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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, JULY 9, 1888.

AN oscillatory catthquake of moderate intensity occurred nt Vigan, in the Philippines," on the night of the 1st inst.

THERE is a dead letter at the Post Office, adressed to Jack Long Legs, Thursday Island. Now Jack, where have you got to ?

MANILA papers, are seriously discussing the present sanitary condition of this colony, and devising means for preventing the spread of the fell epidemic in the Philippine Archipelago. Tix total revenue collected from the sale of stamps for the half year ended June goth tetailed $108,961,10 as against $93,063.60 for the same THE returns of the number of visitors to the City period Inst year, thus showing the very substan.

altMuseum for the week ending July 8th, are:-tial increase of $15,897.50.

uropenas 154, Chinese 1,976; total, 2,130, The Duke d'Aosta is going to marry his niece, The Princess, Letitia, next September. We did ance think of proposing to our maternal grand

her, but as to a niece-hi-yah!

FROM January 1st to June 23rd of the current year 5,502,238 piculs of rice have been exported 1-Saigon, as against 5,429,206, during the sane period in 1887. The quantity imported to the Philippines from January to March was 101,426 piculs

À SPECIAL BUSSIÓns of the Justices of the Peace will be held of the Magistracy on Monday next at o'clock, for the purpose of considering an plication for the temporary transfer of the license of the Rose, Shamrock and Thistle" flutet from Carl Bercovitz to Israel Weinberg.

This Manila harbour works are, favourably pro sgressing under the auspices of a competent cam mitice who are well supplied with funds to carry out the grand plans they have formed. The Comercio of the 30th ultimo publishes a diagram of the intended works at the mouth of the river Pasig..

The Houghong Telegraph

Hogmgost, MONDAY, JULY 9, 1888.

TELEGRAMS.

(Reuters)

O'DONNELL V. "THE TIMES

O'Donnell had no case.

LONDON, July 5th.

THE GERMAN EMPEROR. His Majay, the Emperor of Germany will visit Stitetershing about the middle of the month

by kind permission of Major W. T. Ellis, and the officers of the 2nd Northamptonshire Regi- ment, the Regimentál Band will play at the Offices Mess, Murray Barracks," to-morrow evening, commencing at 8 o'clock. The follow. ing will be the programme:—

March............* Taklumi (Afghan air?"...Ackermana, Overture ..." Zainpa”

floralf Valve..."Brautiger

Gung't.

'Art de ballet”........" Sidonie"...Antillus. kalendingum. 11 Fruni 11ifferent Operas" ... Herold, Se ection." From [fferent Opera". Meyerheer.

Jon MORAK, Dandraster.

In the Secent libel case the verdict was for the Times, Lord Coleridge ruling that Mr. o says that the Chinese are ungrateful? Du Wednesday next a deputation of them well present. Capt. Lec, of the Canadian Pacific See unship Abyssining with a silk flag and gold pendant, in return for his having treated them swell fast voyage. About eighteen of their candrýraen became fatally deceased during the ant, and Capt. Lee obliged the survivors by keeping the bodies until the steamer arrived kind eatment of native passengers generally, Saput. This consideration on his part, and his will therefore be reciprocated by the presenta “tion.

TÝPUCHON IN THE CHINA SEA. Last digu Captain Mores, Consul for Spain, courteously forwarded us a copy of a telegram he had received from Manila to the effect that a Ayphoon was naging to the north of Luzon.

This murting the Government Astronomer annonners. There is a typhoon ist the north rastere part of the China Sea. „The 'red drum" was hoisted at fap on the 8th. Telegraphic communication is interrupted,"

·LOCAL AND GENERAL.

*Tur Pettu eie se transport India, Capt. Nogueira, dried this afternoon from Singapore; en route

for Mac

A GESTIAS named Bigreaves, belonging to Mellimine, die Lef inoplexy on, Saturday at the Hongkong Batel. He had been ailing for several

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ANOTHER electoral circular in connection with the gigantic political movement at present going on in the toly City, made its appearance on Saturday. The paper is written in undefiled Canes' language not to be wondered at levretent considering the high educational sondad our Far-Eastern Lusitanians tave attained. The document, purports to be a declares himself for Senhor Horin, and the other que between two electors, one of whom for Senhor Aparal. The discussion as to the merits of these two candidates respectively is very feble, and reflects only too faithfully the

hallowness of Macanese minds.

fire following romance appears inthe Sher-pao: -Wel Kin kw'ci was a lovely girl of An-hai rovince, and she loved a bold sergeant in the North Formosa army. So in order to be near THE falan Meil states that at about a quarter bin, although only a girl of 18 years old, she pist flex aca the evening of the 24th, ult, adressed herself in man's attire and enlisted in bis shack of entlaq take was experienced in Yoko- regiment. She had been two years in it when hs, the leating on the fluff being short and the prestigation of a row that was got up

ather sharp,

hetween some of the men, caused by Jealousy ( wonten are at the bottom of most quarrels), lightened the Colonel as to the true sex of ais young soldier; and thinking her pre- sendelfimental to discipline, he turned her out of the regiment.. She still, however, continued to dress in male apparel and became the talk of Tai-peh Fu, as might be naturally exp cted. Finally our readers will be glad to hear that the wife of a certain military officer, touched by her courage and constancy, took her fenige dress, and had her properly married to her lover, the sergeant. Hwa Muh-lan's old en of the loyal and filial daughter will occur toll.

At Energens meeting of Perseverance Lodge, Boggling, will be liebt in Freemasons' Hall, Zurlind Strong, on Saturday, the rash instant, at 8.30 der 9 mm, precisely. Visiting brethren are, condisily prvited.

A LARGE audience attended the performance of the Wish Norton Crimpiny at the City Hall on Sarundey of hr. Yesterday morning the com pany leth fw Singapore, intending to afterwards. tour through Java and Lygelia.

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An old barridan, 6o years of age, was committed, to take her trial at the Supreme Court by Mr Wodehouse this morning, on the charge of kidnapping a girl aged 13 years. Bail was allowed in two sureties of $200 each.

Is the course of the proceedings at a meeting of THERE will be a Regular meeting of Perseverance by eight double-sided fins. The propellers are the shareholders of the Manchester Ship Canal Lodge, No. 1165, in Freemasons Hall, Zetland of phosphor bronze, and are thres-bladed. Company, Sir Joseph Lee said great progress had Street, on Monday, the 16th instant,-at-8.30 for in-action-the-ship-will-be-worked from a been made in construction. The contractor had 9 pan, precisely. Visiting brethuen are cordially lower on the poop or from another 'en the. at, work 56 slenih navvies, 73 locomotives, 367 | invited..

Torecastle. Her waggons, and 50 steam cranes. Seventy-nine.

extreme speed will be twenty kuols. Her ordinary ocean speed will be from miles of rails were laid, and 6,000 men were at DURING the Indo-China Co.'s steamer Fookrange seventeen to eigliteen kaots, and, with 400 10.5 work.

last trip from this port to Shanghai an Indian of coal, which she is, designed to carry, her OUR great geological, and mining authority has game unknown, committed suicide radius of action at a speed of le knots will be throwing himself overboard during the night about gaab miles. Her armament will consist again been made a victims by the pampered of June 28th.

by

of six six-inch beech-lauling guns of central The British schooner Nemo, Captain Snow, menials of the Post Office. Three newspapers,

pivot mountings, Hotchkiss probably copies of the Afining Fournal containsER. C. D. Harman, ngent of the O. &.0 which, as we reported recently, was firul staying T.I.B.'s recent discoveries in brick and S. S. Co., informs us that the steamer Oceans. Nordenfeldt pattern, and six torpedo rjectors, to six- an unknown party in the Northern seas of Japan,

pounders, numerou Angkring, s

the arrived at Yokohama on the 23rd ult. Captainmostat, are lying at the Post Office for Professor with mails, &c., from San Francisco to the 21s being out each broadside, one forward and the Snow is stated to be fast recovering from, his Thomas Ide Bowler. The uninformed world sito, has arrived at Yokohama, and will leavy other aft The

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-will be wounds, and will, it is expected, resume his might imagine that Mr. Towler has no permanent for this port to-morrow,

if the lighting hunting cruise after his vessel has undergone address in the colony. We are not at all sure

provided by electricity and there will be thic slight repairs.

that an action for dimages for libel would not.

search lights of the most powerful character. It may be doubted whether sail power is of much lie against the Postal authorities for this insult.

however, carry two steel masis, with fore and use to such a craft as the dedea. She will THE deaths registered for the week ended June 30th amounted to 216, which is at the ante of

aft canvas, but will of course have no bowsprit. 58.8 per thousand per annum of the entire popu

The I estimated cost of the ship is under £140,000, fation, the boating population included. In the

NEW YORK, June 9th. British and foreign communities, there were 13

The fail and Express' London cable says: deaths, equal to 80.5 per thousand of the civil

Signs, of disaffection in the Tory rinks are population. Fifty-eight deaths are attributed

becoming more pronounced every day. It is vomiting and

purging. 32 to chronic lang

evident that it will absolutely be necessary for the 12 to diarrhasa, so to cholera, and to disease,

Cabinet to modify its course considerably in cholerate diarrhea. What has the China Mail

order to retain a working. majority, in the to say now regarding the inspired hysterical

House. There is no difficulty in doing.

this, as is now certain, the administration will use rubbish it published on June 27th, asserting that there was no cholera in the colony? As

ordinary sense and policy. A meeting was usual our excellent,contemporary has to take a

held yesterday by twenty-six Conservative back seat-a very far back one on this occasion.

Brownie," how is this for higli ?---

metropolitan meribers of the Commons, who decided by n unanimous vole that they would recommend the Government to withdraw, the licensing clause from the Local Government bill. the present session, although Lord Hartington had given a pledge to the licensed victuallers that he would support the compensation clause. The attitude of the Conservative party on this question thus places the Unionist faction of the Liberals in a rather disagreeable position.

THE members of the Hongkong Ride Association held their first "Spoon" competition at scoyards on Saturday afternnon. Owing to the shifty character of the wind the shooting was not up to the usual standard, Col-Sergt. Phillips even tually securing the coveted trophy with a score of 30, Warnock of the Police being second with 29, and Mr. John Andrew third with 27. There were 13 competitors.

The Shik Pao' of the 22nd ulto. The railway that has been under construction in Northern Formosa, from Keelung to Taipehfu, is now approaching completion, and another line will soon be started, extending from T'ao-tzu Yuca (The Peach Garden), on the border of the Tam sul district, to Fung Shan Chi, on the border of the Haû Chu district. An expectant. Prefect,. Chiên Chao Kunng, has been appointed manager of this. line, while Taotai Lin Ju Ch'uan, is manager of the line from Fung Shan to Chang Hua,

THE Circus will be closed to-night and to-morrow night, in order that preparations may be made for the new artistes who arrived this morning by the Anchises. They will make the programme as attractive as can possibly be desired, having just concluded a very successful tour through India. Miss Gladys Frateis, we believe, has already gained laurels in the Colony by her daring and dexterity as a trapeze gymnasti Fratiez is a graceful little pedipulator of the running globes, Lavater Lee is described as the champion juggler on horseback," whilst Jack Cousins is the wellknown hurricane ". rider. They will appear at the re-opening per formance Wednesday night,

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"The truest charmctersofigumance *

Are vanity, ntal prpile, aiuthamraigoice ;

A blind men use to bear their noses higher Than those that have chelreyes sait sight entité.“

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A BAITISir squadron, comprising the thuirity, Audacious, Constance, Cordelia Heroine Linnet, Mutine, Rattler, Sapphire, Swift and Wanderer, cleven ships in all, left Yokohama on the asth ult, for a four days' cruise, Tux Moscow Guzerle in discussing the affairs of Germany, especially Emperor Frederick's health. snys: "It is time for each power to clearly specify its future policy. A community of interest be tween Russia and France is the logical conse quence of the general political situation." THE SELECTION of a site for the proposed dock at Yokohama has been undertaken by Major General Palmer, and it is thought that it will either beat Kanagawa or Honmoku. Pernis sion for the embodiment of this scheme was granted some days ago to the Yokohamra Dock Company.

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AT the Pelice Court this morning Yeung Alai, a coolie, aged 30 years, with numerous previous convictions recorded against him for larceny, was sentenced by Mfr. Wodehouse to six months hard labour as a rogue and vagabond and for being found in Tank Lane yesterday morning with house-breaking implements in his ARRIVING at Roche's Point on the 2nd June from Sandy Hook, the Cunard steamer. Etruria Atlantic yet recorded, her corrected time, being 6 has made the quickest passage across the days, 1 hour, and 47 minutes. Another "fastest on record" is reported in the case of the Union 3rd inst., having performed the voyage from the liner Athenian, which reached Plymouth on the

Cape in 17 days, 9 hours, and to. minutes. including detentions amounting to's hours and

THE International Exhibition at Glasgow is having a most successful run. One immense source of attraction is a collection of models of vessels lent by builders and by awning companies. The exhibits themselves are inazvels of artistic skill, finish, and accuracydowntothe most minute detail. Conspicuous among them is the magnificent floating palace, the Língua, built for the Emperor of Russin from designs by Adhnical Popoff. Then there is the famous flaske (the greyhound of the Atlantic"), which in her time, not so long ago, made the fastest passage an record, crossing from Li erpool to New York in six days righteen hours. She was subsequcally beaten by the Cunarders Umbrit and Etruria, both of which are also exhibited. Two other fastest on recor!" ships are also seen, the dimpress, which made the A CORRESPONDENT writes to our Tientsin con-passage from Dover to Calais in 59min. 48see, and temporary on the Floods in Chihli as follows: the Stirling Castle tea ship, which covered the called to the great destruction of life and While our attention in these days is frequently voyage from Woosung to the Jale of Wight in 27 days 1 hours, These are exhibited by the property in Honan caused by the overflowing of builders, the Fairfield Shipbuilding Company,minutes. the Yellow Rivier, we may well remember that Govan, and are splendid examples of what the there afe places nearer Tientsin where, by an Clydesmen cui turn out in swift versels There annual flood, the loss of property and consequent are other namesto confuss with to produce ocean. distress is severely felt. The writer had occasion going deerhounds. Denny ani Co, John and recently to pass through Hsien, Hsien, a district Jänes Tininson, Napier and Sons, James and in the prefecture of Ho Chien Fu. Near George Thomson, are fammas wherever steam of this city

are forty-eight villages, built sailing ships are known; and these are all well high above the surrounding, fields. These represented in this departing The last named fields are annually flooded from a neighbour- fra exhibit a mode of the latest and the largest ing river, and the crops of the poor peasantry liner built for the Atlantic trade-viz, the Inman so destroyed that the fight for existence becomes City of New York, which as a gross tomage exceedingly, severe, and in some cases an of about 9 pontons, is donstructed on the ab- uncertain conflict. The land raises one crop solutely latest improvements in design, furnished annually-and a a bountiful one-of wheat. But with the most powerful engines, and fitted in a this is insufficient, and so the people plant and manner exceeding that of any other mercantile.

the

PESTU, June 9th.

Herr Von Tisza, the Hungarian Prime Alinia- ter, in thanking the members of the delegations today for their patriotism, said that they would know how to find a boundary between expusing the development of the strength of the army and

the powers forms the only guaranty of peace. overestimating the strength of the nation. In present situation a peaceful alliance between

The empire's cautions policy is to avoid attacks and conflicts. Nevertheless, defensive measures are necessary. It would be erroneous conclude from recent isolated incidents that the empire, harmoniously developing its entire strength. in the event of an emergency is not capable of The remarks were received with applause.

PHILADELPHIA, June 9th.. Filings of the papers in the suit of Count Mit- " kiewitz against Wharton Baiker caused a sensa- AT the British Police Court, Shanghai, an the tion in financial circles in this city to-day. 3rd inst., Mr. J.C. Hall, acting assistan! judge, Barker refused to see newspaper men. One of on taking his seat on the bench address the the subscribers to the $100,000 blind pool said representatives of the Press as follows:-to-day: Barker has the Count on the hip' shall be glad if the gentlemen of the Press will Barker has receipts from him for all the money take note of a few remarks I wish to make public he spent in China. We have agreed to gave with reference to the decision I gave in the last what he claims. He was to get nothing except caseted in this Court, Regina v. Alain. The a cash consideration for his services and a small accused in the case was convicted of striking interest in the companies. We are still at work, with a water key the complainant who was forcibly endeavouring to prevent him from until we are quite through we cannot tell the but, of course, Mitklewitz is not with as, and screwing up the tap through which the com- public just where the concessions stand. You plainant's house was supplied with water. I have can say, however, that we expect to put the since ascertained that contrary to what I scheme though. I don't know what Mr. Barker.

intends to do about the Count's suit. I don't material fact which was not brought to my totice ar on the complainant's house at all; but in the street outside. That is T

throughout on both sides let me to believe that at the trial. It was not mentioned by counsel by any of the witnesses. The language sed

was not in

sow, hoping against hope for a second harvest, vessel afloat (the luckless Great Eastern always supposed-the tap in ques or premises suppose he will pay much attention to it."

places in the fall, seeking work. Others, yet Disappointed, some of the farmers go to other

more reduced, take to the road and beg. At of the people was such that in the entire village one place where we spent the night the poverty there was not a chair to be found. As & substitute for salt, that one essential to make food palatable, they use a species of nitre, gleaned from the soil, and extremely disagreeable to the taste. When a people become so poor. that the ordinary, coarse, dirty salt in the native shops is too dear for them to purchase, we may say that poverty has struck in deep. We may alas inquire whether when one good crop grain taken from the sail annually cannot support the population, if the land in that section is not overpopulated. Query alas, if the Chinese Government cannot or do not manage these little rivers which flow into the Peiho at Tientsin, where the officials who spend the money can be overseen, what must be expected of that on the Yellow River, so much larger and farther away

ALTHOUGH the Ponuguese-Chinese treaty is in excepted),

most respects similar to those existing between special features which call for consideration and China and other nations, it yet bears some

comment. We have often alluded to the fact

would recommend the incident to our local

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who formed the blind pool, said that the Chinese A prominent business man, also one of the ten

parted company with Miklewitz. Argument was Government refused tome time ago to have anything to do with the Americans unless they of no avail, and finally Wharton Barker pre- posed that the members of the syndicate sign a paper transferring their intercits to him so he could start afresh and secure concessions from the Chinese. This was agreed to, but the Count and placed every obstacle he could in the way of flatly refused to enter into such an agreement, its consummation, and finding that Barker could not be cajoled or frightened into acceding to his terms began suit against him.

in haud, rigged her out with a neat outfit of easily called to account and their work carefully consent, and that of assiduously co-operating NEWS BY THE AMERICAN MAIL. | we get rid of him Barker will go ahead and get

the

The Pacific Mall 5. S. Co.'s steamer City of Sydney, Capt. D. E. Friele, with the American mails of the 12th alto, arrived in barbour this norning. We take the subjoined telegrams from our American exchanges

The business man alluded to above also said that the concessions were all right at present. He continued: "We have not succeeded yet in freezing the Count out, but I think we wil. After

the concessions irrevocably granted to us. There is something back of all this, and it concerns the Chinese Minister. I can't tell you just what it is, but when it comes, out there will be a sensation. I tell you the Count has raised an awful raw, and we are sorry we did not know him before we took him in with us.'. You will hear some- thing more in a short time."

LONDON, June 9th. There were seven starters in the twenty-five

mile bicycle race for the Champion Stakes at Leicester to-day, Fred Wood of Leicester won Knapp, an American, was second. Crocker, also an American, and three others, fell in a heap, but none were dangerously injured. *

the sun and rain, has been offered to the gaze in,, moulded to 325 feet by 41 feet by 21 feet 6 talked of Anglo-Chinese alliance, it may be when the trial comes on. Detectives have been by aix inches In 70 minutes and 30'seconds.

PARIS, June 9th. The Revision Committee of the Chamber of. Deputies to-day adopted a motion in which the produce before the close of the session a scheife conviction is expressed that the Government will

for a revision of the Constitution.

LONDON, June 10th.

that this Treaty is the direct offspring of thich tap was on the complainant's premises, The fact that it is not, greatly alters the legal Opium Convention gril to between England and China The article of the Protocol.

aspect of the case, for there was not trespass, and the special Convention, appended to thand the force used by the complainant was not provisions of the Treaty are ample proofs of this justifiable, as it would have been had the tap assertion. The Portuguese press, which has been this important point been before me, I should been inside his premises. Had the truth as 10 indulging all sorts of piljallation about what undoubtedly have, dismissed the charge." We they consider a great political achievement, will applaud, Mr. Hall's conduct in so candidly assuredly take in sal when they are confronted with the stern realities of facts. Macao has not been admitting that he had made a mistake, and ceded to Portugal; only aright of occupation of the Magistrates as one worthy of imitation. peninsula has been granted to that nation and it is subject to two onerous conditions-that of never, alienating the territory without China's

in the collection of the Opium revenue. An Ir is officially denounced in the Government

arrangement has been come to as to the manner Gazelle then from July 4th until further notice,

of this co-operation, and it is exactly on the same vessels pròc eding to ipan from this port, ör ja

Wt (L. & C. Express) were enabled to give a lines as the agreement made with Great Britain, tin Hongkong or Amoy, will be subject to have often wondered why that piece of few particulars last week of the first of two new for enforcement in the Colony of Hongkang. medic djuspection at Nagasaki, Kobe, and ground on Queen's Road where formerly stood steamers for service on the Yokohama Shanghat Hongkong has then been taken as the norma Yokohama

Messrs. Butterfied ånd Swire's offices remains in mail line of the Nippon Yusen Kaishia, which of the convention with Macao,—a fact which,

LONDON, June 9th, 1. OUR M can correspondent informs us that the its present desolate condition. Not the slightest will be leaving the Clyde in a few days for ber clearly points out the remote causes which Enormous interest is taken in O'Donnell's libel coming elections are causing considerable sign is shown of its being worked or prepared destination in Japan. The Saikio Maru, which have led China to celebrate this Treaty with suit against the Times, which hegins the first of for the raising thereon of any building. It is was built by the London and Glasgow Ship Portugal, as well as the main purport of the the week. It will be really a test of strength It is expected the Steamboat Company will send

itement in all the cities of the city alarve a year since thc.old buildings were pulled building Company, at Govan, is classed. 100 At compact. Without entering into the intricacies between the Times and Parnell, as the latter is an extra steamer on Sunday the 15th, as the down, and all this time an open space, with at Lloyd's, spar decked rule. The dimensions of British policy in the Far East, or the much the one the paper will endeavour to discredit balloting, which is held in public at about noon,

foundations of the former structure exposed to

of the vessel are world in itself be a 'sullicient attraction for

main deck. The cabins on the taken for granted that as our Optum Convention

hard at work for over a year gathering material a good number of excursionists to cross over.

of the passer-by; now and then a little digging upper deck are particularly commodious and was the outcome of an entente cortile between for the Times, and no informer with a document at the foundations, faint indications of some airy, whilst their fittings are most complete, the Court of St. James and the Chinese Govern has been turned away from the Zumer office. We find the following, about which we shall approaching work, might be seen, but as a rule including such luxuries a small wardrobes, ment, whatever the ultimate issues of that entente The Government, in its preparation for a probably have something to say later on, in the they ceased as readily as they were commenced. writing tables, folding lavatory arrange may be so the Portuguese Treaty is the possible European war, is about to create a new London and Chinat Expres of June 8th On making inquiries, last year, into this anoma ments, spring beds, &c. The saloon is first born fruit of this arrangement. It ia an Cabinet office, that of Minister for Defence. This Arangements have been made to introduce los atate of things in the very heart of told most athwartships forward, and above is an elegant will have to stand on its double-angular basis, army and navy and is to be appointed for the handsomely panelled in white oak, and is essentially triangular affair, and as such, it official is to have supreme authority over the papermaking, as at present carried on in this bustling street in the Colony, "we were told that country, into South China. The papers at anething wrong had been found with the music and ladies' room. The ship is entirely lit or fall. Another striking feature of this campurpose of simplifying the present headless and prescut in use among the natives are almost foundations, and that new ones were being laid, by electricity on the Edison-Swan system, be- pact is found in the rider which has been irresponsible system. entirely hand-made, and although rough and sufficient to bear the weight of anything, were itides which there are the usual oil lamps fitted added to the Art. II. of the original Protocol gerre in appearance are wonderfully strong even an Eiffel's tower, above them. Months everywhere. The D. C. Green ventilating Com whereby it was provided that China conarms a mill producing so pipesary to equip is yet sen. At the present

vestem Wise peal Occupation and government of tons of paper weekly has the coming event is yet seen. At the present tion, in addition to which there is Boyle's system Macao and its dependencies by Portugal, as any been placed in the hands of Messrs. Janics of ground being got ready for growing changed in every part of the ship every three following, effect;It is slipuinted that Com: of automatic ventilation. The air is completely other Portuguese possession"the rider, is to the Beriram and Son, engineers, Leith Walk plot Foundry, and it is proposed to erect several cablages, rather than a building site of any minutes, while the steam-heating and sanitary missioners appointed by both Governments shall other mifts of similar capacity under English description whatsoever. We will ask of the arrangements are on the most perfect system. proceed to the delimitation of the boundaries managuinedi sonn oa the first has been got to powers that be-Cut bone this desolate piece of The engines are of the triple expansion (cyline which shall be determined by a special conven-

lese, ground in the centre of our business quarters?ders 331, including, amongst other machines, a go-in,

direct-acting type, and very powerful boundaries is not concluded, everything · in Papermaking machine, with the usual accom swimming bath, or a bowling alley, rather than steam being supplied by two double and respect to them shall continue as at present, panying breaking and heating engines, a 400 allow it to stand in its present ghastly, state? two single-ended boilers, with a working without addition, diminution, or alteration by horse power engine, boilers, and all other

pressure of 160 lbs. per square inch, either of the parties." This is, in our opinion, requisite machines for treating and producing

ON May 30th the steel screw steamer Spindrift, The engines develop a power of close on 4,000 very substantial modification of the original the above quantity of paper per week, which 320 feet long, 40 feet beams, ag feet deep, and of horses, and with 70 revolutions a minute the protocol. It sounds as if China had repented

CAIRO, JUNE Toth, will all be supplied by Alessrs. James Bertram over 3,500 tons gross register, built by Meas.speed attained is between 141 and 15 knots an of allowing Portugal the occupation of The swiftest cruiser that has yet been built A new Ministry has been formed as follows: and Son."

Russell and Co., Greenock, went down the Firth hour. The shalt tunnel is particularly com. Macao, and had thought it wiser to restrict for the Royal navy was launched to-day at Riaz Pacha, President of the Council, Minister for a trial of her machinery, which has been modious and accessible, whilst a band round it its former concession and make it the subject Chatham, and will be named the Meden. She of the Interior and Minister of Finance; Fairl MR. Jouy Qui Britiah Consul at Yoko supplied by Merara Dunsmure and Jackson, drives the

This delimitation is one of the five fast cruisers that were laid Pacha, Minister of Justice; Fehmi Pacha, Brown's patent reversing gear, and affair, as we all know, was a kind of modes down last year, but only one other of the five. Minister of Foreign Affairs; Omar Lulti Pacha, attending the death of those of the crew expansion type, have of the schooner Nemo, gave the following declinches, and' ea inches diameter 24 inches, 39, the boilers with Weir's system and feed pumps vivendi come to by the contracting parties after is expected to be as fast as she. The Afagicienne, Minister of War Feci Bey, Minister of Public with a stroke of and Kirkcaldy's feed beater. There are 2'14-in the warm debates they had engaged in at Peking, Marathon, and Melpomene will steam about Works; All Moubarek Pacha, Minister of sion: find that Suzuki Kinzo, Kozo Shojiro, 4 inches. Steam at a pressure of 150lbs. per Gwynne centrifugal pumps for the condenser and

the Viceroy of Canton joining isave with the nineteen and three-eighths knots. The Afedea Education... and Auzuka Yosokichi, seamen of the British square inch is supplied by two double-ended

Marquis Tseng in opposing the Portuguese and diedusa will steam twenty knots, or just 15 either of which will do all the ordinary

ALGIERS, Jube schooner Nemo, official No. 72,788, Shanghai, ↑ stiel boilers, 12 feet 6 inches diameter, and 15. uning short, there is a Hawkin's distiller; which] remains to be seen when the labours of this for some time to come will be the fastest | twelve miles long, by six, in, breadth. A panic

rith In case of the supply of fresh water claims to Taipa, Colowan and Laps. It now over twenty-three land miles an hour,, and Locusts are advancing in a compact mass over died from wounds received on the 27th May last feet 6 inches long, each being filled with six ut off Copper Island, lat. 54.53 N., long, 167.50 E., Purves's patet flues as manufactured by will condense 4 500 gallons of water each twenty delimitation committee will begin and what war-ships afloat, The Medea is officially prevails in the province of Constantine. The they, being in one of the Nemo's boats; Messrs, John Brown and Co., Sheffield four hours. The vessel is fitted with water ballast results they will bring forth. Finally, the described as a steel twin screw protected valley of Muelma has been devastated by together with H. J. Snow, master and owner, The Spindrif, which was originally contracted fore and ait, and has a special pump for dissecently concluded Treaty cuts short all further cruiser of 2,800 tons displacement. Her dimen- locusts. when the boats were fired upon between for hy.Mr. J. S. Barwick, Sunderland, has been charging the same, On deck there is a patent possibility of the Portuguese engaging in the sions are as follows: Length, 265 feet;. breadth,

BERLIN June 11th.. 10 and 11 am. by a party of men concealed purchased since by b sr. R. C. Gilchrist and ash hoist by Higginson, Baxter's patent-steam nefarious conlle trade in Macao. Art. XIX is 41 feet:: depib, 23 feet and with all her A shoemaker named Albert Wether has been among the rocks of the island, by which Co, Liverpool and London. She will be employed windlass and Muir and Caldwell's steam steering very explicit on this subject Portuguese weights on board she will have a free-board of arrested at Crimmitischan, Saxony, on the fire the three men were mortally wounded. in the trade with China, and will form one of gear, a feature being that the engine is right aft, subjects residing in the open ports may take rather more than a feet. Her hull is of three charge of having murdered a banker of Water I And that Suzuki Kinzo was shot through the the fleet of vessels plying under the flag of the and is worked by a system of shafting from bridge into their service. Chinese subjects, and employ eighths Siemens-Martin steel. The stem, which town, N. V, on August 25, 1886. spine and led about two hours later, that Kozo China and Japan Shippers Association, The resci bas Sir William Thompson's comthers in any lawful capacity in China, without is formed as a ram, and the stern-post and Shojiro received five wounds, two in the leg two London. During construction the bull and passes and deep ses sounding apparatus, Stevens restraint or hindrance from the Chinese Govern- rudder frame are cast of phosphor bronze. The Leopold Steiner, a

PESTI, June 13th. member of an extensive in the arms, and one through the head which machinery have been under the superintendence and Struthers fog bom and syren, and the sidement; dut shall not engagé them for foreign ship throughout has a double bottom and double com firm in this city, has absconded, having proved fatal, and that he died about 7 p.m., the of Mr. David Pollock, Glasgow; and she will be lights (in lighthouses) and masthead light are countries in contravention of the laws of sides, and from end to end, about four feet forged bills to the amount of 500,000 florins. All sume evening, and that Suzuki Ypsokichi was commanded by Captain, William Hare, late of electric, the usual oil lamps being, however, China," The former Macas emigration agents below the water line, there is a protective steel of the Pesth banks are sufferers. wounded twice, once in the leg and once in the tffe Guy Afannering. The trial consisted in supplied in addition. The fore: hold is worked who are still pouring the vials of their indigne deck which covers the vessel's vitals As a VAN VIERKA, June 11th head, the latter shot proving fatal, and that he running the vessel continuously for five bourn on by two winches, but the after one loads and. tion seainst Great Britain, in the newspapers, further protection, the hullis divided into seven by unanimous vole in the upper, house of The spirit tax bill passed the third reading died about dawn of the following morning, the trip to Arran and back to Greenock. During the discharges from large gangway porta. The particularly in the Independente, for having five water-tight compartment. The engines, 28th May. Everything appears to have been whole time of steaming the engines and other Talks Mary has two-pole masts and one contributed towards the suppression of the each of which has a commitment to itself, are the Reichstag to-day. The Reichstag was subsc- and for those men after they were wounded that machinery worked with the greatest smoothnete fubnet. The boats of which there is a full lawless traffic which once made the Haly City of the vertical, triple-expansion type, with quently prorogued. was possible under the circumstances, and for and regularity, and on the return journey attained complement, are all carried in the new way on hideout for the nefarious acts and crimes con inverted cylinders. Steam will be generated in the evidence the attack appears to have been in speed of 133 knots with the engines making the rail, which leaves a very commodious spar nected with. It will do well to ponder over this four double-edged boilers, each with, diz. cor- entirely unprovoked

84 revolutions per minute.

deck as a promenade,

Treaty of theire, and, as we suid, take fis`èall. rugated Bios and with a forced draught supplied

Attempts are now being made by high English The Duchess of Edinburgh has been robbed authorities to persuade the German authorities of a quantity of jewelry. The articles were stolen to modify the annoying passport regulations on from her baggage between Cordova and Granada, the French and German frontier,

The Press "Association, is authorized to state fluence. The principal argument used is the Government bill will be dropped.

American diplomats are also using their in- that the compensation clauses of the County loss of money to Germany through English and

AIX-LES-BAINS, June 10th, American tourists being turned in other directions The Emperor of Brazil is, making excellent by these regulations. The Germans thus far. progress, but the unfavorable we

weather prevents papers are filled with stories of persecutions, of

PESTH, June roth. Germans on French soil. The latest grievance. After attending the Emperor's reception, is that the French Goverment has given its Count Julian Andrassy tendered his resignation. consent for a factory, in the west of France to He is suffering from an ailment which makes. supply Russia with cannon and the new explosive continued sitting painful. known as chromo-meliste.

work. The plant, now ordered is very complet hy not transform it into a skating rink, ora inverted, and 87 inch, and stroke 54 inch) tion; but so long as the delimitation of the are very much excited against the French. Their his going out of doors.

-hama, alter inquiry into they circumstances of Govan. The engines, which are of the triple are fitte punkahs in the saloon. The engines of further negotiations.

ROHE, June th In the Chamber of Deputes to-day the Government made a statement in reference to the