1888-09-27 — Page 2

AB TRIDE

Intimations

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER

WE learn that the Canton river steamer Hankow will abortly be laid up at Messi. Duiterfield & Swire's engineering establishment at Quarry A. S. WATSON & CO., LTD. Bay to undergo her annual overhaul. The some

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THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY, Mongkong 31st August, '1882.`-

NOTICES TO CORĶESPONDENTS,

what extensive repairs necessary will be carried sut under the superintendence of Mr. J. W. Croker,

Til: American corvette Juniata, Capt. W. C. Wise, left this port for the United States this morning. As the vessel left her inborings in the man-of-war anchorage, fire crackers were lavishly expended on board the sampans and a steam laurich which followed the corvette for a short distance down the harbour.

We understand that substantial alterations have been carried out by the Public Works Depart ment in that part of the Wang-ney.chong valley which is occupied by a few groups of squatters, near the Stanley Road. The filth in which these nomads lived and flourished has been removed, building sites have been levelled and arrangements made for the better protection of the bealth and comfort of the whole district. A LITTLE before eleven fast night a fire broke out in a metal-worker's shop in Queen's Road

Rose leaves are drank now, actually used as a beverage. The recipe is this. Take freshly picked rose leaves, and pack in a jar alternately layers of leaves and white sugar, and when full pour over it clear, cold water. In four days strain off the liquid, let it stand in a jar a week and then bottle, tying the cork. It effervesces like champagne.

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OUR Macao correspondent informs us that the recently re-elected Municipal Corporation of the Holy City was re-dissolved by Governor da Costa on Monday last, and the 2132 of October has been fixed for another election. It is said, that all the Government officials will be com.

peiled to vote this time, caating in their lot with

the Governmenial candidates. Nous verrons,

THE following important works will be carried out in Hanoi next year, for which several sums have been voted: The cutting of the Lich-Tray which is estimated to cost $80,000, will absorb $40,000 in 1889; the wharves of Hanoi, calculated to cost $137,500 will get an instalment of $50,000; the Quay of the Sontam-bac, francs. [249,000 and the bridges across the canal, fres.

150,000*

SUPREME COURT.

IN CRIMINAL SESSIONS.

(Before the Hon. J. Rusell, Acting. Chief

Justice.)

THE HOLLYWOOD-ROAD ARSON CASE.

To-day, being the fourth day of the trial, the prosecution closed. Mr. Francis not calling the whole of the witnesses," Mr. Robinson'desired very little from them. For the defence he said that several others should be called, but elicited that the whole mater depended upon the credibility of the first witness. The three prisoners ceployed at the shop labored under the disadvantage, in proving their innocence, of

of the fire--they were asleep when it broke out. being unable to give any. account of the origin With regard to the evidence of the first witness, be instanced discrepancies which, he submitted, showed the fabrication of his story. In explana tion of the attempt at bribery of the lad by the fourth prisoner, he stated that he did so in order called the witnesses for the defence who were to pay black-mail and prevent trouble. He examined at the Magistracy.

THE GAMBLING CASE.

At the Police Court this morning, before Mr.

sald

thirty

upon as the best time. Accordingly, lest conf members of the battery, with a few military and civilian friends, 1 Pedder's wharf in style, in the Pilot Fish, which was a coruscation of paper lanterns and deep-laden with restoratives in bottles.. Nothing of interest happened whilst leaving the harbour for the westward, owing to the sampans getting out of the way in thine, but outside a heavy typhoon was experienced, which blew one of the lanterns out, and upset a bottle which had been left unguarded After heaving to for repairs, one of the younger recruits who had been smoking very industriously went to the side and likewise love to, The gay gondola was then heading for the Cantor taken for an English fleet, crowded with troops River, but it being suggested that we might be and lead to nobody knew what results, it was decided to go round the Island of Fragrant Streams. By this time the boys had laid out a very appetising cold collation on the binnacle truck; there was everything, from sait horse to Fanny Adams. Lieut. Woolley took the chair --that is to say he sat at one end on a luxurious plank settee four inches broad; and Lieut. Holmes bossed the other end. Everything was calm and bright, as per ballad, and the way the vlands were interred no one would' believe, particularly by the fat men, who were numerous

Now, Sir, here is fresh evidence which li valuable to those who do not believe that a typhoon is merely a heavy gale of wind," and to those salt-horie sailo‘a also, who are so often beset and troubled by terrible fears and doubts when, in coming up deep-laden from some of the southern ports they find their "glasses" going down, and strong indications of heavy weather time last year two well known steamers, together in every increasing gust of wind. About this

with 11.M.S. Wasp, disappeared in the China Sea. Two were never heard of after leaving port, and the crew of one (the Vortigers) escaped by a very that the hapless ship was driven with great stress lucky accident and were able to inform the public

to herself and her engines right into the storm which eventually swallowed her up. What ber officers understood about the nature of these typhoons It is difficult to say, but it is a fact that there are men navigating in that locality whose ideas on the subject are of the hariest description,

If we can once fix to a certainty that the typhoons about the Macclesfield Bank are left- banded rotary storms; passing to the westward, it is all but absolutely certain that with a fairly well-fitted steamer their centres may be avoided by either waiting for them to pass, by steaming away from their track, or by sailing round them, No man is justified, however fine a steamer he track. of a typhoon, either by ignorance or may command, in deliberately crossing the design, without hei assured by barometric and other clear indications that he can do so with

West, just at the bottom of Possession Street is not given to everybody to read his own Pollock, the hearing of this case, in which Police and hungry. After the batch who were too impunity. We shall probably never know how out, and, although the flanics had got a good obituary, but we hope that Mr. Sampson, whose Sageant Duncan is charged with entering No. 1 late for the first table," and who had had to the Wasp fared in the fatal storm which swamped

The Government and Volunteer Brigades turned

It is sequested that aftenmunicatinas teksting to Subscription, hold the plentiful water supply scon extinguished Advertisements, Re, added in the Manager, Hongkong them. After the hose had heen rolled up, Telegraph and not to the Falitor.

294, dwelling house in Queen's Road West, without the authority of a warrant," was resumed. The proceedings consisted chiefly "in Mr. D. E.

Letters Editorial matters so be sent to "The Faltai" and preparatory to leaving, the aitic of the adjoining heard the rumour of his death at Shangbal" | Caldwell, the defendant's sel-citor, justifying his owing to various misguided individuals detaining they had a very narrow escape-due to the

be feished back and a good deal of trouble taken day a telegram was received from Shanghai that client's conduct, the substane: of his argunient was either Chairman or vice-Chairman again, and in her spar deck. In this typhoon of the roth'

not to ladividual members of the staff.

Canniinicains intemfed for publication must be accompanie:1 by the naine aud antress of the writes, the necessadly for pialalcation ; but as evidence of good faith..

While the lammas of the Flongkong Türgraph will always be open for the fair discussion by corrundents of all questions ffccting public interests, i must be distinctly anderstal that the iter dies nt in my way hold himself responsible for opinións shux expressed.

TO ADVERTISERS,

Advertisers are requested to award all notices Intended for

Insertion in that day's fkkun,tist later than Three o'Cluck no Að Hot retind the early patination of the page.

o is this and striptions which are not prdered for

fix per will be continual until contermsavlod, w

house began to light up, and the manual bad.to'

to put out the petty fire. The Hon. H. E. Wodehouse was in command, Acting Superin. tendent Horspool being, ill. It is alleged that the fire was caused by an incendiary. It is a significant fact that although fires were of almost nightly occurrence during the summer months, acceding there has only been one-that is Lynd since he Hollywood-roada son case has been pro

The Hungtong Patograph has the Pugent circulation of any English newper publishé Déu The Far East, and is therefore the beat them for Ave. Ter can learnt en plizations

The Hongtang Tiltgraph'e uumber a the Telephone Central Exchange A So. 7,

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TO SUBSCRIBERS. Schwcribers to The Hangong Telegraph are respectfully reminded that al Subscriptions are payable in advance.

hurst Terrace besides the one above reported,

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decease we and our contemporaries announced two days ago, will live to do so. When we

was too late in "the day to verify it, but yester- he was getting on well. We are glad to hear it. being that Sergeant Duncan, holding a warrant for entering into any part of the premises of No. A CORRESPONDENT calls our attention to an

292, was justified in using the ordinary and only emission in the notice we published yesterday of means of entrance to such, premises, which was the "Rules and Regulations of the Jamselice by a staircase passing through the adjoining Nesserwanjec Petit Parsee Orphanage, of Bom-house, No. 294 Having that warrant in his hand bay," We are informed that in addition to Rs. and being a police constalije, he was bound Q search such premises and to get into them admeasuring 36,478 sq sare yards, and estimated wished to earn the reputation of having neglecico 3,64,200, the vast estate known as the Lalbag by the common made of entrance, unless he tt Rs. 3,54,000, has been also given away for the his duty-he was bound to get into the premises trenefit of the said Orphanage; thus the total hy soine means. As the only way of getting sum set apart for this charitable institution passing through one of the floors of No. 294 to the upper floor of No. 293 was by a staircase

amounts to Rs. 7.14,300;

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We Nodakows Extegraph young lady is to remain a secret until after the organ issued every Sunday. The first copies

oso, Thursday, September 17, 1888.

TELEGRAMS.

(Reuter.)

THE EGYPTIAN TROUBLE:-

LONDON, September 24th. The rebels are shelling Soakim with cannon.

THE EMPEROR'S DIARY!.

September 25th. Prince Bismarck has announced that he regards the Emperor Frederick's diary as apocryphal.

at Suakim.

FRANCE AND ITALY.-

THE TYPHOON.

At 8.30 pm, yesterday the following report

was sent from the Observatory —

5

"The typhoon appears to be raging in the Balintang Channel,"

The Spanish Consul at this port has kindly communicated to us the following telegram received at to6 a.m. this morning from Boli-

nao

"The typhoon has entered the China Sea to

Sunlensk, it was lately proposed to put up a young lady in a míße, who was "no longer young,, but of excellent moral character and roble birth," as stated in the prospectus which was widely distributed by an enterprising >peculator. The chief conditions of this original lottery were as follows(1) The name of the drawing. (2) The total proceeds of the sale of the tickets amounting to 5,co roubles are to foun ber marriage portion. (3) 1,000 tickets to he sold at 5 roubles each. (s) The lucky winner is to marry the lady, in which case he receives her dowry. In case of refusal, he is at liberty to transfer his claim to another party. If, on the other hand, the lady objects to marry the

winner, she will have to pay him the sum of 4.500 roubles. The scheme promised to be

wise, the police got wind of the affair, and put

of

what was more natural than that the defendant Gould avail himself of that staircase? Mr.

have done? If he had simply marched away

THE Courrier d'Haiphong notifies the public-Denison had informed His Worship of the ation of a weekly pamphlet in that city, peculiar construction of such houses-that No. denominated Le Cancretat libre-penseur" or

294 must be gone into before anybody could enter into all parts of No. 292 so that, under such Freethinker's budget, gossip or review, a critical circumstances, what was there for his client to on encountering such a trifling difficulty, what thought of him? Probably that he had com- would the Captain Superintendent of Police have mitted a dereliction of duty and had been affected by an absence of zeal. The first question to con- to the top floor of No. 292 except by passing up sider was this-Were there any nicans of getting

the pamphlet were no sooner published than they were purchased; the whole issue, in fact, consisting of one thousand copies, was disposed of within a few hours of publication. The Courrier asks in amazement: 'Is this Can treat the goose of the golden eggs?'

the staircase of. No. 2917. The evidence of

stay forud and feed on cigars, had got her, but last year a most interesting account was through, the cloth was removed, and a little published in France of the experiences of a Mes concert.commenced, of which Mr. Duncan was

sagerics Maritimes steamer in a cyclone near the impresario, Several false starts were made Mauritius and in which the officers considered the whisky, but af length Lieut. Holmes, who

strength of the ship, the height of her free-board, set the ball rolling with the usual loyal toast, inst, the centre-one of small area appears to followed by the health of the Recreation Com- have passed right over the position of the Cheang mittee, Lieut. Woolley and Mr. Duncan partic-Hye Ting, but the singular part of it is that the ularly. He referred to the flourishing position' of stemer Almora, which came out of Saigon on the corps, and hinted to several of the civilians

the toh, and was right behind the Cheang that they couldn't do better than join. Lieut. pe Ting, did not feet she only reported Woolley assured them it was all Mr. Duncan's heavy rain and dirty weather. As these storms doing. Mr. Duncan, who had been busy and only reach the Saigon pilot ground about once bustling round after the general comfort in seven years, and as no steamer except the

he could only murmur as how it was all did not exhaust itself near Cape Pasaran it previously, was seovercome at being unanimously Cheang Hye Ting has reported the one. in told that he was a jolly good fellow" that question, we may probably conclude that if it Lieut. Woolley's doing. Then Mr. Stag Hotel Cook was invited to be melodious, which disappeared in that wilderness of swamps,

entered the territory of Cochin-China and so

Bont," after finishing this .drop" and finding he accordingly was in The Husband's

Yours faithfully,.

his hat. Mr. Henderson followed with an

extrahigh-pitched eulogy of "Evelina," which was marred by the non-appearance of the moon at almanack time. Sergeant Dall then sang “Timid fille maiden" to himself, and the company helped at the chorus with a whooping #Sec-u-u-re.", Lieut. Woolley followed with another chorusy song, and then Mr. Brandwood, Sergeant MeBrae was down for the next, but he got a friend to sing, which the sald friend did in a Kontse tontol voice—something aboul a “ Pansy Blos om." About this time our programme got

adjournment to the side after drinking one of into our glass and necessitating a hurried lost, owing to a Chinese lantern dropping tallow

four jelly smith," and "Benjamin Binns," and particular comic song. We distinctly recollect, the healths. Anyhow, somebody warbled The then Cook paralysed everybody with his own

very high-pitched and very seriously, as though he would like anybody to deny it. Then a fat man sang a love-song, and the moon rose er the city, which was just coming into sight. Captain Stopani gave everybody a "turn" by saying there Was a fire, which, we thought he meant was on board, and a hasty suggestion to construct a raft of bottles was made. However, it proved to be ashore, so we hoped the other Volunteers were

NAUTICUS..

Hongkong, September 27th, 1888.

MR. DENNY ON COREAN -

AFFAIRS.

· (Concluded.) The President of the Foreign Office frankly says he is powerless as against the Chinese in those matters. Even with "the fraudulent treatment it has received the revenues for the year just closed

and fair treatment, would have been consider. ably increased, thereby avoiding the apparent false sympathy over the expenditure of a few amount to $250,00, a sum which, under legitimate

necessity for some persons to waste so much

and America. But the culminating act of lies, in his plot exposed in July last, to dethrone China's representative for cold-blooded villany and carry off the King, to make temporary

eminently successful, but; fortunately or other her brothers. After some time it struck her that carry out the orders on his warrant. But to test 100, that Lieut. Holmes sang & patriotic song thousand dollars in sending ministers to Europe

a stop to it.

We have heard of many an amusing joke arising out of a mis-spelled word, a wrangly constructed sentence, or a mis applied quotation, but we think nothing surpasses the conciseness of ridicule and

no other known way, and therefore convent, where she made all the nuns laugh by he, hr. Caldwell, contended that his client A WILD Irish girl was sent to a Roman Catholier. Denison had clearly proved that there some rather curious stories she had heard from had no other course to pursue in order to the question; suppose a man lived on the top floor of No. 292 and the only means of ingress and egress was by a staircase which passed through one of the floors of No, 294; would not be and every other person who had a legitimate right to enter No. 29a also have as good a right to enter No. 294 when such was the recognised way of entrance? How many cases had there been in Hongkong which proved that

be used for some purpose; it could not be

perhaps she was doing wrong in making the huns laugh, and the next time she went to con- fession she confided her scruples to the priest. He decided that it entirely depended on whatthe stories were like, and suggested she should tell him one. She chose the very mildest and related

room for a pliant tool. The execution of this diabolical business involved riots, arson, blood";

shed and probable, assassinations, besides imperilling the lives of the foreigners in Seoul,

the freshness of ignorance revealed in a Police it to him. He listened attentively till she came conclusively? The top door of No. 292 m doing their duty, and fell to singing again. Every detall of this wicked conspiracy is in the

to the end, and then, forgetting himself for a moment, said, "Ab I'ye have a betther wan than

that "

-The French and Italian warships have arrived report written sometime ago by a Portuguese Officer in Macao, and reproduced as an evidence of official igbořance both of grammatical. con- struction and logic in the recently published. It is rumoured that Messrs. Butterfield & Swire, Reply from the-Macao Municipal Chamber to whose energy and enterprise in all branches the Government report. After quoting several. of commerce have become a byeword in the glaring specimens of bad spelling-a fault which Far East, intend shortly erecting at Quarry Bay is an unfailing proof of a writer's vulgarity and a patent slip of considerable dimensions and deficiency of education, the author introduces capacity. The principal object of this new the following astounding sentence in the Police undertaking, we understand, is for the repairs, ollicer's Report. A coffin' containing a dead etc, required by the coasting and other steamers hody happened to be deposited at the Central of the China Navigation and Ocean Steamship Police Station in Macao, previous to being Companies; but when not otherwise employed constmitted to mother earth; the officer in charge the slip will be utilised for outside vessels. If thought it incumbent on him to report the fact this is not the commencement of the long to his superior officers, and this is the manner threatened opposition to the Hongkong and in which he communicated the news. We trans-Whampoa Dock Co., it looks very much like it. late the words ad litteram :-"There appeared This new departure ought not to prove a a dead corpse (cadaver morto) which by the surprise to careful readers of the Hongkong talk seems to be English (que pola falla parece | Telegraph. ser inglex), arithmetically (for hermetically) coclosed in a coffin." This precious specimen. THIS is how the Alla California jumps on' Mr. of language pure and undefiled is to be found Levi P. Marton of New York, the Republican among the State papers of the Macao Govern- gentleman who sits at the Vice-Presidency of the United States :—There, garlanded and rib- boned, a figure in this reception, was Levi P. Morton, Republican candidate for the Vice. Presidency, for whom votes are demanded by Mr. Blaine on the score that "England desires Democratic success," therefore Mr. Morton must

the N.N.W. of Luzon. If it does not recurve, it will probably travel in the direction of Swatow." The Government Astronomer forwarded us the following notification at 3 p.m. to-day':~~

"The Typhoon is moving towards the S.E. Coast of China."

LOCAL AND GENERAL. Don Antonio J. de Medeiros, Bishop of Macao, with bis Secretary, a Seminarist and two servants, left this morning for Singapore

THE Superintendent of the P. & O. S. N. Co. courteously informs us that the steamship Hydaspes, with the next English mail, teft Singapore for this port yesterday at 5 p.m.

Ar the recent criminal sessions In Townsville (Queensland), Judge Noel lold the jury they would not get any lunch till they agreed, and intimated that their verdict would be "all the more merciful for a little fasting," ANOTHER of 'em gone. A young gentleman who has fluttered on the edge of local Society for the last two or three years emigrated unostentatiously yesterday. He made a new departure, in a double sense; he went "for his health" to Macan, and there boarded an Australian steamer that was taking in opium. He did not ewe very much. Still, sound G., and let us sing:

One more unfortunxia, deeply in debt, "Tečtars Importunato, dallani can't get

Vately he prayed in his vamen und orison. Vainly his creditore now seek for M--1, THR latest novelty in England on the tennis lawn is a wheeled table. The invention naturally thing light to eat to the players after a few followed the fashion of serving tea and some games had been played. To get the things necessary for the occasion to the lawn required the walter to make several trips between the house and the lawn. With a tea wagon but one trip is necessary. The vehicle has wheels about the size of those on a baby carriage They are made of steel, with rubber tires like the wheels of a bicycle, Shackle springs rise above the wheels to support a rectangular tray, perhaps two feet by three and a half large. The tray, is made of either papier, martie, pothstred birch, cak or mahogany, to suit the taste of the buyer. The next novelty introduced for the comfort of the heroes of this feather-bed pastime should be comfortable lounges, specially adapted for the purposes of firtation and general tom-

foolery

ment.

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LITIGATION of a rather serious character is imminent between the Hongkong, Canton and Macao Steamboat Company on the one side and the Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs on the other. The casus belli is in connection

be elected Vice-President. Mr. Morton is an old with the oplum smuggling which for so many man. Mr. Harrison is infirm. The law of this years past has been prevalent on the Pearl river. fand is that when President and Vice-President A short time since a seizure of some 40 tins of both dle the Secretary of State becomes President, opium was made on board the steamer Faishan | and Mr. Blaine is to be Secretary of State, if the under circumstances which indicated clearly people can be persuaded to elect Mr. Harrison, enough that the smugglers were part of the But why should England desire Democratic suce vessel's personnel. Under the Treaty the cess over Mr. Morton / England | England!" steamer is alleged to have been able to as the shout with which the "greatest living fine af taels goo, but we understand that Mr. American," for this occasion, lands in his own White, Commissioner of Customs at Canton, country, He seizes Morton by the hand and intimated that if the Steamboat Company advises American workingmen to vote for him in left, the matter solely to his decision he order to advance their interests against England. would reduce the penally to a fine af taels Hut will that dolt? Congressman Fitch is timely 100, it being a first offence. He funber stated, with his protest against misrepresentation. however, that if his proposal were not agreed When England was building the Canadian to, he would at once deprive the Fatihan Pacific Railway, she took Mr. Morton into a of the special and somewhat unique privileges money-making partnership in that enterprise, the same regulations as ocean-going vessels stock, and when nominated to the Vice-Pres enjoyed by river steamers, and place her under and he is the owner of 50,000 shares of its The Steamboat Company-acting in conjunction dency was a Director of that company. He is with the China Navigation Co., who are part part owner of the Canadian Pacific steamships owners of the Falshan, and on the advice which are draining Hongkong of coolley to be of Messrs. Deacon & Co. their Canton landed in Victoria and sneaked over the line agents declined to accede to the Commis to compete with American labor and spread sloner's ultimatum, and war has been declared. their grotesque vices amongst our people. . Mr. Orders had been issued that the Fatshan, on Morton does this for what there is in it for him, her arrival at Canton this morning, would be just as Elkins and Barney Biglin and the old deprived of the river steamer privileges she gang have taken leadership of the party of bas hitherto enjoyed, and would have to Lincoln, Summer and Greeley, for what they can conform to the usages governing ocean-going make out of it "Mr. Morton's principat bank is steamers in a Treaty port. In all this there are in London and his partner is a British baronet, the elements of a very pretty liule quarrel, and Mr. Blains implores American worklogmen which, in whatever way, it may end, is sure to to put this British banker, and this partner of provide a gold harvest for the lawyers and buldred Hongkong coolle ships, within one interesting pabulum for the local press, And step of the Presidency, to protect the interests here endoth the first lesson."

of American labor 1” ka

intended to lie there fallow, to be for ever and day unoccupied, and therefore if it were admitted that the owner and occupier had a right to pass up and down through another house, it established the same right for his servants and to every other person who came there in a lawful manner. If that staircase was the only means of getting up and down, there could not be a doubt bus that it was the proper way and as open to his client as to any other person.

His Worship said he thought that when defendant found out there was no other way of getting into No, 292 but by going through another house, it was his duty as a police constable to have gone back and got the warrant altered.

Mr. Caldwell submitted that they were not in that Court to argue what defendant should have done, the question was, did he do what he ought not to have done? He admitted that Sergeant Duncan might have done as his Worship sug gested, but defendant was in that Court to answer the question if he did what he ought not to have done, not the question of what he ought to have done. On every ground of law and on every ground of common-sense his cllent was bound to carry out his orders as expressed on the warrant; in fact, by doing what he did, he was exactly in the position of a tenant living at No. 293, who must necessarily follow the stair- case as the only means of ascent.

His Worship admitted that a tenant would have a legal right to do this..

Lieut. Woolley proposed "The Visitors, and Conductor Warne replied. Then we stopped the engines to have another song, and drifted about like an illuminated derelict till we reached Kowloon, and landed either the Chairman or vice-Chairman. Finally we struggled through "Old lang syne," and wished each other "goo

i" having had a reely plesha evng.

CORRESPONDENCE.

[Wo do not necessarily endorse the opinions expressed by correspondents in thli column.)

THE SOUTHERN TYPHOONS. *** TO THE EDITOR or the " Hongkong Telegraph."

There are

as well as those of many of the native people.

possession of the King, and which would, no doubt, have been carried out but for the integrity and loyalty of Prince Min Yong Il, one of the ablest and truest of Korean subjects, who with the knowledge of the King, had been let into the plot and who faithfully reported its different Phases from time to time to His Majesty, as well as myself, who were enabled thereby to control and defeat it, at

Perhaps the most extraordinary part of this infamous business, is the draft of # which was to have beeh and doubtless was submitted to the Viceroy for his approval. or rejection. The principal features of this draft were as follows-Native soldiers were to be drilled at Kang Wha under the pretext of garrisoning the point against the "outelde bar- barian." These soldiers were to be reviewed by SIR,-Although some ten days have elapsed the Chinese representative in order that they since the late typhoon in the China Sea was might readily recognise their commander at the reported, it is by no means too late to consider critical moment. They were to be placed con- how furiously it blew and which way it pursued veniently near the palace. Then the Tai Wan its track across the sea, because although Sep- Kiun or ex-regent's palace or house was to be tember is the worst month in the year, yet the door of the King, which was to be the signal for fired and the work of the incendiary laki at the sarde devastating storms are common enough In October and of frequent occurrence in November an uprising of the ex-regent's following who hate and the following months of the year. What the Queen and her party with intense bitter may be called the Cheung Hye Ting typhoon is Bess. The rioters were to attack the palace, bae which should have a particular interest for when Commissioner Yuan was to appear on the that numerous body of mariners who navigate ground, as he did in 1884, and in command of between this port and the south to Manila, the troops already referred to under the pretenco Bangkok, Saigon, Singapore and all other places of quelling the rioters, was to take possession in that direction, from the fact that its course is of the person of the King and carry him out of the still another well-marked indication of the truth palace, then declare the son of the King's elder of Major-General H. S. Palmer's theory that brother heir apparent, and the ex-regent, regent Mr. Caldwell submitted that his Worship such storms after passing across the Philippines until the heir agreed upon attained his majority, having conceded to much, had opened the door invariably pursue a south-westerly track when thereby enabling the Chinese, under the direction to the legal action of the defendant; for if t

once they have broken away from the main of the regent, to thoroughly invest the goverà was right in

ment and country. Neither did Chinn's repre original body of the storm." and tenant, then it was right public road and open to everybody. To look at for every individual acting lawfully i it was a seamen who suppose that such hurricanes sentative neglect the financial part of the scheme, pursue a west-north-westerly course whether for he placed in the hands of a certain general the matter from another point of view a little they take their rise in souther or northern 3,000 tarls (about $4.500) out of which the too much real was readily excusable in, a police Luzon, and it has, I bear, been binted at that expenses of drilling and moving the troops were this case, all of whom would want to know possibly under such an impression and thus ran Min Yong Ik and the collapse of the conspiracy.. Constable. At least Boo men were watching the ill-starred Commander of H.M.S. Warp was to be paid. This sum was, however, returned to the Chinese Legation aster the departure of whether, when such a trifling difficulty cropped his vessel into the storm which he believed was up, they would be justified in turning tail parsing from instead of towards his position. The Chinese geveniment cannot plead ignorance like curs, or unflinchingly carrying out their It would be well if such doubts could be cleared of the conduct of their officials in Korea, for they orders, What, at the very worst, could be up, as much in the interests of science as for the have been fally advised from time to Ume officer had only committed an error of judg constantly passes up and down between this MR. DENNY'S DIPLOMATIC VISIT TO LABIDAE said about this case? Simply that the police benefit of that enormous stream of traffic which through different channels. ment. Sergeant Duncan had been close upon port and the south. Typhoons during the

drin ten years in the Police Force and during all that autumn, months may possibly pass now and then HUND CHANG time had held an unblemished character. Not from the latitude of Palawan up north-westward Twice I visited Tientsin under authority from a single mark had ever been put down against towards the Gulf of Tonquin, but toy own reading the King, when the fullest discussions were had his name during all that long and trying period and experience lead me to doubt this. I am of with the Viceroy with respect to Yuan's extra- of service. At the worst he could only be found the opinion, as has been asserted by Professor ordinary conduct and the policy of the Pekin guilty of straining the law, but if the scale must Doberck and other well known meteorologists, government toward Cores. In my first Interview

the case of a public servant who had through tent and in that latitude may be depended on as peninsula ar the purest means go down in any case, then it should, he submitted, such as Mons. Dechevrens and Major-General in September, 1886, I urged an amicable under- be suffered to descend on the side of leniency in Palmer, R.E., that the revolving storms about standing between China and Russia, as well as the neighbourhood of the Macclesfield Bank Japan, ld regard to the political affairs of the long years always held and maintained a most pursuing a course which is well to the south initation and disorder and before my return the of preventing unblemished character.

His Worship decided to give judgment cussion, its course appears to have been at would not anly be reached, but that China would of the west point. In the typhoon under dis- Viceroy assured me that such an understanding to-morrow at noon. Why d

first about W. by S. and afterwards SW by change her representative, as Yuan wastoo young, W or SW. From the Manlia telegrams, not only in years, but also in experience, for which had previously been published, mariners suchis posti. In fact, said the Viceroy, the post- may be justified in having supposed that the tion had already been, tendered to the present centre of the storm passed very close to Taoist of Tientsin, and the Tantal, who has just Next month the Hongkong Artillery Volunteers Cape Bojeador, the north west point of Luzon, been appointed at Chefoo, but that both bad will begin to flourish their natty uniforms about at about midnight on the 7th inst, and accord- declined. On the occasion of my second viste, our streets again, and haul their little, guns about ing to the report of the Chiang 196 Ting in October of last year, to discuss Karte right

ada tahad arrived eak point some 86 miles cast of to send pool. Ministers damnade, nakita in the usual, energetic incomprehensible way. Cape Varela in Cochin China, by, a of the ports in the Interests of trade, fewellt and feel sorry that somebody doesn't declare it. The distance is about 660 nautical miles pose ust

bayusti's latestovillany if it became ne war, to give them a chance. But before they sad the time of passage Br hours, which giver many in one Interview, finding that the Viceroy resumed their military duties this year the progresive motion to the centre of body of the Recreation Committee decided that the fandstorm of a knots. For the piltide of 15 24thes

scientific gentlemen above named give the motion once would run to a quiet little time" for the members of the avers go form at 8 knoté, which 13/0 of the corps, and a moonlight trip was fixed | close agreement. -

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