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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, AUGUST 19, 1889.
MESSRS. Butterfield & Swire inform us that the Ocean Steamship Co.'s steamer Cyclops, from Liverpool, left Singapore for this port yesterday morning, and is due on the 24th inst. Ir is notified in the Gazette that Mr. Albert Jahreis has taken charge of the Swedish and Norwegian and Netherlands Consulates during the temporary absence from the colony of Mr. | Bernhard, Buschmann,
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THE Shanghai, Courier hears that the G. H Wappaur has been chartered to carry the timber.. from the Payang Lake, but it is not yet known if she will go to the Poyang Lake for it or whether it will be towed down to Shanghai by a China Merchants' steamer,
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Chen Ah I and Chan Ah ́ Tak were charged with having with others not in custody, assaulted a schoolboy on the 8th of August, and rubbed ailver, and him of a small sum of money notes, and one or two articles of clothing. The first prisoner was found guilty, ard the second acquitted. Sentence was deferred.
about in all directions or sticking with the tapering bottonis upwards. It is the most sudden collage of works that has ever occurred in Shanghai, hidahows after all what a weak. power is engineering skill when opposed by such a natural force as even the Whangpoo River,
one or two written idgments. Singularly enough, the departure of the Attorney General, the Hon. E. L. O'MALLEY, seemed to dry up the great well of his wisdom, and he began to make mistakes that, If not so 'important as those of his immediate prede- cessor, were more culpable. Mr. POLLOCK got into the way of giving a man six months, then having him up again quietly and committing him for trial. and again. later on the same day, deciding to remand large area of the concession has just been proved Heaven help the blackguards-by Act of Parlin. Crete, under the piesidency of Riaz Pacha, to./seconds, and he then went out on the verandah
Tits Bangkok Tiries learns from reliable murces that the prospects of the Gold Fields of Siam, d. are looking remarkably well, and that a to contain gold in highly payable quantities. "We are glad to observe that the Chief Justice at Singapore has been the means of abolishing the wearing of wigs by counsel in the Supreme Court of that colony. This a good example: which ought to be universally followed in all British Tas Turkish training frigate El Togrul sailed from Constantinople on the 13th ultime, having on board Osman Bey, who is the bearer of the brilliants, from the Sultan to the Mikado of
A BILL of costs in taxed at 1.30 p.m., and ni 1.45 (or thereabouts) the respectable firm of solicitors who have to receive the amount of the maid bill, issue a writ of execution, although perfectly well nware that the money had only to be applied for to be at once paid. Is this the ordinary procedure with reputable Lawyers: who are gentlemen-
ment? More on this subject anon.
Tientsin from Hu-kew at the mouth of the
LATE TELEGRAMS.
CONSTANTINOPLE, July 30th. The Porte is sending a fresh commission to enquire into the question of reforms demanded by the Cretaus, Eight battalions of Turkish
From the statement of Mr. Oekters, who lives at the duck, it appears that the collapse occurred about girs last night, nt which time the tide was running cbb. He said that he tired to rest at about half past eight, 'ënd about three-quarters of an hour after he was startled by a naise like a gun shot, Thé noise was repeated in a few.
to see what was the matter. He at first thought it was an earthquake, for the house shook and the windows rattled violently. Just As he reached the verandah he saw the auth bunding slowly moving into the river, while the great abeers was quivering and shaking as if some giant power was shoving it in a northerly direction, In a few seconds it went Lover with an awful crash, and one of the legs, of Gregon pine, and about three feet in diameter, coming against a number of piles that were left standing after the earth had fallen away, was splintered and broken right across about ten feet less than three minutes the whole of the hunding had gone clean into the river, the tie rods snap- ping like threads, and the 45 feet piles affording no more support in the earthwork behind than if they were so many reeds. He thought the whole dock was going to collaper, and his first thoughts
the case for further evidence, He was extremely popular with the smuggling fraternity, for the Infringers on the Opium Farmer's monopoly always got off with a tithe of the punishment inflicted by his more experienced brother Magistrate. After about six months' occupation of the seat of Justice, however, Mr. POLLOCK began to grumble at the scantiness of the Cordon of the Nicham Imtiaz Order, set in the logs are nearly 120 feet long and from 7 to General Grenfell, with his force, is making from the bottom. He rushed down stairs and in
court.
MR. C. FORD won the Hongkong Rifle Associa tion's Kwoon Kwan Yuen Challenge Cup at Kowloon on Saturday, Lieut. Carlyle being second, and Mr. E. L. Woodin third, Particulars of the competition are crowded out of this
issac.
THE N. C. Daily News of the 13th inst, says that the steamer Toenant is now on her way to Porang Lake. She went there some days are to load timber which came overland from the mountains of Kucichow to the Lake. The timber is to be employed in rebuilding the T'ai Ho Gate of the Palace at Peking which was destroyed by fire on the 17th January, Some of 8 feet in circumference.
THE Waitun of this morning publishes a telegram from Shantung stating that on the 23rd ultimo, the Southern bank of the Yellow River burst in twelve different places. varying in width from six hundred and fifty to three hundred fet, the torrent sweeping away, in its onward rush to the sea, temples, houses, and even whole villages, causing frightful loss The telegram HIS EXCELLENCY TSAI, the newly appointed anne fades with the plea to of officials and people, Chinese ambassador to the United States and Brazit, left Shanghai on Friday the 16th instant high and low, that one candareen spent on the via Japan, to assume the duties of his office. food, means one life saved." his chief secretary, and Mr. Lee King (formerly The Batavia Nieuwsblad of the 5th August He was accompanied by Mr. Chu Zing San as attaché of the Chinese Embassy in London) assaysWe learn that the Resident of Bantam English secretary and translator,
remuneration-like Mrs, Brown POTTER'S Japan. dress as Cleopatra, it didn't go far enough -and then a generous Government offered him the addition office of Assistant Secretary to the moribund Law Revision Committee at a salary of $75 per mensem. As the Colony is already. paying $150 a month for the purely titular office of Secretary, this little extra dran would have brought the total up to 8220. if Mr. POLLOCK hd accepted it. But he didn't. Chief Justice RUSSELL having home on leave, the least Mr. gone POLLOCK expected, we suppose, was the refusal of his appointment. And as he idn't get that important position he is, now going to give the magistrate
·business "best," and after Saturday next, his gown and bands will flutter in the dirty old Policë Court no more. Well, we have had better Magistrates than Brother POLLOCK, but we have also had
Tur Band of the A. & S. Highlanders will play at the Officers' Mess, Murray Barracks, to-morrow evening, commencing at 8.30 o'clock. The following will be the programme :-
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It is rumoured that Mr. E. Robinson, barrister- at-law, will succeed Mr. H. S. Pollock as acting police magistrate, at $160 per month. We don't believe the rumour. The acceptance of such a confession of weakness-and Mr. Robinson knows something about the law, if he is slightly afflicted with what is known in the profession ns cacoethes loquendi.
charitable work of aid to the sufferers of this
bas telegraphed to the Governor that near burning condition. It is supposed that this Tanars there has been 'ween a steamer in a
steamer must be the English man-of-war Rattler, Commander Mailand Dougall, which left here the 9th July for Onrust According to other accounts it may be's merchant steamer which had been taken in tow. by a ssiling ship, which however cast her adrift again near Pocioc lapi, She then fired thirty alarm guns. There are no other particulars. Subsequent advices received in Singapore show that whatever the unfortunate vessel may have been, she was not H.M.S.
Rattler.
1100ps are also under orders to proceed to Crete.
CAIRO, July 30th. Latest advices from, the front state that Wadeinjumi, with bis forces, has made but slow progress since he struck his camp, and com menced his further advance northwards; patrols from Colonel Wodehouse's column have had several skirmishes with the, enemy and killed sixty of them; deserters from the enemy's camp continue to arrive at Bellano in large numbers. slow progress owing to the rapid current and rise of the Nile he expects to arrive at Toski, to-
morrow,
LONDON, July 30th, In the House of Lords, 1 ord Cross announced that thirty Commissions in the Royal Engineers and Royal Artillery would be offered to students. at Coopers Hill College. “
Fagland has intimated that she is desirous that the Island of Crete should remain a Turkish possession.
CONSTANTINOPLE, July 30th. Riaz Pacha has been apprimed Governor in the meantime Sartinsky Pacha has been General of Crete as a temporary measure, and re-called; a peaceful settlement of affairs in Crete is now expected.
LONDON, July 31st.
In the House of Commons, fast night, Lore George Hamilton, in reply to a question, said that the Treasury, had raised a difficulty in the matter of a proposed new dock at Bombay for ships of Her Majesty's Navy, and hence the detay in commencing the wnik Lord Geerg admitted that at present there was no dock available for our large ironclads.
were for the sailing ship Cape City, which wha inside under repairs; but the dock head and the entrance stood firm About thiny-five of the new piles put down by Mr. Morrison have dis- appeared, and what was dry land, and several feet above high water-mark yesterday," has now sixteen feet of water over it at low water. The for about fifty feet in breadth, by over a hundred earth behind the sheeting has gone, clean away and forty long, and it seems to have gone right
out into the middle of the river. Mr. Ocklers says that the bank was at first straight up and down and quite clean cut. but when the flood tide came up, it became all jagged and irregularly broken. All the tie-rods are breken, while even some of the piles to which they were fastened have gone into the river with the rest of the works · On the bund was a small boiler and
affections arising from poverty er impurity of worse. And if the Colony can't scratch post by a barrister in active practice is an abject REFERRING to the transfer of Viceroy, Chang in view of the coming European was His lord. | side the remains of the sheers lies a pile-driver.
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TELEGRAM'S.
THE GER AN EMPEROR AT ALDERSHOT.
LONDON, August 8th. The Emperor reviewed thirty thousand men at Aldershot, and expressed his surprise at the progress made in military matters. He paid a Special compliment to the Volunteer Regiments, which he professed hims. If unable to dis- linguish from the Regulirs, and hoped that the ancient fellowship between England and Germany and their armies would long continue,
attitude of Greece,
CRETE.
The situation in Crete is, grave. Greece has commenced naval preparations,
August 9th. England has replied very guardedly to the Greek nate, and in nowise encourages the None of the Powers have yet proposed concerted action on the Cretan question, but li is understood that the different Cabinets have decided not to allow it to assume proportions menacing to the peace of Europei.
THE TITHES BILL
August 16th.
APPARENTLY it is safer to go out with a bunch of skeleton keys and open a shop, than to keep a gambling-house. For the latter offence a number of stylish Chinamen get six months' each on Saturday, whilst to-day, for trying to brek into a rent-collector's house in Pottinger Street, a coolie was fined $10, and for being "concealed with intent" another prisoner got off with half that amount. We must really deal seriously with these magisterial eccentricities. We deeply regret, says the „Šiam Garelle, to have to announce the death of Mrs. Leckie, the
Chih-tung from Canton to the Liang H provinces, our Shanghai contemporary, the Mercury, observes:-"His translation from the south to the Liang Hu is no doubt in connection with this great scheme, and like so many other Chinese high officials who have made particular ́recommend¬tions, he has been sent to carry out his own. We know already that six syndicates of wealthy Chinese have promised to subscribe ten million taels each, and though the line from Hankow to the Capital would cost much more than this, it is our opinion, in which unusally well informed Chinese officials here share, that the Grand Trunk line of China is looming much nearer than most people, Chinese or foreign, imagine."
As will be seen by our editorial in this issue, wife of Mr. C. S. Leckie, of the Borneo Company Mr. Henry S. Pollock, acting police magistrate, Limited, which took place on Thursday afternoon from puerperal fever. Mrs. Leckle had only been has resigned the appointment and will finally retire on Saturday next. Mr. Pollack, very a few months in Bangkok, but during that time had gained the esteem and regard of all classes naturally, does not consider that he is suficiently of the community. Much sympathy is felt by paid with the half of the actual salary of the every one for her husband under his sad bereave position-and we agree with Mr. Pollock. This ment. The funeral took place on Friday after that it must be seen to without further delay. 'acting appointment' is so very much overdone noon in the Protestant Cemetery-
It is even worse than the drainage at the Peak. WE find the following in the L. & C. Express: The time, we think, has arrived-if it has not it Marle 1, the King of the Sedangs, is now at certainly ought to have-when the officials of this Brussels. He states the population of bis king-colony should be placed in their proper positions. dom to amount to 500,000 souls His relations Mr. Pollock is a barrister-at-law, and although are, as he says, chiefly with England, and he only a very voang member of the Bar, has has ceded the monopoly of working the Sedang shown himself to be a very careful and judicious gold mines to an English company. He intends magistrate, He has not always been right in to give an important order for arms at Lidge. his decisions, but he has very rarely bees wrong. An English and a French company have offered Why should this gentleman have to perform the him to create a bank in his country, and he is duties of an office, the salary of which is $320 We should like the on the way to London to continue negotiations per month, for $160 ? on the subject.
Governor, the Colonial Secretary, the Hon. P.
seeming paradox.
Lord Randolph Churchill, speaking at Birm ingham yesterday, advocated the evacuation of Egypt by the British troops within a reasonable time, in order to secure the friendship of France and Turkey, and to restrict our responsibilities ship, in touching upon Irish affairs, deprecated imprisonment of Irish members of Paliament, and urged the adoption by Government of con ciliatory measures and the establishment of popular local government in Irehod,
CAIRO, July 31st. Colonel Wodehouse reports that Wadeinjumi's main body of his forces is in bills situated three miles to the north of Abusimbul, where he har]), established water depots; dervish camelmen have fired on Colonel Kitchener's force at Toskiga body of dervish foot who had occupied a potion of the village near Toski have been repulsed with a loss of thirty-four killed.
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A sharp skirmish has taken place at Anabi between some Egyptian cavalry under the com- mand of Lieut. Tenarly D'Aguilar, of the 17th Lancers, and a body of dervishes; the Egyptians behaved well and charged the enemy most gallantly, inflicting on them a loss of seventy in killed and eighty prisoners. The First Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, bas arrived at Alexandria from Cyprus.
LONDON, August it. The following is the result of race for the Goodwood Cup run this day-
Trayits Quatania...........
Only two horses ran. Lord Salisbury, speaking at the Banquet given by the Lord Mayor at the Mansion House last night, said that the British Government would most assuredly not abandon Egypt until she was able to protect herself from her domestic and foreign fees. His lordship disputed the conten tion that England could regard with unconcern events that were taking place in Eastern Europe; she cannot, he said, renounce old traditions and has with nations. His lordship said he regarded the terrific issues which would be involved in modern warfare as the great security for the maintenance of peace.
engire about 6 tons weight, and a mud-digger. These went with the general run into the river, and despite that search and soundings were made for them last night and this morning, no trace of them has been found. It is though that they have gone far out into the river, which here shelves very steeply and is of great depth. Along. fity feet in length, which stood ten feet from the staging on what was supposed to be solid ground, but which has given way for many feet further in, Fifteen feet further In than the earth that bas already gone, there the numerous deep cracks an! bellows, which go two feet inside the new balkhend that Mr. Morrison constructed. Indeed it would seem that had it not been for this bulk- rhead the dock would have burst there and then,
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but it stood the atrain apparently without moving, The cracks in the ground nṛe not all new, according to Mr. Oeklers, who said that he pointed them pat to Mr. Morrison some time way, but that gentleman thought they were of no ago, as an indication that the bond was giving
consequence, About twenty feet from the land slip stand, two spare boilers, belonging to the China Merchants, and which came out for the Fungshun, and a lot of other heavy bits of ma chinery, but none of these stirred. To lay, the timbers, files, sheathing, etc., of the south side of the entrance were standing without any support, the earth behind it, to within a short distance of the chase piles, having entirely disappeared and the food tide now strikes this weakened structure with great force as it sweeps along, Already, it shows signs of the strain in places, and the danger of its being carried away looks imminent. The dock, itself is all right so far, but the caisson seems to be jambed somewhat in the chase piles, and Mr. Ocklers, though he thinks he will have no difficulty in getting the caisson afleat, fears that it will not go back into its place again because of the pressure on the lower part of the chase pikes. As soon as the accident happened he sent word to the Old Dock, and got extra gangs of men to finish the painting of the Cape City so as to have She was to have gone out yesterday, and go alongside the wharf in order to have ber mast taken out with the sheers, but this was fortunately delayed, else she might have suffered severe damage by the accident, if she was not altogether destroyed. "As it was, the people on board were very nervous about her, lest the water should get into the dock with a rush, and she should be smashed against the sides of the dock. The Yungshing was to have gone into the dock to-day, but of course all work there is now suspended for the present, and will be for
Government has agreed to amend the Tithes We hear from an Aberdeen correspondent that Rytie, or somebody who knows, to explain this { engagements without forfeiting the influence she her ready. To get out at once this evening
Bill, making landlo da liable instead of occupiers This will prolong the parliamentary ses lan.
FRANCE AND THE EASTERN QUESTION.
three ionclads to Crete,
(From the Courrier d'Hatphong) ROYAL PEREGRINATIONS.
PARIS, August'erth,
The Emperor of Germany has left England for Berlin.
The Emperor of Austria left Vienna yesterday for Germany.
The Shah has left Paris for Baden-Baden,
BOULANGER.
the chair of Anatomy at the University there has become vacant, and that there is a strong desire among the professors that Dr. Cantile should be appointed. In one way we hope that he will, for the emoluments are not less than £2,000 a The French Government has despatched year, but we are sure that the residents in the Colony, without exception, will beartily regret the loss of such a thoroughly able medical practitioner, and such an energetic, genial, and areful member of the community. We have not yet learnt, however, that he will accept the office-or, indeed, that it has been definitely made, so we hope for the best-our best, Annur the beginning of August, ways the Shen Pao, the Board of Revenue was notified by the Tu g- Yamen that in compliance with the official request of Mr. Coumany, the Russian Envay at Peking, who had represented the exces- syness of the duty on brick tea which Russian Foochow and Hankow have to pay, two taels Yamén desired to lower the duty to one tael and a half, and asked the Board to instruct the Superintendents of Customs at the various ports to take the necessary steps. For quite a couple of hours this afternoon the habitues of the Rialto have played at All Fools, and infinite has been the amusement, The Rotisserie was invaded by a bevy of well-known beauties in their best and most conspicuous gowns, and they sat, ali radiant and boisterous, right near the door. The joke way to tell a fellow that So-and-so was in there and wanted to see him particularly. Every victim found a fresh one, and never was there such a rush of brokers, and business men into that favorite unblushing countenances as during the stay of resort, or so many blushes seen on usually,
The Procureur General of the Court of Appeal Justice in respect to Boulanger, 11
The Conservative members of the Senate
THE China Merchants Co.'s stranded steamer Fungshus arrived at Shanghai on the 14th inst. and was to go into dock the same night. She did not appear to have suffered any very material. damage. The Courier gives the following account of the disaster-At about 7.20 p.m. on the 4th inst, both Capt. Tisdal and the chief officer being on the bridgė, when nearing Alceste Island the order was given to the quartermaster to starboard the helm, but Instead of doing so he parted it and a few minutes after the vessel struck on an outside reef that was covered with water, about twe cable lengths from the visible rocks. The steamer was then going at full speed ahead and struck the rock with considerable force The order was given "full speed astern" which was promptly carried out. Perfect order pre- vailed and every man was at his post. Tudging from the force with which she struck the captain
CAIRO, August 195. Latest advices from the front statet bat Wadein Juml bas reached the hills five miles to the south of Toski and two miles from the banks of the Nile. Deserters from the enemy, who have come into the E-yptian camp, report that Wadelnjumi intends advancing to the north with his forces to-day. General Grenfell went south by steamer this morning and met Colonel Wodehouse's column, which has evacuated the positions taken up at Bellana, and is nɔw moving on to Toski, both Egyptian columns are now being massed at Toski, British troops are moving up rapidly from Assouan..
'some time to come.
The difficulty of repairing the damage must necessarily be very great, and it is evident that the piles will have to be as long as in the north building-75 feet-il, not longer, to get an effectual hold in the treacherous mud, which "In the House of Lords last night, Lord Cross appears every day to be slipping further outward, warmly eulogised the services of Lord Con-wing to the increased depth of the river. The force of the current along this portion of the nemara whore visit to the distressed districts in
LONDON, August and.
the 13th August, 1889, J. A. BERTHET, aged 54 / has concluded his address to the High Court of merchant and a half for 100 catties, the deemed it advisable to beach her in a small bay Ganjam had so enormously encouraged all Pootung shore was very observable to day at one
years.
The Hongkong Telegrapak
HONGKONG, MONDAY, AUGUST 19, 1879.
have asked the Court to declare itself incompetent
August 13th.. The High Court of Justice having declared itself competent, the party of the Right have refused to sit in the Senate. The High Coun has declared, by 206 votes, that Boulanger was guilty of plotting against the safety of the State. EDISON,
to deal with the charges.
Edison, the inventor, bas arrived at Paris.
LOCAL AND GENERAL,
AN cartog snatcher got two months' imprison ment and a free warming to his gable end this
morning.
In Hongkong there seems to be a pretty broad distinction between the law and the profits. Mr. HENRY S. POLLOCK Is beginning to see this. In September last this budding barrister gave up what was doubtless a very extensive and valuable private practice to oblige the Colony by dealing with its dally accumulation of EpUND Henry Taylor, the clerk who is "wanted" criminals at the Police Court, in conjunction in Sydney on a charge of defrauding a bank, is with Mr. H. E. WODEHOUSE, C.M.G. The reported to have been arrested at Colombo," position was only that of Acting Stipendiary, MESSRS, Russell & Co. inform us that the E Mr. A. G. Wisa-now Acting Pulsne Judge and A. S. 5. Co.'s steamer Airlis left Port Darwin -holding the substantive position, and for this port yesterday, and may be expected to
arrive on the 27th inst. the seat had been recently occupied by Mr. SERCOMBE-SMITH, who vacated it without
AN Emergency meeting of St. John Lodge, No. 618, SC will be held in Freemasons' Hall, having achieved any noteworthy distinction. Zetland Street, on Thursday, the aand instant, The full salary drawn for the work is a 5 for 5.30 p.m. precisely. Visiting brethren
are cordially invited. $320 a month and guaranteed immunity from being summoned, but Mr. POLLOCK, being only Acting Magistrate, had to be content with a modest 8160 and nothing found. He was at liberty, however, to continue his private practice, but that did not take him away from the Police Court more than seven days a week. When he first took his seat on the Bench, this youthful aspirant for the Lord Chancel. forship did very fairly when he got the hang of the work, and was almost oracular in
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a few miles away, and the ship was steered accordingly, and in about half an hour after the accident she was safely beached. The Hain cheng arrived the following day and took off the at Chefoo and proceeded to Tientsin, bringing passengers, specie and opium, which she landed down several native divers, who reported that the Fung-shuns had several small holes in her bottom, hot that no ribs were broken. Her fore hold was then fall of water. She was patched up from the outside and the cargo in her forehold was trans- ferred to the Yungching which had been sent to her assistance from here with Mr. Weir and Diver Roberts on board. The holes had by this times been patched up inside and outside but Diver Roberts went down and reported all secure board and the forehold pumped dry after which The pump sent up in the Yungching was put on the wet cargo was taken out and transhipped to
TRE staff of officers of the Imperial Chinese the Rayetu. On the 8th Inst, she managed Navi, necording to statistics obtained from the weed to Chef, of her engines, to float, and Admiralty, comprises the following:-
steamed to Chefoo, accompanied by the Yung One 7'i-fus, Admiral, or Commander-in-Chief.ching and a Chinese man-of-wars after a short 2 Tsung-ping, Brigade-Generals, or Chin-tal, stay there she left for this port. 5 Fu-tslang, Colonels, or High-t'al 4 Tran-triang, Licut-Colonels.
Pub, Majors,
37 Tu-se, First-Captains.
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16 Show-pri, Second Captains.
65 Tien-trung, Lieutenants. 99 Pa-frang, Sergeants.
43 Wal-wil, Corporals.
The [Northern] fleet is composed as follows:- 9 Line of battle-ships, Chen Yuen, Ting Yuan, Che Yuen, Chi Yuan, Ching Yuen, King Yuen, La Puen, Yang W, Chao Yung
6 gun-vessels, Chen Chung, Chen Plan, Chen, Tung, Chen Si, Chan Nan, Chen Pai
6 Torpedo-boats, Tio, Tro Erk, Tso Sam, Y 1, Yu Erh, Yu San Mate
AT the Borth (Cardiganshire) Eisteddfod the Fresident of the evening meeting, Mr. Bonsall, said he was visiting the English Lake district a short time ago, when he met an Englishman whom he was sure the audience all knew Mr. Ruskin-and esked him a' question about the Welsh language whether be thought it would be better for Wales that the Welsh language should gradually die out and English be used instead of is. Mr. Ruskin replied, God forbid! The Commander-in-Chief will have two real The Welsh language is the language of music, dences; one at Wei Hal Wel, the other at Fort There is no genius ab ut the English language. Arthur. The two frung pinge will have com- The Scotch have got all the poetry, the Irish all mand of the iron-clad Chen Yuen und Te de wit, and how the devil we got Shakespeare! Yen, and bage no Yamens or residences on
know,"
Chah
Training-ships, Wei Yuan, Kang Chi Min Transport, Li Yurs.
shore.
SUPREME COURT.
IN CRIMINAL SESSIONS.
(Before the Acting Chief Justice.). The criminal sessions for August opened this morning. There were ten cases for trial. The Jurors were Mears. C. A. Schwencke, E. P. de Campos, W. S. Tavlor, F. H. A. Fuchs, G. M Carvalho, Oscar Brandt, and J. Gray,
engaged in carrying out measures for the relief o'clock, and works to withstand it must be very strong indeed, There are several small cracks in. of the famine-stricken there. His Lordship added the northern bending, even as far back as the that Her Majesty the Queen bad wired.com-tic-rods, which are Bo feet in from the river; and plimenting Lord Connemarz on bis services. ⠀ ·Mr. Oeklers says he can see that this bund in as the guest of the Queen throughout the stay of cost for the repairs at twelve or fifteen thousand The Marquis of Salisbury will be at Osborne slipping too. He estimates roughly the lowest the Emperor William in England..
The Tisses states that the Russian Govern-tacis. It will be remembered that Mr. Morrison reconstracted or repaired about 100 feet of this ment bave granted another six millions of roubles bunding and left some fifty feet of the old work to General Annenkoff for the purpose of coms which he deemed strong enough, standing and pleting his Asiatic railway scheme.
the work, from the massive timber and heavy bolts that are now to be seen amongst the wreck. age, looked strong enough for almost anything, It was a mercy that the collapse took place at: night, when there were no men at work, for if it had taken place in the day when the workmel would have been lost in addition to the destrucion were about, there is no knowing how many lives..
of property. Meturs. Farnham & Co. had com. pleted their contract, which was carried out under the supervision and direction of Mr. Gabriel James Morrison, the Company's Engineer, and remains to be seen which side will have to pay
THE POOTUNG DOCK.
LANDSLIP AND CALLAPSE OF THE BUND."
at Tung ka-doa. To-day (August 14th) the whole Another misfortune has fallen upon the Dock
of the Southern banding, wharf, cts, lies at the bottom of the Whang-poo, with much other valuable property; the river having fast night proved too strong for the new and the old works, and washed away about a hundred and fifty feet of piling, wharf and earth, with the engine, for the business. sheers, and everything thereon. The catastro phe, for it is nothing short of such, occurred
Later,
LAUNCH OF A STEAMER AT SHANGHAI
Messrs. Farnham & Co. this afternoon (August 14th) successfully launched a very, fine steamer from Collyers Dock, for the Chinese Mining and Engineering Company of North China, of: which Mr. Tong King Slug is the director. The event took place in the presence of a number of visitors, and the steamer, which is built af Ingot and wrought iren, was transferred from her nata); cradle to her native element without a bitch
The Capi City was safely got out from the last night at about a quarter past aine, and it is dock this afternoon, hercury almost the sole topic of conversation in the settlement to-day. The collapse will certainly complicate fature legal proceedings and, after visiting the scene this morning, it is our opinion that unless very prompt steps are taken, and immensely strong works executed at once, the force of the river will shortly remove all cause of contention between the parties to the suit. Indeed, to-day the place looks as if an earthquake or some great natural convulsion had occurred there, and one can hardly realize that the destrue Wong I, an old procuress, was indicted with tion in the result of the action of the river. Not a purchasing a girl and unlawfully detaining her foot of the southern banding, from the dock for immoral purposes. The Acting Attorney entrance to the end of the property, remalos General (Hon, A, J. Leach) prosecuted. This standing the earth is full of great fissures and She is a fine solid: looking piece of work, aud was the case in which a woman in the country cracks, where it has not gone bodily into the swift reflective of great credit upon her constructors, sold her daughter to a travelling crimp, who in current Great timbers, some of them nearly, The building was carried out, under the turn sold her to the prisonera Hollywood three feet in diameter, lie splintered like match unperintendence of Mr. T. Weirk Her dimen Road brothel keeper-for $200. During the case wood; the whole hundred and Bity feet of front slons are, length between perpendiculare, 156 the young woman's husband appeared and age is piled up with wreckage, which projects feet; length over all, 161 feet 9 inches beam ag claimed her.This so affected the Jury that they sixty or seventy feet into the river, and the great feet 6 inches depth 13 feet 11 incher Hei acquitted the prisoner,
piles, of forty-five feet in length, are: doating, capacity is 6op, toss, desd
allrged kidnAPPING,