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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, MAY 18, 1889.

extent relax the present law of extradition. [His and live with impunity it is only a question Excellency then again referred to his despatch of time when the irritation that is growing with regard to the difficulty of obtaining evidence among the Chinese authorities will break out. that appeared thoroughly genuine from Chinese I do not say that is an immediate prospect, but witnesses, and quoted the experience of the 'is is one that will come sooner or later. And it Attorney-Geners!" with regard to persons com- is a great consideration, as I suppose, no one mitted for trial, who were frequently acquitted doubts, that we should keep in amity with our by a jury, especially where counsel was employed big neighbour. These considerations I am sure for the defence, in consequence of discrepancies hon members will take into account. The diffi- in the evidence given before the judge as com culty, is perhaps the severest I have ever had to pared with that given before the magistrate,] ince-to avoid the difficulties that exist on the His Excellency continuing said-I am afraid one hand and the other. As I have said, I believe I have tried your patience, perhaps unduly, this low will create not the slightest additional but I wish to show you that I have thought deep-insecurity, rather the contrary, to inhabitants of ly with regard to this matter, and that I am the colony as to whom there is the least suspi perfectly well aware that there are weighty cion that their rendition is applied for for impro- Arguments on both sides. This law, 1 venture to say, with the precautions now taken, while" placing the law-abiding inhabitant of Hongkong in quite as secure, if not a more secure, position than before, will make it more easy than it has been hitherto to get rid of notorious crimin als. Of course it is a terrible thing to think that we may give up an innocent man. It is even impossible to avoid that sometimes in England. Here under the conditions in which we live it is somewhat more imposs ble, but after fully con- sidering the subject I think the evil which will ensue if the present state of thing continues will be far greater than the somewhat increased possibility, that is if it is increased, which I doubt, of sometimes giving up an innocent

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The Acting Attorney-General-I beg to move the second reading of this Bill. After your Excellency's remarks I do not propose to add more than a word or two. The Bill points out what crimes are included under the treaties, and it simplifies the procedure. The crimes with one exception are the same as in the Extradition Acts of 1870 and 1873 in England, and the whole Be seems to have been framed upon those Acts

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per reasons.

Mr. Ryrie asked the Colonial Secretary if he could give the particulars as to the care of the thirteen men the speaker had previously alluded to.

The Colonial Secretary ald he would be able to give the particulars at the next meeting.

His Excellency--I think the police report that we have 400 Chinese criminals in the colony at this moment. The Chinese authorities do not ask for them, to be given up, because it costs about $6,000 apiece. I don't think any one doubts that that is a sort of thing that ought not to exist. This clause that has been referred to I quite nd- mit is objectionable so long as you don't take into consideration, all the circumstances of the case: You have to take a very broad view.

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The Colonial Secretary-There was a proposal made for the cleaning of the Pokfulum reservoir some time age, and I certainly understood that before this could be done, certain arrangements were made for using the Tytam water by placing temporary pipes.

Mr. Laylon-I am under the impression I put a question with regard to this matter some months ago and I was told that the reservoir at Pokfulum was abut to undergo repair.

His Excellency-I assure you the matter shall have my earnest attention. The Council then adjourned.

At the conclusion of the Council meeting a meeting of the Finance Committee was held. The Colonial Secretary presided.

The Chairman said that in consequence of the heavy storm on the 39th April last, very serious. damage had been done to a number of the roads. plete list of the damage, which, amounted to The Acting Surveyor General had made a com-

$3,400. It had been suggested once or twice to

put a sum on the estimates for storm damage, but it had been thought better to get such sums as they were required.

The vote was agreed to,

and a heavy fine would have been inflicted on him, in default of which he would have to go to Gool.

Now, as Master Brown blames an innocent man for that anonymous letter, as he is pleased to call it, and has written several letters to the different emplovers up the Coast and has sent postcards broadcast over the Colony with the intention of preventing the man from getting employment, I would like him to know that there is such a thing in Hongkong as the law of Libel, and that defaming a man's character with a malicious intent comes under that law,

Thanking you for the insertion of this letter,

I remain, Sir,

yours truly,

Hongkong, 14th May, 1879.

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UNEMPLOYED..

THE PUNJOM ĐOOM.

TO THE ROTOR Or tær "Hommand" Trergraph."

trade that yet remains open to her. China tea may possers a flavour different to India ten, as undoubtedly it does, but to those who, are accustomed to Indian tea, the China leaf is as unpalatable as the Indiah tea is to those who are accustomed to the China product. Indlan tea is winning the public taste, and it has made rapid progress during the last three years, and the less importance of China tea is plainly demonstrated by the waning interest in the fannual rush to Hankaw. The old glory of the custom is no longer a part of it; it has departe, never assuredly to return, and the journey is now a despondent one, whereas before it was all so gay, joyous ar brilliant.

Mandarin of the second class in the official hierarchy, Provincial Judge of the province of Kiangai, (promoted lately to that rank from Taot'ai of Chinkiang) has been appointed Chi- nese Minister to Great Britain, France, Italy, and Belgium. The ex-Minister Liu is now Governor of Kwangtung province. The new nominee is sad to have resigned owing to ill- health, and the post of Minister is va ant

REPORTED DESTRUCTION OF A which they have seen one, go with brushwood

CHINESE CITY.

10,000 PERSONS SAID TO BE KILLED.

news on the gth instant from a correspondent at The Shanghai Marcus received the following Chungking

30 from Amoy, and at present there is a There are many tigers in the mountains zomo regular enthusiasm for tiger-hunting among the European residents. Many of them have engaged country people at heavy pay to give them notice when they see a tiger, and if pos sible to barricade the entrance of the cave into

and theros. Last winter the chiefs of Tek-kee (Tait & Co.) and Kee-cheong (Russell & Co.) each shot a tiger, and on zoth April a foreigner in the Customs killed one in the hills at the back killed by a member of Hip-loong hong (Fearon, of Koolangsoo. On 28th April another was Low & Co.) on Tai-wu Shan, weighing over 200 lbs.

at Amoy make very little profit by their com

A letter from Amoy says:-The native hangs mission on Tamsul tea brought to Amoy and sold through their agency; and if they make. large advances to the Tamsul teamen, they are very apt to suffer in case of a sudden drop in prices. On stating tea, however, they make a good steady profit by godown hire. This year the "Jul Yün hong of Amoy formed a bold idea; it announced to the teamen of Tamsui,

per cent on the value would be made to them the "Jui Yila" at Amoy, an advance of 70 to 80 that for all teas told on commission for them by

by that enterprising firm, and interest would be instead of 15, the ordinary rate and that storage. would only be $5 per 1,000 boxes, which is the charges or godown hire, including, insurance, ordinary charge,not including insurance.

I do not propose to take up the time of the jet has been looked at all round; and although it attracted a better attendance of ladies and I to its highest pitch to satisfy his sacra rilis occurred. The source from which we should charged at: the rate of only 9 or 10 per cent.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Mr. Ryrie-With regard to myself and the very unofficial members, we feel that this is a other serious matter. The Bill contains one very objectionable clause, that the evidence taken in Chinese courts shall be received here, and there are other clauses that I think are also objec- tionable. Our Chinese fellow subjects are the people who run the chance of being affected by the Bill, and I do not think they have had time to consider it in all its bearings. The Dill may be very good one, but my experience of extradi tion has been most "unsatisfactory. We had a memorable case of men being kept in gaol for eighteen months. There is no provision in the Bill that men shall not be tortured after they are given up. It was laid down by the Secretary. of State that no criminal should be given up unless on a guarantee--and a guarantee that could be relied on-that he should not be tortured. I saw a letter from Her Majesty's Consul at Canton to one of Your Excellency's predecessors, warning him not to give certain men up because they would be tortured. They were subsequently converted to Roman Catholicism and released. The Minister at Peking was applied to, but he would take no responsibility, and the Consul put it in black and white that there was no reliable guarantee the prisoners would not be tortured. I have myself great doubts about the Bill and should

Jike further time to consider it,

Mr. Layton--I beg to second the motion of

the senior unofficial member that the second reading of this Bill be postponed, at least until the next meeting. Whatever views we may have about the Bill must be affected by the remarks Your Excellency has made, and I think if we have a little more time to consider those remarks, and an opportunity of reading them as they are reported, we may be able to form a better opinion as to whether the Bill should meet with the support of the unofficial members or not. As the hon. member has said, there are certain objectionable points obout the Bill, especially that about the depositions taken in Chinese courts, and if the second reading could be postponed I think it would meet the wishes of most of us.

You cannot look at it through a chink in the wall. This very clause about affidavits bas been suggested by Her Majesty's Government.

Mr. Ryrie-Has Her Majesty's Consul at Canton been consulted ?

His Excellency-In order to write the despatch I read reports. I know all the Consul's views and I have given a résumé of them to the Secre- tary of State. Depend upon it, the whole sub-

there is no solution that has not obj ctione Her Majesty's Government think this is the best. I go further and think that before long you will be forced to ignore to a great extent that imagin-hour he evidently made his little narrative ary line which exists between China and Hong- kong in this respect and make it very easy for people who escape to this colony to be given up. At present it is fortunate for them that this is English territory, but the offering of such an asylum may produce in course of time. à state of things that will be intolerable; and I think it is coming to that. If we have 400 criminals now who know they are secure 1. think it is only a question of time when they will largely increase, and you will then have to ignore the objections that have been urged. I don't think as to people who come here and are applied for at once the Ordinance is strong enough. However, the Secretary of State has concluded that this is the utmost that can be done at present.

THE FOXFULUM WATER SUPPLY.

Mr. Layton- beg to give notice that at the next meeting will ask the following ques tion:-" Whether in view of the unsatisfactory state of the water supply from Pokfulum any steps are being taken to remedy the defects, and if that be impossible whether Tylam water can not be distributed to the districts at present sup- plied from Pokfulum,"

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His Excellency-f may answer so far, that this difficulty that has occurred was anticipated, but the long delay in the arrival of the Colonial months, has prevented the remedy. You will Engineer, which has now extended to five or six

remember that when the estimates were passed item was put down for filtering beds for Pok falum, The changes consequent on the depar the new Engineer have prevented that work be- ture of Mr. Price and the delay in the arrival of ing commenced yet. Me. Price was ju such a bad state of health that he was obliged to leave many things unreported on, I have only got his report on the drainage system recently It is impossible to give to an acting man such an important work as the filtering beds at Pok- fulum. 1 will make further inquiries as to the Pokfolum supply, but'I fear no more can be done at present.

Mr. Layton The water from Pokfulam has His Excellency-I have not the alightest b-got so muddy that it cannot be used, and the jection to postponement. In fact I am scarcely water from Tytam is running to waste. It seems in a condition to conduct a debate on the subject a pity that the engineering talent of the colony to-day, even supposing the postponement were cannot devise some scheme by which this water. objectionable, but as I see no objection to it, but running to waste could be utilized during the on the contrary desire all possible consideration time of the year when it is most wanted. should be given, I will postpone it till next meet- ing, or even further if necessary. But with re-culty about the Public Works department at pr

His Excellency-There is a very unusual diffi- ference to those points the hon. members have sent. We have more public works in mentioned. In the first place, as regards torture, than at any previous time in the history of the It has been a standing instruction of the Secre- Colony, and at the same time from various tary of State that no person should ever be given causes the officers of the department have had up at all without an undertaking from the Vice their leave postponed until they have all come roy that there will not be torture. Whether due at once. You have either to make the men that undertaking is carried out or not it is im absolutely discontented-either to denude the possible for us to say. The undertaking is department of men or work with men who are given, and we cannot get anything more. If absolutely worthless because they consider they because of some suspicion that in some particuare, ill-treated. I have asked for suggestions as lar case that undertaking would not be fulfilled to the number of men required to make up a we should refuse to give up a criminal, and if we thoroughly satisfactory department to do the suppose the hon. member is correct in what he

work in front of us, and I have telegraphed home for one or two men. My own view is that we will order to get extraordinary work satisfactorily quire a considerably increased department. In done you must have more men than are required at the moment because when men go on leave the department is to that extent denuded. We have an acting head who is a very able. fficer; he is labouring under great difficulties, but is doing his work manfully. There may be objec that with a department bike that there will not tions on the part of some; it cannot be expected be objections to a young man going to the head of it. But this matter of the water is just one of those cases where I doubt if a remedy can be provided immediately. I shall make use of all the resources at my disposal to provide a remedy: be here by the American mail on the 18th. more a man cannot do. The new Engineer will Mr. Laylon said that after His Excellency's remarks he would withdraw his question.

His Exellency-You are quite at liberty to put it again,

Mr. Chater-It is most important, your Excel. lency, that the water supply should be attended to at once. Medical men say that if we do not look out we shall have an epidemic such as we have never had before. You will have to buy water from outside if no other remedy can be pro vided. His Excellency-I know what it is. T live above the reservoir. It looks like mad.

Mr. Chater It is mud. "His Excellency-All that building should not have been allowed together.

Mr. Ryrie-I saw the official letter, His Excellency--Well, are you prepared for the only other alternative, that Hongkong should become flooded with Chinese criminal; that every Chinese criminal has only to escape to Hongkong to be safe for evermore? Are you prepared for that alternative?

Mr. Ryrie It. is not common criminals they

want extradition for.

His Excellency-In my time the men whose rendition has been applied for have all been criminals of the deepest dye.

Mr. Ryrie-The offenders who take refuge bere are partly criminal and partly political, but they don't swell the ranks of the burglarious population bere,”

His Excellency-There has not been the slightest suspicion of anything political in any of the cases that have occurred of recent years. I was not aware of a case that appeared in the papers the other day, that of Mow Wong, until my attention was then called to it, but apparent ly the attention that was given to that case produced a change, because all the people I have consulted-judges, counsel engaged in cases--I do not mean counsel retained by the pri- soners, who are therefore bound to take a par ticular view, but impartial authorities,-the law officers of the Crown-and certainly we do not desire to give up persons who are criminals; so that these officers may be considered impartiali from all impartial authorities I have talked to I have not heard a single suspicion that since that 'case-I don't say that case, because I did not know of it, but I mean for the last ten years, and certainly with regard to those given up in my time, there has been no suspicion that they were wanted for political purposes.. I have given great attention to all the cases, because to my

Mr. Layton think there should be some mind signing one of these extradition warrants it method of supplying water from the Tytam alter werse than signing a death warrant. There beds. It is now running away from there in tremen has been no doubt, although the evidence as to

dous quantities. I should have thought some particular circumstances might be open to doubt,

devised.

Mr. Chater-It is the excavation,

His Excellency-The impurity is caused by the carrying down of all that earth into the reservoir. On the other hand, in the present state of the colony the prevention of building would be a great evil,

I enclose my card, and beg to subscribe myself

Years truly,

Hongkong, 15th May, 1889.

CIVIS.

was at its height, a cleverly and carefully SIR,-A short time before the Punja**boom" worded letter from a correspondent in your widely circulated journal had made the Hong- kong public believe that many agreeable surprises were in store for the Punjom investors. "A VÍSIT TO BORNEO.”

In plain words your correspondent meant to convey that millions of dollars would be forth- coming, by the out-put of gold from the mines The announcement that a lecture would be given I beseech your correspondent to now come forth last night (16th inst.) under the auspices of the boldly before the public, and say in plain and Hongkong Literary Society, although the winter unmuffled language, whether any scientific session is over, and that that lecture should have demonstration or practical results attained till for its subject a place of which the Lecturer was

now, justify his rosy-colored assertions. Let not likely to know very much, rather surprised vague statements, and roseate chimeras, and good many people, and the temerity of Mr. J. cobwebs spun in the brain of an Utopian J. Francis. QC., in venturing to teach Hong-philosopher be hft out of our calculation; solid kong anything about Borneo, after being there and logical proofs should be forthcoming, or once for about five and twenty minutes, gave must we conclude that he used the public press rise to no very flattering comment. However, simply for the purpose of working up the "boom" gemlemen to the headquarters of the Society auri! If that was his object, his efforts to Dr. Canilic's consulting room and as the shake off pagoda tres must not have proved an decisive victory scored by him at the expense of Lecturer secured undivided attention for over an upset, and he is to be congratulated on the interesting, Dr. Chalmers, the President, the gullible Singaporeans, and a few daring and occupied the chair, and briefly introduced Mr. reckless Hongkong speculators, Francis. That gentleman, at the outset, dis- The solemn vaticinations, couched in Sergeant claimed any idea of doing more than giving Bur'ur style, af mighty Mr. Buchanan Smith a brief account of British North, Borneo, in the colunias of your morning contemporary which he recently visited to defend a planter are getting far from being realised, and the muck who was charged with the manslaughter vaunted American capital of Mr. Nelson, a of a coolic. The nicely with which all the practical mining expert as he styles himself, facts were marshalled, and the occasional bursts seems to have collapsed. of admiration at the great possibilities of the new country, made it at times look as if Mr. Francis were bolding a brief for the British North Boraco Company. We should have liked to report at length, that it might be judged on its merits, but the length of the address precludes that, and although Mr. Francis does not regard condensed reports of his speeches by the local

A WAIL FROM WYNDHAM STREET.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE "HONgkong TelegraZII." scribes very favorably we must content ourselves for the purpose above stated, a few months ago, suffering, amiable mortal in the Far East than with a brief resumé. Mr. Francis went to Borneo,"

SIR,- don't think there is a more patient, long- and naturally his voyage had to be first described. So it was, from an account of the kind of break Wyndham Streck, I have got

I am, but lately, since I've needed to traverse

fast provided to a poetic sketch of the picturesque that I don't know what the end will be. I'm Così. Then Sandakan-with the accent rapidly becoming a maniac, and I think I shall on the "dak"-was reached, and turned out finish up by being a murderer. Just let me tell to be a little timber-built settlement, bardly you what I have to put up with at least twice a begun to be developed, but with a population day, and see if I have not reason to complain, including many energetic, enterprising, hospit. At the bottom of the street are two files of chairs. Governor a gentleman well-known in the Far irritating to have the rest of the yellow d--ls put able Europeans. It is the headquarters of the Now it is possible that I might want one, but if I don't, and tell the first coolie so, it is intensely East-Mr. Creagh, late Assistant-Resident of Perak, in the Malay Peninsula, formerly their hands on the chair-handles intum and bawl originally an officer in the North West Provinces knock some of their heads off. Then there are commander of the Sikhs in Hongkong, and

out "Cha' sah ? I feel sometimes that I could of India. Mr. Francis was fortunate enough to the flower-girls." They are dirty able-bodied already possess his personal acquaintance, and so, rascals who reem to imagine that I am coming in frequent conversations and by a trip around up in the middle of the day specially to buy place and its history. The latter is well-known; of my stick-that-well. I shall have an apo the territory, gained much information about the bouquets, and they pester me so out of reach thirty years ago a syndicate bere got concessions plectic fit yet, I know. Then, when I've toiled up from the Sultan of Brunel, and after a lapse of to the top. I come to a nest of green-painted years transferred their rights to the present houses that seem full of women with nothing to do British North Borneo Company, who first began hut lean not of window and gossip-laze slat to colonise the place, The information was

terns. By Jove, Sir, I would make it p nal, if I briefly this: There is no rainy season, but it had anything to do with it. And every house cains about once a day a little bit. Hot days, has a piano, and every piano has beco out of cool nights. Selection of all sorts in the country,

tune this ten years, and somebody is pounding bills for tea, swamps for rice, sugar, gambier, away at every one whenever I pass, and what pepper, & great stretches of pasture land, with a trombone in one house, blown by a About 500,000 acres had been taken up when he and a wheezy, shrieking old clarionet a little and lots of rich ground for tobacco planting. lunatic who can't sound two consecutive notes,

was there, the price latterly being $3 an acre, timber in abundance, water communication one-third'd war on application. Minerals and other room, I feel that my cup of bitterness is further up, and girls practising singing in every full Can't you do something, or get somebody convenient, and general health good. Then Mr. to do something, to stop it, and lengthen the Francis branched off into a detailed description days of of the situations of plantations, their mode of

Yours truly,

Hongkong, 15th May, 1889.

operation, prospects, &c, which led him on to

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WAYFARER.

SUNG BY A WEARY CHAASZRE,

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chuen, situate on the Upper Yangttte, about 500 "Lu-chow, a city of some importance in Sze to the south-west of Chung-king, is reported as being completely destroyed by fire, which broke out on the evening of the 8th day of the 3rd moon, and burat furiously till the roth. Seven of the eight gates of the city are said to be destroyed, and the loss of life, burnt and trampled to death, is estimated at not less than 10.000. Lu-chow is a city that receives large quantities of Manchester goods,, under pa sea, and native merchants at Hankow and Chung-king, will suffer much by this terrible calamity a remarkable fact, remarks our contemporary, that In case this startling news is true, it is it has not reached Shanghai before now, as it is just a month since the fire is reported to have expect it, is, of course, the native papers, but we believe they had not published a line on the proof that a great disaster has not happened, subject. Still, however, this is not conclusive and we believe it will torn out that our correspondent has something more reliable The head of the Jui Yün is the comprador of than mere idle gossip for his report, inasa bank, and having by these favourable terms much as we met a gentleman in Shanghai induced the principal teamen of Tamani to dis- to-day who was in Ichang less than a month pose of their tea to him, he was able, storing ago, and he informed us that a Mandarin was their tea in the bank premises as security, fo and that he told him about the fire, mentioning to himself, for be obtained it at 6 per cent, and a fellow passenger with him as far as Hankow,

make advances of money to them at great profit that three fourths of Lu-chow were destroyed charged the Tamsui teamen 10. This exempli- and that the people were in a terrible plight, fies the proverb; "He who has long sleeves can This Mandarin, so far as our informant could posture prettily, he who has long capital can do gather, had lately occupied some high position business profitably," Jul Yün's speculation was at Lu-chow, and he was pleased he had been however not without grave risk to himself relieved just before the affliction fell on the city, supposing the tea-market had weakened, so that Apart from the telegraph, a month is not too he could not make the 70 or 80 per cent, of the long a time for news to reach Chungking by total value necessary to repay him for his letter in the ordinary way, and for it to be advances to the teamen. forwarded on to Shangazi,

** PUNJOMS”. IN COURT,

Since the opening of the tea season at Tam ul, the Douglas Co.'s steamers have been carrying many Chinese passengers between Amoy and Tamsul. The lowest fire is a to Tamiri from In the Supreme Court, Singapore, on the 8th Amoy, and $4 back to Amoy from Tamsui inst., before Mr. Justice Golding, Mr. J. G. Boyd Owing to excessive rain in spring, the picking sued Mr. L. J. Chater for the sum of $1,610, ́as of the young learca was deferred too long; hen damages for non-delivery of shares in the Pun fine warm weather came the leaves were mostly on Mining Co. Mr. A. J. Sisson appeared for no longer small, F Fine young leaf is therefore, 1889, the defendant agreed to sell to tise plain had been in the train a losing one, were looking the plaintiff and Mr. Napier for the defendant, rare and correspondingly dear. The Amor The evidence showed that on the 16th. Feb native merchants whose business during winter. tiff 25 shares in the Punjom Co. at $1 each for forward to the opening of the ports of Tientsin delivery during the morth of February. Plaintiff and Newchwang, expecting to recoup themselves since the purchase had sold to of the shares at by the export of sugar to those places. In this $56 each. On the 28th February defendant de- they were disappointed, as Amoy and Taiwan livereds of the shares, but did not deliver the re-sugar of all descriptions sold at these northern mainder, Plaintiff proved that on the morning of ports at a loss of ten per cent instead of a profit. and tendered him the sum of $560 in notes as full, and compensated them in great measure the 8th February his purchaser went to his office Fortunately the year's foreign trade was success- purchase money. Plaintiff went to the defendant, for their losses in the North China trade, tendered him the money, and asked for the delivery of the shares. Defendant told him that he only had 5 shares and was unable to deliver the remainder. Plaintiff agreed to accept the 5. shares, but would require the defendant to pay difference on the remaining 20 shares. Plaintiff retained his money until just before the bank's closing hours, when he barked it. Afterwards the defendant went to his office with the 5 shares for which the plaintiff pad by cheque.

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CANTON..

(FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.)

epi Canton, 11th May, 1889: Some folks will have it that our immobile frends never get excited, but those who entertain similar ideas would have found, their theories consi 'erably upset had they on Thursday and yesterday of the general public witnessed the scenes in the streets of the city anxious to obtain news of the successful candidato at the metropolitan examinations and as to whether they were winners on their Wysing. qttery tickets. Some idea may be formed of the magnitude of this gambling undertaking when the. fact is known that over six million Taels are invested in this single result, which on account, of the Emperor's recent marriage is considered to be an especially suspicious-event.

Mr. Latham was called to prove the market the 28th February For the defence it was alleged price of the shares, which he stated was $85 on that when the plaintiff called at the defendant's office a fresh agreement was entered into that only 5 shares should be delivered, and that the remaining so should be delivered during March. Defendant stated that on the 22th February, he actually bad 125 Punjom shares, and on that occasion he told Mr. Boyd that it would not be convenient for him to break his scrip, and a

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request that five 'shares should be delivered at ence, and the remainder during March. On cross examination be stated that 100 shares had been purchased from a man at Hongkong by a Mr. Galistaun, but they belonged to defendant himself. That zo shares were bought from Chinaman, and that be had n. ver received delivery of these shares, but the contract had been broken, and he r. ceived compe sation by way of damages for breach of contract. The five shares he had purchased from another China- man, and these were the five be delivered.

really amasing, to bear the Chinese justify- this grand southern province gamble of theirs.. which knocks Monaco foto the shade completely. From their standpoint the gamble, being entirely Chinese, concerns themselves solely, and, inaa much as the money only changes hands from one. Chinaman to another, has not the wido» spread, evil results other gambling concerns have... The money remains in the country, so say they, and a merely turn-over and does not go into the pockets of the "foreign devil," in fact it is a pleasant way of encouraging the circulation or The Judge, in summing up, said he believed, turn over of native capital "with" which, the the story of the plaintiff'; in addition, he was foreigner should have nothing to say, Is it worth against the defendant on the technical ground the expenditure of lak to combat these theories ? that there was no consideration for the new |{What with an issue of six million of Taels un a contract, even if such had been proved. Judgingle gambling venture and the expose you havq ment for the plaint:ff for $1,330, being the difference of the value between $18) and 385 op each share, *

an account of the case that took him, and gave him an opportunity of repeating the dramatic arguments he used at the trial of his client. He seemed to think there was a splendid BALLAD OF THE TEA SEASON. fresh arrangement was made at the defendant's future for the place, but inserted the saving clause that whikt money would be made, it would also be lost, as it had been, by misman. gement on the part of "green" speculators.--- The conclusion of the lecture was warmly

Livingston & Co., begged to remark that if any applauded, and a vote of thanks at once paised to Mr. Francis. Then Mr. Sheppard, of Gibb, money was lost in investments in Borneo it could not be in the China-Borneo Company, because Mr. Abrahamson was at the head of it, and it was a moral impossibility. It took Mr. Shep- Pard longer than that to say it, but that was what he meant. Then, as the audience seemed to think there was another act, and did not rise, with an account of how the Chinese students Dr. Cantlie entertained them for a few moments from the Alice Memorial Hospital were eagerly engaged to go to Borneo, and ended up by offer ing silver medal to be competed for by the entomologists of Hongkong, who were to send In collections of butterflies, named and classified, though. Then Mr. Francis offered a prise to the by the end of October. Must be classified, ladies for the best collection of ferns, similarly arranged. He also promised a prize-a silver inkstand for the best essay of about twelve pages of foolscap on some subject which he and forgotten, so that it would have to be announced Dr. Cantlle had carefully decided upon, and both bereafter. Amid the smiles which ensued the audience then departed.

CORRESPONDENCE.

(We do not necessarily endorse the opinions expressed by Correspondant in this column.)

THE CASE OF THE "OMEGA". TO THE KOTOR of rww "Hoparowa TeizaráPH.”

British barque Omega, allow me to state for the SI-Having seen. your remarks anent the benefit of the unemployed mate that the Omega is not the only craft that does that sort ofthing there is another yespel in Hongkong now walling

The willow blossom, white as snow Drifts gently on the summer breeze, Along the Bund zwlit brokers go Glad with expectancy of fees; The weary coolic rests and sees. The sunlight on the river chased, Soft comes the hum of laden bees-- Ah! I have many teas to laste I Oh, merry May twere sweet, I row, To lie beneath the spreading trees Where daffodils and daisies grow, . To rest and dream in perfect case. Alas, for me are none of these, Around me is the noise and haste Of brokers' haggle, weighers' squeezę——--- Ab I have many teas to taste"} Here in my tearoom damp and low I dream of sunny verdant leas, And sadly wander to and fro Between long tables strewn with teas; Soon riverborne towards the seas The fleetest steamers will have raced, And things will slacken, by degrees, But I have many teas to taste!

Envoy.

Madamei when first the season's leas Your dainty table shall have graced, Think of the miserable ChaaSIOUS Who still have many teas to taste Hankow, 6th May,

HANKOW TEA SEASON.

Our latest news from Hankow, says the effect that the Hupeh teas would not be on the Shanghai Courier of the 10th inst., is to the market till tomorrow, but musters of Ningchow tea, sent up from Kinklang, were exhibited on the sth. Last year the trade was very but the

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given of the nefarious slave traffic from SwainW, will not be surprising, if this continues, that much of the latent wealth of this, the richest province of China, will become much impoverished Before another cycle has passed. Madag

to the armament of the Engar forts in the shape A Glen steamer recently brought an addition

of 35 2oo. breech-loading Armstrongs this la A Chinese merchant of Canton named Chang to be mounted on the fort on the crest of the. Shi-liang bas obtained a monopoly of making highest hill at Chuenpee about 200 feet above.. paper" by machinery at Canton for 10 years, sea level The Chinese apparently, in placing paying a royalty to the Government of $1,000 2a gen of such calibre at such an elevation, are under the impression that the neater they Spa | approach a "vertical fre, the more formidable Eighty highway robbers were executed on 26'h, their gun.” QLD, FRO April outside the Stian we Gate at Peking All

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The new Envoy to the United States, Spain, and Peru is Trui Kwab-yin, who holds the rank of an Imperial Preceptor, member of the second rank conferred upon him on his appoint Han-lin college. He has had a button of the ment, which has been officially notified to the foreign Ministers at Peking by the Tsungs deg planyia mabaab

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bad been concerned in robberies of travellers to: The Consular dags hoisted at half mast this

POLE 13th May the south of Peking, accompanied wih loss of morning apprised the community that another life. All went to their doom,, singing in a noteworthy one ha been ferried across the defiant manner.

NAMNA Eri black river. It was with great regret I learnt ft

to be His Excellency Mr. Shioda, the represent ative of His Imperial Japanese Majesty, to the Court of Peking. Probably there was no more experienced statesman in far eastern politica what prematurely passed away Commencing than the lamented diplomatist who has some. life in the Foreign office of the Tycoonnie, ho soon acquired knowledge of the Chinesd language while; devoting all spare time to the sturdy of Chinese character and literaturo, finally becoming one of the foremost scholars

Majesty the Mikado, Appropriately named and transferred his allegiance to the representative of of the ancient Imperial gime, he faithfully the oldest sovereignty on earth, that of lis

for a singularly courteous manner ¡understood nas than” Venerable, sented the true connecting gentlemens of the old and new

ffler of: Wlongibson?associated: offtegret that scanner iba kit on the bier of

that the men were real criminals. The proof temporary, means of supply could, have been crade the law. Whose place is 'it to look after by the "tea" from the growers, and then 144 fi distant south from Wahu by land or % of Chinese in Tokiyo! With the restoratio

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for the same chance. This was not the first for the middle-men, that is, for the native Yamen. time our friend, Master Brown, managed to merchants who go into the tea districts and

Ning-kwo Fu, in Anhui, an important town was, as far as paper went, perfect, and I should

these things? The German mate had been in re-sell it to the foreigners in Hankow, and have had no justification for setting it aside, but read this water to more distant parts of the and during that time the Omega had cleared these middle-men has greatly increased, and to unvey the route. The Viceroy Tseng has His Excellency-You mean to place pipes to the ship over two years, at $40 per mensem, the result is that this year the number of beater, is to be connected with the Latter toy then there is the feeling that you never get a

teleg aph Foreign experts have been cogs

· genuine witness from the Chinese.

colony? That would be a difficult work and Can any one informa me how it was the mate was is sild, however, they are to work in accordance authorities, the country near Ning kwo having at the Hongkong shipping office three times. competition between them will be very keen. It resolved on this step by the advice of the military, Mr. Ryrie-Then do away with extradition somewhat expensive.

allowed to leave in her ?, He would have been with a well defined system, and if they adhere altogether.

Mr. Chat: Any expease which would remedy allowed to do the same thing this time had it not to this they are not likely to lose on their caused them considerable ansiety of His Excellency Then are you prepared, the present evil would I am sure be cheerfully been for one, not interested in shipping, writing sale to the foreigners China Invariably disturbed state." The Vangise telegraph lue f not only that this place should become the re-accepted by the colony, sort of all, the criminals who can, escape from

to the Harbour master to inforas him, allow me obtains her best knowledge in the bluer undergoing repairs under the supervision of His Excellency The matter shall have my to state for the benent of Captain Brown that school of practical experience and neither eigner, Mr. Bojesen, China, but to give rise to international diffical attention and if han, members can give me any he got off very well this times that for his the government nor the tea men yet appre tica and ultimately perhaps to war? If all the Information that will assist me in this question contriving to evade the law ko was liable to ciste the fact that China has strong cons criminals who escape from China can come here I shall be very glad to receive it,

conviction under the Merchant Shipping Act, peditors for the diminished share of the las

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