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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESE, TURSDAY, JULF Diet 1808.

"Mr. Harry Wirth, the proprietor of VFLYth'n' Creus, died on board the steamer Hangion on Bunday on the way down from Bhanghai. The funaral took place yesterday starooon. The dicas, es will be seen from our advertisement

mine, will be opened on Thursday evening.

While playing in a wicket match at Bisga pero on the 11th July Mr. E. O. Ellis, who batting well for the Bench ard Bar, had the misfortune to abp and displace a cartilage of his knee-joint. The unincky ocident will key him to bed for a week, as rest le imperative, -Free Press.

According to a Deli Courant correspondent, the shares of the Royal Trutal Oil Co., Lang last, uro quotod now out 600 per veut, and he sinks ie kely that they will resah 1,000 per cant. before the end of the year. It is saposted that be the beginning of next year the Company vil produce 10,000 cams daily.

At the Criminal Sessions yesterday, holore the Chief Justice, the woman charged on Satur day with unlawfully bringing a girl into the coloms gras cont to gad for eight month hard labour. Another woman charged with a similar offence was ent to get for twelve months. The Court adjourned until Thursday:

The Russian Volunteer Flest steamer Vaimnej. was arrested in Calambo harbour on her ar rival there on the 29th June on & writ of the Tice Admiralty, which was issued at the instance of Merera Volkart Bree, on behalf of the owners of the Knight Companion, who claimed £7,000 salvage for having oscard the steamer from perilous position or a reof in the Ited Bea, Capt. ca Frisch, the Itanian Capsul at Colombo, wired to Odessa for leave to give security for the amount claimed, and the amount haring een dosposited in London the ship was reload the next day and resumed, har voyage to Vhdi.

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Bouss's niche is the temple of fanie is Dew clearly dofted. Three generolians have worked steadily on bis productions and literary charactor. The net result has been a general endorsement of the views which CARLYLE sot forth in his masterly essay (and of the finest in our language), as far back as 1828. Fine poot as he undoubtedly is, bo is destined to live for over as a lyrist er song-writer and as the regenerator of the Scottish national sentiment. GoTP, ScorT, BERANGEL, MENDELSSOHN, to say nothing of the entire English-speaking ice, unite to testify of his unique powar in soug Love in its every phase-divina, proinne,

At the Magistraay yesterday. before Hon. pathetic, humore-finds in BURSA its

Commander Hastings John Filathorne, a sea- chiefest exponent. His "Mary in Heaven," man from the American ship Paramats, was "Mary Morrison," "O' a" the Aerts," "O charged with disorderly oxadact in the Balore Wert Thou in the Cauld Blast, John An- Horas and with ang Goa Lopphartit, the watchman was atated by com deren my Jo," and "Duren Gray," in painant that defendant went to the Saitors imitable elsewhere, can be equalled over Hene at 11.30 pm. n the 18th inst, and was and war again in his own repertory very noisy. He had been in the Hons for fourteen days. The watchman advised him to Friendship finds its climax of literary ex-go to bed, whereupon he knocked him dean and pression in Auld Lang Syne; a Scotch restock bin Assistan was called and PC. 49 cane up and arrested the man. Defendent giment would charge red-wat-chod Into the quied striking the watchmos. His Worship jaws of Hell at the trumpet call of Scote imposed a ins of $8 or 10 days' imprisonment wha hue; many generations of men have on the first charge and $7 or 28 days on the drank themselves tipsy from a fellow feeling with Kal and Allan-anent "Willie's Mout"; "A Man's a Mau for u' that is an epitome of a sound system of philosophy; and these are but samples. But why go on? This is but an old stery infinitely better told. "Hie songs are part of the other tongue, "not of Scotland only, but of Britain, and of "the millions that in all the ends of the earth speak a British language. In bat and hall, as the heart unfolds sju many coloured joy and wie of existence, the "name, the voice of that joy and that woe is the-nade and voice which Bugisa han given hem. Strictly speaking, perhaps no

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Second reading of the Bilk entitled an Ordinance to make better provision for the tile of fond and drugs in a pure slate

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houghts and feelings of so many men as

Becond reading of the Bill entitled an Ordionnce to mend "The Marriage Ordinanci, 1875," *this solitary individual with means up.. Second reading of the Bill entitled Ordinance "parently the humblest." These are great to alter the titles of prison officers employed in this

olony, words, bat the passage of time only deepene Third reading of the Hill endded an Ordine to their meaning; they are an adequate ex-mend and consolidate the law relating to the regis- planation of the wonderful fame which has ration of births and deaths. ochered around the wild Ebechaunl" and "gauger of-ale-frkins"

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THE MURDEL OF A LUKONG.

CAPTURE OF LÁT - MIT.

The vigorous and persistent search organised wordrer of Obres Constable No. 218, kas by the Hongkong Police for Lai Mit, the happily been rewarded. Yosterday afternoon

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THE ESBELLION IN FORMOSA.

LONDON COLLEGE OF MUSIC,

that could be dana for physical and mental re- freshment was done by the host and hostess, who The member of the Council of the London evidently greatly enjoyed mosting many colonist Wo Lave reneived the following Japanese The result of the competition for the July noscunt of the rebellion in Formost. The in College of Muels have derided to obtain the fronde. Finally esme à réception, at 10am., at anitanos of our hating local musicians in the the Imperial Instituta, by the Right Hon. Joseph tho honour of meeting His Royal Highnes formation was forwarded in a lotter sent by the examinations la practical music which it is Chamberlain and Ms. Chambarisin to have Captain's Cup is given below Mr. II. P. Tooker......

the Prince of Wales. Whatever may be said Viceroy of Formor to Mr. B. Y. Kimura, who proposed to held in the colony. It is a rule Is it pressat in Hongkong. Mr. Kimara is the no examiner be allowed to oranzo one of the chief of, one of the Japanese Government his own puplis, but as that rale could not be about the Imperial Institute as much it carried out here, it was mggested that a Lecal certainly lends itself to rach a fête as this. dopartments in Formoss, and the object of his Board of Examiner be formed, sad that three Amid a blaze of cleeria and gas light, with visit to Hongkong is to parko definite arrange or more examiners be appointed for each branch beautiful summer evening and no chilly wants with Hos A. M. Thornson (Acting of practical musiu. This method of procedure, brozes, the large and fashionable company though not so satisfetory as having the mandirjoyed themselves to the nimont. Masical and other refreshments were everywhore aband- Postmaster Gonorsl) respeiting the mail ser

deler skamined by an ozaminer to whom they ant and it was one o'clock in the morning vico biswein this colony and Forzacsa

aren known, is the best that pan, for the prosest, Beveral causes have brought about the natire be adopted. Each examiner will receive before the Prince left All the delegates to inatracties now raging in the Hoonim districtstractions from the Board at home, and will be the Congress were invited to the reception, of mid-Formon, but the following two are equired to draw up a report of the performanos and among other guests we noticed Bir G. F. of each candidate. These reports will then be Bowen, Sir William and Lady R. Vax, both forwarded to the Board of Eanizers in Londen, looking remarkably well, Mr and Mrs. D. J. who will give a Bual decision in the case of such Ackroyd, Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell-Innes, Mr. candidate after ccfisering the reports. It is of and M. St. John Hancock, and many othem interest to note that one of the members of the Board in Dr. Bangster, brother of the lote. Organist of the Cathedral.

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CHINESE PRESENTATION TO

DE MARQUES.

On Sunday afternoon some Chinese friends of Dr. Marques called at his rosidonse and presented him with the following address

Hongkong, June, 1886.

the objel caused *-*-

LONDON CONGRESS OF CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE OF THE EMPIRE.

LBY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.]. The third of the aries of Congrosses orga was opened in the Hall of the Grocers' Com eidonor of the Right Hon. the Secretary of papy, Londen, on the 9th June, under the Pro-

Long before the hour of 10 ata, delegates were Arrivily taking their places and the keen in- forest vinced at the beginning was tharonghly

(1) Homin distriot originally (before the inland was ended to. Japan) was the hereditary rosort of robbers and thieves

Bude Formosa was ceded to Japan, the measures taken by our garrison in this district were too mild, so that that gave the opportunity

With regard to the members of the Local to the robbers to increase their boldness. amongst the precipices of the steepest mons. and Mr. Cattanes have both has to o The resort or hunt of themo native rebels is Board, we understand that Mr. Ward tains, so that we might say "one man can keep the Council to sest, and hava ag eed to do so. the path even against a hundred thousand," and The Bandmaster of the Rite Brigada was also To L. Pornira Margties, Esq., Fellow of the this mourisin rangą kalsicwerdetheaborigines' | nominated, but as he leaves the colony shortly nised by the London Chamber of Commerce

Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland, country. It is stated that the Chinese Govers his successor will, it is hoped, join, the Beard, Member of this Royal College of Physicians, ment had had many trustles about this place. Mr, G. P. Larmesert has already bears requested Bio. 30, 800, Dear Dr. Maryves.—It was with deep reg for a long time and also that it had boon the to assist at the examination in pianoforte play state for the Colonies Mr. J. Chamberlin).

Hoonim in pay taxes to the robbers for the aske and we may expect to hear of further additions In the theoretical examinations the arrange that we frat heard of your retiremont on pension of this district for the rich families of ing, and has signified his willingness to sot, from the Government Service of this colony of keeping their lives and property in soouxity: we felt that by your withdrawal the public hal thus the people tried to keep always on goed ments will be carried out in the site way as in

graced by many lodios and the guests' tablos weTO lost the valuable services of a bonourable nud tervis with. Eko robbers, This had custom is the goptilar Orford Lassle. The papers of maintained to tho sad. gallerios were still existing at the present time. This fact questions will be sont hore after being sealed at fully occupied. Among the company of Cele most conscientions officer.

For fully lifteen years were you attached to explains that the native jasurgente in Hoenim the College and the sus will bubonial tud Home delegates, which numbered the Medical Department of the Public Service, at present are not people turned out of their in the presence of the candidates. At the clone about 400, we noticed Viscount Knutsford, the and during the whole of that period you dis- homes, that the bands are not composed of of the examination the papers will be salud Burl of Selborne, the Emi of Jersey, Sir Donald, charged your variens habe and arduous good people, but that they are robbers who and forward to London, where they will be Smith (Canada), Sir R. Bobert, Sir Robert Monde, Bydney Burton M., Sir W des duties, whicware oftentimes attended with Lars Loan taking sirelter in the Hosnim examined. considerable delegar to your own bath, to the mountaincus dirtriot for ranny years. The

Vans and the Hongkong, Inlegatas, Messrs. entire mtisfaction of the community at large lenders of the native insurgents are a Clunese

Keswick, Macki tosh, at Wood. You were always skilful sad palustaking, kind military offer qida boreltury robber shief,

This spring the few Japanese soldiers gar and codents in the treatment of your patients, and many there are who can testify risoned in this district more gant out for the Your constant sympathy with the Chinese the defence the latter were able to make by with grabatane vseh site and kindness purpose of elen-ing away the robbers, but and your gouine admiration for their ancient availing of the good osuditions of their topogra civilization, together with your genial and kind phical situation rendered ibis purpose ineffec disposition, have attracted to yourself many tive and a few soldiers wore wounded in the en admizore nod friends from that people, and we

a successful and, the forms being increased by who are now add-twing you do so on behalf and terprise. If this enterprise had been pursued to as the representatives of a vary large number sanding reinforcements, we should not have tils present trouble, but the enterprise was aban of nur low-county men.

We cannot allow this eccssion to pasa by dooed rather prematurely. The robbers, think. without expressing to you our profound reenact

and disregarding our forces, commenced to and storm, and as a smell toxon of that satcong could not do anything moro about them, and affootien we beg you to kindly accept the plunder through the villages arenad Hnonim. accompanying souvenir with our best wishes in the middle of the night of the 13th June for your fature happiness, health, and pro- they broke into a Janass merchant's honse, sporty. We are, dear Dr. Marques, your very situated 360 fost away from our police station, sincerely,

After having robbed it they retired, Bring

Josapha Li

Tendy Sz Kai Kan Hong Take Shi Ping Kwong

Li Hogg Mi.

Wong Shing Tang Kit Shang Ho Tang Choi Chie Eag Ho Wyson!! Wong Chi Nam Woar Yat Sun Sin Tak Fán Ho Kai Ho Fook

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Low Wai Chuon -Ng Kwai Shang W. Quirosy

Ng Fak Shang. Leung Kwai Kai Fran. Tse Yat

Tam Chin Hiug Leang Pik Shian Wel Long Bhag Yung Hin Pang Fung Wa Chita Üban & Fook Wai A Yuk

werkmanship, was much admired and best the following inscription:-

To Dr. L. Pareita Mangass, Fellow of the Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland, Member the Royal College of Physicians, Fellow of Member of the Branco-Hispano-Portugue the Boyal Geographical Society of, Lishin, From his Academy of Toulousa, koy &c. Chase friends as a token of astorn on bie retirement from the Public Service on Pension. Hongkong, Juze, 1896,

The presentation was made in a meat specch

by Mr. Ng Fuk Shang, whe regretted that the Hon, Ho Kai, whose absence mus due to

task should have to fallen to him instead of the

unforeseen circumstances.

No any signal comannications that he Englishman to give the Scot a fair U Po, a smart Chinese detective, walked into the gentlemen who are distinguished by their

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MARRIAGES.

At All Saints Church, Woollata, Sydney, NSW on the 0th June, by the Iter. Reginald It. Callis 52, BA, BENIABON King Mouros, of Melbourne,

chiefly responsible for that splendid mutual cohesion and patriotic fire which marks the Scot in the sooist struggle for survival.

Brand, too, shares with the gentle CowrEn

surrounding distries have boon scoured by detectives, and the keepest watch has bean maintained for the murderer and the fallest inquiries made respecting his whereabouts Various reporte resahod the police from

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It probable that if other centres are formed in the East, at Sugapore and Shanghai, an examiner way to ent from England to examine cadidaton at each centre. We hope the nam bor. of candidates at the first exnusination held College will be scouraged to do this. here will be see that the authorities of the

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Mr. Chamberlain was loudly covered on his ostry and his most interesting opening address woo warmly received, giving as it did the key

The London pres very generally reported this remarkablo specol in calomeo end all terested in the subject of closer union betwesa the mother country and the colonies should varefally study his remarks. Mr. Chamberlain, after being warmly thanked for his presence and addrees relinqushed the chair to the Presi dent of the London Chamber of Commerce.

note of the debate which followed

delsgains at their work in the sent the

Sir Albert Kaye Rollit, P., the like manner to the end of the Congress and on more than one occasion his akili and judgment in guiding the debate was very clearly shown. Most especially did to impress the Congress in his resume of cho debate, when he combined the ideas expressed in the original resolution and the several amsadments proposed in the cold- prehensive terms of the following resolution.—

at this Congress of Chambers of Commerce of the Empire is pi opinion that the establish.

Enforcing his remarks upon the rastas of the Empire and its trule, the President consider ably enlivened his remneks by walling the specah of an American that he had heard. She is bounfled," said he, on the East by the pathless oss, or the North by Bio Aurora Borealis, u the South by the F-qui-nexes, and - on the West by the Day of Judgment.". To this the president said that if our dream of unity bà, realised we shall have an Empáro which will be world-wide and finated by pho boundaries at all, ant to attain this same amorfos must be made by all for the common welfare of

all

Victoria, to ELISE MARY, only aughter of Mr. the honour of being the first great literary persons who alleged that they had seen In my opinion, they are superior to the Gotaydraulic data for refaence to some expert at their aid, and whe knows if the little spark his speech on the second day of the debate, who At St. Andrew's Church, Chefoo, on the 9th Juleman to give pasiotiate expression to that him, and no stons was left untamal to philosophers that we suired at college. Turn home. We do not hear one word of the native lighted near the Tibetan border may not grow from a large experlouce of the colonies admitted

Willian JAX:05, of Shanghai, China.

THE KIANGSU KEDELLION,

Shanghai, 14th Jay. Despatches received yesterday from Nanking report that Yuan Taotei of Hatokon, on the southern banks of the Telbow River in Kiangen, asking for help owing to an irruption of bas sent argent idlegrams to B. Liu K'te-yi Shantung Endits from sores the Yellow Hiver into Hinirolou. These bandits hase morseser toen fained by some 8,000 tool handite, who have barned, pilinged, and devastated every thing on their line of march. The only force at the disposal of Yinu Tautsi is the Fing bugade Great recessity was found by the garrison to of Bre hattolices, nominally 2,500 strong, but suppress and clear them away in this really under 2,000 men. In the several skirmishes this which have taken place between the government district. On the 14th July

lientenant commanding a small troops and the bandits the latter are invariably ment of closer commercial relations between the purpose a

soldiers come off victorious owing to superior numbers United Kingdom sed the Colonies is an object of twenty company consisting was despatched towards their haunt. Un Assmatter of fact, it is reported to Yuan Tuotai which deserves and demands prompt and sama- fortunately the expedition was again ineffective, by the officers commanding the troops that the fil consideration, The Congress therefore re bandits are wall armed, which seems to confirma for near the mountain foot the soldiers weTO

moat that, if suggestions should be made on behalf surrounded and attacked by the robbers, the the report that thees bandits are eli soldierespectfully represents to Her Majesty's (toverit lieutenant and six soldiers being killed, and who deserted during the Japanese invasion of of the Cainties, ar game of them, it would be few paraped back. The commander of the Shantung, carrying their a end ni right and expedient to promote such considera- garrison sahod for reinforcements from the loa with them. Toan Tootai ales telegrapha

by summoning an Imperial Conference faily Hung Kam Shingheadquarters of the regiment, and more forces that unless sid be immediately sent to him he tion and the formulation of soms practical plan Chung King Us Chan Troung Fat roro sent out. On the Ast Jane, these streug- cannot answer for an iprusion of tho adjoining representative of the interests involved, or by thened forces advanced toregemunence the attack, prefectares by the bandits, whose numbers are cors such other mans as Hor Majesty may be The souvente, which is a handsome massive but nobody was found there. All the cottages being constantly angriented by the disaffected advised to adopt. That copies of this mealu tion be forwarded by the President to the Frime "British man hes so deeply affected the regulate uu Adinivity, procedure of the spambosed silver tea set and salvor of Chinese wore left.quite empty, so they burnt all these and the member of of the Kolao Hui moiety

Meanwhile, on the from all parts of the country worth and south Minister, the First Tord of the Treasury, the cottages sad returned. 29th June, nativo rebels numboring about 800 of the Yellow River. In response to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, the Leaders attacked the Japanese gendarmes station, and gent appeal of Yuan Tastai. H.E. Liu Kof the Opposition in both Houses, the High successively they attacked Heenim and Chipi despatched the same night two battalions of Comthissioner Ros Canada, and the Agents

or Hunsa brigade, three General of the other Colouies." chip. This brought about the present condi. the old "Haime

battalions of the vics-regul bodyguards, one battalion of meairy and two batteries of tions in mid-Formoso.

artillery, with orders, to make forced marches to the scene of disturbance. If the bandits, or rather insurgents, usage to keep the Imperial troops shat up inside the walled cities [ROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT]

TIENTSIN, 8th July. of Hsolion footnre, their next objective The state of the Feile is becoming criticst,will be the prefectures of Yangohow on the couth wast and Hauien on the south of and if things are left to themselves and Nature Heachou. The situation in considered cuff proves obdurate much longer Tientsin will ciently serious to warrant an order to mobilise dying dialect isto permanent literature."

After thanking Mr. Ng Fuk Shang for the cease to be either a seaport or a river port, the territorial troops of these two profectares Scort carried on the movement in his novela

eloquent and flattering speech he made in The river in front of the band has ghealed unto march to the relief of Haichon, in skition to those sent from Neaking. A storm launch senting the address, Dr. Margnes said I cannot and in our time we see it in the hands

The unanimous adaptance of the bore re find adequate capressions to thank you for the to a depth of five and a half feet instead of the frills is also under orders to go up the Grand of GEORGE MACDONALD, W. OLIPHANT,

great honour you have done mo in coming to normal twelve to fourteen. The deposit, rm Canal to protect the principal towas en route, kotion was followed by loud and prolonged. | Mosers, BLACK, BARRIE, CROCKETT, and

this house to present me with an address and like that of former yes, is not soft loss it,acse launches will be armed with brocchload cheere, especially as it appeared at ane time this beautiful ecuvenir. It has been sweetedtrat a hard sand which forms into stiff banking canon of small calibro.-N. U. Daily News, that. Fains of the Home delegates were only WATSON threatening. permanently to im

partially favourable to the idos extresed. It that generally it is the unexpected that hap

must be admitted that many of Home pair the Queen's English in fiction. The

etia. This iropoatrg manifestation seems to apparently unsusceptible to the effects of scour gext miracle was coguste, the rekindling of

prove the truth of it. It is indeed, a great or artificial erosion. The shallowness is now THE MAHOMMEDAN REBELLION delegates took a rezy provincial view of the the Scattiah spirit. In these days we laugh

stem from the reposuiatives of the in tow-bosts are fairly beaten to negotiate it myprie to me to receive this mark of such that even the lighters and lightest draft

authivot. moro ncitably these of Manchester and The Shensi errespondeat, of the V. C. Daily Liverpool, but in fage of all the diffoulties of News says:-The news from Kangu is to the the moject it was a kouzés of very grant satia- sardonically nt BoswELL meekly imploring

portast Chinese community of this colony,

The steamers are still working their cargons efect that the famous Tung Fu-hsiung in faction to Colonial delegates to fut after all intellectual achievements, by their commercial at Pu-tang-ke, atenttwelvo miles below Tientsin, obedience to the Imperial command has began that there was ermmon ground on which they chance. A thir chance indead when all Central Police Station with the welcome news well as their social standing, and by but with increasing diffealtics even there. The massacre of all the Mahommedans that he outer crald ull gree. In the debate the one notable over the world the obtrusive Caledonian that ho had caught Lai Mit. The circum- many other aminant qualities. Although congestion Is appalling and to make matters cross. At Hgningfu he stew three thousand dissentient from the Colonial views was Mr. comes as inevitably a-top as oil docs in water. stances of the arrest reflect the greatest credit have attended very few of you professionally,

children. Fears are entertained of a general- with the idea of denne consmercial mulon shw BURNA. did not of course communicate the sa the captor, Sima the marder on Sunday hava, whenever an opportunity offered it. worse, the lighter Swallout this week staked on and sold their wives and female Adanson, of Singapore, who while agresing which have hitherto remained faithful. The differential dedim against the foreigner, quot qualities which ensure success, but he is murting, the 12th inst., the colony and the treated the poor Chinese without expecting any herself on the stamp of a pile and mado what rising, especially in Pinlianfu and Anitien, lions in the way if it was proposed to put on

reward. It is very kind of you to show in ssh little fairway there is still lean.

few Tho Municipal authorities and the local Cham rebellion hitherto was confined to

ing, Franeh perience in Tonkin, whose brillant manner your recognition of the little

War" being withheld till necessary sa a menstre son's conclusious appeared to be that the colonion have done for suffering humanity. You bere ber of Commerce are fully alive to the serious. Mahomedare, the declaration of the Holy traie he said had been throttled. Mr. Alan- alluded to my genuine admiration for tolyness of the situation, and on joint account bave of self-preservation. The Mahemmedans eeroas loud become. Frevtraders. This ries was cient Chinese civilization. believe nobody san read the Chinese philosophers without agree to get a professional man to obtain the the Russian frontier are said to have promised succesfully combstol by Bir W. dee Voux in marvelling at their sound sad plain doctrines.

irto a great conflagration embracing Central *river Conservancy moving in the matter, or that Asia and Indla is an old proverb, that light comes from the by the Rey. Heary Mathews and in the prace of altruism or deep sympathy which is 30 thoroughly investigate the truth of the mporia, as I believe. It might be mid with groat the Hackman or City Tous have shown wach marked a feature of our modern civilization. Inspector Stanton has had a particularly busy reason that the high nomlity comes from the concern. They are all probably trusting to the He is the post and special pleader of the time in directing operations, while for the past Far East. Confucius is sublime genius, these which sets in after the summer

fresheta

(PRON A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT-] animal creation; its sufferings cause him three or four days Inspector Quincy has been glory of mankind. Many theories supposed to be the remit of modern, nivilization were taught by

Up to date the sazimir raiz has come at in- The Congress of Chamber of Commerce of deep pangs and he infects others with lits in Canton in order to look for the wanted this great toan and by his disciples. You will benefitence toward it. As our readers may man there. One of the rumours which reashed remember that Controins was asked his opinion tervals, but should there be a three days' down the Empire has been an obvious success from Epos, sin emninest living sodal philosopher the police was that bai Mit very soon after about killing the principled for the sake of pour on the hills to the wast of Peking nothing a business point of view, but as the inhours of Paiko from its afisers and dologates word arduous it scored government of a country, why should you shou ascribes transcendent results to these foel the warder wont to Yazmati in s tunch and tociety. He replied, Sir, in carrying on the causare the whole ralley of

remained there, a short time while he had any Hood at all? The relations between the disastrous food, as the constricted river bed is bat fit that reciation shoni accompany, these inge in social evolution.

moko of opium. He had no money with him, superiors and inferiors is like those between totally soqual to the task of carrying off any labours. And right well were these means o and he borrowed ten cents from one man and the wind and the grass. The grase

mest sarplus.

recreation planned and great how hect the Our chief source of information as to the enjoyment of the guasts. The delegates alons couple of dollars from another, and then startad bend when the wind blows across it." Librite, on a walking tour to the interior, where doubt. I believe, said that he would transform e lers he thought he would be safe. However, solely by mocats of education within twenty course of the Kansub Mahomedan rebellion is boring over 400, by adding their ladies and

a Consultative Imperial Council slonld be Confucius, who had probably the Southera Freed. The official Chinese, if the inevitable friend who desired to homear the HONGKONG, JCOLL 21st, 1896.

Inspector Stanton had such pood faith in this five years.

inle human nature, they hors say news, are exceedingly ocative in visitors, it will be quite understood what a task formed whose members for the time being shall report that be sent the deteotive UT anda keaner insight

be resident in the United Kingdom; that the two informers to Bhanhnn, which demanded much longer period This setting it about. Locally they have their own lay before the Organizing Committee and its

Cancil should be called together in esses Scoroamex have played and still play ec on our old spiritual allies; wo are encour believe abeat forty miles up the staaton rage" stated that if virtuous menuistics, the voldiers at Shanhaikan have been executive offions. The writer of these notes

where the genmal interests of the Colonics great a part in Hongkong history that we aged to remove it and to renew "auld River, The trio started in a launch from to govern country in ancoession for a

represented were affected in matters of trado, acquaintance Englishmen rany join in Hongkong on the 18th inst, and after hundred years they would be able to reform going strongly for each other again, bat bappily was one of the many colonists entertained at

dries" in 1836 and can say that nothing should consist of members elected by sory done any possible o Teuce in our drawing this pious task, for, as our extract from ading at Bhan Chan sent backs the launch the criminals bad dispense, with capital punish have let the foreigners alone, although they those stalels fetes given at The Colin finance, or Imperial defence; time the Connoil

end proceeded on their journey by land went Confucius appears to enterin de

self-governing clony in some adequate and attention to the fact that today is the CARLYLE Chor BURNS was born for Two days later U Forecaised information that mocratic views about governmert, for he said, have interfered with the train service, centenniversary of the death of Scotland's all mankind. A personal reinspection of Lai Mit was on beard a passenger junk bond for whon right principles prevail in an empire HMS. Peacock has replaced the popular better was provided then than the City Chamber relays proper for to its electorate, ata hat great puck. On 21st July, 1796, the news his worice is after all the heat celebration Canton and he obtained the services of a few gyvermont will not be in the hands of tiled Zannet, which is off to to Behring Hea. The provided or ranged for this year for the its fonctions should be pazely constitative; and soldra who went in poranik. The bout, was men without merit Mencius taught thet o Fracad is of course at. Tongku, thirty-five delectation of its guesta June in London is now that the Crows Colonies should also be repre- that Roneer Bunny was dead sounded as a possible of a very great event in the history so to stop and Lei Mit was put ashore, when tyrannical sovereign shakl, if he persisted miles below Tientsin Distance has, however, trepical as to ste heat, 85 dog, and 86 dog being sented on this Comoil."

The third and fourth days' meetings were common this mouth in the shade, so the principal he was lost to view in the undergrowth. in his falls after repeated warnings, be knell to the literary hopes and aspirations of English letters.

The party waited patiently, however, and deposed by his people. This disciple of Cm. been no serious obstacle to cricket, in which entertainments were arranged for the open air very well attended and important couriersial

the loads were easily victorious

On Monday, the 8th June, the Docks were subjects were dealt with, guch as the Codi- about hine o'clock in the evening "the boat facius once asked a king if there was any H... Edgar srived from Woning yester came down a drek and is was at once difference between killing with a sword and The cpinion is growing locally that Li Hung visited on the invitation of the. Docks Joint fination of the Commercial Law of the Ea

boarded by: U Po and the soldiers. As was with a bad form of government 7 The Chinese

provided by the P. & 0. 8. N; Co. The trip Uniformity of Copyright Law; Extension of anticipated as Mit was there endeavouring to are naturally gifted with great intellectual hang will return to his old, billet sa Matropol Commite, mi a luncheon on the Caledonic phe Bills of Exchange-uniform procecuro; acaxion and the sons of their famurces tan Veroy on his return. He has wired out by water from Westminster and subsequent Inter-Imperial postal and telegraph rantaa; in The Austrian cruiser Panther arrived from arak away from his pursuers in the very boat

oresse of postal facilities (for prepaying re from which he had been dropped. The soldiers philosophers have helped to develop the for 150 Double Dragons. These be proposes to proceedings are such as to fully impress al Singapore yestering.

at once tous charge of the murderor and took various eminent qualities to a remarkable distributa galore, aqua pro quibur. Nothing is with the grandeur of the great port of London plies); Arbitration for international disputes; The stoomer Bvenue, from Antwerp and him to Nomten. The precaution of earching degres, constituer the national char- kuown up her as to those specific orders which as well as the hospitality of its great steamship Boards of Labour conciliation au arbitration

bills of lading reform, rule of the road at assi The honesty of the Chineso London, loft Bingapore on the 17th instant fox him was taken by the soldiers, but no acteristics.

In addition to this there was a visit to the light duos. on shipping, railway extousion to this port

rovclver vns found upon bun. After ddeg all merchants is proverbial. I heard my father he is said to have placed with the Vulcan Works that lay in his power the detective returned relate with astonishment that business at Stettinn be certainly left Chins with no such exhibition at the Feople's Palace and a recaption South-wast Chine; emigration; desinial syetons, triamphant to Hongkang, walking the whole invetting large sums of money was tran-power, but of course the telegraph could give it. and concert, in the evening. On Tuesday the weights, sastres, and carroney. All those sub-

sectel formerly in Canton without any written

Bud vnanítous regelttions were arrivil at, with way to Kowloon. Of course the police officers are highly pleased with the conduct of U Pe, agreement, but only the word of honour of this surpected up here that the Peking officials Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress held a recup jacts were diseased with great thorongleeks

are ging to distribute their favours intention at the Mansion House, which was who undoubtedly deserves great predit for his partins concerned. There are few working

system for tho surenoy, which it was agreed. Ully resournes nartaese. It is not yet known where lai mes to steady at the Chinese. But for the topally China's ass armaments, that Krups less to fully test the capacity of the the exception of the adoption of the decimal

Ein Wednesday & Banquet of "The Holborn" apoal to deferred in the neat Cougress, that the Chinese witborities the passives will could not have been constricted in so short a mirul Dunlop bar bees cruising about the Gulf was given with that aborted by co Mit will be doelt with, bat it is most likely Chiuse labourers tho grat Pacifio railway and Armstrong are to share alike ra guna Ad

make short work of him.

time. General Bouth of the Balvation Army, in the Nan Shui, visiting the various dismantled Chamberlain in the chair, supported by a dis. noknowledging the votes of thanks accorded Sydney were kept by Chinese. The Ubisses forts, non especially Fort Arthur. He has company of past and proson slicer to himself and the gentlemen who had to

so winch to its sucesful socomplishment, On Thursday night Sir Arthur Kaye Rollit, said he hoped to meet the eclonial repre by following too faithfully in many paste been scompanied by Lent. de Vitré, of the the doctrines of Confucias, who aspired to sa Hongkong Garrison, who is up here on hare. LL.D., DUL. MP, entertained the delegates soatatives at yet another Congress, possibly

and a sirals of friends at the Grafton Galleries,

in some the Colonies. He likened tho On Sunday two cases of plague were reported, The Police are muting enquiries shout ideal sivilisation which the world has not yet

civilization of our special performance of and the warp *hipa, being gigantic sbattles from the city.

falnim on Saturday afternoon. A litis boy, by brutal force ajurt aggressions, have for Elswick, and in nor in Peking,

"Romeo and Juliet" was given on Friday

to one karinonjour whole. the son of a water carrier at Pokfaiam reffered grastly I hope I shall have an op-

No other Lepe of selence hat such interests for at Covent Garden stid a great trent it proved which were the

The Congrunned with enthusiastle choers The Oasfa, fom Hankow with new season's servoir, was sitting near the carstakor a portanity of sindying better this wonderful tes, arrived in London on the 13th July, bating house, which is near the road leading from the civilization and perhaps of reading also the mankind in general as that of the ultimate to be, as the carte included the Brother for Her Majesty the Queen and the singing of

Chinese books in the original Instead of in stamping out of consumption. Of the 68,000,000 da Rosake. This was followed at midnight the National Anthem. made the passage from Woom:ng in 374 days. reservoir to the Pesk, who he was ghet. Hie

people heing to-day in the United States, says by a rosrption supper sad ball at Drury Lane, loud ories at once attracted attention, and as translatigas,

Dr. V. O. Vaughan, 3,000,000 or more will, an given by Bir augustus and Lady Harria The It is officially notified by the Netherland speedily as possible he was removed to the Gov

The production of pig fron at the present Government that the port of Pulo Way is ze ernment Civil Hospital, where he was detained. The fagtaions them that a series of narrow legs something be done to prevent it, die of tu. Great was the transformation here. open to general trade and that phips on one is suffering fra & gunshot wood, but rings in an old spruce from British Colurabin berenloils. In the oss year of 1890, 102.199 opcions stage was laden with beautiful flaw there.

Incies of this fruitful Melt Worker, is greater than it has wrer beam, fortunately it is not a dangerous dos. The inay be the record of great stmospheric dis deaths wers reported as das to pulmonary among which was arranged the upper table time, according to the Engineering Remes and

Black tuberculosis or consumption: To the reported covered with all police are now trying to find out who turbances mariding the period of the

deaths, not lower than 10 per cent. should be sezon Dandag and immertiment were the not in Great Britain alona, hat, throughout the shot the child. The ces is not leaked Death," is regarded by fol. B. E. Ferner, upon as one in which there was any arim. Washington, hardly tenable. Zones of added in order to amire at the actual number order to the woo sma" Loots. As if to world. The British production is now at the inal intent, and it is thought meal likely narrow rings are comsion in all American trees. This gives nearly 153,000 as the anual number Attingly close the week's festivities the greatest of 8,500,000 tons a year: the Amerioni that someone, proba European, was shoot. They are frequenlly observed in southern pitch of deaths in this entry from pulmonary trests of all remained, if such a thing as oor. 12,000,000 tons, and the German 0,000,000 Long. Jag birds among wood near the caretaker's pines, which are rarely more than 800 your taborenfosis, and when we add the deaths from parison be parmissible where all was so good. These three countries alone, therefore, are pro- William Clayton, a steward on the steamship Louse, and by a sccident the little boy ru-old, sud therefore cannot have been exposed to tuberonicads of other portion of the body, we was arranged for Saturday, the 13th, to visiting 28,500,000 for a year, which is about taken up the splendid literary heritage Amanpour, res working in a cabin on theived one the pellets. It is to be hoped any unknown terrestrial disturbanced The may mate without exaggeration that the tuberons of the Stately Homes of England," namely, double the world's production as than 30 years Tersel om Batayday afternoon when he suddenly that the party responsible for the injury will edddanom of the changs in the rings sole sillas is responsalida directly or indirectly Osterley Park, Isleworth, where the Earl and ago. The available output of copper has nearly which Burrs has left them, have sunk fall and expired. He had complained of pain fabime forward no that he may be told to exercise pausing, yet dne, donirtless, to changes in the for mot less than 150,000 deaths in the United Countess of Jersey received gasste at a garden doubled in 20 yours, chiefly through the exten party: It goes without saying that everything sion of mining operations in the United States. greater care in foture.

Dotions immediately surrounding the true States every year, their censure in gratitude, and have refused his hard whilst in Japan.

the United States Consul, Lous Hexar, son of the Rev. Thomas Bum, of Staph, La, USA, to Jess, younger daughter of the late Charles CoRKE, nf Shanghai,

DEATE!

On the 21st July, 1796 at Dumfries, NB, FosenT BURY, possant, patriot, and poet, in the 35it peur of his age. Seotan, diona furge 166 A "Woolside," Spring Roal, Portswood, South- upta, on the June, 1896, Capt. R. 11. Brow, age & years, formerly of Shanghai.

The Daily Press.

are confident our general readers will con-

of a whole people. a great man had fallen in the Israel of letters, avorý prince among the people; and the page of a hundred ycara has but deepened the impression. Every decute since the event has produced two new biographic and innumerable estimaton of the poet, but his station in literature and patriotisu is still growing. The fascination which his works, personality, and life exert on all whe speak the English tongue seems but to intensify with time. It is interesting to note that the centemary is to be celebrated by a sumptuous edition of BUBNs's works by Musri HENLEY and HENDERSON, in which we are promised rich matter bitherto unpublished.

The Hfe and charader of Bours have been the source of mare contaction, than

We need not touch on Burns as a pot or capitulate his works. The advantage of observing anniversaries like that of to-day is that we stir our torpil literary con science; we feel ashamed of the dust burdon

day.

The stomator Yount Lebanon, which left here on the 16th June arrived at Portland yesterday morning.

At the Magistracy yesterday a coolies Uned $6 for washing water at the Centrs

Market.

There were 2,565 visitors to the City Hall Musoum last week, of whom 174 were Euro peas..

MYSTERIOUS SHOUTING CASE.

AT POKFULUMA

observed that the best gardens, hə ́ saw in

---COLONIETS IN LONDON.

OWABLY.

of Stabo.

but a duty on imports for revenue purposes wat in most of the colonies an absente neder. sity since a sufficient rosenne from direct taxa- tion was often impossible owing to the dificul ties of collecting such revenues,

In all fifty speches were delivered in the ten hours that the debate occupied and in all these the most thorough earnestasse was ovinood. Not the least interesting was a speech by Mr. Colmer, U.M.G. This gentleman was one of prize offered by the Statist in 1894 for his cagay the two successful essayists who won the £1,000

on "The Commercial Federation of the Empire.

The foregoing debate and resolution. being passed, the following resolution was arrived at, with much less debate, on the motion of two Birmingham dolgates: That ́as a first stop

towards Imperiti Foderation it is desirable that

The President in olovjag the Congress and

that of any modern man-of-letter. The and yesterday there were also two. All time oarions shooting ease which occurred at Fok. attained, and by not being well prepared to opel The "gallant Admiral ís supposed to holil, a briợ but to further abow the resources of mother count and the onlonies to the woof

purists, from WORDSWORTH downwards, have battoned on to his sins and follies to

point their morals. The fleshly maca, begin- ning with HAZLITT, have hailed him ne à *"highly sublimad essence of animal exist ance "ned the very high priest of social gles.

They hat boon fou" for werks thegither

Tam led him a very brither

ت

The pietists have claimed him as a slightly

The Shanghai Waterworks Co. has declared soiled saint, and quote the Cottar's Satura dividend of 15s per share for the half year *day Night" stealing over the Bool like 'n en ingens of s. as compared with the corre

requiem on a sweet organ; while the wise sponding period of last your

and generous have devoutly and thankfully