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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, AUGUST 15

Li Hang-chang, the new Governor-General of the. Two Kuangs, was Viceroy of Hu Kuang eight years ago. On the score of old age he was then in his sixty-fifth year—he memorialined the Throne to permit him to retire from the public service, and his request was granted, but more for political reasons than for his alleged

AS will be seen by an article in another part of this issue, Viceroy Chang Chih-tung has been recalled from Canton and proceeds aï Governor- General to the Hu Kuang provinces. Li Hang chang, elder brother of the Viceroy of Chibli, succeeds Chang at Canton,

THE roads of the colony are again; after a few hours' rainfall, in a most deplorable condition.

A SEMI-OFFICIAL Japanese paper says :—The outcry against the proposed treatles is apparently not confined to commoners, for we hear that both the princes and nobles are averse to Count Okuma's policy. It is rumoured that his Majesty the Emperor recently called them together and ascertained their views. Many Senators are in opposition to the employment of foreigners in the justiciary, and also to the publication of the

A BLEND OF THE FINEST WHISKIES plea of in tal stily-Ching lived in retirement at mainance). The engineering talent of the Far benefit of aliens, the English language for the she was going about seven, height knots when Genera. Dan begponsible for any complaint to

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his ancestral home near Nganking, the capital of Anhui, until the beginning of last year, when Per Dozen $10. he was ordered to appear in audience before the Emperor, who, it is stated, boyishly asked the veteran statesman, if he thought he was really Loo old to do any further work for the country. At all events Li Hang-chang was appointed President ofthe Board of Revenue, an office of con- siderable Importance in Peking, although having 'very little influence outside the capital. As some differences have lately arisen between the Grand Secretary, Li Hung-chang, and Viceroy Chang in regard to railways and some other matters, it is surmised, and doubtless justly, that the removal of the latter from Canton and the appointment to the important position of

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Governor-General of the Liang Kuang of bis own brother, has been accomplished at the direct instance of the all-powerful Viceroy of Chihli, who will now have control of the southern as well as the northern provinces of the Empire.

The new Governor-General of Canton, being about 73 years of age, has not sufficient energy and strength to carry out the vigorous policy of his predecessor; in fact, be always been a some.

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AN American contemporary mentions as a curious circumstance that the only royal personages who subscribed to the fund for the relief of the sufferers by the terrible disaster at Johnstown in the United States, were the almost forgotten Empress Augusta and the much-abused Sultan of Turkey,

His Imperial Highness Prince Yoshihito, says a Japanese contemporary, has grown up to be a strong, healthy lad, and will be ten years of age on the 30th instant. According to Japanese custom. he will soon be proclaimed heir to the. throne, and great ceremonies will take place on the occasion.

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HONGKONG, THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1889.

CHANG CHIH-TUNG TO LEAVE CANTON.

Chib-tung's angressively anti-foreign and obstruc- tive policy has not been popular, nor has it been an altogether unqualified success.

It is customary when a high Chinese official is gazetted to a fresh appointment that he should have audience of the Emperor before assuming the responsibilities of his office, but in this case the Emperor bas specially instructed Chang Chih-tung to proceed at once to his new vice royalty without troubling himself to come to Peking.

TELEGRAM'S

SOME people do not like the English habit of omitting the article "the" before the names of yachts, especially in the case of yachts named after women. The omission does seem unfortunate when it makes such statements as there possible: "Cora proved slow in her stays," "Gracie ran her nose in the mud," and " Alice careened and staggered under her heavy load." WITH respect to the enquiry about the loss of the steamship. Almacraig, reported in another column, the extent of the privations of the crew in reaching Port Royal may be gathered from the fact that almost half-fifteen or sixteen-have since been in Hospital here, with fever. The man McNamee, who committed suicide yesterday near the Harbour Office, was one of the firemen, THS Band of the Argyll and Sutherland High- landers will play the following programme at the Barrack Square, to-morrow, commencing at

THE CRETE IMBROGLIO:

LONDON, August 12th, England, Austria, Germany and Italy have replied to the note sent by Greece, stating that they are averse to diplomatic action. It is 7.30 p.m. understood that the Powers have decided not to allow Greece to disturb the peace of Europe The agitation is spreading.

THE MAYBRICK POISONING CASE. The sentence of capital punishment passed on Mrs. Maybrick for the murder of her husband, has been commuted in, consequence of the con- ficting nature of the medical evidence.

(From the Courrier d'Haiphong.) THE REPUBLICAN DEAD,

PARIS, August 4th.

Siewert Gung1.

THE WO European deserters who joined Dac Tich, the leading rebel chief in Tonquin, are both accounted for. Que, De Claussade, a deserter from the French marine artillery, was fatally wounded in a recent engagement. The French last week. He had been ill for some other named Martin, was delivered to the. time, and could not walk, and his rebel comrades, having to carry him, tied him to a bamboo and handed him over, He, denied, when brought before the authorities, that he had deserted, and asserted that he and Claussade were made prison after examination des takes prison after examination, and died there soon

afterwards.

Into the boat where the crew were with the they go on in the same way, but are only boatswain, and we pulled to the others, who bad

at half-cock, so to speak. Then they all gone to the shore, and then shaped a course for talk two-line sentences," composed principally Puerta Princesa. Alter arriving there I applied of queries and recriminations. Finally Mr. for a Spanish gunboat to go back to the scene of Francis successfully carrion a motion to the the wreck. This was granted, and we fest at | effect that Messrs. Bird and Palmer be told that midnight, but bad weather forced us to return the Sanitary Surveyor has been directed to without reaching the wreck. We were shortly approve the plans if they are satisfactory from afterwards conveyed to Manila, and thence a sanitary point of view, and that the Surveyor

or | Messrs. and have a she struck, and seemed to tear into the reef, make, but it is not ventilated this trip.—Board The waier at once flooded the engine-room, adjourns about dinner-time. Results--seven rows through the bunkers. The chief officer and I and one unofficial victory, Practically nothing were on the bridge at the time. From the time else. bearings were taken to her striking our course. was south-west. I was quite satisfied with the conduct of the officers and crew after she struck. I did not make any allowance for currents up the coast. I did not take any observations after the wreck, except by roughly taking my bearings.

Capt. Buyers then described his instruments for taking observations, and said that the wreck | occurred twelve miles from shore. He produced a chart similar to the one he was using. He bought it before leaving Hongkong. It showed the place where the wreck occurred was pretty clear for navigation.

MR. W. MCGREGOR SMITH, a very old Hong-sald hold a master's certificate, and had Hugh Storey, chief officer of the Altnacraig, kong resident and the pioneer of the sugar

been in the ship over five years. My watch was refining industries in the Far East, returned from 4 to 8 o'clock. I toole observations at noon to the Colony by the French Mail steamer Iraouaddy yesterday, on a short visit after an

on the 13th with the Captain. During my watch absence of about four years. Mr. McGregor 5.30 am., and about 7.30. I nw a white reef on the 14th we altered the course to S.W. about Smith, who has lost none of his pristine energy extending N.E. by E. right under the ship's has lately been prospecting in Western (Dutch) bottom. The Captain saw it also. Hetelegraphed Borneo, and is, we understand, the first ancient below to go astern, just as we struck. A few Briton who has explored these unknown regions. minutes afterwards we found six feet of water

that coffee plantations and gold deposits in We are not acquainted with the precise object of forward. The crew got out the boats, and took Sugar" Smith's visit to Hongkong, but believe the passengers off, and we went over to an island near by called Amburlang. There we Western. Borneo form the basis of a projected lay to until next morning, and took our bearings. Flat Island was S. W. half south, enterprise that is said to have millions in it.

about 45 miles. When we got to Flat island we could acc. Sand Island in the distance, We had no time to observe whether or not there was shallow water near by, I saw no appearance pinnacle. of any locks, I judged that the ship struck on a

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A CHINESE ROMANCE IN REAL LIFE,

Azing was his name and he lives in Gutzlaff Street. His No. 1 wife being very fond of the good things of this life. Asing wished to pro- pitiate her by taking unto himself a No, a skilled in the culinary art, and who understood how to "fix up a poem out of materials from an old sex boot. And so No. a came, a maiden fair to see and who had luxuriated in the balmy breezes of sixteen Hongkong summers. But No. 1, notwithstanding a decided penchant for good and savoury chow-chow, was not free from the influences of that green-eyed monster immor- things rather warm for poor No. 2, who on theather talised by the divine William, and so she mada hand was justly proud of her skill in the kitchen,

Yesterday morning the climax that was inevi table from the first, came rolling along like the floods in the YellowRiver. No.x positively declined to eat when No, a begged her to partake of the moming meal, exclaiming that her bated rival wanted to poison her with her delicacies. At this startling accusation No, a nearly fainted, but coming to herself quickly, she adjured "Jess": to be witness to her immaculate conduct and THX Kwangchi is now, the Chinese Times ways,

then straightway went forth as far as the Praya, Shang, on the service for which she was origin- running under the auspices of the Chefoo Tratai,

where, heedless ofexpostulations, she jumped into the seething waters below. But "Joss" was not Shantung westward, the ports of call being ally designed, from Chefoo along the coast of

willing that this innocent maiden should aspire to a golden harp in the celestiul choir in such a Téng-chow (41 miles), Lung-k'au (73 miles), W. W. Adam, chief engineer ofthe Aluacraig, rough-and-ready fashion, and she was rescued the chief vermicelli part, Taiping-wan (117 miles) said: bold a first class certificate. I have been by willing hands. After being romewhat un the port for Laf-chow and the Ping-tu gold mines, in the vessel ever since she was launched, about ceremoniously fished out of the angry waves-g and Hutou-yuen (124 miles), where strawbraid sixteen years ago, On the noon of the 13th she typhoon had been announced, which accounts and hides are shipped. This is the limit of the was going 7 to 8 knots. This was kept up with for the angry, part-the very much be-draggled

and the steamer not running at night, in 4 days. asleep at the time, but was awakened by the words, feeling very sick and uncomfortable, voyage--all the distances being from Cheloo-out break of speed until 7.30 am, next day. Ifair one was carted home, where No. 1, 'sicklied and the round trip is made, including stoppages was in my room when the ship struck. I was o'er with the pale cast of thought,” or, in other

vary from 7 to 1: feet. Hutou-yuen is said to The depths of water in the different anchorages telegraph. I then went down below. The awaited her. And then the frantic husband came engines were stopped when I went down. No tearing along "like mad" to the house, having be a very promising port, but the anchorage is water had got in then, but did shortly afterward, been hasılly summoned back from his avocations bad, the nearest shelter being under the island I was called on deck by the captain, and then in a well known establishment in Queen's Road. of Fuyung, some 8 miles off.

went to uraist to get the boats oût. There is a The scene that followed we draw the curtain over ballast pump on board and a suction pump.it would be sacrilege to do otherwise. There was a chance of No, z having to 'face the music' The ballast pump was rigged to try to pamp the water out; this was by the second mate's orders. before his Washup' at the Police Court for ber This was kept on ull the water got into the engine room. When all the boats were lowered I went to have a look at the engine-room to see if there was any water there; it was rushing in from the decks the circumstances. I am sure that all the engines over the cylinders. The pumps were useless under

we had for the purpose, could hardly bave kept the ship clear of the water. When I left the ship

A SINGAPORE contemporary of the 6th instant Bays that "Mr. T. Brown, of the Raub Australian Syndicate, will leave for Hongkong by this mail," and we observe that gentleman's name in the list of passengers who arrived by the Iraouaddy yesterday morning. We wonder if Mr. Brown's special mission to Hongkong is in connection with still another fresh mining enterprise on the limited liability system in the Malay Peninsula 1 Probably not, as the members of the Australian Syndicate are far too shrewd either to give away any of their concession if it is of the fabulous value stated, or to show the weakness of their hand if the contrary is the case. But be that as it may, the present time is a very bad one for the prospects of any new company promoting, money being exceedingly scarce and public con- fidence very greatly shaken. Besides, Singa- pore speculators have been regarded with a very

great deal of mistrust since the sensational mis- sion of Mr. Buchanan Smith to "bull" Punjoms.

However, Mr. Brown is doubtless in a position to afford Hongkong holders of Punjoms and Selamas some disinterested and reliable in- formation regarding the prospects of these enterprises.

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David Anderson, second engineer on the sacraig said:-1 hold a second class down two minutes after she struck, to the engine certificate." I did not feel the ship strike. I went

room. When I went down, on hearing the telegraph, the engines were stopped. I looked left the donkey-engine working. There was no at the water in the boiler. When i went on deck water in the engine room when I left it. I left

about ten minutes or a quarter of an hour after because of orders. The donkey engine worked, the ship struck; I looked down and saw water up, to the top of the cylinders. I think if all the pumps had been kept working the water could have been kept down.

The Court being cleared, after an hour and a half deliberation the finding, of which the follow- ing is the substance, was read:-The court found that the cause of the ship would have seemed to have been taken in a rough and been right ifthe bearings were correct. But they ready style, and not carefully, with compass and chart, so that they could not be looked upon as reliable. As the evidence taken was circum- stantial, the Court was not prepared to find the Captain of the abip guilty of gross neglect of duty, and therefore were not prepared to deal with his certificate. The Court, however, recommended the Captain in future to exercise more care in taking his bearings. With reference they behaved properly both before and after the to the officers and crew the Court found that disaster.

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romantic attempt to ascend to the higher regions wid the Harbour, but "Joss" again intervened, and as a complete reconciliation, has been effected, all's well that ends well,

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CHINESE VĀRNS.

The Kwang-bao of the 13th lust, says that there is a certain clans of thieves nicknamed "Water rats who awim about the streams of amongst the numerous crafts lying at anchor at Lienchow watching their chances to thieve

the south gate. On Sunday night a "Water rat" boarded a salt boat, but in doing so his asleep at the prow. The boatman made a grab foot hit the head of a boatman who was lying

at the thief and in doing so went over into the water in company with the thief. The latter tried hard to get away, but in valo, when at last be pulled out a knife and made a dig into the cranium of the boatman. It so happened that the knife struck the hair of the boatman, which was rolled at right angles at the back of his head, and cut the appendage completely off. This so frightened the boatman that he let go his hold and the thief glided away into the darkness. Torches being brought out only revealed the sight of the queue floating gracefully down the

stream.

March......... In the Gloaming "Winterbeccom. Lancer 1bo Alikado*

Buckles Valse Litla Sallon" Crow Polka

Fairyland Chimes".....Dunkler Quadrilla.............." Lader" Galop "Narren " THERE is, says an American paper, a well. grounded idea in English army circles that there are too many officers in proportion to the number of privates in the service. A scheme has accordingly been devised by which many of the generals at present in receipt of large pay for more or less ornamental service shall be dis pensed withs. Naturally the proposal has aroused considerable antagonism, and it is not at all certain that it will be carried out, however much it would be of benefit to the taxpayers. REUTER informed us yesterday that the Queen, who is a dear old lady of three score and ten had been appointed Colonel of the Prussian Dragoon Guards by Lite Emperor of Germany; and now Truth states that Sir August 5th.

William Jenner has advised her Majesty to give The President of the Republic has opened the up champagne and claret and to drink whiskey College of the Sorbonne in the presence of the and Apollinaris water. Well whiskey and cavalry and camel corpa watch the flanks A Last night's report left the Secretary reading the beholder of her beauties one of thosa

"polly" is the proper tipple for a dragoon, so that Jenner's prescription fits in nicely with the Kaiser's latest honour to his dearly beloved grandmother.

The ceremony of transferring the remains of Lazare Carnot, Marceau, Diderot, and Baudin to the Pantheon took place to-day; it was most imposing.

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Ministers, diplomatic corps, and a numerous crowd of French and foreign students.

THE ELECTIONS.

August 6th. The ballot for the Councils-General on Sunday resulted in the election of 127 Republicans and 49 Conservatives.

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THE ANNAMITE MISSION.

August 7th. The Annamite Mission that went to Paris to visit the the Exhibition has returned to Lyons, preparatory to embarking at Marseilles,

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

THUS the Sydney Bulletin John Bums, the socialist, the double-dyed villain who seeks to abolish monarchical Institutions; the scoundrel who has been in gaol as many times as he has fingers and tees, for conspiring against the peace of Her Majesty the traitor to the British Constitution, now, at the age of thirty, finds himself M.P. for Battersea. John is a Scotchman, by trade an engineer, by instinct a patriot in the Parliament shows by what leaps and bounds the truest sense, and bis election to the British new Social-Democratic party are advancing."

THE Courrier d'Haiphong records a brave act on he part of an officer named Laune. He was in command of a force sent against the rebels, and on the night of the and inst. was surprised by the enemy. After an hour's Gghting he geve the order to charge, and just then fell, shot through the leg. To keep his injury from becoming known to his men, and so demoralising THE LOSS OF THE “ALTNACRAIG." them, he sat down, pulled his cloak over the wound, and issued his orders for another hour, fight, he permitted himself to be carried away when his corps, after much loss, gaining the and attended to.

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KIND friends and fellow Christians, especially of the missionary persuasion, we would direct your Truth of the 11th alto, referring to the disgrace attention to the following paragraph from London ful war now being carried on in the Soudan by holy England, the home of liberty, the land of

• The following episode, related in yesterday'ı Wat Sun, may serve to illustrate in a degree the brave and free, etc., etc. :—It would appear

some of the contretemps Habla, to befall such that we are doomed, so long as we occupy Egypt,

unfortunates as are forced to use the good offices to outrage humanity. What can be more horrible

of a "go-between." The story is that two sisters than carefully guarding a number of Seedanese

living in a village near Canton, having attained" in a desert, and preventing them from getting

a marriageable age, were ready for offers." In water to assuage their thirst? "The enemy

mental adornments the sisters were about equal, says the latest despatch from Colonel Wodehouse,

but in personal beauty and grace, how different i They had made frequent efforts to reach the river "were on Wednesday still amongst the hills.

"The elder sister reminded one," says the editor, of the Wat Sun,, "more of an ogress, or the in order to obtain water, and were finally driven

result of a hideous nightmare, iban a coy back. Two hundred dervishes, trying to get to

maiden," whereas the younger sister was the a loss of twenty killed. The infantry prevent the water, were driven away by the cavalry, with YESTERDAY'S SANITARY BOARD. beautiful enough to satisfy even the most. embodiment of all that is fair; in fact she was the dervishes reaching the water, while the

fastidious tastes. She recalled to the mind of

and killed on Wednesday. Deserters have come the Peak drainage. The obnoxious minute by hundred of the enemy were cut off in this way a couple of columns of correspondence about transcendental fairies ong reads about. So marked and wait was the difference in half dead front exhaustion, and report that Mr. Cooper which evoked the remark from Mr. between the sistera that their famo spread their comrades are suffering terribly from thirst." Francis that it was "insolent" turns out to be for many miles. Suitors for the hand of whom Mr. Gladstone said were "rightly strug-inst., states that plans of main drainage are open These dervishes, be it observed, are the men follows-"The Hon. C. S. in his letter of Ist the younger came by the hundred, but not ona. gling to be free. The whole cause of the conflict to inspection of the Board at any time in the

offered to link his hand and heart with the doubtful charms of the elder. According to country, for the sake, as we assert, of Egypt, subject can be obtained on application to the younger sister can get engaged until bes that we insist upon occupying a town in their P. W. 1, and that any further information on the Chinese custom from time immemorial, no but which the Egyptian Government is most Acting Surveyor-General. I fall to see what elders shall have been first disposed of To anxious to restore to them. In the long cata- logue of the iniquities of war, I do not remember as no application has been made to me either to however, a hole for escape can be improvised more is wanted at present, and more especially' obviáto the necessity of a life of spinsterhood anything to equal in sheer atrocity this "glorious see plans er for any information." Mr. Francis by a rejected elder sister taking upon herself s deed," which is so complacently related by makes a long speech, going over the whole vow of celibacy in the presence of her relatives. sand-hills are a body of patriots; the Africanfit.The President gets out of it by say Colonel Wodehouse. In the hollow of some history of the business, and gives the P. W. D. By this means, as in this case, the younger sister of our story became the betrothed of the sun is pouring down on their heads; a river flows ing he wasn't here then.-General opinion son of a wealthy village dignitary. Six months near; occasionally some of them driven mad with in favor of shelving the matter till next afterwards, however, a certain materfamilias thirst try to reach its banks; they are mercilessly meeting, as the Board has no power to interfere residing at Canton desired to see her son shot down; and round those who remain cavalry with the hill drainage,-President suggests that wedded to a young lady possessed of both mental and infantry are drawn up, remorselessly watch the Acting Attorney-General be consulted.-Mr. and personal beauties, fit to be the spouse of ing their death by thirst. It would be savage Francis points out that the Government has heir to several tens of thousands of taels of good cruelty to treat dogs in such a fashion.

said they have the power, and that they have sycee silver. A "go-between" being consulted, his opinion which is worth a dozen of the and beauty being impressed upon him as a sinle Attorney-General's-in support of it. Derisive gud non, he béthought himself of befogging his smiles-Question ultimately postponed, the employers and at the same enriching his purse. Sanitary Surveyor being instructed to report at So he took the anxious materfamilias with. him A Marine Court was held at the Harbour next meeting whether the Peak is really in the to call upon the parents of the two sisters. Board's jurisdiction or not.. Next business a com- Now, be it remembered, the parents of the two. Office this morning to investigate the circum-plaint arising out of the muddle-headed complica- girls did not at all enjoy the prospect of having stances attending the loss of the British steamer tion of duties undertaken by Mr. Cooper, Messrs. one daughter life-long burden on the estate, Allmacraig, which occurred on the 14th ult. Dird and Palmer sent in some drainage plans to but to engage their younger daughter to the The London Globe, describing a new type-setting The Court consisted of the Harbour Master that official, as Sanitary Surveyor, and as Mr. good catch" It was incumbent that the elder to the Throne on the railways question. It will THE man arrested on board the Bellerophon the line of print is formed before him, so that McFarlane, H. M. S. Victor Emanuel, Captain from any sanitary reason, but because in some And so upon being consulted in the matter

machine, says: As the operator works the keys (Commander Rumsey, R.N.), president, Lieut. Francis put it, he refused to sanction them, not clster should go through some such ceremony. be remembered that Viceroy Chang opposed Li and charged with having papers belonging to

limpress of bis finger a sheet of brass, with its A. Scotland (steamship Ghasse)

of them Evidently there is something very scheme. Un the day, therefore, the accker railway, and strongly advocated the constric again this morning and committed for trist

proper letter in the centre, slips into its place, The President, having read the application of rotten in the state of Denmark. Messrs. Bird after a beautiful daughter-in-law called at the tion of a grand trunk line from Lu-kou-chiao, THE General Managers (Messrs. Jardine, Maths and at the same time exposes a character on Captain Buyers for an inquiry, the following and Palmer show that the only drains they can village with the go-between, she, as scores before

ton & Co.) inform us that the Indo-Chins the edge visible to the worker. Then as soon

evidence was taken — outside Peking, pasting through the populous Steam Navigation Co.'s steamer Wingsong automatically "justified." Then it is carried to of the British steamship Alinacraig, and was in with Mr. Cooper, Mr. Francis slates the away loathingly from the plain and humble elder."

as the line is completed, It is seized and,

get approved are bound to get choked up, but her, became dazzled as she gazed upon the - Captain William Buyers said:-I am master that is apparently a secondary consideration beauteous charms of the younger sister, and provinces of Honan and Hupeh and terminating from Calcutta, left Singapore to-day for this port a little fornace to be stereotyped, the line belog her seven years. She left Iloilo for Delaware on President for not letting the matter come before sister Ah Chiny, thinking all the while that and at Hankow. The Honan-Hupch line has, we understand, been most favourably entertained by A JAPANESE, vernacular paper reports that there finally thrust out on a ledge after being cast. The the 12th uit., with a full cargo of sugar and rice. the Board at the outset. The President had been brought to view the younger sister as

was a discreditable scena In the the Emperor and his advisers, and after con Assembly on the 29th ultimo, and much slow to read, but is not so in reality, as the pro- night. About 7:20 I was on the bridge when, Government; but Mr. Cooper might give them expressed supreme satisfaction, the consented to Yokohama Citypes are then automatically distributed Itseems. All went well until the 14th. I was on deck all says he is responsible to nobody but the her future daughter-in-law. Accordingly having sideration it was decided that Chang Chih-tung disorder. Some of the members got to fighting croce keys being scarcely interrupted. Of the water shoaling. I signalled "Full speed notice should be given, but remembers his bargain money," and then went her way rejoicing cesses proceed simultaneously, the type-setier's without any previous indication, I suddenly saw some information. Forgets to stipulate that the payment of a round sunt of silver as “betrothal should be recalled from Canton and made Governor-General of He Kuang, so that he could epidemic of cancer in one of the provinces of work for a length of time its a printing office vessel struck. We sounded the pumps forward, Declines to say anything ifaddressed as Surveyor- thee, when on the happy nuptial day the THERE bas been lately what might be called an course one wants to sco such an invention at astern," but before anything could be done the owa Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" personality. What was her surprise, disgust, and wrath perspaally superintend the carrying out of Normandy. Of late the number of deaths from before pronouncing a final opinion upon it, as and found six feet of water in the fore-hold. his own pet project. This is a very fair that discaso has increased until fully 15 per cent no test is quite so good as that of practical work, ordered the boats out, and after the passengers capacity as President of the Sanitary Board. A the ogress ! The first impulse of mater General, and doesn't know anything in his bride brought to her house turned out to be instance of Chinese diplomacy, and we are ascribed to that cause. The larger portion and it has not yet been introduced into the office had left, and only the boatswain and myself clean sweep of the whole business evidently familias was to send back the unwelcome venture to think that it indicates a policy of the fatal cases are of malca. The physicians of an English paper; but if wast, the faventor remained, 1 sounded round the ship, and very much needed. Mr. Francis tries to settle bride, but on the representations of her kindred, which might be copied with advantage tagious, while some ascribe its prevalence to the as he says, for something between 150 and either side of her as she lay. She was then only disapprove of plans on sanitary grounds. He did and to the point did not

advance the opinion that the disease is con- says of its speed be correct, and ifiteat be made, found from five to five and a half fathoms on Mr. Cooper's haab by moring that he must the go-between was asked to rise and explains European Powers. The square men in the round use of certain water which is thought to contain 200, there is no doubt of his being a very useful full of water and the spar-deck submerged. Dr. Ho Kal seconds, and the Board goes into said he, point out to you which of the young hole is no part of China's political systemi. deleterious substances.

as well as a wonderful Enväntiers.****

Our draught was 23 feet 9 inches. I then got | Commitice on the patter-that is to say ladies was ready to be your daughter-in-law,

A NEW VICEROY APPOINTED.

We learn on high official authority that an Imperial edict was issued from Peking on the 8th Inst, appointing Li Hang-chang, the elder brother of the Grand Secretary, Li Hung-chang; to be Governor-General of the Two Kwang provinces, více Chang Chih-tung, who has been translated to the Governor-Generalship of Ha Kwang, in place of Ya Lu, transferred as Tartar General to Féng-lien, a province of Lower Manchuria,

A COMMISSION has been appointed at Paris to consider the various projects for opening up Tonquin to railways.

ANOTHER of "Our Local Stocks," the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, will be put through the mill in to-morrow's issue.

**It is currently reported in official circles at It is stated that much success has attended the Peking that, Chang Chih-tung's removal from operations of the Kobe Electric Light Company, Canton to Hu Kuang (Hunan and Hupeb) is in the net profits for the first half of the current year consequence of His Excellency's recent memorial amounting to 2,019.161 yan.

by

· Hung-chang's projected Tientala-Tungchow the Triad Society was before Mr. Wodehouse Corrections may be made at once. At each. Creery (steamship Nizam) and Captain other capacity be would not be able to approve the gobelen, they readily consented to bir