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MR. G. GURYRAUD, who has been for the 1st two years in charge of the French Consulate in Hongkong, has been confirmed in the appoint ment,
THE Chinese Felrang Squadron is under orders to leave Welhalwel for Shanghal on the 24th Inst., where the vessels will remain during the winter season.
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THE Chinese xper Hupas announces the death recently at Peking of Two Nien-chien, grandson and successor to the Marquisale of the late Grand Secretary Tao Teung-tung.
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HARISTON's Circus was attended last night by about a gno vistors, including a fair proportion of the Upper Tes. The programme wes DEW from beginning to end, the only tiems of sembiance heing the taking of money by the door-korper and the applause if the audience. The hand-bell perform tice was distinctly first class while the clowns on stilts and the unmanageable moke were uproariously applaud ed. The Inst named performer, with our Office Goat and the Only O'Brien, would make in elegant piciuio of the Three Graces,
PATAL ACCIDENT IN THE **
BARBOUR.
THE HONGKONG HIGH-LEVEL
As the China Navigation Co.'s steamer Poting, Capt. Gyles, was coming slowly up to her busy this morning a sampan, in attempting to cross her hows, got into trouble and was spun round into the stern of the steamer. the force of the collision causing a young Chinawoman in the bow of the Kampan Saken to fall overboard. She sank almost immediately -0 and was drowned. The deceased was only 17 On the subject of brick-making, Mr.Heury years of age. Her body has not yet been Harrison writes from Hanyang, on the 3rd iunt : | recovered. to our Shanghai morning contempoary follows: Some days ago I read one of your letters refering to the works of the Viceroy at Hanyang and Wachang. The writer of the article maintains that Chinese labour (though o cheap) is no cheaper than European labour. This may be correct with regard to the railway, but is far from being correct as regards brick making. I am now making from thirty to forty thon and bricks per day. The labour costs almost half as much as in England for the same work. The bricks made here (though the coal it more
and they are as good as any made in England at the present day.
TRAMWAYS CO. LID.
The following is the report for presentaton to the shareholders at the eighth ordinary general, to be held at the Company's Registered Offices, 8 and 40 Queen's Road, on Wednesday, the 21st December, 1891 ----
varled than at either of these plices. There aro said to be lots of geese and ducks only, a very short distance from here ) the river at this season,
The sixth drawing of the Government lottery in aid of the House of Holy Mercy took place rosterday, and since Saturday tickets could only be obtained at a premium of from 20 to 30 per cent. It is reported that almost the whole of the tickets for the January drawing have already been disposed of, or are in the hands of brokers and agents, who, by the by, nie making a decent livelihood out of this business.
Yerlerday there was a tremendous north-easterly pale blowing here—so strong was it In fact that the plusenger Inches to Hongkong, the Perseverance and Wing-yuin, were unable to leave the inner harbour, The steamer Kwong-me went over alane, and she must have bad a good shaking up.
Macao, 13th December, 1892. It is very seldom in Macao that we see the court-house crammed with spect-tors on, the occasion of any trial, however important, There was fairly large atte dance at the trial on Saturday, but yesterday the place was simply crowded. The attrac
the best of their way to the Consulate to auslst the British Consul if necessary. The mob still howling and dingerous, it was thought necesanty to land the blue-vekets and the gunner fired a rocket as a signal. Captain Ravenhill at once fell in his landing party and in five minutes was on the way to the Contulate; but the river has filed so fast, and become so shallow": over the sandbark, that their cutterwent ground about half way in. The Bi itish sailor, however, knows how to overcome such small dimcol·les as theme and, plicing his ammunition in a dry spat, in his cap, promptly jumped overboard and waded, waist belt deep, to tae share filly yards distant, at the heels of the gallant commander, "he: ship's-sampan assisting the short ones. Then out shot the beam of the electric light, for it was by this time pesting dark, and with the assistance of its beneficent rave the blur jackets streamed up the steɛp river bunk over the rulna of the usual gangbeardı, and formed in the street. But the mob had scented them · far and rushed away to safe biding, like crabs on the sands." Captain Pavenbil then matched his men to the Consulate, the rendezvous for all the foreigners except the Custm, who, rally at their own premises, arriving in about fifteen minutes from the cross libel action between the time the signal had been made, in spite of and Viscount Senna Fernan e, and a magis rate had put in an appearance at iba proaccullon for assault of the two sons ofthe Consulate, and the mob had broken up, so the noble Vixena, who manfally attempted to gillant tars were not called on to use their horsewhip the a pacemarina editor in July last weapons; although their appearance had an on account of something off naive that had ap- undoubtedly good eff c', appearing as they did peated in his paper. Considerable excitement has se soon sfer the summons!The darkné s bad fr some time been manifested to the peshable 'by this time shut down and the electric Ik ht result of these canra, and a good deal of more or les searched but every Juste knot of viersons that scumalon discuolen has-been-ledu-g-in-br--assembled along the front and disclosed them to the respective friends of both parties. I wis generally expected that the libel cases would come to nothing, and public op nion proved to be correct. Both parties d claime. having any intention of Indulging in libel or of giving ffence, and stated their readiness to mutually withdraw any offensive expressions that were used in the controversy. That seted the bastness, but it is the opalon here in the most intelligent clrcles that Viscount Fernandes" reputation was now improved by the disclosmice in his action against Mr. da Silva.
The General Managers beg to lay-before-the-murder shareholders the report and statement of
P1893.
tion WAS
THE Chief Justice and Mrs. Fielding Clarke returned from Shanghal by the Natal this morning, His Honour made a very satisfactory | expensive) are preduced cheaper than in England accounts for the year, ending 30th November, Mr.. Jase da Silva, editor of the Independente, the diffictity of landing....... By this time the city bag on the Northern shooting grounds. TO-MORROW afternoon there will be a mailnée performance of Harmaton's Circus at West Point, speciail arranged for children, Indles, and Peak and Kowloon residents, commencing at 3 p.m. AN Emergency Convocation of St. Andrew Chapter, No. 218, 5.C., will be held in Free masons Hall, Zetland Street, to-morrow, at 8 for 8.30 pm. precisely. Visiting companionu are cordially invited.
ACCORDING to Tonkin papers received to-day M. de Lanessan goes to Canton In order to confer with the Viceroy of Kwangtong with a view to co-operation of French and Chinese forces in suppressing the disturbances on the northern borders of Tonkin.
Ma. Consul-General Hannen of Shanghai has been directed by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to sue public notice that vessels attempting to pursue seals or for alters in the Russian territorial waters without special leave are liable to seizure and confiscation, and that they go out at their own risk.
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#CRICKEter,"—The_Telegraph has been for months past boycotted by the madheaded Committee of the Hongkong Cricket Club for reasons with" which we are not acquainted, and f it is mainly on that account that so liste of our space has lately been devoted to reporting the progress of the waly game to this colony There are other reasons, of course, the principal on being the long continued fitness of our cricket reporter. However, we
shortly joining Issue Intend
·with the Cricket Club Committee, and if the distinguished members of the noblly who form that "august body are not amenable to reason, common-sense and the universally recognised principies of fair-play, we shall give them more trouble, than they have any nollan. For "Cricketer's" opalon that the Telegraph is the only paper in the colony that knows how to intelligently report a cricket match, we are much obliged.
the
The total receipts for the twelve months, includ- Ing $54 00 transfer fees, amount to $34 651.28. After paying Interest and all ronging expenses and making provision for audita la fees, there remains ret profit on the year's working of $7.864 47:
■hich, together with $21455 $1.03292 nið $782 33 representing the net pri fis for 1980. gand 189 respectively, gives a sum of 3 año 11-#rallible, the apsmortion. The General Managers and Consulting Committer recommend that the amount now standing at the debit of ratpense account, viz. §8.324.24, be written entirely off the Company's books, and that a dividend of $1.00 per share be paid to the shareholders, leaving a balance of $75.10 to be carred forward to new account.
The Company has now two steel raper, one of which is quite new, and three new cars.. An- other new, tape and pre rails (to be kept in reserve) have been ordered. 9 of
The Permanent Way has been put in thorough repair and is now in better condition than it has been for the past two or three yents,
MESSES WITRI.CCK & Co's Shanghai Freight
An amount of £45 has been recovered from Market Report of the 9th inst, says -Our fast the makers as a compensation for the tops with was dared the 5th alto, and we hive so change the electric strand which proved a fallare, THE Shanghat Mercury bears that the wreck to report in our freight market either for London although the makers were in no way to blame, as the rope was according to order, but unsuited of the steamship Feima has broken in two, ander New York. Rates have been maintained, but
post to the work for which it was required. This some of the cargo has been washed out, to the prospects for steamers for the latter great joy of the surreptitious native salvage are not very encouraglog as we are drawing amount has been credited to Rolling Stock.
Arrangements have been ma's with A. S. perties who hang about the wreck and remove to the close of the season for exports in general
Watson and Co., Limited, to erret a building what they can pick up to the villages at Woosung from China Coastwire. We hear of so settle
ments optside, the regular liners, and now that adjoining the engine-house. a portion of which is and on the Pontong side of the river.
the Northern ports are practically closed, the to be leased to the Tramway Company so as to Our esteemed friend Speet, the champion chess tonnage of the three big companies should afford godown, waiting-room and other accom- player and Vanishing Act artists, left Hongkong suffice to meet all requireraanis, Nagasaki tomodation which is much needed.
The General Managers trust that the new ford last week by the G. G. Jacob for Stegapore and Shanghai-Business remains neglected, and
elements KIC reported from this from Plantation Road will be commenced (theoretically) for Batavia. As a matter of facto we believe he would sonner stay in Victoria end. For London, vid Suez Canal:-The shortly. A footpath has already been cut show
porting the proposed direcion and gradient. This Gaol for ever than risk a visit to Java, where be Ningchow, only veirel is "wanted." He forgot to say "Good-bys "to bas had the field to herself, accuring a very road will open up a direct and easy communica ris old chums hero.
satisfactory amount of cargo. The Titan is lon with Magzine Gap, and being sheltered circulated for despatch ryth inst. Rates remain from the afternoon run and commanding » as previously quoted. For New York, vid Suer magnificent view will prove a great boon to the Canal:—The Ethiops left here 4th Inst, and the Colony and a source of increased earnings to berth was immediately taken by the Banlawers, | the Company. which vessel will sil to-morrow, The Glenesk, follow her, arrived here the day before yesterday, and the Worcester expected shortly from Japan to take the same toute. Departure for New York Ethiops vid Amor 4th inst. Quotations are :—Shangnal to London, 351. per ton for general cargo; 408., for tes '; Shanghal to New York direct 40 per ton for tea and general cargo Wahu to Caston 14 Cind per pical; Nagasaki to Shanghal $1.00 for steam and sail-Seulement-during-the-fort- night (~NII. Disengaged vessel in part. Estella, American barque, 538 tons register,
Oun Shanghal morning contemporary under- CALLARD And BOWSER'S stands that the Great Northern Co.'s cable to BUTTER SCOTCH, ALMOND ROCK and Nagasaki was broken in no less than seven places about 130 or 110 miles eastward of EVERTON TOFFEE.
Guglaff. This was done by fishing Jenks drifting with anchors down before a N.W. gale, and the Company has now replaced the broken section by thirty miles of heavy cable.
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ALMONDS-AND-FIGS,
As will be seen from a fictice in our advertising columns, the Committee of the Victoria Recrea- CRYSTALLIZED FRUITS, MUSCATELS, tion Club courteously invite the ladies of the colony on board the digiblp Oriya at the regatta on Thursday and Friday axt. By the courtesy of Mr. D. Gillies, the Pilot Fish bar been placed at the service of the Committee, and | will leave Pedder's Wharf at 1.30,and 2 45 p.m. each day.
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WE have to acknowledge receipt from Means THE "DUNMAIL” ASSAULT CASE,
M. S. Sassoon & Co., local agents for Mr. P. Mignerd of Shanghai, of samples of the famous Due de Montebello champagne. There are two qualities of this wine, dry and extra dry, both of, which are excellent in avery respect. No better champagne at the price, which is most reason able, is now on the market, and we have ro doubt that the Duc de Montebello' will become generally popular in Hongkong. -" MEXICAN
BILL"
got his balloon to soar up towards Cloudland this afternoon; but as there
the Polo Ground at the time, the daring who was banglog o to 1 aeronaut, trapeze, below the parachute, was blown rapidly against the tall trees that skirt the ground and he was torn from his swing and I dropped heavily on the ground. Meanwhile the balloon west gracefully on its way and dropped at the southern end of Happy Valley, whither the plucky Mexican, who picked blmwell up to a moment or two, aped Ja porsult of his fall in all."
A. S. WATSON & CO.. LD. THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY, Established A.D, 1841. Hongkong, roth November, 1892.
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BIRTH.
At 9, Koutsford Terrace, Kowloon, on the oth Jast, the wife of JAMES MACDONALD, Jr., of s' daughter:
MARRIAGE,
On the 7th December, 18ga, at the Cathedral, Shanghal, by the Rev. H. C. Hodgen, MA, FREDERICK JOHNSON, Master Kungaf, to JULIA ROSALINE, daughter of the late William Hone, Esq, Ship Builder, Limehouse, Middie sex, England,
DEATH.
THE JUDGMENT.
At the Magistracy this morning Mahomet Japhet and Ahman, two men of colour, apps red- before Mr. Hasringe, on remand, charged with assaulting Chi Alú, a sailor in the employ of Mr. R. Fraser-Smith, while engaged in the law. fol performance, of his duty connected with halvage operations near the unmail Rock, Kowloon Hay, on the 6th inst
Mr. H. I. Holmes appeared for the prosecu
CONSULTING COMMITTEE,
1.
It is with much regrel that the General Managers have to record the death of the Hos. P. Fyrle. During the year Mr. Anderson has retired, Mer, Orange and Fenwick have been levited to fill the vacancies thus caused. In accordance with Rule 15 of the Company's Messrs, Ewens, Orange and Fenwick retire, but Articles of Association the present members, being eligible offer themselves for re-election.
AUDITOR.
The accounts have been audited by Mr. R. Lyall, who also offers himself for re-election.
JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON,
General Managers, Hongkong, 12th December, 1892,
MACAO.
(FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.)
the view of the goobost, with the effer that pesce was resteerd and the men were withdrawa to their ship, having enjsyed fisherman's lack o'n'y.
Thus we have taken one step "ford" to the goal N-x time 1 suppose we may look for a little mare letting of blodā; for, according to t'as oldest fabxbitant, bid the steamer bat arrived earlier, and the rioters got to work before, t'here we'd have been still mare fin, for they would have endeavoured-10-cke-out-she-dṣyllightTMnt” mischief
Mr. Everard, the British Consul, has acted throughout a very trying week in vigorous. manner and with the help of Captain Roʻvenhill can be relied on, whatever happens, la ‘give the foreign residents prompt asistance.
In the assault case it was shown that the two this, then, was the welcome accorded to the sons of the Viscount, armed with horsewhips, new General at Ichang, and to two foreign ladies, waited for and waylaid the veteran Editor of the who.. I bear, arrived by the same steamer to
dependente, and struck him cross the face take up a permanent residence her.
We now and back, aller irquiry if he wrote a cerlato wait future developmen's, brit meantime the communication which bad been published to pluckly fellows of the Cor ons af here deserve his paper and receiving an answer in high praise; Virst for their great forbearance
Silva defended the affirmative. Mr. da
before they actually started; secondly for himself vigorously with an ancient umbrella, preserving the property of their employers from which has been an heirloom in the d Silwreck; and thirdy for the splendid way is family for generations, and after the venerable which they broke heads when once they come relle collapsed he wrested the whip from one of menced business. Some of the Customs Chinese his assailants, who thereupon décamped as last boa'men also leaght like niggers; and their as their heels could carry them. Mr. Basto conduct deserves to be recorded. The captured appeared for the Messrs Fernandes and leader has been handed over to the city used his utmost skill and Ingeruly to authorities; he admits he is a student, construct a gord defence, but as one rell able witness saw the occurrence and the defendants admitted the assault, all the leamed advocate could do was to extenuate to offence as much as possible. Mr. da Silva, who is a law, yer as well as a newspaper ethor, conducted the prosecution, and pistaly proved that the assault was premeditated as well as cowardly. The Chief Justice, Dr. Marques d'Oliveira, remarked that the accused had considerably lessened the heinousness of their offence NOTES FROM CHINESE PAPERS. by frankly confessing and expressing regret and justice for asusuit be was inclined to deal as this was their first apparance in a court of leniently, with them, and the sentence of the Cous would be thirty days imprisonment for the elder brother and ten days for the younger (a $10 respectively, with costs, were paid. His school-boy of 15 years), unless fines of $30 and
At the conflagration outside the east gate of lordship then addressed the defendants-and--Shanghai city several Algata nge, a young admonished them in terms of great severity, woman, who was closed in by the "fire, was do dealing especially with their having 'taken the able to escape and was barat to death law into their own hands whilst their father the 1, 200 Viscounthad actually jostituted legal proceedings
To-day, the 3 d, has been one of peace; to- morrow the Prefect leaves by the sam steamer, and we shall see what happens,
An unfi'fal son, who in a fit of; nga attacked and struck his father, and case the latter's death, was put to death at Canton by the Hoger. ing process on the 15th ult.
Six more of the Kiangsi rebols, the followers of the Generalissimo Tun, who have until now escaped captv.re, were arrested by the authorities a short time ago. After the arrest they were transported to the capital under escort af á strong. guard,
for libel against, the Editor of the Endependents To reduce expenses and remove the supernu which was the proper course. The Chief Justicemeraries in the service, the manager of the also s rongly commented on the cowardly and Tientals Railway corapany has dismissed some malicious attempt to do bodily injury to an old of the employees, and transferred. dezen or map, and impressed on the brothers that but for more to the government branch of the service. certain considerations which came out in the course of the trial. be would not have shown them such leniency; but he hoped MACAO, 12lb December, 1892,
that this would be a lesson to them and that The Harbour policeman, who was charged such an occurrence would never happen again. with being Implicated in the murder of boat of course the fines and costs were at once paid swain Canoss some weeks-3go, was tried at the-and-the two young gentlemen gaily returned to Sporeme Court (Junta de Justiça. Civil) on the paternal mansion, no doubt congratulating Saturday last. The Attorney General prosce themselves on having had such a narrow escape by our champion advocate, Mr. A. J. Basto. is a Government palace at the public exp nie. Nothing in the shape of reliable evidence against
On dit that the first prize ($3000) of Sunday's the accused was forthcoming and he was accord Poly Merey lottery goes to Canton, the second Ingly found not guilty and discharged from cus- ($1,000) remains in Macao, and the third tody.
($500) falls to the lot of lucky Hongkong Since writing yesterday I have heen told that all the tickals for January have. heen taken up by sellers and brokers, and that numerous applications have already been receiv od for the February drawing. This is no doubt an excellent business and the Holy City in resping a very good harvest in these band times.
wse a strong Nortb-easi breeze blowing across tion and Mr. Grist, of Mr. C.D. Wilkinson's office, :cuted for the Crown, the prisoner being delended of spending their Chris'm3q and New Year's da | soldier: "Tia Tsung-lang, Marquis Tsa, died at
BUSINESS being somewhat slow in Hongkong now, partly owing to the fearful prosperly described by the Colonial Secretary and partly on account of the cold weather, Mr. Walcot, the kalfe and file man, is going on to || Manila as early as possible. He is travelling partly for pleasure (having already made his pile in Europe and America from the sale of bis Inventions) but he does what he can to pay expenses as he goes along by extend. log business, Hongkong bas responded to his call in a very fair way, but he is selling his goods so cheap that even if eroty jakabliant invested, it would require a larger popu lation to make the visli pay. So it will be Impossible to see him after Thursday next, and ought to roll up quickly. all who have not yet spent a dollar at bis show
THE Hos. Treasurer of the Alice Memorial Hospital bugs to acknowledge, with thanks, the following donations to the funds of the Hospigl Yeung Plan
for the defence.
Mak Tip Sang, an emptore of the King Wo Chrung shop, sald he saw the first defendant strike the complainant with the knife prodreed, on the forrhead on the thinal. He also saw Mahomet Japhet, the first defendant, push the complainant overboard. He assisted to rescue him by throwing sope. Witness visited the schooner Montlara dally to supervise the salying operations. Did not hear any one say beat the black devil
Lam Fat, sailor on board licensed junk No. 306, sald he saw the assault, committed on Afu, on the 6th instant. He saw blood dowing from
wound on the complainant's forehead, Cross-examined--Mahomet Japhet did not strike the complainant with bis figt, but with a knife,
By the Court:The cable was probably fouled purposely by the defendants. The complainant was clearing his cable when assaulted.
Lam Fak,ator, corroborated,
By the Court-When Afu was knocked over board the sampe picked him up. He swam to the side of the junk.
Liu Shul, boarman on board Junk No. 306) corroborated. He saw tho aspnulý which
Many budete de unprovoked.
By the Curt--The other junks had not obsited: berths, but did sh ft their moorings,
At this siege Mr. Grist addressed the Court dirging that should any penalty be inflicted it should be merely nominal, but he would ask his Womble to dimiss the defendants,
His Wor hip Imposed a flue of da cente, with
Mabomet Japhet; and bound him over in the sum of $25 to keep the perpa for- two months, The other defendant was discharged,
have committed suicide,
investor,
THE RIOT AT ICHANG,
The grandson of the veteran statraman and
Peking not many days ago, after a brief sickness.. Much, satrow has been expressed by all, ak the, loss of such a young man, who besides his own worth, was a scion of that meritorious states. man and indomitable warrior who supported the nation when her downfall was threatened and her safety quivered in the balance, at the time of the Taiping rebellion".
A fireman belonging to the gun-vessel Diu was also supposed to be Implicated in the murder; he was tried by a Naval Court Martial and acquitted. This man, however, is still kept in charge, and he will have to appear before the Junta de Justiça Militar at an early date. Mr. Basta has been retained for the defence,
military degree be highest honour, San. Yuen, At the Metropolitan examination for the and as the prosecuton broke down at the first
·was awarded to a Kiurgiu manj” námed Piznj a' trial for want of evidence, a almilar result is
native of Huchow,;. This province is acknow«. expected from the military tribunal. But in any
ledged be the land of scholars and literary case the unfortunate, fag: remains either that
menį but in military puruks other provisielali: poor Canna was brutally murdered by some body, or there is just possibility that he mayDaily Nexus writes under date Dreamber 3 dative of this prevines this time is a most rare,'
The Tchang correspondent of the North China are far ahead. That the laurels should fall upon, |
occurrențe, and will be recpided in the annals of A number of the Government officials from When I closed my last, we were still simmer the State as one of the few instances of a Kiange Timer arrived here on Friday last vía Honge ing, Since that we have had part, and an competros Faing sapcessful in obtaining ibla
org. Most of them ate in miserable candle actual collision between the band foreigner high hostour, tim so far as health is concerned owing to the has occurred. It happened in the wise, 1- effects of the deadly fever which is to prevalent mentioned in one of my previous letters that the there. On the evening b fore they embarked old General, the hero of last year's Flot," wan Since the cold weathers in the salt amugy lem on the Blero and Australian Co's steamer dead, and that his successor had been appointed. has been industriously crying on their, dileit Gallerthwn the whole of the district around. This gentleman murived on-the evening of the trade in the disguise di fanjar-tiricken (up, itives. Dilly was pinle stricken swing to a succession and in the China Merchants steamer Karng. By means of their innocent exterior, they have | of eirihquakes of a very severe nature, Daring ng The oud poparations at the landing been enabled to cory y boat-loads of the cons the thirty-tiz, bruss pecedleg the arrival of the stage close to the Customs pontoon had been traband article talbu make, Pire ently the mall steamer there were no fewer than ten made; and lg-bedreked gunbasts were moored
officials detected affet of these qua'si-luglives shocks, and two or three of them were so powai-in line along the front. During the day a strong at Iling and insiste upon lasp.ct/g/.hem fel that it was impossible for people to stand forse of saldiers held tbs bund and kept it fully. | smuggl ́t waisted the attempts of the officials upright, and they w se thrown their full length Gear; hat when about four o'clock the seamer | to scrutinise the contents of their basis, and o on the ground. The luland of Camby, which is actually heyp in sight a large clowd immediately. fight resulied, in which the seve nu e officers were
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The
&t No, T, Wackung, Road, Shanghai, on the Kworg Cheong Talatinoaríuiimu ( the alternative of three days imprlionment, as to fost opposite the town of Dilly, was seen to be | assembled and began to boot at the foreigners, deferted, with many severely Jored As the
gih instant, after a logering illness, Captalu WILLIAM R. PERLIE, late of the C.M,B.N. Cada steamer Poocht; aged 43, a native of Leith, Bcotland.-Edinburgh papers please copy, ·
The Honghong Telegraph.
HONGKUNG, Tursday, December (3–1892,
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
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THE French Bagahip Triomphants arrived at Hang Cheong Woosung on the 5th lost.
"The Spanish xiulker Reisa Crtister
to Kowloon Docks this afternoon
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THE Governor-General of Cochin-Chiaz and Mimo, de, Lanessan Partived by the Haiphong | Seng on Cheong....... Joday from Tonk{N},
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cut in two, and it was further reported that in ; shorting, “kill, kill.”
| the island of Timor Itself great gaps in the earth To avoli trouble the foreigners withdrew to extended from the mountains right down to the the Customs compound, where the mob soon sea shore. Most of the public buildings in Dilly became bold enough to follow them and began were either a mass of raise or neitously damaged, to amath up the railings and offices, having His Worship having disposed of the originals that my excellent friend Bishop.de Medeiros-previously demolished the landing singe outside case, then heard evidence in respect to the grossen his arrival, will have quite enough to occupy and left it an entire wreck. They proceded summens issued against the complainint at the bis time in teeing to the rebuilding and refur unmolested until ono, Jiule more daring iban Instance of Mahomet Isphet, the first defendant nishing of the wrecked domiciles of his unfor- the rest, aimed a blow at one of the Custom in the previous case,
tunate flock. Is it possible that all these staff, but the assailant fell before his bow, for Mr. Holmes, defended and Mr. J. Grist catastrophes were caused by an all-wise Provi- he found himself sprawling at that gentleman's, prosecuted.
dence as a protest against the Blahop's visit to feet knocked over the head by a foreigner's stick The complaisant said he was struck three Timer, or must they be looked upon only as a Then some fun began, the Customs suff chate times by the defendant who boarded bis funk en tragical wind up of his most unlucky leap yearing the rioters in the compound, who they saw Amateur sportsmen are having a good time meant business. Making their way through the 6th Ins-His orders were to keep all Chinćao. off the salving junks. He had, as fast, to purch the defendant on the head and the blow knocked Abman, the other coloured watchman, said he saw his mata" push the defendant overboard after bo had been assaulted. Witness bad a stick in kis hand at the time, but did not use. It, Mahomet required no assistance. It was ons Ki aghiest and all the time; -* 1990
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occurrence took place within the Kingiu Hsien lintus, the magistrato of that dir nici has sent a posse in pornote of the law-brea) core, with a view to bring them to justic's.
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The piffct of Nanchang, gefier with the several magistrates and him visited, a short. time ago, the districts in their faris fiction where fimise was reported, with a view of ascertaining the real situkion of the people. As the result of their Investigation, stops are now bring lakon formulating the hardahls of the people in the glons, where scarcity is experienced. The future of the crops in this part of Klangelis dos to combination of natural causes over which in the country around Macro and have been the mob, they shut the gate of the compound, buman power has no control lo some paits and are still banging in fine bags of salpe, enclosing nakily a hundred rioters and on these the grain and from drought, In other parts quali, pastridge, woodcock, etc. No siger has they fell to work in glorious style, the miscreants from excessive rain, while the whole suffered in been met with, although the islands of Taipa bowling meanwhile, being sogndly, beisboured the latter past of the season from the wind which and Colowan have both b.en assiduously with the foreigners sticks. The leader, who aged with great violence sind wrought havoo. tramped over by our daring hunters, Perhaps attempted to fall one of the foreigners with a apon vegetailon of every description. the man-eater has 'made tracks! for some Icas | huge heap, was at once secured, and as mapy,
| dangerous and less frequented region of the❘ of the others as possible had their heads cracked, Great Calbay continent }. It has always aw they rushed out of a side entrance with a surprised ese text to few of your Hongkong foreigeer on each side dealing our lusty blows an sporting man come to Macao in the winter parifog alata. Thus the compound was His Worship, after Mr. Grisi Bad exhausted | season for shooting purposes. This place is cleared and secured, and the singlender, of one all his shetoricni-powers, beynd the defendant, surely much easier to get to fa comfort than of them, nobbled.
Meanwhile Dr. Fedarb, Lieut, Ussher, R.M.A
LICHANGE.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT,)
30th November. In my last I endeavoured to show. thết the mad. £ not ease the spars le far better, and mara 1 and Mr. Figimen, gunnar, of the gunboa, maka í sennns Velcade di Saraigu prejudios and have
oyer to keep the perca for two months in the either Deep Bay, Casio Peak, or the Bogue,