Intimations.

DAKIN CRUICKSHANK & CO., LD.

WARM CLOTHES.

THESE

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, APRIL

Intimations.

Our lowest piced Whisky is of excellent qually and of greater age than most brande lo the market. We recommend our customers not to be deterred by the lowness of price from trying them all. For a soda-whisky, Thorne's Blend and Watson's Glenorchy are equal to any Abelour-Glenlivet le a very old Peit Whisky, (Smoky) that could not be replaced in stock at the price. D and E are too well known to need

will all be spoilt before next cold comment. IRISH-

wasther unless properly taken care of

NAPHTHALINE

Is the best thing to keep away Motby, &c, and prevent clothes smelllog fusly..

FIFTY CENTS PER TIN.

DAKIN, CRUICKSHANK & COMPANY, LIMITED, VICTORIA DISPENSARY,

Hongkong, 6th April, 1894.

A. S. WATSON & CO., LIMITED.

A Jobe Jameson's Öld, Green

Caprole.........

B Jahn Jameson's Fine Ota,

Green Capsule

Par deren C

$12.00

TS.CO

18.00

C John Jameson's Very Fine Old, Green Capsule......... All these are very fine and old. C has been st. cked In Honkong in word for 20 years, there being little sale for Irish Whisky in the Colony.

AMERICAN-

Genalas Bourbon Whlily, Fine Old Red Capsule, with our Name and Trade

In accordance with arrangements made Lu Pěh-yang la to take over the seals of office from Nich Total at Shanghal to-morrON.

THE the Russian man-ntown. Admiral Nachimoff, Admiral Korntief, und, Sevousch were at Nagasaki by latest advices from Japan.

is aald to be the Intention of the Ispadere Government to effer in the near future all the allotments as yet unsold on the Yokohama Bluff

Kits-Why do they call you Berlin Blet? To distinguish you imm other bestu ?

Berlin Blet-No! To distlagulik me' from comic actors !

THE Chief Director of the Oaks Mint has examined and reported on the valgs of the metal now in his custody. It amounts la 35.000.000 yen.

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MR. OTOR!, Jananesa Minister to` Korea, bas been ordered to remain at Seoul for the present, instead of returning home.

ip is stated that of twenty journalists who hire entered Middle Harbear (Srday) Echo Farm Retreat as dipsomaniacs, only two have shown any promise of reform.

MEASLES * prevalent in certain districts in Jhoang to Okinawa especially. There ifx thousand cases bave occurred in ten days. Mortality up to date mil.

"Do you believe? be wald, as he tendoly stroked her hair, "Do you believe that a deep, abiding lova Uke ours can erer dle nut 7"

But it always did in my previous engagements.

"Not now, George, I don',” she reaponder,

DESPATCHES received by naive officials in Shanghai, announce a rising of the Kolao Hut THE revenue cruiser Pingcking barbeen ordered eclety men at Wokingebou. belonging to the prefecture of Panch'ing. Hunan. Two battalions Per doten Case, to Taks to he at the disposal of that of troops have siready been sent by the Governor who, with Mr. Delring, intends visiting Wel- of the province, Wa Tach Ang, to suppress the

$15.00 Sample botiles and smaller quantities will be ispalled at proportionate whole'ssic rates.

We only guannice our Wines and Spirtis th❘ 136 be genuine when bought direct from us in the Colony, or from our Kathorised Agents at the Coast Parts,

WINES AND SPIRITS.

On and after the rst Agill, 1894, the Prices of our WINES and SPIRITS will be as follows

PORT.

"(För Invalidis and general Use.)

B Vintage, superior quality, Red

Capsule

Per dorsa Case.

C Fiac Old Vintage, superior quality, Black Seal Capsule

$14.40

16.10

D Very Fine Old Vintage, extra

superior, Violet "Capsule

(Old Bottled).......................

10.40

Part after removal should be rested for a month hefore use. Wine required for drloking at once should be ordered to be decanted at the Dispen- sary before being sent out. These wines are too well known to need comment.

Sample bottles and smaller quantities will be supplied at proportionate wholesale rates.

We only guarantee our Wines and Spirits to be genuine when bought direct from us is the Colony, or from our authorised Agents at the Coast Poris

SHERRY.

Per do Case.

B. Superior Pale Dry, dioner

win. Green Seal Capsule. $1080

C Marzanilla, Pale Natural Sherry, Wblic Capsule...

12.00

CC Suverlor OM Dir. Palc

Mammal Sherry, Red Seal Can ule

12.00

D Very Superior (ld Pale Dry, choice Old Wine, White Seat Capsuleman

14.40

E Extra Superior 014 Pile Dry,

very finest fit. Black

20.40

Sal Capsule (Old Rottled)

·B, C, and CC are excellent dinner when or

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haiwet.

Insurrection.

A REGULAR Convocation of St. Andrew's ANECDOTE of the late Professor Jowett (which | Chapter, No. 218, SC, will be held in Free-the best papers unanimously remember to masons Hall, Zetland Street, this evening, at forget). An undergrad., in whom he took special 8.40 for g'o'clock precisely. Visiting companions | interest, tand to run after the be-titled alumni. are cordially invled.

Sald Towelt: "This pitecus rank-worship is the social leprosy of England! Keep clean, young | man I-keep clean in

THE formation of a General Syndicate of sugar growers is reported from Java. The better pro- Per dozen Castection of the Interests of the growers is the motive of the move. Draft rules have been drawn up and circulated.

A Fine Old Tom, White Capaule $ 7.20

Fine Unsweetened, White

Capsule

B

RUM.

Finest Old Jamalca, Violet

Caprol.......

7.20

$15.00 Good Leeward Island .........

6.00 Good Leeward Island...$2.50 per Gallon, Sample bottles and smaller quantities will be svoolled at propulfonate wholesale rates.

We only guarantes our Wines and Spirits to be genuine when bought direct from us in the Colony or from our authorised Agents at the Coast Parts

LIQUEURS.

Benedictist, Maraschino, Cura çoa,

Heering's Cherry Cordial, Chartreuse, Dr. Siegert's Angostura

Ritters, &c. .PRICES ON APPLICATION.

A. S. WATSON & CO., LD. HONGKONG DISPENSARY. Hongkong, 10th March, 1894

NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.

ROM AND AFTER THE 1ST OF JANUARY, FROM 1894, THE SUBBORIPTION TO THE HONG. KONG TELEGRAPH "' WILL BE THIRTY DOLLARS PER ANNUM, OR TWO DOLLARS

AND A HALF PER MONTH.

ALL SUBJORPTIONS MUST BE PAID IN

for invalids and delicate stomach. D and E ADVANCE.

are after dinner, wines of a very superíor vintage. All are true Xeres wlots.

Sample bottles and smaller quantities will be supelled at proportionate mtolciale rates.

We only guarantee our Wines and Spirits to be genuine when bought direct from us in the Colony, or from our authorised Agents at the Coait Ports,

י

CLARET.

Per Per Caso Cad dez, dez Quart Pict

B St. Estephe, Red Capule..............$ 6.96 7.56 C St. Julien, Red Capsule'...............

Ces

BIRTHS.

At Forchow, in the 8th April, the wife of F E. RICHARDS ofa daughter.

Rev. A. W. DOUTHWAITE, of a daughter.

At Chefoo, on the rath April, the wife of the

At 49, Szechua Road, Shanghai, on the 15th April, 1894, Mrs W. INMAN, of a son.

On the 17th April, at Shanghai, the wife of C. 9.00 $.6L BAS RICKMAN, Imperial Maritime Customs,

of a son,

D La Rone, Red Capselt. Ia 96 13.93

Salete Foy.

7 20 7.92 9.60 10.44 Cha an d'Anglade ...

13.20 14.40 CIA eau Flaut Balon Livet 18.60 19.20 CA cau Mouton Armil

hat q

................. 21.00 11.20

Our Claets, including the lowest priced, are gotranteed to be the gesalne product of the juice of the grape, and are not artificially made from radios and entrants, as is generally the case with cheap wines.

Sample bottles and smaller quantitles will be supplied at proportionate wholesale rates.

We only guarantee our Wines and Splits to be genuine when bought direct from us in the Colony, or from our authorised Agents at the Coast Paris:

HOCK.

Per Per Cass CAME

1 do, daz, Quarta Plats.

Nierstelo......sus carmastamm$12.00 — Rudesheimer............................................... 23.00 Hockhefraer eksenase stop 2400

BURGUNDY,

Chablis, white wine........... 15.00 mm Meursault, superfor'white wine. 18.00 →→ Volnay, very superlor red wine 21.00 23.30

MADEIRA AND CHAMPAGNE. Full particulars of the various Brands on application. BRAND Y.

A Hennessy's Old Pale, Red

Capsule.........

D Hennessy's Finest Very Old

Per do Cass.

$14.40

B Superior Very Old Cognac,

Red Capsule

16.10

C Very Old Liqueur Cognac

20.40

36,00

48.00

Liqueur Cognac, 1872 Vin- te, Red Capsule...

E Finest Very Old Liqueur Cognac, 1862 Vistage................

All our Brandy Is guaranteed to be pure Cognac, the difference in price being merely a question of age and vintage.

Simple bottles and smaller quantities will be supplied at proportionate wholesale rates.

We only guarantee our Wines and Spirits to be genuine when bought direct from us in the Colony, or from our authorised Agents at the Coat Ports.

WHISK Y. SCOTCH-

A Thorne's Blend, White-Cap-

B Watson's Glenorchy Mellow

Blend, Blue Capile with Name and Trade Mark ...

C Walton's Abelour Glenlivet,

Red Capsule with Name and Trade Mark

Per das Cam

D Watson's HKO Blend of the »

Finest Scotch Malt Whis kles, Visiet Caį Kale.........is....

$10,80

10.80

11.00

1440

E Watson's Very Old Liquear Scotch Whisky, Gold Cap- pulő.........RETIRATOCELODEN 11.00 Daniel Crawford's fast Very

Old Sectch Walik? asmenis. 14.49

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...DEATHS.

At Wachang, on the 14th April, of dysentery, JAMES WALF RE HART, of the London Mission, Chungking, #ged 34 years.

On the 18th instant, at Blackheath, London,

JOHN MARTIN LITTLE, formerly of Singapore,

The Hongkong Telegraph

HONGKONG, TURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1894-

TELEGRAMS.

EARTHQUAKE IN GREECE.

LONDON, April 22nd.

His imperix! Majesty of the Dragon Throne has recently issued i decree to the effect that in the future he will volfice in person at the Con- facian temple every spring and autumn, a step, we read, which has not often been taken by previous princes of this dynasty, except the Emperor Chles Lung in the 18th century,

THE new Japanese zan-boat Hashidate, bulit at Yokosuk and which failed in her trial talp

lately, is understood to have six bollers, all of which were dangerously strained on that occa- sion. The Hyogo News learns form a werns- colar newspaper that the boilers are of nó farther ure; they must be replaced and the expense for renewing them will amount to about roo,goo vas.

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THE Peking Times anderstands that tenders wil shortly be issued for supplying the fort of blo Chou, in Shantung, in the neighbourhood of Chafon, with heavy guns to the value of about one million taels. The tenden will be issued as soon as the terms and "condidons, which tre now under the consideration of the military authorities, are settled.

THE St. Louis Age of Steel nyn : The bar- nessing of Niagara sa the Industrial service of man in so far and to assured a fact that capital and enterprise have grouped their several in- dustries in the vicinity of the falls. The first on the list to appropriate the power will be the Niagara Falls Paper Company, prepared to use 3,000-korte power as a commencement.

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A JAPANESE exchange reports the arrive! in Orika of three Hongkong Chivese whese: mission is to purchase the necessary plant for THE hand of the 1st Shropshire Light Infantry newspaper. Can this disease that is coming will play the following programme at the Officers upon os be the trail of the Calial Mammoth. Mess. Murray Barracks, this evening, comer Is "Brownle" going to break away from his mencing at 8 o'clock :—

old love the Snaf), or bas Sinjus thrown down Overture..."Der Tambaker"

the hammer for the parte brush? Verily, there Intermezzo..

** Loin du Bal”......

Ramics Chistre algns to the East just now, the significance Caryll. of which even Wise Men know not of 1 Zlefirer. Stout!.

Felection..... Little Christopher Columbus

Valu........ Eclection

‚* Sremner Mad'la ".

"The Merchant of Venica

arser.

Polka.............**Country Bumkins "Lesso CA. E. Godtur. | ACCORDING to a native paper, some of the wealthy merchants and notables of Peking are thinking of inaugurating a museum of the sits and sciences of Europe, America and Chins, in that city in honour of the Imperial Birthday its rear. In connection with this the N. C. Dally News states that as a companion to the Peking institution a college or univerally of the various branches of the progressive sciences of the West is also mooted at Shanghai.

AN Imperial edict under date 16th inst. has been circulated by telegraph from Peking to the effect that owing to the approaching celebration of the birthday of the Empress Dowager this year, criminals sentenced to suffer death at the next aptumn assizes are to have a reprieve. But what shape this reprieve is to take, whether by commutation, or simply the privilege of living until the autumn of 1895, the edici does not explain.

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ONE of the most severe shocks of earthquake Experienced at Yokohama for many years put, SAYS the Bulletin:—Sydney Evening News occurred there early on the morting of the reb. stater that Queen Victoria wears white ülnekings The Japan Gazetiarecords thatibe motion com- and elastic-side boots. There is presumably no menced horizontally, apparently from south to legal remedy for this outrage, bat If Victoria north, and lasted for some 50 or 60 seconds, were to start out one of her Hindoo servants to finishing with a vertical wrench, the vibration kill Henniker Heaton, who is the Evening continuing for three or four minutes. The shock News near relative, the great soul of the coun-was sufficiently strong to arouse most people try would be with her. The newspaper proprie kom their sleep, and many of the [apancie re- tary which accuses any lady of wearing whitesidents of the town rashed in alarm from their stockings and elastic boots should be outlawed. houses,

A NORTHERN Contemporary states that owing' THERE has been a lot of controversy at warison to frequent occurrence of corpse-stealing at times as to the nationality of Mme. Adelina Nanking of late, amateur detectives were set Patti, who was recently referred to as a Spinth to watch and recently surprised a man American. As Patti was born in Spain, of Italian In the act of opening a newly-stolen child's extraction, came to America at the age of one coffin, which he had taken to his own year, and had all her early madical training in but outside the city of Naoking. Farther the United States, and at prescat pays taxes to researches revealed several other children's the British Government on a castle in Wales corpses and their clothing, the former being hid- from which she sullles forth on periodicalfare- den underground. The man was taken to the well tours, large supply of hyphens would be local yamền and has been ser terced to suffer pecesary to express hernationalty in full.. Spala the most horrible of all deaths—suspension in a has the honor of her birth and the United States cage, without food and water.

the credit af her, training and early career.

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24, 1894.

LIEUT-COLONEL JERRARD arrived here from Shanghai in the Thames this morning.

THE Indo-China Co.'s Calcutta Huez Chelydre was docked at Kowloon, for the usual periodical overhaul, this morning.

IT

estimated that an average of more than 2,000 vessels and 12,000 lives are lost in the sea every year, the value of ships and cargoes being about $100,200,000.

THE British cruiser Pallas steamed oat from the man-of-war anchornga this morningon her home. ward bound voyage, amidst the ringing cheers of the crews of the war.ships in port.

German Lloyd's Steamship Compiles

THE P. & O., Messagerles Maritimes and North

rates to the United Kingdom and Continental points will be found in our advertising columns,

THE R. A. SHOOTING CLUB,

A practice competition in connection with the R.A. Sergeant's Shacting Club took place at the Kowloon Range on Saturday afternoon whithe following results.

Seren stols over cách range were i

Faret Kercher... Sergt. Edmunds ........ Mer, Dar. Wilkinson,

C 5. M. Lewis......

Mr. dar. Duggan, Keret. Richards...

C. S. M. Parion.....

Hergi Robertion.....

Recent Gate amirs Serat Tule....

DON

600

yarda yaris

Sergt. Smith...ampuanın 14

RIVAL TRADERS.

THE JAPAN-BOMBAY LINE-

THE Porpoise has been ordered to Hankow to meat Mr. N. R. O'Conor, the British Minister. The Mercury and the Caroline were awaiting orders, at Woosung and Shanghai respectively doubt that things are rapidly going from on the aoth inst.

"I have called," said the espilous critic, to Ing the new year as a nude small boy." find out what reason you can give for represent

As far as the current rates of freight maintained for weeks past between Bombay and the Far East ure concerned, there can be but Hula bad to worse-the natural outcome of K fierce war of rates commenced by what ard known WHERE It Comes In-Young Hopeful "Dad,

as the pool companies (the Peninsular and Oriental Is there any difference between a cold and fafa

Austrian Lloyd's and Robattino Companies) as soon as the Bazy 7 His Father:-Yer, my son; the doctor calls it a cold the bill is about $8; if he Nippon Yusen Kalebs, in conjunction with calls it influenza it's about $33. The differences. Tain & Co, established an opposition line between Bombay, Hongkong, Shanghaland La $30.

Japan. As soon as the plucky Intruders appeared on the scene last winter, the pool dropped theirrates al freight somewhere about 20 per cent in a single day, and from that time Daward, up to the present, cut-throat bolest has been the order of the day, and still there are no signa of the new comers being driven off. At the present time. the 'pool

allowing Bombay shippers companies are 55 per cent. rebate on all freights, and he new Japan-Bombay line's agents have, according to latest toformstion, gone and old rates in force up to the time of the Inaugura better' by allowing a rebate of 60 per cent, so the tion of the opposition referred to. So far, how- even from the Indo-Japanese syndicate trying "bar!" wo now learn, from a thoroughly reliable source, that the Japanese have got

That is done, responded the ast editor, "because the year does not get its close till the 31st of December,"

A KOREAN named Kim Tai-gen, reported to have bean mixed up in the recent attempted murder, escaped from Tokyo and travelled to Oaks. He was there arrested, however, in response to tele graphic orders from the Tokyo Chibo-Salbanshe and is now in custody.

Is It not disgusting and loathsome," asks Professor Wilson, to hear some broad-backed, thick-calved, greasy-faced, well-fed and not badly-drunk calf of some canting caste, preaching and exhorting reang people, fall of Hesh and blood of the purest and clearest qual; to forsake and forswear the world and its riches

"THE meanest man I ever heard of," said Mr. Jason, "was a fellow that lived in the same township with me and wanted a edication. So he set to work and courted the schoolme' for two years, and when she taught him all she knowed to give her the shake and went to

practi:in' law."

NANKING despatches received to Shangbal state that the Buddhist community at that place is very excited over the unwarranted conduct of a fide, who suspecting that a certain priest had stolen golden idol from a temple, took the man to his own house and subjected him to such tortures that the priest in a critical state. A thereis an ecclesiastical court at Nanking presided over by Buddhist abbot, this person has appealed to the local courts and the figs is now, the N.C. Daily News learns, in the Klingalag profect's yamda awaiting the result of the priest's injuries

SUPREME COURT,

IN CRIMINAL SESSION.

(Before Mr. E. J. Ackroyd, Acting Chief Justice)

April 24th,

THE BOGUS COOLIE-SMUGGLER,

Leang Kan Cho, "unemployed" was charged with having obtained several sums of money, totalling over $2,000, by false pretences, namely by pretending that he could in some way in fluence the American consulate in Hongkong and the Customs in San Francisco so as to ensure the admission of caolise Into the United States, contrary to the Geary Exclusion Act.

Mr. A. J. Leach, QC, acting Attorney General, instructed by "Mr. A. B. Johnson, Crown Solleitor, and also by Mr. C. D. Wilkinson (on behalf of one of the coolies defrauded).con- cled the prosecution; and Mr. E. Robinson, fnstructed by Mr. J. F. Reece, appeared for the defence.

The following jurymen were called:-A. M, Barrades, R. Chamberlain. G. Weller, T. C. Gardner, G. W. Millward, R. Ross Thompson,

F. J. Murray, A. G. G. Gordon.

On the Court adjourning at 1.15, the defaulting.

to six months' imprisonment. We also know juryman was called up and asked what he had to amateur Jarymen, not so far from home assay, He replied that the notices served on him Sarawak elther, who if they had got their deserts were very confasing-first he was summoned for would now be serving longer terms than their the 18th April, then he was told not to come till Chines prototype received.

the roth, then he was agaio put off to the agrd, and finally another notice for the 24th came to big but is all the complications he had forgot tan to come this morning.

ACCORDING to a Kobe contemporary the native IN Sarawak, last month, the Straits Times newspaper Asaki furnishes the following parti- | reports that a Malay was sentenced to our years' 'culars of the present altitude of the Powers imprisonment for taking upon himself to settle a Interested in Kores. Great Britain and | dispute among Chinese there by inducing them China, It says, are strongly allied and to undergo the ordeal of boiling water. The have the friendship of the younger members water was bolled, then placed in an earthenware of the powerful Els party. Russia is vessel, and the disputants are directed to seeking to win the favour of Bio-Elshan, plange thele hands in, and did so, As one of Mr. Thompson failed to appear when called, and is generally supported by the seniors of the them pulled his out first, he lost his case. A and the usual order was made, to compel his party. America înds that it has lost the confid- Chinaman who acted as a sort of amateur july-appearance at 1 p.m. ence of the Kottans, and recently several man in this "trial by orden! " was also sentenced Americans have been dismissed from their posts, whose places will probably be taken by English men, Mr. Sill, the new American representative, A disastrous earthquake has occurred to was expected in Kores by the Ginkaimaru on Greece. Atalanta and Thebes have been simen | the gib inst. France and Germany make no entirely destroyed. Not less than two hundred, sign, persons have been killed, chiefly in villages in

QUE Victoria's set of table furniture, which the provlace of Phocis, where whole familles hare | WE read that Liu K'un-yl, Viceroy at Nanking, the holde in charge for the country, is kept in has appointed ike expectant Klingin Tuotai, two freproof chambers and la'nid to represent been destroyed, and congregations bailed under Tan Sing-chu, a nephew of the Min-CAR cash value of £20,003,000. Among It is the falling churches.

Viceroy, lo be Commissioner of the proposed golden table service made for Grorge IV, calcul- Liangklang Mist, and work on the buildings sted for 130 guests and containing the famous will soon be commenced at Kiangning for that crystal champagne cooler, which is large enough The vote for Uganda for the present year hu purpose. The Throne's assent hat already been for a bath-tab. There are many pieces in the obtained. There will therefore, remarks a set that formerly belonged to Queen Elizabeth, been fixed at £50,000.

Sharghal contemporary, be these Mints upon the besides splendid solid gold vessels from India, farel; a system in operation very soon, vis, those Glam and China. The pride of the collection is of Canton, Formoss, and Nanking, Before the a teacup once owned by Charles XII, and a gold unexpected death of the late Governer Sang peacock made for George til at a cost of Child of Cheklang it was alzo Intended to mo- £40,000. The interest on twenty million pounds, mortalise the Thions to allow foreign mint to thus lying idle, would go a guest way towards be established at Hongchow; but the matter has relieving the wart, misery and destitution which fallen through in consequence of that official's | bave been so widespread in the British Isles for

some years past. death.

UGANDA.

THE UNEMPLOYED, IN THE. UNITED

STATES.

A huge army of the unemployed, brought together from all parts of the United States, is marching towards Washington to petition Government for rellet. Hundreds have fallen by the wayside dick, The Railway Companks refuse gratuitous transport. The movement is causing a general ferment throughout the States

LOCAL AND GENERAL,

THE French lagship Bayard arived at Saigon

on the 17th instant."

Tuz · Japancic gunbost Banje is at provent

IN our lasun of Thursday last, we published the On Thursday last, to the Police Court, og following paragraph:-"In the Bish Consular No. 309 brought a charge of disorderly con Court at Bangkok on the gh inst, Mr. Beckett, duct against the accouniast of the Yit Nam chief engineer on board the steamet Phra Chuslá | (ex-shop, Queen's Road West, and the cate was Chom Klas, and three Chinese fremen, were romanded until yesterday when he failed to Charged with having conesled, under the support the charge and the defendant was dis ballest tanks at the bottom of the engine room, missed. To-day Mr. H. L. Denys appeared at 144 dins of opium, and with being concerned lathe Magistracy on behalf of the accountant lo attempting to avoid paying duty therson. The question, to prosecute the lung for mannalt eplum was valued at $700, and after and misconduct while acting as police cos- considerable evidence had been taken, the chief stable. Mr. Hastings occupied the bench and engineer was flsed $200,3 the other defen. heard evidence showlog that because the the engaged on a surrey of the coasts of the Kariles. dants $100 each, Tals para, was based upon stable couldn't get some dumplings from the detalled report of the case appearing in the complainant's shop, they having been all soldout, Bangkok Times. However, fa a subsequent be seized and dragged him upto No. 7 station OUR Shanghal, morning contemporary leams Issue our usually rollable contemporary proceeds where the charge of disorderly behaviour AD that abe high authorities at Foochow intend to to put things fairly straight in the following doly preferred." Then the lukong and two still further strengthen the port of Amoy agafast We regret to state that in our fat fimus, in the friends endeavoured to prevent customers from a portible enemy, and in addition to the forts report of the oplim smuggling case on board the entering the complainant's shop ordering them already built of on the paint of completion, Phra Chula Chomiao, we laadvertently to go to another tea-shop wear by. This came according to the German method of fontication, ascribed the misdemeanour to the chief engineer to the notice of the master of the house, who they have decided to build large fort si We ought to have said the chief freman, as was ancilored to-day's proceedings. Several of the Pehsbit'ow, near the mouth of the port. The evident from the fact that the culprit was complainant's friends corroborated his alleg Admiral and Total performed the inauguri Chinaman while the engineers on these vansal | flour, kad the policeman was fined $15, or bik esremonies of breaking the first sod on she rath | are Europeany." It is but just is. Mr. Backcast | woeicy, for the assault and $50, or two. monde, instany, with the usual sacridoes,

that the above concesion should now be givan, i for micronäset, ": The Einen weit pułdą

His lordship (after reading the notice) sald he saw no complication at all about It-the notice was quite clear. Twenty-five dollars fins!

CORRESPONDENCE,

£77e dà not necesssally endorm the oplufous aupentaed by

· Campendants in this colomani

THE PREVENTION OF CHOLERA. To vas Horton or rus ̈“Homanową Telbirari" SIR-Lest the suplent members of the Sanitary Board should have hitherto falled to keep themselves posted as to the important work done by the members of the International Sanitary Conference sitting in Paris, permit me to suggest through the medium of your columns that no time should be lost by them in procuring copy ofthe measures drawn up by the Conference with a view to their adoption at every posible, Eastern port as a prevention against cholers, which is referred to in your latest News by the Americas mill" thus fee

PARIS, March agrd. The International Sanitary Conference to-day approved all the resolations of the various card mittees, including the measures to be adopted at Oriental forts as a prevention agafas cholera etc., and the aurvelliance of the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf in order to insure the bealthy transportation of pilgrims to Mecca,

new steamer, the Idzuma Maru, 5,cco tans, in

England especially for this trade and that the where x full cargo af cotton and yarn will be is due at Bombay about the 13th of next month, shipped an account of the Japanese Cotton Splaners Union.

With the arrival of the Idzuma Maru la Bombay the new line be represented by five steamers-the Mithi Maru Hiroshima

fare, and dauma Maru (Japanese) and the amor and Lindisfarne (Messrs. Tata & Co, chattered steamers). all of which have, for weeks past, been los ded almost down to 'Plimsoll mark the Lindisfarne, which arrived here from Bombay, Colombo and Singapore an the 19th instant being no exception to what bas quickly become a rule, for in addition to

full cargo of cotten and yarn she conied rço chests of oplum, and a deck cargo of hard- wood legs up from the Stralia.

To meet the requirements of the Chinese pas senger trade the, Azamor is, we understand, now beloz fitted up to accommodate at sta thousand Chinese on her Aween-deck, which would appear to indicate that whatever losses may be booked by the prol,' the new line considers ta prospects good, Irrespective of any subsidy the Japanese Government may grant, in response to a recent application which the Tokdo Chamber of Commerce is understood to have made, in the Interests of an industry which is rapidly becom- Ing an all-important factor of the commerce of Dai Nippon.

How much longer the present cut rates of freight will be maintained la difficult to foretell, but that the managers of the new line are neliber thing by reason of the strife nor showing sigas of distress there can be no doubt, and it is to be haped in the interest of all concerned that before very long weer counsels will prevail and that the upshot will be the arrangement of a tariff between Bombay and the Far East which, while insuring a fair margin of profit to shipamECTS, wit bo agiceable to shippers of every nationality engaged in a trade which, if carefully fostered, la likely to develop in the near future even. more rapidly than it has in the past decade.

NEWS BY THE AMERICAN MAIL.

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The following telegrams from Francisco exchanges were crowded out" of last sight's issue :—

LONDON, March 24th, A dispatch to the Telegraph from St. Peters- burg says that in conversation lately with a Russian dignitary the Czar declared anarchiem was one of the protean forms of irreligion. It was, bla majesty added, the sole formliable enemy of peace and progress and must be stamped out ruthlessly.

The Chronicle's Vienua correspondent says Emperor William and Emperor Franz Jeroph ing the Czar to acknowledge Princs Ferdinand will discuss at Abbazia the adviesblity of arg- as ibe lawful raler of Bulgaria.

A dispatch, from Santander, Spain, fixer the Dumber of killed by the explosion of dynamite

which was being removed from the sunken steamer Colo Machtchaco at thirty.

that great indignation fr expressed in that city A dispatch from Madrid to the Timer mys against the persons who were responsible for the explosion...

A dispatch from Rome says that France and Roula made every endeavour to prevent the publication of the Papal encyclical,

The Times this morning bax an editorial on the mbject of the action of Peltoto of Brull re- viving the Imperial decrees of 1838 and 1851, by the terms of which the Government is authorized to execute without the benefit of a formal iral, all persons, whether natives or foreigners who either directly or indirectly have sided or abetted a revolt. The Times strongly protests galsst therevival of this musty decree, and mys subjects. Peixoto's record, it adds, is not clear that it might be applied to quite lanocent Britlab. enough to justify such action. The paper furth er says that the claim of President Peixoto apen Portugal for the surrender of Adm'cal da Gama and the other fugitive lasurgent officers 'fe, also not undisputed.

It is inconsistent""aliko"with humanity and

the revolution in the southern provi: ces is sup expediency to prosecute the terrorist polley before.

pressed. The Times thinks that President Petzsto abould have seen the importance of building a golden bridge for the retreating enemy, and concludes by saying it is desirable fo the interests of all the countries having deal- The fallest information respecting the dis. Inga with Brasli that the state of insecurity and excllement that has existed since the downfall of to might, and probably would, tend to enlighten of improvement in the progress of millary cassions carried on at the conference referred the empire, should cease. It sees no promise the Board-provided the members could devote setocracy with measures of vengeance aguast sufficient time to the study of matters which its defeated political opponents. wally affect the Bealth and well-being of the community at larga de

Yours faithfully,

Hoppkosy, 24th April, kët

MEHR LICHT.

The Sanitary Congress closed to-day, the clavas osscerning the pligiimäge to Mecod were smosyted by all the Powers with the ancepsles of "Tanksy which maintalas un sttitude of ZUSHTE

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