TUESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1800.
Var Natos.....
The Baseball Match..
The Daily Mail hints that one of the We would remind our readers of this generale at the front will shortly be super-baseball match to be played on the football coded.
ground at Happy Valley on Thursday next. in aid of the War Relief Fund," Play com monces at 8.20 pm, ai the touma will be drawn from the officers and nion of the American warships in Harbour. The game will be under the patronage of His Excel lency the "Governor, His Excellency Bir
General Gascoigne.
It was reported on the 7th inst. that General Buller had then 83 quas with his troops.
Thron handred foreigners no reported
THE CHINA MAIL.
THE CRISIS IN CHINA.
LOYALTY TO HWANG-HEU.
THE EMPRESS-DOWAGER DOWLANA RAIDD,
(Special Telegrant from De Own Corremonden.)
SHANOIA, Japsty 90, 5.38 p. 12 Apparently ihned by the demon strutions of loyalty toweds the Emperor Kwang-Hsu regeld my the Provinces, the Empress-Dowager is rbuton leavouring
the
CHINESE COUP D'ETATA
THE ODD VOLUMES SOCIETY.
CRMINAL LAW AND ITS HISTORICAL DE-
THE INDIAN COTTON MÄRKET AND JAPAN SPINNERS.
THE WAR,
NEWS FROM AUSTRALIAN SOURCES
Supposed Attempt on Lerd Vh Reberts' Life.
·London, Jan. 3.-It has transpired that a sentry on guard on the mottar Castle reported a man near Lord Roburts' cabin with a torolver. The man was put ashore
at Gibraltar.
pushed with the greatest courage and
energy.
Some of the British entrenchments an Pagon Hall wore thrion taken and retaken, And the enemy fold one point in partion- lar throughout the fight but at dusk during a heavy rainstorm they were ojccted most gallantly with the bayonet by men of the Devonshire regiment,
The troops had a very, trying time, but behaved axecilently, and are now much clated with the success of the services they have rendered their Queen and their coun try.
The Queen" has sent a message of con gratulation to General
Whito on the bravery of his
On Tuesday a report. WAS received from Ladysmith, stating that they had no suzie-
fa informed that the Russian sus thare inercased the Russian Lega- It is reported that the Agricultural and and at Peking. On the 26th inst., Comunerstal Department has decided to des bo textem bored, or Shanghai cor-cline the application of the Jajun Cotton peut aired that the French Legution Spinners Association, asking that the Gov- Go had already been increased from ornment subsidy to the NY...Bombay
foreb warships.
ling should be increased in order to double the sorvice-that is, to increase the number of voyages from 13 to 28 per year. The ground for the rejection of the petition by the authorities is said to be that any men- Yusterday evening the Hon, W, Meigh Burca for encouraging the shipment of raw cotton from Bombay would result in no to make it appear that all she intonlod te Corman, Acting Chiat Justivo, read a A regrettabio mistake appeared in our do was to elect a successor to the late Emperon Criminal Law and its Historical thing in such a year as the last, when the outtern of the cotton erop in India was so Development,' in the Chamber of Combad that the spinners there had to restrict of the ad accident on board the U.Sporer Tung Chib
An Erlies bearing the signature of theron Room, at the City Hall ander the the working of the mills to a certain namx- pear that the accident was moru terrible in Empress Dowager, changing the style of huspices of the Odd Volumes. Society.ber of hours per th
Mr Sniki, the Chairman of the Spimors' The Sydney Lancora and Now Zo. ita consequences than was actually the case. the ora to the first year of the Pit E. Sir Heory A. Blake," the Governors Association, is reported to have procoudest to escape at Simon's Bay, but two wem centrate his troops,
dynasty, however, effectually disposes of this attempt to mus end the country.
to be guarding the British prisoners at Proward cymour and His Excellency Major toria, and all the burghers are said to have loft for the froze,
A soldier's latter states that when the guide's tranchery ducing the advance oxi Stormborg was discovered, General Gatacre
shut him with a revolver,
land infantry wore onged in the fight under Gyuoral French at Colesborg, and noquitted themselves most creditably.
in
The Wheeling' Accident.
gimbeat Wheeling, from which it would a
The explosion resulted in the death of Gunter's mate Campbell and Lieut. Cont inander Beatty, Gainera Conray. Nolson and Bito wero injared. We desply regret the orror, which was du to Eccupting infor- motion at second band from sources which wore believed to be absolutely reliable,
}
Letters from saldiaw, received England early this mouth, abound in cumplenta of the British generalship in Cho Eighting at Magasfintei Te nows papur correspondents state that there werField Day at Kowloon. Aitforences of opinion betwem General Methuen and Gonoral Wauchope regasting th plans of the attack on Bagacsfontzia.
Detaile of the engagement near Coles brg, where the men of the Suffolk Regi. ment not with disaster, stafy that they marched to ill who the Door exle way atrench. The Boors, who had been proadvised of the attack, reserved their Era until the British were within thriety yards. At the first vulley, the adjabant and two exp tains fell. Somelmay then shouted Rative and the near companies ran town a hill Of the leven licers who win with the regiment only one exeapol. The B afterwards buked to bury them, and a prifm az the gravesite.
St. John's Cathedral,
This foreupon, a Naval Brigade from tho British waradips in the harbour beldes fold day at Kowloon. The marines acted. as the defending party on the Peninsula, and the bluejackets were the attacking force. In their notack upon the positions, the bluejackets proceeded outside. the bound and the result of the minores was declared a draw. The umpires, in viow of the experienen gained by recent vents in South Afriza, wore of opinion that the offers exposed themselves urduly during the operations,
Firo in Cochran Streat.
†
presided.
"VELOYMENT*
Mr Goodman defined crime as an offence It is believed that the cop d'etat will mich the law punished directly, ns for fail in its full effenta
instance, by fine ur imprisonment, as dis Viceroy Liu Kup-gih and over fifty loyal tinguished from some wrongful act which Hunch officials are going to Peking, forth.it punished indirectly, giving a civil with to protest against the dethronement of the Emperor Kwang Ha
REUTERS SERVICE
THE WAR. LONDON, 28th January, 1900.
No news whatever has been received from General Buller.
MILITIA
The Ambodiment of the Leicester and Berkshire Militia Battalions and of the Clare Artillery has been ordered.
| to Tokyo on the Tra inst, to discuss the situation with the Government autlarition -Kove Chronicle,"
THE MURDER OF AN ENGLISH MISSIONARY.
action for damages to the person injured. EXUTAL TREATMENT BY THE CHINESE HOU.
o, the one emo the injury to the conjmumi-
CHINANVU, January 4, ty was considered and gunisked." in the other merely the injury to thio individual was regarded. He compared the Coutiu- ental and English ayatonis of criminal law, no demonstrated that the English most in accordance with systain was
minal Low had been evolved from the suc
Disloyalists in Office.
It has been anosrtained that the Bond officials as examinera of Customs at Capety about holding ont.. Party In 1898 sccared the appointment of
It is stated that Gonoral Joubert held in. town why passed war munitions for the Transvaal without raising any question.grost council of war before attacking Lady- The officials have sines dimppeared.
smith. Boer Prisoners and Boor Spies. Three Boer prisoners made an attempt
drownet and the oflier, wearing a life bolt, was recaptured
The newspaper correspondents at Lady anith have heliographed a fow details of the recent fighting thans. The place is re ported to be swarning with epics, and the guals are full, but so far no suspect has been abot.
A reportie in circulation stating that the Yeomanry Voluntess in camp At Mont gemory almost succeeded in lynching two Boer spies found in their ranks, Ono of the hind bis jaw, and the other his nose!: broken by the enraged coldiers.
Twenty-are English-speaking foraignem, who are suspected of being spies in the ser vico of Dr Leyds, the Transvaal Secretary for Foreign Affairs, who is at prosont in Europe, endeavoured to enrol in Colonel Chisholm's Younanry Volunteer Force bus being unable to prove their British naturalisation, wero turned away,
Volunteers.
The well-known explorer Cavendish is
tvollars and huntsmen to ant as seats
My telegrum of yesterday regarding the murder of Mr Brooks will be old news before this reaches you, but some of the parties so far as we have received thon will is kuked for by the oater world. Mr Brooks is an English, a member of our solions of justice and fairness. the Anglican Mission. He has hnen in Just as the intermingling of various race China two years and a-half, which tio FURTHER EMBODIMENT OF THE evolved, on English soil, the modern has bees spent at Taiantu, and Fingyin. Euglifun, so the present. English Cri-Shautang. Mr Brooke sport Christons with cession of the varied laws and esstoms of his sister Mrs Brown in Taianfu, and left those macos, tested and tried by the experi- there on Friday to return to his station neorganising cups of gentlemon rulets, ence of many consuries and modifed by Acts of Parliament: The result was, doulit-Piaggia, which is about 150 ti west. Ho luss, a sumewhat complex and unsystematic was riding a donkey, and on Seturday abonzá body of law, but the principles which per- 10 o'clock passing of village by the mind of meste it wars admirable. He quted from writers whose works serve as landmarks in Changeliation he was set upon by about the history of criminal law to show the thirty men, armed with knives, members of Eation of the system. The lecturer gave the Big Kaifo. Society' or
brief survey of the leading futures of the English criminal law at the present time, the punishments and the jade of proce- dure. Hasiid he was ing from saying that the present system might not be improved, kihime and that may clean tochoienities might not be abolished with sulvantago to the could be little dontt enrinity: there
given a ourefal judge and a fair
GERMANY.
The Norddeutsche Zeitung announces that Count von Below received Dr Leyds, who had come for the celebration of the peror's birthday.
JAPAN'S NAVY, The new battleship (Japanese) smiled for Japan on Saturdný,
About half-pinat eleven si'clock today, an alter of fire was raised at No. 18 Cochran Street, a largo building of the storey Sinube was first observed issuing from the second Hoor, which was anoc enpiel, and very shortly afterwards the Yesterday afternoon, the annual geniet
whole buliding was enveloped in fama, mcuting of suntholders and subacribers of The Fire Brigado turned out surtly, and St. John's Cathedral was held in St. Paul's several streamers were sin playing on the
llego. Bishop Hears presided. The
building. The second for was occupied accounts were presented, showing on in-
as a family house, and the occupants had como of $14,670,14, the balance of $1,063.35 | over the expenses ling carried forward to some difficulty in making their way out. next year, the reserve fund bong 23,646.50. through the Linding stooks. A Chineson's Camp on the 20th instant (morning),
The Club was situated on the top storey,
a large ground flour was occupied by chandler's shop. The flincs quickly spread FELIS fuor to
and the Bri- gade bad considerabló difficulty preventing the spread of the conflagration
in
LATER.
THE WAR. Generni Ruiter, he joined General War
deciding that a second attack on Spionkop would be useless, withdrew the force to the south of the Tugola.
HONGKONG ICE COMPANY, LTD.
The following is the nineteenth annual
1690.
but
Boxers.
Hofed to a temple in the village, and pleaded for help from the hard men, who put only refused help, but ejected kim frem the temple. The Boxers then took his clothes and gara bin but scanty covering for his bely. Ho resisted them in some
Juty, very fus iunesont teplo measure, but could not escape, and was
While they were eating their nuco pucal Mr Brooks managed to secure his rolengo and cau away from them, but was pursued by tarve bomunun. He took refuge in a deep gully, but his pursters coming up killed him at once will swords, cutting offi his head. Mr Brooks had offered than numy to to release him, but they did not was money; they wanted his life, they were on taurder bout, and did not stop antil they had earried out their heinous intent. We dare not dwell upon these five
Hit the tunes for the year start the extraordicacy of ....
for the ensuing year wore Hon. I. Den on the root of the aliping house-baphut ty
cheetahs of luthier pourc Carrington, C.M.C., Hun. H. E. Pulkok.in a regular Bod apan the ones.
to
Including $2,481,14 brought forward H. R. Hardcastle, Esq. Mr Wright was half-an-hour after the outro the firo was from last year and after deducting $10,000 ciocted auditor, and he was awarded a vate gut under control, but the Brat, sound and put on the 26th July last as an Interim Dividend of $2 per shere, the balance at
gutted. The fire is supposed to, have or which it is recommended shoek ginated by some unaccountable means ua-printed as followe
uniem. Ja 215-
TA İSVEC-much they'
against the Boors in South Africa,
1EG
Lord Lovatt is organising and taking to the Cape 150 Scutch gilliant deorstellers, who are good shots, with their ponies."
The Mayer of Brisbane has called a public me-ting for Monday next, for the purpose of considering the matter of forming corps of bushmen. as numerous applications have been received from bushroen who desirous of joining the contingents now be Adelaide, Jo. 4.-The selection and ex- ing desat shed to South Africa.
of the Adelaide men for the mining eccond contingent is proceeding.
on Wednesday Eleven me woro rejected on on the grounds of bad borwmanship.
Shooting trials took place yesterday.
Arrangements for the embarking of the other colonies' detachments are also being pushed forward.
The New Zealanders expect to mail about 15th inst.
The Victorians will most probably leave with Lord Brassey on the 13th January
It Is been decided to send 810 men from New South Walee.
Seven hundred and forty-three hormon
the mon. will accompany
The Now South Wales force includes one hundred and seventy-fire artillery-man They have been picked front the ranks of the Purmanent Artillery.
of thanks for his work as hon, treassurer / third storeys of the building vero e:mpletely orelit ni Profit and Loss is. 87,808.47, shell guilty of the charge. It was į of the capture of Mr Brooks by the Boxers. Jegyos for Darban 'to-day. She has on
during the past your
General Buller's inactivity is attributed to the incomplotences of his transport ar- rangements and the lack of power to con-
The Boors had electrical alan wires across the road near Ladysmith.
HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANK-
·ING CORPORATION.. The following is the sixty-ninth report of the Court of Directors to the Ordinary half-yearly general meeting of shareholders to be held at the City Hall, on Saturday, the 17th February, at noon :→→
To the Proprietors of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation.
Gentlemen,The Dicestora have now to submit to you a General Statement of the affairs of the Bank, and balance sheet for the half-year ending 31st December, 1899.
The net profits for that period, including $968, 532.06, balance brought forward from last account, after paying all charges, do- ducting interest paid and dus, and making provision for bad and doubtful sccounts, amount to $3,118,624.31.
The Directors recommend the transfer of $500,000 from the Frofit and Loss Aa count to credit of Resorce Fund, which Fand will then stand at $11,500,000.
After making this Traustor and deduct ing Remuneration to Directors, there out of which the Diventors recommend the remning for appropriation $2,608,024.31. payment of a Dividend of Ono Pound and Ten Shillings Sterling per Share, which at 4/8 will absorve $533, 233.33, and a Bon of Ten Shillings
ngs Sterling per Share, which
2
at 46 will absorbe 2177777.78.
The differones in Exchange between 4/6, - the rato at which the Dividend and Boons are dentared, and 1/11, the rate of the day, umounts to $931.669.01.
The Balanco $980,843.56 to be carried to Now Profit and Loss Account.
Directors Mr N. A. Siobs has been
elected Chairman for the year 1800 and Mr It, Shewan, Deputy Charan
Bir E. Shellim and Mr Robert H. H having resigned their coats, Mr D. M. Moses and Sir R. L. Bichardson have been invited to fill the vacancies; these appoint- menta require confirmation at this Meeting, Mr A. Haupt, Mr & MoConchio sud Mr P. Rachee retire in rotation, but being eligible for re-election offer themselves ac cordingly.
Auditors.The accounts have been an diter by Mr F. Henderson and Mr Å. G. Woud, the latter acting for Mr O. S..
Sharp who is absent from the Colony.
Mr F. Henderson offers himself for re election, su play does Mr C. S. Sharp who is shortly returning to the Colony.
R. M. GRAY, Chairman. Hongkong, 30th January, 1900.
SHANGHAI AND THE CEYLON
· POST:OFFICE:
be convicted, though, possibly, a fair wounded in the head. They carried him percentage of guilty men were acquired away to another village, bring a hole through tenanicalities. One defect in the through his nose in which they fastanod a want of a sufficient staff of
public pruscou- criminal proedure in England was the mes by which they led bin strat tots. There was also a necessity for On the proposal of Sir Thomas Jackson,
code of crioinal biw. The criminal law an elaborate developments of the second half of the commandments which they seconded by His Donour W. Moigh Good
were told weru: divinely giver man man, the accounts wore passed. The Ra
than three thousand years ago, auidst gulations for St. John's Cathedral Churelt
thunderings and lightnings, at Mount Sinai were presented and appeared, severa
Therefore & man, who obeyed those com- mutaiments would not ho likely to fall foul anwadingata being suggested for the ap
to the adjoining houses, There was report of this Company
of the ruinal law of England. An in- proval or otherwian of the Church Body,
An unonymous donor i Sydney has The General Banagora have pleasure interesting survey of the history of the
untry £5,000 Loranls the expense of The gentlemen elected as the Church Body an abundant supply of water, and the flee-
erituinval. Jag
raisita selat Amant at sure The tests were such that, in the absquse of with almost no clothes and the therma shooters. The dorations towards a fand
But it certainly warins for this purpose already total £15,000. trickery, which in se cases could not thetor at about 15.
The Queensland authorities are accept- ing the services of only the very haidy men easily have been resorted to, the scented our fooling against the one man, upon could not escape sulfating and injury as whose head all of this awful business rests primary to the finit palty inflicted-Yu Hsien, the former Curornor of this who valanteur.
January 10--The steamer Warrigal csuse, miracle noi laying hen worked, province. The first letter sama telling un ba sppro-in appeal to the Almighty to work a miracle A letter to the Governor, saking that the boat the battery of the New South Wales
in attestation of the intercon of this secus matter should havo his namelistu atten. Permanent. Artillery Bonini for South It has been brought to our notice (sayn ed person. Speaking of the echipal obtion, brought a reply that he had sent at Africs. The men came ashore hore and the Times of Ceylon) that until quite recently $50,000.00
jealous frequently raised, My Goodman, one to tlie scene of the opture his retest paradea yasterday. They were received sail it was one thing to require that an envairyman with orders to go night and with grout enthusiasm and created an ex- our Post Office offieisks, at head-quarter as 14,269.33 accused should know what he was charged day until they recovered Mr Brooks. But, aellent impression. The steamer will call well as at outstations, were, under the ini 3,534.14 with, it was quite another thing to require alus: he had been murdered before they at Albany en route. The incu all spport pression tint Shangho was within the
a number of "irrelvant details to be in hail tacted from lure. To add to the very anxious to get to the front. 05.805.17
serted in the indictment. Eren in the matter the Feich ang sien official, in whose Viksatsume for the Australian Bushmen's scope of the Imperial Fenny Postage present day some of the indictments might, jurisdiction the crime occurred, has, by last Corps are coming forward most rapidly reforma. In one. instance, for example, and no doubt flyin arasul 3. done schuss the that the official viewed the innly and had in New South Wales alone. It is only at an up-country Post Othes, and the as-
by galy abbreviated, reporta, 1
made no arrests. One report has it Over three hundred have already carolled about six weeks ago, engairios were mado lat became codified. To sunclusions he cuilin provided for it, another that only proposed to enroll five hundred altogether. eald-Strange as is the history of the de- the head whe-found, and that the soldios.
Subscriptions, as well as volunteers, surauce was given that a 6-cont stamp was vices risorted to in former days to mitigate sent out by the Governor had secured the continue to reil in abundantly.
suficient postage to Shanghal. It being the exessive severity of the Criminal Law hand and wore bringing it back here. then in existenos, muderlying them all will
still doubted, a communication was ad Á MORE HORRALE CRIME
dressed to the Postmaster General, who con- be found a praiseworthy leaning to morey, could harlly be imagined, and this sitet
firmed the postmaster's statement, aut. a desire that the first ofender should get off montin of exhortation to both Governor and
eren, it is said, directed attention auru lightly than the burdened ariminal, haien officials, to guard against such an cut-
to the Post Office Guide-which con- or a desire that, if a loophole could become by meting out justice to the miserable found, the accused might thereby weap out aws, who have been given a free hand
tains no such statement! The result init practising their looting and stealing
for several weeks; and the annoyance to was that letters were sent under-stamped The Bulitor of the * China MALD' the penalty which was felt to be
some cases, te great for the offene abgent innocent Christians.
the sender, on discovaring
utside from Aroy, 27th January, 1900.
But it
may well be doubted whe-be hoped that the new Governor, han
roo that he had been misled throughout ald In a column of your valuable paporthier a anch more complicated
Shi-kai, will carry out to the letter the
by the postal authorities, was extreme, but of thich in saying that. During the unphilosophicat system of jurisprudence policy he gave us in a personal interview
London, Jan. General Joubert with natural. We shall continue to have blun
The Hongkong Bank in Kobe.
der to stairesso loading froin the first to A final Dividend of $10.00 per
shire.....** the second thors. The chandtere shop was To write off Property, and Ex- -F. A. G. writes in the Kebe Corani-slightly damaged by fire, but most of the
teision Accounts,. cie-Evidently the Hongkong & Shanghai anfango on this flour was caused by water. To'garry forward, Bapk has no fear that. uoduc computition | The total damage to the second floor isi es- or excussive taxutions will drive the corpora. Į tjugated at $1450, and Mosire Butterfield | A considerable sun was expended during tion from Japan. From Monday next the and Seire holl line on this floor further experience will probably be
ther large this would offices will be temporarily removed to the 31000. The other portions of the building necessary. premises of the White Elephant in Division were not trisured. Street, in order to allow of the polling,
down of the present building on the Bund
and the eraction there of a palatial pilo in The Junk for the Paris Exhibition. granite lab will be a credit in the town.
Soam wooks ago, wo published a porn- The H. & S. sevidently determined not to graph regarding the junk which a Fronel allow itself to be outilone by the barmonios naval officer is sailing fron. Hongkong to in granite, marble and stucco that aro Europy in order to exhibit it at the forth- being erected by the Japanese banks incoming Paris Exhibition. The publisition various parts of Kobo. The knowledge that of that peragraph brought to light the fact the Hongkong Bank is about to rebuild
that a similar project had been successfully
JARDING MATHEsos & Co., General Manager, Hongkong, 29th January, 1900.
Si
TORRESPONDENCE.
PLAGUE PRECAUTIONS.
It is to
The War Relief Funds. London, Jan. 7.-The British War Relief Fund has now ranched £500,009,
The Daily Telegraph Fund has reached 2100,000 sud the Daily Mail's Fund, boing poem, Fhe Absent-minded Beggar, cotals raised by the means of the sale of Kipling
60,000
The Attack on Ladysmith.
Bourvo
AR
OR & graurier scale has givut me the first accomplished by two Englishmeti, and the China New Year (HK. Races), Chinose could be found is the annals of a great the other day-to destroy them to his foreen attacked Ladysmith. on all sides dets committed by subordinates, but if the
of Chinese! Is it the Chinese who pro-
feng or favour.
A lator heliographio wessage saya, *Tho
should
merchants, after constantly endeavouring
who come to Hongkong may probably in people than English Criminal Law in force Wo have reason to believe that he really satisfactory indication that the the junk was exhibited in London during troduce the re-appearance of the plague oven in these days when George III was it, hasing already offered rewards for the at three o'clock on Saturday morning. The head of a department wlion ho is oscopy
A correspondent now into the Colony, my 1sk you who have King
be filled by a specia During
the reign of Queen arrest of leniors, and having sent out troops garrison repulsed the Boers who advanced ing a post that futare in Japan is not so blick as some the great exhibition.
brought the plages into Europe u all Victoria, however, not only have great into the roedy points. But the Society has under a tremendous fire of musketry and list and those immediately under him who paple pit it. It is money that first writes to us ex follows-ft struck me on parts of the earth? Uf course, the Hong-provements her affected, but great and gotten such a start out it will not be the field gans. The lighting was inest desperate have had longer experience, can make such takes wings to itself and fees away, and reading the yarn which I send you hugong Government treats the Chinese very wise and bonest Judges have ndarinistered work of a day to destroy it. Some of the and almost continuous throughout the day mistakes, what are the public to do i® We while the Bank reruains I think it wil be with that it refers to the Chinese junk unfairly on sanitary conditions, they might the law, and out of chaos amething like fu and heten officials would be more activa, being the fiercost yet e perioncel at Lady- may mention that in Shanghai the British At 11 o'clock General White heliograph. to obtain the chenger letter rate, have ar safe enough for me to stay here. By the which was in London at the time of the prevent them from coming to the Colony order and systera have been arolved. 1 no doubt, to this matter, if Yean Shih-kai smith.
at any time they like. But, supposing nur not one of those who think the present was hare se permanent Governer, but it is
well known that he is appointed only ten-ed: Enemy repulsed, but the fighting | maged to read their correspondenco in par- way, it mthor suggestive for a bank to be Great Exhibition. When I saw a sucption they are Europomus, not Chinese, will the English Criminal Law perfcct; but, as located in 'Division' Street: Thora is quite of the junk which is being takon to Paris, Government prevent them from coming? practical system, it is now just and merci- porady, and should they really dla anys continued, and, at 1 o'clock the cuony sels to Hongkong, there to be mailed sopa-
ratoly socialistic vir shout the name. Perhaps trip to find an account of the London y prarance of plague bunte ful. Taken as a whitede, it is not unworthy thing toward suppressing the rioters, whan were reinforced from the South.
unt, there will not be more readiness to make Exhibition junk tant odeurs in an article the first step, tuken is to lay the blame of a milion which yield's to none in lore of the former Governor returns toy would-st
WEATHER REPORT: me in great numbers, and again as half- by Dickons of Thackeray, but could not lay duco auch jest, or is it God who punisher Justisministered alike to rich and poor once lose their positions, and probally their enemy are besten off, but are still around
justice administered
The following notice a sued from the my hands on it at the time. The story the wicked of the Garth with such est ?t all men and with pens in the face coveted buttona. Wo cas. Good they wil
show & little courage now, for though some past three be reported, Attack renewed: His Excellency, proposing a vote of of them nee very shortsighted apparentiy The plague itself a very just. I attacke
pressed. The sun then Observatory am very hard send you is copiel from the Memoira and all nationalities. But why sheak you thanks to the lecturer, said they had lister they certainly know that England will failed and the heliographing stopped.
On the 30th at 1155 The haremater Private messages dashed stated that the ed with great interest to the rapid review never permit of Yi Fisien holding office in Correspondence of Lyon Playfair, and is in foreners. treat the Chinose in ons English criminal law, and he was struck Chins, it indeed they allow him to lire. Boers wers so pear the Gordon Highlanders has fallen on the China munst, risen lu the
and the Europeana' Fibo.
3 other?
»? Witore is
extreme North. Frosture is high over the justice During the house-to-house with the fact that at the present time our Crime cannot ho mere directly traced to and the blanchester kind consistunts in N.E. China, with modemto cradionts and visitations in Hongkong, the
fresh to moderata, monsson: on the couet of Mr Brooks be traced to Yi Haien's
repelling coldiers) over whide; in fact more than fair sometimes in
Taitez.-General White reports that the and in tho N part of the Chin Sen, entered into a house occupa by Euro its anxiety that nothing by any possibility
very heavy loss, greatly exceeding that of the British
General Bullos mentions that there is a camp rumour to the effect that the enemy were defeated and four hundred prisoners taken at Ladysmith,
All the newspapera correspondenta agros
ine an advanes than was formerly the case.
The Straits Governorship.
The Straits Times of the 20th it, say:
-Sir G. O'Brieu, Sir Henry Blako, Sir A. Homning, and Six W. Hely-Hutchinson
the autobiographical part. The incidunt occurred at the opening ceremony--
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very
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the enemy:
in their reports this; the Boer louses are All General Buller's available forces de monstrated against the Boers ut Culeneo but found the truncbos veca pied.
Bullor's for now number 83,000, Every hill around Ladysmith and reach
Opdum Quotations,
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"A hurge choir sang 'Goal Save the Queen ? anitary, ofloors for rathecaller criminal law was extremely fair on the where it belongs, than can the murder of ning that the latter used their "ixyonets in are med as possible Governors for the and the Fallotnjab Chorus, The latterina, even of the much more dirtier should be put forward against a prisoner of his duty, He would not be informed of enemy had been ripsland overywhere with Forsenst-moderate A.E. winds fair.
was most impressive, and during it a strange Straits. Sir George O'Brien, at present in incident accurred. A Chinian, dressed Fortuguese, Indians, &s. The doctors all fast was in the slightest degree un- the real state of affaire, and the Tuotai met Fiji, is not in strong bos.lth. Sir Henry in mangoificant robos, enddenly emerged at the world, from since the appearance feire la gave several instances which with harab rebuff upor informing the Blake has three years to fun at Hougkot from the crowd, and prostrated himself be of the plague, have not do the slightest came under his own netics lustentin Cavemur of the usa to which matters. Ind
fens ho tirane. Wao he was, by success either to check off, ar to cure the this point. Another thing that struck coma in some of our western counties. Sir Alfred Henning has thres years to rim knew. He might possibly be the Emperor fatal disease, while they still claim some him was that when they considered thu The under officials are not free from at Jamica, Sir Walter Hely Hutchinson is of China himself, who had soms secretly to what slow methods to check it; but horrible tortures practised in England down blame in many cases, as they should have instead of doing gooi, they annoy the into very recent timon, and that up to a done their duty regardless of the Dovernar, too useful at present to be spared from the ouremony, Irut it was certain the habitants of the place, and expand the tow your age crowds of people attended but Uhiness oficials as a rule are not that
was not in the programme of the TOCEN
the Pailippiness are heavy. sind wo who wore in class of the Government money away uselessly. When public, oxecutions, langhing and perfectly sort of vertebrates. If t Natal shough his term of ofhed is certainly
BICU, BIWI up. It may be middel Buat Sir Frank Doremony did at know where to place His the plague disappeared in winter or in ceruntisuched by the horrors of the see, it not able to govern themselves, where dees Celestial Highness The Lord Chamber tan seasons as it does, the doctor opgave them great hope that the awful to China appear? England night maka mere Swottenham and Sir Alexinter Swoleniumqually perplexed, and asfail the precisto their labours, that they have suceures practised in the Empire of China, gold by fighting the Boer, but she certainly are named as possibilities, and tint the Queen and the Fence Contort for instrucceeded get rid of the plague But, might not go on for ever. (Mear, hesr.) would make better government for Chica nlas, when the past rappears again in its People who had not locked into the ace should she extend hur sphere of industico voice of a Straits Settlements has bean- tions. We wore then fold that there mustasm, they will - put, •sbane, other new in their wa Bye might think that where I hare. One thing sure under her presenting to Colenso is fortille, may with siege
be no mistake us to bis mu sud that it
Idamen upon other thing else again fun and tortures were permitted to exist there systems, or lack of system, is that China is und ould be boat to pings a betoon the
General Buller reports that the Boera Archbishop of Canterburg and this Duke of Chinesa especially), and try another near must be innate moral turpitude in the people not being governed-N-C Diy News Canoel Bose. In recente attack on
fashion again Sanitary Antoyandes cized whic
which rendered them kopeless. Wellington. In this dignited tion, by the health oicers will nesor ceas, un long ago the same state of things existed in
Not Sir marched through the bailding the dead have mercy on as to stop this our own country. It was therefore a great Japanese contemporaries
very Cor
The following telegram is published by Ladysmith to be only four killed and diteba wounded, aitliugh they admit having en- light and ons mens of all beholder.
Poking, 15th January. dared withering fire from six masked Next day we ascertained that this China terrible punisaient, and let them put the coufort to believe that as roun as it was
{Takes at Meum Falco, fle Ca Two men who recently murdered on British batteries and were everywhere man was keeper En Chinees junk that had our up, and by, thanselyps.rulised as one day, it might be realised
Yours most faithfully, been sent over to He ju the River Thames,
when the light show upon Ching that English intesimary in the vicidity of Foi beaten.
Nativa sport state that
state that one commando
HONGKONG, January 30, 1900, and which anyone old visit on payment
SENSE AND JUSTICE orimes which torture are supposed to re-ching, Shantung Province, have been ar of sulling 1-
P.S.-Stras dosolymaid that clean.tent were not prevented, but that is terrested, and the prefoot of the place has alone Jos: 150 killed, and conlonds of BAROMETER DAMA 9014
brought back into the Beer liness is the chief vein of plaguegan to appear, trimes bagna to decreas
tures cessed and the dawn of Cairplay bebeen dismissed from his office.
30.06 camps widespread suspense The More-A while other doctuca in India said that dirt
ith expell poisonous garins! Who drew capsully crime of great violonce, ho (right, and who saw wrong.
hoped that in the near futurn they might
hon orging aloud in London that it wants Sir Frank, and won't be happy Bill it gets him. No one has
McCallum, Sir Henry, like Sir Alexander, recently presided over a War Relief Fund moeting, but Sir Raney, it syna, scalo in parading Bishop to cing or recite vors of the 'Absent-Minded Beggar. Still, howover much that may be to Sir Henry's credit; it remains that he has still thron years to gurvo in Nerfamdiand, and that
Stearns Wine of Cod Liver on
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see the day when torture would cunse in
everybody. (Appinuse.)
Stearns' 4' Roses.
be nevce looked bottle then when in a fur in perfectly palatig. If ontaine l the boot and san. He looked Yery wall Yerkuca of Lot Liver Oil, and can be taken Common gongo goes against dirt, China, that would be a blessed day for A fragrant, delicate and popular perfung, badly attarugog br the War Office
by the init delate without repulsion Robinson Crusoe, a many years wo, nun Suid by all Chenits Wholesale and Rohil hom A. 8.. Watson Co., Ltd., Hongkong Fancy Ball in Hongkong. —ED. 17. MJ
our correspondent must upon calvetronoto of thanke to dis Excellency, for see that antgument evils in co wrong presiding, was propied, hy He Hon H. E chanuel altogether Ep. CA
Pollock
caused by previous information of the at tale on Ladysmith was relieved late on Do
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