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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1889.

(From the Diario.) THE "PERAL.”

MADRID, August 27th. The latest tests of the submarine torpedo boat; the Peral, have given the most satisfactory results. The Italian squadron witnessed the experiments, and applauded enthusiastically.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

THE Courrier d'Haiphong is going into liquida Per Dozen $10tion, and will be sold up at the end of this

Per Bottle $1.

SOLD ONLY BY DAKIN BROS. OF CHINA

LIMIT E D,

CHEMISTS,

and

AERATED WATER

MANUFACTURERS,

HONGKONG.

(Telephone No. 60.) Hongkong, 23rd July, 1889.

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FROM a report in the Government Gazelle appears that for the quarter ending August 16th the China Sugar Refining Company, Limited, manufactured 18.923 gallons of spirits,

chasers being Messrs. Mansfield & Co,

THE Saturday evening oracle of the China Mail

insinuates that the Governor's decision re the

special jurors' fees is not deserving of commend ation. And as usual, when this blot on local journalism shows himself in his native element, be writes himself down a hass..

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A COOLIE burglariously entered the house of P.C. McDougall, during the absence, of that' brave guardian of the peace, last night, but Mrs. | McDougall, by using the family Belilios medal 26 a gong, alarmed the neighborhood, and the intruder was arrested. He got six months, this moming.

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A GOVERNMENT express was issued this after noon which ran as follows:-Marine Lot holders are reminded that the time for signifying their intention of accepting the portions of land assigned to them and of entering into an Agree, ment in connexion with the Praya Reclamation Scheme expires on the 5th instant.

TAK students of the Hongkong Chinese Medical School had "a time of it" yesterday morning at the Mortuary. Fourteen of the youngsters, with their professors, "post-mortemed" three dead bodies, victims of suicide with opium, bronchitis, and drowning respectively: Two of the budding Bob Sawyers fainted, despite their national impassiveness.

THE Band of the A. & S. Highlanders will play at the Officers' Mess, Murray Barracks, to- morrow evening, commencing at 8.30 'clock. The following will be the programme:-

Overture.....

Seloding Folonel Selcalo

“Crown Diamanda “............. **Soldaten Lieder"..dung'!.

The Mikado

By the Prince of Oldenburg. "Scott Medley"

Auber

Bras Cavalikut,

THE statement that the August settlements on

the second mats took it away and kicked me on the legs. 1 shouted out with pain, and the mate got a towel and gigged me.' I asked him to cut me down, and he said he would if I would work. I told him that I could not, but on being released I went to duty,

my defendant denied the charge, the second mate The cases were heart separately, but neither

simply saying that it was done because Ellis would not work. The Harbour Master sentenced the second mate to six weeks' imprisonment, but remanded the other case until Wednesday, in order that the Acting Governor might decide whether the mate, being a certificated officer. should be tried by a Marine Court or not.

LATE TELEGRAMS.

CAIRO, August 13th. Abou Yazeid, a traitor and leader of raids on Egyptian villages, has been tried, condemned, and shot.

CANTONA

(FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.)

We believe that the amount is enormously larger.

It has further to be remembered that if the present method of "working continues, and if the Chinese miners cannot win" enough tỉn to cover the" advances necessarily made to six months ago are irrecoverable, and them, then the advances treated as an hiset

therefore all the paid up capital of the Company is lost. That probably is why the directors have called up all the unpaid capital and have summoned a meeting to consider the position of the Company..

Canton, August 31st. The Viceroy has made two applications by present post ns Viceroy of the Liang Kwang, telegram to Peking to be allowed to retain his

To the first, a curt refusal was given, and although a reply has been received to the record the purport of it has not yet transpired. If it were favorable to Chang Ching-tung's desires imagine it would quickly have been known. However, it seems clear that His Excellency It will farther be observed that the critical will not leave this quite as early as was anticiposition of the Company is caused by the pated, as sundry important financial matters manager's persistent over-estimate of the yield of have to be attended to.

tin. If Mr. Muir's estimate had been realised the miners would have earned their advances, and the Company would have made a profit.

It ought farther to be observed that none of rited by the directorate. The one thing of the calculations above made are official, or in-

Muir promised about $100,000 of tin, and that which we are absolutely informed is that Mr. the actual out-put is only about $60.050 The

A fleet of ten Hongkong launches have arrived here, belonging to Messrs. Tok Kee and others, which are to run on the Inland waters we shall therefore soon see the somewhat curious under a special license, towing passenger boats,

the privileges of the British flag in Hongkong anomaly of Hongkong-owned vessels enjoying waters and of the Chinese flag in Chinese

waters.

secretary, will accompany, His Excellency to his Mr. Taal Sih Ming, 'Viceroy Chang's private

new neat of Government.

The friendly tribes of the Soudan will probably be allowed to occupy Toker for the purpose of opening up interior trade.

LONDON, August 13th, Lord Camarven, in the House of Lords last night, in a debate relating to the Egyptian difficulty, urged that the best solution of the difficulty was the boldest. This was to announce that England intended to stay in Egypt for the DISASTROUS FLOODS AT NINGPO. Present,

Lord Salisbury, replying, said the Government had no intention to abandon the task until it was fully performed, but would give no authority to unnecessarily prolong the occupation.

Sir Edward Harland, Conservative, has been elected unopposed for North Belfast.

Dr. Tanner states that he intends to contest of Court. It is, however, thought here that it will be confirmed on appeal.

calculations based on that fact are our own, and we only are responsible for them.

The only prospect of the Company now is to obtain fresh capital, which it could not probably get, and might only lose as it appears to have lost its own, or else to sublet its lands to Chineas towkays, who could probably work these at a profit. It's conceivable that by doing the latter A profit might be realised, but we pass no opinion on the point. It will probably be submitted to the meeting,

have been refused by its bankers.

The drafts drawn by the Company's manager It is an odd coincidence that Selangor shoulà ben fete over a railway extension to Rawang has so utterly collapsed. unsaleable.--Straits Times, August #ith.”

To-day, the Company's shares are quite

the local.Stock Exchange have passed off satis./ the legality of his recent committal for contempt by two causes, the first being that on Saturday at the very moment when the Rawang Company

THE steamship Flintshirt, 1,071 'toss ne register, was sold by auction at Singapore on the 24th ulto,, and realised $62.000, the pur-factorily must be taken with a very large grain of salt. It is probable that many contracts will not be arranged for some days to come, and up to the present time a considerable number of accounts are wanting altogether, while the ranks of the defaulters are hourly increasing. OWING to the murmurs of discontent arising through the establishment of a new lekin station to collect duties on the North River traffic, at Sbekmu, H E. the Viceroy of Canton has chattered ten steam launches from Hongkong, to carry three battalions of troops. from Canton to that place. It is purposed also to use these launches to patrol the North River for a short while. They started from Hongkong for their destination on Friday morning last.

AMONG the bus le of settling-day serious losses were sustained by two share-brokers. Mr. Core- Booth lost Hank scrip to the value of $17,000 some time on Saturday morning, and it has not yet, we understand, been recovered. Of course its negociation is stopped.. Mr. da Rosa inad vertently, enclosed $6000 worth of scrip in a baiidle of other shares that he delivered, but those were soon regained..

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A YOUNG Russian giantess 1 tely reached Paris who, although only eleven years of age, it already six feet six inches in height. parents are of ordinary stature, and her brothers and sisters, of whom she has five, are not above. the average height. Her abnormal growth only commenced when she was four years of age, but the doctors say she will continue to grow for sonic me to come. Her development is in keeping with her stature. She measures 3 ft. 1 in. round the waist, and 3 ft. 11 in. round the chest.

THE revolver nuisance seems to be increasing. There were three separate cases of the kind before Mr. Robinson, at the Falice Court this morning One prisoner was a Chinese sailor, who had been whooping around a Third Street lodging house with a fearful old pepper-box of a pistol, thirsting for gore. He was fined $75 or four months' imprisonment. Another man, who was caught in cooler moments, got off with a penalty of $50, or three months. The third case is reported in another paragraph. We note the arrival from Manila of Professor Ruchwaldy and family, who propose giving a

The Royal assent has been given to the Royal

Grants Act,

ing the Delagoa Bay Railway has new abated, The excitement concerning the disputes regard- and it is believed England will not insist on arbitrating.

General Grenfell is now proceeding with the British from Halfa to Cairo,

A PROPHECY OF PAHANG.

a correspondent sends the following amusing Under the heading "A Literary Treasure,"

satire to the Singapore Free Press:—

OVER THIRTY PEOPLE DROWNED. On the arrival of the Tchang from Ningpo this morning, says the Shanghai Afercury of August 28th, we learned that there had been disastrous floods in that port, and that a large number of people were reported as having lost their lives, It would seem that the floods are accounted for and Sunday last there were unusually high tides, which is generally the case there when a strong N.E. wind blows, as it did on the dates given. The second cause was that on Saturday continued all day to come down in such torrents torrential rain commenced to fall about noon, and that Captain Downie, of the Ichang, says he does not remember having ever seen such rain before in this part of the world. The river rapidly rose and overflowed the bund and banks, converting In the division on the Tithes Hill last night, the country all round into one vast sheet of water, Sir-While travelling recently in the Native in the House of Commons, the Government only and so great was the volume poured into the States I met a very aged Sakei, and was so for- avoided defeat by a majority of four votes.

Mr. Gladstone will shortly set out on a yacht- the river running down all day. The Bund an very ancient document, the writing of which was river on Sunday, that no flood tide was visible, aunate as to obtain from him possession of a ing cruise with Lord Brassey, in the Sunbeam. Sunday afternoon was two or three feet underla a peculiar Hebrow, character, upon a flexible The voyage will be to the Western Highlands.

water, and many of the native houses which lay material of unknown semi-transparent substance interviewed the Shah, and in the course of con-

The Paris corespondent of the Timer has on low ground were rendered uninhabitabis. evidently imperishable, and not unlike a sheet versation, His Majesty expresse 1 very favourable junks dragged theit anchors, and they were ministry, and having had a decided aptitude for The rush of water was so strong that the of tale. Having been, partly educated for the views of England. He said he was impressed not secured without great difficulty. On Satur the study of the Semitic languages, it filled me with the power and energy of the English, and day evening, the pontoon bridge leading to the with delight and surprise, when I found my had hequired a strong attachment to the Prince city was washed away, and anumber of Chinese self able, with some difficulty, to posacis of Wales. His admiration for the Queen was

who were on it at the time were drowned. The myself of the general meaning of the document. very great, and he wou'd never forget the kind-current in the river was running too strongly to "Ophira" and "Solemon" caught my eye at a mess extended to bim. Asked as to his opinion admit of any attempts to save them, and they glance in the familiar Hebrew lettering, and s of France, he said he had been greatly struck by were whirled away to death, and never seen the vast difference between that country and again. The following morning the other bridge that the owner of the document was a shipanas phrase on the back, in a ruder hand, told me England.

of boats was swept away with about a dozen ter of Elath; Zochias by name, who had made

suffered great loss of property through the sheet was amissing. It ran thus people; it was only a few of whom were his second voyage between Tarshish and Ophira. saved. The people all along the river front The document was imperfect, and at least one flood, and some of them are said to have lost their lives in attempting to carry away their portable possessions in beats to places of safety, The houses of the few foreign residents were: flooded in the ground floors, but beyond that they are believed not to have suffered any loss. Tuesday moming the foods had almost subsid. Later advices from the scene, sbow that on

force. It is estimated that about thirty people in all were drowned during Saturday and Sun- day.

BERLIN, August 13th.

William, in drinking the toast of the Emperor At a banquet given last night, the Emperor Francis Joseph, declared that Germany would hold firmly to her alliance with Austria, and that both armies would fight_shoulder to shoulder to maintain peace. The Emperor of Austria, in reply, spoke in the most cordial terms of the Emperor William, and of the good feeling existing between the two countries.

"Woe 1 Woe unto the people of Singa, for

pan, boin a loud voice saying: they are of the fools, foolish.

in their ignorance of the caves [yeor, lit. chan- They toil hard and bear a Heavy burthen, but nels, or rock-cuttings) of Pah they are as the

babe unborn

For there cometh a son of Belial from the.

Mr. E. RoBINSON, the new Acting Stipendiary varied.entertaiment in the City Hall on or about expedition under Dr. Peters, and says that ed, though the current was running with great land of Pablo INT

commenced his Magisterial career this morning We were rather favorably impressed with his method; he was somewhat prolix, like all new Magistrates, but he attended strictly to business, and he "got there" every time. We should like to injunc his new Worship to beware of letting the legal element try any "bluff" on, and would suggest that the best way to check any attempts in that direction would be to commit the first offender for about twenty years, for contempt of the whitewashed Court,

A GALLIC contemporary is very jubilant at the

result of a race between the North-German Lloyd mail steamer Neckar and the M. M. boat Natal. The former left Shanghai twelve hours before the latter on the 2nd June, and arrived here only an hour and a hall ahead. From Hongkong she started with twenty hours' law, and her opponent had to call at Saigon and stay there the ty-six hours, but they nevertheless entered Aden harbor together. Again the Neckar left first, but the Natal,starting four hours later, caught her in the Red Sea, and landed her mails twenty-five or thirty hours ahead, Tug Brazilian cruiser Almirante Barrozo, Capt. J de Mello, arrived here yesterday from Shanghai, and greatly disturbed the Sabbath calm and the peace of the community by wasting a lot of gunpowder in firing idiotic salutes, which ought

The North German_Gazette disavows the Germany values the friendship of England, more than all than that Dr. Peters might attain on the Upper Nile,

THE SUCCESSOR of Li Hung. CHANG.

Vicerdy of that province."

THE RAWANG COLLAPSE.

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perchance it be yarns.

He tolleth not, neither doth he spin, unices

With him he bringeth of ensamples many picals, (according to the pical of the sanctuary). And he showeth them unto the people of Singa, saying:

Behold the riches of the land of Pab, for in these entamples is much fine gold" [destar Hi, gold and silver ore].len

is

"This

Then doth the man of Singa exclaim, ** indeed a wondrous thing."

But verlly such is his innocence, that in his heart of hearts he knoweth not

If the gold be from the land of Pah, or the studio of the torturer of teeth.

there shall be much gold found in the land of Woel woel unto the people of Singa, for

Pah.

But it will be the gold of the shekels of Singa." It is a quaint curiosity, and evidently refers to same obscure incident of remoto" Jewlih history. It is my purpose to present it to the Raffes Museum, after I have submitted it to the exami- nation of some of the principal oriental scholars of Europe. My

Saturday next, Professor Ruchwaldy is a violinist of considerable eminence, and as an exponent of the mysteries of legerdemain as lew equals and superiors. The family are musicians, vocal and instrumental, of well known ability, so that, taken altogether, the entertain. ment should prove a highly attractive ons. "There is a very general feeling in the North," Further particulars will be duly announced.

says the N. C. Daily News," that the Viceroy was $130, huyers; and to-day the same shares Five months ago the price of Rawang shares Li's health, is steadily weakening, and that bis' are absolutely unsaleable at any figure. The A GENERAL meeting of the members of life is now a very uncertain one. If he should first-named price was quite unjustifiable; but the Polo Club was held at the Chartered die, or retire from ill-health, it is very probable the fall was slow, and from $50 down to $20 lank at noen today, to receive the state that he would be succeeded by the Marquis many people bought on calculations that were Teng in the civil part of his office, a general apparently, sound and trustworthy. The only ment of accounts and consider a proposition to being given then independent command of the defect of these calculations was their basis, prepare a ground on the Race-course. Mr. White Army there.. Tseng Kuo-ch'uan will be kept at They were based on statements made by Mr. head presided, and some half-dozen gentlemen Nanking as long as he lives, and Chang Chih-John Muir, or by directors and managersinformed attended. Captain Fletcher, the hon. secretary, tung, being a native of Chibli, cannot become by Mr. John Muir. The comedy was at its height read the report, which stated that the Club was formed last September, and numbered 46 mem-

early in March, when Mr. W. B. Smith offered With reference to the above, we have it on goo ooo for the mine. It was far too high a. ber, of whom 28 were non-players. Several reliable authority that, although the Marquis price, certainly, but it was based on the netur. prominent members had left during the year. Tang may be, from a European point of view, ance that during the now current year The financial position was favorable. The

an excellent selection for the post of Senior the mine would produce 7.000 plculs of pure tin, Causeway Bay ground being no longer Viceroy of the Chinese Empire, and guardian available the Committee proposed that the of the holy Capital, it is most unlikely, as estimated expenses from the estimated yield, or at the very least 6,000; and, deducting the centre of the Racecourse should be adapted for being decidedly contrary to the principle Mr. Smith saw a net revenue of about $90,000, play, if it could be obtained, to which the of vested rights" in the official hierachy Further, it was alleged that to proportionately NOTES FROM CHINESE PAPERS. Government had signified that there was no of this Empire, that this enlightened official increase such profits you need only increase the objection. The report was adopted, and a will be chosen out of the great number of number of men, and the calculation-If with Committee appointed to confer-with-the-Sur-aspirants, both within and outside the capital, 1.400 men you can get 7,000 piculs and 800,000 veyor-General on the matter.

to the Viceroyalty of Chibli. The Maiquis of profit, what can you get with 5,000 men? The Tseng is the youngest Vice-President of any of answer would be enormous dividends." Fortn A RATHER smart capture was made last evening the different Boards at Peking, and his rank nately that sala fell through; we say fortunately, by Detective Sergeant McDonald, About only entitles him, in the event of his being because to have planted such an undertaking at 10.30 p.m. he was walking near Jubilee Street, sent on provincial service, to the past of such a price on the Hongkong market would have in company with Detective Sergeant Haddon, according to precedent and ancient usage, the grief to Mr. Smith, who, with all his misfortunes, Moreover, been a scandal to Singapore, and, we believe, a to have been held over until this morning or

when a Chinaman passed whose face seemed Viceroy of Chibli should either be a President of is an honest man. In the next act of the comedy Shao Ching have to intimidated the boating The numerous robberies in the prefecture of familiar to him. McDonald therefore stopped one of the Six Boards, a Hanlin, or one of the we find the shares steadily falling back to a level population in the West River, owing to the omitted altogether. It is about time this sense, less custom were aboilahed at all events we in' him, and on diving into his purse do see what he oldest Viceroys in the provinces. The Marquis f calculated on the assumption that the Rawang ineficiency of the river police, that it is the. bad on bins, pulled out about twenty cartridges. Taong possesses none of these dignities. Next mine was at all events a good sound dividend custom now, says the Wat Sun, for young boat Hongkong don't want our one day of sest made The coolfe-a strong, vigorous fellow-tried to hideous by what, after all, is only a gigantic wrench himself away, and McDonald noticed that of the Liang Klangs and after that the "advances to the men, but with ample pro and stay for the sight at the houses of friend or In scajority to the vice-royalty of Chill comes eaming property, hampered indeed by injudicious women and girls to leave their boats at dusk, that he was doing something with his free hand, Governor-Generalship of the Liang Konog speelve means to write these down. And atthis Punch and Judy show, The Almirante Barroso Haddon collared his queue, and Mac grappled with bead quarters at Canton, Tečng Kuo Ch'uan, stage we have Mr. Muir going off-for a holiday relations, in order to escape violence, and is a smart looking corvette, and she left Rio with him, and between them they took away a the present incumbent of the Liang Klang, is in Europe, but steadily assuring his directors outrage at the hands of the river pirates. Janeiro in Otober last for an extensive tour, loaded revolver from him. On getting him to therefore the proper person to succeed Li Hung-that the end of the half-year would bring out the Station they found that their prize was a chang at Tientsin, were the great Viceroy to $100,000, or at the least $90,000 worth of tin, "BROWNIE" tells us that Mr. Humphreys, notorious criminal known among bis set as the retire, as Chang Chih-tung, being a native of which corresponds pretty closely to the earlier with a girl and wanted to buy her as a con

A short time ago, a young man fell in love the Dock Company's meeting, gained his point King of the Toads," who had not long since Chihli, is put of the race, unless he possesses forecast of 7,500 piculs for the year. And cubins from the procurets, but the price and was mord dignified and moderate in his finished a term of five years' imprisonment, and such confidence with the Emperor as to merit a so Mr. Muir ailed away for his long-earned demanded is too heavy for his financial con language than soms of his opponents. This is whe last week, knocked five teeth down the special Decree, in defiance of a custom inaugu- [s indeed a revelation to those who were present, Mr. Robinace iraposed a fine of $100, or six dynasty. If, therefore, Tseng Kuo-Ch'uan does throat of a man with whom he had quarrelled. rated with the establishment of the reigning months" hard labor, for carrying deadly weapons. not become the next Viceroy of Chibli, the mest likely official will be Li Hung-tsao, Grand Secretary and President of one of the Boards at Peking, a native of Kiangnan, and at one time, a wellknown member of the Tsung-li Yamen So much for information obtained through official quarters at Peking.

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TELEGRAMS.

THE STRIKE IN LONDON,

LONDON, August 24th, Four thousand lighter-men have joined the strike, and there are now one thousand vessels

Iying idle in the port of London.

A monster procession of 40,000 strikers paraded the City on Friday. The men were orderly, but a strong body of foot and mounted police escorted the procession.

(From the Courrier d'Haiphong.) ROYALTY.

PARIS, August 23rd. The Emperor of Germany has arrived at Metz.

* August 24th.

The Shah has reached Vienna..

FINANCIAL CRISIS IN ITALY.

August 26th.

A financial crisis exists in Italy." The Banque d'Eso mpte ħar closed its doors,

LIFE ON A BRITISH BARQUE.

At the Harbour Office this morning, Com- mander Rumsey, R. N., investigated twocharges of alt brought by Lewis Ellis, A. B. on the British barque Mauna Loa, which arrived here from Saigen in ballast on the 28th ult. against Alexander Cox, mate, and Charles Graham, second mate

Futai or Lieutenant-Governor.

We have, however, our own theory on this matter. The vice-royalty of the Kuang stands third in rank in the Empire. Liang Li Hung-chang has obtained the permission of the Throne to send his brother to Canton, and, er

holiday, and while he is on the seas the Com. whole uncalled capital is called, and the shares pany's drafts are refused by its bankers, the are absolutely unsaleable at any price. As there is a general meeting of the shareholders called for Satqnlay, and as presumably there will be explanations and perhaps questions, we refrain in the meantime from any comment on the proceedings which have brought affairs to this pass. But we fear that the utter commercial failure of this vaunted mine will be a sore blow capital and skill.", to the development of the peninsula by European

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:Sixteen prisoners found guilty of piracy and murder committed in different parts of the Kuangtung province, and who had been lying in the Nam-hol and Pun-yü prisons awaiting their passage tickets to another world, duly received the happy despatch on the afternoon of the 23rd ullo, in front of the public markets at Canton,

dillon. On the night of the aist ulto,, however, maaked, men, armed with swords and pistols. the girl's house, was visited by eight or nine who having effected a forcible entrance and gagged the inmates, carried off the girl in a sedan chair held in readiness.

The other dayan chai, or randy, nick named the date devil," presented himself at gambling den, and wanted to make bets at fanian" on trust, as he had no money with him. The ferocious character the rowdy hore, prevented the employés of the den frem refusing bim, but fortune war unkind, and the lane chad lost three, dollar. On this he wanted

to go double or quits, which request he cusutely, for Akit, one of the employes, mors emphasized by producing a revolver. Unfor Curageous than the rest, Rot behled him unawares, and grasping him, with the aid of fell himself euchred, and quietly submitted to another man, wrested away the revolver. Akit

be kicked out into the street,

and it is only to be regretted that "Browole * omitted to say where the dignity and moderation came in. Who were the "some of the opponents" referred to? With the exception of The Chair- man only one gentleman spoke against Mr. Humphrey's crude scheme, and in a few sentences he showed the utter folly of the “dignified and moderate contantions advanced regarding the New Dock. But that gentleman happened to be the special bife nofr of Mr. "Brownle ”; hence the low insinuation quoted above, THIRTEEN Competitors came up smiling at the The complainant's evidence was as follows: it is well known, that Tseng Kuo-ch'uan is devated The position of matters at Rawang we believe Kowloon ranges on Saturday to contend for the shipped, on the sth March, at New York. On to his position in the Liang Kiang-which is the to be this: Mr. Muir, during the ball-year, and Hongkong Rifle Association's "Spoon," the Captain Douglas to pay me off. He refused, a half Viceroy ships of the Empire-it is a fair that the output of tin for, the half year would be the 20th August I went to the poop, and asked richest, as Chibli is the poorest, of the seven and up till the last, assured his directors and others conditions being ten shots each at yoo yards. and I then asked him to let me go off to and reasonable inference that Thong will try his to the value of $100,000, or at the very lowest The weather was not quite all that could he see the captain of a man-of-war in port. This utmost to decline an office, which carries many $90,000, and the advances to miners were no desired for good marksmanship, a puzzling wind also he refused, and I then said that I responsibilities, but only a bare pittance in the doubt made on that assumption. But the output bringing several recognised "crack" shots to dants were on the main deck at the time, stands next on the list, but, as already stated, he shipping and smelting charges, and Messrs. would not do any more work. The two defen- shape of remuneration. Chang Chib-tung of tin is only $60,000. Now, after deding the grief. However, the finish proved gayegally and heard all that passed. As I walked forward cannot take the post, unless by special dia- Jardine, Matheson & Co.'s royalties, and the exciting, Messrs. F. G. Collies and C. Ford, and again the mate said, with an oath, that he would pensation of the Emperor. Li Hung-tano is Company's percentage for management and An ordinary frog says a sage writer in the Capt, Rumsey being all in the same street, ict me ace" if I would not work, at six o'clock over sixty years of age, and belug fond of machinery, the Chinese miners can only be Kuangyos, has four legs-and weighs about with one shot each to fire, the first-named lead. | next morning. The second mate Biso abused me. s a quiet life, would doubtless prefer the quiet credited with, say, 55 per cent of the output, which three or four cunces but the other day some ing by a points.Collins missed the target alto. Next morning, at six o'clock, the crew turned of the capital to the vexation of split in this case would be about $33,000. But if it is one brought to their office a freak of gether, Ford added 4 to his 37, but the popular to, but I did not. The second miste called he would have to be the victim of, while dealing true that between 1,300 and 1,400 men were nature, In the shape of is great, big, fat Harbour Master found the "bell" and won theme sft, and I went. The mate then got with the eternal Syndicates that spring up like at work all the half year, then the advances weighing one catty and three ounces, and pos trophy by one point, totalling 42 Licut. out the

frons and put them on me mushrooms every year at Tientsin. Now who to these, if taken at 6 dollar month, would sessed of no fewer than six legs After! Carlyle commenced rather indifferently, but when whilst the second mate got hold of me and lifted comes next on the list? The coming Viceroy of amount to about 348,000. The amount over tion, the man who once "set" showed good form, scoring three me up to the "gullows" and triced me to an the Liang Kang, LA Han-chang, elder brother of advanced would thus be about $15,000, and if suggested

bails" In his last four shots, The veteran caring by the wrists. Twas kept there for twenty the present Premier of Chins. He also is heavily so, that ought to be treated as a bad debt, and Woodin missed his third shot, and only got on five minutes. My feet were about a foot or weighted with years, but being a persona grafe placed against the nominal or book-keeper's || the bull twice-a poor, performance for this eighteen inches from the docks Whilst I was with the Emperor, and considered essentially profits, which probably are somewhere about to reliable shootist. The scoring all round, con tricad up they abused me. I used to rest my safe man, his prospects of succeeding his famous that amount.). But, in'suggesting $15,000 as the sidering the wind, was more than creditable, fest, on a fly-wheel which was near me, and brother in Chibli appear second to none, and Famous OrGE-Advanced, u probabjTUNG HYMEREKA.