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Intimations.

DAKIN BROS. OF CHINA,

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1889.

THE consumption of sugar in the United States a year war 1,352,000 tons of refined and 106,500 tons of raw.

Ignoring the claims.of the two gentlemen who have for years past been officiating as Deputy Registrars alike to the satis-

LORD Palmerston had fifty-eight years of public faction of the Government, the high officers life, and in another year Mr. Gladstone will have of the Supreme Court, and the Hong-dead-heated this lengthy record. kong community. This action of the Governor's can only be fairly characterised as a disgraceful job, and we do not hesitate to give it its proper name. The post of Registrar of the Supreme Court is a most, Important one-so important that a few years ago, after the HUFFA fiasco,

We are informed by the agent of the Austro Hungarian Lloyd's. S. N. Co. that the Com- pany's steamer Medea left Colombo yesterday morning for this port."

Fung Atsoi, a shopman at ra East-street. He

them to believe that he was going to return

that evening, or that way. If the story for the

prosecution was to be believed, there was no justification in his using a knife.

114.12, I thought it should have come out within- three or four miles either way. As master of the ship I should have considered. _myself. quite. Justified in going on seeing the appearance of the water to the west. I can swear that I could see a milo and a half, and I consider that quito enough of a margin.

By Lieut Mills Supposing that sight put me apparently on shore, I should have considered myself justified in going on under the circum. stances of the weather that morning. The fog must have been getting thicker rapidly after the last observation was taken.

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The Company's Dispensary is in charge of a the Secretary of State thought it necessary EDITOR-"What kind of a lookding man is it thoroughly efficient and practical English to send out an experienced barrister-at-who wants to see me ? Office Boy "I can't Chemist and the use of the purest Drugs and law from London to take up the duties. tell whether he's a broker or a prize fighter able minuteness as to the transactions in the then referred to the evidence of ond or two wit|--The Court was then cleared and after about

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Charges-Strictly_Moderate.........

QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL; · Opposite Hongkong Hotel.

(Telephone No. 60.) Hongkong, 23rd April, 1889.

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the post has always been filled by a qualified lawyer. We do not go the length of saying that the position could not be adequately Alled by any person-who-is-not-a-trained- lawyer, but we content that it requires a man thoroughly acquainted with legal

"Both sorts are harmless. “Admit him."

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repeated the evidence he gave at the Police Court, to the effect that the prisoner entered the shop, in which second-hand clothes, &c., were

His lordship, in summing up, said that there sold, and said he wanted a shirt Three were shown to him, at sixty cents each. He sald was no doubt of two things, that a man was- they were too dear, and then, throwing two of killed and that the prisoner inflicted the them on the floor, ran off with the third. The fatal blow, They might bring in one, of master called out to the cook to run after him three verdicts, either that of murder, the lesser and get the shirt back. He did so, and witness one of manslaughter, or one of justifiable homi- followed. He saw the cook catch the prisonci, cide. He then referred to the theory of the and the latter get away again. The cook again prosecution, and asked if it was to be credited. 'scired him, and then witness saw him put bis The witnesses differed as to his conduct after

James Hossack said; I am chief engineer of M. DE TOHIHAtcher, a Russian writer, asserts hand to bis breast, and heard himsay "Oh dear; the alleged theft, and it was shown that he was

in no immediate need of clothing. The fact of the steamship Afghan. Ihave the engine room that the average flow of petroleum in the Baku I am stabbed." Witness went on, and got region is 85,000 barrels per day, as against | hold of the prisoner, who cut him in the hand

too great consistency would point to conspiracy, log; at 7 op the morning of the rath the ship was 1,300 barrels in the United States. *-*-*-*- slightly... Witness-still-followed-him-until-he-but he would show that not only on account of geing full speed. The first alteration of the speed

was arrested by a district watchman.

what they had said that day, but what they had at 7.27, when the engines were stopped; they Mr. Robinson cross-examined, with consider. said before, they were not entitled to credit. He were started again at 7.39.

neasca at the various bearings before the half an hour's consultation, the following Finding

was read by the President :— Magistrate and in that Court. With regard to the theory for the defence, there was a good deal of similarity between the prisoner's statement and Olson's evidence; according to beth some thing occurred about six o'clock which caused the fight at half-past six. But the jury must __not_run_away with the idea that because he was assaulted he was justified in using the knife. There was a possible explanation of the case in this-the prisoner was assaulted by he was attacked by the Chinaman's friends. It had been suggested that the attack was made by members of a secret society, but that Dr. Atkinson stated that the deceased died had not been proved. "If It was a mere Hospital. He had a slight waynd on the left arm, of the morning after he was brought the ordinary attack by a few men, frm motives another beneath the left abqulder binde, and the spleen and entered the stomach, was the deep stab in the side. The latter, which divided cause of death.

THE General Managers (Messrs. Jardine, Mathe- Steam.Navigation Co.'s steamer Tatsang, from on & Co.) inform us that the Indo-China

Calcutta, left Singapore for this port to-day. A REGULAR meeting of Zetland Lodge, No. 535, will be held in Freemasons' Hall, Zetland Street, on Friday, the 3rd proximo, at 8.30 for 9 p.m.

His Lordship asked if the point was imaterial? Mr. Robinson replied that it was, as the case for the defence was that the whole evidence as to the prisoner entering the shop was trumped-up, and he wished to test the credibility

of the witness.

Witness continuing, asserted that he never lost sight of the prisoner from the time he left the shop until he was arrested. He saw him before the cook caught him. He did not see more than one stab given, but then it was nearly dark.

procedure or who has by years of practical precisely. Visiting brethren are cordially invited. I throw away the shirt soon after leaving the shop, a Chinaman outside this shop, and on his return

experience demonstrated his fitness to properly fulfil the duties, Mr. Bruck Shepherd, of whom we desire to speak A. S. WATSON & CO., LTD., with all respect, is not a barrister-at-law,

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THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY. Hongkong, 4th Apíil, 1889,

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he is not even a 'solicitor, and he has no acquaintance, practical or otherwise, with the Registrar's duties. Mr. SHEPHERD came to Hongkong only a few years ago to take up the special appointment of clerk of the deeds registry in the Land Office, and it is only fair to say that he bears the reputation of having performed his duties with thorough efficiency. But that record cannot possibly justify his appointment over the heads of Mr. SAMUEL BARYT and Mr. C. F. A. SANGSTER, his seniors both

as regards length of service and

experience, to the lucrative positions of Acting Registrar of the Supreme Court, Official Assignee, Official Trustee, and Registrar of Public Companies. Why were the superior claims of the two Deputy Registrars ignored and set aside? neither one of them competent to perform the duties of Registrar? Strange, if true. Mr. BART has been in the Colonial Service since 1868, and he acted as deputy

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A FASHIONABLE young woman in New York has lately undergone a remarkable surgical operation by which her tiptilted nose became an organ of pure Grecian design. The cruel charge is now made that the new nose does not suit the general

conformation of her face.

HAIPHONG papers report that an Annamite Pagoda bas been shipped to the Paris Exhibition, The structure, when put together, will be large enough to admit of a few native bonzes perform ing the religious rites within its precincta. A contingent of the fraternity have proceeded to

France..

THE proposal to construct tunnel between Elsinore, and Denmark and Helsingborg in Sweden, so as to unite the two great peninsulas of Northern Europe, is being seriously considered. The distance is about 18,000 feet, and the greatest water depth is about 70 feet, so that the difficulties in the way are very serious,

in the Public Gardens, to-morrow, commencing THE Band of the A. & S. Highlanders will play at 3.30 p.m. The following will be the pro gramm:

March... *** The Fire Brigada ".

TV Ace, Vale. Unter den Linden

Gungl. Selection..." Reminiscences of All Nailons"Godfrey, Valse........ La Premier Horques 1.Waldicule). Galep Down the Road

Harper.

The Hongkong Telegraph registrar of the Supreme Court so far in which a Biber took an active part, bo

HONGKONG, FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1889.

back as 1879. Mr. SANGSTEK joined the public service of this colony in 1860, he acted as deputy registrar in 1877 and as Registrar in 1881 and 1882, and he has been in the department ever since, fulfil

TONQUIN affairs have lately been warmly die cussed in the Paris Chamber of Deputies. At a recent sitting Deputy Andrieus submitted the proposal of withdrawing the military forces from the country, on the plea of the heavy expenses they entailed. After a great deal of discussion Constans, the late Governor-General of Indo China, entered the tribune and explained the many reasons why the withdrawal of the troops from Tonquin would be unadvisable. On a division being declared, the status quo was adopted by 277 votes against 215.

the use of medicines was shown recently at a

corroborated the evidence of the first witness to Chun Cho, master of the shop 12 East Street,

* considerable extent, and was only briefly cross. examined.

Ho Yun, an informer, was next called. He said he was in the cock-loft of the shop 12 East Street on the evening of the 12th ult, when the prisoner entered. He saw him bargaining about a shirt, and, after looking at several, throw que down and run out with an- other. An alarm was raised, and witness saw the cook who ran out, stabbed by the prisoner lew feet from the door,

cunstances of the arrest.

Inspector Hennessy having detailed the cir. P.C. Haddon stated that he afterwards took the prisoner to the lodging house where he had been staying, and heard him say to another negro named Olson Olsan, I want you to come up to the Palice-court as a witness for me." Olson replied "I know nothing about it," and prisoner rejoined"“They've fixed me." No more passed.

The prisoner's statement at the Police-court having been put in.

The Attorney-General said that that closed the case for the prosecation.

Mr. Robinson, for the defence, said that the case for the prosecution was one of stealing, followed by murder. He submitted that I he was able to discredit the evidence with regard to the alleged stealing he had a right to expect them to believe his version of the circumstances under which the deceased was stabbed. The prosecution alleged that the prisoner went into the shop and stole a shirt;

revenge, it would reduce the crime to one of

manslaughter. If they believed that prisoner was could not escape otherwise than the way he did, savagely attacked, and so hemmed in that he

it would be justifiable homicide.

The jury then retired, and returned after an absence of fiye minutes, when the foreman (Mr, Michaelson) announced that by a majority of four to three they found the prisoner guilty of manslaughter.

In answer to the formal inquiry the prisoner said that be had nothing to urge why sentence should not be passed.

His lordship then said:-You have been convicted of the crime of manslaughter, a verdict in which I thoroughly concur." I think you have been guilty of most-reckless-use of i murderous weapon, and people like you, who go about armed with knives, ready to resent any affront or cause of irritation you may rec ive,' public safety requires must be severely punished, I sentence you to three years' imprisonment.

We understand that the minority of three were in favor of the prisoner's acquittal.

THE STRANDING. OF THE "AFGHAN."

MARINE COURT OF INQUIRY,

A Marine Court of Inquiry into the circum- stances attending the stranding of the British teamer Afghan in the vicinity of Lema Island, on the 12th inst., was held this forenoon at the Harbour Office, Commander R. Murray Rumsay, R.N., Stipendiary Magistrate, presided, and the following were the assessors :-Lieut. Mills, R.N. of the Victor Emanuel; Capt. George PERIYA of the British steamer Propontis; Captain Stewart Duncan, of the British steamer

"We find that the British 'steamship Afghan, official No. 7591 of Rochester, of which Thos. Golding, whose certificate as Master is No. 07 95, was Mäster, left Nagasaki, on 7th April ́and experienced thick weather to Turnabout.

That-from-Turnabout-the-weather continued thick, and that on the morning of April 12th at about 8 o'clock, the ship struck on N.E. Head of Lema Island.

"That she immediately came off, and although the botton was damaged in the Fore Peak, no other serious damage appears to have been sustained,

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"We are of opinion that the Master appears to have navigated, his vessel in a scamanlike and able, to have done sil in his power.

proper manner, and when a casualty way inevit

"The casualty appears to have been brought

about through the ship being about to miles South of her supposed position, and the Master having been deceived by the weather, and estimating that he could see further than was the case.

"We are, however, of opinion that the Master would have shown more prudence If he had made freer use of his lead, but we do not con. sider this omission amounted to a default,

"That the Court, secing no ground for blaming the conduct of the Master, returns his certificate to him..

Hongkong, 26th April, 1889.

R. MURRAY RUMṢAY, R.N., ... President of the Court.

Lient. À. S. MILLS, R.N. G. HRASLIY.

W. J. DUNCAN. J. YOUNG.

MEETING OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

A meeting of the Legislative Council was held this afternoon. There were present: - Vaux); the Colonial Secretary, Dr. F. Stewart); His Excellency the Governor (Sir William des Mr. H. E. Wodehouse, Colenial Treasurer: Mr. N. G. Mitchell Innes, Acting Registrar-General Messrs. P. Ryrie, C. P. Chater, Wong Shing, J. J. Keswick, and Mr. Seth, Clerk of Councils,

The minutes of the last meeting were read and, confirmed, patte

FINANCIAÎM:

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Statement of the total Receipts and Expenditure The Colonial Secretary laid on the table a

year, a

that the following vaten be referred to the Finance Committer :-3600, as an increase of salary of the Director of the Observatory: $250,

tracy.'

attack, and open to the widest latitude him a member of that most arrogant of giving the directions in plain English he used a reduced to that of manslaughter-ho would I am master of the British steamer Afghan for the construction of a verandah at the Magit..

conveyance of ideas,

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EVERY man who rules over his fellow men, whether by that rapidly decaying ignis fatuur misnamed right divine or by the ordinary current of events, should stand. all concerned. Mr. SANGSTER is also aby the common people in giving directions for After pointing out that the witnesses called by British steamer Nanshan. The letter from Mt. af the Finance Committee. He then moved. like CMSAR's wife, above suspicion. His barrister all but in name, having only a every act should be impervious to hostile few more formal dinners to cat to make in fair criticism. No ruler can govern trades unions. Why then, we again ask, should these two old and valued officers' wisely and well who does not possess claims be set aside for a comparative the confidence of his subjects. These remarks are mere truisms which have new-comer who possesses no claims been widely recognised for ages, but they whatever? It is said that Mr. SHEPHERD are just as applicable to Hongkong to-day was recently offered an appointment as when the great CaSAR in his death in a public company lately started in ABOUT once a month we register blood- agony covered his face to hide BRUTUS the colony, and that this acting registrar-curdling oath on the accumulated files of the our compositorial staff exasperate us by their from his gaze, or when CHARLES STUART ship was promised to him by the Govern Telegraph to the effect that the very neat time paid the penalty of his treachery to the ment as an inducement to refuse the gilded inconceivably idiotic style of spelling we will appeal to our readers, by publishing the paper people on the scaffold outside Whitehall. pill of 86,000 per annum. The sop to with all its errors on its head. We don't know In these modern days the great curse of Cerberus' was effectual, and one of the that we shan't do it, some day, but in the mean rulers has been their too ready acquiescence shabblest pieces of official jobbery Hong-ducing, iferafim, a portion of a familiar recita, In acts of nepotism and jobbery. Oblivious kong has yet known became a matter of of the fact that the positions they hold history. There is a general feeling of are of a purely representative character, regret among Governor Das Vœux's friends that they are public trustees and nothing and supporters that he has so flagrantly more, many officials placed in high positions deserted the high-principled platform of have become notorious, in degrading political ethics he has been at such pains both themselves and their offices by to advocate since his arrival here, arbitrarily assuming autocratic functions

and gratifying their own personal interests

or preferences at the expense of the public.

TELEGRAMS.

(Reuter.)

AMERICA.

LONDON, April 22nd.

Seldom a week passes but we find some English journalist thundering against abuses of this sort, ranging from the Queen down to the lowest, jack-in- office, but rampant as official jobbery has up and 50,000 settlers have made a rush to

Oklahama, in Indian territory, has been opened

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

become at home, we doubt if it is very the competing settlers,

"occupy the land; bloodshed is feared amongst

much worse, under all circumstances than it has been in the past and still continues to be in thịs Island of Hongkong. Governor oxs Vieux has certainly no reason so far to complain of any harsh or unfair criticisms of himself or of his policy that have appeared in this journal. From the first we recognised an, evident desire to do his utmost for the beneût of the

THERE will be a game of Polo at Causeway

Bay, at 4-45 p.m. to-morrow,

IT appears that there is an aggregate of over 20,000,000 of foreign capital invested in American mines.

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the prosecution varied in their evidence in Thomas Golding, Master of the Afghan, apply several important details, Mr. Robinson said ing for an enquiry into the circumstances of the London hospital, A physician prescribed an injection of cocaine for a patient, but instead of that he did not propose, as anticipated by the standing of the vessel, was read, after which

prosecution, to aik that the charge should be Thor. Golding gave the following evidence :--- Latin word, and as a result the cocaine was administered internally, causing almost im-demand a complete acquittal. He rested his hold a certificate to that effect, issued in London

The Colonial Treasurer seconded. in May, 1889. I left Nagasakci on 7th April at mediate death. Why physicians should seek to case on the low as laid down in Archbold, by

His Excellency announced that the Estimates cast a cloak of mystery about their transactions which it was held that a man who was attacked 8 am, had N.E. winds with foggy weather to

have been confirmed by the Secretary of State, by the use of a dead language is not apparent might justifiably kill his opponent if unable to Turnabout, which was passed at 10.15 in the

⠀⠀ THE SALARIES OF THE PUBLIC OFFICERS. to those who believe that good old-fashioned retreat either because of any impediment or of morning of the toth; passed Dodd Island 18) miles off; sighted Chapel Island lights

His Excellency intimated that the proposal to English affords nearly a perfect medium for the the violence of the attack made on him,

Antonio Gutierrez, shipping officer at the at about 9.30 p.m. on the roth; I kept on a S. raise the salaries of the public officers in the Harbour Office, stated :-On the morning of the 47 W. true course.. At 9.30 am, on the 11th 1. <Colnay in consequence of the decrease in the Talos 12th March the prisoner came to the Office to sign imagined I was off Lammock Island, the weather of the dollar has beeh submitted to the Secretary articles to serve on a ship. He received, was very thick, so I kept on the same course until of State for the Colonies, who has expressed a 1 p.m., when I took observation which placed wish that the subject should be fully investigated were deducted for passage from Shanghat and the ship in lat, 22 deg. 55 min. N.1. then altered into and the resulls communicated to him. month's pay in advance, from which about $12

the course to S.68 W. At 4 p.m. I got observa H.E therefore suggested that a committen be hospital expenses.

Joseph Olson, fireman, said that he met the tions which placed the ship at 116.44 E. There formed to study, the matter. As the unofficial was a haze over the land, so I was not able to see members of Council were persons entirely un- prisoner a few days before the 12th March. On

would propose that "the Committee consist of all such unofficial that day, about six o'clock, he went down East Breaker Point. I went to bed at 9 o'clock, and interested in the matter. Street with the prisoner, when they met a China got up before midnight. I came out and saw. man. It was kinder drizzling, and the Chinaman that the light was clear. At one o'clock on the had one hand on his head to keep it dry. His 12h I told the officer on watch to keep a good elbow was projecting, and it caught the prisoner's look-out for Pedro Blanco, and call me at two row then, but witness would not let them fight, nose, making it bleed. There was going to be ao'clock. I again came on deck; there was taking prisoner down to the Praya instead. After staying about half an hour they went back and ten or a dozen Chinamen, with bamboos, met them at the place where the other little row was, and began “licking " the prisoner. Witness saw that there was going to be a big row, and as there were too many Chinamen be ran away to bis lodgings, and saw no more of it.

time we will get even to some extent by repro-

tion, as set up the other day by a natural idiot with queue and a composing stick, The following t public will see what we have to phit up with in the

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*TER BURIAL OF 118 Joйn woon!,

Not a drum heard mot a funeral nate xa his comes in the ram ort. We hired not a solder, discharged his foerwell shot

z Here we baired er gram when our i We bured him doubly at dead of night. The soda with our bayenata turnclog. By the shaggling moon-betare misty Ugh! and the Lintun drinly buning

No malea cafe enclosed his braust not in shui nor in, shared wwwound him Blut be lay like a wasier taking his not. Wilt hi martial clock around bien.

Few and short were the prayers and sald, and, we spoke not a work of sorrow.. But we steadfastly galed on the fill that was dend and we bittlely thought of the marrer.

SUPREME COURT.·

IN CRIMINAL SESSIONS. (Before Acting Chief Justice Clarks.).

THE FATAL AFFRAY IN KAST STAKET.

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members, with only one official member-she Colonial Secretary. Mestre, Chater, Ryrie, Keswick and Wong Shing were thereupon. invited to join the Committee..

A REPEAL AND AN AMENDMENT.. The Colonial Secretary moved the first reading of a Bill entitled "An Ordinance to repel Ordinance No. 6 of 1889, and to amend The Statute Law Preservation Ordinance, 1886.

The Colonial Treasurer seconded. Bill road first time.

His Excellency remarked that he would have liked to proceed with the Prays Reclamation Hill before discussing any other matter, but the hayoldable absence of the Attorney-General, who was engaged in the Supreme Court, pros vented him from doing so, that?!

}: THE PROTECTION OF WOMEN AND GIRLS"

VE ORDINANCE, 1889

nothing to be sceny the course was sitered to S. 88 W. I remained on the bridge unti! 6.15 a.m. Between 6.30 and 7 I saw a number of fishing junks. At 7.15 the sun came out, and I took my observations. The horizon was not very clear, we were in long. 114. 47. E. About"| this time the weather thickened to the westward At 7.30 as I did not see land, I stopped, sounded, and found zo fathoms. It became subsequently By the Attorney-General: We lived in the clear, so I started again full speed. At7.30 the sun same room in Abdool's lodging-house, higher up again came out and I took another observation, East-street than the place where the row was, which put the ship at 114.12. I put engines We did not make way to give the Chinaman dead slow, and kept a good look-out, I remained more room to pass us because he had plenty. on the bridge myself. About 3 minutes after I Here the Attamey-General read the prisoner's stopped the engines I saw a white line of foam statement, and pointed out that it differed from on the starboard how, about 400 feet from the The Colonial Secretary rose to move, the that of the witness, but the latter adhered to it, ship, I'ordered the engines full speed astern 1, second reading of this: Ordinance. The Bill Witness continued :-We went for a walk to | about a minulo and a half after putting the dealt with offences under the bead of the procurs. reduce the food from our stomachs (aughter) I did engines astern, the vessel struck on the star- tion of girls under 15 years for Immoral purposes, not see where the Chinamen struck the prisoner board bow. I ordered the boats to be cleared with; the registration of brathele,, the power John Delanchi, a West Indian sailor, was when they attacked him, but they all struck him. | away, and sounded the wells ; the carpenter reinvested in the Registrar General, when dealing: arraigned for the wilful murder of a Chinese They penned him up so that I do not thinke heported 4 feet at the forepeak, but no water in the with cases which cams; under: hla jurisdiction z cook, named Chung Achao, on the 12th ultimo. could have got away,

forehold. I then ordered half of the crew to get it also provided for an asylum where grown up He pleaded not guilty.

Abdul Ismail, keeper of the house in which | a foresail over the bow and the others to cleat women could be temperafily detained and girla The Acting Abacated, and Mr. Robinson, considerable amusement by turning out prisoner's in about half an hour's time, I found then that Hospital, the appointment of officers, etc. Ho The Acting Attorney General (instructed by the prisoner lodged, was next called, and caused away the lifeboats. We got a tall over the bowl, educated is for the maintenance of the Lock

instructed by Mr. Caldwell, defended.

bag, for the purpose of showing that the prisoner the ship was drifting to the N.W, I ordered the added that by, the provisions of this BIL The jury consisted of Messrs. 5. C. Michaelson, had shirts, without needing to steal any. kedge anchor to be let go. We lay there ill compulsory examination of women can be no A. Lynn, S. Hancock E. Burnie, A. G. Stokes,

Mr. Robinson, in concluding the case for the 1.30 pm, when it cleared up, and having gat a longer enforced in the colony, bagnonerede F. Henderson, und 3. D. Setna.”

defence, pointed out that the fokie of the plot, we started for Hongkong, arriving here at . Mr. Ryrie asked whether in view of the The Acting Attorney-General, in opening the deceased made allegations of theft against the about 7.30. It was very thick and we bad | desirablity of returning to the former state of - was charged was a heinous one, and conne- the murder. According to their story the deceptive appearance of the weather, it belog the abolition of the examination Complaints quently great responsibility rested on the Jury and prisoner, whilst sober, clumsily stole a fifty cent cleat enough to the eastward to take observations, were rife in naval and military circles that since other concerned in dealing with it. The facts, | shirt, although he was going to start work next and I imagined I could see further to the weste the examination Hts" been discontinued," the spread of disesse bas «ssumed alarming propor, however, were very simple. The story of the morning, and then, when pursued, cold-bloodedly ward

James C. Wilson said --I am chief officer of tonsils at an alfal prosecution was that on the 12th March, about slew the first man who detained him. No oal- 6.30 p.m. the prisoner entered a second-hand side witness who saw the stabbing" had the Afghani i hold a master's certificate, issued His Excellency sald that the provisions of clothes shop, sa East-street, apparently for the been called all the evidence bad been at Glasgow. I remember the 11th April; I look this Bill were brought about by the state рагрон

of purchasing some clothes. The master | drawn from the shop, from among the clans- an observation ; we were fu fat, a255 at about of the public opinion in England. Although of the shop, who would be called, bargained with men of the deceased. How was it, if they r'p.m. The captain's observation agreed with he entertained strong feelings on the subject" him respecting the sale of some shirts that were followed the prisoner every step of the way mine. I was satisfied with the sight. The his instructions were very peremptory. It would on the counter. The prisoner seemed to have until he was arrested, that they did not see weather was clear overhead but very hazy on be useless to make effons here to counteract suddenly thrown two of them down, and him throw away the shirt he stole The non- the horizon. On the fath I had the morning the passing of the Bil: The only thing the belted with a third. An assistant in the shop production of it disposed of the accusation, so watch the weather was clear; the ship was would : propose, would be to send's strong immediately gave orders, to the deceased – that it was not necessary to point out that the going full speed ; I took an observation, at 7-written protest to the home authorities after the to pursue him, and he did so, being followed prisoner was not without money and forced to steal o'clock; and slowed at 7.20 at about 25 Bill has been passed, urging the necessity of by the assistant. He caught the prisoner, Ashirt. The learned counsel then referred to the minutes past 7, we tried to sound, but could examination. The chief argument brought for but the leiter got away again. He again Eatred which he said existed between the Chinese get no soundings, we then stopped. The ward at home against the examination, as the caught him, and the prisoner then stabbed and negroes, and the widespread secret organisa-ship was subsequently put at full speed degradation women were alleged to be subjected him. The shopman still kept op the pursuit, tions, whose members rose and combined with ahead, and the Captain ordered another observa. to while undergoing it. The argument was -and was stabbed in the hand when attempting | such rapidity against a common enemy, and ap. | tiàn to be taken. After we got the result of this absolutely Inspplicable in this Cology, raken to detain the prisoner. The latter then got away, peated for a verdict of acquittal, not to their sense observation, it was fine and clear to the eastward, The Colonial Treasurer having seconded the for a short time, but on returning along the street of sentiment, but to that of justice

but hary to the westward. The Captain then motion for the second, reading of the Hill, the

colony at large, and if at times we have Tux Secolo, a Milan, sewapaper, la publishing | Caso; said that the crime with which the prisoner Lprisoner in order to account for the motive of❘ to go very slow. I attribute the casualty to the things, a clause might not be introduced repealing®

the Bible in 210 half-penny parts of eight pages. been compelled to differ with him in each and goo wood-cuts. some matters of detail, we have almost"

We learn that the boy who died of bydrophobia Invariably been able to conscientiously on Saturday, at the Hospital, stated that he had support his general policy. But we been bitten by a mad dog in Canton some thite cannot support barefaced jobbery, and we | months ago.

-regret to have more than once recently STATISTICS show that during the last year the observed the cloven hoof veering in that Government of the United States purchased direction. It is just possible, although we 28,920.398 standard ounces of liver for

$24,491,340. fall to see it, that His Excellency was justified in appointing to the responsible"WHY cannot a woman become a successful lawyer, I should like to know?" asked a lady of position of Acting Surveyor General, over

cynical old Judge. "Because, madam, he the heads of a number of old and expe- answered, "she's too fond of giving her opinion rienced members of the Public Works without being paid for it." Department, a young man who has only been a few months in the colony, whose

a little later was mirested. The deceased had. The Acting Attorney-General, la reply, said Quixotic notions on sanitation have excited

in the meantime been taken to the Hospital, that he would leave the case to be dealt with as almost universalridicule and contempt, and

whom he died. The circumstances under which a whole, without again entering into detalls, The whose only work-the so-called reclama-

he died would be detailed in due course. He sory told by the prisoner witness, Olson, bore the saw line of foam distant about the length of HONGKONG RIFLE ASSOCIATION tion of the Wong-del-chong"

hong Valley has

600 yard range at Kowloon, during the recent defence would be, but it was probable that an very materially from the prisoner's own statement. vessel struck immediately afterwards Aller proved a ghastly failure; but there Rifle Meeting was unfortunate enough to be Attempt would be made to reduce the charge. The latter aperied that a drunken Chisamat ran she alrack; the Captain ordered i:bands up

¿The followin"" árs the remain certainly can be no justification for the caught putting it up his back, and as an incre- from the greater one to that of manslaughter. up to him and struck him wilfully in the face. The to clear away they basis, and all

dulous magistrate sefused to believe that he was Bubject to the direction of ble Lordship, however, statements of both led one to believe that a spread. There were 4 feet of water in the Volunte appointment of Mr. BLUCE SHEPHERD AS doing so to stop his nose from bleeding, he is he submitted that that would need to be clearly gang of Chisamen were lying in wait for the forepens but heater in the farehold or any Vohmtears's holid Acting Registrar of the Supreme Court, I now doing his little month's burd, c

DLestablished." He then called

prisoner, although there was nothing to lead other part of the sky took my Arst algbt" al-comp

An English advertisement reads -- A pious young man desires to be received into a respect able family, where the excellence of his example and superior morality might be considered as an equivalent for board and lodgings,"

told me to slow the englues and blow the whistle Council went into Committee on it. This was at 7 minuter 15 8. The Captain told agree

me to look ahead, and 3 minutes, afterwards į

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