borough in the North Sea, the Forest Queen being torn apart. The sea rushed through the breaches made in her hall in a great võlume. Ste at once began to settle and in a very short time plunged to the britom..
Sa quickly did the Forest Quien founder that the crew had no chance to escape and all hands, with the single exception of the capiali, weqi down.
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, MARCH 28, 1892..
Branca, Minister of Posts and Telegraphs, wili leave the Cabinet.
PARIS, February 28th.
wrecked some bouses in the Boulevard St. German,
ÁKVAÐ, March 14th, The Minlaung and five other singleaders in the recent jail outbreak have been condemned to death for the murder of Mr. Nelson.
The Minlaung's father has been sentenced to penal servitude for life for complicity in the same crime,
Cholera is abaling,
Word from Athens announces that Dr. Wald- stein has discovered at Argos the founditions of the temple of Hera, walch was destroyed by fire fn 429, 8 a, together with many curiot.
NEW YORK, February 28th. One of the fastest transatlantic trips ever made The dispatches give no information, ■s to the by a sailing vessel was cómolcted when the extent of the damage done to the Lougkārotą,
four-masted British sailing ship Howard D. The Berlin corresponden of the Times says: Troop resched New York on her malden voyage The impression created le Germany by Emperor from Greenock, Scotland, on Friday night. The William's speech at Brandenburg is indescribabin in ballast made the trip in fourteen days abic. It is felt the gauntlet is thrown down and | Captain Parker sald the greatest single day's the struggle of the Government with the ever- ron was 330 miles. The Howard D. Troop growing opposition is to he fought to the bitter was built of steel by Robert Dancan and end, The education, liquor traffic and other Son In Glasgow, and she registers 2180 unpopular bills are to be forced through the tone gross. She is 30s feet long, 42 feet beam Legislature at 'l conte: The Emperor's words ❘ and 24 feet depth of hold. Sha hat a cargo i took place Messrs. King and Watson, the leaders the look of the thing, action has been taken ebt-vessel, who has been appointed to the
have solidified. the Radical coalition. The Ministers are now in the presence of the united opposition of the National Liberals, Radicals and Socialists, and the Government will be delivered, bound hand and foot, Into the hands of the Centilyts.
One of the prominent leaders of the socialistia | party is August Bebel, who was born in Cologne In 1840 and learned the trade of a turner lo Leipsic. Frum 1567 to 1869 he was chairman of the Union of German Workingmen. 19 1867 he was a member of the North German Reich
capacity of 3500 tons.
LATE TELEGRAMS.
WASHINGTON, March o'b.... The Treasury purchased to-day 349,000 ounces of silver at po 74 to 9a80,
POONA, March 9th, An enthusiastic public meeting was held a the Hira Bagh to pretest against the oplum traffic, Rao Sahib, C. V. Natu Sirdar of the Deccan in the chair. A strong resolution to the
LONDON, MArch 14th. Most severe weather prevails throughout Eng land and the Continent. Snowstorms have been very heavy and frosis terrific and still continue, Rail traffic has been greatly impeded and many trains in various parts have been snowed up.
News has been received that the nativei in the fecality of Fart Johnston have attacked the African Lakes Expedition, to the fighting that of the expedition, were wounded, four Sikh and Zanzibaris were killed, whilst six of the force wers also wounded. The natives have also captured a gun.
March 15th. The effect of the Miners' stoppage is being widely fell, and the Lendon and North Western Railway Company have stopped their engine works at Crewe. The North Eastern Company are reducing the number of men at their workshops. Fourteen hundred hands are thrown out of work by these measures taken by ger trains on the above lines will be withdrawn to-day.
They had to wait for their answer, all this time and now they have got it they find it eminently unsatisfactory. When the Consular body met to discuss it, they were anything but happy about it, and clearly of opinion that some hing further would have to be done, so they resolved to refer the whole correspondence to Peking. It seems that at this crisis it is held la ba a matter of the utmost importance to preserve a unity of acilon on the part of the representatives of the various foreign powers; but a unity of non-action would be a mare accurate name for the policy which results from trying to realise this idea. To refer a shatter to Peking is not a very vigorous sten to take at any time, to say nothing about a crisis, hot this was all that could be done whant breaking.up the unity of action." literature men are not at all discouraged. For Meanwhile the antiforeign
gainst some of their tonis in Changsha, "and Tang Meu-hua and Company, printers, have found it advisable to disappear for the time being but the campaign goes merrily forward in other clties,
All difficulties with regard to receiving com- pensation money for the Ichang riot, while es yet none of the rioters have been punished, have been overcome. ahitloacy of one, gentleman who won't send in Had it not been for the his bill, the money might by this time have been paid over. This gentleman has taken up the sation, the right of being allowed to return to his work, and to carry it on in safety and peace. Till he can obtain this be will consider no other settlement at satisfactory. The most recent official idea is that all should taice whatever they can get, and be thankful.
Co-day's Advertisements.
ZETLAND
No. 525.
LODGE
N EMERGENCY MEETING of the abor
28th March, at 8.30 for o o'clock precisely. Visiting Brethren are cordially invited,
Hongkong, 28th March, 1842.
[46 OCCIDENTAL AND ORIENTAL STEAM. SHIP COMPANY,
NOTICE.
referring to the U.S. gunboat Pales, which 'never turned up. at Ticntein at all, but stayed at Taku, having arrived too late in the season to reach the Band. She is now at Tongku, bat whether she will ever leave the Feiho again, remains quite doubtful. This ex-lug-bost seems completely played out, as far as her machinery is concerned. I hear sh is under telegraphic erders to effect temporary repairs at Taku, and then proceed to Shanghai, to await father orders there. The private opiniorA LODGE will be held in FREEMASONS af yor present humble correspondent is that ber HALL, Zeland Street, THIS EVENING, the hull might be best disposed of, where she is, an a lighter to the Taku Jugend Lighter Company. *nd have her machinery out to the hammer for what it would fetch as old Iren and other metal. It will interest you to learn that the first four steamers which feft bere for Shanghat took sway about two million taels' worth of tressure between them, Captain Handro, of the Take Newchwang light-ship, has been replaced on board the local light-vessel by Mr. J. Graham..ONSIGNEES of CARGO per Steamship of the Customs Service. The Taku Tug and the above Steamer having arrived, Consignees
"BELGIC" Lighter Company have their full complement of
of Cargo are hereby requested to send in their craft now in complete working order.
Of other startling news there is nose to report, Bills of Lading for Countersignature, and to take because the late execution of so-called rebel immediate delivery of their Goods from long- generally understood that they were no more chiefs is beginning to become stale. It is side,
Cargo Impeding the discharge of the Vessel rebels than the man is the moon, but some will be landed and stored at Consignees titk unfortunate fellows had to be sacrificed to satisfy | and expense, the Malnch of greedy curiosity which does du'y
J. S. VAN BUREN,
Agent. matter of that, elsewhere too, I fear very much.
Hongkong, 28th March, 1952...
Stag and in 17t of the German Reichstag die minediately stop opium-growing was unant
Marquis of Sallsbury calling on him to the Railway Companies. One hundred passen position of claiming, as his first item of compenfor public opinion with Chinese mobs, And for the March 26th, 1872, he was sentenced at Leipsie to two years' imprisonment for high treason.mously pass d, also an earnest appeal to the On July Gh, manie year; he was sentenced to electors of England requesting them to direct plne months in a fortress for haring uttered their representatives to vote down eplum. An- Insults against the German Emperor. In 1881 other meeting was proposed for to-morrow. The he was expelled from Leipale. Later on he was metting closed with three cheers for the Queen. clected to the Landtag of Saxony, and also re- Empress. elected a member of the German Reichstag,
March 10th,
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The Berlin correspondent of the Times declares Another crowded meeting was held to-night that the laxity of the Government is due to an at Avandobhave Theave to protest agalost the nitempt to mfulmize the extent of the disorder looplam traffic. Rao Bahadur Gopal Hari Desh the eyes of the public.
makb, the Chairman, read a-memorial to the Marquis of Salisbury, asking for the immediate stoppage of the growth of opium, which wa unanimously passed. Fraternal greetings were Førdered to be sent to Miss Sundrabi Powar for her able advocacy in England of the anti-apiam reform. An interesting discussion took place, and the meeting ended in three cheers for the
The correspondent further ways that all teleeram describing the rleting in terms offensive to the German press centers are relused ́trana- mission and that no accounts of the later excesses on Thurday could be wired. The correspondent's own message breaks off in the
midila of a sentence di seilbing to-day's scènes,
PARIS, February 26.
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Queen-Empress
RAUB AND THE PAHANG DISTURBANCE,
The Singapore Free Press'of March 21st has the following -
Mr. John Anderson, on behalf of the Raub Australian Syndicate, bad an Interview on Satur day with Governor Sir Cecil Smith, in the course of which Mr. Anderson strongly impres sed upon bla Excellency the critical condition in which the mining enterprise at Reub was at present placed through the collapse of its come munications
owing to the disturbed state of
Relable information confirms the gravity of optam vicio And three cheers for the anti- { R Operations to be carried on any longer.
last night's avente in Berlin. The present move- ment seems to be carefully organized. Circulars distributed at the various meetings explained that the opportunity had cerat for pillage, The" police found this out too late to prevent the partial success of the plan. Many shops were sacked, the greatest sufferers being tobacconists bakers and publicans.
เล There has been no cessation of the floting to
day, The police were compelled to make a charge along Unter den Lieden in order to clear
the approaches to the Emineror's residence, and only partly succeeded in effecting their purpose Demonstrations occured, tou, in front of several banks, and more particularly the Bank of Derden.
But the most serious incident took place about '5 o'clock in the siternoon, when, on bla retorn from a ride, the Emperor was loudly, booted by several hundrest rates, Mounted gendarmer charged and drove the crowd into the side streets, Heavy losses have resulted from the plilaging of shops, and the municipality will have to pay 1,000.000 murks damages.
It is feared that if the disorders last much Yarlag
the Emperor will attempt, a diversion by
tall Apainst whom is not stated
in character to this in Berlin have taken place at Dantile and Brunswick Others are feared in Vienna, where the misery of the
Mer day.
· peor grows greater The situation allegether is alarming. Germany seems to have come to the end of her fortunate period. Events at say moment take a turn perilous for the peace of Europe. With
may monarch like William all things im possible. Lawls Angster, who murdered the Baroness
MADRID, March 10th.
the Semantan districts. Any continuance of the catting off 1 supplies of food and machinery by this route world make it imposible for the Bår. Anderson also urged that it was not only a serious matter for Raub and all concerned in A deputation from the mercantile community that particular enterprise, but that the stoppare waited upon the Premier to-day and urged the of work at Raub from such as assigned caute as Government to cola gold only and to cease the the continuance of disorder, would reset most coinage of silver, experts testifying that the injuriously on the futures of the other mining Currency Commissions sitting at Vienna and crecessions and on the prospects of the future Peath are unanimously in favor of a gold stand-development of the Sate of Pahang. and and oppose bi-metalliam.
LONDON, March 11th..
In the House of Commons last night, Mr. Stanhope said that the army charger payable
by India for 1893 excerd those of 11 91 by about 100,000, because they include arrears, due from 1987.
The Scotch coal miners, with the exception of those at Stirling, have decided to withdraw from the general Hoppage movement which is to commence to-morrow, and to work five days In the week instead.
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As a result of this interview we learn, that the Governor has televraphed to Mr. Rodger requesting him to immediately secure and keep open the Bifut route to Raab. On the same day Mr Anderson caused to be wired to Mr. Dibby, the manager at Raub, the following telegram, based upon the Governor's as ur- ances. We further learn that Mr. Ander- son anbmitted the draft of the telegram to hip Excellency for p:rusal before its despatch on Sturday, and it is therefore to be taken as precisely conveying the
substance of the
The correspondent of the Standard, tele-Governor's instructions to Mr. Rodger. The graphing from Zanzibar, states that a report is following is its text :— current there that a forcef British sepoys has been deleted at Vitu by the natives, who also captured a gun and inflicted a heavy loss on our men.
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BRUSSELS, March 11th,
„A. dianatronemaplankan akan daplaatsen. Jense
taken place at Anderlue's coal pit near Moos, Two hundred miners are entombed and their rescue is considered hopeless. Forty escaped. whilst sixteen were rescued in a dying condition.
LONDON, March sathi
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To Biddy, Raub:-Governor telegraphs Rodger to day instructing" Klau "BilutTM rivers must be cleared and protected to enable resump. tion at once of regular transport în safety.
BANKOW.
The weather of late has been miserably cold, Daily News. and the country cries out for rain.-N. C
· CHEFOO.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDINT.)
19th March, 1892, We are all more or less heartily sick of this presen twinter, and cordially wish that fair spring would do up her back hair, don her vernal possible can, instead of procrastinating in this garments, and manifest herself as soon as she firesome manner, casting reflections upon the verscity of all the almanaca, and handicapping the whole vegetable kingdom in this particular section of the earth's cruci. It's not fair. The right before last a quantity of snow fell; this ring it is freezing hard and a bitterly cold wind is blowing from the north-west, in fact houry headed old winter appears to be as tenacious of life now, and at unlikely to surrender up his rule, as he was a month ago. The snow-clad bills have lost their charm. They no longer erake our pretic sentiments. We find them
duil and uninteresting and suggestive of the and damp feet,
This gloomy disregard for the beauties of nature is due in a mentors, no doubt, to the fact that trade in Cheloo just now is not by any inre made more depressed and miserable by menna extraordinarily brisk, and we are there- this wretched weather than would otherwise be
the case were business a little brighter.
The steamers Soochow and Taiwan have been here twelve or fourteen days, ansble for the greater part of that time to either load or dls charge. Time is money, she such prolonged delays as these must mean considerable loss to shipping people, The once thach debated, but now well-nigh forgotten, scheme for building a breakwater in this harbour is perhaps after all hardly worth mach re-considering, as the undertaking would be so predigious, and would raising the sum necessary hecomes at once an etall such vast expense, that the problem of extremely difficult one to solve. At the same the inconvenience and loss resulting from the time, something might be done to ghviats frequent delays that steamers here daring most of the year.
experience
A strong
One of the poor fellows, en elderly country- man, of farmer-like appearance, had to be canded in a basket by two men to the place of execution. On dit, because he had been so badly tortured, and otherwise maltreated, during his transportation from Mongolia to Tientsin by the toinions of General Yeh Chih-chao as to render bim unable to walk. To the Viceroy's yamên the two condemned men had been taken in caris, The elder one of the two, Yang, Yuth-chun, drélar-d that he did not mind being beheaded, provided the Mongols were kept sway from Chang and the other disturbed districts, thus showing that race-hatred and aptarian bitterness were, at the bottom of the ill-feeling as far as be war concerned, but there was no trace whatever the two, Li-kuang, naked the Che-haten, as a of religious fanaticism. The younger man of favour, for some cash, which he wished to give to the jailer, and the cut drivers. These last sentiments expressed by the doomed men are certainly not those of debased and hardened criminals, steeped in the blackest conceivable misdeeds. The men were despatched outshle the West Gate by the lingering process fing-chik, and their heads were sent to Ka-pel- кой for exhibition.
By the time you receive these Hires the first steamers of the season will no doubt be back at
Shanghal, and you will have got all the "gup,"
of their arrivals. But what do you think of the
ery "mothly" talked of Shanghai greyhound rainys being beaten gà sold hours during her maiden trip of the season to the Taku bar, by nine years' hard work. Has the "greyhound" be the Rowthing? Not so bad for the latter, after overfed during the winter, and does she require training down a bit ?-Shanghai Mercury.
DEAFNESS ABSOLUTELY "CURED.---A Gentleman who cured himself of Deafness and Noises in the lead, of 14 years standing, by a new method, will be pleased to rend fall particolars free. Address HERBERT CLIFTON, &, Shepherd's face, Kennington Park, London, S.K., Eng¬[Advt.
To-day's Advertisements.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
HE following Particulars and Conditions of
to be held on the Spot,
A
Masonic,
VICTORIA PRECEPTORY. Preceptaty will be held TO-MORROW, REGULAR MFETING of the Victoria the roth instant, at 8.30 for 9 p.m. precisely. Visiting Brethren are cordially invited to attend.
Hongkong, 22nd March, 1892.
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རྩྭ་་
Entimations,
AN APOLOGY.
THE PROSECUTION OF THE
OPIUM FÄRMER.
EG to express through your 'columns
my deep regret that I should fo a hasty moment, "fr" consequence of my not being able to read or understand Chinese accounts,
KOH CHENG SEAN, the chief manager of the have commenced a prosecution against Mr.
late Opium Farm, with reference to the funds of the CHEANG TEK KONG SEE. A complete investigation into the matter and a carefai examination of the books and accounts have.
thoroughly convinced me that my suspicions were wholly groundless, and that there has been. nothing whatever in Mr. KOH CHENG SEAN'S managemant ̋of the business of the OPIUM FARM that is in any way repre- hensible; and farther, that he has ali along been doing his best, koneelly and faithfully, for the benait of the CHEANG TEK KONG SEE.
Dollard last December, was to-day found guilty | left vicant by the death of Sir George Campbell, good organisation and secrecy of the Kolao Hut stone pler might be fun out from Lyell's Point Sale of Crown Land, by Public Auction, letter in your correspondence column once, and
and condemned to death.
SYDNEY, (N. S. W), February zóth,
Mesara, Finlayson and Smith, directors, and Miller, manager of the Australian Meresatile Loan Company, have each been sentenced to seven years' imprisonment at hard labor for frauds in connection with that institution,
BERLIN, February 261h.
The Imperial Minister of Foreign Affairs announced to the Eudget Committee of the Reichstag to-day that, the Government had determfood to abandon the German possessions In Southwest Africa.
In a railroad collision near Malborn three soldiers were were killed and several injured.
VIENNA, February 26th. The offices of the Volks Presse were to-day again bealeged by hungry people, when 1000 loaves of bread, Fought with 300 florins publicy subscribed, and a quantity of flour given by the bakers' committees were distributed,
The news of the Berlin disturbances have caused a great sensation here.
LONDON, Feb
try 27 h.
It is whispered at court and in official circles that her Majesty the Queen and the Duke of Fifs bave quarrelled. The story goes that the lady lately rebuked the pretensions of the Prince of Wales' son-in-law and deciled to receive him at Osbome. The reason alleged is that walle on his autumn visit to Balmoral the Duke pre sumed to commence the conversation, Instead of waiting for the Queen to begin. Upon this her Malcaly turned her back upon the Duke and said to her maid of honor, "Say to that person that the audience is over." The Duke is said to have
gone out from the royal chamber crimson wlib anger and shame,
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Yesterday afteracon a destructive fire originat. ing in spontaneous combustion took place at the Sibpure late mills. The value of the fate destroyed is estimated at 3 to 4 lakhs.
ON
MONDAY,
By Command,
G. T. M. O'BRIEN, Colonial Secretary's Ofice,
Colonial Secretary.
Hongkong, 19th March, 1892.
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I should be obliged if you would insert this
́afterwards as an advertisement for the period of one month, as I am noxious to undo as far as
basty and unjustifiable action, inflicted upon Mr. KOK CHENG SEAN.
Your's truly,
OH TEK LEONG.
Hongkong, 22nd March, 1892.
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(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
ryth March, 180x. The memorial of our Viceroy, Chang Chit tung, on the subject of the Kolao Hui, which The account of the fighting at Vito, as teleappears in the Garztte of January 31st, is a graphed by the Standard's correspondent from document of more than usual interest. We now Zanzibar, proves that the British sepoys instead learn, on the highest native authority, the many of being deleated were victorious.
sitacks on the missionary stations in the Yangtze The election for the seat of Kirkcaldy district, valley were undoubtedly due to the cleverness, resulted in the return of Mr. Dalziel, the Glad. Further, that there really was great rebellion on which steamers might lead and discharge cargo, In a north-westerly 'direction, on the lee side öf stonian Liberal candidate, who defeated Mr Cox, fact, with sixings planned to take place at all the witte safety and despatek, even in moderately the Liberal Unionist, by a majority of one Yaugse poris, beginning with Shast, on the 16th bad weather. The cost of such a pler might be thousand and thirty-six votes,
of November, where the garrison was wek borne by the imposition of a small local tax on the 4th day of April, 1893, at 4 PM., are possible any injury I may have, through my Ageneral stoppage of rolleries has commenced.apparently the strong Manchu garrison of Lord Rosebery has been appolated temporary Kingchow, only two miles distant, did not
some special articles of Import or export or by published. Chairman of the London County Council.. count for anything. Also, that foreigners had some other means, and the work commenced CALCUTTA, March 12th. been engaged in the purchase of arms for in this harbour for shirping materially affects forthwith. That the scanty sheber obtainable the rebels, in proof which a supply Imported the trade of the port is beyond question, and the by a foreigner was Customs at Chinking a transaction which (considered as accessible to foreign vessels), is the confiscited by the fact is all the more regrettable because Cheloo, is already ancient and incontrovertible history only maritime outlet for the produce of this, one Atto her fire at Ballaghatta rice depots, near But in addition to this, quantities cf big guns, Sealdah, originated in an explosion of a kerosine small arms, and amma ition were captured fa
of the largest and richest provinces In China. lamp. The area laid bare by the conflagration vicious parts of Hupch-x matter which is now
I learn that the condition, of the Maris, în was more than balfamile square. The property heard of for the first time. Further, aundry,
much worse than I described it to be in my last destroyed is valued from are to seven lakhs, real rebela had been caught, and being found the mannast forward, as on upper deck, from Two firemen, who had a narrow escape from guilty on the evide ce of their own confessions the males forward, bas completely collapsed Hongkong, for a term of 999 years.
falling building, were alightly injured. A extorted from them by a liberal use of the and fallen in upon the deck below. The fron high wind favoured the fires which are still bamboo and other ter ures-were duly dreapare bent and broken, and the upper sides of the cross-beams and knees that before sustained it, smouldering.
tated. This much his Excellency ascertalaid, Dr. Robertson with 32 chiefs and und has placed upon record as being beyond all vessel are now quite anprotected, so that, should tribesmen from the Giralt frontier, including doubt, but no amount of bambooing apparently so much damage that further efforts to raise her another gale come on, she will probably sustain. Kaffis, Hunzas, Nages and Punials touring was equal to solving the mystery of Li Hung. will be abandoned. All now depends upon the through British territories, now in Calcutta, bad Who be is, and where he is to be found, are continuance of fins weather.-N. C. Dally an audience with the Viceroy and presented questions with regard to which he seems to have numurs in token of submission as subjects. The obtained no trustworthy information, and he party will go to Darjeeling, and then to Bombay, only gives gucance. Li Hang is certainly a They were much impressed by the Military notable name, and kids fair to become, in time, displaye si Rawalpindi and elsewhere, by the as famous as that of the other Li Hung, the rest shipping and big guns at Fort William and of whose name is "Chang." other evidences of British power. The Hunza Vister expressed to the Viceroy his satisfaction, and the tribes are coming under the shadow at the British Government.
News.
Particulars and Conditions of the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be held on Monday, the gh day of April, 1892, at; 4 P.M., by | Order of His Excellency the Governor, of One Lot of CROWN LAND, in the Colony of
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
Boundary
Measurements.
Locality.
Kennedy Town,
West of P. Station
No. of Sale.
No.
Registry
Inland Lot
No. 1299-
N. S..
E.
W.
ftft,
fis ft.
ته
Price
Annual Rt.
Contents in
Square feet.
$50/150] 6-160
9,000 36
AUSTRALIAN
TIENTSIN.
"{FROM"OUR"CORRESPONDENT.} With regard to this memorial there are several
TIENTSIN, March 17th 1892. very remarkable things to be observed. It is The season has now opened fairly wlibout most striking to note how it all happened just any serious accidents occurring, I mean none exactly an was predicted by Mr. Drummond involving the loss of life; because the lighters WOODYEAR'S The civil action by the Niram of Hyderabad when the troubles began. Further, that it was Serpent and Sellder, which were cut down and in the Imperial Diamond Case has been compro- owing to the wisdom of the Imperial decree that sunk by ice, have been raised and repaired, and mised. Mr. Jacob has received a further pay all was discovered. It is dreadiol to think what their cargoes have been recovered. The Fug Fourteen persons lost their lives by the ment of one lakh and forty-nine thousand four might have happened had there been no decree, boat Orphan had a plate stove in by the ice, sinking of the steamer Fort Qurin, run down hundred rupees, and the diamond has been and an consequent bunt by the officials after bot she was speedily repaired again. A fine by the steamer Loughbrew off Flamborough handed over to the Nizam's agent by the Bank the Kelas Hut. Truly such wisdom was wonby master-stroke of smart and prompt work was yesterday.
of Bengal. The court has sanctioned the com: of the ancient kings! Very remarkable, too, executed by Mr. H. J. Macrae, of the Taku Tue At 9.30
o'dock Wednesday night the Lough promisa,
was the daring of the rebels. Those executed and Lighter Co., who took the tug boat Sea Gull brow, loaded with coal, crashed into the Qvers'r Mar Van Tassel made a second parachute in Wachang, as was noted at the time, were into one of the mud-docks, without closing the starboard quarter, cutting her in two, The descent from a Montgolfiere balloon at Alipore, men who had no means, no position, no entrance, took an injured plate out and replaced Queen immediately filled, going down before her yesterday in the presence of the Mahamjihs of character, and as filends, and yet they had it by another, in one tide, thus showing what bosts could be cleared away. Captain Lawson, Bettiah and Durbangan and of a deputation of resolved upon making themselves masters of can be done even in a small place like Take, if who was carried down with her, says he felt her Hussa and Nagar chiefs and tribestaen, and China, by means of a far-reaching project energy and intelligence are duly brought to bear. strike on the bottom and then rebound. He large concourse of people. Everything was quict and native forces. Such daring is unparalleled. of Mr. W. Grant, and his place at the Imperial,
which involved the destruction of all foreiga managed to disengage himself from the rigging, on this occasion.
To rightly appreciate it. we must imagine Naval Yard reems dificult to fill, at least no auccessor to him has been appointed yet. In their pels ia Fagio's den, plotting to conquer our midst we had the death of a temporary fellow the British Emplie! Another curious thing is resident to deplore lately, in the person of Mr. how quiet the authorities, who made so much of F. A. Hellger, chief engineer of H.B.M. gunboat the Mason affair, kept about their captures of Firebrand, who, after the last ball of the season, big gana, small arms and ammunition, in various the Ladies' Leap Year Ball, was found sitting in pari of Hepch. Your correspondents at this his cabin, next morning, få fall dress, but dead. centre generally get to hear about most matters This sad event naturally, cast a gloom over of importance which transpire in the province, the small foreign community of our settlement, but not a whisper of this seems have reached but such are the vicissitudes of life... Nothing any of them. Still more culous is the total is known yet of the Firebrand's future desig absence from the memorial-of-all-reference to
ace to loa the anti-foreign literature, more especially as in
damaged. It is thoghorow was seriously | entirely subdued' yesterday afternoon and are Messe Bill Sykes and the Artis! Dodger with'
in which he was untangled, and at once rose to The fires at Sibpur and Eallaghatta were not the surface. The
That Captain Lawson is still smouldering to-day. the only man who escaped,
BERLIN, March rzth." KILLER (Va.), February 27th.
Emperor Willam 1
suffering from a severe The Spanish steamer San Albons, from New cold and has been confined to his bed since Orleans for Norfolk, hence to Hamburg, was Thursday last. wrecked on the shoal off Hogg island." The
Brussels, Match rath. crow, with the exception of enemas, was rescued The Andersen pit has taken fire and all the after a desperate struggle with the waves. The miners who did not make their escape have been vessel was valued at $100,000 and had a cargo || cremated. worth $20,000, partially Insured.
OPORTO, February 17th.
A terrific gale in raging in this vicinity, Many boats have been wrecked and it is feared a large number of fishermen were drowned. The sam- ber is placed as high as 200,
* HAVANA, February 27th. The steamer Cadís, from Liverpool, is ashore at the entrance to the harbour and will prove a tola! wreck,
LONDON, February 18th.
LONDON, 13th March.
The total number of masts on strike is for hundred thousand. Many manufactories are closing for want of feel caused by the strike movement.
The death is announced of Mr. William Tayler, formerly Commissioner of Patna.
BERLIN, March 13th.
The Emperor William is making fair progress" (towards recovery,
EXUESILE, March 13th.
Taku received a severa blow through the death
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circulation at the the Edict, and in his Excellency's previous the Japanese gunboat in part, which wintered
a clots were memorial of Octobergh, thei stated to have been due to anonymous Perhaps acconst of her drawing a foot more water now distinctly here during the last season. It is stated that ous placards, the will never leave the port again, on and the circulation of baseless rumours. the Viceroy bas discovered since then that this than on her snival, and that consequently there was a mistake and that there is really no coo. would not be enough water in the siver to fost nection between | the Hunan literature and anti- her down again. The explanation is that the foreign riots. That this is his mind on this winter in Tientsin has so
onderally agreed matter would indeed appear to be the with the constitution of our visitors, the gallant: care, from the nature of a despatch which the mariners from Dal Nippon, as to lecroque their Consular body received from Elm last year. It weight sufficiently to ring down the draught A SPLENDID CIRCUS ENTERTAINMENT. PARIS March, gib, will be remembered that all the Consuls at this¦ of the vessel sa; additional · foot: (
Another The Timer corespondent at Rome say a There is a scare in the wealthy quarters of port, some four months ago, unlted in a rezoon. friend, of outs of last winter's reason, late brot * maisterial crisis in fimminent. It is probable Parle owing to the increase in outrages by An- trance which they addressed to him against the really likely to remain here, but fryan “other
that Lamall, Minister of the Trenovary, and i archieta, ♬ bomb was thrown pastanday and i continued circulation of anti-foreign tamburg, Duudes than our Japanese visitors 1
The Tier Oporto correspondent says, regarde The total number of lives lost in the Ander lax the fightful storm reported from there on laes colliiny, explosion is one hundred and Balarday, that 300 boats were lost and 300 per- twenty. sons drowned.
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