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Indricton Duncan was about to overhaul a | Two widowa were to-day charged at the Magli
frult hawker's weighinst Kowloon yesterday and the fallow threw them into a cactus bush, To day he was fined $15 or six weeks.
P.C. MCHARDY to-day presented seven cholce looking rogues and vagabonds to His Worship. Two were sentenced to twenty-eight days "hard" and the others to foncioen days,,
A SWEDISH Rilor for being drink and disorderly
An Austrian named Bracht got on a spree yesterday and amused himself chasing Chlocze
brick. He violently resisted the Indian constable who arrested him and was to-day sent to praon for twenty-eight days.
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tracy, one, with miawially bringing a girl into the colony and the other with attempting to sell tho glil Into prostitution. The victim said that she went from Nambol to Canton to see the dragon boats and in the crowd she lost her friends. Then the first defendant mat ber and told her she would see a much better show in Hongkong. The woman paid the girl's pastage down and on arrival here the second defendant tried to sell her for $150. The first defendant was sentenced to twelve months' hard labour and the second to six months. Inspector Most proterated.
THE
WAR.
LATEST FROM MANILA.
COUNTRY FLOODED.
OPERATIONS DELAYED.
The water supply of Manila bas, been cut off by the rebels but it will have no immediate effect as the heavy rains have glyon water to the city to last some days. Skirmishes between the rebels and
the Spaniards are of daily
Because & min in Madeld and a min fa Washington allow themselves to disagree, therefore a gulleless, good-natured plaaghbor from Malega is sent away from his work, into a far-off land inhabited by black heathens, who chop him in two, because be bas never been taught how to kill them first, but innocently. tried to do so.
The Edila wrived from Manila last night, having left port on Monday, 4th fast. Thers small town six or seven miles from Manlis, and We had to leave our carriage at Las Piñas, a
had been coatlonous benvy rainfall which has thence made our way nearly two miles farther, flooded the country for many miles thereby de-mail pariles of soldiers to be seen every two.or to the bridge over the Zapote viver. There were at the Sallors' Home-was to-day sentenced to
laying operations on the part of the American three hundred yards; hera a detachment tramp. twenty-eight days' h. 1. and for assaulting P.C.
troops. The Spanish in the city still have ing out to the trenches, there a detachment J. McDonald he wis fined $; or fourteen days.
hope of Adastral Camera's Squadron coming to returning from duty to make rasm for fresh (la vellet and a notice is posted in the Club gir man, hall asleep on the mud, woarily waiting for men 1 have a french, with fifty or a hundred A CHINAMAN charged with stealing a pale of
ing a list of the vessels that are coming out in something to happen there, a crowd sitting thon was to-day sent in to do Government Tax advantages of reluae from Langkat petro- which, la addition to the ships that have passed under the shade of a tea or a native but, and labour for fourteen days. The theft of a jacket | feum, as a substitute for coal in Netherlands In the Canal, is included the Viscaya and other buying bananas or mangees or small cakes from maent twenty-eight days of the same service for | dia, now draw increasing attention. The Royal craters destroyed by Admiral Sampson at
a native hawker. Evdiy Biile bildgo.over a compatriat.
Packet Navigation Company has made loquiries Santiago !
rivalet had a small guard of soldios, tá many Into the subject, and one of their steamera, the
cases sleeplog under hedges, in oiber placer provided with bundles of straw under which they Brouwer, has already been sited up to born
could creep as thels only shelter. In the vllinger this kind of fuel experimentally. It is expected
they had miserable existence, amid the first they did not fire so badly, but aut at ibe front that the company will it up all his steamers in
farlaus deluges of the Philippine rainy season. the same way, ere long. This utilisation of pe
A clump of bamboo te a pretty feature in a land- troleum refuse appears to have a bright future
scars, but a pour shelter fu a tropical thunder- before it, in these days of doar coal and dearer
It is reported that Admiral Dewey will be storm-bardly more sheker than to many fiah. wood. Langkat all refuse has also been success-laactive all General Merritt arrives la about log-rods sticking upright fato the ground, You tsland of Madura. Should further experiments, mishes the tabels are practically inactive. The warm but you cragch in a bit of a ditch for alr may think, as is oken said, that a tropical fully tried as fuel on a steam tramway in the three weeks' time. With the exception of skirshower does no kaim, because the climate is so now being carried on, answer expectations, the Spaniards have threatened to impose the penalty hours, or twelve, holding up a heavy tile out of Dell Rallway Company will, lo all likelihood, of $1,000 on anyone who raises the price of food."
|the water, while a healthy eble-basted typhoon adopt the new fuel on its lines,
run its course around you a zo-loch cafufall la The Spaniards are confident that Admiral one day and a cold, fierce wind to drive tha Camara's Fleet will soon arrive and annihilate same home to your marrow-bɔnes, while any the Americani.
minute & little austen sariga may crawl through the scrub and heck your heed off, and the com missariat department has forgotten to send you Anything to eat since you left your comfortable barracks, which you never really thought com. now? It is truly gicrious to fight for ane's king fortable before-wouldn't you like to be in them
and country, but it has ita disadvantages.
A CHINAMAN who indulged in disorderly con- duct in house in Hollywood Road and broke andry articles of furniture was to-day fined $7 or twenty-eight days and ho has to pay the ouseholder $3 a compensation or "go in " for
an additional three days,
On secount of the extensive orders it has given to ship-ballders, the Rogalen Government is in want of teak-wood, and the vessels of the Eest Asiatic Company will, rays the Slam Free Press, blog cargses of that word to St. Petersborgh from Slam for many months to come.
Tax Stam Observar complains that Bangkok iv filed with spacious monay, ema badly manu. factored, but the greater portion of such a plan sible exterior that it must have been turned out la tome fir-class Enropeso workshop. It is aid that the Slamone currency is in a tearfully disorganised condition.
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THE REBELLION IN KWANGSI.
WUCHOW THREATINXD,
(From our own Correspondent.)
CANTON, July 7ik.
Just wired you that the British Consal and the Commissioner of Customs at Wuchow have
telegraphed for guebonts owing to the advance of the rebel army from Pakpakhalen. The Com missioner at the post has, I believe, despatched a small Chinese revenue cruiser, the only vessel at his disposal, to Wuchow and it is probable that the British Consul at this post has trans- mlited the request from his subordinate at Wa chow to Hongkong.
On the 28th ulto, the steamship Lightning landed 400 Chinery at the quarantine station at A. S. WATSON & CO., LD, broken out on bized. The vessel also powered Tweed will not be despatched on this It is to be hoped that the sacient low- Singapore, la consequence of a cus of plague
canted a detachment of the Hongkong Regi-argent mission to Wachow, for the current in ment, on their way to India. The men are being the upper part of the river is pretty strong (7 | kept on board under thale owa guard.
and it is almost certain that she could not get through the Shalblog Gorge eran if she The Band of the K. O, L. Regiment, will play could get up so faz, which is very doubtful. If the following programma at the Officers' Mess this evening, commencing at 8 o'clock —–—
there is not a swift, fall-powered gunbost avail- able then the best thing to be done is to make are Overtere..... Enchantresse.
..Maria of one or two of the torpedo-boats that have Felection La Füße Du Regiment............ Depled Vale
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of very light draught and ally mano vred they could dodge about the West River and up the Fu-ho, at the back of Wathow, In a manner that would astonish the natives and probably upset their esiculations.
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THE Governor of Celebes has returned from a visit to Bima in. the foland of Sumbawa, where a burricane recently saged. It win ascertained that over onethousand persent puished on that accasion. Many were drawnel at sea or were carried away by fnoda, Great numbers lost | thele lives through enrikslips or were burled
under marges of rock löorened by valustorms, SINGAPORE gets the blame for flooding Java with false coin. Beside the so-called "Lombok" and "Singapore" dollars, there are now false gulders in circulation, probablyꞌmade in Singa- pore. They are new, carry the young Queen's Image, and are not easy to distinguish from good
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THX case of alleg·d abduction at Bangkok bas developed farther. D'Silva, who is charged with the abduction of Miss O'Donoghue, brought up the girl's guardian, in the British Consular Court there on the 320d alto co a charge of firing at one of the complainant's servante. After evi- dence had been beard, the trial of the case was fixed for the 21st july,
THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR.
LONDON, July 6th, The Timur of India, in commenting on the Admiral Camaras' big ablps have entered the Straits Indian Immigration question, points out Suez Canal, but the torpedo gun hosts are re-that the system of recruiting is one of the most torclog to Spate,
The Spanish Cabinet has decided to continue the war at all coujo as long is Spanish soldiers remain in Caba
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slow evils that has to be conlanded with. The selection of a responsible officer would materially check the exploitation of the coolle, and the bleeding of the planter by ficoused recruiters. The practice of the Government of Galana, which keeps a special emigration agent at Calcutta, might, in the opinion of that journal, be loftated with advantage by the Singapore
Authorities.
THE British steamer Howick Hall, which ar eived at Colombo, the other day from home, | had to report the loss of her thlid officer on the way out under unusual circumstances," The officer, Mr. Francis Barnes, hed 'berez been on
steamer. He was frequently seen forking over thejilern,rill, and a few days before mak- fng Colombo, when tho sex was very rou,b, he war repa by another officer peerlog over the stein. Later on he was missing. The vessel was turned round and boats were launched, but though much jima was spent in looking for him no izace conid hé lɔund.
THE Datch successes in Pedit require, it is found, to be followed up vigorously to have do chire results. The Achinese, aware of their leability to withstand the Dutch forces in the field, fall back fate the mountains and avoid a goseral scles. They gave battle only once, and paid for it with the loss of seventy-one kill.
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It is reported that Wackow is threatened by the rebels, who have demanded the surrender of the city. The garrison at Wuchow is very weak and the troops can borst more of their feats of akili in shooting with bows and sırows then with more serviceable modern weapon. If they are sunt against the rebols to check their advance they will be masasciad, and if they attempt to bold the city there will be terrible bloadshed. Not only will the garrison by exterminated bat the city is pretty sure to be looted and burat, do not yet know, but the clination must be very What the exact state affairs is at Wechow critical otherwise the Commissioner of Casioms and British Consal would not have wired for
Occurrence.
CAMARA'S RELIEF SQUADRON.
ARRIVAL AT SUIZ
Last night Consul General Wildman received the following telegram from Mr. Waits, Acting U. S. Contul-Ceneral at Calro :-
"Torpado boats Andos, Prosperina, and
And suppose the king is not yours at all ;
Azabo started return Spito. Balance fleet suppose you are fighileg under the orders of an attired Succ.
THE DEFENCE OF MANILA.
TERRIBLE TIMES IN THE TRENCHES
(From our own Correspondent.)
On the day before the rebels rushed the pas sage of the River Zspate, I went round the Spanish culposts in that district, in company with a friend who has lived long in the Philip pines and thoroughly.
knows the Spanish language We drove out in one of the ordinary carruajes or hack catrlages, along the road which rana nar the shore of the bay. southward, in the direction of Cavite, where the rebels then bad their bead-quarters.
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I will show the sequel presently, Meantim”, we got nose the Zipoté River, the limit of Spanish territory at that time. The river is larked at distance of about hall's alle from
allen whom you hate, who will shoat you nolcas you undertake to fight for him. Suppose you are browa Malay Jangle-wallab, of somewhat limited reasoning power and know. ledge of the world, but you know this is your birthplace, suppose you know the house and lad which belonged to your lovelethers belong now tothe Holy Filzim of the foreign sace, and you know Your father was that by your officer would not take the trouble to make sure; because the officer suspected some offence and suppose you know that you also will be shot if ye are even remotely suspected of disaffection, and you are expicing every minute to see a kill your own officer and exterminate bis brother | mighty army of your own brothers coming to silens-well, what would you do? All along the way we came from Maalia to Zipole, we saw only about one Spanlard to every hundred naliva soldiers; in one bend of the ford we came acrose is an extremely euphemisile name for it, a mere
a ducky Apollo muscolar and well-prapot- caurtery tile, though we felt discourteous indeed tinned, trudging forward burniest with a side on about the miseries we suffered through the rough his aboulder, and we asked klagly, palating to ness of the trick. For se obalecle race or abis Spanlik uniform, whether he was a Spanlard, steeplechase it would be all righ'; but the poor No, he said, he was an Indian. (Ther are wil ponies in the Palitop'nes are to be pitied, and called Indios by the Spaniards) Then, wa the Road Subcommittee of the County Council, asked, what would he do when the Indless Cam or whoever is responsible, ought to be prosecuted and killed all the Spaniards 7 He grinned all tomping and fatting made our progress hardly for cruelty to animals, including human. The over bir free, and sald, as near as Philipplas Spanish can render it," well, mislar, what do quicker than three miles an hour; the larching you think?" and plunging would make a poor saller seasick and both forms of torture banged half the life ost of us, and threatened to wreck the carriage. I bera a reep ready about as bad in the remote regions of Inland Chlar; but not many, fairly ordinary pastoral kind, preily, bat nat The country through which we passed is of a remarkable for anything Largo_lilages and small hamlets of nipa (palm leaf), buts, are plentiful, and between them there are broad, level stretches of fine fertile rice-fields, all hinged with trees, and here and there a patch of swampy woodland. It is all practically delta || If the rebels do not advance further down than and rich alluvial mad brought down from the bills by countless litle streamir, serpentine and Wachow-at which piece they can easily procure sluggish as they near the coast. The tropical
large number of boats to transport troops down stream-fboo It may be taken for granted at this time of the year combire to make the
sun, moist atmosphere, and frequent heavy rslar | that they will devote their efforts to reducing silfuzulant vegetation put on its brightest bues; the cities in Kwangel and Younan, but should and with an abundance of fragrant flowers, they start down river then they will last every city brilliant batterfiles, beetles, and blids busy as they come along and the few troops now lo Canton will have to be sent up river to attackmong them, mere fadastrious than the dusky, them somewhere near Samihui. It is probable, pasy-going natives. It seems a delightful dream
land of peace and happiness, however, that all they want is to get as much treasure as possible from Wachow (where there are four alive banks besides a good deal of treasure in the Profect's coffers) before proceed Wachow is situated at the western end of Jag farther with the campaign in Kwangi Kwangel close to be hontier of Kwangtung The nearest city of importance, in Kwangtung, Dosing, alter which the little American stem- mer trading between Hongkong and, Wuchow is named.
Rumour belt that the axelly to be bestiged Rfier the fall of Wuchow is Kweilla.
The Black Flag Chief is still here with his army. If the rebels press on through Kwangtung after taking Wachew and ultimately threaten Capton it will be rather a serious matter should the Black Flag go over to the rebels, for then this historical city would at once fall into the hands of the retels, provided one or mors of the foreign Powers filled to come to the rescue.
assistance.
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the bay, and the road-crosses twa bridges, 420* or 500 yards apart, with a liule viilige between. The farther bridge was held by the rebels, and the one nearer Manila by the Spanbh or rather by "! loyal " natives under Spanish officers. The vilinge balwees was debatable ground just then.. The river banks are wooded, not very thickly. and we could see entrenchments along the patareide for some distance up and down, for the Zapote is only as to go feet wide and shallow enough to wade. On tha bildge, which thes several feet above the land on each side to svold camp-bundles of saw piled like sheaves, of doods, some of the soldiers had plicked thele corn, scarcely sheltering the men beneath them. The Spanish officer would not let us go across, so we stayed to talk and look round. Notkleg was golae on. A small body of Spanish artillery had gone up-country to cross the
lver and flank the assmy's position; Leaving the streets of the town, pitiing then the a trusty natives, volunteers sil, woold through the pleasant vills of Ermita and advance, and drive the enemy back on Carite. salate, we saw it every possible point on the Ho aroured us they were as fatihful as our own reashore long less of sand big breastworks, Sikhs, and as good soldiers, not to be rasicbed facing seaward and Inland, trenches dog against European troops of course, but excellent three hundred yards along the road, ready would do so goed. We talked lible with same st convenient distances, say every two, or sgalas! their own ser?,” We did not argue ; it
to be occupied by riflemen from Manila, and to of the natives: one, an under-fficer, was A be attacked by riflemen from Cirke, infent en remarkably fine type, well set up, bright, with slaughter. It appears incongruous, bideously firm, resolute bearing and fecisive manner of appropriate; bare, uninviting hillside crags sparking, a most soldierly sort allogether,
mountain paries, fierce buroling sandy Loyal to the core, oh yes. but a beau lial paradise like this stalling, sanay Sabarar, are more fitting scenes of savagery, Just a we were endeavourlog to convince garden of Nature, no. Let armies, like duellists draw his veto and let us go forward, a fle-shot the Spanish officer that he really ought to with or pugilists or vivisectionists, take their bloody rang out among the trees on the far side of business to some place where it will hurt nobody | the diver. All the men on the bridge turned but themselves, and let them decide all their promptly and fired lo'o the woods. crouching by disputes in some appointed p'ace far from the the parapet to reload. The men at the trenches haunts of men. Somebody ought to estabilsk quaited down, with their rifi:s, resting on the society for the utilisation of unreclaimable breast works, and Bred into the weeds. Bullets desesta my international-murdering-grounds to | came in reply, whistling far overhead at first, 1vold obstracting traffic.
then spattering abant sight on the spot. Two or three minutes of this, and then all was quiet agalo, I thought at the first moment that the rebels were going to rush the poultion, but they did not, It was only trifle, felat perhaps, As far as I knew, nobody was bit. The exclles ment subsided as quickly as it had arlson, and we went away to see some other outpost.
It must have been.slmost as soon as our backs were inrned, or at any rate within the next three or four hours, that the native troeps went over in a body to irttoralie with their kladred, and the Zipate poslilogs were handed over to the rebels without Gght. Some of hele Spanish officire were killed į perkapa all, I cannot ascertain, Felipe Buencamino, a pre, minent native who sided with Spain states that bly son and his cousin were at the Zapate river
• Not that I blame these Spaniards for fighting when the natives renounced their allegiance | la defence of their flag and country ; nor do i and he says his two kinsmen were seriously blame the Americans, nor anybody else, for wounded in trying to stop the serpit, and were honestly carrying out what they sincerely belleve taken to Cavite, as prisoners, It appears that bscillus seems to get foto the blood of sallons the Zepote. is be their duty. Soran sort of balligérant- there were about a thousand native soldiers at and they develop homicidal mania in a whole
At each village we saw, among the dimry matabeds of the peasarter, one high massive (From our own Correspondent)
stone wall exclosing the convent grounds; sed June 19th. wherever the convent itself was not hidden among trees, we saw that It was corespond. yesterday morning, and others are to follow. Ingly_massive. So are the village churches. That maskesal daaths altogether. And others.But there was no soft, sweet Angelos bell ring are wishing themselves dead. Ose poor led of fog a silvery song of peace and plely and lave ; 15 or so has I hear been cruelly tortured and there were soldier "overywhere, and the stately, refuses to confer that be was there. There edifices of the Christian faith were ports brist. is considerable feeling amongst the people|ling with exenon. Breastworks of sand bags against the prefact on account of his harsh. -backed the church yard walls; bayonets gilt De to this youth and others. The tender tered faride the gateways. The fast pagen it is too ghastly to hear of the testerer employed mercier of the” heathen Chinese are devilish, ¦ Emperor of Rome, I think it was-Jullân The Apraialem Hooks a historic and prophetic truth in this weary country; almost rivalling the boy which be little realized, what be snerted. "Bee form of the Spanish faqalalifon for, which that how these Christians love one another." country is paying the debt to-day and will have mora to pay yet.
ARRIVAL OF RICE.
THE CONBUL KOMOURID.
The Cheklang Admiral's ship the Ch'ou ed. Since then, they have conßand themselves arrived last work, without the machine guns to skitmishing, and to barastieg the Dutch, but with something really more slot quellog, Many chiefs and more people make a show of 3,500 picule of rice. So the gunboat and the submitting; but their well-known treacherous ice did anive together aller all, as we pro
phesied ; though earlier than and in somewhat character justifies the Inference that they will different fashion kont the way we prophesied. | resume hostilitter, the moment an opportunity offers. These unsatisfactory results arouse dis- appointment in Java. It is felt that the money spent, and the trouble undergone in connection: with tho Pedir expedition have not yielded ade Tas plaeapple preserving industry in Singaporequate returns. The Governor al Achenn is of is on the ingresso. A now manufactory fuls contemplation on a site in Serangoon Road,
that opinion, says the Locomotier, and intends to push the enemy hard in the mountains. The TH-Sultan of Koetel has a splendid diadem is Sourabaya Courant posts out that Fedir will process of manufacture by Van Arcken & Co. for have to be held down by strong gartisans will presentation to the young Queen of Holland at the war party can no longer keep together. This tes || ker eurónation,
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The very next day, rebel troops swooped down
falo way. · Probably the mice, cockroaches, and | from the hills on the various positions xiong the other non-combatant fraternition regard' ít ́us R const road, and mil tha malívé troops joined the wise provision of Nainre, that these deadly rebels. In a few hours, the Spanish were driven epidemics reduce the numbers of those hateful all the way back into town, almost without vermin, men. But the wrong men die. The firing a shot, for their native troops had Though somewhat lato in the day we think its | pollical leader, the Jingefst, the uncomellistory | given away every strategicel position, right op duty to chronicle a presentation made some little | diplomat who piates, of 'national honour-this to the fort at Maiale, which is practically a part Ume ago to un esteemed. Consul, Mr. Ayrton. It | man lives ; his victim, the simpin peasant-lad, of the town of Manila ; the tramway runs there, was made by the native Iron-dealers of Wenchow is murdered for reasons of Stats, and the widow and streets and houses form an uninterrupted restating illegal and oppressive likis, which denounce the criminit. Here, passing through of the Lansin, which is about a mile and a quars In acknowledgmanı of Mr. Ayrton's "ald · In and orphan monro, sod starve, unable even to succession right up to the fashionable promenade the powers that were thought they could squeeze the pretty village of Maliber, was sizetcher far away. The news that the rebels had so with impunity. Mr. Ayzion in the Interests of borne by two soldiers, carrylos a
́n ́thlid, whose bear an Malain, all the way from Zapote, la ona foreign trade as well as for the sake of the local eyes were closed and limbs were motionless, rest of only these or four hours, practically un cessial issue, hence this very handsoms silk the shoulder and side, was slimy with glister of paule in the city, such as bad not been since dealers took up the case and exerted it to a ano. | while his blue-striped cotton tanio, torn across opposed-ible andden alarm caused an buibsonig scroll describing him as the protector of Cainewing red drying and blacksslog in the the naval battle sad fear of immediate ban na wall nu foreigners-N, G. Datly News, best_of_the_sun. The grandeur of war, | bardment,... – All thote darelaliy-constructed Trege