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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, JULY 10, 18.8.

THE Gemian gunboat it was at Nagasaki THE Portuguese transport India which came when the last mall left that port.

from Macho yesterday will be docked to-morrow, after which she will take in provisions for her | return trip to Lisbon via Macho.

The P. & O. Company's, steamer T'hider left Bombay on the 7th inst, at noon for this port.

A FACETIUS "Contributor sends us a conundrum. Is in evalieni stanachic and preventati of Why are the officials of Hongkong like Diarrhea and is recommended by the Facttheatrical people? Beenuse they are nearly

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Ir is stated that the shock to the Devawongse, when she struck a reef in the ull of Siam on st trip, was so great that her boilers were kred about three inches._.

We note the arrival by the steamship Carmar.

members of shire from Londọn ol◄► Willard's Opera and Comcu Company. Paniculars of their opening performance will be announced to-morrow.

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By kind permission of. Major W. T. Ellis, and the officers of the and Northamptonshire Regi- ment, the Regimental Band will play at the Officers' Mess, Murray Barracks, this evening, commencing at 8 o'clock. The following will bethe programme:-

Machamp

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"Takhm) (Afghan alia)"...Ackermann. ****** Braulioder lerak.

Amon Opera"

Herold Meyerbeer, Moran, Bandmaster.—|

M. RICHAUD, the Acting Governor-Genemi of Indo-China, and Mr. Parreau, Acting Resident- General, left Haiphong on the ath ulta. for Do-san, on board the Customs steaner Hanoi.

The latest dewelopment of luxurious habits, says" a New York paper, is to put young girls into the hands of a skilled nurse during the season, so that the strain of the whid of please may not tell upon them too severely. The woman's duties are nearly as severe as if she was training her protégés for the prize-ting. Caletenics immediately of rising, a perfumed bath and massage with a French bran bag of odorous emollients, hair brushing for twenty minutes, manicure, breakfast. Then the nurse is not in

request again until it is time to dress for the evening. Then comes another bath, followed by a cup of tea. On the return of the belle nt 3 in the morning, the nese is at hand again to brush her hair, give her a cup of beef tea, and southe her by gentle massage into dreamless sleep. A luxurious, picture, but what a satire

life of a society favorite.. 1am almost afraid to add that it is said that by the aid of this treatinent girls last at least ten years longer than those who are left to themselves. lest some of my readers should be tempted in adopt the system.

SUPREME COURT.

IN APPELLATE JURISDICTION.

(Before the Hon. J. Russell, Acting Chưéf.

1. Fuade.) MESSAGERIKS MARITIMES 7. RATING ASSESSOR, The adjourned appeal of M. de Champeaux, agent of the Messageries Maritimes Co., against the assessment of the Company's premises by Mr. Hooper, Assessor, was resumed. Deacon represented the appellant, and Mr Johnson the respondent,

impossible to close the gates. The magistrates did all in their power to reassure the people, but the panic once started, nothing could stop it. In spite of the fact that a line of telegraphic wires runs through the province, from nonh to south there was no more accurate information to be had than in the days of the Taiping rebellion. In one city it is said, that three- hundred-carts were collected, and the same. was also true in others. The height of the rumours was at the culmination of the wheat harvest h period at which the rural mind is generally incapable of aking in extraneous ideas lest terror, tint in multitudes of cases, this most Mof any kind whver. Yet such was the praa

valuable of crops, was literally abandoneil to, any one who chose to cut it, the owners taking thought of their own safety only. As is common -in-such-instances, the people fucked-to-the- pawn-shops to excliange whatever they could carry for ready money, and in some cases refused even to take away the amount trifling as it was, received for articles pawned. The pawn shops are as much in dread of being looted, as the people, and more se, for they scan became filled to the very roof, so that it was impossibil 10 receive anything more. This state of things lasted for a week-or-more, and has only just

Mr. Deacon sinted that since the adjournment Mr. Bird had had an interview with Mr. Hooper, with a view to explaining the views of the appellants, but he was sorry to say neither of

them had been able to convince the other,

· Mr. Johnson asked that before the case was gone into further the question of non-compliance with Section 16 ofthe Ordinance should le dealt with.

Mr. Deacon admitted that he could not argue

stantially given the necessary notice to the respondent,

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passed away, when

THE hot there now experiencing is our audic tempers and to our trying alike physical endance. Wit the temperature was on the Praya this morning we do not know tó a point, but one of our Celial cousins, aged so, *Tuz' German steamer China, fram Afwwfound it ten warm to wear Fis nether garments 67 Chinese coolica, arrived at Singapte flying and was in the net of enjoying the grateful the yellow flag on the and inst. During the breezes wafted in direct from the sea, attired in fupin the pleasures, supposed to be found in the that point; but urged that his client had sub-ascertained, that the whole disturbance was passage eight deaths occurred from cholera, his birthday suit, when an Indian policeman Onarrival the China was ordered into quaran- took him in charge for making him blush. The Punjauber said he had watched the indecen young man for about half an hour, and then concluded to run him in.' In answer to Mr. Sercombe-Smith defendant said the wind was so strong that it blew his pants away. He was ordered to lay a dollar on the shrine of out- raged decency.

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Tần. China Mail's “Chow' dog "Brownie" has its been patronising Drs. Ayres and Cantlie. We Bop the Colonial Surgeon and the "energetic Senich Docide" feel flattered However, the At Tuusui, Farmash, on the 23rd June, 1889, beast is quite harmless, even without being nie wifead Merses, E. Bryant, LM, Customs | muzzled, Service, of a daughter.

BERTI.

The Torshong Telegraph

11 worsen TiỂNDÂY JULY 15, 1888.

TELEG R.AM S.

(Powder)

TOR "TIMES" LIDEL CASE,

·Jovnos, July Bili. Ms. Pernell ha infole a statement in the House

• of Champna to jef neuroga MIT O'Donnell's suit pgations than Pfannef or lily labsolutely disavowing the letters read at the trial

made its appearance in Manila, under the editor ship of Señor 13. Juhn Carlos G. de Quirós. It goes without saying that, like all newspapers in the Philippine Archipelago, this latest journalistic enterprise will be placed under the usual

rclesiastical Board of Censure.

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The following decree by the President of the French Republic, suppressing the general Budget of Indo-China, is published by the Courrier d'Haiphong: "Art. 1.-The General Budget of Indo-China is suppressed. The various to the particular budgets to which they formerly belonged,-Art. 2. The Budget of Annam and Tonquin comprises, besides their own revenue: 1st, the metropolitan subsirly; and, the contrib ution due by Cechin-China to the metropolis, This contribution, which is fixed by the annual military expenditure of Annan and Tonquin law of finances, is exclusively applied to the

Art. 3. From the date of promulgation of this decree, no more expenses shall be chargeable, to the general Budget of Indo-China. The sums already paid out under this heading shall be written off to the respective-particular lindgets

His lordship read the section.

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Mr. Deacon, replied that there had been no express notice pablished in the Gazette as required by the section ; what was published was Treasury notice in the Gazette on the 5th May, which notified that notice stating the grounds of appeal in each case must also be sent to the Assessor on or before "the 26th May. He pointed out how vague and misleading the notice was

Registrar should be served on the Assessor, and in the Gazette (although he did not say his client ought not to have known the Ordinance, but merely urged the point in justification) the notice simply said that notice must be sent to the Assessor, without saying a word about a copy

notice had been given to the Registrar, on the having to be sent to the Registar. But due

26th May.

THE irrepressible "Brownie " says that the ANOTHER Newspaper, La Voz de España, has scheme for the extension of the Praya "seems revenues of which it was composel are restored the Act said that a copy of the notice sent in the relating if it were not a perfectly typical one,

for the moment almost to tremble in the balance, and appears as if any slight movement might induce the beam to kick either way." Bosh. The Praya Reclamation scheme has received the support and sanction of the Hongkong Government, and has been unanimously agreed interested twaddle "Brownie "can stick into a to by the marine lot-holders so that all the sickly rag that is the laughingstock of the colony will have as much effect as the same artist's

Iris said that the temperature in the Red Sea during the present suminer has been something tenible. Experienced yoyagers who have passed thenogh frequently state that the heat has been unprecedentedly trying. Someiden can be formed of what like it has been by the fact that four

then on board a French, steamer a few weeks

inze dies from suffocation.

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SOME sensation was caused in Haiphong, on the ith inst. when, with a temperature at 35 degrees 'THE MONARCHY IN FRANCE.

Centigrade, several blocks ofice were seen floating The Bench pales have seized vleiler from the

down the river Cun-cam. It was not because the Conal de Paris fel trested in the Mayors urgingiver had frozen, says the Courrier, but a junk them fagy ert themselves for the restoration of the

which was conveying a supply of ice to the Monarchy.

transport Comorin, had capsized, and all her cargo went floating down river, giving one a faint impression of a return of the glacial period

Mrom the Carperler d'Haiphong) FRANCE.

PARIS, June 26th. Gevoel de fonts has been appointed Com- menghinh led of the 2nd Army Corps, and Genevad Valliy of the 8th Corps,

'June 28th.* The bars of State for Marine and the Celaxing bus gandral, his resignation but the Gurmament has refused to accept it.

June 26th.

Tudd us of this lattery in connection, with the Panama emal has been covered.

June 30th. "The Bolest Comelyne are hostile to the pro- ject presente 1 by the Government.

July 2nd.

'A Jegislative election has taken place in the deportment of Chicente, and the Conservative candlive has been elected.

M. Rogier has been elected President of the Budget Committee for 1589.

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TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

SAICON, July 3rd. Communication between Bangkok, Moulmein and Hattambang is interrupted.

PORTUGUESE financiers are at loggerheads in Their endeavours to establish a uniform rate of exchange between milreis and the various colonial rates which obtain in the Lusitanian dependencies. The general colonial grievance is that while a rate is allowed for naval payments, which is favourable to the recipients of salaries in colonial currency, a different and a highly disadvantageous rate is imposed on the military and the civil functionaries. The Fernal das Colonias, in derling with this subject, says that the grievance is intolerable, and recommends the Government to pay all the colonial functionaries in pounds sterling, which possess a fixed value in l'ortugal, bring invariably exchangeable at nilreis 4,500.

never-to-be forgotten and hopeless "attempt to

swamp the Hongkong Telegraph. Brownie prates about the rate-payers who object to the scheme. Who are those rate-payers and where are they? Let those who object to this great undertaking, if any such there be, come to the front and openly state their objections. But we don't believe there are any opponents of the scheme outside the office of our evening contem poraty. We are quite sure there is not an honest rate-payer in the colony who would not be ashamed to be found dead in the same field with such a mean-spirited abortion as "Brownie has shown himself to be times out of number.

A CORRESPONDENT of Galignant supplies an interesting account of the life of Auguste Zang, the raiser millionaire of Vienna, who lately died in that city, and who first created the political newspaper in Austria. In the early part of 1846 this individual, who was the son of a military surgeon in the Austrian army, arrived in Paris with his young wife in order to seek his fortune On the morning after their arrival the young couple went to a restaurant to breakfast, where a big loaf of bread was put before them, and from which they were expected to cut what they required. "Waiter," called out the young husband, "haven't you any other bread than this ?" "No, sir ; what other kind do you want?" was the answer. Haven't you a Sempest or Shrissti?", was again asked. "None of them," THE typhoon reported by the Government responded the waiter, who acted as if his guest. Astronomer to be hovering about in the north-was speaking Greek or Chinese; "what are they eastern part of the China Sea has not yet arrived;

"Well, my nun, you will know what they are in about six months," answered Herr Zang, neither has the other (if it is another) which was said by the Manila meteorological authorities to earnestly. It did not take Zang long to conclude We that whoever offered the Frenchmen the small be raging yesterday, north of Luzon. certainly do not want these visitors, and cobs of white Vienna bread, to take with their further, we are not apprehensive of anything chocolate or coffee, would quickly make his CALCUTTA, July 3rd. very serious. Of the dozens of typhoons which fortune. He lost no time in carrying out his Communication with Kangoon-is re-estab-rage every year in the China Sea, -only idea, and in Vienna engaged a staff of bakers very few of them come this way in, sufficient who brought their ovens and utensils to Paris. force to do serious damage. The weather up They opened a bakery in the Rue Richelieu, to 4 o'clock this afternoon was fine, bright and where it still stands. As the enterprising Zang sunny, with a strong breeze front about E. N. E. had guessed, "the little-breads" immediately aid the sky wearing anything but a threatening became favourites, and made it quickly apparent appearance; but at that hour the aspect to their introducer that they had "come to stay," changed, the sky-became suddenly overcast, and Having started an Austrian Idea in France, Zang MR. Frederick Krebs has been appointed vice rainset in pretty heavily. Looking out in the direc- next set about founding a Parisian fastitution in consul for Portugal-at Nagapaki

tion of the Lyce-moon' Pass at five o'clock there Vienna. He had goticed while baking his bread, certainly is every appearance of the weather that Paris had that which Vienna was sadly in outside being anything, but pleasant, for beyond want of a cheap political newspaper. So he the old Victor Emanuel the harbour is shut up sold out his bakery for a very handsome sum to and enshrouded in storm-driven mist and rain. a French rival, and left for Vienna to set up as But the weather prophets say that when thunder journalist. As soon as the Revolution of 48 is present the storm is over-hence we may passed away, Zang founded the Presse, pre hope for a night which will not keep all hands serving the name of the French journal of up on, the bridge,, lashing windows and tom Girardio, and the result was that the two ming off front doors.

cent newspaper grew in importance and wealth till it 'made Herr Zang the richest journalist

lished.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tur Zafira is undergoing ten days' quarantine at Manil

Tux Courier & Haiphong reports the sinking of asloop in the Song-tam-bac last week..

His lordship asked if Mr. Dencan argued granting that due notice was given that the grounds of the appeal were particularized in the

Mr. Deacon replied that he did, notice ?

Strictly

to which they belong.A.4. The sum of fratics | speaking he must admit there had not been a 11,340,0:0, shall be deducted from the credits proper copy supplied to Mr. Hooper. But the formerly transfered from the Cochin-China notice in the Gazette and daily papers only stated that notice of appeat must be sent to the Budget to the general Budget of Enila China, as Registrar. The correspondence between his this sum has be applied to military, expenses client and Mr. Hooper showed all the grounds in Annam and Torquin."

A CORRESPONDENT WHite:-Sunday evening, on the heavy showers of the carly afternoon clearing away, I started with a lady componion to take the fresh and cool air in the dhection of the Bowen Road. Our plan was to have our car-

with their

of the appeal. They were fully set out in a letter of the 18th May, and in another letter on the 26th May M. de Champeaux said that he was going to apply to the Court, so that really he complied with the Treasury notice.

His Lordship-Has there been any notice. given that he had applied ?

· Mr. Beacon --No.

His Lordship Then there has been a failure to comply with the practice.

Mr. Deacon agreed that his client had not technically complied, but submitted that he had substantially done so by his letters.

is Lordship after reading the letters, was of opinion that they gave no notice that an appeal had been instituled, but only that one was to be The appellant might have changed his mind.

Mr Deacon: He says positively that he is going to appeal, in his letter of the 26th; there is nothing problematical about that,

His Lordship:-All-he says is "I am going to appeal to the Supreme Court."

Mr. Jobneon, for the respondent, said that the words of the Ordinance were quite clear. It was highly desirable that the practice of the Court, being defined, should be followed. It was evident that the grounds of the appeal should have been furnished, and had not been, nor had proper notice been given to the Assessor. In another case, which had been withdrawn, no notice had been given, in the strict meaning of the Ordinance, but there was a letter sent in which the grounds of that appeal wore stated. If that appeal had heen heard he should have expected that that would have satisfied the Count, and it would have been heard, but in the case under consideration there had been no notice of any kind served, or grounds of appeal given.

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appears to be definitely caused by the mutiny of some Snuthers troops employed at a point which is variously reported, in working on the repairs of the Yellow River. It.acems that the official in charge failed to receive the needful silver for the maintenance of the men under him, or receiving it, refused to dis- burscit properly, which led to a revolt, nuri (accord- ing to report) to the murder of the official. After this achievement, the men are said to have gone south toward their homes in Kiang-man. Troops are supposed to be in motion to overtake the mutincers, but nothing can be learned in detail. The occurrence would be scarcely worst

time that the inciting circumstances recur, which reproduced with more or less regularity each d is sufficiently often. A few years, age the city of Tientsin, and the foreign settlement as well, how nicely there on precisely this suit sheen exceedingly easy at that time for a apul from precisely the same caure, - It would handful of dissatisfied troops from the neighbor

arrangement with their comrades in the outlying hood of Tak to have captured the city of Tientsin, if they

could have made a definite

camps to let them alone while engaged in doing it. Fortunately on that occasion, they attempted no such thing, but as this case, went off sub site, " permanently disappearing from foreign vision. Such occurrences illustrate the essential helpless. ness of the local Government in casch of sdikten nut-break in any region except where troops are massed. The walls of caties, often lofty, and frequently strong, though not infequently allowed to go to utter decay, seem to the foreigner a mere relic of the feudal ages, of no piesent value. The exact reverse is the truth. Such walls are the salvation, of China in any instance of bocal uprising, and they have been wisely imitated in disturbed districts by villages, which threw up ramparts of their own, when they are able to agree on the plan and on' the division of the expense. It will be long enough before the necessity for such primitive defences will have passed away,

The canal dug last year,, from the Grand Canal near Té Chon to the sea, in order to relieve the great pressure on the stream in time of flood, although opened under the supervision of an officer inmpeted in the Peking Gaselle as a person of great capacity and experience, proved to be quite worthless, as it was neither deep - enough nor wide enough to make a current. It fraudulent plan, and will be as futile as ligfore, has now been dug out again on the same. the Government appropriations having been judiciously distributed, no doubt, among the persons interested.

A sharp earthquake shock was felt in western Shantung, at 4.20 p.m. of June 13th, the most violent experienced for several years. The line of motion was north and south, and clocks at right angles to this direction were stopped, the water in jars was violently, agitated, and all suspended articles were set in motion. The shock equid not have lasted more than two or three seconds. It is a prevalent superstition among the Chinese, that whenever three shocks of this sort are (el, there will be such a plentiful harvest, that "the beggars will throw away their gourds."

*The most plausible lecution for the truble la Chang-Ch'iy- chen as fimportant town wier, the Peking Road eyjars, the Yellow River, South of Tung Ahling ful

BOOCHOW

The food has given the coolies quite a job in carrying the fea from above the bridge to the settlement during Saturday and Sunday last, on account of the boats not being able to come down from above the bridge.

The export to London from all China stood on Saturday last, 30th June, by telegraphic advice as follows:

www.

Season 1888-89. Season 1887-88.

From Shanghai 28 mill. lbs. against 29 mill, Ibe,

Foochow 12 Canton 4

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ringes and two-legged steeds run us as near as possible to the fout of the hills surmounting the Happy Valley, and then make the ascent by means of Shank's ponies. But before getting so far, and being suddenly bitten by the spirit of the explorer in regard to "reclamation" was strongly impressed by the grent anunt of unemployed ground and vacant space cxisting in the neighbourhood of Bowringian, and alllying within the space of two miles of the Post Office, Morrison Hill and its slopes, for example, would afford space enough for a small town in itself if the houses were built on the terrace system so will understood by Chiness--and as for the two long mountainridges, extending from North Point to Causeway Bay and from the "coffee gardens" to the head ofthe Valley, there is room enough there for any amount of building and for a very convenient quarter of the town also, with a good fast steam tramway connection, such as we see in Singapore. What surprised me, amongst other things, was to find not one single road named by a finger-post-that mark of a western civilization so convenient to all people, whether they be travellers or citizens. The ascent of

His Lordship, thought the want of notice a the Tytam Road was somewhat trying, even to

fatal objection. The same point had been fully an old mountain climber, but the scenery was discussed in a previous case, which was decided exceedingly pretty from beginning to end; against the appellant on technical grounds. Il although it has one serious drawback. At the the appellant in the present case had given immediate foot of this mountain road, is a vile notice that he had applied for an appeal it would slough of mud and filth where despondent have been some sort of notice, but he only "intended to appeal, and might have changed and savage minded water buffaloes appear to his mind. He therefore dismissed the appeal on the ground that the required conditions had ruminate over the miseries of bovine life, and to Ile in wait for every innocent foreign pedestrian not been complied with. At the same time, he added, if there was anything wrong, and the and possibly to gore him.

Assessor could be shown that any injustice was formidable horns, if circumstances.so far suffered, the Governor had always power to see favoured. From one of these interesting-at-a-that, it was rectified. Costs would follow the distance creatures I consider we had a very narrow escape, and had I been armed with a gun there would possibly have been one-buffalo

· SHANTUNG. less in the island of "fragrant streams," that day. On arrival at the Tytam tunnel entrance we were agreeably surprised to find The Shantung correspondent of our Shanghai the work in an advanced state of completion. morning contemporary, writing on June 18th, The great guich or ravine at the mouth of states that a typical instance of the wild alarm paule caused by tales of distur and unreasoning Says the Straits Times of the 3rd inst. The in Europe. But a time came at last when a

the tunnel, has been effectually bridged by the bance, has recently occurred in the province of

Arrivals, .................................... 109.611 24,247 Settlements, 59.406

380 Aherican Musical Comedy and Opera Company rival journal called the News Frais Prativas cuttings from the internal rock, and the conduit Shantung. In order to understand the singular

·Stocks, Tolmullum' 50,205 23,861 Brived here this morning in the steamship to be created and by which Zang was to receive formed across it, finished and covered with excitement occasioned by a mere rumour, it is

Those older residents who have viewed with

·Carmarthenshire and will give a performance one of the heaviest blows of his existence. Not ponderous flags of well dressed granite. The necessary to know that a little more than twenty

regret the encroachment' of native houses on years ago, the western part of this province was of the popular English comic opera "Dorothy" being a trained writer,--although an excellent entrance to the tunnel, which so long has worn

the scene of an outbreak, caused by the guerilla certain parts of the hill must be struck by the warfare of a bandit who is known as the "Yen

latest nuisance in the way of encroachment on, WE would remind our readers that Woodyear's at the Town Hall, to-night. It may be remem. man of businers-be had collected about him the appearance of a black jagged hole, is now

the bill, which is the transformation of the peach Circus te-opens at Bowrington to-morrow evening. bered that a short lime ago we referred to this seme of the ablest writers and contributers of handsomely faced with dressed gtanlle, and | Wang", from, the title which he assumed. At garden into a tope walk;⋅ We wonder if Mesars, when the company, reinforced by the recent Company as being on its way to Hongkong, and the capital, who often complained they were bears a very pretty, and civilized appearance in that time, the whole country was turned into

a collection of refugees, going they knew not extends the length of preventing the dozens of Jardine, Matheson & Co.'s lien on this ground arrivals, will give a grand performance. An expressed a hope that it would be able to play in underpaid, and even badly treated by their the midst of so much rural, not to say savage whither and flying from ibey, knew not what. afternoon priformance will take place on Saturday, Singapore. At the time this wasn forlorn bope, and occasionally autocratic employer. One fine scenery. Who it was that designed this piece Great numbers of people were, undoubtedly noisy jurkmen congregating there, disturbing on an entirely new programme

yesterday we were agreeably surprised to learn morning Zang nearly had an apoplectic fit when of architecture assuredly deserves credit for massacred, and between the rebels, and the the peace of the neighbourhood, We really think this is a point that should be jealously that the manager had decided to tempt fortune two of his principal editors informed him that an educated taste, in there blending elegance Imperial troops who were often worse, the poor watched by those in authority. The Government Astronomer referring to the here for a night or two. The Company is a strong they had bad enough of it, and meant to establish with utility. As long as you don't sit down and people had a hard time. As is usual in such cases, it was long before the Government made Typhoon announced yesterday says in to-day's one-16 in number-and includes Mr. John la rival, paper, backed by the monoy of's few watch a Chinese mason at his work, he appears its power felt, and when it did, it was still longer omewhere close to Fives Court. It is stated weather report: "The typhoon which appears to F. Sheridan, whose eccentric comedy in "Fun rich bankers. In 1864 the famous Neur Free to get on with it pretty well-" considering." before the people regained confidence enough to that three little follows from Izto 6 years of age;' he entered the Chinn Sea to the south of on the Bristol" may be remembered by many; Frises was launched into the world; and soon Luzon is probably moving westward," The Miss Maud. Itare, soprano, of the Sims Reeves became a most formidable rival of Zane's journal, barometric readings this afternoon were: 29. 71 company, Miss Leamington, contralto, from the thefight between them continued for three years, Milan Conservatoire; Miss Morrison, mezzo when Herr Zang sold his old Presse for 400,000 at 1p.m., 29 €9 at 4 p.m. and 29 60 at 5,30 soprano, of D'Oyley Catte's company; Mr. dollars, and took himself back to Paris. Returning, by to see that be did not go to sleep-but to funkdown objective, and in an instant the coun

Charles Fisher, tenor, of J. W. Turner's Com-after a few years, to Vienna, he married a young pany, and Mr. H. M. Imano, basso, of D'Oyley and pretty wife to whom he has now left an Carte's company. Mr. J. A. Robertson is the enormors fortune, greatly increased by lucky conductor. The Company has been formed, as speculations, but hispálice in the Johannis Gaise, we noticed on a former occasion, "to meet the his chateau in Styrie, and his fine carriages and special requirements of the East, Whether it servants, were only for external show. At home, will meet the requirements of Singapore can only in his private life, the first founder is Faris of be ascertained by a visit to the Town Hall the small and white cobs of bread, and of the to-night. In all probability there will be no first popular political newspaper in Vienna lived further performance, as the Carmarthenshire is | the cold and mean existence of a wraiched and

miserable Lilser. supposed to leave to-morrow evening

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AN Emergency meeting of Zetland Lodge, No. 525, will be held in Freemasons Hall, Zetiand Street, to-morrow evening, at 8.30 for 9 o'clock precisely. Visiting brethren are cordially invited,

THE Tokyo Demjd says that cholera has now spread to various places in Nagasaki Prefecture, since the death of two persons at Nagayamura, Nishitakigori, in that Prefecture on the 20th ulti,The nuthorities are taking steps to check the disease..

TO-DAY at the Police Court Mr. Sercombe-Smith fined a woman belonging to the fraternity of scavengers five dollars, for polluting the waters of the hashour with a consignment of her stock in-trade. Parim Deen, one of the Punjabce police, swore he saw defendant emptying her bucko's inte the harbour, and on observing him approaching she ran away. Defendant denied the soft larpeachment, but her explanations were 100 thin, and she was ordered to pay down the Ave Mexicans or "go up for three weeks.

DISTURBANCES IN WESTERN

44 mill, lbs. against 41 milk lbs. The latest arrivals, settlements and stocks at Amoy of Oolongs are as follows :—

Arrivals, Settlements, and Stocks

to dale are:-

FORMOSA AMOY OnLUNO. OOLONG 1888-89.

1688:89.

A very sad occurrence came to our notice of the death of three brothers, being drowned in a pand

In this case we did sit down, not so much to return to their homes and to their ordinary work,

About the beginning of the second week this who were gathering Moklee flower, felt so very look at the one heathen mason cutting out the month a rumour, suddenly spread in every hot, that they decided to take a bath in the pond, last 8 of the figures 1883-8. on the crown of the direction, that some one had rebelled, that rebels and the youngest was the first to jump in. He arch,with three of his squatting friends sitting were marching from somewhere to attack, some was observed by his brothers to be sinking, so

they both went to his rescue, but unfortunately rest ourselves after one of the hardest climbs in try-side was in a fever of excitement. Twenty the pond was too deep for them, and the affair years is too short a time in which to forget the resulted in all three being drowned. The pond the island. In returning along the fine level experiences of 1867, and within a day or two of was dragged and the three poor little chilldres road eastward, the walk and the atmosphere the dissemination of this mysterious news, from were found holding fast to each others hands in

death were alike delightful, but my companion, on our no one seems to know what source, people began

moving toward the district cities to gain protection The fresher which commenced last Saturday passing certain points where the cuttings are within their walls. It is impossible to ascertain (June 30th) caused much anxiety among the very abrupt, was somewhat nervous about over how great an area this took place, but villagers, who were afraid that their standing landslips, and declared she could never have current reports indicate that it was general crop of paddy would be inundated, and we are the nerve to walk round such places immediately throughout the western part of the province, at informed that the whole fields in the village of least along the line of the great road from Peking Ong-ong-Nay were covered with water and some after heavy rain-fall. With landslips 10. common as they have been of late, I don't know to the south, and also castward ton considerable daniage is said to have been done. It is faid distance. The district: cities soon became too that the villagers bave to buy their rice in the that I should not share her apprehensions, fall to hold any jote, so that it was difficult or 3 market now. We are also informed that a cargo