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Enfimations.

NOTICE.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, APRIL 3,0 8,

(From Le Courrier d'Haiphong.)

THE DECORATION SCANDAL

PARIS, March 25th, The Court of Appeal has acquitted M. Wilson,

BOULANGER TO THE FRONT. At the parliamentary election in the 'depart A. S. WATSON & CO., LTD. | ment of Aisne, General Houlanger received

HAVE JUST RECEIVED THEIR ANNUAL SUPPLY

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SWEET CORN,

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- 45,000 votes, the Radical candidate 2,700, and the representative of Monarchy 75,000. A ballot will be necessary.

THE BOULANGER INQUIRY.

March 26th, The Court appointed to inquire into the impeachment of General Boulanger, will be SEED presided over by General Février.

THONGKONG DISPENSARY.

Howdong, 2nd March, 1888.

NOTICES TO CORRESPÒS DENTS.

* ftierequoted Elle-monication relating to Suteplens, Adveniseries, debe addressed to the Manager, Hongkong

Telegraph" and not to the Editor

Tetten van Salarial matters råbe sent to "The Editor" and Had to folia che di merabais of the traf

Cobentai di ave admonet for publication must be accompanied

THE COCHIN-CHINA ELECTIONS. A decree of the President of the French

Republic fixes the 13th May for the legislative

elections in Cochin-China,

A REVOLUTIONARY SUCCESS Felix Pyat, the revolutionary candidate, has been elected for the department of the Douches du Rhône.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Massas, Aslamsun, Bell & Co., agents for the Canadian-l'acific Line, inforin us that the steam ship Abyssinin left Shanghai for Hongkong at

2. on the 2nd inst.

for the stars, and a dress of than perder, not Recessary for A Rengas meding of Zetland Lodge, No, gag,

placeion; funt ak en lence of good faith,

Whilst 19; à disane of the Hongkong Telegraph will always berugo fie plan für die u jina hy correspondenta of all questions

Griet pake Rec, it uns he disincify understand the

the Paling does not in any way bobl himself responsible for

• topintos tuos expresseif

TO ADVERTISERS,

Adventligy and requesterī to finwand all nodzes fazended for Invention in Mattel kung pot. Inter them. Three o'clock to t ant to peturel tree úly pattination of the paper,

"Ads actionnels, sad. Sybscriptions which are mḥt ordered for in fiend pietinet wylie consul mail comtermanded.

The food we Fernah lan the Tizgest circulation of any Paglish veo jepte gobi 1-Lin the Far East, and is therefore the best medaan dat A font-nos,, Tengo can be learnt an appleation

will be held Freemasons) Hall, Zeland Street,

this eve, at $30 ft 9 o'clock preci.ely. Visiting brethren are cordially invited.

Ar the Police Court this morning, Mr. Wode house fived a Chinaman two dollars for stealing flowers from the Public Gardens on the 2nd

inst.

THE shares of the recently organised "Société Française des charbonnages du Tonkin "have, as the Courrier d'Haiphong, been quite a success. Above 2 500,000 francs have already been subscribed, being 500,000 in excess of the required capital.

THE Courrier diftaiphong" reports that by an order from the Minister of Marine, all military and naval, correspondence in Tonquin and Annam are exempt from postal charges.

We are indebted to Messrs. Russell & Co. for the information that the E. & A. S. S. Cu, steamer Guthrie left Port Darwin for this port on the 31st ulto, and will probably arrive on the rath inat.

WOODYEAR'S Circus, according to the Bangkok

· Tur following will he the Orders of the Day at Times, is doing excellent business at that port. the meeting of the Legistative Council to be held

From Bangkok the Circus will proceed to Saigon to-morrow afternoon --

and thence will doubtless find its way to Jlong 1. Second reading of the Bill entitled "Ankong and Shanghai, Ordinance for the reservation of

a European District in the City of Victoria."

2. To resume consideration in Committee of the Bill entitled, "The Rating Ordinance, 1888." SAYS the N. C. Daily News of March joth :~~ The Velor, from Hongkong to Newchang, par into Shanghai on Tuesday morning and innded her master, Captain M. Kallsen, who had been sick for four days: The vessel then proceeded in charge of Mr. Wulff, the Chief Officer, Captain Kalleen was taken to the General Hospital where e died the same night, and the funeral took „lace on Wednesday afternoon.

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the list of vessels at Chatham ready for sea by the AN important addition has lately been made to completion of four powerful armour-clad vessels

namely, the Benbow-double.screw-soul-

that the Spring Meeting of the Fekkies Race, THE paragraph in our issue of Saturday stating

Club had been arranged to take place on May 1st and following days, should have read Shanghai Race Club. The Foochow races were set for yesterday, and to-day.

HE Unversity Boat Race this year would appear to have been regarded as a foregone conclusion for the Light Blues, odds of tot being freely laid against Oxford when the English mail left bone. As we announced some days since, the betting proved a realiable indication of the result, Cambridge winning casily,

THE Band of the 58th Regiment, under the leadership of Mr. 1. Moran, will play the

following programme at the Officers' Mess, this

evening, 'commencing a 8 o'clock:-

March..

„* Falé Land of "

White Heitler Fantasia. Diva"...... Selection.Parisliņa " Selectins... Tomb

Sewton,

„Jegar.

Iblis. „Daudzetti, Venil.

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We are informed by the agents (Messrs. Jardiar. | MESSRS, Russell & Co. inform us that th Matheson & Co.) that the "Glen "liner Glenlyon "Union" Line stentner fesser, from London, left Singapore for this port on Sunday afternoon left Singapore for this port on the est inst, and

may be expected to arrive on the 7th.

THE Chinese coolie who was severely injured on Friday last at the Steamboat Co.'s wharf, whilst employed in working the winch in the pile driving operations now going wat has succumbed to his injuries. A Coroner's inquest was held this afternoon.

We are not surprised to learn, that the excite.” ment created in Shrewsbury and throughout Shropshire by the Rev. H. C. Wakefield- chaplain of Shrewsbury Prison, confessing that he was the author of the obscene and anonymous letters which have been received by many servant girls in Shrewsbury during the past twelve months, continues to increase, and every body who knew accused is horrified at the report. Since he was first accused, abon three months ago; this gentle shepheid' has been remarkably successful in assuming the demeanour of an innocent man.

UBTAINING money and jewelry from aver credu lous Chinese women by means of the "nugget trick appears to he still a source of revenue to certain enterprising Ishnacks in the model colony," though it cannot be said to flourish quite to the extent which the most interested supporters or projectors could desire. This, morning two Chinese who appear to be known to the police na "nugget thieves," were dragged up before Mr. Wise at the Police Court, and charged with obtaining, in one case $27, and in another, gold earrings valued at $12, from two gullable and covelous beauties hailing from Lascar Row, who under the laudable desire of making a pile" without working for it, respectively bought a "par of gold, and two valuable nuggets froth California whmic worthlessness they did not discover till entering a pawn shop with the object of turning the gold into Mexicnns, Conclusive evidence being forthcoming as to the dark schemes of the two. prisoners, the Magistrate comtnitted them for trial it the Supreme Court,

armour-plated barbette ship, 13 guns, 100 1005, 7,500 horse-power; the Hero, armour-platel turtel ship, siz guns, 6,200 tons, 4,500 here: power; the Warspite, armour-plated' cruiser, to guns, 7,390 tons; 5,000 borse-power; and thứ |-Rodney, -armour-plated cruiser,-10 guns, -9,70

tons 7,500 horse-power, These vessels have jer corespondent writes" Honest Tago! been placed in the First Division of the Chathamole strike has come to an end, after causing A CORRESPONDENT of the United Servier

Vur-Dally Press-commences-a-paragraph in its issue of this morning as follows:- Our

Our milk-and-water contemporary has no corre | spondent at Anjer, and never had one.

Steam Reserve.

Be Hanging Polen, Wi mumler at the Telephons Central CAPT, FREEMAN, al the American barque staff of interpreters and attendants to study letters free this time, but-they must not do it are also two causes. One is cheap contract, and

Pichonne is No 3.

WO SUBSCRIBERS.

Selargi At the skin, Frosty remietol that all Vila diptions are payable in advance,

BIRTH. At__LL_11_M___Legation,Leking_on_the_zati...__

March, the wife of . . Josian, of a daughter.

MARRIAGE..

Pilgrim, reports having spoken at Anjer the fritish ship Clan Robertson, from New York to Sharghal on the 17th February, off St. Paul's Island, in the Indian Ocean. The Clan Robertson signalled "all well."

I was currently reported in town.on Monday that the Canadian-Pacific mail steamer Parthia had got aground on the Japanese coast-in the At Wenchaw, on 20th March, 1888, at the Inland Sea, somewhere between Nagasaki and British Consulite, and afterwards at the China Inland Mission Chapel, by Rev. W. E. Soothill, Kobe. The Agents of the Parthia at this port ROBERT GRIPIGON-10-JENNY-C OLIVER both-are-without-any-information-on-the-subject, but of the C.1.31

The Hongkong Telegraph

HONGGON TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 1888.

TELEGRAM S.

(Renter)

GERMANY.

it appears that the vessel sustained very little damage, and proceeded to Yokohama after floating off the rocks.

THIS morning Mr. Wise committed a Chinese

This case has been before the Court for some

time, and its details were fully reported in our issue of the 21st ulto. The prisoner was one of the ten men who, kidnapped the girl at Sa Han on the 14th of last March, and brought her to the colony by way of Canton,,

A HOME. paper says that the new Chinese Com missioners who recently went to Europe with a

things in general, are living in the neighbourhood of Willesden Green, where they have temporarily taken a furnished house, to look about them and lay down their plans after consultation with the members of the Chinese Embassy. This some-

what out-of-the-way-quarter-bas-been selected to be near Viscount Li, the secretary to the Embassy, who resides with his wife there, and also because a large number of persons can live more cheaply in the suburbs than in the neigh bourhood of Portland Place.........

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SIR GRAHAM BERRY, Agent-General for Victoria in London, presided the other right at a compli mentary dinner to Mr William Knox, secretary of the Broken Hill Silver Mines, New South Wales, who said that about three years ago this how it was valued at more than £8,000,000 mine might have been bought for £16,000, and

(cheers). The shares originally issued at-the- price of each were now worth nearly £500. Within the last twenty mouths 3.0:7,700 ounces of silver, bad been received in London, from the mine, in addition to 11,886 tons of lead.

IN the competition for the Drakers Cup at the Hongkong Rifle Association Meeting, the veteran marksman, Mr. E. L. Woodin, shot in

a manner that recalled some of his brilliant performances of nearly twenty years ago, when

£

*small-bores' were the fashion. The conditions were ten shots at seven, eight and nine hundred yards. Atthe first rang› Mr. Woodin commenced with a miss; he then grade eight "bulls*.19% succcasion and wound up with a magpie, thus tallin 43. At eight hundred yarda he started with an outer, then made an inner, found the”, "bull "at his third attempt, got off the mark at his fourth shot, scoring another outer, and then placed half-a-dozen bulls-in succession- this equalling his total at the shorter range. At the final stage Mr. Woodin was ag sinunlucky. to miss the target with his first shot, and then ight bull's eyes were registered in fine style, the last shut serring a magpic and for the third time totalling 43. With a total of 129 for the three ranges, Mr. Woodin, was a capital suco 'd to Col, Sergt. Merture, who headed the list with $35, and with a little more practice the vetera would probably have won the Cup, as the two misses can only be attributed to want of practice. McClure, who won the Cup_with_a_score_of_135– out of a possible, 150, shot most consistently throughout, his thirty shots including 16 bult's of note, recorded no fewer than 23 bulls. Ans eyes and 13 centres. Mr. Woodin, it is worthy

other veteran shootist, Major Ellis of the 58th Regiment, performed in brilliant fashion, totalling 128 for the three distances.

IT is reported that the negotiations between the Austro-Hungarian Government and the Lloyd Company have taken an unfavourable tur. At a meeting of shareholders which took place on pirale to prison for six months with hard labour, the 27th February in Vienna, a resolution was for bringing into the colony, a few weeks ago, a passed requesting the Board to adhere to its resig girl, aged 15 years, for unlawful purposes-proposals, and eventually-to-convoke a general meeting for the purposes of considering the liquidation of the Company. It is a notorious fact that some of the subsidised lines are abso- lutely unprofitable; and by way of proving this assertion it was mentioned that one of the steamers, which contains eighty cabine and cost 1,300,000 floritis, recently left Trieste for Hong- kong with only one passenger on board. THE affairs of Phillip Hebden Cowley, shipbroker and agent, formed the subject of an investigation at the Liverpool Bankruptcy Court a few weeks 8o,, when the debtor gave a highly interesting account of his doings in the way of company promoting, In one case the six persons besides himself who signed the articles of association did so, he said, simply to oblige him, and the The Chamber of Deputies has voted urgency and as behaved splendidly under advçre with a salary of fifteen shillings per week. In this steamer has her 'tween decks fitted up fore dread of ending her days in a workhouse. And and these, with the sleeping cabins, roomy and secretary was his bookkeeper, a youth of eighteen, well as cargo, between Hongkong and Formosa, twelve millians sterling, is said to have a great Mr. Calcutt; the architectofthe Imperial Institute,

SAYS the Bangkok Times of the 17th ult: The

great annoyance and inconvenience to shipping and detaining several steamers here for days, Gazette, in commenting on the loss of H.M.S. waiting on cargo. The Siamese postal officialsar, alleges that the presumed catastrophe have consented to let the coolies have their

was due to defective engines, and says: "There again. It is a pity, we think, that Government the other the fear officers in charge of the engines did not give. wider publicity to its late circular have of "getting a bad name" if they do not regarding the carrying of Chinese letters, before make the best of everything. Take a sister ship taking forcible action in the malter, for had

to the Pass, the Rattler, and, if you can get a rufficicat, notice hen given-in f'enskong, copy of her lug, print in your columns the Swatow, Singapore anal such like places before. number of times the " stopped for repairs on her hand, all this trouble fight have been prevented way out." This is not called "breaking down We read that the new tivin-screw cruiser Porpoise a led shore, is would certainly be a case of officially; but if it happened in a typhoon, or an was to undergó a crucial, tial of her machinery going officially to the bottom. The remedy Hefore-leaving-for China. The object of the trials so simple, it seems almost childish to in fine weather, and for this purpose an experienced old iron and brass down the engine-room hatch, was to test her capacity for continuous 'steaming wiite it. Do not let a firm throw a lot of engineer officer was to be lent from the Reserve and call the debris engines because it saves a THE largest steamship ever constructed in 10 take note of the trink, to advise during its thousand pounds, but go to progress, and to report for the information of the O., or any of our large accan-going merchant

and Ireland-a vessel 466ft, in-length and of 6,380 Lords of the Admiralty. A complement of efficient steamer owners, and find out who engines their builders, Messrs. Hurland and Wolff, of Belfast,

tons gross register-was handed over by her ' stokers were also to be furnished from the Reserves. ships, and let them have the contract. Look at to the owners, the Penihsalar and Quientel "The instructions were for the engines to be the thousands of miles these steamers go without Steam Navigation Company, on February 23rd. worked gradually up to their full natural draft stopping their engines, and try and find out how power, after which they were to be running for many of our sloops, gun-vessels, and gun-boats 7 coo-horse power, and she will be able to Her, triple expansion engines inflicate some ninety-six consecutive hours, the fans being only have steamed a thousand miles without breaking maintain sixteen knots at sea. She is commanded used for ventilating purposes. This test will be down, or, in official parlance, stopping to screw by Captain Hector, R.N.R. The Oceana has commission. now applied to all new ships on their first up, or hot bearings, etc. Print this report in your heen fitted under the superintendence of the columns, and, further, get their Lordships to issue Chief Constructor of the Navy with gun racers, a memo. that every stoppage for repairs under and other appliances, so that she could be THERE was launched from Messrs. Ramage and steam is to be specially reported on a separate equipped as a man-of-war on the shortest Ferguson's yard at Leith on the 29th February report to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and notice. She could carry 2,500 tropps with -a-steel-screw-steainer-built-to-the-order of Mr. -not-filtered-through-the-Inspector-of-Machinery--case.She-is-to-leave-London-on-March-9th- John S. Lapraik, London, for the Douglas Department, for they will not cry stinking fish, with the colonial mails for Adelaide, and Steamship Company, of Hongkong. Her dimen- having previously passed the engines into the will proceed thence to Melbourne and Sydney, sions are, length 230 feet, breadth, 33, feet, and Service, and reported favourably on then at what filled with a large number of first and second depth moulded 21 feet, the engines being triple is misnamed a trial trip.. expansion of the most modern design, and suitable for a high rate of speed. Being intended for carrying a large number of passengers, as

LONDON, March 30th. The health of His Majesty the Emperor has , so far improved that he has been out for a drive in an open parriage. He was enthusiastically received by the populace.

TURKEY AND BULGARIA.

at that

À TELEGRAM was received this morning stating that the small steamer Adelaide, which left here for l'ort Darwin on the 20th ulto, arrived safely port last night, having made the passage inside thirteen days, after experiencing very It is reported that Turkish troops are being rough weather in crossing the China Sea. The posted along the Bulgarian frontier.

Adelaide, which was built by Messrs. Geo. Fenwick & Co., to the order of the North Australian S. N. Co., is a handy little craft, 112

FRENCH POLITICS.

March 31st.

for the urnsideration of a sudden motion moved by the Radical party for a revision of the LOOSEJUTAON,

M. Tad objected to the motion and has esgreit. It is probable that M. Floquei will be sumuaped to form a new Ministry.

(From Straits Times)

THE EMPEROR'S HEALTH.

LONDON, March 23rd. The health of the German Emperor is certainly improving.

THE SUEZ CANAL, The clahn of the Porte to the Presidency of the Suez Canal Convention has been adrustled.

SALISBURY'S GRATITUDE:

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March 24th.

The Marquis of Londonderry, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, has been created a Knight of the

Garter:

THE CROWN PRINCE.

Adeciec dated Wednesday last empowers the Crown Prince to sign documents and to discharge such functions as the Emperor may indicate..

GENERAL BOULANGER AND THE

CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES. ·

PARIS, March 24th. ̈* General Houlanger's Paris Committee has estensibly withdrawn his candidacy for the representation of Marseilles in the Chamber of Deputies.

THE MARSEILLES ELECTION.

March 25th.

A Communist named Pyat has been, elected for Marseilles. General Boulanger was at the bottom of the poll.

COERCION IN IRELAND,

LONDON, March 25th.. William O'Brien addressed a proclaimed meet- ing at Youghal yesterday. A force of police with batons, and the Scottish Rifles (late 16th Regi- ment) with bayonets, charged and dispersed the mccling, wounding some persons. Captain Plunkett, the Divisional Magistrate, received a gash in the face.

ITARY AND ABYSSINIA,

SUEZ, March 26th," The Italiana at Massowah are flow daily expecting to be attacked..

feet long by, 18 ft., math 74 feet depth of hold,

circunstanc

THREE masters of cargo-boats were to-day

charged by the Police with remaining at anchor near Pedder's Wharf at two o'clock this morning without having signal lights exhibited at their nast heails or in some other conspicuous place. The defendants admitted the charge, one man giving as an excuse that the wind was blowing too strong, while the other two met the case by the apology that it was raining. Mr. Wode- house, not deeming their excuses "good enough,"

fined the defaulters five dollars each, with the

alternative of fourteen days in gaol... The fines were paid.

another instance bis "late office boy" was again tion as a subscriber for one share. The debtor the secretary, and signed the articles of associa had in all received about 5,000 from the public, and there had not been a penny of dividend paid to anyone,

HER Most Grecious Majesty Queen Victoria, who is reputed to have saved the trifling sum of

class passengers, for whose comfort luxurious provision has been made. Her dining saloons,

her drawing-room, and smoking rooms, in light oak and in, walnut, have all been designed by

were

and aft to accommodate natives, while Euro- on did that it is this fear which makes the and well ventilated, fitted with folding lavatories, upper deck, aft. All the latest appliances for woman in the British Empire. We don't think leave nothing to be desired. Messrs. Harland peans are placed in a large teak-house on the Defender of the Faith the meanest-well, thriftiest with spring mattresses and chests of drawers, facilitating the working of ship and cargo have the old Indy need worry herself about the work- and Wolf have a sister ship nearly completed been introduced, and the steaner will be one of house scare-English loyally so-called will for the same Company, named the Arcadia, to the most perfectly appointed in the China trade, probably last her time, and if it does happen be employed in the same trade; and these, with effect that the Rajah of Tenom and Tunku Umar by Miss Henderson. Her commander will be should upset the Guelphic puppet-show, why Greenock by Messrs. Caird and Co., the Victoria NEws has reached the Penang Herald to then leaving the ways she was named Haileong that Irish Nationalists and Scotch malcontents the two equally large armed cruisers, buffe at,

are waging a determined war against each other Captain Pocock, late of the Thales, belonging she bas enough invested in foreign securities and Britannia, will form four of the finest vessels on the west coast of Sumatra. The former is to the same Company,

to keep the wolf from the door even in this great Company's large fleet. The Octana Tunku is more than holding his own, and the to Router has been elected to the French and handsomely paid for playing the role We are exceedingly sorry at being unable to being greatly assisted by the Dutch, but the THE" Communist named Pyat," who, according And that brings us to our text. Victoria is paid,

should she live to celebrate, another Jubilée. arrived at London on February 29th. strong position he has taken up. will require Chamber for Marseilles, is one of the best of Queen; and as long as she represents British report the meeting of the Hongkong Rifle Associ much greater force than the one now opposed to known of living Frenchmen. The following Royalty, we think, as Mr. Weller puts it, that she ation. Owing to the competition extending over ANOTHER hereditary legislator 'gone bung. him to oust him from his coign of vantage. The is a brief sketch of his life and career -Félix should act accordingly and behave as sich. Her three days, and being contested without any We read that a first meeting has been held chief is plentifully provided with the munitions under the bankruptcy of the Han. Edward of war, and in the few skirmishes that have yat, political agitator, writer and dramatist, Majesty evidently thinks otherwise. Last year regularity as to tinie, it was impossible for a Baldwin, Lord Courtenay, described as of already taken place, he has exhibited both bom at Vierzon, Oct 4, 1810, received an on the occasion of the Jubilee nonsense, Her reporter to independently complie anything like. Powderham Castle, Devonshire, and Boodle's energy and skill in war tactics. It le reported excellent education, studied law at Paris, and Majesty invited a large number of German and a reliable score sheet; in fact, we Club. The liabilities to unsecured creditors that he recently sallled out of his stronghold with was admited an advocate in 1831. Contrary other royalties and serene highnesses to come dependent on the official scorers. Applica- are returned at £5,847, with available assets

but a handful of men; nevertheless he put to to the wishes of his friends, he devoted himself to England and jubilate. They came they tion was duly made to the Honorary SecretaryTM i Lord Courtenay ascribes his difficulties | ignominious flight more than four times the to literature, and after writing for the Figaro always do when there is anything to pick up (fr. A., Shelton, Hooper), who promised to to his expenditure having been in excess of his number of his own slender, band,

and the Charivari, was attached to the Siècle, and were right royally entertained at the public send us the details necessary for the com As an author he is best known by his dramas, expense. They also travelled about a good deal pilation of a complete report; but, for reasons income, and to the insufficiency and ultimate 'withdrawal of an allowance of about £100 per | THE N. C. Daily News correspondent at Takow such as "Mathilde," "Diogène," and "Le as the Queen's guests, and amongst other which we do not stop to inquire into, no, year and other occasional assistance from his writes that, parce Mr. von Brandt, the Telegraph Chiffonnier de Paris," which acquired consider luxuries had special trains provided for them by score sheets ever reached this office. A reminder father, the Earl of Devon, He had no policies Convention is very far from being an innocent able popularity on account of the political the obsequious lackeys of the English Court, was sent the Honorary Secretary, and in reply of assurance on his life, and was not in a position thing. The line between Takow and Taiwantos, allusions they contain. At the outbreak of the And now, that the Jubilee enthusiasm has got we were informed that he had sent" the originals to make any offer at present. When a person; he says, was the first ever set up in the Empire revolution of 1848, he abandoned literature for damped, people generally recognise what of the records to representatives of the China even if he be the son of a pear, incurs liabilities It was put up as a sep to foreigners when polities, joining the ranks of Ledru Rollin, with fools they made of themselves to please the Mail and Daily Press, with a request that they beyond his means and which he has no prospects Jing-thui was rampant againt them on the whom he went into exile. His political views vanity of a mean and ungrateful old woman should supply us with the information. Needless of repaying, he is guilty of--well, false pretences, mainland, and the Viceroy of Fukien had to pay are developed in his work, Le Droit du and her crew of foreign, hangers on. The to say, quite apart from the promise given ta and should be treated as a criminal

a large indemnity to the Great Northern Company Travail," published in 1848, and he addressed railway companies that supplied the special our representative on Saturday, the records to take down the overland line from Foochow to "The Letter of the Jersey Exiles to the Queen trains for Her Majesty's royal cousins should have been sent to the paper that is first. We take the following from Messrs. Wheelock Amoy. For some twelve years the charge for of England," after the return of Her Majesty and aunts, have sent in their little bills for published, and as our time of publication is & Co.'s Shanghai Freight Market Report of 20 words between Takow and Taiwanfoo, under from her visit to France in 1855. He was liquidation, and with what result, think ye, hours before that of the evening "rag," and March 30th:-Our freight market during the thirty miles, has been 3. Now the charge has tried for some political offence before the beloved brethren? They were paid at once as as the Press does not see the light until past fortnight has been very quiet in the absence been raised to 10 cents a word from Takow to Correctional Police in Paris, and was sentenced

as a matter of course-ch? Not much. Her to-morrow morning, in common courtesy the of disengaged steam-tonnage, and we have no Taiwanfu, and 14 cents to Auping, which is par contumace to a fine and imprisonment in 1861. Majesty, at whose person invitation the foreign scores should have been sent first to the chatters to report in consequence. Tonnage is three miles farther; and not less than ten words Soon after the establishment of the Republic in royalties attended the Jubilee, and by whose Telegraph. At 4 o'clock in the afterncon a. still wanted for the. Nagasaki, coal trade at: are charged for. Chipamen aro 'allowed a 1870, he returned, to Paris, and became one of instructions the "specials" were ordered, declined proof of a portion of the record was sent us increased rates, and there is also a large demand discount of super cent on all messages went to the leaders of the Communists, and the editor point blank to pay a single penny. Antempt from the Daily Press office, and an hour later for steamers for the Newchiwang-Swatow trade places in the island, Chinese in charge of the of several revolutionary foumals, such as the was then made to rob the nation, and the the China Mail favored us with another con- The British ship folanthe, 1,593 tons register, is line assert that they are obliged to make the Combar and the Vangeur. On the capture of Treasury was applied to for payment. To the tribution of a similar kind of course, too late the only disengaged vessel in port, The "Glen" present heavy charge on account of their agree-Paris by the Versailles army, Pyat--nick-named credit of the head of that department, this to be of any use. We do not expect anything steiner Glenfallock will shonly proceed to ment with the foreign companies." Even a fillustre fuyard--escaped. In March, 1873, he attempt at extortion did not succeed the in the shape of courtesy from our local conter: Nagasaki to load a cargo of coals for Singapore heavy shower of rain breaks the line down, and was condemned to death, par contumace, having Treasury did not order the special trains and poraries, but canaldering that the meeting of the on owners' account. Quotations are:-New the operators are constantly away from their been indicted for incitement to civil war, has refused to pay for them. And it is expected Hongkong Rifle Association was in every sente chwang to Swatow, 28 Mex. cents per picul, posts when this happens, it is reported that partisanship in the insurrection of the Commune, that the railway companies will have to wipe off a public affair, and chiefly supported by public steam, demand; Chefoo to Swatow, 20 Mex. the line is broken,, or nothing is said," and and complicity in the massacre of the hostages, their claims as bad debts. A beller plan would contributions, we think that the readers of this cents per picul, demand; Nagasaki to Shanghai, the sender only knows of the delay by finding The amucaly of July 141, 1880, permitted him be to sue Her Majesty for the money. Kinglishmen Journal, who represent no inconsiderable portion $1.50 per ton of coal nett, for steamers demand subsequently that his message did not arrive to return to Faria, and he has occupied a truly have reason to be proud of their gracious $130 ex ship, for salling vessels, demand. until hours or days after he sent it

prominent position in French politics over since. Queen,

of the community, had a claim to a little better. treatment at the hands of the Honorary Secretary.