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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1890.

We are informed by the agents (Messrs. Adam son, Bell & Co.) that the steamship Tartar, from Liverpool, &c., left Singapore yesterday afternoon for this port.

A PRISONER is brought up for at least the fiftieth time on a charge of vagrancy. The Magistrale asked him how long he had been out of work "Ever since my mother died ... An ex- cellent woman!" added the prisoner, as be brushed away a tear. Magistrate (somewhat And how old were you when you mollified): lost your mother?" "Sixteen mouths, your worship."

to the north, the gunboat squadron was distributed along the const up to the Gulf of Pechili, and did invaluable service in clearing the seas of maurauders; protecting the trade of the intermediate ports, and in forming the van-guard of the operations in the north. The service they rendered in the memorable but disastrous attack on the Peiho, on the 25th of June, 1859, cannot be forgotten; and the ribs and trucks of the Plover, Lee, ACCORDING to an American contemporary, the and Cormorant, could be seen "in evidence" absence of Prince Henry of Battenberg from the on the muddy banks of that river until court Christmas was in direct defiance of the Queen's request that be should return from the recently. It was in this engagement that continent before Christmas and spend that the American Commodore (Tatnall) festival with the royal family, Battenberg witnessing from his Flagship, outside theesents the severity of domestic rule practiced by the Queen, and has now taken the most decisive bar, the terrible straits of the British stand against it he has ever had an opportunity attacking force (in which 480 out of a

We regret that Dr. M. R. Eacudero's (of the total force of 1,200 were either killed or wounded) made use of that never-to-be-Spanish Consulate) hame should have been current year, as that work is by far the cheapest forgotten expression, that "blood is thicker excluded from the Hongkong Directory for the than water" he could not be a silent the most widely circulated, and the only reliable Directory published in this part of the world, spectator to Englishmen being practically But the fault is not ours. We do everything massacred and suiting the action to the possible to ensure absolute accuracy, but if new word ordered out his boats and personally arrivals in the colony will not take the trouble towed in the British relicis to cover the to forward their names, we cannot be held respon- sible for omissions, however much we may retreat, in which action his own coxswain regret them, A. S. WATSON & CO., LD, was killed at his side by a cannon shot.

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Towards bringing to a successful issue the campaign of 1860 resulting in the capture of Peking, the squadron continued to render invaluable service, facilitating the occupa- tion, the suppression of the rebellion, and the opening of the Yangtsze. But as times have progressed, the old class have had to

craft in keeping with the advancement of yield in turn to larger and more suitable science. In welcoming the new class of gun vessel, of which we may take the Plover as a type, it would seem as if it would be impossible, during the next cycle, toimprove much upon this class in regard to speed and capabilities, but if they can show as good a record at the end of the next thiety years that their predecessors have done in the past, they will deserve the laurels we now place on the hier of the departed "puffers." In conclusion, we note there is some stamina left in the old vessels yet, for we see the old Merlin, Lieutenant Commander Yonge, reached Singapore homeward bound from this in about six days, beating her colleagues the Espoir and Cockchafer by a day, and it was thought that the crews of these yessels might yet have to handle the handspike" on the coast of Eastern Africa, and show that the traditions of the grit and pluck of their predecessors in the old puffers like the Plover. Algerim, Staunch, Starling, Opossum, Kestrel, Woodcock, &c., &c., &c., are as conspicuously to the fore as of

yore.

TELEGRAMS,

ENGLAND AND UNITED STATES.

LONDON, January 27th. The extradition treaty is still before the Senate.

for.

IF "prevention is better than cute," Detective Hadden is a mighty useful man. He generalis distinguishes himself by recovering stolen pro perly before the owner has missed it, and he had case to-day which was equally smart. He saw an old Chinaman walking along on Caine Road in a very ordinary way, but because the venerable party seemed a trifle fleshy be analysed him, and found hira to be adulterated with twelve taels of illicit raw opium, tied round his chest.

The Shanghai Mercury of the 1st inst. trans Mr. Wodehouse fined the man $75, later on,

lates the following from the Maine Gazelle "We regret to have to record the death of Mr. Ching Ah-ling-wang; he expired yesterday Just before he afternoon at 533 o'clock slipped his cables, he confided to his wife that he had been talked to death by sharebrokers Mr. Wong Kee-woo has decided to raffle his dress suit-45.chances at $1 each. He is one of our oldest subscribers, but was never yet known to pay his subscription. We have taken one last chance."

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DOM PEDRO ex-Emperor of Brazil, once called on Victor Hugo and asked the privilege of dining with him. The two men talked until 3 o'clock in the morning. Huge asked the Emperor what countries in Europe struck him as being the happies. Swiz.land, France and S.pl- land," was the answer. What reason do you assign for this?" continued the port. **The fact that Switzerland is an old Republic, that France has accomplished a Republican evolution, and that Scotland has a Republican form of church government," explained Dom Pedro. "The church has given a moral strength to Scotland hardy habits on the Scutch people." which is unique and her climate has imposed

THE Singapore Free Press nava that a private letter from Sir Andrew Clarke to a friend in Singapore states that the suicide of Sir Thomas Sidgreaves was conniceted with Pahang specula tion.

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The New York Tribune's special from London, of the 6th January says; The Czar has given granting a commission in the Russian army to Prire Louis Napoleon, and the Orisanists are also much exasperated. Every effort was made by the French Government to induce the Carto refuse the commission, and the prolonged ab- sence of Baron Mohrenheim from Paris is believed to have been really caused by the wish to escape vexatious discussion on the subject, as when once his Majesty has made up what he pleases to call his mind, it is use. less, even dang rous, to attempt to alter bis-| decision. It is probable that the Czar's com placency toward Prince Napoleon's younger son is really due to his intense desire to administer a sub to the Orleans family, as he is much exas perated that Prince Ferninand should still be in Bulgaria, and all the efforts of Princess Wal demar of Denmark, daughter of the Duc de

the Czar's resentment. The whole reru't of the Chartres at Drendensborg, failed to soften Prince's mission was a curt message to th Comte de Paris, on whose behalf it was represented he trnd done his best to induce Prince Ferdinand to abdicate, that the Czar much regretted he did not exercise, proper control over the members of the family of which he was the head.

great offence to the French Government by

"H Knights of Malta" have been at logger. | heads in Philadelphia. There are two factions of these noble warriors, each claiming to be "the only true Knights." They had a meeting on January 4th, which was not harmonious. I was that of the Chapter General of New York. and of the Grid Consistory of the Ancient and Illustrious Knights of Malta of Philadelphia. They remained in ression until early nex morning, and had ant the police been called in a free fight would doubtless have resulted They were discussing the right to the title of true Knights of Malta, when Commander Pierce of Philadelphia called Major Reed a traitor, Reed demn d d that Pierce "take it back." Cries of "Don't take it back," came from the hall. "Pierce, as chairman of this meeting, I command you to leave the hall,” said Reed. | "I shall not leave," replied. Pierce," and you are not able to put me out." "I command that Pierce be put out of the hall," said Reed. "He shall not be pui nut, and your crowd are not able to put him out," yelled the suppo ters of Pierce. The frightened janitor turned down the gas, but à policeman made him turn it up again. The Knights were met with swords, and a desperate fight seemed imminent, when a squad af policemen stationed outside, heating the uproar, entered the hall and separate the actions. The mee ing broke up amid the wildest

excitement.

THE Duke and Duchess of Connaught 'will probably arrive here at the end of March. They will 'cave ombay in the Kaiser-i-Hind on the 13th March. They are following the Royal rule, and travelling on the cheap. For that occult reason which prompts the P. and O. Company to break records, regardless of expense, whenever any of the progeny of our prolific Queen honor their vessels by travelling in them, The "Dook," whose party comprises twelve persons, will be deposited in fopan for a trifling 250, or under $rgo each. His Highness will not, according to present arrangements, come ashore to stay when he arrives, bat will run up to Canton in a torpedo-boat, first thing, and come down next day, when bis visit, properly speaking, will begin. He will presumably review the troops, possibly favoring them with a few reminiscences of Tel. 1-Kebir, and among other festivities will attend a grand ball which the Masons contemplate giving, if it is not too hot. There is some prospect of his also laying the foundation-stone, or turning the first sod, or whatever it may be called, in con-

that he will to some extent work for his living He will leave here in either the Verona or Ancona on the 13th April, a lot of the berths being knocked into one to make things comfort- able for him. He will leave Japan for America by the Abyssinip. And he won't be missed.

Government would uphold the honour and dignity of their country.

It is stated here that several European states- men have expressed opinion favorable to Portugal, and have warned Lord S thisbury that his action will endanger the throne of Spain as well as of Portugal.

LONDON, January 16th. Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales is improving.

Lord Louth is dead.

CAIRO, January 16th, Letters received from Slatin acha disprove the death of the Khalifa, and state that in con. sequence of a famine in the Soudan all fighting forces have dispersed.

LONDON, January 16th. Princess Maud of Wales is suffering from influenza.

ST. PETERSBURG, January 16th, The Czar in his New Year's rescript to the Governor of Moscow prays to God that the development of the resources of the country may continue undisturbed amidst peace which is aniversally desired, thus rendering all happy.

LONDON, January 17th. Princess Maud of Wales is better. -

January 18th

At a lecture given in the Indian Section of the

Society of Arts, Mr. Danvers, Registrar and Superintendent of Records at the Indian Office,

stated that cartloads of records were sold as waste paper in 1858 and 1760. Lord Harris, who presided, sald he was willing to forgive the East India Company, all their errors, and remember only their great services.

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ROME, January 18th. Prince Amadee, Duke of Aosta, died this evening. He received the Papal blessing before death, which was given by Cardinal Alimonda, King Humbert and all the relatives of the de- ceased were assembled round the bedside at the General mourning has been last moment.

ordered.

LISBON, January 18th. The Governor of Mozambique, who is credited with having systematically disregarded the orders sent out to him by the Government, has resigned his post and will probably be succeeded by Captain Almeida, of the Portuguese Navy.

General Guedes de Carvalho has declined the portfolio of War Minister which was offered to him,

ZANZIBAR, January 18th. Fourteen British war vessels now here are coaling.

Emin Pasha is a trifle better. The telegraphic cable connecting Mombassa and Zanzibar has been completed.

CALO, January 18th.

property, seriously jeopardised by the rejection of the annual Appro riation Bill by the Legisla tive Council,

Sir George Bowen alludes, it will be noticed, to of the Appropriation Bill, the "rection' whereas the ensure was not rej-cred, but was "laid aside," so that it could be revived any time e item of public policy was withdrawn' from it. The "economy of funds spoken of way, of course, all fudge. As to the dismissal of the public servants, His "xcellency writes -

It would, in the Governor's opinion, have the salaries of the officers of the several depart... been better, for many reasons, to have suspended

entr, instead of dispennin even temporarily

with the services of such judicial and depart- mental · fficers as were willing and ready to serve without pay during the Parliamentary. deadlock. Still as these are questions of local concern, and as the entire responsibility rešts with Ministers, the Governor did not feel him. self justified in causing a Ministerin) crisis by interfering authoritatively with the policy of his constitutional advisers,"

Some words are italicised in this passage for future reference. His Excellency makes a free use of the phrases prepared by his Ministers for

export :-

There can be no doubt that the civil service of Victoria has grown to extravagant proportions. During many years past each successive Minis-

try

has added to it a number of the personal or political friends of its members."

As to the politicians who objected to Black Wednesday, and who objected to the Governor' ecoming a tool, as they held, in the hands of a Ministry which they believed was bent on coerc ing the one branch of the Legislature, and was, bey submitted, unscrupulous and violent in its action, they are thus described :-

"The clique or faction referred to is almost entirely without political power and influence la Victoria. Consequently (as has been said of a similar condition of affairs in Canada), 'a beaten minority in the colonial Parliament, instead of loyally accepting its position, is never without a hope of wresting the victory from its opponents by an appeal to opinion in the mother country, always il-informed, and therefore credulous, in matters of colonial politics."""

It is a curious commentary on this despatch that two of the leaders of this. "clique or fac don? have for the last seven years been Pre- miers of Vict ria, and that every item of the programme of the "clique" has since been. placed on the statute book And within 12 months Sir George Bowen's patriotic friends, despite all their sneers at Impérial interference, were on their way to England as an “embassy " to request the direct intervention of the Imperial Government at the expense of the Victorian constitution.

"We now," says the editor on a further page, jusert extracts from the official correspondence Sir Evelyn Baring gave a banquet in honorespecting the re-instatement of the members of of Stanley this evening, at which Mr. Joseph Chamberlain and Mr. Jesse Collings were present.

NEW YORK, January 19'h. The apparatus for the execution of condemned criminals by electricity has been tested here in the prison with a bullock, the result being that the animal was killed instamly,

the civil service who had been dispensed with in Consequence of the stoppage of supplles by the Council." But, like the famous chapter on the snakes in Iceland, this announcement ought to be followed by a blank page, because there was- no re-instatement. The Governor had been profuse in his assurances to the Imperial Government that he had consented merely ST. PETERSBURG, January 19th/" to a suspension of the public servants pend- Colonel Pevtsoff has reached the Thibetaning the passage of the Appropriation B, so pinteau. The country is mostly desolaic and that it is evident that either he was insincere unpeopled; but the southern portion is well himself in his protestations (and he protested. over much), or else he was victimised by the Ministers whom he had painted as so liberal (in allowances) and so high-minded. The truth is probably divided between the two theories.

watered and wooded,

The Russian Government has concluded a loan with French, German and English bankers for twenty millions sterling, of which thirteen millions goes towards conversion.

LONDON, 20th January, Lord Salisbury is going to the Continent to recruit his health.

The troopship Malabar, which left Bombay on the 28th December, has arrived at Cadiz damaged, after having grounded on the Spanish

One of the repropfs administered by the Secretary of State for the Colonies (Sir Michael Hicks-Beach) to Sir George Bowen for absisting Ministers to effect a public service coup without the direct authority of Parliament is partially quoted in the book, and we have the full text of the despatch in answer. Sir George Bowen, wrote letters giving his own version of the case to Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Childers, Lord Dufferin, Later advices state that the troopship Maishar and others, and be quotes sympathising remarks did not ground, but collided with a French which, of course, are of no practical value, the steamer, The Malabar has been placed in

two sides of the case not being before these quarantine for three days at Cadiz.

gentlemen. On page

159. vol. 2, Sir George Bowen does

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Both the Malabar and the French steamer

for any other purpose than that of Containing The copy as published expressly excludes politi- they rose lo over Ro. Then he was advised to nection with the Praya Reclamation Scheme, so she collided with have been much damaged.by briefly mention what he thinks is the practical

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GERMANY.

The Reichstag has rejected the Socialist Bill.

The Hongkong Telegraph LOCAL AND GENERAL,

HONGKONG, WIDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1890.

A SPANIARD who died recently at Buenos Ayres confessed on his deathbed that he was an accom- plice in the murder of General. Prim, GERMANY'S pension law for laborerswill include 12,600 000 persons. Every workingman, accord-

ing to his wages, must pay from 3 to 7 cen's

"Let the dead post bury its dead" may be applied to the final disappearance from these waters of the obsolete type of gun- | per week. boats of which the Espoir and Merlin-which vessels left this for England a few weeks ago-were the last representatives. We cannot, however, let the departure from amongst us of a description of vessel

THE Papal stables, which used to have forty horses in Pius IX's day, have been cut down to sight horses, and instead of a dozen carriages they have only four,

BARON Hirsch, who is going to spend some of is uns wealth in entertaining in a princely fashion at Merton Hall, Thetford, is, says the Rialto, best known in connection with the Turkish railways which he financed, and is supposed to have made two or three billion francs out of But he has been hero of many other grand coups. During the Arabi Pasha turn-up, Unifieds dropped to 40, and they might have gone still ten points lower had not Baron Hirsch and a few other deep-pocketed men stepped in. Forhisown share the Baron bought two and a half millions of Unified at 40, costing him a round mil. lion sterling. He took his two-and-a-half millions of Usifieds off the market, and sat on them till take his profit, but he did not think the rise was over yet, and neither was it. Fgyp- tian Unified is now 921, and even yet Baron Hirsch hesitates to sell. He could clear out his whole two-and-a-half millions any morning at 93, and his book would then show a net profit of £1,325,080. Last year the Baron came very near making a bad shot. When the Copper Syndicate, were at their wit's end for money, na last resort they applied to Baron Hirsch M. Secretan and one or two other members of the ring went to the Baron's castle in Austria, and submitted the case to him. They proposed that he should advance them a million sterling on copper at £40 perion. The nominal market value being then about £7 that seemed a safe margin even if the worst should come to the worst, The Baron had a 'bunting party in the castle at the time and was in a hurry. Pauly' for friendship's sake, and partly for the five per cent. interest offered, he hastily agreed to do it. But when he began to look into the copper question as a whole he suspected that he that be got his million out again, plus the s per cent. interest, and very probably a good bear balance on Tintos.

CANTON.

(FROM, OUR CORRESPONDENT.).

Canton, February 4th, 1890.

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SIR GEORGE BOWEN AND HIS

COLONIAL CAREER.

A BOOK OF (SELF) PRAISE

(Concluded from Saturday.)

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lesson to be drawn from the struggle. It is "the practical advantage of having the second Cham- ber nominated by the Crown, L., by the Governor with the advice of his Ministers—rather than elected by any section of the communlly,” Hero we have a measure of the political sagacity of the ex-Governor, for it is certain that nothing is more alien to the people of the colony than an Upper House of Ministerial dependents. Here again the ex-Governor is only an echo. Time travels There is little to be gained by copying the to rapidly that it is already almost forgotten that Hong Kong and New Zealand despatches. Part-the panacea of the so-called "Great Liberal A new "Weising" Lottery Farmer is to being from the other portions of the work attention Party" for all political difficulties wAS appointed, and the lease extended for a farther may new be given to the account of the failure nominee Upper House, Mr. Berry and efforts are to be made to "freeze out" the Macao simply has quotations from the published such a change. In the reformed and popular term of years, while strenuous and energetic in Victo ja. Here, as we have said, the public Sir Bryan O'Logblen camnestly pleading for farmer in the same line of business. Not content despatches, together with extracts from the Legislative Council of Victoria-the strongest with this encouragement to gambling throughout memoranda of the Berry Ministry. All this is second Chamber in the British Dominions, the province, the Governor bas memorialized very dry. Our intention was to make substantial the only one which aspires to the position for permission to establish, another gambling extracts from this part of the work, so as to put of the American Senate we have the justification Sir George Bowen's final views of the crisis fully of the part played by the Constitutional party in arrangement upon deutical lines to those of the Manila lottery, so we are to be regularly in before the pub ie in his own words and manner, the reform struggle. That party was coerced a gambling swim if of nothing else. The cast-

but no such object is served by republishing and calumniated, but it had reliance on the good the Whampoa barr er are being made here, so concerned in the st.uggle. It may be said, how powers, and it won. Mr. Service, Mr. Gillies, it looks as if the barrier bug-bear is really going ever, on renewing their acquaintance, that it Mr. Murray Smith and other leaders are always to be a thing of the past.

seems more wonderful than ever that there to be congratulated on their ardour and their documents should ever have been written, success. Yet they would be the first to admit that without a zealous and powerful prèss they could hardly have won.

which has done so much towards the left Singapore for this part at 11 am. to-day, had been rather hasty. However it is believed inge, for the new iron bridge across the river at { documents which are, familiar to all who; were sense of the country, on its cause and on ti

opening up of the great neighbouring Empire pass without a word of remark and expression of regret. In a retrospect, however hasty, the great changes wrought in this part of the work! since the first ap. pearance in Hongkong waters of the Gunboat squadron safely convoyed from England by the late Admiral SHERARD OSBORN, then commanding H. M. S. Furious, must be apparent. It is not too much to say, that their arrival marked an eventful era in the history of China, rendering the opening up of the Empire

THE P. & O. 8, N. Co.'s extra steamer Bombay and the extra steamer Thibet left Bombay on the 1st inst. at B p.m. for this port,

MESSAS. Butterfield & Swire inform us that the Ocean Steamship Co.'s steamer Palinurus, from Liverpool, left Singapore for this port yesterday afternoon, and is due on the 11th inst,

By late Singapore papers we note that the Trust Loan Company of China, Japan Straits Ltd. has opened in Singapore with the well-known firm of Gilfillan Wood & Co. as agchis. Tuz Italian Parliament has taken the direction of public charities out of the hands of the clergy and put it under secular control. The measure has, of course, excited very bitter opposition amongst the priests.

MR. J. J. FRANCIS, Q.C., addressed a number of a practicable, if not a comparatively easy gentlemen in the Chamber of Commerce this task. The arrival of the Mosquito fleet was afternoon on " Borneo," principally referring to welcomed by the colony as affording not its tobacco-planting prospects. A report will only a security for the advantageous appear in to-morrow's issue. commercial development of the port, but also as a much-needed protection to trade with the adjoining Empire. The pirates Infesting adjacent waters, and their name was legion, quickly began to learn they had a formidable enemy to deal with, of a very different callbre to what they had been accustomed in the past, with its lorchas and

SIR OSCAR JENNINGS, the noted England physi. cian, says that quinine and antipydise will cure the influenza. The quinine kills the microbe and the antipyrine destroys the pain. He calls la gripps "à bastard pulmonary rheumatism." "As Old Sportsman's" notes are ki oyer until to-morrow. The veteran has been fooling about the courts the best part of the day, our chief re porter is listening to Rajah Francis' sanguine prophecies about Borneo, and the rest of the to back Danby's ponies for the Derby,

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LATE TELEGRAMS.

LISBON, January 14th.' Turkish troops have been ordered to Crete to strengthen the present garrisons. Fresh emeuter are feated shortly.

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ST. PETERSBURG, January 14th, The Russian Budget has been received with universal disfavour. They include the cost of a strategic railway from Kutaiss to Novosibkov.

Arrests continue to be made in connection with the alleged attempt on the Crit's life,

Colonel Voicikoff of the Imperial Guards, and several other officers, have committed suicide.

The Czar's brother is shortly to be banished from the capital, It' is stated, for complicity in a political offence.

NEW YORK, January 14th.

THE Straits Independent of the 25th ultimo records a shocking tragedy which took place the previous day on board the steamship Farines, bound from Cardiff to Singapore. About 3 o'clock in the afternoon Captala Storey, who commands the steamer, was in this cabin, when all of a sudden he hesid the cry of "Stop slopf" He at once rushed upon deck, where he was told that the black mess-room stewa};, a native of Pondicherry ancied Francis Joseph, had cut the throats of the chief and second engişeen, wha werp taking their rest in their respective cabins, and then jumped overboard. At the same moment the two men approached bim bolding their necks, from which bloed was streaming in profusion. He assisted them to the best of his ability and sewed up the wounds, that of the second engineer, whom the man had attacked first, being most shocking to behold, the throt being cut from ear to ear, and the head almost severed from the body. This man, whose name in Ralph Foster, lingered until A grafa clyator at Baltimore, containing hall a million bushels of wheat, has been burned; midnight, when he died. As to the chief, Hairy Lawrence by name, he has since been the British steamer Sarcoberce, which was attended to by Dr. Hampshire, the Colonial alongside, being also destroyed. Three of the Surg. on, who went on board as soon as the crew of the vessel perished in the fames. The vessel came lato harbour, and was transported damage is estimated at a million dollars,

JONDON, January 15th.. to the Hospital. The deed was perpetrated with rapor, the second engineer being asleep at the

The coffin, containing the remains of the late time, whilst the chief was awake and saw the Lord Napier upon which his Field-Marshal's hat, man coming into his cabin. Mr. Lawrença bad

to the Cathedral on a gun-carriage, followed by intention, and although awake, was off his guard. No sign of the murderer being seen on his favourite charger. The Twelfth Lancers and the Royal Horse Guards and Foot Guards will the water after the alarm had been raised, the the Royal Engineers, will form the escort, and ship was not stopped. An inquest has just been line the route. The pallbearers will include held on the body of the dead man weaved Field Marshal Sir Patrick Grant, Generals of "died from wounds inflicted by a man who Nicholson, Taylor, Donald Stewart, Peter has since committed suicide" was returned, No cause can be assigned for this fearful tragedy, Lumadan, Martin, Dillon, and Probys. The the murderer-suicide looked as usual a few service on the occasion will be chioral, minutes before be perpetraled the deed, It is, however, supposed that he was taken with a sudden stof homicidal manid. Mr. Harry Law rence, the chief, we are happy to say, is selling on as well as can be expected under the air, cumstances, and hopes are entertained that he will soon recover,

The standpoint from which the despatches are penned is that there never was a more praise:

The volumes do not include the protests of the worthy and innocent group of men than the Berry Ministry (who hid increared all the "clique or faction. The e would have pointed Government-house allona.ces), and never out the nonsense of the assertions that the Black more wise but persecuted Governor. The first Wednesday dismissals were rendered necessary mention, we bave of the crisis is as follows i by the rejection of the Appropriation Bill, and "I have already stated in my despatch of the that the one and only object was to make the 19th September ult, the main arguments which money on hand last as long as possible, "for the seemed to the present Minister of this col by to protection of life and property." They would have Justify the placing on the Estimates (as in New shown how, speaking on a public platform, Mr, Zealand and elsewhere) an item providing for Berry said that the Government had "struck at the reimbursement of the expenses of the their polifcal foes, the men who, in too many members of the Council and Assembly in relay instances, had been powerful mediums whereby tion to their attendance in Parliament, and the the Council had overruled the wishes of the subsequent inclusion of that item in the general people." They would have shows also that the Appropriation Bill. In this course the Ministers blow struck by the Council was to use the power were supported by very large majorities of the given it under the Constitution Act to secure a Assembly

yose of the constituencies on the payment of Even this passage contains a suppressio veri, members question, instead of allowing the item because it is not stated that payment of members to appear as a matter of course on the Estimates, by a separate Act and not by Estimate was the while the retort was to turn into the streets rule in Victoria and is the established practice number of dependents, innocent of all offence, of all tie Australian colonies. It is not con, whose sufferings it was thought would distress dered, advisable that members of the Lower the Council. Thus it was that the men ejected. House should have the opportunity of increasing were not newly appointed offices with careers their stipends at pleasure, as they could do if a before them, but were mostly men who had yearly vote were put in the annual Appropriation grown grey in the service, who were on the eva 1311,

of drawing their pensions, and who were now The Council laid the Appropriation Bill aside deprived of their superannuation rights, which should have been removed from it. Ministers the inability to pay salaries, which was at first retaliated by Black Wednesday, The despatches alleged, the Parliamentary papers not used for Jnuary, 178, Ministers had a million of money mailoned these mem-alous incidents in Sir extracts would have shown that on the 1st George, Bowen's own way.

I have the honour to report that, in con- available under supply bills. Farther the reader zegence of the rejection of the annual Appro: would have learned from the unused papers priation Hill: by the Legislative Council, my what the Governor of the day could talk so responsible advisers laid before me, on the Bih lightly about. It was severely felt by the family inst the subjoined Ministerial memorandum; men who were relying upon their salaries and LISBON, January 16th. Your Excellency advisers respectfully pensions, and were turned without a day's notice Senbor Pimenthal, the new Premier, addressing communicate to your Excellency the decision of into the streets Children were pinched by the Portuguese Chamber yesterday, refcired to the Cabinet to make important reductions in the hunger, women were reduced to beggary, meh the present as a grave juncture in the history of public service, with a view to economise the overwhelmed by the suddenness of the blow Portugal As regards the disputed territory in funds at the disposal of the Government. This were driven to suicide.com Nyasaland, right was on the side of Portugal, course.has been adopted to provide to the latest Sir George Bowen could, but he does not, have might, on that of England yet the Portuguese | possible soment for the protection of life and Introduced also some thrilling bile of real: life

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cutters, in most instances Inferiorin sailing staff, including the goat, are on the job, trying no suspiclon whateve" as to the steward baton, and swerd will be placed, will be conveyed until such time as the payment of members vote were their real provision against old age, As to

qualities to themselves. The authorities;at Canton also quickly recognized the hope

lessness of competing, with the means at their disposal, with these light-draught, heavily-armed, (for those days), little steamers. The taking of Canton itself was a matter of butlittle labour and cost, chiefly through the capabilities of these small craft in fitting exactly the exigencies of the situation. After the fall of Canton, and the transfer of the British operations

THE following are the office bearers of the Shanghai Keystone Royal Arch Chapter for the

„MEH.P. W. Poignand....DVĖŽTEKE,

current yea}{--

R. J. Sloan....REPONE

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J. O. Rowland..........

D. C. Jansen......

A. Naubourgases

G. L. Skinner......

C. N.Vincent,.............

H. L. Newham

G. W. Davies

EK, .1.5. Treasurer, Secretary,

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A. W. Danforth.

John Gould,

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