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Tux Shanghai Mercury claims to be credibly informed that Judge Denny; Adviser to the King of Korea, has definitely resumed the duties of his post, and that he will remain to the end of his second engagement,

A TELEGRAM was received at Shanghai an the

inst. stating that a pump bad been started on the Fungshus and she was expected to reach Chefoo that day. Information received the previous day stated that she sustained little

Au English Imperialistic print wants increased facilitics given to young Australians to enter the British Navy as cadets, and adds, "the Navy has a peculiar influence on the working out of the idea of Imperial Federation." In other words, he wants Australia to swap her birthright

inaugurated. Everything is being post-IT, appears that the big prize in the Manila poned. Mr. Brows insists on reports from Lottery this month went to Batangas, in the his subordinates about every paltry detail, Philppines. which may be qulie right in the main, but } -- then he does so little afterwards. He will have everything contracted for, down to a ten-dollar job. and what with specifications, notices in the Garette, and one thing and another, the works drag on in an unconscionable way. Then again that rapacious" but necessary. class- the Chinese contractor have got their backs up" through his treatment of them. They can hardly get an audience in the royal Surveyor-General's presence-damage except to her bow, chamber, and the more reliable lot are dropping off, leaving the crowd that were disgraced lo past times for offering bribes | to officials, to get the contracts. And the "squeezing" that existed, and to which we directed attention, years ago, and which, by the dispensation of the powers above and the failure of memory on the part of a faithful adherent of "his chief," we made no serious attempt to prove, is still rampant, There are instances of as much as ten per N drawing attention to our special prepara-cent. on a contract having been offered tomen tions, we beg to state that we continue to in the Public Works Department, which, import Drugs, 'Chemicals, and Goods of every kind of the best description only. No other of course, was indignantly refused, but quality is kept in Stock. Our long experience when a contractor and an official are seen and intimate acquaintance with the Trade and the best sources of supply enables us to purchase together anywhere the contractor always direct from the Producers on the very best walks first, as though to show that he is terms, and thus gives us an advantage which enables us to offer our Constituents the benefit solid with the man who is to look after of a considerable reduction in the price of all him. Things in this direction are certainly Specialities of our own Manufacture or putting

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TELEGR AM S.

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SPAIN.

MADRID, August and. The Ministers have assembled in Council with the Queen Regent. The loan to the Philippines will not be introduced until next Junuary,

The new Spanish civil code has been extended

to the colonies, including the Philippines.

The Royal family have gone to San Sebastian, The further trial of the submarins vessel Peral has had excellent results.

for a few bros buttons!

THE police arrested last night an envoy of the Triad Society at Singapore, who came to this Colony by the Ocean Co's steamer Bellerophon. On being "earched, the prisoner was found to have on his person a number of credentials from the Society, as well as other papers. He was remanded until the 15th inst. -

THE Viceroy of the Two Kiang, Tseng Kuo- chuan, has endorsed a rescript in response to the petition of certain Soochow gentry, protesting against the sale by the famine sufferers of their women and children, and covering a contribu- tion of Tis. 1,000, to be used in buying back the victims of this wickedness.

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FROM HAIPHONG TOJLAOKAY.

STEAM TO VUNNAN`AT LÄST.

(From a Correspondent.)

Models of the Lookay, the Tigre, and others have been sent to the Paris Exhibition, where, after this successful voyage to Yunnan, they will be sure to attract attention as developing. the shortest route from the sea to Yunnan and thus ensuring the future prosperity of Tonquis.

NEWS BY THE AMERICAN MAIL.

The O. & O, S. 5. Co's steamer Gaelic, Capt, W. G. Pearne, with the American mail of the zoth ulto, arrived in harbour, last night. We take the subjoined telegramas from our San Francisco exchanges —

PANAMA, July 4th. Advices from Castro any that the steamer Rapel, from Valparaiso for Buenos Ayres ports, was, wrecked April 18th, on the Socorro islands and eleven of her crew were drowned.

Haiphong, 7th August, 1889. The port of Haiphong has certainly to-day good reason to be proud of its progress in the face of vast difficulties. The Correspondences Fluviales' stern-wheeler Laotay, the first steamer constructed in Tonquin, has safely forced her way through all the rapids of the dreaded Red River, and has the honour of being the pioneer of steam navigation to far distant Yunnan. She made the voyage to Laokay, the ancient border citadel of Tonquin, and safely returned without accident of any kind. Upwards of a hundred Hongkong-built stearn launches have been sent to our port within the fast ten years, but even so lately as five years ago there was no reliable passenger steamer to Hanoi, or even to any part of the lower delts of the Red River a voyager had either to churter à launch for himself, or, ifto reside in Switzerland. he, found a cargo launch leaving, take his food with him and his chance of a bed above any miscellaneous deck cargo on board, and to

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by Wright, Butler & Co. of the whole of the Avon valley, one of the most promising of the. undeveloped mineral districts in. South Wales, Several attempts have been made to establish large works in the valley, and sixty years ago B company of copper miners of England founded a large concern for treating ore which they obtained from the neighboring mines of Cornwall. Later the valley was taken over by a speculator, who eventually got into t ouble with his creditors, with the result that the estate passed into the hands of n receiver in Chancery, from whom it has been taken by Wright, Butler & Co. The conl deposits of Avon valley are of the usual Welsh

there is a large fortune to be made. anthracite character, and if properly managed

CAIRO, July 10th. General Grenfell has arrived at Asshuan, where the sheiks, have expressed their loyalty. The Egyptians have occupied Bimban. The der- vishes are very aggressive. The friendly Shar- giebs killed thirty of them at Serra and the Egyptian picker killed eleven dervish foragers.

LONDON, July 10th.

General Grenfell has issued a warning to the The Standard's correspondent at Geneva natives. Although the dervishes were defeated says: The Swiss Government, in a note to the at Arguin they succeeded in marching, north- German Government, denies the latter's rightward. The English and Egyptian troops going to control the granting of permission to Germans

The Clyde ship-builders' have given notice of a lockout in order to force "the striking diveters to return to work, ....

John Dillon is going to America, and will visit California while in the country..

The motion was opposed by Massrs. Courtney, Mundella and H. Fowler and Si Richard Temple, and was supported by Sir Richard Webster, the The motion was rejected by a vote of 188 to Attorney-General, and Sir John Gorst.

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crown all, these launches, generally deep of draft and more or less unmanageable in the In the House of Commons to-day during the narrow creeks, took sometimes a week on the debate on the Cruelty to Children bill," Mr. run to Hanoi, a journey of only 120 miles.

Jennings moved to permit children under zo With the advent of the Service Correspond-made in the case of acrobatic performances. years of age perform, an exception being ences Fluvialen this state of affairs has been He had a letter from Henry Irving supporting radically changed: Messrs. Marty and d'Abbadie his position, had boats built in Hongkong specially designed for the navigation of the delta, fitted with every comfort for passengers, lighted by electricity, and fitted up as floating hotels. These steamers with moderately light draft and good speed, reduced the journey to and from Hanoi to 14 and 10 hours respectively, the service being now run daily from each end of the line. The French Govern- ment shewed their approval of this class of steamers by awarding Messrs. Marty and d'Abbadie the gold medal of the Hanoi Exhible tion for the models of their different boats.

Branch lines are now established to all part of the delta where passengers and cargo may be transported with equal comfort and rapidity. Unfortunately, however, these boats could seldom if ever ascend above Hanol, a difficulty which had to be met by an entirely different class of WE read that two dredgers of French manufac-boat from the usual single or twin screw. ture are now in course of construction at the Messrs. Marty and d'Abbadie then decided to Taku Docks. They are intended for use on the build a shallow stern-wheel steamer, and if Yellow River. Nine Frenchmen are engaged possible to reach Yunnan by the only open upon them, and it is said that seven more are water way in Tonquin, the Red River. expected to arrive shortly, so that the machines may be speedily completed and taken to their respective localities to be worked,

Tire Sanitary Board will meet to-morrow at 5 pm when the Orders of the Day will be 1. Bye-laws under Sub-sections 13 and 14 of Section 13 of Ordinance 24 of 1887,

2. Correspondence concerning the drainage of the Hill Districts.

3. Correspondence concerning the enforcement of the drainage bye-lawa.

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WE 1 arn on excellent authority that the French Government has decided, on the strength of representations made by M. Imbault-Huart, Consul for France at Canton, to sell the lease hold land, hither unoccupied, on the French Concession of Shamien. The land with divided into lots and will be put up at public auction on the 6th November next in the French Consulate at Canton, 'under conditions which will shortly be announced.

A description of this steamer having already appeared in the Hongkong Telegraph, your readers are no doubt acquainted with the new type, the ship being propelled by a single paddle wheel over-hung at the stern, with the boiler on deck right forward. Since the but of the Lookay last February, when the pasted the creek at Haiphong, at dead low water, she has tent sip a regular service to Tan Quan and Tuyen Quan, the late posts of the Black Flags, bringing these places with a few hours' communication of Hanoi, where formerly from the strength of the current, and shallowness of the rivers, it took several weeks for junks to ascerd.

Michael Davitt appeared before the Parnell commission again to-day and complained that somebody who desired to injure the Irish in the eyes of the British public had placed two bogus court, and out of this alleged attempt at outrage dynamite machines within the precincts of the the Evening Post of London had madera senaational article, which said this incident proved the danger which the court incurred and showed how easily the desperate enemies of England who recently testified before the commission could blow up the building.

to the scene of disturbance are sent there for the purpose of driving the dervishes beyond the frontier. Any one caught trafficking with the dervishes will suffer the penalty of death Col, Wodehouse reports that the march northward continues, and that the Egyptians are moving on a parallel line.

BRUSSELS, July roth. Cardinol Lavigerio's international anti-slavery congress' will sit at Luceme from the 4th till the divided into two committees for the discussion of 11th of next month. The congress will be the various questions on the programme.

NEW YORK, July 11th,

The Times' Port-au-Prince letter of June agth

| Hayti, for Legitimie is arming women and placing says: Matters are going to an extreme in them in the ranks..

He is resorting to everything possible to tengthen his position, which is far strenger than is currently reported. Every peak and prominent position about the city is found fonified, and, though quaker guns are mounted of defense renders Legitime's position a strong on not a few of the earthworks, the whole system

one.

Yellow fever is prevailing in the city, though not to an alarming extent. The women, serving in the ranks of Legitime dress in male attire and appear to endure the hardships well. They are said to be all young girls and many of them are Davitt, in an excited manner, asserted his mistresses of the soldiers. Fortified as Legitimne belief that the affair had been planned by Lele too strong to be taken by Hippolyte, whlie Legitime, it appears, does not dare to Caron and Houston,

come out and risk a battle.

Justice Hannen said he understood why Davitt should have a strong feeling in the maller but he must take the proper coume and make in- quiries to prove his allegations. He himself regarded the matter as a silly hoax.

The interesting querilon whether or not dogs' ears shall be cut was finally decided at the It has been in the air for some time, and though Kennel Club's meeting at the dog show to-day, the meeting was not well attended, the subject was thoroughly ventilated. The advocates of the cutting argued that the pain amounted to nothing that the picturesqueness of the dog was increased, and that the laceration and injury to case of a fight were prevented. The other parties flatly opposed the proposition on anti-cruelty ground. Finally it was decided, by a vote of 100 to 70, that no dogs born after this month shall. be eligible to admission to any dog show held under the Keanel Club rules if their ears have been cut

* PHILADELPHIA, July 12th. The steel cruiser Baltimore, returned to Cramp's yard this evening after a satisfactory test of both speed and sea mancouvering. The engines averaged nineteen knots on a develop ment of 8,700 horse power.

ROME, July rzth. Pope be forced to exile himself from Rome he "The Osservatore Romane says: Should the will not ask sovereignty from any power, but will merely request temporary, hospitality, as he will certainly return to Rome,

LONDON, July 19th. The Vienna correspondent of the Tuner says:

Austria, through Cardinal Galemberti. Papal Nuncio at Vienna, has prevailed upon the Pope to remain in Rome to order to avoid embarrassing the Italian Government*****

A TYPHOON REPORTED.

Dr. Doberck, in his meteorological report this morning, said "Typhoon in the China Seas, | moving westward," In the later report he located

the centre of the disturbance westward of Luzon, THUS a London telegram dated the 12th ulto. — The barometrical readings in Hongkong are There was another curious contrast in the House considerably the lowest. At four o'clock this of Lords yesterday, which agreed without aiternoon the cone was hoisted at Tsim-tsa-division to a bill granting a home rule con- decided notwithstanding. in the first week of terrier's stump tail passed through the meeting week's grace, which the Sugar Export Associa

tsoi, indicating that the typhoon was to the stitution to the colony of Western Australia, southward. The barometer then stood at 29.58, | while it will not hear of giving home rule to 2 points lower than yesterday. All the sampans small Ireland, but without a murmur hand over. have cleared out, as usual,

a territory almost as big as Europe to 40,000 ex-convicts settled on its borders. That is, they swallow an Australian camel and strain at an Irish gnat.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

THE Manila papers report at increase in the

number of cholera cases at Cebu. «

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AT the Police Court this morning, thirteen men were brought before Mr. Wodehouse charged with having, with others not in custody, assaulted a Portuguese engineer named F. D'Aguir and a Chinese Jukong at Wanchai, last night, The

The remarkable facility with which the stern- wheel seemed to overcome the strong currents of these rivers, and the steering qualities of the Laskay, decided, the Company to try the upper Red River as soon as the rains commenced. No rainy season having occurred this year, it was July, to start with the Laokay for the port of that name, Mr. d'Abbadie, the Director, person- ally conducting the expedition,

Nine hundred and fifty, of the! Connaught This decision has created a good deal of talk Rangers have been sent to Malta to replace the among dog owners, particularly from proprietors troops who have been dispatched to Egypt. Four of Great Danes and classes of terriers in which regiments stationed at Aldershot have been car-cutting is the rule. It was rather hotly main ordered to hold themselves in readiness to proceed tained that if it was impossible to abbreviate to the front in Egypt at a moment's notice, English terriers' ears, it was an unquestionable

The Magdeburg sugar ring, being unable to sin to minimize fox-terriers' tails, but a fox-meet the settlement, was compelled to ask a

It is also without objection or comment.

tion, declined to grant. The collapse caused a generally believed that the decision would fall of 4 marks in Hamburg yesterday. injuriously affect many first-class dogs bred in favor of long-eared dogs entered under the new rule.

The rapida above Tan-quan had up till thi the last few years, whose cars have been cut, inaytian ports is plainly effective, and Great

There is talk of bringing up the question again before the fall meeting of the Central Club, as yesterday's assembly numbered scarcely one sixth of its members. It is also proposed to include the associates, sumbering two hundred mors, and thus create a tribunal of three hundred men to consider and decide the problem of contemporaneous and canine interent. There was an enormous row when the decision became known among the 15,000 doge in the hall, but what they thought of had been making an enormout row all day.

A 'Firt occurred at mid-day on the 7th inst, ai Hongkew, destroying forty-six native houses. No one was injured. The origin of the blaze is row arose from some dispute about bathing ascending was after passing the above mentioned the maiter it was difficult to determine, as they not known.

THE Superintendent of the P. & O. S. N. Co. courteously informs us that the steamship Rohilla, with the next English mail, left Sings pore for this port at 10 am, to-day,..

AN Emergency meeting of Zetland Lodge, No. Frou all that we can gather, the Public 525, E.C., will be held in Freemasons' Hall, Works Department needs thoroughly Zetland Street, on Thursday, the 15th instant, at reorganising, from the hon, the Surveyor-5 for 5.30 p.m. precisely. Visiting brethren are

cordially invited. General down to the lowest official. It was left in a disgracefully helpless A TRIAD Society fight between a lot of coolies state by the greatly-lauded Mr. J. M. occurred last Friday in D'Aguilar Street. Ons PRICE, and has not only not recovered of the combatants, who had been trying to "fix from that expert's talented management, up" an opponent with a big screw-driver, was but there are indications that make it arrested, and got six weeks this'morning, doubtful if it will ever do so. The great The Fife-Wales combination had a specially- May seemed to paralyse the new Surveyor. composed anthem, Perfect love," played at the hitching-post. But the perfect love between

rain-storm which occurred at the end of

General, and the work of repair is silil May and October won't deteriorate la quality

between the Portuguese and several Chinese in the vicinity of Wanchai. Both the complainant and the lukong appeared to be considerably mauled, and had to be sent to Hospital. The case was remanded until the 15th lost.

PARIS, July 10th, ¦ The Chamber of Deputies has adopted a bill providing for the purchase of telephones by the State.

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The Pall Mall Garetle says : · The blockade Britain. has therefore notified Hayti not to molest British vessels visiting insurgent parts...

PARIS, July 12th, Thomson, member of the Chamber of Deputies for the department of Constantine, Algeria, became involved in a quarrel to-day in the lobby of the Chamber with Laur, member of the department of the Loire, and struck him. Laur has challenged Thomson to fight's duel. During the fight in the lobby Thomson severely kicked Laur, who was so badly injured that it was necessary to call a surgeon to attend him

Laur and Thomson fought a duel this evening," Neither was hit, get

time been declared lasurmountable for steamers; in 1887 three gunboats, built specially for this purpose, by the French Government, tried to ascend, but on arriving at the first large rapid, the Taccal, were obliged to return, after having received serious damage in their attempts to force their way through the strong current. Since that time the passage has been considered im possible. It was reserved for private enterprise to prove the contrary, and this task was under taken by Messrs. Marty and d'Abbadie, who have just brought it to a successful termination. The only serious stoppage of the Lackay in Taccai rapids, the most formidable on the River; the steamer grounded on her bilge, and by a sudden fall of the water was left hanging half afloat for eight days. After the typhoon, how ever, a freebet set in and the waterrose nine fest in one night, enabling the steamer, after about twelve hours considerable anxiety to all on board THE latest detaili respecting the Kumamoto to continue her route, which ended by her safely earthquakes state that up to 5 p.m. on Tuesday arriving at Laokay on the 24th July."

The reception of the adventurous voyagers at last thers had been 53 shocks and that 31 houses Loakay by the French officers and men of the had been demolished, 15 persons pressed to garrison was most enthusiastic, the guns boomed death and the ground rent in 15 places. The from the fort and were answered the whole day Inhabitants were sleeping out in the open air by corresponding salutes from the Chinese forts and at the time the telegram was despatched on the mountains the natives coming in crowds the shocks continued to be felt.

to gate in wonder at the fiery monster which Viscount had so unexpectedly come amongst them. Tominokoji and Mr. Hagi, Chamberlains, have After a day's rest the descent was commenced been ordered by the Emperor and Empress to and the first part of the route to Bao-hoa made proceed to Kiushiu and to report to their Majes in five hours, whence it had taken eighteen hours to ascend. The descent is dangerous owing to several rocks in mid channel, which. must be removed by dynamite before regular traffic can be carried on with perfect safety. The Laskay action of the Royal Yacht Squadron la refusing CITY OF MEXICO, July 12th.

to accept the new deed of gift will forever descended at full speed and steered beautifully, govern all British yacht clubs, and that therefore A terrific storm (a raging at Vera Cruz, and but = false turn of the wheel might have sent her to destruction on the ugly rocks, which no challenge need be expected hereafter, even the shipping there is in great peril, p

under the present conditions. The following communication has been from the deep. On the 28th Hanol was resched seemed to stem the rapids like some monsters

The probability is that Auchinclose of the CAIRO, July 12th.

to the joint letter on the subject of the "Peak coming on to Haiphong.

the Tilania and Rogers of the Badouts will terribly emaciated, having anffered greatly from challenge the Earl for series of match races burger and thirst,Among them are many women and boys. On the march many died such as the local seventy-footersalled this spring, Drainage and Water Supply," published in our columns a fortnight ago t-i

The stakes proposed will probably be something and deserted, while many others were killed. Colonel Wodehouse estimates the dervish killed like £500 a side.

pe and wounded at 3500. ZANZIBAR, July 10th. The Government is forming grain depots

ties on the nature of the disaster.

THE PEAK DRAINAGE AND WATER SUPPLP.

In the Chamber of Deputies to-night M. Matierre on behalf of the party of the Right offered a motion looking to the impeachment of Constans, Minister of the Interior, while serving as Governor of Indo-China, Premier Tirard NEW YORK, July Zoth replied Indignantly. · He said it was the custom General Paite will decide in a day or two in Indo-Cbles to make presents, and if the whether he will represent the Earl of Dunraven charge of corruption were based upon the accep in any negotiations for a new match yacht race. tance of them the same charge might be made The general impression among local yachtsmen against himself. His reply to the motion was to is that a new offer of Earl Dunraren will not be move the previous question, which was agreed entertained by the New York Yacht Club. The ta members of the latter organization are inclined to The Chamber of Deputies has passed the consider it inconsistent with their dignity to make Panama Canal Relief: bill in the form in which arrangements for a match which would leave the It was adopted by the Senate. America's cup in the back-ground. If a new fhin STEVEN ST. PETERSBURG, July 12th. international trophy were established they argue, British yachtsmen would in future not challenge again for the America's cup, but would race for a trophy not involving such stringent conditions. The argument on the other side is that the

One-half of the town of Djarkend, in Semirets chinik, has been destroyed by an barthquake.

The Government has totally suppressed the Lutheran Church in Russia.

dragging slowly along. To-day the Hon. became the paternal “Tummy "is getting another received from the local Government in reference and the journey ended, the Laokay afterwards | Katriana, Maxwell of the Shamrock, laelin of Dervish prisoners arriving at Assouen are

SAMUEL BROWN went up the torrent-bed | £700 a week on his salary. formerly known as the Glenealy ravine, with a number of Chinese contractors, but It is hard to say If anything useful will be the result, Garden Road is getting worse with every shower, and the corner of be the programme:~~ Caine Road is positively dangerous to traffic. The edge of the lower slope is simply a deep face of soft earth, and yet

The Band of the A. & S. Highlanders will play at the Officers' Mess, Murray Barracks, this evening, commencing at 8:30 o'clock. The following will

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On arrival here Mr. J. Abbadle was congra tulated on all sides at the happy termination of 2) his enterprise; and entertained' at a banquet, Colonial Secretary's Office, given to celebrate the event, by the members of

8th August, 1879. the Cercle du Commerce. Sta-With reference to the letter signed by. The unqualified success of this enterprise will, Colonel Euan Smith is expected to return in along the Nile for the purpose of supporting yourself and others, dated the zgth ultimo, an no doubt, be grailfying to all friends of Mr. September after a conference on Zanzibar affairs fugitiven fleeing before the advance of the the subject of the drainage at the Peak, I am Marty's Hongkong house, that gentleman having at Berlin. His retum will not be welcomed by Dervishes

long been an active pioneer of commerce fa the Sultan, who suffers much indignity at his BERLIN, July 1ath. directed by the Governor to acquaint you that Tonquin Messrs, Marty and d'Abbadie are now hands and who prefers to have to deal with your former letter was referred to the Sanitary constructing in their workshops In Haiphong Portal, who is more polite. Marked coldness The Cologne Gasetts gives prominence to the up on a bit of bamboo. The Albany at Shanghai was entered, and a watch, chain, Board, which has taken no notice of the subject second steamer of the same type as the Laskey exists between the German agent and Wis statement that the Russian War Minister, who

·reservoir may be finished some day, some money, and a number of chits, represent { this matter without their assistance, His Excel from the, designs of the engineer-in-chief of the is close to the British missions: There are only such importance that it could not be intrualed to: As it thus would appear necessary to deal with much larger, and of still lighter draft of water mann. It is theaght possible that Bershirt has in staying at Vichy, has received a very important This steamer, like the Lookay, is being bullt gone to the German station at Mpwapo which dispatch from the Czar The misrive was of as a few coolies are still tinkering at ing in the whole about $130, stolen, A day of lency would be glad to receive a depatation Company, Mr. W. C. Jack.

two Germans at Mpwapo, which is 200 miles an ordinary milliary courier, but was delivered two afterwards Detective Keeling arrested a man named Sutherland, late second rate of the

The fleet of Service Correspondences Flavials from Sadania, and the Begamondo Germans by an officer of the Russian Guard, a relative of now numbers 17 steamers to active service, and avow these were political stations. The Germans is being augmented yearly, in the same spirit are irritated because all is quiet at Monbassa, and measure as the French occupation penes and hastily attribute this to money spent there, "trates the interior and ensures communication, an example they p

publicly say they are not pro In creating business transactions and commerce, pared to follow (where formerly there was nous) for the past few years these steamers have rapidly completed and assisted the conquest and pacification of the

it, but that day seems very far distant, The break in the drain at the top of Wyndham Street seems likely to be

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gentlemen, with a view to knowing exactly what basque County of Yarmouth, who lived at the they complala of, and the localities specially finished about Christmas, although any money. He admitted his guilt, but on being" hotel, and who had suddenly become flush of private individual would have had it brought before the American Consul on the Bib completed ten Umes over long ere now. Inst. pleaded not guilty, alleging that he was not These are merely a few notable Instances near the place at the time. He was commit ed of the weak system which Mr. Brown has | för uial.

I have the honor to be, Sir,

Your most obedient servant,

(sign(W) FREDERICK STEWART,

Colonial Secretary,

The Hon. P. BYRIK,

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