Though n roos and bighly strong he is very speedy ard-van best with his first rider, as he doen not require a great deal of strength in the sidd a
Grempatamla u last pony and has a good Anish, but last Meeting was over-rained and could net ran up to his best f im.
Paramatta The owner of this pony, who won the Spring Cup and Scany Stakes by the way; muși chin-cbła for rain, and it successful he might de great things, but if the elements will not oblige, the brown mud-facker can only be leaked upon as common cargo. He ran in three other races lest Meeting but as far a 'getting hume went was "in the soup."
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NEWS BY THE AMERICAN_MAII, The Occidental and Oriental Co's steamship. Belgie, Lupt J. H. Rioder, from San Francisco, via Yokohama, Kabe, Nagasaki and Shanghai, with mails up to 14th August, arrived in post this morale. From our San Francisco exchanges wo take the following telegrama ---
London, Argust' zod..
In the House of Commons today the Parlia+ mentary Secretary for the Foreign Office, Mr. Curaon, replying to a quesiton of Michael Davitt, maid that a Brilch protectorate was proclaimed over Palmyra Island la May, 188g, and that the occupation" would be maintained.
Mr. Coron so tuld it was not necessary to notify any of the Powers of these frets, and he asserted that Hawail and Palmyra had no pre-
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In his speech at the opening of Congress yet. I, it was at first inigoded to carry the ↑ Frating with Manchu youths. They are saved
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bla, who has inr yaara made frequent trips be---condry ; and views are obialned of the various | himself, food belar served to him and baing' | between the order and the counterfall as there. twead New Wastminister and Herrlson Lake, mielog Industrien in fall operuilo but = stlawed to take with kim two servadis. Each was no contract entered by which elther party states that there is every algu at the lika of a | change soon takes place and lor many, many year three or four hundred of these lavoured | was boued until the matches had arrived," and renewal of valcenic amivity long deemed extinct | mllès beyond nothing hat a mnabionous con. official youths gather in Nasking, and their way | defendant Mid received proper mailcer of the ta that region, though the mineral hot springs tinustion of stepper meats the eye. „ This, how- Is made easför in still another respect. Where? [105 cases; 165 merived in Augost and 15 in of Agessis on the lake are undoubtedly of vol. ever, is changed for the baller at Atchinsk, where es only one la every one hundred and fily or 40 S-pre-ber. By some mistika no notice of the canic origin. The captain dèse iben tho lako na very pretty sconery le to be met with, On arrival
can obtain a degree from the ranks of the $ cases arriving was given to defendant and a mass of muddy ferment, which he can only at Nerichinsk, alter another long run, the people, one la twenty of these young men can no claim was made respecting them. Counsel milribute to volcanic effort
Amoor Rivet opens ear. As is generally | obtain a degree, and they sie thus on the same aid he believed potica was given and defen LIMA (Peru), August 13th.
dent had refused to accept. After fortber dealing vallend steng the banks of the Amoor, from the severa nofferings which" sttend the with the Indents and orders, and the terms of but this iden his now been abandoned. | audinary confidate. Oken students succumb to delivery, myment, &c, extireceam called, for at Stellark the railmad will turn off and the privations and die. Their bodies are not Jha Anton Mathlas Bragman galed that he ran down thiorgh Menchuria.
placed in coffins, and taken out through the was a salesman for Stoltesfohi and Hager. He maxl gates, but a small scaffolding is erected by krew Him Shan Loong by name and had done the side of the outer wall from which by the business with bite manager. In March, 1896, he means of ropes and pulleys the body is hola'ed got an order from him for matches and witness
Not over the wall and parsed to the outside
personally conducted the business. In the pre- even the body of a chief examiner or governor iminary strangements for that order a broker. nem Sum Pak Min acted. Witness then gave could be taken out of the main entrance, bat must be taken through 2
hole in the detailed evide, ce of the various transictions, wall made especially for the purpose.
Referring to one of the orders he said defendants Undertakers are
plways kept within the did not take any further delivery in March. He estes, provided with wood so as to make had called upon them to do so but they did not. coffins If necessary for any officer or man
When defendants falled to take deilvery of the derin's son who might die.. Some imen suicides | goods he placed the matter before Mr. Dennys. occur and there am dealt with so if douth had Two letters, wiliten by Mr. Denys to the resulled from natural causes, The attendant defendants, stating that if a settlement was not inffering of these examlsations, the rudeness of arrived at legal proceedings would be taken, the provisions made, the fogneness of the themes were produced. 1: proposed, as well as the ceremonious diguity
treaty with the United States, has been settled,
terday President Pleola” said the clalm of he❘ United States growing out of the arrest of Rim- may, in Ammlern salfor, at Callao last January on the charge of disorderly conduct and bis mobarqrent sentence to a year's impilionment, without such till av was provided for in the
He said alas that the pepleasantccident realt Ing from differences between the Peruvian Foreign Minister and the Biltlik Minister Reeldent, Captain Janer, V.C., over the question of the release of the English or charged with dis order last spring, has been terminated in a man- mer satisfetary to the Peruvian Government and honorable to Great Britain.
ACROSS SIBERIA.
AM INTERESTING INTERVIEW.
Shinghal, September 4th. Mr. W. Davidian, Agent la Siberia for the Baltab and Foreign Bible Sociary, is in town, and when miked by Mercury representative to give an acement of his wan'érings, he readily complied. With his residence in the Uri A Henolala despatch of Jaly azod rayu- Meun atas be ha been accostomed to an annual "The first ler of the pro'imfoury survey for the fear through Siberia, visliing the various B-ftish Australia-Bri-ish Columb'a cable has just been and Foreign Bible Society agencies ander his completed by the British survey steamer Pre-supervision. He is naturally an observant man, RMEN,
which arrived in part bere yesterday. She ran a line from Palmyra Island to a point 100 miles to the southward Honolulo, finding is average depth of ayoo lathoms. After spending three weeks here in receiving general repatre the Frugüfs will return to Palmyra Island and ran the line westward to Sydney,"
WATHINGTO", August rith. A practical application of homeopathic ̈piła- riple of like cur ke is described by Consul German at Zurich, Sælgeland, in a report to the rate Department transmiténg a treatise on sanke blies. In ble! It shows that the bife of polvanous serpents like the våder and rattle- anake is a powerful antidote for the venam of lika snakes.
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“It is extremely healthy any time in the year: The thermometer goes some 30 to 40 dec. (Fahr) below z-90, bát the air is crisp and clear, and the snow like powder, I should Imrtne ti resembles Canada, and that is reputedly healthy and enjyable. In the Urals, where 1. ilve, there is magnificent scenery; rivers, lakes, water-falls ; and fish and game are abundant.
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"Most certainly. The people as very hos- pliable and official harshuces is far móen imagi- nary than real. Anyone out of Sihords cannot fally understand the condiilone The telegraphic communication briwaya Siberia and Rusula is rather bad at present, but recently a deputation of the leading business men of Visdivostock | with which the whole exercises are conducted, lodged a peilinn to the Government in this rea- show more clearly than any other slegle evidence rest, and it will doubtless receive attration the degenera'c conditon, of China and the wret. Everything, no doubt, wil be done in good ebedness of even her best people.-N. C. Datly time i
"How long have you been the Sibellan agent of the B∙lish and Foreign Bible Society ?"
"For eight years The Bible work is growing, and I am grateful to idɗ that the Rasstan clergy esibit us in every possible way, The Blabops give me special letters of recommendation; I and this, with a thorough acquaintance with the hive special faciliferard plvlleges; the Govern language, and the pars ssion of every possiblement carry all, our banks free, and I and my facity for travel affo ded by the Russian colporteurs travel fire. In addition, the Governors of the different, provinces alwayı fiino a crowB Government, enables him to justly claim to be the only English-speaking person with passport to me. I cannot speak too highly ol such an extensive kaowledge of things Siberian. their co-operation." His frorneys hitherto have been confined to th contry well of Like Bilkal and it was only on kis latest tour that be come right through to Vadivasteck, and therce to Shanghai,
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At this point the "Interview closed, as másý cal ers were waiting to see the sturdy traveller from the snowy north,
"Will you tell me, Mr. Davidson,' said the Mercury's mentally", "when you started THE TRiennial exaMINATIONS. On this overland journey ?'".
SHANGHAI, September 4th.
"Censialy," We replied. "I left kasterin. bave, my beadquiriers in the Urals, on May 24.
Au this paper passes into tre hands of our proceeded on new railway track, norned last
raders a stupendous scene is being enacted. DuBois (Pa.) Auzust rath.
year, to Tchel-bin-k, shout veron (134 Eng Abiu 20,000 vodents are being ga hered into Some time ago the Fills Creek Tann-lies) way, thence to Omix, and, arcending the great examins in balls of the varloat pro-
hy various modes of travel, such as by hores, Company regrived the Giest Invites of 100 GOA
vircial capitals to compete or their second hides imported from Chine, The hiden were
steamer, and raft, wached the town of Neniterary degree which would entlils them to be started threes the proof tanning and chinak, slasted on the Amont, and orig anathward here, Vladivostock was reached by s ligner drained teto the creek alace when over a score of cattle have died. It was discovered branch line." that the cattle drink water from the crek, Some of the tannery employer werd suber quratly taken slek and four have died so far. Învestiga- tions showed the blies were infected with authrax bicteria. Only one man who has been affected recovered.
LISBON, August 13th.
It is officially announced heré thâr the Par toguese troops surprised and rooted the rab-1. Hous apolarqueres on Thursday last killing twenty-bree chi-fs and 293 of their following. In addition to wounding, many of the reheft. The Portuguese had two killed and four wounded „All the territory of the rebellious tatbesmen has
been laid waste,
later "LONDON, August 13'h.
A dispatch from Milum says that three spar- chistu wore arrested t-cre this marulog, and that the police seized a number of documents, bombs and explosives, The'd camenis captured by the police, It was further stated, Include letters from eserlo Santo, the assassin of President Carnot, and Pietro Acclaitto, who attempted to inate King Hambert la April fast, ther arrests are expected to follow. - The Itsilan police claim they have conclailva evidenca of the existence, of an international soarchist plot.
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Wiracas, continuleg, ald that four brokers were called to get offers for the matches They wen ld at the highest offer which was $18 50 per care for the 200 Canes Stag" matches and $23.35 for each of the 150 Cares of Brilliant matches. The matches were bought on their own account at the mans. INTELLIGENCE.facturer's price and sold here at their own price, thus miking a bona fide profit but the goods were not received and sold by them on commission,
SUPREME COURT,
IN SUMMARY JURISDICTION, (Before His Lordship Mr. A.G. Win, Putt
Judge.)
September gik,
STOLTERFOHT AND HAGEN 9. HIM SHUN LOONG
Plaintiff senght to recover $icco damages for failure to take delivery of matches ordered by the defendant,
Mt. J. J. Francis, QC. (instructed by Mr. Rowles), aposired for the plaintiffs and Mr. M. W. Stade (instructed by Mr. Locker) for the defendants.
Mr. Francia cald that this was an" acilan by the plain:lfft, who claimed $rooo damages because of the refusal of the defendant's firm to take delivery of and pay for a certain quantity
ol matches which were told to them under contract in March last year. He said the plaintiffs and caled Chije "preferred min equivalent lo -d-fendants were merchants. On 15th„Murch, nur Master of Art. There are all from the b dy 1896, the defendants ordered from the plaintif if lter ry |grotları— statsaf er B.Ą.—who || 400 cases of matches which were to arrive have already passed a preliminary examination hare la Jane, July, August and September, before the ferary C`ancellor of the province called the La Yth. Thorbjetofthis ore Iminary | ex-mination is so weed out all candidates who *re not familiar with proper unige of characters so as to be able to elevate a character when needed for respect, or to refrain from naing characters which occur in the axmes of picrion= Emperors. This preliminary examination is tomstimes uken In te prefectural cily. hat is often delered until the candidate reaches the provincial Capital, where the Literary Chancellor always spends the month preceding the examinations in conducting there preliminary tests, la for own provincial capital of Naoking a larger number of students assemble than in any other provincial caplial,
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the son that the two provinces of Klinga and Anhui, are united, whereas In all other places only the■udents of auc pro- vince sugemale. Thus at the lowest oxiculaiton there are now la Ninking more than 20,000 of these anxious candidates entering the examina Hon bails.
"Evidently you saw much in your travels, much that would be of poble interest, and no doubt could give me particolars of the va
migration scheme_now belog so successfully carried out by the Ravelan Government } "
#Well, yes ; i will try. Daring my step at Tchelabinsk, for instance, I "brained somnim-
ortant emigration stilsides, as this town is the|| key to the northern Immigration in Siberia Encruraged by the Imperial Government, the
team of people leaving Roula and pouring| Into Sherials becoming rapidly larger, and som Ides of the rate of emigration can be gathered when, I tell you that, in 1894, 56,000 pirinas passed the ugh Tchelablosk, whilst two years the number swelled to no less than 230,00%, An1 sot only has the immigration
death lucia-sed,, bin the
but very morially decreased, for in 1891 of the irflox of $6,00 peop's, 1,000 mccombed In the perils, and hardships of travel; bat In 1895, 720 only died put of the greatly increased Bomber of Immigrants, Seven se's of large winter barracks have been erected in the fawn, and five for the summer, each housing on an Grest petparations are made. The Governor" *versga iwm 1,8-0 10 2,000 proping and the of ibli provlace alternates with the Governor of death-rate is lowered silli mare by the work of at Anbul in 'aklog charge of the examinations as medical staff aft-eive, including asulstants--who. Gratral Director. This year it (alls to the lot depot-and elio Sisters of Mercy. I addilan to are also responsible for the unitstion of the erg verner Chao, of Sɑochow, who went more these comiris, contrat in strongly with the Two examiners are sent from Peking who arc thin three weeks ago to assume his duties.
ennditions prevaleal in bygone years, the members of the Hanlis Academy to look Government have supplied an establishment over the papeis and make the award to where soup, beef, bread, etc, is provided to the
successful candidates. Tamse men are sup. A dispatch to the Harald from Havana vialesmigrants free of charge, provision being made noted to travel in sealed chairs hom Key West rays: I have learned on what secusy
for satisfying some 2,000 appetites daily. In Peking end to meet no visitors on the way. No to be the best authority that Captain-General addition to the Government subsily, grants of one erçelves them who they enter the city sad Weyler has rest bis resignation to Madrid, land, building materials, uned grain, and agile they are usually quartered in sometiolated place This report is generally belleved to be trag. cultural implements are sllowed the Immigrants, | ill they enter the hall. Two days before the to that they do not seem to have such a bard studente, enter, a prodesalon is formed from the time of it.
pre'ec oral yamèn and the high officials are Then you think the Rosdan Government carried in state through the streets to enter their sve doing it that can be reasonably ex secred to qresters inside the precincts. Each sits on It is, reported that Weyler has fa’imated a develop the vast and latent resou›che of Siberia chir placed on a plaiform covered with tiger's desire to retain to Spifn at once, using the and at 020 and the some time isising and im skin and curled by mp, exeused to the view death of Canovas an a. pretext. General Azcar-prising the condition of the peasantry?"
of the crowds. The local officials excort the rage, the Minister of War, and Weyler are old "Yes, turely. The balk of there Immigrants.
zocession in their ordinary sedan-chaire, so that enemies.
I may mention, are from Little Raysia, 40 000 the whole presentí a very spectacular effect, such - According to an officialdiapstch from Manila, aland of last year's numbers halling from the as Impressen the Oriental i nd. Philippine islands, a serious revolt and outbreak | Poltava, and 30,000 from the Tcheringoff govern. bave taken place at the military pelson atments. So much for the immlarini But Papomgs. - Is the efforts to restore order-two | Tabour is dear in Siberis, and us an illustration Inight the Director-General sits in the gate, sarı Spanish soldiers were killed and seventy-three || may sale that a commo Chinese coolle labourer Insurgents. Many wits wounded on both sides. receives on an average ninery.ix kopecs a day $ Mexican, whilst a Korean receives go LONDON, August 14th.
kopecs, which is a most lucrative rate of wage for native labourars."
PARIS, August 13h. An Italian ramed Callini was arrested here to-day for violently threatening France and declaring that he intended to imitate Cosailo Santo, the assassin of Pentident Carnot.
NIW Y #K, August 13th, 1
There is no doubt that the rest nation of General Weyler le dea to ika assanalmaiton of Si fər Canovas del Carillo..
MADRID, August 13/h.
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The news of the expected. Alghan intrigaen fu vary terlously regarded hero. The English newspapers published in India had already dis- cussed the possibility of the Ameer's complicity. All to me the increase in their number in It was reported some time ago that he had sent
particularly striving. And I should+lso mention thousands of coples of his book on the Jehad, or
in connection with kit that foreign capital is very religious war, to the Indian native regiments while anonymous letters ppeared in the Indian beavily invested in gold mining and calters! develonment generily, which is belog pursued native press glorifying the Turkish victories and are viour, Belgian and French interests
'Is'am's rising star, and declaring that the Ameer was ready to come, like the being foremost there. Brilib and Gom call the indents have been registered glorious Mahmad Sabakiagia of yora, total lavested, on the other hand, amounts to very rld Indis of the. Chrisilan yoke,” bidding Hule." all the faithful to be prepared, and ametting skat |*- the slots at Chi par were really a plain trial of Mohammedan strength, carefully organized by the highly educated real leaders of the com munky.
THE GREAT RAILWAY.
"Will you se'l ms some bing of the Trans Siberian Railway 7′′
"Cerialaly; I cannot speak too loud in Its praties. The travelling accommodation is ex- While the authority of the Afghan Ameer over ceptionally good, and although I have been the frontier tribox livery work, it must be passenger on most of the best European lines, rem mbered that the Afghan General, Gholamarjay travelling on the Siberian Railway Haldar, commanʻing at Asmer, who was in constant communication with the Mollah, who led the attack on Fort Shobdakar: last Saturday, Is the Amee's chief and most trusted commander, abd;
1. klog tale consideration the symptoms of Sorest near Peshawar since the attack. on Camp Malakand, the Indien Government will be well advised if li makes preparations to meet all eventualities. When the two reserve bri. gades have been concentrated at Rewalofundi the Government forces in the Panjab will be strong enough to make operations possible to any direction throughout the whole extent of the North-west General Blood has two full bilgades In Sust, General Ellis hve a sitating force in the vicinity of Peshawar. A other reserve belgade
exclusive of the Tachi Held forca,
qulie as much as an any other line. Ons very particular advantage to travellers la the fact that the authorities permit of the
Carriage of a much greater amount of luggage than would be allowed on a European train to commercial travellers, this is, of course, a great consideration. From dis-dvantages, however, the system is not free and same inconvenience results from the long distraces separating the stations and, the towns, these being rarely less than two or three hundred miles apart; but that, of coarse,
common to all new railway systems. Another drawback is the long walls at the nations on the run,"
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rounded by his attendants, bikute whom the candidatos past in a file of threar. The name of each candidata is called and the stamped essay paper which he is to use is handed him. This is becoisarily a time of great confusion and usually lasts till after dark before all the students have entered.. It is not uncommon for students to send a servant to answer to their names, take up their paper and carry in their bedding, food and other necessary articles They themselves enter lale in the after
and are thus saved the weariness of standing in the coridors for a whole day. At
ou'siders are excluded, and the doors are sexled Foto allow no communication with the outer world. The chief examiner then gives out the theme, one character at a time to the printers, who cat item on separate wooden blocks. These are then brought together and arranged In their places so as to form connected meaning, when they are given to the printer to be struck One copy is farnished to each student. through the pr clor who has charge of one row of stalls, and the students are then ready to Commence their work.
1894; defendant agreed to take delivery of such goods end to pay for them at the rate of $74.50 per case. Defendant also ordered from the plaintiffs another 100 cases of matches And faither agreed to take delivery of them within two months at the rate of $30 5o per case. The defendant took delivery and paid for 150 cases of the 200 cases only ths were token delivery of and in November, 1896, plata!! agreed to extend the ilme, of delivery and defendant agreed to take delivery of the 365 cises on or before March, 1897. The defendant had not taken delivery of the goods and pliiptiffs last $129175 by it. The plaintiff In their petition played that the defendant might be ordered to pay to them $1000 as dum=ges. Counsel read the answer of defendant to the fa which the various allegarions were
Petition denied, and it was advanced that
Cerialo of the gonde were taken delivery of by mistake and that others were not of the descrip- Hon ordered. The answer. Counsel said, was walthy of one of the old-fashioned special "plenderrandwas one which he never expected to ses in Court. The facts of the case were very simple. Defendants on March 414, 1896, orderan from platatiff cases of matches which were ta arrive here to Jase, July, Augun and Suptember, Plalatiffs had been in the habit of getting matches for defendant, acme with the boog's name and others withost. In this instance it wis a mere order and If the goods did not arrive ibere waI DO contract. The notes handed in were mere memo- rande between the parties, and counsel then read an indentdated March 13th in which the defend- sat såld be had ordered and agreed to take delivery of the matches on arrival and to pay carb for them parcel, by parcel. I a parcel did not arrive on time there wAS NO CON tract.
Should a dispute aris: two Europeao merchants, one appointed by either side, were to survey the goods, and if they could not agree as to the allowance (if any) that was to be made third person was to be called in by them to de
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Sum Pak Min, benker, aald in March last year he arranged the sale of 200 cases of matches between the plaintiffs and defendants.
The case for the plaintiffs was finished and the defence called no witnesias,
Mr. Francis addressed the Coust on behalf of the plaintiffs. He contended that the two docu. ments were not a contract but more orders and the second one was a copy of an onder made for the defendant by another person. His Lordship was bound to assume that if his learned filand' cilent could prove by himself or other persons that the goods were not taken delivery of because they were not according to the co tract, he had not ca le any evi ́ence. No objection bat teen taken to any different in the goods on the contract and the objection as taken fer this sull was commenced. He asked for judgment for the paintiff for $1000 with loterest and
cais.
Mr. S'ade's plats were that there was no con- tract between the parles and. If there was the defindant was only bound to take delivery of the second lat of 200 essen.
His Lo:dship reserved judgment.
COMMERCIAL NEWS.
HONGKONG SHARE MARKET.
In their Freight Circular issued to-day, Messra Lamke and Rogge report as follows:-
A fair amount of chailesing has been done during the past fortnight, but business has been of a romewhat miscellaneous character, there being an steady demand for any particular trade And rates of freight in all directions are silii leaving much to te desired.
STEAM-FREIGHTS: A slight demand was existing early. In the fertnight from Selgon to this part, enda siesme succeeded in obilning a somewhat better rate thas paid for some time pas, viz. about tej cents per ples), but after fuitless attempts to procure more tonargs en that basis, the inquiry suddenly died out again. and, whist writing, the former dullness and inactivity “are tagala prevalent.--There has likewise been no demand from Saigon to other ports, sat a'el for JATA, Singapore, Philippines and Japan ere qalte nominal. four parts N. C. Java to this, the charter of a largo carrier to reported at the rate of 16 centu per pical; mora torpage may be wanted for October loading. From Bangkok to this port, no revival of business bes taken place, but the demand for a small steamer for Sí-gapore, exlat- ing for some time, bus at last been filed by the Frogner, fixed for two voyages at 15/20 cents per picol, after completion of which the steamer ly chartered homewards with timber from Bangkok
£2400. Nothing has been done from New chwang to either Amoy, Swatow or Canton as far an outside steamers ard concerned. It le to bojed, -kowever, that the re-opening of the market for the new cropy' produce will give a freak impulse to chartering, and as pulse, etc., promises to be abundant and cheap, we may see fly good rates by the end of the month, Regarding coal freights.rom Japso, we cared go cents per ton la last fese and since then wo Steamers bave actually been fixed at that ridica lously low rate. The superabandance of -annige in the North, which ie la some measure answer able for this miserable state of affaire accms, however, to be at an end at last and already better rates are qustad Moji to this, wi
too. From Olaro or Mororan to this $1.70 per ton offering and, after a seitlément Joe Singaporn at $2 per ton, an advance of 25 cents per ton is obtainabis now. A comparailvely fair business has been transacted from Hongay to this and other ports, and the rates paid compare rather with those from Japan ports, favorably Two frens charters are on record from Hollo and Cebu respectively for Japan at ay cents per picui, which is fair business ander existing clrcom starces. On monibly terms, we have to report four fresh settlements, but the rales Co verted into sterllog at present Exchange are so Jow that
they can barely cover running expenses.
SAIL FRE OBTS:-For New York, the Landseer
30. In connection with one ladent, plaintiffs cabled to Europe to learn whether the order lon could be carried out, and on getting the oplolon that it could the matter was finally settled. Then the broker negotiating the affair came back and told them that the Chinese hong's arme bad been omitted. The order
sent home for 400 cases of SLID was then
the bang's
That matches, with wrived here la des time and proper matice was given to defendust, who took delivery of 150 CARE I GO CRIen were taken on Sept. 5th and 100 00. November 2nd, 1896. Referring to the docements in connection with this transaction, bounsel said the fudent was quite independent of any document signed by defendan! | 400 €4181 of matches hid bosu ordered t cestalp price and it was a separate and distinct agree. them as they arrived, parcel by parcel, in ment that defendant should take delivery at their respective months and pay for them at the price mentioned. It was zu absolutely.com. plete contiaci and on arrival of the goods the defendant was duly.... notified. There was no
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NOTANDA.
CALENDAR.
SEPTIMBER,
Bdateorological means bazed om ten years....
"observations iɔ 1893. Barometer.......................................29.818
Thermometer 89.
Humidity............................77
Raffall 8.58
TI-DAY.
WEATHER RIPORT.
Onda Odaba 43
101.12.
1985. 81
Barometer................. 29.90 Thermometer Humidity, Rainfall
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87
TO-DAY.
Thunday, 9th September, 1897. Chinese-1314 of 8th moon of 23rd year af
Kwong-st Tawisk-19IA Hlul, 5657. Mohammedan-11ik Rabia 17, 1318.
San-Rise).......
avstanie Skr. 56 mtu. Salt, Chr. 8 High water-Marking Th. Somin
Afternoon sa Bhr, 17min. Low water-Morning Ir. Imbu Afternoon "... 2år, 89mka. ANNIVERSARIES, 1859-Sir Hercule » Robinson assumed the Gov-
ernment of Hangkang. 1860-Victor Emmanuel proclaimed King of
Italy, 1981-Millay revolt at Cairo. 1895-The 11. Toka Mars foundered off Jan-
posas 60 lives lost,
TO-MORROW.
Fridy, reth September, 1897," Chinese 16 of 8th moon of 23rd year of
Kworg-1. Jewish-15th Elul, 6657. Mohammedan-191k Radia II, 1918.
Són Riss
Set
Bār. 46 min. ............ 8kr. 7min. » High water-Morning on 8ħri Esmalta Afternoon visse 9kr. 25min. Low water-Morning Thr. 58min.
Afternoon sa SAP. Imtis. ANNIVERSARIES.
1391-Tea firat Imported lato England. 1983-Riot lo Canton; much property destroyed
on Shameau. 1884-Typhoon in Hongkong
dilen short.
13: Taliang 1887-The British gunboat Ward loft `Singa- pare for Hongkong and was 100 mo
more.
SHARE MARKET.
LATEST QUOTATIONS.
Hoogkong & Shanghai Bank, 169 per cent, prem. National Bank, $19; Unions, $145 1 blaa Traders, $79; Yangiazev, $158 ; Chium Fires, $tot; Indo-Chinus 847; China Mutuale, £71 (Ord.) £6_10s, and £2 5%. od 1- China bugars, 1138; Luzia Sugars, $47; PorJams, 85 25 (Pre) $250; Balınaral». (Prel.) $1.70: Raubs, 318; Ollvers, (6) $74 + Investmant Ca | $75; Electric, 10-fees, $1131 -Cotton-und- Spinning Co. $18; Lacu-kung-mows, Thi x6; Soy Chees, Tl, 575-
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SHIPPING AND MAIL NEWS.
MAILS DUS:
Indian (Sufsang) to-morrow, French (Sydney) with lost. Australlin (Yamashiro Maru) xyth lost, Australian (Guthrie) and Inst. Canadian (Rmpress of Fapan] 15th inst. Engllab (Mirzadors) soth inst. American (Peru) zand last, German (Presien) 23rd lost. French (Caladoxfer) 28th last. Americas (Copile) ist prox. English (Thames) 5th prox. Canadian (Empress of China) 6th prox. German (Sachten) 21st prox......
THE Imperial German Mail liner Prius Hein- rich: lest Shanghai vía Foochow yesterday, and may be expected here on or about Monday the 13th inst...
THE Ocean Steamship' Co.'s steamer Toncor from Liverpool, left Slogapore, for this port this morning, and may be expected here on or about the 14th inst.
THE CRoadian Pacific Railway Cos_sitamer Empress of India mitived at Koba at 8 sa p.m. on the 75, and left again at noon on the 8th Inst, for Yokohama, where she is expected te arrive at noon to-day,
THE Canadian Pacific Railway Co's staans Empress of Fapan anived at Nagaiaki at 5 mANGE. to-day, and will leave the same day at 4 p.m. for Shanghal, where she is due to anive at
sam, on Saturday the rith inst.
SHIPPING RETURIES, From & pm. yesterday to & pom, today,
ARRIVALS.
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has alled and the Lucy A Nickell is fully en- gaged, the latter to be followed by the Drumelian recently chartered at Shanghai to load there and Rostia...steamer, for Europe at this port at last quoted rates. The demand Machew......... for further tonnage has became rather prossing | Zadro of late but is exceedingly difficult to mech, as Talchsong 2009. American owners in many cases have preferred Formosa... to send their ships to the Philipplaes, whlist all | Namyong menun the steel and Iron vessels out East have been | Kixiktu Maru
Pilyang...... ordered to the West Coast where rater have advanced considerably. The Abner Coburn | Lokiang......................................... has been taken up, bat at a much higher sato | Crown of Arvogon, than shippers had anticipated, and unless intend- fag charterers can see their way to meet owners' Ideas, farther business may become quite im praci cablo. Sieumer rates remain, however, very low, viz: 15 to 17/63, per ton and it may come to pain that a great portion of the cargo wil go forward that way.
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Aggregating, 13,350 taus register,
HONGKONG AND WHAMPOA-DOCK-RITERIA, City of Rio mami in. Kowloon Dock, Patte Feik0' ma....................... Compania de Filipinas » Nanyang umaamuna
protest, complaint or obj-cilon regarding this order until the case had passed into the hands of the special pleader, and delivery was taken of 150 cases. They were required for the noribor market, Tisntain and Cheloo, and as defendant was unable to take them all up till the end of the year, he asked that they might be allow. ed to sland over till March, of this year, when navigation would be open, Plaintiffs agreed to We have spoken of the place where the let the delivery stand over illl Match, 1897, in examinations are held as a ball, but really it is consideration of defondant paylag them $1000. morbing more than a large number of sows of This possessed the elements of a contract, as plaintiffs could have compelled defendant stalls, such as those in which animals are ex hibfied in Western lands Each row is about to take delivery. It was not necessary that ten feet wide and contains forty or fifty stall such an agreement should take the form
of
· contract and it did not requite any averaging Sve feet in width. It is only covered
consideration to authorise plaintifs to any patilally with a roof so that in time of kat ran.
It was & con- shise or heavy raton the students suffer untold they would extend the time. miseries. The stail is furnished with a few rough certion and not a new contract. The second boards which serve as a table and a rude bench, contract was fixed on March 13th, 1895. The Here the student must spend three periods of order given was for 300 cases of marcher st thirty-six tours each, so that he is obliged to $30.50 per case, delivery to be in June, July and The present lloe for passenger traffic in CATLY with him his bedding and food. He can August. Plaintiffs cabled to the manufacturers
only curl-himasif on in bis patch date at only supply 200 casos in August and September. Ir the sufferers from Consumpilon, Scrofula and Duguascin
ble narrow quarters on in Rurope and were informed that they could La 633 English matles west of Irkutsk. Then one the damp brick floor or
Defendant agreed to amend the order accord- General Debility will try Scott's Emulsion of taken harves for Tchia, 954 miles crossing Lake small table. He carries some charcoal or a
Pore C:6 Liver Oil with Hypophosphites, they Baikal, and here I got & passige by raft to sphalt lamp with his with which he steeps his ingly. Counsel submitted that this was not cas
will find immediate relief and a permanent Sustinck, where a large fleet of
Acet of well-appolated tea and cooks his food, of which must be done act at all, and the order and counterfoi did atasmert run to
formerly
supposed to be farsished ready for was executed and the goods brought out in countries of the world universally decisies it a Bir sasa bad led, a very quiet Efe and many of Khábitovks, now & most importent strategio / M himself, For although food and water not consiliofe a contract. When the order benefit. The MedicalProfession in the various Sep. 8 Talles his neighbours did not know that he had invented town, and connected with Vladivostock by rail. ure, they are pavar ́fil..........10__b__1 mind and accordance with it, the defendant was bound by remedy of the greatest value, and as it is very the manich, Hozevur talked about it himsel 199 What is the stenary like an route 3 would it | are related even by the poorest. The it. Plaintiffs were not bound by anything until palatable it can be readily taken by the most and, WAR KİWAYS VATS modest in mil that he did be attractive to towists, do you think 1a - sway of mandarladom is noon in the fact that the goods arrived and they had notifed, defend sensitive stomach, and will never fall to give
well, Abs scenary through which the railway separate quarters are provided for the sons of ant. If the 300 cases had arrived in the months relief and constant to the saficeer Any Chemist Sep. rins is very vitische From Eksturinburg, in the officials, who hold substanties rank of the third named plaintiffs could not dispose of them as can supply it. Bole Agents for Hongkong and Cooper, of the muster Colrzèr, ans - Urals, so the amigrant town of Tehalabinsk, the or higher class. They kro 'la préyar houses, they pleased anti?-
fairly saisono cu any diffdesnor ! wongen| Adus, low panst thorugh: magnitown) mounisia | asek candidate having iww rani_rewar in No question consent to defendant, the Empire of Chias Watkins & Co, Mong
is between Mardan and Rawalpiedi, and this is opened, from the west, as far at Kansk, which
Siktelse Hakem, szed go, the laventor of the lucifer mailed at his home at Oikworth House, Key, to-day. For long Masa paat
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The French barque Dugueselim has been ordered to Portland.
COASTWISE -Two chasters are reported from Rajat g to this.
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