advanced this upon his representa
gave me the I. O. U. pro.. tions. I said at the time-"It is curious that the crew should bring up such a large sum when it could be transferred through a bank." He said "That is perfectly correct, and went on to tell me that the money was in sterling, stored with some valuable plate in one of the compartments of the yacht occupied by his sister. He also said he intended to write again to Saigon, and on the 14th wrote me this letter:-
.'s Gage Street,
8.15 0.0% Just exceived telegrare worded Crew leaves. Six thousand pounds saved. All well. Bank Petersburg Innance; saved.".
Just let me know if you think this is a clearly-worded telegrams,
arosaed then, because several steamers came. I did not answer that letter. My suspicious were from Saigon and the crew never came. About 11.30 p.m. last night I was at the Burns Dinner in the Hongkong Hotel and from information I received I caused defendant to be arrested and I put in the retainer in the action against the charged with obtaining money by false presences. Insurance Company.
His Worship Inquired if the prisoner wanted to ask any questions.
Prisoner I cannot understand it.
His Worship :-There are two distinct charges against you.
lend me the money as a friend. You did so, I have and I am perfectly ready to repay it. never been short of money to send telegrams as far as that is concerned the Consul would send any telegrams I wanted.
His Worship: Where is the money? I have not got it at present but in half-an-hour I could have it, - His Worship:-Where?
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Prisoner: From a bank---from a friend. His Worship:-What bank? Prisoner The Chartered and Mercantile Bank of London and China. I have simply asked an advance of a certain amount, having unfortu. nately got into bad company, and had to spend $700 or $800 before I could get away from the women, and I asked Mr. Webber to lend it me not for telegrams, I never mentioned it. Only yesterday if I had asked hira he would have sent a telegram for me-he offered to do so, instead of giving me the money. I cannot ask any questions, because the whole thing is a falsehood.
Mr. Webber I may say I did offer to send a telegram yesterday, for my own protection, as. he would not give me the address of his people. He said a telegram would cost $64, and I had no objection to paying that to facilitate repay ment. He said he did not dare to send a lele- in her because it would be intercepted. His Worship-How long do you ask for a remand for?
Mr. Webber thought a week would be required, as it might be necessary to consult the Govern
Mr. Murray's Steal-away, 11st. 4lb. Mr. Armstrong's Bouquet, 1ost. gib. Mr. Whitehead's Moonlighter, itat. tlb. Mr. Whitehead's Reindeer, 11st, alb. Mr. Gray's Kingaton, jost, talb.. Mr. Humphreya Baccarat, 1tst. 4lb. Mr. Humphreys Valour, 11st. lb. The C. Ca Palapoosa, Iist. 4lb. Mr. Fraser-Smith's Robin Gray (incl. 7lb. cx.).
1st. Tilb..
Mo Fraser-Smith's Mac, 10st, 1218,.. Mr. Fraser-Smith's Tosh, (incl. zib, ex.) 11st, alb. Mr. Osbone's Excelsior: 1ost. alb. Capt. Des Vœux's City Friar, 10st, 12lb.
THE UPPER YANGTZE.
We learn that, after having kept the Consul, Mr. Gregory, and Mr. Little waiting two months the Deputies appointed to act, in the matter of drawing up regulations for the better avoidance af collisions between' steamers and junks on the Upper Yangtze, have at last started for Ichang. Four De uties have been despatched from Chengru by the Szechnen Viceroy and two by the Hukuang Viceroy from Wichang. All are expected to reach their destination before the end of the Chinese year, shortly after which it is expected that negotiations will commence. The Chinese Government has made a much greater affair of these 'collision rules than was appar ently intended or expected when the dmwing of them up was first agreed to last autumn in Peking. Her Majesty's Minister, in allowing The case was accordingly remanded until he matter to be referred to Ichang. would local next Saturday, bail being fixed at $1,000 Mr. seem to have anticipated__"simply n Webber subsequently applied for an order for rrangement to be agreed upon by the Tonsul, on the spot, acting with and on behalf the police to restore the key of the prisoner's room at the Victoria Hotel, "The prisoner had
of the owners of the Kuling, and the Local asked to have it brought up to the Gaol.
Authorities at Tchang-such an arrangement His Worship asked what the luggage con-as should provide for the experimental voyage sisted of.
ment.
Mr. Webber:-As a fact he has no luggage at all (laughter.) What he has is in another part of the colony. There is an iron box in his room. His Worship said he could not interfere in the matter, and ultimately the police agreed to hand over the key.
THE BURNS: ANNIVERSARY"
DINNER.
The usual Bums' Anniversary Dlaner, under the auspices of the Hongkong St. Andrew's Society, was held at the Hongkong Hotel last night, about sixty gentlemen being present. The Hon. P. Ryrie, President of the Society, occupied the chair, the croupiers being the Hon. J. H. Stewart-Lockhart and Mr. Legge. An admirable dinner was provided by the Hotel Company, as will be seen from the following—
MENU.
Some ba's me an' canna sat,
Auf some would cat ghat want it But w ́ ha'e meat and we can eat, Sas let the Lord be thankit...
Caviare
Hot D'urs.
Souted Oliver
SOUP,
Cock-a-Leckle. Scotch Broth
Finden Haddles. Bolled Salman,
(Mtg Dodd's Style.)
FISH.
RELEYES. Chili Pepper Farcina.. Escalloped Oysters,
HAGOIS.
Tak'a Donald.,
Great chieftain of the puldia Fale favour honest pensioface, Yo Powers, wha mak' mankind
And dish them out their bili
Aboon them Aye tak your place,
Painch, trips, or thelem Wiel are ye wordy of a grace
As lang's my sirm.
Scotch Collops.
Prisoner commenced to make a statement, but York Ham on being told to ask questions the following dialogue commenced :-
Prisoner Who was the retainer made out for? Who saw me first in your office?
· Mr. Webber :---I think you came to the office when I was in Amoy, and the retainer was accepted by Mr. Rodyk, who was then managing my practice.
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Was Mr. Rodyk acting for you or on his own behalf ?--For me.
You said I asked you for money for a telegram on the first occasion?
I was introduced to you by Mr. Rodyk, and you came into my room, and explained to me how your yacht had struck on a rock, that you had been four days in a boat, or paid $400 for a boat, I do not know which, and you gave a graphic description of the vessel, and how the natives treated you, and you finished up by. saying you were entirely destitute, and wanted
roo to telegraph to Saigon.
your care.
fare
Auld Sealand wants mae akin.
king ware
That jaupe in Juggies: But, if ye with her gratefu
rsyer
MAGI's her a BaggİS I
ENTREEA,
Filet of Beef, larded with Mushrooms. Lamb Cuties and Petit Pole,
Young Chicken a la Marengo.
JOINTS.
Roast Bubbly Jock
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Seddie Mutton.
Roma Haba Kobe Roast Beet
Punches Controuch.
GAME.
Rossi Pheasant.
Wild Duck.
COLD ORNAMENTED DISHES.
· Quail, ⠀⠀ Paté de Fol Gra Game Pia.
Beep's Head Pia
VEGETABLES. Boiled Tattler.
Rumblaty-Thp. Kali
Currets.
Keeps
Asparagus.
Green Pess
Sootch Short Bread.
Hot Misice Pies,
Frulta
PASTRY.
Plum Pudding.
Vanilla Ics Cresin.
DESSERT. Cafica
Oni Cakat.
Peach MeriaguN.
Liques.
And now since we ham-fassted thus,
Which we so little esserit, Let Meg just take awa' the flash, And Jock bring in the spielt➡ After the "spirit had been brought to the following toasts were duly honored, interspersed with songs by Messrs. J. M. Labg, Greig, G. Balloch, and J. Mitchell, excellent service being also rendered by Pipe-Major Hall, of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, whose admirable bagpipe playing was enthusiastically,
So far applauded:-
OUR Macao correpondent some time ago informed us that the Chinese shop-keepers of the Holy City were preparing to quit that classic land of padres and hooded damsels, in orderto migrate to the motive that led them to such an exodus Chin-san, a flourishing native town in the vicinity, being the excessive taxes which the Portuguese Goverment levied on them. We made some comments on the newswhen it was communicated On the and instant a distinguished-looking | to us, and argued that no better sign of a foreigner who gave his name as Count Popow corrupt administration could be found thanson of the Prime Minister of Russla," arrived PEKING, 17th January, 12.35 p.m. the levying of heavy taxes on a poverty by the Melbourne from Saigon, and registered A fire broke out in the Taiwo Hall in the stricken population, and that the end of in a big round hand at the Victoria Hotel. It Emperor's Palace at 3 a.m. to-day. A large Macao was as fast approaching as the begin took him about two hours to find the Valley of number of high officials have gone to assist inning of this Chinese exodus was surely Calm Delights, as the pantomime-writers have extinguishing it. The cause of the fire is taking place. Our remarks were hounded it, and the attractions were so strong that he down by the vulpine fraternity of Marno pretty well lived up there for the first week
were denounced newspaper scribblers; we 3.20 p.03
or ten days-that is to say as long as his money as the most deliberate falsifiers of facts in Lasted. He stated that whilst making a tour in everything appertaining to the neighbouring the East in his yacht-the Cooshi-Doo she was wrecked off the Cambodian coast, and hir colony several badding Max O'Rells from Monkey-town opened the sluices of their sister drowned. This explained his absence of choicest language in order to vilify the press attendants, &c, and was so generally swallowed of this Colony, the Colony itself, and the nation that the Dally Press thought fit to give a that rules over it. We thought we had been long account of the wreck. Established where contradicted, and that our Macao correspondent he was, no other fellow could get in a word had wilfully led us astray in his pursuit of edgeways with the American light of loves, news. A couple of months have now rolled by and he was regarded through very searching Still nothing and the original news has again appeared in spectacles by several rivals, the columns of our morning cantemporary. The could be said against him-he paid his way, Daily Press of the 24th instant publishes the and that of one or two very expensive young following
from Macao, under date the ladies, and the atmosphere "top-side" was I told you I was entirely destitute? 23rd Some time ago, when I gave you the exceedingly vermilion for several nights. Like, Certainly you led me to believe so. You news that a number of shops and residences wise be extended his august patronage to several said "I was never without a banking were being erected at Chin Shan (Casa Branca) taflors and jewellers in Queen's Road with the account in my life, and I always had a hundred there were not found wanting people who came utmost generosity, and showed himself pounds at my disposal, and now I am going forward questioning the veracity of the informa- jolly good fellow generally. About a week about penniless." Those were the words you tion. Any one may now see for himself and verify ago his money began to run out, and he was used or rather you said "I could always sit at the truth of my assertion, for not only have the forced to ask for "temporary assistance "from my desk, night or morning, and onder a clerk to Chinese constructed those new buildings, but they Mr. Webber, whom he had retained to conduct pay £100 You did not say what desk.
an action against the Company that had insured On what security did you give me the $100? are engaged in reconstructing and extending the walls and reclaiming large tracts of ground, on his yacht, Mr. Webber advanced $180 willingly, On the representations you made that you had the foreshors. It is said that the Chinese but a second application. was less favorably lost your yacht, and was destitute, and wanted. Government was about to invite the salt fish received at firm, though B150 more were ultimately to telegraph to Saigon. You were wearing the same cost as you now have on, and you rattled settled themselves on the Lapa island, in come graph from a Bangkok paper evidently referring your pockets and said "Here I am, far away dealers, who left Macao three years ago and handed over. Last night we published a para- over to Chin Shan; but the rumour seems to to recent shady episodes in the distinguished from home," lack foundation, for Chia Shan lies further in nobleman's carcer la Bangkok, showing that he the interior and in a less advantageous position had been defrauding people in Siam and had $700 or $800 in a certain place, and was pennis-Boutish Lileptura de than their present settlement, its barbour being, ultimately run away from Chantaboon to moreover, zather shallow, and daring ebb tide | Salgon in the Governor's boat. A copy of the none but the smallest sampans are able to enter paper was read in the cabin of a steamer in the it It will be seen that although the correspondent Harbour by an acquaintance of Mr. Webber's, and thinks Chin-san would not be a convenient plebe at once came ashore and hunted up that for the fishing fraternity to settle lo, be distin eminent solicitor up. Mr. Webber was a guest anys that immense preparations have be
at the Burns Dinner, at the Hongkong Hotel, carried out there for the accommodation of C5 | but came out when sent for. On hearing what nese shopkeepers and tradesmen. We y the Bangkok papers reported he decided that he thus take it for granted that the depopulatica had better put Count Popow where he could find of Macao is only a question of time, the him again, and the two went out to look for him. native community having clearly expressed They met the Count in a few minutes; riding their intention to resist the new taxes which in a chair,Hallo, Popow," "Ab, Mister have been so unjustly imposed on them, and Webber" they said, and then Popow was asked to transfer the seat of their operations to Chinese where he was going. Oh taking the air, he territory. The next thing to be considered is the replied. "Well, I've got some pidgin at the effect which this wholesale levanting" of the Police Court," Mr. Webber continued will you Chinese tradesmen from Macko will producen come up Obyest he'd come," but where the noble race of Fortuguese residents of that after Mr. Webber "didn't know," but they'd obsolete colany It being a well known fact that sea. So all three jolted amicably to the Central the whole trade of Macao is in Chinese hands," Station, where Mr. Webber left them to go and and, that even the sources of the Government rouse the Inspector from his midnight asp, revenue are dependent on the success of the and reques Fopow's shest,Popow meanwhile Chinees gambling-houser, it will not be a entertained his companion by reading letter he difficult task, to predict what will the Holy City had got from #lady-friend of his, but was become when every mortal dollar is taken out ifit interrupted by the return of Mr. Webber with And the city is left to wallow in its own holiness. constable. Sorry to leave you here, Popow,
ONE of Murat's daughters, Luisa, Marchess Raspont, is said to be stiff living, at the age of ninety-two, in Ravenna, Italy. ENGLAND'S mineral production, last year, was worth about $226,000,000. The coal mined, 153,119,812 tons, brought $193,461,150 at the
beds.
At the Legislative Council meeting on Monday, the Council will consider the expediency of contributing to the relief of the sufferers by the Famine in North China.
LAWYER-You went a suit brought against defendant for breach of promise? He asked you plainly to marry him? Young Lady-He said be wanted me to be bis typewriter, Lawyer- We can get $5,000 sure.
THE Japan Mail entertains no doubt whatever of the truth of the recent statement in a vernacular paper that Japan has made a treaty with a western power on the terms of absolute equality, that is, the abolition of extraterritoriality,
ABOUT. one o'clock this morning, one more anfortunate, weary of breath, rashly importunate, cut off his breath. He was a barber, and did it on a tree near the Government School in Kennedy Road, with two bits of rope sled together, gudang TO-MORROW morning between 9 and 10.30 o'clock the steam launch carrying the Bethel flag will call alongside any vessel hoisting code pennant C, to convey men ashore to 11-a.. service at St. Peter's Seamen's Church, return ing about 12.30.
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The Duke and Duchess of Rothesay, and other
the Royal Family, Projeur-Chairman de vâr
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The Naval Military and Auxiliary Forces.
· Profaser-Chairman, ja
The Immortal Memory of Robert Burns
Prgfour-midi, O. Stewart,
Did I not tell you I had spent something like The Land Caicos
Projour-Ms, W. Lagge
less on that account?
His Worship-What place? Prisoner -My first step, when I came here, was to go to the Consul, and he saw me with over 500 or 600 plastres, which be changed into. dollars.. I could not make such representations as that I was penniless. I was over ten days here before I went to Mr. Webber's office.
Mr. Webber: I do not know anything about that.
Prisoner Yes, but I do not see how I could have represented.
|_ His Worship :-That is a matter for argument, if you have witnesses. It is no good asking the prosecutor questions about things he knows nothing about, Have you anything else to ask?
No, simply that I never represented myself | as a distressed man. Every cent you lent me was lent in friendship-an 1.0. U. was never asked formata di glen en pa
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HONGKONG JOCKEY CLU
MEETING.
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The HACK RACE, Cup presente the Jockey,
polo: ponies Clubs for bond fide backy weight for inches, as per scalo previslods winners of any race 716. ex ditance guce round: Entrance $5 to go to the second pony,
I did not call simply as your client, but I was Mr. Carruthers' Lawn Mower 1st thers day after day and i thought you would | Mr. Pogose's Aulgento, 'szat. 61b/g
of the steamer being carried out, with all due gurd to the apprehensions which the officials on the proposed route raight be thought not unnaturally to entertain towards an enterprise of a totally novel and unprecedented character in their eyes. It was hoped that, thus reassured, they would basten to give effect to the proclama- tions, already placarded throughout the whole route, and as instructed by the Central Govern- ment, hand over the permit for the vessel to proceed on her pioneer voyage. This being successfully accomplished, a standing list of rules could be drawn up at leisure subsequently for the permanent guidance of future navigators:
As matters now stand, however, no, one concerned can foresee the conclusion of the
negotiations. The officials deputed are high class come from a distance, can hardly be expected to be familiar with details of navigation, are instructed to report upon the progress of the. negotiations from time to time to their principals and can apparently conclude nothing without
} their ratification. Indeed the Kuling's negotia- tors may reckon themselves fortunate if they are able to proceed without further back references to Peking, and it is clear that on the whole, instead of anything being gained by having acted under the plausible suggestion "LeaVO these details to be settled by the people on the spot and the parties more immediately concerned" -the whole affair has, so to say, to be discussed over again and the Peking authorities have simply succeeded in temporarily shelving a troublesome job which all concerned were doubt- less heartily tired of discussing and" only too glad to be rid of.
The Deputies are all officials of rank and the two leading men on each side have a high reputation for business capacity in Chinese eyes. Those from Szechuen comprise two District Magistrates, (one of whom it the well-known Kwa Tsz-ta) one Taotai and one Che-fu: from Wuchang come a District Magistrate and a Che-fut, the former a Manchu named Yu Kêng.. It remains to be seen whether these new negotiators will exhibit more capacity for the despatch of business than their high prototypes at the metropolis. If they do no better in this respect than do the princes of the Tsung-H Vamên and the illustrious representatives of the foreign Powers in Peking, it will be a long cry from Shanghal to Chungking and the purics of the shareholders in the Upper Yangtie Steam Navigation Company will be utterly exhausted, if not their material representation in these waters, before the opening of Chungking to foreign trade becomes an accomplished fact.--. N. C. Daily News,
· NOTES FROM ICHANG.
(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
In this city of Flourishing Righteousness (such being its name by interpretation) news is chiefly of a negative character. The three steamers that are presently running to our port have been having a most exciting and closely contested competition as to which of them could stick. longest and fastest in the mud. It would appear that the Kiang-tung has beaten the record by a mound trip from Hankow (370 miles distant) of three weeks. The community is consequently in hopes of receiving plum-pudding and other Xmas delicacies in time to celebrate the Chinese New Year.**
Another topic of absorbing interest is the framing of, regulations for the navigation of the Upper Yangture. The first draft is to be drawn.... up by Chinese coramissioners and H.M. Consul conjointly, So far as we can learn the Chinese deputies have not turned up, and the only authentic item of information that has reached the outside public is that H.M. Coneal has been so busy drawing up rules to protect the lives, liberties and property of native junk-men, and ensure their being handsomely compensated under any circumstances, that he has thrown aside all other business for three weeks. Indeed, wou are well nigh driven to the necessity of getting our local news from the lengthy corresé pondence from this quarter that appears in the columne of your contemporary. We are surprised to learn that the so-called monastery is a Taoist Temple, Ited to be sacred to Buddha. But what touches us more nearly is that the graceful symmetry of the Ichang River-front is being spolled by barbare European buildings. To our prosaic eyes the Ichang bund has always appeared, the saddest spectacle of delapidation, filth and misery to be seen on the whole course- of the Yangtze, but we evidently must be num- bered amongst those dull individuals who prefer cleanliness and comfort to the picturesque. But there is hope left for the cultured.”. The mild celestials of these parts appear to look upon s.. contract to build a house for a European as “a hew way to pay old debt, and the money all spent before the work is half done. This y accounts for ghastly spectacle of a barn-like)z structure, half Chinese and half foreige, remaid Ing so long ubficlabed, exposing all its ugliness, naked and unadorned, to the outraged eyes of arilatic Tchang
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