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M. PASTEVE, who'

thrown, and on this ride the victorious General will be proclaimed chief. He will be the highest of all.”

Saint

No. 7695.APRIL 21, 1888.j

POUTICAL Feeling in Mauritius was, so cording to the Merchants and Planters Gazette, thus displayed on the occasion of Etho inangaration of the Mars-aux-Vacoas waterworks :-The Hon. Mr Ambrose pro- poned the health of Sir John Pope Hen. Joer lately, on the const of Brittany, one nemy which was drunk omidat great en of those foulogical discoveries has been thusiaero. All present rose, and three made which suggest to the mind periods of choors in honont of the absent Governor tima making the longest human life appest a span and exhibiting processes quite werit forth ringing to the skice. It was but s noticed, however, that the Bon J. A.dearing the most ambitious human czia- Ferguson remained seated, and that the rements. This is the disclosure, by the Hon. C. Antelme did not drink, but hasten displacement of a man of sand, during the

Jast

high tides, of a od to have the battlefield.

forest that inust have

рева been buried for some twenty couturies at

just opposite. he has not gone up lost. The situation is like a rocket and cone down like the stick, Balo, at the four of the renie Saint is certainly not the success he was once Engat and Saint Lunaire. The furent is thought to be, bas taken a new departure: supposed to have once extended from Saint to Mont Saint Michel. This having failed, to convince the world that

Malo to beyond Mont hair of the dog that hit you is a romedy if discovery is considurod of great scientiĥo the dog is mad, he is given himself op to interest, as it affords a remarkable illustra Hospitality. I in difficult, however, for aution of the gradual sinking of the French spostle of vivisection to become genial all shore. The progress of this sinking during clearly shown in an in arment. His first dinner was given the last2,000 years the other day, I read, to a number of rab. ld map found at the Abbey of the Mont bits, fowls, sheep,

other animals to Saint Michel Within no more than seven when he certainly owed something. The centuries back as niony as zoven parishes are said to have disappoited by the sub- consisted of a variety of dishes, thom seasoned with microbes of chicken sidence of this region. And in the Bay of cholera, and the object of the entertainment Douarnenez there is known to have existed was to sue the rabaits and fowls succumbin the fifth century quite a deurishing town to this fare, while the others were none the cailed Is, the scene of the famous tragical worse for it. By this hu hopes to prove legend. Even now, at low water, may he that his schone for destroying all the ran on the old walls of Is, which are called bits in Australia by inoculating them with by the inhabitants Mogber Ureghi (wall of a virulent and hereditary disease will u

the Grooke). The people of the courtry can, and gain bin the £20,000 offered for pretend that they can sometimes hear the their extirpation. As the Laurente onsed church bells of the submerged city wrow when asked to express his admiration ringing with the motion of the current, of a cortain post, I dare not any think of this

Curiously c- gent eman. ough Dr. Darwin (the first), in hia Tam

* Torqde of Nature, gga

schome for the extirpation 1 of rats ir England by importing frum America 800 which wero aufering from tapawarm to infoet them. That wa bad enough but perhaps it was only hin fu (for the family were full of it) and, bosides, rata are not rabbits.

meine

what

of

MR James Payn, in his notes in the Illustrated Landon News, writes as follow

There has been a great sunsation about thirteen trumps being held in one hand; I have played at whist on every lawful day'

STRANDING OF THE STEAMSHIP ASHINGTON.

Tho .. Ashington, rice-ladon from Sai- gon, (Captain Reynell), while steaming through Sulphur Channel about

DAC

o'clock this morning went nshare on th Hongkong side. close to the extreme west point. The weather is said to have been somewhat thick when the vessel struck, although this is unt stated as tho

cause of the stranding. Que version of the

THE CHINA MAIL.

That the Rules, however, mordly my that

Home Companies and of the direstore ! the Licensee whether, the licensee ofosc names were doubtless well known. the boat, or the holder of a 256. bost- man's licenso, does not seem clear-must roport any change of his abode, That this is a little peculiar, as, if the hardy Noredman's home of yore was on the stormy sea,' and the Hongkong

boatman lives afat, how can he be said to change bis abode, it boing licensed under Goverment i

to His Excellency.”). That Mr MacEwen's fling Mauritius would have been well placed, had wet Sir GF, Bowen, Sir W, H. Marsh, and Mr EJ. Ackroyd all Joft the Golcay. That Governor Des Voeux does not quote Mauritius, because he knows nothing|

about it.

That it is satisfactory to learn that, in spite

ROYAL ARTILLERY ATHLETIC SPORTS. Referce-Colonel Craster TLA. Judges-Major Blandy, Major Miles, Captain Sankey.

Committee-Captain Reynolds, kisut. Hawkins, Lisut. Anderson.

Sub-Committee By. Sergt. Major Car roll, Sergt. Warren, By, Serge Major Mér- son, Bergs Harper, Hov Major Akbal Singh, Hav.-Major Labh Singh.

These sporta were held on the Cricket

Henesforil, there will be no foar of inundations. The district of Tung-t'ai ie in Kiang-su," about 10 miles NE of Chinking.

There is great destruction and suffering caused by foods in the Canton Provines, at Kwai-shin and Pok-lo, in Wat-chow, and at

and after several names of missionarice had been suggested sad rejected for one reason or another, both plaintiff and defendant grood to the appoititment of the Rev. J. A Silsby an Receiver aver the property till farther regard, as prejudicing the case on either notice, his appointment not to be ง sido.

Dr. Farnbain intimated his willingness to hand over the books of tho Treasurer

Tung kun, Shek-lung, Tangsheng, Tingship of the mission to Mr Fitch at ones, | fa, Fa-un, and Tseng-ün, in Kwangchow. but this was to be regarded se quite a A forumor Governor, in the State of Mino-distinct watter from his position, as Supers

Ground to-day, and being favoured with sota, has married the daughter of a Native of the somewhat disconnected and jerky fine weather were very successful and Queen. The scremonies were a combium- nature of the tutarks made by the Senior largely attended. Among the spontators weretion of American and native. A thousand Unofficial Mumber in. Council (rather His Excellency the Governor and General natives and thirty Americans attended. At ourtly mado,' is the mild expression used Cameron. The Baud of the Regiment, the feast there were 10 entire oxen and 100 by the Governor abort them), and a under Mr Moran, porformed during the dogs. The bride's dowry: consisted of 100 slight tendency to expend their force afternoon, and a party of the Leo Mins oxen, 60 ponios, and 30 tame budalos. This iusida his rest and around his shirt trels disported themselves to the amuse is an apprecedented event. The Americana front, the few words he fired off about ment of the spectators. At the close of the call themselves white people, and tho na

took charge of the books. intendent of the Prest, and the plaintiff

His Honour expressed his satisfaction for the anke of all parties that this course had outtles and asparities of the case, which been adoptsd, as removing some of the now remains in situ.

LATE HOME NEWS

the Rating Ordinanco proved to be the competitions the prizes were presented lo į tives are mostly black as ink. That a white that the potio Persian Court will be to

That this floating abodo tho change of which has to be so promptly reported is perhaps the bypothetical tenement' about which so much hypothetical gonsense was ex- pended some time ago. That the Committee of the Chambor of Commerce, I hear, had these same Rules submitted for their cunsideration long ago, and that the large shipping agonla on that Committed might havo foreseen death-blow to the Machinery elantae, trouble had they been keeping their wes-That concerning this long, weary, weary ther ese open.

effort to set a lamp on the hill so that it may not be liid-an oudonvour to fulfil a scriptural injunction which has Been going on for some say twenty years -I have a little suggestion to make. That the Cambridgo Local Exareiontions-- they are all the fashion now, nocording to the Inspector of Schools, and no family should be without them-should in future embody `this question :-'If it takes us twenty years to beget a hopo of getting a fully-admitted want supplied at our own cost, How long will it take to gut the guns placed in the fortifications after we havo fully paid for them?"

That no doubt the Government possess ample information and should be in a favourable possesion to judge what is beat to do, when coping with the lawless Guilds and Triad inen.

That, copsidering the notoriously unruly character of the Cargo-boat people and the long intings they have had of squeezing the mercantile community, most of us are inclined to applaud H. E. the Governor for putting his foot down, and if he succeeds in putting the Guilds in harness, he will have achieved a much-needed reform.

That so far we have got along fairly well

without the cargo-boats, and possibly the native merchants are the greatest suffer.

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That there are rumours that His Excellency has said This is not my measure,' and in consequence many people are asking. 'Who's is it?'

That His Excellency's remarke indicato

the winners by Mra Oratur.

Cheers rain should marry a native is truly a marvel. were afterwards given for Mra Craster, Col-Chang Ngoi San Po. Cauter, General Cameron, and Major Blandy.

Tho Chung Ngoi San-po has a lunder on the danger of currying widows. It sooms the

ENGLAND AND PERSIA, Constantinople, 17th March. Sir H. D. Wolff leases this afternoon for Batoum, on his way to Teheran.. It is understood hors

of England's new Repre sentative at the advise the construction of railways, and by associating England with the devolopment of the Shah's dominions, to noutfatiso Russia's political

The following are the details of the spirits of the dead husbanda are so grievedativity at Tohorax.

EMPEROR FRIEDRICH'S DOINGS. that they come back and kill those thint tako

Berlin, March 18.-la accordance with their place. A case is quoted in which half the tradition which makes gratitude lead-

eventa: 1.-Tanowiso THE CRICKET BALL

J. T. Jonen (81yda. 2ft. 7in,) Huntley (81pds. Oft, Ski. 3.--100 YARDA BACH

Gunner Cockburn Corporal Gunnett Sergeant Ball &.-PUTTING THE SHOT. Gunner Nostou Corporal Gunnett 100 YARDS RACE,

1.

.

Almid Dia

Kas Singh

Gunda Singh

5.-280 YARDS RACE.

Corporal Gunnett

Ingle

Ahmid Din (7t. lia:)

Serganot Ball (16ft. 11(in.)- Fra Singh

1.

2

3

that oven Caesar is sometimes sick at heart over the vagarice of the Circulo- | 6.-Loso JusP. cution Ofice. and certainly the almost hopeless maze of red tape by which we are surrounded and bampered make one marvel how any thing evor gets put through at all

That whoever the Adviser general was who That any enterprising B1. P. might ries to fame were he to make a platform of the grievances of this poor Crown Colony. That the gist of the matter of taxing machinery appears to have been mised by the Council.

suggested all the details of this now con- stitution for the Cargo-boat population, he could never have studied shipping butî- ness, and whoever drafted the Rulea do serves a C. M.G.

7,-QUARTER-MILE RACE-Nine ontered

this race. Giupner Cockburn

for

Karrus

dezen rash mon were killed in successioning virtue in the character of the Hohon- by the curaged spirit of a first husband. Itzollerns, one of the first official acts of the somma rather a wonder that deceaand wives Emperor Frederick was to bestow the da not act in the same way; but indeed Onder of the Black Engle on his old teacher and trusted adviser, Dr von Friedberg, tho they may boso boon only to glad to Sut Prussian Minister of Justice. This has quit of their husbands to come back ou any now been followed by the bestowal of the pretence whatever.

The Chung Nyi Sun-pa says:-Now that rank of Field Marshal on Count Blanon Ching is bont on opening mines in Imitation thal, the able chief of his General Staff in

General of Europeans it is important to know that the Austrian and French wars. there is much gold and silver in the North Blumenthal is the oldest General by unio- now the only Field West, and much lead, copper, iron, and tiu rity of rank, and

besides in the South-east. In Quina, for example, Marshal in the German Army coal also abonads in the North West, For, Opunt Moltke and the Emperor Frederick ཝ་བ་ in the North West it is bitterly cold, and himself. As a farther token of his profound in the South East it is

Majesty ไฟล he oppressively hot, respect hence the product is suited to the place. Marahal's baton to Count Blumenthal, from which we may know the heart of with the request that he will use it

it til his heaven and earth (ie, as we should say,own is ready. The Count is in his seventy-

we may see the goodness of Providence)ighth year. His wife is an English

born at Catthorpe,

Takg

10th April, 3888. For several days the navigation on the Failo has been rather difficult, owing to the large number of junka, which are on their way to Tientsin, but we are pleased to bs able to state that, sa yut, there bare

no serious collisiona. besa no

Sing 58 seconds. OF WAX

TAX-By 2 Companies from the R. A. Battery. As the 2nd team did not turn ap, another team of 10 mcn was made up to be pulled against,At presont very few sailing ships and out-

It

his

is

Boat

OWA

Warwickshire, it is interesting to note that thres of the most distinguished living Ger- man officers, Counts boltke, Blumenthai, and Waldersoe, have or have had foe Moltke is a widower-English wives, The Emperor bas bestowed distinctions on... some other Generals who have acted as his Aides de Aides de Camp, and have thus become his confidants.

Tho

and the result was that the first aide steamers are arriving The barque are of pror Froderick's other inítial acts

Huk-lee, is expected hors daily from Fou

to furnish, by arrangement, a to be more firmly held than he bad at first

supposed be signalled by rockets for assist- That it would have been better had the That, as I take it, the machinery-owning 2-TUG OF WA-China Gun Lassara

neitly

A little

ance. The Police launch from Taim-tan-sui,

for forty years and have never seen it hap-story is that the Captain, foding ha was We are now told it has often hap somewhat too near the Hongkong side, gave pon. pened, but not often at home; it requires a tropical climate for such an extraordinary an order to the Chinaman at the wheel to development. I have seen twoire

trumps held in to hand again and again; but they starboned the helm, but the man did the ware always put shore. It was a favourite opposite and landed the vessel on the practical joke at the University. If a man rock. Believing the vessel to bo only held foft the room the other men would some lightly, Captain Reynell kept the engines times agree t

would to dest line. a hand that astonish him. It did.

cid. But the great fan going astern for some time, but finding hor ia, I am told, to

and that what be playing her vita that cannot beaten. Then you ma to what longths it is possible for a human

to ourry duplexity. He looks wretch with Inspector Corcoran and a party of the being to

bat ventures to back himself for a sal! Water Police on board, proceeded to the stake. Everybody does the same, and

increases his venture. The for- spot immediately after the rockets wore gradually tanate one also thinks he will

he will risk more. His friends do not ktion which to observed. On daylight dawning it was atoire

most,

hin hesitation at

Kisseen that the stentnor was held-by some at first, or hardihood afterwards. When

he isagines pieces of submerged rock under her bows and he has won a thousand pounds or so, he is

within a few yards of the shore. She re- presented with a document, signed by all

mained standing without any list, and as prosout, which admits him into the secret. He is

is generally a a ittle disappointed, and there was very little motion in the water sho sometimes cross; but the happiness of the

did not suffer from bumping. The work- grostest nuthor is socured.

of translipping the cargo into junks was commenced as soon as possible; and on the water rising the vessel floated off about one o'clock and proceeded to bar buoy in the harbour. She will likely be docked, after her cargo is discharged. The damage done is, wo uzdaratand, confined to her forward compartment.

OT ALE

As to those thirtson trumpa in a single hand, I have not a word to any, vitlor against

it or the veracity of card-players generally; but, amongst other advantages, there is no doubt that the practice stimu latca the imagination. Suther who was quite free from prejudice in the matter, and couldn't oven call

of his

know ancedéta go, ha sinbalmed a curios проп

the subject. A party of respectable persons, who know they were doing wrong, left the Optable at Mrs. Start's. In House un Saturday night to

the middle of their game-and, of course,

apado

..a

attend the faro-ta

own

THE SAN PABLO ASHORE The Agent for the O. & 0, S. §. Com-

after midnight they heard a thunder cluppany received a telegram last night from and felt a slight shock of an earthquake. Shanghai, stating it was reported there that That didn't stop them; but presently thethe San Pablo, which is two days over duo clubs became the colour of blood, and the hearts, black, when they thought it high Lere with the American mai), had gone time to leave of. This happened nearly autora on the Tan rock, by Tan Jaland, hundred years ago, in 1776, and has not, I

North of Turnabout, and about 30 miles belleve, occurred since.

South of Foochow—a rory bad place.

As General Boulanger is now the hero of

This morning he received another cable

the day the following, from Figaro, will inmensage from Shanghai informing him that terest some people About eight or in the San Palio's passengers, mails, and specie weeks before the fall of the Goblet Obi- net, Hime. Reival, a fortune-teller, was (toonnting to $190,000) had been brought

a lady to oxor- summoned to the house of

on to Shanghai. On receipt of the news, the cise hor art palmistry. Among others the Minister of War asked her to toll his agent lors wired at once to Macan, where furtuno,

it is affirmed that, And

without

the City of Peking had gone to load-rome ic having any idea who he

was, she examin

examland hand, and declared that he was a soldier, after clearing from Hongkong for who had served his country on the battle. Japan and San Franciscu, roesting Capt. gain be engaged in war. Dearbora to keep a good look out on the Boulanger pretended that she was way up and to pass near Turnabout, ta ken

the fortune teller telling

you what I ses in if he could render any sexistance. The haud. She proceeded with her ex- City of Peking was to leave Manan about 9

You are in an

a., this morning, unhoped for silustion, but you will not shortly,

Add,

and would again

Baid: '1

812

Siuntion, and added:

kreu

il

A fall is awaiting you

The Son Pablo left Yokohama at day-

keep bat do not despair. Later on you will fight on the 13th, inst, and it is supposed obtain an even higher position. The lines of your hand indicate that you will almost the must have gone ashore on the night of reach throne." A little later Dar. the 17th or morning of the 18th. The pur Bleival was told that it was General Bou-angers, mails, and treasure ware rescued Inngor to when she had made the above pre- by the Fechili, which left Swatow on Tues. dictions. Oh she replied, in that case I

I did not tell him all. It is written day morning for Shangbai. It is not known am glad

in his band that he will die a violent here yet whether she is hopelessly ashore The same paper gives another prediction or whether there is any chance of getting

death

The San Pablo is an American steamer

of 4,046 tons, and when the was last here

of the General's success in arma and rise to her off. power, but the time for the fulfilment of one part of it has gone by, and that may weaken its effoot on some people-Vory shortly after this the General was at the house of was under the command of Captain Reed, One of Dr Charcot's friends, and in

H.M.S. Constance left this afternoon, the on- 1 professur sence of that celebrated veraation naturally tarned ou hypnotism, we believe, to lender assistance to the San double vision, magnetism, and nervous Pablo, in opas of need. Assistance has been phenomena Dr Charcot declared in decid-

sant, prominably in the form of a steamer, ed language that he did not believe the faculty of subjec put into a tranco by from Shanghai, and the U. S. fzg ship

development of magnotic

electri-

tism to foretell the future. The con- Brooklyn has also gone from that port to

*FRAGRANT WATERS' MURMUR That it in so far satisfactory, in connection

with the Crago-boat strike, that the boat men have only struck work, and no other violence has followed.

city might certainly excite the faculties and her assistance. The San Pablo's mails aro sagment the intelectual power in the same on board the Hurdanus, bound here from way as it exaggeled the nervous sons Shanghai via Amoy. tions; but he would not admit that thore phenomena went beyond the material world. A young worean who was regarded as a good magnatic sleep sabject was then put into and questioned by General Boulanger. Like the fortune-teller, she predicted his approaching fall, which was to be as- companied with aumerous popular mors. ments without bloodabod. She added foresee in the near future great commotion and upsetting of things. It is terrible. The French and Germans cannt live pcace. A war will break out hetween them, but no one eles will take part in it. It will be, before tha 28th March next year predictions were made at

i at the end of fat year. She proceeded The war will

I

at

That the wisdom of the Government in framing the rales now objected to, it a

matter upon which the community is

not quite uckaimoun, many inclining to think that the Government are asking too much.

last eight months Thers will be tertible That an impression is abroad that the boat- succence and reverses In the und the French, led by General Boulanger will de- finitely triumph. But whatever they do, the

they will not be able to go beyond fas Rhine, where pesos will be signed. en the other side of the Rios I see revolu tion, shattered gowns and thrones ovAZ«

Government in this case not had to ap- hold one or two of the more irkantue points in the regulations; but that the unreading and unreasonable opposition of the continuacious coolies must be beaten down before anything can be cou- ceded.

That the Wharf and Godown Company havo acted in a wise and patriotic manner in not taking advantage of the necessities of the community as they might have dose, and their reward will come anon. That the shelving of the reorganization of

the Fire Brigado may have been expe dient and perhaps necessary, but it is not altogether creditable to the Gevera- inent.

That surely we can find a better outlet for Mr Wodehonae's acknowledged talents than that of Fire Superintendent, the duties of which ho dues wat and cannot be expected to understand.

That no one desires to curtail bis salary,

men have to report to the Registrar General every time they have a new job ip a diferent boat, and this was generally condemned as a piece of unnecessary offi=| ciousness.

and if it be only a question of salary, surely the Finance Committee can fix that matter and rescue Mr W. from what cannot hut be an unpleasant position, notwithstanding that gentleman's well- known independence of character.

That Lee the Surveyor General is to give

us quite another reason than the his.

catablishments have been already taxed

selected team won.

rersus Sikh Police.

an exceedingly stiff pull for half to the atmost as voing concerns, thena hour the Gun Lascars were declared the greatest of them (the Dock Company)

victors. 10-HALF-MILE Race, open to Garrison haring had ite foitour rating very nearly and Fleet. doubled during the last four years. That the reason is self-evident, and it would have been useless to pais a measure that *bas slready been acted up to.

That rumour has it that His Excellency the Governor in insting upon having

vouchers for all public money that has been spent lail before him personally in the first instance-a mas praiseworthy practice, ritated as we are.

That I havo for some time back expected

to hear that the Admiralty intended to listen to reason, from the ever way in which Naval men have persistently ovaded any discussion on the contemplated exodus to Kowloong.

That cur Educational system som to be one of the good things we have got, and the able Report of the Inspector of Schools is worthy of all attention. That the Celestial pedagoguo who com- pounds with his Conservative conscienco and uses an arithmetical book 100 years old, rather than give way to how me thods, would, bo terribly disgusted to find that this same primer was indirectly the work of M. Ricci, the learned Jesuit,

of a political nature. Among these are the signing of the Bill demanding over six chow. and, after having discharged her million marks for the laying of a second ago, and heen dissantled, will be used au strategic line of rails on each of the Bast ailways, and the promulgation lighter by the new Tug & Lightar Co., Prussian Railw which was started in the Spring under the of the law changing the legal conditions of of the Paibn Tug & Lighter Co. the German Protectorates abroad, which

a

name

Wo hear that the dredger which was bad

in the

and the

Reichatag during the Nine cotopatitors entered and a good brought out in the s.5. Terest in December Council y con accepted by the Federal

Deror William's life, start was made. Kuram Singh got away the Imperial Naval Yard, will be first put

lest, and put together during the first put a slight change for t

for the worse in already from the start and led the others for two into commission on the Peihe above Tien perceptible in the Legislative bodies both laps, being at no time a good dozat yards tein. The vessel has a very fine appearance general treatment of affairs and in in front. In the last lap he was cleverly d

and Mesars. Clark and Morris, who were the attitude of the majority towards the aont from Enlimented on the manner terdag in the Prussian House of Deputies

toge taut, may be

Stocker, sence of Court Chapisin Hammerstein,

and Ber: Kropats check, the three rasin pillars of Orthodoxy and Ultra-Conservatism, when their amend- ments on the Public Worship Badgon

caught by Pte. Haynes, who care in eight ahead of the Indian, Timo, 2m,

8 sce

Pbe. Haynes

Karam Singh Pto. Panter

to pat

the vessol

in which they have carried out the work at the absence of entrusted to them.

The steamers Tehsiz and Poodie pased up to-day about 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. ze

11-EcoLE RACE, 120 yards. Tims, 20 spectively. The s.s. Fuse is at the outer

sec.

Era Singh Vengay Singh

Pte. Cockburn

12.FURZE-LEGGED RACE, 100 yards.

Busby and Everett

Walsh and Young Hancock and Dunkley, 15.--SRID AND BANDSPIKE RACE,

--Tire,

Sergt. Larkin

Bom. Underwood Gorner Penn 14.-Y

anchorage. Shanghai Mercury,

Baron

came on for discussion. Theso amond- menta had been for months a bone of the hottest contention in the Press, and had been carried in the first and second readings. only by a small majority. Yesterday were utterly rejectud, as even the Ulce Conservatives did not dect it necessary

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THE DISPUTE BETWEEN MISSIONARIES AT SHANGHAL The following are some of the statements pal forward by De Farnham in his defence,support amondments whose original moyors 100-in the action brought against him by Rov, did not think it worth while to bu

to defend. G. F. Fitch, of which we gave some account a few days ago -

3

VETERANS RACE.-Eatranta: Colonel Ctaster, Major Blandy, Sergt. Warren, Garner Abbott, Gunner Noon, Gunner Shirt, Vengay Singh. Vengay Slugh Col Craster Major Blandy 15.-MILE RACE-Eatona: Guado Singb

Pte. Underwood, Sergt. Ball, Kuram Singh, Pte. Cockburn, Gunner Cook, Ple. Commiskey, Cook led the field for the first lap, but

and Kuran Singh. These two Indians had the race in their own hands aftor this. Both ran very well, Garda Singh coming in first by a gout dozan parda. Tico, 5m. 2.

Gunda Singh Kuram Singh

Jnglis

That the plaintiff has not legal capacity 3 sue on behalf of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America

prosent

With regard to the financial position of the Emperor a good many incorrect state ments have been made. As German E- peror he has no Civil Liat, but only a Disposal Fund, which is, of course, not applied to his personal news. As

As Klag

of That the action taken by the said Board Prussis ho has an annual income of twelve thousand as set forth in paragraph 7 of the petition million two hundred and nineteen was irregular and contrary to the prescribed two hundred and ninety-six marke, out of rules and usages governing the said Board. which, towever, he has to defray the That both the eflices of Treasurer of the appanages of all the Prussian Princes and Mission and Superintendent of the Press Princesses of the blood, the amount of sue permanent oflices, and the person or which is determined by the amount of their persons

displaced except for incapacity or

torical one for "remember, remetaber the That I have frequently written in dis was passed in the second, by Gunda Singh not being either of those ofeos can- } privato fortunes, and is not made publie.

month of November.'

That His Excellency the Governor will no dught be a riser man-perhaps we shall all be wiser if not adder-when No vember has come and gone.

That Bongkong residents are so accustom- ed to promises that, when any of theme by accident get fulfilled, the date should j

be marked as a red-letter day in our history.

That it must be pleasing to residents to. find that the Governor is ready to furnish information on public questiona

paraging terms of the scribbling fraternity who write to the papers' first and think about what they ought to have said the week afterwards.

malfeasance.

That defendant, being fully awere of the facts, did, with the approval of the said Board, upon his appunutmost to the office of Superintendent of the Fress, present, as

a free gift; certain Prosses and other waste- rial for printing purposes, valued at about

done.

That a letter which appeared in your

columns the other day over the signaturs 16.HAVILDAR AND HAVILEAR MAJOR $3,500, which he would not otherwise have

of Petit Bourgeois' in not of this class,

as the writer has something to say and bu says it well

That his remarks about the conduct of this

RACK-100 yards.

Amar Deen

Singat Singh

1 2

That all the alleged proceedings taken by the said Board for the purposes of displa

16.-SEBUTS, AND Starr Sears. RA.cing the defenduse from his offices are the result of false and defamatory information 100 garde race,

applied to the Board by the plaintiff or

En rants-Sergta Ball, Larkin, Bend, Reservation Ordinance nze very scusible, Warren, Rankio. and they are, I know, upon the tongns

Sergt. Ball

of a very large number of residents in 17. Guy RACE, Chiun, Gun Lascats. this Colony.

in Council, and an so mach depends upon the advent of this Taitam stream That in some quarters there is a feverish into town, it ought to be cheering news {

haate to inaugurato gigantic públic works and to contract loans; but I think it to learn that the merry month of November has been officially named as i

́would be well to pause and consider how the period when the refreshing waters

enterprise here is almost killed by the

of the Big Bore shall be in town."

Sergt. Larkin

No. 4 gua No

I gu 18.-CORSOLATION RACE,

La Curpl Pie. Seamark Gawar Singh

Nagels

Natha Singh

other Missionaries.

That in consequence ti such false and defamatory

has been mised the skid Deard

and their action the defendant heneves to be irregular and con- trars to his rights as a member of said Mis- son, Bud to hie civil rights, and is cal- culated to injure him.

The defendant therefore prays That the petition bo dismissed with costs, and that the defendant bave such other and further relief as to this Honourable

Volunteer Gun Competition (cup pre-Court &

by Oflicers R.A.)

Six

The Council for the defendant moved the

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HONGKONG, April 21.

preposterous Crown rent of £40 per teresonted were entered for this competi| Coart on the 14th instant for a continuance On New York- That the brimming Reservoir at Pokfulam That I most amuredly think that no more tion, which was one of the most interesting of the suit on the following grounda :--

sets all anxiety at rest an to any farther water-famine, bat residents somehow do not seem to be so sanguine sa Mr Prico as to the Taitam water being in town' and over those seven-storeyed houses by Nav- vember next

That although I should have liked to hear more about the Water works and to bava

iniquitous tax was over placed on. Crown Colony, and I would use even stronger language than this if I could get words that would carry more force with

thom.

That I should have been glad to say

word about that grand Ho-Amai-Cand lar pic-nic to Tai-yu-Shan, had I time, dross-examined Mr Price an to the That it was about the biggest thing in marine pic-nics I have ever seen and an euccessful as it was large.

grounds for his official belief and the truth or faith that is in him, I note with regret this rad unbelief that is so preval- ent in the Colony.

5.

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of the day. The six detachments were under the command of Captain Macallum, action of the said Board (taken by it during That there is pending an appoal from the the other officers prosent being Lieutenants the month of June, 1887, and more parti Woolley and Holmes. The competition cularly on the 6th day of September of the consisted in

dragging

the gans a distance

ance Laatue year), to the General Assembly of of fifty yards, unlimbering them and firing: Presbyterian Church of the US of Ama- afterwards taken back to rica and that the subject matter of such the guns being the starting point. The volunteers shower

smartness,

a highly creditable amount of skill and this action. The cap fell to the detach ment who handled number gun under Sergeant Osborne

CHINESE NOTES,

May next when the said appeal will be duly Sovereign, brought forward before such Assembly,

That it is absolutely necessary for the in-

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Temperature. The Chung-ngo; San-po thinks that when terests of the deponent that he be present. Taken at Mfters Falconer & Co.'s Premities, mote than an occasional word of the the high level tramway is opened it will be General Again ble before the said

the trial of this

order to be present

Queen's Bond.) That I see you stand up for the Colonial

speeches and Mr Amter's worinon was much used na a ladder by which, to second ab auch

auch Assembly, it will be necessary for BAROMETER Treasurer, and freely speak your mind

a pretty long one-so that when I after to fairyland, where the wild flowers bloom or about the 16th day of this present month.

deponent to leave Shanghai about Insurance Agents who represent

wards found out what they had all been in profusion and the birds sing in joyful- A further ground for asking a continuance TzRMOMETER-0 4.M. Home and Continental Offices.

discoursing about, it came most refresh choras.

of this action lies in the fact that material. That in so doing pan will, I fancy, express

ingly upon me in your columns,

The Chinese text of a new law passed in matters at issue can only be obtained from and important evidence bearing upon the the views of a very large majority of this

New York or other places in the United community.

months to obtain the same. Sistes, and that it require several The motion was at first opposed, but after some discussion His Honour General Kennedy suggested that all parties might best be served if they consented to the Chang Ch'i-tang, the officer in charge appointment of a Receivor to act as Super. of specimens, but there was carried of the works on the Lower He, reports intendent of

of tha Micaion Press while Dr. Farubam away by averyone a very pleasant rimem that on the 30th of March the excave the saggestion merely to harmonise matters hamn proceeded to America. He made brance of a pleasant, trip, in which Mrtions about Tung-l'ai wers completed and more, and to see if the case could not be Ho Amti, · Mr Candler, and Captain the sluices opened when the low of better mat in this way guing into

overy detail in a way that by quing h Lofavour were prominent figuraz water was splendid, nothing less than the Au informal conversation between the Hwang-ho itself coming down from heaven. bauch and the parties to the suit followed,

hat the opportunity of inspecting the Honolulz, excluding Chinese except those magnificent works of the Company was a who have special passports, is published treat which was enhanced by pleasant Exceptions are made in favour of wires and children of residents, and Obristün

That what has come before the Supreme Court and appeared in the papers fully justifies the remarks made by Mr Lister That a large portion of Taiyuahan was teachers. Es to the tendency of the mode of busi- taken away in the visitors' pockets by way nes adopted by certain firms here, That a debate in the Legislative Chamber

is very diffema! tenim un argtimeat befan the Chief Justice during the hearing of a suit, and that Mr McEwen made hot little by his paránous defence of

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