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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, MARCH 28TM¤, 1907.

|imental Tommy" on certain aspects of HEAUN's genius. He must certainly was a genius, and amply dares the right of geatus to defy conventional consistency, discovering new points of view every day, and elaborating then while com-

A. S. WATSON & CO., pletely ignoring their predecessors. He

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no synthesiat; the system of his philosophy was the no-gyetem of dreani land; and we awake after reading him as we wake from pleasant, dreams, regretting the cessation of the thrill and feeling that they were nt ouca true and unbelievable. BARN was a very conscious eraftstost, but his works do not betray that. We learn that he was a concious artist from his friends, and havo just come perous. WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS. Få momoir that confirms it most interestingly

ESTABLISHED A.D. 1841,

BULL DOG

BRAND

LIGHT

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His Japanese wife has written an account of his death, which arrived too late for insertion in Mrs. WETMoug's Life the author, and is printed for the first time in the Athentic

Koko

now has a St George's Society, inaugurated on March 19th.

On the 30th instant a foreign gentleman in Kobe received a letter from Yokohoma dated February 19th. On examination of the post-

works it was found that this latter was posled in Tokohama, on February 19throschingį

Peking on Marsh lat. It duly tarned up in

Kobe, as stated, on the 10th, typowritten and porfoatly legible.

The aildren? "is

TELEGRAMS.

"EXCLUSIVE SERVICE.] ["DAILY PRESS

THE, THAW CASE.

LONDON, March 27th. A Commission to inquire into the The official organ Journal de St. Petersburg sanity of Thaw has been appointed. announces that the Russian Government has been negotiating with certain foroigu ANGEO-RUSSIAN RELATIONS. Powers with regard to the establishment of couling-stations for the Russian Navy at certain points on the coastline of the Pacific, and that the conferences which have been held so far bare met with serious diffoekise.

This (Thursday) evening at the Union, Church Literary Club, the closing social and business meeting will bo hold. A musical programme lins been arranged and during the course of the evening the Secretary's report of the session Bow ending will be delivered, and the election of

LONDON, March 27th, Great Britain and Russia are in complete accord over Persia.

THE FINANCIAL OUTLOOK.

LONDON, March 27th.

A substantial recovery in the New

CHINA SUGAR REFINING CO. LD.

LUZON SUGAR REFINING CO., LD. The twonty-ninth, annual general meeting

The twenty-fifth annual general meeting of of shareholders in the Chino Sugar Roluing shareholders in the Luzon Sagar Babuing Co. Co., Ld. was held at the offoes of the genersi Ld, was held at the office of the general agents, agents, Moxare. Jardine, Matheson-and Co., lessrs, Jardine, Matheson and Co., yesterday yesterday morning. Hop. Mr. W. J. Gremua afternoon. Hoa, Mr. W. J. Gresson was in presided, and there ware also present Ble the chair, other shareholders presunt being Paul Chaier, Mossrs. A. G. Wood, F. Moit- Messrs. A. G. Wood and H. P. White (couanlt- land and A. J. Raymond (consulting coming committee), Mr. A. J. Barter (norstary), nittee). J. Barton (secretary), A. Redgar, F. E. and Massre. J. C. Potor, II, N, Mody, E. J. Filie, P. C. Potts, G. K. Balloob, A. Turner, Moson, C. H. Ross, F. P. Suares, A. Rumjubo, F. Smyth, T. Hauter, A. Rodger, A, C, Moro, į R. Miller and P. Tester, Captain Rolfe, Captain Clarke, Mossrs. To the meeting after which, Wm. Cruickshank, E. C. Arculli, E. 0. Arculli, The SECRETARY read the notice couvening

Fook, Ho Wing, Ho Tang-ying. Ng. Hon.chi, Wong Leng-hin, Lo Chisang-shui and Choa Leep-chee,

The CHAIRMAN said:-Gentlemen-The raport and ecounts having been in your puls. for somn plays, i propose in coord- The SECRETARY reul the notice calling the

with the naual custom 16 take them aneating and

and. I regret that the results of the year The CHAIRMAN mid-Coatlemen, with 1966 are not more satisfactory, especially as it Four permission I propose to adapt the was found possible to keep the Bednery naual enviom and inke the report and working during the greater pacs of that poriad accounts as read. During the first three bat, as was the case elsewhore than in the out of the year under roview there was a Philippines, the prices obtained fer refined sugar good demand for the Rofuery's sugars in the owing to keen competition were bw; and the

Monthly. This account, written apparently now Officers for the ensuing session takestala York Stock Exchange has taken place. northern markets of Ching, which, as you are margin of profit emall. You will baro

in auch English as a lady with such a history might writo it, is, we hope, authentig. It is so very pretty. When his culminating pains were upon him he made prepara tion for the benefit of his family, and said to his wife: "Never weep if I die. Buy for tay cuffia a little earthen pat of three or four gents worth; bury me in the yard of a

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Mr. Frank Browns will take the chair.

In regard to the permission, given for the importation of 1,0 0 Italians into the North of Queensland sugar plantation to take the placo of the Kánukas, who are being repatriated, Mr. Dockin stules that every permit stipulates that preference shall be given to Brilous, but it Britons are unobtainable, fabourers will secured from Germany, Ecandinavia, and

GUINNESS' STOUT|little temple in some longsome quarters." Northern Italy,

This sort of thing, seemingly, went on for some days.

IN PINTS AND

SPLITS.

BOTTLED BY THE CELEBRATED

FIRM

ROBERT PORTER

& CO.. LD.

BOLE. AGENTS:

bid omne.

"It was a fow days before his departure, Oraki, a mald, found a blossom' untimely bloom- log in one of the branches of the sherry-tro in the garden. Now the bloom was beautiful, co look. But I felt all at once my bosom tremble for so apprehension of evil, bee as the antidely bloom considered to Japan as Anyhow, I told him of the blossom. He was interested, as maual, Halin!' he said, and, in- mediately approaching to the railing, he looked out at a blossom. Now my world has come-it is wara like spring,' said be; then, after 恩 peuse, but soon it will becoms cold. and That blogrom will die away."

A heavy case some coolies were "lovering ' with bamboo polne last evening in Des Voour Road full over on its side and ous the coolies

had the wisfortune to get his right log broken. Mr. Fang Wa Chuen, who happoued to be passing at the time, promptly telephoned to the Tang Wah Hospital for an imbalance which was at ones dispatched and the injured man

·was removed to the hospital for treatment,

The firet half-yearly report of the Kobe Bugar Refling Company, which has just been This binasom was published, shows that the total net profit for

the period has amounted to Y12,977. Of this

apon the branch nutil the 27th, where toward the evening its pefale scattered themselves one-sam, Y1,00 has been placed to the legal exely. Nothought the cherry tree, which had Hour's warmest affection for these year, re- sponded to his kintoass and bade goud bys tu him.

reserve, Y50 to the reserve for the main-

tenance of machinery and building, Y490 paid for bonuses to the ofleals, and Y19,920 for a On the "sad, last day," HEARN was early dividend at the rate of 20 per cent, per sonusi, busy with pan and paper. Entering his while a surplus of Y1,057 has been carried for A. S. WATSON & CO.. workroom at 6.30 am, his wife found him

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**He seemed to be thinking ever something, but прод my salutation he said his good. auraing." and told me that he had an interesting dream last night, for "we were coonstomed to tell each other when we had a pleasant dream

word.

By kind permission of Lt. Col. Fries, D.S.O., and officers, the Band of the 129th Duke of Connaught's Own Baluchis will play the following programme of masis, at the King Edward Hotel, during dinner, this (Thursday)

What was it? I asked. He said: | ovaning:-- I had long distant journey. Here I am

March

"Kurnool,"

Midw. Whelan smoking now, you see, Is it real that I Overtero .............. " La Mucoa,”

Auber travelled or is it real that I am smoking?

Song.......

The Evershing Day," oven The world of dream... Thus saying, bo

Selection "The Torendo-

Carril was pleased with himself."

Luned ejl,"

Walicufol Two Hungarian Dauces.

Bahas Selection. Veronique," Messor

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How the good wife gives the genius away. No man is a hero to his valet, they say; and perhaps no phrase-maker is a mystery to his wife. Thus saying, he was pleased with One can see the poor fellow

himself" in other pers will be inserted. -Ordesæjar okita cubres o Daily Punca amouiz d: ent balore-li a,.,on day of publication. After inai

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cking his lips, so to speak, over the last hour the supply in feited. Enly supplied for Cass conceit of his brain, the complacence of the Tiegraphic Address: XEBE. Godsid,craftsman over the epithet mure." That 1.0. Box, 83. Telaphene No. 13 the inspiration happened to be of somewhat humble "sort did not matter; the machine was sadly WOTE, but it

sji working. That is how we-bow his admirers will be glad to remember him, "pleased with himself;" for it was on the sume day, na his wife tells us, that "ho was De core the man of this ade of the world.

The Daily Press.

HONGKONG, MARCH 28TH, 1907.

WILD

Valse

Two Stop... The Arrival of the Ghool,

REVOLUTION IN ROUMANIA..

LONDON, March 27th. Several pitched battles have taken place between the insurgents and the The rebels are troops in Roumania, now marching on Bucharest.

CENTRAL AMERICAN WAR.

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LONDON, March 27th. The capital of Honduras has been captured by the Nicaraguans.

aware, form our abief ontlet, and considerable absorrel however that there is on the credit forward sales were made at prices which though side of the account a gain où working of below the abnormal level reached in the year $17,454.45, which was unfortunately absorbed 1905, stíl¡ left a fair margin of profit. During by the two Items appearing on the debit side the next three months, however, largo supplies of Interest and Loss in Exchange. The charge of sugar from Java and Japan began to press for interest is of course inevitable so long as the upon the lol markets, already stocked to their Company has no working capital, and the loa full consuming capacity, with the natural in Exchange was caused by the ecossity of result that prices rapidly declined and it was converting our ass ts into Hongkong currency impossible to affect any sales of importance at en anfyourable rate on the 31st of Dicem- daring the second half of the gear in quarters ber. I may mention that the east of upkeep whers there has usually been a stendy demand. of the Refinery when silout was found to be Competition became keener and keener, not only between $8,000 and $9,000 per sunum, and in the matter of price but also in the quality ef you will see therefore that although tha the sugar produced, and when I tell you that to sum af debit lins ben increased by tho keep paes with our competitors we had to raise your's operations by $7,934.21, it would cor standards all round you will readily have been still greater tho works had nuderataud that the cost of prodaotion has remained siloat. There has been a fair demand very materially increased. lu former years it for the Refinery's sugars since the beginning of has usually been possible when local conditions this year, and the works have bes kept going, have been avors, to find an outlet for our but oving to large supplies of other sugar and sugars in the more distant markets, such as SHANGHAI, March 27th.

low prices, prospects in the immediate fu'ure are India, Australia, etc, but I regret to say that not as bright as I could wish. As in previous Arthur Gutierrez and Clare nice during last year this was not the case as those years when the Retinery has done badly, the Vaughan were to-day sentenced to rkets were able to obtain supplies at prices General Agents have waived their commission with which we could not compete. You will and the Consulting Committee their fees. If five years hard labour for arson. readily appreciate therefore that the year was euy shareholder has any question to ask I shall The Judge intimated that in con-baset with difficulties, as with our outlets be pleased to answer him sideration of the youth of the prisoners impossible to work the refinery except ou a he would, at the expiration of two much reduced scale, involving, as is always the years, accept the report of the Gover-case, greater expense and loss of interest. With regard to.accounts, you will observe that nor of the Gaol on their conduct, with

we bave still the sum of 3345,741 at 'credit of

Mr. TESTED proposed the re-election of a view to the mitigation of the later rawngar reeerre account, and this will enable Messer. A. G. Wood and II. P. White to the

us to write down the cost of raw sugar melted consulting committee. portion of their sentence.

doring the ourront year. The amount due Mr. KUMJAHN seconded and shareholders

EUROPEANS SENTENCED.

JAPANESE SHIPPING ENTER:

PRISE.

Tokyo, March 27th.

cartailed in the manner above indicated it was

to

proposed the adoption of the report and No questions were asked, and the CHAIRMAN

accorats is presented,

Mr. Mony Buconded and the motion was carried.:

eundry creditors has again reached | agrood.

large figures, $1,49,730, and us in the past this sum.bas been provided by your general agents. From what I have outlined above you w, I think, agree with me that the result of

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Mr. A. R. Lowe was re-appointed nuditor

the motion of Mr. SCARED seconded by Mr. Ross.

The CHAIRMAN Thank you for your

The Osaka Shosen Kaisha hast year's working, as disclosed by the accounts attendance, gentlemen. Will you be good

enough to wait for the following moeting

placed orders with the Kawasaki Dock-pr-sented to you, enabling us to recommend a

dividend of $8 per share without intrenching because we cannot hold it naless you all stop. yard Company and the Mitsu Bishi | apon our equalisation of dividend fund, is upon Shipbuilders for six steamers intended

REUTER'S JERVICE.]

CENTRAL AMERICA.

The export of oirrors is Chins and Korea continues to increase year by year, and tho anal valno of the export now amounts to about for the American service, to be com

1,250,000. All the manufacturers of looking-pleted in three

years. glasses are at prosent doing busines, on a very the export. According to the saku Jiji, some small scale, which is hampering the growth of

influential capitalists in Osaka are taking steps to form a company with a capital of Y500,000 for the manufacture of mirrors. It is proposed to purchase a mirror factory, which is now turning out the article to the value of Y230,003 a year, to start the company, and subsequəaliy purchase smaller factories AG favourable opportunities occur.

The epithet rare, that is the mark of the As if feeling no pain as all, he had a little is in a very satisfactory ouadition from writer, acording to a member of a Frenobscaile about his mouth."

The Daily Press will be issued an mausl to-morrow (Good Friday), but there will be no paper on Saturday.

The last mail papera from London commiat on the firmer prices of China tea,

school which seems to work on the assump- how that it-muntzers-less what you say than how you say it. A good deal of highly appreciated poetry might have to be thrown overboard, were there out soocthing true in. that assumption: The value of the writings of LAFCADIO HEARN has lately been the subject of more discussion than usual, and we find a writer in the Japan yesterday's issue to have started for Moreno Chronicle, by no means incapable of approara, socording to Reuter, the Jeanne d'Are cist on, commenting as follows:-"We are and Lalande. forced to the conclusion, both from his

Mr. Bryce's predecessor at Washington had £7,800 a year. Mr. Beyca is to remaire £10,000

The two French cruisses announced in our

Af the Magistracy yesterday Mr. Melbourne books and his letters, dust, HEARN was sentenced a coolie in fifteen daya hard labour reither a good interpreter of events in and four hours' stocks for having stolen 95 brass progress, nor a safe guide in matters of fact. taps from houses in Wanchai, He was a literary artist,-n stylist with an

ear for cadence in words and beauty in. It is thought that the Russo Japanese Trad-

ing Company, Limited, which is in course of

Phrase. But his interpretation of Japa was purely subjective from first to last. He was a mystic rather than a philosopher, one who dreamed drenics, and thought

A Europran uumed. Aluckmore, a storekeeper them real, not a judicious crític or a

on the Kowloon Railway, wae summoned for judicial investigator into matters of fact" refusing to pay rieska hire and also for assault. Half Irish, half Greek, this Celtic spiriting the.coolie. He failed to appear and his bail was further complicated by early acquaint of $10 was estreated. ance with human injustice, and twisted by precocious familiarity with emotional religion in Wales. Always a scribbler, he had opportunities for acquiring mental breadth before settling down in Japan, but He seems to have gone through his many buffetings

might. expanding only to congenial appearances. He does not seem to have ever learned to

formation in St. Petersburg, will not improb. Fably result in important developments in

the cotton trade.

The cotton-spinning business in Japan con

last year. So favourable is the business that the profits of the spinning nom panies and about Osake for the present half-year, closing next month or Jaus, as the case may be, ia estimated to be over 10 per cent, more than for the last half-year. The Ataagasaki Spin. ning Company is the most successful, enys the Osaka Jiji. This company has not under- taken an extension of business as has been the osse with other oxapanier, and does not.

require funds for that purpose. It declared at dividend at 50 per cent. for the last balf year, with a deposit at the bank of X1,204,000. The result of the working of the company, for ths present period has been more satisfactory. and the set profit is estimated at about Y500,000, it being expected that at least from Y300,000 to 350,011 will be devoted to dividend, equal to batw con 80 and 100 per

ceut.

LONDON, March 25th, The Nicaraguana buve stized Cholut sa, which the Hondurans and Salvaloraus held. President Boulla bas embarked und escaped; steamers are io pursuit.

OBITUARY.

LONDON, March 25th. The death of the Earl of Liverpool is announced.

THE CHANNEL TUNNEL BILL.

LONDON, March 24th. In view of the opposition of the Covera ment on the 21st instant, the promoters of the Channel Tunnel have withdrawn the Bill.

CHRISTENDOM MILITARISING

CHINA.,

A BCATHING BEBUKE,

In a paper by Mobavamad Barobatullah, in the American Fat the writer zominds-his- American readers that China needs neither imports or exports, and can do without foreign intercourse

The Chinesa have the best. food in the world, rice; the best drink, tea; and the best clothing,

which not so unsatisfactory as it might have

EXTRAORDINARY MEETING,

Az extraordinary general meeting was then held at which the same shareholders attended,

proved. Regarding the prosent outlook, I regret that the unsatisfactory conditions ob taining last year are still with us; supplies of sugar are largo, prices of redned-owing to keep calling the meeting and the alterations it was The SECRETARY having read the notion competition-abnormally low, and the prospects

at the moment the reverse of encouraging, You are well aware, however, that our business is ons blo to wide fluctuations, and if the experience of the part is any guide to the fatore It follows that sooner or later a favourable reaction will set in.

No further information was sought and the

CHAIRMAN proposed the adoption of the report and gocounts as presented.

M TURNEE seconded, and shareholder agreed,

proposed to make in the Articles of Association.

Mr. Willas woved that Articles of Akanoia. tion be altered in accordanve with the notic, read.

Mr. TENTHE seponded, and the motion was agrend to.

Mr. PETER moved that the charges in the Company's Articles of Association, according to the notice read, come lato force and take effect from and including May 1st, 1907.

Mr. RUMJAHN seconded, and the motion was carried.

The CHAIRMAN—Thank you, gentlemen, for your attendance. I regret the delay in getting

Mr. SMYTH proposed. Captain.Rare. suconded, and it was agreed that Sir Paul Chater, and Messrs A. G. Wood, A. J.

· Raymond and F. Maitland should be re-elector! -a quorum. to the consulting committee.

THE NATIONAL BANK OF CHINA, LIMITED.

Meters, W. H. Potts aud H. Fercy Smith were re-appointed auditors on the motion of Captain CLARKE seconded by Mr. BALLOCH.

The CHAIRMAN -Dividend warrants will be National Bank of Chius, Limited, was at the An Extraordinary General Meeting of tho reedy on application to-morrow, gentlene. Ofee of the Bank, Victoria Building, No. 5 Thank you for your attendanes. I hope tliut Queen's Road Control, yesterday, whan there you will spare un a few minutes longer for the

were present-Mr. J. Scott Harston (Chair. extraordinary meeting whion is to follow.

man), Mr. G. C. Moxon (Managing Director), Bigass, P. Loureiro, P. C, Potts, E. D. Haskell, An extraordinary meeting was then held, the E. Howard, Blis Kadeorle, Yeang Pak Leung, same slaveholders being present.

EXTRAORDINARY MEETING,

.

The SECRETARY read the Botice calling the meeting and the resolutions which were to bo proposed,

J. E. Joney and J. F. Wright.

The Managing Director having read the notice convening the meeting,

The CHAIRMAN mored and Mr. P. C. Potte Mr. BALLOCH then proposed, and Mr TURNER seconded, that the Articles of Associa seconded-That the Resolution contained in the staples and their innumerable active adjuncts, just read. Carried, colter, aik, and fur, and possessing tlaga tion be altered in accordance with the netice notice read to the mesting and which was duly -passed-at-boxtraordinary General Meeting held on 6th March 197 be confirmed.

they do not need to buy a cent's worth else-

́unnececorsary.

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The CHAIRMAN-I thank you very much indeed, gentlemen, for your aloudanos.

AMERICAN DEGREES FOR ENGLISHMEN.

The resolution having been voted upon by show of hands, the Chairman declared it carried

nem. con.

The CHAIRMAN thanked those present for their attendance.

PURSE SNATCHING.

of late engaged in iprestigating serious Asseret, Russian Commission has been sitting charges. The officials who have been brought whore, while their mpire is in itself so great Company's Articles of Association, according to ME. SMYTH moved that the change in the to task are Lieut. Gen. Dessino and State and they themselves so numeroda, that solen Councillor Pavlov, formerly Minister at Seoal, each oth make an enormous and sufficient the notice read, come into force and take effect During the late war these officials were employed trade, and export to foreign countries is from May 1st, 1907.

Efr. POTTS seconded the motion, which was at Shanghai in providing Port Arthur with

But the mast striking passage of the paper is agreed to, food and ammunition. In currying out, or per- its close- tending to carry out, that most important Letthee who still preach the gospel of forgo work, these officials spent £3,200,000, and new

hear what John Chinaman says, and which, in Mr. Keir Hardie, attending a Labour meeting they can produus vouchers and receipts for at the opinion of this writer, is soon to be

realised: at Cambridge, was severely mebleď by aniler mostronly about £300,000, and many of these Yes, it is we who do not accept it that graduates,

mas, and vouchers are very doubtful. The Secret practise the Gospel of Peace; it is you who

Recept

It that trample it under. foot, and—irony The Western University of Pennsylvania though he holls some peculiar opinions, the Commission was appointed by the Ministry of of ironies--it is the nations of Christendom will confer a number of degrees, among others young British Easourai who assaulted him have War, and Gen. Frolos, formerly Chief of the who have come to us to teach us by sword and on the following, tho will be present at the net covered themselves with honour or glory, Hondquarters Staff, and new member of the fire that the Right in this world is powerless Founders' Day celebrations of the Carnegie

Institute un April 13th next :-- The screw sloops Rinaldo and Fetal, up till Commision has proved that even

Council of War, has been its President. The unless it is supported by Night. Oh, do not

doubt that we shall learn the lesson. Aud woo Lab-Sir Robert Ball, Sir Robert Cranston, Wellington Street a Chiusman dashed from recently familiar figures out here, which were

if Gen to Europe when we have acquired it. You are condemned and placed on the non-effective list

Sir William Turner, Sir William Preoce, tekind and snatched the matokel which was Destino's statements are accepted, for he kept arming & ustion of four hundred million Signor Marcosi, Mir, Chulmars Mitchell, Dr. attached to her wrist. Tho fusioning gave way no books, there remains still the sum of from nation which, until you ease, luxd no better wish John Rhys, the Pez. E. S. Roberts, Master of and the thief male off with the parse, darting some months ago, are to be given a new lease of £1,070,000 to £1,600,000), of which no trace can

fban to live at peace with itself and all the Otius College, Cambridge, Mr. Edwin Abbey. laugh, and a cut finger was a tragedy, not life as sea-going tanders, the former to the be found, although it is known that the money was call to arms: in the name of Confucius we Hall, Mr. Clement Shorter, Mr. W. T. Stand,

world. In the borne of Christ you have sounded Litt.D.-Mr. Moberly Ddl, Mr. Hament along the lane into Zatloud. Street. The alarm was raised, but the man could not be to cry over, but to write about. J. M› Cambridge, gunnery ship; and the latter to the

respond,"

Mas Doc-Sir Edward Elgar,

trased The purse contained $14.75, BARELE might bave modelled his "Sen-Excellent. Both are now in dock at Sheerness.

as

seg-anemone

He is not a young

was spent by the two officials at Shanghai,

A case of purta snatching on the street was reported to the police on Tuesday ; night About 7.3 Miss Elvira Day, of 25 Wyndham Street, and a companion were walking up Wyndham Street, after having purchased Bowery at the bottom, and at the ccruer of