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CHOLERA,
August 31st. Cholera has broken out at Nantes.
ENGLAND, FRANCE AND SIAM. The British press displays considerable Irritation at the succese of M. le Myre de Vilars
at Bangkok.
[Probably they began looking for the "success,
and exhausted their patience without fading any.].
August 31st, The British press sccuses M. de Vliers of STEAM PLANT-Of the latest and most trying to establish a French Protectorate over
the whole of Stam. powerful type.
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September 1st,
Sir W. Grey stated in the House of Commons, in reply to Sir Charles Dilke, that he had no Information of a change in the policy of France towards 'Slam, and England had therefore no reason to interfere....
FRANCE AND ITALY.
August 16th.
Dysentery is raging in cerain districts in Japan. In the Sags and Wakayama prefecture combined, 4,816 cases have been reported and of these 893 terminated fatally,
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WE are Informed by the Agent of the Austrian Lloyd's S. N. Co. that the Company steamer Marguis Bacqushem, from Trieste, vis Bombay, left Singapore yesterday at 6 pm, for this port. Ar the Magistracy to-day a cargo-boat coalie was charged with stabbing a women of the me calling, on board the steamship Memnon at Kowloon this morning. He pleaded that be was attacked in such a manner that he could not help it. The case was remandad, se the woman In the hospital, and her depositions will be taken.
M. GODARD, the Alves of Tonkin, whose exploits were recorded fully in these columns some time ago, has been sentenced to eight years' hard labour.
THE P. & O. S. N. Co's steamship Rodilla, with the next English mall, left Singapore for this part at 4 p.m. yesterday, and is expected here about 4 pm on Sunday next, the roth inst. Ms. McLeary Brown, Commissioner of the Chi- nose Imperial Customs, who had arranged to leave here to-day by the Empress of India for Shanghal es routs to Corea, bas postponed his departure for a week.
M. BAVIER-CHAUTFour is said to be putting up for election to the Tonkin Colonial Council.
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that I can perform with the heartiest good will and I can assure you that we hope, both of us hope, that this Nethersola Hospital will schleve even greater success than is desired by those to whose time, money, and labour it owes its exia- tence. (Applause). It seems rather absurd to express a hope for a hospital like this when we consider the admirable results which have followed on the Allco Memorial Hospital I absence of Dr, Ho Kal, the founder of that noble very much regret. ladies and gentlemen, the institution. We are glad to know, however, that the same staff which has directed to success
the older institution will also administer the uffales of this wing, and therefore its success in that it will be of the greatest possible benefit to asured
I am absolutely certain (Applause). the many thousands of sad and suffering prot who inhabit the thickly popalated town below us. I think, indies and gentlemen, that the very best hope I can express is one which was hinted at by Dr. Chalmers and which
ELEVEN thousand sovereigns from Hongkong were lodged in the Bank of England on Augurt Ext. Can any eminent local financial authority give a an approximate estimate of the amount of gold in the colony? RINDERVEST is prevalent among the cattle in thing is lost except hongur.” Our contemporary many extensive districts in Japan. Experts have many Scotsmen are sensitive on this point; and invariably follows a function of this fort
been sent to investigate and report upon the Nagusa are most affected. Department. The districts of Ito, Naka and
There have been further Anti-French riots at that is pure modesty. How would it do to suggest disease to the Agricultural and Commercii / writers that they shall siways spezar Leader | {laughter) and that is to recommend to you
Naples.
Angustasid. Perfect tranquillity is now reported all over Italy:
TYPHOON WARNING.
We are indebted to the courtesy of Señor Don A. S. WATSON & CO., LD. Ortiz de Zugasti, Spanish Consul at this port, for
the following telegram s--
MANILA, September 5th, 5.39 D.m There is a depression in the Pacific to the
September 6th, 11.30 p.DL.
VEGETABLE AND FLOWER SEEDS. NE. of Manila.
SEASON 1893-94.
THE FIRST SHIPMENTS OF OUR SUPPLIKA OF GARDEN SEEDS
for this season have arrived, and we are now prepared to book orders for prompt or forward executien. Complete Catalogues with concise directions for sowing can be obtained on appli- cation, or will be posted to any address. In these Catalogues the seeds are marginally numbered to English and Chinese, and when ordering it is quite sufficient to state only the numbers of the klads required.
Orders from one person,,of from $5.00 to $1000, allowed 25 per cent, discount; over $10.00, an extra 5 per cent.
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The typhoon sunounced yesterday is crosing
North Luzon.
The following notice was issued from the Observatory at 10.13 2.m. to-day "Typhoon is now near Ballīgtang Channel;” at 1043 o'clock: Barometer falleg quickly. The Red Drum, indicating the existence of a typhoon more than 300 miles to the East of Hongkong, still remalus hoisted as we go to press.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
THE inquest on the body of Mr. Hargens, of 3, Stanley Street, has been fixed for to-morrow (7th September).
THE petillon against the erection of ell tanka la Yokohama has been set down for hearing in the
Chibo Salbansho on the rith inst.
This year's wheat crop to the Kobe district is reported as far from being satisfactory, much of it having been damaged by the heavy rains,
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The Progrès, in paraphrasing the ancient motto of the helpless French, "All is lost except honour," says that Slam ought now to say “No- does not mention who has lost it but perhaps "All is won except bonour," as the motto of the gallant heroes who rasked Paknam and collared | Chantaboon and the Mekong?
HAS Mr. Fielding Clarke resigned the Chief reproduces from the Gaulets some remarks on TEDX Progrès de Safgon of the 28th August Justiceship of Hongkong? If not, what does the London and China Express mean by the Stats question, which are supposed to be of stating that Mr. J. Worrell Carrington, Q. C
immense authority because they come from Henry Norman "chargé d'affaires del'Angleterre C.M.G., and SI H. T. Wrenfordsley are spoken au Slam 1" Of course, these poor French clots of as likely to succeed to that Important position may be pardoned such ignorance of British THE "Shire liner Breconshire, well-known on matters, alace they know so little about their the China coast, was recently purchased by own ; but all the same, opinions based on each a ridiculous error cannot be worth much,
Messrs. Thompson, Elliott & Co., of Newcastle, for £10,000. The Breconshire was built niné years ago, and is a vessel capable of carrying The interesting case, of Recce against Ewens was to have been before the Chief justice in the
3.500 tons on a coal consumption of 17 tons per expected that counsel would have to do their Supreme Court again to-day, when
Was day.
best to meet his lordship's objection as to an
THE Grim Reaper again at work. Mr. John unqualified Chinaman being partner in the legal Coates, whose death is announced in cut Erm of Ewens and Reece; but instead of that, obituary colamo, was an old China hand and | the opposing parties agreed to have the case
for many years was well and popularly known adjourned a week, in hope of amicable settle.as pilot for the P. & O. Company between here ment. But the question of Mr. Sin cannot be and Shanghal. Mr. Coates was in charge of smothered in this
the Nepaul when that steamer ran down the Chinese transport Wan Nies Ching in the Yangtze river on January 4th, 1887, causing a loss of over a hundred lives.
manner.
IT appears that the proposed three days' Athletic Carnival and Exhibition of the Victoria Recrea- tion Club will, after mil, resolve itself into a comparatively modest extension of the original assault-at-arms idea. The reason is not that the scheme was impracticable, nor that funds were not forthcoming for almost everybody had so much faith as to guarantee pretty beary amounts but simply that the Government will not allow the use of the Fraya Reclamation. Is Governor Robinson the "dog in the manger ?” THE Singapore Free Press, of August 29th says The problem appears to be whether the Slamere gunboat Makut Rajakumar, (which bears plentiful evidence, la numerous patches on
the hot fire that she encountered at Paknam) will be permitted to reach Bangkok. It is quite on the cards that the French squadron, which is fatercept and detain her at Koh-al-Chang. As again being strengthened, may think it to was said this moming to us by one who has good reason to know, "It is as much war just row as ever it was.”
of Britain
A VERNACULAR Paper publishes somo particulara of a belier explosion that occurred on board the Japanese steamer Hagemaru while on a voyage from Nanso to Anamisu, on the 24th uit. It appears that while proceeding cu ber course the boiler suddenly exploded and the passengers numbered 79, of whom 41 were steamer immediately sank. The crew and rescued. Three bodies have since been recovered but 35 persons are still missing. Sixty-one packages of carga have been salved, and there
zame expectaiton of raising the steamer. The Singapore Straits Times of August 25th publishes the following gem ←→
It is represented to us by a very ardent Scotsman that the use of the word English, sa in yesterday's loading article, speaking of "English Asia, hurts his feelings. We are aware that the strictest to factions are issued to our
and to the public outside to give your obstinate class of persons; and, la all the news and British, But leader writers are often very most generous and liberal assistance and support
to the directiors and committee of this institu papers of Britain, they display some tendency to tlag, in order that the work may be thoroughly Ignore these rales. Even in Scotland, editors and perfectly carried on. Dr. Chalmers has la seem to find some considerable difficulty in pre-feeling terms referred to the poverty of the colony, venting thoughtless leader walters from writing We Europeans have felt it very much-mest of the English fag" and such things." Intensely and necessary, as you will sen in the And so Mr. Amot Reid has leader writers' last portion of the report, the subscriptions la attached to the staff of the largest bogus cir- foralgo contributions have shown a very con colation rag 1 Judging from the quality of the siderable falling off. But there is even a bright staff that appears to our contemporary's editorial aide to this picture, for you will perceive that colantes, the leader writers must occupy their the Chinese have risen to the occasion-all spare time in the shafts of a jinsickshi.........
bonour to them for their liberality. Therefore I thick all I need do is to say that when the sub- scription list comes round to you-and it does not take a very wise prophet to prophesy that it will not be long before it does come round (laughter)I trust most sincerely that the necess- ||ary funds, annual subsciptions that is to say, will be forthcoming. I have very much pleasure in announcing that this portion of the Hospital is open for the reception of patients. (Applause). Bishop Burden then offered a short prayer, after which an adjournment was made to the general female ward.
THE NETHERSOLE HOSPITAL INAUGURATION.
Yesterday alterons the Governor and Lady Robinson formally opened the new hospital buildings on Bonham Road, known as the Nethersole Hospital, affiliated with the Allce Memorial Hospital and Intended to serve the wants of the densely-crowded district of Sal-ying poon. There was a large attendance of ladles and gentlemen Interested in the institution, who spent some time in looking over the building.
When all had assembled in the principal ward, Dr. Chalmers in calling on the Governor to declare the building open, sald :-
Lady Robinson said--It is my pleasant duty to announce this ward open for the reception of the female pailents, but I am afraid I cannot make" a speech on the spur of the moment. (Applause)
Dr. J. Cinille proposed a hearty vote of thanks to Sir William and Lady Robinson, and to Dr. J. C. Thomson, who was more than any other which had just been opened. He suggested that. man directly responsible for the new Hospital if they could not place a bust of Dr. Thomson in the entrance hall they ought to erect a little slab recording the active part he had taken in establishing the new institution.”
nourishment to the soil and nsalsts the process TRI P. M. 5. S. Cos steamer City of Nate | her decks and fron plates over bullet-holes, of Captain J. Gelse, was ashore eight miles north the colony, were prematurely carried off by Dr. Cantila's reference to Dr. Thomson, I am glad.
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will leave for this port to-morrow morning, AT Consular inquest held at Tientsia on August 19th, on the body of I. L. Tebbuit, lale of the Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs, the jury retarned a verdict of suicide whilst temporarily Inanc.
the 17th ulto, har arrived at Yokohama, and
THE Yomiuri Shimbun states that in addition the ten persons reported to have been lost on Fall-yams on the 18th alt, there were ten others on the mountain on the same day who have not since been beard of.
WE are advised by the Secretary of the Punjom Mining Company of the receipt of a telegram from the Mines, to the effect that the Mill ran lor. 17 days, crushing 595 tons, which gave a yield of 6a; ounces,
THE Japan Herald af the 28th-uit, says that
■ Japanese Coal Company, styled the Baltan Guml, has made arrangements to open a de at Singapore and will supply the vessels of the Messagerles Maritimes Company with coal On the 24th August the British vessel S. Hubert was chartered by this Company and sent to Otaru to load 3,000 tons of coal ler Singapore It is anticipated that the requirements of the M. M. Company will be 100,000 tons per annum, for which the contract price will be 6.8; you per
MR. J. W. Doury, the Hon. Secretary to the Victor Emanual A.D.C, Informs us that the net proceeds of the three performances given by in aid of the "Victoris Fund," amounted to $600, the above Company in the City Hall last month, which sum will be remitted to England through the Admiralty at the rate of two shilings and eight pence. The Hon. Secretary also desires to tender the thanks of the Company to all from whom any assistance was received.
Yokohama on the zyth ult, to the effect that the TELEGRAPHIC Intelligence was received in Nippon Yusen Kalsha's steamer Sakata-mars, of Iqubove sakl. The Sakata-mars left Yoko hams for Ngata and Sakata on the gib uit, and it was therefore on her return voyage that she came to griel, Captain Forbes, the Com pany's Superintending Caplain, promptly left for also Captain Hardy, who took divers and all the stranded vessel in the Sindalmaru, as did secessary apparatus to render assistance. No farther particulars are yet to hand. IT is all very well to complain about the "funny papers" not being funny, but the "serlous paper really are not serious, and anybody files on it, should turn to the shipping columns who wants genuine original humour, with so of the Dally Press. The Miramar, Capt. Craig, which left Hongkong for Sydney yesterday, is pat at Kobe; the Parra, now in Hongkong bound for Europe to-morrow, is located by our still sleeping; while under the heading of stick-in-the-mud contemporary at Shanghal, "Men-of-wax on the China and Japan Station we find the Dis at Dilly, which in the first ibe next place is not a port anywhere near China or Japan.
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BIRTH.
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At Shanghai, on the 30th ult, the wife of CHARLES (BURG, of a son.
DEATH.
On the 17th July, at Bournemouth, JOHN EATON COATES, fate of West Kensington and Shanghai, aged 60.
ATELEGRAM from Kanazawa to the Osaka Asakt to the new departum of the Battan Get announces the total loss of the steamer Wages successful, a second degli will be extablished, Maru, off Anamiza, Nota Province, at noon on probably at Aden.
and between forty and fifty lives were lost. Tita Hyogo News states that a Mr. Oku Sane. yasu, engineer of the Nippon Boseki Kwalsha, a newly established cotton mill is Osake, will leave for England early this month for the purpose of purchasing machinery for the mill. Fifty thousand spindies for spinnings very ane yarn are intended
to be put up.
Ma. Nigg, the main charge of the Messageries Maritimes tender Whampoo at Shanghai, had A pretty rough experience last Tuesday, when Mrs. Nigg took a pot shot at him from behind, causing severe injuries. The lady, who had previously attempted to polson herself, is now in the French Municipal guol. PROFESSOR Sere, the able exponent of Edison's latest phonograph, expects to leave for the North immediately after the arrival of the Guthrie from Australis, which is expected in two or three days. All those who have not yet heard his wonderful Instrument should therefore take the opportanlly before it is too late. ACCORDING to the Japan Official Garafts the im- port and export trade of Fasan, Keres, during June last amounted to yes 177,263 in value, of which yen 79,963 was Imports, and yes 97,300 HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1893. exports. The values of commodities ovos yan 2,000 Imported and exported to Japan were as follow:-Imports:yın 2,311, muulla į you 13,449, cotton gauze and thin muslin ; yen 4,578, cotton goods : yes 2,915, copper 5,354, 19 8,880, gold wares yes 5,859, salt; yen 2,025, matches; and yes 2,816 timber Exports: yen 10,123, large best yn 2,923 or hides; you
rice ; and yes 8,877 sex-weed. THE two flat-bottomed river boats built at Nantes by the Mesenguries Flaviales de Cochia
The Hongkong Lelegraph.
TELEGRAMS.
NEW VICEROY FOR INDIA
LONDON, September 5th.
Valle Douay CC., Correur of Queensland,
Norman, G.C.B., Governor will succeed Lord Lansdowns as Viceroy of India,
SIAM AND BRITISH INTERESTS.
instituted by Mr. R. C. Hurley, accountant con- nected with certain local businera frms and public companies, against Mr. H. Carmichael, manager of Carmichael & Co, Lind, on account of remarks made at a recent meeting of shareholders in that Company. The proceedings were not reported by the press, but it la stated
thares from Mr. I. W. Kew at $11, ostensibly misconduct in obtaining a number of $20-paid are inforized that the wait has been issued for some other man, bat really for himself. We and the case set down for Friday next, when probably pleadings will be ordered.
that Mr. Carmichael accused Mr. Hurley of
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One of the most curious anomalies of English maritime law, says a San Francisco exchange, British subjects in the matter of serving as Is that it allows foreigners the same privileges ar officers. A bill embodying the principle that
has been Introduced into the House of Com British flag shall, spso facto, be British subjects, men who seek to command vessels carrying the
ship of goo tons sbali canya certificated master mons. The measure proposes to enact that and first and second mate, and that a vesal of 1,000 tons or more shall, in addition to these, also carry a third mate. The most material clause, however, is the following: From and after the commencement of this Act as certificate of come petency or service as master, mate or engineer shall be issued to any person other than a British subject,"
A brief acknowledgment from Dr. Thomson Alics concluded the proceedings.
THE "CITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO”
IN A TYPHOON.
The typhoon reported to be 300 miles to the north of Hongkong on the afternoon of the and of Formers at noon, the 100 miles Instant, was raging a little to the north-east (Professor Doberek pisced
only 300
the worth of pubg on Saturday
aftercoon, but that is,
only a detall fj We are enabled to give a full report of the typhoon experiences of the American mall steamer City of Rio de Janeiro, for which we are indebted to the courtesy of Captain Tremaine Smith, the deservedly popalar commander of that well known Pacific Mall liner.
This Hospital is the prinvely gift of Mr. Henry William Davis, a well known Hongkong the place where he became rich. When Mr. merchant, for the benefit of the suffering poos in Davis left the colony for England in 1887, be gave to the late Dr. William Young and myself sum of $7,000 for the maintenance of a Dispensary In Sal-ying-poon, leading at the same time house in which the Dispensary was His Excellency :- thank you most sincerely established—the Nethersole Trust Dispensary, for the manner in which you have received Dr. and Dr. Frederick Stewart, both highly esteemed, Lady Robinson and I will have the greatest Two trustees in succession, Dr. Willam Young Cantile's kind expressions, and I assure you that and each in his sphere dolog valuable service to pleasure is furthering this good work. As regards death. Then two years ago, Mr. F. T. Pearce to have my name associated with his and I hope Foster, of the firm of Linstead and Davis, that when I take my departure from this colony was appolated trustee, whose representative I shall leave as good a mark behind me as he will here to-day is our friend Mr. Bird,behind him. At the time Jost mentioned-two years ago-the medical
the staff of Memorial Hospital were urgently demanding a purer atmosphere for their surgical work than the Alice Memorial Hospital afforded, and
to a higher level,
which
appeared to the Finance actually proposed to remove the entire building Committee an impossiblity, and to some of us, especially to Dr. Ho Kai, a great undesirability was to request Mr. Davis to allow his fund to be as well. The only alternative scheme suggested used in the erection of this building, to be called by his chosen name "Nethersole." The to trustees wrote recommending this, and Dr, Thomson enforced the recommendation with his that he would not only allow the $7,000 to be powerful arguments. Mr. Davis's answer was
so applied, but he would add $3,000 to it to | make up the entire cost of the building. These are spontaneous sets which bear their own stamp of generosity before the world. "Nether It was, if our memory serves us correctly, la sole is a modest vell covering the right hand October last that a steamer of the same line, that does them. But there is another meaning the City of Peking, Captain Searle, was caught in this building. It is not merely a monument in a typhoon (the memorable Bokhara typhoon) of individual liberality, it is a proof and in about the same spot, and on that occasion the liberality of the a monument of our confidence the experienced commander, although he brought tried and never found wanting, even in the out of the difficulty without the loss of the prover
Hongkong community his ship into port about two days overdue, got
state in round numbers what has been done. In account of his experiences. In answer to the all know, for six or eight years past; yet let me the Gify of Rio, as will be seen by the subjoiced hardest times Times have been very hard, we blat rope-yarn, And so with Captain Smith of
complete the patchase of the site for the Allee Captain Smith rald: 1885 the community gave me freely $5,000
asual questions from « Telegraph representative
Memorial Hospital; then Dr. Ho Kal spent a *Yes, we have had a pretty rough similar sum on the buliding; Mr. Belillos time of it since naaring Hongkong, and, in fact, endowed it with $5,000. A garden fete brought the whole voyage from San Francisco has been us $9,000 foinvestment." A similar sum, with roughith. We were ever 17 days, making the help of a second féle, concerts, Sc. has been Yokohams, and a few days age we got into raised annually by subscriptions from Europeans very big blow Indeed. At noon on the 1st and Chinese. And now, if we add on the September, when in lat 28 deg. 45 and long. $10,000 represented by this substantial" and | 128 deg, 15′′E., we had a strang_breezs scoom commodious Hospital, we get a total bordering panked by very heavy squalis. The wind was on $100,000. And this is not all. What a | E. by S., with va high" confused sen, heavy noble work those man of the medical staff are. blinding rain and a very strong E.S.K. swell. doing gratuitously | Citakers say it is all for the I then took in the upper top-mail and fore-all sake of the practice-le keep their hand is. T and ran under easy canvas (the lower top-sall) wish they would try to keep their hand in some until midnight and then set W.S.W. way of well-doing and put a bridle ontheirtongues course, ninning before the wind. The It good to be always delag the work of our biometer fall rigidly and the wind was Divine Master—that is the ideal-but it is rising and backing from south-east to ext better to be doing His work sometimes and so I took in the lower top wall. The glass is some directions than not to be doing it at 211 | fell rapidly and the wind increased. The weather —not even where the stimulus of self-interest became so threatening that I felt sure we were might come in to and definertice. Some people searing a typhoon, so at 1.30 am. on the gud I Afraid of getting the gold neid, that they, set a course to the east and slowed down, just arould not rescue a drowning miss it is only, kouping steeraga-way on the ship. In this necessary to read the annedd texts or to look we lap fotel on the rate of from two to throw in at the Allos Mensorial Hospital say Any when the work of healing is going on, to get a concep knots per hour. At 4 m. on the and the baros tios of the vast amount of good that is done meter stood at se 40. The sen was then very spart, if you like, frim the religious teaching, kenvy, the wind incressing and the squalls of
MR. Justice Hawkins, recently trying a case at the Warwick Assires, in which it was alleged that the conduct of the two defendants had resulted in a loss to the shareholders of a limited company of 20.000, said la his experience there had been more irregularities in the management of joint-stock companies than in other commer dai societies. It was essenilal where capital for OUR Amoy correspondent writes that the many carrying on a business was contributed by persons | rweeping reforms which have been introduced of limited means that the directors and all asso. Into the Customs Service at that port since the dated with them should exercise the greatest present Acting Commissioner has been in power care in buying and selling goods and keeping are greatly appreciated by all Chinese whose the books. If false balance-sheets were issued business leads them in anyway within the range and large profits shown when no prosty were of the Customs. The old "tippkog" system, disappointment, earned it might produce widespread rula and recognised and Invariably followed by applicants for permits, etc., has been knocked on the head,
onc and the employees who fattened on what they ence managed to "squeeze” have now to live. within their lawful incomes. This, of course, refere particularly to Chinese, but notices
have been larned to the merchants of the city request. ing thems to report by cases of bribery or extortion that may come under their notice and promising that such abuses shall be speedily remedied. This setlon has gained for the Acting hele spectation of his efforts in, rooting of communlty, and with the Intention of shewing the best the nefarious practices mentioned, the ten Trade Guilds of Amoy have given several sumptuous dinners in honour of him and his Deputy.
direction at
The Marquis of Dufferin has returned to Paris, Chine, and sold to the French Government forment will be taxed to the utmost to keep the Commissioner the gratitude and exterm of the art of which fu truly an application of the tersifia violence. At 8 km. things had not m
Rosebery to protect British interests in Siam,
SUPPOSED FATE OF EMIN PASHA. A missionary from Ujjl reports that Emin Pasha and thirty Natin soldiers were undoubtedly masssered and eaten at Manyama, (Now thera la a chance for Stanley-to find Emin again!)
ADVICES from Tientsin, saya the N. C. Daily News, report the water to be steadily failus and the long desired break in the weather to have taken place. The whole valley of the Pathe and its tributary system is under water, and the Aaoliang crop so hopelessly destroyed that pablia relief on a large scale will be necessary during the winter. The energy of the govern
popiellon alive till It previously detailed to these columas, have both is expected that in consequence or are came to grief already. It will be remembered import of ice and food is in that they were floated only a week or two ago; wi be a brisk business and a rise the Marris, being of very weak construction, steamer freights during the antums. The salon simply fall to pl:ces som sher leaving of the American Government on the silver ques. Salgan; before arriving at My-the her back tion is of the last Importance to Tientsin, and is brake and the tank, in two instalments. In the anxiously awaited by merchants and exporters Amiral dai Grandière, the machinery all broke whose astamaal operations are all bat paralysed FP, and she became a total wreck on the way by the existing uncertainty. down from Pnom penh. The gentleman who
Republicans of various shades, 60 Socialists, and to the Government is, stolovely person wild-beast show at West Point are being rapidly the alarts-bell is the clock indar control before
THE FRENCH ELECTIONS. The New Chamber of Deputies consists of fre
68 Conservatives.
M. Cassagnac was defeated.
HOME RULE HILL AND THE HOUSE” OF LORDS:
September 6th. Ear Spencer moved the second reading of the Home Rule Bill in the House of Lords and
In so doing reiterated Mr. Gladstone's views The Duke of Devonshire moved Ita ejection, claiming that the But was simply the outcome of Mr. Gladstone's brain, and has not been accepted by the country. The discussion staņis adjourned.
has, says Courrier, been made an officer of the Legion of Honour! More British treachery, eh ?
apported us to the end has been, and that God very bad, the force of the wind beleg jo ta 13,
Why, here are two lawyas going to law cafu, M. Mottet has a cure for the bite of the stitute the “valuable leasehold property * El the Committee bays approved of the extensión, And up to $.3.W. At 7 am, the wind weered round -
against each other!
they cannot be real lawyers?.
Yes, so they are! How strange! Surely Well, they admit it themselves and they seem both fools, so perhaps they truly are lawyers
But they are not conducting their own cases-- they have engaged others to do it.
Yes, because in lawyers' eyes a man who con- docta bis own casa is worse than a murderer,
Oh, then it is not because they themselves No; but as likely as not they will cease to be lawyers soon, for their Sin bas found them out. Any then the proverb fog never eats dag does not apply when one of the dogs in m❘
CHOLERA IN ENGLAND. Cholera has appeared, and is spreading in not lawyers Grimsby.
THE PLEASURES OF PARIS-
Paris, August 25th.. Prince Duong Chacr, of Cambodia, exiled to | "Chow,}" Algeria but allowed to visit Paris, refused to That fo; and though there is honous among inave, and had to be forcibly takes back by the | thlevas," lawyers are not thieves, boller.
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dispensary, the speration room and the wards, the sea was mountsioons and confused and the Taking the annual expenditure as shown la the swell was rolling up from the south-east, while pports and comparing it with the total number the rald came down in blanding torrents and of cases, of suceding relieved, disease cured on quite prevented and from seeing a ship's length 4 FIRE broke out about 7 pm. yesterday at ille saved, it will be seen that the cost is on an ahead. At 4 pm, on the same day the barometer No. 3. Erra Lane, between Fottinger Street and average about a dollar a head." Why, you could was down to 29.27. It stood stationary me that Cochrane Street, and within a few yards of hardly get a dose of medicine si a dispensary polet uhti 8 p.m., and it was not undi g. p.m. Hollywood Road. The Brigade reached the forless, Our bright hope, then, is that in the good that any rise was noticed ; the glass than regis. place in a few minutes, under Mr. Mathieson, times cording the two hospitals will be even beiter tering 20.31. The weather, however, was still
| Tower was beard, will continue bless the more | with squalle of hurricade force.” The advanced, and it is expected that "Professor The house (three storeys) WAS burnt out. mom in all good things. The London Mission however, behaved well, although of course the Max" and his pets will make their debut on The seat of conflagration was not easy to get al, a7 Southe work in this place on the same lines on the ged the wind hauled to the south-east and ary Society and the medical staff, are pledged to rolled heavily, as might be expected... A§ 3 8.0).. Saturday night. One of the most Interesting
to the dense jambllag of intricate alleys, of the exhibition is performance with precipious stairs, and filthy hovels which cone as in the Alice Memorial Hospital, The Finance later on to south, and I kept the ship's head cobra, which he demonstrates by having two block bounded by Hollywood Road, Foulinger now and henceforth by common concent the to BW. the weather moderated, and the dags bliten, one subjected to the cure, and Street, Lyndhurst Terrace, and Cochrane Street i "Alice" and " Nethersole are to be combined barometer began to rise gradually, and by noor a the other not in three minutes the latter in fact, if is just such a den as ons might expect in one. (Applause).
that day we had merely a fresh to moders te animal is dead, while the former is to find in the lowest quarter of Constantinople, The Governor Ladies and gentlemen, I am breeze, although the weather was still
OTHED LIC perfectly well. Such an antidote ought to Instead of in the centre of civilised sercantile sure that it gives Lady Robinion add me a great with fight rain and intermitent squalis, A be made known all over the Far East. community under alleged Beitlah ru'my It is a deal of pleasure to be present this afternoon at 4 plus. on the 3rd the barometer registered Professor -Max also offers a reward of $red to perfect dunghill Infested by rats. The inhabit this very interesting function, and we are much | #955); while the weather showed signa any man who will enter the tigers' cage with him) | ants scrambed out into the street “clothed in indebted to the committee and disciors of this "of clearing, „ran wind hauled round, for a S.W. and he is even willing, if required, to marry the their native diet alone," jabbering ilke monkeys, institution for inviting us to take a' part în it: to N.W. and then to the north and kept in that widow and provide for the orphans. Already we and wrangling fiercely over the prinsession of Dr. Chalmers has entered in fully into the quarter until we arrived in port, about 2 4 hours: have heard of some daring- Indians' from the articles which a starying coolla warald not pick. necessity for a new, wing of the Allen-Memorial" overine MiA DE CABIN garrison, familiar with the Bengal tiger, and up. They appeared to hall from Mesopotamia Hospital, and the circumstances connected with Did you observe any other vessels Tabouring wishing to display their courage la iĝis dancient or thereabouts. The whole teens most forcibly the constmation of this Hospial, that he leaves in the typhoon false
we have our doubts as to what they will compelled the conclusion that a property-owner the nothing to say on he fobject, even if I WONDE YER KETE &m, on the 310, we sighted a think when they have seen these animals who allows his houses, Inhabited by his own disposed to do so. Bat I received a letter the Nova Scotian skip bending north-west under especially the two newest onas," mught :(fall | country-folk, to be in such a fearful state, ought other day from the Medical Superlatendant, Dr. susy sall. Shu holstad 'J.K.N.W. She socmidă prown) about a month ago, and nevar yet to be compelled to live there and do there, Thomson, very kindly and wisely limling my to be all rights rese formally Introduced to a human being, fint lastend of living flies a prince and parading his | oratorical efforts to the expression of a good boos 2-By, this riport 1 la pretty, gvidant that the Kas intenda za tuškia thene soen,
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Im reference to this Hospital. Now this is a tack Copening in the Ameriona Máli vervier know how-