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the now Borident General, Mr Paul Bart, indila toboraâdent in his schemes, and that the big projects he sketched.

ANOR

THE SPIRIT LICENCES ORDIN

As in a few days more the provisions

THE

THE BOWLER SMITH LIBEL CARE

CHINA MAIL.

THE FUTURE OF FORMOSA. The Fringe thanked the British Govern on March 93. Thus the actual passage of | The parifes in the libol nese in which Mr ment for the naval floors which they had the Canal was made in eighteen hours, but

Mr Congal Giles, who is at present T.I. Bowler charges the publisher and pro-lent to China. He observed that ho had when the two hours delay are deducted it stationed at Tamsul, makes some interest of prister of the Hongkong Telegraph with learned with great pleasure chint: Mr Brenan leaves sixtarn hows for estual steaming ing remarks on the present and future of

came next. The

Ho

brought under cultivation, before 'bestowing upon the island the doubtful boon of auto nomy, I hear, howover, that the Imperial Government insists upon tha auguration, an originally projected.

Pen

out to the newly-constituted ›Legislativo the new Spirit Licences Ordinance will be writing and publishing certain lake, scan-hid keen appointed to the Opium Commia All travellers to India, China, and Aus Formosa in his annual trade, roport for Mobile, money is being scattered with Council of Tonkin may not be realised so put into effect, it may not be out of place dalous and defamatory li als against him, I sion in Hunang, his fasamblo Icelings tralia will appreciate the jinmange saving 1885, which has just boon is liberal hand in the purchase of aring of all- speedily as he expecta Bubat any rate, to anumerate the licences which will now to obtain the decision of Mr. Macken an to ho sakod Afr Breuen when he would les" | throub completa sucopus of the trial has by all classes. In the late autumn, instance, when the new Department of TAL

appeared at the Palice Court this morning towards the Chinese being well know and in time thus effected, and in times of quarasys

antino in

the mails will be passed The departure of the Franah in the kinds, and in the renatooanoo of a small much lo delay.

spring was naturally bailed with delight taking army, besides being wasted" in

other and even from a selfish point of view, if Hong- have to be procured by dealers in api whether or not a prima facis case had been for the South.

less practical ways. For five The Japaaene Comul Hudado came o kong firms have as good a chance of compet rita. In all there are oight classes of made out

Mr Mankenn axid he had resolved to com Tobit the Prince obaarved that China convinced the Canal authorities that the day were set apart as a public surge RA i pet was' created here, because ali dopart

and Japan, being the two prinsipat

at powers largest Vessels

can, under effoient ruuna- noivernal thanksgiving, and little

and little or no ing for the contracts of the work as they have licences; and these are defined as fol-mit the case for trial.

in the Hast, should always

Very glad that mera make the passage ander two days, but hadforthotivernervice boats, the progress of lawn-Public House or Adjunct Licence, Mr Fraser-Smith--You are establishing a

people to Tientsin to make the acquaintance of shipping companies and by the skill of their on one grand obession when the victorians will gates, paraper, mid most complete, thronged the chief temple, especially walls on the prescribed pattern of contur es, with Among the schemes which it is Mr. Bert's Licence, Licence for romoved business, sides hearing what use to be said on both Count Ito had been sent by his Government by the enterprise of one of our loading few large red flags and fired salutes The city, the authorities set to work and build

Mr Mackean-I have heard you certainly

H. B. Lung-chang, and he was sanguine officere it has been conclusively demons defender of North Formosa, Lia Ming: inclosing chiefly empty space, at an day o

over £10,000, order that the sincere friendship which had truted that at least a full day can be saved ch'aat, visited it in state by

drawn from

an impoverished intention to carry through are the cutting Grocer's Licenco, Wholesale License, Chi-

Smith You

have heard De-

district.

Trade, and the habitations of the sprung op between these two great states by Eastward bound vessels,

Emperor, and dedicated to the presiding out of a canal to bind together the two nese Spirit Licence, and Eating House thing.

ice and go where people, may rise

Will they Maskean-He (Me Bowler) his

pat

ma woull

goddess two tablets, the inscriptions on Thuro must be a walled city, at all costs, 18 guarantee for peace and basins of the Delta, the contraction of Idcenes. It will be remembered that this

friendship!

between the Governments. The

which had boon forwarded from Peking for the oficials to live in, in spite of the paragraph.) roads and railways, the establishment of ordinance was introduced on the proposed

can you possibly two nations having a common written lan-

tast, patent the Prince asked Mr Hanado whe-

most people, that Batto of called cities are over time much talk of

that the day

ther

oar noighbours should be heartily welcomed. Distillery Licence, Temporary Bpirit bad precadent in coming to a decision friendly terms He was to live ongement, be navigated at night. Few stea- business was dono. All the janks in portments in China have a departmental walled

a system of towing in the Upper river and the creation of a port. With regard to the latter item Me Bert said it would shortly

attention to the creation of a port, which

Spirit Farm being abandoned, and a might naturally be expected from the desire of the Government to increase the revenue some

without

this in

Mr Fezar Sth-Bi judge whether a statement put into a public newspaper is libellous without knowing the Mr Mackean I am moruly going by what

in the newspaper.

facts on which it in

is based

M.

A COLLOQUY IN A CLUB ROOM.

of the

But range of mind, larys and dear views, IndightThe inscriptions read as follows

1. Thou didst aid God in protecting MTTHEW ARRO we must not go to our mladih and lower class for them,

the

people,

Prof Zostra:

be the daty of the Government to give its how, the most of these licences are entirly, is contain SmithYou have heard only many years in China, and, had been Dar Nadir's touched, and Gladstone sounde

new, in fact the only licences required be-

he might call the administrative port.

Mr Fraser-

fors were those for public houses and ad-fr Mockcar. You know perfectly well

Mr Fraser

make a defouce here.

adro

2. • Borno through to safely in thy merciful back

Since that time the new fortifications have been carried on with considerable energy Vast carthworks have been thrown up

There is at the same

الامة

onbla-laying, beginning with an experiment-

Gover al ibland ment line from Taiwan fa

10.

to Bands, and folled by a cunnesting. line with the mainland. But no official dignity being involved in oro furtherancs of trade interests, talk is unfortunately not translated into action. A cabl conneo- have t

tracts for more have been made with well-known Germne firm been

that he had studied the Chinese Literature. The German Consul, Dr Loris, followed. The Prince enquired after the health of It must be so. Arnold thou reasonest well:

von Brandt, who, he

woe always enor

knell our gotio oral has probably injured his health ME MIDAS: by his exonssiva esiinty in diplomatic bust-Ea, Gladstone? Have you found him out large gans have been purchased, and our

· Inet 1. tress, The Prince hoped that this Minister would take good care of himself in this Prof. Zemva: convoy the Friner's gracious seage to the When Palmerston was paramount, Minister.

Mr Shishanoff, the Russian Cond, then Mr MIDAS came in.

as he was sware The Grand Old Egotist is plainly mad he could spenk Manchu, sie woher Well, Pam, was right to one thing anyhow tion that I wish to Mr Bowler. However that same Rassius gentlemen were adopte

LORD MODUS Z

Cad. to

There was on this point a good deal junct liceucos. There is, thorstore, & con- you cannot Smith-I know I cannot logo respect. Dr Leaz answered that he would I was a Liboral in the glorious past, of competition and caro must be taken to Isidaraħle amount of doubt as to whether the defences; but how can you be in a position. satisfy all interests as far as possible, ordinance will work well. It is certain Haring alluded to the progress in the river already that in some cases the fees to be boat service and the projected opium farm, charged for the licences have caused he he! entered into negotiations with the considerable dissatisfaction, notably in re-

to judgo of a libel without knowing both sides of the question? I have a perfect right

Mr. Mackoan--Certainly. to cross-examine Mr Bowler.

Mr Frater Balto car put any ques-

but

ones, in

Bank of Indo-China (whoso paper circulated gard. to the fee for wholesale licences lawyer ia, it is impossible for fin the language, and it would be a pleasure Jove! he'd have England governed by the rather abusive, and one of theid of The Editor of the ST. JAMES'S BUDGET.

him to say that a prima facie pane of Libel to the Prince to be able to conseras with the

has been made out without knowing the Consul in Manchu. Mr Shishanol regret-

The Prince the

I am

in

Prof. ZOILUR

clowns,

lunded in unusual toting Tansur with the rain lines of cable, and so with New York, would niter the all up the gapa ounsed by the fever and history of the island. Purchases could be dysentery of last anson, but still many made here upon the spot, falowed by more than are in any way needed at the direct shipments, and the prosperity of the present peacefal juncture. On the whole, port would be instantaneous and complete. these troups holovs fairly well, and do unt molest foreigners. They are occasionally

SCENE IN A JURY BOX. the dusk of the evening, throw a cled earth at any head while I was walking along Biz,I was present in court when the no further notice of the may think it worthy of record. --I am, "tir,

towns.

to the presence of such a

mich large body of May 17 Well 2a, Bank, Wealth, Intelli- soldiers is th great futrenso in the prize of Scene: Derby Assizes,Samuel Lore Banco

provisions. Meat bas always had to be pre-and James Halligan charged with stealing Mr. MrDAS

oured

from the mainland, but now the ham. Hah! I will back the pounds against the prices Heh. poultry, eggs, &..

have not

Ulerk of Assize: Do you find the pri- pence,

only about doubled, it is even impossible soners guilty or not guilty The millionaires against the million.

sometimes to procure them at any price. Prot ZOILUB:

Farther, the construction of these new

Custer's throats,

port, consequent Clerks of Assize: Who do you say stole it! Lord Moods:

much suil to Fireman': Nay. I can't say which stola

in the Protectorate at the value of a piastre Wholesale dealers point out that they will and with great convenience) for the esta-have to pay as much for their licences as blishment of an account between that bank will the sternkonpare who obtain a grocer's facin of which the statements are founded, and that he was ignorated abalanguage. Nakon his appeal to working men and the entrerich-tients, but as his immediately fol owing insident secured... Perhaps you and the Protectorate. The bank would take licence empowering them to soll liquor te sure that if the case went up trade between Russia and China, and Me The draff of hamlote and the dregs of matter, Another and touvre seriou. objection your bedient sorvaut,

just now, the Attorney General would ig

at a former case.

Shishmanoff said it was not so prosperous charge of the money collected and perhaps both wholesale and retail. This seems to note it, ac happens 1 in

Mr Bowler (having gone into the witness or as formerly, but he hoped that in a later on would wanage the gathering of the us to be unjust, Guvernment may have box) there may be reporters hero, I tow years the trade would recover its former taxes and as the taxes are only taken up argued when framing the measure that

that statement. The At- ondition must contradict onoo every year, the Bank would make the wholesale dealer, from the larger over-torney General did not ignore the case.

Mr Fraser-Smith-1 would ask you to turn of goods and money which might advances.

adjourn the case till to-morrow at 10 be supposed to occur in his business, o'clock, to allow

to allow me time to put the

Among the other projects afloat, Mr Bert zuentioned the holding of ' great ex- hibition at Hanoi in October and Novem

ELECTRIC LIGHT IN THE SUEZ

OANALA

A Correspondent sends the London Daily

Against-

Votes

*

Foreman of the jury: We finds as ons on en stole it and the other received it know

npon the health ofry prejudicial effecting it to bare been stolon DKK

was at least able to pay as much if not more facts of the case before you and put ques: Nests the following account of the passage Count, Midas; though they're howled from earthworks has bad

for his licence as the retal dealer. This

tions to the complainant.

Mir. Bowler. This

of the Peninsular and riental Company's

the upom disturbance

of 80

ber next, of all the natural products and argument would be reasonable and fair inconvenient to Adjournment is very steamer Garage through the Suez Canal He's like that fellow, haw I-forget his such a great depth. Favor raged bera dur- tis. Une on 'om brudglit it home under His

works of Tonkin, Stepe, he said, had al- enough were the retail dealer prevented ready, been taken to start the arhibition, from engaging in wholesale trafio, or, if which might be considered as instituted he dealt wholesale, if he were compelled a accond licence, but from that day. The exhibition would show to take out them what industries and culture they there is a distinct previso in the Grocer's would have to encourage, and he hoped lionce, which will be the one obtain that the most of the exhibitors would ge-ed by retail dealers, that liquors may nerously abandon their products so as to also be sold wholesale under this licence," leave the foundation of a permanent ma-Given therefore a wholesale and retail dealer. asuta of agriculture, commerce and indus in possession of a grocer's licence whose wholesale business is equal to that of a try.

puroly wholesale dealer, and there are at Tan Hupao says For some time past, the least several in this position in this Colony, price of rice at Bhanghai has been going up

and higher, and the cause of this is it is evident who has the advantage. The atributed to the enormous quantity of wire remedy for this un just anomaly is, we would

me.

Mir Mackean-Under the circumstances I withhold judgment. my

Mr Fraser-Brith-Cortainly you withhold your judgment antil both sides of the ense are known. Ten o'clock to-morrow, will that do?

Mr Maokean-Yes,

SUPREME COURT.

TN. SUMMARY JURISDICTION. (Before Acting Chief Justice Hussl.) Friday, June 26.

fendant.

night,

BRMC-

by means of the electric light Soon after our leaving Molta it became Who summoned from the alums the blind

tananial kind

and lame evident pre rations of an were being made. A large iron tank was about; lamps with more brought up from the hold; coils of wire lay. with a nors powerful lons not often seen han usual, and various on board a

dahip, were

than

produced.

thanks When all his decent guests declined with

was it? on Amphitryon,

M MIDAS: Anyhow, all ranks

carpenters were busy make the ship's Above the gutter are against him now.

what apporte

to be a miniature platform; while the

Pro ZOLTS:

Lord MODUS:

Oh, it's all bow-Wow

of the hammer and rush of steam disturbedWish I could think so, the nonal quiet. Then for the frat time the announcement was made that it had This justice business Britons, bold

your own, a been decided to attempt to make the pen. Is much more like it. How bas England sage of the Suez Canal at night by means of electric light, and some proliaifnary experiments were to be made in order to

in front of

of the stem...

grown

Strikes.

has lately risen to 83.40 or 83.50 per picul, or elso increase the fes for the retail licence, or sand, and the sum of $200 which bo had the light low down Footer thought Of well this sort of thing2.

and the poor classes are feeling it very The former suggestion seems, however koonly.Shanghai Courier

the more reasonable of the two, for there Me David Blair, in his History of Australia, may be many retail dealers who could not

ers know

Prof. ZOILUS

Precisely so. You have read Irish history..

Loid Modus 1 Haw! Can't say

unearthed ati early poos, to the manner woll afford to pay more than 8130, while astune from his uncle, the witness Wong Ki, tis ap at sonset, and remain moored to the That sort of thing's exactly in my way.

born, who wrote

"I like the native names at Parramatta

And Illawarra and Woolloomoolon, Toongabble, Mittagong, and Colingatta, And Yarumbong, and Goodgiegang. Meroq, Buranarius, Jackewa Bulkomatta, Mandours, Tuni bartimba, Woogaroo, The Woollondily and the Wingycarribbee,

very small wholesale trade could easily note. afford to pay the additional fee. As the ordinance originally stood, the fee proposed to be charged for both wholessis and retail iisences was $200, but on the motion of the

The

ing the past season with ore then its, arm and the

the uther took it from him.

ual violence, and in the sutnmn the death-rato among the natires became at one

ime positively alarming. time

Since my arrival hosts in November laat I have twice been into the interior to visit the savages. It i

Mr Justice Mathew: That man is Lowa, and that is Halligan. Now, which stole at

Foreman: I don't know 1 warn't there. How can I say? If they didn't steal it why should they have it ?

live is Is

Judge Gentlemen, this is your foreman.

no one of

stealing or not. Foreman: Yes, Lowa stole it

Chorus of jurymen: No, the other atole. Clerk of Assize

size: And is that the verdict

and the country in org interesting trip,

in which the BAVBZOR beautiful havond description. At the bound Lowe is guilte fan can say whother ary between Ühinese and sarage territory there are camps of Chinese soldiers to guard depredations: the agriculturists from sava 20

un my arrival

potty Mandarin in command came to get me, and disappoint

party very

very much by saying that no out,' or would come out so that we should not be on that occasion. He then

an

ed the

for suveral days,

earnges lind coms

able to see any on

The

of you all ? ang pa

Jury (foraman Included): Yes,

Quotations HONGKONG. June 25.

cash,... 565 nom,

advised me to come again another day, when OPIUM-Now Fate, cash**** 540 he promised to send an escort of soldiers with us for safety's sake.

An or after

after this myself and party (which included Dra Giles, the rat lady

New Malwa, cash

New Banares, cash,......- 620 Old

16/87

16/32

540/650 8/16 450/60

490/500 -92/49

Allowance, Paole.......... Old Malwa, cash; Allowance, Trois -Porsian, Oily, anal Allowance, Taals Persian, Paper tied Allorance, Tania

Exchange HONGKONG. June 25

Hank, Wire, de

Demand..

pleasant ramble, and

80 days' right,

09

vill-

WONG ACHEONG *.: 0.. P. CHATZE,—$105.

Mr Midas: Mr Wilson, from the office of Messrs Wotton and Deacon, appeared for the defeat the electrical gear taken on board in Mr Grab and Holdfast, not these yelping

ty ken London. After trying

the

dynamo and This was an action to recover the value engine the most important point was to Who from Sedition akull, and yield to of a quantity of one to rel

decide upon the best place to fix the exported to Caaton and Swalow. In these say, to make the wholesale and retail deslers Pestructed by Mr Chater to say that and unfortunately the roughness of the son

In reply to His Lordship, Mr Wilson said factor. Experts are not agreed upon this: Maintain the Law and back up L.S.D. 1 Perinilesa fole are a great deal too free. 20,000 bags of riso, so that the price here take out a wholesale and retail licence, he never bought or agreed to buy any stone did not admit a trial being made with Hear, hour! What can two-pound-a-weak-who ever crassod the border) wars strolling two places there is a daily demand for

Lord Mopus

along in savage territory, accompanied by advanced was money lent by him to the the position Captain

soma half-dozen parages, man and women, plaintiff's witness,

Wong

Ki, for which he smitable.

who were delighted to neo us, par ly bo- held a pron

a promissory note.

all vesels passing Up to the present all

cause we showed no sigus

wearing the Plaintiff said defendant had bought the through the canal have been compelled to

hated pig-tail, and partly because.

Bundles strings of buds and other various odia and Me MIDAS and to know nothing ab at the promissory banks until suarise. The actual cannot M

ends, an earnest of which had already been being a narrow it would be impossible for ob! Irish history ho dashed." The dolls bestowed

apon them. We were of course From a further statement made by Mir steamers of deep dr.nght to steer correctly Have ut a history. Riots and revolts eloue. Our chair-bearers had refused to Wilson, it appeared that some samples of in an nupertala

director re light and had been ordered by Mix Grition, late strict the hours for transit to the daytime, make up their un vid story, and, of course, it follow, and wisely so, for it is certain death

a Chinaman.who show's his half shiven manager of the Class Worker, and the plain and the havo kupt the water-way compara The cures are English common-conso, and to

bead on the wrong aide of the liuo tiffor his uncle had brought a large quantively free from accidents Dolay, we in Bright has not got the former; if he had We had a tity which nobo ly wanted or ordered, and evitable and was shared by all alike. Re the Hon. Mr Keswick this was rédacéd to 8120,mpany accordingly refused to take it cently the Board of Control so far rescinded The Quaker never would have been so mad hoped at one time to teach The Warragumby, Daby, and Bungar- the sante amount as was fixed for distillery or pay for it. The and was still on Mr this with electric ligat to paa through at | To sounder judgment and to clearer aim

rule as to pormit stean era properly Prof. ZatLvE:

Well, our clatin licences. The difference betwed the two Chator's ground at Belcher's Point.

Plaintiff's uncle, Wong Ki, was then night, Months passed before any of the Rests on na: larger knowledge of the past, licences, however, soms to have escaped brought in, and on his being shown the shipping comames availed themselves of and therefore

a history — INSTRUMENTS in the European Conserthe native of the whole of the members of note held by bir Chater acknowledge that this facility, until the Fonicenlar The European Concert has hitherto been-se

he had made it.

Oriental Co decided to make the experi Novor road

timo -no prossio a matter that it has never occurred Council,

f anyone had a right of action against Mr steamer of 5,000 tons harden as the pin out as useful to a man sa rhyme. Custer it was the anele, not him, and and neer, and gave Captain Hector a free hand do you mean to say Thaand judge.

find on All pedantis fu Iga ing which he would give plaintiff time to he thought there was some misunderstand. | in regard to all arrangements.

Port Said was reached at 5.30 p.m. on back to your grandfathers if you must try and clear up. If the sand was placed the 22nd inst, where most of the sanal Don't catch me grabbing down in ancient come down to wait our arrival. It had

ho sends in two and thrus thousand men, been doubted whether it was probable to With spotent wrongs and modern duties. who coms back minus one or two hundred, navigate large vessul through the winding *

killed by the deadly Bre of the of the canal parta

by an artificial light, Of sentimental nonsense. That tray do

blick, and having apparently acoum- so that many of the officials were sozis For gashing Gladstone, not for me-or to watch this first trial. M. Dunvary,

you. M. Rameau, sous chef; Ireland is ours, we've got it anyhow, chef du service;

ribbee,

it.

force.

The

A to condamn the latter..

MIDAS:

4 months' night, Crodita,

us, and we were forced to retroat, carrying evident god-will of par hurts, while the India, Wire, carried away with them

other

more and snil One of them know a tangible

Stanghas, demand......... few

but time was with us the Documentary 4 months sight,"

demand,

His Lordship explained to plaintiff that ment, and fired upon magnificent for road history 100 sir/ not so fast words of Chinese, but his vocabulary did ad Leaf 996 fina

take

this

-

Pacte as

dust.

But

man.

831.25 86.15

30 days sight, privato not run much beyoud. Chinaman badr

Sovereigns. &c. **** They were pleasant-featured, healthy-

Temperature lanking

doomed, and they are

(Taken at Mesra Falconer de Un's Premisca, that in the near future. General Liu

Queen's Road) e rrying ou operations against the which oan only have one and he is overwhelming BAROMETER

güid again

Do. Do.

to anybody that all the performers are yet As regards the other foes proposed to be without the momedary instruments usually charged, little of a definite nature has been supplied to or possessed by concert givera. M. Blam of the Rippel. has, however, heard, but the foss for native licences are done so at last, and here le his programme sure to raise some grumbling. Public house for the said concert, which, he says, is the joy of diplomatista and the porce of the licences when the aanval valuation of pre- there without being ordered they had better) authorities from their head-quarters had hind my eyes and burden my poor them with numbers. Every now i nation':

mises coompied is under $1,000 will cost it away, so they could put thrust an First vielin-Austria | Trombens-Portugal 8300 a year, under $4,200, 8500, and over doubt if Mr Obater had ordered the sand Becond vislin-Italy Violcello Belgium 24,290, 8480. The other foes will be she would have paid for it Clarinetta--Turkay" || Hausboys-Swine.

Follow :- Small fate Greece | Serpent (1)Prussia. Base fiddle-Holland Tambourine Spain Big dram-Russia

And M. Freycinet will be conductor!

THE REDENT: TYPHOONS.

The Loire Inferieure which arrived here

OB

in

$190 a year. Diawationary.

Mr Wilson said he had already explained all this to the plaintiff, who would not believe him.

Diilllery Linence, (Bec. 4),....... Temporary Spirit Lines, (Sec. 8), Licenas for removed Freshiem, (B8), 18).....ß. 5. Grocer's Lemon (Ben, 255).........

Zating House Lávente, (Buc. 31)............

back

Pack

His Lordship said that probably if any Captain Tiller, and sight of the senior and can't afford to lose it. If they row.

nothing Meanwhile, there are that ibe saragut

Fogoarida are not rita- Souts Almit. In que direction eight large.

9130 a year. body as independent as he was had explain. } pilots joined us at Port Said. All the gear The Pats, or lift their heel against theges have already aubmitted, and

Wholesale Licapra, (Bec, 18),,

Chinese Spirit Liomis, Seo, 80),

$190

H

All these new charges will, we presume,

od the matter, plaintiff would have b-lieved had been got into position ready for uso.

Crown, him. It was because hir Wilson was in- An engine of 12-horse power bad boen forested on the other side that plaintiff fixed near the forecastle, and a stage about Don't argue with the rascale, put om den

Prof. ZOLLUM: would not believe ulm. Anyhow he would 4 feet by 6 feet awung over the cows and fee you have, to a sublime extent, last night and has been anchored in front have the effect of raising the price of our adjourn the case for a week.

lashed about 14 feet above the water. The What Arnold calls instincts of govern projector was fixed about the centre of the mant, of the Kowloon Danks, brings some new liquors. Another hardship in the shape of

platform, and

and placed under the charge of Let us bo lucid, though. with regard to ons of the typhoons that taxes!

the electrician in chief and a seaman. The

assistant electrician

have been chasing each other along the

PRINCE CH'UN AND THE FOREIGN CONSULS. (Translated for the China Mail, )

and

To,

I write au expédition of leas than 10,000 troops, acting at diferant points, foial has been organised by the vigorous

a France will have good cause to

whom orea France reineniber.

General Lia has wit enough to see that Formosa, under the civilised rule of China, has a grand future before her. The bills over which the savages are now apof scattered would thousands of

grow

that delicate-flavoured tøs over which area. now New York purchasers are writing in such, hopeful terins. So the savages haro bu go. They can, if they like, take grania of land,

ber of years, and being all the time taught change, through an

Lord Month: How can a man engine and dynamo were worked by the Be lucid, on the precious modern plan

ang. Of arguing every point in fifty ways, const. The first signs of theosruing tempest COLONEL Hooper's case having been duly The following account of the interview Each side of the steamer carried an electric I own I get into a perfect maze, were observed on the morning of the 19th considero by the Government of India, which H. LI-Prince Ch'an had with the lamp, to be used in case of need, and With Gladstone's gibberish and Morley's last. Previous to that time the vessel had State, from whom the order for holding Foreign Consuls at Tientsin will be read has been passed on to the Secretary of

another was hung over the stern.

About 8

8 p.m...

in read-And Nineteenth Century articles on the lot, everything was experienced calm weather. Infact just before the inquiry that issued. Now the Pineer with latercot. It is faken from the new iness. The light was tested for about ten Lord Randolph's species used to put me the on-coming of the hurricane there was mys, that it has been clearly established native paper of Tientsin, and some think and continuous. Crowds of dark faces from But he been hedgingham't be of late agones specially esist

and ourront found to be stoady traight

· alminet a dead calm. This sen, however, wai that much hysterical exaggeration was in in strange contrast with the wind, having dalged in about the charges; the India there is a streak of delicate irony in some the banks and from other reasols curiously Midna is the mast lucid man I know. cause. But the peculiar paskomencin was to drop. Celenal Hooper's name has been son explained About midday on the 12th carefully excluded from the despatches, he when the ship was in 218 N. and 114 tire. Altogether he has been sufficiently 14 has lost his post, and is now anxious to re- 17 B. a sudden storm of wind burss

be over the sea, increasing in force with alarm. pauisbed.

But if разе

prefer the old do not like, and many

become very rough from apparently no office with perhaps, wisely allow the matter of the Prince's little speeches, The Sher watched the novel sight as the query Hecause I've but one word, and then a blow, citement of the daily chase, then :

ing rapidity antil in

n a few minutes

it was evident to board

were

ent down

for that par jing a life and the ex- it becomes a question between their naerring but seat- loaders of half-drilled Chinese troopa tered matchlocks and the bristling besoek. Through part of the territory already re- to covered the Chinese have constructed a

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METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER.

ATP TO-DAY. Barometer

Temperature

Homidity

29,75

Direction of Wind, sw

Forse Weather

Rain

Hongkong, Observatory, Inne 25, 1838,

CHINA COAST METEOROLOGICAL:

Station,

REGISTER.;

AT 4 P.M.-JUM 24:

atcamur,

MY MIDAS throwing forward a

**** dazzling Pao says 1→→

I slipped

from the mooring boy and slowly Not half a million, followed up by scuttle. revised the six Foreign Consuls, on the lights from the shipping and town wusten't waste your time tongue-wagging Whon Prince Chun was in Tientsin he made for the head of the panal. The crass Tur ap the sentimental, drop the subtle 14th day of the 4tle moon,

about Right, First cams Me Rastelbucher, the Consul piloting us,

teeth to prove you deflitary road, and before long this good Haiphong. Consular body, and by right antitled to the passing it we saw the two boys that mark In short-for it is all summed up in mild at Amos 5 29.8 for France, the sour member of the ahead bid the entrance from view. After Sght. precedence. The Fringe received him the entrance to the Canal had been lighted. Get rid of Gladstone, and I'll ent my hat

made

channel

Cores.

the American.

have been £# & sleamor But arrow

to those who were

right

mean

thither and knocking her wez on her star from Brisband, and a trifle to the mouth of. Next came Mr BOB Princo Tey 500 years ahead, Light Was To unddia with much history their poor from advancing,

running moun- ja line drawn through the three stars by his age and genial-appear dis

board ride. The ways were

and want from stern to stern. Orion's belt. The beautiful clearness of the

tains high and

No program could be made and

pagines

zud it

made a little

are of

Manila.....

had to be Biased down. It was also ime rendered it an object easily discernible ende. DIE DU DOEerial Highness no slightly increased distance the ravaag what she is -Land, Mousy, foreigners who would stay the Formosan Shanghai.

it attracted a good deal of attention. sible to stand on the deck and the crow The comat was also seen from Sydney, and had to betake themselves to the cabins. Early the Government.

Weather.

that they wars in the boart of a typhoon A Cower was seen recently by a few persons The bacometer, which had stood about in Brishsingskortly afteratineet. The nuclei

Boa-bol,

where be

by the way there fine Foochow 29,84 £7 13, went quickly to.

rome observations on M. to prevent any difficulty in finding the 1 England does not all her foemen laulk, pro of mineral water, of what valve is Shanghai..

spring 23.78, while of the comet was very bright, but the tall, te negotiations in Tienst, The full affidency of the g And be what he should be-Cock o' the pat known, as none of the water bas bobni Nagasaki, 29.98 the temperature was about 83 Fahrenheit, which sloped to the northward a trille, Front soon the tempest, blow with tremen was not so distinct and not more than 4 and enquired after his diplomatic work in was not apparent until the glare of the Walk

subfepted to analysis. The authrities are Westock 29,85 57 dous force, tossing the vessel, hither and in length. It appeared west-half-north M. Ristalhueber answered briefly. town had been loft bobind; then it was Ent leave it to the Chasterer and his crow fund the illuminating Postinguished mors Who Jabber about justice, and take pais

Voxtremely Jealous of foreigners visiting thems was such that of Cancusites, Dissenters, Lord knows who, savages. The petty mandarin above men- Manila... 29.91 85 who impressed the

thebyjoys could be

tioned did all he could to prevent my party Haiphong

dariating

ating boldly from the

the Hongkong 20.8 after compliments. pexded close to the vessel, and the

trust in order to effect his object

Before we are done for i all at least that made long the to the Prince, as dispersion was stranged to include: the

OCCASION. will hardly arise. Those Foochow buo within few feet of the bows at And we a

asvaga in his native haunts must make Nagasaki., 29.87 and you of Fire

the banks. In portions Again fell idle team to can 25, 46 And The dome, acording to Mr Elleri 100 ups of war, and docks. Buiar, your jour-throw back upon the water that encoding Which beat what pedants calf Intelligence. separate province, with General Lin The.barometes has fallen, particolarly in

porte, to inspect the trups, forts, where the banks are high the dry white sand and that shrewd gumption and plain hasts; there will soon be none left to ludy. Wostok.:0.80 67100

- ដោយ B

Formas has not yet ben made int a has says, per

the north. Gradiente are rather steep for Prof Zonus (aside);") speeds phoon 13th unabate it The discovery was telegraphed on that being propitious and all the arrangements |

ly increasing the inh For power

first Goreracal Government, WY 8. winds The temperatura is high; the had come on about eight o'clock on the date to the Melbourne Observatory, and good. I trust that the remaining portion moon, subsequently its light was a doubtful Coafond bis impudence 1. The purse-prond plated by the

part of the Fokien Province as koro-midity la moderate but increasing and In the early hours of the morn

buture, and General Liu, hopes will con

bolle overcast weather provi Tassel unfered the comét waű inqnd the same evening and will be equally, agushying to Your Putvantagens the regnintion! Who swant his master's office when led

ckles at culture? What woud Arnold way?tinue to be so for some time to come. There

Довласк 5. faint ubject but Highness. A for further compliments a dredge, not aboarable debay, no kax no grundaire and nu pesterday.

lights, occasionsḍˆ►

Goperament Aronomer are shondant political reasons which p int He knows no more than well, than Glad to the advisability of such stop; but there

Hongkong Observatory, Munday, June 22, shane wes taxied off. Tha It is fast receding In the Australias sky. kind words, and then asked him how he a vosol in difficult part was a stone' kif kendte en better

foot drawing 24 foot rent long

la ona single reason whicy happera ila im- between the high banka and sharp |

mediate execution—want of findi.

ou the morning of

the

the

all the day between 28.2

barometer that w

25 and 28,30

vernments

it is

Astronomer was

force ou in Paris,

morning of

of the 14th.

observa

it was – pray to the violence of the wind Increasing in bri

TETY four..

the

closed the speech.

of the

are going on a tour of the ed to

Imperial

Adverely during the forty eight hours that has been "PETERNs cocasionally incel

dis It was nearers to the earth, on April. The Prince soknowledged Mr Bromley's Perhaps the

at the same time found the Chinese immigrants into the water betw

Get replied, Certainly, they oughts SCARY

Life of the

canal

Trade,

Haw he's dear.

Harnard's comet, discovered at th 19 sen strained all over. Har

nt of the damage, How by American astronomer, is no wader United States Wore they ponceful, and | sirves just beforas amentia. U obanna) nad 10 how the world is ***ül not to known until ressal observation, sand will perhaps be visible to industriou, or the reverse! Mr Bromley more than 80 feet wide and only 26 feet And pomp make up ki England.

ored The diction of the typhoon the naked eye about the sad of the month, inward that they were most paceful and deep, slaly by means of a light projected

Lied Manda (aside) * was first Norderly dingding thien Lovewhat & taleiram from Kiel sparumoss the disco Industrious. Then, said the Prince they from the Yu-l itself. By furethought and But ignorant a dirt outside his sphere, towarch, the Kast find coming finally

Mr Brom skilini pilotage 北 to very of another comet, which is only visible should be trusted accordingly

accomplished without Your sound soulet hat to the forth. The through powerful telescope. He 1.0.

and in at accident of any kind, and it proved the He hasn't an ides beyond bis purse Loles Infirst rewall likely be draked at the Russell, the overtiment Astronomer of visdom of the captaink desermination to Caneus-monger couldn't be much worse,

Mr Minas (mide) there, New Bouth Wales, han observed the Kowloon Dock and

• domet

make the trial

fixed nebo next in order was Mr Brogan, the

one light Low Hel bo! And like oath of Comel for Great Britain. Blafter salute down on the stem, Jatough the this was much and says..

Instead of faire undor Timber Orion, Ball, but Laws carly seen with Long, Mr Breasts obegrzed what England the forepant or haring ons or each side. The fa a triable and the sage & "Aight its broad, fall font degrees long, that to being a great payal power, and possessing Temallin, fituated about halfway through Nios unit as bey & make of England:

red seems hardly necenry, lub

aval se retched soon after five in Wall, good-bye The upcloud all defined and warlier Consrumon va desirous of living an gred the morning Daylight was rallable for Between, as we mustanre he State--or try

fa day, wamo, it is ↑ important material interests to Asia, hin

when and kås coma free from any remarkable | tarzda with China, and they were interested

the post of the distance, and the steamer Hestures.

in the progess of bar navy-

sushered in buen barbour woon after 3 penLondon Daly Net

(count)

of

BE FRE recently contem-

1. BABONETER, redmond to 53 äggman Jahrene bail, and to the level of lan num Were Formosa an lodependent province, and hundredths, 20

it would not only be saddled with the va-

thair

rious high officials who go to make up pros Fabrenholt vincial administrations, the contraction of A. Huntery, lu pezoaulage et official residences, and the general humidity of air saanien wilk Casintenance

of large staff of bangry an- 100,

DIENOTION OF W

"Da" VIND, La {wo points, to look derlags but the treasury of the rich Pro- tring to

5. Forget, socording to Bestiari vince of Fokian would be closed to further priganpplies. Forncers with all is unlipped braSE OF WALKER & War sy (Aloud) wealth in passt, to not yet fich anuugh on usted clouds, diàriestas, tall, f

este to stand the strain of self-supporting Blad, ghala ke pune na shower a Adminhtraton General Law biely pro-qaquilly, rain, a snow, † (dawndary

puss to mail unid the savages have beender (wet)."

rathored into the fold and their territory 1. Rita, in inches, tenths und handraithe,