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THE French gimboat Aspic returned to Shanghai from the Yangisze ports on the a5th ulto. HMS. Satellite arrived at Shanghai from Yokohama on the 25th ulo, and is expected to remain there until June. →→

CHIARINI's Circus, after a successful season in H.M.S. Firebrand arrived at Chinklang from Amoy, was expected to open-in Shanghai about | Hankow on the 25th ulta. the beginning of next week, A PROPOSED 'scheme of japanese emigration to Mexico is, according to the native papers, attract

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The Shanghai Mercury says it is reported that sixty thousand stand of arms; destined for the embryo Korean, army, and ordered by the foreign commander, are detained in Nagasaki until that gallant officer forks out the necessary ring to obtain their release. A nice keitle of fish, this, for poor embarrassed Chosen I

It is reported from Klukiang, says the N. C. Daily News, that the market has opened in Ningchow at Tls, 8 over last year, and in Kee mun at about Tis. 5, the quality of the tea being 20 per cent, better and the crop a large one. An

up to Hankow and, in spite of very bad news. from London, the usual'rash will no doubt take place.

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RICHARD Garling, inventor of the "Gatling gun, has devised a police gun for use in riots, which will fire 1,200 shots a minute. High explosives, he thinks, will be the destructive force employed in future warfare.

We understand that on Sunday next, the 5th. ist, Viscount de Bezaure, Consul for France at this part, will hold a reception at the Consulate in commemoration of the hundredth anniversary

of the assembling of the States-General at Versailles. The Consulate will be opened from To a.m. until noon,

THE men of the and battalion Argyll and Sutherland ''igh'anders at home are evidently as well up at football as their comrades in Hong 'kong who made our local team take such a very far back seat last season. At Kennington Oval on March 27th the A. & S. representatives played the final tie for the Army Association Cup against the South Stafford Regiment, and won, hands down, by two goals to pone.

An inquest was held: yesterday morning at the, British Consulate, Canton, respecting the suicide 'of Mr. J. Leslie, second engineer of the Honam.

· A verdict of "Temporary insanity "was returned

The body was afterwards interred in the little' European cemetery..

MR. M'NEILL, who bears the designation of the Scottish Spurgeon, scouts the notion that preachers have degenerated in pulpit oratory, "The fault," he says, "is not that we are poor preachers, but because you are mighty poor stuff to preach to.". One of Dean Ramsay's Scotch stories puts the case a little differently and certainly bumourously. A parishioner who came regularly to church, and as regularly went to sleep during the sermon, was remonstrated with by his minister on the bad example of such a practice. "Ye should tak' s pinch of stuff to keep ye up!" hinted the divine. "Na !" said the parishioner with a twinkle of glee in his eye, ye should put snuff in yer sermon "Truly economical advice.

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The Colonial Secretary seconded" and the amended clause was pasted.

Several other unimportant amendments were made in the remaining clauses of the Ordinance. the Committee that day. The clauses would be The Governor said that he should not close

reprinted, and as many of the amendments made were too important to be passed at such short notice he should leave the Bill la Committee and thus give an opportunity for any member to reser back to any clause if so desired. ADJOURNMENT,

meet on Monday net

The Governor-I should' Bke the Council to hon. members can manage it. We have such a considerable accumulation of work that otherwise I fear even with amassacre of the innocents" we shall hardly dispose of it before the season becomes too hot for legislation. I should like therefore to meet on Monday, when a measure will be introduced with reference to extradition, which is a matter of some importance.

The Council adjourned until. Monday, the 6th. instant.

LATE TELEGRAMS.

ROME, April 14th. The Italian newspapers advocate the Italian Occupation of Asmara or otherwise the abandon- ment of Massowah.

PARIS, April 15th: The French Senate have appointed a com- milice of nine to examine into the case brought against General- Boulanger, M. Dillon and M. The following portion of the proceedings of Rochefort." The court has been adjourned

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HONGKONG, FRIDAY, May 3, 1889.

We published the other day the results of the Cambridge Local Examination in which it was shown that the Diocesan "'ome and Orphanage stood highest on the list of successful candidates presented, all its four pupils having passed.--one of them with honours in English,'-the Public School coming next with three successful candidates out of seven, and the Central School showing the ghastly picture of as many failures as there were pupils for

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friend, avoidably.

SOMETIME during last night a police boat was patrolling Hungham Bay when the man in charge saw two sampans coming across from Hongkong. On halling them they rowed away in opposite directions, and the police followed the one which was heading towards the nearest land. Several shots were fited from the sampan, but without effect, and the constables were close up when the retreating boat was beached. The crew cleared off at once, and on the boat being examined eight hundred' balls of opium were found slowed away, which means big prize money for the lukongs. As the other boat probably contained as much, there must have been about five chests being smuggled, which reflects very unfavorably on the officer-the superintendent of Imports and Exports-who is supposed to keep an eye on the opium in bulk more strikingly shown than by the results here, and keep an account of where it goes to. of the respective examinations alluded to. We were naturally under the impression TH Chinese Times says that the intended that the Central School excelled all the removal of the railway bridge across the Feiho other educational instititions in the Colony unfavourable light, for it shows that the Board #places the China Railway Company in a most that its staff of teachers was unsurpassable of Directors are mere puppets in the hands of in efficiency and personal qualifications, and others, that the traffic of the line may at any that its programme and method of tuition time be suppressed at the bidding of conspirators, were up to the highest standard attainable and that the undertaking is like a house built on in preparatory schools. The results just the ice, which is never secure against changes of weather. Good will doubtless come out of these published are a crushing blow to these not unreasonable anticipations. The Central contretemps with the Railway, if the whole undertaking be not brought' to a hopeless collapse School entered four pupils for the Camby some arbitrary act of authority. It will be bridge Local Examination, and the whole discovered that the traffic of a railway cannot be of the four candidates were 'plucked.' conducted in the way that has been attempted, at HONGKONG, SHANGHAI, FOOCHOW,This would appear to be clearly illustra- and the government will soon be obliged to and AMOY, with times, and other interesting live of the superiority private schools consider whether they will adopt some reason. particulars, carefully compiled from the most reliable sources, make THE HONGKONG possess over Government, establishments. able fixed rules for the construction and working DIRECTORY AND HONG LIST FOR THE FAR In the latter, dry routine and a drill-like of their railway system or abandon the under EAST," a vade mecum for all classes of

system of tuition are generally prevalent, sportsmen.

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taking as wholly unsuited to the genius of the

Hospital, is a continual bath, the patient eating,. drinking and sleeping, there until cured. One patient has been kept in such a bath for 385 days. He is tied up always at night to prevent hitn from slipping so as, to be drowned. The

the rest of the skin is unchanged. The water is Palms and soles become much shriveled, hut kept at 98 deg.

THE Hongkong Volunteers will hold a prize competition on Sunday next, when the following programme will be gone through :-.

1.Cup, valpe Presented by Mr. E R Bellfos, for the Champion Slut of the Corps (na Handicap),

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THE PASSENGERS RELIEF MILL. The Acting Attorney-General-I beg to move the first reading of a Bill entitled the Passengers Relief Ordinance. The object of the Bill is to extend the provisions made in the Passenger Act warding to their destination passengers brought. of 1855 and in the Passenger Act of 1863 for for to this Colony not through their own neglect or fault, and for defraying the cost thereof for voyages to shorter distances than those provided for in those Acts.

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The Colonia! Secretary seconded, and the bill

was read a first time.

BILL TO REPEAL ORDINANCE 6 OF 1889 AND TO

AMEND THE STATUTE' LAW PRESERVATION ORDINANCE 1886.

KARICHI, April 16th. Nice persons, seven of whom were fearfully cut up, were murdered in the Johi taluka, oatside Karachi by three brothers, Sindhin,

WRECK OF THE STEAMÉR "SMITH!!

this afternoon (April 27th) to the effect that We hear that telegraphic news was received the new steamer Smith, Captain Jordan,

is a

With reference to the above, Messrs. Melchers & Co., the Agents of the steamship Smith, write, as follows:

of the North-East Promontory, but hap total wreck in the neighbourhood pily without loss of life. She left Taku Bar for Shanghai on Thursday afternoon, and it is thought she has stranded not far from the place where the Pautah came to grief two years ago. Captain Jordan brought the Smith out from The Acting Attorney-General-I have to move home and was in command at the time of the the second reading of this Bill, the object of disaster. Very bad weather has been experienced which may be stated very shortly. In 1861 an in the Gulf of Pechili lately, and this, too, is the IV. Cun for Hon. Members (Association Handicap-Pre. Ordinance was passed empowering the Govem-season of fogs in the vicinity of the Promontory.

by Effecies.

ment to appoint Commissioners to revise and The loss of this, fine new vessel is to be culars as to conditions, ere, by applying to

Intending competitors will obtain full partire-edit the Ordinances, and under that Volume I regretted. It is generally supposed that she of the Ordinances has special nuthority. In 1886 belongs to the Formosan Trading Company, in an Ordinance was passed giving authority for which His Excellency Lia Ming-chuan is the publication of the Ordinances made by the interested, but lately she bat been running under Law Revision. Commission and that Ordinance At the Summary Court this morning Mr. A. Grepealed Ordinance 7 of 1864 and therefore did

the agency of Messrs. Melchers & Co-Shang- Wise, Acting Puisne Judge, heard a case in away with the special authority of the first

hai Courier. which Venus, with an American twang, was cited volume of the Ordinances. The Ordinance of at the instance of her cook and compradore for 1886 went bome and was confirmed, but the the settlement of, their little accounts. The gracious confirmation of the Ordinance, called Secretary of State, in conveying Her Majesty's coolies' case was that when gentlemen friends attention to the fact that the special authority called to supper he was allowed fifty cents extra given to the first volume of the Ordinances had per head for purveying, and in support of his been done away with by the repent of Ordinance visitors. A titter of expectation rippled round 1864, hut unfortunately that Oidinance did not statement he offered to give a list of recent 7 of 1864. Early in this year a short Ordinance was passed to practically revive Ordinance 7 of the Court-even the judge and the King of Siam have the desired effect. It is therefore necessary amiled-but the offer was ignored. Venus was,

now to revive Ordinance 7 of 1864, giving special of course, victoriou's, and swept out of the Court until the new edition of Ordinances can be com- authority to the first volume of the Ordinances radiant,

pleted. This is the object of the BIU.

The Colonial Secretary seconded, and the bill.[We are, of course, supremely happy that the read a third time, and passed. was read a second time. It was then committed

good ship Smith is still to the fore-the loss of a vessel bearing such a famous name would be a catastrophe univesally felt and deplored. And now we should like five minutes at the prophet of the Shanghat Courier with a tomahawk-Ed., H.K. Telegraph).

returned to Shanghai from Tientsin on the 29th MADAME CORA, the famous lady illusionist,

ulto, and will shortly arrive in Hongkong to give a seiles of performances at the Theatre Royal, City Hall. In Tienisin Madaine Cora gave a couple of entertainments at the Club, and also performed at the Vice-regal Vamén before Li Hung-chang, Lady Li,, and a distinguished audience' of high officinis, His Excellency evinced his appreciation of Madame Cora's ability by sending her some handsome presents in the shape of money, silks, tea, etc. Madame Corn and party have arranged, to leave Shanghai by German mail to-morrow, and should arrive early next week.

Chinese law, a person who commits a murder SAYS the N. C. Daily News:-According to should be put to death," a life for a life" being the sine qua non. This law is not always enforced owing to the, disinclination of relatives to take the matter before the officials and accuse

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BILL FOR THE PROTECTION OF WOMEN AND GIRLS.

this Bill.

The Council again went into Committee on

Extra as to the loss of the steainer Smith, it With refrence to the report in your to-day's will doubtless interest you to know that we had advices by letter from Shanghai this morning, stating that on Saturday last a rumour was

totally wrecked near the Shantung Promontory. current in Shanghai, the origin of which has not yet been traced, that the Smith had been The Shanghai Courier of the same evening. contained a detailed report of the wreck, the discounted when the Swith steamed into port accuracy, of which, however, was considerably on Sunday morning"

TO CHINA.

The Acting Attorney-General-Qa the last occasion Section 4 stood over for further consi DEATH OF THE ITALIAN MINISTER deration and I now move that, instead of sub- Any person who takes any part in bringing section the following sub-section be inserted: into or taking away from the colony any woman or girl for the purpose of prostitution, by force, intimidation, or fraud, with intent to sell, pledge, of a misdemeanour," &c. or let for hire such woman or girl, shall be guilty

The Colonial Secretary seconded, and it was carried...

chase of a woman or girl is a misdemeanour, was Section a, which states that the sale or pur amended by the insertion of the words " pledges or lets out for hire" after the words "sells of purchases,"

The Governor said the ways of these offenders were infinite and they were obliged to be

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stitute "15 years" for "12 years" and to insert The Acting Attorney-General moved to sub- the word "illicit" before the words "carnal

the murderer. The reason of this reticence is explained as follows:-When a person dies, his spirit goes into the world of shades, and according to the deserts of the deceased, it is either rewarded or punished. Now the relatives expect the spirit will have trouble enough without their adding to the infliction, and that if the death of their murdered relative in reported to the officials, the spirit will suffer in the unseen world, for it will be mentioned that it had been in a court, which is connection." considered as carrying a certain degree of obleguy with it, even though the murdered person was entirely innocent. They say that the spirit, being annoyed at this, will wreak its vengeance upon the living and bring them ill-luck, so that none of the members will ever meet with success or

stances they sometimes prefer to bury their murdered relatives quietly and without reference to the Mandarins,

We regret to have to announce the death of Count Ferdinand di Luca, Italian Minister to the Court of Peking, which occurred on the morning of the 29th ultimo at Shanghai. Count di Luca, who died very suddenly of heart disease, leaves ¡a widow and seven children,

The Shanghai Courier of April 29th gives di Luca, according to our contemporary, was brief biography of the deceased Minister, Count

East, having held appointments at Peking. Siam, well known at the various parts in the Far

and Cores, and, with a short intermission in 1883 and 1884, when he was home on leave, he has resided in these parts since 1878, but chiefly at Peking and Shangbai. He was

Minister of high talents and varied experience.

continually getting some means to prefent the provisions of the Ordinance being evaded.

Born at Castella-mare. near Naples, in March On Section 5, which provides that any person1828, he studied, in Naples, and joined the who procures or attempts to procure any gid Consular service of his country in 1851, and under 17 years of age to have, either within or in 1855 he was appointed Vice-Consul to other person, without the colony, "carnal connection with any Algiers, and subsequently served at Gepoa, Malta, Marseilles, London, Lima, Gibraltar, received the appointment of Minister Resident New Orleans, and New York, and in 1878 be and Consul-General to China; in 1883 he was made Minister Plenipotentiary of the. second class, and in the same year he received the additional appointment of Minister to the King of Slam. In 1884 he was sent on an extra- ordinary Mission to Cores and concluded a treaty ofcommerce and amity between the two countries, and was appointed Minister Plenipotentiary. the following year. Count:di Luca was of a genial disposition, and was much liked socially and the grand ball he gave at the Country Club the most brilliant assemblies ever seen in Shanghal. One of his sons is to the L.M. Customs service, and another belongs to the Navy. Last week be entertained the Spanish Minister, on bis departure home, at a farewell dinner, and had then an attack of apoplexy, but could not live very long. But few know this, and recovered, the doctors, however, stating that he his death at two o'clock this morning surprised the community

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SPEDDER'S HILL, HONGKONG. Hengkong, 716 January, 1889.

Says the Shanghai Courier of the ayth alto.: About half past three o'clock this afternoon

fires that has occurred in Shanghal for some considerable time broke out in a carpenter's shop Hupeh and Canton Roads, The Athletic Sports in the Yunnan Road, about midway between the being in full swing at the Recreation Groundmost

NORTH CHINA INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED.

remember why 13 years was inserted, but on The Governor said that hon. members would further consideration he thought the reasons against the somewhat higher age were met by the insertion of the word "leit" before the words "carnal connection."

Section 17, which deals with the investigation of cases by the Registrar-General and requires solicitude are employed; each teacher,

self with two justices of the peace for the pur with a fewer number of pupils to attend to,

poses of the enquliy; the Acting Attorney has time to study their personal penchants,

General moved to amend as follows: "If the and to guide them, sometimes by devious

JACK was ashore again last night, but not to

custodian obey the summons, the Registrer- General shall proceed to enquire into the circam ways, to the desired goal, Official learning the fremen were there, but as soon as the smoke any very great extent. Two or three seamen

stances of the case and hear and examine on is as unproductive of sound results as appeared there was a regular stampede for the were fined small amounts to-day for having respect thereof, provided that be shall associate oath any person capable of giving evidence in official teaching it. The student of a fire and several of them attired fully ten minutes offended the dignity of Sikh policemen by asking. bimself with two or more justices of the peace or private educational establishment as a rule before the hose reels. It was at once apparent them to "have a drink, male, but one offender such other persons as may from time to time be comes off victorioux where his School Board that it was going to be a big blate, and the flames, was more lucky. The story is rather funny by the custodian, who shall be informed of hle designated by the Governor if requested to do so mate signally falls. If the logic of figures which had already taken possession of both sides Early this morning several tars were of Murray sight thereto. Provided always that if the immo possesses any real value, the published of the Yunnan Road, rapidly spread in a south Pier, when one of them somehow got across diate urg ney of the case so require the Registrar- results of the examinations of the three westerly direction and burnt out all the build. with the Indian on duty. The latter got hold of General may himself proceed with such en leading schools in the colony are an ample Roads and also at the corner of the Canton and him alone. The Sikh stuck fast. "Leggo," sald many cases it would be extremely difficult to get in the Head office of Hankow Road, Shangha ings at the corners of the Yunnan and Hupeh him, whereupon jack recommended him to leave quiry alone." He said it had been represented to [him by the Acting Registrar-General that in

The tenth ordinary general meeting of the proof of these assertions,

shareholders in the above Company, was held Yunnan Road. The heat was intense, and the Jack, whose comrades were just pushing off in's th attendance of two justices of the peace and firemen had a difficult task to check the flames. sampan.. "Net a let," said the Indian. Then therefore the Registrar General might be allowed

on the 26th April, E, H, Lavers presiding. There They eventually succeeded in doing so, and all down into the water jumped the sailor, polling to make the enquiry alone in the first lnstance,

were present Messrs, F. H, Bell, D. Brand, praise is due them for their exertions, but the bis captor with him, and before the latter had associate himself with two justices of the Wood (Director), J. Morris, V. D.O. Wiets, Er J. A. Hawes, H. R. Hearn, A. C. Westall, A. G. destruction of property is considerable, the num- got through expressing his opinions in varied The Colonial Secretary seconded and the kenzie, F. C. Bishop, C. Cromiej C. Müller, page only wher at the request of the custodian Davis, W. W. Clifford, J, R. Michael, R. Mac ber of native houses burnt down belag variously Sanaceif his prey was on board the boat, among clause as amended was carried. estimated at from 80 to 200. We think about bis messmates. The Sikh was determined not "In Section 21, which permits the Registrar Arnhold, A. Anderson, H. Roustan, R. W. C. Ward, JM. Young HT Dyer, P.. 130 is about the correct number. All the houses to let him slip, so, scrambling out, he seized the General, after making the enquiry, should be be Francis, W. H. Anderson, H. 1. Price, E. J. have been erected during the last few years, rope at the bows, and held on, blowing his satisfied that any woman or girl has been Hogg, A. S.T. Clifton, J. Beattle, G. Clark, R. D. The property in which the fire originated, we are whistle. In a few moments a mounted Indian brought into the colony for the purpose of pro- Starker W. Gilbert, J. C. Hardion, and Alex informed, belongs to a Chinaman named Gin galloped upy and our naval friend saw he was the age of six and sixteen. is training such giri an shares.

stitution, or that the custodian of any girl between Ross. (Secretary), representing 13 all 1,583 Kes, and that the greater portion of the other cornered, So, fully dressed as he was, be dropped Sassoon. We hear Home Insuranceoffices are towards his ship, being picked up on the way by houses destroyed were owned by Messrs. David over the side into the water again, and swam off alone interested, and that the greatest loss falls sampan, from which he gesticulated derisively

at the outwitted and wetted Indian.

LOCAL AND GENERAL,

H.M.S. Porpoise left Shanghai for Chéfoo on' the 25th April.

A REPORT of the annual general meeting of the Hall and Holte Co-Operative Co., Lt, held at Shanghai on the 27th April, will be found in another put of this issue,

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will be held in Freemasons Hall, Zetland Street, A RROULAR meeting of Zelland Lodge, No.525, this evening, at 8.30 for 9 o'clock precisely, Visiting brethren are cordially invited.

on the Lancashire Office.

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prostitute, to make an order for the proper The Chairman said-We usually accept the end of the classe permitting the custodian to consent we will do so on this occasion. Your custody of such girl The Acting, Automney report, accounts, and minutes of the precious General moved to eliminate the proviso at the ordinary general meeting as read, and with your decline the enquiry of the Registrar-General and Interest in the Company It I trist, a sufficient to have the investigation made by a Magistrats, guarantee that the repon and accounts, baya