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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 1890.

(sic.) censor of the Portuguese community of Hongkong by continually, and regard- less of truth, filling its columns with. vile and contemptuous articles concerning the Portuguese. The last slander cast on them by that paper, as far as I know, is the article reproduced by the Gastle on 11th instant referring to & case of forgery committed lately in Manila by a man named Jorge, a Spanish subject and | of Spanish descendants. As a coincidence, however, a fault (ric,) of embezzlement was committed in Hongkong, by a Portuguese youth bearing also the name of Joxox. This fact seemed to the editor of the

ANOTHER SOUTH AMERICAN REVOLUTION.

July 28th.

A military revolt has occurred in Buenos Ayres. The President fled, and a rebel Govern- ment has been proclaimed.

"THE ZANZIBAR QUESTION. Negotiations are approaching condition between England and France regarding Zan. zibar and the French protectorate of Madagascar, with an extension of French influence to Lake Chad.

ANOTHER TYPHOON.

The Spanish Consul kindly forwards a tale

gram which states that a typhoon exists in the Pacific to the east of Luson, its direction being north-east--Dr. Doberck is of opinion that the typhoon reported on Monday is moving towards Formosa,

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

MESSES. Adamson, Bell & Co., agents. for the Canadian-Pacific Line, inform us that the steam- skip Batawa left Vancouver for Japan and Hongkong on Monday afternoon, the 28th inst A COUPLE of salt-fish dealers were "fixed" at the Police Court this morning for having false scales at their store in Salt Street. They had been "doing" their customers out of 11 per cent. on selling, and 2 per cent. on buying scales. Mr Robinson, the Magistrate, made them "stump'up" $30 each.

THE Canton correspondent of the Daily Press who favors that paper with some gratuitous information regarding a steamer he erroneously calls the Cha Cheong, and tries to make comic capital at the expense of the owner of that vessel, 1. evidently a funny dog who wants physic badly; We would recommend a mixture of castor oll and careful study of some standard work on English grammar.

THE Stewards of the Hongkong Jockey Club have agreed to the proposed extension of the Race-course, with the requisite alterations, and if the Government will only do the needful so far as the "sinews of war' are concerned, some very extensive and desirable improvements in the Happy Valley will be effected by this time next year, and the claims of everybody he has any actual claim to consideration

THE German flagship Leipzig, bearing the flag MISSRS. Butterfield & Swire inform us that the of Rear-Admiral Valois, and the cruiser Sophia | Ocean Steamship Co.'s steamer Orestes, from left Singapore on the zist inst. for Java, en routs | Liverpool, left Singapore for this port yesterday to Australia.

morning, and is due on the 3rd pròx.

A NATIVE paper in Osaka says that Yasui Komakichi, of Sakai, near Osaka, has invented a process for producing oil by decomposing salt water. Mr. Yamaguchi, bis capitalist, is now ready to manufacture 200 gallons per go boilers.

The writer was favoured with a bottle of the oil and tested it. There is no little difference between it and kerosene oil, except that it is more smoky. If the oil can be refined, a great change will come over the kerosene market in Japan.

"AN OLD SPORTSMAN" writes:-Local racing men and the public generally will be glad to learn, on reliable authority, that Mr. D. E.

THE Sky Race Meeting, proposed for the end of August, has been put off until October-a very wise arrangement considering the difficulties and disadvantages of training during the hot season,

LATE TELEGRAMS.

SOFIA, July 4th.

Prince Alexander of Battenburg has written a letter of condolence to the widow of Major Panitza, promising to fulfil the deceased officer's will with regard tätheir child.

...LONDON, July 5th.

A telegram received here gives an extract from

PARIS, July 6th.

The Nihilists who were arrested here have been sentenced to various, terms of imprison- ment: one to five years' and four to three years' besides a fine. The two women were acquitted,

Sassoon's well-known colours will be again the National Zeitung, in which it is stated that conspicuous in the Happy Valley next February.Italy has agreed that the British shall take over 1 at credibly informed that Mr. Sassoon has protection of the Somali country, now under decided to once more throw down the gauntlet to Italian control, receiving Zeitah from the British all comers, and that the peerless Zephyr, the in exchange. famous skewbald Hero, the game Eureka, the fring Hollyhock, the staying El Dorado, and other equine celebrities, in addition to several highly tried neophytes from Mongolia- candidates for Derby honours-are under orders to face the music in Hongkong after the Shanghai Winter Meeting. All true sports will Sassoon back to active participation in the great game he loves so well, and "David" can safely rely on it that John Feel, Buzey, John Humphreys, Sid, Syke, and other minor lights will do their utmost to beat him fair and square at every possible oppertunity. And that is true sport. In spite of Hongkong being a “bust-up" community, there is apparently sufficient vitality left to warrant a prophecy that the race-meeting

of 1891 will be a best on record.

Telegraph a propitious opportunity for blackguarding the Portuguese, so with utter disregard for truth and other principles, he ridiculously asserted the nationality of the Manila culprit to be Portuguese. In obedience to every dictate of justice, the Telegraph should have first investigated the matter before inserting articles that only

THE Kiukiang made the ran across from Macão lead to contradiction. Of the various this maming in exactly three hours. The short communities in, Hongkong, excepting of rest she has had lately would appear to bave thoroughly satisfied. The plans of the proposed cordially welcome the genial and straight-going is explained. The force numbering five thousand course the Chinese, the Portuguese ranks rejuvenated the famous old "bone-shaker." first in number, and can comparatively ba said to be the most admired. The recent cases of embezzlement were no doubt, A. S. WATSON & CO., LD. due more especially to share gambling

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which is so strongly and detrimentally prevalent there; but such cases were not solely confined to the Portuguese; other communities were simultaneously and similarly stained, but by the unfair partiality which characterizes the Hongkong Telegraph, those of the latter were passed over with little or no comment | In The greatest attention has been paid to appli-general, it cannot be denied that the 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 ate now in a position to compete In quality with the best English Makers. Our Sweet Waters cannot be surpassed anywhere.

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Portuguese people, or rather the Macaoese, are reliable, steady, and efficient workers." It hardly seems fair to recognise this self-constituted champion of the Portuguese by dealing with his effusion seriously, but in order to write him down the ass that he is we will traverse his ignorant assertions briefly. He accuses the Telegraph of seizing the opportunity afforded by the arrest of JORGE, the Manila bank swindler, to vilify the Portuguese. Not a bit. Portuguese-the genuine article--are just as good as any other nationality, but how many are there here? The horde of hybrids who pass themselves off for Portuguese in the Far East, the scions of an indescribable race, may rank second in number in Hongkong, as "Fiat Justitia " says, but as to their being "comparatively the most admired!"-well, "Fiat," you

shatter even our hitherto unshaken nerves.

Let us see what examples we have of this much admired race of so-called Portu- guese, the "reliable, steady, and efficient workers" of the Yokohama Jeremiah. Senhor J. DA CRUZ, confederate of the defunct BELTRAN in the notorious swindle on the Chartered Bank, is still enjoying British hospitality as dispensed in Victoria Gaol, tendered for the period of a decade,

THE Penang Independent, in welcoming Miss Gracie Plaisted's My Sweetheart" company, wonders whether there will be any "champagne. suppers la the Stanley "nicely tighted ” ones.

TROUBLOUS times must be in store for the Royal Wettins, when the most popular member of that distinguished family, the Prince of Walet, has to be escorted from Covent Garden Theatre to Marlborough House by a body of carairy. Coming events cast their shadows before.

FOR the last week we have been bothering our brains over that Berlin telegram of June 14th to the effect, that large farmers of Pomerania intend | hiring Chinese laborers to counteract the increas- ing demands of home laborers, and that large orders have been sent to Hongkong for Chinese. What can this mean?

alterations have been carefully drawn out by Mr. R. K. Leigh, who has devoted considerable time and attention to the matter, and we have little doubt that they will give general satisfac- tion to all interested. We shall give 'full parti- „culars later on

THE Fiji Shimpo says that a certain merchant recently forwarded some loaves of bread from Shimbashi by rail to a destination which is not mentioned. They went by luggage train and were consequently left in the van all night. The next morning when the porters came to remove the parcel for delivery, they found that rats had seized, the opportunity of making a good meal, and that only the crusts remained. They found something else, too; namely, the corner of a piece of paper projecting from one of the holes grawed by the rats. The paper proved to be a bank note, one of thirty, which the economical sender of the loaves had adopted this curious method of forwarding, so as to save the cost of

post-office order or bill of exchange.

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JUDGING from the reports in the Singapore LOCAL supporters of racing are anxious to know papers on the recent criminal prosecution of the about the Subscription Griffins for next season-millionaire Arab, Mr. Syed Mahomed Alsagoff, and their anxiety is based on goed grounds, for an offence which we prefer not to detail, Now, Mr. Gore-Booth, will you kindly convene Acting Governor Sir F. Dickson, Chief Justice a meeting of members of the Jockey Club as EL O'Malley, and Attorney-General Bonser should be at once suspended from their respective early as possible, so that satisfactory arrange. ments can be made without further delay ! offices, and their extraordinary conduct made the subject of a scorching official inquiry. The interests of public justice have been sacrificed and Justice herself bord-winked and grossly outraged by the action, whether individual or in concert we don't know, of these three high officials. The last has not yet been heard of this most scandalous business; and we are glad to observe that our Straits contemporaries have not hesitated to freely express the public feeling of the Singapore community.

THE-Straits Times of the 21st inst. reports that Chinese, who was serving a sentence of eighteen months for assault, died in Singapore got the previous day from the effects of what was alleged to be cholera. And. Kuchinotru Is reported to be quite a hot-bed of the same disease. This annual scourge is getting danger. ously near Hongkong, where, as drainage matters now stand, it wou'd find a fertile field for its deadly ravagés.

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As Madam Lum Yum, a nice little "widder," was galavanting down Hing Lung Street yester- day afternoon, young Lah Li Lung took quite a fancy to ber, and being refused a kiss rushed off in disgust with her earrings, which had fallen into his hands while who we the life affel: A district watchman saw affair dashed after the wayward youth, collared him, and hied him off to the Central Station. He was "docked" before Mr. Wedehouse this mording, and being anable to prove that the widow had given him the earrings as mementoes, was sentenced to six months' hard labour and, one whipping of ten strokes.

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CAIRO, July 6th. The rapid movement of Osman Digna's Army men has marched from Tokar to Dongela owing to famine at the former place, where many have resorted to cannibalism to appease the ravages

ZANZIBAR, July 7th. Di. Pater is expected to arrive at Bagamoyo' on the roth inst,

VIENNA, July 7th. The Hungarian women, charged with poison- ing their husbands some few months ago, have been tried and found guilty; four being sentenced

IT is quite on the cards that Hongkong may to death, and three to imprisonment for fifteen be visited during the Autumn by Miss Gracie Plaisted and a combination of operatic and dramatic talent known as the "My Sweetheart".

Company. As there are five full-fledged ladies in the company, their success in Hongkong, especially after such a salts-and-senna experience as the Stanley crowd, may safely be taken as assured. Miss Plaisted, with the sole exception of Emilie Melville, is probably the best opera bone artiste that has ever visited either the Australasian colonies or the Far East, and as her husband, Mr. Charles Harding, is a robust tenor of high class, the Hongkong public, so wofully disappointed by the "leg" exhibitions which have been the leading features of late professional visitors, may with confidence look forward to a musical treat. Miss Plaisted's company, by latest advices, were playing in Pening, and they contemplate, after a season in Singapore, coming on to Hongkong, Shanghai and Japan. As Mr. Pemberton Willard's Opera Bouffe and Comedy Company, which will include a selected chorus and ballet, are due here early in September, Hongkong play-goers are likely to have a gay time as soon as the hot weather gets on the wane.

IN the Financial News of the 14th June "A. M. I. C. E," rolls the friendly log as follows: As a mining engineer of some experience in LAST night a Chinaman deliberately attempted India, Australia, and elsewhere, I read with great suicide near the Canton what, but was rescued interest, in your issue of Friday last, the account from a watery grave by Acting Sergeant Rennie, of the general meeting of the above company. who was passing along there at about half-pastode which is traceable for over half a mile, The statement that the company possesses a eleven o'clock, lo tendering explanations to Mr. Robinson at the Falice Court this morning, not yet known, ought, in itself, to be news and the thickness, of which, beyond 25 ft, is the would-be suicide said that he was at one full of hope for the shareholders; but to this it time very wealthy, his sister having left him is added that the reef is tested to a depth of 116 "pots of money," which, however, he had lost. it, add at that depth the bulk of it assaye He wanted to be in Kingdom Come, and had heard that by going into the sea and there giving 1 oz. to the ton. This seems almost too up the ghost he would soon be in a perfect good to be true, were it not that Mr. Becher's Paradise To make a "break" for Paradise, with all its attractions of thrones and harps, in such a manner being contrary to the laws of Medes, Persians, and Christians his Worship ordered the prisoner to " ante up" four Mexicans, or make his salaam before the Acting Chief

No Credit given for bottles that look die Senhor A. M. DA SILVA is likewise serving THE recent thrilling escape of the steamer Justice at the next Criminal Sessions

or greasy, or that appear to have been used for any other purpose than that of Containing Aerated Water, as such bottles are never used

again by us.

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

а three years sentence for a most atrocious case of embezzlement from the Hongkong and Shanghal Bank, and Senhor G. Jonat, for a similar offence, is is putting in a comfortable eighteen months, Again, only last week, Senhor Z, M. BARRADAS resigned a lucrative official It is requested that all communications relating to Subscriptions, position in the Hongkong Money Order Advertisements, &c., be addressed to the Manager, Heng Department in favour of oskum-picking in Tiigraph" and not to the Editor.

Fette on Editorial matters to be want to The Editor and the select establishment above named. Communications Lutarded for publication must be accompanied Senhor L. P. de Cauros, who "committed

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be open fair discussion corespondents of all questions

TO ADVERTISERS,

Normandia from an encounter with a giant ice- berg is another victory for the twin screw. The vessel was steaming through the fog at nearly the fog, and full speed. There was a life through it the Captain saw a mountain of ice, but little more than a steamer's length away, He signalled the engineer to stop one screw and reverse it, and sending the other ahead at fail speed he swung the great ship around as on a pivot, so that instead of striking the iceberg, bow on, the vessel entirely escaped except the stern, which grazed the ice in passing. This feat of skilful seamanship would have been impossible with a single screw.

Tat Slam Mercantile Gazette of July 19th editorially on the Bangkok Police Force To-day we come before our readers and ask them to help us in drawing up statistics of robberies in Bangkok and beg that all of those who have been robbed and plundered will address us a few lines, stating how many times such an occurrence has taken place during the last twelve months, and if the police were success ful in recovering the stolen property. In order to form some approximate idea oftherobberies which take place in Bangkok, we have also to ask those members of the European community who have had the rare good fortune not to have lost any: thing by robbers, to send in their names. Of course all communications will be solely for our THE Newchwang correspondent of the N. C. Daily News writes on July 18th 1-We have own Information and only the total result will bad quite enough rain, and the weather is be published. We have often enough exposed decidedly cold for the time of year. The thermo- this worthy Force, and have given publicity meter has been down to dɔ° Fahrt, and yester-

when its members of the force have been arrested day the maximum was only about 65 Wool in the act of thieving. We last week gave lens are the order of the day. From the interior publicity to the fact that a thief, the very day be we learn that the railway engineers have gone in the force. We have also at different periods reports are favourable as to crops in general. | had been released from gaol, had been enlisted on to Vladivostock, whence they will no doubt published the time the Force has been without find their way to Tientsin by steamer, instead of pay, and many other minor abuses. returning by land through Kirin, Moukden, etc. It will be wise to come back overland, as the roads are in very bad condition. The steamer Less is loading for the third trip, with tribute

name is too well known to be connected

with any doubtful information. The develop greatest interest. Geologically, it is undoubtedly meat of this country will be watched with the most favourable for gold, and if, se I understand, distance, it is pretty certain it passes for some this big lede follows its present strike to any

distance through the north-west portion of the Pahang Corporation's property, who will, it may safely be presumed, soon send out their prospec tors. Lodes of this character are pretty safe mining, for even if the bulk does not assay well all through, and this is more often than not the case, rich shoots are invariably struck, when the buik may well be left as worthless; but this latter is obviously not the case by Mr. Becher's statement.

by the name and address of the writers, not necessary for a fault in respect to a cheque for Whilst the columes of the Hongkong Telegraph will alway$1,000, must have pretty nearly served For the stress, it by the cliccy understood that his term of eighteen months, and Senhor Ane Kaltor Coes por la any way bold himself responsible for A. A. SILYA is also well advanced towards opinions that expressed

the liberty of which he has been despotically deprived for six months, simply because he ordered more goods than he could pay for. Six, out of a total of ten European criminals--as distinguished from merely drunken sailors who could not pay even a nominal fine- at present in Victoria Gzol; are claimants Subscriber to The Hongheng - Telegradh as respectfully of Portuguesa nadlonality! And a seventh i millet, and several steamers are on the berth for me, was perpetrated last night by a gang of six | with the words "The Christian Criminal God,"

Advertians are reqnected to forward all notices intended for insertion in that day's fasun not leter than These 'Clock

Advertisements and Subscriptions which are not ordered for The Hongkong Telah has the largest circulation of any best medlem for Advertisers, Terms can be loamt on applicats The Houghing Talegraph's number at the Telephone Ce

hot to retard the early publication of the paper.

Axed period will be continued until emitermanded.

English newspaper publabód in te Far East, and is therefore the

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TO SUBSCRIBERS,

reminded that all Suidierisstona arı payzőla in advance,

DEATH.

At Shanghai, on the 19th July, 1890, ALICE CATHERINE, third daughter of Wm. and Catherine Goedfellow, aged 5 years and 4

months,

The Hongkong Telegraph

Senhor J. XAVIER, who until quite lately held a responsible position of trust in Her Majesty's Supreme Court of this colony, made the slight mistake of levanting to Macao with $1,000 which he collected as assistant bailiff and "stuck to," is now in durance vile in the Holy City sadly awaiting an application for his extradition by the Hongkong Government. These "most admired" members of our community may find consolation in the spacious apology offered by their Yokohama advocate, but they can hardly endorse his assertion, that our comments have been entirely "regardless of truth."

Shanghai.

THERE was great weeping and walling and gnashing of teeth this morning amongst the shop keeper who do a fair thing in the sale of revol- veri, blunderbuses, daggers and diven munder ous weapons down in Queen's Road West owing to the fact that our local detective talent have swooped down on and ransacked their promises in search of dynamite! Detective Inspector Stanton, accompanied by Detective Sergeant Haddoo, seized upwards of 30 cartridges in one ranche; while Inspector, Quincey, backed by Detective Sergeant Melver, dropped on about twenty more in a neighbouring hour and deposited it, together with the bosses" of our local agents for Armstrong, in the Central Police Station. They will be asked to explain to the Magistrate at the Police Court to-morrow

IN an article on the growth of Christianity in Japan we read that the Jesuits took the sword to spread their faith. They put many of the priests (bonzes) to death, burnt numerous monasteries, latroduced the Inquisition, and exiled bundreds who refused to conform. Jealousies and quarrels sprang up upon the arrival of other orders, Fran- cleans and Dominicans. The old Shogun and his successor discovered the Jesuits carrying on intrigues for his overthrow, Fear of a foreign occupation took hold of his mind and he resolved to extirpate the new faith. At length, in 1615, as sands of Christians were massacred the culmination of a bloody religious war, thou

Their unflinching devotion to their religion compels our admiration. One may search the grim history of early Christian martyrology, without Ending any- thing to surpass the heroists of the Roman Catholic martyrs of Japan. Burnt offstakes made of crosses, forced to trample on plates engraved torn limb from limb, buried alive, they yet refused to recant. We are told of "one Jesuit priest, Christopher Ferreys, who after enduring horrible tortures, was at last hung by his feet in such from which light and air were excluded. His way that his head was in a hole in the ground right hand was left loose, that with it he might make the prescribed sign of recantation. He hung for four hours, and made the sign. He was st once released, and compelled to consigo Chris- tians to torture and death,”. Then, after a full, in 1637 thousands of Christians rose, la armed rebellion. They seized an old castic, but after a two months slege were forced to surrender, and 37000 were slaughtered. At the mouth

years,

WASHINGTON, July 8th, cashing notes, and the Bourse at Monte Video,

The national Bank of Uruguay bas suspended. the capital, is in consequence closed.

LONDON, July 8th.

Sir James Fergusson, this evening, announced in the House of Commons that Switzerland has consented to arbitrate in the Delagoa Bay Rail- way dispute.

July 9th.

A ferment has broken out among the men of the Metropolitan Post Offices, where numbers of strangers were being trained in the work of sorting ia view of a general strike of hands, Several of the district officers have ejected the strangers, while the East London postmen have struck work.

July 11th.

There is no truth in the statement made that

Mr. Smith was about to be elevated to the peerage, and that his place as leader of the House of Commons would be filled by Lord Churchill. A letter from Mr. Smith notifies his

Intention to seek re-election,

The postmen held another meeting last night

on Clerkenwell Green. Three thousand were Present. The chairman denounced the dis- missals of men, and urged a general strike.

The dockers working at the British India Com. pany's steamers at the Albert docks have struck. The steamer Golconda is consequently lying, idle.

The Postmen's 'Union in London announces & general strike until the right of meeting and free combination are recognised.

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The Chancellor of the Exchequer in reply to question in the House of Commons this evening said important points had been raised by the Government of India regarding the reduction of postage between India and England, it was therefore impossible to say when negotiations would be concluded and the reducilon com-

July 13th.

menced.

Mr. Raikes received a deputation of postmen plaints. The crisis is therefore now over. The yesterday and promised to consider their com-

total number of men dismissed was four hundred.

July 14th.

The Prince of Wales, on Sunday, opened the new rifle ranges at Bisley Common, which for Highness made a speech on the occasion in the fature will replace Wimbledon. His Royal

which he appealed to the nation to support the Association, the object of which was to make the rife what the bow was in days of the Plantage neti, and stated that Lord Wolseley will be ap pointed Commander of the Forces in Ireland in October.

July 15th.

the new ranges at Bisley, and prefer the place The Volunteers are generally pleased with to Wimbledon..

ROME, July 15th.

The Pope, in visiting the studio of Aurell, the sculptor, to-day, drove through a portion of the city beyond the confines of the Vatican. On passing the Mint the guard on duty there turned out and presented arms to his Holiness.

CONSTANTINOPLE, July 15th. The damage done by the late fire here is estimated at one million sterling,

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BRITISH North bornEO COMPANY

The report presented at the fifteenth half yearly meeting of shareholders held at; tha: Cannon-street Hotel, on July 9, stales e

The total receipts for the year amount to 0,575 3* 3d, comprising £39,635 19%. 103. of land in Borneo, and 41,125 161. tod. from from revenue proper, 39 611 61.78. from sales interest and other sources in London. The total expenditure for the year amounts to £71.739 139. Bd., including £54,343_83.: 88. on Revenue Account, £13,190.95, Id. on Capital Account, and £3,236 159, 110, for Home expenses.

THE Ningpo correspondent of the N. C, Daily Now willes, under date 1st July-A most daring outrage, news of which has just reached rabbers, who appear to have pre-arranged every thing. The facts are as follows: At about 8pm

small country-boat with a trifling quantity of cargo, & few passengers, and treasure to the amount of $10 let Fungwha a small place some so miles up the river-bound for here. Sometime had elapsed since the boat's departure, the night was well advanced, and the small craft was, owing to the light breeze, making but little progress through the water when the lowdah, who was steering, heard himself hailed from the shore by four men who desired to obtains they said passage to Ningpo. The lowdah, little suspecting their dangerous character, at ance ran his boat into the shore and permitted HONOKONO, WIDNESDAY, JULY 30, 1890.

the men to board her, afterwards standing out of the lovely bay, or amphitheatre, at Nagasaki, into the stream and continuing his course, which is the rocky lilet capped with wood, called was hardly done when the four men set upon by the Dutch Pappenberg. The closing act Wx-have hitherto, regarded the average

him and his crew with knives and swords. A | In the Jesuit tragedy took place when thou furious battle resulted, the robbers being assisted sands of native Christians were hurled from specimen of the rising generation of

by two of their gang who had come on board as this spot into the sea. For more than two hun- Macaoese as a cross between a "work" and

passengers previous to the boat's departure from deed years notice boards stood beside highways, a monkey, with a dash of the jack ass thrown-

Ova old cricketing-friends of the "Steelbacks Engh without exciting any suspicion. fenies, and mountain pares, containing, among in, and we have not concealed our opinion;

paid a visit to Penang the other day to decide though taken by surprise, the crow fought various prohibitions of other crimes, the follow the question of superiority with the Penang C. C. manially but, being only four to six, they were ing" So long as the sun shall warm the but we have cause to be sorry for it. An

Fortune favors the brave, and it favored the at length overcome and at the mercy of their earth, let no Christian be so bold us to come to individual-presumably of the breed just

sloggers of the 58th. The Penang players must uuscrupulous assailants, who speedily obtained Japan; and let all know that the King of Spain be a rather weak crowd, especially in bowling, possession of the $400 and a further sum of $to himself, or the Christians' God, or the Great God described, and who in all probability The Grenadiers are being sent to Bermuda.

as the Regiment piled up po fewer than aar runs which the lotodak, an old man, paid them to of all, if he violate this command, shall pay for Capital account bas been debited with £13,190 9. id for expenditure on additional property acquired his knowledge of English In a The Duke of Cambridge, addressing the before being disposed of, eight of the eleven spare his life. The robbers then absconded, it with his head. For centuries the name Hongkong public school-writes to the regiment, told them he was ashamed of their reaching the coveted double figures, Private leaving the members of the crew in a helpless "Christian" would blanch the check and pale and improvements in Borneo, and credited with Japan Mail respecting a paragraph which conduct, that they had disgraced the Queen's Latchford headed the poll with hard hit 65. state from the number of wounds inflicted. It the lip. It was "the synonym of sorcery 39,612 61 7d. for sales of land. A sume of

Sergeant Spinks 38 and Private Taylor's 34 being is reported this morning that one of the robbers sedition, and all that was hostile to the purity of 3,583 169, 38. has been written off for deprecia we published recently. He signs himself uniform, and that he disowned his connection the next highest scores Lloyd knocked up 14 has been found hidden in some rashes by the the home and the peace of society. Chistianity tion of nasets in the territory, and charged to

and Higgy ha desen, the other double figurere bank and taken into custody by the officials was remembered only as an awful scar on he Revenue account. A *Flat Justitia"-"Let justice be done",

The finding of the Court Martial was then being Warburton (17), Sayers (19), and Freeland Two of the boat's crew have succumbed to their national sonals. No vestiges were supposed to. The foregoing figures show that the receipts. and it shall be done. His lucubration read. Three men are sentenced to two years(1) The Fenang players were all disposed of wounds. No doubt the authorities concerned will be left of it, and no knowleduc of its tenets was of the year exceeded expenditure by £8,835 0. In their first innings for 25, and in their second make every effort in their power to capture the held, save by a very few scholars in Vedo, 7d. The dividend paid in January last absorbed, deserves preserving.' In it he saya!— Imprisonment,-two others to 18 months,

trained experts, who were kept as a sort of with income-tax; £12,1ga 35, 11d 1 the difference for 84 (Watson 43 and Peake 15), thus leaving dve miscreants who are still at large, as such The Hongkong Telegraph has, since Its Two men thereupon tore off their models and the visitors handsome winners by an innings | daring act has not been known in this neigh spiritual bloodhound to acent but the adherente (1,316 148, 4d) being made up from the excess

bowhood for suose times,

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Fof receipts over expenditure in 1895, The origin, established itself an airabilarious ] throw them across the parade ground,

and 103 runs,

TELEGRAMS.

THE GRENADIER GUARDS.

LONDON, July 22nd.

with the second battalion.

morning.

A reference to the comparative stalciment of Borneo Revenue and Expenditure for the year 1888 and 18f9, which is appended, will show that while the receipts from Revenue proper amounted in the former year to £34 986 03 90., they have risen in the latter to £39,836 192, 10d. giving an increase of £14,850 19%. Id., or nearly 60 per cent. The expenditure in Borneo shows an increase in 1889 as compared with 1888, of 622,257 165.4d., which was in partonly anticipated by the Court when the last report was issued; but a reference to the annexed comparative statement will show that the exceptional, expenses of the Padas and Murt Expeditions absorbed 8,547. 6a, 1d; these are not likely to recur, while on the other hand the Court anticipate a continued increase in the Revenue.