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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1888.

RUSSIA.

The Czar has refused his sanction to a proposal to double the Army Reserves, declaring that the sitation does not justify such an overburdening of the finances of the country.

The Politeal situation is considered more

men favour those girls who have been through a gymnasium. They can hug so much harder, you know

By M. Francis I saw about ten men struck by the prisoners drowd. The fight lasted abou Ng Chow, water-coolie, living in Tank-lan half an ; no police came,

stated that, on the 18th May he saw a larg

Is an excellent stomactic and preventative of hopeful and the continental Bourses arë buoyant, I moreover, that the independents takes offence \"Pekin, with the next English mail, fest Sings- shouting “Cut," "The men of the Hok-lo tribe.

Diaghoea and is recommended by the Faculty.

During the present Season, avoid all doubtful food, impuro water, over-fitigue, and impure air.

A boule of ASIATIC CORDIÁL::ning a bottle of the finest old LIQUEUR BRANDY, are useful hings to have if the house,

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PE-MANGANATE FLUID (similar to

·Conde soar per Bottle-or $3 per 2 gallon jar, CABOLIC ACID 750, per quart bottle. JEVEZS FLUID, CALORIDE of LIME and othm isifectants at usual prices."

· Spearl quotations for wholesale quantities. A. S. WATSON & Co., Ltd. THE TONGKONG DISPENSARY, Established A.D. 1841,

Hompte vý, 16th June, 1888.

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LOCAL AND GENERAL.

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THE Grst meeting of the few, Sanitary Board that locality finds most, incomprehensible, considered, the correct thing to raise the The other two prisoners were, with Tam Chong: damaged the pipe in any way; and myƒ pinion.

was held this afternoon at the Government Offices. A report of the proceedings will appear

to-morrow,

by the surveyor in tapping the ship 2a The water up to the lower deck beams, I set the carpenter to rig the pump and began pypiping and baling after two hours of constant papiping crowd, armed with revolvers, swords, knives-put canyas and white lead round the p

we got the water down as low, as the Têxk;...

Rozario Street to Tank Lane. They were ironbare, &c, and led by Tim Chong rash fron I found the planks of the casing, bad ben" removed near the leak is the pipe. The cut on the pipe was on the sear side and appeared" in the street, began to run away, deceased to have been done by n 'sharp cold chisel, amongst them. He fell, and whilst dowr Tam Chong stuck him with the two sword

On looking at it afterwards it seemed to have been done, by a sharp knife. There he carried. Other Hok-lo men were struck

was nothing down there which could have and bad iron bark and revolvers..

is that it was witfully done by some of live men without being scop in the forecastle. I shona in the forecastle. Nobody could have gone downti

morning: some of the men were always in the say it had been done about four o'clock in the forecastic laid up with alogickness. Pe to that I had not been in the fore peak for weeks. I did not tax any of the men with do the daringe. The men have had,n cause to

careful navigator; he treats, his crew excep. complain of the conduct of the captain, who has always treated then properly and is a most. tionally well and leniently; they have had. liberty and money at every port cy-have- been at I have never Watson drunk during the voyages he could seen Captain

not get drunk at sen without me seeing leaving Bombay up to falling in with the fa terhorn; he was suffering from diarcha and piles, and every day up to the 24th, he regularly took the time by the chronometers while I took the sights. The entry in the log about the ship grounding was not made as an afterthought, but was put in at the proper time.

THE P. M. S. S. Co.'s steamer City of Paking, with mails, &c., from San-Francis n-to the 2nd inst., han arrived at Yokohama, and left for this allowing interesting remarks on the injurious one of his neophytes clothed and in his right fient Civil Hospital, described tha'injuries' from

port at 6 pm. to-day,

WE are requested to state that members of the Hongkong Sketching Club wiờ bé glan to see their friends at the City Hall to-morrow, Friday, the 22nd inst., at 4. p.m.

THE Superintendent of the P. & OS. N Co, courteously informs us that the steamship

pare for this port at 5 a.m. yesterday., A-SYDNEY 'Bulletin yam is that when the mis- sinntries first arrived. in New Zealand it was

benighted natives out of their kiwi mats and flax By Mr. Francis: No one accused the deceased togas to the refinement and aesthetic taste which of having informed the police of a gambling affected the orthodox shirt- and properest of pro-Chong, on the 17th, that if he wanted to cut he honse in the street. Deceased had said to Tatt these pioneer sky,pilats was horrified to observe would get some one to cut. per pants. At a Sunday morning service one of might cut, to which Tan Chong replied that he Dr. Atkinson, superintendent of the Govern mind, as he thought, with a petticoat on him of the most pronounced feminine fashion of the which deceased was suffering when admitted or day, and a regatta shirt (a size too large) into the left shoulder, and a fracture of the lef the 18th May. There was an incised wound or the sleeves, of which he had inserted his legs./humerus. The blow which he had received hac He had tied the body round his waist with a cut to the bone, and smashed it. The arm was piece of flax....

amputated, and he died next day.

By Mr. Francis; He was of opinion that there had been more than one cut to make such p blood. If the deceased had been surgically attended earlier he might have lived.

Wong Yet, the prisoners. They said they district watchman, proved the

·MACAO papers to hand dwell at considerable. A MELBOURNE paper notices that the young length on Mr. Farago's Customs Report on the, maritime trade registered at the Inpa Station, in the inner harbour of the Holy City. Not having received a copy of the Report, we are not able to judge of its ments; we'nde,

at the plan according to. which the Report is said to bave been elaborated, namely, that of ignoring altogether the existence of Macao-s flight of abstraction which the leading newspaper but which nevertheless is fully justified by the present state of things in the Holy Chy ARRESPONDENT of the British Medical Journal (Surgeon W. T. Black) makes the effect of tea on the teeth;-Some years since, when on duty at recruiting stations in the north of England, I took observation on the great amount of disease and loss of the teeth existing hmongst the class of men offering themselves. It became a cause of rejection of itself in great numbers." As far as, my Inquiries went I was

indulged, in by the working classes in the manufacturing Tohs, and this went on all through the day, whether with food or

the invention of the upper classes, it was found not. In fact, instead of five o'clock tea being

to cxist to an injurious extent in the working classes long before that time Tea seems in No. 44, Station Street, The necused was con-have a peculiar tendency to cause hyperemia in the tooth, sacs, leiding to inflammation and, eventually, abscess of the fang, with, of course dentralgia at every stage. Whether this special tendency was due to theine or tannin, having an me say, it would be curious to know e ective affinity for denting it is not possible for

medical men, practising in such manufacturing districts, had ab erved the deterioration of teeth to be coincident with tea-drinking: Er is very sad to read that the tangled legai brought up with a shock against the bustle, and system of the beloved mother country has been

as latest a vices the claborate combination that the ladies sit down, upon had got so badly tied in a knot along with the statutes that it was

relite, in feeding pigs for a Chinamian in Newed to trace it to the excessive tea-drinking/ FOUR chair-coolies were to-day charged hefore severe wound. The cause of death was loss.of him. He was confined to his cabin after

Tur line. heir of the Crown of Tahiti,, sad to

15- South Wales, at a salary of 10s. per week, Hereditary monatchs find their own level in

The Hongkong Telegraph

HONGKONG, THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1888,

Austalla,

Thus morning, Mr. Wodehouis fined a married woman aged 48,-hailing from Canton,the sum 350 for keeping an unlicensed brothel at

la sinest and lived in the house,

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Shanghai Mercury hears that the C. S. M. algo of tea on board, left Port Said on the S. N. Co's steamship Moyune, with the first instant 216 o'clock in the morning and may expected to arrive in Lantos on "Munday, the 25th, at daylight. The time clapsed lictween leaving Singapore and the departure from Port Said wat 18 days`z hours.

Mr. Wodehouse by Mr. James Cramp, Clerk of Works, with refusing to obey reasonable orders on the 20th instant. Complainant said the coolics were his, and were employed by the month. On the 8th instant he informed them he was going to live at the Peak for a time. The sune after noon the, ist defendant asked for a dollar for each of his colleagues for chow chow, which was given and which was intended and understood for a month. On the 19th complainant left to be an extra allowance on account of going 'top

Instructions at his house at Bellins Terrace for

shook the cbair very much. After this they his wifeto be taken to the Peak and on the 20th while taking him down they behaved badly and

were generally disobedient and intractabic and Onally refused to carry water for the bath at 3.30 said they did carry water. p.m. In answer to the Court the first defendant His Worship hail being allowed in money deposit of five remanded the defendants to riday June 29th,

dollars.

arrest of two

had been fighting. Chinese constables. One of the prisoners said Corroborative evidence was given by two to them that the Hok-locs started the fight, but that it was no use talking-they would go to

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ship at Cardiff and the Captain always treated Cross-examined by Mr. Dennys I joined the

to the Hospital, and the arrest of the prisoners,

everybody well I have followedh is example. I stances attending the removal of the deceased aways leaving had been on very good-terins Acting Inspector Jones detailed the circum and the 2nd mate up to the time of the stow-

By Mr. Francis-The deceased had his what Swain told me in Bombay, about stow

with the crew I did not report to the Captain-

depositinng wound roughly bandaged with a rug at theawaye, as I wanted to see for myself. 'Swin

war the night watchman and asked me not, The Attorney General put in the deceased's to let the crew know that he had told

station.

ly the case of the Cape DAguilardighted on the evidence of the police and also of aping woman who had been engaged in the house Chinese employés tried before Mr Sercome Surrir at the Police "Court on Monday, we consider that the Magistrate arrived at a correct decision in dismissing the accused. The menwere clearly entitled to be paid their wages, and no question of official convenience or expediency can be permitted to over-ride the legal rights of the humblest person in the colony, Mr. BaiRD, the chief light-keeper, who was evidently under the impression that he could keep back wages that had heen legally earned: because, in his opinion, the men had not been working satisfactorily, had better disabug: his mind of any such silly notion, It may be a very good idea to have "a hold on the men" by keeping back their wages until the end of the month after the WHẤT HQ Bing forth Humboldi on Natural complicated contrivance shaped like half a sheep, following notice of him from Men of the that they could not helieve the witnesses, they crew up to that time and as far as I knew,

saw Three Miles, Record was established at the Victoria Grounds; rigar Glasgow, on Monday, May 14th, by Peter-Canon, of Stirling, in his three niks matcli, conceding a start of 350 yards

to Bob Hunter, beating the latter to a standstill in 100. igh see. The "knocked out " record was 14 min. 36 sec., stored at Hackney Wick by Jack White, of Gateshead, on May 11, 1863.

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questionable if the two would ever be sorted out again. An enterprising gentleman of great researclf, it appears, wanted to protest against The infringement of a patent for a new and

MARSHAL LEBOEUF, news of whose death was cabled the other day from France, was a very

important personage in modern French history, and figured prurainently in the Franco- Prussian war of which he is said to have been the chief instigator. We appead the

which he had invented, and he hired an expensive. Time-Edmond Lebaif, born Nov. 5th 1809, barrister to point out that an unprincipled received by professional education in the firm wich had probably been found on Polytechnic School and the School of Artillery

a doorstep in early life was selling an. inferior erection which outwardly resembled a off as his manufacture. He handed up his bustle part of a wheelbarrow gone mad, and passing it to the Chief Justice and prayed for an injunction, and the Judge held it upside down and looked solemnly into the recesses of it to see if there were any points about it. which the legal mind cou'd catch hold of

The defendant also passed

Mr. Francis objected, on the ground that they-leaving-Bombay but the fare hatch had to me. The hatches were battened down after were inadmissible again,t the third prisoner. be taken off again to stow away the spare gear, adjourned the hearing of the defence, until to-

His lordship sustained the objection, and The Sir Launcelot carried a native crew and morrow..

that was the reason why we did not try to put the men on board of her, the captain wanted to send them back to Bombay and she was bound to the Mauritius. The captain

Mortimer, Brennan and Bolson had an interest everything except beef and pork, gave orders that the stowaways were to have.

I think

in having the stowaways on board; ong was said to have deserted from the army, and

his lordship if it was a case of murder they were At this point the Foreman of the jury asked trying.

surprised to hear such a question at this stage, His lordship, with asperity-Well, I am froin a juror.

charge of murder the prisoners were not guilty

The Foreman continued that if it was. D His Lordship told them that they must wait till the case was concluded, and hear the law on theubject which it would be his day to read to them. Then, if they come to the conclusion could find the prisoners not guilty they must be assured that the men had not would, hear, they might be found guilty on the But committed any offence to do that, for, as they at Metz. He attained the rank of Colonel, In | second count of manslaughter. But they must 1852, served in the Crimean war at the head of wait and hear the evidence. 1857, and commanded the artillery during the the artillery; became a General of Divisionin Italian campaign in 1859. He was then appointed Aide-de-Camp to the Emperor, and member of the Committee on Antillery. In 1866 he was sent to Venetia as Imperial Commissioner for transferring the province to the Italian autlior

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THE KENNEDY TOWN CHAIN- GANG..

ANOTHER OUTBREAK-EXPECTEDLY--

money has been earned, and if the Chinese History, quick. How does it run? Ahl

leaving Mauritius_the_Impérieuse.went_to_ light-keepers choose to acquiesce in such Christmas Island, which is some two hundred an arrangement, we do not know that miles south of Java. This island is covered by there is any great objection to it; but their trees and jungle and inhabited by an enormous acquiescence must not be secured by number of pigeons and guano." Thus the upper anything beyond moral persuasion-any Wyndham Street naturalist enlightens his resart (o coercion or the use of physical readers. He is under the impression that guano force is clearly contrary to law, and cannot

Is Christmas-Istandese for monkeys. Į de tolerated. In this particular case Mr. Jong BetCHT on "Imperial Federation": Baird by using force in locking up his werd à Canadian, or a Victorian, or a Chinese assistants, was technically guilty of New South Wales man, or a Queenslander, or assault and by ordering his assistants to a New Zealander, I would take good care, as far intimidate the men by threatening them

is I was concerned, that my voice should never with a loaded revolver he laid himself so in favour of the policy of the old country as far as that was concerned." And yet the sturdy open to prosecution for a still more serious offence, It may be quite true that this ancnt, whose leading policy is to perpeluate

rld Tribune of the people is supporting a Govern officer's lengthened sojourn at Cape slavery in Ireland, Tempora mutantur! D'Aquilar ha given him most unfavorable impressions of Chinese light-keepers, but

Six shopkeepers were to-day charged by Inspector Baker with having in their possession, not even years hf the most disagree.

on the 15th inst., false and incorrect balances. ald experiences will legally excuse Mr. Sercombe-Smith found the defendants guilty thrather hardened treatment" which and subjected them to the following fines:-103, he apparently regarded as & right folywood Read, fined $30; 54, East Street, and as a matter of course. An employer 30; 171, Queen's Road Central, B205, Central of Chinese labour who' is not satisfied Market, $10; in addition to his fing the with his servants has always a 'safe keeper of 54, East Street, to be imprisoned for remedy ready to hand-he can dismiss three weeks; the fines to be levied by distress aides from the Indian Ocean in which it Commission appointed to inquire into..the eighteen months now to serve, it would be no

warrants if necessary.

611 miles 1 lap, Guerrero (of California) was second with 589 miles 3-laps, Herty (of Boston, Mass.), 573 miles 3 laps, third; Norcmac (of Aberdeen), 533 miles 4 laps; Golden (of Boston, Mass), 29 miles 5 laps, and the sixth man, Hughes of New York, broke down at 495 miles 6 laps.

up his bustle and the Bench regarded it prayer-ities; and in Jan., 1869, he was appointed to fully, inwardly trusting that it wasn't loaded succeed General de Goyen at Toulouse, and to Then the lawyers on each side waved bustles command the 6th Army Corps. In the following above their heads with the tapes flying and August he succeeded Marshal Neil as Minister alluded earnestly to the British Constitution, and of Wat, and he continued to occupy that position bustles on, and who stood with their backs to the created a Marshal of France. Jut before the each site called lady witnesses who had the rival the parliamentary cabinet formed by M. Ollivier in Jan., 1870, being shortly afterwards Bench in older to show the effect. The case late war betweep France and. Prussia, Marshal Leboeuf assured the Emperor that the army was was then adjourned for three weeks.

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THE unly point of any particular interest in the passage out of H.M.S. Impérieuse was the formal annexation to the British Colonial Empire of Christmas Island which is as far as our remembrance goes back through fifteen or twenty years-an Isict rather than an island, of no apparent consequence to anybody, and perhaps half as big as Hongkong, rising on all

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thoroughly prepared for war. The disasters complete state of organization, and

Minister's confident opinion was to be relied on, which so soon followed showed how much the and he became the most unpopular man in the country. He accompanied his Imperial master to the seat of war, and after Sedan was shut up tion of that fortress he was sent prisoner into in Melt with Marshal Bazaine, On the capitula- Germany. After peace was signed he went to Switzerland, and subsequently he returned to France where he gave evidence before the

capitulations

SUPREME COURT.

IN CRIMINAL SESSIONS: (Before the Hon. F. Russelly Acting Chief Justice.)

The success of the attempt at escape made by number of convicts at West Point, last week,

strict guard has been kept they are in a very seems to have emboldened the remainder of the gang. We are informed that although insubordinate state. Yesterday the officers ordered several junks away from the shore, one in particular having been noticed hovering about

a week," and coolies have been observed a long time, and attracting the attention of the prisoners. One man in a crowd shouted "In communicating with the men. In view of this surely the authorities will take measures either increasing the guard or employing the to prevent a recurrence of last week's breach,

dealing with the matter, not when there have convicts in a safer place. Now is the time for been half-a-dozen officers killed, and the criminal free population augmented by sixty or seventy scoundrels like these convicts.

We understand that Foulkes, the European prisoner, who-rendered such timely assistance remitted. As he has performed similar services last week, is:

have six niontlig of his sentence. on two or three other occasions, and has only strained mercy to grant him his freedom at once. THE BRITISH SHIP"CHILDWALL

CHARGES AGAINST THE 'CREW. This case came on again before Mr. Sercombe Smith at 3.30 this afternoon, Mr. Wilson appearing for Captain Watson and Mr. Dennya for the clew....

appeared to have a strong an ipathy to myself, 1. did not hear this man say that the blow the 2nd- amongst some of the crew in a casual way. mate got was intended for myself; I heard it said had had no quarrel with any of the I

and Collins went down into the hold ahead of me boatswain carrying the lantern, When I spoke they bore me no ill feeling. Ruinbeck, Daly when we went to look for the stowaway, the

to the stowaway, the and mate, the boatswain, Daly, and Collins were standing near me. I saw the man first lying down full length on his back; he was a big powerful man, standing about six feet; immediately on getting up he raised the crow-bar and the light was put out. He seized me by the throat and wriggled myself free; be never let go the bar; I did not notice any weapons in the hands of any of the, men and I don't think the stowaway struck the and

the left shoulder, and I reported a muliny to the mate; when the light went out they all scuttled on deck. I got the blow from the crowbar in. captain because I thought there was an under- standing between the crew and the stowaway's; none of the crew offered me any assistance..

one I had the ship's revolvers are never kept There are two old revolvers in the ship and one belonging to the and mate, which was the

loaded. When I saw the captain he was on the 'tween decks and had just fired a shot, and as I shot was fired. There was, in my opinion, was going down the ladder an accidental

the captain fired he could not possibly have hit the man. every necessity to fire, the shots, "but when

frighten him and make him come out of his the shots were fire D

biding place.. I saw the head and face of the man who threw the missile, he was heaving down the hatch and I saw him lift his hand. into the boat, but I was not afraid at The stowaways wanted to fight me before getting all, as I had my revolver. I knew the man Rumbeck was a Russian only at that time, not before. All the men were called separately and on Rumbeck appearing the captaing sald you are the man" and had him put in Irons. When he threw the missile at the captain the latter was holding his revolver loosely.

At this stage of the proceedings our report left."

CORRESPONDENCE.

We do nas necessarily endorse the opinions expressed by Correspondenta in this column.)

thep but it is only when they have been guilty of an offence against the law that THE six days go-as-youìplease race at New York they can be dragged before a magistrate terminated on Saturday night, May 12th, in a and lined or sent-to-gaol.---It-is-no brilliant victory for Geo. Littlewood, the Sheffield doubt aggravating that the chief light-pedestrian, who beat all records at 571 miles keer at Cape D Aguilar should have and from 579 to 597, and finished with a total of toax his eyes all night for five ronds in training assistants and then lose them immediately they thoroughly understand their duties; but how is the diffenlty to be avoided. The only way we can suggest is that instead of making, himself in every way objectionable to his subordinates by a system of coercion in legally keeping back their wages and subjecting, them to other petty and proceeding with the foundation of the Society's within the sons of the jouth-dast trade, said the charge against the three prisoners arose having the staple drawn out I don't know who dato signed by some 200 Captaing, and Officers,

THE TANE LANE MURDER.. Asing, and Tan Chong, were charged with the The three Chinamen, Kwok Ming, Tecung murder of Ng Asing on the 18th May. The jurors were Messrs. Er George, H. W. Dick,. F. de Gomes, E. C. L. Reuter, F. Henderson, Hutchinson, and J. S. Moses. The Attorney General Instructed by Messrs. Sharp Johason instructed by Mr. Webber,defended. When and Stokes, prasecuted, and M. J. J. Francis, erraigad, the prisoners pleaded not guilty.

The Attorney General, in opening the carc

Little re-examined by Mr. Wilson Baid When the men came aft on the poop the am the chief, officer of the Childwall man Buck called me a black muzzled

their conduct was very domineering. The men Bolson, McMurdoch, and Buck wanted rae to come down, so that they could take it out of me, that was what they said. I saw Mortimer and Brennan walking about with a duck in their hands; they had no permission. to take them, which act was consequently one of theft, The galley door had been forced open by

SUNDAY WORK IN THE HARBOUR. TO THE EDITOR OF zur "Hongkong Taurorazi,” SIR,Will you allow me space in your

columns to call the attention of your readers. once again to the correspondence between the Chamber of Commerce and myself, recently published in your paper, on the matter of Sun- day work in this harbour.

The Petition alluded to has been up to this.

will be presented to His Excellency, and f and it is still open for signature.. In due time importance to a very large number of Her would venture to hope that a matter of so great favourable Majesty's subjects will receive as fa

planted, to a possible height of a thousand feet, and terminating in a conical peak. It is thickly. wooded, like all the land in that vicinity, and invariably swarmed with boobies and boat- swain birds, which may be seen during the day, and whose plaintive squeak may be heard at night for a hundred miles from the shores, Our last new possession-annexed, we hear, by Commander W. H. May, R.N., of the Impérieuse, on the 6th June, is about 230 nautical miles S. by E. from, Jaya Head, and being entirely without a harbour or a good landing place of any kind is a very 'doubtful accession to the THE following chapters of that highly interesting prestige, the convenience, or the maritime. production of the Jesuits-the Sfonita Secret of the British Empire. It lies in the direct route of sailing ships bound from have already been re-published in the Macao the United Kingdom, Canada, and the Cape, to Independents's Prologue,-On the manner of

China and the Straits Seulements, and although useless annoyances, he should try & establishments-How the Society's, priests are winds it is incapable of offering shelter or sensible policy of conciliation. "Chinese to acquire and preserve familiarity with Prince ecur to merchant or naval fleets, St. Paul's, May. On the 17th May one of them was steward went forward to bring the remainder out of circumstances which occurred on the 18th | did it. I saw them cooking the duck and the are not as a rule difficult to get on with and other important personages-How to deal on in the South Indian Ocean, would apparently engaged in collecting dues, or fees, oft. The crew were engaged playing cards, when properly treated as Intelligent human with the persons invested with, Supreme authority

for some gambling transaction, in the neigh while the captain, officers, carpenter and boat beings; they rarely become troublesome in the various States,Advice to the preachers have been, in our opinion, an island of much bourhood of Tank Lane. He made application swald, with an apprentice worked the ship we unless when put upon," and can appre- and confessors of grandees,On the manner of greater service to our sea commerce and to our to one Ng Sing, and was refused. The collector divided ourselves into two watches. When the cinte kindness and consideration equally dealing with the other religious orders who fighting fiects, possessing as it does a most thereupon said "If you don't pay me money crew knocked off we were steering E.N.E. with In the meanwhile may I urge upon the

to-day will call my friends to-morrow," as well as Europeans. We thoroughly perform Church, servico similar to our own,-On / admirable harbour where, half a dozen ships | Next morning about twenty ar thirty men went which was squally we took in the light sails and the question, to sign the petition ne soon as the wind on the quarter, and the following day asters and officers who feel the importance of could reft and replenish their water tanks to the street, armed with swords, revolvers, made them fast this was on the 17th May. The posso they have not already done so. They in perfect safety from all winds, which are occa- and fron-bars, and behaved in a threatening and mate and boatswain went aloft; the crew,

are doubtless, the greatest sufferers, and The first of a series of three races, for 100sionally tempestuous in those latitudes. What manner. They committed certain acts of were standing about looking on. On the even thankful that the Chamber of Commerce aside each rice, between W. Cummings of the home Government intende to do with this violence, amongst others striking a fatal blowing of the toth we made up our minds to put recognises their position as to say that the object Paisley, and W. G. George of Worcester, was new nautical white elephant we do not know, the blow was stuck by one of the prisoners, but all the crew would turn to On the 19th- we encouragement trust that this encourage at a man named Ng Sing. It was alleged that "back to Manila, but walled a little to see ir saught to be obtained is "worthy of every run on Saturday May path on the track at the but remembering that they have been seriously were charged with the murder, on the ground that made the land of the Philippines, but on the

ment Grounds, Preston, the distance being three considering the advisability of giving up of armed men assembled with the intention of duty. At 8 pm on the 19th all hands came diency of restriction in any shape or form upon be extended not only in word hut in quarters of a mile. Both men were in first-class Ascension on the score of useless expense, and

after the threats uttered by Tan Chong a crowd 18th at 8 pm. the man Sharkey resumed his Allowing for all arg

the inexpe fettic. The ex-amateur trained at Aston Lower that neither guns nor money could, until Grounds in company with Spooke. whilst Cuinery lately, be bad for the adequate defence of mings has been taking his exercise on the track most of our highly important coaling stations, at Preston by himself. The weather was hospti- it appears to be a measure of very doubtful fully fine and the track in fair condition, but the policy to add to our serious responsibilities in ground was unsuitable for making fast tim the taking up of useless islands or islets which There was only an attendance of about 192 would either have to be defended, given up, or spectators, and It was nearly an hour after the ignominiously lost on the breaking out of a adverfised time when the men appeared on the naval war. Admiral Sir Astley Cooper Koy and course, Cummings won the Loss, and took the other nautical experts were only the other day inside berth good, start was effected, and fulminating to Indignant crowds of tax-payers George at once went off with the lead making that the Admiralty would be found totally the running at a strong pace. Camining grade unable to defend the ports and coasta ually drew up to his shoulder, and this position

Howares, was maintained until they had run nearly leven hundred yarda. George then.tired considerably, and a hundred yards from the tape Cummings look, the lead, and wou easily by five

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coincide, with the Magistrate that the "Chinese light-keepers made a very reason. ablo demand when they requested their overdue wages, and were under the cir. *cumstances perfectly justified in "striking" work. It is perhaps necessary that Chi- mese fight-keepers should be placed under some sort of discipline, and doubtless the Harbour Master, In view of what has occurred in this case, will take-sleps to place the entire Light-house-service on an intelligible and more satisfactory basis.

AMS.

(Reuter.). EDICT OF THE EMPEROR OF GERMANY

SALE LONDON, June roth The proclamation of the Emperor William the Second to the Prussian people declares that his reign will be just and fempered by clemency; that he will foster religion and use his efforts to maintain peace. In order to promote the

ommonweal.

the art of winning wealthy widows,

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far:

besting, or perhaps killing, a costela mans It going to Hongkong or going to proceed on the overcoming resistance using violence, and alt and asked the captain, whether he was the trade of this free pott, may I once more prgas®

GOLDSMITH,

was in pursuance of this common purpose, and voyage. They consulted for few Leconds walls surely bobler aumento da whilst engaged in this unlawful enterprise, that when Brennan, kink, said were going to amely, the rest and refreshment for mind and this mantas killed by one man, who was turn to The Captain: cald very well and body which can only be secured by the absence had met Two of the prisoners were not alleged not read over to the crew, because the Captain Vigorously by those in whose power it lies to do carrying out the comraon parpose for which they they at once went to work. The entries were this matter may yet be taken up warmly and of Sunday labour. I must fervently hope that to have had anything directly to do with striking was afraid of their violence, in which opinion the blow, but they were there for the purpose. concurred. We got into Manila on the sand. The fact that the petition is being aligned

HOK-TO man, and live in Tank-lane. On the again related duty; they isid they had worked. **** Chin Ah Chung, an earth-coolic, said : Tam May, and on the 26th Brennan and Rumbeck as widely as it is, la sufficient indication that it - morning of the 18th May I saw a crowd of meaning months for nothing, and did not latend

embodies a very real need.

Your Obedient Servant, come down the lane with weapons in their doing any more this way at 6 am On the hands. One of the prisoners had two swords, asth after the ment had been to see the

en's Chaplain, and theothers had iron bars and revolvers saw Consul, Rumbeck came on boa a fight, in which a man named Ng Sing vas and comfuz eftato me, said on the first breaking out of host

knocked down. I was struck on the leg with before we get to ne iron bar Tam Chang struck Ng Sing on the On getting on withstanding all those disagree

left side with a word, whereupon, he fell down, chist cold Wafer tain calling Save life had soon Tam Chong he woul

before, and knew that he collected fees from congratulate him on gamblers. The night before I heard him say tow like to know very much accessed that if he did hot pay some money jje,

would cut and best him neat day,

will be

lángkeng, Juae:21st, 1888

THE PENHA

AINEWRIGHT

judgment