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Intimations.

DAKIN BROS, OF CHINA, LIMITED,

CHEMISTS.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, MAY 12, 1890.

the Borneo-Hongkong line is to carry Chinese coolles from this port to Kudat and Sandakan, to work on the tobacco and other plantations, and as the vessel is of fair size-a little over 800 tons register —she can at a pinch stow away about five

AERATED WATER MANUFACTURERS, hundred of these contract laborers. Now,

WINE & SPIRIT IMPORTEKS.

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it is well known that the Chinese coolie from Kwang-tung or Kwang-si is hardly Selections from our Wine and Spirit List -

the most tractable animal in the world, so SCOTCH WHISKY, The finest quality obtainable, guaranteed 7 that it is not difficult to understand how years old,

easily trouble may arise on board a ship Per bottle $1, dozen $10.

COGNAC,

where the discipline is lax, or the officers Extra-A pure gerne grape spirit matured inclined to be tyrannical or inconsiderate, in wood.

We are not aware what the special Ter boltic $1.50, dozen $16.

deficiency may be, on board the Memnon, SHERRY, Amontillado, a natural wine, old bottled, dry, but we do know from very good authority

delicate flavour.

Per bottle $1.10, dozen $12.

PORT,

Purple capsule. Tawny with age, fine bouquet. Per bottle $1.25, dozen $14.

CLARET, ST. JULIEN,

An excellent Dinner Winc. Per bottle S0.75, dozen $8.

(Telephone No. 60.)

Nos. 27 & 24, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL

Hongkong, 12th May, 1890.

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BY APPOINTMENT.

that every time she leaves Hongkong the most discredilable and disgusting scenes take place in connection with the Chinese passengers. And her late departure was evidently no exception to the rule. The deck of the steamer was literally crammed with the coolies and that motley crowd of crimps, runners, hawkers, etc., etc., always to be found hovering like "a cloud of locusts on board an emigrant ship. In what fashion the Harbour Department performed its duty was not clearly apparent, nor is it easy to see how the Emigration Officer and the Medical Officer satisfied themselves that the

ELEGRAMS.

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THE SCOTCH KIRK,

LONDON, May 3rd. The motion for the disestablishment of the Church of Scotland has been rejected.

TRADE RIOTS IN FRANCE. 50.000 hands have struck work at Tourcoing, in the department of Le Nord. Serious riots have taken place, and the troops have been called out.

[The chief employment at Tourcoing is cotton- spinning and weaving and the like-fri fact the production of what we call "piece goods."]

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TROUBLE IN SPAIN, Strikes and riots, have occurred in Spain. state of siege has been proclaimed at Barcelona.

FRANCE AND EGYPT.

May 9th. Egypt has accepted the French conditions for the conversion of the debt.

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CAPTAIN WISSMANN. Captain Wissmann has occupied Kilwa,

(From the Camercia) THE LABOR AGITATION IN EUROPE. MADRID, May and.

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'The labor demonstrations held all over Europe yesterday passed off peaceably, except at Paris, where the cavalry charged the mob, wounding many persons. To-day tumulte occurred at

Good old "Brownic" has just found out "that his.Excellency the Administrator seems to be able to drive his own coach, and to remind (sic) the other occupants of the official draße what they have to do," The italics, are curs; but what "Brownie "intends to convey to the 'one reader we cannot pretend to fathom. We don't think he knows himself.

UNDER the heading "Pertinent Paragraphs" the San Francisco Examiner of the 8th ultimo. has the following:-"The venerable Sir Edwin Chadwick, the great sanitarian, uses no tobacce and eats many green ver etables." Does the son follow closely in the father's footsteps? If so, it is to be hoped he does not patronize the vegetables we have observed Chinese washing near Mr. Kennedy's horse repository, just where the Pesk

sewage discharges itself,

FONG LI, a sailor belonging to the junk Sun Ching, which was lying at the wharf opposite the Harbour Office last Saturday, went out to East Point on the roth instant and socceeded whilst there in enticing a boy to go with him to Hongkong, where he took him on board his junk, which was about to sail. The mother of the boy heard of this from a ricksha coolie, gave the alarm, the wires were,set, in motion and the police recovered the youngster on board the junk, with the result that the gallant mariner now stands committed for trial at the Supreme Court on a charge of enticing away Lung Euk Taka boy under 14 years of age—with intent to deprive the parents of his lawful custody.

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SIR BARTLE FRERE, G C.B., the well known Indian statesman, but who is perhaps best known to fame from his services as Commissioner in East Africa for the British Government in abolishing the slave traffic, and as an author and in connection with the Royal Asiatic and Royal Geographical Sucielles, arrived here from Singapore yesterday by the English mail steamer Resalta.

THE Straits Times of the sth inst. regrets to announce the death of Mr. Walter Knaggs, who has been for some time ill in the general hospital. The late Mr. Knaggs has been engaged for | many years in various Malayan enterprises, but notwithstanding his real and bonesty these did not prosper with bim until lately, when it' appeared as if he were to succeed in Pabang gold mining on behalf of certain London Capitalists. His intense desire to carry the Malayan Pahang Concession Co, to a genuinely successful issue led him of late to, expose him. self to great fatigues, and to encounter hardships unsuited to his extreme age; and a fail on board a Pabang river launch ultimately hastened the collapse against which he struggled in vain.. He ought, by all usual calculations, to have died some time ago, and only his intense resolution kept him alive so long,"

A RETURN in Saturday's Gazette shows that 343. deatha were registered in the colony, for the month ended the 30th April.

Ir is notified in Salurday's Gasette that Mr. Carlo Zanella has asus ed the duties of Consul for Italy at this port during the absence of Mr.

D. Musso.

IT, may interest local investors in British North Borneo estates to learn that the Arendsbury Coinpiny of Dell has declared a dividend of 145 for the last financial year.

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THR appointment of Mr. W. C. H. Hastings, Retired Commander. R.N., to be Assistant farbour Master and Collector of Light Dues, with effect from the 15th March last, the date of his arrival in the colony, is pazetted.

AN American synd este has been formed to "brar" the price of h.m in the Philippines, A telegram from the provinces to the Manila Comercio says that planters and merchants there declate that they will be ruined. The Comercio advoentes a counter-movement.

ME. THOMAS JACKSON, the popular Chief Manager of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank- ing Corporation, arrived here from London by yesterday's English mail, and once more assumes direction of the Bank's affairs, vice Mr. G. E. Noble, absent on sick leave. THE Admiralty have decided to recommission the composite gun-vessel Rattler for another term of service on the China Station, Tho Rattler was commission at Sheerness in May, 1887, and left for Hongkong about the same time Singapore to Hongkang. as the Wasp, which foundered on her way from

DR. Laugardière, of Toulouse, reports to the Academy of Medicine that he has discovered. a cure for croup It is a very simple one-a tablespoonful of flour of sulphur dissolved in a tumbler of water. After three days of this treatment his patients were ro cued from immin.

A. S. WATSON & CO., LD. requirements of the Emigration Ordinance had been and were being complied with, The lemnon might have had five hundred Precautions in the provinces, to prevent risings, į publication on Friday night. It would also be Itis suggested as a possible theory of the Drctor's cut death and fully recovered.

ESTABLISHED A.D. 1841.

MANUFACTURERS OF AERATED WATERS.

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 quality with the best English Makers. Our Sweet Waters cannot be surpassed anywhere.

coolies as her official quota of living freight, and yet carried away a couple of hundred more of these contract laborers without check or hindrance. The scene on board simply beggars description and, when the officers started to drive the coolies below by the assistance of the fire- hose, justifies our describing the ship as a floating Pandemonium. What 'It would' be after the vessel got under" way and

Barcelona and Valencia, and the police were called out. The Government in taking great

Catalonia has been declared in a state of siege.

GOOD heavens, likewise had yah. Owing to the annual Chinese festival at Shek Wan "even the launch which was to convey copies of Friday night's China Mail to its Kowloon sub- scribrs made the voyage via Shek Wan, which accounts for the fact that the papers did not reach their destination ” It would be interesting to know how ma y Kowloon subscribers to the China Mail vainly yearned for that unique

news to lenin the name of the steam-launch that was specially chartered to convey the "copics" to the o her side of the harbour. Our experience of the China Mail and its Kowloon The law of univasal suffrage has been passed subscribers his been in occasionally observing

two or three copies of that paper lying on one, by the Serate.

of the seals of the late ferry bost to Tsim-tea-tsui. Try another tack, "Brownie " this latest yarn

SPAIN,

INSURRECTION IN PARAGUAY.

A military insurrection against the Govern-is alto ether too thin, ment has occurred in Paraguay,

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LOCAL AND GENERAL.

AT noan on the 3rd ulto, in presence of Mr. John Porter, managing director, and Mr. David Reid, one of the directors of the China Shippers Mutual Steam' Navigation Company (Limited), a splendid addition to the already important feet

The purest ingredients only are used, and the outside the limits of the port we can well | MESSES. Adamson, Bell & Co. inform us that the belonging to this enterprising company was

manufacture throughout.

LARGE BOMBAY

" SODAS"

* We continue to supply large bottles as heretofore, free of Extra Charge, to those of our Customers who prefer to have them to the ordinary size.

imagine from reports sent us of previous voyages by European passengers.

Surely somebody can be held responsible for these constantly recurring disrepu table scenes in Hongkong harbour? the captain and officers of the Memnon are unable to preserve proper, discipline, COAST PORT ORDERS. it is certainly the duty of the Harbour whenever practicable, are despatched by first Department to see that, at least so far as steamer leaving after receipt of order.

FOR COAST PORTS, Waters are packed and the Chinese emigrants are concerned, placed on board ship at Hongkong prices, and some sort of effective organization exists. the full amount allowed for Packages and Empties In this connection it is strange, but never- when received in good order,

nutrivit Order Books supplied on applica-theless true, that the Alemon, although

a British, steamer, trading between two- British colonies and specially subsidised by a British Corporation, is commanded by a captain who is either a Dane of Scandinavian. It is also singular that the chief officer is also a Dane, the previous mate, an Englishman, having resigned rather than accept a reduced rate of wages. Of course it is quite possible that these disturbances with the Chinese emigrants would still have taken place,

tion.

Our Registered Telegraphic Address is,.. "DISPENSARY, HONGKONG," And all signed messages addressed thus will receive prompt attention.

The following is a List of Waters always kept ready in Stock - PURE AERATED WATERS

SODA WATER

LEMONADE

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POTASH WATER

SELTZER WATER

SARSAPARILLA WATER

LITHIA WATER

TONIC WATER

GINGER ALE

GINGERADE.

No Credit given for bottles that look dirty ar greasy, or that appear to have been used for any other purpose than that of Containing Acrated Water, as such bottles are never used again by us,

this part on Saturday.

THE returns of the number of visitors to the City Hail Museum for the work ending May 11th, are:-Europeans, 161; Chinese, 1,945 total, 2,106.

A LONDON telegram dated the 22nd ulto, save that at home 16 is considered certain that Sir Redvers Baller will surceed Lord Wolseley as Adjutant General,

An Emergency meeting of Zelland. Lodge. Ne $25. E... will be held in Freemasons Hall, Zetland Street this evening, at 8.30 for 9 o'clock precisely. Visiting brethren are cordially invited THE Legislative Council was to have met this afternoon, to consider the Magistrates' Bill, but as only four members attended to assist H. F. the Administrator, the meeting bad to be post- poned.

THE ship Landseer of Boston, from New York to Hongkong, was sighted by the steamship McAlister on Monday the 4th Inst. at noon, in lat, 00 4 S. and lone. 106.24 E, 133 days out. The Landseer desired to be reported "all well."

of Measts Barclay, Curle, & Co. (Limited), at Whitcinch, on the Clyde. The vessel is built throughout of steel, his teak decks, will be fi ted with triple-expansion engines of 3,000 indicated horse-p wer, and with all the latest improve ments and labour-saying appliances for working cargo. The dimensions of the Ping Swey, as the new vessel was named, are:-Length, 365 feet; breadth, 41 feet 3 inches, depth of hold, 78 feet 3 inches, and it is expected that she will be

.3 equipped and ready to load for the East about the middle of May. Captain Inques for many years in the company's service, will take com mand of this new vessel. Mr. David Reid per farmed the erremony of naming the Ping Suey as the vessel was loosened from the stacks and slid easily and mistically down the ways on to the river Clyde amidst the cheers of the assembled crowd. The weather was all that could be desired, and no hitch of any kind

accurred.

THE final shooting match for the season between the Hongkong Volunteers and the Garrison Shooting Club took place at Kowloon on Satur day, a very close conte t resulting in favor of the Garrison Club marksmen by the narrow m jority of 7 points. Both teams were below their full strength, but the shooting all round was never theless very good, especially as, owing to the

visible at the long range. The following are the GARRISON SHOOTING CLUB.

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LOST, stolen or strayed away from the stenmahip Sommerfeld, lately Iving at the Borneo Wharf, Singapore, Dr. Emil Luning, the medical officer of that vessel. On the . Dr. Luning left bis ship, to tiffin at the Singapore Club with Dr. Koehn of the Medical Hall, and has not been seen since, in spite of most strenuous exertions on the part of the police. A strange feature in went to the chief officer and said. "Well, old the case is that on leaving the ship Dr. Luning fellow, I will wish you good bye " to which the mate replied. "Are we never going to see you again?; this conversation, of course, being carried on in German. How he left the wharf is not known, neither the gharry syces nor ricksha coolies being able to throw any light on the subject. mysterious disappearance that, having filed to keep his appointment, he looked abzut the cityTER Deli Courant of the 23rd'April calls atten. and returning to his ship late at night missed his tion to the fact that far the first time since that footing, fell into the water, and was carried out Settlement came into being dollars have become to sea by the tide The missing man is 5 ft an export article from there to the Straits. In 4 inches in height rather stoutly, built, of fair and week the two British banks there sent one, complexion, and 25 years of age.

hundred thousand dollars to Penang, and there is said to he every prospect of more following should exchange continua rising. THE Band of the Argyll and Sutherland High- anders will play the following programme at the Officers Mess, to-morrow evening,.com.

mencing at 8 o'clock:-

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A CORRESPONDENT writing from Hangchow to our Shanghai morning contemporary on April 28th says:-"On a recent visit to the country between this place and Huchow, I made inquiries as to the extent of suffering f om the floods of last autumn, and learned that the people are not in distress. In fact, everything beats the same appearance as in former years, and there is little mention made of the flood. Al kinds of food are dearer in price, and doubtless people are not living as well as in ordinary years, but there does not seem to be any distress for want of food About the 10th they began feeding the silkworms, and everything has to yield to them. The family have to cor tract into narrow living and sleeping quaiters. In one house I noticed that the bed of the head ofthe house had been vacated by him that the worms might have the benefit of the mosquito curtains to protect them from insects and the cold. The affection ate title which the country people apply to the worms, "Heavenly darlings," expresses their valuation of them.

A celebrated case in this region was decided in the yamen of the city prefect a few days ago. Last autumn six Christians were arrested in the Chuchi district, on what were believed to be false charges. they have been kept in prison

decision the prefect took occasion lo remind the there and in this city all winter. In giving his prisoners that "though they were Christians they were none the less Chinese subjects and must obey the laws of the Empire" and "that it was more important to have the doctrine in their bearts than merely to have the name inscribed on their foreheads.” With these and other wards of caution they were released uncondition- ally,"

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THAT Inspector Mathieson's suspicions were well founded respecting the murder of a woman by her husband at You-ma-ti about a fortnight ago, when the man buried his spouse in Chinese territory and objected to having the body exhumed with a view to satisfying the police that there had been no foul play, there can now be very little doubt, for the man, who was out on bail of fifty dollars in his own recognizances, has "cleared" and his bail was this morning estreated by Mr. Robinson.

MR. H, E. Wadehouse held a Coroner's inquiry at the Magistracy this morning into the circum- stances attending the suicide of George, John Parker, second officer of the British steam. ship Avochie on the 14th ultimo. The evidence of Captain Rowin and several of the

show that the deceased shot himself through the officers of the vessel was taken, which tended to

left temple at at out half past one o'clock in the day in consequence of the receipt of bad news, from home. His Worship gave it as bis decision": that the deceased met his death felo de se.

WATSON AND COMPANY, LIMITED.

had the captain and mate of the Meinen THE agents (Messrs. Melchers & Co. inform late hour in commencing, the targets were barely for trial by the United States Consul in Kobe holders of the above Company was held this.

been Britons instead of Danes, but all the same the fact we have mentioned is not without significance. Generally speaking this journal has invariably advocated free trade principles in all branches of life, but we have to draw the line when the arrangement becomes objectionably one-sided, as is the case, for instance, with vessels flying the German flag. All British vessels are quite open to men of every nationality so long as they are It latestuested that all communications relating to Subscription Advertisements, &c, be addressed to dr "banager, Henching properly qualified, and it is well known that Telegraph and not so the Editor,

A. S. WATSON '& Co., LIMITED, Hongkong, China, and Manila.

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Letter on Editorial matters to be sent to "The Editor" and not to Individual members of the staff.

Communications intended for publication must be accompanied by the name and address of the writers, net nepessarily for publication; but as evidents of good faith.

Whilst the columns of the Hongkang Telegraph will always be open for the fair discussion, by correspondents of sil questions the Efter does not in any way hold himself responsible for optalons thus expressed.

affecting public interests, It iust be distinctly, understood that

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Advertisers are requested to forward xil notices intended for

a very considerable number of certificated German mariners and engineers hold positions on English ships in the Far East; but there is no reciprocity-British officers and engineers are practically unknown under the German dag. Out here, where many British officers and engineers are constantly out of employ.

us that the Norddeutscher Lloyd's steamship Neckar, with the German malls, dated Berlin 15th April, left Singapore for this port at 8 am. Testerday, and may be expected on or about Friday, the 16th inst.

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WILLIAM NORRIS, Inte Sheriff of Singapore, was brought up on remand before Mr. Authonisz at the Court there on the 5th inst,, on the charge of appropriating $87-which may be amended be the Registrar to include the full amoooi of $50, and commiteed for trial at the criminal

sessions.

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SAYS the Japan Mail:—A case just remanded

has the distinction of being unique in the records of that Settlement as well as of this. One morning Admiral Belknap, of the U. S. Mavr, yards. yards, yards. Total, going to his desk to ex mine his correspondence, found a letter signed John A. McDonald, in which the following sentences were contained:

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THE Paking Gazelle of the 14th April has the following Imperial decice regarding the death of the Marquis Tseng:Teng Chl-tie, Junior Vice-President of the Board of Revenue, was man of tried capacity and far-accing mind, devoted

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The ordinary general meeting of the share

afternoon. Mr. J. D. Humphreys, (general mannger) presided, and Messrs. A. T. Leach, H. Wicking, H. Humphreys, E. Wookey, C. A. Osorio, I. P. Madar, and T. H. Talbot (secretary) were present.. PANASON

The Chairman moved the adoption of the report, which Mr. Wicking, seconded, and the meeting agreed to it.

Mr. A. W. Maitland was re-appointed auditor, on the motion of the Chairman, seconded by Mr. Leach and carried unanimously.

Insertion in that day'a fassauros Inter than Three Clock so as ment, this one-sided arrangement becomes Robinson to six months' bard labour and to be Commencing his career in the ra ks of the Civilary coquiry various witnesses wore called for business. This was done as Impartially ·

not to retard the early publication of the paper..

Advertisements and Subscriptions which are not ordered for a fixed period will be continued until countermanded.

The Henghong Targreth has the largest circulation of any English newspaper published in the Far East, and is therefore the best medium for Advertisers, Tomas can be learnt on application. The Hongkong Telegraph's number at the Telephone Central

a great hardship-so severe indeed, that it is a marvel the legislature has not ere Now seen its way to curb what is a growing evilthat may yet lead to disastrous results. It may be urged that an effectual remedy th the hands of the ship Subscales to The Hongkong Telignath are compactfully owners, who have only to prohibit the near at hand when he commenced to chop up repeatedly singled out for advancement and to the best of fils Bellef, it was Mr, Mur's hand-entitled to a large number of shares, gave up, his ·

shipping of foreign officers and engineers

Exchange la No, 1.

TO SUBSCRIBERS. reminded that all Subscription: ari payaših in advance.

The Hongkong Gelegraph

"I have recently been informed that several of the officers of your ship visit a man here known by the name of F. B. Samuels, who has a brother. living with him, and who both have an associate by the name of Hunter Sharp, now employed in the American Consulate. These three young The Chairman said that he would add a few men are a regularly constitaled band of card words of explanation, to the somewhat brief sharps" and swindlers; they get up tiffins and report. He thought the very satisfactory results dinners and, are pressing in their invitations to of the year were due n ainly to the efficency of those that do not know them. Their object is to the stall under the supervision of Mr. Talbot, play poker, and no one plays with them thatever who, though secretary, was practically the wins Hunter Sharp is the tool of the elder men,manager of the business, and to whose and if not a skilful swindler he soon will be, industry they must attribute the very satis- under the tuition of his associates A more factory results. But no care and industry unprincipled, set of vagabonds does not exist, could make such a large business succeed Mr. Hunter Sharp is Marshal of the United States if the manager had not been on

good Court, and in view of that circumstance Admiral terms with the staff, and so secured their Belknap considered it his duty to lay the letter cordial co-operation. Another factor had been before the United States. Consul. The latter the recent increase ofcapital, which had probably handed the document to Mr. Sharp, who, giren more people an interest in the business, according to bis testimony in court, immediately The work of allotting the shares had been difficult, and took a long time, in order that the recognised the hand-writing to be that of a certain Mr. JM. Mar. Legal proceedings allotment might be fairly made among those to his duty and able in the conduct of affairs. were thereupon commenced. At the prelimin. who were likely to be customers or assist the Service in the capital, he succeeded to the title the purpose of establishing the identity of the possible, but as the new is ue was applied for of Marquis of the first class, and was nominated hand-writing and of showing that the signature 17 times over it was unavoidable to disappoint by special decre of His Majesty the late was unreal Mr. Robert Young, who said he many. It took the Company's three best men was well acquainted with Mr. Mur's caligraphy,' six weeks to do the work, and even then many Emperor Tung Chib, expectant of office un a sub-thector of one of the minor metroplitan swore that he believed the letter to have bees of the Chinese applicants compisised that they Courts, with rank of the furth or fifth degree. written by that gentleman. Mr. Taylor, mans had not had the number allotted thatthey expec ed After our accession to the Throne he was ger of Messrs. Smith, Baker & Co. wore that, That was not-so-indeed he himself, although Selected for the writing. Mr. Vacher, accountant in the Hong right to s me extent. The basis on which the promoted to high office. past of Minister abread he cemented our relations kong and Shanghai Bank, who was examined as allotment was made was-first to customers, and with friendly Powers, and by his intimate know an expert, though he disclaimed any right to be then to those likely, to be customers. They ledge of affairs, disposed of all questions he had considered one, found some resemblance to Mr might, perhaps, from time to time profitably to deal with to our perfect satisfaction, Ata Mur's writing, but, on the whole, was exceeding increase their capital further-they would THE Hoppe of Canton would appear to be a later period he was appointed member of the ly doubtful. Mr. Hunter Sharp, with the utmost certainly have to either do that or keep back part persona grata with the Imperial authorities at Trung-li Yamen and attached to the Board of assurance, declared twice that though he of their profits, so as to extend their business. Peking The Paking Gositie of the 11th ulto. Admiralty, in both of which posts he devoted bins were on his death-bed he should swear that A company could only do so much business on so has the following The present Hoppo at self to the conscientious discharge of his functions. Mr. Mur wrote the 1tter. The next witness, much capital. They might borrow outside il was Cantos, Chang-ys, has been in office for more Having recently been attacked by a slight however, was not prepared to swear to the true, b tso far they had not done so. He thought than two years, during which time his adminl. Indisposition, we granted him leave of abreep hand-writing and could only defect similarities that the capital should be Judiciously increased station of the Customs has been attended with from his duty for the beat fit of his health, and it between some of the letters and these usually from time to time, as wanted for the establish. great success. In addition to making all the was our hope that he would speedily become indited by Mr. Mur, while Mr. Mar himself ment of now branches. It reated, however, usual remittances he forwarded during his first restored, and that we might long continue to swore positively that he had not written the with the shareholders to say how that, should year of office a further sum of Tis. 45,340, while have the benefit of his services. The sudden letter, that he had never seen it until the be done there were now some goo of them, fast year he supplied a similar extra remittance of Intelligence of his decease has filled us with moment of the enquiry, and that he repudiated and as shares were always on the market | Tis. 45,380, making in all Tis 90,720. Besides the profound rorrow. As a special ae: of favour we all knowledge of it. The case, as we have sald, anyone could come in at any time. As general above hesubscribed Tis. 10,000 for the assistance command that the brevet title of Junilor Guardian was remanded for trial. It is likely to give the manager, he had considerable responsibility of the suffering caused by the breach at Cheng of the Heir-Apparent be conferred upon him, Assessors some trouble, but for the sake of resting on him, and although he had prac chou, Tis. 500 and Tis. Soo, for the relief of the with the posthumous distinctions usual in the Kobe's peace of mind we trust that the truth ically a free hand, still in a matter like that distress in Kiangsu and Shantung respectively, case of a Vice-President of a Bear! All the may be discovered, Nothing can be more he preferted to consult at least the principal and, in response to a telegram received from the penalties he may have incuried in the course of contemptible and dastardly than the man, who, shareholders. The first incieuse had brea Board, furnished from the Customs Revenue his career ate bereby remitted, and the proper under the shelter of a pseudonym, endeavours rapidly taken up, especially in Manile, where the Tir. 1,095,000 to meet the pressing necessity department will examine the regulations and to blast the character of another. Unfortunately Company's premises had had to be increased in report to us concerning the awards to which he' we are tormented by the presence of one or two view of the great increase of business outsido connected with, the repairs of the breach at Cheng He has dealt with all faternational is posthumously entitled. With regard to his of this tribe in Yokohama. They have not at the pharmacy. They had had to do that almost questions in a conciliatory spirit and in accord-sons, we ordain that Treng Kuang-luan- be yet, perpetrated anything quite so bad as the ander compulsion-although now they were re ance with the precedent established in the case brought before us, on the expiry of the prescribed letter addressed to Admiral Belknap, but the 'gistered, and had a recognised standing and the of several of his predecessors, the Viceroy period of mourning, for presentation in audience, constant attacks they make upon others in the increase of stock and attinge had been necess suggests that favourable notice should be taken and that Tobag Kuang-ch'uan; a Junior Secretary columns of the local foreign press, vainly seek sary. Many things hitherto sold almost privately of his services by the Throne. By Rescript of the Board of War, be awarded the rank of ing to disguise their identity under various noms now found a good market, and altogether the attached to this memorial Changyu to second-class Secretary of a Board. In this se de plume and, at the same time, endeavouring business was running that of Hongkong very appointed an expectant Director of may be made manifest our desire to bear fa to preserve the form of friendship with those closely, although the later showed a very lang the thris, courts attached to the Household carseat remembrance a loyal servant of the they malign, are wretched examples of moral tacrosse last year over anything done formerly,

depravity

and, so far this year, had increased 17 per *Throng," Department," a

THE Chinkiang correspondent of the W. C. Daily News writes on the 1st inst. "The Chinese in Chinkiang, and especially inside the native city, are most abusive; it has become so bad that the foreigners passing through seldom escape their insolence. The writer is convinced that unless some effort is made by the native officials to control the roughs, who seem to be numerous at this time, some foreigner will be seriously injured by them. Small boys generally begin the abuse, but the men soon take it up." A PROFESSIONAL foot-binder named Wong Achap was this morning sentenced by Mr put into the stocks twice for three hours at a fime; also to be put into solitary confinement for ten days during the term, for hacking at his widowed mother's head with a chopper, on the roth instant. Wong amused himself in this way because the old lady was unable to advance bins the sum of ten dollars wherewith uncle in self. Fortunately for the prisoner his uncle was ble revered parent, and prevented him from in order to remove the grievance but becoming a promising candidate for the rope

instead of the stocks and solitary confinement. where the pocket comes in as an argument, patriotism quickly goes to the wall. So long as ship-owners can obtain HONGKONG, MONDAY, MAY 12, 1890.

the services of foreigners at lower rates of wager than British deck officers and A FLOATING PANDEMONIUM.

engineers will work for, the cheaper We have again to direct the attention of article will be made use of, without the Government to the disgraceful scenes reference to quality, until the day comes, which Invariably take place on board and it may not be so very far distant, the Ocean Company's steamer Memnon, when the stringent rules of trades unionism employed on the line between here and shall be as paramonat on board ship as British North Borneo, prior to her they are now in our large manufacturing departure from this port. During her recent centres at home. It can only be a stay here the Amnon has undergone a question of a very short time when considerable amount of repairs by the Dock the Amalgamated Institutes of British Company, a new propeller shaft having sailors and engineers shall be in a position been fitted in addition to other work, and we to deal with shipowners on equal terms, understand that the ancient craft required and one of the first reforms they will claim overhauling very badly, However, we will be the disappearance of foreigners are principally concerned at present with from British ships until other nations see what occurred in the harbour on Saturday their way to reciprocate the special afternoon, a short time before the Memnon privileges their subjects now enjoy in the went to sea. The Memnon's raison d'tire on morcantile marine of Great Britain,