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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, JULY 29, 1890.

(From Singapore Papers:) THE GRENADIER GUARDS.

LONDON, July 19'h.

In conformity with the sentence of the court martial, the second battalion of the Grenadier

Guards will embark immediately for Natal for two years, during which period all leave been stopped.

WEATHER pmitting, a'galf match will be played on Saturday next at 4:30 pm. Navy and Civil Service v. Club. Members wishing to play will kindly send in their names to the Hon. Secretary not later than 4 p.m. on Friday. ACCORDING to the native papers it is rumoured that the Tsung-li Yamen has favourably con- bassidered the representations made to that body some time ago by the Cantonese rice merchants of Customs, praying for the withdrawal of the through the Foreign Consuls and Commissioner prohibition of the export of rice from Wuhu. THE Band of the Argyll and Sutherland High- landers will play the following programme at the Officers Mess, this evening, commencing

Reuter wired on the 24th that they had sailed

for Bermuda.-Ed.]

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

THE Superintendent" of the P. & O. 5. N. Co. informs us that the Company's extra steamer Hombay left Singapore for this port at 4 p.m. yesterday.

THE wife of Sotame Kazṛemon, No, 16 Honda- mura, Harima province, recently gave birth to three male children. The mother and children were all doing well, according to latest accounts,

A JAPANESE native paper says that Mr. Iwase, an engineer helonging to the Mine Bureau, who has been in China investigating Tonquin smokeless coal, returned bringing samples with

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The Hanol correspondent of the Courrier 4&Haiphong telegraphed on the 25th inst. that the Red River had inundated the surrounding country. The roofs of the houses at Tuyan quan were covered, the mandarins had taken refuge in the military prison, the inmates of which had been seat aboard junks, and the European officials had departed, taking the telegraphic instruments with them. If the water rose forty centimetres more about an inch-the dam water was thirty feet above the ebb-tide mark would be covered, and Hanol flooded. The

Twenty Annamites were. saved from drowning one day.

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THE English squadron, consisting of H.M.S. Imperisuse (ag) Severn, Leander, Caroline, Hyacinth, and Alacrily left Yokohama on the 15th inst, for Hakodate, the Pigmy alone remaining in Yokobams for the present.

GEO. RAE, distant Inspector of Markets, appeared at the Police Court this morning before Mr. Wodehouse, to prosecute a coolle for attempting to bring the carcange of three diseased pigu into the colony for sale. It was shewa

evidence that the carcases came from Chinese territory and were shipped on board the Yau-mah-ti launch for Hongkong at half-past five o'clock this morning. His Worship jailed the prisoner for six weeks.

We learn from our Tientsin correspondent, writing on the 16th, says the Shanghai Mercury, that, as was predicted, the summer freabets have THE N. C. Daily News hears from Foochow. come down with such terrific force at Lung under date of the 19th lost, that the export of Wang Miso, where the Grand Canal enters the tea to London and the Continent to date, includ- Yellow River in Shantung, that it has brokening the part cargo taken by the Hector on the Its banks at the place. named, and the country 12th inst, is 69 millions lbs. against 6 millions THE second of the three steamers being built

On the 25th of the 5th moon the Shanghai Salt for 200 round is under water. The people last year and 16 millions in 1888. Business has for the Osaka Shosen Kwaisha by the Mitsu

have all fled before the rising waters,, but no

been checked this week by the further rise in Bishi Company was to be launched from the Commissioner remitted to the Board of Revenue particulars are to hand as to loss of life. exchange. The settlements reported are only ship-yard at Tategami on Saturday last.

at Peking the sum of Tls. 20,bro On arriving at the Yamen, his messengers laid the The disaster took place last week, but strange 11,0000 cheats of Congou, and other kinds of tea, to a corresponding small extent. Whether attri- treasure, which was enclosed in a wooden box, enough no mention has yet been made of it in in the Board of Revenus's large hall, awaiting the columns of our Tientsin contemporary. All butable to discouraging advices, the caution of the proper officer to come and take over the lelegraphic communication is interrupted by buyers, or the high exchange, it is a feature in the bullion after it was counted; but that day the the floods, and unfortunate Shantung is again trade of the port this year, that the settlements of officer was busy, so he deferred, taking the threatened with a repetition of the numberless Congou are less for thefirst 43 days of the season, money over until the next day. The Salt miseries consequent on wide extended inunde- than they were for the first 15 days of the last season. Tael prices have agāla shown some Commissioner then ordered some of histions. The Grand Canal is pouring enormous attendants to guard the treasure that night. But quantities of muddy water into the Pelho from easiness, but of course, the advance in exchange during the night some audacious thieves the Yellow River and the tributaries of the has left the buyers! laying down coat unchanged. came and bound the guards up, gagging their former river have also overtlown, so that between It is difficult in the depressed state of the London mouths with cotton, so as to prevent any outcry, cart traffic le impossibic,, and the country all prices ruling here now are lower, for so early in Peking and Chang Chih-wan, 50 from Peking, market to say what is cheap, but certainly the and then managed to carry away the sum of Tls. 1,002

such a thing can be effected round Tungchow is under water. "China's the season, than they have been known for some within the palace precincts, no wonder so much Sorrow" is making itself felt almost at the gates years past. The estimate of the total supply for thieving and robbery is daily recorded from of the capital.

the season must, for the moment, remain all parts of the country. No doubt the police at

unchanged: though it is pretty certain that, in Peking will have to answer for this robbery; it

the face of such a dragging market, the figures are likely to be considerably under 400,000 is too sericus an affair to be passed over, If this had happened to an ordinary person, or shop

chests. The settlements of Cougou to date are keeper, nothing would have been said; but when

120,000 chests. For the first seven weeks after

It thing. The thieves are not it is quite a different third of Revenue's money

the opening of the market last year they were 241,000 chests, and the corresponding period in caught yet.

1888, 305 coo cheats. The stock of Congou to-day is 191,000 cheste, against, 207,000 chests at the same date last year and 90,000 chests in 1888. Exchange is 3/7 for 4 months' sight credits after touching 3/79; and freight to London 4,040 per ton of 40 cubic feet.

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A COUPLE of days ago, says the Mercury of Friday last, Mr. Meyer, a German engineer, who has been engaged by H.E. Chang Chih-tung to start a gun factory at Wuchang, left Shanghai

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THAT legistative abortion The Printers and Publishers Ordinance, No 6 of 1986, incidentally cropped up at the Pobce Court last Saturday, in AT the Shanghai Switchback, the other night, the sensational assault case in which a member a Frenchman, who presumably was somewhat of the staff of the Telegraph prosecuted an excited, whether by the hot weather or not we employé of the Hongkong Hotel for "chucking" will not say, foolishly made a bet that he could him out of that place of public entertainment, stop the car while in motion. When the cat arose in this way. The prosecutor, Mr. leaving the station this foolhardy individual G. W. Ward, in opening his case, described dashed past the attendants and caught hold of the back of the moving car; needless to say he himself as "registered editor of the Hongkong did not succeed in stopping

but he was Telegraph, and under cross-examination dragged, holding on all the while, up hill and maintained the accuracy of this description, and down incline till the car stopped, when he made we are quite sure he believed he was justified in so doing. He was not, however. By sub tracks for the road, considerably shaken by his novel escapade, which might have very easily section 3 of section 4 of this most idiotic of local had a nasty result. He was very much bruited Editor-of a newspaper must, every time be ordinances the printer and publisher—not the about the legs, and is probably by this repenting leaves the colony, even for a trip to Kowloon of his foolishness.

city, get somebody else to register as printer and publisher, and that is the registered position held at present by Mr. Ward on the Telegraph, as Mr. Fraser-Smith, the editor and proprietor, owing to ill health, is staying temporarily in Macao. We give this explanation owing to many inquiries that have been made, and also to direct the attention of the Administrator and the Acting Attorney-General to the existence of this obsolete and altogether unnecessary ordinance,

1.50 MR. THOS. ARNOLD, the Secretary of the Houg kong, Canton and Macao Steamboat Co., rightly or wrongly bears the reputation of being a first- odo class accountant and experienced man of business. He may be all that and a great deal more, so he 0.75 probably won't mind our humbly venturing to remark that the published accounts of the 1.00 Company for the past half-year, although a vast

improvement on the usual "thing" are scarcely set out in the form one would expect from a master of 1.co his profession. That, of course, may not be Mr. Arnold's fault, and he may simply be following the "old groove" policy of the lately defunct and much lamented Lister. But if Mr. Arnold

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Is a business man, what in the name of all that's holy is he doing with the large sum of abou! $108,000 on current account (at 2 per cent

1.50interest) in the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, Per C. weeks before the dividend falls due?

Flats L'Avenir du Tonžin gives details of an engage. ment between a body of French troops and some rebels at Ong-hol-song, on the 16th lust, in $4.50 which sub-lieutenant Margaine was killed... The 5.00 troops marched about fourteen miles over 'a 750 mountainous country, and engaged with the

enemy in a ravine.

At the second voller Par Bot. Margaine was shot in the ankle, but continued nearly all wounded, retired, leaving two $1.1o comrades dead and eight disabled. Whilst retreating Margaine was again struck, and 1.25 was carried by S rgeant Brun to a brooks by the side of which he died almost immediately. 1.50 Brun stayed alongside, in company with a wounded soldier, in the hope of being able to remove the body after dark, but one of the 2.00 enemy, who was searching the jungle, came upon them, killed the sergeant, and cut off his bead and that of Margaine. The report of the rifle 0.75 brought up help, but too late. Margaine bad

only left St. Cyr, the French Military School, year ago. He and his brave subordinates were 0.75 buried with military, honors at Yen-yap,

to direct his men until, two hours later, his men,

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JUDGING from a paragraph in the Daido Shim- as it would appear that representatives of the Press have been warmly supported at the recent elections in Japan. As class or profession known to have been elected. They are they head the list. No fewer than sixteen are

Mr. Ozaki Yukio............ Choya Shimbun, Mr. Inukai Ki

Tokyo. Mr. Sugiur Jugo....................... Nippon. Tokyo, Mr. Suychiro Shigeyasu Į Daido Shimbun,

Tokyo. Mr. Saga Rioto...... Mr. Nakaya Tokusuke (Fiyu Shimbun, ··

Takya. Mr. Shimada Saburo... Mainichi Shimbun, Mr. Aoki Tadasu ..............) Mr. Fujita Mokichi Mr. Minoura Hatsubito } Mr. Watanabe Asima

Mr. Kurihara Riotchi

Mr.KobayashiYuichiro

Mr. Kazuki Jokei

Mr. Kajima Hidemaro

Mr. Uyeki Yemori......

Tokyo.

Hochi Shimbun,

Tokyo.

SUPREME COURT.

IN CHAMBERS.

Mainichi Shimbun, (Before Mr. Fielding Clarke, Acting Chief

Osaka.

(Shinonome Shimbun

Osaka. Tohoku Nippo, Niigata. Fukuryo Shimpo, Fukuoka. Yushin Nippe, Kobe. Doyo Shimbun, Kochi,

A VERY sad accident, says the Singapore Free Press, occurred on board the N. 1. steamer Maha Vajirushis, on Wednesday evening, July 9th, while ber voyage from Fadang to Singa- pore, from which former port the steamer arrived here yesterday afternoon (20th). The Maha Vajirunhis left Padang at ten o'clock in the morning of the 9th. Between eight and nine o'clock in the evening of the same day, the vessel then being some twenty miles off the land, the second engineer, Mr. John Anderson, came up on deck, after having been relieved from watch below, and in trying to get on the tail of the poop, missed his balance and fell overboard, head foremost. The vessel was at once stopped and the boats lowered, the chief officer being in charge of the search party: The master of the vessel, Mr. Bowbyes, dropped anchor and the steamer did not get under weigh again until daylight next morning. The sea was perfectly calm, but the night was very dark and it is thought that the unfortunate engineer, in falling overboard, must have been struck by the propeller and sunk at once. Every effort to find him was made. Deceased, a native of Johnstone, Renfrewshire, Scotland, had only been in the Company for a short while. For many, years, however, he was well-known as chief engineer on the China coast. He was about 36 years of age.

OCTOBER 12th has been fixed as the date for the final interment of the remains of the late Queen-Dowager of Korea. According to custom, ave months mutat elapse before this takes place. The Seoul correspondent of a Yokohama con- temporary gives some additional particulars of the death of the Dowager Queen. He says:

The Queen Dowager of Korea, who ried June 4th, 1890, was the Queen of Ik Chong, who after reign of but a few months died at the age of twenty. She has therefore been a widow, for ladies of any rank In Korea may not many a second time, for 62 years, The successor to Ik Chong was his son. Han Chong, who after a reign of about 15 years died without male issue. The Queen of Soum Che, the predecessor of Ik Chong, was living at this time, and she designated Chul Chong, a young brother of ik Chong, as king. It is said he was unmarried and engaged in selling pumpkins at the time he was called to the throne. He how ever, answered the call of his country, had bis hair put up, just outside the great south gale, entered the city, was married and crowned king. WHEELOCK & Co.'s Freight Market Report, dated He reigned seventeen years. He died without the 25th July says Since the issue of our last male issue. He had a daughter who was mar-report the 24th we have to advise a slight tied to Prince Fak Yong Ho, of the emeute of improvement generally, though homeward rates 1894 fame. She died a few months after the have not changed; there has been a fair demand marriage. On the death of Chul Chong, the for steamers to load at Newchwang for Amoy Queen Dowager, whose death is now mourned, and also for Japan at slightly higher rates, but the being the oldest person in the Palace, we have very few outside our local liners to offer. designated the second son of the Tai Won Kun, as Nagasaki-Shanghai, Choleta in the former his successor. She adopted him as her son, and port has not been serious and we can hardly say for 27 years has supported him on the throne, that business has been affected much, with the The Queen of Hun Chong is still living in the exception of the ocean-going boats all others THE Governor of Shantung Province, Chang Palace, past three-score. Report has it this have not been prevented loading there and 0.75 Yao, went on the 3rd of last moon to a bill near morning (June 16th) that she, too, is dead, but one or two settlement have been made at :

the provincial capital, Tai-nan, to pray for rain, this is not confirmed and is given merely as a cabanced rates. The oil ships which have ar- so the native papers tells us, for the province rumeur."

rived lately have all received orders to proceed 1.00 had been in a very bad way for some time on

elsewhere in ballast; the Troop proceeds_to account of the long-continued drought His MR. LOK, the new Chy Magistrate at Shanghai, Portland; no offers homeward can be got. For 1.10 prayer was not answered that day, whereupon

he went again to the Lung Tung," or Dragon's is, the Mercury is glad to learn, earning a good London, vil usual ports of call and Suez Canal Mountain, as the hill is called, and renewed his name for himself by overhauling the system of There is very little cargo offering, business to taxation in the City and making small-con. a great extent being checked by the appreciated 0.75 petitions. This time he brought back to the capital cessions, which are very agreeable to the people. value of silver and we have ample tonnage at with him a little water from a well in the moun Amongst the other reductions he has made in present. The steamers on the berth beside the 1.00 tain. The Governor was successful on this occa favour of the re idents of the City, he has Malls are Holt'e steamship Palamed advertised sion, for two days after bountiful rains began to altogether remitted the monthly tax of 30 for dispatch on the goth instant and 1.10 fall which continued for three days, and refreshed cash which each of the small shop-keepers and the Glen Line steamship Giniyon to sail two

the whole face of the adjacent country. The

house-owners formerly paid towards providing days earlier also the P.&O. cargo boat Shanghai 1,00 people were in raptures with their plaus Governor lanterns for lighting the streets at night, and advertised to have quick dispatch. Others to arrive and vowed that Heaven had opened is flood-gates has reduced from 100 to go ask the sum are the steamship Denbighshire due from 0.40 solely in answer to bis earnest appeals, But collected from the large shop-keepers for the Japan to-day and the Mutual steamship Falling

since then the Yellow River has again buret its

same purpose. To a Westerner this may not be a on the 31st, the former will clear to-morrow, 0-40 embankments and flooded the district, and the very big consideration, but to a people of such there has been no change in rates, 35%, per ton 0.50 cry of the never-to-be-satisfied people now is frugal minds as the Chinese, the saving of a few all round is quoted. For New York, via usual that Governor Chang is too potent a prayer, and rail cach a month is sufficient to hand Mr. Lok's ports of call and Suez Canal:~The steamship he is looked upon as in honour bound to pro- name down as a public benefactor. He has also || Strathlevan left this on the 26th instant with pitlate the water God, and induce him to con- made them some allowance in the amount an her full complement; her berth was taken by the fine the waters of the dreadful stream again, nually collected for Government taxes. But the steamship Morny and⋅ as she had only a manner in which he proposes, to counterbalance | small amount allotted here it was readily

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HONGKONG, TUESDAY, JULY 29,–1897.

TELEGRAMS.

A GREAT CRICKET VICTORY.

LONDON, July 26th, The All-England team has won the match by seveo wickets against the Australian cricketers.

THE BEHRING SEA TROUBLE. ⠀⠀ A sharp diplomatic correspondence that has taken place between the English and United States Governments on the sea fishery dispute, has been published. Each Government refuses to make any concession.

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sum docked on as to the value of the books, or the way in which it was to be ascertained.. Therefore, looking at the whole transaction, I cannot have any doubt that the possession of these books was taken virtually under the authority of this receipt, which,- as I have said,

r amounts to a vold bill of sale. The Ordinanco says that in such cases the transaction shall be vold, and this claim must be disallowed, claimant to pay costs.

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Mr. Fraser-Smith I presume there is no appeal against a decision of this sort 7

His lordship-Oh yes!

Mr. Fraser-Smith-Then may I ask you lord- ship to suspend the order until I can appeal ?

His lordship You will have to appeal to the Full Court. I shall not make any order of sus- pension, becausa when I discussed the case with Mr. Justice Wise he was rather doubtful whether there should be any re-hearing in chambers at all on the affidavit,

Mr. Fraser-Smith-Then it would be a waste of time to attempt appealing."

His lordship-He expressed his opinion that the application should be dismissed, but we decided that it would be more satisfactory to have an investigation in chambers. But if this affidavit had been produced at first I should at once have given my decision.

THE FATAL EXPLOSION AT · STONE-GUTTER'S ISLAND.

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Mr. Wodehouse heard further evidence at the of a Sikh constable at Stone-cutter's Island, on Police Court this morning respecting the death the 24th instant, which was caused by the explo sion of a shell which the deceased was driving into a piece of timber for the purpose of splitting it into firewood.

At the inquiry last Tuesday John Livesey, the officer in charge of the gunpowder depot on Stone-cutter's island, atated that he saw the man killed by the explosion a moment or two after it bad taken place when lock-jaw had set 'in and he was unconscious. Seeing the accident was fatal as regards, the deceased he ran to help another Sikh constable near by, who was seriously wounded by fragments of the abell.. The deceased lived about three minutes after the explosion. Witness believed it was a dlh. Hotch- kiss shell which had a detonating cap attached to it. Men and officers from H,M.S. Mercury had been on the island lately for target practice, but he did not know whether they used Hotchkiss shells or not. It might have been left by the Mercury's men on. the shore when they ran hastily to their boats during a shower of rain.

The fragments of the shell produced looked like the remains of a 6ib. Hotchkiss missile. The military authorities kept similar shells in the shell-store on the island in lead-lined caser, The shell store was always locked, and the key kept by the Kistrict Gunner. There were four District Gunners stationed on the island, Although of the same class these men had different duties.

The proper authority to inform, the Court fully respecting the men in charge of the guas and shells, was the Master Gunner. The shell stores were above ground and made of concrete. The District Gunners were the only men who had access to the shell stores." It would, not

be possible for the deceased to get shell from the stores. He did not know what the Sikh police had to do on the island. Witness was unaware of any firing going on there lately, except rifle practice. He did not know of any naval of artillery practice, or volunteer artillery practice, going on there lately. It was possible that such had gone on without his knowledge. The Volunteers did not possess stores of their own on the island. The District Gunner could not give outshells withoutan order, Major Arbuthnot was in charge of the district. There were several ways in which the shell might have been obtained-it might be an old shell picked up along the beach, or deceased might even have found it in bis quarters, Witness did not think it was left behind in course of firing, the precautions taken being too numerous. it might, on the other hand, have been a bliad shell. It was very improbable that it had been fired at the island. It might have ricocheted and thus fallen on the shore.

To-day the witness was recalled and stated that he had been stationed eight years and nine months on Stone-cutter's Island. He had no idea where the shell in question' came from. His lordship decided an application for the He had heard the guns of pinnaces firing s03- ownership of some property lately in the wards in the neighbourhood of East Battery: possession of J. F. Webber, which was claimed it was possible they were shooting lo-shore. by Mr. R. Fraser-Smith and by Chan Kip Chun, The firing took place during the last week up to for whom Mr. Mostop appeared. He said: the day of the fatal explosion. There were The Bills of Sale Ordinance provides that the magazines for the storage of shot, shell, and expression "bill of sale "shall include bills of powder on the island. He did not know which sale assignments, declarations of trust, inven-man-of-war the pinnaces came from. tories of goods with receipts thereto attached, John Tredwell, bombardier of 3 A, battery, and other assurances of personal chattels, and Southem Division, said he had been stationed also, among many other things, licenses to take

at Stonecutter's 'island for, about a fortnight. possession of personal chattels as security for any debt. Now the document which is relled on here as entitling the claimant (Mr. Fraser. Smith) to the possession of these goods says "Received from R. Fraser-Smith, Esq. the sum of $2,000, on loan, to be repaid within one year, on the lien of my books and office furniture. JF. Webber," Now this is an assurance of personal chattels, and obviously contains in it à license to take possession of the security for the debt, so that in its inception, when it was made, I cannot doubt for a moment that it was a bill of sale within the definition of the Ordinance, because the latter goes on to provide that any bill of sale with respect to which certain formalities are not observed, or which are not drawn up in a certain form as prescribed--which was admittedly not done in this case-shall be vold. There fore I must hold that when that document was executed it was a bill of salt, and void. Then the question has been raised whether the possession which was taken by Mr. Fraser Smith in this case was Eken under this bill of sale, or whether it was possession with reference to an independent and subsequent agreement come to with Mr. Webber. That is what I have to decide. I see by a case Shepherd, and another v. Colbrook, reported in the Law Timer, that if there is a transaction which amounts independently to a perfect sale then the fact of a document having been given which might come with the definition of a bill of sale does not Intervene in such transaction if it was a perfect sale, and would have been so without the assist ance of such document. So, in this case, if I hold, from the facts, that there was a recision of the agreement to which I have called attention, embodied in this receipt of the 16th May 1889, and an independent sale of the property without reference to that agreement, I must hold that the transaction was perfectly good. On the other hand, if the evidence, does not satisfy me that there was an independent contract entered into 1 mus, hold that pocession was entered into under bill of sals which was void. I have to draw an inference of fact from the evidence that has been brought before me ; in the first place the first affidavit of Mr. Fraser Smith, made in sup- port of this application. There he sets out the document and says "On Sunday the 22nd June the defendant came to my office and said that he was unable to pay what key owed me, as he was about to leave the The sensational Money Order Office robbery Colony." I then and there took posesion of his trial, upon which the contain fell in the Supreme library and effects, and had the same taken to Court last Friday ‘afternoon at 5 o'clock, hus, my office. In that affidavit there la no reference been more than the usual nine day's wonder in of the most remete kind to any independent Hongkong. The closing scene, though thrilling agreement, and it would appear from the atidavit enough in many ways, the criminal all but that there can be no doubt possession was escaping the punishment which bis acts deserved, taken under the receipt. That is attempted to yet partook of the nature of a "sell" from the be explained away subsequently by the solicitor, ordinary spectator's point of view, and this was who says he was told by Mr. Fraser-Smith that patent enough: when the fury unanimously the law books were really given in part satisface found Barradas not guilty on the first three tion of the sum due, and there is a farther counts of the indictment.. Although the Court affidavit by Mr. Fraser-Smith corroborating that, was considerably, crowded and excitement was- Then he is called and gives evidence before me at the highest possible, pitch, as the verdict

John Livesey recalled, said that after the accident some of the Sikhs on the island showed him inside the basement tower, and pointed to an aperture in the wall, where there was & quantity of old steel drills, and said the deceased got the shell there.

Mic Singh, 504, sergeant stationed at Stone- cutter's Island, said that his duties and those of the other Sikhs was to watch over the magazine. He never saw the shell in question before the day of the accident.

At this point his Worship adjourned the inquiry until noon on Wednesday.

THE "BARRADAS" SCANDAL. he

A JOHNNIE who was knocking around under the thess remissions, which in the yearly aggregate taken up at 455. per ton, she is clearing to-day in chambers he tells me what took place, (and of the jury upon the fourth and final count was style of Frank Bymaster, whilst using down amount to a considerable sum, especially re- the Ben Line steamship Benledi will arrive here I have not the slightest doubt that the account asked for by the Clerk of Arraigns the proverbial the pubs" last night suddenly found himself commends itself to the Western reader. He on the 28th and as the has been booking cargo is generally correct) that Mr. Webber said he pin could have been heard to drop, so breathless fully "three-sheets-in-the-wind" so got into a proposes to clear out the Augean stables ahead will have quick dispatch. The next to would have to go away, and offered the books in the extreme anxiety of the moment was the ricktha” “to take a drive and thus shake off the surrounding his Yamén, and dismiss a large follow is the steamship Euphrates, now loading | and fumiture in part payment of the debt," "enger crowd, who in most cases fully, expected effects of sundry whiskies and soda. About 1x p.m. proportion of the ragged blood-suckers who hang in Japan and as there is a fair quantity of cargo I have no season to doubt that the express the prisoner to be found guilty on all four counts a district watchman observed the 'rickky trand-around his office and who are supposed to have offering she will also be turned round quickly:sion "in part payment of my debt was used, but and sentenced to at least ten years, penal ting his fare slowly along Sutherland street, where each some peculiar occupation for which they Via Cape:-The sallers . B. Lewis and Mr. Fraser Smith says in cross-examination servitude, Not so, however,gu. There were he was met by one or two chums who proceeded are either paid or permitted to maintain them Lusen are loading, but very slowly, as that he did imagine that Mr. Webber intended extenuating circumstances in the case which to go through" Frank, who by this time selves. But the new Chehalen has had the little cargo is golog, forward for all, and to give him a sort of see on the forplast, ad tot fall to cricaost in full and bene gulie oblivious to all that was going on in this good sense to learn already that about half they have to depend on Hongkong for does not scent to ms that the expression #18 not to bring la full boli uzellal,cm 7 busy work. As soon as the watchman saw these gentry are merely ornamental, or at least their fall quantity the latter ship is the only one part payment of account amounts to evidence in the interests of his very slippery "client what the scamps were up to he made a break superfluous appendages to his office, and that taking tea. Rate 337, for general cargo and 244, that there was an Independent agreement of His duty was an unpleasant one no doubt, for them, and they cleared; he gamely followed he can manage to get along very well without for tea. Departures for London za Suer Canal: sale, because if you look at what actually took but it was carried out in the manner up and succeeded in running the ricksha coolie so many disreputable ragamuffins in his train. Benlowers 15th; Cyclops 16th; and Danfavis place suppose Mr. Fraser-Smith was enforcing to be expected from such fearless opponent of to earth away down Bonham Strand, after They have consequently got notice to quit, and Foochow 19th fast. Departure for New York via what he imagined, to be his security-the a corrupt and effete administration as Mr. Ino, picking up a gold watch and chain, worth $65, there is therefore a widespread feeling of satis Sues Canal:Strathaven, via Amoy 16th lustry thing that was most likely to take place is J. Francis, Q.C., has always shown hiraiell to be. which the rascal had dropped while under way, faction amongst the natives at the plucky and Quotations are:--Newchwang to Swatow, zz what did take place. On the other hand, if there The five acts the embrzalement by Barradas of He was promptly assisted up to the Central considerate action of the Magistrate, who says Mex. cents per picul, nominal. Newchwang to had been an independent agreement for the sale $50,500, while in charge of the Money Order stations also was the ticker" and chain. Menn- that if there is any deficit on account of the Amey, 30 Mex, cents per pleul, nominal. Naga of the books without reference to the receipt one department of the Post Office, the flight of the while some wily detectives went out and succeeded reductions which he has made in the taxes, he sakl to Shanghai, 8130 per ton of coal nett, would expect to find some independent evidence criminal to Manila (via Macao and Amby) and in getting a thief who had $16 on his person, will make it good himself. We only hope he will for both steamers and sailing vessels. Scitle as to the recision of the previous contract there his subsequent capture there, the death of his which had been lifted from the complainant, keep to his word. If he does he will become a ments during the fortnight-Rewa, British is no evidence of the sort, but on the contrary thick-and-thin patron and protector, Mr. Alfred Both these genta" were before Mr. Wodehouse model mandarin, whom it will be our delight to barque, 414% tons register Newchwang to the document la produced, and, in the first Lister, the degrading scene in Court, and the this morning, when his Worship remanded the gire full credit to, and will afford a marked con- Amoy 21 Mex. cents per picul, 18 lay days.instance, ralled on as an authority to take posses entrance upon term of hard labour for three case until Thursday next allowing ball in one trast to his predecessor, who was one of the Swalow, German steamer, 631 tons register, sion. In the second place one would have expected year in Victoria Gaol, are all scenes the details surely of $25, which the Amalgamated Associa. most accomplished old rascals, in squeezing the Nagasaki to Shanghal $1.45 per ton coal, quick to find some definite terms arrived at in defiaf of bich require no recapitulation here, for the tion of Thieves and Eaming snatchers speedily people, under his charge that Shanghai, has dispatch. Disengaged vestel in port. Nancy ten of the phrase part payment. It is ad facts of the case have, during the past month, been stapped up,

known for a long time,

Pindistan, American ship, 1,385 tonu søglater) ( mitted by Mr. Fraser @mith that there was die ! tallyskposed in the prossedings at the Police as