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Intimations.

DAKIN'S UNRIVALLED OLD SCOTCH WHISKY.

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Per Bottle $1.

Per Dozen $10.

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MANUFACTURERS, HONGKONG.

(Telephone No. 60.) Hongkong, 33rd July, 1889.

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A. S. WATSON & CO., LD.

FLOWER AND VEGETABLE SEEDS, SEASON 1989-1890.

WE

JE have just received our New Season's importations, direct from the best Growers in England, France, and Germany, and are now prepared to exécute all orders received for same with prompt and careful attention.

DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUES for ordering from (containing hints for garden. ing) will be sent post free on application.

ORDERS FROM ONE PERSON $5 TO $10 ALLOWED 25 PER CENT. DISCOUNT.

ORDERS FROM ONE PERSON OVER $10 ALLOWED AN EXTRA 5 PER CENT, DISCOUNT,

SINGLE PACKETS AT LIST PRICES.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1889.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

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THE F. & O. S. N. Cada extra steamer Khiva, from Bombay, left Singapore for this port at noon yesterday.

FOR Miss Sherwin' concert at Colombo, a week before the date, all the reserved-ments (407) were

aken. But then Colombo in'? Hongkong.

The libel case herween the editor of this journal and Mr. G. Morray Bain has been posirioned, owing to the illness of Mr R Fraser-Smith.

The agents (Messrs. Adamson, Bell & Co.) inform us that the "Shire" Tine steamship Cardiganshire. fram. Furope, left Singapore for this port and fapan to-day,

A REGULAR meeting of Zetland Lodge, No. 525. will be held in Freemasons' Hall, Zetland Street. This evening, at 8.30 for 9 elock precisely. Visiting brethren are cordially invited.

WK have received a copy of Chesney Duncan's "Cores and the Powers." We propose to give a good look at it when we are through, with the present course of mustard plasters.

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As Emergency meeting of St. John Lodge, No. 518. SC. will be held in Freemasons Hall, Zetland Street, to-morrow, at 8.30 for 'g' p.m. precisely. Visiting brethren are cordially invited,

THE engineer of the Poptung Dock has ordered, the lower bunding at the dockchend to be dug out for twenty-five feet back and down to low water mark, to relieve the pressure on the. frontage.

THERE will be a meeting of Araral Lodge of Royal Ark Mariners, in Freemasons' Hall, Zeland Street, on Thursday, the gth instant, at 8.30 for p.m. precisely. Visiting brethren are cordially invited.

THERE are at present four vessels lying in Singapore Harbour for sale. They are the steamers Natal and Banjermassin the Dutch hark Francois and the Sarawak schooner Black

Diamond.

WE learn from the Kuang Pao that cholera 'is raging in the island of Hainan, and has ex. tended to Haihow From another source we hear that the number of deaths up to latest Accounts is about two hundred a day.

WE GUARANTEE. That all seeds sold by us shall prove to be as represented, to the extent that should they not do so, we will replace them, or send other" seeds to the same value. But we cannot guarantee flowing from the Ceylon Observer gives some WITH regard to the strike in London. the the crop any further than the above offer, as

indication of its beginning and motive ;- there are so many causes which operate unfa. vourably in the germination of seeds in a tropical

Londen, Aurust 16.-2.500 labourers employed climate, over which we have no control. Amongin different London docks have struck work for the causes of failure may be mentioned unta,

an increase of wages vourable weather, which is one of the most important. The soil may Be in proper condition when the seed is planted, but the weather which follows may be too wet, which will cause the seed to rot; or it may be too hot and dry, which destroys the germ before it shows itself. The Dit may also be unfavourable for the variety of seed planted. And lastly, the seeds may be and kinds. Such occurrences are beyond the power are frequently destroyed by vermin of various

· of man toʻprevent, and for which we cannot be responsible.

Hongkong, 3rd September, 1889.

WATSON'S..

LAST Thursday morning a strange discovery was made in the Pie Creek, French-Concession, Shanghai, at low water the bank en riekesha in the water, and sit. A colie passing slang ing in the vehicle was 'a well dressed native, Thenriekshy coolie was also found. Both were dead, having heen drowned.

THE Band of the A. & S. Highlanders will play nt the Officer', Meas, Murray Barracks, this evening, rommencing at 8.30 o'clock. The following will be the nigramme :-

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By the use of these Bottles, CIGARS, SEEDS, and GOODS of all kinds, which are susceptible to the destroying influences of moisture can be kept in good and perfect condition.

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A. S. WATSON & CO., LIMITED. THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY, Hongkong, 3rd September, 1889.

Wells, of the Haeshin, has gone to the Fung- shun: Captain Knights, of the Klangwan, tothe Haeshin Captain Lowe, of the Kungai, has gone to try and catch the Yungching; Captain Clifford has taken the Kungbai; and Mr. Pilot Johnson, the Klangkwan.

OCR telers will find a very interesting letter from "A Shareholder" in another part of this Isue. Several core pondents write on the same subject one adds his opinlan that "the circumstances of the I yons Loss are abominable, ard, trgether with the movement for an increase nl capital and subdivision of shares, deserve the attention and support of the shareholders at [s every prri, and the attention of the Press,"

THE Singapore Free Pressgäys--The announce ment of the decision of the directors of the Rawang Tin Mining Co, to make a further call of a share, and to call a special meeting to consider the position of the Company, had the effect of rausing the shares.to fall still more than

Car Houchong Belegraph

HONGKONG. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1889.

TELEGRAMS.

THE STRIKE IN LONDON.

LONDON, August 25th. An orderly procession of eighty thousand men sembled in Hyde Park, where it was resolved that the strike shall continue until the demands of the workers be granted. Steamers arriving home are discharging at Southampton.

THE NAVAL MANŒUVRES. Admiral D'Arcy Irvine (attacking fleet) has captured Aberdeen, Peterhead, and Leith. Admiral Baird is still blockaded in Queenstown. TURKEY AND THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE

August 26th.

Efforts are being made to Induce Turkey to Join the Triple Alliance. Russia opposes the

step.

THE BEHRING SEAS,

The British Government has expressed its wish to négociate regarding the late seizures of scaling vessels.

TREMENDOUS FLOODS IN JAPAN. TEN THOUSAND PEOPLE DROWNED.

YOKOHAMA, August 28th, There have been Immense foods at Waka yama, Nap, and the surrounding county, with great loss of life and property. About ten thou sand people have been drowned. The floods may now be considered to have subsided.

Daily News.

[Wakayama is a town of nearly 60,000 inhabi tants on the Kil Channel, aear the Idzumi Strait, and some 44 miles south west of Osaka. It was once the castle town of the Princes of Kiu-shin Nara is a town of over 23,000 inhabitants, about 20 miles due cast of Osaka. It was the capital of Japan in the sixth century, and is renowned for the temples, toril, pagodas and balls in and about it, and for its picturesque béauty and the lovely grounds surrounding it. It is to be hoped that the ten thousand deaths by drowning will torn out to be the too constant Japanese

xaggeration.]

Is the House of Commons on the 17th August the Speaker, responding to an inquiry from Sir W. V. Harcourt, ruled that the amendments proposed by the Tithes Bill Committee to con pletely altered the bill that it would be necessary to introduce a fresh one. Mr. W. H. Smith then announc'd the withdrawal of the bill. That explains Reuter's telegram somewhat.

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AT the meeting of the Sanitary Board to-morrow, the following will be the Orders of the day

1. Correspondence concerning the enforcement of the drainage Bye-Laws.

3. Mr. Francis will move,-

lihel should be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, nad to pay such fine as the Court might ad. He desired to add to the charge that under section 7, in respect to the publication, alleging knowledge. It was case, of courte, which that Court could only deal with with a view to committing it for trial, as it was one in which the Court had no summary jurisdiction. The plaintiff was a large compradore, ship charterer, and general trader, his business name being Ah Yon,

myself as wanting therein, though I readily acknowledge it would have been better had the matters been then brought up. If some of those who can speak, would only say what they are thinking at the meetings, instead of growling and grumbling at the Club, or in the market, it would be far better for all concerned, I am a strong advocate for free and independent expression of opinion, which need not be either meant or taken for aggression, and I sincerely hope that in the future we shall get a little more. of it than we have had in the past.

Apologising for the length of this letter and thanking you for its insertion, I am, dear Mr. Editor, yours faithfully,

SHAREHOLDER,

Hongkong, 31st August, 1889. [Our columns are at the disposal of Mr. Forbes. and his colleagues if they care to reply. Editor, Hongkong Telegraph).

THE MANILA LOTTERY.

If the accountant could not bring himself to take action at once, yet surely, when say a lakh had been overdrawn to this way, no consideration should have weighed with him, except the Bank's interests, Sit, to my mind, the conclusion of this most disastrous matter is simply this, that the Executive of the Bank are greatly to blame, and as honourable men they should have freely admitted it. As far back as November last, as MR. Robinson is innovating a good deal, ma-

stated by the Chairman, Mr. Morel's account was gisterially. He is going in strongly for one cent,

known to be wrong and he had been warned, and periods of imprisonment in default of payment. the summons; it simply said that bis client had or subsequently, to take precautions by private. fifty cent, dollar, and five dollar fines, with short Mr. Webber interrupted-He took objection to what I want to know is, was nothing done then, There is a good deal of horse sanse about these maliciously published a certain defamatory supervision from London, or by other means that small fines, in this way- 1: П offender-a sam-libel, knowing the same to be false, concerning the wisdom of the Directors and Managers could will go to gani, because he will be kept just as pan-man, say-is fined $; "or a month he one Leung You Shan, contrary to section 6 of surely suggest? The character of Mr. Morel Ordinance V," &c. He contended that the was known, and even if all had been quiet in well there and he willisave" five dolars. But defendant should have been supplied or served France commercially, and the Management were he will pay a fifty-cent or dollar fine, and won't with a copy of the information, setting forth the

aure of the soundness of his financial position, no swell the number of inmates in the Queen's exact words, so that he might know if it was a liberties with the Bank's funds should have been Hotel. Still, his Worship ought to make the libel or not that was complained of. It was allowed him. But what was the state of French lternative heavier, or he will fall short of his impossible to answer the charge as at present finance at that time? The doings of the Copper very worthy object-that of punishing without vaguely set forth. It was usual in all cases to Syndicate, the Société des Metaux, and the demoralising.

supply particulars, as he could shew by two cases general gambling on the Bourse, are too recent commenced in that very Court-the Hos. 7. f. and painful to dwell upon. These things at all The Governor-General of the Philippines has Price versus Mr. R. Fraser-Smith, editor of events should have drawn the attention of the issued the fresh rules for the Manila Lottery. the Hongkong Telegraph, was one. In that Management to their French branch, and then The drawings in fature will be as follows:-For case the defendant applied for a remand for a we should not be suffering here in Hongkong as January, February, April, May, July, August, week, as he had only received the summons the we are doing to-day!

September, October, and November, there will preceding afternoon, and he was unaware of Then, as regards the Manila trouble, I certain-be 45,000 tickets issued, and the following what the libel consisted of until he was suppliedly agree with Mr. Fraser-Smith that the Bank prizes offered one of $45,000, one of $20,000, 1. That the Sanitary Surveyor be directed with a copy, and he further asked for a certified had no reason to be so self-congratulatory be

to make all inspections of drains person-enpy of the complainant's affidavit. Captain cause, after all the mischief was done, they had aggregating $168,750. For March, there will be one of $5,000, ten of $1,000, and smaller ones, ally and not by deputy...

Thomselt, the Magistrate, said it was only fair seen the necessity of registration. The Charter only 30,000 tickets, and the big prize will That the Sanitary Surveyor, when about to that he should have full particulars, and remanded ed Bank had not been so confiding, I think consist of $30,005, with a second of $12,coo,

Inspect draina, give notice to the owner

the case. There were also the cases of Regina there is no reasonable doubt in shareholders' one of $5,000, and smaller ones amounting or to the architect of the time when he v. Pitman and Pitman v. Keswick and others, that the Manila losses are grealy to the discreto $112,500, in all. In June there will be double proposes to make the inspection.

in which remands were granted on somewhat dit of the Bank's Executive. Further remarks drawing, 30,000 tickets at $ro each being issued. 3. That the Sanitary Surveyor report. to the similar grounds.

on the subject of losses referred to by Mr. Fraser The first prize will be $60,000, the second Mr. Francis said that he did not object to an Smith are needless. There was only too much $14,000, the third $10,000, five of $2,050, and.. Ispard fortnightly all work done by him a Sanitary Surveyor.

adjournment, or to give the defend int all the in- truth in his criticisms; but as regards the reply the total will reach $125,coo. In December formation he required, but he had thought that of the Chairman to the criticism about the form 40cca double tickets will be issued, when the the defendant might find it more convenient to of presenting the half-yearly accounts, I think wrizes will be $80,000, $30,000, $20,000, have the case opened, first. The reason the there is not one shareholder who would not ad $10,000, five $3,000, twenty-five at $1000, Caldwell, who had been looking after the case, most to the point of absurdity. I consider it to the infernal swindle will be let alone as far information had not been supplied was that Mr.. mit that at present they are bare and bald al altogether $300,000.-We fervently hope that had been taken suddenly ill.

be a most feeble proposition laid down by the as Hongkong is concerned. This Colony Chairman, that if the shareholders want the ac and Singapore are half-keeping the Phillp- counts presented more fully, they must demand pine Archipelago going, financially. The it, band together to carry it, go to all the exces wonder is how such a huge fraud is tolerated sive trouble and unpleasantness of taking action for a moment. Tickets here sell at from $5.50 to call an extraordinary meeting, and so forth, to $6.50 each, but, granting that the authorities No, they are not likely to do that, but if Mr.

who faste them only get $5 each, even then, on Forbes and the rest of the members of the Court the ordinary drawings first mentioned, they rake of Directors think that they are satisfied, I can in $325,000, and only return $168,750 to the assure them, as far as my knowledge goes public. On the small March drawing, they net and it is not small-they are much mistaken. $37,500, and on that in June $75,000, whilst they Surely it is reasonable for the members of the actually absorb one-quarter of the entire receipts Board themselves move in the matter of in December-one hundred thousand dollars. change and reform. In accepting a position on Simply looking at it as a business speculation, it the Board and its accompanying remuneration, is not tempting. And there is a good deal of they have a duty to the shareholders and them "snivvy pidgin," as we heard a lady call it, in selves to carry out, and I greatly doubt if any regard to the issue of the tickets A ring of one of them could conscientiously say it would Chinese and Spynish capitalists have a way of be inadvisable to let as much light in on the buying the lot up, and then retailing them at an affairs of any public institution as was possible advance, any, of twenty cents. 40,000 twenty We live in a progressive age, and the argument cents are remunerative. It is not very long that "whatever is is best" is a poor one. Surely since several thousand tickets were taken the Management are not like the proverbial back froni Hongkong to sell in Manila, there

carnings, the expenses, &c., shareholders do not open square, in the early morning. There are ostrich, which buries its head in the sand, &c., being none obtainable there. As to the drawing and imagine that because they hide the gross itself, that is quite fair. It takes place in the know that these are immensal At the same two glass barrels, one containing marbles on time they ought to know that the shareholders which the amounts of the various prizes are who, by the bye, are by no means all contained painted, and the other containing marbles minded men of business who are most unlikely case may be. These are placed on a platform, in Hongkong-are chiefly sensible and liberal mumbered up to thirty or forty thousand, as the to grumble at startary expenses, however big and, after being well abaken, by an ingenious Sir, our true policy is to court the light, and I can only hope that the Directors in their next from each, through a glass tube, and held up and arrangement one marble is automatically drawn report, will conform to this proposition. I am read by a little asked Indian bay. Once an as certain as a man can be of anything, that if official tried to pull the wires, and did actually having accepted their accounts, as presented, party is at present repairing the roads of the they do so, in spite of shareholders in the past get the big prize, we understand, but the same without demur, there will be not one who will city, on a twelve years contract. To return to not welcome the new departure.

our muttons, however, we strongly recommend drawing to just consider whether the odds are the punters who usually risk a fiver on the good enough. A little judicious boycotting ought and the little ones are not by any means too. to put another $10,000 on the big prizes all round," numerous. Moral, don't buy.

prevails in Borneo to such an extent, that even A NETHERLAND India exchange says:-Malaria

drainage of soil, no change for the better after the clearing of jungle and forest and in visible. The absence of good and pure drinking water is

Wells also very serious, only produce water during the rainy season, and during, the remainder of the Newly arrived coolies have to go through a year one must supply the want by river water. course of malaria, and for a long time afterwards, if partially cured, suffer from beri-beri and general exhaustion. The mortality is alarming,. Borneo will get such a ame that it will be next to impossible to get coolies. Those now to be had for Bornen are simply the refuse of the worst class of Chinese labourers, and it is only possi ble to engage them by false pretensions and. absurd promises. Under these circumstances the future of tobacco Estates in Borneo is rather uncertain, as well as prices for their produce. The Born o Tobacco has a stronger leaf than the Deli plant, but as such very small lots are brought in market, it is as vet difficult to form an opinion abos its market value. If no higher prices are paid, the future of Barngo as a tobac- co producing country will be soɔn dedi-led. The

Mining Co.,. Mr. Gordon, and decession, for nite possessor of the West Borneo Gold lo: 600,00,to an English Syndicate.

D+TECTIVE SERGEANTS Macdonald and Hardon Starley Street club. The visit was quite speni, fast evening calling on me friends in a informal, and they entered, with their retinue of tubongs quite unannounced-in fact they bad a little difficulty with the doorkeeper, who inhospitably shut the trip door, but a couple of vigorous heaves made that all right. When they got into the room, which was on the second floor, most of the alleged members had left, mostly by the window, and the street below was littered with badly shaken. op, fugitives en or twelve of the principal meh, who had stopped to gather up the money. were cornered, but one thoughtfully knocked over the lamp, and so created, a diversion. The rgeants had to set to work to extin- dropping through the cracks into the room below. guish be incipient fire, for the blazing oil was

In the meantime the batch of gamblers was queue as he was scrambling up to the window, melling away, and one, who was cauglit by the actually cut it off with a knife, in the same heroic spirit as a coolie, on a similar occasion some ci hteen months ago, severed his appendage with his teeth. He almost got away, but the lukeng got hold of his ankle, and he hung, head downwards, over a twenty-five foot drop. for a few seconds, until Haddon hauled him up. As he turned ont to be only a visitor, and not one of the moving spirits, he was released. The rest who were apprehended were remanded. VERY few of our readers, perhaps, were aware on reading our paragraph about the Viceroy Chang Chih-tung's project of building new examinations hai's for Canton, outside the east

Mr. Webber:We are absolutely ignorant of what we have to answer.

His Worship thought the application was a at 2 30 pm, the defendant being released on his fair one, and remanded the case until Friday,

own recogrisances.

CORRESPONDENCE.

(We do not necessarily endorse the opinions expressed by Correspondents in dıla çólumn),

THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANK.

TO THE EDITOR or the "Hongkong Taligrafie,"

Sin-As a shareholder in the above Corpora- tion I was present at the half yearly meeting this day last week, and intended, before this, to ask you for your valuable spare for a few remarks until now. on the subject, but eppertunity has failed me

I think sit, we are justified in expecting from

something more than we got in the spech made the Chairman of the Court of Directors of our greas focal institution, at its hall-yearly meetings, by Mr. Forbes. His delivery is, to say the least, far from impressive: nevertheless his want of eloquence-in which he differs from so many of but it was the matter, and not the manner of his his countrymen is his misfortune, not his fault; speech to which I think exception can fairly be taken. It contained absolutely nothing of in- terest beyond the barest of allusions to the Lyons loss, and the registration of the Bank at Manila, in fact, so destitute of matter to refer to did he a rechaud of the information fully set forth in appear to be, that he had actually to treat us to the report itself, as to Mr. Jackson having taken and the association with him of Mr. Cameron, over the management of the Bank in London, Surely the shareholders may expect on such an occasion зme remarks worthy of it, some sketch of banking affairs generally and their bearing on the Bank's affairs for the period the specches of the Chairmen of the great under review, something more nearly approaching

All this was astonishing, but it was when Mr. London Banks and Companies. But no, there was nothing, absolutely nothing, of such a nature.

Fraser-Smith that astonishment in my mind Forbes came to answer the criticisms of Mr. became, I had almost raid, shame and humilia- tion. For what did we see? An undignified bandying of words, lame excuses rather than explanations, and an evident disposition to sit and I venture to assert that there was hardly a upon and slight any free expression of opinion; man present at that meeting, including the Directors and Chief Manager, who did not keenly feel the inadequate manner in which the Bank was represented by its Chairman. Possibly we may not all be prepared to go the whole length of Mr. Fraser-Smith's conclusions; possibly the some of us may think he was

A CHINESE CANNIBAL.

did the announcement ofthe output of the mines gata, that the site of the proposed new buildings, that there was much truth and mod rate, but absurd for, the Bank to throw away its ad- |'airing, and accidentally let him fall in such a

last week. Quoted at $20 last week, they stood at $10yesterday (26th August) and at night there were sellers at 87.

LAST night several of the gentlemen who are entertained at the Sailors' Home had a little turn-up among themselves, and the police had to interfere. One of the noisiest of the lot, a sailar named Gibson got away. so P.C. Mackle called for him this moming. To excape, Gibson ran down to the Fraya jumped over on to the stony beach below, cutting his ankles severely, and swam out a couple of hundred yards before the constable, who followed in a boat, could get lightly25 cents, or a month.* him. Mr. Robinson mercifully let him down

space and patience, but if you can indulge me, Sir, I have trespassed too long already on your I would not let this opportunity pass of touching of our great Bank, to which, for some time part, on some points in connection with the well-being

refer to the advisability of an increase in the public attention has been gathering and growing

in a great development of trade in the Far East Bank's Capital, and a subdivision of the shares. With regard to the first, I am a believer

Empire has been touched, and with the opening for cold-blooded atrocity could hardly be matched. in the near future; the fringe only of this huge up of the country, railways, and all that will

A gruesome story comes from Peking, which

follow in their train, which must come, we shall

In the district town of Pang Ko Chuang lived a see a development which will simply astonish

man named Tung, who, with his wife and mother, the pessimists. It should be the wisdom of the ground. Tang bore the reputation of being earned a living by cultivating a small piece of

wants, and so, above all, to avoid opposition, especially when drunk, was held in abject terror Bank to provide for and even anticipate these an exceedingly cruel and passionate man, and, I want to see the Bank not only retaining every by his own mother and wife. To make up for thing it has now, but grasping all fresh business this, however, his wife was very dutiful in her that it can' see a safe and honest profit treatment of her mother-in-law. Tung had a in. Already opposition of various sorts is talked of, greater facilities are demanded by affection similar to that of a tigress for her young. son a few months old, for whom he had an

situation and will come, and it is One day his mother took this child out for an being a very old burying ground, entailed the his criticisms, I don't think anybody will deny. may be urged, by some, that the Bank has as Terrified at the mishap, she wanted to commit commonsense in vantages, great, undoubted, at present. It way that injuries resulted which caused death. demolition of over 400,000 old graves, one-third Take the matter of the Lyons loss: the reply much business of a certain kind-advances-as suicide la order to excaps the wrath of her son of which contain the bones of Manchus. For by Mr. Forbes amounted to a feeble platitude it wants. I do not think so; a large and very but finally was indisced to desist from this mad four tacks to whomsoever may claim to be the in any case this loss could not be helred, as each grave removed, there is a recompense of that in all businesses there are losses, and that safe business of this nature has gone to the fatention through the entreaties of her daughter. descendant of the "evicted tenant," and for this the agent held the Bank's power of attorney and other Home Banks, and, as their Directors more fortunately considerably the worse for liquor and Chartered Bank, and, in a smaller degree, to the in-law. That night when Tung came, he was, purpose, the Viceroy has already taken out of the consequently it was at his mercy! Not public funds the sum of one million eight hus-

word and more see the profitable nature of this, more did not inquire for his son and heir as was his drd thousand taels. The well knows super repetitions of this disastrous affair, of more to see our Bank securing this, and by so doing yet under the Influence of the samshu, he was as to any means being devised to prevent and more of their funds will be available, I want usual custom, when sober. At midnight, while stitions Chinese entertain with reference to stringent orders being issued to placa responsi- not only not forcing constituents away, but dis awakened by his wife, who told him that their desecrating graves for such the gentry of bility, or other explanation and assurances of a couraging all idea of the formation of another child had just died of the croup, and that, in Canton consider the Viceroy's project to be, raised at first a considerable amount of no steps can be taken-nothing done which I, length I do make the mistake of ignoring those be better to bary the remains in their back-yard, similar nature. In fact, we are left to infer that local Bank. Do not let those who cannot go the order to save the expenses of a funeral, it would opposition and adverse comment among the entire population of the southern metropolis moment, and I rest confidently in the belief that for, as I said before, greater facilities are occurred; but shortly afterwards, the neighbors for one, should-be very sorry to belleve for a possibilities, nay, probabilities: they are real; This was accordingly done, and nothing nousual but the Viceroy has will of his own, the Executive of the Bank has long ago taken demanded and must be had, and, great as have began to talk (as they always will about affairs and none know this better than the Ministers of such precautions as will at least make it more A CHINAMAN who evidently battens on the sale State at Peking and the turbulent people of than Improbable that we shall ever again be all sorts in the past, it is my bellef there will be the death of the child, came to the ear

been the changes and additions to busineur of which don't concern them) and the trus cause of of his kidnapped victims was brought to book Canton. The only notice he apparently took of subject to such monstrous losses! If we are for as many in the future. I am not one of those of this monster in human form. Having taxed tody. He caught on the Paris with an the objections was to order the speedy removal a moment to accept the propositions laid down who so easily condemn all fresh business, for his mother with killing his son, he would have Annan ese woman and two girls in his charge. of the graves, that the work might commence by Mr. Forbes, then I say that, painful as it instance, in shares. Undoubtedly there is gam- murdered her then and there if he had not been The females told a simple, pitiful tale, They immediately after the completion of the examin-it would be, it is the bounden duty of the Court bling, and always will be, but it should never be forced to desist by those very neighbors were rice sellers in a small town near Haiphong, ations going on at present under his superin of Directors to make an example of Mr. Morei forgotten that there has been an enormous in- who had been instrumental to causing all the and one day last month du ald Chinawoman tendence. There is, however, a certain amount for the benefit of the Bank's other agents, by flux of capital brought in by the Chinese and trouble. The next day Tung told his mother bought seme rice from them, and told them to of passive resistance amongst Chinese, which is criminally prosecuting him, for, even on the go on a certain steamship to receive payment. an art particularly studied by the fiferati of meagre facts stated, a clearer case of fraudulent vestment and speculation, most, of which are town, co some paltry pretence or ether. Not others of late years for the purposes of trade, in that some relations wanted to see her in the next When they did so they were forcibly detained, China... Secret Instructions were issued to misappropriation of funds has never occurred. Hongkong. The prisoner was remanded. made to adopt Chinese dress, and brought to the contractors, when removing the old graves, Mr. Forbes tells us that full details are not yet many new Companies, chiefly industrial, that panied by here.anthrophagousson, sallied worked on margins only. I say that there are suspecting anything, the old woman, accom- to proceed slowly with their work, so as to enable the gentry of Canton to send a general petition techand, i hold that as soon as there are deserve the Bank's support, perfectly sound at forth in tramp to the neighboring town, THE foundering of the steamship Compts, which to the there Cantonese officials at Peking, of explanations os the points at present in these make for it Increased transactions, and it is every side by the tall rushes of called received, the shareholders are entitled to bottom, with reliable Directorates and so on. All but on arriving at a place surrounded on is reported to have become a total wreck, will exert their influence in umber, asking them doubt. I cannot bring myself to belleve that simply folly to put such down to pure gambling. Tung suddenly drew's kalle and, having befollowed by more serious consequences than

to exert infrence in preventing were at first anticipated, as mostly all of our ing of the halls on the present, proposed site, greater part of the loss and all the consequent all these increased transactions, duly safeguard taking out her heart and liver, washed them in build had the Lyons accountant done his duty, the The Bank's wisdom is to take due advantage of his mother, actually disembowelled her and then Chinese merchants who shipped cargo by her and gaming another part of Canton for the pur-depreciation of stocks, with its attendant misery ing elf, and for this increased business, the a stream hard by Hastily buying the body, the omitted to insure their goods. We learn that pose. This affair, therefore, has given rise to several of these will not be able to hear the loss animour, prevalent of late in Canton, that it is slements, might not have been averted. The 1 would suggest that another $2,500,000 be home, put them into a pot to boil, and then only too plainly seen to-day in the monthly set-addition to capital now advocated is necessary, murderer took the heart and liver, and returning thus thrown upon them, and that they will have not Railways in Central China along, that has enormous sum of one and a quarter millions of raised; the terms I need not discuss here; that went out to buy some ramshu, to wash down to apply to the Bankruptcy Court fo consequence. obiained for H. Chang Chihtung the new france not have been withdrawn all at once should be the province of the Board to look into, the ghoulish repast he anticipated. In the This ought to be a salutary lesson to some of post of the Viceroyalty of the He Kuang provin our improvident Chinese merchants, who, for

ces, but that the petition of the Canton gentry

as far as can be gathered, it was spread ever fully but of one thing I am sure, that the new issue meanwhile his wife, who was out in the fields at: the sake of a few dollars, will run the risk of bad a good deal to do with the matter of the month, and yet, although the agency was within could be made very advantageously to the Bank's the time returned and smelling something

few minutes of the controlling branch (London) present reserves. losing several thousands.-Pegang Gazette.

Viceroy's translation to a new sphere.

unusual in the kitchen went there and lifting up: by wire, and only twenty-four hours by actual The necessity for subdividing the shares in I | the lid of the cooling pot,' beheld to her hortor distance, nothing is known of the maiter until think apparent. They are excessively large now, its contents, Rightly judging to whom the heart A COOLIE was brought before. Mr. Robinson

the accounts for that month reach London!. I a value of 3342 to $350 per share is too high, and and liver belonged, she immediately took them today on a charge of having twelve teels of opium which had not paid duty. He said that he got

they could with advantage be divided by three or out, and then ran with all her might for the it from a man at Sam-shul-po, and Mr, Spooner

at least two. I am sure it would tend to throw nearest Yameo. Getting there, she furiously, asked who the man was. The defendant was

the shares into many hands which at present beat the big dram at the gates, usang wider the circulation, the better for the permanent no written plea or official interest of the Bank. I commend these sugges the magistrate thus hastily summoned, are unable to touch them, and I hold that the that her case was urgent, and required red-tapo,:"To tions to the attention of all these interested in this she told her tale. Acting on this information, institution, and I urge them strongly to agitate the mandarin at once sent a number of soldiers for these changes and reforms until they are after the inhuman matricide, when they, found carried, & Biopelletve

had returned with his samshu and was ransack.

THE AR PON LIBEL CASE.

At the Police Court this afternoon, before Mr. Robinson, the criminal action for libel brought told that he needn't say unless he liked, but he by Leung Yan Shan, better known as Al Yon, told just the same, and Mr Robinson was so "gainst Lak Pak Shek, contractor, 14 Cross overcome with the ingenuousness of the creature Street, cause up for hearing. Mr. Francis, QC that he only flued him a cent, or one day's instructed by Mr. Wilkinson, prosented, and imprisonment. The money was paid |--Another | Mr. Webber defended. man, who had about thirteen taels in his Mr. Francis, is opening the cave, said that the possession, and hadn't the same and address of charge was laid under section 6 of Ordinance. V the vendor, was fined $100. Smugglers will of 1887, which dealt with the question of please note that it is ten thousand times as defamatory libel. It stated that any person who cheap to "peach,"

wilfully and maliciously published a defamatory

cannot but think that instructions must have been violated, for, be it remembered, these drawings took place without equivalent security circumstances, any feeling of professional being deposited, and under these extraordinary etiquette or mistaken loyalty to his chief on the part of the accountant woull be nothing short of moral cowardice, which should reg ive the strong st censure of the Court of Director. It is heartbreaking to belleve that bad the account sut, only partially even, done his duty by send Ing a private wire to London, when he saw this drawing, drawing, going on, without security, we might have been saved any two lakhs of dollars,

It may occur to some of your readers to aug-ing his premises and swearing great oaths gest, Why did you not say all this at the meet against his wife, in his attempts to find the ing? Well, sir, the gift of ready eloquence is hideous repast he had intended to regale him not every man's to command, and I confess self with. The cannibal was seemed suNOT K