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wick, P. Rielarda, and A. G. B, Soares, ted among the thinero community in
T'ho twelvo men avrested in the houso en's Road Vest Ly threo of their conne wore charged with public gambling at the sen being killot during a riắc bị thu | Police Court to-day, but the cnao was nd- Se on a any reted hisuse. The iron. journed.
res of the affair, in disclosed at tho
te Court nu i at an inquest held on the | TUE ELECTION OF THE NEW MEM-
BERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE s of the param a killed to-lay are an wa:--For : mina me past, Serpornt
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laspuder sa të ak |for China, in her present position, to *** pect to beat France, as it was to try and break a rough bit of dint with a porcelain Vand. China was big a tine Largo jureel, in ¦ va40, and France like a maall rough flaut. Thy time porcelain vason could be conly broken, bereas the rough flint could stand a tremendous lot of lattering before it would break In any way; and it was sin. ply impossible to break it, with a porcel in The following lotter is published for gen-right, but added "China is not going to Vore. H.3. admitted that I was possildy
fight Franco; my orders are to within the borders, to guard the froutiers of this provinco. I am going to estabbah my headquarters at Si-ng-lob, Mong tao bien, when I các erve the doings of the French in Tong King and French are disposed to light the Black guard our frontiers from surjune. If the Flags it is their concern and not mine!" I remarked that if the Imo porcelain vase only lightly came in contact, with the con gl angularition of the Amt, the beauties of the vaso must nevertheless bo considerably marred.
W. MESNY.
COLONIAL SECRETARY TO SENIOR
POLICE MAGISTRATE.
in, whose instructions, generally, atv | eral · information în a Gorerument Gazette sturb all associations of bad characters | Betraordinary issued last night :--- those formed for the purpose of ¡gain » : which Congregata in untenanted! os, has had his eye on the top flour of
Colonial Secretary's Oflico, Hongkong, 20th Deccimbor, 18835. a No. 72, (, uoon's Road West, and for Sir,—You are already aware that upon past fortnight 10 hai kopt partien the Governor's recommendation, as approved vatch on it. Ile know it was not by Her Majesty the Queen, certain changes will be made in the constitution of the pied by any fixed tenant, and Legislative Council; and that for the future also received infmination from so zemi one. Un-official Mainber of that body will as "on that gambling was carried onion of the Justices of the l'enco.
a general rulo, be appointed on the nomina-
hat it had two strong trep door. spring loks, and that there was r 'm of watel mon kept'to give warning a approach of the Police. Abou, tør tes to four yesterday afterumin, he mined to try and gain entrance to the and, perhaps, surpriso a gamblin
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As it is the intention of His Excellency to summon the re-constituted Council to meat for the despatch of business as soon as Her Majesty's Order giving effect to the reform already approved has been received, is desirable that the nomination of a Member by the Justices should be made at an early period.
Canton.
Hear
(From mir Correspondent.)
Canton, Thursday, avening, The recent riot at Shek Lang is likely to His Excellency is advised that you, as
receive attention mète quickly than many the Senior Police Magistrate, are the proper things that transpiro in China. The Vice- of the Justices for that purposo. Officer to convene and presido at a meeting | roy, I understand, has sent up two or three
You are, therefore, directed to conveno a guard boats filled with soldiers and drawn
by a steam launch to the place.
mated.
There is news of rebellions having broken out in two or three places, and a strong forco is kept in a suspected district which
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5. Being aware that it was impossible .ny European, evon although in plain es, which he wra, të get admittance by agitimato m.tranco, the trap doer leingoeting of the Justices at an early date, and at some convenient placo; and to invíto med down the menout one was eb them then and thero to make their choice, d, he sent a lukong, who was in plaïu and to retuen to me for submission to His on, to culer the four, while ho hin self,
Excellency the name of tho Justico nomi- npanied by Mr Clerihew, Inspecter of ances, entered house No. 70, the one ning the suspectel, by n stair at the which led from the Chiness Recreation nd, which was on a lovel with the 3] floor. Having got thus far, Bitlin 1 his way to the verandah of the heure. o inside the hors suspected hal by ime boon warned of the vicini y of Police, and £egant Butlin hand rushing about, but ho was unable to t them, his way being baired by a ou partitions, which divided tho tve With the assistance of My how he provodod to pull this part tim 1, and as he was orgaged doing: at, he come thirty or forty men at their into the verand: h of house No 74.
His Excelloney is advised that, in the is in contant communication by native craft absence of rules guiding the Justices in a | with Hongkong. matter of this nature, you should observe in conducting the proceedings the following rules, based on Parliamentary practica in England :-
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I-The name of every Candidato will be proposed in writing by one Justico, and so- ronded by another.
2.-No Justice will give more than one
vuta..
3-Tho voting will ho by ballot. 4.-The name of ovary Justico voting will
he recorded.
5.-The ballot boxes will be opened and the votes commted in the presence of the Justices present.
The people who were delighted, on the arrival of Pang Yuk Lan, with the idea that he was come to drive out the foreignt ra are now changing their tond. The recent proclamations have somewhat turned the current of public opinion against him, and expressions of discontent' aro circulated to the effect that ho has come to protect foreigners.
An abanrd rumour has been going round, and is firmly believed by many, that in the
6. ~Candidates, as such, nro not disqua- | 1Roman Catholic Cathedral men are em- litied from voting.
7-In caso two or more Candidates having the Jyrgest number of votes, should havo añ equal number of votes, their names will bo submitted to another ballot.
3-As to any other matters connected artition of which had been partly pulguided by the wishes of the majority of the with the order of proceeding you will bo
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3. The return should be accompanied, for the Governor's informaation, by :----
(1). A copy of the notice convening the meeting
(2). A hat of the Justicos presont at the necting
(3). A list of the Candidates with the ́names of their proposcis and seconders.
(4). A list of votera.
given for cach Candidate.-1 have the (5.)A_statement of the number of votes honour to be, Sir, Your most obedient
W. H. MARSH.
Colonial Secretary,
servant.
to him to enter the gambler's don; lus b and drove sonde men who were tay excape as the others hat den in sile aruso, and there m cured cloven men, ÿ the lukm; can hi ong gain, whiona he it hanging by the leg out of a window in back of the house. Leaving Mr hew and the lukong to look after the DUTE, Sergeant Butlin wont
rolandalı tu HOU if ho could 0 пну moru prisonera. His | The Senior Polico Magistrate, Hongkong, tion was Bion attracted by hearing a} noiss in the street, and, dn looking the verandah, he saw two Chinamen ju tho street, apparently dend.
Hent ausi ed downstairs, and there saw a man, lying in tho side clanol with Lovzing from his nose and cars.
Two wers dead, but the third was still ;, an- Sergeant Botlin tiết had him
ved to the Government Civil Hospital,.
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be two dead bodies afterwards, man died in Hospital about twenty lux after adımission. Sergeant Bullin went back to the house, picked up all araphernalia usually found in gambling
ployed making a large subterranean passa;;o and filling it with powder in order to blow up the city. Tho absurdity of this repirk is at onco perceived when we consider tho
country. At a depth of aboux fivo feat sito of Canton, and the surrounding
water would be found, and then arises the question whoro has all the soil gone that has been dug out.
Another rumour with a little more founds- tion in fact is also spreading far nul wide,
and that is that Shamcon no longer belon za for the np eror of China. The to the foreigner, but has been reenvERN
pro f of this
is found in that fact a mandarin has put up a Yamen on the Fronch concesion and that soldiers are intampeilthers. This may account for the number of Chinese who A letter couched in almost identical terms Chairman of the Chamber of Commerco has been addressed at the same time to the
come on to the “devil's dile," as Bhameen requesting him to conveus a meeting of the sea" and to take thoir constitutior al walk. is called, for the purpose of hwing a look members to make their choice of a member **in the mammer prescribed by the regula- Colonial Secretary, for submission to His tions of the Chamber," and to return to the Excellency, the name of the member nomi- nated.
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any one who likes can go and bo protected is a place of infinite dimensions and that
there. Elo has forgotten that nealy ono half of Shaiten as at ll in ruins, and that some of the ordinary residents aro saving in matsheds and one or two lava perforco gunu to live in the city. It is all very well for "Ontk" to talk whilst in Hongkong, with a strong naval forco in the larbour, an cllicient polica corps and soveral hune This case wal called at the Police Court | drud Britial, solliers to protect him
(Before II. E. Wodehouse, Esq., Polica Police Intelligence.
Magistrate, Į
Friday, Doc. 21.
THE CASE OF ASSAULT ON MRS FINCHMAN.
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