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AND
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Hongkong 21th August. 1886.
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The Daily Press.
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THE DAILY PHESS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2nd, 18882
ATTACK ON A PAWN SHOR IN HUCHANG,
Far, cellera.
Charo..
Eave prevented a renewal of the complaints
Fears are entertained as to the mioty of the communicated with, and Man Achan was removed soldissuadetesta ofthe herders. Besides Hongkong Fire Insurance Company's Shares Victoria College, and Sanitary works will British stemmer Forniowser, which left Saigon to the Government Civil Hospital, were ho died there the colost from and the Ton
$40 per share.
antail, to embark on such a large and ex- of the Colonial Govoramonta." In legislating on the 26th altimo for this park The Agants, from bís njarias on the 30th it. Sines the quiness Tirailleurs the esme number, The China Firo Inmyranos Company's Shares-$80 pansive work as the erection of a new geol for the meil stemmors of another country, Masara Man Yuan Loong, have not heard of her occurrence Inspector Mackie, who is in charge Mission immediately returned to Lao-kai.
per stare, settein. and where there was no convention binding singo she left port, and bor non-rival has been of Wanchai district, and the men under himi
Hongkong and Whatapos Dook Company's unloas the necessity for it has been fully de- the case of somo anxiety, In view of the typhoon
Shares-173 par coat, prom., ex div., sallers eastrated; and that such a step should so the Government, it would have been encountered by the Gorman steamer Doutores, have been scouring the colony for the man Ho
Hongkong, Canton, and Mano Stoarabont Co.'s be taken until other measures have been viously more sansible to give exactly what is which laft Saigon on the same data as the Fork-Aki, but without sacross. The eating house
Shares-85 per cant. prem., ex dic., salera. tried,
ed. If whipping were allowed for return- wanted and what we are prepared to concede tower and reached bars on the 31st alt. poopla allowed an interval of about three hours
Indo-Chinn Bbeam Marigation Co's Sharesing from banishment it would be presible to to elapse between the Ight and the time they
release a number of the long sentence than to giro a general privilege on a more or Information has been received by the Victorin gare information to the Police, and it is thought-EYE PEOPLE MURDERED BY JEYGANDS. China and Manila Stecraship Company, Limited were on conditional pardon, se the fear of leze loose understanding that it is not to be Recreation Clab that the four-sored boat from Akt has escaped from the colony.
An act of brigandage of unparalleled audacity
per cont. discoant, nominal.
In whipping would prove a sufficient deterrent availed of to its fail extent. This would have to practice in is now on the way down, and may teary yastay afternoon before the Acting the 13th instant, five man wearing the uniform Hongkong Gas Company's Shares-$150 per beise also reduced by the substitution of Shangbai for the crow representing this colony An inquest was held on the body at the Mor. been somitted in the town of Husbaug, Donglas Steamship Company, Limited-$51
province of Kiaugsi. Early on the morning of
to their returning to the Colony
And the per abaro,
nuinber of prisonera convicted of petty theft afforded a precedent also for giving the expected hers on Saturday. The Cameronor, Mr. N. G. Mitchell Innca, dad Massra. of the Chinese Army, probly discharged French steamere a position in law antiafactory quiltes has boon getting the Koratiune into
L. Dowus, L. Piren, and F. J. Barcos sa jury soldiers, presented themselves at one of the led Hongkong Hotel Company's Shares-$197 per whipping for impriment, the over-round. tol parties instead of trusting wholly to thorough order to send to Shanghai for the re before where the following ovidanes was taken.
prosvitativos of the Model Sotioment to prov Dr. L. P. Marques said he saw the deceased on of the town. To effect an entrance they arailed China Sugar Refining Company, Limited-Par. an
ing pawnshops of Hechung, sitauto in the suburba
ing would I spes lily be reduced, and to such the complaisanos of the French Government fios in, and it will leave by the Canton to-day his admission to the Governmont Ciril Hospital, themselves of the moment when the cook way Luzon Sugar Refining Company, Limited-870 would be obtained tondipt gradu dle nearly
an extent, the Comp
the Commissior baliers, that sp Xt la stated that Shanghai is not baly ready leon the 17th all; witness then acting for Dr. going out to parehas provisions. They said or officials that no difficulty shall ariso.
Fow a four-oared rage ursinst the representatives Wherry. He was entonscious, and appeared to they wanted to pledge their uniforms, and seled Hongkong for Company's Shares-40 per system. Mr. Wise, one of the Police Ma
per share, sellers.
the whole of the pressat gaol to the soparsie by anffering from a word on his head. He for some of the employés. The latter refused to ahare, buyore. navat recovered consciousness, and died on the advance money on clothing belonging to the Hongkong and China Bakary Company, Limited gistraten, strongly recommends whipping as 346mination of the body, and found a hole courly State, and walle tuu rubbers were arring pouring and Smelting Company reason is that "the offeners to which I
Witness and a mortem about
pacishment for peti
and care his round on the right pariceal brain, and the cor-ware closely followed by twenty-seven more
atly larceny,
most responding poction of tas brain injured. The These load the doors and barricaded them. No Panjom and Sanghie Das Samantan Mining copper nails and pieces of copper from the
~~$10 per sleaze wand might have been indicted by a sharp sooner had they done this then they drow out
particularly allode, viz. cases of theft of
thrust from ene of the pointed ends of the fire weapons which they had consented under their Selangor Tin Mining Company-$5 per share, viz., 8
Company, Limited-84 por abara, sellers.
Deck Company, havo become so frequent, tongs produced. Death resulted from that injars: garments, and warned the employes not to offer
4 санен в ве
week and anmetimen nominal. Wong Asausaid he that he was the monster of the
The German frigate Bimarck and porrotte Carola were in Fosohow on the 27th ultimo,
The British steamer Pathan, which arrived horo yesterday from Syday, took 300 diggers and 30 horses to the Cambridge Gulf, arrizing there or the 19th August.
The British North Torne Herald learns from
tint Coliny lavo' reoniyed favourable reports as to the abandaces of Billian timber at Bakow į and Batu Batu, and intoud to work it.
of Hongkong, but if champions can be found, a single ssulling and a double senlling matek also. has lately been taking out four triat mon to prection with, viz Lienz Lawrie, Kannady, I. Sampson, and Lockhart, and it is probable he will lake them all to Shanghai, so as to have spare nan in cass of need. Who will be the four selected man remains ta ho spen. If a single selling match is owed Hongkong will un doubledly have its best souller on the spot in
a
share.
share,
Labuan that the Cantonese Timber Company of Glsas, ond in doable seulling he and Lawrie are Nga Ku eating shop, No., Nullab Lans. Fy rosistance if they cared for their lives. The Perak Sagar Cultivation Company-Tls. 18 per ore, that the Magistrates have bean obliget
Our readers are reminded that M. Remenyi's fret farewell concert will take place at the theatre Royal, City Hall, tonight. An attrae tira programms has been drawn up and His Excellency the Acting Govenor has signified his intention of being present. M. Basayi will
play some of his most charzing pioess,
Nows continues to be received (says a Cauton correspondentaf the Daily Deca) of disturbances in Kwingtong, and General Tong's sorore ro- Y messure-general doompitation-ars 122 |not unlikely to make matters worse. He is said to have been defeated; anyway reinforcements have bee sul to him and if he does not take care and try other methods, he may cause the listurbances to spread into a rebellion.
about as goal representatives as the Club and tar out, for they pull thoroughly well together. the same stroke, and in capital style.
know the deceased, whero anus was an Aoras, 30 years of ago. He was a water carrier, and supplied water in writuna. On the night of the 26th zlt, about nine o'clock, he was rišting out- to his door cooling himself, when be beard the decensed talking to a man named Be Aid inside his cook room. He knew their voices: Ho Aki
tattar, seized with fear, allowed themselves to be
horn, and the he ganda notezeed ransaking the house, white some of their comrades kept
watob outside,
Some passer-by, "acticing these individuals and alarma fo the rust 30 mil the tool, gave the oompanies of soldiers www immediately went to alarm to the nearest military post. Two or three
faishel plundering the house. The mandarin in the place and arrived before the briganda Lad oharge of the troops, however, anaware of the umber of the thieves, darod nas order an attack it surrounded Fiading himself caught as in a on the house, bat sentented himself with having trap, the chief of the trigands ordered his man to behead the owners and employés of the shop. and as each head was cutoff took it and throw time gathered in the street. Daring all this time it in the midst of the crowd which had by thin
the cack hd returned and, after counting the the soldiers were' inactive, sud it was only when heads of the nohapps victius had asand the mandarin that all the people connected with the tablishment had heed killat, that the con
Echo de Shanghai. whelotandofrobbers, who offered no resistance- ware barst open and the soldiers arrested the
A somewhat extensive robbery of registered letters took place reously batween Borner and Singapore The British North Borneo Herald gives the following particulars of the affir-
had formerly been in his employ, but had been the mails transmitted to Singapore by the discharge. Ho Aki has been a colis to the steamer Banan on the 19th Jano were inoperad kerosine godowns after witness had discharged with at some point of the journey and thrashin, and tre was in the babit of taking his sale rogistered lettore abstracted. for which threon his shop, and sometimes slept there. Wit ordinary Inttars were substitutel from the Laners beard the decaused ang to him-"Why do basa bag, which had also been opened. The you spoil so much water? 1 work very hard to letters stolen contained two or three hundred get the water." Ho A said, "There is only dollars to notes and valuable securities to the little water, not much. What do you make so amanat at ever $6,000, The Governor, we bauch noise Evz7"The doceased tha2 akid, "I love, was the principal sufferor. Mossrs. L. B. von will best you." They hats for words and Doup, A. Chok, and J. H. Walker, M.D., were the witcass beard what son nded like a instructed to institute enquiries not only into the hambos striking something like wood. Then circumstaneda abora-mentioned, but also into the Ho Aki ran mt of the shop and called out" Save Yesterday morning Mr. II. Fournier, stor
general working of the Postal Dapartment hore life." He ran away, nel witness, after standing rosuer, Green's coal, charged his shroff, Un The result et arching enquiry by thougtig the slop sudorel Antig, with embezzing money, the property of pantlarin tuoda to the sauclusion that the mais way the dressed did not come on d be at is player, to the amoual of about $300. Mr.wars-apaned after the Bonn left Labuxa forats the coole room, where he found the deceased mander decided to storm the house. The docra Fournier had previously condoned some small Tuz Ordinance giring the status of tueu-of- irregularities he had discovered. bat some larger it would appear that no blame atterhos to Cap the docensed, and asked him what Ho Aki had Singapore, and possibly at the latior port, and tying on the door. He called his folk to look after wat. to the sterners of the North German cases of fraud ecming to light, he determined to tain Gray, the master of that vessel, from whom strak him with, and he said with the fire tongs. Lloyds, passed at the last meeting of the arrested. The case will come up for hearing Singapure without eammant. Moreover, the as they are the paly as he had in the cook prosocute the man, whom ho accordingly eqused to the mails wore received by the annal Officer These produced must be the ones he referred to, Legislative Council, runa as follows:-The afore Mr. Mitchell-Innes to-day.
Enot was clicited that when the packet of re-
roots. The deceased was bleeding from the right steam packers of the North Gerans Lloyds aubsidised by the Imperial German Governatoru-launch. Zulieka is now laid up while Postal authorities the gun was still damp. It ginger to put on his head, and had some water The Northern Territory Time says: "The Fistered letters was opened at Bingugure by the temple, soil witness got some ti ta ng pool and
most to carry umily to and from this Colony, her hoiler bas head want to Hongkong for
is to bo hoped that the Straits detectives will heated to make his tea. He then went in pur
suit of Ha Aki westwarda as furus the Clock sball, when in the ports of this Colour, be repairs. Thero is a splaadid oponing for a ring the culprite to juation. considered and treated as vessels of war, and Darwid; what with repairs to launchus yarı foundry and engineering establishment at Part-
In the translations from the Peking Gazette still on the floor, and he went to the Station and Taner, and then came back. He found the deceased abell be entitled to all the rights, privileges, aining machinery, such a basinuss could not made by our Bhanghai morning contemporary reported the matter. Some Police returned with and immunities of vessels of war, sad shell fail to prove a sucoasa, Cos) could be lauded by appeare the following account of a horrible han to bisshopard asked the deceased if he would to me from North Borneo conringos me that ailing coals at in freights, and the advantage i tragedy in Shensi The Governor of Sheari like to go to hospital; he said;ke would, and they andar able superintendence a prospecting expe
ING. SEPTEMBER 2ND, I-6.**
Sultan would be increased while that of the
would be diminished.
THE GOLD OF NORTH BORNEO.
The following notes have been made by Mr. J
A: Skertehly, FG.B., of H. M. Geological Surrey, on the gold and mineralogical specimens
Indian Exhibition :-- from British North Borneo at the Colonial and
An inspection of the specimens of gold shown
It has due
the original
share.
mited-856 por sharp, solfora Hongkong sad Macao Glass Manufacturing Co.,
Limited-Par. nomina!,
Lougkong Reno Manufacturing Company, Li-mont until I saw that in ore mass than one.
to go on increasing the length of inprison.
the offenders had four months for thefts
got
nails of 5 cents' or 10 cents' worth of copper nails Mr. Wise has not the slightest bysitation in saring that, for the ordinary coolie, im Priment in Victoria Gali
punish ment at nil. Ho is far better off in gaol than
Chiness Imperial Loan of 1844 A-2 per cent. Chine Luperial Loen of 1834 B-8 per vent.
premium.
Chines Imperial Loan of 1934 0-8 per cent.
tramiam.
Chiness Imperial Government 1885 Dollar Loan
-3 per cont. promiam.
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE.
(Po mnt. Fazdowe & Co.'s RianYEL}
September Barometer. one Facometer- Barometer..... Thermaster-9 1M
Therastorun Ate op Thermomlar—9 4. a. (Wed Bulb) Thermometer-12.at (Wat bulb). Thermometer-dr.x {Wat bulb) Chermometer-Marinam
outside and uns got such bar mod whipping recommended by Mr. Wran is not more than twelve strokes for a man convicted of stealing 5 or 10 cents worth of maila; "the punishment would not be severe; only suficient to cause him to remember it for few days." Thoro ara, Me. Wisz thinks, about fifteen cases a week in which a dis gretion should be given to the Magistrate to infict a whipping. The soudness of Mr. War's views must be admitted by every who has ang knowledge of Chinese griminals For a theft of a few
Af a few cents wort
worth
39,900 ---20,814 29.316
fine
.89
BO
D
Thermal-Vinimum faver sigāti i
HONGKONG TIDE-TABLE.
Inger Wann
I
BE TO STE SUKS, 1988.
BE WAT
Flonskost
Menu Time.
Height.
Kas Tint.
Th.
3
m
:0
1
Beight,
10
1 à
1:11
The height of nisen senelerei has been delegarned at 2.585 feet abay zero of the tide-guage at the Victor's Niral Yard; and the bow water Ordinary Spring Tidas, to which datamá tha heighĩa n the Tabtoa wazoferro i, a 6506 letubero
ZERO.
The heights in the Tables raveked with a minus ( – ) nige are below Low-Water Ordiner Spring-Védas, and should subtracted from the desatante giran Sure.
CHINA....COAST METEOROLOGICAL
STATION.
not for any cause be diverted from their of work botag done on the spot would be in-
reports the trial and oxecution of a man and his took him to this Civil Hospital. Since then witness apreisi datios, or be liable to seizure or do- mus«.”
paramour who murdered the husband of the latter had been locking for Ho Aki, but don't not libiou would result in the discovery of a very in cold blood. The arau, wlass matus was Tstug, teation by order of any Court or Julge.”
and world indicate that it The news from Sulu, saya the British North had formed a liason with a married woman called find him. At the time witness went into the rich fled. The alluvial geld is anusually Oaky
dook room the tonga were lying upon the in charanter Another clage stres the rights of the Borneo. Morals, is not satisinstory, and it seems Yang, which had gone on undiscovered for ant floor, tear the door. He looked at the fangs is found prinsipally in the casings of the lodou
tima. The husband of the woman having subs but he saw no blood upon them. The deceased not beat carriad vary far from and not in the vains themselves. Crown, and the third and inst elante pro- Karam will not be confirmed as Sultan by the atly reason to suspoet las faithfulness of his quite probable that the young Sultan Amaral
nh Ha iki lad often met befora in kis house, vides for the expiry of the Ordinace on the Spaniards, as though perfectly willing tan self, wife from the onnivocal position in which he but witness had never heard thon, quarrelling point of deposit. In all probability veius of ra. Ist 8-ptember, 1887. The Hon. P. Rytis he prevented by his chiefs from proceeding to one day found her with Tseng, satorbata con previously. When He Akiran away he said serpentine will be found cropping up through wa strongly opposed the passing of the Bauila te receive his institution at the hands fosion of guilt from her and thengs at a life in a very low tone of voice. Witness, the diorite, and babween the diorite sud serpen without some addition spasiff dig conditions, the Captain General, which the Spanish Gathers of a female relative as did not did not hear the deceased my anything. The tins the quarts sains will event, and it is in the
irament made a condition of his recognition. It his wife away, he treated her thence
was also a carrying bambon in the cook room asing of these quartz vejus that, the bulk of but without effet, no one seconding his would seem that the chiefs think that if recoguisail farther commuulsation with Tsung. Tseug Aki had strack him with the tongs. Witness 50 feet is reached, when the gold may begin forward with great harshness and proventa which the deceased used. The dcoated said Ho the gold will be found unti a depth of say amendment or speaking in support of it. by the Paramount. Authority in power of the determined to kill Mr. Yang, and gained at all the poorie connected with his houss were to occur in the oke itself. One of the speci ens is stained with carbonate of copper-the The condi" as the her. gentleman wished to hiof, thouggelros, which is used only for oril, the consent of his parametr. Mr. Yang being outside when thig affair tooit place. have ins t is the Bill wore those sot
bigger man than himself he hired two friends,
progence of this would ronder the extraction Inspector Muckio said he Tiderstood the no brothers, at 4.0 cash and a piece of cloth a piece, cantant was an insida the shop. The shop of the gold very difficult, and leden contain out in Lord Rose SKY's despatch to the We have to acknowledge resoipt from the to help him when opportunity was offered. This
was a small one, and the cook room adjobad ting this earbanste should be avoided for the German Aubassador, namely, that the Im-publishers Mears. Kelly & Wash. Limited of opportunity was sorted by a welding to which is an open ourway. The witossa might sasi prosent. A close inspection of the crevices perial Consular Officers and the Camanders new edition of that useful work Mayers's Chir. Yuner went and from which he returned, taly have walk-1 into the ook room when he heard in the rocks near the serpentine veins should
Desh Government; a Manual of China Tit'ns, Teeng's knowledge, vary drank. After consulta the words exchang
Įrevoal inrgo quantities of gold in the flake state, of the North German Lloyds' steamers and categorically arranged and explained Thi tion, there with his paramour, “Tréng re-
Witness denied that there was anyone in the but in this form it is very liable to be carried off the Agents of the Company in a British edition has been revised by Mr. G. M. II. Platarned with his two assistants and they were lot honss. He said the reason he did not ga into the water, and methods for retaining it should porta of call are to give all necessary faci fair, H. B. Ma Acting Vice-Consal, Shanghai, into the house be the woman. Yang, who took than chak run was that thors were only a few adopted, as there is no fiae geld visible in any
who has made some vainable additions to it, then into her husband's room and stood by while words passed.
of the battles shown to me, and all this fine gold, Blea to the local sachoritios in relation forlading a reriow of the original edition Mr the murder was committed. Teng got on to the
Inspector Mackie said the witness had not re-probably the greater part, must have been lost. so Customs regulations and to judicial Playfair has also added an rdax to the Chinese 'any, and sitting aside of the sleeping can, parted this affair batil 12 o'clock, while ho ha The quartz itself is decidedly auriferons in
titles, arranged alphabetically, which will prove who was lying on his back, seized him by the stated that it sventral at nine o'clock.
character and ought, except where ceppor is process, and not
to claim to exercise a radier means of reference than the original threat, while one of his assistants hold the victim's
Witness said the intervening time had boom present, to be worked at a low rate of cost of arm and another bis legs, and he was very taken up in gatting remedies to apply to the the privilege in question to the detriment Radios Ender. The changes made down to
struction. The tamen has been sendevous's head. ia searching for Ho Aki sadry wolike the ordinary nuggety alluvial gold.
The gold sheen is singularly flaky and seems Shanghai........... of public justice or of private rights. W. June, 1986, are all given, which inolade the shortly thrattled
formation of Formanan into a proving, with Tai- tenes to death by the slow process, the man
in returning to his house. Had he so E From a specim in an of the rat lus it is close
Frid think Mr. Ryan was justified in plaing poi FatBaugkajas tun praat hemporary at Tring to summary decapitation, and his two an the insertion of these conditions in the of Govora wut; sud the institution at Peking | complies to strangulation.
that the gold lies in Bak Bill, tor, as be pertinently asked, what
of the Hai Pu, or Board of Admiralty The value is well printed and sorriessbly if not is the use of passing a Bill giving the ves- atagantly bound." Bela the status of man-of-war when what is intended to be given is something very dif
A somewhat pionker case of conjural jeatorzy
THE BULGARIAN REVOLUTION. esme before the Polion Court yesterday. A man forsn!? Practically no difficulty is likely toned Lou Akwan was brought befoco
The following Havas telegram, revived urise because the conditions have already been Macksan charged with having attempted to Saigon. gives faller details of the Balgatiku placed on record in the despatch of Lord Strangle his wife, Ling Axa, on the 31st alt. Revolution than those received her
Tho woman alleged that her husband was away ROSEBERY, and any attempt to ignore them from home about a mouth, and when he returned,
Alexander I., Prince of Bulgaria, holding a would entail the non-renewal of the Ordin on the 25th ult, he accused her of infidelity review at Within was declared to have forfeitst Buco on its expiry, the intention being that and best ber Daring Tuesday night he his rights to the crown, and to be depwed by it shall be renewed from year to year. Non strangle her with it. She raised an outery, and and his partisans.
got out of bed look his colle and fried tu. Caravella President of the Council of Minister-ained ontside the door antilthey noticed that's for plumbago around the serpentine distrist:
the less is it to be regretted that the Bill brenght the asighbours to her assistano, when bor harband was given into custody. The man was not differently Famoel The ground on informand the Polion that his wife hadbeen unfaith which the German Government asked for the fal to hiu in his absence, but the reasons he privilege ja stated" as follows in Count Bra gave for coming to that conclusion were by no means satisfactory. His wife expressed an MARCK'S memoratidura :--“The
steamers opinion that he was suffering from some mantal will carry the official mail, for which they dornagement, and big Worship reminded the will receives ecrišiu subsidy Tróm the Im case for a week, directing that in the montime the defendant should be plasel under the obser- perial German Government, Besides, theration of las Colonial Surgeon.
r.
LATEST. TELEGRAM S.
Ak he would havo delled for the Polios.
Inspoetas Mackin sail it was a wet night, thara wara vary faw people abent, and bad the
have been arrested.
witaess given an alarm in time to Aki might
Bree of will uply egregation in the gnariz, wi that this gold codes from a vitoch distance.
lately examined in Ireland, and I infer that it
REGISTER.
31. August, 1946, a £ ̈ †‚x.
ارواکی
Mavila
Haiphong
Hongkonz
Fooshuw
MANI
20.9
19.01
ingiliz....
90.0
1 September 15495, ut de 1.0.
MANON
The serpentine rocks are similar to those I have Chang Ahi said bo was an semantsat in the forms roof in soms orgstalline rock. I cou employ of last within On the 26th ult, between tains quarts vains which may be unriforoas if Haighong.. sitting otsida to abel himself.
and 9 pm., the shop was closed, and he was a fun into the adjacent rock. I had no
He heard the
Carrelloff and a few others have constituted themselves a Council of Regency.
The Prince of Bulgaris has been soized and sant to Severine.
POLICE COURT.
lat Sopterabar,
Baross Ma. E. Macxean.
PUBLIC GAMBLING
charged with public gambling at No. 28, Gilmau Seven Chinese ware brought before the court street, on the 3lat ult.
deussed and Ho Aki in the cont room quarreling face of granite, tus erystalline rock being. * aixat some water; evald not quite hear what diorite or greenstone, of which many specim they said, and then be heard sounds of fighting.ar in the gravel exhibits. The serpentino. I may say, has a londongy to rua into tremolina He heard the sequd of a burbon striking some. thing and directly after He Aki ran out, exiling and I should expect to find nebeston or staatile "save life." at not in a land voies They ra. (soapstone) in quantity worth working. I shoulā Tinfar from an examination of the yeavel that the dessand did not occs oul, and then they stratifed rocks-sandstone, &o, form the northern went into the couà roour and found him lying on thas Aver bleedin. from the right temple. He part of the district, through which rooks, or appoaretrory bad, and he said Ali had struck him against which, the igneous orystalline diorits has with the tongs, which were lying on the too look for gold, and sinong them the serpentines beon pushed. It is aaong those diorites I should togather with the haraboo which was need for carrying water. Witness denied having told the undoubtedly occur. potica interpreter that he was asleep in the shop at the time this occurred.
Cheang Ahan, anal coolie, who said he was also outside the cook shop at this time, gate corrubio- mative evidence.
steanofs e bound to transport, free of
Au nccident of a remarkable obarantar oscar. cost, criminals from abroad to Germany red at the endowas attached to the Hongkong As according to British Law such criminals, Dispensary yesterday evening, À coolie employ- | when the steaner touches at a British Co-barve, which bud, the day previous, beon full of there was lighting a lamp close to an empty lonial port, might decand a hearing before spirits of wine. Suddenly there was a lend a e British Jodge, thus delaying the course plosion in the barrel which blew the head off, and Inspector Perry, with some consiables, mado
P0149 Wan Asung, gara evidenco.as to of low and preventing the prompt delivery of lifted the barrel soross the godown several yards, a raid on the honse and broke us a gambling par having bean sent by the last witness to the sating striking the caulie on the forehead on the way, ty. Of those present be arrested the defendants,-house-of-the-first Chinese-witness, and he found the mail, the Imperial Government lays and indialing aestere cut. Flames were at once the others ascaping The first and sixth wore the deceased in the cook room as described. He great stress on there mail steamers being soon pouring out of the harrol in omsiderable mon voncerned in the business, the third was removed the descensed to No. 2 Station, and from locked upon as in some sense men-of-wear," rolume, and an alarm of fire was raised. For man who had been convicted on a previous oc thence to the Governmsat Civil Hospital.
tanately, however, help was speedilyforthcoming, oarion.
His Worship samuel up to the jury, review- This is a perfectly reasonable request, and and before any material damage was done the The first and the sixth defendants were neding the evidence to them, and explaining the law ene, which it would have been absurd fames were extinguished. Upon investigation it 825 each, or in default three months hard laaa to each definition of homicide. to refuse, but Count BISMARCK simply ask
The barcal, though completely emptied of spirits or ten days. of wine. was thoroughly saturated with that
against Ro Aki.
that the vocals may be locked upon as
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGKNOW
WEDNESDAY, 1st September. EXPORT ÚARGOES.
F: 8. George McDonald said that shortly be |fore midnight on the 26th alt, the first Chinsé Per Geraan steamship Cassandra, mailed on witam came to the Station and made a report the 27th August:-For Harro-18 oases bristles, se to this courrence, and he sout some constables 5 cases hair, 28 cases blackwoodware, 5 cases to the Station, and witness seat him to the ware, 54 packages rattan, and 3 paskages mor to the eating house. The docensed was brought shint ink, 198 cases porcelain, 15 ossos bronze-
Civil Hospital.
chandise. For Havre option Hamburg-130 packages canes. For Hamburg--115 packages canes, 125 cama sasential oils, a bales fanthers, 20 oases fans, 10 mesos paper, and 336 parkagoe sundries. For Humbarg option London-195 packages merchandise. For London-37 pack. ages merobandise.
Per staumship Douauliva, sailed on than 29th August-For London-97,097 ita congen, 73,395 lbs scented caper. 1,785 lbs. scented omago pekos, 10,632 lbs. sorta, 54 balea waste silk, casas bristins, and 20 casks ginger.
UPIUM.
was found the cause of the explosion waras follows. bour: the third 310 or six weeks, and the east $3 The jury returned a verdict of manslaughter
- “ja-some-sess" men-of-war, froer which inflammable substance, which throw off a larga
would have been a scusible piece of legislaGovernment Civil Hospital. It is believed that ten days.
† his lujuries are not serious,
tion, which might without discussion have
Cadea
nothing in the matter of mines without the con-
DELNKEN BAMEN. -
OPIUM CASES..
FATAL FIGHT AT WANCHAL
ATTACK ON THE TONQUIN DELIMIT- ATION COMMISSION.
We translate the following from the Avenir
The last post from Lao-kai has brought news
Quotations are:-
| Now Malwa .........$580 por pioni, alles. of 3
Coatties. Old Malwa .8545 to 8550 per pionit, allas, cuities. $565 to 8360 par pioal, alles. [of 24 to 3 cattisa. $5134 to 515 per chest.
Older Malwa
Patna (Old)
LONDON
530
EXCHANGE.
Telegraphio Transfor Bank Dills, on dement
3/01
Bank Dills, of 30 days' sight...31 Bank Bills, at4 monthe' sight...34a3/14 Credits, at 4 months' sighť
3/14 Desmentary Bills, at 4. montles"
sight......
ON FABIS
28-79
Tungko
29,94
Foschow
Spaghai.. yagnak......
30.11
chuk
The Banner bra feden, in the S.P. and risesa in the N. and W. Gradients are moderats for N.E. winds. The tem pampers and la vidite wee susdurata sed the wauliar orar-
at the South and clear in the Nort
W. DOBERCK. Hongkong Observatory, 1st September, 1886.
METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER.
Razomster Temperatursent Aanalityk anlata Direction of wind
Previous day.
Qu dato Om datei at 10 m. at å pan.
at sp..
2014
29.50
60
W.N.W.
I
+
D. p.
of nails it would be much batter to give the msn a wuipping and let him go thun to charge the
the oulong with his masistentes for a longer or shorter term of a style far above that to which he is
Racustomed.
For returning from deton and other
grate offences the whipping
would, of course have to beofamore serious character than that roomwelded for petty lareony, due care be ing taken not to inflict any permanent in jury, The Commission say they "cannot but feel that the taxpayers of Hongkong should not be called upon to provide the prison accommodation required by Western ideas for the criminal population of A pro vinee long notorious for turbulence and piracy. The only way to avoid this is be rigorous system of repatriation and, by the legionl sequence of that system, which the Colony has never as been allowed to carry out, the infliction of whipping for the mere offence of returning from banishment. All attempts at dealing with this question hitherto been defeated, and the administra tion of justice crippled by the besitation to graot that one indispensable requirement, viz, the power to waip dersely for re taraing from banishment & eripinal who, in his own country, mercifully simply as a preliminary in trink This, with the separate system
stem through at
fre, would be beaten un.
can
the existing gaol, should offord a solution of the whole questi its n merits we maintain the shipping is a punishment which should be more extent Gively used i
diadealing with Chineserimin di and the strongest
oprosition
sition should certa ty be
be offered by the community in boing saddled with the expense
of providing a east of parhaps half.a.million dollars merely to gratify a humanitarian fad. The Hon. A P. MacEwes,& member of
new gael at
the Commission, dissents to some extent from
He is
hia
colleagues. is Against the use of Anegine for petty crimes, and recomm
recommanita
the punisbutent of depriring a Chinwo vo hisquene, which he thinks would act as a great- er deterrent than whipping. Several respect ablo Chinamen with whom he has coaforred upon the subject, bir. MacEway Bars, fully seree us to this mode of
tin pre- punishment ference to flogging; but he would not inflict until a man had received fair warning, my for second offenue. Looking oa bie quens in the light a Chinaman does, to deprive bit of that appendage would partake al nost of the nature of macilation. The punish. ment would be an exceedingly severe ore, and if adopted at all ought only to be used,–
Mr. MADEwes recomende, increas where the culprit has been previously risted and has bad fair warning. The Hon. 72 J.
ACKROYD, in
in forwarding the report of the Commission, sare in respect of the outting off of quenes that "It was the opinion of those members of the Com MISSION
who are acqasiuted with
the
deterreat pugis..
severe
one to
babita and customs of the Chinese that al- though it would be a 29.81
ment, yet it was to as they thought that a prisoner coming out of prison without his quene would be a sub. jeet of contempt to other Chinese, said ba abasaed by them, be consequently would find it very difficult, if not impossible, to ob- tains livelihood, and Woold
thus be 5.-Humorer in paspoalaga afturation, the humidity to commit some offense in order to seek refuge
Force of wird es Q Teather tais......may
1.—Bavuoren redound La 33 degreen. Filuroaznic and to the level of the ven in inghes, tentas
2.-TEXPERITESY in the shade in dogroes Peizenbeit
zir saturatage with inaintare being 100,
AllRFOKOT OF TEN Wosa to two painta..
FOTOS DE The Wrab according to Beaufort Seals, "K-STATROP PRI Waaraan. 3. tlko aky: O. detached clouds, treatingmin: F.feg; G gloomy; B. Lall; Ti.light. ning | C. everonet, P. pantia caborien; Qequally, Bring 3. exow; 2. threuder; V. vullity; W, CON (WOL),
1.Bitinchoa, tenths apcí kundred thi.
W. DOBERCK.
Raol.
From
to st short
ot able to state whether
amnot
be forcad
residenco here I this result would or mould gat follow the cutting of the queue, further consideration
is worthy of
but if it would, the other, although
sevore punishment to the individual offender, Hongkong Observatory, 1st September, 1896-yet if it kept others from it
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HOL
be the most merciful measure in the end."
ever, that there zomembered, however, It must be aro objections to making punishment too severe, as in that case there is always a die- inclination to put them in force. On the wasle we think it would be well to defer oon. sideration of the punishment of
of queue.cut- adting until fair trial has been made of the mors extensive use of whipping-a punish. ment which is fally in accordanca with Coi- isese ideas, and which would of itself, we
PARIS, 19th August. M. Rianssabé, Depaty for Cochin-Cling, barked for Suigua on the 15th August,
The Bishop of Metz in dead:
LONDON, 25th August.
A robel government established at Sophia has think, prove sufficient to meet the circum- been overthrown and the revolutionary leaders alances of the case.
BITested.
TONDON, 26th August. A despatch bas boon aarst to Prince Alexander urging him to return.
The debate on the Address in reply to the Speech from the Throne continues in the House of Commona.
LONDON, 29th August
A regency has been established at Sophia. Princo Alexander has met with esplendid recup tion at Lamberg.
LONDON, 30th August. || Priapo Alexander has arrived at Bustebok, sad was received enthusiasticsily.
CHINA AND JAPAN.
It is sincerely to be hoped that no serioas joomplisation between the Governments of
China and Japan will grow out of the fatal- Fray at Nagasaki between Chinees men-of- waremen and the Japanese police. The as counts giran of the disturbance are so various Shat it is difficult oven for a neutral outsider to arrive at a just and impartisi decision ar to where the blame should be appoi
apportioned. faults on both
AN CE-CONSTABLE IN TADUBLE. Alexander McGregor, an ex-coastable of the amosat of vapen, so that at the time the coolie Hongkong Police Force, was bought before the it je clear he did not ask nor expect all that was lighting his lamp it was filed with this gas court charged with having been drank and dis the local Ordinance gives. The cbject in wixed with air. The woolis lit the lamp close to orderly, rofusing to pay fiarioksha fare, and us simply to stoid detention of the steamers the open bag of the barrel, ignited the assaulting a constable in the execution of his duty. which was inuing from it, and the time passing by crisuinate on board appealing to the local instantaneonaty inside, caused the explosion and in default of paying a fine of 85 and 50 cents du Tonkin of the 29th August:-
The defendant admitted having been drank, courts. As Ordinance providing for this The injured molis was removed at once to tap to the jinrichsta coulis, he was sent to gool for
of an unfortunate occurrence on the frontier of Patna (Now) been extended to any mail steamers for au Tankis:-On Friday, the 20th August, at $2. and in default was sont to gaol for four days; with the Chinos Delimitation Commision, Com Benares New 4974 to.500...
We traustate the following from the Avenir Dan Conolly, seaman unemployed was food Chins. In accordance with an understanding which the privilege was asked by their thren o'clock in the afternoon, a hundred thou. for having bona drank and disorderly in the mandant Dern, Dr. Nesa, Identenanta Hiron Governaient. There is no other object to sand dollars were set down in the Bus da Chantre, streat on the 31st ult. he secured by giving them the status of hip, the Viceroy of Toaquin. The money was
in front of the base occupied by Ngopan-trong- William Maxwell, saman, for a lika offshoe, Bud Plussu were appointed to go and exantas ON
was lined $3, and ia default sent to gaol for a the Ngoi-mith, the rivar selected to form tha men-of-war, because it is not to be supposed accompanied by M. Bavier-Chauffour, who came work.
frontier on the right bank of the Rod Ricaz, there is any wish or intention to evade just to tender it to the Annamite Government and
sixty kilometres above Lao-kai.. The Nam-thai to claim the execution of the contract concluded claims, Rod in Admiralty
Li Yak Tong, shopkeeper, was flued $5 for will form the frontier on the left bank. theby bin with the toart of Bratwo zuers aga for possession of opium drose without a pormit from Tus members of the French Commission were detention of
bis the sale to blm of an immense territory situated at the Opium Farmor. 5 trigel can always obviated by giving bands. Lord RoseBERY (53,000 hectares for $100,000) The difficulty is offonee, and in default of payment he was Must to When they had arrived at a distamos of fifteen Robao and Hongne, where there are coal mines. Wong Ahoi was similarly timed for a like companied by an escort of seventy-five men. AvaFrom the time when the Prouch this. The Government, of Annum,gozooded the goal for ten days.
klometres from goi-math the Fronch Viaring line of the Messageries Muritiunea firat began mine to M., Bavier after having entered into an
was attacked. We do not know all the details of Ox NEW YORK.-. to run to India and Chins dificultion bare gagement with the French Government te do
Bank Bills, on demand. this ambuscade, nor whether our countryman
Grodita, 60 days' sight. wore on bad at the time of the attack or in their
ON BOMMAY.*** V. of the French Convention by reason trary sugagements, and fearing the complaints of On the night of the 28th nit, a fatal fight spans, but what is quite certain is that the
Telegraphio Transfor "of the Commanders of the steataers of the French Government, they do not know whatte occurred in Nallab-lans, Waachai, between two enemy, knowing of their expected arrival, lay in Banks, on demand.......
that Company insisting with the support mont no instructions, and if he had applied to coolies named respectively Man Acban and Ho wait for them. By a strange coincidenes the CALCUTTA
The Chines frondads leave this tomorrow; that after the first sorimage, on the 13th Telegraphia Transfer of French Consuls upon exercising the privi- the Resident General o would have got no A. The former was water carrier to an eating Chinese Commissioners had left twenty-juar kours
the oruiser and gunboat left on Monday. An August, the Nagaanki Authorities suggested Bank, og demand.... reply, the latter ordently having no authority house in that street frequented, by coal boelies, before the French Commisalovers, and had given ON BHANGHAL
other Chiness died on Sunday, and the recovery to the Chinese Admiral that the landing of leges conferred by it in their strictest sense to decide the dispute, and, on the other hand, re and the latter was formerly coped at that as their reason that they must advise the p Bank, at night. and so as to defast the course of crimnical presenting the French Government, whose inhouse, but had lately been otherwise occupied mandants of the Chinese forts to let the French
of two more is doubtful: twenty of the wounded any considerable number of sailors ahould be remain in hospital. European lawyers are re-probibited for some time, hat no attention Privato, 30 days” sight icroets are in direct conflict with those of M.
ported to be coming from Yokohama Eqquiry was paid to this suggestion, and three hon- juice and to deprive in cermin cases private avise. Tas Viceroy therefore could only and had his meals and sometimes slept there. pass freely, they being the first Fronch who land
[in to'qovurrences in bulag privately made.
dred men were, permitted to gu shore on individualu of their civil romedies, A
SHAREN. de one thing-refuse to interface in the On Thursday night Be Aki was in the mok entered Chinsas, territory. A person well toe
the 15th, when the pitched battle with such voluminous correspondeten has taken place affair, simply acknowledging that a mam room of this outablishment, washing his feet, formed as to the operations of the Delimitation
REPORT. and opened before him. M. Bavisa is now going
journal abors quoted that the sailors more cot erumenta arising out of the conflicts which to Huf to make the same tender to the Anzanite hits for wasting the water which he had to carry. that the Chinese Commissioners must be a
supposed to be armed when they lauded, but Government, which they will probably refuse. They had a few words, followed by a fight, Man quitted of all responsibility for this ambuscado,
The Commission appointed to consider the it is asserted that ther procured ating pre- and Ceylon between the judicial authorities The matter will then be Conght out in the Law Achan using his carrying bamboo, and Ho. Aki for the Ngot-mith had been designated before. Cira Traders' fasurance Company's Bhares-qusation of insufficient accommodation in viously purobased for the occasion and stored
corta nnless some settlement, he come to a long pair of iron lee tongs with two very ha for the frontier, the two Commissions 872 par share, er div.
Vistoria Gaol recommend that whipping beat the bouse of Chinese resident in the and the Mensageries Maritimes. Indeed Her Sach a settlement is not impossible M. Bavier Majesty's Government would bare less cou- Chuffeur has formally stated that he intended thorp ends. Man Achan received a blow on wore in necard on this point, and the Trond North China Insurance is 30 per share, allowed for alt cases of petty theft and for place. On the other hand it is evident that
nothing Kostile to the Government of the Proton the side of the head from this instrument which reconnaissance was merely for topographical par- | share.
Yangtare Insurance Association-Ts 118 per returning from banishment, and that the the Chiness regard the Japanese as the ag palled to determine the Postal Convention torate and wished only to safeguard his rights penetrated through the skull into the brain. Ho poses. We have unfortunately to deplore the Chiness Insurance Company, Limited-$150 per the gaol is over-growded they are of opinion which stated that firs Chinese soldiers had cgránsors. The Shến-pas published a telegram with France by cutice under Art. XXXVII. He was pleased even to say that he had boun Abd ran out and made his escape. and the peo-loss of M. Geil, Lutenant of the Ist Tongipeas, were it not that the more recent instrue revived with a courtesy which led him to bepeple of the house, on entering, found Man and M. Henri, Sub-liquisment of resurse in the Da Ta Ineration Company, Limited-Ts. 145 that it is most undesirable in the present been captured by the Japanese and mur
that an arrangement conciliating the opposing
stata of the fuances of the Colony, and with dared," obviously a gross misrepresentation tions which appear to have been aires to the interests might be submitted for the approval of Achaia lying on the floor. After a fruitless Foreign Legion. These two oflsery were mash Canton Insurance Ofles, Limited-1878 per such heavy expenditure in view as the Forti. on the part of their correspondent. The Commanders of the French Posta: steamers the French Government,
search for the abscending coolie the Police were liked and carry with them the regrets of their share.
fications, completion at Tylan Water-works, Chinese Government, however, aing, it in
constantly arisen in the application of Art.sent of the latter. Now, takra between two cou
da. The Viceroy has received from his Govorn
UN
Banks Bills, ex demandj. Ürodita, at 4 mɔntha' sight
3.87 ...3.94
.746
.701
2243
2051
2344
225
.721
Quotations are:-
An earthquake, causing great destruction and No doubt there wore loss of life has coeurred in Greece.
NAGASAKT, 26th Auguet.
but the question who were primarily re sponsible. The Tokyo Jiji Shumpo slater
botweed tho Brities sand French Gor.ber of baga ovatainlog dollara had been brought when Man Ashan samo'in and quarrelled with | Commission has girou as his views. Ho thinks Hongkong and Shanghai Bank Shares-163 / PEE VICTORIA GAOL COMMISSION') | fatal resulta ensued. It is admitted by the
have occurred at Hongkong, Singapore,
per cont. preminm, ez dira bayers, Union Insuranos Society of Canton, Limited-
295 per share.
abars.
por sharoi
scale of diet be reduced. While finding that
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