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'I want a gül of fish, not stone,

(Chorus-So do I :)

THUS a London telegram of August 12th The squadrons taking part in the naval macœuvres

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QUEER MAGISTERIAL PROCEEDINGS.

As our report last night stated, Mrs. Pauline Francois, who had been arrested on a telegram from Australia two days before, was yesterday remanded on trial until Monday next, by Mr. THE most popular song in England just now is Wodehouse. Later Inst evening, Mr. Webber, monopolized by the London idol, Miss Vesta the prisoner's advocate, received an intimation Tilley, and is entitled "Bachelors." Miss Tilley that his Worship, having considered the argu- is a drawing favorite, both for herself and hermènis advanced on her behalf, had decided to manager. For one she draws all the dudes of announce his decision at nine o'clock this worn- the metropolis to spend their money in the hall, ing. About 9.30 mm, therefore, the parties and for herself she draws $.00 to $250 per week. attended, and Mr. Wodehouse then proceeded The song runs as follows:-

to say that he had given full consideration to Mr. Webber's objections to the remand, and had come to the conclusion that, as the telegram on which the arrest was made, evidently referred to a man, and nobody was prepared to asiert that prisoner belonged to the baser sex, he had no alternative but to discharge her. Mrs. Francois, who is a somewhat passé lady, dressed in a ♬ wing costume something between a silk wrapper and knight Templar's gown, then left the Court with Mr. Webber, but when in 'he charge room Inspector Stanton produced another warrant for her arrest, granted on the information of General Gordon, and signed by Mr. Wodehouse. She was there- fore compelled to return to the Court, where Mr.

Whone heart will beat for me alone

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A render, pora, impulzive maid':

(Chorut Bard to find !

A comforter hon * row comes:

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A Jim Bull's daughter like her dad. Chora - Good send true!,

Unit | And cna 1 shall search England themagh.

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i not go away in Yankeeland

To seck out there a lady's heart and hand! An English girl, if win her love you can,

is god nough for any Englishman. Another chorus to this song touches rather heavily upon the matrimonial combination of Prince Henry of Battenburg and Princes Beatrice:

Hal 1 heen to a habdsense German Prince

I might have been a son-in-law long since.

The royal mald of thirty-six I'd splies,

By doing it fur hatf Prince Henry's price.

Á PROCLAMATION, which is of interest and importance to shippers in general, was issued by the Viceroy of Liang Kuang,, on the 24th inat. By its provisions, rice, which hitherto by Chinese law has been a prohibited article of export, under very heavy penalties, has been declared a free commodity of trade. The Customs are therefore allowed, from this date, to pass any rice that may be for export, up to the amount per year, of five hundred thousand thin, equivalent to about 37,000 ton. But as this export will naturally drain the country of the staple food, a duty of one mace, or fourtees cents per seventy five pounds weight, will be collected by the Customs, which duty it is estimated, will aggregate to about Tacis 40,000

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per year. This amount is to be devoted entirely to the purchase of rice from Annam and Siam, to be stored in two granaries, which will be immediately built at Canton, These safe guard against famine, granaries are always to contain, at one time, ten thousand shik, about three hundred and seventy tens, of imported rice. The balance of the money that may accrue from a surplus, is to be devoted to the work of Improving the condition

of Conton city, and the province of Kuangtang. On na pretex', whatever, is this money to be diverted from the original channel. But as Cantop is a city particularly susceptible to damp, the rice stored in these granaries is to be sold, as new rice is brought in, and the money from this, is also to go to the general fund.

Webber again protested against the procedure.

In support of his protest be called

Majo General Gordon, Acting Capt. Super- inte dent of Police. He said,' in answer, to quations It is occasionally the custom of the Captain Súperintendent of Police to swear in- formations. I have done so before since holding the acting appointment-more than once, think. I have not done so because subordinates have failed to obtain warrants; I left it to them when it was convenient. I know that, a subordinate signed the first information in this case (the second arrest) but I am not aware that it came to grief" The information I signed, I made t' is morning. I cannot say at what time, but I fancy it was about nine o'clock.

maliciously made through the instrumentality of the chief clerk, when the Captain Superia- tendent knew that the fugitive was in the hands of the law, and that it was not made in the interests of justice. The information doce not disclose any legal evidence of the fugitive's gui't, and the warrant was granted on insufficient grounds. I therefore ask for the fugitive's discharge.

Mr. Wodehouse-Have you any cases you want to refer ma to ?

THE SANITARE FOARD.

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A meeting of, the Board was held yesterday afternoon. Everybody present but Mr. Hum phreys. The following

LETTER FROM THE GOVERNOR. was read :-

Colonial Secretary's Office,

28th August, 1889.

to a subject that is now occupying a considerable amount of public interest?

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Hitherto there has been no trouble in our trade, but about the 3rd of the present month, a- number of stone masons, who called themselves n Committee, catablished a guild fla Leung Yes Lane, West Point, and made certain new rules which have been attached to the door of the Temple of the goddess of Heaven at Causeway Bay. By these new rules the workmen insist on To the President of the Sanitary Board.

considerable increase in their wages and food SIR, I am directed by the Governor to address allowances. It was specially provided that if thes Mr. Webber-No, I re ́erve my cases for you for the information of the Sanitary Board stipulations were not adhered to by the employers another Court. But 1 will point out to your on the subject of the difficulties which have before the 12th August of this year, the men Worship, that it must be within your own know recently arisen between the Bontd and the would all stop work. On the 13th August most

ledge that the information was sworn by Major Department of the Surveyor-General. Hit

of the stone-masons stopped working and business has been practically suspended ever General Gordon before you discharged the fugi. Excellency supposes it to be now universally

since. Now we, the employers of the stone- tive this morning. There is one case I would acknowledged that sanitary affairs ought not to like to refer your Worship to-that of Lemm be allowed to remain in their present condition, masons, (in Chinese known as Tung Ka) You will remember that the Acting Chief but as any legislative change for the purpose of wish it known for a long time Justice, in deciding the application in that case, effecting a permanent improvement cannot be past, whether for Government or for private said that the fugitive would be discharged carried out for some weeks to come; and as His work, the wages of a stone mason have been because of the insufficiency of the information. Excellency is, moreover, compelled by considera at the rate of one dollar for three days, and Now in this case, the information is exactly the tions of health, to leave the colony for a short

the stone masons (Sai Ka) employed by us time, he desires, if possible, on the eve of his are divided into two classes, of which the former same as regards the procedure, but it is not so strong as in the case I refer to. In that case a departure to bring about a modus vivendi, which, receives 20 cents a day and the latter fourteen, and we also pay the expenses for their houses felony was alleged to have been committed, and it may be hoped, will temporarily moderate, if the prisoner had been the right man, your, though it may not altogether put an end to the and food, together with cost of repairing bam- Worship would undoubtedly have been right in friction now existing. His Excellency understandsmers and chisels and other working implements. detaining him. But here Major-General Gordon, that the chief point of difficulty is in connection They stop work whenever it rains, and are who swore the information by which your Wor- with the public drains.. The recent decision of allowed leave when they are sick or have any one of the magistrates apparently indicates that important private business to attend to, without ship is guided, actually says that he does not know whether any offence has been committed when private drains are passed by the Sanitary lasing their a lowances or wages while absent. How on earth, then, can you detnin Surveyor of the Board as having no sanitary Including expenses and food, a first class stone anyone on evidence which he admits is insuffi-objection, the fact of their having been so passed, mason receives 33.3 cents per day and a second cient! On the face of it, that warrant must be empowers the owner who has made the applica class 305 cents; so that, taken together, we only weak. There is no legal proof. On the very tios, to connect them with the sewer whenever get an interest of 1.4 cents on each man, though words of the witness she is en itled be dis he may see fit. This decision, though contrary we have to find a big capital to support them in charged.

to the advice which His Excellency has received, daily wages and food.. Finding how small our interest is, we are quite unable to increase their must of course, until there should be on oppor tunity of testing its validity in a higher court, be wages and allowances, and therefore have been regarded as the law; but His Excellency trusts compelled to allow them quietly to go out on that the Board, or at least a majority of its mem-strike. bers, will agree with him in regarding, as The new rules made by the Committee above inexpedient, the use of the decision in such a man- referred to appear to be an uncertain clement, net as to afford the Surveyor-General po oppor- and change day by day. At first they wanted tunity of expressing the objections he may have,us to increase the men's wages, including any particular connection with a public sewer, expenses and food, to so cents for the first class the sanction of which is in contemplation.

Further, His Excellency feels sure that the Board will see the expediency of requiring the Surveyor-General to be informed of the place where, and the time when, a rpad is to be opined for the purpose of any connexion with a public sewer, in order that he may take proper prreau tions for the public safety, and it may also be hoped, that provision will be made for giving him notice of the completion of the work, before It is covered up, in order that he may have the opportunity of ascertaining whether it has been done in a proper manner,

or not.

Mr. Wodehouse-I don't see that the informa- tion says that it says that the information contained in the telegram says that, and the believe.". Captain Superintendent says he has "reason to Mr. Webber-That is not sufficient. Besides, what does he say in the witness box He says he doesn't know of his own knowledge. If, as was alleged in Lemma's case, a man embez-to les £2,000, we know it is a felony, but here you have no evidence to prove that any offence has been committed. What have we in Hongkong to do with the Insolvency Act of Australia! It is not even a misdemeanour which is alleged, and yet a warrant is granted on that paltry information. If the Australian authorities want a fugitive, let them send proper information upon which a warrant can reasonably be issued.

Mr. Wodehouse-1 over-rule the objection, and the case will be proceeded with forthwith.

Mr Webber-What does Your Worship mean by that?

Mr. Wodehouse I will proceed with the evidence for the prosecution.

Mr: Webber-Where is it ?.

Mr Wodehouse It will be taken in the usual course. I have heard the evidence adduced by you, and now I will take the evidence on the other side. None has been taken so far. You have stated certain preliminary objections why them. Now we will proceed in the ordinary the case should not be heard, and I over-rule

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The Governor is satisfied that the Board will see the expediency of giving the Surveyor General the opportunity of stating his objections to any connexion, when they learn that a connection with a public sewer, which the Sanitary Surveyor has been ordered by the Board to sanction, presumably with the object of giving it immediate effect, is open to this serious objection, namely, that the culvert with sanitary danger to the troops, the culvert in which it is intended to make connexion, is not in condition to receive sewage without grave

Mr. Webber Then I take it that if no evid-question having been some time ago condemned as a sewer in consequence of the strong protests ence is forthcoming, you must discharge the

on the part of the military authorities, and prisoner ?

measures having been taken in consequence for the exclusion from it of everything except storm .water.

Mr. Webber-What evidence can there be ? Mr. Wodehouse-I have heard the case as

put forward by you, but I have not heard it in the ordinary way,

- Inspector Stanton was then called. He stated: Atio a.m. to-day I arrested the prisoner by virtue of the warrant produced. I airested her in the charge-room. I read over the charge that of being a fugitive offender from the Colony of Victoria, and absconding with over £20, the property of her creditors, contrary to the Insol. vency Statute of Victoria. I apply for a remand, for the production of the necessary witnesses, I don't see how they can get here in less than à month.

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One of the chief causes of the difficulties which have arisen, His Excellency understands, is the present state of uncertainty as to the system of the future drainage of the colony. The late Surveyor-General has recommended the separate system for the whole town, and the Engineer employed by those opposed to his view, while concurring as to the expediency of this system for a portion of the town, preferred the present system for the remainder. While the separate system has, His Excellenty is bound to suppose, the stronger technical Mr. Webber-So you laid that information before the fugitive was discharged, at 9 30 this

reasons in its favour, there are no doubt morning?

By Mr. Webber-I received the warrant about considerations derived from the habits of the Witness-I don't know when she was disten minutes to ten. It is not unusual to re-arrest Chinese that places it at least within the charged. I swore it before Mr. Wodehouse, in prisoners in the charge-room-it is outside the bounds of possibility that Mr. Leigh's view open Court. I don't know whether the fugitive precincts of the Gaol and Magistracy. I ask may be adopted ; but, meanwhile, the Sanitary was present or 'not-upon my word don't for a remand, because I presume the witnesses Surveyor of the Board is naturally reluctant to recollect. I know it was after breakfast,

are coming. I cannot swear that they are sanction connections which are inconsistent with I gave no instructions to have an information coming, of course, but I have every reason to the system which he regards as the better one, made out bad it made out myself. I had a suppose that they will. I simply executed the and the one more likely to be adopted, and which, believe that a telegram has been if adopted, will involve the whole expenditure conversation with the clerk to the Magistrate warrant. (Mr. Arthur) yesterday; I do not remember at sent to Australia to say that the arrest has been being incurred over again. On the other hand, what time, but I believe it was before four. I made. I do not call myself the prosecutor; I the Board apparently desires to sanction all con- spoke to Mr. Wodehouse, also, but not aboutthis. am as far as the provisional warrant is connections in accordance with the present system I did not discuss this caso. All the reference to it was the swearing of this information. I had a conversation with Mr. Arthur yesterday, as I said.

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Mr. Webber:And who suggested that you should make this information

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Major-General Gordon was then called by the court, and formally stated that be bad bad no further communication with the Australian Government. He had requested the Colonial Secretary to telegraph when be beard of the arrest,

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By Mr. Wodehouse-I apply for a remand. By Mr. Webber-The police are the prose. cutors in this case; i prosecute by substitute, under my direction.

Mr. Webber-Every evil has its remedy, nad we shall want to know who is prosecutor. Now are you the prosecutor ?-No.

Is Inspector Stanton?—Yes, under my orders. Is he the legal prosecutor?—1 cannot say so..

at you laid the information.

Mr. Wodehouse-Do you apply for a remand?. Witness-The police apply for a remand. Mr. Wodehoute-We cannot hear applica tions from "the police."

Witness-Well, I apply for a remand, for the

Witness-Am I bound to answer the question ? Mr. Wodehouse-Please to answer all ques-fectly illegal-it was hearsay evidence, and Mr. Webber pointed out that all this was per. tiens put to you.

Witness-I did not, see the information until referred to the previous warrant. this morning. I did not know, when I swore that nothing whatever had been done under the Witness, in answer to Mr. Webber, said that information on which the warrant was granted, that it was before she had been discharged. Tonly second warrant except to arrest the prisoner. He heard in a casual way, five minutes ago, that she assumed that the Victorian Government was THIS afternoon P. S. Robertson, with a body of had been discharged, When I laid the information, sending on the warranty He did not think the Sikhs, sriurned from Canton with two China presumed that she was undergoing investiga telegrain was exceedingly vague.

tion on the previous warrant. The information men in his charge. They were arrested some

says that a person going away from Melbourne time ago, by Chinese officials, in a house at with over 30, the property of creditors, is liable Sam-shul-po, and their release by the Yamên to three years' imprisonment, under the Insal at Canton was demanded by the Hongkong vency Act of Victoria. I do not know that of Government. The men, it was admitted, had my own knowledge. I did not think the first telegram I received was insufficient to apply for been concerned in a robbery at Kowloon City, a warrant on. If the constable said so yester and after being arrested they were tried at ibat | day, he was mistaken. I do not now think the the Editor does not in any way, hold himself responsible for place and remitted to Canton, The Chinese information in the first telegram was sufficient authorities, we understand; intend to claim their I did at the time. I altered my opisien in serdition. The incident reminds us of a little consequence of the Magistrate refusing to grant a warrant. The magistrate was Mr. Wodehouse.. Adronisers are requested to forward all notices Intended for affair which occurred on the other, side, of the Mr. Wodehouse—No, you are clearly mistaken Insertion in that day's lasso not later than, Three o'clock s not to ectard the súly publication of the paper,

Harbor a good few years ago now, only the cir--that is not the esse. Refresh your memory. Advertisements and Subscriptions which are not ordered for a

Witness—-It was the other magistrate—Mr. cumstances were reversed. One evening, a well fed period will be continued until cantarraunded.

known police inspector,now honorably pensioned, Pollock-that I went to bad a Chinese prisoner in his charge on suspicion of being wanted for murder. He was duly entered on the charge sheet, and locked up. but the old Taim-tsa-isol: station of day those was slightly less secure than the present costly pile, and the man escaped. The Jospector was in despair, and sent out his men in inquire everywhere. During the night word came that the man had taken refuge in a house in Kowloon City, where, of course, he was out of British jurisdiction, But the Inspector's post- tlon was at stake, and ho decided on a 'bold stroke. Dressing up as a coolie, he went, with two detectives, to Kowloon City, knocked up the mandarin, with whom he was on friendly terms, and applied for the rendition of his prisoner. The man darin was sorry, but he couldn't do that. Still- Mr, Webber-Well, I say that that informa- | say? well, he wouldn't make too strict inquiries if the | tion is antirely insufficient-that there is no Mr. Webber-1 suppose it will be useless : man was missing next morning. The Inspector legal evidence whatever, There is no reasonable you have made up your mind to grant the remand.

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The Hongkong Gelegraph

HONGKONG, THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1889.

LOCAL AND GENERAL. WE are informed that a Hongkong gentleman named Ho has obtained from the Viceroy of Liang Kuang permission to open a galena mine in Klungchow, island of Hainan.

Ix Music Store-Claribel-I'd like a copy of took the hint, went off to the ex-prisoner's biding the "Stolen Rope." Assistant—I don't know of place, burit in, jabbed a revolver buif down the any such song. Claribel-Why it goes-tum, fellow's threat, and before the latter could say fumpty tum (hums the air), Assistant-Ah.1 "knife he was being rushed over the boundary You mean The Lost Chord" Claribel--Oh, line, and into British territory once more. He

didn't escape again, Ju that's it.

Mr. Webber-But he was not sitting-he left production of the witnesses.

Mr. Webber-Are you the prosecutor? before this,

Inspector in apply for the warrant, and he came Winess I cannot say for peştain. ' I sent an

back and said it was not sufficient. Then I asked the Colonial Secretary to send a request for more information, and a second telegram was received.

Mr. Webber-On the face of it, does that telegram refer to the prisoner?

Witness (after reading the telegram)—No, as far as I can say it does not,

Mr. Webber And yet you thought it sufficient grounds for obtaining a warrant,

Witness--I had other information and instruc. pipos; I had a letter from the Colonial Secretary, enclosing the second telegram. I do not know of my own knowledge what offence is alleged against the prisoner.

or probable presumption that the fugitive has committed any offence against any law whaterez. Mr. Wodehouse-I will note your argument Mr. Webber--My objection is that the informs

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and 44.4 cents for the second, per diem, Some days ago the Registrar General sent for both the Tung Ka and the Sai Ka in order to make an enq fity into this matter, and the men (Sat Ka) then promised to begin work again, but did not do so next day, owing to the instructions of the Committee, who insisted on absolute obedience- to their new rules. Now we think it is quite unreasonable to force any one to obey these new rules, and consider it necessary to bring this matter to the public notice, and would respectfully request that the Government and our private clients will kindly allow us to stop work temporarily on our unfinished contracts. We do not think that the stone masons will continus

to refuse work longer than a very few days, as they have not reason on their side; but if we are obliged to go on at once in the fulfilment of our contracts, we must obey the new rules of this self-appointed Guild, and though we should lose our capital on our present contracts, yet afterwards the prices of tenders for stone work - must certainly go up to a very much higher rate than rules at present.

We hope that the Government will find some means to stop this practice of forcing trades people to obey the rules of any guild of this kind, also that steps will be taken to put a stop to these illegal combinations, which tend so greatly to stop the business of the colony.

We are, Sir,

Yours faithfully,

THE TUNG KA Hongkong, 28th August, 1889.

NEWS BY THE AMERICAN MAIL,

The O., & O. S. S. Co.ʼn steamer Belgic, Capt. Walker, with the American mail of the 3rd inst., arrived bere yesterday afternoon. We are indebted for the subjoined telegrams to our San Francisco exchanges :---

NEW YORK, July z6th. The officials of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company have notified the Transcontinental Association that unless the subsidy from the railroads is increased, they will cut rates and take all the freight they can get. It is thought that this is a preliminary step to a war against the Canadian Pacific road, and the fact that the Southern Pacific has refused to allow a differen- tial rate to the Canadian Pacific is considered confirmation of this bellet. The transcontinental roads intimate that they are willing to divide the through business, giving the Canadian Pacific 6 per cent, and the dispatches from Chicago received to-day said that the Canadian Pacific was willing to agree to it. If the Canadian Pacific insists upon differentials, however, a waz of rates will certainly follow

DUBLIN, July 29th,

As any connection on one system will involve renewal of the expense of connection if the other system should be adopted, His Excellency thinks that, on the whole, the best way out of the im mediate difficulty will be to offer no further objection, to whatever course the Board may deem expedient, trusting, at the same time, that they will not put chiher the public or private owners to the expense of connexions under the present system, in localities where the concurrence of all Dr. Tanner, a member of Parliament, was

cellency trusts that this letter will be received in Stephens in May last. When judgement was the experts renders it morally certain that the sentenced to-day at Tipperary to six months im- separate system will be adopted. As His Ex-prisonment for assaulting Police Inspector the conciliatory spirit which has dictated it, he announced he cried out. "I defy you; the has given instructions to the Sarveyor-General magistracy are the real criminals". For this to furnish the Sanitary Board, whenever required, three months was added to the sentence. in writing, with the reasons for bis objectións.= |||||

I have the honour to be; Sir,

Your most obedient servant,

FREDERICK STEWART, Colonial Secretary

Mr. Francis, in moving that the Secretary acknowledge receipt, and assure His Excellency that the Board would work hand-in-hand with the P. W. D., made a long speech, in which he went over the whole question, and said the P. W. D. would have to meet them half way,

Mr. Ede seconded the resolution, and when The President-the Surveyor-General-had acknowledged Mr. Francis' courtesy, it was agreed to.

THE PEAK BANITATION.

Mr. Cooper's report on the Peak drainage was read. It was a good one, and very lengthy, The discussion and conversation which followed was

BERLIN, July 29th,

The international Chess Congress at Breslau resulted-as follows: Tarrasch 13 games, no defeats : Burns, 11; Gunsberg, Mieses, Bardel bon, Bauer, Paulsen, to each Blackburn and Mason, 9 each,

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LUCERNE, July 30th, death in this city,

Cardinal Lavigerie is lying at the point of

LONDON, July 30th. The British Foreign Office la negotiating a commercial treaty with Japan. By the terms of the treaty, Great Britain surrenders the present judicial privileges of her subjects in Japan, in return for which concession, the whole, Interior of Japan will be opened up to English trade.

PARIS, July 30th.

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Witness asked for an explanation of the even longer; it was useful, but not light red at the elections Sunday, Corrected return

question,

Mr. Webber replied that there would shortly be certain proceedings directed against someone, was desirable to know who was and responsible,

After some argument Major-General Gordon accepted all responsibility in the matter.

Inspector Stanton and Sergeant Harkin were then recalled and asked on minor points, but Mr. Webber "ignored" their evidence,

Mr. Wodehouse-Well, an application has

been made to me for a remand-have you anything further to urge against it, Mr. Webber'

Mr. Webber-1 certainly object. Mr. Wodehouse-I have already over-ruled your objection—have you anything further to

My client was discharged this morning when a Warrant had been already signed by you too re-arrest her, so whatever I may will be perfectly useless.

so we omit it. Ultimately, the Secretary was. to write and tell the Government that the Board had got the matter under way.

THE ARCHITECTS AND THE SANITARY SURVEYOR. Messe Danby and Leigh's complaints deferred from the last meeting-against Mr. Cooper, for vexatiously interfering with their plans, were ventilated. Mr. Leigh and Mr. Cooper attended, but as a proposal that the matter should he settled in a 34-font ring, Marquis of Queens berry's rule, for a purse to be made up by the members started talking at once, it is not certain Board, did not find a seconder, and seven of the

what decizion had been arrived at when the Board adjourned

CORRESPONDENCE.

We do not nearly endorse tha opintos exprlined by

Coryspondents in this colump.ļet THE STONE-MASON'S STRIKE, NATOR AS Roster of the Horogoms, Telkaripit.

SIR-Will-you allow me on behalf of the

on is irregular and informal, having been made Mr. Wodehouse Very well, I remand the when the fugitive was in custodia Zieke, "On the case till Thursday the 5th September-Ball was same ground the warrant is illegale say that I fixed at $200,

La Press, the Boulangist organ," "accuses the Government of falsifying 3,002,000 voting papers.

show that Boulanger was elected in twenty-three cantonE,

DUBLIN, July 30th. The Express says The surplus of the Parnell indemnity fund exceeds $40,000 Only C20,000 have been used. Ben bu

LONDON, July 31st. Postmaster General Raikes requested: Sexton, Lord Mayor of Doblin, to forward him the envelope which contained the letter from Pre.

Dublin for the relief of the Johnstown aufferers, generous contributions made by the citizens of aident Harlion to Bexion, thanking him for

and which Sexton declares was tampered with *by the Post office authorities. Sexton, in reply," stated that he would show the envelope to the Postmaster-General, but he would be deceived if he should give it to the Post office Department, as it had already proved itself unworthy of trust, The Valkyrie, Varano and Trex were plited against each other to-day in the principal event of the Royal London Yacht Club regatia:off Cowes The Valkyrie won by 10.44) the Farans second and the fray third, The official dime

employers of the masons now on strike, some was Valbyni, ahatman Yareno, 36. space in your columns to make some volerenons | Jam.'s Tren, thì tôm, age,