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MANUFACTURERS,

HONGKONG.

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

NOTICE,

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1889. 1

SINCE the year 1873 the emigration from Germany has comprised 1.769.297 persons, of whom 1,618,816 went to the United States.

THE Cricket Club will commence their season

to-morrow. The team which is going to Shang.

hai will play the "Stay-at-homes" next week.

at a later date.

and a match Dugert v. Feebles, will be played

AMIDICAL gentleman' who evidently knows all about it, describes a kiss as "the anatomical Juxtaposition of two orbicularis oris muscles In à state of contraction."

NATIVE papers report that Liu Yung-fu, the

former leader of the Black Flags and how General of the Nan Ao Division, Kuangtung, has again petitioned the Emperor for permission to retire from the service, and, that the request will probably be granted.

we are requested to state that the Lorne

public meetings condemning the verdict of an talent for enlarging on any topic, he might English jury and the action of one of the most bave compiled anyway a sensational pamphlet eminent judges on the Bench, knew anything || I think that our local Booksellers and Stationers about the case further than the fact that a young, in the vicinity would reap an immense profit bandsome, and well-connected woman had been from, "Honour and Dishonour," being an found guilty of murdering her husband, and had enlarged account of Brokers and their doings in been sentenced to death. Ab there is the Hongkong. I suggest that somebody should secret of those people's Indignation 1 The take it into hand. If nobody steps in I may criminal is not an ordinary criminal. She had take up the task myself. moved in the best circles of Society, and that is

Yours respectfully,

G. H. C. found to be an extenuating circumstance for the most heinous of crimes. Had Mrs. Maybrick Hongkong, zoth September, 1889. been the wife of a Liverpool dock labourer sbe [The writer of the above says it is his maiden hanged, without a finger being raised in an would have been tried, convicted, and probably

effort in the literary line, and asks that it be insened as a special favor. We accede to the request out of sheer good nature, and on the principle that the remarks cannot possibly do any harm, although we must admit that we quite fail to understand what he is driving at. -Ed, H.K. Telegraph.].

THE chair-coolic whostabbed another coolie near the Portuguese Club the other night was brought up before Mr. Wodehouse to-day on a charge of murder, the injured man having since died. Hef Athletic Club (of the Argyll & Sutherland endeavour to save her.

was remanded.

AN Irishman, who had jumped into the water to save a man from drowning, on receiving a sixpence from the rescued man, looked first ar the sixpence and then at the man, saying: "Be jabers, I am overpaid for that job." ABOUT five o'clock this morning a cook-house at the back of Station Street--a wooden erection three storeys high-fell. Twa women and a child who were on one of the upper floors were

*(13' killed, and two women serinusly injured.

Highlanders) hope to give two performances of an Assault-at-Arms and Military Entertainment in the City Hall, in all probability early in November. Part of the proceeds will be given to local charities.

Anyone who has studied the evidence and read the account of the trini dispassionately, must agree that this wretched woman was rightly convicted. She was defended by the most renowned advocate at the English bar, and had there been anything improper in the Judge's THE charge of gambling against the On Fat would have been the first to point it out and to summing up, as people allege, surely her counsel Club, No. z Stanley Street, remanded from the protest against it. After a seven days' trial, in 3rd ulto, was brought at the Police Court today which every indulgence was accorded the defence, before Mr. E. Robinson. One of the giustite prisoner even being allowed to make a informer, who is apparently relied on by the personal statement a unanimous verdict of Galty -" was returned. The Jury conscientiously prosecutión, gave some evidence and admitted did their duty, and what follows? Their verdict that he was a regular infórmer under the instruc- is brought to the bar of public sentiment, twelve tions of the police. Ultimately the case was English Jurors are wildly, accused of having gallows, and an English Judge of the very

connived at a wrongful conviction Planting Coinpany, Limited, will be glad to

Not very long ago, I remember reading in a | learn that Mr. E. C. van Marle, the manager, cirner of a London paper a short paragraph has commenced active operations on the Com-announcing the trial and conviction of an obscure pany's plantation in British North Borneo. Mr. country girl who in a fit of despair, had muntered her bastard child, to save it from a life of misery van Marle is so well satisfied with Mr. van der

and want, and perhaps crime. Three weeks Hoevens' crop of tobacco that he has recom-later another paragraph in the same paper briefly mended his own Company to open three hundred announced that the dread sentence of the law fields for next year's planting. The health on

had been carried out. What were the philan- Labuk estate is reported as mest satisfactory.

thropists about in this case! Where were the indignation meetings, protesting against that poor girl's conviction? Whe tried to save her from shameful death? No one! And why! Because she was a' poor country girl who, in short, had nothing interesting about her, and nobody cued a cent whether she was binged or not!

THE value of France, estimated by M, de Faville, again remanded antll next Thursday afternoon deliberately sent an innocent woman to the

SLAVERY IN LOMBOK.

HORRIBLE ATROCITIES IN A DUTCH PROTECTED COUNTRY.

There have been rumours lately at Hankow of a serious disturbanes caused by local rowdies of a town within the Prefectural district of Ichang, Assistance is said to have been tele- graphed for by the local civil and military autho- ritics, and it is even rumputed now that the steamers starting from Hankow for Ichang have judged it prudent to postpone the voyage."

By a letter received from Tungchow on 12th September, we learn that it is stated there in railway from Lukou Chao, (a place lying west official circles that the cost of the contemplated of Peking, at which one arrives through the Chang-f Gate) to Hankow in Hupch, a distance of about 3.000, is estimated at 16oco ooo tacks. The building of the Southern section will be under the control of Viceroy Chang Chih-tungs that of the Northern section will be in the care of Viceroy Li Hung-chang. Steps are, it is stated, to be taken without delay to carry the project into execution.

A. S. WATSON & CO., LD. 187; about 15 per cent. of the entire national THOSE interested in the success of the Labuk highest standing is denounced as having Lombok the slave-trade is in the most flourishing theatricals lasting for several das among the

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THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY,

Hongkong, 3rd September, 1889.

DEATHS.

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a recognized authority, has depreciated since

wealth. This, in property held at home and abroad, is estimated at about two hundred milliards of francs, or about $50,000,000,000 Such a depreciation is tremendous.

A SUNKEN vessel, which runs flush withthe water- line, and carries a powerful ram or piston driven by a steam cylinder for the purpose of ramming an enemy's vessel, has been designed in this country. The ram will be driven by a force of go tons, which is sufficient to pierce the side of an ironcld. The speed of the vessel will be about twenty knots an hour,

THE ALLEGED ABSCONDER

FROM MELBOURNE,

At the Police Court this morning the adjourned case of Pauline Francois was proceeded with, We note that Mr.' Arthur B. Rodyk, chaiman of the Board of Directors the Hangay Lime before Mr. Wodehouse. Mr. Webber, who and Cement Works, Limited, accompanied by defended, sid that on looking at the Act again he Mr. Haylier, C.E., left here, this morning ford found that his Worship had no power to | discharge the defendant-it must be left to a Haiphong by the steamship Marie, on a visit of superior Court. Therefore it would be necessary inspection to the Company's works at Hongay. for him to apply for a writ of habeas corpus. Mir. Hayllar, we understand, will make a special

Mr. Wodehouse replied that he had nothing report for the information of the shareholders.. THE land of the Argyll and Sutherland High. landers will play the following programme at the Barrick Square this evening, commencing

at 7.30 o'clock

March............"The British Lion' Lancers.........* Tel Aby Jury "........

Curtner. Godfrey. Aicinales.

.......... Southern Brecia"................................ Palka. Toujours Gallant"...............Fahrbach. Quadriike......" Roundab ut” va muna, Williams, Galop............" Foahuntera"

Marton.

An invention has been inade which promises to revolutionize completely the industry of china decoration. By a process discovered by J. B. Bonnaud it is possible to obtain in a few minutes the same artistic effects which cost the hand painter on china days of laber, Landscapes, groups of figures and portraits are produced by this means on vases, plates and plaques in their natural colors, even to the most delicate shades The Ching Mail has not yet made any attempt to accept our challenge to vindicate its battered reputation by having the question in dispute tried before a special jury. We are ready, but both the valiant Editor and the "jack the Ripper" of local journalism are apparently afraid to face the ordeal of the jury trial the Editor himself suggested. We shall give them until Monday to accept, and then it will be our turn to take the initiative.

Ong of the most unique institutions ever heard of is what is known as a "Poverty. Society," which was recently organized in Rússia. The obj ct of the society is to "popularize poverty [samone, the poor and teach them that their lot is

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At the Shanghai General Hospital, on the 11th September, 1889, ALEXANDER MCCAPPIN (Upper Yangtze Pilot), aged 60 years,

At 11, Old China Street, Shanghai, on the 12th September, 1889, William Bains (Lower Yangtze Pilo), aged 54 years.

At the General Hospital, Shanghai, on the Tath September, 1879, CHARLES HENRY SMITH (late Master American lorcha Kung Tan, aged 57 years.

not one to be repined at, since the first pleasures of life can be enjoyed independently of money." The promoters of this scheme, it is almost need. less to remark, are among those who have more than their share of this world's goods.

AT the Police Court to-day Chan Taoi, a contrac- tor, was summoned for permitting blauting at the Peak. M. HL. Dalrymple stated that a little after six p.m. on the 13th instant, when in a chair, near Mr Leigh's house, he heard an explosion and saw several small stones fall on the road shortly after. One fragment, weighing pade about two pounds, flew across the road. There were other people about. He did not hear a gong, or 100 danger flags-A fine of $ag was imposed.

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HONGKONG, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1889.

TELEGRAMS."

THE STRIKE RENEWED.

4 LONDON, September 18th. The Dock labourers and. lightermen refuse to work whib emergency men. The Dock Directors have retained the latter and the labourers and

to do with that.

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Mr Webber rejoined that he had only men tioned the fact to show that it was useless to take up the time of that Court. The application had to be made within 15 days."

Mr. Wodehouse-I don't understand what you mean by saying I have no option.

Mr. Webber-That is my opinion-if you thi k you have I shall be happy to say what I. have to say.

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Mr. Wodehouse pointed out that the Act laid down that "if the, endorsed warrant raises a strong and probable presumption that the prisoner committed the offence with which he is charged" he must he surrendered. If Mr. Webber wanted to say anything about the evidence he would hear him.

Mr. Webber said that he could not possibly that his Worship considered there was a prima say anything about the evidence. He took it facie case.

of

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At Hankow on the 1st September, says the Shen Pao, there was a very cordial and jovial gathering at the new Tea-traders' Guild-house, A correspondent sends to the Singapore Free and American Consuls (the British Consul was"

when the foreign merchants and the Russian Prass the following account of some frightful absent owing to indisposition) assembled to atrocities recently committed by Arah slave do honour to the hospitality of the native owners in Lombok, to which attention was directed tea-merchants, by whose subscriptions, after some time ago in connection with the scandalous being in building several years, the handsome system of slavery which prevails in that island ;--

I believe you are perfectly aware that in edifice had been completed. There had previously been religious ceremonies and state; human beings are bought and sold there natives, and this internatio al dinner was the like so many sheep. As in Africa so nlan in this island the Arabs play a prominent part in culminating ceremony of the inaugumtion. this infamous trade, and the cruelties perpetrated Among the 40 or 50 foreign guests were several by these bloodthirsty people upon the helpless At 5 pm, the Russian Consul, Mr. Dmitravsky ladies, and there was music from n stringed band. slaves are often of such a nature that a mere account of them makes one's flesh creep, as you() signed to the musicians to stor, and made may judge from the following.

a speech proposing the health of the Emperor About two months ago some four young slaves various European and American sovereigns or China Mr. Uh then replied, toasting the two men and two women, being unable to bear -Presidents of the nationalities of the guests, who any longer the harsh and ignominious treatment of their master, that renegade and notorious Arab did not leave till 8 p.m. Sayid Abdulla, agreed together to try and escape to Boeleleng. Possessing themselves of a little

There have been extensive rabberies of gun- the wind blew fair but afterwards it failed. and and eight soldiers were lately surprised climbing boat they set sail for this place. For some time powder from the Government stores at Nanking, began to blow against them, and they were finally over a wall by means of reps to steal the driven to the shores of Karang Asam. Here powder. One was shot, and another captured; Everyone with any humane feeling will be they were intercepted by one Sayid Mohamad, a the latter was shortly afterwards executed. There glad that Mr. Maybrick has escaped ignominious son of the very Sayid Abdulla, and one who in had evidently been collusion on the part of those death on the scaffold, but it is shocking to reflect "Karang Asain is on the high road of pursuing who were in guard of the powder, and the that she owes her escape to popular sympathy, the same avocation of establishing himself a con- Shin Pao, in a lender on the 12th September, which was aroused in her favour simply by thestant cuffer to our Dutch Government as bis expatintes on the danger of these powder. position which she held in society, and that, had father is in Ampenan. This young upstart, as he robberies for the peace of the country. she belonged to the lower classes, abe would may be appropriately called, no sooner dis- Although in this case much of the powder probably have suffered the same fate as the wretched infanticide whose case I have just at once chained them on the spot and sent them facturers, its destination is probably not

covered the intention of the poor slaves than he had been disposed of to cracker referred to.

back to his father with a letter informing him of always so innocent, and it may find its way to the the intentions of the slaves, and also of the hands of the rowdies called hung-sing-tsa pt circumstances under which they accidentally fell Ticalsin, fring 'fat Yangchow, and liu-mang at Shangbai Lately at a village in Sin- Ning ien, Kuangtung, two clans called Li and in are said to have thrown up." fortifications" to resist each other in a raging feud which has been going on for some time, and which troops have gone to repress. Where there are forts, anys the Shin Pao, they must have powder, and it ought not to be so easily procurable. The practice of young men of means carrying revolvers as toys ought also to be stopped.

The ways of God are mysterious, but the ways of English people when under the influence of a "craze" are equally inexplicable!

I am, Sir,

Your obedient servant,

"FAS." Hongkong: September 20th, 1889.

OUR LOCAL SHAREBROKERS. TO THE EDITOR de que ** Hongkong Teardratu."

Into his hands.

manu

Arriving in Ampenan, Sayid Abdulla im. prisoned them himself in a part of his house and subjected them to every possible torture. They were, however, finally finished off on the rat of August in the following manner-The two men, whose respective ages were 16 and 20, were on that day at 11 am, led out to the beach SIR. In a paragraph in the other night's issue and simply stabbed by running a sword you mentioned that there was no apparent change through the heart and stomach. An for the two in our local Share Market. There never will be, women they were treated in this way. One of unless immediate reform is resorted to and them, who is reported to have been enceinta, A British missionary, Mr. Mel (F) of Hankow, something done to tide over the present dead. was made blue by giving her sixty lashes of the left Hankow lately in a boat with two Chinese che smaller "dealers in shares, the Jews, hands were fastened to her back, and she was they arrived at a place called Ta'ing-shan, in the lock. It is no doubt an acknowledged fact that rattan, and after various other tontures her to sell books and tracts in the country. When Chiness Molmmedans, Macaenese, and mem-hung from a tree head downwards. The tortures Chiang-bia District some 30 from Wa-chang closed. Have you anything to say why I should have carried on a goodly portion of our stock being subjected to numerous indescribable right. At one in the morning a native sampan Mr. Wodehouse-I leave that until the case is bers of other nationalities too numerous to detail, of the second woman were yet worse, for after Fu, the capital of Hupeh, they anchored for the

will dispose of the case at once. not commit the prisoner? If you have not, I exchange business for long time paat It is sufferings, her cars were cut, off and her nose came alongside, with four thieves on board of perhaps natural that the greater portion of them, was wrenched cut by a pair of pincere, thus her. They forced the mission boat's hatches Mr. Webber desired to re-examine". C. Stakes.charging one quarter brokerage from the buyer leaving a ghastly wound behind. Then the up and, were cloping with a box, when the The witness was re-called, and stated that only, a mere nominal gain, were entrusted with wounds were besmeared with a composition of missionary, aroused from his slumbers, seized although the Fugitive Offenders' Act. did not thousands from the hands of men who knew chili, lime and tamarinds, and the poor victim hold of the box and tried to wrest it from refer to any prisoners of the feminine gender absolutely nothing about them, while brokers as

was left on the ground perfectly senseless and them. Then came a fiercs tug of war, ending Victoria by which he applied to men or have known twenty-dollar Government clerks there was an Interpretation Act in force in. good as Insurance Companies were quite ignored. in the greatest of agony.

manga by the missionary being dragged out still sticking women equally. The information of Michael and forty-dollar assistants in Mercantile firms tunate four slaves who simply attempted to savego, as he found himself failing into the water. Such are the facts of the sad end of the unforgamely to his property. At last he had to let Benard, he admitted, was not signed. He did leave their situations to join this fraternity and their lives from misery, Then another Arab His boatman in the meantime was fighting the not know that any one was trying to get the they are happy in their iniquity: Here is the Sayid Seck Molabella, a relative of the said robbers with an oar, but getting an ugly knock prisoner back for any other offence than defraud-general idle played by these gentry, as heard by Sayid Abdulla, and a person well known to many on the foot, he also had to retreat into the cabin, ing her creditors.

me when the market was at its lowest :- Mr. Webber objec'ed to the information as

a European firm in Sourabaya for his swindling and the thieves rowed away. The missionary Principal (to Hebrew broker)-Gotany Electric irregular, since it was not signed. He submitted Lights ?

propensities, is declared to have ill-treated his informed the men on a revenue judk, and hearing that there was no strong or probable presumption

female slave in a most shameful manner; it is the officer was on there went there to tell him said that after making a piece of iron hot it was the case, but on shore, he beard the officer was that the prisoner had committed the offence alleged that the application was not made in

cruelly applied to her in a manner that, I must at Wu-ch'ung Fu. At last his; clerk was be excused from speaking of, and thus she was prevailed upon to take action, and he bambooed good faith and in the interests of justice, and

the watchmen, while the missionary returned that, having regard to the distance, it would be

on foot to Hankow the same night and informed. an unjust and too severe a punishment to send

the British Consul. The property lost is valued at about fifty dollars,

her back against her will

Mr. Wodehouse then committed the prisoner, pending her return to Melbourne, adding that she would not be surrendered for a period of 15 days, during which she bad a right to apply for

wit of habeas corpus.

Mr. Webber-I presume the ball will be as before.

Mr. Wodehouse replied that he had no power to take bail now. If it was shewn that he had power he would.

The prisoner was then taken away, -

THE HONGKONg cricket cluB,

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The annual general meeting of the members of the Hongkong Cricket Club was held last evening, in the Pavilion. Mr. W. H. F. Darby, President of the Club, occupied the chair, and there was a fair attendance.

The Chairman said that the Club was in a

Broker (who has none) Plenty, yesh, plenty At what rate?

Principal-Six, and of course only quarter brokerage.

Broker (plaintively) oh! say half, Principal (angrily) No, I'll be d-d if I do. get some.

Broker (submissively) O. K.; vata and I will

Well, as this specimen of the broker has bought, or sold, as the case may be, the person out of whom he has made something is invited to take a drink, and there the master ends until settling day. Having received his customary quarter brokerage he trips gaily along to the spacious billiard room of the Hongkong Hotel, and the profits derived from his daily avocations are duly invested in liquid refreshments and Manila lottery tickets; then, with a host of others who have finished their parts in the common play, he takes part in a few games of pyramids and trots home as "dead broke" as he came. of course he tells the "Missis" that, he has made hundreds of settlements for future delivery. and interests the little ones by telling them of the gold they will find in the Share Market when they get a few years older. Enough he sleeps the "honey heavy dew of slumber."

Other operators a little more fortunate than

nearly murdered.

I believe an official report of all the above has been already forwarded to Batavia and we sincerely trust that the Government will adopt prompt measures to avenge these cruel deeds penan just a few days after the commission of An English captain having arrived in Am the above crimes was shocked to hear the details of the case, and has accordingly made a report of it to the Editor of the Celebis Courant, A report has also been sent to the Singapore and Hongkong papers, and when the facts are known in those parts and in Europe our Government will certainly look green in the eyes, of foreign nations.

CHINESE CHARACTERISTICS.

THE ABSENCE OF ALTRUISM.

In the struggle for existence, which comprises- to large a part of the phenomena of Chinese life, social solidarity has much part. A man who is member of a large family is in much less danger of losing his rights than a man who However, it is simply shameful that in this belongs to an lenignificant family. The general civilized age and under the very nose of our principle is doubtless true of all lands and of all benign Dutch Government the commission of times, but it has special applications In China. such monstrous atrocities should be tolerated. A large village, all the families of which belong If the Government is powerless and cannot to the same clan, having the same ancestral hai afford to extend its influence and control over and the same graveyard, is evidently more than the said island of Lombok, then it is simply ridi, à match for a village which is inferior in numbers, culous to call this "The Residency of Bali and and the members of which are of various surnames Lombok,"

the "of abode,, „There are many matters in which........

THE Chefoo correspondent of the N. C. Daily | #ațiafactory state, and had a balance of $5,391 the class I have just caricatured, have a little time the above enormities were committed there the Interests" of "villages as such, in distinction

at its bankers', but that might be wanted at any time, and would soon go if the ground required repairs. He proposed the adoption of the report

and accounts.

Mr. G. S. Coxon seconded, and they were accordingly adopted.

News writes on the 10th instant-The weather bere is beautifully fine and cool. The French flagship and the guob-at Pißère salled yesterday at daylight, the rest of the French squadron having left on Saturday. H.M.S. Morlin arrived The Chairman, in submitting the election of at daylight on Sunday from Shanghal, having the Committee, suggested that Mr. Davies should come a large portion of the way under all. I be elected in place of Mr. Wilson, who was away. Colonel Anderson and Lieut. Graham had also regret to say that on her arrival her Captain had left, and he proposed that their places should to be brought ashore, suffering from bronchitis be filled by Colonel Chaytor and Mujer Johnston, and congestion of the lungs, H.M.S. Porpoise-The later gentleman declined, on the plea that he was under ordern for home, and Lieut. Blair, ailed yesterday morning, with Mr. Howard (of R.E, was named, and these gentlemen were daly the British Legation at Peking) on board, for elected. An advertisement in another column intimates | Newchwang, leaving the Merlin in the harbojr.

lightermen have struck work in consequence, Constant fights have taken place, and the aid of additional police has been asked for.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

M. A. K. Travers moved that Mr. Darby be

Mr. T. E. Darices and carried unanimously.

Mr. T. Sercombe Smith proposed vole of thanks to the hon. secretary (Mr. Travers) for the very efficient sad energetic way in which he had administered the affairs of the Club,

The Chairman added that a similar com piment was due to the Hon. Treasurer, Mr. H.

Both gentlemen having expressed their

visitors generally are very busy doing nothing. Tuz Chinero Rendition case was again brought before Mr. E. Robinson at the Police Court this afternoon, Dr. Ho Kal, instructed by Mr. Ho Wyson, represented the Chinese Government, and Mr. Wilkinson defended. Mr. Wilkinson. S. Green,

at the manly game and also for lawn tennis, Tux Shanghai Mercury hears that the Chefoo Telegraph Convention of 1887 has been signed, but does not give the statement authentically. MESSES Butterfield & Swire inform us that the Ocean Steamship Co.'s steamer Ajaz, from Liverpool, left Singapore yesterday morning for applied for a remand on the ground that there scation, the meeting ended,

this port, and is due on the 25th inst.,

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In conclusion I may further add that at and are united by no other tie than of contiguity more sense and they wisely go home, and find happened to be present in Ampensa two Ameri. from those of the separate families of the village,

consolation after a hard day's rushing about in the familiar and refreshing A.V.H.

The third party are the more fortunate sons of Israel. Speaking English, all their business is conducted direct with the principals of good standing, and they themselves occupy, good positions,.. They drive in carriages and ride horses in the evening, and late at night some of them may be seen recklessly carried by chair coolies driving about in various parts of the colony.

can young men, Stephen C. Martin and G. C. may come into collision. Prominent among Peters. When the facts were known to these these sources of dispute are those which aries gentlemen they were actuated by bumane feel from the danger of dowing, or more frequently ings and they left no stone unturned to get the of overflowing water. One village or set of poor slaves spared the horrible sufferings to villages is akuated on a flat liable to inundation which they were subjected. They went even so when a river breaks its banks. To guard against far as to offer to pay a large sum of money to the ruin which is thus threatened, a group of Syed Abdullah to get them liberated, but of no-elllages, avail, for the blackguard remained obdurate, and content of the local magistrate for the time being, "perhaps with the knowledge and

inflexible and exulted in his sendish deeds.

NOTES FROM CHINESE PAPERS.

provides a bank which shall prevent the watern "from overwhelming any of these villages. But

water must go sumembers, and in a thickly. settled country such as a great part of China is, it candot go anywhere without mula to many people.

· The Trolai Kung left on the 12th September When such, a bank has been newly built or Lo for Nanking by steamer. * It is said the reason | repaired, and a break in the river ja expected, Vicerby Taung on the occasion of His Excellency's .ested in keeping the water out, watch the bank birthday,

to see that it is not disturbed. The villagers living within the area which will be flooded by the dreaded-watersally out by night and attempt to cut the bank, if possible in such way as to make it appear that it was done by the action of the waters. It is when hostile parties, meet under these conditions that the most sanguinary battles take place,

I have written generally, and do not pretend to say that we have not numerous upright and trustworthy brokers in our midst, who work all excepting one hour for tiffin, and like good home at 5 p.m. They may have their glass of discussing either In that respectable institution the Hongkong Club or far from the madding crowd, at the Peak. These are the honor able, business brokers. As I have said, this Two thousand houses were burnt in the recent class is fairly numerous. Why then. should fire at Foochow, and three lives lost. The people sharebroken generally be designated dealers in say the Provincial Examination. Hall is the abode of a h'i-lin, and that whenever the Hall: doors grati-This is the class that alone can be depended are opened there is sure to be a big fire outside,

upon to support a Stock Exchange. This pro posed institution has been discussed times out of number apparently, and then thrown to the winds, like everything else in Hongkong, I don't doubt for a moment that gambling even of a keener nature than we are acquainted with here is carried on In the New York and London and Paris Stock Exchanges, and beyond a couple of suicides in every decade there is rarely any- outside those vast commercial institutions. It At Chiu-shan, a lolly hill near Keung, North thing in the shape of dishonorable rumours heard would, of course, be an awful act of honour had Formosa, whence a magnificent view

felanda anybody followed in the footsteps of those ruined seawards and villages foland is obtained, and I wonder how many of those people who faux have Imaelites blundering here, and by the focal natives the gentry have geilt

in the above institutions, considering, we always having been unauthorisedly hold to forels dated the press with letters protesting against It is a great pity that the gifted Pall Mall the authorities to take steps, they do the verdicts, and the Home Secretary with Gasitis Commissioner had not an opportunity to co foreigners Calablished peililons for a reprieve, and who actually, held 1 of noticing these linie thingsy having a natural ! spot,

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was no possibility of the case being falshed this afternoon, and also owing to pressure of THE human family living to-day consists of business and his inability-to go over the about 1,450,000,000 individuals. In Asia, where | ground as at first advanced last Monday, We do not necessarily endorse the opinions expressed by

Correspondents in this column), man was first planted, there are now about Dr. Ho. Kai said that as he had important"] 800,000,000, or an average of 130 to the square business himself which had been laid aside on

THE MAYBRICK SCANDAL. TOTEX BUTTOS OF THE HONGKONG TELRORAPE," mile. In Europe there are 320,000,000, avenging account of this case, and had made special 100 to the square mile. In Africa there are strangements to have everything ready to-day-filed with one topic which seems to have SIR,-The latest papers from England are 210,000,000~In America, North and South, he didnot see why aremand should be wanted on become a perfect craze and to have sent many there are 110,000,000, relatively thinly scattered account of Mr. Wilkinson's other engagements, people off their heads with exchement, I refer and recent. In the islands, large and small, His Worship coincided with Dr. Ho Kai's views.

to the Liverpool poisoning case probably 10,000,000. The extremes of the white but as the case was an important one he agreed And black are as fire to three, the remaining to grant a femand until Tuesday the joth instant, 200,000,000 Intermediate being brown and tawny, - at 10 o'clock.

To appeal to the magistrates, in the first Li Hin chang, newly-appointed Viceroy of the instance in recognised as useless, because Liang Kuang, was to hand over the Director no magistrate will do anything, in the matter Generalabip of Grain Transport to his successes if he can avoid it, and even if he were Sung on the 11th September and to proceed to | willing, the rate of his movements would be Canton on the 16th, while the new Director of such that the danger would have either passed. Grain Transport will proceed to its post on the or have been precipitated before the initial steps. 27th September.

of the mandarin had been taken. As the very existence of the people is thus often atestake," he battles are sometimes of great ferocity, and many lives are lost, This leads to lawsuits, v which are not infrequently, butbed up by the officials, that they may not lose their posts. It Is for this reason that often no reference to these occurrences: appears in the Peking: Gaxillas When we consider, the extent of territory in China which is at times "lable to anols day salar