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XMAS SEASON.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 1890.

A CHINESE lady with a broad expanse of bald- ness on one side of her head sought redress from Mr. Wodehouse this morning. Her story was that some men came to her house about a

month ago and expressed a willingness to borrow any dollars she might want to lend, and when she mentioned that the security seemed slim they pushed her down, kicked her, and cut off a chunk of hair with a knife, beside making her

WE beg to invite atention to our stock of day by Inspector Mackie, and was duly put

articles suitable for

CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR GIFTS.

Toilet Fittings, in Crystal and Silver,

Liqueur Stands.

Smokers Cabinets, &c.

nway" for nine months.

THE annual prize distribution at the Victoria Home and Orphanage took place this afternoon, Mrs: Fielding Clarke performing the ceremony very gracefully. The Rev. J. B. Ost and Mm, Ost, superintended the proceedings, and simong English, American and French Bon Bone and the visitors were the Revs. G. H. Bondfield and

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A. G. Goldsmith, Mr. S. Northcote, and a num. her of ladies. Mr. Ost having read his report, which was favorable, Mrs. Fielding Clarke handed the prizes and presents to the little ones. Before doing so she said she had been over the in- stitution, which she had every reason to think was a most admirable one, greatly aiding in the educa tion of Chinese girls here. She had bad an amak in her service from there, who appeared a well brought up, Christian girl in every way. She then distributed the prizes. The proceed- ings were terminated by the children singing, in Chinese, the National Anthem.

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THE CRICKET FESTIVITIES.

A meeting of the members of the Cricket Club was held in the Pavilion this afternoon to arrange about a Ball in honor of the Singapore cricketers. Capt. Deane, the president, took the chair, and there was a fair attendance.

Mr. Travers (hon, sec.) reported that, as the

Shanghai team were not coming, the sand and

would be the days for the match Singapore, and the 74th and 24th for the retum match. If the latter was not finished on the Saturday it could be resumed on the Monday. The A. D. C. were giving a performance, and had kindly invited the visitors (Hear, hear).

The Chairman having introduced the subject of the Bail,

Mr. S. Smith proposed that one be given on Monday the 27th. The only question was whether it should be given by the Club or by subscription. He moved that it be by subscription, at $5 each, and 'a 'similar amount for each guest (limited to two each) invited. Ladies would be invited by the Committee. If there was any deficit the Club night make it up.

Mr. Leach seconded.

The Chairman, in answer to Mr. Fraser-Smith, said that the Club had $6.00 in foods.

Mr. G. S. Coxon was in favor of making the Ball a subscription affair, leaving the Club only to guarantee à certain amount, say $500.

Mr. Exckici seconded, but it was negatived. Mr. Fraser-Smith moved, and Mr. Powell seconded, that the subscription be $10 each, and that the Club vote $1,000.

The Chairman pointed out that a regular ball would cost probably $3,000.

The amendment was lost, and Mr. Sercombe Smith's motion was then carried,

[52 LAST night armour having got afloat amongst the Chinese in the colony that a certain well- known and substantial bank in this colony had suspended payment, all notes issued by that bank were refused by Chinese shops and money changers; not one of whom would cash even a

libelled bank, Even for a few hours this morning there was yet some difficulty in chang ing a "ver." The rumour originated, we are informed, through a little delay which occurred in the bank in question, in cashing a large drait yesterday belonging to a Chinese trader from NEWS BY THE AUSTRALIAN MAIL. abroad. who demande specie, refusing to receive bank notes for the draft. There was some sort of a "run" on the bank in question this forenoon, but there apparently being quite enough specie in the strong-room, the numbers who wanted to exchange their notes became fewer and fewer, as the houTS wore on. To say the least, it was rather un- pleasant for the bank officials, with whom we heartily sympathise.

OUR AERATED WATER MANUFACTORY is replete with the best Machinery, embodying all the latest improvements in the trade. The greatest attention has been paid to appli- ⚫ances for ensuring purity in the Water-supply, to secure which we have added a Condenser cap. able of supplying us with 3,000 gallons of distilled water a day, and are now in a position to compete in qility with the best English Makers. Our Sweet Waters cannot be surpassed anywhere.

The purest ingredients only are used, and the utmost care and cleanliness are exercised in the manufacture throughout.

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Amour a quarter to four this morning a lukeng stood in the deserted Queen's Road. Singular to say, he was, awake, and, hy a coincidence, just then a Chinaman was chunbing down the scaffolding outside the new building adjoining the Telegraph Offices. The man decended tower. The Inkong watched more intently. (This Jules Verne style of writing is too trying-let us sup pose they have me). The climber had a revolver, some cartridges, an inkstand, a Water- COAST PORT ORDERS. bury watch, two pen-knives, and a silver plate whenever purticable, are despatched by first stuck in his girdle. Evidently hewas undecided

to whether he should set up as an editor or a steamer leaving after receipt of order.

FOR COAST PORTS, Waters are packed and highwayman. A few hours later Mr. Schelihass, placed on board ship at Hongkong prices, and of Melckers and Co., identified the property as the full amount allowed for Packages and Empties having been stolen from his room that night, and a constable recognised the thief as the wher received in gond order.

Counterfail Order Boats supplied on applica-party who nearly broke his reck last July whilst Burgling Mr. Grant-Smith's House in West Terrace. Mr. Wodehouse held that editing was a hollow mockery, highway robbery only permitted on the Rialto, and this Charles Pence pidgin could not be allowed anyhow, so he remanded the case.

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HONGKONG, SATURDAY, January 18, 1890.

TELEGRAMS.

PORTUGAL.

LONDON, January 16th. A new Ministry has been formed, but further demonstrations have taken place against Eng. land.

OBITUARY,

Lord Napier of Magdala is dead.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A BURGLAR who secreted himself in the house of a Singalese pearl-denter in Wyndham Street last night, and tried to choke the chokra when he was discovered, got six months this morn ing.

TO-MORROW morning between 9 and 10.30 o'clock the steam-launch carrying the Bethel flag, will call alongside any vessel hoisting code pennant C, to convey men ashore to 11 am. service at St. Peter's Seamen's Church, returning

about 12.30.

SUPREME COURT,

IN CRIMINAL SESSIONS.

(Before Acting Chief Justice Fielding Clarke.)

The Criminal Sessions commenced to-day, The jury a insisted. of Messrs H. W. Sampson, G. P. Pasqual, E. J. Hagen, Ernest Alfred Thimu, G. M. de Carvalho, F. A. C. Hahn, and F. Mailand,

A STRANGE VERDICT,

A well-dressed but very unprepossessing-look- ing Chinamin was indicted for obtaining 200 and a lot of jewelry from a kept-woman, by false prefences. The Acting Attorney-Gener, (Mr. A. J. Leach) prosecuted.--Ample evidence was given that the prisoner had been living on the woman for months, borrowing her money and jewelry on the most extravagant promises, until at length she became desperate, and gave him into custody.

The prisoner, in defence, made a rambling denial of the charge.

His lordship sumu od up a good deal in favor of the prisoner, directing the jury, in effect, that where such obviously absurd promises were made there could be no false pretence. The resul was that the jury unanimously returned a verdict of "Not guilty."

THE STABDING cast,

Exei Gunderson, a Swedish sailor, pleaded "at guilty" to an indictment charging him with wounding P. C. Jewar Singh en Boxing Day.

In defence he said that he didn't know any- thing about it. He was found guilty of assault, and sentenced to six months' hard labor.

A POLICEMAN IN THE DOCK. P.C. 633, Summa, was indicted for stealing a fowl, the property of a Chinaman, at Shaukiwan, on the 22nd ult-The Acting Attorney-General Prosecuted, and Mr. Pollock, instructed by Mr. Hastings defended.

The defence was that the prisoner had bought four fowls one of which escap:d. Acting from Information received he had gone to the com. plainat's house and there took a fowi which he thought was the one that had escaped, but for which he was charged with having stolen.

Several witnesses were called for the defence, The jury gave a verdict of "nos guilty,"

ADJOURNED.

We are indebted for the, subjoined items to our Colonial files received by the E. & A Cor steamship Taunadics, which arrived here from Sydney and parts of call early this morning:

LONDON, December 12th, Captain Jorgensen, the Norwegian sailor, who is going from England to Australia in an open boat, has reached Pernambuco (Brazil) He is well,

A Vi ilance Committee have captured a camp of outlaws at Wyoming, U.S., and lynched eleven of their number.

A strike has begun at all the Gasworks in South London. The Committee representing the man are trying to arbitrale with the Mansion House Committee. Mr. Labouchere, the editor of Truth, condemns the strike. The company have engaged 3000 outside men, and will win the contest if the porters fail to block the coal supply, which the company have, arranged to receive from Hamburg.

December 13th,

The strikers are very active, and the police arthorities permit persuasive powers to be em- ployed, but prevent any violence. The strikers offer to accept a monthly engagement under the declined to accept it, on the ground that it is too terms proposed by them, but the company have

late.

The Egyptian Government have entirely abolished the Corveš (statute labour) in Egypt.

There were 200,000 spectators at Jefferson

Davis's funeral in New Orleans.

The business of the Bank of New Zealand is of a formal nature, and there is no rush for deposits, neither has a panic set in, despite the recent rumours. On the contrary, fresh deposits have been received, and shares are difficult to obtain, while at the same time they are rising, The Directors are expecting that the removal of the control of the Company's affairs to London will be sanctioned, and they will send an officer to Auckland to examine the affairs there. They also fully endorse the view taken by Mr. Calbeck in his letter to the London Board.

December 14th. Shares in the Bank of New Zealand are quoted at half per cent lower.

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an Austrian, and with attempting to murder a Portuguese,

Owing to the unsettled state of affairs arising out of the Dock labourers' strikes, and the consequent Infury to trade, Messrs. McLean Brothers and Kigg, wholesale Ironmongers, have headed a movement for the transfer of the Lon. don shipping business to the eastern seaports of the kingdom. The sa, Port Pirie galls from Grimsby for Australian ports in January.

December 20th.

An appeal is to be made to the House of Lords for the removal of certain features of the rexedos at St. Paul Cathedral to which objection has been taken by the Low Church party.

The infaenza epidemic is very prevalent in France at Germany. The Emperor William and five Ministers of the French Cabinet are suffering from the malady.

Bank of New Zealand shares have risen 109. The pugilistic encounter between F. P. Slavin, the Australian, and Jem Smith, the English boxer, for £500 a-side, has been arranged to take place af Lille, in France.

A syndicate is projected by South Australian mining capitalists to work a process for the reduction of refractory ores by alkaline treat- ment. The capital is fixed at £75,000

December 21st. as a ship in Rouen Harbor, in France. The An explosion occurred on the 19th inst., on ship had 1600 tons of petroleum on board. A park from the pipe a sailor was smoking caused the fire. The explosion immediately followed, causing the death of several persons'and damages. to the amount of 800,000 francs (32,000),

Mitchell Mohair's factory at Bradford, York- shire, has been burnt down. The damages are estimated at £200,000,

At a meeting held in Hyde Park on Monday in connection with the strike of stokers at the South London Gas Company's works, the murder of the Chairman of the Company was advocated by one of the speakers and the speech was received with applause.

The gas stokers in North London have been incited to strike in support of the stokers in South London.

The Portuguese press charge the English settlers at Lake Nyasta with murdering Dutch Portuguese recently are reported." and Austrian subjects. Attempts to murder

The scandal in connection with a private West End Club is about to come before the Courts on à summons for conspiracy.

The belting is 6 to 4 on Slavin in his match with Smith. Slavin was arrested at Margate on Sturday and bound over to keep the peace. He afterwards started for Belgium in order to mee! Snith.

Later,

Later particulars of the Smith-Slavin' fight shows it took place at Bruges in Belgium at eight o'clock en Sunday mornin. After fourteen rounds had been (aught, a dispute arose between Smith's seconds and the fight was declared drawn in consequence of the disgraceful conduct of the party supporting Smith. The referee, however, refused to stop the fight, which there upon continued, and it is reported that Slavin was killed.

The latest reports statel that the fight lasted 22 minutes, during which time Smith was often left the ring. Slavin down and eventually remained and claimed the fight. The referee declaring it to be a draw, was thereupon mobbed. Stavin was also set upon and beaten with sticks and other weapons. He was severely maltreated, but is now recovering.

The report that he was killed must therefore be incorrect.

AUCKLAND, December 22nd. The Government, bonded stores and armoury with a large quantity of explosives were destroyed at Tonga on the 16th December; also several other public and a number of private buildings.

THE LOSS OF THE "SPANIEL"

́and copper coins have been left on board the abandoned ship, and will doubtless be looted by the Natuan islanders. The Adel saived some Give thousand dollars worth of silver and copper coins, but nothing else. One of the passengers states that, food was very scarce, and that" an excellent di b was made by precuring raw sage from the trees, which, after being boiled, was then raked with hard and enjoyed immensely. A glorious and rich soup was made from the remannts left inside tins of. preserved meats, etc. inixed with coconut water. New Year's Eve was spent in playing vingt-et-un|| with a duty pack of cards, and had there

been a case of castor oil they would have eaten it or rather drunk it, to such a pitch of distress was the inner man brought. At midnight," a rocket was let off and "Wien Nederlandsch || Bloed," and "God save the Queen" were sung, with hopes for better luck next year. As soon os Captain Martin left the Spaniel, eight prahus, full of natives armed with axes, started for the wreck to plunder.

One of the European passengers, who had to leave Romeo on account of beri-deri, having big cured on the island where they stopped all the and swollch legs and face, believes he was entirely time: was this surely due to the mode of living. He is going to propose to the British North Borneo Government to buy theisland, place there He is willing to go again to the island and be an asylum, and send all suffering from beri-beri manager of the asylum, and bind himself to stop there for five years, to show the people how to get rid of the sickness.

SOUTH FORMOSA:

Our latest advices from Formosa' dated and January are as follows 1--

We have just heard of a serious assault by savages in Hien-chung district, which is the most southern såfen. It is said, 150 heads bave fallen to aboriginal prowess. This has caused considerable excitement, for although the savages have been on the war path for some time, and have been snatching heads bere and there, even effectually closing the road to Pilam, the authorities have not felt called upon to show any particular interest in the matter. Now, however, that the district, and perhaps its city. has become the object of attack, and so many of the inhabitants from the closely adjoining parts, slain, the powers that be, no doubt, feel that at least some show of activity must be made,

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notified by the Governor of Chekiang Pro vince that during the 7th'monn this year there, a certain Pan Yu-sung was arrested," and it was found that he was a member of an extensively-

organized secret society. Upon searching his person there were found two pieces of white cloth marked with a dark red stamp and other writing. The meaning of the words is only known to the members of the society them selves. This man was at once disposed of we nro not told how, but we know what the Chiaese method is. Lately at Yo Hong and Sai Fong districts, they have caught some more secret society men, also some swords and guns. Upon the persons of the prisoners were found pieces of white cloth with stamps and other writing, and when interrogated they said they, a set at Shem Tan" Mountain.” belonged Through these men the authorities managed to get hold of a leader called Chun Pow Sung, who had also the white cloth, bearing stamps and writing of a higher order, and he acknow- ledged that he belonged to the Tien TI Mountain sect, and said that there was another sect called the Ko Leong Mountain Society, and it was ascertained that these secret societies send their members to mix with the people as well as the soldiers. There are many of them; some are at Wenchow, Ningpo, Taichow," San-feng, Wos-ka-hsiang, and many other places. The head of all are two Hunan men, called Hoo Erh and Ta'ai Ching Hai The chief of the Canton

people was Chang Ching, and at Taiwan a man

called Poon See. The Governor instructs all the magistrates in the province to suppress the secret order, and see that they carry out his instruction carefully. The magistrates have now issued proclamations to all the people not to bave any- thing to do with the secret societies men, lest they get into trouble, and they also promise that if the members of the order confess the names of their companious they will be pardoned,"

"THE OLD. " CHALLENGER.

The Chinese Times, in commenting upon the death of Mr. James Killick recently, recalls some interesting reminiscences of "the good old forties." It says:-There are still perhaps some left who remember his annual appearances in Shanghai in the good old Challenger, a ship. built by Green of Blackwall to the order of Mr. H. H. Lindsay expressly to run against the American clipper Nightingais, which was pro-, nounced to be the handsomest ship that ever The telegraph steamer has been sent from floated up to that time. The English ship was not the north, and she has taken down about zro exactly pretty, indeed was quite plain in the after- soldiers, while all those in garrison at Takaobody, but astonishingly workmanlike. The two are also under orders to proceed to the scene of ships ran the Tea race in 1852 and 1853 amid action. December 23rd.

great excitement, the Challenger winning both The Sportsman this morning publishes a It is supposed that the 'savages are taking times, and surviving tomake many more voyages, report to the effect that Stavio, the Australian advantage of the general state of discontent and all in most regular, if not in extra fast time, excep

semi-anarchy, that exists, as these tribes, the ing one, which was somewhat eventful. In the pugilist, was killed in his fight with Smith.

Bhotaos, have until lately proved a most quiet year 1856 there was hardly any tea, but an im- and peaceable lot. There are various versions mense quantity of silk to be shipped from as to the immediate cause of the meute: one Shanghai, which all went to the Challenger- has it that treachery and aggrandisement: in at very high freights (6 or 7 per ton), connection with land purchased from the savages although the harbour was full of fine ships led to the outbreak, while another report, and “on. the berth" for London; such was the this may probably figure as the official one, is confidence reposed in the ship and captain. valued at three quarters to the effect that the savages have been irritated The cargo was by the refusal of the people to buy any more of a million sterling, and included about wood from them "on account of the restrictions 6,003 bales of silk. Insurance was a diffi.. the Governor has put on the trade." It is no culty, po provision" having been made for supposed that much more will be attempted even such an unusual amount, and no telegraph as yet existing. Shippers had to trust to their now by the General than to negotiate with the enemy, as the soldiers, at best of times in lively mail advices reaching home. In time to cover. drend of their aboriginal opponents and their The Captain was anxious under the heavy mode of fighting, are not very enthusiastic in responsibility, and in consequence did the one the cause, smarting as they are under the unseamanlike thing perhaps he ever did in his life. To make sure of crossing the bar he sailed deprivation of so many months pay!

On the whole I regret to say that things appear the Challenger without a tug in a dark night from to be getting worse in this part of the island, Shanghai upper reach, and grounded on the tail An extraordinary impression hus got abroad, or of the Woosung Bar. Here was a pretty mess, for been designedly spread, among the people to though the ship came off easily, the Captain the effect that (of all countries in the world) would not proceed without examination of ber England is going to annex Formosa and im bottom. This involved returning to port, dis prove the state of affairs." One is frequently charging, and heaving down, there being no of persons, whether there is any truth in the of course lost, and sailing eventually in Sentem asked in the interior, by all sorts and conditions suitable dock then available. The passage was report, while no secret is made of the delight ber she was delayed in the China Sea and made such a change would cause. It seems impos a very long voyage. As luck would have it sible to trace the rumour to its source, unless it however, the silk market rose about 2/6 per . is born of the desire for peace and quiet from the just before the arrival of the Challenger in harassing worries and uncertainties at present London, and some of the grateful prevalent. We hear; in all kinds of unlikely made the Captain substantial acknowledgments places, of "English beneficent rule," and Hong for his good management. Capt. Killick's Inst kong is instanced by people who one would voyage was in 1860, when he made think had never heard of the place, much less intermediate trip to Yokohama before landing la its form of government. If a worthy leader were Shanghai. The Challenger, under the quondam · to spring up it is quite on the cards that he Chief Mate, took the first cargo of ten direct from would have no difficulty, in getting many Hankow to London in 1861, being towed up and followers, though it must be said that there seems down, of course, no want of appreciation of the tremendous odds | ¦ that would have to be encountered so soon as the central government took the 'matter in hand, as of course they immediately would, in the

Mr. Amat Reid, editor of the Straits Times, event of a general rebellion taking place, Perhaps this contingency may have given rise spent a week or two here about Christmas, and, to the report as to foreign protection being in recording his impressions, anys:-Hongkong available De all this as it may, the mere has somewhat of an American flavour, and it existence of such an unprecedented state of a town of which one could say truly the most feeling will serve to show very strongly the flattering and the harshest things. One might turn, for instance, to the great, solid, stately plie lengths to which popular sentiment has run.

Of course the great cry is against taxation, where the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank has and when one points out what is true, that it housed itself, and admire it as a suitable home is unreasonable to expect the governor to give for the most important financial adventure of them protection or do anything else for the the East or one might point to the florid mould- improvement of the island unless they supply ings of plasterer's cement which try to pass- the means, the one reply is "Look at all the themselves off as true capitals to its granita money he has got, where has it gone? Not a pillars, and ask what kind of a community cash has been spent here, the Governor won't this where a wealthy corporation, directed come and see our wants, and he only tries to put by great merchants, diafigures a place with us off with promises and professions which he the trashy ornaments of a suburban villa? does not intend to fulfil. Why will he not dredge And in many places New York and San our harbour as he said he would, and improve Francisco grate upon, or gratify, ene's taste. For our trade; if he can't build a railway why does it is largely a matter of inste. The hall of the he not give us roads? Our money ought to be Hongkong Hotel, with a sharing saloon opening spent here we are as good as the north," et on one side, and a book store on the other, and a large bar and billiard rooms, and a constant etc., ad nauseam.

succession of people (who do not stay in the hotel) poaring through it and around it and in it, might well be located" in an American town, and doubtless many people like that sort It is confidently osverted that the German of thing I don't I never liked It In America, Minister, has rented a house at An-ping and and I like it still less where the means at com intends to send a consular representative there. mand do not permit of the spacious magnificenco If this step is taten with a view to push claims which is the redeeming feators of such publicity, it would primd facis appear that the official And there (so far de Hongkong is modelled on could be located with better effect nearer the New York) is the defect. There are some kinds fountain head; and though it may be unprece-of display and bustle which are only tolerable dented ja diplomatic annals that such intention when they are on a very big scale. I admire should be fist known to, and the declamation granite pillars but they must not have stucco emanate from, its present source, still, but for capitale. I have no objection to plate glass and this anomaly, the announcement has everything gilding, but the glass must have bevelled mould- else in its favour to support the strong pro-ings, and the gold must be rich, gi bability of its being true, and at the same time, tionally the reverset-N. C, Daily News. of course, a remote possibility of being inton

The Singapore Free Press gives the following details the wreck of the steamer Spanish The directors are very confident concerning theYesterday morning (8th inst.) the Sarawak bank's condition, but have made full preparations steamer Adeh arrived from Sarawak bringing to met withdrawals wherever made. The Stock Captain Martin, the officers, passengers and Exchange ridicules the alarm. Economist says crew of the steamer Spaniel, which vessel struck the directors ought to meet with specific disproof, at daylight on the 21st December on Karang and not a vague disclaimer.

Laut, a reef close to the South Natuna Islands. The balance-sheet of the bank has been

The Spaniel was then on her way from Labuan severely criticised by Reynolds' newspaper. to Singapore. Directly she struck, the water December 16th, came pouring In by the forchold and stokeholt, By seven o'clock, two hours after striking, the boats were lowered away and the four European passengers on board, all Dutch gentlemen, got into one boat with the chief officer, Mr. Morris, and the chief engineer, Mr. McCulloch. The second engineer, Mr. McRae,

influenza, which is spreading rapidly over the Every third person in Berlin is suffering from whole of Europe.

A heavy fog is hampering the gas companies in their endeavours to overcome the difficulties caused by the strikes of their employés, but the supply of gas is fairly maintained.

The Lisbon Press declare that the aggressions of Major Pinto in South Eastern Africa are exaggerated, and accuse Mr. Johnston of decep- tion. The Timer and Standard insist that Portuguese aggression must be stopped, though strong measures be necessary,

SYDNEY, December 16th. Neil Matterson rows M*Lean for £200 a-side purse is being subscribed, to be competed for by all having claims to the champlonable, within three months, The winner will be champion of the world.

on the Parramatta course.

LONDON, December 17th. the Brazilian provinces,

The London bankers are refusing a draft to All resident foreigners have been declared citizens of the Republic.

It has now transpired that Dom Pedro had arranged to abdicate on the and of December, and this bastened the rebellion.

O'Connor claims, the aquatic championship, and has posted his stake for a race for £500 a-side. He wishes to row Teemer and Stans bury. Teemer suggests that a sweepstake of $'con shall be arranged between Kemr, Stans. bury, O'Connor, Gaudaur, Hanian, and himself, Apomin carrying letters from the Cape of Good Hope, containing diamonds, was gagged and robbed in Hatton Garden to-day.

Altogether the state of matters must be giving H.. the Governor considerable anxiety, though as yet we do not bear of any step being taken to allay it.

WAS ITHERS SEE US!!

with nine firemen and two coolies get away in another boat, and fifteen coolies in the third. The water in the Spaniel was then level with the water outside. Captain Martin, with over 40 Chinese coolies on board, besides two Java- nese women, remained on board bis ship. The nearest land was about six miles away, but the people on a former occasion not having proved friendly, it was thought best to steer for the island o. Sithassen, about twenty-five miles distant! The boat containing the chief officer and engineer with the four European passen- gers landed safely, but the boat containing the fifteen coolles proving faster than the others, got out of sight, while that with the second engineer succeeded in making a small un- inhabited island planted with cocoa-nut trees. Next morning, however, December sand, all the prople who had left the ship managed to get together on Sirhassen island, where they were hospitably received by the Dato. On the 23rd December the mate, after getting a prahu from the Dato, went back to the Spaniel and was engaged for several days in landing the pas sengers on a neighbouring island named Pan- jang, and in trying to save some of the luggage A BURMAN barrister in Rangoon, who applied

and cargo. On Panjang Island,ten Chinamen were found in a small kampong, all traders, and the some time ago for a license to postat he was

forty passengers from the Spaniel are wald to but who was refused on the ground that he was not a landholder, purchased a piece of land in

have been treated very well by them. Capt. the Burmese cemetery measuring six feet by

Martin and one fermudi remain on board the Spaniel and refused to leave the vessel. The three. He is now entitled to obtain a license.

December 18th. weather was now getting very bad, and Captain Ar the Police Court this morning Mr. Wode.

The diamonds stolen in the Hatton Garden

Martin was pressed to leave the ship, as the water was washing right over her decks. The house fined the master of a salt junk twenty dollars or three weeks hard labor for having be fair for the other two to slay in jail one

The Acting Chief Justice thought it would not robbery were valued at 20,000.

mate managed to reach Sarawak in a prahu,

The distinguishing feature A great strike of "long-shore men" has taken hoisted sail on his junk last night at 8 o'clock whole month, so he would allow them to be place among the men employed on the National a hall fire the Adel was at once placed at his the voyage, with a fair wind, taking two days and contrary to harbor regulations. The Junk had no clearance papers and might have been going released on their own recognizances of $50 to line of steamers, the cause belog the employ disposal, and on the 2nd January the shipwrecked on a piratical expedition after having got re-appear at the next Sessions. The man caught me has been discovered against the people left. Sirhassen, where they had been lieved of its salt at Kap-aul-mun, you see.

Very hospitably looked after, the Date supply. ing them with rice, fish, fowls and cocoanuts Juring their enforced stay, For his kindness he CURIOUS things go on in Shanghai of which the

received a present of $140. Captain Martin was general public knows little, and the "Hydraulic test" is one of them according to a contemporary, The officer of an ocean steamer was coming ashare a cold evening or two ago at the Hongkew Wharf, when he saw two foreigners standing in the water up to their waists, surrounded by an admiring crowd of sampan-men. Wondering what was the matter, he called out to one of the men to ask what he was doing. "I'm testing his strength for Jesus," was the answer, and with that the speaker ducked the other man under the water. The officer came on to hear the lecture on Fools and their Follies, only regretting that he had no time to give the lecturer this novel illustration of his subject.

General stated that he wished to withdraw two At the conclusion of this case, the Attorney of the cases, owing to want of into mation, Another case that of robbery on the highway, in the absence of the prosecutor, the Attorney General asked to be allowed to stand over 'until the next Sessions. There were threa prisoners, but only one had been caught red-handed.

red-handed would remain in jail.

The Sessions then closed,

(SECOND COURT) (Before Mr. A. G. Witt, Acting Pulins, Fudge).

LARCENY AND ASSAULT.

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A new plot Cear, and officers of the Royal Household arrest. Sir Charles Halld, the eminent musician, and Lady Hall (Madame Norman Neruda) will visit Australia.

Mr. C. S. Pamell, in a speech delivered at Nottingham last night, said Ireland claimed the right to develope her industrial resources at her Ho Chun and Tong Kan were charged with own expenst. The recently-formed Tenants feloniously entering the house of a woman named League, be declared, would prove a most power Wong Ting, and assaulting her. They were ful agency for the destruction of the present sentenced to twelve months bard-labor-each Government "The report of 2 kr 2

Commission, whatever it might be, would not, PARČENÝ. A

he asserted, discredit the Irish party.

December 19th.

Chow-sing was charged with stealing $10 and two pieces of clothing from the Kwan Sing Club. He was sentenced to eighteen months hard labor,

The Lisbon press charge the English at Nyassa with having murdered a Dutchman and❘

CHINESE SECRET SOCIETIES; A

At the November Sessions here, a man was indicted for being a member of the Trind Society,

at last prevailed upon to leave the Spaniel and A cloth "certificate," or "pars," had been found

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of Life however, from Singaporean Hongkong, standpoint, is that it is life in a condensed city bustle. Both in our business and in our social.te in

Bingapore wo are spread over a large area. From the dock on the west to the tanneries on the east is at least five miles, and from the sea our business and residential quarters, go fuland about three miles; and so there is no congestion. In Hongkong everything is Panjang Island, the Adek steamed for Singapore, Quincey and the interpreter as being issued by streets, and the bustle and pressure are neces arriving here yesterday morning. The passen- the Sam Hop Wut, although neither of them early great. In the absence of trade returns gert and officers managed to save only a few of were members, but Mr. Fielding Clarke, the from Hongkong, one can form no idea of their effects, the remainder being spoilt by Acting Chief Justice, held that, to convict, it would they comparative volume of basiness in the seawater. The mail of the Spaniel was saved. be necessary to have proof from a man who two plates; but as regards the appearance of The Spaniel was an iron scow steamer of positively knew as a member of the Society, and business, there is certainly be comparison. The 282 tons nett and 431 tons gross, owned by as very naturally, no one possening the effect of the concentration in, and the habits of Messrs. Ban Hin & Co. of Singapore.

qualification was forthcoming, the man got off the City of Victoria is to give you the idea that, The coral can be seen through the bottom. In the face of this, i edifying to everybody is enormously busy the effect of the She had but comparatively little cargo on road how the Chinese authorities deal with such spread out condition and the habits of Singapore, board, but a quantity of valuable. pearl shell, cases A Shanghal native paper of the 11th inst, is to give it the appearance of a sleepy hollow, and some few thousand dollars worth of silver | says that "the Ningpɔ Magistrate has been. To some extent these appearances are deceptives

the remainder of the people being taken off on him, and was identified by Detective-Inspector condensed into a small area, and into narrow