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Ma. R. W. Maxwell has, we hear, been appointed Messrs. O'Brien and Dillon received a great Inspector General of Police for the Straits Settle. Ovation on arriving in Boston.
LORD SALISBURY AT THE GUILDHALL. Speaking at the banquet at the Galldhall, the Marquis, of Salisbury, said that all omens were peaceful; the Crarewitch during his visit to India would be the guest of Her Majesty the Queen, which was a pledge of peace; the Prime Minister was confident that the parleying with Italy would be a success: not so with Portugal, but there was no danger of sinister results in view of the universal arming for conflict. With regard to the Tariffs it was important to consider whether the madness of our neighbours may not deflect Great Britain from Free Trade.
FINANCIAL CRISIS.
November 18th, The London Standard states that the financial crisis in the city was hastened by the Russian Government suddenly withdrawing $,000,000 (Sterling ?) from Baring Brothers.
November 19th. A railway collision bas occurred at Taunton in which ten persons were killed and eight injured, they were mostly emigrants just returned from the Cape of Good Hope.
LOCAL AND GENERAL:
ments.
THE General Managers (Messrs. Jardine, Mathe- son & Co.) inform us that the Indo-China Steam Navigation Co.'s steamer Kutrang, from Calcuits, left Singapore for this port at 5 p.m. yesterday.
WEDNESDAY, Thursday and Friday, the yth, 8th, and 9th of January 1891 are the days fixed for the next Race Meeting under the auspices of the Amoy Race Club;
His Excellency Sir Cecil Smith, Governor of the Straits Settlements landed at Singapore on the 12th inst. after a period of rest, at home, which we trust has been as beneficial as it was undoubtedly necessary, owing to the peculiarly THE Yokohama Printing and Publishing Com-heavy strain which the hurden of administration in the Straits imposed on His Excellency prior pany, Limited, was registered under the Houg
to departure on leave, kour Companies Ordinance on the 18th instant, with a capital of $55.000. This company hai been formed, so advices from the north state, to
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take over the entire business of the Yapen shows that the mighty nutocrat of "all the petitioning creditors. The jury had beard about
Gancils.
THE following from a Singapore contemporary Russias," in perspective, is on his way to the Far East. Observe and tremble! The Russia THE Bangkok Times in its issue of the 8th Ironclad Admiral Kornilo in expect to-morrow Instant makes a statement under the heading of from Hongkong en route to Aden, where the "Notes and Gossip" to the following effects to meet the Czarewitch, and form one of the **Some surprise, and not a little indignation, has vessels of the squardron to escort him on his -been-felt-le-Paris-at-President-Carnot having eastern tour. The flagship Admiral Nakhim of commuted the sentence of death of one Bousquet la coming down from the Pacific to meet the into penal servitude for life. Some years ago Czarewich at Singapore. Bousquet seduced his sister-in-law, a girl in ker teens, and lived with her and his wife simulta- neously, having children by bath,"
THE Feking correspondent of the Shanghai Mercury says:-"That Sir Robert Hart has several schemes before him for the rebuliding of the Custom House on the Bund, Shanghai, which has long been the most unsightly object on the chief thoroughfare. Four or five piens have been submitted for replacing the ancient and dilapidated rookery which does duty for a Custom House, but we believe that no decision has yet been arrived at in the matter, in which many persons have to be consulted. The main obstacle Is the question of funds, though It seems hard to
and position of the Imperial Maritime Customs should be the victim of that miserable im pecuniosity which restricts and fetters the plans of most ordinary men and institutions."
His Lordship-I do not understand you. What do you mean by that ?
Mr. Fraser-Smith-There was an action in Chambers, but Mr. Miabinnett was not there.
His Lordship-Any proceedings in Chambers Ar the Police, Court this morning before Mr. Wodehouse, a pantry hoy belonging to the are the same as proceedings in the public Court. Mr. Fraser-Smith said he would explain. On China Navigation Co.'s steamship Taiyuan, was
the 8th Novembar 1888 Mr. Webber negotiated charged by the chief steward with having stolen a quantity of the ship's stores to the value of loan through a Chinaman. Mr. Minhinnett about $15. Mr. Montague Beart appeared on acting simply as agent. Afterwards Mr. Webber behalf of the agents and urged that an example borrowed $1,500, and he and Mr. Webber entered a joint promissory note. He bad not seen that be made of the man as it was a practice can-
note for a great many months now, and he could stantly carried on onboard their ships and which
not recall the exact wording, but he believed the they had found very difficult to stop. The prisoner was sentenced to six months' imprison-Interest was 11 per cent. per annum. He could prove by documentary evidence that time after ment, with hard labour,
time he had desired to settle this account but was prevented by Mr. Minhinnett and Mr. Web- ber. Mr. Webber had difficulty in finding the more than the $5,000 borrowed by himself, and a week before Mr. Webber lett Mr. Minhinnett came to his (Mr. Fraser-Smith's) office and proposed that as Mr. Webber had difficulties in paying, the amount should stand over for a while. Mr. Francis objected to these statements as being utterly untrue. Mr. Fraser-Smith should call evidence, not make these statements
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THERE will be a game of polo st Causeway Bay believe that an organization of the importance | jubilee on account of "an interesting event having 1 $1,500, and he naturally declined to only nothing except what Mr. Ward told him. Mr.
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The Singapore Free Press ravas about brokers AN Emergency meeting of St. John Lodge, No. thur:-The Stock Exchange knows bulle" 618, S.C.. will be held in Freemasons Hall," bears," "stage," and "lamme ducks," in its Zetland Street, on Monday, the 24th instant, atzoological vocabulary. But a sharebraking dog must surely be a novelty in Capel Court and 8.30 for .p.m. precisely. Visiting brethren ure
other centres of affluence. True, however, to the colonial motto, "Advance Australia," the dogs in that quarter of the world lead the van of caulne progress, though one poor fellow evidently did not find, his share-dealings nourishing, A Queensland contemporary says :—"For weekss dog has been hanging round a broker's office in the New Exchange, Queen-street. It would not move or est, and finally starved to death. It was cut open a day after death, and in its stomach was found a badly masticated certificate for 500 shares in the Raub mine." There's nothing like lying with dogged persistency when you start in.
MEMBERS of the Singapore Cricket Club, aya the Frze Przis, who are desirous of putting up any of the Christmas guests for the cricket week, are invited to communicate with the Secret The Hongkong, Colombo, and Native States teams are all expected to antre on December | 30th,
SINGAPORE holders or purchasers of Raub scrip were informed on the 11th instant that the let af abares on which calls remained unpaid had been revised up to date, Brisbane 16th October. A number of the shares specified in the previous | list were withdrawn as the calls thereon had
been duly paid in full,
BECAUSE two Britons and one. German' have been requested by the Slamere Governmeal to make themselves scarce in the tributary state of Kalantan the Siam Mercantile Gaxette mys that fact constitutes "another proof of advanced civilized ideas, and that the Siamese prefer Jungle covered country to a cultivated ose" Wherefore this wrath, O Slam Gosetis 2
J. S. XAVIER, the absconding assistant belliff, who was yesterday brought over from Macao by Detective. Inspector Quincey and Sergeant Melver, was brought before Mr. Wodehouse at
the Police Court this morning to answer to the charge of having embezzled $1,000 from the Supreme Court en er about the 27th of May last. Inspector Quincey at once applied for a remand until Tuesday at 1a o'clock.
It is evident from, the "booking" at Messrs. Kelly and Walsh' that Miss Gracio Plaisted's Company, assisted by a number of Hongkong's leading amateurs, will have a full house at the City Hall to-night to witness their performance of The Bohemian Girl In which the talented artist and Mr. Harding have full scope to exhibit their undoubted ability both from histrionic and vocal points of view. His Plaisted will we trust and believe, meet with the reception from the public of Hongkong to-night that she deserves on this, the occasion of her benefit. These who fail to be in their sexu st 9 o'clock to-night will undoubtedly miss a past treat. Our advice therefore is, "be in time?!
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RiFERRING to the export of gold from Australia to this colony the Northern Tirritory Times says that the precious metal to the value of £9,ots was shipped for Hongkong by the steam- ship Airlis. In its issue of the 7th lnstant the same paper adds,:-" Following up the last week's great export of gold, we have another valuable consignment registered at the Customs for shipment to Hongkong. This parcel is the property of Chinamen; there are 15 separate lots included and the total weight is for ozs. The only comforting feature about this export in that there in a probability of most of the owners leaving the country along with the gold. It should be stated that this is exclusiva of the parcels sent as cargo, which total another 350 ozs. By adding the two lots together we get a grand total of 851 oz. of Australian gold for China-obtained by Chinamen, sold to China men, and forwarded to Chinamen, Quite a Chinese proceeding altogether,"
GOOD GRACIOUS, look at this 1 The good folks in Washington, D.C., have been baring quite a
occurred there in respect to a new arrivalit a son having been born to Mr. and Mrs. Yl Ha Yung, of the Korean Legation." We thought our "Cousing "knew that the woman who has been living with Yi Ha Yung at the Korean legation (save the mark) in Washington was his mistress, not his wife. Presumably this fair damsel has been palmed off on American society as Mr. Yi's true, only and lawful wife! O temporal
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On Tuesday last, at Victoria Coll:ge, a Portu guere boy about 17 years of age named Collage. son of Mr. J. J. Collage of the Harbour Depart- ment, was stabbed by a Chinaman in the spleen, and is now lying in hos.ial in a very critical condition. It seems that a China boy had been fighting with young Coliaço at school and the former getting the worst of it, called to another Celestial youth, Mack Chung, about 15 years of age, to assist him, Mack Chung produced a knife and stabbed the Portuguese. The Chinaman was arrested Inst night in Mr. Perry's house at Wanchal Gap, and, was brought before Mr. Wodehouse at the Police Court this morning, The case stands remanded, until Wednesday next.
We think our esteemed Bangkok contemporary the Times might as well have acknowledged that the thres subjoined paras which apnear, in its Issue of the 5th inst. were called from the Hong ong Telegraph i-
No. I-Freights between Bangkok and Hong kong remain steady at 30 cents per picul, owing to the continued firmness of the rice market in Canton, and scarcity of suitable steamers in Bangkok Several large grain-Inden steamers have left our part with full cargoes and others have been specially chartered to convey this "staple of life" to the China coast,
His Lordsbippolated out that Mr. Fraser-Smith was opening his case. He did not know what evidence as yet he proposed to call. It must also be remembered that as Mr. Fraser-Smith was la a position where he could not make statements on oath, a certain amount of latitude must be allowed.
Mr. Francis said he had given every latitude, but he was now making statements that were entirely untrue.
Mr. Francis, in summing up for the prosecution, They were taken possession of by the Court at the instance of a Chinese merchant who had sald Mr. Ward had almost admitted that he was obtained judgment in a civil suit against Mr. not quite Justified in doing as he did With Webber. The adjudication was not granted for regard to the charge made there was not the than a month after these proceedings. The slightest evidence given In the Magistrate's Cost books and furniture were handed to him (Mr. which showed that, presuming it to be true, that Fraser-Smith) by Mr. Webber the day the latter Minhinnett had been guilty of rape; the most it left the Colony in part payment forn considerable could prove was that an indecent assult bad sum of money he owed him, and he handed taken place. It had been stated by M. Fraser- these becks to him personally and they were Smith that this charge bad never deen denied taken to his house. The Chinese creditor got a before that day, Mr. Goulbourn said in his prohibitory order served on blin (Mr. Fraser-evidence at the Police Court that when charged with it Minhinnett strenuously denied it. They Smith), and after proceedings in Chambers thest goods were banded to the execution creditor and had heard that he had challenged enquiry into at his instance sold. It was after that that Mr. the whole affair. What were the facts of the Minhinnett and Mr. Van Eps appeared as case? There was a quarrel about this child Mr. Minhinnett being on bad terms with himself. to enquire into the matter, and then the That was utterly without foundation. They had woman for ber own defence invented this also heard about proceedings' In Court between story to account for the girl having been sent them. That was also utterly untrue. He had away. The evidence did not contain one never appeared la Court with Mr. Minbinnett in single title of evidence that Ah Ngan's story was true.The mAD was acquitted his life.
by the Magistrate, and then they found Mr. Fraser-Smith in an article that had been read. re-iterating the charges and aperting, and asserting falsely, that Ak Ngan's evidance was cerroborated to a certalu extent. It was impos- sible to accept Mr. Fraser-Smith's statement that he was entirely indifferent about the whole matter. It was he who bad urged Ward on the first mention of the matter to write out a state- ment, and it was be who took it to the Registrar General. The two were working for a common result, and they obtained it inasmuch as they succeeded in getting the man arrested. It was solely from their common action that the man was brought to the Police Court. They must take into consideration what was the knowledge possessed by Mr. Ward and Mr. Fraser-Smith at the time they brought this very serious charge and endeavoured to set the authorities in motion
Mr. Fraser-Smith knew- againat this man.. Fraser-Smith said he consulted his solicitor as to what course he should take. Mr. Fracer- Smith may have done so, but he had not called the soliciter to prove that was so. Then with regard to Mr Ward's action in the mat ter. On examining the information be possessed, what did they find?. They found that Mr. Ward reported the merest rumours, ramours the truth or untruth of which, he took but little trouble to investigate, and the source of which he at first refused to tell, but which he afterwards said be heard from Mrs. Goulboura. These rumours, this mere bearsay, he reported. He 'was indignant against Mr. Minhinnett, and that was his course of action. He had not sufficient reasonable evidence on which to go, only the merest rumour. He acquainted Mr. Fraser- Mr. Fraser-Smith said, es his Lordship stated Smith with these rumours, and Mr. Fraser-Smith he was unable to make statements on oath, but in his turn apparently put no questions to Mr. he felt perfectly satisfied that although not on Ward, but accepted his statement. What use oath. every statement he made would be believed Mr. Fraser-Smith made of it they now knew, readily by the jury. To continue, a writ was Was it likely, he asked, that Mr. Fraser-Smith issued against him for $7,000, and Mr. Justice and Mr. Ward, in doing as they had done, were Fielding Clarke made an order for payment acting solely in the interests of public justice? of the $5,000, giving him leave to defend the He called their attention to this point, and he balance. That was the whole story of the would leave it entirely in their hands. As a financial business of which they had beard so point of law, he rested confident in this, that in much, and it was urged that it was on that their judgment they would thoroughly acquit his account that he had conspired with Mr. Ward to client of the charges which had been made bring this very serious accusation against Min-against him, and he also hoped and believed hinnett. He would ask the jury as men of the they would given judgment of strict justice to the world, as reasonable men, as men who had known defendants in this case. him in his public capacity for many years, whether His lordship in summing up reminded the it was consistent with the character he had borne jury that this being a criminal prosecution the all these years that he would descend to the con- defendants were debarred from entering the temptible and foul methods suggested by the witness-box, which placed them at a disadvant learned counsel. Mr. Ward told them his age. The first point in the evidence to which story, and it was in all its details practically he would direct their attention was whether, as Fraser-Smith and correct. Mr. Ward had come to him in his alleged, these two men, ordinary capacity as reporter for his paper and Ward, on or about the 30th of August, combined had mentioned the row with Minhinnett. He to injure Minbinnett by bringing ■ disgraceful told him he had nothing to do with that, and libel against him in the Police Court, in partes Mr. Ward then mentioned the very serious ance of which Ward went to the Police Court charge agalast Miabionelt, He suggested that and laid this information. His lordship having read the indictment, called the attention of the as Minhinnett was a public servant, this was a matter that afficted public interests and advised jury to one or two points that had been brought him to make enquiries. The result was the forward by counsel in support of his contention document they had heard read. He would ask to prove conspiracy, and which he asked them them whether as editor of a public newspaper, a to compare. The first was Ward's procedure in the bankruptcy case.. That Ward did a Rn who was supposed to look after the Intereats
most improper act there could be no doubt; of the public in so far as in his power lay, he could after having read that document through and if the attention of the judge had been and learned that Mr. Ward could verify his called to the fact that he was endeavouring facts, act otherwise than he bad done. He had to influence a witness who was to give erló. intended at first dealing editorially with it in the ence in the Court, he would have found him. columns of the paper, but on second considera- self in a very strange position. It was a grave tion, seeing that it was such a serious charge, insult to the Court. But Minklanett did not he remembered the good advice giren to him inform his legal adviser and no action could ba by the learned counsel four or five years ago taken. Then Ward charged Minhinnett openly, when he was defendant in a prosecution by and according to his own statement followed it Hon. J..M. Price for alleged bel. The learned up by going to Mr. Fraser-Smith and telling him counsel said then, "If Mr. Fraser-Smith, he had had a row with Minbinnett. Mr. Fraser. instead of putting these allegations in the Smith said Mishinnett was a dangerous person, newspaper, had written to the Colonel Secre and asked Ward to write down his statement in tary, his statements would have been privi- definite form, which he did. That seemed leged, and he would have been doing some to him an important point in one respect, as it was almost the only direct evidence connecting service." The learned counsel did not say that now; he was on the other side; and stated Mr. Fraser-Smith with the action of Ward at that he should have laid the charge and had the the Police Court. Ward drew up that statement, man arrested on his own responsibility. The and it was dated 30th August," It was draws first thing he had done was to make enquiries up in manuscript, but was subsequently put into through Inspector Quincey. He then consulted type. Mr. Fraser-Smith attached his own his legal adviser, who advised him to place the hand-writing at the top and baltom of matter in the hands of the Protector of Chiness. it. The document was presented by him He accordingly laid Mr. Ward's statement befors to Mr. Mitchell-Innes, and by the Registrar Gestral Gerdos, Mr. Mitchell-Inger. They had heard Mr. General was banded over to" Mitchell-Inness in the winess box on the Superintendent of Police. By General Gardos, previous day. His memory for such a responsible it was taken lato the Magistrate's Court, officer was most unreliable, but they had heard, and according to General Gordon's statement, is however, what had actually been done. From which is thought a great deal of attention ought that day til he appeared in the Follce Court in to be paid, Mr. Ward, on being asked to sign the the present case he (Mr. Fraser-Smith) had had Information had great reluctance to siga, and it i nothing more to do with the case. The whole was only when it was pointed out by the Magis thing passed out of his hands. Reference trate's clark that the words "I charge" were had been made by the learned counsel to necessary before the Magistrate was likely to certain articles that had appeared in the give a warrant that he consented to put his same Telegraph, and he said that it was very curious to it. There was not a word of evidence cox- that these articles should have commenced just necting Mr. Fraser-Smith with this, and this at the time when legal proceedings were being must be remembered in favour of Ward and taken in Chambers. He failed to see the curiosity, in favour of the whole case. Then there was this time that Mr. Ward brought this matter to them to decide whether the statements in these These articles appeared because it was just at the newspaper extracts, and it was a question for his notice. Surely that was a reasonable extracts went to show malice. But the real explanation. For these paragraphs' and question they would have to consider was, wąs Articles he (Mr. Fraser-Smith) held himself these men acting solely in the interests of justice, responsible. He might tell them that Minhinnett or did they deliberately put their heads together had already taken out an action for libel to work the rule of Minhinnest ? Did Mr. Ward, against him for $5,000, and another action for in pursuance of that arrangement, with the malicions prosecution for another $5,000, and he knowledge and consent of Mr. Fraser-Smith, go should be only too happy and too proud to meet and lay that information, or did he ge voluntarily Mr. Fraser-Smith, continuing his address him in that Court and substantiato or rather and independently of Mr. Fraser-Smith? They
His Lordship then quoted from "Russell o for the defence (which was cut short, through vindicate every word nad every allegation that (the fury) must consider that question carefull the circumstances referred to la Inst alghi's he hid written, printed and pubilshed in connec fanuc) said -The law I will leave to the Chief tion with this matter. A curious thing struck Crime" as to what constituted conspiracy, which Justice to lay down--if you follow his guidance hire during the address of the learned counsel, showed that conspiracy did not necessarily mean In that respect you will not be wrong. The case and that was that he did not deny on the part of the meeting together of two or more persons, waan very simple one in all its bearings, and his client the very serious charge alleged against but might be proved by their actions, Mr. so far as the evidence went the Jury would have him. Throughout his whole address, if he did Fraser-Smith evidently believed there" WAS little dificuty in arriving at a satisfactory conclu- not tacitly admit he ca tainly did not deny the something in the statement which he placed la sion. In the first place, the whole prosecution charge, and it had been denied that day for the the hands of the Registrar-General. He saw. stood on one point, and that was that Mr. Ward first time in the witness-box. Mr. Ward in his him, and it was arranged that Ward should giva and himself bad conspired together because they address to the jury had expressed his belief that further information. They would have to had some private spite or malice against Mine the allegations made were true. He did the consider whether Mr. Fraser-Smith's object hlonett, and Mr. Francis la support of that ples same, and on the evidence he should put before was simply to bring the information be said that this spite or malice was in consequence them he thought the jury would come to the possessed to the knowledge of the authorities, of his (Mr. Fraser-Smith) having some dispute same conclusion. [Mr. Fraser-Smith then read believing the statement to be trite, or at all in a civil suit In the Court against Mr. Mis- the depositions taken in the case at the Police events that there was something in it, or arrangement between bianett. The learned counsel either misread Court when the charge was heard. In con whether it was an or misinterpreted his brief, or bis brief was clusion, be submitted that he had no aim or Ward and Mr. Fraser-Smith ads to get ike misleading. He addressed the jury in the object in persecuting Minhinnett, He had no law put in motion, and in the end to belief that in the bankruptcy proceedings interest or motive for getting him out of the put this man Minhinnett in prison, While not of Mr. Webber, Mr. Minhinnett had some Colony, and he thought the Jary would have so helloving that the statement was true, did they interest in the proceedings with reference hesitation in coming to the conclusion that is combine to get the Registrar General to make to some law books and furniture. There all that he had done he had acted la'the interests Inquiry? It was a pity if Mr. Fraser-Smith con.. was not one word of truth in that allege of public morality and justics, and that there sulted a legal adviser that he did not call him to tion, Mr. Minhinnett had nothing to do with had been nothing approaching a conspiracy way that he had advised him that he had some the books and furniturs belonging to Mr. Webber, I between Mr. Ward and himself.
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No. II. The terrible typhoons and hurricans which have of late prevailed on the China coast have caused the death of a couple of thousand men and the total loss of many ships. The latest catastrophe is the foundering of twa Chinese
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A WRITER In Harper's Magaalne, on the utilisation of petroleum, says that this natural product,, which at the present time has an Immens, consumption, was known in Chins at least 2,000 years ago. Professor J. S. Newbury is of opinion, Indeed, that thirty centuries may have elapsed since it was brought to the earth's surface in the course of boring wells for salt, and she adds that he finds was even then used by the Chinese for lighting purposes as well as for medicine. That may be so, but it remaised for the "red-haired barbarian" to show John Chinaman. how to torn crude petroleum into £d. We allow, however, that our Celestial' friends were the first in the field with a complex, or rather with a kind of compass from skick. our early explorers evolved the premant ladla pensable aid to navigation,
Ir, for a space of time, the columns of the Telegraph lack their wonted vigour we ask the indulgence of our readers, for owing to the unfortunate and altogether unex- pected issue of a sult in the troubled and uncertain sea of law, the Telegraph has temporarily lost the services of the pen
IN menn lodgings over a shop close to the entrance to Spring Gardens, which down to our time was a saddler's, died-the celebrated Airine and preacher. Dr. Isaac Barrow, one of the most illustrious scholars and writers and his wit has been spoken, of by no less an authority that Dr Johnston, as the "fincat thing in the language, We quote an instance of the doctor's read wit. In meeting the Earl of Rochester-one day, the worthy peer exclaimed, "Doctor, 1.am yours to the shoc tle; to which, the clergyman repiled, "My lord, I am yours to the ground." The peer rejoined, "Doctor, I am yours to the centre." "My lord," retorted the doctor, "I am yours to the antipodes Determined not to be outdone, his lordship blasphemously added, "Doctor, I am yours to the lowest pit of hell;" on which Barrow turned on his heel and said," And there my lord, I leave you."
No. III.-Mons. Bonvalot, with Prince Henri d'Orleans, M. de Deken, and a small following of wisy-looking Russians and Calmucks, arrived in Hongkong from Tonquin by the Ardgay, on October the 21st an route for France. The party, who temporarily put up at the Hongkong Hotel, looked none the worse for their tremendous walk across Siberis, Thibet, and western China,
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Honourable T. H. Waltekend will ask the following questions:-1, Is the Government aware that the water supply to the Robinson Road district was cut off for several days last week, and that no notice whatever was given of the fact so as to allow the inhabitants to make provision to obtain water from some other source? Will the Government issue the necessary instruc tions as that the public may have some notice THIS morning, about 1 o'clock, fire broke out in in future of when and for how long it is proposed No. 35 Bridges Street, but the famates succeeded to cut off the water supply ↑ 2. Is the Governin putting it out There are, however, some ment aware that there is a very great scarcity of suspicious circumstances connected with the fire water in the Western district at the Peak, and which are being investigated by the police. It will the Government state what measures they seems that a private chale-coolle had a sweet are taking, or propose to take, to meet the heart living on the second floor of the building, whom he had been in the habit of visiting First reading of a Bill entitled "An Ordinanca regularly until a few days ago; when she, haring missed several articles supposed to have been to amend the Law relating to Bankruptcy,"
taken by her" mash," requested him to come na Third reading of the Bill entitled "An more.. She saw no more of him until 10 o'clock Ordinance to imend The Cattle Diseases, last evening when he returned with a view Slaughter-Houses, and Markets Ordinance 1887." to restoring himself to her good graces Third reading of the Bill entitled "An again. She refused to have anything more Ordinance to amend the Public Health Ordinance to do with him and ordered him out of the house, he refused to go and was unceremoniously kicked of 1887,"
down stairs by the proprietor. Ficking himself up at the foot of the stairs be shouted that he would have the whole house "cooked before morning. Nothing further resulted until 1 o'clock in the morning, when fire broke out, on the stair- caso. The inmates suspecting the chair-coolie at once reported the matter to the Police and Sergeant McIver succeeded in arresting him a few hours afterwards. There was a strong smell of kerosene oll about his hands and cost when arrested and as there was a similar smell about the staircase after the fire there is good reason to suppose the villain attempted to carry out his The case was brought before Mr. threat Wodehouse at the Police Court this morning but remanded until Saturday the 29th foatant to allow of further investigation by the Police.
Third reading of the Bill entitled "An Ordinance to amend the Arras Ordinance of 1889,"
Committer on "The Appropriation Bill, 1891, Committee on the Bill entitled The Squatters Ordinance, 1890,"
Third reading of the Bill entitled "An Ordinance to give further powers to Companies with respect to the Alteration of their Memorands of Association."
London dally as
Now and then the newspaper reporter makes the most provoking errors-for instance, when he speaks of Helen of Troy "a" Ellen of Tre3," and reports the Earl of Carnarvon as saying "In these days clergymen are expected to have the wisdom and learning of a journeyman tailor," instead of "the wisdom and learning of fatemy Taylor." The Dean's face would pucker with fua when, after the debate en vestments in the "Chapter House of Wells Cathedral, at which he said— "If someone would feel disposed to make me a present of a cops with decent sleeves, I shall have no objection to wear it in the cathedral," he found himself reported in
-conduct " divine service in Teady to coat with a dozen sleeves," "My brethren, remarked un eminent divine in a cathedral. A MEETING of the Jubilee Committee was held at in a Northern province, Hail is yellow to the City Hall this afternoon at 2.30 o'clock. Mr. the jaundiced eye”; and the reporter trans Thomas Jackson took the Chair, and there was cribed it All is hollow to the jaunty style, a good muster of members, Mr. Jackson having "Great is Diana of the Ephesians" onc
Convened explained that the meeting was
exclaimed Sir William Harcourt, In one of his for the purpess of completing the formation of a most emphatic political speeches; and the Committee, which it was desirable should be as reporter improved the quotation is this novel representative as possible, but it had up to that fablon Grest Dinna! What a farce this time only been drawn up in a preliminary is a drastic estimate of the statesman's manner. It was then proposed by the utterances only outdone by Mr. Caine's descrip Hon. T. H. Whitehead, seconded by Mission of him, a session or two ago, as a "political E. Mackintosh and carried unanimously, that lurcher, The, poetic orator who quoted the His Honour the Chief Justice, Sir James Russell, | fines-**** C.M.G., the Hon. C. P. Cbater; Mr. Thos. Jackson and the Hon. H. E. Wodehouse, A temporary understanding to remain in force C.M.G. (ton. Secretary) be constituted a sub probably muttered to himself when he turned to for six months has boon concluded between Great committee for the purpose of drawing up a his own speech in the newspaper with delight, Britain and Portugal. The recent convention complete and representative Committee with me and read the practical reporter'a rendering of the
Hittle delay as possible." The proceedings than quotation— has been withdrawn and the state of things as | terminated with a vots of thanks to the Chair-
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TELEGRAMS.
GREAT BRITAIN AND PORTUGAL.
LONDON,, November 11th.
O come, thou geddess fair and free, In heaven clapt Euphrosyne "
Is hanyan shu menys ass fate her festë.
THE CONSPIRACY CASE.
The following speeches in the case yesterday
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