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THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY.

Hongkong, 2nd March, 1888.

The Hongkong Telegraph

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1888.

Messus, Adanson, Bell & Co, agents for the Canadian-Pacific Line, inform us that the steam ship Batavia left Yokuhama to-day, for this port vid Shanghai,

“SILY", Törlő, a famous Fortuguese traveller and

Continent.

Stewart.

Tux following are the Orders of the Day for the inceting of the Legislative Council to be held to morrow, the 27th inst., at 4 p.m 1. Second reading of the Bill entitled "The

Coroner's Abolition Ordinance, 1888," 2. Third nading of the following. Bills (.) The Rating Ordinance, 1888. (4) The European District Preservation

Ordinance, 1888.

A WRITER in the Omaha World wittily remarks that Volapük appears to be the last despairing effort of Europeans to prevent English from becoming the universal language.

AM enjoyable musical entertainment (say, the the Toky Eiwa Jo-gakko, Torizaka, Azabu, on «Japan Mail) was given by the young ladies of the evening of the 29th ulto, when a large nuraber of Japanese ladies, and gentlemen and foreigners assembled, on the invitation of the tady principal, Mrs. Large, and testified their appreciation of various vocal and instrumental pieces excellently rendered by the pupils. Solos were also given by a lady and a gentleman connected with the institution. At the close of the entertainment refreshments were served to the guests in the large hall of the school. This is the first entertainment of the kind in Tokyo, since the establishment of foreign schools for the education of women,

In Paris the substitution of glass flooring for boards continues to increase, this being especially the case in those business structures in which the cellars are used as offices. In one of these "the whole of the ground in front is paved with large squares of roughened glass imbedded in a strong iron frame, and in the cellars beneath

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LATE AMERICAN TELEGRAMS.

VICTORIA, March 16th. flue Bekring Ben this morning bily, with gau The schooner Sapphire, Captain Petit, civared

the sea with a crew of sixty Indians from the west coast of Vancouver Island Captain Pept and command of the schooner Grace, zeiget.

from firing on the officers of the American cutter at the time of the seizure, During the sist winter, through the loss at the time of the seizure, the Indians. have been reduced to starvation, molest them this year they will fire on the crew and they state that if any attempt to made to

rifles it can te surmised in case of collision that of cutters. As all are armed with Winchewer

Indians during the winter has been severe, and bloodsited will resul. The suffering of the as they are in a comparatively uncivilized state trouble is to be feared if the same policy pursued There has been considerable additions to last year is followed by the American authoritic scaling fleet this year, and nearly all will deat for Behring Sea as soon as they return from the losses and the delay in setting the dispute, and coast catch. Scalers are exasperated over the there will be armed resistance made ir thote piratical attack such as last year, cases than the Sapphire in the event of any

developped staff of informers and a good secret police force such as the colony possesses this should not overtax the resources of Captain Deane and his officers. About the locality: of Pedder's wlierf-and the east end of the city, chairs and Trickslas may be scen unning and actually soliciting farcs, bu since ten o'clock this morning they have all Stag Hotel. The work on board the steamers in still going forward though by no means a briskly could be wished however, the French mail boat got away up to time, and many of the others are employing the, passenger coolier whom they have on board and who are proceed places. It would appear, with such an illustration ing to sea in the vessels to Singapore and other

coolies might easily be brought from Swatow and as this before the shipping community, that other places to do all or the greater part of their loading and discharging the men being kept on perary absence of the steamers, in order to avoid board lighters and other craft during the tem any chance of a conflict with the quarrelsome classes on the quays. This morning a disturbance the coal men and their foreman, who was attacked took place at Blackhead's coal gedowns, between

had ordered to remove a stage. There have been and badly beaten by some of the men whom he some complaints from certain European firms also, whose coolies carrying fittings and other things through the streets have been quietly stopped by with the avowed intention of resisting by nemed Sealing schooners are clearing from Victoria a mob, and ordered to return home. The police force any attempts at seizure by United States possibly cannot be always present to catch such revenue cutters. These threats are ou a par with. but this is a case where the force will fitting out for Canadian waters. Nothing came mobs at the very homent when they go abroad. those uttered a year ago by American fishermen require to exercise all their best caution and of them and nothing is likely to come of these. shrewdness, as although the Chinese coolies may. Until some settlemeile is reached opening. when they resolve themselves into a mob and

claim to exclusive sovereignty, especially one which has made the discovery that it can circumvent lawful authority there is probably no mob in the world so dangerous, or so regardless of consequences.

useful work it finds time to engage in MĂ, COULTHARD, whose letter on the Yellow 1887 was 175, and in 12 of these 55 lives were engines disabled when off the coast of Portugalhea_traciable people-in-many-respects, yet--Behring-Sea, the United States will maintain its

HONGKONG, THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1888,

Tur Imperial Maritime Customs have recently given us further proof of the

beyond the simple collection of the fiscal River districts we (N. C. Daily News) published revenue. We allude to the new survey of last week, and who travelled through the country the entrance of the Yangtze river which lately, writes as follows about the reported rise of has been carried out under the authority or so in the water flowing from the Yellow Kiver the river-Beyond a temporary rise of two feet of the Inspector General, Sir ROBERTI saw nothing worthy of remark. The natives HART. There is no river in the world, atributed the rising of the water to a very strong with the oxception of the Mississippi, wind blowing from the South preventing the

suspension and deposits the same so. When I left Chou-lla-k'co I learned nothingwich

CAPTAIN Shaw's annual report shows that the mumber of serious fires in the metropolis in

lost. This is out of a total of 2,303 fires, in attending which the number of journeys made by the fire engines of the 55 land stations 64.294 miles. The quantity of water used for has been 33,554, and the total distance run

extinguishing. fires in the metropolis during the year has been over 26 million gallons. about 117,000 tons, or nearly half, of

and docks, and the remainder from the street

THR Bangkok Times regrets very much to report slave-trider, who died at Bihe, Africa, recently; the death of Captain De Souza of H. S. Ms. A. S. WATSON & CO., LTD. was the first white man to cross the Dark Siam Supporter. Deceased white pursuing his there is sufficient light without gas for business disappeared from the scene, westward of the last year, and with difficulty kept his Tady9949.

daily avocations was attacked by cholera at about The Superintendent of the P. & D.-S. Nam. on the 10th int. and succumbed in the purposes. Though the first cost of glass is much Co. counteously informs us that the steamship evening.

higher than wood-tinoting, its almost unlimited Ancona, with the next English mail, left Singa-

durability is greatly in its favor. pore for this port al 6 p.m. yesterday,

CHAN AVAN, 24, a batman, was this morning The British steamship Taichiew, which arrived

charged before Mr. Wodehouse with the offence here yesterday, reports that after leaving

inst. on board a certain boat in Victoria Harbour. of retailing spirits without a license, on the 25th Koh-si-chang on the 19th instant, she had

Issac Withycombe, the Captain of the steamship fine weather and moderate winds throughout the

Frisid was the complainant, who suspected the voyage. At noon on the 23rd, she stopped at the

prisoner had been receiving some of his ship's wreck of the steamship Ardgay, and took an board two passengers, Messra. Cook, and

exchange for beer and spirits. Certain stores stores from certain members of the crew in corresponding to others the complainant had in his vessel were found in the bum-boat of the accused, who made no defence and did not appear His Worship fined the defendant $50 or in to be able to say how he had come by the stores.

default of payment to go into forced retirement for three months, which latter defendant preferred. THX Japan Daily Mail says that the steamship Benlarig, which, it will be remembered, had her

on her voyage from England, and afterwards, having broken adrift during a storm from the steamer which was attempting to tow her to total loss, is now in deck at Nagasaki: Extensive Gibraltar, struck upon a reefaud narrowly escaped repairs to the vessel are said to be necessary, It appears from the broken condition of the frames of the hull that the ship's bottom inust

and that afterwards when deeper waler was pipes. During the year there have beca gained the heavy weight of cargo on board forced eleven cases of short supply of water, clevenit out again to its original place, though naturally in a shattered state. The vessel may be con. attendance-making altogether twenty-eight cases in which the water arrangements were unsatisfactory. This is an improvement on the previous year, in which there were twenty-nine such cases.

The brigade's list of wounds and There have been during the year 261 cases of other injuries for 1887, is, as usual, very heavy,

352 cases, of which many were very serious, illness and ninety-one injuries, making a total of and four resulted in death. Captain Shaw shows that as to the origin of fires the greatest number, 691, were from an unknown cause, while 231 were caused by lights thrown down, 150 through spirit lamps being upset, 141 through mishaps go from defective chimneys; 65 from escapes of gas, 63 from hot ashes, 63 from overheat of heating apparatus, 63 from explosions of spirit lamps, 50 from children playing with fire, 43 From lat, &c., boiling over, 42 from swinging gas brackets, and 42 from lucifers igniting, while the remainder occurred from 95 different causes.

THE Lisbon Seculo of the 8th ulto, publishes in

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which brings down such masses of soil in water from flowing down as freely as before the whole,was taken from-the river, canals, have been crushed inwards as the reef was struck, such a one as other places have had to encounter had been blown. The house of James Lingin-

would cause me the slightest apprehension. Neither Me, Slimmon nor Mr. Johnstone reported anything unusual in the appearance of the water in the Fe-k'eo district, which would surely have been affected by a'dangerous rising of the waters above,

THREE men described as coolic boatmen were

extensively as the Yangtze. Any one having a knowledge of the Yangtze entrance twenty, hay ten years ago, can estimate the changes which are in constant operation. The recent survey by the Customs would seem to indicate that at no very distant date an island equal to Tsung-this morning charged by Wong Tun, another ming in extent and fertility will afford the means of existence to some millions of the superabundant population of the Empire. We think Captain NAPIER made the last survey of the northern entrance of the Yangtze, and if we mistake not, Lieutenant, now Admiral Bullock, was

atman, with assault-on-25th-ist-at-British Kowloon. Complainant said his boat on that day was anchored off Yau-mati when at 3pm. the accused and others not in custody met him in the street at Sam sui-po, and at once dragged him into a house and beat him. On the 24th the ist defendant took him to the house of the 2nd

of late attendance of turncocks, and six of no

sidered fortunate in having reached port after sustaining so much damage.

SAYS the Bangkok Times :-When will the Siamese in their own interest, establish a Public an office they might economize thousands every Works Department 2 If they-at-present had such

which would have been saved in the past. If year, to say nothing of the tens of thousands proof of this be required we simply ask anyone to pay a visit to one or two of our latest public buildings and express, if they can, a favorable opinion on the way in which these have been run up. Further more we can point to the house years old, and already shows signs of cracking Had the Siamese had a properly organized Public Works Department these defcets would not have been possible; therefore, we repeat that the sooner such an office is established the better. Whilst on this subject we would draw the attention of those it way concern to the way in which the Treasury is being rebuilt. Does it tend, we should ask, to the stability of any together we mean soft and porous native- made bricks on the top. of good hard-baked ones.

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on the part of European shippers and other There is no actual call for much excitement employers of labour; if the whole of the work people of Hongkong go on strike it will doubtless be a great inconvenience to business, bat still

and to put up with. delays of loading and discharging cargo may be The difficulties and serious but still far from insurmountable as long as labourers are willing to come forward day's sail away. It remains for Captain Deane, from Swatow and other places not more than

as the head of the Police force, to give certain and well assured security to all who at present stick to their work, and to protect those who may hereafter come into Hongkong at the invitation

pullers of the secret societies who, of course, are be able, we think, to put their hands on the wire of citizens, But above all this the Police should

then the Police should surely be in a position to at the bottom of the agitation. If they are not say who is, and to effectually stop them from the present system of intimidation,

disorderly

Thice coolies were run in this morning for conduct in the public arcels, yesterday, Wong Ayuk a Chinese policeman, said that at 9.15 p.m. the prisoners were to disperse they called out "tah" and used other hundred of their class. On his ordering them epithets highly disorderly and irregular. Mr. Wodehouse fined the 1st and 2nd defendants $2 and the 3rd man one dollar,

Woolley and Osborne, of the P. & O. 5. N. Co. - It may interest the public to know that Aresi15 obtained this forenoon from the Captain Super- intendent a small body of armed Police under Ser geant Butlin, who entered their stevedore's house and persuaded all the inmates-about 45 men to anse from their couches and proceed on board are to remain day and night till she is finished, unless of course they alter their minds and come back again. The men were quite willing to work but were frightened to do so, on account of the 'threats of the strikers.

NASHVILLE (Tenn), March 21st. A dispatch states that a cyclone which pissed over Calhoun, Ca, and East Tennessee last night did great damage. Several lives were lost near Lenoirs. The residence of J. Williams, three miles east of Lenoirs, was completely swept away and his wife carried off in th-wreck and killed. The body of Mrs. Williams was found to-day in the Tennessee river, where it

John R. Smith, who was killed, and a little falter was reduced to kindling wood. In it wife daughter of Linginfaltes, who had a leg broken. The dwellings of William King and John Gideon family were badly injured. were blown down. Seven members of the King The house of Lafayette Pratter was wrecked. At Landi, Tenn, the house of Cieorge Moses was com pletely destroyed and every member of his family hurt. Andrew Worley's house was also

badly injured. barely escaped with their lives. They are all carried away, and the members ofhis-family-

WHEELING (W. Va.), March 1st. One of the fiercest gales ever experienced here raged for about a quarter of an hour at 7 o'clock this morning. Several-houses were unionled and many persons were blown off their feet on the street. No serious casualties are reported.

PITTSBURG, Macli zist A terrific windstorm, accompanied by a heavy rain, passed over this section this morning, doing reported down in all directions and the wires damage to the telegraphic service. Poles are are working badly.

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POPLAR RIVER, (M.T.) March 21st.

The Missouri river broke yesterday, ice jame formed, the river overflowed its banks, and the whole river bottom,, which includes millions of There will be great loss of cattle. Settlers living acres of lands, is inundated for over 100 miles. in the bottom land have gone to the hills. The water is the highest ever known in the vicinity.

ATLANTA (GA.), March 21st.

where he last $13 in gambling. They then the first to indicate the' regular rotatory took him in a boat on board a steamer bound with candles, 134 through sparks from fire grates, occupied by Dr. Gowan, which is hardly two taking an active part in a crowd of about one

to Singapore but he managed to escape from her and went ashore. The defendants said they were attacked by complainant and got more hurt than he did Mr. Wodehouse bound a her over in a purity of 15 each to keep the peace for 14 days. They all, went to gaol, WHILE Sir Francis Plunkett's many friends in this country must regret that they are to see him here no more, this feeling will be tempered with

charge-prompted by the consideration of Ladywork On the art of Stealing, and calls it a masterly-lesson to the ingenuous; "King D. Plunkett's health-has been fulfilled by his appointment to the agreeable post at Stockholm, | Joao III once requested St. Francis Xavier to with its great advantage of proximity to England. acquaint him with the state of affairs in India." For his able and successful discharge of his The saint wrote back, without naming places or dilomatic functions during a period of ne

persoas, to the, effect that the verb Rapio was ordinary perplexity, and for the refined urbanity conjugated in India in all its moods and tenses. of manner, consideration, and tags, which Although the phrase appears jocose in such a distinguished him alike in private and public serious matter, the servant of God spoke as He life, Sir Fran is, will be well remembe ed by a speaks, saying all in one word. I may add from my own personal experience, that not only beyond, large body of admiters, Japanese as well as

but this side of the Cape, the identical conjuga foreign, whose good wishes both he and Lady

tion is gone through to perfection. They conjugate Plunket assuredly, carry with them to his new splicre of duty-Fapan Mail, ·

the verb rapio in all its moods and tenses,

Recreation.ground may be extending, but one of salisfaction that his desire for a European an editorial: a reprint from Vieira's classical building to mix. soft and hard kinds of bricks the steamship Tanjore at Kowloon, where they last night, beginning.about to o'clock and lastingpaka

movements of the tide; but the most cursory glance at the old charts and the present ones will show the extraordinary action of the Yangtze currents. Another strange fouture of this-sur-charged-water 'course is that in the tributary streams, like the Whangpoo for instance, there is no disposition ta silt uporto become shallower. Pooting point and the foreshore of the

the scour keeps the channels at much the same depth it was when first surveyed by Belcher and Collinson in 1844.

Encouraging as these efforts on the part of the Imperial Maritime Customs are in the interests of shipping and commerce generally, we welcome the still further individual efforts made by Captain Stewart and Mr. Jous PENDER, E.C., late of the Imperial Chinese Navy, in a similar direction in this part of China, for it is understood that during a prolonged investigation up the West river almost

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THE Rev. W. H. Parsons, carries on business as a Methodist parson in New York. Some short time ago the reverend gentleman thought fit to hold forth to his demure congregation on the subject of dancing. "Some of my clerical brethren, he said, "may pronounce professional anathemas against me, but I like to have a game of blind- man's buff; 'have the mistletoe in my house an Christmas and enjoy the kiss under it; but I can't see why a man can't do all this without

steps in the matter, and a Proclamation was issued this afternoon in an extraordinary number of the Gazalis, to the following effect ---

The Government has at last taken decisive

PROCLAMATION,

JG. WILL Des Vaux

By His Excellency Sir G. William Des Voeux, Knight Com mander of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice Admiral of the same.

Whereas by sections of Ordinance 15 of 186, entitled ence Preservation Ordinance 1886, it provided among other

Pence

that

A terrible electric storm enveloped the State" until after midaight In Fairburn two churches damage done. were demolished, shade trees uprooted and other Reports of the storm around Gainesville show that much damage was done. Calhoun suffered most of any place in Northern Georgia. About a dozen business places were either, totally wrecked or badly damaged. The southern arm of the storm passed eastward through Telefar country, taking everything in its .path.

SAVANNAH (Ga.), March 21st. A cyclone struck Lumber City, Ga., this morning, B. V. Holland and W. B. Whidden, both prominent men, were killed.

because they steal by all the modes of the art, not forfeiting his esteem for religion. Young people things it shall appoir to be necessary for the preservation bill and declared his willingness to consider any

Whenever

of the public peace of the Colony, it shall be tuwful for the

of sections to ty of the sald Ordinances, Governor in Council to dechre by Proclamation to be published In the Gameffe that the Colony shall be subject to the provisions

necessity exis

And whereas it appears to ine in Executive Council that much

Now therefore, 1. Sir C. William Des Voeux, Governor of the the ams, in pursuance of the sald section and by virtue of the Colony of Hongkong andlu Dependencies and Vice-Aduiml of authority in me vastert, do hereby under my hand declare and proclaim that the Colony shall be subject-se the above quoted prisons of the Ordinance aforesaid.

By Command,

God Save the Queen,

Gleen at Gevarmint House,

Markoon là nổi day of April, nặ

ARATROON 58TH,

Clark of Council,

This aftemoon about four o'clock a demons. tration of force ready to act in case of emergency, was made by the Senior Magistrate, Mr. H. É. Wodehouse, who at the head of three companies of troops and two field guns marched out of barracks and paraded the native quarter, returning home about five o'clock. A strong turned out booted and belted for the occasion. detachment of Sikh and Chinese Police also

Office. and made fast to a buoy opposite the Harbour H.M.S. Erpoir has left the naval anchorage

THE "SAN PABLO,

LONDON, March 21st. second reading of his Arrears of Kent bill. He In the Commons to-day Parnell moved the made an earnest speech in explanation of the amendments consistent with its principle, He spoke of the necessity of early action, to prevent ejction served in September and probably 3000 the carrying out of 3,000 or more notices of

other notices which would be served and would plunge Ireland into a sea of disaster and ironble, the end of which no one could foresee.

The House refused to order the bill to its second reading by a vote of 328 to 243-

Joseph Paul Williams, Liberal Unionis, moved his amendment to Pamell's motion for a second reading of the Arrears of Rent bill. The amendment declares that no bill will be satisfac- tory unless it deals also with other than debts. for rent

Williams' motion was opposed by the Parnel lites and some Unionists After Easter the Government will introduce a bill on the lines of Williams' amendment, almost identical with the bankruptcy clause.

The Marquis of Gradby, Conservative, has been elected to Parliament without opposition to the Melton division of Leicestershire to succeed his father, Lord John Manners, whe ascended to the peerage on the death of his brother, the Duke of Railand,

the Tongking frontier they have the morning of the 20th instant, says the mentioning some other new and exquisite ones can play 'Copenhagen, silly old man,' etc, but elaborated a chart which will be of C. Daily News, a foreigner named Delve which neither Donatus nor Despauterius ever do not dare dance, or they are done with," the very greatest benefit on the opening firing a revolver at people. It appears, the man, they commence stealing by the indicative mood, in fancy pumps pirouetting with a giddy girl excated considerable excitement in Hongkew by knew. As soon as they arrive in those parts There was nothing attractive in a mart' dressed up of this important southern artery of who was formerly employed on board the Ping because the first information they ask the whose only stock in trade was short curls and the Empire. Reverting once again 10 Ching, and more recently was in the Police experienced ones is to lead them to the devious an empty mind. "I should be very sorry," the physical features of the Yangtze Force, from which he was discharged about two paths by which they may gather all. They he said, "to take my place among those at its mouth, and comparing it with the months ago, had taken to drinking. Yesterday steal by the imperative mood, because as members of the clergy who see in dancing licen- West river whare it discharges into Broad- morning soon after 1: o'clock he found his way they hold power, they despotically exercise it in tiousness and impurity, for such must have way to the westward of Macao, no such to the landing stage at the end of Keechong executing deeds of rapine. They steal by the licentious and impure minds; but if we must depositary influence is discernible although Road, between the Old Dock and Huats' Wharf, mandative mood, because they accept all that have dancing, let us have less formality

Seeing a steam launch passing, he fired two

is sent to them, and to compel gifts, all the with it. By all means let mew and women the waters would seem to be equally shots at it. As soon as Mr. Twentyman, who non-givers are refused-admission. They steal dance together. Spare us from Spurgeon's charged, and the course of the West was in the launch, could land, he asked the man river, for a considerable distance above why he fired at him, but before he could do this,

by the oplative mood, since they desire all that idea, who would have men waltz with men and seems good to them, and by courteously praising women with women," After passing lightly over its mouth, presents some characteristic Delve had fired his revolver again, and the that which they covet, they take possession of fancy balls, which he criticised only because of features to those of the Yang-tze Klang. bullet struck a coolie in the left side. Mr. it. They steal by the conjunctive mood because their formality, etc., the Rev. Parsons continued: While fully admitting the claims of the Twentyman induced Delve to go with him to the they throw in their little capital with that of the "While the fancy balls led simply to a desire shipping interests to the well-lighted and Old Dock, and while he was kept in talk, the managers of these shady concerns, and by for seltzer water, public dancing balls lead to a well-buoyed coast in return for the Police came and arrested him. At the Station adding favour and protection; they become the desire for something worse. Such places were

he attentpted to knock his brains out, but when

greatest gainers. They steal by the potential recognized rendezvous for women of questionable Tonnage dues paid we can hardly expect the I. M. Customs to go beyond the very able he became calmer. He will be tried at the make use of their power. They steal by the wrong in the abstract act of dancing. I

he found the coolie he had shot was not dead mood, because without pretext or ceremony they character. There certainly can be nothing work they show in that respect; therefore, Police Court this morning.

The Imperial Federation League gave a it is the more necessary that the Press CHARLES DAVIS, 28, of Australia, an assistant steal. They steal by the infinitiva mood, because dancing, it must be in the evils surrounding permissive mood, because they allow others to therefore, there is anything Immoral about

of Preston, the new Governor General of Canada, banquet this evening in honor of Lord Stanley. should take grateful notice of these turnkey in Victoria Gaol, was charged this their depredations do not cease with their term it It is claimed that the Jews danced,

Loid Roseberry, who presided, said that in additional proofs of a vigilant regard of morning, on remand, before Mr. Wodehouse with of government, but they have-atruggling roots

bidding Lord Stanley God-speed, they had na doubt, misgiving nor uncertainty as to the result the interests of Commerce,

violently assaulting a prisoner No. 363 in the which continue the work of sapping. All these

of bis appointment, Lord Stanley, responding, gaol on the aand inat. The complainant said moods are conjugated in all their persons: the

said that his endeavour would be to bring about the accused set upon him without any cause first person is their own, the second their ser

Foochow report having visited the wreck of the closest and most intimate remtions, country the

The officers of the Haitan lately arrived from between Canada and the mother and kicked him several times on the chest, vants, the third as many as possess industry and

o'clock, and say she is a total wreck with her mittes stage in the House of Commons to-night, San Pablo last Sunday morning at eleven, The Consols Conversion bill passed the com Tue 1'. & O. Company's steamer Xhiva left from which he had suffered much. William conscience. They also steal by all the tenses;

stern quite under water, her masts gone, and ber Bombay on the 21st inst,, for this port,

Jones, un official in the gael, said on Sunday by the present, which is their particular tense,

decks fallen in. On the Hailan approaching she conferred upon the Marquis of Londonderry, the The vacant Knighthood of the Garter has been MESSRS. Adamson, Bell & Co. inform us that moming last he heard a noise' ou the second they gather as much as the triennial term of We trust the Hongkong St. Andrew's Ball foundthewreck swarming with fishermen engaged. Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.

floor of the gaol, and on looking in saw the office will yield, and in order to include in the Committee, which includes several members of in taldng away everything not actually too heavy woute to Italy, accompanied by the Princess The Queen left Windsor to-day for Portsmouth, they could make out indicated that she had Beatrice and Prince Henry of Battenburg:

• general appearance of the ship, As near AsFER been on fire. The following account of her is

PARIS, March 21st. taken from the N, C. Daily News of the-atst The Neuvième Siecle bays: General Bou inst.:News was received hero yesterday of the langer, irritated at being placed upon the retired stranding of the San Pablo near Turnabout list. has declared he is no longer. bound by Island while on her voyage to Hongkong. The military duties and will associate himself with San Pablo struck on Tan Rock a few miles the friends of his propaganda, M. Felix Pyatt, nontrof Turnabout Light at 3 o'clock on Wednes- who was recendy elected to the Chamber of day morning during a dense fog. No lives were Deputies by the socialists of the Department of the following morning and proceeded with the favor of General Boulanger. lost. The Pachill came up at 9 o'clock on Rhone Benche refuses to give purser, doctor, and passengers to Shanghal.The Boulanger protest commitee announces

up his

The captain, officers and crew remained by the that the electoral candidacy of General Boulanger ship to try and get her off, of which there is is withdrawn in order to deprive the government every hope. There is a large hole in her bow of any pretext for the prosecution of the General, hope to be able to patch her up enough to get A serious accident occurred to-day on th but as she has water-tight compartments they her into port. The Brooklyn, and probably a Portland and Willamette Valley narrow gunce tugboat, will leave this moming for the scend of railroad, ear the town of Oswego, about eight the P. MS. 5. Co., now here,hich is was coming down to Portland several cats the wreck Mr. C. D. Harman, the agent for miles above this city While a mixed train fortunate, as it will enable him to command jumped the track when rounding a sharp curve. assistance both from here and Hongkong, There were twelve passengers on board, and,

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

the steamship New Guinea left Singapore for this port to-day, and may be expected on the 2nd proximo.. THE libel case Wentworth v. Williamese was heard in H. B. M's. Court, Bangkok, on the Toth inst, and dismissed. The Court was crowded,, -seats being at a pretïïsme

but these were religious dances, which were always opened by prayer, where the dancers kept time to religious music. When modern dancing can be conducted on this basis, certainly no harm can come of it. When a public ball can be opened by prayer and closed with the doxology there can be nothing wrong in it"

accused and the Chinaman scuffling with each present the past and the future, from the past the unco guld," will give the Rev. Mr. Parsons' other in the cells. Witness saw the accused beat they unearth crimes, of which they sell the prayer and doxology idea à trial when honoring the complainant with his fat, whereupon he at | pardons, and forgotten debts, of which they obtain their Patron Saint a few months bence. once had him put under arrest. Subsequently the full payment they pawn future revenues, and defendant broke his arrest when he was re-anticipate contracts by means of which every- incited by a warrant. Defendant had been thing literally falls into their hands. Finally, "employed in the gaol since last October, and as they do not let slip the imperfect, the perfect, AN Emergency meeting of Zetland Lodge, No. for his character it was "fair" The accused in the plusquam-perfect and all the other sub-tenses, his defence said he was in the prison yard on because they steal, have stolen, used to steal, 525, will be held in Freemasons' Hall, Zetland Sunday morning when he saw the convict 363 would steal, and would have stolen more, if there Street, this evening, at 8.30 for g'o'clock precisely.wrapping a towel round the irons of his legs had been more to steal. The whole of this Visiting brethren, are cordially invited.

which was an infringement of the prison scraping conjugation becomes at last the supine Tuk Bangkok Times hears that all the tram regulations. On ordering him to take the towel of the same verb-for stealing, in order to steal, gear has at last. been shipped (in the beginning off he refused and he them got into a scuffle stolen; and when they have thus conjugated the of March last) and may be expected to arrive in with the complainant who seized him in a whole of the active volce, and the miserable Bangkok within the next fortnight. The detention dangerous part of his person and he was obliged colonies have suffered its passive form, as if they has been caused by the difficulty of finding to strike to make him let go. His Worship had rendered great services, they return lades a. suitable steamer to transport the material commited defendant to gaol with six months with spells and become rich, while the colonies to Siam at a moderate fight,

remain plundered and consumed.'"

hard labour

THE COOLIE STRIKE.

The coolie strike as now extended to the ricksha men who at 9 o'clock this morning went off duty on all the weatern parts of the city. It must be understood that the ricksha men them- selves are willing enough to run, but the owners of the vehicles have been informed by the agitators who are leading the strikes that their rickshes will be smashed if they do not lay them by. The agitators have thus been able to introduce into this colony clearly a reign of terror, and lathe business of the Police to find out who are the disturbers of the peace, and when found, to adequately punish them. With a fairly well-

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