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Intimations. DAKIN BROS. OF CHINA; LIMIT E, D, CHEMISTS.

SPECIAL AGENTS

FOOD,

for

MELLIN'S

INFANTS AND INVALIDS.

FOR

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1889.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

In Russia last year 80,000 dramshops were done

way with by law.

and prelates, like other men, must be judged by their deeds and not by their And it is quite evident pretensions. that the religious brotherhood in this colony entertain a marked repugnance loTHE new English powder for small arma is white. officially participating in obsequies to the and almost smokeless. dead. They shrink from approaching the brink of the grave. Although ever ready and punctual at weddings, christenings, and other domestic festive occasions, they seem chilled by the sound of the funeral bell.. In no other way can the frequent absences ACCORDING to the New York Swa, Mr. Blaine

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THE Russian flagship Dimitri Demskoi, Capt. M. de Skrydloff, left this morning for Singapore. THE Hallan railway system is undergoing a radical reform to facilitate the mobilisation of troops.

fat British troopship Tamar, with time expired 'men of the military and naval forces from this

station on board, lett yesterday for home, via

Singapore,

Epson ways that the resistance of a call to the electric current is 3,200 ohms." But a call is not fair test of resistance. Mr. Edison should try mule..

SOME one wants to know ff If there are planists: in the next world?" If there are not it isn't. because they haven't been told to go there.

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THE survey of the Pasig by the members of the Court of Survey was very thoroughly made to day. The Court will probably sit again to-morrow.

Á TALLYMAN at the Kowloon Godowns, was

remanded by Mr. Wodehouse to-day on a charge of stealing a bale of striped Spanish piece-gonde, worth about $500, from the stores.

5/9, M: J. to your account and hope shortly to be able to advise sales at favourable rates." The instructions from-lambay were under date of the 28th Jály and referred to the transfer of the opiuin to plaintiff. It does not appear that any conditions were added. Oh the and Oct. plain- Jilla acknowledged the letter of 14th Sept, and requested an early sale and to provide us with the proceeds to enable us to carry out the-order we have against the consignment. You shall therein. The plaintiff also asked to be allowed confer great obligations on the parties concemod to draw against the consignment, and on the zóth Oct. again hoped for a sale and proceeds to enable them ¡ld execute certain orders for sugar. On the 28th Oct. the Bombay firm wrnic to defendants that Hadji” Mahomed Nossimhad requested them to instruct the Hang- kong Firm to cancel the transfer to the to the to cheats of opium and to instruct plaintiff to cancel the order for sugar in connection with the same. We have advised our Hongkong fun accordingly, of which please take note! Further correspondence took place which need, not be

THY. MELLIN'S FOOD is the best for from the mortuary chapel of these reputed / is one of the best loved and: best hated men in &Co.) that the "Union" Line steamer Highfield, : Queen's Bench side, are likely to be engaged Taffer, Hadji Mahomed Hussin' and Morad

Infants and Invalids. MELLIN'S FOOD dissolved, in milk, yields a

Perfect Food, after Nature's Model, contain ing all the substances required for the support and nourishment of the whole body, MELLIN'S FOOD is not farinaceous and is

perfectly free from starch, MELLIN'S FOOD does not contain cane-sugar, MELLIN'S FOOD is rich in blood, brain, and

bone-forming components. MELLIN'S FOOD contains a large percentage of soluble carbohydrates and nitrogenous matter in such a form, that it is readily assimitated by the youngest infant or bebilitated invalid.

(Telephone No. 60.)

22, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL, Hongkong, 28th January, 1889.

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A. S. WATSON & CO., LTD

Established A.D. 1841,

AMILY, DISPENSING, & GENERAL

CHEMISTS.

FAMILY,

Wholesale and retail DRUGGISTS. PERFUMERS.

SEEDSMEN.

inculcators of the existence of a world

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THE P. M. S. 5. Co.'s steamer City of Paking, with mails, &c., from San Francisco to the 15th ulto, has arrived at Yokohama, and will leave for this port to-morrow.

"WHAT you want, bredren," said a colored prescher, waving his arms wildly to emphasize tion! Get sanctifigumption if you don't get his words: "What you want is sanctifigump nothing else in

beyond the grave be reasonably explained There is another and more practical way of looking at this question. It would be interesting to know what steps, if any, the Government or the Sanitary Board adopt towards enforcing regularity in funerals! Is there any limit as to the time after death within which a body must«By the way, where is Jones now?" asked be interred? In a climate like ours the Briggs. "I haven't heard of him for a long 'necessity for some hard and fast rule must time." "He has gone to the spirit land," replied be obvious. Supposing for instance that Quimby. What is the dead to a didn't say

he was dead. He has moved to Hongkong." the lady whose corpse was so disrespect- fully treated last Saturday had died of a

THE cricket match, The H. K. C. C. v. Navy, will be continued at 11 am, to-morrow. Tithin contagious disease, who would have been will be provided on the Ground. By kind per responsible for the body lying unburied a

mission of Colonel Forbes-Robertson and the whole night and a portion of the following Officers of the A. & 5. Highlanders, their band

will play during the afternoon. morning beyond the prescribed time? And what might have been the conse-

quences of such neglect? Are they not Importers and Exporters of MANILA CIGARS. 100 evident to require explanation? Might not that essentially stupid motto which is blazoned abord the doorway of the Roman Catholic Cemetery-Hodie mihi. cras tili—have had a literal and crushing meaning?"

WINE. and SPIRIT MERCHANTS. PATENT MEDICINE PROPRIETORS and

MANUFACTURERS of AERATED WATERS.

BUSINESS ADDRESSES: THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY, HONGKONG. THE SHANGHAI DISPENSARY, SHANGHAI

THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY,

TIENTSIN.

THE LOTICA INGLESA, MANILA, THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY, HANKOW

THE DISPENSARY, FOOCHOW: THE CANTON DISPENSARY, CANTON. Hongkong, 18th January, 1889.

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MONANGA, the black king of Uganda, Africa, has 15,000 wives, and is on most excellent terms

with ever an many other ladies. He butchers five of his spouses daily out of pure cursedness disposes of 150,000 slaves annually. He is the biggest slave-merchant in Africa, and

class were placed in the general orders of the THE following promotions in the long-service Police today: Inspector Quincey to ist class; Inspector Swanston, 3rd class; Sergeant Butlin, Lee, 4th class; and a Chinese sergeant-interpreter 3rd class; Inspector Mackie, 4th class; Inspector to 4th class.

THE American corvette Marion, Capt. N. M. Dyer, arrived this morning from Shanghai, and exchanged salutes with the port, H.M,S. Imperieuse, and the French wat-ship-Turenne WE are informed by the agents (Messrs. Russeli from London, left Singapore for this port yester day, and may be expected to arrive on the 13th A JEWISH official in Turkey has now the privilege of wearing a Japanese order. This personage is Nissim Effendi, head of a depart decorated by the Emperor of Japan with the ment in the Ministry of Finance, who has been Order of the Sun,

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editor with withering scorn, "should go to school "THE editor down the street," writes a Kanass during the winter months so that the teacher can leam him something about grammar. We have seen bad writers before, but we have never seen one who could crowd so many grammatical erratum in a single sentence."

ABOUT three o'clock this morning a gang of robbers entered a house a Chinese lane at Tai-ping-shan, and after menacing the inmates took about $200 worth of goods and money. Information was afterwards given to the Police and subsequently Inspector Quincey went down and bad a look at the passengers on the Honam. He found five men with revolvers and ammani- tion on them, and arrested them on the strength of it. They were remanded to-day."

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MR. Sangster will give an organ recital at St. John's Cathedral on Monday next at 5.45 p.m. The following will be the programmé :—

1.—Ovèrtum {$amzen)

Handel.. -Prelude and Fuge

Bach. Tra-1a Carita)

Rosin.** Mr. Kendente, Miss Stopani and Mr. Crow.) 4.-Andanta - (Violin Concerto}

Mendelssche, ~March-(Opus no),

Vyryan DEBL K-Solo-Hark my Soul...

Gounod. [M: W, Greig 2-Aria={Cujus Aulmam).

..Rociat.

porary, one on the Chancery, the other dir the Two of the law courts, says a London contem-

during the coming sittings in the inv stigation of the circumstances, or some of them, under which a youth may run through a fortude on will be the old, old story, the only "new feature the turf and elsewhere in a twelvemonth. It

being the magnitude of the amounts and the recklessness of the plunging. Tens of thousands bet could be made, thousands paid to acquire a lost in betting on everything almost on which a stud, to train the horses, to maintain them, and to send them about to races. Last scene of all, ance of another racing-stabie. One transaction, the money-lenders, and the sale and disappear 65,000 lent for a single month on ample security, and 63,000 paid for the accommodation-40 per annum. After this the 60 per cent, charged in other cases where there was security also is a mere bagatelle.

TWO SHIPWRECKS.

FORTY-TWO LIVES LOST.

The China and Manila Co's steamer Zafiro, Capt. A. McCaslin, brought news from Manila to-day to the effect that the steamer Remus was lost whilst taking out reliefs of soldiers to their various stations in the Philippines on the 30th ult, The Remus was a vessel of some 500 tons, and had at the time 169 officers, officials, soldiers, and other passengers on board. Whilst between Ormoc and Catabologan, about two days' steam from Manila, she struck a reef, near Point Biliaram early in the morning. She was got off, and it was thought that she could reach Catabologan, but during the night a bulkhead suddenly gave way, and she began to fill rapidly. With great difficulty the boats were Jaunched, but the sank almost immediately. in 35 fathoms, forty-two persons going down military surgeon, Spanish lady, and a com- with her, among them being two priest, a mandante of the Civil Guard. The gunboat Argus was sent out, and the rescued party taken. to Catabologas,

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set out, but in one letter Messrs D. Sassoon and Co. of Bombay stated that if the plaintiff had purchased the sugar, notwithstanding the instruction to cancel the order, they would them, leaving the opium to its old account. be willing to pay for it if sent in to Letters pissed in November between, plaintiff and defendants about the cancelment of the transfer, non-acceptance of the bill, and refusal to deliver the opium, and finally the action was commenced against Mr. F. D. Sasscon, "for himself and his company's partners. He is described in the petition as the 'resident Hong- kong pariner of D. Sassoon Sons & Co of Bombay and China, Mr. F. D. Sassoofia" answer denies that he is a partner of the Bombay firm, although from this correspondence the Bombay and Hongkong firms write respectively. of one another as out. Hongkong and Bombay firm. At the hearing this statement in the answer was accepted and the pleadings amended accordingly, Briefly the petition- states that in consideration of the plaintiff's employing the defendants as his agents-to sell and dispose of certain goods for reward the defendanis promised to account &c., and that in pursuance of such contracts and as such, agents the defendants received on 14th Sept 188a certain opium to sell and dispose of from the plaintiff's and they acknowledged that they held the opium from the account of the plaintiff, - Notwithstanding the fulfilment of all conditions; the defendants have not accounted and they refuse to deliver the opism and have converted the seeks damages to the extent of the $5,000— same to their own use. The plaintiff therefore The defendant dentes everything—and esys if they did promise to hold, sell or dispose of Among the passengers by the Zafiro to Hang- opium they did so upon the condition and under- kong were the captain and his wife and the standing that the plaintiff would purchase and left San Francisco for Shanghai, via Vancouver, of D. Sassoon & Co., of Bombay, and the plaintiff crew of the ship. F. H. Drewes. That-vessel pay for and ship sugar to the order of the firm laden with lumber, in August last. She made never fulfilled such condition and never entitled a goed, voyage unil December, when, in the himself to have such conditional promise carried Pacific, she met the typhoon which afterwards out. The defendant again sysif he did make wrought such bavoc with the Benvenur andother an unconditional promise as alleged, he was vessels. She wasdimmasted and waterlogged, and induced to do so by the false representation of after staying in ber two days the exhausted crew the plaintiff that he was making or about to took their best boat and set sail forthe Marianas, make certain shipments of sugar, and to pay for some 850 miles away. They had a very small the same, it being known and understood. supply of food and water, being unable to get them by and between both parties that the sole out of the ship, as the decks were flush with the purpose for which the Opium was placed at the water. For eight days they bad only half-a-plaintiff's order was to meet such payment. teacupful of waterdaily and their sufferings were He also relies upon jus tertil. The jus tertii very great, weakened as they were by their want was not specially pleaded, but it was, the of rest during the typhoon. At lengththey reached defence chiefly relied upon at the hearing and a small island, where the natives treated them the right to advance it was very fully debated. well, and afterwards, by sailing from island to The testimony in the case consisted of evidence land, reached Guam. There they were found taken of commission, and the correspondence! by the Spanish gunboat Don Juan on her between the parties. In 1885 the defendants period cal visit, and taken to Manila. At the obtained the issue of a Commission to Bushire, laiter place one of the crew, who had never and had Mr Morad Nissim appointed Com recovered from the privations they had under missioner. It now appears that be is the same

The Government of this colony ceded the ground now used as a burial ground to the Roman Catholic Mission under certain

Tur Courrier à Haiphong of the yed inst, gives well understood conditions, one of which the following account of the King of Annam:WE would direct special attention to the concert which was that the funeral services over "His Majesty Dong Khanh, king of Annam, to be given in the St. Andrew's Hall, City Hall, the dead were to be carried out with died on the 38th January at sight o'clock in the to-morrow night by Madame Korff and Mdile. evening. This painful event had been anticipated Maillard. A high class and attractive pro- respect and decorum. In the particular several days before. On the 26th the Resident gramme has been arranged, and it is to be case now under consideration respect was

General, on arriving at Hué, telegraphed to the hoped that these talented artistes will receive Governor-General that His Majesty had kept to substantial support from our music-loving com- shown neither to the dead nor to the living; his bed for ten days.. The Resident offered to munity. The concert will be under the direct the priestly neglect was as shameful as it the king the services of a French physician, patronage of His Excellency the Governor, was inexcusable. We have long been con-

sent for Dr. Cotte, who is in charge, of the Tickets may be obtained and scats booked at Thuanan Hospital, and on the 27th both Messrs. Lane, Crawford & Co.'s. vinced that only in rare cases can we look repaired to the King's Faince. Dr. Cotte effected for real sympathy and true charity in their auscultation and stated that the King was suffer- ONLY some 13 per cent of our population, says a ing from malarial fever and was in a state of writer in the London Figare, is now illiterate; but broad comprehensiveness from latter-day extreme debility; he thought a deadly fit might in Russia, Roumania and Servia eighty people out ministers of religion, and the Roman occur at any moment and reckoned the chances of every too can neither read nor write. In Catholic fraternity are no exception to the of cure at Alty per cent.

re-visited the King, and at 11.20 p.m. M Spain the proportion of illiterates is 63 per cent.. general rule, but rather the contrary. An Rheinart telegraphed "The fatal fit commenced

in Italy 4 But we are beaten by little Holland after all, for of every 100 Dutchmen, only to are English chaplain is too deeply immersed at 7 o'clock, and the King died at 8.05." France, unable to read and write: A still more wonder

says our contemporary, has lost in the late Dongful result is arrived at in Switzerland, where a the gross neglect shown to the dead by other "pidgin" to attend to, and so the pledges of his sympathy and of his firm desire to per cent is the highest illiterate proportion

while in Germany the rate is only r per cent. fulfil the clauses of the Treaty which united and in Sweden, Bavaria, Wurtemberg and certain clergymen in the performance of clay that was once a living being and a the duties of their sacred office at the Christian is treated with contumely, and has inst no time in expressing his condolence to Denmark there is practically no one who cannot cemetery in the Happy Valley. Up to the mourners for the dead with insolent the Queen mother court, Dr. Cotte, whid care. do before we can consider ourselves properly the present time our strictures have been disrespect. How much longer will a long-fully observed all the phases of the disease, ha confined to the Protestant clergymen, and suffering public tolérate such despicable❘ been ordered to send in an official report for THE Sydney Morning Herald of the 12th gone, died. The rest arrived to-day, as stated. person referred to in the letters of the 29th

The Hongkong Telegraph

HONGKOND, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY, 8, 1889.

IT has on several occasions. been our

On the 28th Dr. Cotte

unpleasant task to severely animadvert on in lawn-tennis, and a Romish priest has Khamba faithful ally who has given many

have generally been based on the obliga- tions due to the public by the liberally paid servants of the community. There is, of course, a very much higher ground on which the professional disciples of jesus of Nazareth who show disrespect to the dead are open to censure, which will be found

in almost every line of the teachings

shams

TELEGRAMS.

(Reuter.)

THE EXTRADITTON DILL WITH AMERICA.

LONDON, February 6th. The United States Senate has rejected the

of the lowly Nazarene himself. And it Extradition Bill proposed by England.

is chiefly on this higher ground that we propose dealing with the latest clerical scandal in the Happy Valley, the offender being a priest of the Roman Catholic Church, that wonderful Institution which claims for itself dominion on earth as well as precedence in heaven.

The story is easily told. Last Friday a| Portuguese lady, wife of a German merchant at present absent from the colony, died, and being a Roman Catholic . communicant, arrangements were made for the funeral to take place in the Catholic Cemetery the following after-

noon,

The ecclesiastical authorltles were duly notified, but when the corlige arrived at the Cemetery, the priest expected to perform the burial service was non ast. For nearly an hour the mourners waited with exemplary patience, but the cassocked representative of PETIR the Fisherman never came. A messenger was then despatched with a note to "his reve- rence" at his residents in Wanchai, and after some delay an answer was returned to the effect that the priest had too much "pidgin on hand to be able to perform

the last rites of Mother Church over the dead; In consequence of this the corpse was stowed away in the small chapei attached to the Cemetery until next morn- ing, until the too busy saviour of souls had leisure to attend to what was's sacred duty, an

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It seems to our view of the matter that the reverend father who was responsible

ITALY.

The Italian armaments have caused a large deficit in the budget.

AUSTRO-HUNGARY.

It is stated that there is a possibility of a posthumous heir to Prince Rudolph.

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MR. PARNELL'S ACTION AGAINST THE "TIMES," Mr. Parnell's action against the Timer in Scotland has been dismissed,

(From the Courrtir d'Haiphong.) THE FRENCH ELECTIONS.

PARIS, January 5th, Europe is intensely interested in the legislative elections for the department of the Seine.

January 27th..!

At the legislative elections which have just taken place in the department of the Seine, General Boulanger has been elected by 244,000 wote against 162,000 obtained by M. Jacques, The Reactionary candidate obtained 16,000 votas. Great excitement prevails, but order has

not been disturbed.

THE FOREIGN PRESS.

January 29th the future of France,

The Foreign Press entertain grave fears for

A rumour is afloat that the law concerning the Press will be modified.

DEATH OF THE CROWN PRINCE OF AUSTRIA.

France and Annam. The Governor General

the Annam:se

publication,

The Pall Mall Gaseife says the following are some of the questions that are asked the Captain at the table of a big Cunarder :-

How long have you been a sailor How many times have you, crossed

Atlantic ?

Have you ever been shipwrecked?...

Were you ever drowned ?

Are you paid by the trip of by the year? What does the company pay you? What was your business before you became Captain?

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How did you get that' scar on your nose? Were you ever seasick ?

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Do you take a bath every day? How much did this steamer cost ? ! Do you think we shall have any storms? What time will the steamer reach New York? Do you think we will have any, fogs on the Banks?

Shall we see any icebergs?

How much did your unilorm cost 7 How much coal do you burn, in a yeaṛ ?- Are you a married man ?.

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read and write. So we have still much to

educated as a nation.

SUPREME COURT,

IN ORIGINAL JURISDICTION.

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ulto. has the following:-At a iste hour last

July and 15th August, 1882, and it ought to have been known, I don't say it was, night we received an official memorandum by Australis, at Perth, announcing that the iron ship

that Mr. Morad Nissim was the agent at the telegraph from the Postmaster-Generalof Western

Beast for the owner of the opium, if not part Benan, Captain Burns, coal laden from Cardiff

owner himself. The commission was returned to Hongkong, was totally wrecked off Point

Ju 1886. The case wasɛ coming on for trial on “ Coates, Western Australia, on the night of (Before His Honour Chief Justice Russell) two occasions, I believe, when owing to the December 30. All hands, numbering 28, reached

absence of plaintiff it had to be postponed, and IMPORTANT TO AGENTS, WORD Efinally, bis, evidence was taken on Commission the shore safely, and were taken on board the cutter Gipay near Mande's Landing. They are

His Lordship delivered Judgment in the case at Batavia: This is not a utual course--and thei expected to reach Carnarvon, W. A., dally. The of Johannes & Co. v. Sassoon: Mr. Francia, evidence of such witnesses is liable to the obser Besan was an iron British ship of 1338 tons with Mr. Robinson, instructed by Mr. Stokes,vation, that, it has not been tested by the sam a register, built at Glasgow by Messrs, Barclay, General, with Mr. Pollock, Instructed by Messrs not the fear of the penalties of perjury before him appeared for the plaintiffs, and the Altomes cross-examination and that the witness bau Curle, and Co. in 1875, and was the property of Wotton and Deacon, was for the defendants, Coch 3. Allcock 21 O.B.D.), The Bushire Com Messrs. W. Thomson and Co.. of Leith.]

judgment was as follows-Thia suit - war - mission has been in the hands of the plaintiff for, commenced la February, 1883, and was heard? some time.. At the trial it was objected to in by me without jury on the 10th and folo 19 Because the Commissioner was an 11th January last. The plaintiff resides at improper person to appoint because so mixed up Batavia and trades, there under the style of in the case. a Because he did not certify that he Johannes & Co. The defendants are a mercantile had taken the oath prescribed by the commission. firm in Hongkong. They trade under the name before taking evidence. See Taylor on Evidenco of David Sassoon, Sons and Co. There is also and Brydges. Branfill and others, Sundry I a firm in Bombay of David Sassoon & Colli Reports, Vol, XIL-334. As the Commissioner. and on the 28th July, 1882, the Bombay fint, has certified that he has taken the oath presented 2. wrote to the plaintiff as follows:-Messi Imight, on the authorities, be justified in inferringii J. M. Johannes & Co.-At the request of Hadji that he had taken it before taking the depositions. Mahomed Hassin Aboo hire, and M. Morad of witness, But if it had been known to the Nossim of Bushire, we are instructing our Hong Court the business relations which he had with kong friends, Messrs. D. Sasson, Sone, & Cey, the parties be would not have been appointed to transfer to your secount and credit 5-clients | commissioner. He gives evidence himself--and · | Persian Opiuma M. U. 5/9 and 5 chesis „MaJo his own" so-called deposition is an advocate's. These to chests belonged originally to Hadjen argument rather than festimony, and, however Mahomed Jaffer of Yaphahan, and we understand honest and honourable he may be he is so they are placed at your disposal and new placed miket up in this matter that it would not be at your disposal and control against purchries of fight under any circumstances in my opinion to 1884: plaintiff answered that fatter as follows which of councils bot, I am therefore compelled sugar to be made by you?. On the 19th August allow the evidence to henied even if consented to Weare in receipt of your este med favour of to deal with the evidence in the card "lthout the the 38th, alt. and have, noted with thunky your bid of that toppled by the Bushira Commission instruction to your friends Mesas D. S. Sona Alter careful consideration I am of opinion that Co. Hongkong regarding the transfer of chests between this plaintiff and defendants.) (1) M.U.5/9 and chests M. j. or together to chast of That it was hot part of the contract baiwan Arm likewise, written to-day to the above gentlemen conditionally against the purchase and shipment Persian Opium to our account and credit, we have that the defendants were to hold the puzz

LISBON papers record the arrival of a Chinese mission composed of several members attached to the Peking Board of Treasury who are on a visit to the European capitals in search of information concerning the various systems of Exchequer in vogue. After visiting England, France and Germany, they repaired to Lisbon where they were received by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senhor da Roza, ex-Governor of Macas, being present at the interview. It is said that the outcome of this informal meeting. is that China will send an ambassador to Lisbon, and that the Portuguese Minister to the Court of Peking-the present Governor of Macao-will shortly proceed to the capital and present his credentials. We hope that much good may. result from these diplomatic ceremonials, as everything else in the neighbouring colony points to a speedy dissolation.

Have you got any children? Does your wife miss you dreadfully.}: Does your wife care or get jealous of other What do you do while the steamer is in pon? It must be real nice to be a Captain, isn't it Do you think we'll sed any whales ? ? FOR downright shocking brutality in, canying out, the law, the nominally British colony of New South Wales can safely défy the civilised globe. We are constantly hearing of the most is stated on good authority that in consequence shameful brutalities being carried out in the of the extremely long range possessed by the prisons of this ex-convict Rettlement, and when, er dine now in course of manufacture at fexmonths ago, four, lads, out of eight who Enfield, and with which the troops will were sentenced to death, were hanged at Sydney shortly be armed, the removal of the for an alleged rape on a common woman of School of Maiketry from Hythe will become the town of which crime there a now every altogether Inadequate to meet the requirements necesity, the ranges at that place being reason to believe that two of the victims were innogent the world stood aghast. And now of the new weapon, which, for ordinary practice, requesting them to receive the same in consiga of Sugar, Jay That they allowed to the plain. another scandal has lately takes place in the - will require a range of at least two miles. If ment from us, and place them speedily at favour-, iff as the owner of the oplum (whether he was administration of justice, which, in, simply horrible in its detalls, A woman named Louisa Collins, convicted of poisoning her husband at Botany-If we mistake not the first jury could not agree and had to he discharged, so that there must have been trong element of doubt in the case was hanged in Darlinghurst gaol on the 5th ultimo. When the unfortunate woman was placed be the drop, there was con. siderable delay after the rope had been adjusted

found suitable the proposed new Wimbledon, near Aldershot, will probably be selected as the home for the school. Failing that, the Govern ment and at Lydd is considered to be the neat best practice ground, affording as it does a clear, safe and alterrupted range of two and a half miles. The new rifle is said to be much superior to any of the arms adopted by the various foreign Powers, its chief merits being long range, precision, low trajectory, and rapidity of fire.

The Place Imperial of Austro-Hungary died round her neck, owing to the stiffness of the drop Ben Roma suddenly while engaged in hunting,

GENERAL BOULANGER.

General Boulanger has written to the electors thanking them and appealing for support to all

THE NEW KING OF ANNÁM,

HANOL February lat. Bien Lanh, son of Duc Duc, was yesterday proclaimg King in succession to Dong Khanh. Bien Lant is ten years old and has a sympa. thetic and open countenance, The accession has been notified in the name of the French.

bol, and a mallet had to be sent for, the con- | THE Pall Mall Gástite says that there is now demsed woman being meanwhile kept in an every prospect that the action which Fräulein sgony of suspense too awful to contemplate,, The Wiedemant brought against Mr. Robert Horace

brutally strangled.

mallet eventually arrived and Loulas Collins wat so-called civilised city of Sydney, ander die the

able prices, which we hope they will sangura. | pr not) and anong sised it as his property and don to satisfaction, Mr. Morad Nassim of lushire, placed it to bis accdant and credit. (3) That has favoured us with sangar grder for the way the plaintiff was not guilty of any misrepresenta of 87800 advising us to deduct therefrom the fion in inducing abe, defendants to attorn to himpu proceeds of the soplum and tordraw on you for they did so under instructions from Bombay, for remaining plus minut $3421, handing you and at plaintiff's fequest, undertook to sell the over shipping documents of the sugar. We beg oplum for him, and that the only misrepresenta therefore you will kindly, loform us whether the ion that can rise in that, which arises from above draft of 13475 will be acceptable to you defective title for a ballor who implicitly warrante or not. Hoping to hear from you soon. On they fizethe:baxm same day the plaintiffs also wrote to D. Sassodo Co.4 C.B Sons & Co, of Hongkong :- Dear Siri. We the defendan learn from your house of Bombay, Mexera David- and are estop Savicon & Co., by their favour of the 28th ult. fopra cand

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Walpole will be again before the Law Courts, that, they have instructed you to transfer to co for this duty has laid himself open to grave

and that this time it will be tried out to the end, our account and credit chests marked on ho hri the flag. The necessary affidavits as to the birth of the U. 5/9.5 chans marked "MAJA, together, as his bilice of censure for what appears to have been men of good will

of Christian England. They and pridently forely † child are wow being sworn in Germany, and will to chests of Persian Opium, Werbeg you account for that in need of missionaries and human charity in be brought before the Divisional Court carly in "willy follow the instructioba and place it a sto gross and inexcusable neglect. We have

New South Wales! China and Hongkong can the New Year, when the application will be speedily as posible at advantageris.prides which, every respect for the Church, and we

dasily spare them the missionaties ;, but unfore, made for a rehearing of the case, on the ground we believe, you will have po trouble in doing... | pri tunately we have no human charity to give way, thatthe plaintiff, being a foreigner and necessarily considering that, the commodity, is quite freshe use the term in its broadest and most

A British soldier, imprisoned for some veniat unacquainted with our Judicial procedure, did not We do not draw against the consignment, but a comprehensive sense so long as the

offence, was actually triced up in Victoria Gaol understand that her refusal to answer as to the the same time berish the hope that you will uko Church is worthy of respect; but we are

the other day on the authority of two Justices of date of the birth of the child, about which she was your best endeavours to Oblige us soon with not worshippers of useless trappings and

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long ago's Chinese being hanged by this colony, understkuils that four or five yearningi the fase | |¦ 15 Joni that a priest or parson wears a peculiar Govemment by the Resident General Blen who dropped" right into the pit under the came under the Queen's notice when Her Mad replied Hongkong form of attire, assumes to possess exclusiveh will be crowned to-day. The Council of scaffold, the man in charge of the function jesty sent a small donation to help Miss Wieder Melain, M. Jobhanch Regency consists of Prince Haai, Doc of haring forgotten to fasten the rope to the systemann, The money donation from Her Sir We beg to Lekn Nguyen, Trong Hiep, a former Klobluor who is blog of good the 16 to choke to die Wiedemann king and was devoted to dete our attention in accordance with our

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