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SUPREME COURT.

Thursday, 28th January.

IN CRIMINAL JURISDICTION. BEFORE THE Cuiry Juerice (SIR F. P100071)...

THE DES VOEUX ROAD MURDER.

Six Chinese were arraigned on a charge of murdering Shan Cheun, rattan dealer, on the 27th November. They pleaded not guilty. The Hon. Mr. Rees Davis, K.C., instructed by Mr. Denays, conducted the prosecution, pri- soners lwing defended by Mr. H. G. Calthrop, instructed by Mr. D. D. Thomson.

The jury was empanelled as puder: Moners. P. Davidson, R. D. Galloway, P. F. Nicholson, J. Lyssaght, A. C. Dierks, A. 8. Currie,

C. A. H. Westerberger,

The Attorney General told the jury that the affair took place in Des Vour Road West about 6 o'clock on the evening of 27th Novem ber.. The murdered man was a rattan dealer and all the prisoners had formerly been in his employ, but there had beta a dispute between

the master and the men concerning a woman Labourer and they all left his employ. The sridence brought forward by the prosecution consisted chiefly of the evidence of two eye witnesses. The deceased's servant girl, a girl of 16 years, would tell the jury that she knew all the prisoners very well, having lived in the shop where they were engaged as fokis Her the night story was to the effect that on of the 27th November she went out on a mission for her mistress and on returning sho eam, within a few yards of the shop, about ten zuen attacking her master. She said definitly hat all the six prisoners were there. She saw

PUBLIC COMPANY MEETINGS.

HONGKONG LAND INVESTMENT

AND AGENCY CO., LD.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 29TH, 1909.

WEST POINT BUILDING COMPANY.

-BOKARGE-IN-BANKING.

"BANK-CHARING CROSS.

▲' FOGGY IMPRESSION QE-LONDON, Bome Interesting sidelights on the origin of

"Bank!" said the conductor. There was no- banking, and the methods resorted to in earlier times for the preservation of wealth and pro- thing to be soon. Was the man josting Hank! Over there," ha perty, were given by Mr. Maberly Philips, said the conductor again. F. SA in a lecture at the London Institution, added, pointing a grimy fore-finger into the It was now the custom for everyone who could gloom. The effort with which he restrained him- command a few pounds to have a banking self in the presence of one who had seemed even acconit. With the facilities which existed on momentarily to doubt a bores bus canduster on Skelton, J. M. Machado, T. S. Forrest, Ho Komal hands, it was hard to realise that in the the subject of the Bank was evidently Tong, Lo Cheung Shui,

days of our grandfather sag, 150 to 160 years saperhuman.

go-the English banker was not known out of London, and savings banks had not been invented.

The SECRETARY having read the notice convening the meeting,

The CHAIRMAN said-Gentlemon, I will with your permission take the report and accounts as

GRAVEYARDS AND TALLY STICKS.

THERE IS NO

REASON WHY

ANY HOME

SHOULD BE

WITHOUT A

PIANO

And in trath, O! most patent conductor, it would seem as if thou couldst summon Banks from the vasty deep, for le, there rises out of the night a ghostly mass and a vision in top-hat and gold braid appoars, guarding what would It is Bourn the portal of some gloomy 'cavern. the Bank porter at his accustomed post. With in the cavern struuge mists are seen rolling turbidly, and a grey stream flows ceaselessly themselves from this stream, drift into the by the portal. Now and then shapes detach The Bank. cavern, and are swallowed up. still stands where it did, and is going about its business in the old way, as placidly, as old WE HIRE FOR George Peabody over there, sitting calmly... his chair, with one log thrown over the other, utterly oblivious of the fact that he is three inches deep in snow from top of his white hand to the tip of his white boot toe! So far so good, but where is the rest of it. Where, for instance, is the Royal Exchange Ah! there is some What is it? lettoring in the air there,

Eliz. DC. "the fog Ann. comes down and covers the whole, But that it is the Royal Exchange phantom columns, slip. beping in and out of the fog, under the spot where the lettering became visible, sufficiently attest, And here is the Duke of Wellington sitting in an inch of snow-n trifle, of course, for such an

là campaigner. The Mansion House shonid ROBINSON PIANO

There be hard by. Let us look for its lights. thoy aro-one, two, three-like fireballs drifting in the air. And now, suppose we try to "make"

heapside.

The 21st ordinary meeting, of shareholders in the above company was held yesterday it the offices, Victoria Bulldings, Bir Paul Chater presided and there were present Hon. Mr. W. The twenty-first ordinary meeting of share-J. Growson, Mr. J. W. C. Buntar, Mr. U. S. holders in this Company was held at the Com-Gubbay (directors), Messrs. F. Maitland. A. H. pany's offices. Victoris Buildings, at noon yesterday. Ifon. Mr. W. J. Grasson presided, and there were also present Bir Paul Chater and Mora. D. Shellim, H. P. White, C. 8. Gabbay H. A. Bisbe, G. Friesland (directors), A. Skelton Hooper (secretary), J. A. Jupp, H. N.

Bills of exchange and similar modes of trans Mody, J. M. E. Machado, F. Ellis, A. Rodger, read. The lease of the whole of your property ferring value, without the aid of coin, were H. ercy Smith, W. E. lorke and D. E. Moss. being still ourront, the gross return for rents invented by the Jews. They were the most The SECRETARY rom the notice calling the remains unchanged. Toming to the other side skilled workers in the precious metals, which in of the profit and loss account you will, however times of prosperity they sold to the soylesiastical meeting.

The CHAIRMAN said-Gentlemen, I propose, notice an incrossed expenditure under the heal-establishments, and in times of adversity were equally willing to receive in pledge for money with your permission, to take the report and ing Repairs to buildings," due to the sovers advanced. It was their practice to deposit the sccounts as road. Dealing first with the balance typhoon experienced by the colony in July last, securities for advancement in some public shoot, I have to point out that our investments and in view of the fact that those repairs building. Itwas often the custom to hide money, and Charles I. seized the bunkers' surplus cash, are practically the same as for the provious year, are not yet completed, some portion of kept in the Mint, to the amount of £200,000, be borne on whilst Charles II. obtained a million and a half by the differences being a light increase in amount the costs thereof having to advanced on mortgage, some $12,000, and a the scconate for the current year, your closing the Royal Exchequer which contained this decrease of $13,300 in our property investments, directors, deem it advisable to pay a slightly hugosum of money belonging to the bankers. As late as 1745, when the people of Newcastla-on- This decrease is due to the sale of a portion of decreused dividend for the closing half of 19 Tyne were in fear of a visit from the followers the Godown property on Prays East formerly enabling them to carry forward a somewhat of the Pretender the wardens of AD Sainta occupied by the Kowloon Wharf and Godown larger balance to, in part, meet the expondi- Church had no friendly banks to take care of Company. The balance of the original lot is in ture, and therefore recommend a dividend of their valuable plate as their books showed an course of conversion into dwelling houses and only $2 per share, which we trast, will meet entry for 53. pail to the gravedigger for burying

the church plate. Again, the hutches longing to the various town guilds were the laying out of a new street from Queen's with your approval.

very favourite places for depositing money Road East to Prays East. This street will

Newcastle had a ton chest, and deeds be acquired and paid for by-the Government.

and to this day there remain unclaimed This re-development of the property,

in the Morpeth town chest two old deeds dated prior in the opinion of your directors, rendered

1266. Exchequer tallies necessary by the transfer of the godown business

were an antiquated form of receipt given by the to other districts. Turning to profit and loss

Government for money deposited with them.. Notches were cut ou stick to represent the. amount of money deposited, and these were split account you will observe that our net profits on

in two, one half being retained by the official the year's working are $348,059.65 as against

and the other by the depositor. When the 8364,728.05 in 1907, a decrease of $16,568,40

and if it tallied with that portion in the keeping of the affcial, the money was paid. It was difficult to determine how long this antiquated The auditor, Mr. J. Cox Edwards, was recustom was kept np, but it was certain that ia the old tallies It was decided to burn them in appointed on the motion of Mr. Ho KOM TONG, 1834 Act was passed for the destruction of the flues of the House of Lords. But though The CHAIRMAN-Dividend warrants will be the workmen were told to barn very few at a seconded by Mr. CHEUNG SHUI ready on application, gentlemen. Thank you time, they put in so many that the flues wore overheated, and both Houses of Parliament for your attendance.

were burned to the ground.

There were no questions and the report wae adopted on the motion of the CHAIRMAN, seconded by Mr. MAITLAND,

•

Mr. MACHADO proposed, and Mr. SHELTON seconded, the confirmation of the appointment of Hon. Mr. Gressen and Messrs Gubbay and Bezns as directora.

Carried.

to

NEW ARABIAN NIGHT.

the first prisoner strike him with a knife about brought about by the additional repairs necessi- Mr. MAITLAND, the re-election of Hon. Mr. money was required, the stick was prose are tricked out in white, and the clearers of the

foot long, while the other five beat him with their fists or hold him by the queue. Becoming alerted she ran into her master's shop and made a report to her mistress. The man ran away shortly afterwards and deceased walked to his shop bleeding and in a very wonk state. The girl was then sent for the doctor. Her story was corroborated by a man named Shan Pui, a rattan dealer, who also spoke definitely to seeing all the prisoners. He stated that the first prisoner had a knife with which he chopped at the deceased who was calling out "save life." He also saw the second defondant catch decensed "by the queue and saw some of the others kick bim. To use his own expression they were beating him at random." As soon as this witness came up the prisoners ran away, and he gave information to the police. At that time the street was well lighted and he could easily recognise all the mer. The doceased was taken to the hospital but as his skull was smashed to the bruin and he had other knife wounds, his condition was very grave,

On the 1st December he on admission. bécane worse and an operation Per formed but he died on the 5th December

tated by the typhoon of July last. Ronte for the whole year, notwithstanding the loss of $12,000 which was incurred by the godowns which I have referred to as in the course of

conversion, are virtually the same as last year, In interest and charges accounts, the slight diffcrouees are, I am pleased to say, on the right sido. If any farther information is desired I shall be pleased to offer it, before formally moving the adoption of the report and accounts.

No questions being asked, the CHAIRMAN proposed the adoption of the report and accounts sie presented.

:

Mr. Jorr-I have much pleasure in seconding the motion, and I think shareholders will agree that, considering the present severe depreciatio in properly and in trade generally, we have every season to be satisfied with the results put before 115.

On the motion of Mr. FORBEST, seconded by GRESSON and Mr. GUBBAY as directors was approve/l

STEAMSHIP PASSAGE RATES.

The following exeurpt from the speech of Sir Thomas Sutherland, Chairman of the P. & 0, Company, at the last meeting of shareholders, dents with a subject of interest to many in the East at this season of the year :-

New, as you are aware,

there ↑ surtax of 10

CLIFFING COINS.

Tracing the progress of events, the lecturer pointed out that in 1697 the fovernment issned number of Exchequer Dills for £10 and £5, which carried interest Many interesting stories were told of the Irish, who sometimes, instead of changing some of the smaller notes which were issued in that country, pawned them, and

Is one lost in a Now Arabian night! Nothing seems real. It is not merely that the fog is setti ing over everything, but the snow effects aro fantastic-balconies, porches, sills of windows all streets have done more than pile the snow by the roadway. They have Baad Cheapside with a chain of mountain ranges-models, of course, Himalayas Mount Everest never aristed, and but as miniatures, perfect. If those Bre not the there is Mont Blano in all his grandeur. On the other side of these toworing suminits the trafle is floating silently by. You do not-hear stream- ing London's central roar to-day; the 'kanses seam to have lost their rattle; the motors boom with smutted sound, the trays and ester cartes (the latter with snow frosted over their targaniza) seem to drift down the ways instead of crashing: as for the taxi-sabs, they are apparitious im. pelled of invisible tides,"

Now we are at the entrance to St. Paul's garden but where in St. Paul's? It is certainly not visible in the meantime, but, since the day of Macaulay ́s

$10 PER

MONTH

CO..

LTD.

[36

MILITARY AND NAVAL NOTES,

The Pioneer says that Major-General R. D. Adams, V., CH, has and to take long exten sion of lease at home and it is improbable that he will return to India. This andden check in his career has been due to a fall which he received while riding home a few months ago. It was not at first believed he had suffered any serious bus he had eventually to take lysato sujud and his medical advisors have pronounced against his return to duty. Major-General Adams won distinction with the Guides Caved. ry and his regimental service was practically confined to that corps, which be commanded for several years. As a cavalry leader ho had no equal among his contemporaries in the In-

dian Army, and his gallantry on pari te sla sions won him the enthusiastic admiration of his old Frontier Force, will learn with deep regret. mos. The Guides, and indeed all units of the that he has been compelled to resign the com- mand of his brigade. The Indian service has lost a gallant and distinguished soldier whose sterling qualities were not more remarkable than the modesty and self-series which marked

The motion on being put was carried waani. mously.

the notion of Mr. MACHADO, seconded by

This whole career. He rallied Mr. MoDx, the confirmation of the appointment of Messrs C. G. R. Brodersen, . 8. Qubbay and H. A. Biebs to the directorate was confirmed.

*PONS

It was proposed by Mr. ELLIS that Messrs.

lot thom until they could be redeemed: The practice of clipping coin was very extensively that a North Country vicar had sold to carried on in England, and it was on record silversmith at Newcastle no less than 900 oz of silver which he had obtained by clipping coins. Great trouble was experienced with the coiners, and the banks were also worried by the deficient and expansive postal arrangements. Until the introduction of penny postage a letter of 4oz. to the North of Scotland which could now be sent for 1d., thon cost £1. the charge being 5s, por ounce. In order to margins off the notes. Members of Parliament had the right to frank letters for the post, and therefore, every bank tried to get ona

Tho One

All the prisoners were arrested--the first three H. P. White and H. A.Siebs should be elected cheaper service than we can afford to give them lighten the parcels, the banks used to cat the south-east corner, St. Paul's Garden," you sider themselves it subjects for commissions.in

on the night of the affair and the others the following day. When charged at the Police Coart the prisoners all denied the charge and No. 6 sought to establish an alibi. Two kniesa were found at the residence of the first prisoner Dr. Koch stated that, in his opinion, the wound on the hard was capsed by a heavy knife

Other evidence was called." Mr. Calthrop said he proposed to put the prisoners in the box.

The first prisoner, who elected to give evidence, said he left the deceased's service on November 20th. He left because he had not enough work to do.

His Lordship-Not because you had not enough pay No.

Witness said he entered the service of decess. od's brother on the 25th November. On the following day he finished work at 6.30 p.m. and after washing his feet proceeded to the second Hoor and went to sleep. He did not go out. At midnight a policeman accompanied by a girl came up and he was arrested. He knew nothing of the affair. The second and third defendanta were with him as well as her toks

Cross-examined-He lert because of the dis.. pute over the woman labourer and not because he had not enough work to do.

directors.

That a number of young gentlemen who con-

the Army are undaly sanguine is the only con- alusion to be derived from a perusal of the report of the Army Qualifying Board on the 326 cau- didates.presenting themselves in September last menta are appended :---

per cent. on Passage rates which was imposed

New Zealander is not yet, let us take lieart of about a year ago by all the principal Lines in

hope. Suppose we enter the garlen. How cleared through the snow, and occasionally zorga the Eastern trade, on saccount of the great rise

unspeakably peaceful it is. Paths have been in Coal and ships' stores of nearly every kind.

one passes through cutting the corner, but The question of removing, this is ever before our

mostly the place is left to the snow and pigeons, eyes but in the present state of business

the same whom the public are respectfully cannot hold out any immediate prospect of

requested not to food on the grass or flower beda. it being done. The temptation is perhaps

Strictly speaking, the offense would be impos- rather the other way, namely, to incorporate

sible to-day, for not so much as a blade of grass the surtax in the ordinary passenger tariff,

is to be seen; all is inches deep in snow. and at the BATIO time to help our

pigeons are flattering round the fountain. passengers who are not too well off, by a

alights for a moment on the notice board at the by our mail steamers, and this, in fact, we are

notice it reads, "is maintained at the expense doing this very year. I have often replied to

of the Corporation for " The rest is snow. As you pass through the garden you may note, Mr. Robar seconded, and the motion was the criticism of certain Indian newspapers, and

cheap passage association in India, by pointing of their directors into Parliament. The practice if you care, the line of trees on the north sile agrest na

Moss, J. Cox-Edwards and H. Percy Smith out that, taking into account our second saloon of franking was carried on by the banks to such turn to a screen of faint silver; the effect is the with a view to commisions. Some of the oom

fares and our return ticket system, the net

an extent that the Fost Ofoe found that during part of the incandescent lights, which, shining three months of 1791, 103,805 franked letters, silverly in the mist, perform the miracle even as amount we receive is vastly short of the or dinary first class tariff, and that calculations based on the Istter therefore purely costing the Department over £20,000, had been you approach: And now you can trace the passed through the post by bankers. The Bank outline of the mighty building, with its great fictitious. I have also explained that the Bues of England had been established nearly twenty dome.

of Mail stommers Canal dues in the cape

years later £1 notes were fasued, only are such that after allowing fully for those are years before a note as low as £5 was issued, duse in the matter of coal and

cargo to be withdrawn in 1821 During the panie capacity, the resinum deflects about £8 per head by Dar Mail steamers, a very heavy deduction from each passenger ticket, but my explanations on such points are, of course, ignored by any newspapers which might consider it good policy to be hostile to the Company, for have they not always before their eves the terrible fact that this Company has paid for several years 13 por, cent, on its deferred stock! But this agroenable situation, i! I may call it so, is due to the fact that, as everyone knows, we took a favourable opportunity some years ago to reduce our capite to the lowest figure possible, and to rise capital by means of debentures at a very low rate of interest.

were re-appointed auditors on the motion of Captain CLARKE, seconded by Mr. ELLIS

The CHAIRMAN-Dividend warrants will be ready on application, gentlemen. Thank you very much for your attendance.

HONGKONG LAND RECLAMATION- COMPANY.

The eighth ordinary meeting of shareholders in the above company was held yesterday at the offices, Victoria Buildings. The Hon. Mr. W. J. Gresson presided and there were also present Bir Paul Chater, said Messrs. C. B. Grubbey, (directors). J. H. Setk, H. Perey Smith, A Shelton Hooper A. E. Aeger, He Fook, Ho Kom Tong, J. C. Peter, C. H. Rows, Lo Cheung Shui, E. L. Hughes, and Mowbray S. Northcote (secretary).

The SECRETARY having read the notion convening the meeting,

The CHAIRMAN said-Gentlemen. The report and statement of accounts having been in your hands for the past week we may, I think, Counsel having addressed the jury, his Lord take them as read. The reclamation of Kowloon ship summed up very briefly and the jury Marine Lot 49 has now been completed, and After an except for a final sum of some $11,500 due to retired to consider their verdiot. absence of fifteen minutes they returned and the contractor, is paid for, leaving us in posses asked several questions which his Lordship said sion of an ares of 429,633 square feet over the indicated that they wished an elucidation of the evidence, upon which it was too late to enter.

The attorney General said the evidence desire was not admissible.

Mr. Calthrop agreed.

No

ara

work-

The English essays, na a whole, were mediocre; most of the candidates could express them selves with some facility, though many of them were too fond of colloquial phrases"; WITHIN ST. PAUL'S.

but very few indeed were able to arrange As we turn to enter Ludgate-bill the west their thoughts in proper sequence or to rise front offers its hospitable breadth of step. The above the obvious and the commonplace. The on every passenger carried through the anal of 1825 they wore re-issued. Grest difficulidos appeal is not to be resisted. "Quite a number of i work in dictation was very unovon ; some of the.” of getting people, wo and, have already yielded to it, and candidates made the most grotesque zaistakes are resting in the silence and the shadows. It both in orthography and in punctuation; many Was in even more ghostly within than it is without others lost marks by pure carelessness and Black figures of vergers it here and there, inattention. The precis writing was in most Its badness was not directing the questioning steps of grayer figuros coses tequivocally bad.

to be accounted for by the fact--which was Some light filters down from the roof of the great dome, generally apparent-that the writers had that step forward irregolately. but the altar is lost in black depths; only the little idea of the purposes which served precis a slovenly manner, defaced by interlinea- gold tones of the and window pierce the gloom, writing. Their work was often writton

tions and corrections, and by bad spell- building, the men in the majority Passing out one fifty or sixty people are seated within the upon the steps again, mark how royal a mantle fug, arrangement, and composition. Bat the snow has thrown over the shoulders of the vital defects were recklessness in mis- Queen Anne. Immediately below the blackness statement and an apparent inability of the begins again. At Ladgate-circus it becomes writers to read a simple narration with any Stygian; all the lights of the place are teeded degree of cure and intelligence. A considerable to illumine the waye. Fleet-street encceeding, number wilfully imported matter of their own winds its way gloomily upwards towards the imagination into the story, apparently with the Strand, with here and there white lights of idea of improving it. Eithar the majority of snow above the burning gold in the shops candidates had not been exercised in precis writ- beneath.

ing or their teaching had been much misdirected,

THE KOREAN EMPEROR'S TOUR.

The Seoul

were experienced in the way change, and one or two of the houses issued notes themselves. This discredited, but in moving the old workhense at Birmingham some years ago the originals of the were discovered. Birmingham Workhouse plates from which the botes were produced was the only one to ime notes, but various there issued tokens. In 1797 money was so of Spanish dollars stamped with the English aree that the authorities izmed a large number King's head. Both heads were somewhat weak, and so a wag of theday brought out this rhyme: The Bank to make their Spanish dollars pas Stamped the head of a foo on the head of an Private banks started in 1705, and by 1820 about 900 of them issued their own notes.. The partners in these banks took great interest in the affairs of their locality. During the last thirty years, 244 banks had passed out of super- ate existence, one-half of which were private. We come upon St. Clement Dane's almost with banks, taking four as the average number of

grown, and halting for a 8 start, so dark bas moment at the Gladstone Statue we discover the child figures among the statuary wear huge

partners in each bank, they found that nearly 500 spheres of usefulness, for which the country was generomen of position, wiped out of their covers distinctly the poorer.

VOTES FOR WOMEN AND POLYGAMY.

DUCHESS OF MARLBOROUGH ON WOMEN'S VALUE.

white sailor-collars at least, so it seems. As for the rest of the Strand, we begin at times to suspect that it has receded to the river again, so thick is the fog. In the court yard of Somerset House we catch sight of a human figure, ronal which chaotic mists are surging. It is intended as an emblem of Father Thames, and you might fancy him at that moment occupied in rising out of primeval Night. In the fulness of time we pass & ghostly Charing-cross Station and arrive at Trafalgar-square-or rather the place whare we judge Trafalgar square to be.

THE NELSON COLUMN.

verdict of guilty he could do no other than pass per cent. from the balance brought forward! negligent in Our-endeavours to be time to this the Duchess of Marlborough, cables the Newsquare, we might fancy ourselves a thousand

Much of the arithmetic work was very un- satisfactory; the majority of the canditates boing ausble to deal with the parts of the subject on which special stress is laid in the syllabus,

The results of the examination in geometry were very poor indeed.

There is still an unduly largo proportion of candidates who know practically nothing of geography.

On the whole the quality of the work in chemistry was distinctly poor.

A lamentable ignorance of sound elementary knowledge of French.

Of tan candidates offering German not one was really good and some were very bad.

ba Exe..

Vice-Admiral Fauque de Conquière, who has been appointed to succeed Adrical Cerminet whose newspaper interview led to his temporary is a son of the lato Vice Admiral Conquiere,

INTERESTING IMPERIAL ERSCRIPT, After having completed his tour in the Southern provinces the Emperor of Korea, our started on a tour on the North. Tokyo correspondent informs us, has now Press gives the following translation of the Imperial Rescript relating to the Emperor's progress through the southern provinces.

We think the people the yery foundation of a whole lot. The completion of this work has State, and if the base be not solid, a State cannot absorbesi such funds as we had out at interest; be in security and peace. Having inherited the over and above the amounts invested in Throne with humble virine from Our father mortgagee, and this fact secounts mainly Emperor, We have day and night cherished. for the decrease shown on the balance the wish that Our country be secure from all perilous conditions and its people from misery. We decided to improve Our ad- His Lordship instructed the jury sccordingly sheet ander the heading of Interest,

the Imperial new reclamation works have been under-ministration, and swore it

I have just received advance sheets of the On their return the jury returned with s verdict of guilty of murder against each, but taken during the year under review, nor have Mausoleum in the first year of Our reign.

Any sales of land been effected. We are how We have since been always scrupulous not North American Review containing the first of to violate the esth, nor have We ever boon

a series of papes on the position of woman by

And here, if we walk to the centre of tho recommended them to the mercy of the Court.

ever, able to maintain our dividend of seven His Lordship informed the jury that on a

determination. But nevertheless We regret

miles from anywhere. The sound of the traffic On the question of the moral rights of men hardly reaches us, and we see it not at all. sentence of death. The recommendation to from last account, and after payment thereof to note that the suppression of provincial dis. York correspondent of the Times.

turbances is slow, and it is still causing great and women, she says:---

There is a sound, the sound of the fountains We can not help mercy would be forwarded to H. E. the Governor to carry forward a sum of $217,100.23, agar distress to Our children.

It is, in my opinion, the necessity to adjust

a dream, and the spray, when we discern it,

who was a member of the French Academy of and if they liked to draw up their reasons for tee of a like dividend for some few years to feeling dismay and sorrow at this grievous plight herself to man, to be judged by his individual plashing, but it seème & for off, like a sound in suspension by the Fronch Minister of Marine,

transmitted come, even if no sales be made in the meantime, of Our country, specially when We reflect that standard, and to conform her whole personality appears faint and unreal. The lions have 3 the remmendation they could

Mediterraneon Squadron is fifty-eight yours Before formally moving the adoption of the in these days of sovrse cold, the people's sufferings to his way of thinking, that has robbed woman to the proper quarter,

more impassive. And then we fittingly at the journey on the panel to the north of the king in 1883-85. under Admiral Courbet. He to a decision that We accompanied by our Government should bagin the New Year with a journey in the interior, in order personally to in- and wrong adjustable to moral sense of men to there is a representation of the death of the of Soutay. He was present at the fights on the spect the actual state of Our land and enquire of whom they may happen to belong by purchase hero. He is in the centre of the panel; above, river Min where he commanded as lentenant

as in earlier days by marriage as in modern officers and friends are stooping over him. the gunboat Aspic. Our beloved people as to what life they pre How can any logical sequence in mind or action Hardy and the rest on this side yet other living. The Grand Tuter of the Crown Prince, Kesident-General Prince It is highly faithful be expected of woman under such prevailing figures kneel and lean forward to catch the

condition"

dying words; so that there are thres saparate If man is taught to regard woman only us plans in the panel. With amazing artistry the Reginald Wingate has contemplated vacating, at no distant date, his present appointment as in working for Our country, as well as in helping and guiding Ourselves. We remember always On the motion of Mr. Ho KOM TONG, SOconded with a fooling of deep gratitude toward the conducive to his comfort and pleasure, how she now has transformed this scene into a striking gizdar of the Egyptian Army, and that General

piling-up of mighty pooks, tipped with eternal Resident-General that in the burning heat of usks, can she me to his higher fights?

An idea has even been projected that if snow. Out of each head in relief it has made a Wednesday the 27th instant, and is dno here by Mr. Lo CHEUNG SHUI, Messrs. Shellim and the taat summer Prince Ito, in spite of his age women gain the franchise England will become snawclad summit, and the lines of pendent limb from a command in India, will in all probability

and ill-bealth, made an extensive journey in Gablay were re-elected directors,

Japan in company with Our Prince Imperial addicted to polygamy-woman being in the have become crevasses, and, in short, a whole solely for the latter's saka. Now We ask him najority by a million and a half, and every phantasmagoria of fantastid snowy crags and

Us in Our journey hereby women insisting on her right to a share of a peaks has leapt out as at a magic summons to оссотраду announced and help Us in discharging Our argent duties. We thus hope to insure the CarAIRMAN-Thank you for your attend. foundation of this country and rescue Our people from a distrasatul condition. Let Our subjects, great and small, be aware of Our ance, gentlemen, ready to-morrow on application.

purpose."

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His Lordship, after the usual questions to report and necounts I shall be pleased to answer must be ancrimons, How, then, can We alone of the per strength; and infinance she could easy cost of snow, but it only makes them the Sciences. The new Admiral commanding the aven for a moment bear to indulge in have exerted as * united and independent end coins upon the strangest scene of the sge. He took part in the trouble with Tong to each prisoner, donned the black cap and to the best of my ability any question you may comforts of Our Throne? We have come me should women hare a standard of right Nelson Column, deep black in the darkness/distinguished huself particularly at the taking

prono need sentence of death upon ench.

The prisoners received their sentence with remarkable composure, the sixth man challenging the witnesses, according to thinese custom, to arcar ou the cock's head,

LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS, The stx. Carnarvonshire left Shanghai, on

to-morrow.

The JJ. Lijn str. Tjimahs left Shanghai for this port via Amoy on the 27th instant at 2 and may be expected here on or about the -]>-->

1st prox. p.m.

The M.M. str. Sydney will leave Shanghai on Sunday the 31st inst. at 8 p.m., and will arrive on Wednesday early in the morning and will leave for Europe and ports of call on the same day.

wish to ask.

There being no questions, the CHAIRMAN proposed the adoption of the report and sccounts. Mr. PERCY SMITH seconded, and the motion was carried.

The appointment of Mr. (, S. Gubbay to the directorate was confirmed on the motion of Mr. PETRE, seconded by Mr. Ho FOOK.

Mr. Ross proposed, and Mr. SETH seconded. the re-election of Mesers. Potte and Gourdin as auditors.

Carried.

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Daily Telegraph,

But the industrial value of woman in the upper and middle classes has so greatly decreased The Calcutta Englishman says:-We are that it is to be feared that more than one vife informed that certain Mill Lancashire capital will hardly meet with favour in the eyes of the ish have decided to set up wearing and spinning man who has to dress, feed, and amuse her." mills in the Bombay Presidency.

It has been stated that Lieut-General Bir

Sir Archibald Hunter, who has just returned succeed him. At the War Office nothing le part to retire from the Egyptian Army. As known as to any intention on Sir Reginald's for Sir Archibald Hunter being chosen to take his place in the event of his leaving Khartoum, there is little or no prospect of any such appoint- ment being made, as there are other offere available, it is said, with stronger sud more direct claims, which it would be impossible to sot pride or ignore,