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MR. A. T. DA MOTTA BARBOSA, accountant to the Macan Treasury, with wife and family, leave, this for Lisbon, vid Marseilles, by the Messageries

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CAPT. F. Wallace, late of the Indo-China S. N. Co.'s service, assumed command of the Canadian Pacific Line steamer Parikia yesterday. Capt. „Wallacelsan_aldaspazianced-and-pepsior-Maritinias-sheeter ship-master in these waters, and will no doubt make a name in his new employ.

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THE HONGKONG-DISPENSARY.

Hongkong and March, 1868.

THUS plaintively an Australian contemporary

ate a live Chinaman in the street. But, alas! At Port Darwin, the other day, two dogs nearly

the Chows are many and the dogs comparatively few,'

THE returns of the number of visjung in the City Hall Museum for the week ending March 4th, are:-Europeans 187, Chinese 2,918; total, 3,105.

A VIRE occurred in Hanoi on the evening of Sunday, the 26th ulto, destroying in one hour

the Girls' School, and a great nuinber of houses. all the stores of the Public Works department,

Ten Annamese and one Euro, can were burned to death.

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CHARITY CONCERT AT THE

CITY HALLA.

Very successful concert was "RIVEN ↑ night in the St. Andrew's Hall, City Hall, in aid. of the funds of the Alice Memorial Hospital and

man Consul, and it was arranged under German College of Medicine for Chinese. The initiative in this concert, we believe, was taken by the Gai-" auspices. There was a very large attendance, the hall being fell to overflowing, His Excellency the Governor, Major-General Cameron and

class although rather lengthy programme had. been, provided, in which the Hands of the German war vessels Bismarck and Sophie, expecially distinguished themselves, and a very pleasant evening was passed, the audience, in which it is almost necilless to say the German element strongly predominated, proving unusually demonstrative.

on the ground of cruelty and drunkenness. Just We learn that arrangements have been made MR. E MASCARENHAS DE MENEZES, loimcity the flite of the colony being present. A firet)

the same as if they were aristocratic whiten What a blessing the missionary is to the poor benighted nigger.

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Colonial Secretary to the Government of Macan, and recently occupying a similar post in Goa, the famous capital of Portuguese India, has been relieved from his duties at the request of the Governor of tea.

Ware glad to report, that 'several small 'lendTM hars from the Tai-yu-shan furnaces, on trial at that mining locality, are now to be seen at the office ofthe On Tai Insurance Company, Limited and that in another week some silver bars will

amongst residents and others having gardens #Kowloon to hold a Flower Show there on the afternoon of Tuesday next, the 13th lust. -SE E D We hear it reported from Macao, that consider. The exhibits will be confined to Kowloon pro

able friction exists between the Acting Governor dactions only. Mr. Dorabjee's new gardens, and the Municipality of the Holy City, and that near the Robinson Road, Rowl-en, 'will be things have reached such a dimax of acerbity used for the show, admission being free. A that it is probable the present Corporation will steamer will run during the afternoon from be dissolved by superior authority within a few Pedder's What to Kowloon Point, for the free days: The popular Major Vaquinhas bas, in conveyance of visitors, and as the Band of the connection with the coming changes, been Northamptonshire Regiment is expected to play appointed Administrador or district Magistrate-there-should-be-a-large attendance. The moving-be offered for public Inspection.. the present incumbent having resigned office.

ALL our readers may not be aware of the "Do it, and be damned 1” said John Danne to

interesting fact that Queen Victoria is celebrated the magistrate at the Flemington (Victoria) Police

for her fat calves. We hasten to explain that Court, when they threatened to commit him for Tux Correio, Macaense reports an outbreak of there is nothing personal in this, only her Most contempt, and then, fearing the Bench might not hostilities between the Macro-Municipally and--Gracious took nine prizes for her far calves comprehend the breadth, depib, and general the myrmidons of the Central School. An injudi. the last cattleshow at SmithGeld. massiveness of his scorn, he proceeded to further cious article in the Correio had led the public to fulminate his sentiments in choice, bullock, understand that a primary educational establish- puncher's idiom, winding up by whacking a ment denominated, the Central School bad been.

The Hongkong Celegraph

HONGKONG, TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 1888.

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AUSTRO-HUNGARY,

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LONDON, March 4th.

spirit in the affair is Mr. H. J. Holmes, a most enthusiastic believer in the future of the Kowloon peninsula.

constable on-the-nose with a thud-like the kick--founded-by-two-eminent-sang-pur-citizena-of- of a cart-horse. John's masterly summing up the centennial colony: The Municipality would carried conviction with it—he got seven days. nat consent to such a perversion of history. It raised a solemn protest that if, and not the sangpur notabilities referred to, had been the founders of the institution. Hence the rupture between the Senatorial gentlergen and the

which is at the mercy of both parties, praises pseudoy founders of the School. The Correio,

both and condemns itself for its want of inde pendent criticism.

In the Summary Jurisdiction Court this morning, before Mr. A. J. Leach, Acting Puisne Judge, It is announced that the Austro-Hungarian-To-Kai-sued Mok Lal Chi for $103, Mr. D. Government will ask. the. delegations for an extra Military grant of one hundred million

florins.

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ALLEGED INDECENT ASSAULT.ON KENNEDY ROAD,

Charles Fredrick Dawkes, 23, a private in the 58th Regiment was today, at the Police Court before Mr. Wodehouse, charged by Miss Rhoda Bigent with indecently assaulting her on the 5th inst, Complainant's statement was in substance, as follows. My name is Rhoda

Mrs. Hearne, with whom I reside temporarily, Bigent, I am 14 years of age, and lady's maid to

at the Hongkong Hotel. On the 5th inst. at about 3 p.. my mistress said she was

and required my attendance.

The overture to “Zampa" was played in admir. able style by the string band of the Bismarck under the leadership of Mr. Niederoth. This gentleman appeared tohave his band perfectly in hand and the ensemble of this masterpiece of Herold's has never been better rendered in this colony. Mr. W. G. Greig sang that fine old. Scotush melody, "The Lament of Flora Mac- Donald," with much power and artistic effect, with a little less piano in the softer passages. but the rendering would have been still hatler

Mr. Greig, however, is the possessor of very fine voice, and is a distinct acquisition to the ranks of our local amateur vocalists: Two- part songs Bankett Lied" by Reichardt, and

Voglein im Walde" by Stunz-were capitally. sung by the Glee Club of the German man-of- wat Sophie and loudly applauded, and then Miss E. C. Bayne gave a very tasteful if not very powerful rendering of Mumentlol's... “The Requital This lady's soprano is of good timbre and with care and study will doubt- less develon into a rich and pleasing voice. and Spindler's Wellenspiel," played with Mr. G. P. Lammert in Chopin's." Nocturne " his accustomed musical accuracy and with rare artistic feeling. The colony has reason to congratulate itself on possessing a pianist of such

for his rendering of the Dra Pro Nohis" of undoubted skill and ability as this young gentle- man. Mr. E. W. Maitland was loudly applauded Piccolomini, and in scsponse to a hearty encore sang the well-known ballad “Only once more !! with considerable sweetness of voice but with

programme closed with a clarinet-solo by Manns, with orchestral, accompaniment, which

represented the plaintiff, and Mr. A. B. Johnson, (Caldwell of Messrs. Caldwell and Wilkinson)

the defendant, This suit arose from one of those (From the Courrier d'Haiphong.) usual quid pro quos which will happen in the THE BULGARIAN QUESTION best-regulated families, even in the college of

bailiffs of our Courts of Justice. A certain KoTHAT popular personage, who used to make going to make a call on some friends, out adequate expression. The frst half of the PARIS, February 26th.

I called Negrciations are in progress among the great You Mun was some time since fined $200, at the himself conspicuous and not seldom objection chale, put her into it at the Peddar Street door together with conditions of Trade, and the Pow Powers with regard to the settlement of the Magistracy for keeping an, agency of the Tit, Fable at the Supreme Court, and who for his of the hotel and then returned to bring the dog was most admirably played by Mr. Boedecker.

Bulgarian question.

lottery, Failing to pay the fine, a writ of persistent attendance at all trials might well be an animal about as big as a donkey), Aslander. I execution had to be served on him;. but Mok Chi, the officer who served the writ, wrongfully seized To Kai's (the plaintiff in this suit) property. To Kai eventually paid the money for his defaulting brother, and now, like a wise man in his generation, he brings an action to recover from Mok Lai Chi, the erring process-server; the sum he had disbuired to clear his goods-and- chattels from the iron grip of the law. After a number of witnesses were heard, bis honour reserved judgment till to-morrow morning. The following trade monopolles have been put up for auction in the neighbouring colony by the

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-February 27th. Monsieur Flourens, Minister of Foreign Affair, has been elected deputy for the department of Hautes Alpes, and Monsieur Bourgeois, Prefect of Police, for that of Marne.

THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF INDO-CHINA.

'HANOI, March 1st. Monsieur Constans has decided that in view of the high rents and costliness of food in Tonquin, those Government employds who ne salaries are not above 6000 frames per annum, shall receive a yearly rent allowance of 500 Trues, and a food indemnity of fic, so c,

per diem..

LOCAL AND GENERAL. We are requested to mention that Mr. Sangster next Organ Recital will be held in St. John's Cathedral on Tuesday next, the 13th inst, at

9 p.m.

Macao government:-The Pork farm, for one year, to commence on the 1st prox, the Fantan gambling farm in Colowan land, for two yeast,

commencing on the...ist-April ƒ-and-the-Fish- | farm~for three years,~ Everything is apparently

employed in Steamers making short voyage" JUDGE (to condemned murderer): "Is there unscrupulous sharpers who simply_dictate.their signs of Interfering with him. But he did not close that I could smell his breath strong perfect as it possibly could be,' and stamps

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anything you want to say why judgment should not be passed?" Murderers "It was always the wish of deceased to die Suddenly."

The Russlas corvette Viffax, Captain Makaroff, arrived this morning from Manila, and exchanged salutes with the port, H.M.S. Victor Emanuel and the flagship of the German iquadron.

THE Siamese embasay to Japan, consisting of H. E. Phra Bharatas Wongso and salts, having concluded its labours in Tokio, returned yester day by the M.M. steamer Saghalien f.om Shangbai, enroute to Bangkok. We understand that a.Treaty has been concluded between Siam and Japan.

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AN ANGLO-CHINESE ROMANCE.

The

After a short interval, Latana's “Lebenslust in versed in all the intricacies of our legal proces stood my mistress was going in the direction of Squadron, under Mr. Niederoth's leadership. was played by the full baɛd of the German that transpires in our Courts of Justice,--the King of the Hotel 1 passed out of the Queen's Road piece was certainly played with great mustat dure or might become an efficient reporter of all the Naval Hospital, when I came down the stairs The time was well marked throughout and the of Siam to wit,has unexpectedly put in a door, thinking Mrs. Heame had gone on, instead, owing to the shallness of the room, thic brass accuracy and precision, but it was not a success appearance, after years of an unexplainable of which she was sull waiting for me at the Instruments predominating disagreeably: Miss absence. The general opinion was that he had other door. I walked somewhat faat tillar. Stopani, ever a great favorite, sang. Molloy's shuffled off his mortal coil and joined the vast riving at the Naval Hospital gate and not seeing The Long Avenue with great pathos, majority of popular kings and royalties. But, my mistress I thought she had perhaps gone to the ballad admirably suiting her tich contralo adorned as is his wont, with all the insignia of the hill a little way when I discovered the Fisherman and his Child," a sensational ballad his sudden re-appearance in Court yesterday, to some friends on Morrison Hill I went up encored. In response Miss Stapani sang "The voice, and she was warmly and deservedly royalty, and occupying one of the front seats of prisoner was following me. I had never seen

of the Christy Minstrel type, which was hardly the Court-room, was an emphatical devial to all him before.. I turned round when about half in keeping with, the character of the other items the evil reports which had been circulated about his august personage. It was quite amusing to that moment he stopped and shortly, turned (Schneider), a medley of German popular airs

way up, and found him close behind me.A on the programme. The part songs "Waldein

samkeit (Schino'ter) and "Sclinick Schnack" see how a fresh policeman on duty at the Court, to go back. I kept on ascending the hill excellently sung by the Glee Club of the Sophie, probably a new arrival, faced his majesty and till I thought he was well out of the fairly took the German portion of the audience ment and stupefaction. The modern Lear cast a posing that I had missed her, I turned back colony. A rapturous encore brought forth a scanned his kingly countenance, in utter amaze- way. Seeing nothing of my mistress and sup we have seldom heard anything better in this.. by storm, and for unison and general excellence

look-of-supreme--ecora-on-the-guardian-off down the hill intending to go home. On gouing popular waltz, with voice accompaniment, which farmed out in that Portuguese emporium of the law, and kept his seat with the tenacity to the foot of the pathway, I saw the prisoner was also loudly applauded. The famous aria trade and industry, with what consequences to which is so characteristic of kings. It being again, going towards Happy Valley On getini que j'aime," was very well sung by Mrs. from Meyerbeer's Robert le Diable"-"Robert, egitimate business, it may be easily imagined his custom to gradually advance in the rows ting near the the Naval Hospital gate, I found Simon, a lady possessing soprano organ The supply of fish, pork, beef and other kinds of of seats provided for the public, whenever him following me. I turned into the pathway of great compass and who, moreover, sings food, of salt, of opium, of gambling licenses for he is molested by any bobby, we fully ex-leading into Kennedy Road and found the like an artists. We shall be glad to hear Mrs. Fan-tan, of the Vy-sing and the Pak-o-plu pected the crowned head to carry out his usual prisoner had also turned into this road and Simon again. Mr. Von Wille's rendering of his lotteries, are all monopolised by a syndicate of trick yesterday when the policeman showed was soon very close behind me. He was so favorite, Dancla's. "Réverie" was as nearly laws as to prices and quality of the articies they budge from his dignified position, probably with the fumes of drink. After passing the the player as by far the best amateur violin

cow-sheds, and the nullah bridge, prisoner

soloist this colony has ever known. Everything deal in. The Portuguese ought to go one step tricks by which he usually asserts his rank and Immediately after this he got hold of me and the manner in which he sang Pinest forms reserving for another occasion, some of those came close up to me and touched my hand

Mr. C. H. Grace undertakes he does well, and further in their rush for monopolies,they ought to farm the Government and administration of power in the Court-room. Report has it that his threw me down. 1 was hurt in falling, and King's Minstrel was quite up to his best form, the colony to the highest bidder. Such a mea. Majesty lost his wits almost half a century ago, them very serious: When he threw me down be lengthy programme was brought to a conclusion got some bruises about my body, but none of which is saying a very great deal. The far too sure might depreciate the national prestige, but when, for having rendered to the British Admiral, made use of certain expressions: [Complainant by a selection from Mendelssohn's Mid- we may take it for granted that it would who was then bombarding Canton, some import- here hesitated to pronounce them but at the summer Night's Dream," which was splendfilly Immensely benefit the colony,

ant services in the way of pilotage, he was subse istimation of the magistrate she wrote down played by the string band of the Bismarck, quently denounced to the Chinese mandarins what the prisoner said, on paper] He put his who did wonders under Mr, Niederoth's clever

arm round my waist and put his leg behlda conducting CAPT. PRESTON, of-the P. & O. 5. N. Cos | who recured him and administered him such a

my legs, and thus, threw ine dowd, is dress steamer Zombardy, had a rather unpleasant trashing that poor Lam lost his reason, and was all disarranged by his own hands and so was mine. I asked him to let me get up, and after experience on the Bowen Road last Saturday became King of Siam. afternoon. He was standing over one of the

struggling with him for some time he permitted me to rise, pn condition that I should take ignorance; reproduces from one of the Shanghai The Daily Press, with itaudunt ironclad ravines watching the American mail atramer JOHNNY.COME-LATELY has now made his ap leaving the harbour when he suddenly pearance in the Republican States of America in order to be allowed up,

walk with him, which I consented to do papers an idiotic concoction of transparent lies While he which have been going the round of some home received two tremendous blow, first on one in Texas the Commandant was a bluft old me, the dog flew at him. I told him my Lloyd's Weekly, referring to two English girls At a Yankee frontier military post down was throwing me down and struggling with papers, such as the Newcastle Chronicle and THE Courriar Haiphong reports at great evidently intended to cripple him; he only dragoon whose ideas of discipline, although my feet I told him to go and got his stick in the old country as the wife and con panion

leg and then on the other, which were

dog would tear him in pieces. On rising to who were induced to leave their 'appy 'omes length a banquet given by the residents of Haiwheeled sound in time to ward off an intended strict, were by no means those of a martinct. and newspaper. which he had been carrying respectively of an enterprising Chinese naval phong to Monsieur Constabs, the Goverpor blow on the head which, had it takes effect, Connected with one of the troops was a young before th owing me down, and we then walked on officer, who represented himself to be a mandarin General of French Indo-China, on the evening would probably have killed him. Capt. Prestou lieutenant who struck the commanding officer towards the town, when he began crying, saying of high degree and the proprietor of manslong sur of the 28th February. In reply to the toast of immediately grappled with his assailanta as being much more of the drawing-room knight tinued walking till getting to the big stone luzuiles, Before going any further it may be just as he was sorry for what he had done. We con- rounded by orange trees and other fairy-land his healthy the Governor-General dwelt at con Chinese, of course and succeeded in wreating than a fighter la such rough campaiging as was which divides the road (Black Rock) when he well to temark that the information regarding this siderable length on the measures of reform and away his weapon, which he threw down into the order of the times. He had, however, this pulled me to that part of the road inside the stone beautiful romance was conveyed to the New of progress which he folanded to introduce Into the ravine. The Chinese rufian immediately young soldier, graduated at the head of his class and repeated the offence. He did not actually castle Chronicle by a gentleman residing in decamped, and the Capt., being unable to move at West Polut. Having left that school with touch me, indecently. struggled violently Shanghai. It will be observed that, we have with him, and at last I saw & China woman underlined the word gentleman; the party in awing to the injuries he had received, was unable high honours, he entertained somewhat exalted coming; when I told him there was a woman qucation, unless he is a missionary-and in such to pursue. The affair has been reported to the notions of his own importance to the Army. coming he let me get up, I then hurried case we should unhesitatingly say be was an ever will. After a murder has been committed officer of the day, this budding Wellington woman whose, assistance I asked for did not the Shanghai correspondent of the Newcastle policeman I gave the prisoner in charge. The out any explanation. The yarn, according to the police authorities will doubtless recognise invariably got himself into some difficulty. It render me any the passed on her way at if the Chronicle run toplewhat as follows: The the necessity, which we have unquently painted was his custom to pass unnecessarily in front of matter, was no business of hers. On passing Chinese officer, whowas studying fortbreo years at other people I saw her speaking to them asil Armstrong's gun factory at Newcastle, persuaded day. This demanded the turning out of the guard every time he made his ap drank on that day, but told the magistrate he and his

Prisoner, answering the Bench, admitted being considerab bout his mansions and his rank THE crisis in the cheese trade of Europe was felt pearance, in order to make the customary had never seen complainant before till he was groves,

ith, "his "mantions and his orange chop-sticks and bis chow chow. in Hongkong to such an extent that about a salute. The soldiers of that American Army given in charge by her; he also

called the Appeare that it quite, slipped the memory of month ago that article of human consumption ceremonious children of a Republic of complainan a caution to costala discrepancies in the Heathen, Chiner that, he already posse ac

That - universal bosses--hated him- cordially and evidence in Far Cathay a couple of telestial wives nod was career than it had been for years. branch of the trade which dealt in "Graydie bestowed on his the subsequet of Johnny come the hotel I informed my mistres of what had wife left the shores of conly Tybe she took another * Complainant_continuing -On... seriyal at the same number of children. When the Engligli appeared to suffer most, but is now reported to lately" which fact he was not long in discovering, occurred. I could not run away frost the young Newcastle girl with her, as handmaiden, be recovering itself slowly. It may surprise and getting highly incensed, Inaugurated a prisoner because I felt so weak and was so much for whom the amorous Mandarin obligingly those who assume that most, if not all Gruyère | series of petty annoyances to the men, which taken by surprise, der man tie, tak kanel promised to find a spouse amongst the “huppilt, same from the little town of that name in Swit resulted in the confinement of nearly two This completed the complainant's evidente, suckless of the Chopsticks. We are told, that stand, to learn, that its manufacture has long thirds of them in the guard-house, to await trial who had been about two hours in the witness went to Feochow and it want the In

the ladies came out to Shanghai, and thence Ian important industry in France, in the by court-martial. The commandant was wild while another witness med place that they began to think thero

box, and who afterwards sat down in the Courți orges, and also at Cheshire, in England, on finding that so many of his best soldiers were James Daffin, said I am a constable at Be No less than 7,000 tons of this cheese being thus persecuted, and summoned the objec Naval Hospital and was on duty on the 5th inst.

"by orange trees. gwerd where to

Newcastle.

had' In the Supreme Court to-day before Mr. J. were made in France in the year 1885 and up- tionable officer to his presence: What do you about 4.30 p.m. Len I saw the lady passing Russell, Acting Chief Justice, the salt instituted wards of 10,000 tons in Cheshire. Since that mean, Sir," he roared, by confining in the by towards Hongkong. On her left band stac by Choey Chun-yu against. Vong Yau-yot, for date the production has increased so rapidly, guard-house nearly the half of my command?" to her. If I had met them coming along the the prisoner was walking. He was very close $1699.35 came on for the heading. Dr. Ho Kal, says the British Trade Journal, that prices have the men are in a state of mutiny," tremblingly road should have thought they were two imstructed by Mr. Ho Wyton appensed for the been forced down in France from 150 francs per replied the lieutenant; '“ and, besi their im- fricuds taking a walk-On getting to Kennedy Suggestions for the improvement of this work plainte, and Mr. A. Robinson, instructed by Mr, kilogramme to about 116 francs, at which gure padence has reached such a height that they call Road the lady entered between the parts and the are respectfully solicited,

W. Wotton (of Memors. Wolton and Descon) for the prost reaches its vanishing point for well- me Johnny-come-lately to my fac Whate prisoner passed, on just a step

gging) and then returned and The defendant. This was a claim to recover the prepared pure cheese made of good milk. As ons | fairly bowled the frate command " it for

was walking along on her value of a que of matches which had not | means of relief from the dif

that reason that. (havog

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DR J.J.DA SILVA, Chief Justice of Marso, arrived here to-day by the river steamer Kuklang, and will proceed to-morrow to Lisbon, wild Marseilles, by the Messageries Maritimes deume Segall, on a well camed six months' furloughs We with Dr. da Silva a pleasant journey and a quick retom | to his judicial laboties in the neighbouring enle where he is justly regarded as one of the accomplished members of the Portsmess and as a gentleman possessing high and a thorough integrity of character.

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