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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1889.

August igih. General Boulanger, and MM. Dillon and Rochefort have been sentenced to deportation to a fortified place.

CRETE.

Three French ironclads have proceeded to Crete:

ANOTHER TYPHOON.

At 12.35 to-day a message from the Observatory was received here stating that there was a Per Dozen $10. typhoon in the north east of Formon, We respectfully invite the same to come along, and

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LOCAL AND GENERAL.

THE Sultan of Johore is going to Europe, for his health,

We are compelled to hold over a report of the Victoria Recreation Club Aquatic Sports, held

this afternoon.

six weeks imprisonment for stealing a quantity A. S. WATSON & CO., LD. of bricks, committed suicide in Gaol last night by tanging himself with the card which he used as a belt.

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A GEORGIA farmer prevents his cows from THR ancient city of Aleppo, so renowned in jumping tences by catting off their lower eye-story, though situated in one of the most fertile lashes, which operailoa makes a fence seem provinces of the Turkish Empire, is in a wretched three times as high as it is.

state of poverty and industrial decay, owing to the mingled neglect and exactions of the THE British tar filled the whole dock at the

Government. Police Court this morning. Nine men, belong- ing to the Cockchafer, Mutine, and Firebrand | playfully invaded the boudoir of a stout German lady in the Boulevard de My Dear, last night, and in doing so carried away the door. "One dollar each," said Mr. Polleck

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THE Rialto is perturbed a good deal, as settling day approaches. One of the noble army has gone ashore, and several craft dragged their anchon. We shall say what we have to say, inter. Meanwhil—how is this for a dirge ;---

I'm only the fust

In the general bunt: *Twa's Punjom gold- That cooked my trun

THE residents of Chinking having challenged the 'crew of H. M. S. Merlin to a one day's cricket match, the event came off on Saturday last. Having won the toss, the Chinkiang men with mistaken confidence elected to field. The Merlins took every advantage of their innings, and in spite of a 'tail' made 105 rung, of which amount a boy named White contributed 47 by very free hitting. The Chiakiang men wens in

and lost a wicket the first baff and two in the first over. Three wickets fell for no runr. The innings closed for the magnificent total of 9 runs in eight overs, occupying about a quarter of an hour. The ferlins had to thank Mr. Norman

in a great measure for this result, his twists being

THE best way to purify a room, saya a writer in the Boston Traveller, in to set a pitcher of water.very deadly.

in it, and in a few hours the water will have

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but two others were fearfully scalded, one of again. There were many threatenings, and an them being the Weiyuen. Another was a brass attempt was made to post some incendiary fitter, and he is burnt all over the body, and now | placards, but summary punishment was the fes in St. Luke's Hospital. How many really result. The streets in the neighbourhood of the were on board at the time,, it is impossible to new Catholic building and the examination halls. tell, but ten bodies have been recovered. Among were patrolled night and day, and soldiers were these dead or missing are Dong Mow, the kept at hand in readiness "for an emergency. builder, and six men belonging to Dong Mow's The vigilance and acjlvity of the officia's is shop, also the engineer and one fireman and to be highly commended, and is in striking which were recovered were taken to a piece of tailor, making ten persons. Nine of the bodies contrast to the conduct at the officials three VCATs ago. It shows that however power- ground in Li Hongkew, nearly opposite the less the officinis may be or pretend to be Filature, and they were all fearfully scalded, the in the presence of a mob, they onn do very much clothing being almost wholly torn off,bile thereby way of prevention. A literary friend in were wounds on some of them.

conversation some time ago admitted what has been said all along, that the officials might have prevented the riot three years ago, but that they thought threatenings of little, consequence and made no preparations to check an uprising,

It is supposed that at the time of the accident those on board were trying to pass a cargo-boat tug going in the same direction.

Of course, after the explosion, there was a great deal of wreckage floating about, and sam-

There was no special threatening this time panmen and cargo-boatmen eagerly busied against the Protestant places, though if there had themselves picking up pieces of the wreck. One been a riot they would probably have been wiped piece of the launch, measuring some twenty eight out as before. The American missonarica did not feet long, is now at the Hongkew Station. Two stop, and were not asked to stup, their building | men are at the Shantung Road Hospital, and during the examinations. A whilom correspon- one of them is severely scalded, while the other dent of a Shanghai paper from a certain little has a few injuries about the head. The man river port had something to say a short time that Mr. Frahm, Chief Officer of the Fungshun, ago about these same missionaries stirring the dragged into his boat, had been supported in the people to hostility by building foreign houses. on the scene. One gentleman had heard the people have not been' stirred by any feeling explosion, and looking out of bis window, saw a stronger than that of mild curiosity and admira- piece of the boiler in the air. One of the mention. The fact is, the property which was being saved had an iron rod through the sale of bis built upon at the time of the tint was afterwards boot, but beyond a shaking and a few slight given up, and the present building is upon the cuts, he was not hurt,

property in the city where there has never been any objection to themissionaries residing,

[13 A COOLIE who had been recently sentenced to absorbed nearly all the respired gases in the | THE Stralis Times reports more concessions, water by Mr. F. Hanisch, till Mr. Frahm arrived But, so far as we who live here can see, the

apartment, rendering the air pure, but making right on the spot where "Sugar" Smith the water utterly unfit to drink. The colder the found his El Dorado, too. It says:-Mr. water, the greater its capacity to contain these E. L. Gordon, who arrived this morning (16th inst.) from Batavia, has succeeded in obtaining from the Dutch Government leases or four gold concessions in Sambas, Western Bornto. Two of these are in favour of Mr. R. Liddelow, and the other two in favour of Mr. Gordon. The area of the concessions covers

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tion.

AN Emergency meeting of Zetland 'Lodge, No. 525. E... will be held in Freemasons' Hall, Zetland Street, on Monday, the 26th instant, at 8 30 for 9 p.m. precisely. Visiting brethren are cordially invited.

In the United States there are 70,000 lawyers, which is about one lawyer to every goo inhabit: ants. In France there is only one lawyer to over 6.000 people. In Germany the proportion

is about the same as in France.

STATISTICS show that the aggregate amount of money coined annually by all the civilized countries of the world is steadily increasing During the 1888 the coinage amounted to £58,5 0,529, while in 1887 it was. £56,739,000.

Counterfoil Order Books supplied on applica-CAPTAIN BENSON, of the steamship Phra Chula Chom Klao, which arrived at 'Bangkok on the COAST PORT ORDERS. whenever practicable, are despatched by first 4th inst., reported having experienced very steamer leaving after receipt of order.

Our Registered Telegraphic Address is,

heavy weather on the voyage from Hongkong They encountered a typhoon which they could

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gases. As the ordinary temperature, a pail of water will absorb a pint of carbonic acid gas and several pipts of ammonia. The capacity is nearly doubled by reducing the water to the temperatue of ice. Never drink water that has been allowed to stand in a sleeping apartment. FEW persons are aware of the enormous waste of heat incurred in burning coal. By the very best method known to science it is estimated that only 8 to io per cent is utilized. The remainder is wasted by imperfect combustion, as well as carried off through the chimney. When it is turned into gas, and that burned in a properly constructed stove, nearly 50 per cent can be utilized. Nothing can give better promise than the use of gas-fuel. Not only has the price been reduced of making hydrogen gas, but in the last two or three years the method of producing what is called gas has been far in advance of all preceding inventions. A NEWCHWANG correspondent writes:-From the interior we have news of splendid prospects for the coming crops. There has been hardly

of last year's inundation, it will be better to risk being dried up. Although we must wait a few weeks before the harvest can be relied on, and meanwhile large shipments of cereals still continue, the price of produce is 20 per cent. cheaper than it was in the winter, before any shipments were. p ssible, yet there have been na means of adding to the stocks. The only two vessels in port are:-Steamer Chefoe, loading for Swatow, and steamship Fuyew for Shanghai.

THE Straits Times mentions that the Singapore Government are now enforcing the rule as to the dismissal of clerks who are in debt.' It is not considered probable that sanction will be obisined to the Bill making it impossible to suė

in all about 160 square miles, and they have been tested and examined by experts sent

from London for that purpose, and with very gratifying results. The assays made by Johnson, Mathey & Co. have shown a very high percentage in the quartz sent homic. A company or com panics will be floated in London by the Straits Prospecting Syndicate almost immediately to

work the Concessions. We understand that a

number of Singapore people have already expressed a desire to invest in the enterprise.

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THE BURNING (?) OF THE " POWAN"

fool or a short-seller" in Steamboats-started Last night somebody-cither a mischievous the rumour that the H. K., C. and M. S. B.

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NEARLY seven-eighths of the population of Zan. zibar are slaves. Some owners, have 1,000. A negra bay costs about $20, a strong workman about $10 or $120, a pretty young negress from $50 to $100, Abyssinian women from $200 to $50, while the women from Jeddah, in Arabia, bring fancy prices. Surias for the hiring come higher yet,

THE Rand of the Argyll and Sutherland High- landers will play the following programme at the Barrack Square, this evening, commencing at 7 30 o'clock:

March.............** Hambanton".

**Trial by Jury" "Wiener Blur"

Lancers *** Yaleo........

Pulks

**The Nozia Call"..

Quadrille ........” Liĝliss of London “. Galop (vocal)...." The Jolly Bachelor "...

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Government servants; but the dismissal rule is intended to be steadily applied. We don't think there is very much indebtedness amongst our Government officials in Hongkong. The boot is generally on the other leg. It does look

at six o'clock, had caught fire on the

way, and a frightful catastrophe had been the result. Of course there was no truth in the report. The Faishan passed the Powan inside Tiger Island at a quarter to two this morning, and all was well then. The Company wired to Canton, however, to inake sure, and received the following reply: "Pawan airived as usual. will return to-night."

FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION AT

SHANGHAI.

Most of the bodies recovered have been coffided and taken away. The body of the tailor, we are. told, exhibited so marks of injury. According to native report some twelve people are still missing.-N. C. Daily News.

The Courier gives the following details in its account:

When about opposite the garden the new steam launch belonging to the Shanghai Cargo Boat Co. was observed in front of them, and Dong Mow, anxious to show her superiority over foreign built launches, gave orders to put on more steam. A fireman on board, who is one of the survivors, has stated to us that he remonstrated with the engineer when this order was given, as there was n heavy pressure on the boiler and the guge glass was exceptionally low. He was told to mind his own business and the engineer com. menced to fill the boiler with water. This proceeding seemed so dangerous to the fireman that he went af, and scarcely had he got there before a terrific explosion ensued the launch was literally blown to pieces and men and material were shot into the air for a height of 5o or 60 feet. The cargo-boat launch was close striking the boiler and a few holes in the awning alongside, but with the exception of a brick she escaped,

Our isolated community is still watching in

vain for the smoke of the Kaling. A year ago

a report that she was neat sent the people flock- ing in crowds to the city walls to see the strange sight. It is doubtful if such a report would find them so credulous now. The obstructionista certainly seem to be in the ascendancy at pre- sent. Why does not some one run his steamer through and explain matters afterwards? When wd'treat our own treaty stipulations as if we were doubtful of their validity we cannot blame the Chinese if they do the same.

We were rather startled a few days ago by the appearance of an American traveller from the wilds of Tibet. Mr. Rockhill, formerly, of the American Legation at Peking, lest Washington last October, planning to make a journey to Tibet and back in one year. Having prepared himself by previous study of Tibetan, he started from Peking through Mongolia and down into Tibet, getting within 30 days' joumey of Lasya when all his baggage was seized and he was obliged to turn his face Chinawards in a rather good deal of unbeaten ground and encountered destitute condition. He has travelled over a not a few hardships and dangers... It is to be hoped he will give the world some account of his travel, in spite of the loss of his diary with his baggage.

Some wild stories seem to have got afval in

The Chinese Recorder states that over 36,000

As showing the force of the explosion we may mention, that a finch iron plate was shot tato the life-bost of the Tug Company's wreck age boat, which was lying quite roo yards away, breaking two planks and carrying away two regard to the fire in Luchow in this province. thwarts and the rail. During yesterday nine bodies were brought ashore and this morning families were rendered homeless and about 1,600 one body was towed up the creek: they all hear lives Inst. Probably if we were to take one- the appearance of being badly scalded and tenth of the above figures it would be quite high several have other injuries, received apparently enough. There is no city in West China outside from the lying fragments. As it is exceedingly of Chungking and Chêngtu with as many as difficult to get authentic information from the 36,000 familles Luchow has probably a popu natives we cannot state positively the number|lation of about 40,000 or £0,000, and perhaps, of lives lost, but we think 24 is about the number, one-fourth of these are rendered homeless. The for 31 people left the Soochow Jetty, three were calamity is great enough, without exaggeration. landed, and 4 were rescued. If this number is--N. C. Daily News. correct there are 14 bodies still to be recovered." The boiler that exploded was built by a man on the Scochow: Creek about two years ago for a launch, but it was rejected and had not been used.

NOTES FROM CHINESE PAPERS.

A STEAM-LAUNCH BLOWN UF..

Saturday last, about a quarter past 6 o'clock, A boiler explosion occurred on the river on and was attended with lamentable loss of life, during the trial trip of a steam launch called the Chi-chuan, or "Benevolent Streams," Some time ago a mandaria from Hangchow wanted a

The Wai Sun reports from Tientsin that the steam launch built, and be invited a Chinese downward cuircnt of the Felho has been so willing to pay was considered by the native firm boats going up to Peking; the ordinary two be applied to too low, and they told him that a

days travel by boat being augmented at present launch of the size he required could not be made to five and sometimes six days, although the properly for the money. The mandarin went elsewhere, and finally bargained with Dong Of late, however, it appears that the volume of

distance to Tungchow is only about ninety miles Mow, who carried on the business of blacksmith water has increased (the outcome, probably, of and copper smith in a lane opposite Hunt's the Yellow River floods) and the difficulties of Wharf, to build and engine the boat for Tis.travel by water have increased in proportion. 1,800. The launch was $5 feet long and the H. E. Li Hung-chang is credited with leading boller had been built some time ago by a Chinese firm on the Soochow Creek for another launch, but as it would not keep steam, it had been rejected. According to a remark made after the accident by the surviving fireman the boller was intended to carry 160 pounds of steam. How far this is correct, we are not in a position to state, because this fireman was suffering from severe fright at the time, and was laughing and swearing' by turns.

two of his launches to assist the up-river traffic, has proved too much for the steamers, as they but evidently the strength of the currents. have been taken off the line, although the river is more rapid now than a few days ago.

Prepared from the Juice of the finest selected PROFESson Huxley has penned a brief autobio.

Fresh Ripe Fruit.

Black Currantgraphy. He says he was well christened Thomas, Red Currant as he always liked the doubter, but his earliest his as to cause in to Orleans Plum

ambition was toward the church. His first post-position would enable them to squeeze infringers mortem was made when faurteen years old. The of the law if they were only unscrupulous- dissection poisen nearly killed him, and laid he owning houser, and sporting jewelry worth seeds of hypochondriacal dyspepsia. As the hundreds of dollars, and boasting of their Bengle voyage made Darwin a naturalist, so the warmness." And it does seem mighty curious Rattlesnake voyage, as a navy surgeon, made bow opulent and well-fed the detective force in

this colony, almost without exception, is. THE o se drop of comfort in the Prince of Wales' life is said to be to get his good old portly mother down to his model farm-yard at Sandsing ham, where he potters round and gathers among his garments a concentrated aroma of cows and swine, fancying all the time that he is a good judge of beef and foot rot. It's rather tiring, but the Queen, whose tastes are as simple at a her

The boat was nearly ready on Saturday wife's, manages to appreciate the quiet homeliness of the elegant place until they get within smelling morning and apparently only wanted a steam distance of the pig departiment, when the follow-gauge to complete the engine department, but ing royal colloquy generally eventuates:-"What

the builder declined to purchase a good gauge, as it was considered too expensive, and it in are these, Albert Edward ?? “Pigs, ma.” “Yes, | believed that he bought a second-hand one some- of course; but what kind of pigs Male pork, where, and consequently it could not be relied may it please your Majesty means mother." upon, though no one can say for certain that this H.M.: "Oh-ah-are these others pigs, too?" knew anything about it are dead. Tas launch was actually the case, because all those who "Yes, madam." "Dear me, what an awful started on a trial trip on Saturday afternoon, and bare!" "No, your Majesty may it please you, Dong Mow's, that is the master of the shop, there were on board eight men connected "with these are presumed to be of the gentler sex.

his wife's younger brother, and 'six workmen and boys. There were a.Welyuan, represent-

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HONGKONG, FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1879.

TELEGRAMS.

THE NAVAL MANŒŒUVRES,

LONDON, August 21st.

Queenstown.

THE NEW GOVERNOR OF CEYLON. Sir Arthur Havelock has been appointed Governor of Ceylon.

H.M.S, "SULTAN,"

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The Sultan ironclad has been floated.

CRETE.

August 13th.

The King of Greece, who has been staying at

A LONG deferred care was settled by Mr. Pollock to-day. In April last some Second Street crimpa got hold of a newly-caught coolic, and locked him up in their highest room. One night he tried to lower himself out of the window by a rape, but it broke, and his leg was fractured in two places. After eighteen remands he got well enough to give evidence to-day, and in the end one of the prisoners was fined $50. The other three were discharged.

H. E. the Governor has gone up to Mountain Lodge again. He received the deputation from the Peak residents yesterday morning, but the interview was a good deal of a failure. The deputation had nothing to tell him, not having got the hundred-dollar report from Mr. Leigh yet, and His Excellency very kindly promised to do anything they want-if it suited the officials, the very men whose recommendations have caused all the muddie in the Peak drainage.

The same paper gives an account of a man in Peking who, shamming to be mad, made a murderous assault on four companions against whom he had a grudge, and succeeded in the end in taking the lives of two and severely wounding the others. At his examination before the Courts the murderer kept up his pretence very successfully the first day, but at his second examination he gave a full, confession of the motives of his crime. On being taken back to prison, however, the man committed suicide.

BRITISH NORTH BORNEO NEWS.

June last dame Sulus working for Mr. Pryer The Sandakan Herald states that on the sth

across the bay, managed to capture two orang

THE ORIGIN OF SOME. FLAGS,

In the House of Commons recently Lord George Hamilton obtained leave to bring in a bill to amend the law relating to the use of finge in the British merchant service. From the year 1801 it has been the law for merchant vessels belonging to this country to fly the red ensign. At the present day, however, if they are com manded an officer of the reserve, and one-third of the crew belong to that they are allowed to display the blue ensign, which is also the Ang under which, by Admiralty squadron possesses the highly prized privilege warrant, most yacht clubs sail. The Royal Yacht of flying the white ensign, which, since 1864, bat been the only ensign in use in the royal navy. For some considerable period before the year just mentioned there were admirals, vice-admirals, and rear-admirals of the red, the white and the indicated by the color of the admiral in com- blue, and a man of war displayed the 'ensign mand, and changed it, if necessary, on pro ceeding to another station or returning home,

Since 1861, however, all this has been altered, and the white ensign has been the recognized. flag of the royal navy of this country, jest as the red ensign bas, from the beginning of the century, been carried, with the comparatively recently authorized exception already referred to, by the mercantile marine, Formerly, too, a fleet was supposed to consist of three divisions, which bore the names of the red, the white and the blue squadrons, and were distinguished from one another by the ensigns they bore. The first notice of such a division is perhaps that which occurs in a manuscript report by Pepys, the well- [known diary' wrker" and "Secretary of the *** Admiralty, in which it is stated that in the

organized. The Duke writes Pepe "now expedition of the Duke of Buckingham against. the Ile de Rhe, in 1627, the fleet was thus lying at Fortsmouth, divided his fleet Into squadrons. "Himself, Admirall and Generall in Chiefe went in ye Triumph, bessing the standard of England in ye maine topp, and Admirall,

It is noticeable that in this instance the "blue"

H,M,S. Rattler returned to Singapore last Fridaying the owner of the boat, with two of bis eutans, a full grown female and a young enç, afternoon, after visiting Batavia and the Christ- Hangchos friends, one engineer and two The coolfes were cutting down a tree in com By order of the Propaganda Fide, whose Premas and Cocos Islands, during a three weeks' firemen, a tailor who made the cushions plete Ignorance of the presence of the simians sident is Cardinal Simeoni, and Chief Secretary cruise. The Rattler Left Singapore for Balavia for the launch, and a number of guests, making in the upper branches. The fall of the tree particular of the blood colours. The Earl Rear Admiral. George Tryon has blockaded Archbishop Jacobini, all German Catholic on July 30th. Nothing of any consequence in all somewhere about thirty people on board stunned the old orang, and she was promptly of Lindsay was Vice Admiral to the Fleets Vice-Admiral J. K. Baird with eight ships at Missionaries in China henceforth will receive occurred on the passage between these ports, up to Kin-lee-yuen without accident, and pole. A similar convenience was rigged for the colors in his fore topp, and blew tag in at the time of the accident. The launch steamed secured with rattan lashings and fastened to a in the Rainbowe, bearing the King's usual the passports and place themselves under the and the weather was beautifully fine. During on the dewa trip three of the workmen young one, and the two were brought into his maine topp, and was Admiral of the blew Jurisdiction of the German Government. The the week's stay at Batavia, the moneteny went on shore in a sampan, and. landed Sandakan, An adventurous Chinaman purchased colours. The Lord Harvey was Rear-Admiral authorization was scarcely needed, as the German Was relieved by the people on

shore at the Foochow Road Jetty. The launch pro- the old female, but it managed to get loose, and in ye Repulse, bearing the King's usual colours treaty with China would have, in any case, bean pla ing every amusement, such as cricket, ceeded down the river against the food tide and created a panic in the neighbourhood! Captain in his mizen, and a white flag in the maine topp, Beeston sent an armed Sikh to interview the and was Admiral or ye squadron of white passed between the Fungskun, which was enforced, but the acquiescence of Rome, if super- dances, &c, in the way of the ship's com- moored to the Old Dock Buoy, and the Kuling. disturber of the public peace, and three Salder colours." fluous, indicates the disappearance of the last

pany, so that altogether the stay there A number of guests in long robes, showing that bullets cut short its career. The young one is shred of the French claims to domination.--

was made very enjoyable. Christmas Island they belonged to the better class, were sitting in becoming tame. Mr. F. Bayicy sidaned the old flag took precedente of the white. Under the Chinese Timer,

was reached on the and August. One of the the bow of the launch while a fireman who had one, which measured 4 ft. 3 inches, with a very Commonwealth the blue was relegated to the

been overcome with the, heat, had come up on

heavy broad face and enormous hands.

third place, and it continued in that position A Good deal of interest, and almost of excite. Rous family was found there busily engaged in desk and was sitting alt. Suddenly a dull thud recently on the Kinabatangan, being the requn the color of the ensign they bore was abolished An event of unusual occurrence took place until the distinction of squadrons, by means of ment, is being manifested concerning the laying out a plantation for coffee and pepper. was heard by people on shore and afloat in the elation by one Ah Fong of the religious doctrines in 1864. It is clear, however, that some ruch circumstances of the death of Mr. Farrinton, As soon as possible after arrival a party was vicinity and then a volume of steam shot up, the manager of a coffee estate in Johore, says landed from the ship, and a proclamation was while high above it rose a confused mass in the of Kong Fut Tre, and bir admission to the ranks distinction was necessary in the old days when shape of an inverted cone, of wood and iron, of the true bellevers. The ceremony began by a ficct consisted of an enormous number of the Straits Times. It seems that Mr. Davison, read stating that Christmas Island for the future prominent among it being the body of a China: the latest addition to the followers of the prophet vessels, all told, and it is perhaps not quite Museum Curator, was staying with Mr. Parrinton would be under the jurisdiction of the Governor man, which rose as high as the Fungshun's divesting himself of his pig-tail after which the evident that, or something like it, would not- at the time. Briefly, Mr. Parrinton found in the of the Straits Settlements. The Raftler left the mast, and a large piece of the launch's boller, for with, and the proselyte received the name of of such a war as 'should compel us to put forth for Musulman ceremony of initiation was proceeded" have to be revived a macistifafi ref, in the event morning that he could not drink anything, and same day, and steered away for the Cocos-Keel the latter bad exploded, that on attempting to do so he had spasms. ing Islands, where she arrived on August He went out, and returned, and still could 4th, Mr. Ross, the proprietor, as he may be not drink. Then he was got to bed, where called, was found to be in perfect health, Gnally be had to be held down by force.. Br, likewise all the other inhabitants of the Cocos. August 14th, Davison then went to get a steam launch and Mr. Ross reported that all was going along very In the House of Lords, Earl Carnarvon urged go for a doctor, but it was a holiday, and there pleasantly and satisfactorily. The Rasiler stayed that England ought to announce her intention were delays, and before he could get away the thes for five days, and the officers managed to of remaining in Egypt.

Lord Salisbury replied that although there is Patient died. The deceased bad, it appears, put in a low days of bird'shooting. She left on four or five people came to the surface and they and the culprits were captured and sent to Silamuscless attempting to give even an epitome of it i

been bitten by a dog about two months ago the roth instant, and experienced two days but until the other day no signs of hydrophobia rough and squally weather, but afterwards the had manifested themselves, and the dog is, or weather was again fine and calm." The Rattier was a few days ago, alive and well, People are touched at Anjer Foint and Muntok, and arrived demanding that regulations should be made for in Singapore on the 16th. During the trips General Boulanger has been found guilty of the better prevention of hydrophobia in the Baffler took occasion to have her usual

Singapro. conspiracy against the Republie...

n.onthly gunnery practice.—Struts Timar ___

Copenhagen, has been summoned to Athens.

A demonstration of Cretans in Athens had to be dispersed by the gens d'armes, and during the fray several were killed and wounded.

Fresh massacres of Christians have taken plice in Crete.

Ryssia has stated her willingness to join the eventual concert of the Powers regarding Crete.

ENGLAND AND EGYPT.

no intention whatever of abandoning the task of protecting Egypt until the can stand alone, England has no right to extend the period.

FRANCE

The concussion was felt severely on board the Abdullah, The pig-tail of Abdullah late Ab the whole of our naval strength. Here, however, steamers alongside the Associated Wharves, and Fong was sent to the Herald Office. Perhaps it may be as well to observe that previous to on board the Receiving Ship Yuen Fak In one the Museum might find a place for it. My 1Boy the Admiral commanding in the centre flew: vessel, the officers we est dinner and they rushed that some Chinese pirates recently received as familarly, but erroneously, known as the Union It is reported from Lahad Datu (Darvel Ba7) at the main, not the red flag, but the Union, had run into them, so violent was the concussion, coolics set fire to one of the sheds with the Jack.play makes on deck under the impression that some vessel The explosion was witnessed by many people, intention of murdering one of the assistants and those who could, hastened to the scene to during the confesion. The design was frustrated, r nder assistance. One witness says that only however, by the tact and fidelity of the tindal,

jumped into a sampan and saved the fireman were rescued. The Chief Officer of the Fungahun for trial. who had been sibing aft. This man was in a great rage with the engineer because he said the latter had carried too much steam. He has since. stated that he expostulated with the engineer but the latter told him to mind his own business. The other men who were picked up in the water were The Triennial Examinations are over and the taken to the Hospitals. Ons was not much hurt city has settled back into is normal condition

TRUNGKI

(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.),

August 3rd.

There is an immense amount of lore connected.. with national flags and the manner in which they have come to be adopted. It would be

here, but it may be interesting, avoiding heraldic terms as much as possible, to devote some little consideration to the subject. The portion of the dag, it may be as well to explain, nearest the staff, or to the raps to which it is attached, in known as the host. Then comes the centre, and the outer part is described as the fly, We Have already spoken of three English enslens used under different circumstances and conditiona