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the Fire Brigade he very probably might, on a searching investigation, have been found not altogether blameless. It is not a

FROM the Japan Official Gazette-Last year which turned out 17,3:8 353 pieces of brick there were sixteen brick factories in Tokyo

valued at gen 101,744-

TRx Superintendent of the P. & O. 5, N. Co. courteously informs us that the steamship Peshawar, with the next English mail, left Singapore for this port at 8 a.m. to-day,

THE quantity of coal consumed in Tokro last, year was 167,341.887.33 Kin, of which_265,258,' 205 R8. Kim were consumed by locomotives, and 48,865,338,17 Kin hy various factories, THE new steamer Pao Ching, bullt by Messrs. Farnham & Co. of Shanghai for the Yangtze traffic, and which ran a successful trial trip the other day, is said to be a great credit to her builders.'

THE share dealing case of Brandt . Grimble. partly heard before Mr. A. G. Wise, Acting Puise Judge, in the Summary Court yesterday. will require some criticism later on. At present we can only carefully peruse the evidence and smile serenely.

new thing in Hongkong for a Government official to sit in judgment on himself the Public Works Commission, in which Mr. J. A BLEND OF THE FINEST WHISKIES M. PRICE Shone to such great advantage in protecting himself and his own interests is only a matter of yesterday, but it is nevertheless a practice that ought to be Per Dozen $to. discouraged. And we don't think that the duties of Chief of the Fire Brigade and Coroner should be vested in the same person. As it happens, Mr. Wov¤HOUSE, in. addition to these two offices, is also Police Magistrate and Acting Colonial Treasurer, and he may hold a few more sinecure appointments with which we are not acquainted. Surely Sir WILLIAN DIS Vaux cannot regard this sort of thing as satisfactory? In our view, it is rank jobbery of the most disgraceful type.

But let us return to our precious Fire Brigade and its well-meaning but danger-out of this intention. ously loquacious Superintendent. Mr. WODEHOUSE has said, and his utterance must be regarded as an official one, that it is not competent for the Hongkong Fire Brigade to undertake the saving of life as well as property. Well, in that caso, and it must The greatest attention has been paid to appll-be admitted that. Mr. WODEHOUSE is by far ances for ensuring purity in the Water supply, to secure which we have added a Condenser cap the best authority in the colony on the

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The Penang Gazette says, it is reported that the Netherlands Indian Government intended to des patch a large number of troops lo. Acheen, but that the fact that cholers and beri-beri have broken out there, may possibly delay the carrying ACCORDING to a native paper, the out-put of co! from the mines of Onga. Kurate, Kama, Homi, and Tagawa, in Fukuoka Prefecture, worked by the Ruchika Mining Association during the first half of this year was 334.482 tons, showing pared with the same period last year, an increase of more than 60.000 tons, as com-

three of their most promising youths to Japan to THE Corean Government have, we hear, sent' study the science of mining engineering. They are expected to finish their studies within the space of three years, when it is the King of Coren's intention to appoint them Directors or

Hermit Kingdom.

THE pompeus Editor of the China Mail bas, after all his blatant gas, funked facing a jury of his fellow citizens. We felt sure he would. It is another patration of the old fable of the nit in the lion's skin. But is the writer of the letter signed "Ropes as feeble a specimen of humanity as the Editor who, for reasons not stated, not come forward and show that at least he "declined to answer ?" If not, why does he possesses the courage of his opinions.

would appear that Shanghai is still a long way in front of Hongkong in the ship-building line-wife the report of the trial trip of the steamer Pao Ching printed, in another part of this issue. Doubtless, the cause of this is that our local Dock Company has never had a chance of constructing, a steamer of over 1,000 tons. The Directors of the Steamboat Company, who have made every cent they possess out of local enterprise prefer to pay, a much larger price in Scotland for their steamers, rather than give the Dock Company a chance. But the gilded mono- poly of Messrs. Belilios & Co. has almost run its course.

CANTON.

(FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.)

CANTON, 23rd September, 1889. According to current report, it is unlikely the Viceroy will be relieved before January next. In compliance with the Viceroy Chang's request, Li Han-chang will not hurry his arrival at Canton. His Excellency is expected to reach Nankingto-day, where he will spend two months vacation, which it is stated he has been granted, in the magnificent palace he hullt some few years ago. His Excellency will also enjoy the advantage during his stay at Nanking of con Tsing Kwo-chuan, regarding railways and sulting with his fast friend the Viceroy other important matters now on the tapis. Etiquette prescribes forty days as the period a high mandarin is to occupy travelling overland between Nanking and Canton, so that if Kiangsu at the expiration of his present leave, our new Viceroy starts from the capital of he should arrive here about the first week in January next.

naval school building and get it passed before Great efforts are being made to complete the the advent of the new Viceroy, Mr. Taal. Sih Yung, Chang Chih-tung's trusted Secretary, devoted last Sunday to a personal inspection of the building at Whampaa, and strongly urged the hurrying on of the work The scamping aroused Viceroy Chang's ire has apparently been matter I chronicled in a previous letter, which so

treated in that accommodating manner 10 peculiarly Chinese,

the city is progressing, and an appropriation of The new cartridge factory to the northwest of taels 40,000 has been made for it. The plant in of a mixed description; a portion of which was ordered from Germany came from England after all, and bears the name of Mesars. Archibald of Birmingham.

for the interests of the community. And Supervisors of the whole mining system in the Kaw Hong-Beng, who is as the worthy Superintendent has publicly stated that he is not aware it has ever been. regarded as-which means that he does not consider it-one of the duties of the Fire Brigade to save life at fires, we, somewhat reluctantly we admit, contend that this officer, being quite ignorant of the most essential part of his duties, should be at once suspended from a position which, on his own showing, he is quite incapable of adequately filling. If Mr. Wooxiousz has not grossly exaggerated, the Fire Brigade is a disgrace to the colony. Two persons, a woman and a girl, were burned to death on Saturday, because it was not the business of the Frie Brigade to save life! The rescue of rotten furniture and what is known as property is the raison d'être of the Hongkong Fire Brigade, which, by the way, is a public institution, supported and paid for by the community. If Governor DES Vaux cannot see his way to remove this scandal from our midst, we would fain believe that there is at least one honest and independent man in the Legislative Council who will insist on a thorough reform in the matters to which we have Just barely alluded.

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TELEGRAMS.

THE FRENCH ELECTIONS..

LONDON, September 23rd. General Boulanger has a majority in Mont- martre, but a second ballot is necessary. The clergy are, supporting Boulanger's party. Four Boulangisfs have been elected in Paris.

(Special despatch to Hongkong Telegraph.)

THE BURNING OF THE "ALTAR TO HEAVEN."

PEKING, September 24th, "Two men have been arrested on suspicion of having set fire to "Tien l'an" (the Emperor's Aliar to Heaven) and the "Chi Nien Tien " (Temple for Supplications of the Year),"

"A memorial had previously been sent into the Throne by two Censors to the effect that the fire had been caused by lightning."

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ANOTHER man who knows all about it. Capt. F. Watkins, of the Inman Line steamship Cily of Paris, says that fore-and-aft canvas is of no assistance to a fast steamer, not even for steady ing purposes. Instead of increasing the speed, he says the spars and sails frequently retard steamer as much as a mile an hour, and within a few years, he expects to rate the absence of both canvas and spars from all the ocean fliers with he with the Angels, and ocean steamers still And within a few years we expect that Watkins carrying fore-and-aft sails, not merely for steady ing purposes, but as a protection in the case of break-downs. IF "A Law Student," who has been lately sending some correspondence to our morning contemporary re that first class imposition, the Law Relefon Committe, could only be induced to ir ave the region of inconsequent twaddle and tate in plain English what steps ought, in his opinion, to be taken to have our Ordinances put into ship-shape farm, some good might accrue. What beneficial results dees "A Law Student" expect to obtain by superficial references to what acts might or might not be introduced into this colony with advantage What we want is to have the laws already existing put in a form that anybody can understand them. If any additions or improvements are required, the | Legislative Council should be applied to. However, are glad to see "A Law Student" Dur morning contemporary, and others, following the lead we gave them some weeks ago and

Forward in the wheel-house, with the captain's -cabin abaft it, while the passengers" cabin and the bath-room are at the after end of the house, All the rooms are comfortable and each is fitted, with a bunk, a chest-of-drawers, a steams heater, a setter, and some of them have A. & R. Smith's patent lavatories. Abaft of this house is a long skylight to give light to the Chinese accommo- dation on the upper deck, and abast this again are a water service tank, three companion whys, the engine room skylight, and another long skylight, The boats, four in number, are also

on the spar deck, two being amidships, and the other two aft. Forward, under the saloon and twelve cabins, some of them having four bunks on the upper deck is the Chinese saloon with

in them, and others are to be used as amoking. divans. This saloon opens out on to the fore castle, which has a teak deck. Abaft of the Chinese saloon and, forward of the funnel is fitted with fifty-six burks, while further aft the Chinese second-class accommodation. is further Chinese

accommodation with

ninety-six banks. The after peak is fitted as

a

treasure room, and the fore one as the ship's store. room, and on both sides of the engine room casing are other rooms, some used as galleys, and others as native bath-rooms, lamp and store rooms, native W.C.'s and an engineers' store room, so that all the space in the ship, not required for cargo, has been utilised. There are two. ways to the lower hold, while the ventilation of cargo rooms on the main deck and three hatch-

the passengers' saloons and the engine room has not been forgotten. In, the forecastle is a high speed capstan. Clark, Chapman & Co.'s sleam windlass with a

The vessel and engines have been entirely built by Messrs. Farnham & Co.

SPORTING NOTES.

and were endeavoring to carry off a couple of the fair inmates, another band of robbers entered from the East, and commenced carrying off the portable possessions of the men engaged in " repelling this modern rape of Sabines. Property to the value of something like 2,000 trels was was carried off by the astute miders,

HANGCHOW

(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)

10th September, 1889. To-day closes the 'examinations which have been the great topic of interest in this city, and bas two weeks past. The region near the examina- filled it with about fifteen thousand strangers for tion hall is like a vast bazaar, filled with things valuable and attractive to the scholars. There is a large display of books, printed by the litho graph process, in sixty shops.

Imperial Examimag Commissioners entered the On the first day of the eighth moon the two.

city. Their chairs were sealed up, Indicating that they were not free to talk to any one, lest their decisions in the.coming examination should be influenced. They were received by the Governor and assigned quarters in the city. On the sixth of the present moon, a grand procession was formed at their quarters to escort them to the examination hall. The whole city turned out to see the grand sight, and the streets along which officials are dressed in their gayest clothing and it was to pass were thronged with people. The

ride in the genii chairs-open chairs with tiger rugs thrown over the seats, and small images of tigers for fool rests. The tiger rugs on this occasion were simply cotton cloths bearing a dim representation of the royal Bengal skin.

The first in the procession is the City Prefect, then follow in order the Intendant of Circuit, the Criminal Judge, the Treasurer, the first and second Examining Commissioners, and last the Governor. The first two and the last enter the hall with the Commissioners and remain to the escort them to the entrance of the hall. close of the examination. The others simply

. On entering the hall, the officials and exami who, is regarded as the presiding genius over literary affairs. This is to secure his assistance in their difficult and delicate duties.

take up their line of march for the hall. Each On the eighth day of the moon, the scholars

one carries with him his writing materials, and some food and bedding. On entering, each one is assigned a stall about four feet wide, four feet deep, and seven feet high, supplied with a board to sit on and a board to serve as a writing desk. Here he is to spend two nights and a'day. · He may walk up and down the narrow alley of about one hundred stalls, but cannot go outside of it. cooks for and serves them. About sunset, the A servant is allotted to every ten students, who gates being closed and military guards being. stationed all around the outside of the enclosure to prevent any communication between persona on the outside with the students within, three themes for the first essays are announced. Then

The Pao Ching got away from the C. M. S. N. Co.'s lower wharf at 2.30 p.m, and steamed down river just at the commencement of the flood tide, and passed the Bar at 3.30. On the way down, she ran on the measured mile, which she did in That other pet scheme of the Viceroy's--the 5 minutes. The Woosung Spit Buoy wAS rounded at 3.57 p.m., and on the way back she Copper Cash Mint has apparently entered its collapsing stage during the past week, by the dis charge of the whole foreign staff, with the excep with 120 tons dead weight on board, she did 'was again timed on the measured mile which, tion of Mr. Wyon whose period of service does in 5 minutes, the engines making 116 revolu not expire until the end of November: Mr.tions, and the boiler carrying go lbs. of steam,ners pay their respects to the tablet of the fox,

well-known in which was maintained all through. Everything Hongkong and Shanghai, played a leading worked smoothly and well, not a hitch role in the final act of eliminating the occurring during the whole trip Soon after foreign control of the Mint, and the "pro- 5.15 the Pao Ching's organ whistle was sounded, ceeding was not without some amusing as well and the vessel was made fast to the C.M.'s lower as instructive features. To all appearance the wharf at, 5.30, the passengers being all well Canton authorities, by the scurvy treatment satisfied with their outing. Just before landing a meted out to the foreign staff of the Mint, fail to few toasts were proposed. Mr. Galles, for the appreciate what has been done for them by the builders, proposed the success of the Pao Ching, staff during a period of about eighteen months. four Englishmen comprising the foreign and Mr. Buse, for the owners, responded. He said there was plenty of room for steamers on the Where the Mint stands was a paddy swamp, Yangtze, for which trade the Pao Ching in in covering an and there are now substantial brick buildings, tended, without undue competition, and be trusted a complete Mint plant, the largest of its kind in Government, steam communication would be area of ten acres, enclosing that with the improved relations with the Chinese the world. The first brick was laid in March, still further developed. He said he believed that 18881 in February of this year the first casting of increased communication by rail and ships coin was made, and up to the present time some would bring increased prosperity to the country, 100 tons of copper Cash have been manufactured,

and concluded by proposing the health of the besides about 12,000 ounces of silver, converted builders of the steamer. Mr. Twentyman was into dollars, half dollars, and subsidiary coinage. called upon to reply, which he did in a humorous Busy brains and busy pens begin, and each one Not only has this been done through the speech, which was interspersed with some

writes three essays which are handed in on. individual efforts of four Englishmen, but during ironical remarks by his listeners..

the roth and the students come out of the hall. the whole time against the passive opposition

They enter again on the 11th and write essays of the officials, who did much to impede the

on five different themes, and then come out on work. Evidently the Chinese authorities consider

the 13th. They enter for the third and last time they have been sufficiently instructed to mani-

on the 14th and write papers of five practical pula e the Mint in future, although it has already been clearly demonstrated that it

subjects. This year several questions on foreign cannot be worked upon legitimate principles

A correspondent sends the following to the translation, one on geography, etc. They come studies were embraced in these subjects, one on without serious loss. Whatever doubt there Shanghai Mercury of the 19th inst.: might be as to the correctness of the con doubtless owing to there being so few griffins usual, only about9,000 instead of 10,000 or 11,000.

Things seem very quiet at the rails this season,

out finally on the 15th and 16th, clusion reached in this matter by the All the life and fun seems to be knocked out of Canton officials, would seem to be dispelled by the whole thing, a very different state of affairs the significant fact that in paying off their to a few years back, when everyone was interested will require about a month to examine all the

Of these one hundred and thirty-six will be. foreign staff on Saturday last, no less an amount

selected as worthy to be "promoted men." It that one per cent, in base coin and short weight, Buzey. Humphreys and Ewo, and nothing seems

in some sort of smoke: take away Sassoon, essays and papers, and make the decision. Then kong and Shanghai Bank to exist in the monies left. The Doctor is gone: Mr. Ring has only a posted on the wall, in front of the hall, and the was discovered by the legal agents of the

the successful candidates will have their names paid out by the Imperia! Mint authorities. It griffin or two against what he invariably used to certainly shows that in the shroffage alone of to be determined not be left out in the cold. have; Mr. Choufleur is the only one who still seems

Examiners and officials will come out of the ball

rith September, 1889. this establishment (by no means an unimportant Only two mobs of griffins arrived from the near the city tumbled to the ground. It was Some time last month one of the old pagodas adjunct of a Mini) there remains much to North, and the leviathan stable bought all the situated on one of the hills near the famous India accomplisb, that is, if it is considered necessary that the establishment should deserve public best outs (no one could get anything that temple. For a long time it has been in confidence. It is, however, but fair to state that metal carried the day against all bidders), so that object in the landscape. It fell about 3 p.m. one possessed any racing points; sheer weight of dilapidated condition, but it was a picturesque this perhaps trivial circumstance was promptly set right, on the attention of the authorities being ning a griffin race. For the swell race of the warning and without any spparent provocation. so far no one else seems to have chance of win-bright summer day, without giving any previous called to it.

To meet some of the losses sustained by the meeting, the St. Leger, there is every prospect of I; with some others, was sojourning at the time Mint, a novel expedient has been adopted by his all right so far. Zephyr has not, however, quite of the fall was distinctly heard by us. It is sald a fine struggle, as all the spring candidates are

In a temple in the neighbourhood, and the sound Excellency the Viceroy, namely, to make displeased the knowing ones, but I think it is only that the structure was built about one thousand bursements from the Treasury with a proportion of copper cast at 1000 to the tacl and nor to the owing to grossness that he does not go so kindly,

years ago. The stories of its origin were revived as he did last spring, for he always does the last by its destruction, and the people were talking dollar, the normal intrinsic value. Of course the minor officials will take care to make the garter in 32 seconds when asked to do so.

about it for a long time. It was on a hill called Elegant is looking very big, and until a com: The Flying Hill and was built to weigh it difference up by some meansorother, and the effect. cannot fail but to prove demoralizing and far panion was scat with him, absolutely refused to down and hold it in its place. Where the reaching in its consequences. The Viceroy's finany gallop. He is now in physic. cial policy has also received checks lately from first class and, bar accidents, ought to make it het intimation that the hill was flying over, and he Vigour, at present in physic, has been going large village in it. A noted priest had an hill now is was formerly a level plate with a The proposed in- two different quarters,

Visitant, just out of physic, looks a mass of destruction. To do this he seired one of the muscle, but I regard him as more of a mile pony beautiful maidens from the street and dragged Pao-shing looks exceedingly well and moves her away. Everybody came out to rescue the for a good time yet. alf right, but under Mr. Minor Lake's careful maiden, and thus they escaped destruction when. management is not likely to do anything startling the hill settled down on their homes and crushed Arabic is in good order, and has evidently not hill from flying again, the same priest one night them beneath its weight. In order to keep the

testify

This year there was a smaller number than

we would suggest to the first named, that his crease of the skin has somewhat ignomi. for anything, with his light weight of rost, ribai wished to save the people of the village from

niously collapsed. In this connection it does not speak much for the Viceroy's greatly vaunted defensive resources of this pro- account of the imposition of an obnoxious tax vince, when to meet a petty local riot on

His Excellency found himself so completely

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elegraph arch, and that the fire, to the buildings Prue facts of the cake is About 5.15 am, on the had to indent upon, Hongkong for about leathe action, as 3.54 for a mille yesterday will went around the hill and carved the images of

HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1889. Ma. Hanay E. WODEHOUSE, Coroner of this colony, is reported to have sald; In

a.m. † 24h instant, the Captain, who was sleeping on the poop, observed smoke issuing from the after ventilator and at once gave the alarm of fire. All hands were immediately called aft and Mr. Pallett, the chief-officer, immediately went below to search for the seat of the fire, but was driven back by the overpowering fumes of what proved

twenty British owned launches to preserve the peace. In the second instance, the sale of the Examination Hall has had to be abandoned in consequence of the determined front of the

feraft both here and at Peking.

Altogether, there are indications that Chaog Chih-tung's rule of the Liang-kuang will not

sa some are desirous of making out.

one thousand Poosas in the solid stone. These images are all there unto the present day, and the hill remains firmly in its place.

The common theory of the benefit of pagodas „lif in that they keep down disturbances in the earth. The dragon is embodied in a hill. A certain place is the location of its pulse, and the pagoda i built over that place to keep the pulse from

Busybody went for a quarter yesterday for first time after physic, and quite pleased everyone by bis style. This is another pony which only carries the bottom weight,

Home Guard looks much improved since the spring and moves in very nice style, always finishing strong. He also has been chiefly con-

for he looks too ft.

cumming up the evidence adduced at the superstition of the country to attribute lightning to be the burning poppy refuse in which the turn out to have been so beneficial to the state, i fined to slow canters, a wise policy 1 should say becomlag too excited.--V; C. Daily News:

Inquiry held yesterday loto the fatalities at the fire in Wing Wo Street on Saturday last, "that it is idle to think that the Fire Brigade, as it at present exists, can over deal with such matters as the saving of life at fires." He is further reported to have said:-

"Of course every fireman when he goes to a fire, if there is the slightest chance of his being able to afford protection to life as well as property, is bound to do what he can, and I believe that the Individual firemen are always willing to

the "famly hall of the L's his mind, when writing about the We think that our corpondent might perhaps have had palace at backing. This building goes by the name of "15 tes from the city of Nganking, the capital of Anhul, the native provisos of the if family, it was built at a cost of 400,000 iaalamud, H.K. Telerájk

Chin Lou" or Palace of the Xi fazelly, and in airstated about

TRIAL TRIP OF THE "PAO CHING"

suspicion. I trust he will be there, on the day, Challenger, I am sorry to hear, is under

Bowever,

crack, has been bought for the Ewo stable for

Golden Hope, the Tientsin Spring Meeting's

long price. I don't think, however, that he is another Orlando.

do

NEWCHWANG.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

Cyma Gandhi 3th September, 1859.

promised remarks on the Law of Bankruptcy should be made without delay, and in terms It is fortunate for China and the cause of comprehensible to the general public.. 15 railways that, as set out in the above special In reference to the reports which have appeared

telegram from our Peking, correspondent, two men have been arrested on suspicion of concerning the fire on board the steamship outside the Cheng Yang gate, containing the Imperial Altar to Heaven, the temple for making prayers for a successful year, and the temple to the god of Agriculture, was not the result of their being struck by lightning or "heavenly fire "as the Chinese phrase goes. Those who have any acquaintance with the folk-lore of the Chinesa will understand us when we say that it is a universal

displeasure. Thus a man struck by lightning is mouth, Mr. Pallett made a second attempt, astbedirect instrumentofheavenly vengeance and opium is packed. Having tied a towel over his always given the credit of having laid careful and discovered the fire to be situated right aft in plass to murder friend or relative, which the lower hold, in the way of a small batch. Two crime, if accomplished, would never see the light seta of hose were at once brought to bear upon of day, but which had been averted by the thunder. the fire, which was smouldering, not blazing, and

There was a great deal of chin-chinning on the bolts of the Almighty. Such a calamity at this after breaking up four chests, which were in the | important juncture, with the success of the pro- square of the hatch from which the eplum had

15th of the 8th month," (gth Inst.); the Chinese posed railways system for China the question of been taken, the fire was extinguished. The

I may have something farther to tell you when the excellent crops of millet which are now being Mid-Autumn Festival, principally on account of the hour, would have been incalculable had hatch itself, and the under-side of the lower the memorial of the two Censors mentioned in deck for some distanca round it, was much

the poules have settled down to do their times,

harvested." From all parts of the country came the sboretelegramottslaed credence amongst the charred, but beyond this the ship was uninjured, A very pleasant afternoon, says our Shanghai

the best accounts, and if the weather remains superstitious of those around the Emperor, and

The chief officer, almost Immediately moming contemporary of the 19th inst, was

NOTES FROM CHINESE PAPERS

favourable for the next two weeks, the crop also amongst the Peking masses. Such a after discovering the seat of the fire, also spent yesterday by some fony fore mers, and a

be the most fortunate for many years.. Last year memorial would no doubt state that the Altar to found out that it was the work of thieves and number of Chinese who had been invited by The prison in the Yamen of the Commissioner the festival came on the 20th September, 1x days assist in that way; but for the public to expect evidence of the wrath of heaven against the smouldering cargo, His arms went into an opium | trial trip of the twin screw steamer Pas Ching dilapidated through old age, it has been decided already bed comparatively cold days KARTING Heaven being struck by lightning was direct | incendiaries. On putting his hand on the Messrs. S. C. Farnham & Co, to proceed on the of Justice at Canton having become rotten and later according to our calculation, but we have wholesale introduction of railways into the chest from which the oplum had been extracted, or the Precious and Pure," the latest addition to repair it, thoroughly, thus offering new The French gunboat féle arrived on the 8th empire, and that the very proof of the assertion and he subsequently found three others which to the list of vessels engaged on the Yangtze, inducement to old gaol-birds, A and left on the Toth, and H.M.5." Propoirs pald was shown in the destruction by "heavenly merely contained the refuse poppy-leaf used for The Pas Ching, official number 72,814, 15 m

us a visit on the rith, and leaves to-day. These fire" of the very aliar dedicated to its use i. packing purposes. The fire had been started in | steamer of 1,079/31-tooth tons register and is

Owing to the distress of the sufferers from the are flying visits indeed, and do not give any Fortunately for all concerned, especially for three different places, but owing to the confined 200 feet long, 30 feet beam and 38 feet over all. Yellow River foods in Shantung, the Throse opportunity for the interchange of civilities. The those who have been active promoter of the space and the absence of any draught, had never and ix feet depth of hold, with a mean draft of 5. has given its assent to the Memorial of the Porpoise is taking Mr. Howard of the Peking railway scheme, two men have been arrested on burst into actual flames. One of the gang find, & inches. She is built of mild steel up to the

Governor of that province for the prohibition of Legation to the different Treaty ports, and it suspicion of haring set fire to these sacred was the facebimself in the lower hold main deck, the rest, with the decks, being Oregon the manufacture, in Shantung, of wine made to be hoped he will not forget to give the monuments of Chinese reverence, which must hatches were secured at midnight, and pine with teak guards and covering boards. She from barley and other cereals,

history of the British settlement as it was, and go a long way towards dispelling the first after all was quiet, he opened the off-shore alde has two pole masts. Her engines, of which she.

as it is now likely to be no more. For years the superstitious idea of anything supernatural; and Cargo port and admitted the others, who, having has two pairs, are of the inverted direct-seting

British Government have allowed their ground thus, although the fire might have been caused taken out the contents of four oplem chests surface condensing compound type of go horse

to be eaten up by the siver, without making the by lightning, the first excitement of the affair emptied four bags of betel-nuls into the bold, power nominal, and the cylinders are 15 and

slightes effort to save the foreshore and whilst put the opiums balls into the bags, and made the one mild steel bailer with three ribbed

more valuable portions of the lots to Interfere Inches diameter with a stroke of 18 inches.

refusing to allow owner of the occupied and such obstructionists as the Censors and other good their escape after having set fire to the

She such case, soy subsequent theory set forth gentlemen of that Ilk, will be a matter of utter ship round the broken chests, which had been furnaces On the spa deck, which extends before the fire engines appeared on the scene of with any part for their own protection, Consuls indifference to the people and the great body of put back in their original positions, to hide the three fourths of the length of the ship, are the the conflagradon. Fortunately this building arrogated the right of letting out anoccupied lots officials (so far as our knowledge of them goes) fact of a robbery haring been committed. The wheel-house, captain's, officers' and engineers' was an isolated one, the ground around it cou- for the digging of docks to pilota, Customs, or has gone quite far enough. At Saturday's their heads-only to be broken in the attemptements published in the China Maji and Daily room and a first-csss passengers cabin with only damage done was to the building itself sion. Now the settlement has lost neatly 11 who have other things to think of than knocking men and oplum have been caught. The state rooms, the saloon, a compact pantry, a bath-taining only shrubs and plants, and so the anyone who took the trouble of asking permls. Inquest Mr. WodzHouse, appeared in the against the expressed withes, of the Empress Press regarding the chief engineer and the two bunks in it. These are all built of Oregon It is believed that the fire: was the work of the lots that remained vacant ; and where docks dual character of Superintendent of the Dowager and her coteris of progressive advise chief engineer appeared on the scene after the which is abaft the officers rooms, extends NCBI shore of the occupied lots it has cost a great donkey pump have no foundation in fact. The pine with teak-wood furnishings. The saloon, incendiaries, pubs 26 shakeithas shrere been continn lly made ind even the inte

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

fire was got under, Steam was on the donkey

While the residents of one of the western dis engine for cargo-working purposes, but the fre

tricts of the city of Canton were on the gui vive the guardians of the public peace and a gang of was put gut by the water from a hose connected to

last Friday night, on account of a fracas between [by the hands of the saliorsy'

marauders whe had entered a homes of iii fame,

them to undertake the saving of life a well as property, this is more than it is competent for the Brigade to do, and the real protection of Life lies chiefly in the precau tions that individuals may choose to take for themselves, and in the resources that may be at hand at the moment, either through the neigh bours or the other occupants of the house in flames, or in some such way; and I am not aware that it has ever been regarded as one of the duties of the Fire Brigade to save life beyond the limits' I have mentioned."

We take the liberty of directing the

attention of His Excellency, the Governor to these remarks, and to a great deal more

to the same effect for which Mr.Woozkous

is responsible. This Fire Brigade fooling

Fire Brigade and as Coroner. "Ai Coroner he acquitted himself of all responsibility

by

for the terrible death by burning of two TOMORROW and Friday are the Jewish NewDownton pump on deck, and which was worked women, for which as Superintendent of 1 Year days.

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across the apar deck-house. It is very comfortable, and is fitted with a long table, the panel and ceiling are painted white picked settes, steam heater and bullet with piste mirror out with gold, and there is oil cloth on the floor,

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The Lau Yuen, theatre, a building nearly 250 feet long, situated in the public gardens of that last Saturday night, and was totally destroyed name at Honam, caught fira at about 11 o'clock

deal of money and trouble to keep in order. The British Government styles itself the that any Interferencekh the paramount, lessee of the seulement, and adds

otted portions of the British Goremment la b