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No. 8202-Apri. 20, 1889.]

A YOUNG camp, named Ohu Atak, whe snatched a pair of carrings from a Obine! womas to-day, nour the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, overely Inorating her car at the same time, was brought before

Mr Wodehouse in the Police Cour and sentenced to six months' lined Jabour and two shippings

Taz North Borne Herald saya – From Sandakan the Memin carried a largeur of Timber cousigued by the Chin Boruto Company to their aganta in the Flowery Land. Next month we trueat, shu may take some Tobacco from here.

We understand that the former residence of Messrs. Geo. Oliver & Co., Foochów, has passed into the hands of the American Methodist Mission for the modest sum of ton thousand dollara. It is the purpose of the Mission to run a girl'e school in these commodious premises. Foochow Echo.

JELDUS are allatted, says the Straits Times. The principle of allotment has been to give to eich applicant about one-third of his application, so that the average applicant,

being credited with payment in fall of his stock, will have money to get back. The letters of allotment will be sunt out in a few days.

His Majesty the Emperor of Chins ha conferred presents opon his relatives and upen all high ofBeials sp to the second gradu inclusive; tazen for his pour have boen remitted all over the Empire; to all banezen an additional month's rations aro allowed; at the civil and military examinations a large number of successful candidates will be admitted; presents are also to be conferred upon all Mancha wo- men of the age of 70 and over 70; and all petty offenders throughout Chins pardoned.

THE N. C. Daily News says A few days ago anilor belonging to the Constance was

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FRAGRANT WATERS' MURMUR

THE CHINA MAIL.

The Governor Des Vœux is earning for

himself a reputation for adjourning moet ings of the Logislative Council to a more cavonient day, but whose convenience is considered appears to remain an open qrvation.

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INSTALLATION OF THE SULTAN OF PERAK. During the whole of last week Kwols Kaugen has been keeping holiday in honour 1 ustaliation of saltan Idris; and biotin sports, cockfighting, · boat races, theatricals and bangu te wure ther order of the day. The little town was crowdel with visitors; Malay chiefs with their nu paras ntainers came from every distriss in Ferak; the whole population of the neighbourhood assembled to sea the show, for one of these thing, were scantily ra, and only the Chinese, who, it seemne, cała presented. There was up lack of E. mpeans, too; about sixty put in an appear anoe, and various arrangements had been made to accommodate them.

The Lady Weld made special trips between Penang

That Rear-Aduiiral Belinap'e call on board yond a balance in hand at the end of the the hospital for about an hour and was thon Acconnina to the St. Petersburg correspon

the City of Kio, to thank Lieut.-Gonoral year, the rölt was poor indeed. A sharth taken to the station and charged. dent of the Daily Neve the Russian coal

Cameron in person for the presence of to justify its existence must do something crisis has during this wintor assumed un-,

On enquiry at the hospital, previoní to expected proportions. Never before bas

British troops at the funeral of the late more than pay its way and get a going to prese, we learn that the two fontes the want of cheap fuel boen felt more

Rear-Admirsi Chandler, was a graceful Buste occupied. It was with a very are still alive and but little, hope is enter compliment. That British North Borneo is apparently sometimes and wondered if had men

heavy heart minister regarded his work tained of their recovery. keenly. The rice of coal is higher than ever before, though the large Russian coal

In the report of this tragedy in the Sher minus are not able to work with a profity

subject to other influences besides Berily been beating the ain' He was unt Puo this morning it was stated that the

taking because the Kuseista do not understand

pessimistic vior

the murder and boa committed by a foreigner mining. The zuvapapers mention as a That Hie Ezcoller oy has already had sume That a playful Medies fooling round in work of this church. When he began to Such a statement as that is clearly striking illustration of this unlucky state

charge of a Moxin fun at a bullet preach them the congregation was a very busable to gross carekamas aint likely to of stairs that the Kursk-Azov Railway,

through the tunnel of a launch while Mrs saull one, and now it had increased oos work an scalelable at of mischief, which pasada through. Russia's richer cond

Creagh was on board, but fortunately siderably, but he did not want to rest mors and we trust the mistake will be at once districts, has this winter been obliged

without injuring her. - That medicine alone in the hands of a spirit of earseatoses shown in an attempt be more accurate in danes of this sort in ly with this. He should liter to see a new corrected and that our contemporary will to purchase large quantitire af English confs. It is aid in industrial airelos that

fanyly practitioner is generally supposed to grapple with the evil that was round future. the price of English eral will probably rise

to be sufficiently dangerous witbout enabout "them. He had had experiences considerably in the near futuro. This

trusting him with the unbridled control within the hat few works which had re

TIENTSIN NOTES, might give death-blow to some Russian

of deadly projectiles.

vealed to him in a very decided way the There has been trouble this wook about industries.

That an uncaught lunatic (presumably a need there was for a stranger and mure the railway bridge which is in quarts of i

resident) resarked that the Doctor was manifest spiritual life in the Colony. He construction between the French Coates-and Fort Wold and fifteen or sixteen gon lucky in getting well out of the did not mean this any barrow series, haion and the a 1 hespa. The large fleet of tlemen made shift amp out in an attap 's-areagh-po.'

meant a faith that was not ashamed of it boavs jusks recently strived from Shang while they gallantly reorved the house for shed which had been built for the occasion,

HONGKONG RIFLE ASSOCIATION,

SEVENTIL PRIZE MRETINO. The seventh prize meeting under the auspices of the Fongkong Rifle Associa tion, which lasta for three days, opened yesterday. The weather s for has live excellent, but

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occasionally with considerablo forgo across the range made good shooting difficult, The tackemanship has therefore not boen up to the average standard. 200 yards there have boon tires 348 made. At the 900 yards the leading score is 33, two short of the 'possible.' There was a large number of visitors at the ranges this afternoon, When the Coun cils,' the 'Ladies,' and the Ladies' Purse' competitions wore completed, suong thoso prescut being H.F. the Governor and Lady Des Your The Band and Pipers of the A. and S. Highlanders performed during

the afternoon. The winner of the + Coun- cils, is the Hoa. J. J. Keswick, who only

skirmishing with uzofficial members as to the relative importance of business or of ratings of public companies, and of gatherings in the Council Chamber, in which Sir William Das Voms has givan procedacce to the deliberations of Council. That as the time of officers of the Govern- mant abould be and is at the disposal of the public, and the waothicil membera ara mostly leading commercial men whose time is frequently given át great cost to themselves, tha public will continue to believe that the convenience of unofficial Tretubara should invariably take first phoe. That the successor to the Hon. J Bell. Ining (Mr J. J. Keswick) was very prompt in taking the oath and his seat At the Council table.

That his legislative career will be watched will interest by all wall-wishers of this Colony.

That it is somewhat remarkable Good Friday should this week have been saved festa desecration by a timely note of warning from the Senior Unofficial Miember.

That this is all the more creditable to the S. U. M., as the colobration is little kown in the Western Islands, and the knowledge probably came to him, like au saquired taste, somewhat late in life.

the rank of saring the lives of three qualified tu cuter the lists two days ago Thai proselytus are over the most goalogs.

Russian sailors. These men wom going off to their ship in a ampan which they man- The Constance sailor was on e vette up t 1 way Rebors, and seeing the accident jumped into the water and got the sailors cut of the upturned boat. He then proceeded or his errand as if nothing had Lappened.

In consequence of lowes incurred by the Natiu tea hongs of this port, says the Foscheur Echo, we are informed that they in- tend to curtail their business consequent ly, in comparison with the preceding year, not so much money has bean seat up soun try. It is said that in making advances to the up-country tea-men, every precaution has been taken by the averal Teu bouge, and in such a way that none but first-class So far, so good, toa man got advances. but we fear that the matter will and here. and that in spite of notices and exhortutiona the same rubbiahy article will be brought to market sin former years.

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Borneo be secured.

That England may well pause and rejoice,

hot without undus elation,for alorens futurs may pat swait her, thus aided by these tentative Colonista.

BROWNIE.

THE PUNJOM AND SUNGHIE DUA SAMANTAN MINING COMPANY

LIMITED.

which had been submitted.

That it is passing strange so young & counself and that would be taken into all hai and Fing crowded the river below

try should already is able to lay claim departments of life and bacinese. Of the the bridge and met with a little detention the ladies, of whom a sonatdorable number to auch a porfect specimen of fatuous young man who came to this colony from in passing through owing to the absens of were proient. The great event to which im bacility.

bomo in goodly numbers many had told proper rugulation.

felt when they came senting the more presence of the bridge, of spately, it was one of these clear grey The junk people, re- all the fostivition of the week were but the That the playful gunnur sad the brilliant him that they

profude took place on Friday, the 5th; for wit have since been 'cared for by the here as if every good influence hai

conrae made a row, and fluttered the dove, i temporary revival of hand-hunting in its been withdrawn and that it was impossible cotes of the railway dincturate, who scro days, with a light, stealy breeze, which a To impr ved form.

to resist the temptation round about them, induced to pay a black-mail and help such a relief to Europeans living in them That only by such drastic assures can the They saw only one style of life around the junks through the hidro, by the aid of regiona, and it really was delightfully coo. progress of young countries liko North them, and into that they, in spite of a ing, in which there was no diffialty Kala Kanges looked the prettiest place

good habits and good intentions, wer whatever. The work on the bridge was at imaginable, with its streets filled with a pic That Captain Wissmum has usured the drawn. The church existed as a refuge and unce suspauded in deference to this clam-turesque, bastling crowd, eager to enjoy British India merchants that he has been a means of help for spiritual weaknes, four, and absequently orders were issued themselves, the broad rivue studded with opecially instructed by his Government and it was in this way that he wished to

to remove the bridge, which will not be an houseboat floating ladly down the stream to encourage their ammers along the see its influence greatly increased. He was easy task. The railway authorities are just or lying noored by the bunk, and the German East African Crast.

glad to say that the succes of the recently little too squeezable.

whole cu backed by lofty well-wooded established Sunday school in regard to at-

The bridge, it must be confessed, is he hills, which with their bold steep slopes pectations, and he hoped to an on could have been selec ed in the whole Feral draws were bord in the distance 4 tendance had exceeded the highest ex-ing orooted in the meat awkward spot that and dark vegetation resall the mountaina cf the Blank Forest.. About one o'clock the another adjunct of the Church an auxiliary river, just in the middle of a sharp bend, missionary association. In conclusion, the the site onigi ally chan for it being in and an awort of mounted Sikhs, in acurlet pastor expresed his greation with the the straight reach of Tzu Cha-lin, which coats and magnificent turbans, headed by large representation from the Garrison at

was abandoned to please the Frach their gallont chief Major Walker, proceed the services.

Consul and curtain andowners in the od to the Residency, cod from thence, no Mir Dyer Ball also gave a short address, French Concession. The dificulties of the companied Sir Hugh Low and the official in which he congratulated the seatbolder now site are aggravated by the rapid visitors, the Istant. The scene there on the satisfactory changer of the roots rilting up of the river along the right bank,

was very striking; now audience chan cansed by the hunding and piling opera

bur or balei had bees built on to the ol tions of some of the foreign landowners

house and was approached by an avenue of aforesaid. It is in the Pethe as it was in

white umbrellas bordered with red bel ourly days in Shanghai: overybody does tween red and yellow flags, and on either what he likes with the river, and thers is Bida a 8h Guard of honour was drawn At the end of the avenue a email A shocking tragedy, resulting in te no controlling authority to ragulate the

quare space had been fenced off, and E. Georg, J. S. Perry, W. Legge, S. A. death of pas won and the probable death faccies of individual owners.

An intelligent young socretary now hire,

there a lor deis had been erected, covar Joseph, C. Mooney, R. L. Reater, J. C. da of another and a little girl, was perpetant.

It was hem ed in Bonan Rond yesterday evening, safe

who was stationed with his chief at Ching with dark red oath Canha, F. J. Barros, C. A. Ozario, A. F.

that Sir Hugh Low was welcomed on the Shan Jai Mercury of 18th. It appears Chou from the time of the break until J Soures, H. G. James, W. Judd, P. B. that shortly before 7 o'clock, a hoy named

About Sept-tuber last, mys that he, and all his arrival hy the Malay chiefe, and e bis fellows, considered to reparations werecorted by them to the Istana. Cantu, J. C. dus Remeding and J. M. G. Tsao Als-bong, aced 19 years, in the en

M. Skinner, Aot ng Colonial Secretary, aud 238, Bunan Road, which is occupied by a breach was tremendous and seemingly The resolution that the capital be in Cantoness woman and Ale-Chau, the irresistible, as everything thrown down wase W. fl. Treacher, the Scorotary of the Porak Governmeal, had already arrived, creased to $600,000, which we passed at matrves of a sexfaring man running out of instantly erept away by the rushing torrent. The space outside the precincts was filled the former meeting, having been rond, the Sharighat, and demanded 850. He was It was out possible to put in piling, se at Chairman proposed that it be confirmed.

Mr James verouded at the motion was man, is the frequently supplied him with and full of whirlpools, and stones, belaks, unanimously carried.

chother and money; but for or rows stalks of willet, bags of earth and send. The Obataan-This is the tusinas of the refused to give bias the beetand though thrown down in immense quanti the nesting, and I thank you for your at-ed. He tho pointed a six-chambered retiga, were carried away a fast that in a few tondasca

volver at her which he had cenied up minutes not a trace would be left of a boat his sleeve. Two amah and a girl aged lead. Wo Ta-chóng, an it is said, charged the tacties. He re-organized the labours to manageable gangs, collected enor nous supplies of rusterial ready for use, and as sum as the river waters fell, an

An extraordinary testing of this com- pany was held this afternoon. Mr W. G.! Brodit presiod, and there were also pre-

gislative Council; Major-General Edwards, That a pleasing feature in this week's Bent-Mr T. E. Davisa, director, Messrs

who may be called the next youngest mem-

ber of the Councils' circle, being second.

The fret prize in the Ladies' competition

was won for Mrs Shelton Hooper by Lieut.

history is that it records the front that a worthy citizen left the Colony who was fetunate enough to elude the present testimonial-address cruze.

TERRIBLE TRAGEDY IN SHANGHAL.

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Carlyle, and the Ladies' Purso was won by Thi though aut a prutty long spell in Manak, and Mr A. O'D. Gourdin, secretary, ploy of-Mr T. Ruff, went to the house No. possible. The flow of the river through the other visitors, including the Hon'ble A

Constabla Warnoch, of the Hongkong Police. The prizes for these competitions were given away by Lady Des Voeux at the close of the shooting. The following are The results of the events consiluded :-

LADIES COMPETITION.

Open to Lady members or their nominees No. of shots--7 No entrance fee, Sever prizes. Position-sitting or kuwaling. Lieut. Carlyle, nominated by Mrs Shel-

ton Hooper

Mr Ford, Dominated by Mrs Ford W. Robertson, P. C, nominated by Mrs.

Gordon

E. Loodin, nominated by Mrs J.

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Capt. Collieson, nominated by Mrs G.

E. Noble

Rens is a growl from Nagasaki Saya the Naguak Express of Wednesday, 10th inst.: -The C. P. & & Abywinia strived from Hongkong at p.m. on Monday, with a few late letters on board! The P. & 0. Telucrare, which left Hongkong dưn hours ahead of the Abysźnia, will a full local mall on board, had not arrived up to noor Festerday: The community of Na- gasaki certainly ought to subscribe for the R. G. Hopkins, nominated by Miss

puroase of two leather medals,-ons for the enterprising individual who put the mail on board a 84-knot boat, when an 11- Enot one was leaving two hours istor; and another for whoever is responsible for the P. & 0. 8-knot steaming regulation They are both equally deserving of some distinction being conferred upon then.

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China, Mr John Bell-Irving has con stantly proved hitself to be a good man al round.

That it is in the fitness of things that his reputation should remein unbespattered with the weil saning but stereotyped and hackneyed phraseology of a public

addroso

That Queen's Rond is being capped with concreto--a very effective mode of bury. ing out of aight all past blundera That its durability is more than question. able, and the future stone will disclose to the patrons of rickalawa who are the greater sufferera, the unfortunate drawer or the still more unfortunate drawre. That 'impunity always invites to greater orimes, and will probably continue to do

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Hopkins

Holmes

A. Woolley, nominated by Miss Crown 18 H. F. Hayllar, Miss Sexton

J. M. Forbes, Mrs Forbes

Lieut. Martin, Mrs E. Robinacu

G. C. Anderson, Miss Anderson

W. Legge, Mrs W. D. Broadwood

A. Shelton Hooper, Mrs R. H. Kio-

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D. Wood, Mrs F. W. Cross

K. Mok. Russ, Ma Loxley

F. H. Sheph rd, Miss Shepherd E. B. Shepherd, Mrs B. Shephard Major Dempster, Mrs Dempater

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The H, E. the Governor has surrounded

himself with a much donaut clond of diffi cultiva concerning the question of Sup- day labour that any advocate of the

me votaent over dreamt of.

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LADES' FUBSE. Presented by the ladies of Hongkong.

Distance 300 yards. Seven shots.

W. d. Warnock, P.C. Obat Ford

RESULTS OF THE RAILWAY ACCIDENT.-Since the recent railway accident near Sinho, the Directors of the Chiria Railway Company have dous their utmost to settle matters to the satisfaction of all concerned. Those who were killed were respectably interred at the expones of the Company, besides which their relatiron received simple com- pessation. More stringent instructions have been enjoined upon all the employés the Company, foreigners as well 68 08- tives, and no one will be allowed to infringe them as much as a hair-breadth, the re- cent disaster having served as a lesson for mere cautions coudnct hereafter. It is also been decided to at once begin the con- struction of a telegraph line in onnection Gan. Gordon with the railway in order to maintain abao- | Lient. Martin, K. N. lato mfety in the future. We are glad to Capt. Collinson hear that at the various railway stations F. G. Collins passingers daily congregate in crowds, and F. well are just an eager to avail themselves of the means of rapid trait as before the accid. out. Nor has freight diminished in the slightest.-Shih Pao,

G. Byrne, R.M. LI G, P. Lammert H. J. Holmes

W. Robertson, EC. 4. G. Vincent

H. F. Bayllar

W. D. Braidwood

F. W. Crvas Col-Sergt. Delaney STREET CLEANSING Arpanaria-We take F. H. Shepherd the following paragraph from a London D. Wood contemporary:There is a hope for a more J. M. Forbes rational system of street cleaning being C. V. Ladda introduced than is in vogue at present. W. Jackson This hope comes from a strect-cleansing A. Sholton Hooper apparatne which we saw tried Monday Sergt. D. McDonald

COUNCILS COMPETITION,

last un Holborn Viaduct, and which is be- B. F. Drury ing introduced by Bir A. Lawie, of 46, G. T Hopking" Chancery Lane, London. This apparattis K. McK. Roas consists of a series of horizontal brushes fixed on a pair of undless chains revolving around spindles. These brashas sweep the mud up a short inclins into a receiver which is continued upwards to a height of

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and bottom shafte in a similar manner to | Hou. J. J. Keswick

the brushes. These buckets dip into the Major-General Edwards

receiver and lift the mud to à deärery Col, Storer

shoot, dredger fashion, whenw it in de- | Bon. II. E. Wodehouse livered into a mud cart to the tail of Col, Craster which it is

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Mir Joseph--I should like to nak when Mr Bicher is likely to go Home.

The Chairman-I think he will go Home in three or four weeks.

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The Chairman Probably the latest.

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evidently or intimate terms with the wo. the worst place the waler was very sudionice chamber there was a wore selec

11 years were in the room at the time, aud on seeing the revolver they rushed forward to protect the woman when the boy frei, shooting one of the amal in the chest, the bullet entering one of her lange; it is sup

torrent at the breach became less dot-

to overlowing with sightseera; inside the

company. There won rows of chairs för the European visitors, while the Mulays at in native fashion round the room near the wall. Altle further and two doors lod fu the woman's apartments, and between then placd the Theme of Installation. This was lecced in by a low balustrade and was a somewhat sharp piece of work in yellow ails, with an embroidered canopy, the work, i auetis, of the ladies of the

Mahaliget before it stood the Petarana, i

small low table, covered with a handsome

he can make it convenient to go sooner posed that this won the opened the ent, he threw down material incessantly by than that, he will go. It is left in Mr window and was about to jump out, when night and day, and foally at the worst Becher's hands to make every necessary Te Ah-bong fired again, the bullet shatter part, when the waters wro low, obtained yellow sils cloth, on which lay the Regalir, arrangement and to anounce when he is ing her arou, and she fell or jumped out of a stable foundation, wivel be strengthened most magnificent specimens of the gold. ready. It is not the diretors intention to the window into the road. The anh mat and then, finally, built op the embatikment, it's art, the must striking being the rown or map of state, and two puan or arch dalay bia going for a moment. A commit. have been attempting to follow her when It is said the works have been carried ou too in London has been formed in net with Tsau Ah-bong fired a third that which atruck systematically, and for China with rare, allures of gold flagree work and ze Dur Hibernian friends would say, just They are aware her in the back, entered her heart, and she honesty. The labourers get their

Fy, the hixos his arrival. of his proposed or departure, and foll backwards curpee. Not content with his material is paid for regularly, peculation bristling with diamonde. Besides these, if there

is anything to be done diabolical work the mardner fized another and aquering Rep Reverly usished when the sword of state and several isrga seals ce *chope' of bye-guno rajaḥs were much before he gets there it will be dens, but shot which struck the little girl in the chen discovered, the gangs of man ara fairly well

admired. supervision doubtless they will wait his arrivad,

indicting what in fea ed will prove a mortal fed, and a very strict system of

Ru- Mr Joseph-You say there is a com wound. How his intended victim sesped and disciplina has been kept up, mittes in London. What gpmmittee? is a mystery which she herself cannot expectful mention is made of Li Hung-no,

whone disgrace was unmerited. The Chairman-A committee formed to plalu, nor eas ele explain when or has the

The miseries of the starving multitudes help Mr Becher in the disposal of the pro- murderer mate bis exit from the room as it perty.

was full of smoke. The first intimation the ruined by the fluud, are so great, they are Me Joseph-Shareholders, I suppose. police had of the cecurrence was at 8 mins ill-sheltered and ill-fe that their play- The Chairman-Yas, shareholders who utes to 7 o'clock, when Mr Dzenk topurted zical condition is deplorable, that it is are in London.

at the Central Station that bo was pausing feared the first summer heats after the Mr Leggy-Before wo separate I would along the Honan Road about 6.30 p.m. raine will breed pestilence of aerinua liko te propose & vote of thanks to your when & women jumped from the top atory dimensions. The suffering wretches are o self and Mr Davier. I regret to me the window of a Clanese huns and nearly fell helpless and hopeless that they would sat, other directore have not considered the on top of him; he looked up and saw Ah. in fact could hot, struggle against any matter worthy of their attention. In some chan preparing to jump out of the mus talent epidemic

When she saw him she cried, It is said the Peking Government hus, so way or other they have made sngagement window. which have prevented them from attending fire, and he told bar not to jump ont a far, not concerned itself about the altiusto to the interests of the body of the share she would kill horse if it ahe did so; think fate of the destitute millions. There are holders. I do not eas to move a vote of ing the hous was on fire, he burat open the an funds for removing the people to other censure, Lat I leave i to them to read door and ruled upstairs. entering the places, po organization, and in fact no dear what I have said flaughter).

the matter.Chineze top room heaw a woman lying on the door comprehension of near the window and a little girl lying on Times.

sofa, both bleeding profusely; seeing UNION CHURCH ANNUAL MEETING, that & morder had boun committed, he

PERING NOTES, The annual congregational business meat hastened to the Station to give inform We have no further direct news from ing of Union Church was held in the church tooling petered or on to the patentie Kai-fang Fu or Chong Chou about the Yel. Kealing proceeded at once to the scene of low River branch repairs bat the Peling That the Chiosae do not desire, and cer-

on Thursday evening. The pastor, Rev, G. the tragedy, and on the say met Captain officiale, in view of the reports before thera, tduly can never be forced to stop their H. Bandfield, presided, and there was a good McEuen, who acompanied them. OLF reem to have no misgivings about the sow work on Sunday, although I believe the attendance. The reports of the Secretary arriving at the house they found the rumin embankment, which, they say, will stand Chinese race can take their plusures as

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bad jumped out of the windor all shocks and steins. The Yellow River quietly and ha-miesly as any people in (Dr R. R. Kimball) sud the Treasurer (Bir lying in the mad and apparently dying, and is rising daily, its volums of waters ia now ilis round globo.

J. Gossmann) were read and adopted. The entering the top-room they found the girl large, and the current in waxing strong. That the Eocopaan vessels in Harbour are

on the Bofa sud the dead woman lying on A very slight but yet perceptible vertical the only cruft sought to be interfered report of the Secretary stated that the st. her back with her feet towards the windor. earth tremor was felt in Peking at 4:45 with, and if I am not misinformed they tendance at the service of the church had Detective Keling carried the girl down-p.m., 28th March.

shown a constant increase during the stairs and hal her and the injured wom year, which closed with a materially en-taken immediately to the Shantong Road bers, but the birds have evidently had at his deep obligation, under Beaven, to larged number of seatholders. The report Hospital, As an instanes of the abfoot hard joumay' from the south on their way the Quees and the Governor of the Strain also mentioned that wise the arrival in Ja foor, or inhumanity, of the Chinese lewer to their favourite tundas; they are ory Settlements for the help and protection nuary last of a Scotch regiment it had been class we may mention that when the girl was thin, and source worth eating ualeas in a which they afforded to himself and ha necessary to add about a hundred sittings, brought dowa ser one of the large barabar salmi notwithstanding which the seating capacity of natirea who had assembled outside the

pared as yet with Hongkong and its through goods system, cetwithstanding the brilliant after-dinner efforts mudo by Sir George Ferguson Bowen to give the autrupolis of the world a second place to the commercial Fearl of the Orient Thet, as a general rule, Europese cease to labour on Sunday, both on shore and alost, save and execpt when they cannot help themselves, and all that is needed iato help these sawe Europeana to secure their day of rest,

are the only vessels affected in the Treaty

Maritime Custom-Rows.

Forts by the closing of the Imperial

That an Act of Toleration exists, possibly mwritten, in ludis and almost in evory spot of the Britch Empire, and this would forbid any compulsory enactment dia Christian institution, that the

Governor's picture painted so powerfully,

ai lost money, at an uzruly msus of idle natives, and of possible sido to theft by imprisonment for conscienco nakro, is so overdrawn that it becomes a hideous caricature.

a

When the Resident had entered the dience chamber the Sultan, who wore a dark colored uniforme cap with hi badge sad gtar, left the inner apartments and seated himself on the throtie.

On hi Fight

he Resident and Lady Low, on chair of state covered with orange colour

Acting ed silk hanging; on his left Colonial Secretary and Mrs Treacher. At the foot of the throne the Sultan'a brother, Rajah Hanad, and Rejah Mansur, the soa of Sultan Abdallah, seated themselves oa mata in an attitude of respectful doforupce appropriate to the occasion,

The ceremony that followed was short. and simple. Rajah Hamed respectfully- banded the sword of aate to his brother, who himself put it on, thereby signifying s azaumption of sovereignty. Then amid the roll drums His Bighness took the wath of Rice, in the following terms:- I, Sultan Idris bin Almarhown Islander Shah, Yangdipertuan of the State of Peruk, do hereby solemnly promies and swear thai I will truly and faithfully rule. my kingios of Perak in accordance with low and the established order of Government, under the protection of Her Mat Gracions Majesty the Queen of England and Empress of Indus and her heirs and sucessors for ever. swear this in the preseve of Almighty God.

The oath was also signed and attestal by the Resident, wh in a short speed congratulated the Sitan sad alluded the high aunsa of duty he had always di

Snipe have arrived in considerable nim played. The Sultan, on his part, expres

country. A safute of guas was fred and who deserted from the throne and receiv the visitus were pressed to the Sultan:

ed his guests with great cordiality, Mic Holmes, who looked very distinguished in black silk stockings and habit de cour, ROP ing as Chamberlain and master of the core

ponies.

The day closed with a bangget given t

If the Tung-wen lige does not thrive of the church gas still taxed to its utmost house would volunteer to take her on his it is not for want of oficial nurse. The each Sunday. The report of the Trassurer kaso and convey ther to the hospital ina Peking Gautte of Sunday last reports that was also of a satisfactory character. ricksha, and it was not sati) à Canton the Marquis Thing had a special audience The following gentlemen were elected as woman, with more heat than courage, to thank the Emperor for having appointed the Committee of Mangement for the en- offered a dollar to any one who would do him to anperintend the fairs of the Collige. suing rear Messrs G. Murray Bain, J,so, that the poor creature was removed. This would allow us to huge that at lust the Dyer Ball, Hugh McCallum, J. Quoann, The house was then searched, but nothing ministerial oversight of the institution was That the Governor's suggestion, that purssis. W. Bord, D. Gillies, W. Powell, G. but a bullet was found, for it is needless to placed in coroughly competent hands, but

might be tempted to load and unload Durcals, A. Rodger, J. Lockhead, W. Tay-say the murderer had disappeared, and it is it is not exactly so, for another official, Belt himself presided at the head of the the European visitors by the Sultan, who antsidy the limits of the part, is too for, W. M. Watson, and the Pastor. Mr conjectured that on being Mr. Denk Yang-yl, a Vice-President of the Board of table. When the health of the Queen wa absurd for serious discussion, na the McUallum was appointed Secretary and Dir forcing the door he rushed downstairs and Works, has received the same appointment, given the Sultan in a few brief words o privileges of free British port are too Goomaan Treasurer.

secreted himself in one of the lower rooms and be also has returned thanks at the ema well know and too highly appreciated Votes of thanks wore cordially passed until Mr. Dronk went upstairs, when to time, though this has not so far been mon-used his loyalty to Her Majesty, and for any shipowner to leave the port and to the retiring Secretary, Dr Kimbel, ser ith which he had done his bloody is, of course. in strict accordance with the thusiastically takou up by the visitors. This God Son the Queen' was played by the The revdl-timed in the Gazette. This arrangement military band outside the hall and en the open door. sal into the Customs boundaries.

and the retiring Acting Treasurer, Arver with 23 Thut where a shipowner is an anxions to Boyd, also to Miss Fidd and Mr Powell, work is supposed to be une he had stuka dual system which forms so curious a for- Sultan's health was then proposed and land or discharge his vessel, he would the organists, and Me Duncan, conductor from his master who, for the last ten years, turo in the Chinese administrativa arrangedunk with musical bobours, after whios kept it loaded in five shambers, between tents, whaleb regard cheeks which negra- the ladies and most of the staider visitor. readily pay a moderate sum for a special of the choir, permit,

A piuversazione followed, in the course the mattresses of his bed, The built is action as of more importance the retired, but it is popularly reported that That the Governor's closing remarks on of which a short musial programme was found corresponds with thoes agad by Mr. anity of perpos Both the Superintend the fun was kept up for some time. Longer cerning his sympathy with enforced Suu- gone through. The chair under the leader. Ruff, and bis revolver is masing, but strange puta aro Minictors of the Teong-li Yann, Mr Caulled being voted into the me day workers, and his readiness to enter in ship of Me Duncan, sang the anthems Lift to say on examining his stepk of cartridges all of whose members gars in the College and toasts and conic songs following ons views contrary to his own, appear to up your heads' (Hopsins) and Arise, he found them intact, so the murder calendar as a Board of Regouts.

auuther is rapid, nuocéstion but of thes me to be rather out of keeping with shino, for they light is some (Elevey) and aviduntly thought that live shots would be May indications have been given of als proceedings, it is obvious that no connected: ske terrible possiblities he has rained. Leslie's part-song The Pilgrims. Several suficient to accomplish his diabolical work that the Government is diaped to Ricoount on be givan, though it scen That, as I said Inst week, the Prays Revocal solos were given, and Miss Field con- The murderer was afterwards arrested the Tung wla Hege to the status of a cleat that they constituted very merry!

clamation Bill has not yet passed, and tributed two organ golon,

The revolver, with one chamber still loaded, University, in which, however, it seems ending of a very festire day, Singapor aunehow the thing will not get itself The Pastor, in the course of a short was found in his possessin. He made not unlikely to be beaten in the race by Free Press. patobed up.

addres, referred to the report as a very resistance, but stated he had taken sorge the Ma hodist Episcopal Mission, which is That I begin to feel a certain amount of Batisfactory one. It was gratifying to bear medicine and requested to be allowed to lie busily engaged in orgausing the Teking

sympathy with the Government on that they had finished the year with a bal down on the boy's bed and dis. This re- University. The appointment of the tro TO THE DEAF-A Person cured of Deat account of the muddle into which ance in hand, and that the rouber of seat quest, it in mediese to stals, was not can abore-named superintendants, following and noises in the hood of 20 ye matters have drifted, but one cannot but holders was increased, but he must confess plied with, but as he seemed vary ill is close upon the erection of an observatory sanding by a simple runedy, will send a mecral at the audacious case implied in that to him wil this was gratifying only in was taken to the Shantang Road Hospital and the promulgation of a law connecting description of it free to any Person whe the Governor's propagal to further a certain way. He thought there was a sad the atomsoh pump ap liad. The native the College with the civil examinations, is applies to Niatrolson, 24, Bedford Square, plange the terms of a Crown lease by temptation here to ran a church very doctor, however, alated that the prisone certainly significant of design to move Loudon, W.U., England. inserting a proviso in this precious little nach on the lines of a public company, bad not taken any pois. Prisoner did with the times Bl which nobody owes,"

and to judgo of it, at ware, by ita geod not deny that has shot the vomers, but We ace, to an oxtruct, from a Singapore HOW TO GAIN FLEST AND STRENGTH:

The stated that he had been drinking and that paper, referred to in a Shanghai juuria), Take after each inusi siuit a tablespoonful That until the Goremur and certain dividends and ten large balances.

lengers' realise that they cannot over question of funds had been, as they all he met one of the anushs in the street fast that gold cenies from Fabang, a Malayan of Scott's Emulsion of Pure Cod Liver (Hi xide the law of contract and the rights of know, a ditlerity will ibis church for evening and she insulted him, and he the state, to Peking, and in nude up into the with Hymphospuites. It is almost of every property holder at common law, as many years. It was not subsidiead by went home for the revolver and in return gold bars known to commerce here. Now palatable as wilk and easily digested. The I have said months ago, this Praya paternal government to its neghbore the ing fired the four shots. Afu that be no gold comes, or probably ever came to rapidity with which delicate children Ordinance, not to speak of its schedules, esthedral, and the sun of many required wandered about the streets all night and at this city from Fabang, or from any place sickly people suffering from weakness. A will be of notte effent, eaving to illustrate every year was certainly, large lor no small o'clock this morning went to M: Latoondh south of the Yangte at any rate. The wasting disease improve and theive apo kew not to gasera..

* xumber of people, and there was con- house on the tor there was a friend of his Peking godd yn from places perfectly this disk jatuly marvellous. As a remedy equally heavy burden thrown on the He denied that he hat demanded moneywell konen Mongolis Manchuria, the Tor L'ossumption and Throat & Jections arid shoulders of the Commitee of Man ement, but admitted having received: 87 on pre-me country, and from districts around Bronchitis is unequalled by any other pre- Frm this point of view the rapper was no viods sedation. When being taken to the Joho. It is said that no appreciable paration in the world. Any Chestat nat doubt satisfactory, but fram the minister's hopital he wie very curious to know if he quantity is smuggled kom Russia tesupply it. -Watson & Co. (Limital) agent point of view, if they meer get much be- had killed anyone. He was detained in ritory.--Châuesi Raven,

in Boeging and Chius,

Tatie should be dropped in two out of the

parates is mounted on an iren carriage Tau City of London is seriously consider. on three wheels, and the awarping and ing the advisability of dropping, to a great elevating mechanism is driven by gearing extent, the study of Latin in the public from the travelling wheel. At the trial on schools, and substituting more of modern Monday mud was placed on the roadway, Jangnages, beginning with French and in- and the machine on its first run did very cluding forman in the regular course, with well indeed. It did not do quite so wall extra classes in Spanish and Italists The on the second run, but it must be remem- matter was referred to the Committee of bered that the conditions were not those Manager of the City of London School for of a naturally dirty road. The mud bad investigation some time ago, and that cum. been previously raped up into the usust mittee has adopted for its report the repom. rosdade deposit, carted away and re-diatri- mendations of Rer. Dr. Abbott, the head buted on the Viaduct roadway, during master. He suggested that the study of which processes it must have parted with

forms in the e tiddle school, and that some of its moisture. It was, in fast, very thicks adge. Against this we may mention additional instruction should is given in that we have seen the apparatus at work on Latin should be taught only in the Senior French, English history and geography. a very dirty mondamised road on a dirty

He also re- day, when it did in work with the greatest class in the middle school. Buocess. The apparatus promises well for commends that German should be made a doing away with unsightly heaps of mud by regular and compulsory study-it boing the wayside and the spinahing of the public uptional at present-after a fair degree of when the sludge is being shovelled into the elicicnor had bas obtained in French, part. Then there no stopping and start- Ability to teach German, he suggests, must ing for that purpose, as the cart is drawn be added to the requirement of those who steadily on its way and when full it is sok places a techers in the school. stopped, the apparatus removed, and the Spanish and Italian he would not at present cart goes on its way to the discharging point include in the regular course, bat would The apparatus laat oppe attached to another form classes for the study of those lan- Dart which taken up the work of its pro-guages out of school hours

The recom Secmor, and so on until the work of street aendations of the committee are favorably pisanking àw been completed.

I spoken of by most of the Eguidon papare.

That the stall of the Victoris College in

erates in about the same ratio as that of

the Public Works Department dwindles, bat the College is not yet ready for its