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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1890.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

MR.EE. W. Wilkinson, C.F., M.S.E.L., etc., has been appointed Chief Engineer of the Siamese Public Works Department.

We are informed by the agents (Messrs. Russe!! & Co.) that the "Union" Line steamer Oxford leit Singapore yesterday for this port, and may be expected to arrive on the 3rd prox

We have been favored with a copy of the following telegram which was received here this

afternoon -

700 ounces gold;"

Singapore, 1.30 p.m.

TEE crops in the Shooching district of Kwang tung province have been harvested and turned out a serious failure, the straw being good enough but the ear in nearly all cases is found to be mali and shrivelled up, through lack of suffici- ent water in the paddy fields.

A MACAO Waising Lottery ticket seller has, 1ys the Kwang-Pae, been captured by the.. guards at Chiensban, who arrested him as a supicious character and were delighted to find they had got a prize; that is to say, if the Canton Writing Farmer stumps up the reward he has offered for the apprehension of agents of be opposition lottery established in the Holy City" by permission of the Macao Authorities.

THR Portuguese gun-host Rio Limá (Capt. C. M. da Silva) arrived here from Macao this afternoon.

MESSRS, Butterfield & Swire inform us that the Ocean Steamship Co.'s steamer Cyclops, from Liverpool, lest Singapore for this port yesterday afternoon, and is due on the 3rd prox.

After a fairly good start the boats got away well together, the R.E. boat being considerably "hedged "by two others, pulled by crews of the A. & S. H's, The R.E. gig was in the leading number, closely followed by the two beats mentioned above, so close in fact, that the cars of the men fouled several times. When the boals were abreast of the Godowns, one of the A. & S. H. boats hauled athwart the R.E gig and thereby locked their cars for a few moments, the consequence being that the A CORRESPONDENT infarms us that Mr. Schuffen-Naval gigs, who had the inside water, won. hauer was re-elected Master of the Shanghai The crew of the R.E. gig claimed a foul, but Paper-hunt Club at a meeting of that bedy recently held at Shanghai, and that the first notwithstanding this the Navy boats were placed first and second-no decision being "meet" of the season is arranged for Saturday, arrived at as to who should be awarded third the 29th instant.

place.

COMMITTED FOR TRIL.

At the Police Court this morning the case of J. S.Kuier late assistant bailiff of the Supreme Court who absconded in May last with over local monies belonging to the $1,000, Supreme Court, came before Mr. Wadehouse. Mr. Johnson, Crown Solicitor, appeared

Now, after this, I would ask anyone who action of fouling, not accidental bear in mind. should not have caused them to be disqualified ? The whole thing seemed to me, from the com mencement of the race, as if it were pre-arranged. As they were not able to pass the judge's Bost, first, they fell back on the principle of get in, never mind how, but get la,

Thanking you for kindly inserting this,

I remain, Sir,

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"Latest crushing at Raub 310 tons estimated COMMENTING on the rental Frank Lincoln's EMBEZZLEMENT BY A BAILIFF may be interested in sport and fair play, if the

in performance Bangkok, the Mercantile Gazette saysRoars of laughter and thun- the "han" ne steamer ders of applause rewarded Mr. Lincoln's Wr, hear that Fengshan (Capt. Young) which arrived here clever performance at the Oriental Hotel on from southern parts yesterday, will go over to Monday evening laat. The inimitable man- the Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Co.'s dockner in which he mimicked babies, irate paters, at Hungham where some slight defects in her apoplectic old warriors, stump orators and engine-room department will be rectified, prior garrulous old maids, provoked constant peals of to departure from part on another voyage to the merriment; and the way he imitated the drawing Straits.

of corks and gurgling of liquids, (stronger than water) caused many present to have a great MR. C. Preston Gibbons, Chief Agent of the desire to go and sea "that man."-A couple for the prosecution, the prisoner. being unde Siam Gold Fields and the Ruby and Sapphire of centuries ago Frank would have been seized as Companies, arrived at Bangkok from London ana wizzard and burat at the stake; now, however, the 15th inst. The Rubies Company was floated he goes round the world creating a buge sensation in London with a capital of £300,000. The all the time. Bangkok Times thinks that the shareholders will make "good thing out of it and "have a good time" in the sweet by and by.

A BANGKOK contemporary complains that it is exchanges, and completely overdone with protests thus: We are daily receiving papers from Europe and elsewhere marked "Exchange," and in reply we can only say that we now have more exchanges than we have time to look over, and after we have looked over many of them we are no better off than before, so far as informa- tion is concerned." This doesn't apply to us of

course,

THE Italian-cruiser Volturno (Capt. Royat) arrived here yesterday from Europe. Since feaving home in March last the Volturno. has visited Zanzibar, Bombay, the Seychelles and Saigon. She was built at Venice, carries a crew of 130 men, including 8 officers; is 162 ft. in, length and 30 feet in breadih. Tomange 1,050 gross; horsepower 1,000; and has engines of double expansion type which are capable of driving her at the rate 12 knots per hour.

On the 16th ultimo we published a paragraph on the alleged unfair treatment which the steamer Tengshan had received at the hands of the ship: brokers of Touron. Our parn" was based on information received from the local agents of the steamer and was, of course, written in good faith. Two days later we published a letter from the Captain of the Tongshan disclaiming having met with any unfair treatment at the hands of Touronites, saying, in fact, that he had received every assistance from them. We backed this up with an editorial note stating how gladly we pablished the contradiction and explained the source of our information. To-day we communications. from have received two correspondents at Touros asking us to do what we have alre-dy done, vis, to contradict our first paragraph. As explained this has been done already....

A. S. WATSON & CO., LD. THR half-yearly statement of accounts to 30th June last of the Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London, and China shows a net profit. after providing for bad and doubtful debts and including the balance brought forward, of £69 289 35. 118. Of this amount £18,750 is appropriated to payment of dividend for the AT the Harbour Office this morning, before half-year at the rate of 3 per cent, per annum, Commander Rumsey R.N., D. D. O'Keefe, free of income-tax, and 650539 35. 11d. fmaster of the British schooner Santa Cruz, was carried forward to present half-year.

charged by an able seaman of the same ship, named Charles Haussau, with having assaulted him while on the high seas on the 17th of October last. Mr. Gedge of Messrs. Johnson, Stokes and Masters' office appeared for the complaint, and Mr. Hastings of Messrs. Wotton and Deacons office defended. It appears from the evidence that on the 17th of October last, while at sea, the complainant was at the wheel, and a dispute arising between him and Capt. O'Keefe resulted in the latter striking him a sharp blow in the face with his first, which knocked him down. Mr. Hastings asked for an adjournment for the purpose of calllng THE British North Borned boundary question witnesses but his Worship refused, and said that has advanced a stage further by the Netherlandse was of opinion that there had been an Government giving wider scope to the points assault committed. He considered the defend raised. It seeks to bring about a settlement of ant was not justified In what he had done, but it boundaries not on the East Coast alone, but did not seem to have been a very serious case throughout the whole breadth of Borneo so as to and he would therefore impose a fine $s with mark off the Netherlands possessions from those the alternative of 14 days imprisonment, with of Britain. The new Sultan of Bulongan har hard labour. Mr. Gedge asked for an order for declared his readiness to accept any boundary costs which his Worship refused. which the Dutch Government may fix between his territory and that of the British North Borneo Co.

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THE "orders of the day," at the Sanitary Board Meeting to-morrow afternoon are:-Report en Cemeteries, Bye-laws under sub-section 18 of Ordinance 24 of 1887; Bye-laws under sab section of 5 of Ordinance 24 of 1887; Correspon dence re Slaughter-Houses; Correspondence r Sheep and Swine Depô's. Agenda —Letter from Messrs. Butterfield &. Swire regarding sanitary matters at Quary Bay. Letter from Mess Jardine Matheson & Co. regarding a sewer

An interesting care arising out of the late tailors strike in this colony came on for hearing before Leung Kwong, master tailor of Queen's Road Met Wise at theaters Court this morning Central, charged a number of journeymen tailors with unlawfully using threats of violence to bis employés with intent to binder and prevent them from their work on theizth instant. Mr. Messop appeared for the prosecution and Mr. Wotton defended the "snips" fraternity. It transpired in evidence that the three defendants came to the complainant's shop on the 12th instant and

down to the shop ordered them to knock off work at once, under penalty of a severe thrashing. The man continued to work that day but on the 13th inst. he did not turn up. There bad, the complainant said, been a strike amongst the journeymen tailors of Hongkong, and the man who had been threatened was not a member of the union, or guild. Prior to the strike he, in common with other master tailors, had received a written notice from the union wherein it was

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fended. Mr. John-on in opening the case sale that the prisoner was charged with embezzling

on the path of May last, two en-rate sums of money, $53.25 and $93.50, which were pald into his hands and never accounted for.

Mr. Sangster. Deputy Registrar of the Supreme Court, said he remembered, sírning 5 writ of execution in suit number 480 on the 24th of May last. It was directed to the bailiff and the sum endorsed on it was $953.25. He handed the writ to Mr. Sales, usher of the Supreme Court. The writ directed that the money was to be paid He understood Into court, but it never was. the prisoner was at his office on the 27th of May but he did not see him. The prisoner gave no warning that he was going to leave his work, and the wit of execution was

never retumed.

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Mr. V. (). Sales, usher of the Supreme Court, said be remembered Mr. Sangster giving him a writ of execution in suit afo endorsed to levy 63.25 on the 24th of May last, after being signed sealed and entered, he gave the writ to the prjanner for execution on the 24th of May.

An Indian merchant residing at 27: Gage Stree said, that he remembered Mr. Apear (now deceased) and the prisoner coming to his house and Mr. Apear told witness that he wanted some money. Witness told him to fill in a compradore order for the amount required and he would pay it. This was done and be paid Mr. Apear $963-25 which he afterwards saw Mr. Apear band the prisoner, who signed the order produced.

Mr. F. Howell, chief bailiff of the Supreme Court, said he remembered that on the arst of May last restraint warrant was placed in his hands, it was signed by Mr. Barff, and it directed him to seize the goods and chattels in the house of Mr. E. B Wolff. He did so that day and left watchmen in possession of the goods until the afternoon of the 23rd of May when be sent the prisoner over to Mr. Wolff's house to serve two summonses, and also to explain to Mr. Wolff that the amount due on the restraint warrant was $93.50 which prisoner was to receive, after which the watch.

prisoner came to the office, witness asked him if men left the premises. On the 24th, when he had received the $93.50 and he said he had. Witness did not remember seeing the prisoner at the Supreme Court after the 24th of May,

The Supreme Court shroff stated that monies received from writs under restraint warrants were paid in to him and he entered them in the cash book. There was no entry the two sums of $463.25 and $93.50. Those sums had not been paid in. The prisoner was at his office on the 24th but he had not seen him since. If the prisoner had paid these amounts they would have been entered in the cash book. Mr. F. Howell re-called, said the prisoner was assistant bailiff of the Supreme Court and drew summonses and execute writs, and on a regular salary. His duties were to serve receipt of money to hand it over to the shroff a part of his ordinary duties, The serving of the two writs in question was

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A SPECTATOR. Hongkong, 27th November, 1890. We ventilate our correspondent's views-as is our invariable custom-but at the same time, think he is decidedly rough on the men of the 'gallant gist.]

JAPAN'S MILITARY FORCES,

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difficulty, were found to protect particular interests, and those interests succeeded in getting them continued and extended. Other interests, prejudiced by this protection, demanded protec Hon, too, and obtained it, until the whole country has become enveloped in a web of protection, and the only unprotected industries are those in which the States need fear no competition. To those who wish to understand the earlier stages of the process I would recommend

The History of the Present Tariff," written by Taussig, and published by Putnam in 1875. He may now add a final chapter.

"Surely the true lesson to be learnt from this measure is an obvious one-namely, that if we wish to avoid the most absurd extremes of pro- tection and prohibition, we must jealously and anxiously beware of the first step downwards. That step once taken, the policy of protecting once admitted, further progess on the same down. ward path is inevitable. The pernicious privilege which you give to one class must in common justice be given to others. This is the true reason why John Stuart Mills' defence of protection to industry in young communities has been so dangerous and mischievous. This is the reason why free-traders protest so anxiously against measures which may appear to be trifling or even to be plausible; against protection to the bottling of wine; against retaliation upon bounty fed sugar; against differentiation in favour of British colonies. This is the reason why they regard with jealousy and anxiety all proposals for new taxes on consumption. A false step once taken leads to 'other false steps; till wo reach to the bottom. Obsta principiis i

*Let me end this letter with a vivid picture of the present state of feeling in the States, given to me by one of the shrewdest of the many agreeable Americans who have recently honoured u with their presence. He said to me, "I am a Vement man, and all my farming neighbours have their lives made costly to them by our system of protection; but," said he, "I shall go to my nearest neighbour and say to him, 'Sir, I am going to agftate for the overthrow of our Republican Institutions and the introduction of despalism, and he will reply, "Agitate If you please, Sir; I have my farm to manage. And destroy the Christian religion and to introduce then I shall go to him and say, 'I am going to atheism and anarchy,' and he will say quietly to me, 'Destroy it if you will; that is no business of mine.' But then I shall go to him and say, 'I am going to advocate a moderate reduction of our enormous protective duties,' and he will get up at once and say to me, "Then, Sir, I shall go and get down my riffe:**

"And yet," said my friend, "It will not be long, I cannot tell how long, before our people will look back upon this delusion of protection just as now look back upon our forefathers' belief in witchcraft."--

"Colonel Howard Vincent raises afresh a bogle which I thought had long been laid, even In the fair trade nursery. He is terribly frightened because we have been buying $330,000,009 worth of foreign goods, and have been selling only £165,000,000 worth of English goods. If we have bought £330,000,000 worth of foreign gonds (chicily food and raw material) with C165,000,000 worth of English manufactured goods, we have paid for the surplus with the interest on money which foreign countries ows us, and with the use of our shipping it is certainly no sign of a decadence in our wealth and prosperity,

MR. HUNDELLA'S OPINIONS..

The Japanese army was organised, we learn from a recent issue of the Choya Shimbun, with the idea of being able to put into the field, at any moment, two hundred thousand troops ef all arms, consisting of the men with the colours and the First and Second Reserves. But the strength of the First and Second Reserves at present does not amount to even one half of the contemplated establishment, and be cavalry la so deficient in numbers that it does not represent the force required to serve with the colours alone. It is stated that if the three bodies, namely, the troops with the colours and the First and Second Reserves, were mobilized to-morrow barely a hundred and forty thousand men would be found available, and that the Military authorities look forward ten years as the time that must elapse before the original scheme can be fully carried out. Among officers holding high rank, as generals and colonels, some are not acquainted with the systenis of strategy and tactics employ- ed in the present era, and among junior officers some have had no actual experience in the field though their standard of education is high Sufficient care, too, has not been exercised to devise a system of promotion by merit, and the result is that good soldiers and themselves holding rank inferior to that of men who are by no means their equals (in military attainmeals and capacity. With regard to the private soldiers, there is no doubt that the system of training has the affect of transforming them from rough and uncouth beings into well set up men with a certain amount of education, and that the new scheme of conscription exercises a beneficial influence on the masses of the nation. But it may be doubted whether the men are not distinguished by immorality and love of display rather than by courage and steadiness. Drunken soldiers are too often seen reeling before wine-shops or lounging in casinos. An Imperial ordinance was issued recently regulating the Army effective during time of peace. The force is to be as 24 Provincial regiments. Bodyguard and Cavalry: I regiment of Imperial Body follows:-Infantry: 4 regiments of Imperial guard and 6 Provincial regiments. Artil lery: Field Artillery: 1 regiment of Imperial Bodyguard and 6 Provincial regiments; Fori Artillery, 4 regiments Engineers: 1 battalion covered in the new Tariff Act, and a protest of Imperial Bodyguard and 6 Provincial batta- against the operation of the Act is being prepared tions. Commissariat (Shichobei): 1 battalion of by the leading constitutional lawyers acting on imperial Bodyguard and 6 Provincial batta behalf of a large number of prominent importers. lions. Military Band I Company to the Im Senator M'Pherson first discovered the alleged

sion. Islands' defence force (Fosho Keibi Taf); | contained in section 30, "This section WEI I campany for defence of Tanshima island. I pasted by the House, and was struck out by the Colonial troops in the Hokkaido : 4 battalions Senate, but was finally restored by the Con of Artillery and battalion of Engineers. A printed a note, reading "Section 30 restored, of Infantry, battalion of cavalry, I battalion ference Committee. In the engrossed Bili la regiment of Infantry is 10 comprise 1,721 officers but in the Bill passed by both Houses and signed and men régiment of Imperial Bodyguard by the President most of this section is omitted. Infantry, 1,650 officers and men; a regiment of Senators MPherson and Carlisle believe that. Field Artillery, 720 officers and men, a regiment the omission vitiates the whole Bill, and the best of Impexlal Bodyguard Artillery, 493 officers and legal talent of the country will be engaged in the men; a regiment of Fort Artillery, 1,686 officers, contest. The following are declared to be the and men'; a battalion of Engineers 408 afficers grounds upon which the fight to establish the and men; a battalion of Imperial Bodyguard, illegality of the Bill will be made :- Engineers, 283 officers and ment & Commissariat battalion, 612 officers and men-If connected with the Imperial Bodygard, 47> officers and. men ; & Military Band, 52 sicers and men B battalion of faland Defence Force, z61: officers sud men ; a battalion of Cavalry, 160 officers and men a battalion of Artillery, 120, officers and men, and of Engineers the same. S

Mr. Mundella, addressing his constituents (u the Brightside Division of Sheffield on Friday, condemned the M'Kinley Tariff Act, and said ha knew nothing more calculated to hamper trade and make the ordinary transactions of business difficult and uncertain. He believed the Act would disappoint its friends and would prove excessively oppressive to the consumer, and that It would create widespread. alarm in the United

DEFECTS IN THE BILL."

The Times New York correspondent wired under date the 23rd ulto.:

. It is believed that fatal defects have been dis-

East Point Mortality Returns for weeks ended calling Chun Tai and another of his workmen about the 24th of May last, or since, for perial Bodyguard and each. Provincial Divi- | deftets, one of which is said to be fatal, and is~

the 15th and zand November. Reports having reference to: (1) drainage of 49 and 51. Queen's Road Central; (2) drainage of a residence on Inland Lot 574 (3) drainage of residence on Inland Lot 795.

here owing to their conviction that prices must advance considerable both at Canton and in Bangkok at no very distant date.

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set forth that an increase of pay must be granted. The master tailors refused to grant the increase except in the case of some 13 members of the union, The profits in the trade were cut down to a very fine point, there being for instance, no mois than two cents profit to the masters on the stitching together of a The case was remanded gentleman's cont. until Saturday, bail being fixed in one surety of $100 for each of the defendants.

THE M KINLEY TARIFF BILL,

FROM an advertisement in another columnmply annihilated by the recent additional Court, so after serving several" summonses he says:

First, that by the passage of the M'Kinley Bill the old Tariff Law of 1883 was not repealed.

Second, that the alleged "Act to reduce the revenue and equalize duties on Imports and for other purposes," purported to have been approved October 1, 1890, never passed the House of Representatives and the Senate,

NEWS was received here from Bangkok to-day setting forth that owing to long-continued drought the price of rice (second quality) has reached $1.82 per pical, market arm, while freights to Hongkong bave declined considerably being now 12 cents per picul forrice de against

The prisoner, after being cautioned in the centss month ago. These items of news are of

esual way, made the following statement: interest in view of the scarcity of rice at Cantor

On Friday the 23rd of May last, at 4 p.m. Mr. and the fact that we shall probably find Bangkok

Howell told him to go over to Yau-ms-ti, to serve merchants sending large orders for rice to Hong.

two summonses and receive the amount of $93.50 kong before the end of year. At the present

from Mr. Wolff, and then dismiss the watchmen time common rice is fetching $1.71 per pical

who were in charge there. He received the which is 12 cents a picul less than the same

amount of $93.50 and when he came back quailty of the Oriental "staple of life" s

band the it was impossible for him to realizing in Stam. Rice is still arriving at THE Prefect or Wuchow has addressed a money to the court, it being then closed. He [5 Whampoa in large quantities from Wuhu where,

memorial to H.E. the Viceroy, says the Fwong kept the money until the following day to hand It is said, the harvest has been unusually bountiful. Freights from Vangiste grain ports de praying that the dues, duties, battery tax, it to the shroff, but Mr. Sales, in the morning, handed him a writ of execution against Mr. Bc. levied on cotton yarn on its way through to the "southern capital" have dropped slightly Canton to Wachew may be reduced one-half. Apcar, to be served at once, and he went forth. during the past fortnight, but pwing to the ever-

We take the following extracte from The 10 increasing demand and the continuance of the There are two things, he says, to be considered with to find Mr. Apcar, but he was unable drought in the province of Kwangtung-there an imposing taxes, not to make them too light see him until 12.30 pm, When returning to the Timer of the 24th ultimo, as they throw. con THE KONGKONGs, prospect of the present rates being lest the revenue suffer, and not to make them Supreme Court he met him in the corridor siderable light upon the objects and ultimate too heavy leat you destroy the trade, and he is of the court. He went with Mr. Apcar results of this important measure which appears maintained, and probably raised a good deal as strongly of opinion that Government have erred to the residence of an Indian Merchant in the winter advances. Some the native merchants, ate, we hear, now holding large stocks of in increasing the levies on yarn, for whereas in Gage Strent where they waited until 3 o'clock to have been equally deceptive to the apostles of essential part of the Bill as finally adopted by time past cotton yarn was the most important in the afternoon for the said merchant, who protection and free-trade alike, in the United article passing through the Custom house and then came in and shortly after the money States and elsewhere. Writing from Abinger barriers in Wuchow, scarcely bale has been (3963.35) was paid to him and he signed the under date of the 16th sitimo Mr. T, H. Farrer brought there, this autumn. The trade is order. It was then too late to return to the taxation, not only to the detriment of will be observed that a new and important inst the dealers, but the serious loss of the tution has been formed under the style of "The people, who cannot get the supplies of cot- lastflution of Marine Engineers of Hongkong" ton yarn on which they have long been depen. Such an Institution as the one that has ng dent in their various industries. There is been formed, doubtless supplies a long-felt want possibly some exaggeration in the suggestion and will be warmly supported by that loppetant, that the over-taxation is absolutely killing the large and eminently useful portion of the world's trade, the falling off in the yarn business at communities Iknown as mechanical euglacen. Wachow being due in great measure to the Mr. David Gillies, M.I.N.A., Chairman of the fact that since the imposition of the battery tax it Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Company is has ceased to some extent to be the distributing President of the Insitute, and Meara, James centra throughaich Kwangst was supplied. In Wooton, R.N., George Peebles and Robert creasing quantities of yarn have latterly been Cook are the Vice-Presidents. A strong Imported into that provines through Tonkin, Organizing Committee, conslating of Mesul, where the French wisely foster the trade with A. Bale, (Chairman.) A. G. Aitken, I, W. view to diverting the trade to Halphong, and Croker, A. Crawford, W. F. McIntosh, E. the yarn imported pit Langsan pays one-fifth J. Main, D. J. Patrick, A. Gillanders, 8.less Import day to China than that passing Groundwater, & McIntyre, and D. MacDonald through the Customs here they excaping Canton has been elected, and a meeting of the sub-ekin and battery tax altogether. The failing scribers is convened to be held at Noff in the receipts at the Wuchow Custom 16, Praya Central, on the evening of Houses and barriers is to be accounted for also Tuesday next, the 2nd of December, at 8 by the large ape that Bas lately been made of o'clock, to consider the report of the Committee transit paises. But if logressed taxation go on, entrusted with the formation of the Institution, p the trade, which is already hampered, will be confirm the adoption of Rules, and to proceed with kiled, and the Customs revenue in Canton,

To fit Engros y r = "Homakone TELKONAPR.”. the election of regular officers for the ensuing swelled as it temporarily in by the collection of a

SIR-Hoping that you will kindly allow me, year. Though the business of this meeting will battery tax at Kowloon and traunt duties here be strictly confined to the consideration of the will be seriously, affected. His Excellency's through the medium of your valable paper, to subscribers, the Committee wish it to be known answer has not leaked out so far, but it is to bessy a few words anent the open Gig Race, which that all engineers are particularly invited to hoped it will not be to the effect that the state took place yesterday afternoon at the Argyll and attend. Mr. J. W. Kew and Mr. W. H. Walker of the Customs and lekin revenus at Wachow is Sutherland Highlanders Regatta. There were have been appointed Treasurer and Secretary of little moment to his compared to his beloved seven boats competing in this race, the R.K. Gig, "Babymarine Miser," being one of them. gra, tim, respectively,

battery tax here.

The Honghong Telegraph.

HONGKONG, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1890.

TELEGRAMS.

MANCHESTER CANAL DAMAGED BY FLOODS.

LONDON, November 15th, Floods have severely damaged the constractive

works of the Manchester Canal,

(From Le Progrès de Saigon)

LONDON, November gib. The enthusiasm with which M. Crispi and General Von Caprivi were received at Milan was entirely official, the Inhabitants of the city did not even take part in the demonstrations. If My. Crispl counts on their sympathy ho is mistakes. The intention of the National Bank of Foochow to put into circulation ten cent pieces, is now an accomplished fact. Two branches have been -opened, but up to the present have done no

put the money in his pocket together with some documents and went to the Victoria Hotel where he read the papers and then went home. That was about 6 o'clock... Upon arrival at home he looked in his pockets and found that the money and summonses were gone.

The prisoner further stated that if he had had any intention of stealing the money there were three days in which he could bave made bis escape." He went to the Registrar's office on the 27th of May with the intention of telling him of his had luck, in losing the money, but fearing he would be arrested and charged, he had not the courage to do so..

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His Worship then commited the prisoner for trial at the December Crimson Sessions.

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Third, that the Bill which did pass the House and the Senate has never been presented to the Praldent according to the Constitülion, and has never been approved of, or signed by him.

Section 30 relates to the international tax on The restored clanse which was omitted provides tobacco and snuff, and by itself is not important, for a fall rebate of the tax under certain con ditions, Legal authorities claim that the re stored clause of section 30 constituted an the Conference Committee. The document, as sigsed, was therefore not in fact the Bill passed, and as a matter of fact no legal Tariff Bill was signed by the President. An article in the New York World of this morning, regarding the "The M'Klaley Bill must be of great portent, for it seems to have dazzled both the friends alleged defects in the Tariff Act, beglas thus:- and foes of protection. It has frightened "Many New York Importers believe that the foreign protectionist countries, in Europe and Kinley Tariff Act is gallified because of the our own protectionist colonies into very odd and emission of the faternal revenue clauses, and angry recrimination against a policy which is, therefore have been ordering heavy shipments of goods from Europe during the past week. It is virtually their own. It has drawn a homily an the evils of prohibition from the St. James and that many millions of dollars worth of goods Garette. It makes Colonel Howard Vincest have been ordered forward, and that additional comigaments, which were held abroad when it chuckle with boyish delight over the help which orders are being sent hourly by cable for further an angry spirit of retaliation may give to his pet learned that they could not reach the United projects of protection-projects which, by excluding American corn and raw produce, would States la time to avoid the fncreased duties. make the food of his constituents dearer, and These we now being ordered forward, and, as still farther restrict their market, in order to stated, freab' orders for goods are alio being sent, carich English landowners and to help colonies at is believed that there will be ample time which now exclude our English goods with for their arrival before the advance in tariff rates. almost as much jealousy as the United States can be made effective.". themselves. This measure has led even you, Sir, to attribute to its promoters feelings of hostility to this country, when, in all probability, they were wholly absorbed, in domestic fabbery It has given deep cause for regret to many true friends of self-government, who see that a pure Before a large assemblage of officers and men democracy is capable of acts of jobbery as gross, of all arms of the Services at Aldershot, a lecture and of acts of folly as soicidal, as have been com, "on" Imperial Federation and the Defence of the mitted by absolute monarchs or by oligarchies Empire 7 was delivered by Mr. G. R. Parkin, Is there any reason why we should, be thus Colonial Agent to the Imperial Federation startled? The McKinley Law, absurd as it is, is Leigue, Baron H. De Worms, M.P., in the Chair, only the natural and logical outcome of the Mr. Parkin maintained that permanent economical policy which the United States have national unity was the object aimed at in been pursaing ever since their civil war. Taxes Imperial Federation: The lecturer-illustrated on consumption, proposed originally for purposes the contention (1) that the great colonies are of tefanus, madar olivomatasoss of exceptional | essential to the security: and :poorperity of

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