No 8229-MAY 23, 1889.].
quality of water will be supplied for an in- definite períod
We do not wish to enter into the ques tion, whether it was within the jurisdiction of the Sanitary Board to enquico into the entry of the poliation. The powers of thatbody.are so ill-defined the one does not know what it can or cannos legally do. Being on. trusted, however, with the framing of by-laws to provout the pollution of water, it was antural that it should enquire into the cause of a pollution on such a large amals as has occurred with the Pokfulam water The President of the Board, was talking silly nonsonse when he said that the public did not care ahang about the cause of the pollution if a remedy was now provided.
$
THE CHINA MAIL.
Messes Jardine Matheson & Co inform | TENDERS have been received for deepening us that the S. S. Glenorchy, from London the entrancs to Alexandris harbour. The
work is to be begun at once. for this port, loft Singapore this afternoon
FROM A Police notification—which seems to be the only public announcement of the fact made till now-we gather that there will be the usual Queen's Birthday Farado to orrow by the military. The spectacle as A role attracts Ling: muisber of citizens to tho Parade Grind and it has heretofore.
buen the custom of the military authorities to make a public intimation of the evout. Wo infer from the Police notitiation that the parada will begin about 5 p.m.; as the ground is to be kept clear from that hour till
6.80.
If the public wore in this frame of mind The Legislative Council has been adjourn the grossest irregularities might go oned to Monday. Meantime we would re-
GREAT Agitation is being carried on in ship. ping virales for the desponing of the Elbe river, to avoid the great expanse of lighten ing deep vessels, and to prevent the mapy groundings which occur as soon as strong easterly winds set in.
DRAINAGE AT THE PEAK and into shope. One would bars thought an instance, stated that on one ocossion it Tax Russian Admiralty has decided to in
arrost crease the Baltic and Dick Benfleets by. The following reply has been given to the that all trua oftizans of the republic would had hoon necessary to send the British
have devoted their time and money at Constable, Mr Lewis, to
two desert four large muitoes, with a displacement of from 80 to 130 tons. The verola will be Potition sent in fo the Government on the home at this exhibition time. Genocal ers, and that he (Mr Lowis) had found theat heated with kerosine refuse instead it coal. | 14th fast. —
Many, arrived a day or two back from the in an inner room at the Sasmen's Club with If this experinout is accesful this u`vol
North, and his presenco inaces no wonder whether another ralief fund may not do heating material will be usgay the coun going ornisors of the Rustati navy.
started.
GOLONIAL SRORETARY'S OFFICE, Hongkong, 18th May, 1889. Sm-I have the horor, by direction of the Covarner, to acknowledge the recarpt of your letter of tbh 14th instant respecting the unsatisfactory state of the new drainage at the Pork, and to state that the mattor is repaiving His Excellency's encrest attention. I have the honor to be, Sir, your mbet obodisul survant,
(Signed) FamouNICE STEWART,
Colonial Secretary. Honorable F. Byrie, nud others,
CORRESPONDENCE.
A THAWAY to the Pyramida! The bare ides in enough to make the muminiss of the Pharohs turn in their swathes Contracts THL Jajan vernacular press publishes have been given out at Cairo ifer, the con- strange statement to the effect that a noise atruction of a number of tramways, one of resembling the discharge of a big gun has which will go to the Pyramida. Imagine been frequently heard of late at sea fu, the the tram conductors of Caire shouting, Sir? Pyramids, neighbourhood of Hyogo, and that it has Here you are, Sir Sphinx, once or twice been attended by violent dis-Str? all the way for twopenco. Any The turbance of the surface of the water. Na more for the Great Pyramid. It is an turally people are excited about so strange irreverent generation. a phenomenon, some predicting the advent of a volcanic eruption, others a big earth- guake-Japan Mail.
A COLONY OF CHEMISTS.
23rd May, 1883. To the Editor of the CHINA BAIL BIL,-I was struck very much with Mr
undisturbed. The Government, as the commend the members, ófficial and unsti,porary the following prophecies which will the next time ho appeared at the esine Cooper's blunt reply to Dr Hurtigao'a cm-
servants of the public, are entrusted with oial, to carefully study the letter which the daty of supplying water. They supply appeared in our columns last night, over the -mud instead, and according to sage Dr signature Hongkong. The writer speaks Ayres the public has no right to ask why with a mere intimate knowledge of the
AHINDU Astrologer luns sont a contg. be fulfilled during the course at the presont year, 1889 Death of a great and good sovereign, beloved and respected by her people, the effects of a fall. Two severe cyclones in the Indian sass cusating in great loss of life and property. Wac in Afghani Acdot Rahmind.
atan.
Baseina ion of
Ir a foreigner were to be the worse for lignor which he had taken if making calls, he would not be likely to motion the fact places. We have heard, however, of a Tao- bai, who hinted to a gneul, that it was best be judicious, an adoh cccnsions, on ring his observation with the remark I gut vary rank indeed the last time I was here. Chinese Characteristics,' in N. O-Daily News.
*Wise, Acting Pulane Jaɖgo, gave judgment
This is a very convenient doctrine for subject thau parlaps any other resident in Rattle in the vicinity of Horat. Disturban- į officiale, but it is one the public is not the Colony. His opinion of the new Bill is likely to sccept; and, seeing the Sanitary temporally expressed, and we think wo are Board has failed to obtain estisfaction it is not far wrong in saying that he faithfully for the unofficial members of the Legislative reflects the opinion of the respectable Chi- Council to demand a report on the subject,ness community of Hongkong. The sub- with a statement of the progress, actually ject is one tint must not be deal wita in SABBATH jaws are onaistené with liberty in that they are laws for the prevention of pada in the distribution of the water from an off-hand way, for is to one that directly critelty to animals, in that they are laws of affects the peace and prosperity of the Co-health, in that they are laws for increasing Tytam.
are laws for eharmonising the relations of empital a native sobeme, but we think it does not
Jatuur ently urged, namely: deportation of the coguos aul protection of the respectable
TELEGRAMS.
[SUPPLIED TO THE CRINA MAIL."}
(Via Southern Line)
-
PLOT AGAINST THE CZAR.
LONDON, 20th May, 1889.
טו?
FOOCHOW NOTES.
Foochow 11th Mar We heats
that the opening price of the fires crop of Pailing, mowhat like Bls. 2 higher that last season and that the quality is a little better.
Battle of Gin before them which they prompts hurled at his head ; the Chairman further said, that he had no doubt that Mr Lewis could bear witness to many similar Beezes in the Club if necessary, and that generally speaking the no-celled Faimperance principles of the old Besmen's Club had proved little better than a large
Mr D. M. Wright stated that the sab scriptions to the now institution already Me H. Frandio late Counul for France amounted to $562 (applause), and, at the at this port, is to relieve Mr Ristelhueber regisest of the Chairman, read the proposed at Tientsin, the latter having been appoint. Design and Constitution of the New Son-
to the Consulate General at Shanghai. men's Club as follows
20
H. E. the Viceroy Piou, the Grain Ocin-That the institution, which shall be onen to all foreigners of the Navel and residuer Chang: the Salt Commissioner
Mercantile Marine of all nations, be Szetu, and the Expectant Tuotai Chai re- tatened the call of the Consul for the United called, The New Seamen's Club. States Yesterday. We understand that 2-That the design of the Clob is to thepaleo, salled, her tho Commissioner of Custome
We understand that contract hua ben
put with Dr Canthie's wait and cufcluded between the Portuguese Govern and qually sage grant and the Norddeutscher Lloyd sion that u table of doves ought to be made whereby the steamers of the company will out and dom supplied gratis. I had visiona maka Liston a port of call, both on their
The good man with ing this ratus sow last night of the interior of our hoes dur homeware and outward voyages.
Telegraphic udvis received on Thursday his sleeves voltes up and a printed table in his hand measuring our all-spoonful of morning reported think the quality of the Ningets tous is minch belter than leat cea in India: Grating of several conc sions by the English Closer, idendship JCDGMENT IN THEM BREEN CASE. alam, while the good lady is iperintendenson and that the harbor market, would
ing coolies bringing in
in gallons of water.
almost directly. In the Suprego Court Cosday, Me 4.9. First, he has to bear in mind thus, in probably be opened by Rasian buyers between the rulers and the ruled. Serious socident to
to Lord Connemara. Death of a
order t he effective, the aluat must or
The Kinktang Market hus oponud et na introduced in A..
solution Weak in the case of J. R. Ost and another . J.Then the mistress of the himso-hus to toll advance of Tia. 3 on last year's prinos.
We understand that the Director of the Brent English political lender.
Amenal has been making large reductions J. McBreen. Me J. P. Webber appuated the souls that the water must stand 48
hours to lot
the mud precipitate And last in the personnel with a view to economy. for the plaintiff, and Mr Wilson (ut Mess comes in the uusssor of the hure again, About 10 mo bave been discharged. Wotton and Deacon's office) for the defense.with a syphon to extract in water from the from the Torpedo and Canon-foundry
in precipinted
with Departdients, His Lordship Baid This is a claim for vessels tu which the und
students 5:
and
100,000 per annum is expected from this reduction in the Arsenal atat
The news of the demise of Rear-Admiral John D. Davies, of
of the United States Navy, THE NEW EXTRADITION BIL. will be received with sincero regret by many of our readers who had the honor of his To the Editor of the CHIA, MALL
noquaintance, specially those who were "Hongkong, May 23rd. 1830. SIR,—I have read with some interest the Fooshow at the time of the bombardment lotter Last appeared in your eslutans last and could, thereby fully realise how import. one who has been living over twenty ofiter in the protection of the foreign set overing abayo the signatury forging was the sorvice fondeved by that gallant
It years in this Colony and who has always tlement from the Chinese rabble
is curronds reported that the Arsonal taken as interest in this subject I feel that
longhour to the new
requance of the newly launched, steamer None of the law-abiding residents in which was built, under his orders being
lony. The writer does not reveal his alter- the national wealth, in that they had 8000 Cnder a clause-in-a-doad-of-separation and discharge it into elemi vessels, Quite teachers, besides udher employés. A maving I differ much from the one we have consist tion of they are laws for the proventered into by the defendant and his wife interesting work for the hot dữll greather of Th
citizena
of one of the chief historic in proscetic, in that they are laws for tho stitutions of the nation; in that they are, in short, laws of national self-preservation -America Sabbath Union
an-
Yours,
PATERFAMILIAS.
Rot
furnish seamen with a respectable plavo: of resort when on here in which rational refreshments, including bear and porter, but no
but no spirits, will be procurable. 3-That they working of the
of
bo
entrusted to a Committee of, not less than 3 or more than 5 members of the Community, who shall be directly responsible to The resident Community
Amoy.
Such Committee tu be elected yearly at a General Meeting the Community to be hold overy Ja nuary,
y, when the retiring Comulttes shall present their Report and Accounts. for the past year.
4-That the Captains of such men-of-war
't
na may call at this Port, be asked to Arrange with the Petty officers and crews of their ships, should they wish to avail themselves of the privileges of the Club, for the election of a Com mittee to keep order in the Club daring the stay of their reach in this Port That the Committee of the Club be empowered to
such rules and draw regulations for the conduct of the Club, as they may consider necessary. After some criticism as to the introduc sion of the word New into the title of
up
the Club, the Chairman thought it would be better to adhere to the title proposed Old Seamen's Club sad the so-called. because they had not ser finished with the
and dated 19th July 184. [Having ca the clanso-in which the husband unters takes to pay to his wife 815 month for the first six mouths and SF a month fter the expiration of the first six muliths
his Lordship
For six proceeded Jorn Ferdinand Lercitu has had a rather Tat business of the New Guinea Company months the
the defendant his monthly
Enid is making favourabl
In the progress diagreeable experience of this Colony. Autusl report it in stated that the plants outrage of $15, and on the brauth mouth he paid $10 instead of $20. It is for the passenger from Sydney to Jepan on board tivated at King Willian's Land, as shown
Tuder the deed of
But f separation Thethis matt the good ship Changsha, he is awakened in by the ample sont to Berlin, are of quod recovery of the amount due since that time
tobacco recently anived quality. Of the
is brought. The defendant in reality acts rival here to bo informed by a Palice In- the small houra of the morning of kia ar- there, are packages weighing about op two defences. The first in this I can anderse all the objections urged by / Commissioner has become insauo, in cou-put to the inoeting, planas by clause, and
3,600-4.000lbs. which are stated to be of cealment ur pisrepresentation of
of facts, the knowledge of which would I have prevented The British Government has abandoned from an Australian bank, and that his of managers kan resolved to apiarge the I understand it, is I shall doa diret with to see the number of criminals who inake an arrangement is about to be, made with Committee should be elected, so as to spactor that he has appropriated £2,200lised high prices Therefore, the board his feum signing that doed; the secondly Hongkong, whether Eriglish or Chinese, wish fount ineffective. We re informed that be defuitely decided from what body the
Hundreds of people have bosin arrested in Russia, including flours of the Army, for "being connected with a plot against the life
of the Gear.
THE SUGAR BILL
the Sugar bill,
(From Indian papers.) DEATH OF COUNT TOLSTOL
St. Petersbung, May 7.--Count Toletci, the Minister of the Interior, who intra ed the late scheme of the Local Gover ment Reform in Russia, ia doad.
THE TURKISH MISSION.
----
grad Sumatra quality, and which
Таче
of con.
rory aubacinent to
-and-on
this
Bill.
R
when by
'G. M. C'
Trustees thereof.
The Design and Constitution were then nanimously carried.
and,
Dr. MacDougall suggested that it should
name is not Loun bot Arthur Edward tobacco cultivation, and to create new the date of the aped..
at Staphansort and Hatsfeldshafon the alleged coussalment e misrepresenta erased, but considering that the Colony cost of zone Tis. 400,000,
their refugo
froth the inaisland in some one, who is well learned in the art of prevent the Club ever falling again into the Big Hornbuckle. Whether or not it
planting
ship-building, to reconstruct the same at a hands of the Bissionaries.
Mr D. M. to the extent of 4,000 hectares. As
Wright proposed, tion of facts. The tank, an I understand it, it, whe wore to be accused of abscond consequioncs, a further increase of capital stated to be concealed is that the wife hai has been in existenc nearly 50 years are
We published some time ago a translation. MacDongall seconded, that the Committee
aball consist
of two Foreign Consuls and i with two thousand pounds than to of ra 1500 a share in neccesary-
committed adultory prior to the execution of not the Guveraur's feurs exaggerated
correspondent he
by our occasional of this deed, un she was pregnant at that says that the number of these criminal of an official proclamation dealing with the three lay members of dio Community be called by such a name an Arthur Tax Italian pavers report that an electric fine will at the knowledge of the husband is likely to increases to such a wonderint tative banking system, in which somis very married unanimously. Edward Buld Hornbuckle, there can be no theodolite, which indicates with mathema. The deed speaks for its if as having bebas he suggests, whose fault will it be bas vernment of bankers and for the prevention ing, seconded by Mr Mateball, was then
extent. And if the number does incrense.
The following proponition by Mr Bard-" doubt that the experience altogether was tical preciaen the position of an enemy's signed on the 19th July 1884, and from the li.t of the smaller Chinese officials who of cups on them. We now hear that their read
alringent rules were promulgated for the go
In very unpleasant inn. And the cntious ship, whether at anchor be in mavement, evidence it seems that about a month after avar attempt to capture those who preylot is rendered all the more harder by frosh
That has been set up at Maddalena. The this date the wife goes to Singapore,
as it appears from the Minutor of which dofonda the island of
upan or about the 13th of March 1885 she
thosa under their protection us Constantinople, May 7.-The Porte has Lemm deny the truth of the Police officer'am the sea by a high all On this is
enautonta of quasi-draconian charactor the Meeting of the apptors of the Sexy Caproes,
superior officers i
& Co. on the 10th February, 188 shatters
1880, te Teil & ordered the Turkish Mission to be steppeuratamont (which might perhaps be ex-laced electriu tobinely commubresting | bring us somewhere, about the end of July though China was on an equal fooling with; than doatinuing, with their business in the three Protestant Missings at a
months from the end of March 1885 would petitions are sent to the
to put up their it more preferable Vonx always sponka ni July Sir William Dea which was aboat to be sent to Zanzibar.
building was "permanently committed to pected in any case), but Inspector Corcoran, with the battery. There is also a ver
very 1884 Now the defendsat in his eviden
Amor, vir: who made it, did not believe in it bisivultainail panorama' indicating the position denies laving-at any time about that periodo, ignoring altogether the fact that that overy Ave bankers shall have to stand for the fisionary Dociety, and of the Pros
other countries in this matter of extrani. Such severa restrictions, one of which
Church in America, of the of and even the Magistrate before whom Mr distance from the battery, and the point to that the child
hostile, ships. their direction, their cohabited with his wife at all, and states the right of Chinese to try our own security for the honesty of one of their number. The small money-changere, ac hia and therafora is
England thin aobyterian Church of
coveting Lemm was brought and sciemnly sbarged which the firing should be directed. The his wife must have committed adultery, ba-countrymen to Chins, although we insis: cording to the latest enactment, are to be seeing that two thirds of the Missions to that deny OUTWARD BOUND-Kirklands, April 2
Denbighshire, 5; Port Fairy, 9; Deren would not have ataked a cent on its noners do not see the snomy, but fore the signing of the deed of separation on trying the Chinese living in this wiped off the face of the eart altogether. whom the building was committed are Bri-
high, the balls passing over the hill. The wife on tlw other bend alates long, shire, 13; Lennon, Unioniat, Port Ade-curacy. Stil, they all went on calling this the other sud, the enemy, having
on the 18th July, the
Another matter that His Excellency says This will, in a measure, be a boot specially tish, does hereby requent H. B. M. Consul day before laids, 23; Brindisi, Cascapedia, 28; unfortunate, abranger Arthur Edward &o., mesma of ancertnizing the situation of the signature, she had an interview with her nothing about is that the Treaty of Tie-55 the poorer classes; inasmuch these to be kind onough to look carefully into t Beseene, Patroclus, Folyhymnia, May
have all along so-called Trust, and to endeavour to find the Husbands and continued to mention the last two hidden battery, cannot returu the fre
the result of which was the birth to refers only to Hongkong on the one
to get to themselves the right of issuing out if it would not be possible to 3: Ching, T; Ilegal, Tiverton, 10 ;
of the child · 10 question. Ava, Glenearn, Ulysere, 143 Men thousand pounds in the same exasperating
money, the payment of which can Committee of the three Missione to hand diametrully on Now these aro 8:staments, and onethshire, Altenmeer, Aglaia, Old- borough, 17.
so far án 7 on sus they stand by them offunder flees to longkong he must under HOMEWARD BOUND-Frigg, Glenfinits,
dofendant's donial 1 ana suked to say that suunnits an offence it I waughang and fees Flintshire, Glengarry, May 7; Ehrenfels,
e had committed adultars.
Singapore, a British Colony, there is no Highfield, 104 Metapedit, Dorset. 14;
ashes to that aty fallier clay repaciate any Treaty which enables the Chinatsu to ubariz Bellerophon, Hector, 17..
simple repudiation a divorce. But th
thing about it was that not only did Mr battery in Bitlisted Reprofed delivered of a child. Reckoning back nitel they are heavily bribad or unless and that the majority of the have thought men's Club held in the ofera of Meska.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
PARSED BUZZ CANAL
aim
On
no
that
THER.
We
side and the Empire of Chins on the other, in-a-Lotty-way
London
way. And why ? Simply because coal mining operations on the island of alven On the simple statement of the the treaty be delivered up, but if a criminal the event of any little difficulty cropping as they seem no longer able to conduct -
The Rising Sensof Nagasaki'speaks of the Matsushima ra though such a disabling catastrophe bad overtake them that the works would have to be abandoned, and the money hitherto spent them regarded as this is happily an exaggeration. It is
but
38 $0
his wife had comm
If I can
The
Paper
If a crime is committed in Tientsin and the fly 10-relegated to the Greek Kalends in over their so-called Trust to thoComm the
dollar.
ash exchange is now quoted of 1,090 The rate of freight iroin Fooohow to
pient.
Hig
institution for the benefit of sailors, and this mooting also hopes that the Conrul for the United States will give the Clommanity his valuable assistance in this matter
Mr Forrest said that he could, no doubt, Six native manufacturers of spurious cash sips, but that such a course would probab that ho aathorities have succeeded Frust into the hands of the American simply ülling up indents from the money befor have but arrested a few days ago, and we have the effect of throwing the whole
eiers, who for obvious rusuus pesfor to Bir Harding explained that he did not nading at that the poor men were Mission, when we should be worse off than
have their supply of money coined on the wish for any injuction to be issued, but merely that. Her Majesty's Consul should
bedy in Australia, who did not know who Mr Lemm was, supposed he might be Borabuckle and wirul hard to that offset, The telegram in question conveyed the ua total loss. Our Owl enquirice show that chud he has had by his wife, and on the nation tenia tous, anxious not Tiuntain, for sailing ships, ia 25 cents per an injunction to the two British Mia- The P. & O. Co.'s & a Rahilla, with the formation that somebody boaring the name
self is not sullisientTherefore, as the low preto hurt the susceptibilities of the Chinese English Mail of April 26th, left Singa- given above had absconded with £2,200 that a leak has been developed in the slut games every child born in wedlock ie the Authorities; doubtless, from an Imperial; pore on Tuesday, thu 21at instant, at from the Bank of Australia, Melbourne, the amount of water percolating into the 5.30 p.m., and may be expected here
mio can casily be managed
I hold that the eyes of threaty provides for rendition of criminals on of about Sunday, the 20th inst, and that this person was supposed to be small potope now in ud oven with the the out as bad if nothing in prysed to heat of slow, he is right in this, but the crofure that there was the serunter this part of the danse et be insisted upon? This Packet brings replies to lettors bird-class passenger on the Changsha tra bren looked for, and arrangements to deal law that chilis the son of the defendant and on proof of their guil, and why should despatched from Hongkong on March
with a much larger intlow than has now mistopresnutation which wasted no velling under the naine of Arthur Graham. eurred would very seas have been completat
bim 1 In your article of the 29th May 1888 you The Canadian Pacific Co.'s a. 3. Abissinio His being on board the Change and undered andor any circumstances sur if the obligations imposed up hun by Bay Lina of the chief ubjects.baannsfat by aty than in the Lofacial Mint, di many
As to the other defence, that the new Bill should be to left Vancouver for Japan, &c., on
Governor of the
alt-judicial mila Tuesday, tho 14th init.
20th:
a
the name of Arthur Graham was only a
Water had always
this deed.
pouritered a little sooner than the bite of adnitery by the wife, aub what has happened in that the leak was en-
in thi.
left to tuinly out-ooned, have the police at their
trucks..
supposition, be it nated The certaintion anticipated by the engineers, but it is far signing of the deed, and of not living those whone legal
teuing the twenty of these cozoners who were cer- look officially into the question
The P. O. extra etosmer Brindisi, from were less-that Hornbuckle was ave feet London, left Singapore for this port on eight faches in height, dark-haired, sad the 17th instant, at 6.30 p.m., and may
expected hero on or about the 23rd sallow-complexioned. Mr Loom is only five- fect-four, and he is fair-haired and ruddy- The Indo-China S. N. Co.'s steamer Wing-
be
iust:
Here on or about the 24th inst.
and may
bee
the 37th May.
The
0.
on the 21st inst., and may be expected here on or about the 28th inst.
The
Glen Line steamship Glenorchy, from
London, left Bingapore on the 23rd
in and may be expected here on
"or about the 8th inst..
there will be no ferne of the China Mait,"
from being Teak of such dimensions as to interfore with the prospects of the mine.- Japan Mail
TRANSIT OF SUEZ CANAL WITH ELECTRIC
A very interesting feature in the navigation
ав
28
charte life in Singapore in consequence of
matier, thesG.
-
COMMERCE.....
“of the so
called Trust.
Mr Farrest mail that practically all that eould be done in the matter Had boon dona
sionaries had refused to answer any ques tions with regard to the Trust, but that ho
he could in the would do what he
matter. Mr Wright propused, as at amendment : "That
H. B.-M. Consul be requested to ask
the occupation she carried on, I shall takeable theus to propels adjulete
No asettrances given by His Excellency FJOCHOW GENERAL CHAMBER OF at the last General Meeting, when the Mit- the cecupation frst. She appears to have
-the Council to the respectable Oinose kept a sort of bowling house, and I must
haru will make up to them for the say on the evidence I don't think this was conducted on the mids: moral principles. to, and if this new Dill privation of the protection, they are but I consider that the word 'chaste' ia
the plaintiffs with coats.
Yours, etc.
RESIDENT,
Canton,
of
ANNUAL REPORT 1888-1889. In submitting their Report for the past
the
Club
with the
ad-
tho
prosent Committee of Management- Com
sang, from Calcutta, lit Singapore on | complexioned, but, for a reason which he at "LT-À reqṛnt Consular Report says: the deed is perasal t, the wife and that it passes I curtainly agree with Hongkong Committee have to deplore the steady de the 18th instant, and inay be expected | once explained, he had adopted the ques of the Suez Canal is the number of ateamers has nothing to do with any want of chastity that in Limo our Chinesa fellow-colonists cline which is taking place in the volume of the two British Missions for a correct list. 1 шку зау will realise that they might just as well the Tes trade of this Port During the of the original subscribers to the Seamen's The Union Line's.s. Alinaaraiy, from Lon. Honable policy of travelling under au «8.hich, in conformity with the now regula or any trinerality in her house, 1
sumed and that name was Arthur
even carry on their business on the mainland of last two groups the Expart of Congo, to the After une discutation it was suggested exposted here on or about Graham. Therefore the police, acting on the 1. 1887. navigate the canal by night with supposing she kept a sly brothel, it proveat Chine as in this so-called British Colony. United Kingdom has fallen off to the extent that the words with a view to further pr
okor twenty-three million pounds, or say
Mr Wright's amend- the aid of tha
of. tlas electric light. In 1883 cd bor from coming under that died. As
45 percent., and it seems pretty certain ceedings' be added to
ment. 3. Co.'s chartered steamship supposition expressed in the tolegraphile total umber of 1,611 tonmere navigat to the multery there are two witnesss pre-
that a still further reduction will have to Buced,
and they co tainly state that they
be faced. This decline is no doubt partly to opposs Mr Wright's amendment and that GIr Harding stated that he had no desire Mount Lebanon, from Liverpool, left message, although all the certainties were ed the canal with electric light,
compared with only 30 steamers 1887, and Lave Singapore on the 21st May, and may dead against them, arrested the stranger and the numbers seem regularly to increase, for coding doro with her again, and one wis
with mou going upstairs
hey and And
due to the competition of India and Geylon, he would ask Mr Wright's permission to but it is be expected here on or about the 27th kept him a prisoner until his release was whereas in January 1888, only 86 ships cu stated that she know of 200 mah m
is also due to the deterioration id embody it, with the addition just made, in (Brann a Correspondent.)...
of the Tuas offered i generaliquality of May,
here, The N. G. L. Bisque left Singapore ordered by the Acting Chief Justice before used electric light, there were as many as particular who had been in her bedroom
Canton, 20th May. and to the comparatively high prices which is original resolution, which was done, 178 in whom he was brought under a writ of the canal by night with the aid of electric, dan't think that en mère generalities of
Decomber, 1358, which traversed This is a very general statement, and I
Another proclamation issued at the orders they fatch, whereby they are being driven and the complace resolution with habeas corpus. That a man arrested by a light. While in 1886 the average tits of this kind husband could obtain a divaros of the Viceroy, who is as iudefatigatio as out of consuluption. To other countries ditions was then put to the meeting and
carribi unanimously.
Mr Carrall ten pesed the following stake which was clearly apparent from transit was 36 hours. in 1857 the average from his wife. Of course grave suspicion ever! This time the owners of a certain than the United Kingdom the Export con-
Resolution, the first should not be able, in a British this ass bova shortened to 31 hour 15 the act of adultory should be root certain date with a view of transferring Tingerial Maritime Customs to tho Tsung Trustees so-called-of the Seamen's Cinb which was seconded by M. time was 33 hours 58 minotea,, and in 1888 is ra
raised, and it is not always necessary that piece of land and of houses built theroon tunes steady with possibly a slight tendancy osa. Tare called upon to prosunt their deeds by a to increase.
Hadley
and carried unanimously That The report of the Inspector General of the th Harrogoading may be presomed frota
ora the
ding cir The . s. Duke of Buckingham, from Bor. Colony, to obtain speedy release without minutes.
which is in cumstances; but at the same time I think their rights to Government. deaux, &c., lett Haiphong for this purt putting himself to the expense of engaging
need of the land in question. This land is Li Yamen does not afford much hope that on the 21st inst,
s solicitor and Counsel, seems somewhat THE SHIPPING TRADE-The big spurt in they must not be mere vague acessations situated outside the Northern gate. The any reduction thay his looked foz, in the do not sucede to the wishes of the
the shipping trade the
like this. I therefore hold that adaltery.
lately held at the Amoy Ulub, together To-xorrow buing the Queen's Birthday, strange. It is trus that a person travelling change, will continuing Trush indication has 1291 bean proved-in this case, and 25 proclamation has given rise to conjectures beavy taxation that the Tea trade of this y, the minutes of the Community
with Referring the agrar
to
all the correspondence in reference to entered into
the under an assumed name lays himself open being shown daily there will also be an- both defences tus fail I give judgment for and rumours innumerable, some within the country has to bear
I don't think the sphere of possibility, others so farfetched as
agreement
the Sesaian's Club, be forwarded, ta te ba simpy ludiorons. Among the foriner between the King-Yih-Tong and this Fresidents of the Boards of the above taepicion, but that is certainly not other revival when the Baltic season has fe ought to have been mado a party to may be classed the capellisions sirived at Obsuber for the regulation of Ten buying, The Post and Stamp Offices will be closed sufficient excuse for the five days' dasentionvival must be looked for, Clover personal the suit the proper party to 806 is the that the land is required for a parade ground. Bot be said to have worked satisfactoril,itade taken, and the tose of OCITEDON
fairly commenced, but no permanent ro
the Committee Fegret to state that it can with
Missionary gentlemen's respective Eqciation, 4 view of Ascertaining whether the to-morrow, the 24-h inst. The night Box to which this man was subjected and the who have made up their minds on this sub-course now is to delats her name from the well known is very disgusted with these during the past as and the advisa dence adopted by the above gentleme
tenatos, and I think the more convenient Ochers
who it ers suggest that the Vicero tegable he was put to in obtaining his rothey have only recently acquired, and jest are endeavouring to sell wessels wheście
writ,
thebility of its renewal wili require the serious towards the Amoy Community Committee Jesse. At the very least, the telegram which have paid them good dividends on
Mr Webber naked bis Lordship for jo sent examination hall, is contederation of the mediocr
(since its election on the 25th nltimo be. We learn that a tologram has been received sent bythe Captain Superintendent of Police recens foyages... They perceive that the mediate execution, as he had good reason erection of an extensive and impo Me John Silverlock has been elected a
be supported by their price, which are at present to be obtained to believe the defendant was about to leave structure. The custom, however, seems to
the colony. Ho had disposed of his faeni be that the Examination Hall mast be jo- member of the Chamber, subject to cun- approved, and will
respective Boards from tho Arlay, elating that the steamer the reply to which must have at once con- will louve such a margin of profit as may) tura and was now in lodgings. He believedted within the city walls, and it is said frmation, at the General Meeting, as per
the versatile Viceroy in order
ly rule
Mr. Grahat proposed the following Com to comply
4. At the same time it will be re- vinsod the Police of their mistake, might not again be visible for some years to come,
There is still, however, a good deal of faith is that it this fendant had been with custom and to Arvid censure quisite to elect a Committee for the ensuing wittes, B. B. Casal, the U. B. Gonsal,
Mesers Marshall, have been rant on Saturday morning Instead abroad. The shipyards are raut unly full formed that if this case wout against him he will have a wall-erected around the new years
Lewis and D.
ofon Monday, in which cass the proceed of work, but they continue to book fresh
would lose his employment.
tion Hall Examination
These gentlemen were unsuits- Wright. The Secretary's account onrrent (dals ously elected, and Dr McDougall then Among the last His Lordship –Are you sure of that, Miray be nitationed the wild ropart that the sudited by Me A. D. Mactavish) showing a ings in the Supreme Court would have been contracts, all of which is very satisfactory Webber rendered unnecesary
not only for the shipbuilders, but for the
Mr Wapber-These are oiy instructions, hoses suitable to be leased to forsignore, is now presented.
head is to be nillised, for the construction of balance in favour of the Chamber 5, 68 proposed that the German Consul's name, and that of the Senior Naval- Offsèr in iron trade.
and if necessary I shall call Ost to prove
GERALD BLADE,
port, be added to the Committee, which was As this entalfed a Might alteration that. There is every rous to believe tas But it is unlikely that the Viceroy, who
Chairman strict
bserver of the very letter of notice that the Chinese Govern- GOING TO DO SOMETHING WITH PAPER defendant is going out of the jurisdiction
in zule 3, Kr Wright the treaties, is construed by him, wil-readily ment has expressed its intention to condde Money Mr Goschen's Budget speech was of the colony,
rule read as follows: t the work of Wated to Committee of concedo a Me Wilson said there were no circumst vicinity of the pity. hold to
to forzigners in the
the Club be entrusted to m close to a French engineer the direction of the interesting, and in some mints sunsing. Arsenal at Port Arthur, at, a salary of Ha is going to do something with paper ancos whatever to warmat immediato ox-
Another rumour is adeat that the Viceroy, 30,00 fr. and quarters, and officers desiring money, but that secret is held, over until the post are requested to send in their up after Easter. No one ban at present say His Lordship said he staply gave judy. wring to his dietinet wstarunce for the was held in the Amug Club, on the 14th This Iforation was approved of br. the
Yambu allotted to the Governor, is
tha May, 1863, in reference to the Seamen's meetings wished get that for what it will be, but it is evident that those ment, with costa. plications.
tu, anggest that to move his own lares and penates into it a
ther step who have vested interests hound up in the
• should not be taken with
regard desire for charge
There the Vibero urges
were present Mr Forrest, building & for the Club, and in H. B. JL Consal, in the chait, truth
H...Muilding
fai ascertained it we could not obtain
will be kept open. There will be no Peak delivery.
has been moved eighty foot sesward, and hopes are again entertained that she will speedily be floated.
A TELEGRAM received by the Captain Superintendent of Police to-day, from Melbourne, shows that the supposition on FRENCH journals at the Maritime Ports
Дать which the police arrested Mr Leam on board, the Changsha hera was entirely wrong.
ecution
arch
THE great value of Scott's Emclan of to the
sprions
a slepterer amount of t
THE AMOY SEAMEN'S CLUB. L A Meeting of the Amoy Community,
nut less than 3 or more-ken 7, Sa, &o.
the
property of Messrs Butterfield and Swire. hivs the power of partially submerging development of Mr Goschen's plans. As Pare Cod Liver Oil with Hyphphotphites there may ha in the report, bho- thing | Covani Dr Blurtz, Mezara adlay, Nichollaj | Stỏ Vágairman explained that the new
with Hempel,
D. M. Wright Mar- and that the
FitzGibbon, for its old
The Club could easily be shifted whenever they were
Skrimshire, baina arter
Sux Ping Choi, a fighters, was sentented to ten weeks hard labour by Mr Pollock United States Government is about to present monopoly of paper surrey will do to-day far the laroepy of a ton of coal, the lay down a vessel of, a new type. She will well to contrruplats with misgivings
in Wasting Diseases is show by the accuris positively certain that in the ubaches of Harley, Hughes, Catrali,, Wilson, Les Per The The coal was found concealed, in the lighter herself until only 6ft of freeboard is left we anticipated, he bad to meet a deficit of
exposed; and she will eary, in a heavily about £3,000,000 starling Half of this be purius statsanens fr D. G. Freeinan, governor, & cambou bridge has been raised Gam, T. W. Wright, Ruzoba, Danos, building had unly bust incas compor waily, belonging to the prisoner,
armoured turret, two of the new
obtains by rubbing forged
sinking-fund of a Sydney, Aust. Having been a grant from the yames of the Governor General artus, steel ballt-up 10 in. 26-ton breech-loading million rom the probis of the conversion sulfurer freni puhavnary attacks and over the street to the yamon of the Gu-shall, Wa Bus Excellency the Governor and H. E
of the Dabt; £800,000 he obtains by hi
wasting gradually She will also be provided with a
* privecy Major-General Bevan Edwards had a con-in. 56 ft dynamite gas two submerged new tax on testature fortunes while years, it affords us great plesauce to fertify more
torpedo tubes, and, possibly a enbmarine anitation.this afternoon with a nomber of of altogether popel design. The United Wao can very well, aford to bear the bur. relief, and cheerfpilo demend it ́ ̈ all During the las! week a new leading residents, with regard to the advis States, hae alen in pourse of construction den. On the whole, It is a satisfactory suffering in a similar way to myself. In of globetrotter made himself conspi- ability of forming a Volunteer Rifle Corps, three 18-knot gan-vessels, varying in die Budget from the point of view of the addition I would any that it in very pleasant cuous here: this time not Briton or his Wong Dumaciat can supply 1 American cousin, but strange to say, which would supplement and perhaps sup- placement from 2003 to 500 tona. Each will country, and is the people whom it that Watson & Co. (Limited), gents in Houg. Frenih. A party of the hi went about with
be armed with im 14-pr. quick firing, and most inconvenience are Conservatives plant the Hongkong Volunteer Artillery,
the quavoidable ciperons through attesta several mizohine guns.
kong and China.
Kuis.
fur the past two yernor, so that Elis Excellency esp : Des Klinger/ The dinating dused with the yanal vote.
and
Pichl
4800 000 is carewed out of the big brewers, that the above medisine has given.me great and fore,daenienės go backwards MadDuggall, and others, iyaluding the of thanks to the Chairmast may Guestle.
in all to the good.
take
to
cype Captain of H. M. B. Rattler and several officers from the men of war in port
The Chairman, referring to the manage, ELDER Sister-On, you fancy yearsalt
ment of the old Olab, on a strictly tempe ranes basis, asid, that it was notorious that spirits word sold at the Tostitution, sal, a
vary-wise, Ldare my, but I could give you enrinkle or two Younger Sister-No doubt—and nevor miss thet,
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