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after this news leaked out, and so far as could be judged from the returns ther seemed to furnish some evidence that the diaquieting rumours had been indeed but an election manourre, for the Government,

encugh to overthrow the Monarchy has yet to be proved, and further news of what is happening in Portugal will be awaited with eager interest.

The Siberian mail of the 14th September was delivered in London on the 4th inst.

8. WATSON & CO. cured a substantial majority. Of the 155 members elected, only 14 were Republicans:

A native who was convicted of ouiting a An analysis of the returns, however, shows that 10 of the Republican Deputies wore re-mau's jacket pocket on a tram oar and stealing turned for Lisbon, three for Setubal and one Aftoon dollara was yesterday sentenced to three

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REVOLUTION IN PORTUGAL.

Senistice of six works' hard labour, and four ROYAL PALACE SEIZED

KING A PRISONER. of the revolutionary movement, just as washers in the stocks was yesterday passed on s Paris in the days of the French revolution, Chines for the larceny of clothes from a railway

matshed at Hanghom." and in the light of prenent information regarding the disloyalty of the Army and Navy, we may not be far wrong in attribut ing the suspension of leave six weeks ago to anxiety, on this were combined with the hope that the men would thus be isolated from influences known to be undermining their loyalty to the Throne.

The Chias Mutual Life Insurancs Co., Ltd., are prosecuting their Ban kok agent, Mr, T. Ramage Miles, on a charge of misappropriation. Mr. Miles has been releisad on bail.

At the Magistracy yesterday a Chinoso Asher- man was sentenced to three months' imprison- mont for being a rogue and a vagabond. He was found trying to board u junk in order to

Mr. R. £. Stubbs, of the Colonial Office, who is coming out to enquire into the question of Government servants' salaries, was to sail for Singapars on the 15th September, says Straits contemporary. We have not heard that the inquiry will extend to Hongkong.

Recent telegrams do not throw much light on the situation.. King MANUEL, in opening the Cortes on the 23rd ult, an- nounced the firm intention of the Cabinet to carry ont a liberal programme, and to a force the law regulating the religions asso- ciations. Not a single member of the Oppo sition attended the opening of the Parliament

Naa- H.E.. Chang Jen-chun, the Viceroy at and presumably in this act of disrespect to king, and E. Cheng Te-phung, Governor of the King the 14 Republicans were associated Kiangan, hare beau ordered by Imperial Edjet with the 4 members of the Opposition Bios, to mesura "rostitution" of the money mis No doubt, the Censor liad been keeping a appropriated by the Shanghai Tactal who has vigilant eye on all news handed into the just been cashierod. If restitution cannot be

will be inflicted.

THE

ARMY AND NAVY DISLOYAL.

LONDON, October 5th. A revolution has broken out at

Lisbon.

SUPREME COURT.

Wednesday, October 5th,

IN SUMMARY JURISDICTION, Baron His HoNovE MR. F. A. HAZELAND (ACTING CHIRY JUSTION)

AN ASSIONE'S CLAIN", Choong Ting Sam v. the Kwong Yos Fung firm and others was a claim by the plaintiff for $892.67 as assignee under a deed of assignment dated 10th May, 1910, and made between Mr. A. G. M. Fletcher, Deputy Official Receiver, trasteo of the estate of the Tai Fung Arm in. bankruptcy, as vendor on the one part, and the plaintiff as puroliasór on the other, whereby tho dobt sued for was assigned to the plaintiff. Plaintiff, as such assignee, claimed tus recovery of the amount stated, which was a balance das on account of goods sold and delivered.

The same plaintiff also alaimed from the Sast Sai Yuen Yuan firm the sum of 864.95; and

from the Teul Fung and another the sum of $799.42, but it was a rood between the parties that these actions should stand over, and has been that the first case should be treated as a test The Royal Palace bombarded and seized by the Re-case. publicans.

LATER,

Mr. Eilon Potter, instructed by Mr. P. Sydoubata Dizon (from the office of Mr. R. A. Harding), represented the plaintif, and Mr. C. G. Alabaator, Instruoted by Mr. F. X, l'Almada Castro (of Mosers. Almada & Smith), opponr

Warships are bombarding the Royal Palace, and the Army and Navy ared fox the defendants. siding with the Revolutionaries.

The Daily Mail " correspondent telegraphs, that the King is a prisoner. The Revolutionaries hauled down

His Lordship-I don't quite understand the paying of the sum of 67 couts into Court,

Mr. Potter-Defendants allege that thoy hold a receipt for the amount claimed, and 1 tho balance shown on the take it that 57 cents

books:

Mr Alabaster- We hold a receipt in full dis-

or 10th November. These receipta were signed se by a man named Ng Chuk Nam, who was a partner in the Tai Fung fem, and they were chopped with a obop of that fire, but not the proper receipt chop. Counsel was instructed that the man who signed these receipts was also a partner in the dofondant firm.

His Lordship Is it alleged that this signature - was a forgery

Mr. Po ter-No. It is alloged that this was frandulent transaction.

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His LordshipYou say it is the man's sigusture P.

Mr. Potter-It is his signature, and the chop on the receipts in a obop of " the firm, but not the one used for giving receipts for money paid. Proceeding, Mr. Petter sold if hostised his Lordship that this was a receipt given in frand of the man's co- partners, and that these defondants wore parlies to the fraud, then, of course, the receipt would be bad. He was going to prove that when Ng Chuk Nam was supposed to be in the vilings giving receipts, he was here in Hong one. want to mesting of creditors hery on Novem ber 12th, and he was here on the 10th, the day

the receipts were clated.

His Lordship That may be objected to." Mr. Pottor -It many, but I can prove it.

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His Lordship-It is a point of law whether it is admissible in evidence.

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Mr. Putter thought his Lordship would have no doubt that this was a frand when he had hoard the plaintiff's evidence, and that thes men were attempting to defraud the sasigues.

The bearing was adjourned.

BAXTER SCHOOLS SALE OF WORK.

The annual sale of work in connection with the Church Missionary Baxter Schople took

telegraph offices for dispatch abroad, obtained within two months, further punishment the Royal Standard at the Palace and charge of the debt, but as there was a balsace place in the City Hall yesterday afternoon, and

replaced it by the Republican green amount into Court. and blue flag.

over

and this may explain the absence | of information which would have prepared. It is known that kidnapping is very common the world for the startling news which in Hongkong, but the extcut to which the pras. sprend all

the world yesterday, 'ties is carried is scarcely appreciated by the What intelligenc

we have had from European community. Bardly a day pusses with- Portugal has lulled all suspicion of any out a report being made to the police that a child bas disappeared, and there consequently entail impending revolutionary trouble. The Intest

considerable amount of work on the police. telegram was to the affect that King Last week a man reported the Jossof his daughter, MANUEL had been invited to visit the Lator be learned that she had been seen at Yan KAISEX in December, and that special mati, whance she was conveyed on board the Glenugie. By the time police were apprised of importance was attached to the visit.

this the steamer had failed for Amoy The Whon King MANUEL succeeded King authorities, however, cablel to Amoy and here Carios it was generally hoped that the just had the satisfaction of learning that the revulsion of feeling provoked by brutal kidnapper has been arrested with the child in murder would help the young Sovereign, and his custody. assuredly it has ton great extent. He was young and could not have enemies, and there was the feeling that he might succeed where his father had failed [u so short a time

TRADE DEPRESSION IN HONGKONG. The year has not realised its earliest prospects of revising prosperity in Hongkong, and at

A. S. WATSON & CO., he cannot have done much to amelicrate the present a general business depression is expori-

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of 67 cents shown, I advised payment of the

Hia Lordship-What is the point I have got to try!

Mr. Pettor-You have simply to try whether the defendants owe this sum of money or not. The firm went bankrupt, there was a meeting of creditore, and it was agreed that the creditors LONDON, October 5th.

should norept a 58 per cent. dividend, and that From Teheran it is authoritatively the plaintiff on paying to the creditors this stated that Nasir-el-mulk, who is dividend would have the whole of the estate graduate of Baliol College, Oxford, aizved to him,

His Lordship-What I want to know is, what point I have got to try P has accepted the Regency..

Mr. Potter-Simply whether the defendants one this sure of money.

The Persian Government has informed the British and Russian Legations that the ex-Shah is inciting the Turcoman tribes to revolt and has requested the two Legations to inform their respective Governments.

GERMAN STRIKE ENDED.

His Lordship-Thoy say they have paid it. Mr. Pettor They say they have, and that we have given them a recoipt. But the whole thing is a puro fmud between the man who

was well attended. The many gateral stalls were- laden with a variety of useful and fancy articles from the Homeland as well as curios and other prodels of Claims and Japan. In addition there was a toy stall, round which the children clamoured, and a refreshment booth, where afternoon tan was dispensed. The stallholders-

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Toy Stall: The Misson May and Miss Dyres, Ons Doltor Stalt? The fisser Armstrong ...

Atkinson,

Wallace and Crowther Smith.

Refreshment Ball: Merdamos

Tooker, Stabb, Saunders, Edwards and Miss Page..

Fancy Goods and Curio Stalls: Mosduzion Chathami Wolfe, Carter, Barnott, ILowest, C. E. Thompson, Bell, Turner, Stewart, Schofield, Dedawn, Lammert, R. Chapma St, Nicholson and the Misses Hooper, Gozham

St. John and Rodgers.

gave the receipt and someone elso; v.

At 3 p.m. Aroldo con Barzett opened with Proceeding to state the facts. Mr. Potter

prayer, and then briefly addressed those prekout. said the Tai Fung firm was formed

He told them that fifty years ago Miss 1909, and about September of last year, Baxter cante from England and started owing to defalcations, be belioval, that firmgot girls' sheo in Hongkong. She into diffoullies. In Clotobar an Advertisement the daughter of a solicitor, and came here as was insertediu a Chinese paper requesting that an honorary missionn y. After five years' labour

this time there were ten debtors of the firm in

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Doguce internal politics horns annual settlements and clearing up, is nali- rooked with corruption. These are the cipated with rather gloomy forebodings. Tho teras in which one writer has reviewed failure of some twenty native banke in Canton the situation of the last twenty years:Has not been without its affect bore, and as is "Ministry has succeeded Ministry with known half a dozen nativo banks in Hongkong have also suspended payment. In these circum. Correspondents must forward their names and altered programmes, but with a policy un- stances it is not surprising to learn that money out by the Musters' Federation is fendant was one of them, others were the defenda ably cases with communications addressed to the changed, which was to extract the maximum ia tight. The excessive amount of speculation | abundoried. Aditor, not for publication but as evidence of of cash from public office with the least of late offers an explanation in part, but the good faith.

et letters for publication should be written on possible trouble and work in the public unsatisfactory state of trade in so many diffrent service. A rotten bureaucracy, tainted its departments is perhaps the principal factor dependents, and in the buying and selling of The yarn trade has been depressed, sugar is for from brisk, and opium is decidedly dull, official dignities the whole coinage of society

though specalation has commenced again. became debased. The business of State officers was the appropriation of sinecures State revenues fed innumerable under strappers and baugers-on, whose only com

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IlONGKONG, OCTOBER 6TH, 1910.

PORTUGAL is at last actually in the throes a revolution. The Royal Palace has been seized by the Republicans, the young KING

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THE GREAT NICOLA.

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LowDos, October 5th.. The strikers in the Lausitz cloth movies due should be paid into the firm. Atke died here, and lies buried at Happy Valley. industry have resumed work on the the Sun, Chung village in China who admitted Her work was carried on by Miss Johnson, a

FROST personal friend of

·Of thom. employers' conditions, and the lock owing money to the amount of $1,700, and the do-name known to all present, and who was Svou after the arrival of the latter lady s board- ants in the other two actions. On October 2nd a. 1 man named Tori Chak Hing, who was a partnering noool was started, and that school was now in in the bankrupt firm, and who was also a salesman charge of Miss Flatshar. The time had now come when it was necessary that there should and took a prominent park in the working of be a change. The University had been planted the firm, wrote letters to the defondants and down in front of Fairles, sad that place was other debtora, requesting the payment of

no longer suitable for a girls' school. The result; No answers were received to Moneys duo. thoso lettors. On October 28th other let tera ware written, bat.

replies were received. On November 2nd there meeting of oreditors in Hongkong, but that meeting was adjourned. Between the 2nd and the 12th plaintiff, seat an account to the Sun

DISASTROUS CONFLAGRATION AT MONTE. VIDEO.

Loxook, October 5th. The new grand docks and customs buildings at Monte Video have been destroyed by fire, together with

£80,000.

The total losses amount to quarter of a million sterling.

The steamers quitted the harbour.

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that they had to flud a new location, bat. just where it would be 'no one knew. Ho mentioned it, however, baranse some knew that in

hostel would springs up. Some people thought that the Baxter Schools were going out of erietenos, but he wished all to understand that

the place where Fairlea" now was a University

November 16th, not having received any money ud, but the good work would still go on. He registered letters were sent to the defendants wished to thank all who had assisted the institu and other debtors, Plaintif had received tion in the past, and he was quite sure that they i would continue to render it assistance in the n-ither acceptance nor denial of liability. On fatare. He had much pleasure in asking Lady. November 18th a further registered letter was May to open the aul of work. sant. On February 5th and March 31st of this year meetings of creditors were held at the Ocial Rareiver's office, and on the latter date it was agreed by a majority of the creditors that a

dividend of 58 per cent would

with acounts. None of them · mggested in

Her arceloney said it gare her great pleasure to declare the sale opoued, and she hoped it would be a successful

one.

It certainly promised to be by the brisk in which the ladies in charge of the zasuner in sinita set to work. They founil many customer be accepted, and that the whole estate of willing to be persuaded to purchase their wares, LONDON, October 5th.

the Tai Fung firm should be assigned to the and as the afternoon were on the numbers incroseed. Business was brisk until the hour British newspapers comment sym-plaintif. On April 10th Tom Chuk Hing went of closing, and a substantial sam has no doubt pathetically on the opening of the to the Chinese ville, saw the defendants and been raised for this deserving caure.

other debtors, and asked for payment of the .... Chinese National Assembly, which amounts dus. Debtors admitted being partners they describe as a vivid illustration of in the Tai Fung firm, and asked to be furnished. LIEUT. SUTOR'S HONGKONG STORY, the world-wide movement towards any shape or form that they had paid the provuably at Hongkong, where Lieutenant The following story of an inspection.

woney, nor that they held zeceipte, They Bator was once stationed, is included in his parliamentary institutions,

actually admitted their debts. On May 25rd recent book ----- notice in writing of this assignment was sent to the defendants by Mr. Harding, acting on behalf of the plaintiff. On June 22nd one of An Odessa dispatch dated September 12th the ten debtors from the San Chung village came to Hongkong sud paid a debt of $1,450 in says :-***

The arrest of three Japanese at a Transbaikal foll. A few days after this Kwong Sao Ynen, village railway station on charges of espionage one of the defendants in the nation, arrived in the kes aroused considerable sanenation hero. It

The truth that the public like to be deceived petition was in adolence, and meanwhile has been exemplified in Hongkong. Last night Bate taxation of the poorer classes was ze quite a large audience assembled in the Theatre European werchandise valued at Chung villa e, again asking. for payment. On this was not so. The situation would be chang

Royal to see the wonderfal tricks which have heavy as ever. All change moved in a

icies circle. It was this condition of mede famous the name of Nicola, and to marvel at that which they could not understand, affails which King CARLOS was compelled Wonder exoceeded woader. Mystery followed either to countenance or reform, and his mystery. And though the audience could not manser of accepting his responsibility has understand what was done, they were still able cost him his life," King Carros, according to apprecinto the cleverness of the conjurer and to his friends, chose the only way possible the skill of the magicina. Nicola is both.'

The programme was very coraprekansira, in Portugal of purifying the body politic and building up a constitution It embraced illusions, tricks and performances His which were mostly now and which dir on clean and strong foundations. opponents were of opinion that he never played marvellous ingenuity and originality. is a prisoner in their hands, warships intended to work towards a constitution. The metamorphosis of a doll," as well as

hobarding the palace, and it is

the hore of Diogenes" represent porfor He began, they say, by closuring Parliament monera which have to be seen to be believed stated that the Army and Navy are siding ary government, and went on, through his The same is true of the mysterious throus of with the revolutionaries. An outbreak had Minister, Senhor FRANCO, to

suppress Delhi," but most, extraordinary is that in evidently been feared for some time, for newspapers, to imprison malcontents, to which a young lady bound hand and foot

criticism by forbidding public to SE only six weeks ago we had telegraphic news burke

iron stake is placed in a KATTOW that as a result of conierences between the meetings, even to transport suspected cabinet and in a second is revealed upside down. Minister of War and the generals of the revolutionaries without a trial; "in a word, The piece de resistance is Nicola's wonderful Three men appeared on the stage with garrisons, and between the General Staff of to combine the powers of a Dictator escapes.

ideals steel bracelets. He was bandenffed and shackled the Navy and the commanders of the war and Censor with the political

but yet regained his freedom in little over two. not easy to say

minutes. Even the sceptic who afterward. ships lying in the Tagus, all leave for officers of a tyrant." It is and men had been suspended and the which view is the correct one.

It is quite ascended the stage was convinced that the pera warships ordered to leave for various das possible that his method of purging poliformance was genuino. Nicelir invites any one These measures caused great tits of corruption and so alleviating the to come forward with handents, and sorce

that the men, who are now in the anstody Colony and asked Tam Chak Hing if Mr. Hard- surprise in Europe, asthere had been nothing heavy taxation which had bred discoutent interesting occasions may be anticipated.

No one should seeing Nadolny. America's of the Irkutsk military authorities, wore susing would accept 50 per cent of the debt. That to indicate in recent news.from Lisbon that throughout the Kingdom, would have

proved the surest as well as the swiftest gatost comedy juggler. His performancea pected by the polios, and wore accordingly was a very important admission, and bore the searched, with the result that documents were impress of truth. On July 6tti, plaintiff got

ba anything untoward was impending, It was

fonud in their pocketa showing them to explained that "in view of rumours attribut he was not given time to prove the are as extraordinary as they are fanzy.

Japanese military engineers, in addition to leave to serve a notice of writ out of the juris- buting to the Conservatives the Lutention of success of his policy. Under the régime of

ACCIDENT TO A P. AND O. OFFICER. certain other papers which are stated to prove diction, and Mr. Wyvel, a clerk in Mr. Hard- King MANUEL, free as it has been from auto-

that the men were engraved in espionage working's office, and others, went to the Sun cratis interference of this kind, swift advance we are buformed that an accident occurred on

The Malay Mail of September 28th, says sketching provoking disturbances, the Government

sketching railway bridges and culverts along Chung villare and served the defendants with from Mongolia, and making notes of this writ. En route they were guard- kad taken further steps to maintain public towards the high ideals he proclaimed board the F. and O. steamer Peshawar on her careful route-maps of the districts through by four soldiers and two officers. The wit- order," which, however, had not been on succeeding to the Throne was impossible, arrival at Port Swettenham yesterday. While which they use to likely to lead to some un nossos would say that on that nocasion also the

passed. disturbed up to that time. All telegrams but, so far as it is possible for the outside the sabor was being let down, the chain grave

way, and in its progress streek an offer of the pleasantness, for urgent telegrams have been relating to the subject were stopped, and observer to tell, there has been every desire ship near by who was knocked down and badly received by the Governor of Likutak, both from detendents admitted liability: they admitted that the rest of Europe obtained this informa shown to move as swiftly as possible in injured about the hip and thigh. The doctor Tokyo and from AL. Ogori, Japanese Consul atap to November 10th of last year the money was dine sad owing. The defence, not only in this out the two men. pointing was put on to a stretcher, taken ashere without arrested are. quarters these disquieting rumours were progress and reform. The startling events delay and brought up to the European Hospital quite uncommented with the Array. The Gov. Fesses brought, was that that the money was

here. The train was slightly delayed to enable eraur has refrained from making any reply to characterised as inventions and part of an of yesterday clearly inform us that the the patient to be taken by the first available these representations, pending the decision of paid, and that the debtors had obtained a re- ceipt, the receipta being all dated either the 9th election manguvre. The elections to the patience of the Republicans has reached its train. It is understood that his thigh in broken. the military anthorities in this matter.

tinations.

JAPANESE "SPIES" IN RUSSIA.

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tion through Spanish sources. In certain a constitutional meiner along the paths of on board baviog attended the injured floor, madivosto well-known Japanese touriste, action but in the three summary and six original

One inspector-general went all the way to China to seams, that is to say, to inspoot us, It took him four weeke to get to us. We got up a little show, in his honour. We took our batteries into the country to show bim how could shoot. We also took the precaution te provide a most excellent There was procession of 20

Janak,

e olfes all heavily laden. The only really naxious moment of the day was when there arose considerable doubt as to what had become of the 20 coolies. The day

yards very foggy, and we could only see 50 in front of u We had

How Imuch, ever the lunch had turned up alright. An officer had been put in charre of it. After lanch, the inspector general intimated that we must shoot at something. We red about 20-noro fold about £100 of ammonition at

30 yards distant. The general was delighted, the noise pleased him. There was a tremen dona banquet to the evening - The Chinese sise fired off noisome crackers,

*Then another

ther general came ont te redaco the garrisons and guns. It in painful sight to see a general placing guns in position; it is even a sadder sight to see him taking them away. The guns were placed there, and they were taken away. Rhyme and wenson had ne little’to do with the one opera- tion as with the other."