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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 1889.

H&M.S. Satellite left Yokohama for Kobe on the OUR Haiphong contemporary reports a piratical and inst.

OUR Shanghai morning contemporary` states that there was a heavy fall of snow last week along the coast of the gulf of Pechili, and the hills near Chefoe were covered with anew on the

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THE work in connection with the Hongkong Hotel extension is proceeding as rapidly at circumstances and the weather will permit. This first class establishment-the best of its kind in 'Aria—will shortly be in thorough working order, ANOTHER piratical attack was made against Monkay, in Tonquin, on the 26th ulto. The militiamen stationed at the place kept the enemy at bay for one hour, when with the arrival of THIS is a preparation of the best and purest reinf, teremy dispersere, from a few Hotchkiss

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attack on a Chinese junk on the 5th inst, in the viclalty of Quang-yen. The junk was laden with merchandise, and up to the 7th no news had been received of the vessel and crew.

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THE Governor of Chekiang reports that at the end of last year the population of his province, male and female, young and old,, amounted to 11,720,391 souls. These figures were taken

from the returns collected in the course of the registration of the inhabitants of each district for police purposes (pao chia).

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Mr. Ryrie drew attention to the danger that might arise from the criminal use of explosives, uch as dynamite, by Chinese. They might easily blow up a house or store by such means. The point had only just occurred to him, but he against the possession of explosives as well as would suggest that provision should be made deadly weapons.

The Colonial Secretary reminded him that there was an Ordinance dealing with explosives. Ordinance referring to the subject was the The Acting Colonial Treasurer said the Dangerous Goods Ordinance, by, which the possession of explosives was regulated. Mr. Ryrie was not fully provided for it ought to His Excellency said that if the point raised by

would be rather out of place in this Ordinance, be, and he would look into the matter, but it which simply dealt with weapons and did not even mention gunpowder,

character ofthe light proved extedly.purding, On the strength of their previous cary the Police were made rather hot favorites, and it seemed very improbable that the Garrison Club marksmen would reverse that form. making a better show than on the previous However, the military were very confident of

ccasion, and, as events proved, not without good reason, At the 20 yards range the whole ofthe Club team shot well, totalling 291-an excellent with the exception of Robertson (33) and Watson average--against 269 for the Police, the latter, (29), making anything but a first class display, At 400 yards the man in blue " showed. soldiers, shooting with great steadiness, headed improved form and put together 17, but the

was the highest score on either side. Commencing this total by five points, although Robertson's 33 the long range in a minority of 27, it was generally recognised that the Police would have to do wonders to save the match, which now Keeping steadily, at work and shooting with great caution the Garrison Club men finiiled at too yards with 256, or an aggregate for the three whilst several of the Police fairly collapsed, muges of 823-1 very good average indeed

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Mr. Layton asked if the words "deadly

tioned. noticed that fighting irons were specially men. His Excellency said "deadly weapon" would Layton meant knuckledusters such as were used certainly knuckle dusters. He asked if Mr.

A STRANGE and apparently unknown disease, the Japan Mail says, has made its appearance in the Miura district of Kanagawa prefecture, that is to say, in the region lying about Cape Misaki. The symptoms are not accurately described by the vernacular press. So far as we can learn, the maladypmmences with acute pain in the abdominal regions, high fever is time of seizure death, in a majority of cases, ensues. The disease appears to be of epidemic of Ota, 26 persons were attacked and 16 died; in character. It has visited six villages. In the village Nagasaka, 27 were attacked and so died; in

in the Southern States of America. Ashiya there was one case, not fatal; in Sajima, there were 7, of which 3 ended fatally; in Ogino,lusters used by Chinese were big brass things The Acting Registrar-General said the knuckle fatal seizure occurred. 2 were attacked and 1 died; in Asaya, one non-

The total number of with knobs on them, and were called sam seng He believed they were brought from the United cases between the zoth and the 30th of March

States. was 66, and the deaths 40. The rate of morta- lity thus exceeds that of cholera, and the malady is described as even more terrible than the part, from 6 to 20 years of age. We read in the Fiji Shimps that a visit was paid to the infected district by Dr. Fukuda, Superintendent of the Yokohama Juren Hospital, and by Dr. Eldridge, but that they did not pronounce positively as to the nature of the malady. In Tokyo an opinion prevails that either fish or water is responsible, but this seems to be purely a conjecture.

in the Southern States had iron spikes. Any His Excellency said the knuckle dusters used thing of that kind would be a deadly weapon. for a legal opinion in Council, but he might say the Attorney General would agree with him in

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score sheet only showing 230, and a highest individual scare, Lieut. Carlyle, R.A., grand total of 760. P.C. Robertson's 93 was the being a capital second with only one point less, and the latter headed the list at soo yards with the excellent score of 33. It will be seen that the previous, match, under somewhat less the winners averaged R2.30 against 76.00; in favorable circumstances as regards weather, the

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they were formally inducted into office during the day.

One by one the members of the Cabinet, after receiving their commissions, repaired to their respective departments and duly qualified. They subsequently received their chief subordinates. received their predecessors office and

KANSAS CITY (Mo.), March 6th,

played took place in Midland Hotel here last The biggest game of stud-horas poker ever

well-known jeweler, and John Davis, a stockinan night. The gume was between J. Schwartz, a

and former member of the city govemment, The ante was raised from 25 cents to $1500, Sto con on a pair of trays. After several hours Schwartz lost $51,000 on a pair of nings and

play Davis held his opponent's checks for

$87 500. Then the luck changed and Schwarz quit the game only $ooo hehind. Both men Are well known in business circles and both are able to pay the stakes,

PARIS, March 6th The Temps staten that the magistrates who are conducting the inquiry into the affairs of the Patriotic League have found documents proving mobilize its members. The Government, says that the League was engaged in a scheme to

State. chiefs of the League for conspiracy against the. the Temps, intends to criminally prosecute the

Deroulede, Laguerre and Richard will be pro- arcuted for organizing illegal societies, instead of on the original charge of exposing the country jury. to the risk of war, in order to avoid a trial by

A. S. WATSON & CO., LTD., | rising the steamer got clear off the rocks, having latter. The persoas attacked are, for the most It was rather unfair to ask the Attorney-General Police averaged 81.80. at an early date, { with a revolver, having lost his private fortune

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The "Gibb" liner Afghan arrived here this morning from Nagasaki, en route to the Colonies, and reported having gone ashore in a dente fog on Lamchab (Lema Island) at 8 a.m. yesterday, At the time she struck the Afghan was going dead slow, and soundings were being carefully taken. On the fog clearing away and the tide

sustained some damage to her fore-foot, which will necessitate her going into dock. SAYS the Rising Sun:-Our Kobe contemporary, the Hiogo News, changed hands at the close of last month, and is, we understand, now owned by a syndicate of the leading business people of the part. For the past twenty-one years it has been owned by Messrs. Walsh and Johnson, S. W. & Co. beg to call attention' to their under the management of the former, and for a

editorial chair. Both, we believe, retire from which have been specially designed and their positions under the new proprietorship.

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We think that Governor des Vaux rather went

out of his way at the Legislative Council meeting yesterday afternoon to publicly explain who drafted the Praya Reclamation Ordinance. It must have been patent to everybody in the coloriy" Brownie "perhaps excepted-that the Attorney General was solely responsible for the original drafts. His Excellency can well afford to ignore poor "Brownie," who appears to have passed through an unusually trying winter of discontent.

THE new commander-in-chief of the United States squadron in the Far East, Rear-Admira! George E. Belknap, arrived at Yokohama on board the City of New York on the 4th inst He was accompanied by Lieutenant-Commander George A. Norris, his Flag-Lieutenant. Lieutenant Commander C. H. West will con- tinue his dutics on the staff as Flag-Secretary. [463

Admiral Belknap hoisted his flag on board the Omaka at 1.5 p.m. on the day of his arrival, when it was saluted with 13 guns.

On the oth April. CARL HERWITZ, proprietor of the Rose, Shamrark and Thistle Hotel, aged 43 years. Deeply regretted by his sorrowing wife and relatives.

At the General Hospital, Shanghai, on the 4th April, 1889, THOMAS RAESIDE, engineer, steamship Tungchow, aged 37 years.

The Hongkong Telegraph

HONGKONG, SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 1889.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

"PUNJOMS" are again steadily "on the boom!" The Nagasaki Rising Sun says that official permission has been granted, for the Koyagi coal mines to be worked for another period of

ten years..

OUR Shanghai moming contemporary hears that some of the vessels of the Central China Squadron are to proceed North to join, the Peiyang squadron in certain manœuvres.

THE E. and A. steamship Catterthun which arrived, to-day from Sydney, reports that the Co.'s steamship Menmuir was at Port Darwin when the Catterthun left. She was bound to Java Ports, Singapore, Hongkong and Japan, with a large number of passengers on an excursion trip. Since she was fast in China the Mormuir has undergone extensive alterations and repairs, having been fitted with new decks, new boilers and quadruple expansion engines; other saloon accommodation has been entirely remodelled and considerably enlarged.

THERE is probability, says the Japan Gasette that the day of foreign cement in Japan is past. A Yokohama cement manufacturer and dealer has discovered a stone called mekura in Noto district which possesses remärkable qualities as a cement material. If the stated results of his tests be correct they are very good. It is said that the cement will bear a weight of 400 lbs. to 50 lbs. per square 4 (about 1 inch). A few days ago a specimen of the cement was By the last census the population of Haiphong forwarded to the Commercial Department for has been ascertained to consist of above 10,000 inspection. Foreign cement is sold at about inhabitants, of whom 500 are Europeans, in $470 per barrel, while the estimated sale price which number are included 475 Frenchmen: of the cement under notice. is about $2.50, In the cricket match to-day, The Club . The THE Courrier d'Haiphong states that a dis- Navy, Lieut. Campbell of the Argyle and Suthercovery, of mineral waters has been made at

and Highlanders, by a vigorous display of batting, stored 101. A report of the match will appear in our next issue:

As was generally expected the applications for

Tane-iru, in Annam. The following is the re- sult of the analysis made by the Chemist of the Military Hospital of Haiphong: Reaction neutral; taste-bitter, saline; odour-slightly Bulphuretted hydrogen; temperature-very high, the debentures of the Hongkong Hotel Company, approaching the boiling point when issuing from the earth; saline residue:In a litre, 4-91 are composed of: Chloruret of grimmes Calcium, 1:27: Ditto of Sodium, 3.03; Sulphate of Soda, 0.18; Organic matter, 034; Silica, 2.0g; and no alcaline sulphurates. The water has been classified as thermal, feebly sulphuric, and containing calcic chlorurates in moderate. quantities; it is of the same composition as the Waters used in Europe in the treatment of cutaneous affections, and other ailments.

Limited, far exceeded the number available. Six hundred debentures were offered to the public and there were 859 applications.

a severe shock of earthquake THERE was experienced at Yokohama on the morning of the 28th March, "followed about half-past ten in the forenoon by a prolonged vibration, par- taking a little of the nature of a jerk."

Miss Amy Sherwin's English Opera Company will appear at the Theatre Royal, City Hall, this evening, in Balfe's "The Bohemian Girl," in which they will be assisted by several local amateurs. The full cast will be found in our advertising columns.

THE agents (Messrs. Melchers & Co.) inform us that the Norddeutscher Lloyd's steamship Bayern, with the German mails from Berlin of the 19th March, left Singapore for this port at 11 am, to-day, and may be expected on or about Thursday, the 18th Inst.

THE return match between the European Police and Garrison Shooting Club was shot off at Kowloon yesterday afternoon, the Club heading their antagonists at each of the three ranges and winning easily by 63 points. A detailed report will befound in another part of this issue, GOVERNOR DES VEUX ought to pay a flying visit along Queen's Road Central and note for himself the disgraceful state of the rond-way, There is just cause for an indignation meeting if something effective is not done, and done quickly, to remove what is alike a public, nuisance, and public grievance.

Anour noon to-day three coolies who had been working on the steepest part of the Tram-line, near the crossing, saw the down-car approach. ing, and decided to make a cheap trip. Two got on safely as it passed, but the third, less active, was thrown down by the step, and rolled down the declivity, being shaken up considerably and sustaining several cuts. He was taken to the Hospital,

SAYS the Hyogo News of the 6th inst.:-When leaving the Pier Company's wharf yesterday afternoon the P. and O. steamer Verona first backed off, and then, in coming round to lay her course, took the ground just to the east of the bathing-stage on the spit formed by the old mouth of the Ikutagawa. Fortunately the flood tide was just commencing to make, and shortly after nine o'clock the stemmer got off without any difficulty. H.M.S. Satellite came into port from Yokohama a few minutes after the Verona got aground, and offered to pali her off, but as it turned out assistance proved to be unnecessary

ACCORDING to a correspondent of the Electrical Review. Mr. Edison believes that the time will come when transportation through the air will be the order of things in that line. The idea that the air-ship must go a mile or more is erroneous. If it were no higher than an ordinary building it would suffice: "When the time comes for it to be put in operation," he said "there will be one drawback to it, and that is the case which it will afford criminals to make their escape from whatever point their crime was committed. There will be no danger of their being intercepted by wim, as is the case now. It may be that the same science which will give us this sort of navigation will provide something che by, which criminals, who make their escape through the air, will be overtaken.. But this will take time. In my opinion, when we shall have serial navigation we shall see more crime," THE following is a summary of the entries for the Shanghal Spring Race Meeting, which closed an Saturday last :-

The Hart Legacy Cup. The Criterion Stakes..... The Griffins' Plate...... The Cathay Cup.................. The Jockey Cup... The Kiang-su Plate....... The Racing Stakes....... The Roadsters' Plate... The Chu-ka-zs Cup...... The Shanghai Derby... The Ladies' Purse....... The Orlando Cup............. The Spring Cup..

The Concordia Cup...

The Race Club Cup....... The Shanghai Stakes......

The Taotal's Cup.......

The Great Northern Plate.....

The Sans Souci Stakes.. The Manchu Stakes.,

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The Chau-Shang-Kiak Cup..... 31 The Yangtze Stakes.................................... The Consolation Cup........... 43. The Grand National Steeplechase... 33 Total amount of Entrance Fees Tls, 4/910 Against Spring, 1888.

6,150

1887 1

that.

The Bill passed through Committee without amendment, and was read a third time and passed.

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THE BUILDING ORDINANCE, The Council resumed consideration in Com- mittee of the Building Ordinance.

We cull the following items of news of the Holy City from the Independente and other Macao

His Excellency-1 made a promise to the newspapers :-Dr. Carvalho, who was appointed Hon. Wang Shing at the last meeting that I Surgeon to the gunboat Rio Lima, recently would not take advantage of a clause having arrived from Timor, has brought a claim against passed to consider it as finally disposed of with

out considering a point which he brought up. the Timor Treasury for non-payment of his salary for work done in that colony during his The point is with regard to the last clause of stay there. The reason adduced by the authori. section 18. In the original draft it ran thus: ties of Dilli for refusing payment was that there"In the era of shop fronts left open to the were not sufficient funds in the local Treasury to

street the side walls or party walls shall be réturned for at least twelve inches along such Pay the worthy Surgeon's wages. The Japanese troupe of acrobats continue to give excellent par formances at the Chinese theatre in Macao.-An Indian in the employ of the Green-Island Cement Company was sentenced to 30 days' imprisonment for abstracting some tools from the Works.— Solemn Church services are announced for Passion week, commencing to-morrow. The female devotees who swarm in the Holy City like the locusts in Egypt are all agog with the coming religious ceremonies.During the month ended the 31st ulto, one soldier, two civilians and 151 Chinese died in the Cay Senhor A. J. Basto, father of the redoubled leader of the Macao bar, A. J. Basto Jr., died yesterday, aged 6p years.-Senhor A. Basto, Jr. has been appointed French Consul at Macao, The Governor has recognised this appointment, pending the exequatur which is to come from Lisbon." The many friends and acquaintances of Monsieur Salès, a retired official from the French Consular Service in Canton and South China, who is residing in Macao, Rad in the appointment alluded to an act of injustice on the part of the French Gov erament towards a veteran officer who com- mented his career in the taking of Canton by the allied forces in 1856, who distinguished himself on the battle-field in the North of China during the Taiping rebellion, and who was recently pensioned off after a period of 35 years! uninterrupted service to the French Government in China.A great deal of journalistic squabbling is going on in the Holy City anent the coming election of a deputy to represent that dead-and- alive community in the Lisbon Cortes. "An Elector of the Old Guard" fills three columns of the Independente with a foamy, sixby communica- tion on the subject, to the undivided amusement of the community. Major Ruas, a rising poet, who bails from the village of Val de Lobo, near Lava rabos, in Portugal, is said to be a popular

candidate for the saffrages of fair Macao.

MEETING OF THE LEGISLATIVE

COUNCIL.

A meeting of the Legislative Council was held yellene the Governor (Nepean His Excellency the (Sir William des Voux); the Colonial Secretary, (Dr. F. Stewart); Mr. A., Leach, Acting Attorney-General; Mr. H. E. Wodehouse, Colonial Treasurer; Mr. N. G. Mitchell-Innes Acting Registrar Generel Messrs. J. Bell-Irving, C. P. Chater, P. Ryrie, Wong Shing, B. Layton, and Mr. Seth, Clerk of

Councils.

REPORT.

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The Colonial Secretary laid on the table the Report of the Director of the Observatory for 1888.

when an exciting contest may be confidently

expected.

Full scores are appended:-

GARRISON SHOOTING CLUB.

Lieut. Carlyle, R.A... H. 8. M. Merson, H.A.. C. 5. M. O'Leary, R.E

Sgt. Delany, 18th Regt. Sergi. Langford, 18th Regt. A. M. S. Williams, A Capt. Collinson, sh Regi Staff Sergt. Adams....

G. Serg-Malor Meredith,.

Corp. WaunL...?!

201

400

360

yandı, yards, yards,

10

1

30,

Totate........ EUROPEAN POLICE. Constable Roberts................... Sergt. Esans Constable McLennan

Seret. Mann Cotatable Warton Sergt. Ruthin Stable Donald Cunstable Warnock Sergt. McDonald

Constable McDonal

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271. 224

Total..........

CORRESPONDENCE.

Correspondents in this calam.]

NO SECOND CLASS.

Tolat.

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It is again asserted that Rocherenu, Director of the Comptoir d'Escompte, committed suicide

of $600,000.

The evening papers concur in the opinion that Rochereau committed suicide. The chiefs of the principal banking firms met to-day and resolved to place themselves at the disposal of the Comptoir d'Escompte, in order to assure, in cse of necessity, the repayment of all deposits.

BELGRADE, March 6th, King Milan has abdicated the throne of Servis. : " Crown Prince Alexander will be proclaimed King to-morrow. Petrovitch, Belimarkovitch and Ristics will act as regents during the minority, of the King, who was born August. 14, 1976. King Milan, in announcing his abdication, ' declared that there would be no change in the relations existing between Servia and Austria.

It is stated that Milan will shortly, contract z · morganatic marriage. Many fear the return of ex-Queen Natalie.

BERLIN, March 6th,

The National Gazette says regarding Harri- son's inauguration: There is no reason to doubt the President's pacific principles, or the sincerity of his opinion regarding the peaceful adjustment of international difficulties. Although he recom mends the strengthening of the navy, his tone toward foreign countries proclaims the beginning of a new era in. American development nnd à » tisplay of more assertive policy by the United States.

The Emperor to-day gave a breakfast to Lieutenant Gravenreuth, Councilor Krauel and six officers belonging to Wissmann's expedition, He announced to his guests the recapture of Bagamoyo and two gans which the Arabs had taken from the Germans. The Arab loss was heavy.,

'The banquet given by the French Embassador. last night was brilliant and successful. It was. attended by Empemr William, the Empress and the leading dignitaries of the court and State.

SYDNEY, March 6th.

The Ministry of New South Wales has been

Sir Henry Parkes will form a new Cabinet com- posed of Free-Traders.

defeated on the Protection issue and has resigned.

front, and such. return walls shall be properly honded into the side walls or party walls." I have made a great deal of inquiry on this subject that at the present moment the common practice and I find the position to be somewhat as follows,

is to have only 6 inches, as the Hon. Wong Shing proposes should be the law. for the. future. I am given reason to suppose that a return wall of 6 inches only is not altovether without objection, as it does not give sufficient strength. A longer return wall is productive of tWe do not necessarily endores the opinions expressed by considerable inconvenience where there is a staircase against the party wall; as it makes an awkward turn to get to the staircase. Never.

TO THE EDITOR OF the "Hongkong Telegraph." thelers, all these considerations of convenience

SIR, am a stranger in this city. Some must give way to considerations of safety. Now, days ago while engaged in watching an interest- 1 am told that although it would be desirable to have a relura wall rather longer than 6 inches ng game of tennis, someone else was engaged in appropriating my purse; this necessitated me still there is no very great objection to it in parting with an Express rifle to pay my hotel houses having only one storey above the ground bill and a ring to purchase a deck passage to floor. On looking into it very carefully, I find that although theoretically it would be

Calcutta. Hearing that the steamship Japan better to have it a little longer, the cracks

was about to mil for the later port I proceeded to the Agents (Messrs. David Sassoon, Sons have not as yet produced any actual destruc- & Co.) and was told that Europeans were not tion; they have only indicated a certain danger. But they have clearly indicated that if you went furnished with deck tickets. On my asking the any higher they would become dangerous. Con passage clerk for an explanation I was informed that the ship could not accommodate any more sequently, paying all the respect in my power deck passengers, as she was full already. I to the spirit of conservatism that prevails here subsequently ascertained that Europeant occa- that is, not to alter anything without necessity: sionally did travel deck, that the Fadan could I am willing to make a concession and leave it accommodate 40 deck pissengers, and that 6 inches for houses as they are at present, that only 250 had engaged passages. Under these is, for houses of two storeys, but I am told walls circumstances I returned to the Agents and of only that length would became a real danger asked them to give me a memo. to the effect if you had higher houses, not only to the house that I could not be served with a deck licket; itself but to the public. Consequeatly cannot this had the desired effect, for I was told to call go further than I have stated, but in the desire to meet as much as possible the feeling the hon. again, and that the Captain of the ship would member has expressed I am willing, with the he consulted. Next morning while on board, permission of the Council, to accept in amend. prior to booking my passage, the Captain, having only one storey above the ground floor better make my own arrangements. This was ment by which it will be 6 inches for houses nat be supplied with food, and therefore had through his purser, informed me that I would

and 12 inches for houses having more than one indeed a clincher and I had naturally to give storey. That is to say where the houses serait up all idea of proceeding in the Japan, although as at present, they will be permitted to have 6I should have liked very much to have gone la inches, but where they go more than one storey that vessel.

The Sultan referred them to the German Consul above the ground floor they must have 12 inches.

I am now curious to ascertain why the

ASPINWALL, March 7th. I am told anything less than that would be positively unsafe and would be defeating one of sidered objectionable by the Captain and den, passed through the Panam canal, from presence of European deck passengers is con.

The British vessel El Dorado, 270 tons burs the chief objects of the Ordinance.

The Colonial Secretary moved that the clause Agents of the Tapan. Surely Europeans areThis is the first foreign vessel that has passed Aspinwall to Chagies, a distance of fifteen miles. be amended to read as follows: in the case of entitled to travel as they, wish! As it is usual shop fronts left open to the street the side walls travelling deck to purchase their food through shall be returned along such front for at least 12 the steward, the action of the Captain of the

on most if not all ships to permit passengers through the canal from one port to another. inches where the house has more and at least 67apan in my case appears to savour strongly of inches where the house has not more than one what Angle-Indians term Bahadooring, and storey above the ground floor, and such return walls or party walls." walls shall be properly bonded into the side would not be tolerated on any ship belonging to

an English company.

Yours faithfully,

Hongkong, 12th April, 1889.

H. T. M.

HAVANA, March 6th. crop at from 500,002 to 525.000 to13. A planta- Competent parties estimate this year's sugar tion which made 780 bagsheads of sugar last year produced only aso hogsheads this year, although the case had been perfecily attended

to.

ZANZIBAR, March 7th.

An Arab dhow arrived here reports that she was boarded by an officer of a German gunboat,

who granted her a pats. Afterward she was fired upon by other German gunboats and her captain was killed.

among the people of Zanzibar, and crowds sur

There is great excitement over the occurrence round the Sultan's palace clamoring for revenge.

LONDON March yib. General Legitime has sent a telegram to European Goverments announcing that the rebellion in Hayti has been crushed and

demanding recognition of his Government.

His Excellency-If that is not thought satis- factory-t is perhaps rather taking the hor. member by surprise am quite willing to put Sorry that we are it off, but I am sure it is the utmost limit to NEWS BY THE AMERICAN MATZ $13.80 to $15.75.

which 1 should be justified in going.

THE PRAYA RECLAMATION BILL. His Excellency-1 am unable to proceed with the Reclamation Ordin ance to-day, the difficulty being that we have not yet been able to fix with sufficient approx. mate accuracy the particulars to be entered in the schedules. They are being prepared as rapidly as possible and as soon as they are completed the Bill will be finished. I take the opportunity, while on the subject of the Ordin- ance, to refer to a report that I am told has been in chiculation to the effect that this Ordinance in its original form was drafted on behalf of the lotholders in England and submitted to the Colonial Office by Mr. Chater. I never heard the report before to-day. It has been brought to me by a gentleman in whom I bave great con- fidence, and be mentioned it to me as being talked about. I think it just as well to mention at once, if anything I have said in Council has given that idea, the report is absolutely without foundation. Neither Mr. Chater nor any one of the lotbolders ever saw or, I believe, heard of the leto the Council. The Ordinance was prepared Ordinance, until a few days before it was brought by the Attorney-General of Hongkong last autumn and was then sent to the Colonial Office. tcame back very much in its original form there were some few amendments, but practically it is the Attorney-General's Ordinance. As I Bald before, neither Mr. Chater nor any of the other lotholders saw or heard of it until within two or three days of its being brought in in Council.

THE ARMS ORDINANCE, 1889.. The Acting Attorney-General-I beg to move the second reading ofthis Bill, The object is to consolidate the law relating to the carriage of deadly weapons. In 1787 an Ordinance "waa passed making provision in relation to the carriage of deadly weapons, and Ordinance 4 of 1889 substituted certain provisions for the first four clauses of theoriginal Ordinance, By some Inadvertence, as I take it, the power to punish under the original Ordinance was omitted by the amending Ordinance. This Bill simply re-enacts the Ordinances of 1887 and 1889, rein- troducing the provisions as to punishment. The object is, instead of introducing a new Ordinance and having two old ones, to consolidate the law

into one.

The Colonial Secretary seconded, The_Bill: was read a second time, and the Counell went into committes upon it.

Mr. Wong Shing-I am quite satisfied, but I would remark that most of the existing shops have three storeys and they are substantial enough."

His Excellency-I am told there are several houses where cracks can be seen.. Cracks show a certain danger, although there has been'no absolute destruction,

The Acting Colonial Treasurer seconded the amendment, which was carried HEM. CON.

The Pacific Mail Co's steamship City of New York, Capt. R. R. Searle, with the American mails of the 11th ulto, arrived in port last evening. For the subjoined telegrami we are indebted to our San Francisco exchanges:

LONDON, March 6th,

Sir Julian Paunceforte, thenew-British Minister to the United States, vill start for Washington about the end of the month.

NEW YORK, March 7th, For the first time in over six months copper commanded more than ordinary attention on the Metal Exchange. In the face of lower cables, bidding was dispirited, prices ranging from

CITY OF MEXICO (vid Galveston) March yth,

The El Tiempo, the conservative Journal, says it sees in President Harrison's inaugural address a menace to the peace of the Spanish-American republics, especially, Mexico. The same Journal also expresses a fear, as to the policy which Secretary Blaine may adopt.

PARIS, March 7th. The copper syndicate up to the present has 212,500,000 francs. The syndicate entered into contracts with large mining companies to buy In the definition clause the definition of "cross Viscount Mandeville, the eldest son of the annually until January 1, 1891, 100,000 tons of wall" was amended to read as follows-Any Duke of Manchester, has been declared a bankenpper at a cost of 350,000,000 francs, but in wall of bilck or stone used or built in order to rupt. His liabilities are $600,000. The cause February, out of 10,010 tons received, the building from another part of the same building, 1876 he married an American wife, Miss Yanaga be used as a separation of one part of any of his difficulties was high living and betting, Int syndicate sold only 1,397 tons. such parts being accessible through-a comrhon of New York altered to read as follows:-"Any wall used or entrance." The definition of "party wall" was bailt in order to be used as a separation of any building from any other building, such entrance. buildings not being accessible through a common

Several other amendments were made of a technical character, and the Bill was reported.

The Council then adjourned until Thursday next.

SHOOTING MATCH.

THE GARRISON SHOOTING CLUBY. THE EUROPEAN POLICE.

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special commissioner to restore order in Samoa. A Berlin dispatch says: Herr Staebel goes at and he will have control of the German squadron in Samoen waters. He is reputed to be an able diplomat. The American accounts of the termi of the armistice arranged by Herr Knappe and Mataafa are not believed in Berlin.

The Standard's Berlin correspondent says Itis stated that Mr. Kasson will represent America” in the Samoan conference.

The Vienna correspondent of the Times says: The Austrin Cabinet has been thrown info a state of consternation by Milan's abdication, fearing that it will result in Russian ascendency. Milan goes to the Riviera. His private debts The return match between teams of ten menimpunt. to 2,000,000 florins. aside, representing the Garrison Shooting Club

NEW YORK, March 6th. and European Police Force respectively was A private letter from Bonyala, on the Congo, brought to an issue over the Police range at Kays that Henry M. Stanley had started on his Kowloon yesterday afternoon, when the military journey to rejoin Emin Pasha. He has not told "shootists" completely turned the tables on his plans, except that he will not return by way their former conquerors, winning a handsome of the Congo, victory by 63 points. The conditions were On September 14th, when Stanley's courier, seven shots at two, four, and five hundred bound for Europe, arrived at Telli' with a letter yards with military Martial-Henry rifles or addressed to M. Brown, he was taken sick, so carbines, ordinary targets, marking, etc. A his intelligence will be delayed. It seems that couple of tents had been erected by the Police Tippoo Tib did not join Stanley, as the latter where refreshments were liberally dispensed requested in his letter already published, written during the afternoon, and amongst other at Ureaia on August 17th, but sent his trusted spectators on the ground were several ladies, lieutenant, Said Ben Mohoed, to follow Stanley Major-General Gordon, Acting Capt. Superin to spy out land and make ralds for slaves in the tendent of Police, and Major Dempster, Acting new country, Superintendent of Victoria Gaol, etc.

The day was genstally favorable for good shooting, although at times the changeable

WASHINGTON, March 6th. The President aigned the commissions of all the members of the Cabinet this morning and

The Comptoir d'Escompte has obtained nearly 150,000,000 francs to meet the run on the bank, Yesterday 37,500,000 francs were withdrawn. It is learned that on Rochereau's advice the

Comptoir d'Fscompte gave the Société Des

Metaxa credit of 10,000,000, franew..

WASHINGTON, March roth. Up to a late hour to-night neither the State' nor the Navy Department here has received any news either confirming or disproving the report that the Nipsic had been sunk by the German man-of-war Olga. There is some anxiety felt, although it is generally discredited that such fate has befallen the Nipsit.

There is an impression prevailing that ex-Minister Kasson will be sent to Berlin, with William Walter Phelps and perhaps General Benjamin F. Butter, to talk over Samoan affair with Bismarck. "It is not yet decided who will go, but there are the gentlemen most likely to be selected. There is no restriction upon the President in this matter. Germany has agreed to the conference and Congress has appropriated $500,000 for the purpose of paying the expenses. The Frealdent may send one man or a dozen, and the case is such a serious one, involving so much of importance, that it is hardly probable tions. Ex-Consul-General Sewell whom Secretary that one person will be intrusted with the negotia Bayard removed, and Gustaves Goward of. linolt, who made a treaty with Samos under the Hayes administration, may also be sent along to post the commissioners as to the facts In the case, of which they have more knowledge than any one else, and the embassy will than found out as the State Department concerning bo equal to any emergency, Nothing can ba